Pin strolled down the street, gazing around and then back to the ground in a apologetic manner.

Today was the day she would put her plan into action.

In her hands, were two pots. In one, was a small green succulent with a emerald on it. In the other, was a batch of blue flowers, with a small pearl on the bottom.

This, in her mind, was the best item to give when apologizing.

This was her plan.

Simply go apologize to Book and Ice Cube about the 'incident.'

Next, check up on Fries and see how he's keeping up.

After that, check where everyone is at what time and what hour.

An then, the plan truly reaches its max.

She has to find someone that's truly an outcast. Known well, but not known of their location.

Oh well, she'll figure that out later.

Right now, we take things one at a time.

Slow. 


After a few minutes of wandering, she made it to the clubhouse where she slowly walked to the door, and knocked it three times. 
She could hear voices inside, before shuffling and footsteps that got gradually louder by the door. A tiny click was heard, before the door swung open.
 Pencil stood in the doorway, one hand around the door while the other was on her hip. Her eyes had dark bags beneath them, revealing that she was dead beat. She looked around and then at Pin, before her glossy eyes filled with dissatisfaction and anger.

"Can I help you?" She snapped.

"Woah, Pencil, you...look like a mess." The words escaped Pin's lips before she slapped a hand over her mouth. Pencil snarled.
"Well a certain someone nearly beat up an alliance member death, so I had to stay up night and day making sure to keep her stable and ALIVE." She shouted. Pin bit her lip and looked down.


She remembered the recovery centers, and how long they have been working for. 

She remembered the day the usual whirring noise came to a stop,revealing it has broken down, and stopped working. 

As a result from the glue as well. 

How did the glue even get there?

She looked up.
"Uh...Is Book and Ice Cube here?" She hesitated. She looked back up at Pencil, who had an eyebrow raised.


"Sorry, but I don't allow assholes in here."


Look who's talking.

Pencil began to shut the door, before Pin stuck her foot in to stop it from closing.
Pencil let out a grunt before yanking the door open again.


"Seriously, what do you want?! I'm not letting you hurt-"


"I want to apologize, Pencil." Her voice was dull. 
Pencil looked at her, sudden confusion hitting her. 


"Wh-"


"Listen. I need to apologize. What I did.." She glanced to the side.
"What I did was messed up, and I just wanted to apologize to Book. If...she's okay."


Pencil let out a small chuckle.


"Really?" She questioned. Pin gave her a stern look before she sighed.


"Fine. And yes. She's available, she's in a better condition than she was yesterday." 
She let the door drift open, before Pin walked inside. The floor had dull, multicolored tiles. As well as the walls..
She smiled a bit.
 

Pencil walked into a room, where Ice Cube, Book, and Ruby sat on a small sofa, watching television.
Ice Cube was holding a pack of ice (wow) to her eye, leaning against the couch sleepily.
Book had multiple bandages wrapped around her, a few of them already had foggy spots of red.
She held an ice pack to one of her eyes, while the other was on her cheek as she watched the television in a slothful manner. Ruby sat beside her, an arm around her friend in a way to console her friend.
In general, they all looked exhausted. 
Pencil cleared her throat which received all of their eyes on her.

 
"Book, Ice Cube. Someone wants to pay you a visit."
 Their eyes were filled with confusion, until Pin slowly stepped beside Pencil.
Ice Cube's eye widened in horror, as Book's eyes darkened in annoyance. Ruby shot up and put her arms around the two, protectively.


"WHATS SHE DOING HERE?!" Ruby exclaimed angrily, breaking the tense silence between the three of them. Pin sighed and looked at the two.


"I just wanted to apologize."
Ruby slowly put her arms down as she looked at her closely.
Pin looked at her, confused and a bit bothered by the small gemstone.


"Are you SURE? You're not gonna hurt them, like, are you?" She raised an eyebrow angrily. Pin backed up a tiny bit before frowning. 


"Ruby, just like, stop this nonsense! Just let her apologize!" Match's voice echoed from the kitchen. She must've been so loud, that the entire clubhouse could hear her.

Though how strange. Match actually having a good response, letting her apologize to the two without a guilt trip of some sort. 
Ruby stuttered, before letting out a sigh and glaring back at Pin.


"Hurt them, and you'll regret it."


Oh please, she couldn't even throw a punch without crying from the impact.


She nodded slowly as Ruby stomped out of the room, leaving Book, Pin and Ice Cube in the very. heavy silence.


"What do you want." Book's raspy voice felt like a hard punch in the gut to Pin. She gulped and looked at her.

"L-Listen.." she stuttered.

