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A year ago they encountered a villain that was the master of television. He remembers the day they defeated him well, how they had to make their own show to best him. The anger he felt that day as he grabbed mallet Luigi and smashed the television in, while the crew celebrated and after months of therapy from SMG3 things went back to normal. Except it didn't fully, deep down Four had a fear. A fear that the smash didn't truly kill Mr. Puzzles and that he is still around ready to take control of them again. 

He gets back in the elevator then dash out the cafe, closing his eyes he focuses on their cosmic link. Feeling the pull he runs through the woods  “Please be okay Three,” he stops running when it clicks where he was. He looks down letting out a shaky breath as he walks near the hole in the ground “Three?!”

A tentacle comes out of the hole reaching for him, SMG4 screams dodging the grab. Thats when he heard an explosion “THATS WHAT YOU FUCKING GET FOR TOUCHING EGGDOG!”  

Three blinks as he notices SMG4, glaring at the monster he picks up Eggdog, then runs to pick up Four “The hell are you doing here?” Four gives him a sheepish smile “Looking for you.” Avoiding another hit the pair escape running back to the cafe, missing a glimpse of an old enemy.

Once safe SMG3 checks Eggdog before turning his attention to Four,  gently grabbing Fours face to check on him “Hey you okay? That was a close call.” Four nods getting closer to Three “I’m fine, I'm more worried as to why you were over there!” Mario arrives in time to see the pair an inch apart from kissing, his eyes light up from the sight “HEY, ARE YOU TWO FINALLY KISSING?!”

The guardians look at each other and blushes, in a panic they smack each other making sure there is plenty of space between them. “No you ass! We were attacked by those things near Peach’s castle!” Three crosses his arms annoyed by the avatar, Four sighs repeating himself “Why were you over there?” Three pets Eggdog with a loving smile before facing Four “Eggdog was freaking out, it wasn't like him so i went to investigate. Found nothing but those tentacles out which makes me wonder..if someone fell in there.”

They stay silent for a moment lost in thought, Mario seeing his friends sad does what he does best. He wraps his arms around his guardians and smiles at them “Mario is hungry!” the pair roll their eyes letting out soft giggles. With Mario’s push they end up at the castle making spaghetti, dropping the topic all together.

In the woods Mr. Puzzle hums watching them from afar “Now how did you reach the castle so fast?”

Ever since his defeat he spent time recovering and plotting his next grand show, his acquaintance Liko helped nurse him during this time. She was a strange creature, a rare fable that lives in the mushroom kingdom. A few months ago he started to spy on the crew again, with the help of Liko they watched and studied hoping to find any kind of weakness. Once the coast was clear he started to wander around the woods, there his screen flickered showing off a wide smile. There stood an open guardian portal, testing the waters, he removed his head placing it on the floor. Then his body walks in, after a few moments the body returns in perfect condition.  Putting his head back on he goes through, where he is greeted with the  pit he and SMG4 created two years ago. 

He walks close to it and lets out a chuckle “My SMG4, ever the villain keeping an eye on your masterpiece.”

He snaps his fingers getting a tentacle's attention, using it as a lift he gets on it letting it bring him down. He walks through the path that leads to the castle, there he notices something. With a gasp he walks up to a pile of slime pulling out what looked like locks of hair “Hello gorgeous, you look fresh!” quickly he takes out his phone. After a few rings he heard a woman's voice on the other line “No time for chatting, remember how you mention you would love to know how meme guardians work?” he hears a sigh from the woman along with her dropping something in the background. “Alright Mr. Puzzle, what do you have?” 

“Meme guardian hair, fresh. You know what this means don't you? We can make our own guardians!”  he smiles at the hair in his hand.  The time for revenge has finally presented itself, Mr puzzles was excited to do what no network has ever done before. He snaps his fingers to escape the castle,  once away from the pit he heads off to his lair, an abandoned studio lot. 

Liko puts on her coat to get the machines ready “Okay i need to get things ready, shit! We need pods, the meme guardians have USB so what can I use to replace that.”  She searches her lab to find an old portable television. She chuckles opening the device and fixing it up,  meme guardians pods were related to the internet. If they wanted to make their own they need to think outside of the box, given she will need her partners TV powers she knew turning this portable television would be the best bet.  She lets out a wide smile seeing the TV working again, Mr. Puzzles enters the room at that moment watching the scientist “Brought you a gift!” 

Liko takes the locks of hair from him, she puts it through a scanner and laughs “It's hair from both guardians! This is perfect, we can have two guardians if this works!” hearing those words excited the TV man. Not only will he get revenge he will also  have his own actor,one he can command and they will follow his every word. Liko separated the hair locking SMG3 hair away, humming as she studied the hair. “We are lucky guardians work differently from us, this hair sample should be enough to make something!”

She places SMG4 lock of hair on the table, then walks up to a tank “Been saving these bad boys for months!’

Removing the cover on it, Mr. Puzzles walked up to the tank excitedly. Staring at the white orbs he looks down at Liko “This is meme energy, it wasn't easy to learn how to extract it but with this i think we can pull this off!” She takes a step back to give the man room, understanding what she meant he points his finger to the tank. Shooting it with his power the orbs start to bounce around the tank, the TV man steps back then pulls Liko with him as they watch the tank shake. 

The orbs start to change becoming filled with static, Liko screams in joy running to the tank “IT’S WORKING!” She runs to the computer to scan the orbs. What was once filled with pure meme energy was changing into something else, the meme power slowly changing into television energy. Mr Puzzle claps his hands to get the woman's attention, she turns looking up at him in excitement “It's working! Now to place the needed items to make a body…this is the part that can fail. Be ready for disappointment.”

She goes to a secret room taking out a strange jar, she drops some of its contents on the portable TV then the lock of hair. Putting it away she hits the button removing one of the static orbs “We don't know how stable this is so i recommend you get in your head!” She runs for cover as Mr. Puzzles stands there watching. The room is then swallowed by a bright light, Liko peeks out of her hiding spot to see Mr . Puzzles staring at the portable TV in shock. She walks up to up “It…changed? It sorta resembles a portable gaming console, but no mistake it's a portable television.” 

The pod starts to grow causing Liko to panic “SHIT GET IT OUT OF THE LAB ITS GROWING!”

Mr. Puzzles picks up the TV and throws it out,  they watch as it keeps growing. “Uh, now that I think about it we never took into account how big we were making him, did we?” Liko lets out with a sigh, then the pod stops growing as it opens up. They watch as a man comes out all dressed in yellow, his eyes show static until he rubs them. He looks around his dark yellow eyes meeting Mr. Puzzle, he slowly walks up to the man “You're my star! We did it!” the man rolls his eyes looking around again “Where the fuck am i and why is there a talking box here?” 

Mr. Puzzle frowns “Now that kind of language won't work with what we plan on doing, i'm your manager slash director!” he spins giving jazz hands to the man “MR. PUZZLE!” Now that Mr. Puzzle was closer to the man he noticed while the guardian was made from SMG4 DNA, the appearance didn't fully show it. His eyes lay on the sharp teeth he had sticking out of his mouth, he also noticed the pointy ears making the man look more of a fable creature than a full human. “My…pod it said my name is SV4, so call me that.”

Mr.Puzzle watches as the man shrinks his pod, he blinks seeing the portable TV now pocket sized. Interested as to why the portable TV took the form of a portable console he decided to poke more at the guardian “SV4 huh? Do tell me your pod reminds me of something, are you perhaps interested in a different kind of medium that isn't television?” 

SV4 rolls his eyes putting his pod in his pocket “I like video games, which mind you helps shape a lot of media in television.” that's when he notice someone hiding in a bush “Who the fuck is that? Is this some kind of trap,” he glares at Mr.Puzzle. Liko lifted her hand giving a nervous giggle “No trap, im Liko the uh co-director just here to see the star of our shows arrive!” She was thankful that all the years of hearing Mr. Puzzle talk came in handy for once. SV4 gives them both a look before walking away, seeing that the pair walk with him. Mr.Puzzle screen flashes a smile “Do you even know where our home is?” SV4 stops walking, frustrated he turns to the pair. He didn't want to trust him but something in him told him this was right, along with feeling something was missing. 

Liko notices the look that SV4 had “Mr. Puzzle we should start working on SV3, after all meme guardians come in two for a reason.” Mr puzzle lets out a small chuckle “He is the star for this upcoming project, he doesn't need to share the spotlight!” with that he puts his arm around the guardian and walks off to their home. Liko frowns watching them walk away, she walks back to her lab to do more research on meme guardians. She was glad that SMG1 and 2 made a book explaining the basics, with this it could help them figure out how to care for SV4.

They arrive at the location, Mr. Puzzles walks in front of SV4 giving him jazz hands as he shows the man an abandoned movie set. SV4 eyes go wide as he looks around, then he sees an action set and runs to it “MINE!” Mr. Puzzles watches SV4 running around the action set amused. Compared to SMG4 this guardian certainly did take the excitable trait from his counterpart, SV4 pauses opening the dressing room “Fuck man this place is empty, hey box head where is our shit?” Mr. Puzzle sighs. Their huge difference is the fact SV4 swears like a sailor, not to mention the attitude he has on him. 

He walks and looks in the room “Hm we are going to need a little help if we are to get what we need, i have an idea SV4 lets call it your first acting job!”

Liko opens the door to her lab, to her surprise SV4 was standing there he smirks at her “Now Mr. Puzzles hate to do this but I find it funny!” Liko confused steps out of her lab. Mr. Puzzle flashes her a smile “Given i dont have my powers anymore, i need money to get what we need for the show!” Liko shakes her head. SV4 watching the pair lets out a chuckle “Come on Liko, as the co director dont you wanna help your favorite guardian out?” Liko looks at the pair still refusing to help them, Mr Puzzles gives SV4 a look. 

