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He was the Great Subspace T.Mine, he was Blackrock's Best Scientists, so how come he had no clue what the hell was in front of him. Blackrock officials asked him to inspect an 'anomaly' they had found near Blackrock's Border. It looked like a simple damn Elevator, but it had full power despite being completely disconnected by power sources. They managed to get a few... 'test subjects' to go in and press a button, but when they did the elevator disappeared, and wouldn't reappear until a few more days at MINIMUM! Every single chance at communication or contact with those who had disappeared into the mysterious Elevator had turned out Nil. On top of that, there had been a sudden increased spike of missings persons cases throughout the ENTIRE Inpherno.

Subspace growled as his sharp pink tinted claws drew scars into the desk he was at. Third try, nothing, no new information about this anomaly, no new clues. Each Inphernal test subject he sent in there didn't come out, and on top of that there was no way to get back into contact with them because every single time the comms stuttered and stumbled like it was drowning in an ocean of static. He swore to god he was going to rip out his own damn horns if nothing new came of this thing. He damn near snapped the pencil in his hands when he heard that dreaded "ding!" of an elevator door.

He glanced over behind him and saw the god forsaken thing appear in its usual spot. He tiredly got up from his chair, fuming but needing to check if any of his 'test subjects' had returned or like the rest had disappeared without a trace.

His pissed off posture and expression nearly melted away into one of confusion and irritation as he looked at what stood shakily in the doorway. It was a phucking hairball, it looked like something a damn cat hacked up had grown legs and put on a raggedy trench coat that was probably dug up from the trash. "What in the Heights are you." Subspace hissed, covering his curiosity and disgust with irritation. The shaky thing jumped a bit at Subspace's Hostility "YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO.. BE WITH THEM DO YOU?" It asked as it almost hid in the blind spot of the elevator. "Well who the hell counts as them? If you mean Blackrock then Yes, I am very proud to be with Blackrock." Subspace scoffed with a roll of his eyes.

"BLACKROCK..?" She echoed before staying silent for a few minutes. "NO, I MET A DEPRESSED CLOWN ONCE, THEY DRESSED IN ALL BLACK, THIS PLACE IS NAMED BLACKROCK, WHICH MEANS YOU ARE WITH THEM!" She accused pointing a hairy finger at Subspace who looked absolutely utterly insulted. "What the Phuck are you talking about." he deadpanned as he made a disgusted face at the creature. "Step out of the Elevator." He ordered before he rolled his eyes, he had to get that thing out of the elevator for questions and evaluation before The Elevator decided to disappear again.

"NO!" She snapped to Subspace's irritation. Subspace sighed before inhaling, turning his head towards the hallway and shouting down it "BIOGRAFTS, GET OVER HERE AND SEIZE THIS... THING." Almost immediately there came sharp metallic footsteps thundering from the hallway. The hairball shrieked before it smashed a hand into the elevator buttons. Oh Hell no, not this time. Subspace nearly lunged forwards, he was NOT letting something like this get away. His sharp pink claws scratched and gripped at the door of the elevator, trying to keep it from closing before his Biografts arrived.

He turned for just a moment to see one of the Biografts rushing forwards, just managing to get into the elevator. But unfortunately before it had a chance to grab the furry creature she violently bashed its head with a dirty brown briefcase, causing it to stumble into the wall and buffer

"Hey damn it! That's my kid!" Subspace hissed as he attempted to crawl just a bit further into the elevator to get his Biograft out, the doors were GOING to close no matter what at this point, he had to retreat, if he didn't he'd be a damn fool and likely be sliced in half by the elevator doors. He quickly jumped into the elevator, only for a moment to try and push the Biograft out, he'd be damned if he let this weirdass elevator take one of his most precious and valuable creations from him just like that, even if this one was just one of many.

Right as he grabbed Biograft and tried to throw himself and the heavy chunk of metal out the elevator door in was already halfway closed, his claws uselessly clawed at the gaps of light cast by Blackrock's Laboratory light, he shrieked as he tried getting back. He made a hiss when the door closed on one of his claws, it didn't break anything but damn it hurt.

"You." Subspace's anger and small shards of fear were immediately directed to the hairball in the corner who was currently metaphorically sweating and shaking in one of the corners of the elevator. "You bitch!- Look what you did!?" Subspace shouted at her, his tail lashing as he stalked forwards a little bit, clearly fuming. "Now you've got me LOST, I might NEVER find my way home from here!" Subspace shrieked, thoughts raced through his head.

