The Rude Fight For Flight[]
"So… What's the plan" DvH2 asked in a hurried manner.
"You will use it." I snapped with panic in my voice.
"Bro, are you kidding me?" he shot, pointing at me. "There's a reason why I'm in this prison before you!"
Purple DvH2's distorted voice cut through the heat like a blade. "Twin… do you even know your own friend? Or is he my friend? Did you know that he doesn't even know how to use it?"
I smacked the whirligig onto DvH2's face. On the spot, I cooked up an excuse that I've never thought of before, "You use it! You're the OG, you know the game longer than I do! You started playing the game way before me!"
DvH2 blinked, stunned, shaking his head like he couldn't believe what just happened.
"You REALLY had to say that I didn't know how to use it out loud?" I yelled at Purple DvH2, who only sneered down at me.
"Whatcha gonna do about it? Cry?" Purple DvH2 taunted, chains rattling as the cage tilted closer to the lava.
Adrenaline took over. I shoved DvH2 towards the edge of the cage, giving me extra space to tear the cage down.
"Go! Now!" I shouted to DvH2 as a pulled apart the cage bars.
"Why? You embarrassed?" Purple DvH2 mocked.
A fight ignited as DvH2 stayed back, eyes wide from his cage perch. I lunged first, jumping out of the bars and onto Purple DvH2, forcing him to react. He roared, swinging with relentless fury, but I ducked and weaved, landing a solid strike that staggered him.
The chaos erupted around us, sparks and shadows dancing over the glowing lava below. In the frantic struggle, my strike deflected the whirligig from DvH2's hands and flew into his mouth by accident. Then, a blinding[1] flash engulfed him. His body shimmered, distorted, and then - gone.
I stumbled back, catching my breath. "...oh. So THAT'S how you use it," I muttered under my voice, staring at the empty space where he had been.
Purple DvH2 growled, his smirk twisting. "Yeah, duh… you stupid piece of- wait." He froze mid-word. "Oh no, I can't say that… rules… the Bee Swarm Simulator Fandom's Discussion Guidelines… I'd get banished to the backrooms by the admins!"
He paused, eyes narrowing. "Wait a sec… but I'm also an admin… huh... Oh wait never mind those bureaucrats can still ban me…"
He threw up his hands in exasperation. "…fine. You stupid piece of junk."
From behind the massive stone prison doors, a shadow loomed through the bottom crevice of the door. "Don't say that about my future apprentice!!!" the figure's familiar voice thundered, authoritative yet impatient.
"Oh hohoho… here comes my big guns" Purple DvH2 grinned.
"Oh my god bro…" I slapped my head, and grunted in frustration
With a flick of a switch, flames danced[2] along the edges of the door, a show of fiery grandeur, shadows twisting across the lava below. The doors began to lift with an unsatisfying groan… and THUNK! Digital Bee's antenna and its first edition flag collided with the stone frame.
"Ow… What the- " he muttered, staggering back.
He glared at Purple DvH2. "DUDE- ARE. YOU. UNABLE. TIME. THE. DRAMATIC. ENTRANCE. PROPERLY??? IT AIN'T THAT HARD TO OPEN THE DOOR AT EXACTLY 2.334 SECONDS AFTER I'VE SAID MY FIRST WORDS!!! You're impossible bro. Move aside, you're fighting the wrong way."
Purple DvH2 gave digital bee a death stare before stepping back from the fight. Then he smirked, ready to enjoy the show… but as he did so, the second whirligig which he'd snatched from me earlier slipped out of his pockets.
I moved before either of them noticed, my fingers curling around the whirligig as silently as a shadow.
Digital Bee's gaze snapped to me. "This is how you deal with uncooperative people."
As he channeled all his energy into his mind, Purple DvH2 caught a glimpse of the whirligig and screamed in panic, "AYE AYE AYE WAIT. HOW DID YOU GET IT??" As he checked his already emptied pockets, he realized. And before either of them could react, I swallowed the whirligig without waiting. Space bent around me, heat and chaos evaporating as I vanished from the lava prison.
I landed hard back in my hive in the Wiki Central, gasping, heart hammering. "Ow..." I whined in pain and as I grasped my lower back in pain, my eyes searched frantically… ah there he was. DvH2. Alive. Whole.
For a fleeting second, relief washed over me-but it didn't last.
Something was… off.
Behind the calm, familiar hum of my hive, in the darkest corner, a pair of glowing purple eyes blinked. I froze. I looked at my hands, the whirligig was gone - but had I truly escaped, or did I just bring the fight with me?