Bravery Disgust and Anger found themselves in a time frame of ten seconds spat out into the tub that Fear had previously landed in.
As the three of them lifted themselves out the tub they all looked around as if they were trapped in a cage.
"Er where do we start"? Disgust asked, her dull voice echoing.
"Well we can just follow the empty spaces in the memory shelves where those memories of Fear used to be" Bravery responded, sounding shaken and for once worried.
The three emotions had walked by four different memory shelves before Anger and Disgust began to get frustrated.
"How much longer is this going to take" Disgust moaned.
"Where on earth is that idiot beanpole"! Anger roared before they both got told to be quiet by Bravery.
During the time the three emotions spent bickering Fear was still sat two paces from the memory dump, having tossed most of the purple memories into the dump however one memory refused to be dumped.
"I swear I've already thrown that one away three times" Fear exclaimed as the memory of Riley whacking her leg continued to reappear in front of him.
For the last time Fear tossed the recurring memory over one the memory shelves hoping it would get lost. Unfortunately the memory flew over to where the three emotions were and hit anger hard on the back of his head.
"What the"! Anger bellowed before the memory rolled away .
"Why is it rolling like that "? Disgust asked, confusion taking over her facial features.
Before anyone else could speak Bravery rushed around long term memory ,following the rolling memory with Anger and Disgust only two steps behind him.
When the three emotions saw Fear hovering near the memory dump their eyes went wide.
Fear who hadn't noticed the three emotions staring at him took the memory along with himself as he began to lower himself in to the memory dump.
"You need to do this for Riley's sake" Fear whispered to himself. But before he could lower himself any further Bravery rushed over to Fear shouting no at the top of his voice while grabbing on to Fear and lifting him back up along with the memory that seemed glued to Fears hand. Anger and Disgust were panting, trying to catch their breath having caught up with Bravery's epically fast running.
"What are you doing"? Bravery asked nervously.
"Doing Riley a favour that's what" Fear retorted, irritated at the fact that Bravery the emotion who caused him to feel as worthless as he was had just interrupted him from protecting Riley.
"Riley needs you right now and not in the memory dump"! Bravery shouted making Fear flinch slightly. Bravery gave fear an apologetic look.
"Riley needs you" Bravery said softly earning an unimpressed look from Fear.
"She doesn't need a wimp like me you could fix it easily" Fear grumbled, his eyes looking down at the hated memory as it replayed over and over again.
"Besides the last time I tried to help I messed up and the others hate me for it" Fear added, his voice going slightly higher.
Bravery sighed. "Do you think these two would have come with me if they hated you"? Bravery said while stepping back to reveal Disgust and Anger who were looking at Fear as if they were happy to see him again.
Bravery cleared his throat. "Look Riley really needs you, she's in a situation that only you can save her from" Bravery said, his eyes begging for Fear to cooperate.
"Yeah right, one press of a button from you would save her" Fear replied, his tone emotionless.
"He's the one who caused the mess in the first place"! Anger shouted pointing viciously at Bravery.
"If you don't save her then no one else can" Disgust added, her voice filled with fear.
"Please Fear Riley needs to be safe and she won't get that feeling unless you help" Was Bravery's final sentence which caught Fears attention.
Fear took a deep breath. "That is what I have always tried to do and I always will" Fear said in confidence before turning to the three emotions who were almost speechless.
"We have no time to lose, we will catch the train of thought" Bravery added before holding out his hand to grab Fears. Fear saw the little burn on Bravery's hands which he gave a questioning look to.
"Erm I'll explain later" Bravery responded before speeding off to the nearest stop for the train.
Fear , Anger and Disgust immediately followed him.
In headquarters Joy and Sadness were both frantically worrying about Riley's pride as she was practically forced to start the challenge which wasn't a fair one as Sadness had said.
However this was about to change as Joy heard four voices coming from the back of head quarters. Those voices got louder until they were right near the console. With Fear.
"You made it"! Joy cheered happily, looking as if she was about to give one of her group hugs. This feeling was soon cut short when Riley had yet again been given a verbal thrashing from Kerry.
Before anyone could speak Fear shoved the others away from the console to show that he was in control. He pressed a button towards his right hand side, his facial expression showing no fear whatsoever.
"Stop"! Riley wailed before adding, "I don't think this is worth it".
"What"? Kerry snarled.