What if he didn't make it back to Blackrock..? What if he died in here, he was supposed to be great, he had to make something great, something unforgettable, something that would live on long before his shortened life. Tears threatened to drip from his eyes as he shrieked at Bive who was flinching in the corner. Did he Fail Blackrock...? Did he fail.. to live on? Was he going to die here...? "I'll Phucking kill you I swear to god!!" He snarled his voice coming out raw as he clenched his fists, his claws nearly cutting into his palms from the pure rage and... while he wouldn't admit it to anybody ever, fear, terror even.

Subspace was basically spiraling into a ragefilled panic attack from the thought of possibly dying in the elevator, from the thought of Failing.

He was eventually cut off by the sounds of Biografts TTS voice coming back on. "SYSTEMS BACK ONLINE. CONNECTION TO BLACKROCK HEADQUARTERS DISCONNECTED. WI-FI DISCONNECTED. AWAITING VERBAL ONLY INSTRUCTIONS." Subspace seemed to calm down from knowing that at least his Only connection to what he had just had wasn't destroyed. "Biograft- Please just TRY and send an SOS signal to Blackrock okay? Anything?" He asked, the slightest bit of desperation peaking out from his voice as he ran over to Biografts side of the elevator.

"UNABLE TO CONNECT TO BLACKROCK HEADQUARTERS" it repeated after a solid minute of searching for a signal to Subspace's Anguish.

To his surprise right as he was about to sit down and mourn the loss of his life, forgetting that the hairball was across the elevator from him, the elevator dinged and stopped moving. His eyes turned towards the door to see it open up to a very, VERY, bright pink castle, at least that was what was inside. "Biograft.. follow me.." He ordered quietly as he timidly stepped out of the Elevator into the cotton candy colored palace. The hues of pink ranging from hot pink to barely pink. The Windows of the Palace showed that the outside was quite literally burning and red.

"Why hello there I haven't seen you before!" To Subspace's utter shock a 2D creature called out to him from a flight of stairs, completely forgetting about the hairball that had fled the elevator. "Who might you be?" The 2D Creature 'walked' down the flight of stairs down until she stopped in front of Subspace, which made him have to look down at her due to her very, very small stature. His mouth hung open under his gasmask for a solid few moments before he snapped out of his shocked daze.

"I am The Great Subspace T.Mine and this is my Biograft" He said, immediately re-absorbing his usual personality as he gestured to his Biograft. "I am Mozelle, Princess of Hell!" Mozelle chirped with what was possibly a smile. Mozelle held out one of her hands to try and shake Subspace's and it worked, somehow. He didn't understand how, Mozelle didn't understand how, Biograft didn't understand how, the author didn't understand how and you don't understand how either but it worked.

"Princess of Hell eh? That's why It's... fiery out there huh?" Subspace asked as he pointed out the obvious. "Yes indeed! Oh please come this way, I have extra pastries!" Mozelle said as she ushered him up the flight of stairs, Biograft automatically following behind them. "Oh- no no, I can't eat sweets, strict Diet." Subspace said in the politest voice possible, because he was talking to the supposed god damn princess of hell. "Oh well, you need a makeover anyway." Mozelle said, refusing to stop as she led Subspace deeper into her castle. "A what." Subspace asked dumbfounded at the thought of that. "You're really rather bland! or at least your friend there is, don't worry, easy fix!"

He was in too deep to stop now at this point. But his head still wondered, how would Blackrock react to losing him...?

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=== Back in Blackrock ===

The Higherups were fuming with rage when they finally and very shortly discovered the loss of Subspace, he was the best scientist, the head scientist, and he vanished!? When they looked at the Security Cameras and Biograft's Memory they found out what really happened. A creature was spotted inside of the elevator, subspace tried to get it out, and ended up getting trapped in the elevator with a single Biograft before he could escape. So, the Blackrockian Higher ups made a choice.

"Risk my life trying to rescue him? You've got to be serious, I'm not doing this for just 2k Bux anymore." Hyperlaser said plainly as he sat on the table across from a Biograft who was relaying orders to him from Blackrockian Higher ups. "WE'LL RAISE IT." the Biograft's TTS whirred slightly as its soulless LED eyes looked straight at Hyperlaser. "Over 15k. I'm not going to risk my life more than usual for nothing." Hyperlaser said sternly. The Biograft paused, and then agreed "16K THEN." Hyperlaser would have deadpanned but you literally could not see his face. "Cheeky." He commented before he sat up.

