Prism Saga 2, Chapter 3: True Blue

"Listen to a lady-" but before N! 404 could get a word in he was interrupted by Farnese

"Farnese," she said.

"Farnese, I don't want any part in your affair all I'm looking for are answers to the problems that may affect my world." N! 404 said, Everyone looked at one another. On the other side of the hospital, Exalted was running down the hallway looking down each one of the hospital rooms while having a popsicle in his mouth from his checkup.

"This hospital fuckin blows, why the hell aren't the doors labeled?! WHY ARE THE SIGNS ALL IN JAPANESE!?" Exalted shouted as he then opened a random door and caught an Eldritch nurse with multiple breasts going down on a cube with eyes.

"..." Exalted then closed the door slowly while giving a thumbs up. He stood outside the door for a minute thinking.

"Sometimes I feel as if my life is in constant confusion and...no; Just that, yeah," Exalted said as he kept running down the hallways of the hospital before bumping into another individual, only to be knocked down by just bumping into them.

"HEY! What the hell are you doing just standing there?" Exalted said annoyed as he looked up only to see Quantum404's back.

"Hm? Oh sorry, guess I calculated your speed force to be a little stronger running into me. An overestimation for sure." Quantum404 said as he then extended his hand to help up Exalted. He hesitated, but Exalted eventually took Quantum's hand and stood up straight that was when noticed Woman wearing a turtleneck, however, the rest of her body was in multiple dimensions. It was unclear how many though.

"Oh, this is Ruby. They're helping me on a mission I'm on right now," Quantum said.

"A mission? From who?" Exalted said.

"Wouldn't you like to know, weather boy," Quantum replied.

"Annnnnd that's why I hate this place." Exalted said. Quantum chuckled before looking towards the woman, nodding.

"Make sure that our friend is still doing ok will ya?" Quantum winked at the woman before then turning to Exalted.

"So what's your mission then?" Quantum asked.

"Why would I tell you that?" Exalted replied

"Hmph... either way, I have a business to attend to. Also, I suggest getting out of here, 'cause we'll be having some company soon. Here," Quantum then gave Exalted a cube-like item.

"Take this back to #0018; It'll take you back to the citadel where your target now roams. Try to get out of here in the next... hmmm... about the next 2 hours if possible. See ya!" Quantum said as he waved goodbye before disappearing.

In a distant dimension, only known as the Prisuna dimension, a dimension of his own making. Prism was floating in the center of it all. A land of luscious pink grass and pink-leaved trees with waterfalls that ran thick with the most perfect kind of water. Prism's eyes wandered around as he looked all over the place for what he was looking for.

"Searching for something again," said Quantum; who teleported onto a random branch of a nearby tree.

"Just thinking. I haven't seen Faker pop up recently. It's unlike him to keep things so...calm," Prism stated as Quantum rubbed his glass, dome head. Prism then looked back and opened up a portal that allowed him to see through into the Citadel. Prism watched as he then saw Pink404 wandering around the suburbs of the city. Prism's eyes then widened.

"QUANTUM!" Prism said in a loud yet calm tone. Quantum floated over in a hurry.

"What's up?" Quantum said as he then looked and saw Pink404 grinding on a random civilian. Quantum then looked at Prism who was just staring.

"See something you like?" Quantum would ask.

"No, but you should get down there so that we can extract him and get that part of the prime 404 back to him." Prism had objected.

"What about Faker?" Quantum would ask.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of him," Prism said as he stood up tall before looking at Quantum.

"Be sure to keep safe, and don't do anything that may give away our position," Prism said as Quantum nodded before disappearing. Quantum then reappeared back at the Citadel. He looked around before then asking around until he heard of a Pink looking fellow, who had run into a nearby club. Quantum had begun to advance his way toward it. As he did; he'd look around at all the citizens having a peaceful day and roaming around.

"I forgot what it was like walking with these people. Must be nice to be normal and have no expectations thrown upon you," Quantum said as he then arrived at the club. "Mr.Moonshine's Paradise". Quantum entered the club and had immediately been engulfed in a large wave of smoke. The club was filled with people from all different corners of Eden.

"Alright, Quantum, I'll be your dictionary today. I don't need you saying something that'll get you kicked out of Eden entirely. So only ask questions I tell you to ask and only talk to who tell you to talk to," Prism said in Quantum's head.

"Any signs of Faker?" Quantum asked as he got in line to enter the club.

"No, nothing just yet. You better make this quick, however. EXE won't remain passive for long. Go now," Prism said as Quantum walked up to the receptionist. He was taking names until he saw Quantum walk up. Looking Quantum up and down.

"No formal ware. No entry" said the man. Quantum then reconfigured his clothes and turned them into a suit.