Fear pressed another button which was a tiny bit bigger.
"Im sure you have better things to do than waste time with me" Riley continued, her eyes darting around the rink.
"Well yeah" Kerry agreed before adding, "look let's just end it here call it a draw and just get on with our lives".
"Yeah" Riley said before grabbing her school bag and walking home.
Meanwhile in head quarters everyone was cheering especially Joy and Bravery who were almost dancing around the console.
"Well done fear"! Joy exclaimed before rushing to hug him, however her hug was rejected which instantly changed the mood of everyone in headquarters.
"Just don't Joy" Fear said in a grumpy tone which caused the others to turn to him as he was walking away. Fears facial expression suddenly turned serious which was proved right when he spun around to face them, his body language full of anger.
"Fear what's wrong"? Joy asked carefully, already aware that Fear wasn't in the best of moods. Joys question had only made Fear feel worse as he felt all the pressure of his anger rise up.
"Oh nothing… apart from the fact that Riley almost got battered by Kerry"! Fear exclaimed.
"But you stopped her " Bravery said in confusion which made Fear more angry.
"I wouldn't have had to stop her if it wasn't for you"! Fear said with irritation.
"Can we all just calm down" Joy suggested.
"Oh I haven't even begun yet" Fear retorted fiercely, his eyes fixed on each emotion.
"Let's just hear what he has to say" Bravery said before he was rudely cut off by Fear.
"That's the smartest thing he's said since he came here and messed everything up"!
"Look I made a mistake". Bravery tried to explain himself but Fear wasn't having any of it.
"I made a mistake" Fear mimicked before shouting out , "YOU ARE THE MISTAKE"!
"Whoa that's not fair, he wasn't the only one who went along with it" Disgust argued in her normal disgusted tone.
"It wouldn't have even been thought of at all if he hadn't come here and stuck his nose into Riley's life, but you were so love struck by him that you didn't even see what harm it could have caused her in the long run"!
Disgust fell silent.
"Ok, so it wasn't one of the best plans we have ever had" Anger said, his voice firmer than Disgusts had been
"Yeah no kidding and it wouldn't be the first time either"! Fear spat making Anger ball his fists.
"What are you getting at"! Anger growled which didn't scare fear in the slightest which to Anger was just wrong.
"Remind me who's idea was it for Riley to run away… which also went horribly wrong as well "! Fear took a deep breath.
"I only suggested that so there wouldn't be any injustice for Riley, I just wanted everything to be fair"! Anger protested. Fear still wasn't even remotely sympathetic.
"Fair are you joking"! Fear shouted before adding, "You wouldn't know what the word fair meant if it came and bit you on the behind"!
Tears suddenly filled Fears eyes as the next part of his rant came out from the top of his lungs.
" I KNOW I MAY SEEM LIKE THE WORLD'S BIGGEST COWARD BUT IT'S NOT AN EXCUSE TO TREAT ME AS IF I'M NOT WORTH ANYTHING IN RILEY'S LIFE, YOU ALL VIEW ME AS A WEAK EXCUSE FOR AN EMOTION BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT WITHOUT ME RILEY WOULDN'T EVER BE OR FEEL SAFE AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH I GET MOCKED OR PUNCHED AWAY FROM THE CONSOLE I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR RILEY , ALWAYS"!
The atmosphere in headquarters was silent. Nobody dared to speak. None of the emotions even made an attempt to walk off. Finally Fear let out a huge sigh as well as the tears he had held back since he was about to drop himself in the dump.
"All I wanted was to be treated like a proper emotion, not the one who is always made fun of or used as a target for others to take their anger out on . Fear sniffled before saying his final part of his rant in a whisper.
" I have often asked myself why on earth I even bother". Fear then trailed off into his room, tears beginning to flow down his cheeks in remorse.
No one spoke to each other for the rest of the night. Sadness was stood near the huge window that showed all Riley's personality islands. Fears huge rant had been playing over and over in Sadness's mind, she understood where he was coming from as she had secretly been feeling that way for a long time before Joy had come to her senses and realised that Sadness did have a part to play after all.
Sadness turned her head to face Fears bedroom door, an idea of how she could help Fear to feel appreciated popped into her head.
With a tiny smile Sadness began to round up the other emotions to discuss her plan.
Just to say I really do appreciate all the support I have been given on here especially as its my first Inside out fiction but I do plan to write more after this fic :)