(O!Charlie's PoV)

Squish squish squish

Just like how a regular slime sounds when walking, I was squishing nervously.

I swear I was going to visit the Pube after my adventure in the temple but after falling asleep in a campsite, I woke up underground.

I thought I was buried alive until I saw that I had room to move.

I dug up to see that I was in a desert somewhere. With a large sign that flashed, Welcome to Las Nevadas!

What the hell is Las Nevadas? I thought.

And so, I was walking around to see what it was.

It was mainly desert with a fountain in the middle; not much to see around here sadly.

I decided to enter one of the buildings which was a casino of sorts.

So this is a place where gambling is big and the best thing around here? I wondered.

I began to fiddle around with the chips.

Red, black.

I held one up. It was embroidered with a giant and fancy Q.

I set it down and was about to leave when I heard the doors open and shut.

"Looks like Slime is up to his usual things," a voice sighed. They sounded young.

I hid under the table and saw a pair of legs with purple sneakers walk by.

"Damn why did I get myself into this mess? ...Oh," the voice didn't elaborate.

They pace around the casino for a bit before the legs went out of my view.

I took a sigh of relief.

Whooosh!

A hand closed itself around my neck and dragged me out of the table.

Squish!

"What the-," the same voice said, holding their hand out which was covered in slime.

I was now as small as Sneeg and I ran like hell.

"YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE MOTHERF*CKER!" I shouted and pushed the door open (somehow).

"Wait Slime? Hold on!" That same person said.

I ran and ran and ran.

I slipped in a small crack in the fountain and hid there.

"Damn where did he go?"

"Hello there Purpled."

A new, more spine chilling voice has entered in.

The first person named Purpled sighed tiredly at this.

"Hello Quackity. What do you want now? I'm busy," he said.

"Oh I just wanted to say hello...and I just saw the mess made in the casino. Did you and Slimecicle did that?" Quackity asked.

"Well in a sense. I thought I saw someone spying on me (again) but I think it turned out to be Slime...again I think," Purpled muttered.

"What do you mean 'I think?' Explain," Quackity asked.

"He looked different. Like a mixture of slime and human. Also he managed to turn really small and ran away from me," Purpled explained.

"Interesting. Well once you seen him, tell him that I need to talk to him about something," Quackity said.

"Alright," Purpled said, stiffly.

They left.

I crawled out from the crack, revert back to my original height and began to run. But to where?

I stopped by the sign of Las Nevadas and pondered on where could I be?

"Slime," a voice behind me said.

I jumped and turned around to see that it was Purpled.

Ah sh*t, I thought.

"Uhhh hey there...," I said, awkwardly.

Purpled rose an eyebrow.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"You know...the usual. Just doing what a slime does is all," I explained.

If he didn't believe me or thought I was weird, Purpled didn't show it.

"Quackity needs you," he said and pointed in the direction where this Quackity is.

"Ah ok! I'll go to where Quackity is. Yes I totally know who that is, no need to be suspicious," I said, walking backwards slowly.

Purpled kept watching me, his bluish purple eyes narrowing.

I nearly bumped into someone after Purpled went out of my sight.

"F*ck! I'm sorry," I apologized.

"It's alright Charlie. I was just looking for you," the same chilling voice said but more friendlier.

It was a rather short man, wearing a white button up with brown overall straps plus a blue beanie which was hiding most of his black hair. He had a scar over one eye which looked like he was blind in that eye.

"Umm...hi Q-Quackity," I slightly waved.

He rose an eyebrow but continued to smile.

"Glad to see you up and about. I was just wondering about your day," he said.

"My day?" I asked.

Oh sh*t what should I say?! I thought worriedly.

"Um. Um. Um. I found some treasure but I forgot where it was. Then I met with Umm Purpled but he must have thought I was an intruder or something. And that's it," I blurted out.

Well at least it wasn't a lie, I thought.

"Treasure?" Quackity looked intrigued.

I relaxed a little. Maybe I can trust him and he can help me.

"Yeah it was in a temple somewhere," I said, pointing to yonder.

"Really? Show me," Quackity gave me a friendly smile.

"Yeah sure. It's around here somewhere," I said and walked away.

Well I dug my own grave, I thought.

Then I felt something sharp on my back.

I put my hands up out of instinct and slowly turned my head around.

Quackity was holding up a netherite axe and he was pointing it to my back.

"Now you're going to tell where Charlie is, you imposter. And you're going to tell me what have you done with him," he explained, still holding up a friendly smile but his tone was anything but.

I began to sweat nervously.

Holy crap! I'm in some deep sh*t! I thought in a panic.

"Listen pal. I don't appreciate the axe and me feeling like a hostage here. I didn't mean to trick you like that, but I don't know where this Charlie is. All I know is that I'm probably similar to him or something. Now please, put the f*cking axe down," I explained.

"You really think I'll believe a lie like that. Now tell me where he is," Quackity held the axe up to my neck.

"Look, I'm telling the f*cking truth! I have no idea where the other Charlie is, man! Please just believe me!" I shouted.

Quackity narrowed his eyes but he continued holding up the axe.

BOOM!

The ground trembled.

Then it stopped as soon as it came.

"What was that?" Quackity asked.

I took this opportunity of confusion to run.

To get away from him.

"Get back here!" He shouted.

He threw his axe at me.

HOLY F*CK! I thought as it came closer.

Then a blur of purple whooshed by and blocked the axe.

It was Purpled.

"Whoa!" I stopped to see him holding up a shield and standing his ground.

"Quackity, he's not lying," Purpled said.

"What?" Quackity stomped over to us.

Purpled pointed to the sky.

It was glittering with purple and blue sparkles. Almost like...stars.

Hold on! I recognize those stars.

"What does that have to do with him?" Quackity asked.

"He's not from here," Purpled said, rather stiffly.

For the first time, I took a good look at him.

He was shaking stiffly and his eyes looked glazed over.

When did he get cyan eyes with two letters in gold? I couldn't read what those two letters were but I think one was an X.

Purpled lay limped, his arms up almost like he was being controlled by a puppeteer.

"What the hell?!" Quackity shouted.

"Is he always like this?" I asked, occasionally glancing up at the stars.

"No, what's the f*ck is going on?" Quackity asked, walking closer to Purpled.

Purpled's head snapped up and his voice came out almost like a whisper but definitely not his.

"Go to L'Manhole. You will find your answers there. And you," he pointed to Quackity.

"Go the the spawn point. You'll find whoever made these stars there. Tell him that you'll take him to his friends," NotPurpled explained.

Then Purpled fell front face on the ground.

We stood there, frozen.

"What the hell just happened?" Quackity asked.

"I have no f*cking clue," I said.

"Nngh my head," Purpled got on his knees and rubbed on his temples.

"What was that all about?!" Quackity snapped.

"What was what?" Purpled asked, looking up at him.

"Holy crap, man! I think you might have been possessed!" I cried.

"Possessed? What?" Purpled looked very confused.

"So Uhh where is L'Manhole. And what is L'Manhole?" I asked.

"Purpled, take other Charlie to L'Manhole," Quackity sighed.

"What? Why? And what are you going to do?" Purpled asked, getting up.

"Because I need to get this other person," Quackity waved at the air where the purple stars were.

"Oh...well follow me other Slime," Purpled began to walk away.

"Wait one f*cking moment! Why am I called other Charlie!" I snapped, following him.

A/N: sorry if the pacing went out the window for this chapter. I didn't have much plans for this chapter as much as the other ones.

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Cya in the next one -Flare