"I'll do it." He said finally, picking his gun back up and making his way to the room where the Regretevator occasionally appeared. "YOU WILL SIT AND WAIT HERE, IF THE ELEVATOR SHOWS UP, NOTIFY BLACKROCK HIGHERUPS BEFORE ENTERING." the Biograft said finally before it walked away.

Hyperlaser waited, and waited, and waited, and waited... Eventually somebody checked on him to give him something to eat to make sure he didn't starve waiting for the Elevator to arrive, because normally it took days to arrive. Seconds, minutes and hours ticked by, and right as he swore he was about to fall asleep sitting in his uncomfortable metal chair he heard a "ding!"

His eyes shot open and he saw it. The Elevator, it had nearly appeared out of nothing, and it was just as described, eerie, yet inviting. He cautiously approached it before pressing a button on his helmet. "The Elevator appeared and I'm about to enter the Elevator." He nearly mumbled into the microphone, he couldn't tell if it was because he was tired or some other reason but it looked so.. odd..

The Mercenary's footsteps slowly approached the elevator, he peaked in just a little, completely empty. He climbed inside with his gun held close just incase and said a few small goodbyes to Blackrock, hopefully he'd get to see Katana again after this if he didn't die, he was going into uncharted territories after all. Once he stood in the elevator his eyes and helmet adjusted to see the buttons, there were so, so, so so so many of them. Each of them barely big enough to see the little images on it. All leading to different 'floors'.

After careful consideration, the mercenary picked one on random. He took a deep breath as he saw the elevator doors close and somehow felt the elevator start moving... Up? Down? he couldn't tell. He leaned against the rail of the elevator, keeping his gun close and his guard even further up. He sat in complete silence, listening to the surprisingly good elevator music.

The Elevator dinged again and he had to adjust his helmet's brightness, grimacing at the sudden bright light. It was a complete grassy field, nothing but hills for what seemed like miles. Hyperlaser stepped out of the elevator, there was only a single arch-like brick building a few yards away from the Elevator he cautiously walked to. Underneath the Arch he saw a cat.

Listen, he had a soft spot for cats, a REALLY BIG soft spot. He was a little flustered when the cutest, chunkiest kitty walked up to him. The Mercenary put down the gun, picked up the cat, surprised it would just let him pick it up. The cat was like glass, so sleek and shiny, but see-through and Pink. "What are you...?" Hyperlaser whispered out as he gently pet the cat, holding it close to him like it was a newborn baby.

Immediately his calmed nature dropped away when he heard something move. He put the cat down and picked back up his gun before turning to aim at where he heard something move. "Out. Show yourself." Hyperlaser called, the gentle tone in his voice he had used to the cat completely gone as he snapped back into work-mode, picking back up the No-Nonsense tone. Slowly a large stone man stepped out from behind the building's wall, holding his hands up slightly. "No need to be so hostile, I don't mean harm." He said with a small frown on his stone face. "My name is Wallter, you?" He asked politely as Hyperlaser's eyes narrowed slightly. "Hyperlaser." He said very simply, lowering the gun slightly.

"Is this your cat?" He asked, gesturing slightly to the pink kitty. "No, 'fraid not, we get lots of those from The Elevator, she's just a stray." Wallter answered with a small shake of his head. "So I can keep her?" Hyperlaser asked slowly after a few more thoughts. "I suppose!" Wallter said cheerfully. Hyperlaser put his Gun on the strap on his back before gently picking up the kitty again. "What should I name her?" Hyperlaser asked bluntly as he looked up at Wallter. "hmmm, Rose? Since she's pink?" Suggested Wallter as he leaned in to look at the kitty. "Sounds good. I already have a cat and I was afraid she was going to get lonely eventually so I shall take this one." Hyperlaser stated before walking back to the Elevator, seeing as it was about to depart.

"Oh? Do tell about your cat!" Wallter asked as he followed Hyperlaser to the Elevator. "Her name is Princess, I hope I can get back to her soon. Hopefully somebody will take care of her while I'm gone on this... Business trip." Hyperlaser answered as he gently pet Rose who sneezed and caused Hyperlaser to melt emotionally for a second.

"You say Rose came from the elevator?" Hyperlaser asked, recalling what Wallter said earlier, "What does that mean?". Wallter blinked before he shrugged. "Well, they just come from The Regretevator, just like a lot of things 'just come with it'." Wallter shrugged as Hyperlaser tilted his head. "The Regretevator?" He echoed before Wallter nodded. "The thing we're in right now? Sort of... teleports 'round worlds." Wallter said, still nodding his head. "So this is called The Regretevator, and sometimes Cats just appear inside?" Hyperlaser clarified before Wallter raised an eyebrow as he thought. "Well, sort of I suppose." Wallter agreed slightly, before he could finish Hyperlaser said "I think I like it here then."