Seeing the look SV4 knew what they had to do, he steps in front of Liko next to Mr. Puzzle. Liko starts to glare at the pair, Mr. Puzzles then displays footage of a dog giving puppy eyes while SV4 was giving her puppy eyes. Unable to ignore the looks she gives in "FINE I WILL BUY THE STUFF FOR YOUTUBE!"

Mr. Puzzle smiles as SV4 cheers, with a sigh she gets her wallet. She walks out giving them a small smile “So what's the channel going to be called?” the pair stare at her with a blank expression, Liko eyes go wide “Wait you ask me to buy you things and you still haven't set up the youtube?!”  SV4 scoffs walking into her lab. Concerned with having the man in her lab she runs in, the man gets on the computer and starts making the account. He smirks as he types away, then he turns the monitor “There problem solved!” 

Liko and Mr. Puzzle look at the account “SV4…perfect! We just have to hope our viewers won't think we are copying anyone.” the man rolls his eyes “From our walk you told me about SMG4, if he can use his name as the channel name who the fuck says i can't!” Mr. Puzzle frowns his screen changing into an expression of annoyance “Language!”

Liko giggles “Let him be, plus if he swears in his videos when it comes to editing he can just remove it!”  SV4 gives a smug look causing the TV man to sigh walking away “Let's just get what we need, it's showtime!” with a nod they get together and start walking into the kingdom. Mr. Puzzle wears a cloak to cover himself, not everyday you see a walking talking television. While he doesnt care if the SMG4 crew learn of his return, he preferred to keep the mystery going on longer just to mess with the meme guardians.  As they go shopping for the items needed, Liko can only watch in horror as she sees the prices of all the items.

They return home setting everything up, SV4 jumps around lovingly hugging his gaming setup “Daddy is here shhh we will have an all night Spyro marathon don't you worry!”  Mr. Puzzles gives a concerned look towards the guardian “While i would love to…um give you alone time. We need to release our first video soon, otherwise this whole thing would be a waste of time!” SV4 rolls his eyes letting go of the system. He picks up a game and controller, pointing it at Mr. Puzzle “Listen up box head! Gaming is an art and if we are going to have me as the face of the channel we do it my way!” He then sits down hitting records and starts playing games. 

After a few hours SV4 tosses a USB toward Mr. Puzzles“There, my footage and commentary on Spyro: Enter the dragonfly. Now if you don't mind, the crash series calls to me!” Mr. Puzzles catches the USB confused, he gets up lifting up SV4 by his overalls. He gives the smaller man a stern look “You mean you didn't edit the video!?” SV4 blinks at him before chuckling “Me? Edit? You're funny, there isn't time for me to edit when I'm behind on the rich history of gaming!” his eyes sparkle as he looks back at his gaming setup.  It was a dangerous sparkle that stirred strange emotions from the Television man, he drops SV4 confused by the emotions. Now free SV4 runs to his room to keep playing, with an annoyed sigh Mr. Puzzle goes off to edit the video himself. 

With a sigh he hits upload, it took hours for him to put together  given how much the man recorded. With a hum he stares at the video “Please let this work,” he refreshes the page and jumps up in surprise “650 VIEWS!?”

He couldn't believe that in a blink everyone was watching, he chuckles darkly as he sees the likes going up. He did it, he made the perfect star that will get him back on the air in no time. He texted the link to Liko and in a moment she called “That’s impossible, how can a video get so popular fast…unless,” he hears typing on the other line for a few moments before silence. 

Liko’s eyes go wide seeing the video now hitting five thousand views and counting, looking around her desk she finds what she is looking for. She sits at her desk taking out a lock of hair she took from SV4, there was no way she would miss a chance to study her creation and now was the perfect time. “Mr. Puzzles using the lock of hair I took when SV4 was shopping for games, I might be able to figure this out!”  scanning the hair she gasps seeing the readings going wild.

“Puzzles, we need to make him a SMG3. The readings are unstable, without something to keep him balanced we don't know what could happen. He could blow up, or just die!” Mr. Puzzle chuckles as he watches the numbers go up. He looks into SV4 room seeing the man playing games “He is the star Liko, he doesn't need to share the stage after all if his power makes this happen! Well…i'm not losing this.” he hangs up the phone without a second thought.

Days passed, while Mr. Puzzle enjoyed seeing the numbers fly; he ended up getting blinded to see SV4 was using gaming as an escape. He was feeling weak, empty, unsure if doing youtube was worth anything.  That's when the content stopped, noticing that he storms into the dinner area as gasp. SV4 was sitting there zoned out playing on a PS Vita, feeling annoyed he takes the system “SV4, it's almost the due date super star. Where is the video?”  SV4 looks up at him, his eyes devoid of life. Seeing his face trigger a small memory of him watching TV, ignoring everything as he enjoys the next episode of scooby doo.

“Oh yeah i didnt..i should,” the world started to spin for man as he passed out. Mr. Puzzle acts fast catching him before he hits the floor.  “The world…is lonely,” hearing his weak words made Mr.Puzzle feel guilty, he let out a soft chuckle looking at the passed out man “Why do you remind me of someone?”

He walks to SV4 room and tucks him into bed, taking out his phone he slowly calls Liko “Let's make the gay sidekick.”

Hearing this she excitedly grabs her fiancée hand “He is finally doing what i said, im both excited and worried on what made that man change his mind. SV4 must be getting worse.” She goes to the computer while her fiancée gets the items together, this was going to be easy just do the same steps as last time. She is thankful she saved the second portable Television after everything with SV4, once everything is set up she goes to pull the lever. 

“Flordeliza, you keep an eye on the meter as I watch over the pod.” She walks up excited to meet their new friend. Only for alarms to burst, Flordeliza runs up holding on to Liko “What?! Not enough energy, but this is how SV4 was made.” She runs to the back with her partner, together they carry a huge jar of unknown substance. Exchanging looks they dump it, Liko dashes and pulls the lever. The machine lets out a loud sound before blasting the table, Liko runs looking for her partner.  She lets out the breath she was holding seeing Flordeliza holding the pod “Ah you rock Flor! Now take the pod out and let's see if we save it…for SV4.” 

They walk outside watching the pod grow, Liko takes out a clipboard watching and waiting for results. Just then Mr. Puzzles shows his screen flicking to a smile “Ah! The gay sidekick is made!”  noticing Flor he stays a few steps away from her. They all watch as the pod screen goes static, that's when a person climbs out of it confused.  Liko’s eyes go wide “oh no the malfunction messed up one of your eyes.”

The new guardian smiles touching his left eye “Oh don't worry i can see fine! Hello, I'm SV3. It's nice to meet everyone!”  Mr. Puzzles nod, grabbing the man's arm “Three grab your pod we need to hurry home.”  with a nod he shrinks his pod and pockets it before leaving. Liko smiles brightly at her partner “ WE DID IT!”

SV4 wakes up, looking around he sees he is in his room “Huh? Did he put me here…wonder if he is around.” As he leaves his room a strange feeling hits him. His eyes go static, he sees the front of the abandoned movie set and next to the person was Mr.puzzle. Surprised he runs to the front of the building, there his eyes go wide as Mr puzzle shows off a new person “INTRODUCING YOUR NEW CO STAR SV3!” They smile shyly and wave at SV4. The moment their eyes met he felt the emptiness leave, he walked up staring at the man “You play games?” SV3 hums “Not really but if you got fun party games i'm in!” 

SV3 giggles making SV4 roll his eyes doing his best to hide the small smile growing on his face “Lets go to my room, i'm sure i got something.”  Mr. Puzzle watches the pair walk off together, the screen changed showing how drained he was. Never did he think creating TV guardians would be this messy, smacking his head he let out a smile “This is fine, these two will bring me closer to stardom!” 

Then a voice echoes through the darkness, one he has come to know very well “Come on pumpkin, this is no place for someone like you.” He opens his eyes and through his tears he sees a yellow blur, he lets out a gasp as he quickly wipes his tears. There in front of him was SV4,  the man smiles as he stretches out his hand offering to pick him up. SV3 blushes as he takes the man’s hand, 4 lifts him up and holds 3 close “SV4? You’re okay! You don't have a wound, what's going on?” SV4 looks behind 3 and glares at the creature running up to them. SV4 lets go of 3 as he steps in front of the man, SV3 watches as 4 stares down the creature “Don’t be scared, your hero is here after all!” SV3 eyes go wide as he watches his partner charge at the monster, once they clash the darkness is gone, they are now in the woods revealing the creature that was after him to be Princess Peach. 3 gasp seeing the fight, as SV4 slams Princess Peach down SV3 couldn't stop himself from running towards 4. 

SV3 covers his mouth about to cry again seeing the slash through SV4's eye, he turns holding his eye as his static blood drips down. SV3 hugs 4 breaking down crying “I…I did this to you, i got you hurt!” SV4 lets out a chuckle as he pats SV3 head “Did you forget 3? I don't hate you, this wound I have is nothing compared to losing someone like you.” Hearing his words got SV3 to slowly let go of him, as he looked at 4’s face the eye patch was now on his face, 3 frowns as he gently touches the man's face “But…” SV4 rolled his eyes as he flicked 3’s head making him pout “SV3 can't you see? I need you in my life.” SV3 blushes looking wide-eyed at 4, that's when he notices SV4 closing his eye and leaning close.  The moment their lips were to touch a loud roar ranged out causing SV3 to jolt awake in his bed, he looked around the room breathing heavily “A…dream?” SV3 touches his face, it was warm just like the other times he had dreams of his partner these days. He places his hand on his chest feeling his racing heart, he attempts to calm his breathing hoping it will help slow his heart. He must have caught something during the battle with the princess, since that day he kept having strange dreams and had been struggling to look at his partner for long before his face went red. Or perhaps the events of that day was the cause of these symptoms, he stares at the spot next to him in his bed. He still remembers when SV4 came to his room shaken up over a nightmare, it was comforting knowing he wasn't the only one being haunted by the events. He felt himself relax as he remembered their vows to each other “I make an oath to you, SV4 that with the power of the TV world I will protect you. Never again will I let you get hurt.” 

