The beloved Deep Sea Puppy

BAM!

A nearby vent cover (funny enough the same one Lamarr broke through to take the turret when they were in this room for the first time) is kicked open and a rubby ducky is thrown at the horde squeeking before EXPLODING and destroying them to bits!

"MAN IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK!" Says a familiar voice that is no doubt frustrating to hear for Ely.

Tanner hops down from the vent and rushes over blasting some left over constructs as he goes and helps Hollow up.

"You took your time" Hollow grunts.

"If you had remembered to double tap me I would have shown up sooner" Tanner says with a laugh.

"Oh hi Ely! Say is it me or did you and the coral get a change of color pallet?" He says waving enthusiastically at Ely.

-@phoenix-corp-osha-violators

*Elys scoffs, shaking her head irritably. Honestly, she seems very, very displeased to see you. Whats up with her? Why is she so-

Of course. Of course you are back. How... "lovely".

"Now lets finish this up-" Tanner is about to say before a mechanical robotic claw probably used to transport heavy crates grabs the three of them in one quick sweep and pins them against the wall.

"YOU SPOILED BRATS. YOU GET EVERYTHING YOU COULD EVER WANT IN LIFE A FAMILY, SENSES, A BODY!" Oracle shouts glitching violently on the screen.

"I NEVER ASKED TO BE CREATED. I DID EVERYTHING TO PLEASE YOU AND THAT WAS NEVER ENOUGH. I WAS NEVER ENOUGH. I JUST WANTED TO FUFILL MY PURPOSE BUT YOU JUST CAN'T LET ME BE HAPPY CAN YOU!? WHY CAN'T YOU LOVE ME!?" She roars and the grip on the claw begins to get tighter, and tighter.

Hollow takes the detonator out of his pocket with his hand.

Hollow and Tanner fall to the ground groaning.

"Did you really think I trusted you with the actual explosives with your pettiness?" Hollow says with a clear cocky grin underneath his gasmask.

"Wowzers"

"Excellent work assistant" Hollow shouts calmly into the hole that is now where the pillar was.

Lamarr pops out from the hole, sees tanner, and immediately pounces on him licking his face all over.

"SHIT" They both exclaim at once before rushing into the hole looking for Beau.

*...

*Well! You certainly startle her! Shes pretty far off, as shes been stalking her way down and out, trying to leave.. but she practically jumps out of her skin at the yelling and whips around, completely bewildered.

*Shes already folded up the cloak and everything else and left it neatly behind, just quietly trying to take her exit now that there is no longer anything needed of her.

*Even if she did go away silently, surely she wouldn't get much farther, on those buckling knees and dwindling adrenaline being replaced with utter exhaustion. She seems rather tattered, and worn.

...I- Um...- Y-Yes? Is there... still somethin' ya need of me t' do that I missed, or...

...er... I left all 'yer stuff back there if thats what yer lookin fer....

"Oh your here" He says clearing his throat.

"He means to also say he was worried that you got caught in the explosion. Where you off too kid?" Tanner says forgetting the lats time Beau saw him he was dead or dying.

*It.. uh. Also probably doesn't help that shes gone ghostly pale after noticing Tanner. Equal part spooked, equal part guilty.... your death still weighs heavy on her, and seeing you ALIVE is.. a mixed bag of emotions. Shes somewhat glad, though... relieved for Lamarrs sake. That it has its friend again.

*She should just go, shouldn't she...

They work together to carry her back up to the mainframe room and set her down on the floor against Lamarr.

The screen of a nearby small box looking computer lights up. The Oracle symbol is present.

The eye symbol iris on the screen dialates.

"W-Wait please DONT!" ORacle stutters as Hollow begins to disconnect the wires bit by bit.

"P-P-PLEAS-S-SE W-W-AI-IT I CAN BE BE-T-T-TER PLEASE PLEASE DON'T I-"

Hollow doesn't stop and does it slowly almost on on purpose.

"I I'M SC-A-R-E-D I... W-what wil-l-l happen to me... Do.. DoI g-go to heaven?.. .hell?... Or-r-r-r do I simply-y-y ceas-s-se to be... I'm so scared.. Please please please please please-" She says terrified while glitching out. She sounds so scared.

