Chapter two
Checker was rather excited today. She was planning on asking Mouse out on their first official date. They've spent enough time together that they would probably be able to live together, but they're taking baby steps. She kneels to pick some flowers. These ones were Mouse's favorite. She picked only the best for her. Sometimes she was unable to sleep because she's been thinking about this moment for so long. She's for some reason worried that she'll say no. Panic can blind a person.
She hobbles up to the abandoned gas station that Mouse lives in. She lived with a Killjoy named Carbonite Beam. She didn't much like him. Mouse is terrified of him. Beam's mastered giving his voice the kind of boom that would make anyone's knees quake. He doesn't want Mouse hanging out with Checker. He thinks she's too slow and will get them ghosted. She takes a deep breath and presses on. Nothing can ruin this for her
She shows up and looks around for Mouse. All she could find was Beam. She cocks her head and opens her mouth to say something. She gets cut off.
"She's gone," he's smirking like he doesn't care. "Clap." is all he says. He idly sharpens a blade he carries on him.
Checker's immediately flooded with a confusing mix of anger and sadness. She tries to say something. It ends up coming out as a strangled sob.
Beam laughs at that. "I was planning on knocking her off soon. The dracs just did the hard part. Get out of here."
She leaves, sobbing. She decided to walk around for a bit to get through the worst of it. Dr. D and Cherri can't see her cry.
She gets home as the sun starts setting. Luckily, Dr. D and Cherri are both in the broadcast room. She goes to her room and bunches up her blanket to make it feel like she was holding someone. She cries herself to sleep.