Collision Course [+ Additional Levels]

Level Ten - Unhappy Reunion

"So, yeah." QBert tilted his head. "I might be a little pissed off."

Coily's mouth slowly curled into a smirk. "Ahh, him. I remember him now." Coily craned his head forward a little, his voice quieting to a whisper. "You're jusst ticked becausse you got the pleasure of feeling hiss pain."

QBert roared, and slammed Coily up against the wall. Cracks spiderwebbed in the wall, and he let him go. Coily slumped against the wall, gasping in huge breaths of air. His back slid until he landed on the floor, cradling his neck.

"Yeah. Maybe a little bit of that too," QBert said, glowering at Coily from beneath his hood.

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  "This wasn't a good idea."

Jumpman turned in the driver seat to look at the passenger. "Oh?"

Pacman stared through the Jumpman's wet window. Past it was an alleyway. "He's gonna lose it in there, I know it."

Jumpman sighed, and followed Pacman's gaze. "Well, you know him. It isn't like we could have stopped him from searching. And if he'd just ridden off, who knows where he'd be or what he'd do on his own."

"I do. And I know he's gonna lose it."

"Lose it?"

"Lose his cool. He can be as hot-headed as Blinky. You know him, don't you?"

"Know Blinky?" Jumpman looked back to see Pacman giving him a flat look--he'd meant QBert. He sighed. "Look, if we had stopped him, he wouldn't have gotten any better. We didn't even know what was happening to him. Still don't."

"Right..." Pacman fell silent.

The Denali was turned off, and was parked on the side of the road. Rain splattered loudly on the surface of the vehicle, and dripped down the outside of the windows. The wind picked up, and howled past the truck, gently rocking it side to side. They stared through the driver's window.

Pacman looked down and pulled up his sleeve. He looked back up again, pulling the jacket back over the watch. "Six more minutes. Then I'm going after him."

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"You... bit a... You wha... You did what?" Ugg asked Coily.

QBert turned to Ugg and Slick. "Wait, didn't you guys know?"

"I had no idea," Ugg told him, shaking his head slowly.

"No, I didn't know this," Slick answered as well, eyes wide behind his sunglasses.

QBert frowned at them. "What?"

Coily chuckled behind him. QBert jaw clenched. In one swift movement, he spun around and kicked Coily in the chin, causing his head to jerk to the side. QBert heard the other two gasp, but he didn't care. His eyes on Coily, he pointed at him. "Your actions have given me killer headaches for the entirety of the past week," he growled.

"'Killer'? Oh, how wonderful," Coily coughed, holding his face and pushing himself back up.

QBert let out a humorless laugh, and began to pace back and forth. "You wish," he told him.

Slick ran his fingers through his hair and shook his head, still reeling. "Coily, you broke the rules!?" he asked.

Coily scowled and spat at the floor. "Broke the ruless, broke the ruless..." He held up his index finger. "I only broke one rule."

"A big one," QBert said to him without breaking stride.

Coily rolled his eyes, rubbing his jaw. "Whatever."