BIT Squad - Beyond the 4th Wall
Episode 15 - Matrimony Interlude
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BIT Squad's office in Byte Space was decorated with flowers and streamers as the entire squad gathered together in the monitor room. They had popcorn, cake and lots of soda ready. It was something of a party. This was because a momentous occasion was taking place; the first wedding of two of the BIT-verse's many heroes! "Don't call it BIT-verse narrator! It might stick!" Gator shouted at clearly no one. There was a bit of disquiet in the room as they bore witness to the unpleasant occurrences that you surely read about in Sonic GeneX: the Series by now. (Right? Well, you'll not get spoilers here!) "At least all that singing has stopped for a bit..." Dusk murmured. "Yeah, but did 8BIT cause all this craziness? I mean of all days for these things to happen!" Dogson complained as he watched the events on the monitor. "Hey! I resent that! ...I'm just over here trying to figure out where our Smash Bros. predictions went wrong..." 8BIT grumbled, sitting in a corner. Vixy glanced in his direction. "Wait, he's in here!? Don't we have security?" she stammered. "That's 2BIT's department..." Stripes said sleepily, his head down on a desk. Vixy took a look around. "Hey, where is 2BIT?" she wondered. "And how come according to this schedule the action is now gonna stop for a month?" Cupie asked in regards to the pacing of the wedding they were gathered to watch. "Did I type month? It was supposed to say moment. Silly autocomplete!" Gator giggled, answering nothing for our readers. (Don't worry, the next part should come soon enough, 2BIT will be weighing precisely when the best time to post it is...) Noticing that their leader was nowhere in sight, Vixy decided to go looking for him. "He's not ducking out on another chapter! He's supposed to be the protagonist of this thing! The squad can't literally do EVERYTHING!" she grumbled, heading for the most likely place, his office. "I wouldn't bother him. If he's so out of it that I'm in here, he probably won't want to be disturbed..." 8BIT stated. Vixy stared at him. "You evil or what? Don't give me advice!" she scoffed.
2BIT was indeed in his office, seated with his back to the door. There was a picture frame in his hand, and he was looking wistfully at the person in the picture. Vixy stepped in quietly. She couldn't make out whose picture it was 2BIT was looking at, but it appeared to be some red-furred mammal from a distance. 2BIT placed the picture face-down on the desk and rested his head beside it. Vixy could hear him sniffle a bit. A look of concern formed on her face. "B-boss? ...Isn't our story supposed to be a comedy?" she murmured, anxious to get his attention even if it meant breaking the 4th wall. 2BIT didn't move. "I need a good cry. Leave me alone." he murmured, "Unless you want me to break into song about it? I think we've had enough of that from Bard this year..." he added. Vixy backed up a step. Yeah, there was enough music going on...but she still worried about him. Before she could leave, 2BIT started to speak up. "It's been years...but I still can't figure it out. Why did he leave me? Why did the only person who ever loved me...s-say goodbye?" he sniffled. Vixy froze. She had no idea about this. Why didn't she? She was one of his selves, wasn't she? 2BIT rubbed his eyes and continued. "And...and... In the years since... no one's ever said 'I love you' to me again... what's wrong with me? Is...is it the fact I've closed myself off in this pocket dimension? It's not like I don't have a presence out there..." he stammered. Vixy turned to see his eyes watered over, his face straining to hold back the tears. The wedding must have brought all his feelings of loneliness to the surface. Vixy ran over to hug him, his tears falling onto her shoulder. "Y-you still have us, 2BIT..." she stammered. "BIT Squad is all me, of course they like me..." he scoffed, "Well, like-hate me. Oh, Vixy, don't tell them... I kept this memory away from the squad... Only 8BIT shares it with me. I made the mistake of sharing all my memories with him... We see what a nice guy he turned out to be." he sniffled. Vixy hugged him tighter. "We don't hate you any more than you hate you... You don't hate you, 2BIT." she assured him. He grabbed a tissue from his desk and dried his eyes. "I-I'll meet you out there. I need to get ahold of myself." he said. Vixy nodded and headed for the door. "I love you..." she said, stepping out. 2BIT sighed. "Hollow, coming from me..." he muttered.
2BIT opened a drawer and placed the picture frame inside it, letting out a heavy sigh. "I really did love him... Maybe I didn't do enough to show it? If... if I ever find someone to love me again... I have to do better. Just please...someone give me the chance..." he said softly, wiping his eyes once more before taking a deep breath and heading off to join the others. This wedding would be a challenge for him. To watch others find happiness when it seems so out of reach for oneself... it isn't always easy. As he passed 8BIT, the dark fox could tell he had been crying, and instead of taking a moment to taunt him, he stood up and shot him an understanding glance. 2BIT looked back and nodded. 8BIT could feel the pain, too, as though it were his own. "Hey, boss! I think intermission is almost over. Got some earplugs for the weird singing?" Dusk asked. 2BIT shrugged and sat down. "Hey, I decided this would be a musical, you're going to sit and enjoy it." he chuckled. "Pass the popcorn!" Gator said, sitting next to 2BIT. "Aren't you supposed to be down there at the wedding?" 2BIT asked. Gator shrugged. "I think there's actually three Gators at the wedding already." he said. 2BIT groaned. "Clones or time travel duplicates?" he asked. "You silly... Where's my popcorn??" Gator asked. The squad could see the monitor starting to show something happening again. "Well, there better be only one Gator onscreen at a time or the lot of you are... uhh... imagine I can punish you, okay!" 2BIT growled. "Yikes! I better catch those mes!" Gator gasped, tossing his popcorn into the air and running off like a crazy person. Stripes groaned. "I'll get a mop for that floor popcorn..." he growled. 2BIT nodded and sat back. Hopefully no one would see him cry. Vixy took Gator's seat beside him, clutching his hand. Well, at least he had someone to get him through this...
Stay tuned! Part 2 of Musical Matrimony to come!
"Knock knock! Hey guys! It's me, Zed the Zebra! 24BIT!! You guys locked me out! C'mon, open the door!" 2BIT's artistic persona groaned, once again forgotten and left out of things. "Oh well, I'll talk to these folks... Hey, guys! Part 2 of Musical Matrimony is arriving next week after all! So, good news, you won't be waiting long to see the end of that... Maybe it won't be too long a wait before I get a proper introduction into this story, too. I should doodle a little note for 2BIT..." he murmured, taking the pencil he always balanced upon his ear and looking around for paper, finding none. "...Rats."