"Better?" Quantum asked. The man's eyebrows went up before nodding and letting Quantum in. As he walked through, he took a look around and then heard some particular noises coming behind curtains near the bathrooms.

"This place smells like sex, drugs, and whiskey," Quantum said as he heard men slammed against women. The laughter of drunks and the chatter of the rich.

"This place is a shitshow," Quantum mumbled. He then went walking before he then saw Pink! 404 feet against the wall as he moved his body seductively. Quantum couldn't believe it.

"God, this thing is a mess," Quantum said as he walked over to Pink. 404 only to get a hand placed on his shoulder.

"Hey buddy," said an unknown voice.

"I'm a little busy pal, another time maybe," Quantum said as he turned around to see Sleek behind him.

"Oh, It's you," Quantum said

"EH?! THE FUCK do YOU MEAN "It's me". You got a problem or something? Well, say something!" Sleek would shout.

"Nothing, Jeez. How've you been sleek?" Quantum would ask.

"I'm fine. 'Wish you were down here more than you are up there with your 'god' buddies," Sleek said as he let go of Quantum. Quantum adjusted his suit as Sleek did his shades.

"What are you doing here?" Quantum asked.

"Here looking for answers to a bounty," Sleek said.

"Bounty? Bounty on what?" Quantum asked.

"Been seeing a lot of missing people stuff popping up recently. Ever since that "Fake" 404-looking things have been running around and snatching up people. Lots of missing people. There's talk about people being "replaced" or having their "spots" removed. Family members not recognizing each other and talk about finding beings that seem to belong. There've been a lot of things going on," Sleek said as he looked around.

"What? Are you saying-"

"Quantum! Your chatter is costing us! Go, now!" Prism demanded Quantum.

"Right! Sorry, Sleek. Good luck on your case," Quantum said as he looked down the hall Pink was originally in, only to see him gone. He'd then walked down the hall following it. Quantum moved hastily; going further and further through the club as he could see traces of Pink's lipstick on other men and women through the hall, even on the walls themselves. As he moved past a mirror, a quick flash past it would reveal his mother to him. He then stopped before looking back at it to still see her.

"Mother?" Quantum said as he touched the mirror, only for it to ripple upon contact. He then jerked his hand away from it.

"Quantum! What are you doing, you're being led-" However, suddenly Prism's voice cut out.

"Prism? Prism!? PRISM!" Quantum said as he tried to again to speak to Prism. However... something was interfering.

"Your efforts will do you no good," said a voice behind Quantum. He jerked his head around to see the mirror from before; now had been darkened and had no light illuminating off or from it. Quantum looked at it carefully, only to then see a terrifying figure's face in the mirror. Its features were beyond human and godly comprehension. The hallway was now cold, beyond the comprehension of freezing. Quantum himself couldn't even change it.

"....W-Who are you?" Quantum asked. All he could make out... all he could see were the red beauty eyes of whatever it was that he was facing now.

"You've heard of me. You know what I've done and what I can do," said the enigmatic entity

"...FAKER!" Quantum shouted at the mirror, grabbing it.

"You know that name, yet I doubt you understand nor know the real name of the being you speak to," said Faker. Quantum slowly backs away from the mirror.

"Why are you here Faker? ANSWER ME! Or I'll come and kill you myself for all the mischief you've committed!" Quantum shouted, as he then heard Faker's distorted laughter and evil cackles.

"Not even your pathetic master would dare come to my domain. Your puny world that Eden is, is merely a figment of platonic thought compared to what I am and what I've turned this world into now. You can't stop me any more than Vor will be likely to appear within the next few seconds," Faker would state, chuckling. Quantum backed away, deeply frustrated.

"However, I am curious about your strength after your embarrassing 'bout' with that machine. So put on a good show, for your soon-to-be only god... Karvarshal!" Faker said as he then disappeared back into the darkness of the mirror. That's when the hallway began to shift and morph as dimensions began to change. Quantum looked around as he then looked up to see rifts open up; revealing Fake! Alpha, Fake!Brimm and at the way back of them, Fake!Sol.

"Me and my big mouth," Quantum said as his body turned back to normal and he got ready to fight.

"FOR THE GLORY OF KARVARSHAL!" shouted Faker's minions. Quantum looked around as he dodged the beams and large structures being thrown by Fake! Sol while Fake! Brimm spewed out a super intense beam of light that could burn straight through the tree of Eden.

"OWOWOWOW! HOT HOT HOT!" Quantum said, as he then fired a blast and sent Fake! Brimm flying backward. Quantum flew around this... pitch blackness. Dodging and weaving out of the way of attacks.

"I have to be careful. This is one of Prism's enemies, not mine. One slips up and its history," Quantum said.

"Still just a child! When will Prism learn to never send a boy to do a god's job!?" Faker chuckled, as dark black hands came from the darkness and grabbed at the fabric of the story itself.

