A/N: So did everyone have a sweet Valentine's Day yesterday? Good. In our last chapter, we have learned that Joy, Disgust and Fear will come up with a plan to convince Anger about forgiving Sadness, right? Well, it's happening now in this sixth chapter! Will their plan successfully work? Will Anger start caring about Sadness for once and for all? Let's find out now in chapter 6!
Disclaimer: Once again, I do not own "Inside Out". If I did, I would make it into a TV series. But seriously, I don't own it!
Chapter 6
What Have I Done?
Sadness' P.O.V.
The next morning, I sat up in bed as I yawned and stretched. I rubbed my eyes and looked around the room which was covered in clouds. Then, I suddenly remembered.
"Oh, yeah. I keep forgetting I'm not in Headquarters anymore." I sighed sadly.
I pushed the covers away as I jumped out of bed and started to pack all of my stuff into my bundle again. I knew I couldn't stay there forever, but it was a motel not a residential home.
It didn't take me that long to finish packing, so I grabbed the room key from the drawer before I stepped out of the room. I gave one last look at it before I closed the door and locked it. I walked downstairs to the main room and straight to the front desk.
The cloud motel receptionist looked down at me and responded, "Oh, are you checking out?"
"Yes, sir." I answered in a solemn tone of voice, as I gave him back the room key. "And here's the room key."
"Thank you very much." the cloud motel receptionist replied, as he put the room key in a drawer and took out the sign in book and a pen.
I wrote my name down on the signing out section and gave it back to him.
"Thanks for staying with us." he said, smiling. "We hope you come back soon."
"Maybe someday I will." I said with a sad smile on my face. "Who knows?"
I left the motel and I began walking again. I decided to go somewhere else where no one could find me. Anywhere was perfect, but Headquarters was not for me. I was still scared to face Anger or maybe he might be missing me already. But I still doubt that Anger misses me.
End of Sadness' P.O.V.
No P.O.V.
Meanwhile, Riley was sitting on the couch in the living room, eating her breakfast and watching TV at the same time when Jill came in. Riley saw her and immediately put her breakfast down on the couch cushion.
"Hey, Mom." she greeted politely.
"Hi, Riley. So, do you want to tell me what happened with Jordan yesterday?" said Jill.
"Well, it started off when I asked Jordan if he was gonna go to the carnival and meet us there." Riley said uncomfortably, but calmly.
"And what did he say?" asked Jill curiously.
"He said yes and he'll meet us there at 4:00p.m." she answered.
"Ok, that's great. Anything else?" stated Jill.
Riley's forehead started to sweat a little, but she quickly wiped it off with the back of her hand.
"Riley, what's wrong?" asked Jill with a concerned look.
Before the girl could respond, she heard Bill calling, "Hey, Riley! Can you come here for a minute?"
"Coming, Dad!" Riley called back, before facing her mother. "Sorry, Mom. Dad needs me."
She took her now finished breakfast into the kitchen and placed it in the sink.
"Dad, where are you?" she called.
"I'm outside in the backyard!" Bill called.
Riley looked down and realized she was in her pajamas. She needed to get changed.
"Hey, Dad? I'm in my pajamas, so can I get changed?" Riley called.
"Okay, but meet me in the backyard when you're done!" called Bill.
Riley ran upstairs to her room and made her bed, took a shower, brushed her teeth and got dressed. She then put on her yellow coat and ran into the backyard where Bill was.
"Hey, Dad. Did I miss anything?" panted Riley.
"No, of course not, monkey." said Bill, as he ruffled his daughter's hair. "Anyway, I need your help. Do you see that blue bin next to the shed?"
Riley looked at the blue bin with the recycling logo on it next to the shed. It was filled with empty plastic bottles, glass bottles and dented cans.
"I see it, Dad." she replied.
"Well, the recycling truck is coming in five minutes, so can you help me carry it to the front?" Bill asked.
"Of course, Dad. I'd do anything for you." said Riley, smiling.
"That's my girl." said Bill proudly.
They walked over to the recycling bin and they lifted it up and walked up to the front of the house and waited.
Back in Headquarters, Joy was talking on the telephone.
"Alright. Give us a call the next time she comes here." Joy said.
Fear and Disgust walked over to Joy just as she put the phone back on the receiver.
"Any word on Sadness yet?" asked Fear worriedly.
"I called the Cloud Town Motel and the receptionist said she was here last night but then she left this morning." answered Joy seriously.
"So, where is she now?" the raw nerve asked.
"I don't know, Fear. But right now, we just gotta go over our plan, so pay attention." stated Joy.
"We're all ears, Joy." Disgust chimed in.
Joy walked to the back with Fear and Disgust following behind. She looked through the ideas and pulled out a light bulb.
"Now, we all know that we're going to the carnival at 4:00p.m., right?" she said.