Feeling more relaxed he gets out of bed and looks at his reflection, with a soft smile he grabs what he needs for a shower. As he looks through his closet his eyes drop down looking at his dirty overalls, there were dried stains of SV4 static blood. He felt his stomach drop at the thought if 4 was any slower one of them could have died, shaking his head he grabs new overalls then slams his closet door shut. “Oh static…please give us good news on his eye.” —--------------------------------------------------------------------- SV4 sighs as he pauses the game he is playing, it is getting on his nerves how his skill has gone down the drain thanks to seeing through one eye. He turns off the console only to see his reflection, slowly he takes off the eyepatch and stares at the bandages. He looks at his phone to see the date “Today is the day, then no more eye patch and hopefully no more SV3 babying me.” Since the injury his partner wouldn't stop bothering him, he understood that things could have been worse he just wished his partner would stop blaming himself. He made his choice, not to mention he knows who was the real monster behind the whole mess. 

He hears a knock on the door, putting his eye patch back on, he gets out of bed to open the door. He steps out of his room to see Mr Puzzle standing there, SV4 growls glaring at the man before looking at the plate in his hands. His anger turns to confusion as he stares at the cake, Mr Puzzle fixes the chef hat on his head with his free hand then gives a bright smile to SV4 “Hello SV4! I just happened to hear who your favorite character is and oh what a coincidence! I just happened to make you a solid snake cake just for you without any reason!” Mr Puzzles then offers the cake, his screen still showing a bright smile “Do you like it?” SV4 looked at the cake and silently looked up at Mr Puzzle, he stared at the man with blank expression as he reached for the cake. Mr Puzzles gets excited seeing the man reach for the cake only for anger to flash in 4’s eyes, as he takes the cake he then chucks at Mr Puzzle. The cake hits the screen as SV4 proceeds to flip the man off as he turns and goes back to his room. 

Mr Puzzle sighs as he wipes the cake off his screen, Liko shakes her head at the sight as she stands in front of him “Wow cake, you really thought that would work?” Mr Puzzle’s screen flickers showing an annoyed expression before changing into a more depressing expression “In the movies apologizing looked much easier, grand gestures always worked!” Liko sighs as he pinches the bridge of her nose “Hey i don't know if you know this but THIS ISN'T A MOVIE! This isn't your world, this is the real world, and in it no cake will make up for almost killing him and his partner!” Liko then looks at the cake on the floor before whispering her thoughts “Did you do the same with SV3?” Mr Puzzles scoffs as he finishes cleaning his screen “Why? SV3 isn't the one staring daggers at me, not to mention 4 is the face of the channel! We can't lose our main star.” Liko bites her lip holding back her anger from his words “Why..do you only care about SV4, isn't SV3 now a part of the face for this channel?” Mr Puzzle lets out a chuckle “Because we can replace SV3, it wouldn't be so hard to pluck something from SMG3 but SV4. Well the man has something that can't be replaced if we lose him.” With those words he passes by an upset Liko and locks himself in his offices, Liko looks at SV4 door “Something that you can't replace..” Ignoring her conflicting emotions she leaves the studio and gets in her car, she needed to make sure her lab was ready for the big day. After all the waiting she finally can remove the bandages, she was hoping for good news and that all the man gets is a scar and nothing worse. She also had to start planning the caffeine training with SV3 now that she will have more free time.                   —-------------------------------------------------- Mr Puzzle sits at his desk thinking over the events that happen, looking out the window he notices the sun is coming out. He looked at the time and knew what he had to do. He gets up, leaving his office to catch SV3 on his way to the bathroom. Mr Puzzle lets out a sigh before waving at the man “SV3! Could I perhaps have a small chat with you?” SV3 smiles at him as he walks over “Sure thing Mr Puzzle, is something the matter?” Seeing the man so cheerful made him feel good about apologizing to him, now more confident he gives a bright smile at 3. “SV3 I wanted to say I'm terribly sorry for what happened at the pit. I hope you accept my humble and sincerest apology.” SV3 eyes go wide as static flickers in his eyes, he relaxes as he gives a gentle smile “It’s alright Mr Puzzles, I accept your apology! After all we are all fine and alive, that's what matters.” Mr Puzzle then felt a shift in the air, the lights flickering as he heard static coming from his computer behind him. He looks around confused then looks at SV3, he gasps as he sees a dark expression on the man's face ”Just one more thing, the next time you offer a place for thinking you better make sure it won't bring any harm to SV4 again!” With that he lets out a dark chuckle as everything returns to normal, with a hum he turns around and walks to the bathroom. Mr Puzzle stands there watching the man walking away in shock “Jesus christ.” 

“You really do need to keep an eye on the quiet ones,” he mumbles to himself as he walks back to his office. Now that he had SV3 forgiveness with a fun threat on the side he needed to figure out a plan to get his real star to forgive him. He sits at his desk scrolling around SMG4 channel, seeing all the thumbnails it slowly clicks just how many annoyed pests really were. That's when an idea hits him, he clicks on a random video and laughs to himself as he stares at Meggy and Tari.                                   —---------------------------- SV4 opens the door slowly as he looks around, he had to make sure Mr puzzle wasn't around. While he had a sweet tooth he rather dropped dead on the spot before tasting anything that man made, seeing it was clear he leaves his room as he runs to the kitchen. SV4 starts opening cabinets looking for his stash of sweets, SV3 comes out of the bathroom pleased with how his make up came out. He walks down the hall to notice SV4 in the kitchen, he walks up to the man and taps his shoulder. SV4 jumps letting out a scream that surprised 3, they stare at each other for a moment before 3 lets out a sheepish smile “Ah sorry, I didn't mean to scare I just thought…well you felt me last time..”

SV3 frowns looking down. He felt guilty for giving the man a scare, seeing this SV4 lets out a soft smile as he gently taps 3’s head “You know me and sweets, I get in the zone so it's okay.” SV3 lets out a bright smile making SV4 roll his eyes as he lets out a soft chuckle, he reaches back into the cabinet hitting the back wall to reveal a box. SV3 watches in awe as the man takes out the box and opens it “You need me for something? Is this another check up cause as you can see im fine, if this is another attempt on me getting air and socializing cause of what happened remember i bite.” SV3 giggles, shaking his head as he shows his phone, SV4 takes a bite out of a cookie as he reads the text “When I was putting on my makeup Ms. Liko texted me, it's time to see how your eye looks!” SV4 finishes reading the text and lets out a sigh as he sadly looks at his treat’s “Sorry guys next time.” 

He puts the box away then smirks at SV3 “Well then shall we head out?” he grabs SV4 hand making the 3 blush. As they walked to the TV room, 3 couldn't stop himself from staring at their hands. It felt warm and safe, he intertwined his fingers without thinking, wanting to feel closer to 4. To his surprise SV4 did the same as they kept walking “What…are we doing 4?” SV4 lets out an excited giggle that 3 only hears when it comes to him getting a new game, he pulls 3 closer as they stand in front of the television. SV4 wraps his arm around SV3 waist making the man's heart race “Well since i learn how to teleport using televisions thought why not take a shortcut.” He tightens his grip on SV3 making 3 wrap his arms around 4, with a nod SV4 places his hand on the screen “Ready to make it to Liko’s?” SV3 nods as he tightens his hold, SV4 eyes turn to static as he focuses on his target. The moment he felt the connection with Liko the pair vanished.                   —---------------------------------------- SMG4 nervously walked down an all too familiar path, Three turns to check on him “SMG4 relax, i'm sure we don't have to go down that pit again. And if we do, I'm leaving. That adventure was hell and I'm sure the princess wouldn't be a fan of seeing us again.” SMG4 looks down frowning, he takes out his phone reading the text they received. According to SMG1 and 2 there was a strange power surge by the pit, the idea of going near that area is enough to make Four turns and leave Three to handle it. Only reason he was able to go in the pit before was the consuming guilt of almost killing everyone, he lets out a soft smile reminding himself that he kept his promise on making a new home. 

As they arrive they see SMG1 scanning around the pit with a concerned expression, while SMG2 had a bag filled with parts of a keyboard. As the pair get closer Four holds his breath seeing the cursed keyboard in pieces, Three looks around seeing marks on the floor “Did someone drag something here?” SMG1 shakes his head as he walks up to Three “From the looks of things a battle took place, the energy matches the amount of energy we guardian’s release.” Three’s eyes go wide as he looks around. “You have to be kidding me, please don't tell me this is another zero.” SMG1 stares at the spikes in the meter, he then looks at the bag in SMG2 hand. “I'm not sure, that's what worries me the most. If there is something out there with powers like ours, then our world could be in danger again.” SMG4 slowly walks up to 2, he stares at the bag as his mind goes back to that day. He wanted to prove to his viewers, to his friends, that he was popular. He felt jealous that his ex rival was doing better than him, he couldn't let Three enjoy his stream without shoving himself in the mix. He should have learned from the youtube arc, yet he keeps making the same mistake, seeing SMG4 staring at the bag SMG2 offers it to him. Seeing the bag closer to him he reaches for the bag, his hand shakes as he grabs it staring at the keyboard pieces. He looks closely and sees a strange liquid on it, he opens up the bag and reaches in to touch the keyboard. 

Four made sure the others weren't looking at him as he let out a shaky breath, he reached into the bag the moment his fingers brushed the keyboard energy surge through Four. He pulled back surprised, he started to shake remembering the familiar power that filled his body. He closes the bag and puts it under his hat, as he attempts to steady his breathing. Three felt his fingers sting causing him to turn to Four, seeing Four shaking he ran over “Hey, you doing good over there? You're shaking like Mario when he sees spaghetti.” SMG1 joins them frowning “If being here is too much perhaps you can go into town and get me these books?” Four looks at the slip of paper and takes it “Look i’m fine, if i can go in the pit to get a power star i can look around here for clues.” Three sighs “Hey idiot you were attacked by a monster down there, you almost died twice here. No one is blaming you for being off, not to mention beside what those two told us so far nothing new has been found.” Four frowns looking at the paper, SMG1 gently places his hand on Four shoulder “We called you two over in hopes you can sense anything, yet it seems you two only see the same thing me and SMG2 have found. Three is right, it's best you two continue on with your day and if anything new is discovered we will call.” 

