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“So…what are you doing with these?” Gabriel asked, eying the various boxes of complex looking tech and old experiments of Aaron’s.
“These are all the failed experiments that I’m deeming too dangerous to keep around.” Aaron said, picking up a smaller remote-looking device. Another temporal dimensional conduct device. He set the half-broken remote on the table.
“You worked so hard on some of these…” Enty said, eying the odd clock-looking machine in an open box. Aaron quickly ran over and slammed the lid shut, his eyes wide.
“Yes, yes, yes, but they ended up being more trouble than they’re worth!” Aaron exclaimed, pulling the box away from a confused Enty.
“What are you going to do with them?” Scarecrow asked, lifting another box over to the pile. Aaron let out a sigh.
“As much as I’d like to keep them and explore just what the universe is capable of, they keep putting you all in danger. I don’t want to just dismantle them, as it would be too tempting to fix them. I’m going to destroy them all for good.”
“Aww…but all your hard work…” Enty said, eying the small pile of boxes.
“Was educational, and I already have learned way more than I ever hoped to learn in such a short amount of time. I’m going to focus on less…troublesome inventions from now on.”
“Sounds boring.” Scarecrow said, picking up a clock and examining it. Aaron gave a nervous scoff.
“If you had to deal with some of the things I’ve dealt with, you wouldn’t say that…”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Don’t worry about it.” Aaron said, closing another box. He had all the dimensional machines, the translator, the time manipulators, any device that created a problem that was almost too big to solve. He wasn’t going to lose his friends because of a stupid mistake on his end.
He was starting over.
“Right, let’s get these to the car…” Aaron said, grabbing a few of the small boxes. The others joined and eventually they had every container packed into the car. Aaron smiled and slammed the trunk shut.
“You really sure about this? You have this…thing about wasting time, and you spent so long on those…” Scarecrow said, eying the car. Aaron just held his hands up defensively.
“No, no, I am sure. And no time was lost! I learned great things through these devices, and I also learned lessons. All valuable information.” Aaron said, walking to the driver’s side of the car. “I just want these behind me.” He said pulling the car door open. “Crow, you wanna help?” Aaron said, climbing into the car. Scarecrow gave a small laugh then nodded.
“Sure, sure, whatever.” He said, walking to the passenger’s side. Aaron leaned out his door and looked to Gabriel and Enty.
“You two stay here, and don’t do anything stupid while I’m gone!” Aaron said, pulling his door closed. Gabriel just rolled his eyes and nodded as Enty waved them off.
“We’ll be fiiine.” Gabriel said, heading back into the house, Enty following.
“Wanna do something?” Enty said, hoping today wouldn’t be boring. Gabriel pondered the thought.
“Hm. Sure, why not. What do you wanna do?”
“Let’s try Scarecrow’s game! Try and get better at it so he doesn’t get as frustrated when we play.” Enty said, running towards the TV. Gabriel let out a sigh.
“Sure, sure. But I don’t know how to turn on the TV…”
“We need the remote…” Enty said, looking around the living room, but to no avail. He didn’t see the device anywhere.
“That’s the rectangle thing, right?” Gabriel said, lost in thought. Enty nodded as he lifted the couch cushion.
“Oh! I think I found one of Crow’s firecrackers…” Enty said as he held up a small firework that was hiding in the couch. “I’ll give that to him later…” He said, pocketing the small explosive.
“I think Aaron had the remote in the basement…” Gabriel said, thinking back to earlier today. Enty shrugged with a smile and followed Gabriel into the basement. They looked around a bit when Gabriel saw a rectangular device on the coffee table.
“Ah! Here it is!” He said, picking up the…somewhat odd-looking device. But it was rectangular and had the many buttons on it. It must be the remote. Gabriel and Enty headed back upstairs, stopping before the TV.
“Do you know how to turn it on?” Enty asked, looking over Gabriel’s shoulder. Gabriel turned the device over in his hands.
“Isn’t it…the big one?” Gabriel said, thinking back. Enty just shrugged. Gabriel shrugged as well and held the remote close to his eye so he could see the various tiny buttons. “I think it’s this o-” Gabriel started, but was cut off as a loud ringing sound erupted from the remote when he had hit the button. He dropped the device and covered his ears as a blinding light appeared around him and Enty, causing their world to fade away into the light.