Shocking

"So gather up all of the fully grown and put them in the testing room. I'll meet you in the room behind the testing room." Foster said, walking away with a smile. I stared at the maze. I made that. Now we have to use it. I slowly opened all the doors besides Teardrops. They all followed me and entered the small door to the testing room. I walked to the end of the room and walked through a door and down a small hall to a smaller room, where Foster was already sat.

"Come sit." He demanded, motioning to a seat next to him. I sat in the seat and stared through the window. It was quite high, so I could see a bit above all the objects. They all talked to each other ecstatically. Which I don't blame them for, they barely ever see each other. Except for Snowball, who kept his distance. Poor boy. Foster leaned down and pressed a small button and spoke into a mic.

"This is a challenge. Go in and make your way to the other side." Is all they said. The little ones all looked around curiously and began filing into the maze. I watched nervously as they carelessly walked around the dangerous maze. Until a loud zapping noise filled my ears. Pencil screamed out, dropping to the floor. Block rushed to help her up. They don't even know each other. How kind.

- - -

"Are you okay?" Block asked quickly, helping Pencil yup.

"I think? What was that?" She asked, looking at the invisible area that shocked her.

"I don't know..." he said reaching his hand out. Once his hands passed a small section of the wall that was metal, his hand got zapped.

"Those walls I guess. The gray ones." He said grabbing his hands.

"Scary. Well, I gotta go." Pencil said, quickly running away. Block stood quietly, confused why she was so quick to leave.

"Whatever." He said, walking the same way to avoid the zapper.

Snowball fell back after the sudden shock hit him.

"That hurt! What was that?" He asked himself, running off. As he ran he avoided anyone he saw. Until he ran around a corner and slammed into someone. He stood up wearily.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to-" Ice Cube stared at him from the ground.

"Oh! Ice Cube I-" She jumped up and began running away from him. He started running after her.

"ICE CUBE WAIT!" He yelled running after her. He wanted to talk to her.

"Let me apologize!" He yelled, losing breathe.

"NO!" She yelled, not looking back. She ran through a gray area in the wall and screamed as it zapped her.

"Ice Cube!" He yelled trying to run over to help her, knowing it would zap him too. She scrambled to her feet and ran off, leaving Snowball behind the zapping barrier.

He sighed. Then a realization hit him. She didn't want him to apologize. She wanted to hate him on purpose! He wasn't the bad guy! Everyone else was. They all purposely hated him for no good reason. And he would not let them hold him back. He was strong for a reason. And now... he wanted to win.

Flower pushed a petal out of her face, letting her fingers drag over the large scar over her face. She hated it. Everyone else she saw had two eyes. She pushed a side petal up and over her eye while she walked aimlessly. She heard footsteps behind her.

"You lost too? This place is pretty crazy." Wood said, walking up to her. Flower gripped her petal harder, trying to make sure he couldn't see her missing eye.

"Yeah. We could walk together. If you'd like." Flower asked politely. Wood nodded, and they began walking down the halls.

"This is kinda scaring me, you too?" Wood asked her as they walked.

"Yeah! Those loud noises are scaring me a whole bunch! Especially the screaming." Flower lamented. Without their knowledge, they walked through a barrier. They both screamed as the shock slammed through their bodies.

"What was THAT!?" Flower, screamed, scrambling away from the source of her pain.

"I-I don't know-" Wood stopped and stared at her with confusion. She realized her petal fell from her face.

"Oh!" She squealed in embarrassment, covering her eye. Woody grabbed her hand and helped it pull down the petal.

"You're missing your eye?" He asked looking at the scar that replaced her eye.

"Y-Yeah, that's why I'm defective..." She muttered, covering it again.

"Defective? What's that?" Wood asked. Flower looked away, still embarrassed.

"It just means we didn't come out right. It's these red things, see?" She said pointing at the red sticker on her face.

"Oh." Wood said, thinking back to his room and his friends. Sponge and Ice Cube both had the red thing. And they both didn't have arms like him. That's weird, now that he thought about it.

"Yeah..." Flower said quietly. She started walking away.

"Wait- where are you going?" He asked her. She stopped and turned to look at him.

"Maybe we shouldn't walk together, it's kinda weird." She said before walking away, turning around a corner. Wood felt his hand where she would've been missing an eye.

"Yeah, it is kinda weird." He said to himself, walking down a different path.

Leaf walked slowly down a path, yawning. She'd been zapped once, and it absolutely drained her. She was already tired enough. Hopefully, more medicine will do her some good. At least, it should. She felt horrible. But she kept going. She decided to stop and take a break, she's tired. She sat quietly until she heard someone running in her direction. Snowball ran down the hall, a determined look on his face, before tripping over her legs. She tucked her legs in, apologizing profusely.