Four takes a deep breath and lets out a smile “Alright, I will be back in the castle in no time!” As he runs off, Three looks around the area. SMG1 looks at the meter and frowns. With No idea what to look for along with the world's current meme guardians not sensing anything, they have officially hit a dead end. Three finishes his last look around saying his goodbyes to the pair as he annoyingly walks away, SMG1 couldn't blame the pair for not being happy with them. Not only did they bring up unwanted memories, nothing new was discovered. SMG2 walks up and takes SMG1's hand “Hey it's okay 1, i'm sure we will figure it out in no time!” They smile brightly at him making the older guardian chuckle “Yes, that's what meme guardians are for.” They smile at each other before going back to work.                                   —----------------------- SV4 leans back on a chair with a smirk “Come on that shortcut you have to admit is way better, plus i get more gaming time if i can zap myself to places quickly.” Liko sighs as she checks on her fiance “Are you doing better sweetie?” SV3 looked at Flor with concern “We didn't mean to scare you like that I’m so sorry Ms Flor!”  She smiles at the pair and nods before her eyes land on SV4, he awkwardly moves his hands as he attempts to sign ‘My bad’ before looking away. Flor smiles and takes out a notepad letting Liko and 3 know she is fine, Liko walks back to 4 and glares at him “Text if you have to do something like this again.” SV4 waves his hand then points to the eyepatch, with a nod Liko grabs a bag of supplies “We don't know how your eye is going to be, so don't overwork it the last thing you want is to worsen your eye.” SV3 takes a seat next to 4 taking his hand, 4 squeezes 3 hand as he watches Liko take out scissors. Liko gently starts removing the bandages, SV3 gasps seeing the scar on his eye. SV4 slowly opens it, he didn't realize how much he truly missed seeing through both eyes till now.  Liko grabs a nearby mirror and shows him “Told you that if you didn't quickly go in your pod you wouldnt heal completely.”

He looks at his reflection and stares at the scar, SV3 feels his eyes water as he stares at SV4 eye. This was his fault all because he had to go to the pit, because he wasn't strong enough. 4 notice 3 letting go of his hand making him turn, seeing the horror on his face SV4 puts the mirror down “I made my choice, I don't have regrets in helping my friend be a part of the channel. Plus all the cool characters in gaming have badass scars.” SV3 gives him a small smile as he lets go of SV4's hand and gently touches his face, Liko stares at SV3 as she takes out a notebook and starts writing down notes. “Oh you never did get snacks, let me go out and get a quick snack while Liko checks to make sure your eye doesn't have any other damage to it!” Before SV4 can say anything 3 started to run to the front door, Liko grabs 3’s arm causing him to turn looking at her curiously “I think we have something to talk about,” SV3 tilts his head looking at her confused “You mean that training you want to do with me and coffee?” Liko shakes her head “No, just on when did you start giving puppy eyes to SV4?” SV3 felt his heart race as he pulls away from Liko, he grabs the door handle and lets out a nervous chuckle “SNACKS AWAY!” he dashes out leaving Liko at the front door smirking at him. SV3 walked into the town thinking over Liko’s words “Puppy…eyes I mean he is my friend and I'm worried, that must be why I look at him like that. Man, my face is starting to feel warm dum cold.” As he talks to himself, someone bumps into him, the force of the push surprised him as he fell down “Oh memes I’m sorry i was lost in thought!” SV3 rubs his backside as he looks up to see who was the culprit, he lets out a gasp seeing SMG4 offering his hand. The moment their eyes met, Four couldn't stop looking “You…have a black eye.”  SV3 lets out a chuckle getting up on his own, he pats the dust from the ground off of himself “Ah yeah, heterochromia wasn't enough, birth defects can be a fun thing!” SMG4 frowned, feeling guilty at his comment, as he was going to apologize SV3 started to walk away “Sorry to crash and run but i need to finish grabbing snacks for my friend, later SMG4!” Four stands there surprised for a moment at how the man knew his name, only for him to chuckle, guessing SV3 was a fan of his. SV3 kept walking to the store thinking over what to get SV4, as he explored the store his eyes noticed a box of chocolates. Excited, he grabs the box remembering how much the other man loves chocolates. He runs to check out hoping to hurry back to Liko’s place, finally purchasing the sweets he runs to the lab.  “And you can go fuck yourself!” SV4 growled, hearing this SV3 quickly walks into the lab to see Mr Puzzle in the room now “What…did i miss?” he tilts his head. SV4 sighs as he glares at Mr Puzzle “Boxhead has an idea to send one of us undercover to SMG4 castle, cause he wants to make more stars for our channel.” Mr. Puzzle screen shows a bright smile as he looks at SV3 “Aren't you two bored of each other, wouldn't it be great to have other friends to be with? We could make more channel content and you both could have friends to go do whatever it is you two do!” SV3 smiles at the idea while SV4 keeps glaring at the man. 

“That could be fun! Don't you think SV4, we can have more friends and you won't have to wear all the dresses I make!” While he knew the man didn't care about clothing, it would be nice to make clothing and have the right model for the design. SV4 rolls his eyes as he looks at SV3, Mr Puzzle claps hearing the approval from SV3 “Perfect! Liko go get the lab ready, as for who we need samples from I have their folders right here.” The boys open the folders looking through it, SV3 eyes sparkle in excitement while SV4 looks over everything suspiciously. SV3 looks up at Mr Puzzle “who will be the one to go in?” Hearing the question Mr Puzzle taps his head, he needed to figure out how to lure one of the guardians in order for their copy to walk in. SV4 sits on the computer chair in the lab taking out his psp “Welp, unless we have one of the SMG’s away from the castle, this plan is over.” SV3 snaps his fingers as he walks up to SV4 showing him the chocolates he bought, SV4 eyes sparkle seeing the treats. As he reaches for it, SV3 lightly taps his hand away “I saw SMG4 walking around in town!” Mr. Puzzle screen flickers with a surprise expression as he walks over to the pair “I can throw some things his way to keep him longer away from the castle then, SV4 looks like you will be our man on the inside.” SV4 excitement for his treat vanishes as he looks at the two in shock, before his face returns to his normal stoic nature “So i get the chocolate only if i do this, is that what your saying 3?” SV3 frowns as he holds the treats close to himself “Unless you don't want to,” Mr Puzzle groans taking the treats from 3, he then walks to the front door “He won't do it but I will, have fun getting the DNA we need!” 

SV4 glares at the man as he leaves the lab, 4 crosses his arms “And he wonders why I hate him.” SV4 stands up and stretches as he looks at 3 “I know i shouldnt strain my eye, but looks like we have a mission to do. Ready to transform me into SMG4?” SV3 smiles and nods before looking around them, SV4 grabs 3’s hand making him blush. In a flash SV4 teleports them back to the studio, SV3 gets excited at the thought of making a costume. SV4 watches as 3 runs off to his room, SV4 continues to play as he catches up with his partner. “Okay your hair is pretty long so i will have to style it, hmm oh i know how we can make the outfit quickly. Which leaves make up, take that headband and lay on my bed. I need to cover up that scar and put on contacts.” SV4 walks over to 3’s bed and throws himself on it, he saves his game and shuts down the psp as he puts on the headband. SV3 walks over with a small kit, he climbs on top of SV4 and starts to work. Taking out blue contacts he gently put them in SV4 eyes, the man blinked at the feeling “That is a weird feeling.” SV3 chuckles “Yeah if you're not used to them it can be odd at the start, now it will take a bit to cover the scar so don't mind me!” 

SV3 leans close to 4’s face as he starts doing the mans make up, noticing how close the pair is makes SV3 blush. He sits up more straight attempting to keep his face away from the man's face. “Ahem you know i never notice how doing other peoples makeup can feel…intimate.” SV3 takes a deep breath trying to relax, 4 hums thinking over what 3 said “Guess it can be, I mean we are extremely close together.” SV3 pauses on doing 4’s makeup to look at the man's face, he wondered if he was losing it or if SV4 truly was giving him a soft look. What he did know was he needed to finish before he blew up, this illness he had kept making his face warm at the thought of getting closer to his partner's face. 

SV3 smiles as he manages to cover up the scar, he gets off of SV4 still blushing as he hands over the outfit. While SV4 goes to change SV3 sits at his desk putting the hat together, he hums as he puts his talent to work. SV4 returns to see SV3 spin in the chair with a smirk as he shows off the hat, he tosses it to SV4 who catches it “You are enjoying this aren't you?” SV3 giggles as he gets temporary dyes and hair spray “Of course, who doesn't dream of giving someone a whole makeover!” SV4 sits down as he watches his partner look at his hair, after a few moments he starts to style it.  He did his best to make the hair look shorter and keep his bangs more out of his face, carefully, he colored over the blue highlights. Once he looks proudly at 4 only to frown “Oh man…what are we going to do with your teeth?” SV4 puts his hat on looking at his reflection “I made youtube videos right? I’m sure there is a new trending vampire meme around, one that I want to try to make a video out of.”

SV3 smiles at how clever his partner is, he looks down at the laptop with SMG4 channel open. 4 turns around shutting off the laptop, they don't know how long it took them to get him ready he knew they had to get moving. As SV4 starts to leave the room SV3 grabs him “Wait! SV4…you just got better from your eye, please be careful. I don't know what I would do if you hurt it again. Or if the SMG friends learn about what you're doing, I can't bear to see you hurt again.” SV4 smiles at 3 “Hey now, we made a vow to each other remember? Plus nothing can take me down. These guys are idiots; they won't even notice something is off.” SV3 nods as they both leave the room, he holds on to SV4 as they walk to the nearest TV teleporting back to Liko’s lab. 