"WOAH! HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Quantum shouted.

"About to show you just how out-classed you truly are!" Faker chuckled as he then began to rip open the very essence of-

Meanwhile, back inside Prism's dimension. He had run into another problem as well. Abaddon, Eternal ! Infected and Overdrive had found their way to his dimension and were battle ready.

"Well this isn't good," Prism said.

"Time for some payback rainbow freak!" Abaddon shouted. He then fired a dark art towards Prism who phased through it. Eternal!Infected turning into sludge and slithered around.

"[When he suggested taking care of certain someone... I was certain he meant the Blue Dragon, that sneaky menace. Pulling strings in places where you would never think he could, but when he mentioned you... hehe. I almost didn't think I could process the feeling of joy!]" Overdrive said as the other two continued to battle. Abaddon fired more dark arts, only for Prism to block them. Eternal!Infected throwing Harvest!Wisps at Prism; which could eat away at Prism's arms. Yet due to Prism's nature, never could they get a bite in.

"You've gotten soft in your time here! Build some new connections, hollow one? Or perhaps... maybe you're just getting weaker," Abaddon said as he blasted Prism in the back, launching him forward a bit.

"Weak?" Prism said. Abaddon then rushed Prism alongside Eternal! Infected. Prism then turned completely black using his forbidden conduit, **Disorder**. With it, Abaddon then turned back into a regular 404 again; alongside Eternal! Infected reverting to a regular Infected.

"Disorder is a terrible thing. A tarnished version of Balance and born out of its absence. Unfortunately for you little guppies, that is me hehe," said Disorder as hands then peeled from its back, and a black ooze came from it. It then banished both of them out of Prism's realm. Disorder looked back to see Overdrive land nearby.

"[Something's... different about you. You're not the same entity as before. Who are you?]" Overdrive asked as he revved up his power core. Disorder turned around and faced Overdrive.

"Looking to lose again? Or maybe I'll turn you into a tin can this time," Disorder would state as he then chuckled.

"[You know, I've heard a few rumors about you and the rainbow freak. I heard you're the bastard child of a god who had been sent away after he figured out you'd been **cursed** with being a forbidden conduit. Or maybe-]" However, before Overdrive could finish; Disorder would attack, with Overdrive blocking the attack and then retaliating. The two continued to attack one another

"[If you're this ready to strike at me, perhaps it is true. I wonder just who it is.]" Overdrive said as Disorder continued to thrash and attack him like an animal. Not even using any powers, only raw brute force. That's when Overdrive would receive a message from Faker, who would then disappear before Disorder could get another strike in.

"Damn son of a"

"Enough, I didn't call for your help," Prism said in Disorder's head

"Oh don't give me that. This ended much quicker thanks to me," Disorder said when suddenly they both would get a telepathic message from the Citadel asking for Prism's presence.

"Oh my. Looks like she needs us," Disorder said.

"She needs me," Prism said as he then took control of his body back. He then thought a bit about the words Overdrive said before he then vanished to the Citadel. Prism arrived in the middle of the street. Everyone backed away in shock before then suddenly a large sentinel landed near him and scanned him.

"Prism, under the authority of the highest Citadel council. Thanks to your previous protection of the Citadel you will be allowed to walk these streets for 48 hours." The large sentinel then flew off towards the main capital. Prism rolled his eyes and then started hovering down the street. He used his arm and pulled Staff! 404 out of a portal shocking him.

"Woah! What the- oh Prism." Staff said as Prism then put him down.

"Where Exalted?" Staff asked

"Doesn't matter, Pink is still out here and we need a clue on where to find him," Prism said when suddenly Staff got a tug on the back of his jacket. Prism and he both looked to see a small, adorable, and very dirty looking 404.

"Woah, it's a little guy. He's so small." Staff said

"..." Prism and Tiny! 404 looked at each other, both completely aware of the other's true nature.

"Careful, it isn't a 404. He's like Faker." Prism said Tiny! 404 then looked at Staff and pulled a small flower out of his pocket. It was damaged and dead, but a flower nonetheless. Staff picked it up and looked at Tiny! 404.

"...Thank you?" He said with a confused smile. Prism shook his head done with this whole moment.

"Let's go. We're not going to find Pink like this." Prism said as he and Staff started walking away when Tiny then began to make muffled noises. Staff turned around and looked. Tiny was jumping up and down and pointing in the direction of a construction site near a hotel.

"I think he's trying to tell us something." Staff said

"Or trick us into an early grave. Let's go." Prism said

"We should at least try to listen. Come on." Staff said as he followed after Tiny! 404 with Prism being uninterested as he followed along. They all eventually went there to see what was going on. Prism, Staff, and Tin,y all peeked inside to see Sleek! 404 in there conversing with some shady folks.