"Watch where you're going!" He yelled, running away again. Leaf watched nervously as he ran off. That was the boy Ice Cube used to hang out with? No wonder she stopped, he seems mean. She stretched and kept walking, her mind going elsewhere. She wasn't with everything until the electricity zapped through her. She fell forward and hit the floor. She tried to stand but she was so drained. So she decided to take a nap.

Snowball ran rampant through the maze. He was fierce but tried to avoid as many people as he could. He's successfully avoided the zaps that plagued the maze. Running into that leaf girl wasn't his plan. He knew she knew Ice Cube. She would talk poorly of him. But he's sure Ice Cubes talks badly of him already. Making him look like a bad guy. He doesn't need anyone though. He turned and ran through an exit. 3 people had already made it out before him. It was Pen, Wood, and Pin. Snowball avoided looking at Pen or Wood, and just to be safe, avoided Pin too. But she approached him.

"Good job! You're the fourth one out! I'm Pin!" She said standing in front of him. He tried to ignore her but she kept a warm smile.

"Oh sorry, are you unable to hear? I didn't know." She said sympathetically. Snowball sighed quietly.

"I can hear, I'm just deciding not to talk to you." He said coldly. Pin's smile kept up.

"How come? Don't want to say hi?" She asked. He groaned.

"Because friends are a waste of time, they'll all just abandon you." Pin stared at him.

"Oh... alright sorry." She said quietly, walking away. It almost hurt him. He thought she seemed nice.

Golfball followed closely behind Tennis Ball as they tracked through the maze. They already figured out the zapping walls and avoided them skillfully.

"This is easy, can't believe others are getting tricked by this!" She exclaimed, turning a corner to avoid another zapper.

"Yeah! The walls an entirely different color, that should be suspicious enough!" They heard a loud zap.

"There it is again!" Golfball complained. Tennis Ball laughed.

"Maybe we should just focus on getting out of here." He said, turning a corner. She could hear other people talking, it sounded like a group. They must be near the exit.

"We must be near the exit!" She exclaimed, running ahead of Tennis Ball. Tennis Ball followed closely behind her as she ran out of the maze.

"We did it!" She cheered. Tennis Ball chuckled and followed her out. There were 10 people out already. Golfball was already talking to Pen. Tennis Ball looked around and saw somewhat familiar faces and Snowball. Who glared at Tennis Ball the moment they made eye contact. He quickly looked away. Snowball freaked Tennis Ball out. He was so angry. So instead Tennis Ball introduced himself to new people. That was fun.

Block continued his journey through the maze angrily. He'd been there for what seemed like forever. He walked and turned through many areas, trying to avoid the electric walls.

"Ugh, now I'm just turning towardsThe entrance! Or is that the exit?" He complained as he turned and switched directions. But among the white walls and floor, he saw a little green leaf.

"Leaf? Leaf are you alright?" He asked running up to her unconscious body. He quickly recognized the gray walls behind her, she got shocked.

"Oh no... okay let's go," Block said to her, lifting her up and holding her, beginning to walk back the way he came. He slowly wandered, trying to listen for people when he heard Leaf groan.

"W-Whats going on?" She asked quietly. Block looked down at her.

"You fell asleep." He said, still walking forward.

"Oh...I really need more sleep huh?" She said laughing weakly. Block looked forward silently.

"Are we still in the maze?" She asked.

"Yeah. I haven't been able to find my way out." He complained. She twisted her body to look down the hall.

"Oh my." She said nervously. She didn't want to be here much longer. But he wandered with her in his arms aimlessly until he eventually backtracked a bunch and then went all the way through and found the exit. They were the last ones out.

"We did it!" Leaf cheered weakly. Others stared with concern.

"Is she okay?" Wood asked, trying to look for injuries. Block set her down on her feet.

"I think? She said she's just tired." Wood sighed at Block's response.

"She's always tired..." they both looked at her.

"Yeah. But she'll be fine. I'm sure of it." Wood responded.

"I hope you're right."

- - -

I finished my notes and observations and left the small room. Their horrifying screams of pain wracked my mind. I just need to focus. I walked into my lab, bubbles, and matches in hand. I pulled out two large cylinders of fluid. I opened the bubbles and used the wand to blow a decent bubble. I caught the bubble on the wand and lowered it into the solution. It didn't pop! What amazing stuff this is! I carefully put the vial away. I looked at my matches. How could I make a flame on its own? An idea came to me. I pulled out tweezers and lit a match. With the tweezers, I broke off the burning tip of the match. I nervously lowered the flame into the goo. It...stated? It looked as if the flame froze, but it's still there. Where did this stuff come from? Who knows. I put the vile in the fridge and sighed. I was so happy to see more of them, but I clearly was putting them in danger.

WOW

I only took like... a little bit long huh?

On another note though

Teressa is not Two

She is three

I didn't want to put two since we don't fully know their personality but yeah they're cool

:•)