The Regretevator's doors opened again to a softer, blue light. Hyperlaser stepped out to the most peaceful place he's been in in awhile. It was like a huge aquarium with soft music playing in the Background. Hyperlaser kept holding the kitty like a fragile newborn as he approached the glass windows to the vast sea beyond. He watched slowly as a Submarine drifted passed the window before he heard something oddly familiar.

"Hyperlaser?" Came a lower but polite voice. Hyperlaser looked to his left and saw none other than Katana to his bewilderment. "Katana? What in the hell are you doing here?" Hyperlaser asked, dumbfounded as He looked at Katana sitting on one of the cushions next to what seemed to be a person made of water with a fish inside of their chest and a clownfish tail with a bright face. "This is Guppy, they keep the waters and ocean here safe." Katana stated, gesturing to Guppy who simply waved and kept looking out the window.

"You see, back in Thieves' Den, this strange elevator appeared, Shuriken and Vinestaff approached it and when I tried to get them out, the doors closed. We have seen a few floors but I chose to stay here, they are... somewhere else." Katana explained "They must be on another floor right now, the elevator was empty when I was in it." Hyperlaser said after a moment to which Katana nodded. "Yes, I see." Katana paused for a moment before he offered the seat right next to him. "Would you like to sit with us Hyperlaser?" Katana asked

As tempted as Hyperlaser was to say yes he made a resigned sigh and shook his head. "I'd love to, unfortunately this is a business trip." Hyperlaser sighed slightly disappointed. "What business could you have in this... place?" Katana asked curiously. Hyperlaser was a little hesitant to answer, but hell, he had a chance of dying what the fuck, why not tell him. "Subspace is in here somewhere too, I was sent to get him back to Blackrock before he dies." Hyperlaser said simply and bluntly. "I see, Farewell Hyperlaser, may our paths cross again." Katana said with a small nod before Hyperlaser nearly dragged himself back to the Regretevator.

He didn't want to leave. If he could just sit there in silence with Katana and Guppy he would, but unfortunately for him he had a job. "Who was that?" Wallter asked politely. "A good friend." Answered Hyperlaser simply. Hyperlaser pondered over the buttons for another few moments. "You pick." Hyperlaser said to Wallter as he moved out of the way for Wallter to pick a floor. Wallter thought for a moment before randomly pressing a button.

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The elevator came to a stop again, and before Hyperlaser could peak out, a spindly creature appeared just a bit to take a glance at the residents of the elevator. It had a smiley face and a very dark blue body. Hyperlaser instinctively pointed his gun at the creature, causing it to make a small startled roar before it ran off. "What was that?" He asked, looking back to Wallter as he kept his railgun held up. Wallter chuckled a little nervously. "I do believe it's name is JAOBA, it means no harm, it's just a... um... curious creature. I see it very rarely, but this is it's floor." Wallter said, gesturing to the floor the elevator had came out on. "You get Money if you can find it." Wallter added.

"What is the currency in this elevator?" Hyperlaser asked after a moment. "Coins!" Wallter answered with a smile as he pulled out a pretty completely white blank coin. "Here, just go out there and find JAOBA, you'll get some too if you do." Wallter encouraged with a kind smile. Hyperlaser was silent for a moment before he walked out of the Regretevator carefully. "You sure it means 'no harm'?" Hyperlaser asked, still holding his railgun as he walked down the hallway. "Very!" Wallter called back.

Hyperlaser kept his gun close, not sure he believed the creature meant no harm like Wallter said, so he was going to be cautious just in case. Hyperlaser walked into the first room, seeing office cabinets he carefully opened one of the filing cabinets.

At the bottom of the filing cabinet's drawer he saw a small pile of those white coins that Wallter had pointed out earlier. He reached out to take them and they made a satisfying noise as he picked them up. After a moment of inspecting the weird currency he put it in his pocket and turned his attention to the 2 Boxes in the northern side of the room. He approached them before carelessly flipping one open and looking in, nothing. Maybe if he kept looking he'd eventually find something in these.

In the room beside the first one, he found a weird machine. The thing had a screen also connected to it which displayed "Your Active Ticket Printers:" to which he had none. A Ticket Printer... is that was this was? Hyperlaser's tapped it a little, he'd have to ask Wallter about this when he got back to the Regretevator. He left the side room.

