Chained Puppet

In Need of a Break

"Hold on a fucking second" Chase stopped him, "We?"

Sean stared him down, "Yes, we. Like it or not, I'm a part of this now and I'm not leaving until it's over. I am your creator and I just want you guys to stay safe. And as your creator, I-"

Jackie snapped, "Oh fuck you! As our creator. Ha!" he chuckled at that, "Just because you made us doesn't mean you have control over us and can tell us what to do."

"I'm not telling you what to do, Red. I just want to-"

"Don't call me that. Still stands you could have found us at any point and could have cleared everything up a long time ago!"

"Yeah, well I didn't!" Sean yelled back at him, losing his temper.

Everyone went quiet, the tension peaking in the room. Dark obviously didn't want to be there in that situation but kept his mouth shut.

"Look, I'm sorry, guys, I really am. But I can't change what's happened in the past. I CAN, however, be there for you all now. If you'll let me. I want to help now. Please just let me"

Sean's words were met by silence but it wasn't negative. The air was still dense but their expressions started to soften.

Chase sighed, "Fine. I'll forgive ya, I guess."

Jackie crossed his arms and hummed but didn't outright agree like everyone else was willing to.

Dark went over to the coffee pot and poured himself a mug, "For fucks sake, this isn't about your guys' little family feud. You're straying from the main problem"

Henrik grunted, "I agree with Dark. We cannot be against each other at a time like this. It is too important now more than ever to stand together"

"Which brings us back to Henrik's problem" Sean made a segway, "The puppeteer can see and hear us through Henrik, right? Well I have a plan for that"

"You really think it's wise to talk about said plan in front of Hen?" Jackie argued again with him.

"That's just it. The plan . . .is to do nothing" Sean crossed his arms with a grin.

"What?" Chase wasn't too impressed.

Jameson really wasn't either but chose to hear him out.

"Think about it! He wants us against each other, right? He wants to create a rift between all of us. Including Anti because HE is who he's after, right? We can't let that happen. I'll ask this again. When's the last time you all were out?"

They looked confused, "Out?" Jackie snorted, "Well we don't lock ourselves in the house, Sean. Henrik and I have work, we go outside, get groceries and shit-"

"And what about Anti?"

They went silent again in realization. 

Henrik bit his lip and sighed, "I may have been over protective of my patient. At zhe time, he needed rest because of his injury to the head."

Chase nodded, "And then after puppeteer tried imprisoning him . .  . we didn't want to take chances in letting him outside OR out of our sight"

Sean grinned, "So what you're saying is that since he's lost his memory, he has no idea what the outside world is like?"

"Well fuck man, don't seem so thrilled about it" Jackie huffed and Sean rolled his eyes.

"What I'm saying is that everyone needs a bit of a break. And with me around, Puppeteer won't dare to try anything. I can promise that."

They all looked unsure and Dark looked ready to drown himself in the sink at the proposition.

"Good idea, I say!"