Quick disclaimer I AM SO SORRY I DID NOT REALISE THAT TWO ONLY USED THEY THEM PRONOUNS SOMEONE TOLD ME A WHILE AGO AND I COMPLETELY FORGOT I FEEL SO TERRIBLE FROM NOW ON IM GONNA BE USING THEY/THEM i know a lot of people got confused on twos gender i should've checked the wiki sooner I'm so sorry help
Morning. Another day.. each day kept passing and passing, and yet everyone were still left with many questions.. was this ever going to end? Or was the end when everyone was finally killed? Would Two ever be stopped? Would Two prevail?
Of course, there was no direct answer.
Last night there had been a storm. A terrible storm, it was violent and destructive, murderous too. It had Two written all over it. Trees were coated with snow and icicles, plants blanketed by the heavy snowfall. The river had completely frozen over, the waterfall too. There was a thick layer of snow over all the grass, and it was impossible to walk through efficiently if you were a shorter object. Taller objects would just have to walk awkwardly.
The snow had stopped falling for now, but may start once again later. Two decided to let them have a little hope, only to crush it further on and start up the harsh weather again.
Those who weren't shielded from the weather would have been frozen to death in the snow. Luckily, Price Tag and Naily stayed in their cave and Snowball wasn't effected by the cold. Others had to handle it differently. Depending on the object type, the cold would impact them differently.
Metal objects conducted the cold better and therefore became very cold, however it wouldn't kill them. However softer objects, such as Cake and Pillow, would have frozen to death. They're dead anyways though so that doesn't matter.
Needle yawned longingly, slowly blinking and opening up her eyes to be greeted with the sight of snow. She opened them wide, looking around in surprise as she realised that the snow had been awful last night;
everywhere was pale and white. She looked up at the tree that she had been leaning against to sleep, noticing that there was quite a few icicles above her.
"Gh-" she attempted to move away, but noticed she couldn't. She gazed down at her arms fearfully, realising that they had frozen in the snow, herself the same. She was metal.. she must've got stuck there by the ice. She rolled her eyes in frustration "Ugh-" she grunted and attempted to yank her arms out of the snow, feeling and hearing the soft cracking of the ice as she pulled them out.
She tugged herself away from the tree, grunting before stumbling upwards into standing. She brushed herself off from ice that stuck to her, being careful. This didn't help her rusting very much.
She sighed and turned her body around, observing the area "Right.. er.." she needed to decide where to go. She had been trying to look for help but.. she didn't feel safe going back up the cliff. If she went there, there was a small chance she would run into Free Food - and as much as she hated Rs, she didn't want Two to send some idiots over to his base and probably get her friends killed in their wreckless saviour attempt.
She looked up at the sky.. the clouds looked.. not as bad as yesterday. She must have just fallen asleep by the tree last night.. quite early, because she didn't remember the snow being that bad. She had been pretty tired from all her working.
She really really hoped her friends were doing okay.
She kicked some of the snow out of her way, and began to walk once again. She had a long way to go today.. she had to just keep walking.. if she spent too much time wondering, she would starve.
She had found an apple tree, but it only had one apple. This was annoying - but also a good sign. Someone else had also been using the tree as a food supply. It wouldn't be Rs' group, the warehouse most likely had food stored within it.
She sighed and frowned as she walked, just looking at the ground. What was she even supposed to do when she found someone? If she even did? It was likely they wouldn't even help her.. especially if they were from Fours side. Even so, what then? Would she just take them to where the warehouse was? What if they also got trapped? Or killed? What if her friends were already killed?
There were many more negatives than positives, and even more likely bad things to happen than good things. She had tried not to think about it but that didn't help, she was just running away from her problems.
She rubbed her head and closed her eyes, groaning softly; she then let out a yelp, tripping up on a branch that was buried within the thick snow and falling face first into it. She landed with a gentle thump, groaning louder.
Her noises were muffled. She was debating if she should just lie there and sleep, try and get buried by the weather. Maybe she would be able to die painlessly in her sleep.. suffocate or something. She felt bad for wanting to give up on her friends, but she didn't have much to do. She was running out of options.. eventually she would run to a dead end.
Was there even any point in fighting? Two was too powerful..they would take over eventually..
"N-Needle..? Why.. are you ..like ..in the snow?"
Needle looked up instantly. Not only was she suddenly motivated by the sound of someones voice, but the fact that it was someone she recognized.
She met eye to eye with her. She.. she had died. Had she not? Why was she.. here? Didn't Free Food kill her and throw her off the cliff as they claimed? They said they snapped her right in half.
"M-Match..?"
