Iceberg had finally gotten a break. He was forced to anyway. Even if he disagreed, he couldn't really go against Gears. Even if he tried, he couldn't. As of recently, he was just sitting around and wondering. He had basically forgotten what breaks are for. What to do. But as he was walking, he heard one of the male's talking to gears. He didn't know who it was exactly, but he knew it wasn't someone like Dr.Glass or Kondraki. He was near his office. He didn't mean to overhear. But he can admit, he did mean to peak through the cracks.

He blinked as he saw Dr.Bright. The brunette with the amulet. He was kinda surprised that gears was talking to him but also not very surprised that bright was there. He was everywhere. But as he was ready to back off, he saw something. A glass tube in a way. It had something in it. It seemed slightly clear and you could see through it. And when he was starting to think it's water, the smell. The smell got him. He almost coughed. Why?

Bright picked it up and had poured some on what it was placed in, something metal. But as soon as that substance touched it, smoke rose up and spread. Heck, he could see gears holding in his tears because it also stung. The reason smoke had come up was because it had melted through the metal parts, even through some of Gears desk. And bright recommend to not inhale the smoke. Harsh coughing would follow. That's the mistake Iceberg made. But he held in his coughs so he wouldn't be caught. Gears saw his desk had a hole. And of course, didn't react. He just silently agreed with bright.

After holding in his coughs, he couldn't. He started walking and coughed harshly. He had to rest against a wall because of his harsh coughing. He made it worse holding it in. A hour later, he was fine. He sniffled. He was in his own office before he heard his door creak open. He looked up and saw gears. "Oh, hello, sir!" He greeted with care, but gears just waved. "Do you need something?" Iceberg asked, raising a brow. "No. I just can't stay in my office." He stated plainly to iceberg as he coughed after.

"Uh..why?" Iceberg did know why, but he didn't want to seem suspicious. Gears looked straight at him. "You should know." "Uh, I don't-" "I heard you coughing outside my office." Iceberg almost immediately sunk into his chair. How the hell did he know? He went away from his office to cough harshly. "Also, I could see your eye through the door." This made iceberg sink more into his chair, so much that he almost fell out of his chair. He didn't know how to respond. He just sat there with his jaw down a bit and eyes just wide. Gears, of course, didn't show any emotion.

"It was acid. I think." He blinked. "Bright has suddenly been coming up to me with these random projects." Iceberg slowly sat up, getting comfortable again. "When?" "About when you went on a break." He stated. Iceberg blinked. Why would bright do that. He knew he was more lizard-sexual. But he brushed it off. "It's a tad annoying.." Iceberg perked up. "Annoying?" "..Because my office is now somewhat more messy. My desk has been burnt through, I have some papers just thrown around because he wanted to find his own. Something like that. It's more crow who's complaining." He shrugged. "But, doesn't matter."

Iceberg felt slight hatred. Which was new. He didn't exactly like bright but he could tolerate him. He decided to ignore it. Gears sighed. "I gotta go. See you." He then walked out. Iceberg didn't know why he felt hatred towards bright for that while but, doesn't matter. Nightfall came and he forgot the hatred for bright. He was rummaging around his desk. He was just getting everything sorted. No work. Then he got a knock. "Come in!" He chimed, not taking his eyes off the table and papers. He head the door open and shut. He still didn't look to see who it was. It's only when hands went on the desk and when he moved his eyes a bit. He saw the amulet.

He looked up. "Hello, Dr.bright. You need something?" He asked, smiling. "Did you ears drop?" He asked straight up. Iceberg looked down at his papers and started sorting them. "By accident, yes. Why?" He suddenly saw all the papers fly out into the air. "Why you sorting paper?" "I need my place in order so I don't suddenly loose something." "Aren't ya on a break?" Iceberg got up and started trying to find his paper. Bright wanted to jokingly taunt him now. Because ya know, he could. Also the fact that he ears dropped. As iceberg was kneeling and grabbing his paper, bright said it. "Or, as I say, replaced?" Iceberg suddenly froze up. For only a minute before getting up. "It's a break, bright."

"You sure? Ya never know! You could've been replaced by..well, ya know who-" "I'm an assistant. He would've told me or announced to others if I was being replaced." Iceberg pointed out. Bright still wanted to taunt,  though. "Well, you're sensitive, why would he say it straight up to you?" He asked. Iceberg sat his papers down as he looked at bright. "Who would he replace me with?" Iceberg asked. He was getting provoked. Bright smiled. "Who else? I'll tell ya. Me. Why do you think he's allowing me to show him my work?" He asked. He was now stepping the boundaries. As he started to taunt, iceberg started to get even more hatred.

He looked down as his hands stood down on the desk, almost pushing through it. He did see that there was a pen right there. As bright kept going on, he turned his back, hand on the desk. Iceberg suddenly had a crooked smile crawl up his face. As bright talked, he was cut off by a sharp pain going through him. He looked down and saw his hand had a pen through it. He blinked as his eyes grew wide. When he looked at iceberg, he saw he was gone. When he looked around, he suddenly got a tight grip from his hair, from a hand.. Two. And before he could react, he had his face smashed into the desk.

He fell down, slumping. He felt the pen go pretty quickly through his hand. Just between his middle finger and index finger. As he laid there, holding his face, he opened his eyes and saw iceberg towering over him. He saw his foot was raised and he coughed. "IT WAS A JOKE!! A JOKE-" as he repeated, he did see how it didn't look like iceberg, because that smile was the pure smile he always had. The foot came down.

At that time, gears was walking around. Even if it was night, he needed to get food for crow. As he was giving him some ham, he suddenly heard bright's scream "IT WAS A JOKE!!" Which caught his attention. He rubbed crow's head and started walking to the noise. That's before he heard the sound of a foot coming down and smashing against someone head. He then noticed it was in iceberg's office. But before he could do much, he heard small chuckling. He peaked at the door and saw bright had his face smashed in. He knew it was a shoe because there was footprints. As he looked, he saw iceberg.

Hunched over, on his desk, ruffling his hair and laughing. Is what it seemed. When gears slowly stepped into his office, he did comfort bright was dead. Some blood and no breathing signs. He then heard the soft whispering from iceberg. 'I wasn't replaced. I wasn't replaced' is all he said. Gears blinked and spoke up. "Iceberg." He saw him physically flinch. He turned his head and looked at gears. He had the crooked smile still.

"Sir! H-Hello!" He twitched a bit. Gears gestured to bright's corpse. "O-oh?! Him?! Y-Yeah he was saying y-you replaced me! Me! Iceberg!! Isn't that..haaah.." He wasn't exactly speaking properly. Gears blinked. "Well, all I heard was that he was joking-" "STILL!" Iceberg slowly walked over, still twitching. "I don't wanna be replaced by someone not properly working like h-him! Don't I?! Hm???" He tilted his head and had his hands still shaking. Gears did kinda tell he was in shock. In a way.

Iceberg tried to place his hands on gears shoulders as best as he could. "S-Still! I-I don't w-wanna be r-replaced! I- I don't wanna loose you!" Iceberg stated with his cracked up smile. His eyebrows were furrowed. Gears blinked. 'This isn't something I'd think I'd see.' "Iceberg." He grabbed his wrists and pulled them back a bit. "First, I wouldn't replace my own assistant. Second, This can be shown to be incriminating. Dangerous." "So..I-I'm gonna be replaced? D-Die?" Iceberg started shaking as he said those words. Gears sighed.

"I'll let you get away with it this once..."