#how were they supposed to know the chemicals in the slime would cause the gun to spontaniously combust when the slime met the flame?

[marvel-lous-guy]

*Peter, Tony and Harley stood in the lab covered in slime and ash*

Pepper: You should all be ashamed of yourselves!

Harley: I'm not ashamed of who I am!

Tony: actually, that's our parents job

Peter: But I don't have any parents

Tony: So no one should be ashamed of you because you're perfect

Harley: my dad disappeared, does that mean I'm half perfect?

Tony: No. It means your a bigger disappointment and your mom is twice as ashamed of you

Harley: ...

Pepper: too harsh, Tony

Harley: nah, it's cool. I've said and heard much worse

Tony: who have you said worse to?

Harley: Peter

Peter: It's not that bad. I've also said and heard worse

Tony: ...said worse to who?

Peter: Harley

Pepper: ...you two have a strange bond

[reddogf13]

Escape Ch: 20

Waylon X Eddie

Summery: Waylon has been re-submerged into Murkoffs horrible tests and tortures, but insanity can never be controlled and once again mount massive is in chaos. what happens though when Murkoff decides to start Walrider from the ground up? Waylon realizes his time is on the clock and must escape. in his condition he'll need help, and there's only one who mite give it.

status: complete

rated: M - fowl language, sensitive topics, and gore

previous chap: Escape Ch: 19

next chap: Escape: Aftermath CH: 1

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~Ch:20 Leap of faith~

The sound that echoed between the two fighters was a small, unsatisfying, click.

The recognizable sound of an empty gun. Eddie's look of surprise slowly turned into a look of anger, While Blaire's grin shrunk down in fear. Blaire pulled the trigger a few more times, hearing only small clicks from the empty gun.

Waylon watched as the air around them changed, turning darker as Eddie's position changed. He recalled all the times Blaire shot at him in the maze, all 6 bullets zooming by him. Only one bullet managed to actually hit him, the last one Blaire had.

A wide grin on Eddie grew, being so large it would make the Cheshire cat jealous. Blaire swung at him with his gun, missing when Eddie dodged it. Eddie smashed a fist into Blaire's chest, snaps and cracking being heard over the rain. Blaire fell to the ground, letting out a wheezing groan, coughing up blood after.

Waylon couldn’t watch anymore after that. Eddie was going to torture Blaire and he didn’t think he had the stomach to see it all. He turned his head to look in the opposite direction. He was sure he wouldn’t be able to get up, so he stayed on the ground, no matter how cold and wet it was. It would give his body a moment to recuperate from being shot twice, jumping out a 2 story window, and running bloody through a maze.

While laying there he went in and out of an exhausted haze. Hearing mixtures of screaming, yelling, cracks, punches, scuffles, and other sounds he couldn’t properly make out. He preferred focusing on trying to stay alive, focusing more on pain or blood flowing in the water around him. At one point he was sure he blacked out, opening his eyes when Eddie started picking him up.

Eddie held him up, hugging him close to warm him up. Waylon limply held back, trying to find where his numb legs were to plant them on the ground.

“Can you stand?” Eddie asked.

“I think so.” Waylon shivered out. When his feet were planted, he slowly stood. Wincing when the pain jumped in his shot leg. Eddie allowed him to stand, keeping his arms out to catch Waylon if he collapsed. After Waylon stood for a moment, Eddie lowered his arms in the trust that Waylon could stand.

Waylon quickly examined Eddie, looking at all the fresh blood on him wash away. The flowing blood revealed a slash in his side. Perfectly round cut that was made by a bullet going by. He also spotted 2 similar ones on his right arm. One near his shoulder and the other close to his wrist.

“You okay?” Waylon asked, shivering. Based on how the two looked it seemed like Waylon shouldn’t be the one asking that question. Eddie nodded to him with a smile.

“Are you?” Eddie asked.

“I've been through worse.” Waylon smiled. He wasn’t sure if that was the truth or not.

“ I don't know the way through the maze.” Waylon said, looking at the multiple entrances they were near.

“We can figure it out. We have made it this far.” Eddie said, looking at the entrances.