As SV4 says his goodbyes and casually leaves the lab Liko gently places a hand on 3 “He seems to be getting better control of his powers, speaking of lets have a chat.” SV3 turns fidgeting with his sweater “Um is this about the…coffee?” He smiles sheepishly only for Liko to shake her head, she sits on the couch and pats the spot next to her. Nervously he sits next to Liko “Before you say anything yeah i might be sick, but i have been making sure to take it easy and rest!” Liko stares at SV3 confused before giggling at the man's confession, SV3 pouts at her reaction not finding him being sick to be amusing. Liko clears her throat as she leans back, she wasn't sure why she was doing this then again why did she do anything for her creations. She looks at her fiance as she begins to talk “You're not sick SV3, you have a crush and it most likely happened cause he saved you. Who doesn't want to be saved by a dashing person.” She turns to see a stunned SV3, he looks down taking everything in as Liko continued “Listen having crushes is fun but they don't go anywhere trust me, I…I’m telling you this cause something similar happened to me in the past. If it wasn't for meeting Flor who knows, just..don't get hurt falling for something that will never happen.” 

SV3 stays silent for a moment before shaking his head, his voice low “I…there is nothing romantic with us, I thank you for the concern but there is no way…” Liko sighs as she pats SV3 back “Nothing wrong with a crush, just hold back on those feelings. It's better in the end.” she gets up as she walks over to her computer, she starts connecting with SV4 as SV3 looks out the window. SV3 sighs as he takes out his phone and looks at a photo of the two he took when they had their celebration party, he felt his face grow warm as he looked at SV4 “baka…”                           —-------------------------------------------

SV4 stares at the castle and shakes his head “Dear static, someone has an ego to make a whole castle themed on himself.” “SV4 you there? Using SV3 as a connector I’m able to speak to you every so often, remember to grab any kind of DNA then leave!” Liko walks over to SV3 to make sure he is doing okay, getting the thumbs up as he holds onto the cable she returns. SV4 starts walking towards the castle “Yeah yeah i know, im hanging up now!” As he cuts the connection he walks into the castle where he smells something burning, he turns to the kitchen and walks over to it. His eyes go wide seeing Meggy panicking with a pan, acting quick he runs to get an extinguisher. Once the fire is off Meggy lets out a breath of relief “Thanks SMG4, I was trying to follow Tari’s instructions and I don't know what went wrong.” SV4 pinches the bridge of his nose “Maybe let me do the cooking?” Meggy chuckles smacking SV4 back “Look I swear I have gotten better with cooking!” 

SV4 looked at the burned food then back at Meggy, he couldn't understand why on earth Mr Puzzle thought someone like her would be a good addition. He had a feeling she will just bring more chaos to their relaxed home, Meggy tilts her head looking at him “Going to a costume party with those teeth?” SV4 blinks for a moment as her question breaks his train of thought. “Oh haha it's for a new vampire meme, want to be a part of it?” He smiles at her, causing her to wave her hands.  “No thanks when you get that look i know we might end up in jail like last time,” SV4 chuckles at her comment, before putting on an innocent face that made her giggle. Meggy then frowns at the pan “Man…I just wanted to make nachos.” SV4 stares at her with wide eyes “NACHOS?!” 

He stares at the pan horrified before taking a breath to get back in character “You know you could have just bought the dipping cheese?” Meggy rubs the back of her neck “Haha yeah but…Tari was going to try this new game and I thought freshly made nachos would be a great snack!” SV4 shakes his head as he goes into the fridge and takes out a few ingredients “Okay how about I watch over you cooking to stop the fire?” Meggy nods as she puts on a chef hat, once she grabs the knife and cuts the cheese it bursts into flames.  SV4 never thought he would die from cooking, he turns off the fire with Meggy jumping in excitement “This time i got it!” Five fires later Meggy gave up cooking and agreed to use canned cheese for the nachos. They sit at the bar in the kitchen drinking soda, SV4 casually sips his drink as Meggy stares “Okay so the teeth may be more stuck then i like to admit please stop staring!” SV4 attempts to let out a cheerful laugh, Meggy shakes her head “Knew it, man i thought you would be pretty down after going to the pit today.” SV4 pauses as he stares at his drink “I mean you almost died twice…heck after all the stuff that went down at the castle I don't blame you if you were off.” Meggy gives him a gentle smile as she places her hand on his shoulder “Just…please come to your friends when you feel like that again, i swear you always keep things to yourself.” She gets up and leaves the kitchen to get things ready for Tari’s arrival, SV4 grabs the empty can of soda. Seeing the straw he carefully takes it out and bags it, now he needs something from Tari to leave. 

SV4 sends a small signal to let the others know he is okay before he leaves the kitchen, he turns his head to notice a boarded up door. He stares at it feeling something call out to him, he reaches for the door only to fall in. He rubs his head as he looks around, slowly he gets up looking at conspiracies all over the wall “What? Avatars…the god of the world, wait what?” He starts looking at all the notes reading it over, his eyes go wide as he puts the stack of notes down on the table “If guardians are here to take care of memes and the avatar…what do me and SV3 do?” He shakes his head, he needs to focus on the mission he could look into things more later. He slowly touches the door and slips out, he stares at the door confused on how it worked. Before he could look more into it his second target walks in, Meggy seeing Tari return runs to the kitchen to grab the snacks “Hello SMG4, would you like to check out my new game?” SV4 was going to reject when his eyes went wide, in her hands was the new solid snake remake. He felt himself slowly walk over to her staring at the game in awe, Tari smiles “You're more than welcome to watch!” SV4 badly wanted to take the game from her hands and run, though he knew he had a mission and time limit to get what was needed. He nods as he follows her to the game room, he could take this chance to perhaps get some of her hair while she is distracted. As they walk in the room, SV4 pauses to see the collection of games in the room. “Oh my static…this is heaven.” 

Tari looks at him concerned “You okay SMG4?” SV4 clears his throat forgetting he wasn't a gamer right now, he had to be boring SMG4. He needed to think of memes, he did his best to smile before turning around  “I’m fine, I just had an editing idea and lost my thought.”  Tari nods as she takes a seat to get ready to play, he watches her set everything up “So how did the video go?” SV4 looks at her confused “Your um…teeth?” SV4 light taps his head trying to be goofy “Right! Well without Mario to help the meme’s out we weren't able to do much.” SV4 looks around for something sharp, he inches closer to a pair of scissors by the table. Meggy comes in with a tray of snacks and lays them on the table, she sits down excited to see what Tari was going to play. Tari sits down, turning on the playstation excited to play, while the pair is distracted setting things up, SV4 grabs some of Tari’s hair. He carefully cuts it then puts the hair in a bag, he takes out his cellphone and lets out a surprise gasp “Oh shoot sorry guys i forgot i had a greet and meet set up going on, I will catch you guys later!” He leaves the castle and drops his smile “Geez I don't know how SV3 can do it, all the talking and smiling. Pretty sure I'm done with people for life.” As he walks towards the forest he hears a girlish scream, it sounded familiar to him. He walks to the cafe forgetting to send a signal back to the lab, he peeks in the window to see SMG3 had his drink spilled on him. Eggdog bounced around in excitement as Three patted Eggdog, with a sigh he slowly removed his shirt. SV4 eyes go wide at the sight, his face going bright red, his ears go flat, unable to look away from the man. Three turns his head and notices SV4 “OI SMG4 WHY THE HELL ARE YOU SPYING ON ME!?” SV4 squeaks as he turns trying to walk away, he feels his legs shake as he tilts his hat down trying to cover the sight of the man. SMG3 burst out of his cafe “RUNNING AWAY HUH? SO YOU WERE SPYING ON ME LIKE A PERVERT!” SV4 stops walking flustered at the man's words, he turns “I WASN'T SPYING I HEARD A WOMAN'S SCREAM,” he clears his throat remembering what Mr puzzle told him. Still blushing he looks off to the side trying to calm his racing heart, Three growls glaring at SV4 “I have a manly scream!” SV4 lets out a snort “So manly I'm sure all the prince charmings went running looking for a damsel.” Three kept screaming at him as SV4 walked away as fast as he could, his mind swirling as the image of SMG3 shirtless kept playing in his head. 

    —----------------------------------------------- SV3 was getting worried, he looked at the time then at Liko’s notes seeing how long it's been since SV4 let them know he is okay. Getting up from his seat he lets go of the cable, he touches the TV in the room and thinks of SV4. Liko watches as the screen comes to life showing SV4 blushing as he teases and fights with SMG3, Liko chuckles at the sight “Well I be damn, SV4 can find an interest like that in people.” SV3 glares at the sight as he gets up and kicks the TV making it lose its signal, Liko looks over at SV3 concern “SV3-” he puts a finger up “I don't want to talk about it.”

He sits back on the chair holding the cable, his anger over charging the connection. Liko makes a note of it before she turns to SV3 “Hey..maybe it's a good sign that SV4 might be interested in men?” SV3 looks away as he glares at the floor, his mind wandering over how flustered he was at SMG3. If he could look at SMG3 like that was there a chance for him, he did come from that DNA. As he gets lost in thought SV4 walks into the lab “Never again i'm doing that, god those people were too much. Here are your samples, shall we get this over with?” Liko nods as she scans them, as she waits for the scan she calls up Mr Puzzles “I got this covered you two head back.” SV4 changes back into his normal clothes and nods “Sure, I need to figure out how to remove my contacts and make up without making my eye itch more.” Hearing this, SV3 held back his anger as he ran to check on SV4, with a nod he took SV4 to the television for them to go back home. Once gone Liko turns back to her computer “You do know when we clone these girls your power will change them, just like those two. Not to mention this one the Meggy one, she has dormant inkling DNA.” Mr Puzzle hums in excitement hearing the information “Is there a way to wake it up? An inkling might be what we need to spice the cast up!” 