"I...I really have to apologize about yesterday, I really do...I didn't mean for things to escalate like that."

"Then why did you throw that paper to Icey?!" She snapped.

Pin cringed and rubbed her still swollen wrist.

"I-I swear, I didn't mean to throw that hard.."

Her voice began to shake.

"I didn't want you to get hurt. I didn't mean to hurt both of you. My emotions got the best of me, and..."

She sighed out shakily.

At first, Book's face was stern and serious, but out of nowhere, Book's face softened as she looked at Ice Cube, who was looking at her with concern. She turned back to Pin.

"Hey..." she mumbled.

"It's...okay. I know you. Really aren't the type to start a fight...well, unless something goes way over the wrong, but I do understand that your emotions took over." She let out a soft chuckle.

"To be honest, I let mine get the best of me too."

Are you fucking kidding me.

Pin looked up at them, and let a small smile grow across her cheeks. Book smiled back, the same, warm smile that she gave Ice Cube before the entire incident happened.

"So...you forgive me?"

"Yes. Yes I do."

Pin smiled wide.

"Perfect! Because not only did I come to give an apology, I came to give you gifts!"

She held out the two plants, which brightened their faces.

"Wow! A emerald gemstone with a small succulent! Thank you Pin!" She held the pot in her hands, admiring the small gemstone.

"I got a pearl!!" Ice Cube exclaimed, her eyes twinkling with excitement. Pin smiled and rubbed her wrist.


"I grew those plants in my garden...I thought you guys would like them."


"Oh we do like them! Don't we Icy?" Book looked at her small friend, who nodded vigorously.

Pin nodded.

"I'm glad you both like them."

-

Time passed, before Pin decided it was time to leave. She felt as if the team forgave her for the small mishap that took place.

The alliance even hung out with Pin before she left!

It was nice.

Now it was time to give an apology to Fries. She didn't know how he was doing, until she began to hear quite a ruckus from the small potato garden a certain someone owned. Pin raised an eyebrow and curiously wandered to said garden, eavesdropping to the current event that was taking place.


"Fries! Seriously you have to at least take a break!"

"NO, you people need to leave me ALONE. These potatoes need to grow NOW, and-"

Suddenly, a soft crack was heard, followed by a grunt of pain.

"FRIES!" They screamed.

Pin made her way around a few buildings, and quietly peeked over to the garden to reveal Fries being helped up by Gelatin. His eyes were filled with silent agony and overflowing pain as his body seemed shook and limp. He winced again and shook Gelatin's arms off of him, before dusting himself off.


"Okay Fries, thats enough. You really have to rest." Gelatin mumbled nervously, looking up at him. He gave him a death glare for a moment, but only for a moment, before sighing and trudging inside.

As he did so, Pin walked up to Gelatin, her eyebrow raised in concern.

"Um, what was that about?" She questioned, innocently. Gelatin looked up at her, and his eyes filled with suspicion as he slowly gripped the freeze juice that de picked up off of the ground.

"Well, if you don't REMEMBER what you did.." Gelatin gritted his teeth. "Fries's back is really messed up. We can't really crack it to make it feel any better, and we feel like the pain is getting more worse.."
 Pin looked over to the small house Fries plodded into, and looked down at the garden.


"I think I can help." She suggested, shrugging her arms. Gelatin let out a loud snort, before bursting into uncontrollable laughter.


"YOU?! HELPING HIM?! THATS THE BEST JOKE I'VE HEARD ALL DAY!" He wiped a stray tear falling down his cheek.


Oh.
Just wait you poor poor excuse of a 'dessert'.

 Just wait in a few days.

 We'll see who's laughing then.


Pin smacked him upside the head, before he whined and looked up at her.


"Given the right opportunity, I would've freeze you, you jerk." He raised up the freeze juice, and brandished the juice in Pin's face. She noticed how the liquid sparkled and glowed from the sun's reflection. She sighed.


"Just stay out here. I'm gonna help, whether you like it or not."
And with that, she stomped away, leaving Gelatin,

And the freeze juice, behind.
-


Fries's legs trembled as he slowly let himself sit down in a chair. 


This. Was awful.


Sure, the pain bothered him, but at a subtle manner.

 It wasn't bad. But now, after the situation with Pin..it was really messed up.

 He sighed and let his eyes close, slowly drifting off.


"Fries?"
Great.
His eyes opened to see Pin standing by the doorway, concern all over her face. His eyes changed to a somber expression as he looked straight at her.


"Yes, Pin?" He mumbled. He sounded tired.
Pin walked in and stood next to him, looking down. 