She stood up quickly, surprised by the sight of her "H-Holy.. what are you doing alive!? Y-You were killed?? I mean-" she wasn't sure what to say "Oh- its been so long, I'm so sorry for joining Twos side and not protecting Pin, and-"
"Don't apologise-" Match tried to awkwardly laugh, surprised by the sudden apologies that Needle was blabbering out. She rubbed the back of her head "I..Um.. Did die. It wasn't pleasant.."
"Then.. how are you alive? Was it a recovery centre?" Needle quickly questioned.
"No.." Match revealed, a little saddened "I don't..really know. But like, someone taped me my body up, see?" She went to point to herself. She had clearly been previously snapped in half, but then taped with.. well, regular tape? Was that even possible? To bring someone back to life like that?
Needle thought of Tape.. was he responsible for this? Did Rs' bring Match back to life? ..That was...
"Y-Yeah.. sounds crazy."
"Um.." Match looked at the snow "This is.. pretty weird. I haven't really.. like, seen anyone that I used to know. I've been feeling a little lonely. "
Needle felt guilty "Aren't you.. mad at me?"
"Why?"
"I..I joined Twos side! I'm on the side that killed you- killed your friends! I-I let them do it!" Needle cried, grabbing Matchs' shoulders. "I-I feel so awful for being so stupid! Don't you feel frustrated??? I-I don't-"
"Well.. yeah, I am." Match moved her hands off her shoulders "But like... not at you Needle." She shrugged "You ..didn't know any better. And.. that's okay. I forgive you." She looked down "I'm..like, not gonna be upset with you. I've already lost so many to lose any more."
"I-I'm..sorry Match."
"Pin was imprisoned, wasn't she?" Last time Match saw Pin, she sacrificed herself to help the rest of Iance get away. Match was left with Pencil, Lightning, Fanny and Snowball.
Needle gently gulped "..She.. is. Free Food took her.. I-Im so sorry-" she tried to defend "I.. haven't been able to talk to her at all. Things are so awful ...I don't think you want to know-" she thought about Pins legs being cut off "..I-I don't want to talk about it-"
"It's..fine." Match held her arm "..I'm..curious. Why are you even here, Needle?"
"W-Why am I alive?"
"Noo-" Match gently chuckled "Why are you.. down here? Down the cliff?"
Needle clicked her fingers in realisation "Oh! M-My friends! They've all been captured and kidnapped by ..um, Rubber Spatula? The debuter? And some others or whatever. They're hurting them and I-I escaped. It's..a long story to why we are there but.. I-I need your help. They're going to die and-"
Match cut her off "I will-" she interrupted. Needle was surprised "Wh-What? Just like that?"
Match played with her hands "Well.. like, ..I don't want this. I'm..aware of Rs and his intentions already. I know what he plans to do to Twos side."
"H-How?"
Match bit her lip "Okay.. don't freak out but.. I have this sort of like, group? I stumbled across them. They're just on the outskirts of the forest. They are aware of what Rs' is doing and are like, trying to stop it. They're also debuters. They apparently contacted you guys not that long ago-"
"P-PDA?" Needle said hopefully, remembering what Anchor had said. "And Leek and Onigiri?-"
"H-How did you know..?" Match asked, weary.
"My friend Anchor used to know them! He told us who they were on the radio based off their voices.. I-I had no idea that you were with them.. they would be the perfect group for help! Th-They're actually the ones who told us about the debuters controlling and.. attacking us in the first place! That's why we went! I could really do with their help-"
"R-Really? Oh, like, wow!" Match was fairly shocked "I could take you right now.. then.-" she grabbed her arm, pulling her to follow her. Needle flinched, but followed.
"You're so cold.. were you out all night?" Match looked over to her with concern, letting go. Needle shrugged and laughed uneasily "You could say that-"
Match lead her around some trees, travelling throughout the forests. It was a fairly short distance that she had to travel, as she had just been looking for apples.
"H-Hey.. out of curiosity, who is even like, apart of your group? The ones that are held hostage.." Match wondered, keeping track of where she was walking. She went to let go of Needle ice cold arm, shaking her hand off to try and warm it up.
Needle kicked some snow boredly, rubbing her arms to warm them "Tree.. Robot Flower, Anchor and Nickel. Tennisball would have probably come but.. they managed to connect to Tv and force him attack Tb. I'm..not even sure how they managed to do that." She admitted.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Match shook her head "I'm..sorry you got caught up in this. I'm..sure my group didn't intend for this to happen. I don't think they planned for you to actually go there-"
"We had to." Needle said firmly "Otherwise.. the attacking would have continued. "I know they.. probably have good intentions." she didn't mention how she thought that Tape was the one that helped Match become revived... she wasn't even sure if Match knew who Rs' group consisted of.