He went room to room, flipping boxes open, checking for anything, once he got to the top of some stairs and he opened the a box he jumped and nearly stumbled down the stairs when that same creature burst from the box and made a noise of surprise before it disappeared into a puff of red smoke. Hyperlaser instinctively aimed and shot. The Railgun, already being ready, didn't need to gather energy and shot a blue light-ray into the the smoke.

When he the smoke cleared he found out he only hit the wall, maybe it was for the best. The Box as well also disappeared with the creature. Where the Box and Creature was laid 5 sparkly white coins, which Hyperlaser picked up once he got back onto his feet. Hyperlaser made a small sigh before he began to walk down the stairs back the Regretevator. Back to his new Cat

"Did you find JAOBA?" Wallter asked as Hyperlaser walked back into the Regretevator to gently pet Rose. "Yes, and it scared the shit out of me." Hyperlaser confirmed as he nuzzled the kitties head with his helmet, giving it the best as possible kiss he could, with Wallter in the room at least. "Understandable, it scared me at first too." Wallter chuckled a bit, remembering the first time he had went onto the Regretevator and saw JAOBA.

"Hey, what's a 'Ticket Printer'?" Hyperlaser asked as he gently pet Rose, the elevator still not leaving JAOBA's floor. "A Ticket Printer? You mean like a Floor Ticket Printer?" Wallter asked before Hyperlaser nodded. "Yes, what's that?" Wallter thought for a moment, trying to find the words to explain it. "So, sometimes you'll find a Floor Ticket Printer in designated floors, these printers can print you a 'Floor Ticket' which you can use to have the Regrevator go somewhere Guaranteed. Sure you can press a button on the elevator, but sometimes the elevator just wont listen, or will go to that floor after 3 more floors. Floor tickets are a guaranteed way to get back home for some people, like say me. I use one to get back to Gm_Flatgrass!" Wallter explained as the Regretevator's doors began to close.

Hyperlaser absorbed the information slowly. "So, if I got one of these floor tickets, I could be able to go back to Blackrock?" Hyperlaser asked after a moment. "Is 'Blackrock' where you're from?" Wallter asked, to which Hyperlaser nodded slowly after a few moments "something like that.". "Well, you came here using the Regretevator, so I bet the Regretevator can get you back!" Wallter confirmed with a polite smile. "Thank you for the answers." Hyperlaser said politely.

The plan was, Find Subspace and preferably his Biograft, and if he could he would also get Katana, get a floor ticket, get them back to Blackrock, and or Thieves' Den, get paid, and then live life like normal again. Maybe easier said than done, but it's what he had to do. Hyperlaser leaned against the Regretevator's railing again, holding his newfound cat and gently petting her as he stared off into space, stringing together plans.

The Regretevator's ding brought back Hyperlaser to his senses. Hyperlaser put down Rose as he approached the door. When it opened he winced at the sudden wave of heat that washed over him. Blinking his eyes to get used to the light even through the tinted glass of his helmet, He stepped out of the Regretevator, his winter boots sinking into sand. God it was so hot. Hyperlaser noticed it was a fenced in sand field, and at the end of it there was Shuriken and Vinestaff sitting against an Ice Cream Truck who's jingle Hyperlaser could hear from here.

"Hey! Hyperlaser what're your doing here?" Asked Vinestaff as she waved from where she was sitting, taking her eyes off of the Strawberry Ice cream. "I could ask you two the same thing, but I know why you two are here." Hyperlaser called across the field. "I see things in the sand, what are they." Hyperlaser asked as he glared slightly at the small lights and bumps in the sand. "Landmines! They wont kill you but damn they hurt!" Shuriken piped up. "And you two risked getting blown up for... Ice cream...?" Hyperlaser asked after a moment. "It was his idea!" Vinestaff said immediately pointing to Shuriken whos mouth dropped open. "What the hell Vinestaff!?" Shuriken snapped.

"Whatever, whatever, have you two seen Subspace?" Hyperlaser called from the Elevator over to the Ice cream truck. "No! But we've seen Sword and Katana!" Hyperlaser made a small sigh, seriously still no sign of Subspace? "Hey, since the elevator is back give us a moment!" Shuriken called out. He finished up his Ice cream before he took Vinestaff's hand and grappled onto the Elevator. Making them both fly across the Minefield and land next to Hyperlaser. "So what are you doing here? You never really answered" Shuriken asked as he and Vinestaff entered the Elevator.