"Um, how are you feeling? She questioned. Fries brightened up.


"Oh, I've been feeling wonderful! Its not like my back is bothering me at all!" He mocked. Pin looked down, hurt from his witty remark. He looked up at her and sighed.


"No. I'm not okay. My back has been killing me all day.."


"And thats why I came here."
Fries looked at her, his eyes filled with confusion.


"What?"


"Fries, I came to apologize." Pin rubbed her wrist.
"Um...I didn't mean to hurt you. At all. When I saw Gelatin with the freeze juice, I didn't know how to react. I was feeling...Angry. And I just wanted to get it over with." She sighed.


"Yes, I know what I did was messed up. But...."


Fries raised an eyebrow.


"But?"


"But I still don't know how to feel. I was in the wrong, I know..but..." She began to mumble.


"Pin, you're mumbling again."


She looked up, her eyes glossy and out of it.


"Oh...sorry Fries."
 

He looked at her for a moment, before slowly getting up, and putting a hand on her shoulder and squeezing it gently. 


"Alright, now listen to me. You were in the wrong. I'm sorry, but its the truth. But that still doesn't mean that you can't be forgiven." He smiled.
 Pin looked up, smiling sadly. She really didn't have nothing to say. Sure, Fries could be a down-sided jerk sometimes, but he still had his soft sides. She smiled and embraced him into a small hug, her arms wrapped around her back.


"Good, 'cause I also wanted to do this."


Fries's eyes widened.


"Wait a second, what-"


He was soon cut off, as Pin hugged him tightly, to the point where a loud crunch-like noise filled the room. Fries winced and grunted from the pain, before his eyes slowly began to ope, the pain subsiding. He stood up, and his eyes filled with shock and perplexity.

 
"All done!" Pin grinned. Fries began to walk around, and he was soon hit with a feeling of relief as he realized that the back pain was now non-existent. He turned to Pin and chuckled.


"Thanks Pin."


-


Days went by, as Pin sat on top of a building, holding binoculars in one hand and a small notepad in the other.

This was the beginning of step 2:

Keep track of where everyone is. Takes a few days, but jot down where the most popular area is where everyone meets. Then choose the most isolated.

She's been watching carefully at everyone n the city. And, she already had a handful of notes and areas she had to avoid at specific times.

Gelatin is definitely a wanderer. He walks around the city in the morning for an hour, before going over to Fries's garden, where he chatted with him for a few hours before going with him into his house. He also likes to go over by the Goiky Canal and play around in the sand during evening hours.
 He sure did act like a child at times.


Needle always stood by the science museum, usually in the morning. During late-afternoon into evening hours, she'd leave and go hang out with Coiny, as they both would go to Fries's garden and talk about their day.


Golf Ball and Tennis Ball were surely wanderers as well. They head to the museum in the morning, and afterwards, they go over to the Yoyle Needy and collect their data and research. They would then proceed the woods, where they would check the wall teleportation device and see if its reached its maximum battery charge. Then, they'd find Coiny and they'd take a walk around the city, telling him about the data they've collected. 


Woody wasn't really a wanderer. But he likes to go to the Goiky Canal during morning hours, and hang wander by the garden to see what the others were up to.


Rocky? He likes to hang around TB and GB. The usual. 


Coiny? He likes to hang around the others. He goes over to Needle to chat a bit in the morning before he explores the city, looking for small treasures he could find. He'd then walk around with TB and GB, and then he'd hang out with Needle and Fries at his garden.


And the Freesmarters? Extreme wanderers. 
They stay in the clubhouse for a half hour, before leaving and heading over to the Yoyle Needy. They like to go back and fourth, the same place always being the Yoyle Needy.
 They'd go to the Canal, and back to the tower.
They'd go to the Super Van, and go back to the tower.

They'd sometimes go into the museum, and go back to the tower.


What did they do so much over there?


Ah, well, who cares. 


She looked down at her notes and sighed. She finally had enough data and information to start her plan.


But now, the question is: 


Who's first?


Definitely not Coiny nor Fries. 

Off-limits.


GB? 
No. TB would find out, and he'd probably start an investigation or. Something.


Rocky? Not yet.


Woody? No.


She sighed as she looked at the tower. This was going to be a bit-

Wait.


She looked at the tower closely, before seeing a small, rectangular shape slowly dangling from the side of the tower.


It took her a moment to realize, until she suddenly knew.

Her eyes darkened as she smirked.


She now knew who was next.

(ACK SORRY IF THIS IS LATE BUT!!!! I'm glad you guys are enjoying the story!! <333)

-Ice