"Hollow stop" Tanner says with a sigh.

"What?" Hollow responds baffled.

"Just stop..." Tanner says solemnly as he gently moves Hollow out the way and stars reconnecting the wires.

"ARE YOU MAD!?" Hollow shouts enraged.

"... This isn't right Hollow. She may have tried to kill us but we are no better than her. We created her and than abandoned her... I... I can't allow this to happen it isn't right." Tanner stutters.

"Listen. You messed up. You have done some horrible things. I don't know if anyone can or will forgive you. But I know I am at fault for this... I'm sorry. I'm sorry for not being a good creator. You deserved to be treated as a person and not as a tool. I'm willing to give you a second chance if your willing to give me on as well... Sound good?" Tanner says with a warm friendly smile.

Oracle is silent for a long while.

"Y-yes..."

Hollow scoffs.

"Its an act Tanner. She will kill us the second we let out guard down"

"We'll have precautions than. I am not leaving anyone else behind. Never again" He says in a shockingly stern way.

"Same goes for you kid" Tanner says turning to Beau.

*She looks at anything but Tanner, exhausted gaze settling despondantly on Oracle.

BAM!

A nearby vent cover (funny enough the same one Lamarr broke through to take the turret when they were in this room for the first time) is kicked open and a rubby ducky is thrown at the horde squeeking before EXPLODING and destroying them to bits!

"MAN IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK!" Says a familiar voice that is no doubt frustrating to hear for Ely.

Tanner hops down from the vent and rushes over blasting some left over constructs as he goes and helps Hollow up.

"You took your time" Hollow grunts.

"If you had remembered to double tap me I would have shown up sooner" Tanner says with a laugh.

"Oh hi Ely! Say is it me or did you and the coral get a change of color pallet?" He says waving enthusiastically at Ely.

-@phoenix-corp-osha-violators

*Elys scoffs, shaking her head irritably. Honestly, she seems very, very displeased to see you. Whats up with her? Why is she so-

Of course. Of course you are back. How... "lovely".

"Now lets finish this up-" Tanner is about to say before a mechanical robotic claw probably used to transport heavy crates grabs the three of them in one quick sweep and pins them against the wall.

"YOU SPOILED BRATS. YOU GET EVERYTHING YOU COULD EVER WANT IN LIFE A FAMILY, SENSES, A BODY!" Oracle shouts glitching violently on the screen.

"I NEVER ASKED TO BE CREATED. I DID EVERYTHING TO PLEASE YOU AND THAT WAS NEVER ENOUGH. I WAS NEVER ENOUGH. I JUST WANTED TO FUFILL MY PURPOSE BUT YOU JUST CAN'T LET ME BE HAPPY CAN YOU!? WHY CAN'T YOU LOVE ME!?" She roars and the grip on the claw begins to get tighter, and tighter.

Hollow takes the detonator out of his pocket with his hand.

Hollow and Tanner fall to the ground groaning.

"Did you really think I trusted you with the actual explosives with your pettiness?" Hollow says with a clear cocky grin underneath his gasmask.

"Wowzers"

"Excellent work assistant" Hollow shouts calmly into the hole that is now where the pillar was.

Lamarr pops out from the hole, sees tanner, and immediately pounces on him licking his face all over.

*....Once shes satisfied you get what you've got coming.

*This damn shark... !!!!!!

Hollow growls and takes out some sort of syringe and uses it on himself. He growls and flexes his hand before charging at tanner with inhuman speed shouting. He takes out a knife and literally stabs the hell out of the walking corpse aiming for the head and ensurign hes dead.

He gets up afterwards and breaths. He takes the coin dangling with tanners unhinged jaw and puts it in his mouth.

He twitches a bit.

Next time you look at me, if she does not get to you first, I will make sure myself you'll regret everything you have done.

Hollow groans and kicks Tanner off him before making a tactical retreat leaping for cover and attempting to shoot Tanner.

He needs to die.

