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One of Us: Chapter 4

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The door creaked open and Robin swooped inside, closing the door tight in case the shaggy brown monster was still after them. Caffrin looked around; no sign of life to be seen. The cottage was almost completely empty; save for a few books and assorted materials lying around on a big table. One of the books read "BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS - by Becky Sloan."

Upon close inspection, the book was actually some kind of journal describing all the inanimate objects she had created.
One entry showed a picture of a young gentleman and a beautiful woman with a white smock and multi-colored streaks in her hair. Under the picture was a caption that read:

"ANTONIO TIEMPUS CLOCKINGHAM AND PAIGE SKECHERRINA: Missing as of 6-19-55"

Caffrin gasped. "Is that....Tony? And Paige?!"
Harry looked down at the picture in shock; yet it was barely noticeable. "So it was all Becky Sloan's doing this whole time...?"
"But it couldn't be....what about Motherboard?!"

Just then, a light flashed and flickered in the other room. Faint screaming was heard, as a young woman stepped out nervously, mumbling and twitching. The object group watched in horror as she walked over to one of the other books with a panicked look on her face.
Caffrin tried to get her attention. "Um, excuse me--"

The woman shrieked and dropped the book, forcing herself into a corner trembling. "Wh-what are you doing here? I didn't mean it! Really!"
"Are you Becky Sloan?"
The woman looked ready to break down into tears. "Y-yes...that's me. You're not here to kill me off, are you?"

Caffrin looked back at the others. "Well, no....We just wanted to ask you if you could turn us back into humans. You can change us back, right....?"
Becky gulped and her voice grew shakier. "N-no, I can't...it's not possible! It can't be reversed!"

A long silence filled the room--aside from the flickering light in the other room--as Becky tried to pull herself together. She crawled closer to the group. "There is one way...but they won't allow me to tell anyone!"
"...Who's 'they'?" Caffrin whispered, "Do you mean the other objects?"

Becky whimpered. "Y-yes. My assistant, Joe...he tried to stop them, but he couldn't...now he's a red triangle thing...!"
Caffrin gasped. He must've been the same red triangular prism from back home, on the kitchen shelf! "Well, maybe we can still stop them. I've done it before, remember guys?" She looked back at the others.
Robin nodded. "You made that 'Striped-Sweater Swear' to keep us safe."
Manny chimed in. "It was the coolest thing ever--and you saved my dad!"
Harry smiled slightly, though it still wasn't noticeable. "It was kinda cool...."
Caffrin smiled back. "Thanks, guys."

She turned back to Becky. "So how do we stop them, and turn ourselves back into humans?"
Becky calmed down a bit and stopped twitching. "Well....Motherboard....she had these wires and switches. If you can cut off the wires completely, and switch her off--"
The cottage rumbled and shook. Becky shrieked and ran for the door, twitching more and more until she finally collapsed before she could reach the doorknob.

Suddenly, the door opened up.

"Becky, Becky, Becky.....we're quite disappointed in you. You should know better than to tell secrets to strangers...."
The brown monster stepped in, holding Tony and Paige.

"Though I suppose it was only a matter of TIME...."
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