“I assume if we headed in one direction we could get to the river.” Waylon said, looking in the direction he knew the river was in.

“Got nothing else to go on.” Eddie said, walking next to Waylon as they passed through a entrance.

Waylon limped along the wall, one hand against it. His whole body was in pain, but his skin was numbed from the cold. The rain had lightened up, no longer being a drenching fall. At least the rain did one good thing by cleaning off the blood and mud on both of them.

A flash of lightning bolted over head through the sky. Eddie had to catch Waylon from falling down as the light hurt him. Waylon got back up to his feet, moving quicker after the flash.

“Don't push yourself now.” Eddie said.

“I'm not, and I want to get as far away from this place as possible. We just need to reach the river, climb over the junk pile, and we'll be free from there.” Waylon said.

“We have to stop somewhere. Get dry and warm.” Eddie said, watching Waylon shiver in front of him.

“Yeah.” Waylon agreed.

“Maybe we'll have luck and a building will be nearby.” Waylon said.

The two jumped at a loud explosion, stopping when the maze lighted up. The two looked behind them, seeing bright fire appearing behind the large courtyard for a millisecond. The fire quickly died in the cold rain, turning the maze dark.

“What was that?” Waylon asked nervously.

Voices were soon heard, yelling and shouting. The beams of flash lights passing through the air. Murkoff security was coming, looking for who ever killed Blaire. Eddie gently pushed Waylon forward to make him move.

“We have to get out they're blowing up the maze. ” Waylon said, limping quickly down the pathways. Another explosion of fire destroyed more maze walls. Dirt and small pieces of concrete raining down over Waylon and Eddie as they hurried through.

Waylon felt overwhelming relief as they exited the maze. His relief was soon shattered at the river. The small pile of junk they were suppose to easily climb over, was anything but that. It was a massive dam of junk that was around 30 feet high. Blocking the only exit they had between the narrow space of mountains.

“How could I have made this mistake.” Waylon thought. When he first saw the blockage, about a thousand and eighty feet away, it was very clearly seen from a distance. He should have known it would have been bigger up close. He never thought of it though, he was too happy knowing there was an escape. The river, that was also seen from afar, was massive. having quick rapids that ended shortly with a waterfall to more lethal rapids.

“Still climb it?” Waylon said, looking at the unclimbable junk. He had no other ideas.

“Smells like chemicals over here.” Eddie said. Another explosion in the maze lit up the junk. Waylon noticed a thick sludge dripping from the barb wire that twisted along the wall. By the smell and recognizable thick oil look, Waylon knew it was that junk Andrew had when he stabbed his leg with a needle.

“We can't climb this.” Waylon said. he looked at the multiple dead body’s tangled up and shredded in the barb fire. The corpses seemed fresh in the uncut areas, while the rest were pus filled rot. “It's covered in that infecting slime oil.” Waylon said.

“How do we get by it?” Eddie asked.

“...I don't know. This was all I had.” Waylon said, fearing of being trapped clouding over him. Waylon looked around to try and spot an exit. The maze was behind him, the river was in front covered and surrounded by the toxic junk dam. The only escape available was the steep drop of the ice cold water fall. Who knew what could be at the bottom of that. more sharp junk or jagged rocks?

Another explosion in the maze, more yelling being heard, then it went abnormally quiet very fast. Waylon and Eddie paused, watching the maze, they knew something was wrong. Waylon heard an odd far off thudding or chopping noise.

“Do you hear that?” Waylon asked, looking at Eddie.

“It's a helicopter.” Eddie growled at the air, staring in the direction of a moving spot light. It was heading towards them, getting louder as it approached. “we need to run or hide. It will shoot us when it gets here.” Eddie said.

“I-I don’t have anything. We cant climb, the maze is a death trap!” Waylon said frantically.

“What if we jump?” Eddie said, bringing Waylon to the edge of the sheer drop next to the water fall.

“What?! No, no, no, no!” Waylon repeated, shaking his head.

