(This chapter takes place during the events of Part 2; Chapter 10)

=Elemental Steve's POV=

"You insolent fool!" I chastised, watching as Moose could barely defend himself against a dummy.

No, not Galaxy Steve, it was an unmoving dummy made out of hay and a pumpkin.

"I know you can do better! It's not like I'm making you fight, you just need to defend yourself!" I scolded. Moose just shrieked in response as the dummy came off its supports and fell on him. I swear, he couldn't defend himself against a chicken.

I turned my head to Shark and Nathan, who were battling it out as Galaxy Steve sat by idly eating an apple. I approached him. "You need to be training to defend yourself, Galaxy Steve! Get up off your butt and work with Moose!" I ordered. Galaxy Steve's eyes widened. "AAAH! CHORES!!" He screamed. He chucked the apple at me, hitting me right in the head.

I stumbled a bit, suddenly feeling all four sets of eyes on me. I growled and lifted myself off the ground. "YOU FOOL!" I shouted. "YOU WILL WORK WITH THE OTHERS RIGHT NOW OR FEEL MY WRATH!"

Galaxy Steve backed up, then ran into the house. I landed and chased after him, suddenly stopping when he held a baguette out at me. "Wh-" "STAY BACK, FOUL FIEND!" He squeaked out. I grabbed the bread from his hand and snapped it in half.

Galaxy Steve gasped, and I was suddenly met with a bread basket to the face. Moose ran in, grabbing a baguette from the floor. "EVERY MOOSE FOR HIMSELF!!!" He screamed. I snatched the basket from Galaxy Steve, throwing it at Moose. He yipped, ducked, then ran elsewhere.

...

I don't know how long the fight lasted.

"Oh boy, Shark will have fun cleaning this one up!" Nathan said. picking up a smashed potato. Shark's head snapped toward him. "Me!? Why!?" He shouted. "Cause you're elected to do it." Nathan responded. Moose and Galaxy Steve nodded in agreement.

I stood. "I should get going. It's almost noon, and I need to get Sabre and Rainbow Steve." I said. I left the house as the four argued over cleaning up, flying up and towards the mountain entrance to the In-Between.

I landed to walk after crossing the river, feeling my energy drain. I sighed. The In-Between was like a recharge station for me. As I was walking, I felt an uneasy feeling come over me. I quickened my pace.

I suddenly felt a pain in the back of my head. I cried out, collapsing as everything went dark.

...

I gasped, my eyes shooting open. I tried to move, failing miserably, unfortunately. I glanced around with what limited movement I had, until my eyes landed on my him.

No..

"Elemental Steve, brother.." Time Steve spoke. I grimaced. "What do you want!? I'll destroy you!" Time Steve flinched at the response. "Please, I don't want to fight-!" "Oh, of course, so you just trap me instead, hm?" I scoffed.

"Brother.." Time Steve tried, "I know we've had our differences, but please!! This obsession has gone too far!!" "IT'S NOT AN OBSESSION!!" I roared. "IT WAS CURIOSITY, AND YOUR IDIOCY DROVE ME TO INSANITY!!"

My brother was silent. As he always was. I tried to move, failing again.

"I hate you, Time Steve.. I always have, and always will.." I growled, watching as tears fell from underneath his mask, and in all honesty I didn't even feel bad. He deserved it...

"I-I'll come check on you later, Elemental Steve.. See ya.." He walked through the giant Time Portal in front of the cage I was trapped in. 'See ya'.. Like I'm some old friend or something..

"See you later..."

(Not me wondering why people aren't commenting on Part 2 Chapter 12 and then realizing I haven't published it yet-)

(So like, I have plenty of ideas for this story, I have some events written out, but the thing is is that if I put out the ideas back-to-back, the story would move too fast and I obviously don't want that. Basically at the time [haha Time pun] I'm writing this, I've hit writers block. I have no idea what to do next to fill in parts of the story. Welp, if I run out of chapters and I'm not out of writers block, this book might see another hiatus- Speaking of hiatus, The Sound Of Storms has been on a pretty fat one- But don't worry, I constantly think about how many people I've disappointed with leaving it off randomly! Tbh I might just put all the chapters into a new book and then update it weekly so people notice it- Anyways have a nice day/night!)