Here's chapter 58. This chapter focuses on characters from Happy Tree Friends and Ratchet & Clank. Featuring an appearance by an character from Aggretsuko and a brief appearance of Sonic characters.
In another part of the city there was a group of five couples (all of them friends in one way or another) who were with their respective children. They had been in a coffee when they saw the report. That place had an area for children to play, and they had been there (except for the babies who were with their parents). It was remarkable in this group that their fur colors were very diverse compared to other beings of their species. Since there were three bears of different color between one and another: Orange, cream and green. A red porcupine. An olive green chameleon, a cream mouse, a light blue boar, a purple sheep, a light blue sea otter and a purple deer. The children weren't far behind: Three bears of which two were cream and one was red with green, a dark purple cat, an olive green with cream mouse, a purple hybrid between wild boar and sheep, and a light blue with purple hybrid between sea otter and deer.
The children had been playing without any concern. Even despite what had happened over the weekend, they weren't too worried. Because if they were sincere, in this dimension things were more peaceful, since most of them, in their home dimension, were subject to some kind of curse that could not be explained. Since for some reason, almost all of them, came to suffer violent and very bloody deaths or if it was not the case, quite serious injuries in which they wish they had died in their place. Only for a few days or at most a week to come back to life with no explanation, or their wounds to heal out of nowhere. And everything was as if nothing had happened. Until it happened again. It was an endless cycle that they would never understand what caused it and how they could stop it. Until now they had already gotten used to living with it to a certain extent. Although always when they knew a death was coming, they hoped it would be as quick and painless as possible.
A part of them wanted to live in this dimension permanently, since it was more peaceful and they would not be afraid of dying all the time or suffering serious injuries all the time. But they also wanted to see their other friends and family who were still trapped there. They didn't feel comfortable enjoying this tranquility when other important people were suffering there. If it was that easy, they would have brought them from that dimension as well, so that they would also escape what they called a curse. The worst thing would be that if they return to their dimension, things would be the same again, them getting injuries and deaths, they didn't want to go through that again. And they didn't want the children to be affected by that, since one of them was affected by that curse when he was a baby, but for some reason, from the day he turned three years old, it stopped affecting him. They never could find out the reason why. But they all agreed not to say anything to him when he grew up so that he would grow up like a normal child, without worrying about anything, and so far it seemed to have worked.
When the children had finished playing, the parents had already decided to leave, but something on the TV distracted them all. It was a last minute report. They would have ignored it, but something told them to stay a few minutes to see it. And yes, they made the right decision to stay. Since what they saw was what many others in the city saw, the press conference where the Mobius heroes appeared in front of the public and this time of their own free will. They told things that they already knew, but they also told things about their past. And they were even surprised by their reasons for trying to stop the plans of his greatest enemy. Although they wondered if they had made a move to locate his whereabouts and stop him as soon as possible. Since even if something happened to them and they died or received serious injuries, they didn't believe that they could revive or regenerate due to unknown causes in this dimension.
Once they finished watching the report, they all left. They were a bit quiet unlike others. They didn't know what to think about that. Although if they wanted Eggman to be defeated, and for the others to be able to return to their own homes, they were hesitant to return to their dimension. Reaching a dimension where they could live without worry was what they wanted most in life. It had crossed their mind to stay and live in this dimension, and even if it was possible to bring their other friends and family to live here as well. But there was something that worried them, if that would not bring short-term or long-term consequences. So far nothing had happened with their presence alone, but if something else did happen, something impossible to imagine today. They had to figure out all the possible consequences and see how it would affect everyone, but it wasn't the time to call Sonic and the others. Not yet.
They decided better to call the mobians the next day. So they don't have to stress them out that day with their worries. One more day wouldn't hurt. Finally, before they knew it, they arrived at an apartment, where they had all been living for the last three months and which was easy for them to get. When they entered, they relaxed in each of the comforts that it offered and that helped them to release a little of the stress they were going through. If only in their dimension this kind of comfort existed in the hotels that existed there. They were lucky to have enough money to pay for their stay there.
