AU AU Season 2-Chapter 7

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Chapter 7-- Inky black surrounded Green as he floated in an empty void. He stared into the darkness. It was strangely comforting... It called to Green. Whispering, planting thoughts in his mind. Green just floated there, numb and emotionless. It was quiet. The quiet felt nice. Suddenly, the peace was interrupted. Someone talked to Green and shook him around. He woke. Red stood over him. “Hey, Green! Are you awake yet?” Green sighed, wanting to return to the quiet darkness. “I’ll take that as a yes,” Red said. “Look, something’s come up. Maroon wants everyone to be at the meeting table in ten minutes.” Green struggled out of bed, yawning and blinking sleepily. He rubbed his eye and made his way towards the door. Red came up beside him, taking the lead. Within a few minutes, they were sitting down for the meeting. Almost everybody was there. Most of them looked tired. Green looked around the table. Some people were missing... who were they? Oh right, Coral wasn’t there, and then... someone else... “Alright, what’s going on?” Black asked. “It better be good,” Green heard him mumble to himself. “We have been... informed... that Lutox is...” Yellow sighed, “...missing.” The room erupted into panic, mostly from the crewmates. Grey just stared at Yellow. “What do you mean?” Blue asked. “Nobody’s seen Lutox since before dinner yesterday,” Yellow explained. “I went to check his room and he wasn’t there," Maroon added. “He told me he was going to check on Coral…” Grey muttered. “Where even is Coral?” Lime wondered out loud. “Probably still in her room,” Maroon sighed. Green caught a hint of worry in his voice. “Okay, let’s go ask Coral if she’s seen Lutox then,” Black said, standing up. “Black- “Red started. “What?” Black growled whipping around. “…nothing,” Red said, looking back down. Green saw his tail twitch a little. Black glared at Red before storming off to Coral’s room. Green hopped down from his chair and looked up at Red. Red sighed, then stood up and went to follow Black. Green did the same. When they got there, Black was “knocking” on Coral’s door (it was really more of a banging) and calling for her to get out there. No sound came from the room beyond, and Black just got angrier. Green stepped back, a little worried for Coral. Red exclaimed “Black!” and pulled him away from the door. Black snarled and whipped around. “Black, Coral won’t come out if you’re banging on the door and yelling at her,” Red told Black firmly. “Look, I get you’re tired and grumpy, but scaring Coral isn’t going to get us any answers.” “Fine then Mr. Social Expert, you get her to come out,” Black spat. Red just stepped up to the door and knocked on it gently. “Coral, would you please at least come to the door?” Red asked. “We just want to know if you saw Lutox last night.” There was a minute or so of silence before they heard the handle to the door turn. The door opened a crack, and a very tired and annoyed looking Coral peeked through. “…I did see him last night…” Coral said slowly, her voice scratchy and growling. Red blinked at Coral, then just said, “Okay, was he acting strange, or- “ “He wanted to know if I was okay, which I am PERFECTLY FINE by the way,” Coral snarled. “You guys just won’t LEAVE ME ALONE.” She slammed the door. “Well that was lovely,” Black snarked. “Hey, we got an answer,” Red said, turning around. “She saw Lutox, he just wanted to know if she was okay.” “We look around here,” Green suggested. Without waiting for an answer from the others, he started sniffing around. “Hey, why didn’t White come by the way?” Green heard Red ask Black. “She probably fell asleep during the meeting,” Black sighed. Green finally got Lutox’s scent and started looking around. It led down the hallway and towards one of the doors… Green pointed at the door, and Red opened it. The door slowly creaked open, spilling the light from the hallway into the dark room. Lutox blinked back at them. “Oh, hi guys.” End of Chapter 7--