Things had gotten a lot worse. One more reset had passed. People were starting to stop listening to me. Two even caught a glimpse of the blankness. Another reset's supposed to happen soon. Looking down at my watch. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1...

Nothing. The blurring doesn't pass. I don't return to my study. I stay, standing in the middle of the road.

"Shit..." Ripping into my book bag, I pull out my phone. Smacking the call button on Amethyst's contact. It rings and rings. "C'mon...C'mon... Pick up... Pick up..." Urgency and panic fill my voice.

"DAMION THIS IS AN AWFUL TIME TO CALL PAL!!!" Panting, shouting at the speaker, forcing me to move my head away. " WHATEVER IT IS IT BETTER BE IMPORTANT!!! BUT MAKE IT FA- Bang. JESUS!!!"

"Did a gun just go off?!" More panic crushes me.

"YES!!! NOW SPIT IT OUT GOD DAMNIT!!"

"The resets stopped."

"Wh-what?!" Her voice completely changing tone. "You... You said that wouldn't happ- Bang. Shit... How the fuck did that happen?"

"I don't know.... But if you don't come back, people are gonna start to wander out into the blankness... You need to come home."

She paused for a second people screaming and getting shot in the background. Sighing, she speaks. " I can't..."

"Why not?! I- if you don't come back... I don't think I can fix this..."

"Yeah well if I come back there won't be a home for us!" She shouts into the phone.

"Wha-"

"We have to get out of here! What are you doing?! C'mon! If we don't get that prisoner back, then they'll kill us themselves!!!" A new voice adds. Then a crack. And the no signal sound comes on. <Sorry, caller no longer available.> States a robotic voice.

"No no no no no no no." Trying to call again but the same robotic voice answers. <Sorry, caller's not available.> I need to go after her. I need to bring her back... But I'm awful in these kinds of situations, and what about all the other people. They'd get out into the in between and everything would go even shittier than it already is. I mean I'm not the hero, I'm the guy in the chair, the tech savy one.

But those gunshots and who were those other people?

Ugh... I need to go after her. Striding towards the blankness behind me. No no no no no no no no... I have a responsibility to stay here. Turning around and heading back to town. Nope! She needs me! Back and forth I went for about a good solid twenty minutes.

Ugh! I am going and that's final! String to the blank. Stepping just before the blankness, freezing. Hesitant. Looming back at the only place I've known.

"Goodbye... I'm going to bring Am, and our Creator back. I'll save this place. No more guy in the chair." Stepping into the blank. Trying to walk in the direction that I believed Am went. But it was hard to tell I was even going anywhere. Continuously looking behind me to see my world getting farther and farther away. Pulling out a notebook from my bag, I scribble down some observations. How do they find anything around here?

Walking for what seemed about twenty minutes, another shape came into the distance. A person, sitting and observing over a ledge, writing notes. What appeared to be a mail box beside them. Did someone else get out? Did they get past me and manage to get out here?

"Hello?!" Is someone there?!" Walking up behind them, cautiously. Hearing me, they turn their head looking directly at me. Giving me a small shy wave. My nerves easing off a bit. Walking towards them more confidently , maybe they knew how to navigate this place, or even how to find Am! "I seem to be in some trouble and I was wondering if you coul-" I stop, noticing something, I hadn't seen before.

Two crimson horns and a crimson demon-like tail. This being wasn't human. Is this...A creator? Freezing dead in my tracks. Unable to move. Tilting their head, slightly confused.

"You need some help right?" Beginning to stand, the notebook and pencil disappearing into thin air. Another thing proving they aren't human. Now, I'm not a short person, just shy of six feet. But they towered over me. Reaching at least eight feet. Short hazelnut hair slightly covering one eye. Rectangular glass in front of their aqua eyes, stickers placed on their cheeks like freckles and on their hair, looking like Penelope Vansweets from Reck it Ralph. The stickers reminding me if the sprinkles she had in her hair. Walking up closer to me.

"Hi, I'm Evan, he/they pronouns. I'm sure Frog probably told you that I can help with edits and stuff like that." Rubbing the back of his head nervously. "Quick question though, why are you in your creation size? We're in the Inbetween, they can't see us here."