"Uh-huh." Fear and Disgust said at the same time.
"So, we're gonna let Riley take a nap at 2:30p.m., talk to Anger and get Sadness back to Headquarters." announced Joy seriously.
"Does that mean we have a whole hour to search for Sadness?" asked Disgust.
"That's right, Disgust." Joy said.
"But what about Jordan?" reminded Fear.
"Hey, we'll worry about Jordan after we find Sadness." the star replied, as she pointed out.
Suddenly, Anger stomped over to the Emotions and said, "Hey, bozos. The recycling truck is here."
"Oh!" exclaimed Joy. "Thanks for reminding us, Anger."
"You keep talking. I'm just gonna hang out with Anger for a bit." Fear said.
He took Anger's hand and walked him over to the new, upgraded console and watched Riley and her father on the monitor.
Riley and Bill walked to the back of the recycling truck with the bottles in the bin.
"Are you ready, Riley?" asked Bill.
"I sure am, Dad." answered Riley.
They dumped the bottles into the truck and Riley laughed a little.
"Hey, this seems really fun!" she said happily to Bill.
"Yeah! I thought you and I could do some more yard work before we go to the carnival." Bill agreed happily.
Riley liked that idea. Her dad knew how to make work fun. So for the rest of the afternoon, Riley helped Bill with the yard work. By 2:25p.m., Riley was all finished and she washed her hands in the sink. Then, she turned the faucet and dried her hands with a paper towel. Jill came into the kitchen and she was smiling.
"Hey, Riley. I just want to say that you were such a big help out there with Dad and I'm very proud of you." said Jill proudly.
"Thanks, Mom." said Riley happily, as she gave her mother a hug.
"Oh, finally!" sighed Anger with relief. "After all of that yard work with Dad, I get to take my break!"
The brick left the console and pulled out a newspaper from underneath the couch and began reading it once he sat down.
Joy walked over to the console with the light bulb in her hand where Fear was standing. This was it.
"Go for it, Joy." encouraged Fear.
Joy silently nodded as she inserted the light bulb into the idea slot.
Here goes… she thought to herself.
Riley broke from the hug as she yawned tiredly, "Mom, I wanna go take a nap."
"That's a great idea, Riley." said Jill. "I think you need your rest so that way, you'll be all ready for the carnival."
Riley nodded as she went upstairs to her room. She closed the door and flopped down on her bed as she drifted off to sleep.
In Headquarters, Joy, Fear and Disgust watched as the screen went black.
"Alright! Looks like we're going into REM." Joy announced happily.
"Yep. One down, two to go." Disgust agreed satisfied.
Fear looked over at Anger who was still reading his newspaper before turning back to the two Emotions and said, "Ready for this?"
"Yeah. Let's do it." replied Joy.
Anger's P.O.V.
I was reading my newspaper and enjoying my break when all of a sudden, I heard someone clearing their throat. I looked up and saw Joy, Disgust and Fear glaring at me.
There goes my break. I thought, looking all agitated, as I rolled my eyes.
"What do you want?" I asked, as I put my newspaper down.
"Anger, we need to talk." said Joy firmly with her arms crossed.
"Not if it has something to do with Sadness." I said, frowning.
"Well, too bad, Anger." said Disgust sternly. "This topic's got something to do with Sadness and you're gonna listen to it."
"Just try to make me." I scoffed, as I turned away from them.
"Now look here, Anger. I may be a coward, but we deserve a chance, so we're gonna keep on bugging you until you apologize to Sadness." demanded Fear seriously.
"Bug me all you want. I am not apologizing to Sadness and that's final." I replied in annoyance.
"Come on, Anger. It's about time you should start being nice and care that Sadness is missing." begged Joy urgently.
"Hey! I told you that I don't care about Sadness!" I snapped angrily. "You saw her drop the cake on purpose!"
"It was an accident, Anger. She didn't drop it on purpose." Disgust explained seriously. "Besides, Sadness is more important to us than the cake."
"Oh, yeah? Give me one good reason why Sadness is important to us." I said, as I pointed out.
Joy took a deep breath and said, "Do you remember that day when Riley got on the bus and was about to go back to Minnesota?"
"Yeah, I remember that as well." I answered.
"Well, Sadness removed the idea and helped Riley get off the bus in order to go back to her parents." she said.
"Sadness grew up and matured as she became an accepted Emotion thanks to her stopping Riley on time." added Fear seriously.
"When I thought I needed Riley to stay happy, I looked back in the twisty tree memory and Mom and Dad were comforting her after she lost the big playoff game." explained Joy seriously. "They came to help because of Sadness."
"And it's okay to be sad." Disgust chimed in.
"Impressive." I said in a deadpan voice.
"Thank you." Joy replied.
