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'This isn't normal.'

'I want things to be the way they were before'

'Happy'

'A fun little gameshow.'

'Normal.'

'Now everyone's getting powers...?! And...'

'Fighting...'

'Hurting...'

'Changing...'

'If I had power like that...'

'To kill someone in an instant.'

'Abnormalities would be exterminated.'

'I could...'

'Fix... Everything...'

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Fan stopped leaning on his fist as he saw Paper walk in to make lunch. The two met eyes for a split second before fan's eyes narrowed and he looked away angrily.

Paintbrush sat down at the table across from Fan. "What's got you so worked up?" Paintbrush asked with a bored expression.

Fan scoffed before he leaned back and crossed his arms. "Nickel killed Test Tube...! and Soap or whatever..." Fan hissed through the teeth he was gritting.

"H-he WHAT?!" Paintbrush's eyes widened in shock. "He killed them?!"

"Yeah... By TOUCHING her!" Fan exclaimed in anger. "How bullshit is that?!"

"How the hell does that even work?!" Paintbrush growled.

"I don't know! All I care is that you know... HE KILLED TEST TUBE! What if she's dead forever?! We don't even know where MePhone4 IS!!!" Fan grabbed the side of his head.

People began to walk in for lunch. First it was Lightbulb. Baxter immediately laid down outside the window, with a giant stick. It seemed more like a small tree to be honest. Then Cheesy came in, and made a few jokes about how drunk OJ was. OJ proceeded to try and throw a shoe at Cheesy, but missed so bad he ended up throwing it into the medical room, and hit Tissues. Tissues walked out and sat down groggily. He was not happy. But hey, better than starving. Baseball and Suitcase came and sat down next to each other. They whispered about previous event regarding their friends. Then it was Trophy, Bomb, Salt, Pepper, ETC.

The last two downstairs shut the whole room up. It was Nickel and Balloon.

Balloon walked over to the very corner of the table with the extra seats. Nobody sat there so they had that section alone. Mostly so Nickel wouldn't accidentally kill anyone.

Everyone soon began their conversations again. Balloon glanced up as he placed Nickel down in the seat next to him, and his eyes met Fan's. Let's just say, the glare he was getting was not pleasant...

Balloon face shifted to worry, and sat back in his seat. He did not like that look... Not one bit...

"You okay?" Nickel asked. "You're being kinda silent..." He muttered.

"Y-yeah uh... I'm fine... Just fine..." He laughed a little in reassurance.

"If you're sure..." Nickel smiled slightly. His eyes were still shut from the pain. He was also still bleeding slightly.

Paper walked in with some of the food and started to hand it out to everyone. He gave a reassuring smile to Balloon and passed him and Nickel their food.

Balloon nodded in a thanking manner and ate quietly, as well as helping Nickel to find his food so he could also eat.

The room was lively and happy.

So happy.

Except one person.

Fan.

He poked at his food. He still glared at the two boys and clenched his fork harshly. Why was he so angry? He was usually never this... Full of pure rage.

He seethed with anger. He wasn't sure he could take it much longer.

Thats when it happened.

As he heard other people describe a glowing card appeared in a flash of light in front of his eyes. The card that granted the person who bared it unspeakable power.

The same power used to turn his whole world upside down.

The same power used to kill someone he loved.

Someone he cared about.

He didn't care anymore. About the pain they described. About the consequences that could follow. He wanted fix everything.

And that's exactly what he was going to do.

Fan reached for the card and grabbed it. He watched it shoot into his chest. He felt the pain in his back almost instantly, as the yellow wood on his body began to splinter where his back was... A red scarf materialized around where the wood connected, and two white fluffy ends connected at the back.

He yelled out in pain, and everyone at the table began to shout and panic since... Not really any of them have experienced a transformation happen in front of their eyes.

Balloon's eyes widened, Nickel heard the yelling and panic and opened his eyes to try and see what was going on.

"Balloon?! What's happening?!" He asked in a nervous tone. Everything was super blurry for him...

"F-Fan... Got a card I think...!"

Fan's eyes were glowing a pale blue. His hands also began to glow the same colour as he felt the power coarse through him. His rage fuelled him... He felt strong... The pain hadn't stopped yet... But... He felt... Powerful.

When his screams died down everyone stared at him.

Fan was staring blankly down at he table.

"Fan...?" Paintbrush spoke up and reached for Fan. They tapped him on the shoulder.

Fan glanced up at Paintbrush. His eyes were blank.

"Are... You okay...?" Paintbrush asked in a concerned tone.

Fan stared for a few more seconds, before he looked down at his hands. He felt the power inside him. He felt divine... Literally. Someone or something must have given him this power to fix everything, right? He was chosen for the is reason... He was certain.

"Fan...?! Hey!" Paintbrush snapped a few times to try and get Fan's attention.

Fan didn't look up.

"FAN!" Paintbrush yelled and slammed their fist on the table.

Fan began to try to focus the energy and rage that was building in his body into his finger tips. He knew this would work somehow... He didn't know why, but, he just did.

Paintbrush looked frustrated, and incredibly worried.

