"Wow so this is Mount Rageous?" I chuckled at my Brother's wonder at the flashing lights and glamour, I was just as absorbed in the stunning glamorous sight as the sun set around us.
The Rage Dome show was creeping around the corner. My worries were becoming amplified as I could feel my heart becoming heavier as I was running on sheer hope that Velvet would leave Veneer along with Poppy unscathed.
"Floyd.... Do you think that they're okay?" Branch sighed as I kept my eyes on the road I kept quiet as I was unsure of the answer currently myself but I still sighed out an answer.
"I'm honestly not sure Branch. But I'm hoping for the best."
"Do you wanna talk about being trapped with her?"
"Not really, but this is going to sound kinda sick for saying that I'm glad that I wasn't alone." It was true, I feel disgusting about the weird twisting feeling in my gut that said I was glad I wasn't the only one who was starved and tormented by the green haired brat.
"Oh yeah... you weren't the only one she tortured...." Branch trailed off as he recalled the night John Dory blabbed about how Veneer was thrown into his vanity and had his nose broken. What I've heard and seen that was only one piece out of many years of torment and brutality.
I'm tied up as one half of me wants to know the full story but the other doesn't because my anger for how his sister treated him would burn me alive and get misplaced.
For now we have to focus on getting them out of there in the first place, I know the manor so finding them will be easy, as for breaking the glass container they're in might be more of a hassle. I swerved around the ginormous shiny plastic cars as they nearly crushed us due to our tiny size, and kept my foot on the gas.
I don't want to lose him, especially after everything we've built together. After I've let him in and he reciprocated.
Branch pulled me from my thoughts as tears started to dribble down my face. I looked into his eyes slightly as to not fully take my attention off the road but enough to where he knew I was listening to him.
"Hey Floyd.... When we get them back, do you want to be my best man?" I could feel my heart pounding as I let more tears fall down my face, I forgot that he got engaged too but.. I forgotten how big he's gotten, I remember the day he hatched as if it were yesterday.
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"Now boys no rough housing with the egg!" My giggles were infectious as Spruce held Branch's egg with a pout on his small chubby face. Mad that I almost bumped into him while he held our brothers egg.
"Spruce, can I hold him?!" I bounced as my baby lisp was in full swing as I was missing my two front baby teeth waiting for my adult teeth to come in.
"Floyd I don't know man, you're 4 now?"
"I'm a big boy now I won't drop him!" I hopped around his legs waiting for him to give me the egg
"Well-" he tried to pull the egg up as I made a jump for it wanting to hold him at least once before he hatched.
"Spruce let your brother hold him." Our father's voice chuckled as I looked at him with his shiny sea blue eyes that twinkled with mirth as his hair was a consistent of our hair colors with dabs of white swayed behind him. His pale blue hand coming to rest on my small shoulder as he waited for Spruce to comply.
"Fine." He huffed as I suddenly had my arms filled by the warm heavy oval that held my baby brother in it. I stared in wonder at the pretty turquoise shell that was covered in flicks of glitter.
"Now be careful with him Floyd-" I nodded my head suddenly determined to not drop him but a sudden movement forced me to almost drop him. I yelled as Bruce immediately came over to help me hold him and yelled for the others as the shell cracked,
"GUYS HE'S HATCHING!" I was soon swarmed as John, Clay, Bruce and our father surrounded me holding the aquamarine colored egg as it repeatedly kicked off it's solid exterior until the top was completely removed and I looked into my baby brother's eyes for the first time as I held him, his navy dark blue hair stuck up had bits of eggshell still in it.
"Dada!" His chubby light aquamarine colored hands reached out to me as his laugh filled the otherwise silent room and I dropped the egg only to catch him, letting his shell crumble to pieces beneath us.
"Uhhh dad he called Floyd dada. What do we do?" I couldn't barely hear my other brothers whispering as I held my newly hatched one. I cradled him to me as I gently swayed.
"That's alright, you called John Dory daddy until you were three-"
"Awwww look at them though-" Clay cooed as I barely noticed the flash of a camera as my brother was babbling excited about the world he was now allowed to be apart of.