Liko looks over the DNA, she frowns as she gets a closer look at the strand “Not sure it will work, it looks damaged. As if something traumatic happened, I could do my best but I make no promise that she will be a full inkling. “ She begins the process as she sets everything needed on the machine, she smiles as she works while Flor watches in the distance.                 —-------------------------------------------- SV4 was running as SV3 attempted to corner him “4 you need eyedrops in your eye!” SV4 hisses at him as he attempts to find an exit. The moment he looks away SV3 tackles SV4, he pins the man down ready to use the eye drops when Mr Puzzles slams open the door “COME ONE AND ALL! Today we welcome two new stars, Becky and Laurie!” The boys watch as the two girls come out from behind him, they look around in awe of the studio as Mr Puzzle waves his hands “Lets all get along now!” 

As she gets in her car she rehearses her greeting “Hey ran out of coffee and who needs to buy some when i got you guys!” she lets out a smile before dropping it. Leaning back on the car seat she couldn't understand why these events were bothering her so much, they were just subjects she invented. Just like how she ‘fixed’ Mr Puzzle, the boys were made to please that first project and that's all.  She grabs the steering wheel and stares silently at the road ahead of her, letting out a sigh as she starts the car heading to the studio. SV3 hums letting his hair free of their constraints, he walks over to the kitchen where he hears an upset SV4 in his room. 3 giggles hearing his partner as he grabs a plate from the cabinet, looking at the assortment of snacks the man grabs a couple of SV4 favorites and places them nicely on the plate.  With a hop in his step, he walks to SV4 room with the plate “Hey 4! Got you some snacks and remember not to get too into your games, last time you forgot your pain medication your powers went pretty crazy.” SV4 takes the plate with a small smile before letting out a groan “Look not my fault the boss fight was such a challenge, you know i dont back down!” SV3 shakes his as he opens the door, he turns, staring at the bandaged eye feeling a pang of guilt hit him before he leaves. 

As he closes the door behind him the doorbell rings, confused as to who would be coming over so late he walks over to the front door. He opens the door then shuts it in a panic, the person on the other side of the door was Liko. 3 looked at his face and frowned, it was close to his normal time of sleeping meaning any trace of his iconic make up was gone. He bites his lips as he awkwardly opens the door hoping Liko doesn't ask about his face, after all someone as fashionable as SV3 isn't a fan of walking around certain people with a naked face. Liko gives him an annoying look “Can feel how welcomed I am, can I come in?” SV3 moves aside to let Liko in “I’m so sorry Ms. Liko, you caught me by surprise. You don't normally come at this hour.” He follows the scientist to the kitchen where he watches her search their cabinets. Liko sighs as she peeks at SV4 room “He taking care of that eye?” Hearing the question 3 turns looking at the yellow door, he smiles softly as he nods “Yeah, he has been good at that. Only thing he isn't good at is walking around without hitting himself against everything.” 3 frowns staring at the door, if he didnt get so angry and left the studio the way he did then SV4 wouldn't have gotten hurt. SV3 felt the sting of his tears wanting to escape, Liko turned and noticed 3’s face. She leans over the counter and pats his head. “We didn't know what that place had…only one who did was Mr puzzle, you could always do what SV4 does.”  Liko lets out a chuckle, SV3 smiles at the woman's chuckle as he turns to her “SV4 really is angry at him…I just worry about him, I don't care so much about Mr puzzle. 4 just seems different now, I can't help blaming myself for this…” 

Liko lets out a sigh as she pulls back, she doesn't need to comfort him there is no need he is just an experiment. As she continued her search in the cabinet she couldn't help herself “Look, it's only part of being alive that these things happen. Science knows that I have done a lot of stupid things out of emotions…but mistakes are what helps you grow.” She grabs a bag of coffee beans and turns to show she got her prize, SV3 eyes go wide seeing the bag of coffee. He felt his stomach flip at the site, as she put the bag on the counter “Now coffee?” SV3 felt himself break into a sweat seeing the bag, he then turned looking at the yellow door. Then turning back to Liko shaking his head in a panic, she tilts her head at his reaction “You’re not a fan of coffee?” SV3 lets out a nervous chuckle as he nods “I dont have the best history of it, I’m sorry Ms. Liko but if you're going to make a cup I should excuse myself.” She watches as he gets up and runs to his room slamming it shut, she stares at the door confused before slowly turning to the yellow door. If she wanted answers it wouldn't hurt to ask, she grabs the bag of coffee and walks to 4’s door knocking on it. 

Why did she even want answers when she thinks about it, she shouldn't get herself involved in their life. They’re experiments, something to please the first project and test her knowledge. Yet here she is watching the yellow door open as she looks down at the injured man, SV4 looks annoyed before his expression changes to one of surprise “Liko?” She shows off the bag of coffee catching his attention, he looks around before stepping out of his room “Not like you to be a friendly neighbor, what do you need? More blood for a test?”  Liko’s eyes go wide as she watches 4 slowly walking trying not to trip over furniture, he sits down in the kitchen staring at her “Or are we going to throw a pity party over me being a pirate, cause if that's what we are doing save it. I get enough puppy eyes from SV3 when I'm doing things outside of my room.”  Liko shakes her head as she walks to the kitchen to start brewing the coffee, she grabs a green cup before facing SV4 “Nothing special today, well i guess i do have one question. I wasnt a fan of going shopping in the middle of the night so I thought I would come here for coffee, SV3 seemed panicked at the bag. Any idea why?” 

SV4 sighs as he grabs a cookie from the jar in front of him, he looks at it with some excitement before taking a bite “You know how you said sugar is like a battery charge for me? Well I think I learned a few weeks ago what SV3 battery charge is…and let me tell you I lost someone important that day..” He frowns, staring at a small gravestone near his room, Liko follows his gaze and stares surprised at the spot  “How did i not notice that before?” Ignoring her 4 takes another bite from his cookie “Let me tell you a story that changed us in this studio.”

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Few weeks ago SV4 smirks as he waves a ps1 controller “Alright, the only real way to welcome you newbie is the great crash challenge!” SV3 bounces in excitement as he watches 4 walk over to his set up, he takes out crash team racing from its case showing it before popping it in the system. SV3 takes his seat next to 4 as he grabs his controller, SV4 smirks as the character selection screen shows up “Now let's have a fair race, don't get too pouty when you lose to me!” SV3 smiles as he picks Coco as his character “I won't! This is just us hanging out right?” SV4 slowly nods, hiding that he was in fact picking this game to show off, as the race start 4 made sure to use every shortcut he knew to his advantage. SV3 eyes go wide in awe seeing how fast his new partner was “Wow you really know your way around the game huh!” SV4 leans back holding back his smile  “Eh i know i trick or two,” it was strange to think not too long ago he felt so alone. He would play these games, study them and attempt the best time in order to do videos on them.  He never noticed how he felt lonely while he wouldn't confess to it outloud, he truly needed someone he could just play games with. SV4 didn't care much for SV3, the man would talk so much about how to match yellow with green and other assortment of colors. Stuff 4 didn't care for after all why would he change out of his overalls? After a couple of rounds SV3 felt himself nodding off, he looked around the room and noticed that there wasn't a clock “Hey…SV4 what time is it?” As he selected his character 4 reached over to the bedside table, picking up his phone he causally flashes the time to SV3.  Seeing the time 3 gasp “IT’S 2AM?!” it was no wonder the man felt his eyes getting heavy, he got up from the bed making SV4 frowns “Yeah so? It’s still early, plenty of more matches can happen.”  SV3 notices the excitement that was on SV4 vanishes and now replaced with an annoyed frown, feeling guilty he looks at the kitchen. Slowly an idea came to him, SV4 energy boost is sweets perhaps his could be caffeine and it will help him keep his partner company. 

SV3 attempts to mask his exhaustion as he points to the kitchen “Oh yeah totally…so we should make coffee,Keep spirits up!” SV4 face lights up before making a face of disgust “Coffee? Meh rather have soda but hey we all have our own preferred drinks, i'm sure that box head keeps some coffee in the cabinet.” With a nod the pair head to the kitchen, SV4 takes a seat as he watches 3 look around for a cup. SV3 was feeling strangely nervous as he grabs a yellow cup, he then goes to the top cabinet grabbing a bag of mocha coffee.  As he stares at the bag his mind races, he had no idea if he would even enjoy the beverage perhaps the right path was just to go to bed. He turns to see SV4 eating pocky as he reads a game guide for a final fantasy game he is playing, remembering the face the man had was enough to give  him the answer he needed. SV3 puts everything together then watches the coffee maker brew, he had to do this to bring that smile back on SV4's face. They are partners there was no way he could let 4 down, he grabs the cup of coffee and stares at it nervously. SV4 notices the silence then turns to 3, he stares at the man’s face for a moment before letting out a sigh “You don't have to drink it, not everyone can live the gamer life like i do.” SV3 lets out a soft giggle “I want to play more, plus nothing has ever gone wrong with someone drinking coffee!” with a bright smile he chugs the cup. 

SV4 nods as he gets up from his seat “Let's go then,”  SV3 nods following his partner to the room. He was feeling good, more alert he was confident that in a few minutes he would be wide awake, as they pick their characters SV3 giggles as the screen flickers.  SV4 looks at the tv annoyed as he struggles to find the shortcuts with the flickering “The fuck is going on with my tv?” SV3 was getting more into the game as his eyes slightly glowed, the static getting worse, SV4 swears under his breath. The moment SV3 made it past the finish line the tv stopped glitching letting SV4 able to see where he was, he pouts seeing he was in fourth place “Stupid television, maybe it's time to stop given my tv is acting up.” SV3 frowns hearing the comment “What? But I drank coffee to play more!” The room lights start to flicker as the tv screen showing the game goes static, SV4 gets up looking around his room confused “SV4…we are going to play more right?” SV4 shakes his head as he stares at his tv “Don't think so, something weird is going on with the power here.” Deciding to get answers he looks annoyed at the tv knowing he will have to talk to Mr. Puzzle, SV4 lets out a long sigh as he walks to the door “Hate that i have to do this but i need to bug box head about this issue, otherwise we won't be able to game.” SV3 eye twitches as 4 leaves the room “But…we were supposed to play games together….why are you leaving me?”  SV3 started to feel his body heat up as the lights in the bedroom exploded, leaving the static on the tv being the only source of light. 