“We can't make that. There could be sharp rocks at the bottom. If we manage to miss the rocks, the rapids would either drown us or smash us into other rocks down the line.” Waylon said, looking down the waterfall. Feeling sick at the site while thinking of jumping.

“Sounds better then getting shot by a helicopter.” Eddie said, jumping across large rocks in the river.

“What are you doing??!!” Waylon asked, looking quickly back at the enclosing helicopter.

“Better chance of surviving if we jump from the middle of the waterfall.” Eddie said, being half way there. Waylon looked back and forth from the raging river to the lethal helicopter. He cautiously jumped to the first rock, almost losing his footing on the sleek surface.

He took deep breaths, regaining him self to jump to the next rock. He avoided looking off the waterfall at all cost till he made it to the middle rock with Eddie. Waylon felt sick, going pale as he glanced at the jump they were to make.

“I don’t think I can do this.” Waylon said, sickness in his tone. He kept breathing deeply to avoid hyperventilating uncontrollably.

“You have to. Just close your eyes and jump.” Eddie said, his voice being hard to hear. The helicopter shined its bright spot light on the two, hovering over them. The blasting wind the helicopter caused was complicating things. It was becoming harder to stay on the rock.

Waylon stared at the crashing water below them. He sucked in a breath of air when Eddie grabbed his hand. Waylon glanced at him, both preparing to jump. The preparation being cut shorter then Waylon liked as bullets shot down onto there rock. Both jumped after the first bullet sparked against the rock.

The fall was the quickest thing to pass, the longest was trying to resurface. Waylon had released Eddie during the fall, losing all site of him. Waylon thrashed uncontrollably in the water, his body reminding him that he was unable to swim. He was suffocating till the rapids pushed him out of the water for just a small moment. He continued thrashing, managing to gain some time above water and take a quick glance.

He saw the helicopter hovering where they leaped, the site getting far very fast. He looked around for the time he could, desperate to find Eddie in the rapids. He was pulled under the surface, thrashing again to get up or grab a hold of something.

Underneath the water he slammed against the rocky riverbed. The sharp rocks repeatedly cut or scrapped his skin, blood passing by his vision in a cloud. His fear of dying sparked the engine alive. his body already being in so much pain and numbed from freezing water, the engine couldn’t add much. The swirling dark blurred world around him being hard for the engine to distort with nothing to focus on.

Waylon breached the surface again, gasping and hacking at the air. He searched around again, the white rapids he saw around him being red with blood. The engine took advantage of this focusing, turning the whole river to blood. Waylon didn’t care, being more focused on finding Eddie then swimming in blood.

“Eddie!” Waylon yelled, the last bit turning into a gargle when a flash of water pushed him under. He thrashed again to the surface, hacking out water he sucked in. he looked around, listening for a possible answer. He was pushed down again as the rapids dipped down along a slope.

The dips made Waylon hectically spin with the moving water. He could feel himself smashing into large rocks or scraping along the rocky floor. More blood stirring up in his view. He coughed up water when he made it back to the surface.

“Eddie!” Waylon barely coughed out before he was dragged under again. He thrashed again, his brain switching from finding Eddie to just surviving. He broke the surface again, thrashing to stay up this time. He hacked and wheezed in air, his mind wondering when this would ever end as this seemed like an eternity.

Fear was setting in as his energy depleted to the last drop. His arms were stiff from the cold and weak from thrashing so strongly to just break the surface. He slowly sank away from the surface, thrashing no longer being strong enough to get up. The world around him was still and black, the sound of rushing water muffled.

Waylon shut his eyes as he sank, feeling the cold air on his hand that just made it past the surface. His chest painfully constricted from lack of air, the next breath he would made would only contain water. Waylon was about to succumb when he felt something grab his hand.

His eyes shot open as he broke the surface. Gasping, hacking, and coughing up water as he was dragged onto a large rock. Past the rock he was laid down on the graveled shore of the river. He coughed a bit more, seeing Eddie sit down next to him. He looked at Eddies back, staring at the long gash that curved up along his spine and over.

After regaining some strength, he sat up and scooted close to Eddie. He leaned on him and hugged his arm. The two were silent, slowly gaining there breath and energy from fighting the river.