Staring in shock up at him. Barely able to speak. "Th-this is my normal height. I don't know...wh-what you're talking about."

"Wait..."Eyes calculating. "Oh shiii..." Shrinking down, smaller than me even, the horns and tail disappearing. "You're a creation aren't you?" Now looking up at me.

"Y-yes... Are you a... creator?" Startled by the sudden change of height. Now looking down at the god.

"I'm going to get in so much trouble for this..." Expression turning slightly panicked. Growing back to their original height, horns and tail returning. " Whose creation are you?"

"I-I don't know..." Staring at my feet, everything's so mysterious. " They didn't tell me..."

"Well, it's easy to find out." Book and pen poofing back into existence. Writing something on one of its pages, then looking above my head as the book disappears. " Oh, your Frog's creation."

"W-wait, how... How did you figure that out?" Staring at them, confused.

Not speaking a word, he points above my head. Looking upwards a name written in big golden calligraphy styled writing, spelling out;

Poison dart Frog

"That's... my creator?" Staring up at the words in awe as the letters fade away. Evan simply nodded.

"Well luckily you didn't wander too far from the majority of Frog's worlds, I'm sure we can find vem somewhere around here." Looking around, as if trying to spot vem amongst the blankness.

"I actually want to find my friend!" Raising my voice slightly, even though it felt wrong to do so to a god.

"Oh, did someone else get out?" Growing more concerned and confused. "How could Frog allow this to happen? I mean, she's pretty experienced in world making, the creations never even see the border, let alone get out into the Inbetween.I wonder if he's alright if they're suddenly getting-"

"She's in danger, could you help me? I can't make heads or tails of this place." Regaining his attention, he pauses, thinking about his decision. Then nodding as the notebook and pen reappear. Scribbling something down.

"What's their name?" Not looking up at me, but still writing something.

"Amethyst, Amethyst Sterling." Repeating the name as they continue. Finally looking back up at me.

" Do you get car sick easily?"

"Not really, why?"

"Great, I'm assuming you'll be fine, though I've never done this with a creation before. Well, I guess today's the day to find out." Muttering to themself.

"Find out what?"Squeezing my bag strap tighter. Panic filling my being. I should've stay as the guy in the chair...

"How well you can handle negative space traveling, in other words, a really fancy way of teleporting."

"What?!" Numbers appearing in the same golden calligraphy.

"Get ready." Smiling at me, kindly.

3...2...1...

Everything starts to spin, and go statically.Then black for a split second. Only for us to appear in more blankness. Feeling sick to my stomach I collapse to my knees, placing one hand on the ground, panting.

"Oh... Sorry about that..." Seemingly wanting to reach out, but retracts his hand back. "I thought you said you didn't get carsick, my ba-"

"Evan?" A new voice states, looking up another tall being walking towards us. They're wearing wearing platform heels, giving them another foot of height. Shoulder length onyx hair, an obsidian and gold masquerade mask, it took me a second but I also noticed a small crown floating above their head. Their entire physique seemed royal, They truly looked like a god.

"Hey King. How's it going?" Sounding awkward as they step in front of me blocking me from King's view.

"Bad, Froggie and Fearie have been kidnapped, so I sent in a creation to get them back, also who's behind you?" Leaning to the side a bit to see, only for Evan to block me again.

"Nobody."

"Evan everything around this place is blank, they stick out like a spot of paint on a piece of paper, let me see." They gently nudge Evan to the side, curiously looking me. "Fuck." Their tone and expression completely changing, a little bit of irritation in their voice.

" King, listen I can explain." His tail moving back and forth, with the platforms King was quite taller than Evan. Still Evan needed to talk to them.

"There's nothing g you need to explain, I'm just wondering why ze's here?," King points to me, not looking angry or really any emotion. "He has a job on zer world, and also hates these types of situations."

"Well he wanted to come here to find zer friend and the last creator to be around zem." Evan explains with small gestures, voice calm but still not fully certain.

"Wait." Pausing a second to think, King freezes mid movement. "Your not here for Amethyst are you?" Seemingly raising an eyebrow at me, but it was hard to tell with their mask.

"Y-yes! Yes, have you seen her?" Finally shooting up to my feet, excitement.

"Shit." States King, worrying both me and Evan.