SV4 stops walking as the living room goes dark, he groans as he starts to walk again only to feel something squishy under his foot. He looks down squinting to see something moving on the floor “The fuck is that?” He bends down trying to get a closer look, only to see the normal studio floor. SV4 stands up pinching the bridge of his nose, he was officially losing it. SV3 leaving 4’s room frowns as he calls out to the man “SV4! I dont get why he is so upset,” he lets out a sigh as he walks following SV4.  He noticed that the man in front of him seemed to be on edge, SV3 wasn't sure what was going on with his partner as he looked around. Determined to help his partner out he reaches out hoping his hand on the man’s shoulder would give comfort, he smiles brightly ready to hear what's bothering the man. SV4 hears steps behind him causing him to be alert “This is starting to feel like a cheesy horror film,” he feels a hand touch him causing SV4 to speed up on his walk. He is a TV guardian he knows better than to turn around and face whatever phantom is in the studio, SV3 blinks as he sees SV4 avoiding his touch. He growls as his eyes start to glow, the color in the room to fade, slowly being replaced by a strange black ooze leaking from the walls as SV3 anger grows. 

“WHAT THE STARS!? WHY IS MY OFFICE ON FIRE!” hearing Mr Puzzle yelling, SV4 runs to the office to see Mr Puzzle's desk on fire. He sighs, closing the door and grabbing the fire extinguisher, as he extinguishes the fire from the corner of his eye he notices something green.  SV4 drops the extinguisher as he approaches the green object “Thank you…wait what are you doing over here, aren't you busy with those video games?” 4 gasp as he grabs a green cloth “This looks like…SV3 sweater?” Mr. Puzzle walks up to 4 staring at the cloth confused before the lights start to flicker, remembering why he came over in the first place 4 gives an annoyed look at his boss. “Hey boxhead the power has been acting up, get shit together i have games to play!” he puts the cloth in his pocket still staring at Mr. Puzzle. The screen flickered showing confusion “The power? Given that Liko set everything up, there is no way things could be on the fritz.” SV4 sighs as he walks towards the door waving his hand to sign at the man to follow. Mr. Puzzle screen changes filled with concern as he sees the door leaking a black liquid “SV4…step away from the door.”  SV4 takes a step back and looks at the door, he stares at the liquid before reaching for the door again. Mr puzzle panics reaching out to the guardian, it was too late as he watches SV4 open the door. They gasp seeing SV3 form, Mr. Puzzle shakes his head at the sight “How..did this happen?” SV4 was shocked seeing tentacles wrapping themself around SV3 arms and legs, slowly another one wrapped around his face covering his blue eye. 3's green eye glowing staring at the pair as he gives them a wide smile, the black liquid leaking from his eyes. SV4 couldn't stop staring at the as the man reached for him, the eyes on the tentacles open looking at him, 4 feels something drop on his feet and notice SV3 gloves were stained black. 

Mr. Puzzle runs slamming the door on SV3, he then grabs SV4's hand, making him run to the hidden door in the office.  “SV4 I need you to move and tell me what happened to SV3, there is no way Liko made a mistake creating him…right?” The door opens showing an angered expression on SV3, seeing this 4 let out an awkward laugh “heh Oh hi SV3, are you…are you in there? Remember how you said you can handle coffee?” mr. Puzzle drags SV4 as they run through the dark halfway. As they run through the hallway Mr puzzle thinks over what 4 said “You're telling me that SV3 drank coffee then turned into that?” 

SV4 shrugs “Hell do i know, shit didn't start going weird till he drank coffee! If I go over what Liko told me about sugar, it's supposed to give me a boost like an energy source. We thought coffee would be the same, but I think coffee just put him into overdrive!” the pair stop running looking around. Things were quiet, making Mr. Puzzle nervous “The fact he can use this power without stars…SV3 must have come out unstable. As much as I hate to say this given I will lose a star, we might have to kill SV3 and create a new one.”  SV4 eyes go wide looking at him “What?” Mr. Puzzle screen showed a serious expression, 4 pinches the bridge of his nose and sighs “Listen box head, I could care less about him you won't see me risking my life for the man.But, isn't killing jumping the gun, plus we don't know what those tentacles and weird black ooze is.” 

Mr. Puzzle stares at SV4 before looking away, it was best that his star stay blind to the power in his body. Things will be less hostile knowing how SV4 can be about making content, he shivers at the thought of what the man would do with those kinds of powers. Then again as he looks at 4 he lets out a small chuckle, the man is too distracted by video games he wouldn't even bother using his power. SV4 turns, giving him a strange look “Why are you chuckling at a time like this?” with a shake of his head Mr. Puzzle stands up straight showing off the height difference between the two of them “My star, i chuckle because i'm surprised you claim not to care about SV3 yet you pick a route to save him? I do have to admit it would be a shame to go out and collect more DNA for one person.”

SV4 crosses his arm “Do you see SV3 as just some replaceable tool?”

Mr. Puzzle screen flickers with a charming smile as he pats SV4 back “Of course not! SV3 is my darling star with so much…talent to bring to the channel, don't you agree? We are all just a growing happy family!” SV4 squints at the Mr.Puzzle taking in his words, only to hear something approaching them. He swears under his breath “Shut it box head..something is coming.”

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SV3 knocks on the door letting out a sigh “I wonder why he is ignoring me, also strange to see him run to Mr. Puzzle wonder if something bad happened?” As he walks to the office he hears panic in the room, worried he slowly knocks on the door. He waits for a moment as he hears footsteps approach the door, he smiles brightly when he sees SV4 open the door. He stares at the pair and notices the fear and shock on their face, he tilts his head confused. Slowly he reaches out to SV4 “Why do you look so scared?” Before he could touch his partner the door suddenly slammed in his face.  Annoyed by the rude behavior he opens the door glaring at the pair, SV4 lets an awkward laugh, catching 3’s attention “heh Oh hi SV3, are you…are you in there? Remember how you said you can handle coffee?”

He pauses confused about the comment as Mr. Puzzle drags the man away, he looks around the room then himself. The more he thought about the comment the more his head started to hurt, his vision getting blurry. He felt sick as he walked over to sit down at the desk, the energy he felt at the start was slowly fading away. After a small break he gets up determined to figure out what's going on, remembering how SV4 was still talking to him SV3 knew the only way to get answers was to get SV4 alone.  He learns the same path as the others, following the hall he sees the familiar glow of Mr. Puzzle screen. 

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SV4 takes out his cell phone and turns on the light, seeing this Mr. Puzzle takes the phone from his hand “What are you doing? The light from your phone will give us away.” 4 glares at the taller man jumping up to grab his phone “Your head is literally a television, if your big ass glowing head hasn't given it away why would my small phone light do it?” Mr. Puzzle’s screen flickers, showing an annoyed expression realizing that the smaller man had a point, he hands over the phone as SV4 smirks at him. With his phone back in his hand he turns only to see a tentacle reaching out to Mr. Puzzle, without thinking he shoves the man away.

SV4 wiggles as the tentacle wraps around him, SV3 tilts his head, the black tears still falling. SV4 notices 3’s mouth moving “Want…you.” SV4 stops wiggling as he stares at 3’s mouth, then he feels a hand grabbing his “SV4 hold on i have you!” he turns seeing Mr. Puzzle grabbing on to him as his other hand was pointing at SV3. Mr. Puzzle knew he didn't have enough power to stop SV3 completely, as his view turned to SV4 wrapped in the tentacles he knew he had to still try. SV3 attempts to pull 4 closer as Mr. Puzzle grip tightens “Ow! Puzzle just let me go, I'm not going to end up in two pieces thank you!” Realizing he is hurting SV4, his view swaps from 4 to 3 unsure about letting go “And if that thing hurts you?” 

SV4 looks at the mutated SV3, his grin borderline psychotic and yet SV4 didn't feel he was in danger. 4 looks at Mr. Puzzle with an bored expression “Cause me and him are partners, pretty sure that link we have wont let him.” Mr. Puzzle sighs letting 4’s hand go, seeing the tentacle pull 4 into a hug, SV3 purrs in excitement as he runs off with SV4. Seeing SV3 start to run Mr. Puzzle starts to chase after “Not going to let anything ruin my plan, I won't let my best star get hurt.”

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SV3 gets excited when he gets closer to the pair, the closer he gets to the pair his head starts to pound. The pain in his head causes him to pause as the room begins to spin for him, the moment he sees SV4 in front of him 3 shakes his head and smiles “SV4! I wanted to talk to you, please I want to understand what's going on.” 3 grabs his arm hoping that the man would listen to him, SV4 lets out a sigh and starts to walk towards him. Finally the chase is over, that is until Mr. Puzzle grabs SV4. The tug made SV3 look at the man confused “SV4 hold on i have you!” the television screen showed a worried expression. He frowns as tears escape his eyes “Why…i don't understand…” To his surprise SV4 walked up to him, he gasped feeling the man hug him. With a soft giggle SV3 takes 4’s hand “Thank you for trusting me…come on let's talk.” As they walk away SV3 wipes his tears, he was so confused as to why the pair were acting so strange. Suddenly the room around SV3 twisted, worried he turned to check on SV4 only to gasp seeing SV4 eyes glowing red. His partner readies his fist and attempts to attack SV3, quickly he kicks 4’s legs making him lose balance. Once he hits the Floor SV3 gets up looking around for something to hold down SV4 “Is this why you two are acting weird? Don't worry I will figure this out, I will get Ms. Liko and everything will be okay!” 