Fan stared intensely at his hands.

Paintbrush reached for Fan's wrists. "FAN—!"

A glowing ball of light formed in the palm of Fan's hand.

Everyone flinched or gasped in shock or amazement at the light.

Fan looked with a deadpan stare at the orb. He didn't know what it would do... And he didn't care. He looked over to the two boys in the empty section of the table.

Balloon flinched back, and Nickel was worried.

Fan pointed his hand and let the power he fused with rage shoot from the palm of his hand towards the boys. Thankfully, his first shot didn't have very good aim and it hit the wall BEHIND Balloon and Nickel. There was a loud explosion Balloon covered his head and yelped, while using his wing to shield Nickel.

Everyone began to freak out. "FAN! What are you DOING?!" Paper screamed as he nearly dropped the two plates that were remaining in his hand.

"FAN!" Paintbrush yelled and stood up.

Fan made a noise of frustration and tried to shoot at the two boys again.

Balloon gasped and grabbed Nickel before running with him, as he heard another explosion behind him. "FAN STOP!" Balloon squealed in panic.

Fan threw his chair out of the way. "DAMN IT! GET BACK HERE!!!" He growled as he ran after them.

Lightbulb ran after Fan too, and grabbed his wrist. "FAN! Stop!" Lightbulb said sternly.

Fan turned and blasted Lightbulb in frustration.

Lightbulb yelled in pain and stumbled back, as a piece of her glass was blown off. Blood poured out as she gripped the glass. The edges of the glass began to glow and slowly repair itself somehow... But it hurt like hell.

Paintbrush rushed to Lightbulb's aid.

Balloon ran up the stairs and dodged another blast from Fan. He screamed as explosions rang out.

"STAY STILL AND JUST FUCKING DIE!" Fan screamed as he held his hand out again.

Balloon turned a corner and narrowly dodged another explosion. He ran up another flight of stairs. "FAN PLEASE!" He cried in fear.

Fan grunted in annoyance and ran faster.

Nickel was panicking, if this continued then it was for sure one of them would die, whether it was Balloon and himself, or Fan...

Balloon eventually ran out of places to go as he crashed out onto the roof from another explosion. "AGH!" He screamed as a few pieces of the blast scratched his face up.

Fan shoved rubble out of the way trying to get through the door.

Balloon glanced at his options. For once in his life heights were a problem... Because he didn't fall slow anymore. Fan was getting closer.

"What do we do?!" Nickel asked as he tried to wipe the blood off his face to see better, the adrenaline eased his pain a bit.

Balloon was panicking. He thought for any possible solution... Before it hit him. He turned towards the edge.

"Balloon...?" Nickel asked in a worried tone.

Balloon, could barely move his wings properly still, but spread them out.

"BALLOON..." Nickel panicked. "BALLOON YOU'LL FALL!"

Balloon started to run towards the edge of the roof.

"BALLOON YOU CANT FLY YET—!" Nickel screamed.

Balloon jumped, and desperately tried to take flight. He was falling fast... How does he fly?!

Fan burst out onto the roof.

Balloon teared up as the ground was getting closer....

He bit his lip through the pain, and tried as hard as he could.. to fly... Come on! Just fly!

Both Nickel and Balloon shut their eyes tightly... As the ground was a few feet away...

But they never hit the ground. Balloon felt heavy winds against the feathers on his wings.

Balloon was flying!

Balloon gasped as he flew forwards across the field and passed the orange trees. He laughed slightly. This hurt a lot... and he was pretty sure his powers kicked in to aid him a little due to the panic. But he was flying nonetheless!

"Oh my god— You're flying! Hahah!" Nickel laughed in excitement as he felt the wind against his face. "What are you gonna do about it now Fan!" Nickel chuckled smugly as he looked over Balloon's shoulder.

He saw Fan look back at the white fluffy attachments to his scarf. And they quickly ruffled out into wings of his own. Fan took a few steps back. Fan was driven purely by rage, and a desire for revenge. It was do or die.

Nickel's eyes widened. The pain didn't blur his vision much so he saw very clearly the danger that was about to be approaching at a rapid pace. "Oh shit..." Nickel muttered.

Balloon's smile faded. "What...? What's wrong?" He asked.

"F-Fan's coming!!! HE CAN FLY TOO..." Nickel yelped as Fan took a running jump off the roof.

Fan's wings weren't part of him directly, so they didn't hurt as much. They were made of magic. He could fly much easier than Balloon.

And much

Much

Faster.

Balloon  began to panic, he needed to get out of the sky before he was shot down. "UHHH..."

"BALLOON YOU NEED TO LAND RIGHT NOW!!!" Nickel yelled.

"ABOUT THAT... HAHAH..." Balloon said nervously.

"..." Nickel knew where this was going.

"I DON'T KNOW HOW???" He squealed

Nickel was sweating a lot at this point.

Fan tackled Balloon to the ground and watched as Nickel flew out of Balloon's arms.

Balloon screamed as he tumbled against the ground. And Fan had him pinned.

Fan charged up another attack.

Nickel's eyes widened. "FAN PLEASE DON'T!!!" Nickel yelled desperately. "WHY?! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!"