"Well- you see, Subspace disappeared into this Elevator and I was sent to get him back." Hyperlaser answered as he hopped back into the elevator where it was shady. "Ohh, so that... piece of work is here too?" Shuriken asked. Hyperlaser was about to nod before Wallter chimed up. "Oh who are you two?" he asked politely as he looked at Vinestaff and Shuriken who waved at him. "Hello! I'm Vinestaff!" Vinestaff introduced herself politely. "That's my brother, Shuriken." Vinestaff said with a smile as she pointed at Shuriken. "I am Wallter, pleasure to meet you two." Wallter said politely, "You and Hyperlaser seem to know each other slightly, are you three all from the same floor?"

Hyperlaser thought for a moment as Shuriken frowned slightly and Vinestaff stayed silent. "Yes and no." Shuriken answered after a moment. before Vinestaff nodded. "It's complicated." Hyperlaser answered behind Shuriken.

"You two have been here longer than me, assumingly, what floor do you think Subspace would linger on?" Hyperlaser asked as he returned his gaze back to Shuriken and Vinestaff. They both paused before shaking their head. "We dunno, there's a lot of floors after all, and I highly doubt we've seen them all." Shuriken said. Hyperlaser sighed, "another random floor it is then." he said before he randomly decided to press a button on the elevator's panel, causing the doors to the elevator to close.

=== The Lost Temple, Later that night ===

"'Ey boss! You heard of those rumors of a weird elevator thing appearing around the Inpherno?" Broker asked cheerfully as he walked along side Scythe under the moon of the dessert. "'Course I have, heard Blackrock of all Factions got their hands on it though." Scythe answered. "Shame! I wanted to check it out!" Broker said with a sigh, Scythe laughed a little. "I bet it's a hoax Broker, ain't nothin' special 'bout an Elevator." She said confidently.

"But what about 'Kit? None of the Church has managed to get a hold of him. Not even me!" Broker asked before Scythe scoffed. "He probably ran away like the traitor he was described as when we took him in. Poor thing, I wanted to trust him." Scythe sighed before Broker frowned a little. "When I spoke to him last he wasn't acting odd." Broker said before Scythe glared at him. "Broker, you seriously trustin' him? You're the manipulative one here! You should know that's how people act." Broker sighed and mumbled "I guess."

"But what if that elevator did take Medkit? Again, there's been a rise in missings persons cases that weren't the doing of The Church. C'mon Scythe, try and entertain the idea!" Broker insisted before Sigh made an exasperated sigh. "If he did he's as good as dead, which is unfortunate considerin' he was rather important." "Aww, c'mon Scythe, no imagination to what would be in the Elevator?" Broker asked almost teasingly. "Broker I swear to the Father I will slice your tongue out. And this time there ain't no Meds to make sure you get it sewn back on." Scythe warned before Broker deflated slightly. "Alright." He mumbled out, the perpetual smile on his face not dropping however.

"Well, speak of the devil, Broker." Scythe said, clearly surprised as she turned a corner around the sandstone hill. "What?" Broker asked as he rounded the corner shortly after Scythe.

There in the dunes, sat the Regretevator, the lights from it seeping out into the desert nights. "HAH! Told you I was right." Broker said, clearly overjoyed from the sight of the mysterious elevator. "The Father should be informed of this-" Scythe was about to say before Broker walked passed her and stepped in. "C'mon, it's not gonna leave if we don't press a button." Broker said as he poked around the inside of the elevator. "Broker, Get out of the damn death trap!" Scythe hissed. "I'm sick'n'tired of havin' to rescue you from dangerous shit!" "C'mon Scythe it's just a damn elevator." Broker reasoned.

"Broker, I said get out." Scythe warned before Broker rolled his eyes. "You were the one who said there 'ain't nothin' special 'bout an elevator'." Broker shot back before Scythe growled and stomped over to the Elevator and stepping in, she crossed her arms and glared daggers at Broker. "There, happy now?" She snapped before Broker nodded his head.

"This Elevator doesn't look normal" Broker pointed out as he looked at the over 100 buttons on the panel. "Wow, couldn't have guessed!" Scythe responded sarcastically.

Broker impulsively pressed one of them. "BROKER- WHAT THE PHUCK!?" Scythe snapped quickly pulling Broker's hand away from the panel but it was too late. Before Scythe could pull herself and Broker out of the elevator the doors closed.

"Ah.. it works." Broker commented as Elevator music began to play. Scythe paled and violently grabbed Broker. "YOU PHUCKING DUMBASS!" She shouted in his face as the Elevator began to move. "I phuckin' TOLD YOU to get out, I TOLD YOU to stay away and now we're possibly in trouble AGAIN." Scythe snapped. "What's The Father gonna say when we get back." She added. Broker was about to say something before he paused and shut his mouth. "oh NOW ya see how you phucked up." Scythe hissed with annoyance as she let go of Broker's shoulders and violently pulled at her hat in stress and anger.

