It Isn't Just Guilt

 "Judge Angels?" Tim asked, seeing the aura around his boss change.

"She was once a proxy of mine but after something took over, she disappeared into the night and I never saw her again."

"Why would she go?"

"I'm not sure, she was one of my best, but now she has taken one of mine."

"So how do we get to her and Toby then? If she's in the ninth then why are we just standing here?"

"Because we don't know how to get to the ninth dumbass." Dark was standing in the doorway with a bandage around his bloody hand.

"Don't call him that!" Ben's voice rang through the hallway as he came running through the door.

"So, any of you know how to get to the ninth?" EJ asked, lifting his mask up.

"I got an idea of how to do so but we'll need a tv from 1983, specifically from that year," Ben said as if he were an expert in this type of thing.

"Dark, Boss and I all came from the ninth, we couldn't get back in but after studying its pattern I realized it needs to be through an electrical device due to this being the new age where technology rules the world." it made sense but how would they find a tv that old.

"Theres the old tvs downstairs that we can use," slender interrupts and walked out his office. The group followed and they walked into the basement. Past the lab there was a series of labeled doors. Some contained furnature, others medical supplies and some had food and chemical supplies. However it was the door labeled "old electronics" that made them interested. They unlocked the door and saw old televisions, old music players, stereos, cassette tapes and a turntable. They walked in looking for the right year, after an hour of searching ben finds a small television with dial knobs on the side of the thick glass screen.

"Guys I hit the jackpot!" He yells and everyone come up to examine it, one of the nobs in broken but other than that the TV looked well enough to work. That was until they realized that they didn't have the type of plug in for the TV to connect to the wall.

"Fuck man, where are we supposed to find something for this?"

"Don't worry about it Dark we can look it up online of try and send one of the humans to see if they sell them anywhere in town. Now take that up to the medical office and ask for clockworks help." 

They listened to their bosses orders and went upstairs, all of them were worried that they wouldn't be able to save Toby quickly enough, it had already been a week. It couldn't take that long right? Wrong. A little over two months passed and they still couldn't find a vendor who had a new dial or a the correct wall plug-in. They struggled with their feeling on thanksgiving, until they got a package. They thought their prayers about the dial or plug had been answered until they saw it was a VHS. They looked at each other in discomfort and went into the living room to watch. Sally, LJ, EJ, Ben, Dark, Tim, Clockwork, Maria, and Lui watched the video. A thin boy is tied and chained to a metal bench, he looks worn out and sick.

"Hey guys I...I'm s-stuck here for a while. I ho-hope all of you a-are safe. I-I also wanted t-to say Happy Th-Thanksgiving. I hope your Mom's m-made good f-food or your D-Dad's. Hehe...P-please help me.. I m-miss everyone." 

Toby's voice echoed through the room as the video ended on tears streaming down his face. He looked so frail, the whole group was transfixed on the television as Tim and Clockwork began to cry. Another month passes, they were finally able to get the things they needed to repair the tv. It was the day before christmas, everyone was working harder since they wouldn't have a good holiday without toby there. Finally they got it to work and placed on the floor of the living room, they searched through the channels until they got to the right one, which was obvious. On the ninth channel was a similar lake to the one Tim swam in the day he decided to come back to the mansion.

"We have to go in tomorrow, we can't go right away since we need to prepare." slender said as he rubbed Tims back.

"Can't we go before morning?" Tim asked.

"We can but only if all of us are ready," looking around the room they all nodded and went off to pack their weapons and needed equipment. Tim placed his pistol and extra ammo into his backpack and headed downstairs, only to be stopped by Hoodie.

"Tim, this is a dangerous mission, are you sure you want to go?" he placed his hands on Tim's shoulders.

"Yes I'm sure, i need to do this, for Toby."

"Fine but before you go i want to tell you something, something important incase you don't come back."

"Sure what i-" before Tim could finish Hoodie wrapped his arms around his neck and pressed his lips to his in a passionate kiss. Realizing what had happened Tim immediately pulled away, making hoddie worried.

"Listen, i know you've known me for years and we're good friends and all but.." That's when it hit him, the reason he was so emotional towards toby was because he liked toby. The reason he didn't like affection from others other than toby was because he only wanted his affection.

"Brian i'm going to go get the one i like back, I'm sorry to have to turn you down but i've fallen for someone else." With that he left the room, leaving Hoodie in a state of shock and sadness.