"Well.. like.. they do, I guess. They want justice for Fours group, but they.. handle it the wrong way. My friends told me that, at least. I think Rubber Spatula could've done a better job at like, handling the situation..."
"You got that part right.." Needle sighed and closed her eyes. Match shook her "Hey, we're like, here."
Needle opened them unexpectedly and looked around. She was shocked to realise they had got to the end of the forest.. the trees stopped off here. There seemed to be a railway - and it was mostly covered in heaps of snow, but there were some gaps where she could make out that there were rails.
"H-Huh?" She looked around, her body tensing as she noticed the train carriages. They were definitely broken down and not in use.. but they looked like they had been turned into.. some sort of base?
"Come .. it's okay." Match assured, leading the way. Needle stayed for a few moments before following, a little intimidated.
Match led her over. She grabbed the handle to one of the side doors to the carriage and pulled it open, climbing inside.
Needle stared.. in the doorway were make- do tassles, and on the inside it was extremely colourful. The whole place was kind of a mishmash of random things the group must have found, such as different lamps to light up the place, a mattress had been placed over two sets of the seats to make a bed, with some sort of flat and worn bed sheets. The floors were wooden like the carriage, but there were a few small rugs. She recognised a few of these belongings.. they had belonged to her friends. There were many pots and pans around for looking, and she assumed they had come from Gelatins steakhouse. Scattered around were random belongings all about the place, with cupboards and bags and windows with newspaper and pieces of paper stuck over them, fairy lights and teacups and.. too many things. She was fairly overwhelmed by the sudden sight, but it was very welcoming. There were also two more carriages, so they were probably filled with more things.
"Needle! Are you like, coming?" Match asked, with a playful and small smile "Or are you just gonna stare?"
"C-Coming-" she held onto the side to help herself up into the carriage, stumbling. Match closed the door behind her. "Uhh.. " she pointed to a crate "You can just sit there. It's kind of cramped.. haha.."
Needle looked to where Match pointed and went to sit, swinging her legs slightly and putting her hands on her lap. She gazed around, admiring the place "Soo.. this yours?" It smelled strongly of wood.
"Oh, no, this isn't mine. This was the groups I found." She walked across the carriage and went to make her some tea on a portable stove, beginning to heat some water "I think they're out right now.. but when they're back you can tell them all about it, okay? We'll help you.."
"Th-Thanks.. Match." Needle was skeptical because.. she didn't know why Match was forgiving her so easily. "I-Im.. really grateful. I.. thought you'd be more upset."
Match sighed, holding the handle to the pan and shaking it so the water rippled, watching steam go up "I.. am. But.. not at you, like I said." She frowned to herself "I-I miss all my friends - and I think nobody I used to hang out with is alive anymore. I think.. Pin.. is my only friend left that is alive. She.. is alive, right?"
"Yeah.." Needle replied. But she knew Pin really didn't want to be..
Match gazed into the water, frowning softly "Maybe...one day I'll be able to save her. I just.. feel awful. She like, sacrificed her life for my group.. I don't even like, know what happened to the rest of them after I died. Have you by any chance seen Snowball, Fanny or Lightning?"
She shook her head "S-Sorry.. I haven't. " she watched Match's reaction, and she seemed pretty deflated by the news. "..I..see." she poured it into a cup, before finishing it up.
She handed Needle the tea, "Careful.. its hot."
Needle glanced inside it wearily.. she trusted Match.. she was probably telling the truth about this group. She directed all her anger to Two and Free Food and that was.. okay. She just hoped she wasn't just lying to spare Needles feelings.
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"Well?"
Golfballs group had woken up to .. a concerning discovery. When Pen had left last night and they saw the weather, of course it was off putting. However this morning had made it so much worse. Through the door, frost had began to creep under. It was unusually cold.. it was like being inside wouldn't even be able to shield them from the freezing temperatures.
Golfball was trying to use her security cameras to check outside, but they seemed to be broken, her grumbling as she couldn't get them to work. "Gh.. I can't see anything!" She complained.
Everyone gave each other nervous glances "..Let's go check it out ourselves, then?" Lollipop suggested., stepping forward
"Surely it would not be snowing still?"
No.. but they would have to face another problem.
"Why, of course not! We haven't had a snow storm that big.. in.." Golfball thought for a moment, everyone waiting "Well, forever!" She spat "The odds of that happening speaks for itself."
"Then why now..?" Bomby questioned, fidgeting uncomfortably. Blocky groaned and held his arm, looking off to the side. He was clearly worried, tapping his foot on the ground repeatedly "I really hope Pen is okay.."