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On the other side of the city, in a city gym, Alister and Ratchet were walking in together. Clank was with them, but with his limbs and head retracted to resemble a backpack. Fortunately there weren't many people there that day. But there was no need to be cautious. At the time they were both lifting weights, albeit ones that fit what each of them could lift. The white lombax could lift a little more weight than the yellow lombax, although each time the younger lombax could lift more weight, he even thought that very soon he would be able to lift the same amount of weight as his boyfriend. Although he told him not to force himself too much, since he didn't want him to get hurt. Obviously this followed his advice.
Both of them at the time were being supervised by the same kangaroo who was the yoga instructor they took classes with the night before. At first when they attended there it was at Clank's suggestion to relax a bit of the stress suffered. And it did work for them, although they felt sorry for Haida when they saw how badly he did it. They both waited for the hyena to feel better at that moment. When they found out that a gym was open that day, and decided to get in shape while they waited for them to return to their star system, they were surprised to see the same instructor they had in yoga classes, and like most none of them. The two of them could understand a word he meant every time he said "Protein", but at least from their gestures, they understood what he meant every time he approached them for something specific.
Something that both lombax didn't know about the kangaroo, he knew that they were hiding a secret, something that they didnt want everyone to find out. And there were several things, like the fact that the backpack that Ratchet brought was a robot, and that they weren't from planet earth, they weren't even from this dimension. How did he discover it? It was something that only he knew and that surely he would never reveal as he did. Even if he got the chance, he would reveal them in his own way. But for now it was better to continue with the exercise routine. Both in his point of view were too good at both yoga and weightlifting. It could tell that him were proud of both. They did everything to the letter and with good results. They wondered if they had undergone any similar training in their place of origin at some point before coming to this planet. Just as they finished that round, they decided to take a break, and the instructor turned on the TV, so they could watch the news for a while, just to keep up with new developments.
The last minute report that came out is the same one that other people in the country saw. Like the others they had the same reaction upon seeing the Mobius heroes, but they both had a suspicion that maybe some of them weren't very happy, they guessed that those two who didn't want to be there considering the expressions on their faces, of which they had already seen one. They listened to every part. Even Clank without anyone present noticing him raised his head to see what was happening. Everyone was expectant of what was happening in the news, until finally the report was over. At which point Clank pulled his head back again. Alister and Ratchet began to look at each other. Fortunately the mobians didn't mention their presence on this planet, so they should be thankful for keeping them a secret. But for now, they had to be cautious about what might happen from now on.
After having a short break of 45 minutes, they continued to exercise. Until finally it was 2:00 PM. They had had enough exercise, so it was time to go, after taking a short shower, they both went out, but before they left, the supervising kangaroo handed them a piece of paper. Ratchet took it and put it in his pants pocket. He then went to find Clank who was still retracted looking like a backpack and finally the two lombaxes and the robot left the gym. The instructor watched them without saying a word until they finally disappeared from his field of vision. Alister, Ratchet and Clank, although they were not seeing it directly, they felt the kangaroo's gaze until the gym was no longer in sight, it was a strange sensation that none of the three had felt before, that instructor must have something that it was strange and peculiar with respect to the other inhabitants of that planet.
Once they arrived at the apartment where they were staying, Ratchet finally took the paper out of his pants and sat down on an couch. Clank would revert to his robot form and sit to the left of him, while Alister to the right. After that, he unwrapped the paper, and the three of them began to read it at the same time. That left them shocked, as the yoga instructor wrote to them that he knew all about them, and he knew that they weren't from planet earth, and that they knew how they got there, and that the backpack they were carrying was actually a robot. That he had found out about everything since the day before, and that he wasn't planning on letting them know just yet, but seeing the report, he realized that he was the best. Although they didn't have to fear that he would give them away, his secret was safe with him, so they didn't have to worry. When they finished seeing that, the three were surprised, he really had some kind of ability.
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At the time, the instructor was now in his yoga academy, where he was alone, and he was with the lights off while he meditated. He realized that the two lombaxes and the robot read the message from him, so a single sentence came out of his mouth.
"Protein".
So far the chapter. I hope you liked it.