"..'least we don't have to worry about Banhammer." Broker commented before Scythe smacked the top of his head with the non-lethal blunt part of her scythe. "You're soooo lucky you can't feel physical pain or else I swear to Father I would kill you." Scythe growled as she sat in her corner of the Elevator.

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Hyperlaser could feel himself getting a headache from the thought of finding Subspace in all these possibly hundred of rooms. He could be in any one, and what if the piece of work was dead already? Then what? Would he still get payed? How would Blackrock react? His attention was taken back to reality by feeling Rose gently nuzzle at his feet again. He looked down and picked up the odd little kitty, smiling behind his mask.

"Don't you already have a cat Hyperlaser?" Asked Shuriken as he looked over to Hyperlaser who was currently rocking the kitty like it was a newborn child. Hyperlaser glanced up before he looked back down at Rose. "Yes, is that a problem?" Hyperlaser asked nonchalantly as he scratched underneath Rose's chin with his gloves, refusing to take them off with the elevator being full of occupants. "No no, I just... nevermind" Shuriken stuttered slightly before he eventually quickly just gave up.

The elevator dinged after a few minutes, causing them all to look up and watch the elevator doors open. A soft light and music radiated from the open doors and Hyperlaser was first to step out with Rose still in his hands. The whole floor looked pixel-like, the ceiling made up of large white bricks, the walls made up of red small bricks, and the floor out of plywood, it was a maze. "What in the...?" Shuriken's voice came as he peaked out of the elevator behind Hyperlaser. "Odd, but I'm sure it'd not the worst thing we'll see on this 'trip'." Hyperlaser added as he peaked around a few corners of the maze.

Shuriken made a small shriek, causing Hyperlaser to whirl around to find him rushing back into the elevator, behind him being a very, very, very large rat. Vine staff, stepping out of the elevator quickly shoo-ed it away by pelting it with a few seeds. "C'mon Shuriken, you could have done that yourself." Vine staff scolded Shuriken who just frowned. "I'm sorry it jump-scared me!" Shuriken said in his defense, Vine staff scoffed.

When Vine Staff was finished scolding Shuriken she spotted something out of the corner of her eye, turning her head she spotted a curious little creature peaking behind the crunchy PNG brick wall. Vine Staff tilted her head before she walked over to it, it was a cute little calico cat. "aww, what are you doing here?" Vine staff cooed to the small critter. Holding out her hand to gently scratch the underside of its chin and the top of its head. The cat made a soft "murrp" sound before it hissed at one of the oversized rats, causing it to skitter and run away. It was there to hunt the oversized rats, possibly. Vine Staff made a soft hum as she thought over this for a moment before giving the kitty one last pat. "Be good kitty" She smiled softly as she kissed the top of its head and stood up. Making her way back to the elevator.

Hyperlaser turned back around and continued wandering through the maze, the music calming, easily avoiding the rats by ducking into a curve or something. Still holding Rose like a newborn child. The sounds of the arguing twins fading into the background as the maze went deeper, and deeper, and deeper. When he turned a corner he found something odd, a 2D smiley face, he reached out to try and somehow touch it and as soon as his gloves brushed the surface of it, it disappeared. "You found the Giggler!"

Before he could blink, he was suddenly back in the elevator, the doors closing and leaving the strange floor behind. "What an odd floor." Vine Staff commented with a small smile of her face. "Yeah you're smiling because you weren't being scared shitless by rats." Shuriken hissed pettily with a small roll of his eyes "Don't make me pelt you again." Vine Staff warned with a frown as they siblings shot glares at each other.

Hyperlaser made a small sigh, already knowing damn well that it was going to be tiring with these 2 in the Regretevator with him while he was trying to simply do his damn Job.

"Hey, Wallter, how do you get floor tickets?" Hyperlaser asked after a moment as he looked up at Wallter, who thought for a moment before he answered. "Well, there's many ways to get them. You can sometimes just find them in some places, sometimes you can find them in filing cabinets, and the most common way to get them is paying for a ticket printer." "I see." Hyperlaser nodded his head before going back to his thoughts. While he was finding Subspace and or Biograft he would try and find a floor ticket in the meantime, or at least try and get enough money for one.