This tiny little guy was in my arms trying to grab onto my earring in fascination of my fuzzy accessory as I could only think one thought while I stared at his plump little face that held so much joy and wonder,
"I'm gonna take care of you Branch." That was his name, It's befitting because he's kinda like a Branch, he's apart of us but he's his own person, like a branch sticking out of a tree.
"Uhhh dad?!" They tried to rain on my parade at the name I picked for him only for my father to chuckle and say,
"Branch it is then."
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That was years ago and now that same baby was standing in front of me asking me with those same soft sky blue eyes to be the best man to his wedding.
"Of course Branch..." I tried to wipe away tears with the back of my hand as I was finally able to be back with him again. I was being given the first row seat as I watched him fully commit to someone.
I sighed at the fact that If I was crying this much now, I'm probably going to bawl like a baby at his wedding with Veneer trying to soothe me probably giggling at my over sensitivity.
"Wait Floyd look!" I pulled the caterpillar over and glanced at the movie screen that showcased Velvet, I rolled down the windows and listened,
"That's Velvet's spicy-hot new single "Love Game!" That she released early this morning. Catch her tomorrow night at the Rage Dome, where she'll be receiving the Lifer Award."
Branch wiggled me again only to see the she beast herself strutting around with her nose in the air as she huffed as the paparazzi swarmed her. I tuned in on their screeching questions,
"So Velvet where your brother?!"
"What happened to Veneer!?"
"Is it true that he ran off after thwarting a deranged fan!?"
"Velvet over here!"
"Where's Veneer!?"
"Velvet are the rumors true that your brother ran away with his secret lover?!" That specific Paparazzi seemed to strike a nerve with that one as she turned and dumped her ice coffee all down his shirt, the vultures eating it up with their camera's flashing at a more execrated rate.
He wasn't wrong definitely since Velvet took action at hearing the truth after all, we did run off together and we've done a lot more intimate things with and to each other since our sweet escape.
Her face twisted in a manic happy smile while she lifted her star shaped glasses onto the top of her head as she popped bubblegum.
Her hand on her holographic covered hip as her crop top that was of a turtle neck sweater had a small amount of back splash of her iced drink on it.
"Don't ever mention my brother, Ever again. Got it? Veneer's gone off and is probably in a dumpster somewhere so stop asking." She put her sunglasses on her face strutting her stuff away from the blaring lights.
"Oh I'm gonna-"
"Not if I do it first Branch." I started the car again and discretely followed her using our vehicles size to our advantage as we crept along the sidewalk, hearing the clank of her diamond shoes as we tried to maintain distance between the three of us.
"Well I may have lost my coffee but at least I got those two a muffin so I can stop hearing their bitching about them being hungry, then I can sleep before the Rage Dome show." I could hear branch growl as she was referring to Poppy and Veneer as if they were misbehaving pets that were just being greedy.
Knowing Velvet, they were probably starving specifically Poppy. I doubt that she would starve Veneer fully, she always did treat him like a pet.
Whenever he did something that pleased her she'd always pet him with praises slipping of her tongue. Whenever he begged for a shiny new toy, she was quick to roll her eyes and buy it for him as to distract him from her cruelty.
Honestly, out of the two of them Veneer's probably getting treated better by Velvet by not letting him starve. However it was only slightly because he was probably getting a taste of her pure psychotic wrath due to him running away with me.
"Park here!, I think that's the car she'll be using-" I pulled up behind a white shiny car, that had a platform above it.
"Let's go-" I tried to get up only for Branch to sit me back down and I must've looked lost because he pointed out Rhonda sitting at the main entrance waiting to pounce.
"If they're doing what I think they are it's better to do this." He was right, if they were going to face her head on, I'd rather stay behind and be hidden so we'd have a better chance of getting them back. While they hit her from the front, we'll be discreetly pulling the strings letting her crumble into her own demise.
But all we can do now is wait for the succubus herself to make her grandiose appearance.