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SV4 hums as he is carried away in the tentacle wishing he had his psp to play with, suddenly he gets tossed across the room. His back hitting the table in the kitchen “Ow…the hell just happened?”  SV3 lets out a chuckle as he slowly approaches him “Naughty…” 4 sits up ignoring the pain in his back. SV4 knew he had to keep alert in case the coffee made 3 do something else, seeing the slow moments made 4 smirk. The coffee is wearing off the exhaustion SV3 felt earlier in the day is starting to show, he was placing a big gamble on his theory. He watches SV3 move away for a moment, he turns his head to see 3 going into this room “What on earth is he thinking?” A few moments later SV4 sighs as SV3 ties him up “You know while I don't mind being tied up, WHY MUST YOU USE MY FAVORITE PLAYSTATION 2 CONTROLLER!” 

He felt panic everytime he moved, the thought that if he did the wrong move he could damage his controller had him almost holding his breath. SV3 sits in front of him staring at him, he is able to get a better look at the form that has taken over 3. SV4 notices how the man in front of him was relaxing, a good sign it let SV4 know that his controller was safe. He needed to figure out how to save his baby before 3 snaps and breaks it, he looks at the cord feeling his heart break at the knots they were in. SV3 reaches out and starts to pet him, SV4 relaxes from the contact “Don't take this as me liking the attention, i swear if you remember things after i will deny everything in this moment.” As he relaxes from the other man's touch, SV4 thinks over the situation as he looks at the knots in front of him. 

He slowly wiggles which gets SV3 to stop petting him, 4 looks up seeing if he alerted the man only to see the man falling asleep. “There you go, just let sleep take over and things will go back to normal.” Before SV3 could fall asleep Mr. Puzzle’s kick the door open holding his finger up, he glares at SV3 who wakes up growling at him as he stands “LEAVE!” SV4 could just about cry at the timing, “Don't you worry now SV4, I wouldn't let down my star after all we have a video to make tomorrow.” SV4 blinks at him before rolling his eyes “Seriously? US MAKING A VIDEO TOMORROW IS THAT IMPORTANT?!” his eyes then go wide seeing Mr. Puzzle pointing his glowing finger at his constraints “Wait dont do it, do you know how rare this controller is?” Ignoring the guardians complaints, Mr.Puzzle fires a bolt of energy at the cord of the controller. SV4 panics and attempts to throw himself out of the way, sadly the bolt was faster burning the cord off of SV4 body. 4 sits there in shock, he slowly looks down seeing the golden controller without a cord. “You're welcome!” shouted Mr.Puzzle as he kept his eyes on the growling SV3, SV4 slowly picked up the controller, a tear running down his face “I will never have something as beautiful…again” SV3 roars seeing the tear coming out of SV4 eyes, Mr. Puzzle readies himself, his hand sparking “This isn't the time SV4, the eldritch creature is about ready to attack!” 

SV4 lets out a shake breath as he gets up and walks to a drawer in the kitchen, pulling out a knife he walks back to the spot where his controller is. Mr.Puzzle keeping his eyes on SV3 quickly peeks at SV4, his screen changes into an expression of shock as he sees SV4 digging into the studio floor with the knife “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” SV4 hearing the man shout just picked up the controller and showed it to him “I’m not a monster, I'm doing a grave site for my baby. SO SHOVE IT!”  Mr. Puzzle could only stare at 4, baffled at what was going on. Annoyed at being ignored SV3 summons a tentacle to attack Mr.Puzzle, he smirks as he points at the tentacle blasting it exactly as he did SV4 controller. Since the gamer wasn't planning on helping him, Mr. Puzzle knew what he had to do as he readied his hand at SV3. The moment he was going to blast the creature, SV3 charges at him then collapses. Mr. Puzzle stands there confused about what happened, hearing SV3 hit floor 4 makes a comment as he digs “Caffeine crash..along with too much power must have drained him to sleep.” Mr. Puzzle lifts up the man, the eldritch traits are all gone. No black liquid or tentacles to see, there in his arms was a drained SV3, soundly asleep. “Your theory was right it seems, ahem good work SV4 i shall place him in the room.” As he carries SV3 the dark stains along with any other signs of the eldritch power 3 was throwing around is gone, the studio went back to normal beside a couple of broken furniture. SV4 gives the makeshift grave a sad smile “I will never forget you, ah the memories of fighting for you on ebay…good times.” 

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SV3 frowns seeing SV4 struggle against the restraints “Sorry SV4, I hope you don't mind I used the first thing I found. I really want to go get Liko to help you but…it breaks my heart to think about leaving you alone like this.” nervously, SV3 reaches out and pets 4. Seeing SV4 glaring at him with red eyes, SV3 wondered how this happened when they were playing crash. For a moment he thought the game could be cursed, as he stares at SV4, notices a flicker of something in his eyes. SV3 started to feel his eyes go heavy, shaking his head he knew he had to stay awake if he didnt what would happen to his partner. He wasn't even sure if Mr.Puzzles wasn't acting strange also, the door to the room burst open catching 3’s attention. He gets up staring at the door, surprised.  “Don't you worry now SV4, I wouldn't let down my star after all we have a video to make tomorrow.” SV3 slowly walks towards him “Mr.Puzzle im not doing anything to him, please believe me i think there is something wrong with SV4!”

Mr.Puzzles lifts up his hand firing at SV4, 3 panics as he turns towards the spot “SV4!” Once the smoke cleared up SV3 relaxed, seeing that his partner was safe. Then he noticed the constraints were now broken. “Oh no, what did you do….” SV3 was ready to face the worst, he watched ready for SV4 to attack, only 4 looked down seeing his controller broken and started to cry. Seeing that made SV3 smile slightly “He is still in there, now Mr. Puzzle, it isn't nice to just blast at people!” SV4 then gets up catching SV3 and Mr.Puzzles attention, they watch as he walks to the kitchen grabbing a knife. SV3 feels nervous seeing him with a weapon, he keeps his eyes on the man then relaxes when he sees SV4 digging a hole into the studio floor “Huh…I feel terrible that I got his controller broken, but at least some of SV4 came out for this.” Mr. Puzzle sighs then lifts his finger at SV3 catching him by surprise “W-what? Mr. Puzzle please listen to me, I didn't harm him!” As his hand starts to glow SV3 knew the only fighting chance he had was to knock him off balance, after all 3 wasn't a monster that wanted to fight his friends. SV3 charges at Mr. Puzzle hoping that he can stop the blast, only his body suddenly feels drained of energy as he slams onto the cold floor, everything going dark. 

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SV3 groans as he sits up from his bed, he looks around and sees he is tucked into bed “Did I dream that up?” The door to his room opens catching his attention, he feels himself getting panicked as he sees SV4 walk in the room. SV4 looks up from his psp and looks at SV3 surprised “Hey you're not dead, someone's been sleeping for three days really like that number hm?” SV3 relaxes letting out a giggle before it clicks, he gets up startled at the comment “Asleep for three days?! How? All I remember was…” he closed his eyes thinking over everything that happened. Given SV4 is acting normal things must have gotten fixed at some point, SV4 walks up to him with his cellphone “When you grab me i didn't notice that my phone took a photo, it will be shocking to see.” SV3 tilts his head confused “Grab you?” He looks at his partner's phone and gasps, seeing himself. He felt sick seeing the tentacles around him along with the strange dark liquid that came out of his eyes and hand. “This…can't be, you agreed to walk with me and you started acting weird…right?” SV4 frowns hearing the man's panic “No SV3, you drank coffee and became this mutated creature. You went and hunted down me and box head.” SV3 sits on the bed his hand shaking as tears threaten to escape, SV4 awkwardly looks around the room unsure what to do. SV3 reaches out to hug him only to get a gentle push “I don't do hugs, but I don't blame your reaction it was pretty surprising for us to.” 

SV3 moves himself in order to give himself a hug, he had memories of SV4 acting strange. He swore he never saw himself look like that with his reflections “What…did i do? Did I hurt you guys?” SV4 lets out a soft chuckle “Nope, you kidnapped me and tied me up with my controller which broke me. Ahem you also set box head office on fire. That was pretty funny, but you didn't hurt anyone, you just kept chasing us for some reason.” SV3 stays silent hearing SV4 before breaking down crying, unsure what to do SV4 awkwardly pats 3’s head. SV3 couldn't believe he hallucinated everything while he was tormenting his friends, how much of a monster is he?

SV4 sighs looking at the photo “Would it make you feel better if i tell you, this only happens after you drank coffee?  I think your body isn't a fan of it and well this happens.” he stares at the photo before turning to SV3. The man kept crying into his hands showing no signs of stopping anytime soon, SV4 sighs as he scoots closer to SV3 giving his head another pat. SV3 looks up to SV4 as he wipes his tears attempting to hold back the rest of his tears, he lets out an awkward chuckle “I must look gross and weird without make up huh?” SV4 giggles and shakes his head “Nah you still look good, hell you slayed the eldritch look too.” They both laugh as they continue talking about the event and planning their rematch. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Present day Liko stared at SV4 in shock, how could something this huge happen and no one bothered to tell her. She watches as SV4 places a small flower on the grave “I was never the same after that,” ignoring SV4 being sad at his makeshift grave Liko asks the question on her mind “Why did no one tell me about this?”  SV4 steps away from the grave and pouts at Liko “Heartless of you to not show empathy over my loss, but to answer you Puzzle said not to talk about it.” Hearing this she nods chugging her coffee, after cleaning her cup she marches to the front door. SV4 slowly follows after her as he watches her reach for the door “Where is the fire?” “I need to go to my lab and see what is causing this,” she turns and smiles softly at SV4 “Thank you for this information, take care of that eye cause those bandages are coming off real soon!” With that she leaves the building, SV4 frowns as he turns, staring at 3’s door. He walks over to open the door, he hums as he enters the room closing the door behind him “SV3 i know your not sleeping, i think we have shared a bed enough times that i would know easy.” SV3 slowly gets up wiping his tears, seeing this SV4 runs over to 3’s side hugging him “Hey hey you're okay, is this because of the coffee?”  SV3 wraps his arms around SV4 crying, they hold each other for a few moments before 3 pulls away “I’m scared to be that monster again, just the smell makes me worry…”