The Regretevator dinged but this time, seemed to land a little bit rough. Causing the inhabitants to stumble slightly. The Elevator's doors opening to a dark spacious factory. Boxes, crates and barrels lay strewn around, conveyer belts riding through the place with giant shelves and factory mixers. The air whirred with slight sounds of glitched and broken electronics. Hyperlaser turned up the brightness on his helmet, trying to see easier. When he turned his brightness up he heard a far away yowl of something. "What was that?" Asked Vinestaff as she and Shuriken stepped out of the elevator with Hyperlaser. "I don't know." Hyperlaser answered, unable to see anything so far.

Hyperlaser almost jumped at the sound of a sharp almost air-horn sound, sharply turning around to see Shuriken's hand on a red button, having pressed it. "Fool, you don't even know what that does!" Hyperlaser snapped as Shuriken shrugged. "Well, the place isn't blowing up." He reasoned before Hyperlaser interrupted him "You still don't know what it does! For all we know that button could do ANYTHING." he hissed, clearly pissed that Shuriken would randomly press a red button.

The Yowl came again, this time closer, Hyperlaser turned around again only to see... something, running full speed at the group of Inphernals. The Creature looked like a messed up cat-like figure. It melted like wax, its footsteps made a squelching sound as they hit the floor and pushed off, leaving melted nasty liquid in footsteps behind it. It looked awful, some parts of its body covered in dirt or mold, and unfortunately possibly blood.

Hyperlaser was quickest to act, his Railgun already in his hands as he quickly loaded it like normal, raise, ever so slightly aim, not like he needed to because the thing was right in front of them, and Shoot. The creature let out another screech before Vine staff scurried away and Shuriken grappled onto the ceiling. The creature clearly stunned by being shot, like it had never actually faced retaliation.

Hyperlaser recovered from the recoil as he quickly tried to flee alongside Vine staff and Shuriken, quickly sliding across the floor and further away from the creature. When it recovered it quickly sprinted as fast as the melting thing could back over to Hyperlaser who was busy running from it. It was hard to run when you were carrying a 5+ pound railgun in your hands, he wasn't used to chases because usually half the time he was doing his job he was perched atop a building, he was a sniper, not used to running like this.

Hyperlaser had to avoid or swerve around objects, The Abomination simply swiped them away and sent them flying like it was nothing. Hyperlaser made a small gasp of pain when one of the things the abomination threw around hit him square in the back. A solid metal barrel crashed into his back, causing him to trip fall and stumble forwards along side it. He instinctively ducked into a roll, trying to keep ahold of his railgun, it was the only chance of self defense or survival. Hyperlaser tried to turn and shoot but failed. The creature right in front of him, his gun pointed at it he shot again, squeezing his eyes shut for slight fear of the abomination landing a blow.

The Railgun's energy beam hit The Abomination's claws causing it to yelp and made another snarl at Hyperlaser, who tried to stumble to his feet. Right as Hyperlaser got to his feet and The Abomination recovered it was quickly distracted by the back of its head being pelted with seeds. It whirled around seeing Vine Staff a few yards away. It quickly made its way forwards as Vine Staff stood still. Right as The Abomination was about to raise it's claws and slash Vine staff, Vine staff was very quickly snatched by Shuriken who pulled her to the ceiling with him.

The monstrous cat meowed, hissed and snarled as it circled underneath them like a normal housecat trying to get a bird of out its tree. Hyperlaser had gotten to safety, perched on top of a high shelf, probably unable to be seen or spotted from here by the Cat thing. Unfortunately something else caught his eye, The Regretevator was leaving. It's doors closed and it disappeared like it was never there. Hyperlaser cursed.

They were going to be stuck here until it came back.

As he was focused on the Regretevator leaving he was snapped back to the current situation, the shelf he was on being shaken as the large cat-like thing climbed it. Hyperlaser quickly acted fast, his second ability could cause him to teleport if he just focused hard enough, he charged his gun before focusing on the spot where Shuriken and Vine Staff were on the ceiling. Right as the cat-like creature got to the top and tried to get its claws on Hyperlaser he disappeared in a blue light, reappearing where he was focusing.

The Cat growled and shrieked in anger as it looked at the 3 Inphernals in the rafters of the factory ceiling, going back to circling underneath them.

"So, what do we do now." Hyperlaser asked after a few moments as he looked beside him to Shuriken and Vines staff who just blinked back on him. "...Eye spy?" Suggested Shuriken after a few moments. "I'm literally a sniper. I can beat you at that game very, very easily." Hyperlaser deadpanned as he looked over at Shuriken who took that as a challenge. "Hah! Sure! Might as well do it to pass the time while that thing circles under us!" Shuriken laughed confidently. "Anyway, eye spy with my little eye..."