Woody gently pat his back to try and be comforting, Blocky looking at him gratefully. Blackhole gently exhaled, focusing his attention on the door. "I'm sure he's doing just fine.. Golfball.. do you mind opening the door so we can see outside?" He requested of her.
She reluctantly agreed, slamming her foit the red button that caused the doors to open up. The metal dooes came apart slowly, the group waiting for the big reveal. "Do you think the snow piled?" Lightning wondered.
Golfball scoffed as if the question was the most idiotic thing she had heard all day, Lightning fidgeting "Impossible!" She snapped at him fiercely "What an absurd conclusion. Did you not see the amount of rain?? The snow would have never piled on such damp surfac-"
"You.. might wanna reconsider that.." Blocky backed up, staring at the doors.
Her jaw dropped as she watched snow pour in from the gap in the open door, Bombys eyes widening and in reflex he swooped up Jr and yanked him away, preventing him from getting buried in snow. Jr stared at it in fear "J-Jeez!" He exclaimed, holding onto Bombys arm "You said it wouldn't do that!"" He glared over at Golfball.
There was a lot of snow that had fallen indoors, like a huge hill that went up to the very top of the doorframe. You couldn't see past it.
"I-I..I-m..-" Golfball was trying to say the word impossible "H-How could temperatures drop so low so quick?!" She spluttered, looking down and trying to think. This didn't make sense.. it wasn't physically possible for the climate they had been living with for the last.. many many years.
"No clue.." Lollipop hummed and walked over to the towering hill of snow and dipped her finger in it, dragging it through and taking it out "Goodness.. this is cold. How much of there is this?" She stepped back, looking up and down at it.
The doors had opened completely and the snow continued to slowly slump inside. It completely blocked the exit.. there was no getting out of there.. "..It. must be deep.." Blocky was dumbfounded, nervous for Pen.
Fanny rolled her eyes "Well, Golfball was obviously wrong. We need to close up the doors before more gets in here." She demanded, kicking some of the snow off her foot, disgusted.
Lightning observed it, "Hm.." he looked at the rest of them, putting his hands together happily "..I've never really seen snow like this..that's so cool!"
"Cool? It's the opposite!" Yelled Golfball, saddening Lightning "Something irregular is messing with the climate and its cycle. Someone, even. We need to block the snow off immediately..if someone has the ability to drop temperatures this low, we need to prepare for even worse conditions. " she suggested, but it was more of a command. She awaited for how they would respond.. she knew she was right so in theory they had no choice but to comply.
Blocky sighed, deciding to agree "Then..let's close up that door.." his voice was wavering.. he was clearly a little upset. The fact that Pen was out there made him nervous. He really hoped he was okay.. he hadn't expected the weather to take that much of a turn.
Golfball turned around and closed up the doors, cutting off the snow. Jr hopped down from Bomby, brushing himself off "Good riddance. I hate that shit.. ugh, it got eveywhereee.." He complained, pointing at the snow left on the inside. "Should I fire blast it?" He charged up his blaster.
"Unnecessary." Golfball remarked quickly, not wanting him to explode the snow everywhere. Lollipop kicked the remains that were left on the floor, "It will melt.. probably. "
"We need to make a fire to reserve warmth for the future. Someone grab some flammable materials, we can use Jrs blaster to ignite it." She ordered "Blocky, go with Bomby and bring me some firewood from the basement." She looked at them firmly, signalling towards it.
"Come on Blocky." Bomby murmured "I think I saw some wood at the very back.." He pat his shoulder, before walking past him and taking lead. Blocky waved to Woody, before departing.
Golfball sighed, frustrated about the realisation she had just came too "I suppose we need to keep Liy alive too..or whatever." she grumbled "We should move her cage to this room-"
A collective groan was heard from the group, Jr continuing his complaint after "Do we really have to have her in here?? Why can't she just die alreadyyy!" He whined, sulking.
Lollipop frowned down at him, putting her hands on her waist "Don't say that.. it's mean.."
"Why shouldn't I?? Is it reallly mean??" He questioned, glaring at her.
She thought "Hmm, maybe not." she shrugged, uncaring of Liy "But.. we need to get some information out of her. Killing her would be safe but.. not efficient. "
"Fineee..." Fanny growled, catching everyones attention"I don't agree but whatever." she scoffed, scuffing the floor with her foot. "Come on Lightning, you can carry her cage."
"Can I...?"
She ignored him and lead him to where 8-ball was guarding Liy.. this whole weather thing was.. scary. Not only was it another example of how everything was just getting worse, but also how there were just more and more problems that they would have to overcome in order to survive.
They hoped that the snow wouldn't effect them too bad.. but they also hoped anyone outside would be able to survive in it.
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