"You guys... AREN'T normal... If I want things happy like before you must be EXTERMINATED." He growled.

"Fan! You don't need to do this!!!" Balloon squeaked in fear.

"YES I DO! YOURE MESSING EVERYTHING UP! YOU KILLED TEST TUBE!" Fan hissed.

"No! He didn't! I DID!" Nickel spat in retaliation. "WHY HIM AND NOT ME?!"

"AN EYE FOR AN EYE... A FRIEND FOR A FRIEND!" He answered as he blasted Balloon in one of his wings.

Balloon  screamed out in pain as he felt the searing pain in his wing. The flesh sizzled and the feather's charred. Not to mention his wings were incredibly sensitive.

"NO!!!" Nickel yelled in tears as he ran up and kicked Fan off of Balloon. But for some reason... Fan didn't die.

Fan grunted as he was kicked to the ground.

Balloon cried in pain and shook violently as he tried not to continue screaming.

Fan slowly stood up and lunges at Balloon again and Nickel stood in front. "GET OUT OF MY WAY!" Fan hissed.

"NO! YOU STAY AWAY FROM HIM!" Nickel's eyes stopped bleeding and began to glow a deep purple...  the grass around him began to die. Suddenly two glowing purple claws formed in the same purple light.

Fan's eyes widened and he charged another attack. He shot it at Nickel.

The first claw blocked the attack. Nickel winced, he felt it... He also didn't understand where the claw came from, but he didn't care. He swiped it at Fan.

A direct hit.

Fan screamed and clutched his eye. Warm blood dripped down and onto his hand. Fan clenched his teeth. "WHY WONT YOU DIE?!" Fan snarled in anger.

Nickel charged, and tried to hit him again, but Fan quickly dodged. He expected it this time. And shot another orb of light.

Nickel raised a claw to block. But, it flew by him and hit Balloon instead. Shit. Fan was clever...

Balloon screamed and tears spilled out of his eyes as the blast hit his back. The burning pain shot down his arm and wing. For some reason... He hasn't popped yet... But god he wished he did. a piece of his head was clearly missing, and it smelled of burning latex. He cried loudly in a LOT of pain.

Fan smirked.

Nickel turned, his eyes were wide. He ran to go help Balloon but was shot as well. He was blasted across the grass, every blade of grass he touched turned a dead yellow colour and died as he tumbled. He groaned as he felt the pain in his head when he slid to a stop.

Fan laughed. It was sickening to listen to.

He kicked Balloon onto his back. Balloon cried out in pain. Blood and tears streamed out of his eyes. His hand began to glow right between Balloon's eyes...

"F-Fan! What are you doing?!" Said a familiar voice.

Fan gasped and spun around to face them. "T—Test Tube...?!" He mumbled and tears stung his eyes.

Test Tube studied the scene that just played out in front of her.

Fan ran over and grabbed Test Tube's shoulders. And looked back at the faces of the horrified people behind her. Mephone, Soap, and... God knows who else. "I thought you were gone forever!" He cried.

Test Tube looked disgusted by the acts she just witnessed. But... Hugged him anyway. She wanted him to calm down. She was frightened by the atrocities that she had witnessed come from someone she cared about... It hurt... "why...?"

"W-what...?" Fan asked.

"Why did you do this...?" She asked in tears. "Y-you... hurt them...? You tried to kill then! WHY?" Test Tube just couldn't understand.

Fan was taken aback at how Test Tube didn't understand his desire for normality. "I was fixing things! I was fixing the problem!" He explained and chuckled slightly.

Test Tube shook her head and pointed towards the bloody mess in front of them. "H-HOW IS THIS FIXING THE PROBLEM...?" She cried.

"Because— EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE NORMAL AGAIN!!!" Fan snapped. He stumbled back. "THEY NEED TO DIE! THEY HURT YOU!!! THEY ARE THE PROBLEM—!"

"DON'T YOU GET IT FAN?!" Test Tube screamed through her sobs. "YOU are the problem..." She choked out.

"Wh..." Fan froze. "I-I'm... Im the problem...?" He croaked with a shaky voice.

"Yes Fan..." She spat.

Fan teared up. How could she? How could she say this to him? All of this was for HER!!! WHY?! His fists clenched and he shook his head. "No..." he hissed. "I'm the solution." He directed his hand back at Balloon and his eyes narrowed. "You'll see..."

Test Tube's eyes widened  and she ran in front of Balloon before the blast. She was hit. A large crack splintered down her body instantly. She coughed out blood immediately.

Fan gasped and his eyes widened. "NO!" He cried out. He was in shock he didn't notice Nickel sneak up behind him.

Nickel used the claw to hit him away.

Fan yelped and tumbled a few meters away. He lifted his head with a shaky breath before scrambling up and running into the forest.

Test Tube was crying in pain, Balloon was too.

Nickel breathed heavily and then looked towards Test Tube, and Balloon.

This was a disaster...

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THIS CHAPTER WAS ACTUALLY SO FUN TO WRITE OMG.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED!!! AAAAAA!!!

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