"Still not convinced." I stated, as I stood up from the couch and began walking away.
I was not gonna hear another word about Sadness anymore. Joy, Disgust and Fear started to follow me, but I didn't care.
"Look, I know you're still upset about what happened, but you can't stay mad at Sadness forever." Fear pleaded.
"I can and will." I growled, with my teeth clenched.
"If we don't get Sadness back, then Riley won't make up with Jordan." said Disgust worriedly.
"I'm sorry, your session is over. Please make another appointment with the receptionist on the way out." I replied, still not turning around to face them.
"Anger, please listen to us for one minute!" begged Joy anxiously.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." I said sarcastically, ignoring Joy's pleas. "I've heard enough."
All of a sudden, I felt myself being lifted off the floor! I looked up and saw Joy and Fear holding my arms. This did not make me feel comfortable one bit.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! What are you doing?!" I shouted, as the flames appeared on my head. "Put me down this instant, you morons!"
Joy and Fear ignored me as they took me over to the console and sat me down on a chair.
"Try looking back at one of those memories you and Sadness created for Riley." suggested Fear.
I rolled my eyes and groaned in defeat. I pressed a couple of buttons and instead, got the annoying gum commercial!
"Triple Dent Gum, will make…"
"NOW IS NOT THE TIME!" I roared furiously, as I slammed my fist down on the console, turning it off.
Stupid mind workers! I thought furiously, as I walked over to the shelves. Wait until I give them a piece of my mind!
I took out a red and blue mixed memory orb from the shelf and placed it in the recall unit as I sat back down and began watching it.
The memory showed Riley stomping away from her new team, the Foghorns and into the locker room. I looked closely and the next thing I knew, I saw Riley crying on the bench.
"This was the day when Riley accidentally scored a goal for the other team and lost the championship game." Joy told me softly.
All of a sudden, I didn't feel angry anymore. My eyes widened with guilt.
"Oh-no! What have I done?" I cried.
"It's working!" exclaimed Disgust enthusiastically, but softly.
Now I knew what was happening. All of this time, I was angry at Sadness and this was the worst mistake I had ever made! It was most likely worse than when Riley almost ran away and almost all of the islands crumbled down.
"Now do you understand why Sadness is important to us?" asked Joy.
"Yes, I do!" I cried dramatically. "Oh, I've been such a terrible friend to her! This is all my fault!"
Suddenly, the recall tube descended down.
"Sadness?!" I cried happily.
But it wasn't Sadness. It was the guards who were in charge of the Subconscious, Frank and Dave. They walked over to us.
"Please, please tell me you found Sadness!" I shouted urgently.
They glanced at each other before looking back at us with faint sympathy in their eyes.
"I'm very sorry. We checked and Sadness is long gone." said Dave sadly.
"No!" Fear gasped loudly.
"That can't be true!" exclaimed Joy with a loud gasp.
"Can you think of a reason she might've run away? Anything at all?" asked Frank calmly, but seriously.
"Well, I yelled at her, broke her glasses and wished she never existed." I answered uncomfortably, as I rocked back and forth.
It became quiet for a moment in H.Q. before Dave broke the silence.
"Alright. The search party is now over, so we're getting out of here." he said, turning back to the recall tube.
"Yeah, and one more thing. Sorry about your little friend." Frank said sympathetically.
The two guards jumped into the recall tube and left. This wasn't true. I felt like this was turning into a nightmare.
"Oh, this is terrible!" I exclaimed worriedly, as I turned to Joy, Disgust and Fear. "Well, what do we do now, guys? We're already at the risk of losing Friendship Island again!"
"Anger, calm down." said Disgust gently. "We're not gonna lose Friendship Island like last time."
"Yeah, and look. Don't listen to those clowns." Joy chimed in. "They don't know what they're talking about. I believe that Sadness is still out there in the Mind World."
I was too busy stuffing myself into the recall tube. I had to go find Sadness and apologize to her before it was too late.
"I'm coming, Sadness!" I called, as the tube sucked me in.
End of Anger's P.O.V.
No P.O.V.
Joy went into a drawer and pulled out four walkie talkies and jumped into the recall tube.
"Hey, Anger! Wait for us!" Joy called.
Without a choice, Disgust and Fear jumped into the recall tube and followed Joy into the Mind World.
A/N: Yahoo! Anger finally cares about Sadness now and I'm so happy! Anyway, I apologize if chapter 6 was a little long, but I just wanted Riley to do something with her dad and let the Emotions convince Anger while Riley takes a nap. That's all. I hope you enjoyed the sixth chapter of "Sadness Spiral" and please review, favorite and follow it! Also, chapter 7 is coming up next, so be prepared! It's gonna get better!
THANK YOU & T.T.F.N.: Ta-ta for now! *starts singing the Triple Dent Gum song to myself*