"This is what he brought us here for? Some gangster meets and greet." Prism said as he looked over to see Sleek404 then looked around as he felt like he was being watched. Tiny and Staff hid while Prism just turned invisible.

" How does this get us any closer to Pink?" Prism asked when he started hearing Sleek speaking.

"So you're saying that Pink404 walking around has the key to unlocking your hidden potential? How true is this shit anyway? I don't like going around chasing shit aimlessly." Sleek said as the other gangster shoved past his escorts.

"Listen, words from a friend of mine say that after he had an "intimate" night with him; he got an intense power boost. The man was lifting cars and everything the next time I saw him. I'm telling you, man, we got our hands on that Pink freak we could finally be challenging some of these bosses." said the gangster

"...I'll talk to the big man about the idea of going after this freak," Sleek said as he put a flip phone to his head only to see the other guy get a call.

"What? Right. Gotcha we're on our way there." said the gangster as he closed his phone.

"Just got word from TBrokie that they spotted the freak near the old theater out by Lesty's pizza. Let's go boys!" shouted the gangster as he and his boys left the area.

"Hey, the boss should we follow?" some of Sleek's boys asked. Sleek closed his phone and scratched his chin before shaking his head.

"Yall head back to the crib. I'll go ahead and check it out alone." Sleek said as he started walking out of the construction sight. Staff and Tiny looked at one another.

"God that guy sucks, but it seems he's our only ticket to Pink We-" However before Staff404 could say anything Prism was gone. Tiny tugged at Staf404's jacket and pointed down at Prism talking to Sleek.

"UGH! So much for stealth." Staff said as he jumped down with Tiny.

"What other information do you have on Pink?" Prism asked

"Your a god right? Can't you figure it out?" Sleek smirked when he then saw Staff404 and Tiny.

"Well if it isn't the faggot I beat up....and a tiny...what the hell is this?" Sleek asked when one of Prism's hands grabbed Sleek's jacket.

"None of your business. What other information do you possess?" Prism asked

"Hands off the merchandise pride parade. You're a god, figure it out." Sleek smirked, Prism then used one of his hands and sucked out all the information from Sleek; from his moment of birth till now including other possible variants of him as well. This caused Sleek's eyes to roll back as he then collapsed and fell over. Tiny then ran over and tackled him landing on Sleek's back.

"Holy- what did you do to him?" Staff404 asked

"I did what I should have done. The theatre as he said is our best bet. We need to go there now." Prism said as he clenched his fist. Prism's eyes were darting all over until finally focusing on Staff404.

"To the theatre it is," Prism said as he put a hand on Staff404 ready to teleport. He then looked down at Tiny who grabbed his waistcoat. Prism then teleported them all away. However back at the hospital N! 404's body would drop to the floor as his entire soul had been completely removed from his body. A black skeleton foot would step on his head crushing it. Abaddon had regained all of what he had lost before. Murdering the inhabitants of the hospital within the Book of Souls. Exalted peeked from a room looking at Abaddon's darkness return to his figure, his deep cold white eyes planted back onto his face.

"Shit shit shit!" Exalted said as he then turned around to see multiple hands from the darkness and shadows of the room punch him through the door and into the hallway filled with bodies. Abaddon looked down at him.

Exalted turned around to see Eternal Infected come crawling through a ripple in the fabric of reality.

"I heard that hollow rainbow freak had three of you on his little team. Where is the third?" Abaddon asked, Exalted refused to give anything out. Abaddon then made a small gesture and just like that Eternal Infected then grew a massive jaw and grabbed Exalted by his head and bit off his entire upper skull. Exalted let out a distorted scream as Eternal Infected then reached deep inside his very being and ripped out the variant of Sol he had absorbed. He then devoured this variant of Sol. Exalted's soul then lifted out of his body, Eternal Infected then bent over and screamed at it causing it to shatter and combust.

"Prism thinks he's won, but I won't let that happen. Not until I get some payback for him putting me in that damn prison." Abaddon said he turned his head to Eternal Infected who was consuming N! 404's body only to cough it up and create a misshapen and abnormal variant of him. So different and lifeless that it couldn't be compared.

"Creature, Go and seek out the last 404 that's with Prism. I've just got my freedom back, a chance to enact my revenge. I however can't do that if I'm tethered to these damn monstrosities." Abaddon said as he looked at his fist and then kicked some bodies out of the way. He looked back as Eternal Infected disappeared into shadows.

"Time to take care of the root of this problem. If I'm gonna be free for good. I need to kill that beast that hides in our skin, I need to kill Faker." Abaddon said.

Staffverse! 404(Staff404) is owned by Jumpefire and Staffverse is owned by the Staff Team.

Tiny404 belongs to Fadeu(Fadeussy)

N! 404 is owned by Nyte

Exalted404 is owned by Tyleregor.