"Apple, I am glad you are here. We were wondering if...…Apple?
Apple!!!!
...What's wrong with Apple?"
"I don't know."
"He usually says hi to us every morning.
I'll go see if he's ok. Be right back.
Apple, wait up."
"Look, if you want to ask my opinion about what Darius might think of whatever, then.....I don't know."
"Actually, I just wanted to say, 'Good morning;' and ask for your own personal opinion on something."
"My...personal opinion?"
"Yes. You seem to be an expert in bringing together, so...…what do you think? Think we'll last?"
"........Uhmmmmm...…Been a long time since last we Unified. I mean....as long as we look out for each other and keep back no secrets."
"Apple, we all have secrets. If we just unraveled them to each other, then there would be nothing for ourselves to hold onto. We'd be flying through space, only hanging on to the rope someone else is pulling."
"But isn't this school already prying open....people's secrets? That's our goal anyways."
"Yeah, not uprooting their very foundation. So?"
"To answer your question, yes. We are all a blob at this point. If we keep bouncing off of each other, then...…I don't think we'll be going anywhere.
Thanks."
"For asking the question?"
"No. For helping me answer mine."
"I...you're welcome.
Where are you going?"
"To find Darius. I need to ask him something."
"He's not here."
"I know...I'll find him. He can't have gone far."
"...........Well, at least we now know they work in the real world."
"How can you be so confident?"
"Look, Theresa. They're both empty."
"That could mean a number of things. Maybe she dropped them and they spilled. Or...or...what if somebody else got their hands on them?"
"I know Rainbow. She keeps everything close to her, and doesn't let….."
"Beeraaaagggghhhhh."
"Oh. I…..here. Where is yours?"
"Over there, next to the…..
*Poof*
Hurry. I don't want to turn back into an elephant just….
*POOF*
"BERRRRAAAAAUUUUHHHHHH"
"Hold on. I won't let you down."
*Prick*
".....Thank you.
Oh, you don't have to write down my time. We can just call this a…."
"How long?"
"I almost made the whole night, but I had to...….yeaa.
But I was able to grab it and inject myself."
"....I'll clean that mess up later. Now?"
"You and Rainbow weren't here so I....
Four hours."
*Click*
"Theress, that's amazing. Longer than last nights.
'Four-Hours'
*Click*
I am so proud of you. We are making great progress."
"Four hours is no day. Ruby's...."
"Parents, had a lot more knowledge of this than we do. Her parents made a way to transform...….or take away. Little did they know that their Ruby was the key all along."
"Oh; she knew. She just…."
"I know. Upfronts warning. 'No outside help, or power overwhelming.'"
"Something like that.
You want help putting the Bunnies back in their Cages?"
"The Bunnies should already be in there.....Awwww….seriously, Theresa!!!"
"Sorry, but when you're a big Elephant, looking for an itty bitty Syringe...it's hard to see where you're stepping."
"How many cages did you step on?"
"Not all the Animals. Just, you know.....Most of them."