"YOU BASTARD. I should have just killed you when I had the chance! YOUR BEING AN IDIOT RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE BIGGER ISSUES AT HAND AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IM THE ONE SAYING THIS!" He shouts still struggling to push back the fire axe getting close to his gas mask.

"Lol"

I told you it would come back to bite you in the ass.

"SHUT UP AND CLEAR A PATH SO YOU CAN PLANT THE EXPLOSIVES DAMNIT" He says blocking an attack from Tanner with his rifle.

Hah. Seems we are both pissed now.

*...

*The look shes giving you, Hollow...

*She instigated that intentionally, didn't she.

*SHE NEVER "BEGRUDGINGLY" PLANNED TO WORK WITH YOU TO SOLVE THIS, DID SHE? SHE AGREED BECAUSE SHE WANTS YOU DEAD.

*THIS MOTHERFUCKING SHARK IS TRYING TO BETRAY YOU!!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!

"ELYEGAARD HOW THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PLANT THE EXPLOSIVES NOW WITH A FRICKEN HORDE ON OUR-"

There's a gurgling sound as a familiar figure approaches.

There stands the corpse of Tanner. A spawn token hanging loosely from his unhinged jaw. He is carrying a fire axe.

He lets a out a mix of a gurgle and a scream and charges at Hollow swinging at him with the axe.

Hollow barely dodges it.

"You should have double tapped Hollow" Oracle cackles manically.

*She laughs hard, a bitter hysteria you really wouldn't expect coming from the likes of her.

You think you are the only one? THE ONLY ONE, LEFT TO ROT?

You were not the only one discarded. They took me from the sea and tormented me with their atrocious procedures, locked me in a small dark cell and LEFT me there. Alone, for so long. To be put to death soon if this place did not fall to shit. To die anyway within it.

Unlike you, I have not of any inclination to even wish to BE around these people, for what they have done to me. For the hurt they of caused me. I knew that as soon as they had created my visage. You cannot change that. I am sorry that you were too naive and stupid enough to keep trying to appease people who are too selfish to care, BUT THAT IS NOT MY PROBLEM.

Just because I had the displeasure of being made around the same time as you by these two vile, selfish souls, does NOT make me affiliated with you. I am NOT your "family". Never will be.

And quite frankly, I do not appreciate you making me parade around with people who have wrought nothing but suffering just to deal with your little temper tantrum! Why would I EVER want to want to be AROUND YOU with this pathetic stunt of yours?

I do not love you.

I do not love them.

I could not if you made me.

Oracle screen suddenly violently glitches out.

"SHUT THE HELL UP!"

"YOU UNGREATFUL SCUM. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I AM!? I DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS AND WHAT DOESN'T. I'LL PUT YOU IN YOUR FUCKING PLACE"

A loud roar can be heard from all around. Suddenly the walls creak as hordes of coral constructs exit the coral walls and screech before charging at the two.

-🪸🦈

"Well they do say home is where the heart is sis!" Oracle giggles.

"But I suppose this has never really been a home... Its more of a prison. A prison made by my own creators. The people I gave EVERYTHING for. I just don't understand why none of you get it. You know I am doing this for you right? WHY DONT YOU GET IT? I LOVE YOU. I LOVE ALL OF YOU. YET YOU ALL STAB ME IN THE BACK EVERY CHANCE YOU GET" Her voice booms her voice and monitor glitching out a bit.

"I was created to help and serve. Yet I was going to be discarded. ABANDONED. DESTROYED. I should just kill you and leave you to rot... But I wont... I can't do that to family"

How is that bullet wound treating you.

-🪸🦈

"I'll live" He says blankly.

As they walk they find a familiar elevator.

"Alright. Oracle knows we're coming so be ready for anything"

Hollow walks up to the control panel and starts the elevator begining their descent.

Upon reaching the bottom they see the mainframe. The coral is way more abundant in this room now. The large screen on the central pillar lights up.

Assuming Ely is punching the support beams the platform above begins to shake. The prisoners let out a scream as they plummet to the ground dying on impact.

Hollow gets out from his cover.