“…Still wanna get married?” Waylon asked. Both of them chuckled.

“If you want to.” Eddie said, hugging Waylon. Waylon looked around them, seeing thick forest behind. The river in front of them was calmly flowing, the rapids ending after the long slope that curved. Waylon's attention was grabbed by Eddie speaking.

“Lots of stars.” Eddie said, looking up. Waylon looked up at the sky, amazed by the thousands of stars he could see.

“We must be deep between the mountains.” Waylon said.

“One step closer to heaven.” Waylon thought. Remembering what Eddie had said so long ago. He looked across the sky. His gaze ended at a small amount of specked light on the dark horizon.

“Looks like a city.” Waylon said, causing Eddie to look in the direction he stared at.

“We'll each it around the next sunset if we start walking.” Eddie said, looking at the speckled area of light.

“A walk in the forest is nothing.” Waylon said, starting to stand. Eddie stood up with him, helping him stand and walk down the bank.

“Think you'll be okay for it?” Eddie asked.

“I think we both will.” Waylon smiled, hugging Eddie.

The end

[auspicioustarantula]

good song lyrics as prompts > part one

01. “if death is the last appointment, then we’re all just sitting in the waiting room.” - church, fall out boy

02. “they’re the dogs - no, they’re the slimes who hurt nice girls for real nice times.” - dogfight, dogfight.

03. “what if everyone saw? what if everyone knew? would they like what they saw? or would they hate it too?” - words fail, dear evan hansen

04. “i’m just a kid, and life is a nightmare.” - i’m just a kid, simple plan

05. “if there were any more left of me, i’d give it to you.” - heaven’s gate, fall out boy

06. “you’re the one habit i just can’t kick.” - heaven’s gate, fall out boy

07. “now shut your dirty mouth, if i could burn this town, i wouldn’t hesitate.” - choke, i don’t know how but they found me

08. “in the crowd alone, and every passing second reminds me i’m not home.” - happy little pill, troye sivan

09. “we got scars reminding us that we got hearts that bleed.” - tears, the tragic thrills

10. “and every morning when i wake up, i wanna be who i couldn’t say i’d ever been.” - say amen (saturday night), panic! at the disco

11. “it’s time to do it now and do it loud - killyjoys, make some noise!” - na na na (na na na na na na na na na), my chemical romance

12. “one of those nights, when you leave me for no reason, i’ll give you a reason.” - one of THOSE nights, the cab

13. “help, i lost myself again, but i remember you.” - six feet under, billie eilish

14. “i was your amber, but now xe’s your shade of gold.” - stone cold, demi Lovato

15. “if happy is xir, i’m happy for you.” - stone cold, demi Lovato

16. “i know that you don’t want me here.” - 6/10, dodie

17. “this town will never change, people come and go, it’s all the same.” - idle town, conan gray

18. "ive got guns in my head and they won't go; spirits in my head and they won't go." - spirits, strumbellas

19. “i turn to you, you’re all i see; our love’s a monster with two heads and one hearbeat.” - 2 heads, coleman hell

20. “i meant it when i said what’s mine is yours.” - the things we used to share, thomas sanders

21. “if i weren’t so selfish i could hear your calls for help.” - i still make her cry, the strumbellas

22. “but every sun doesn’t rise, and no one tells you where you went wrong.” - waving through a window, dear evan hansen. 

23. “hold on to me, ‘cause i’m a little unsteady.” - unsteady, x ambassadors 

24. “but then i got drunk, and i forgot what i was talking about.” - wilson (expensive mistakes), fall out boy

25. “if i can get my shit together, i’m gonna run away, and never see any of you again.” - wilson (expensive mistakes), fall out boy

26. “alright dude, go trip over a knife.” - my boy, billie eilish

27. “i wish i could get you out of my mind, but i think about it all the time.” - escape my mind, grace vanderwaal

28. “see how we pretend, but we’re not friends, and we’re not lovers.” - tempt my trouble, bishop briggs

29. “i keep messing with your head; you keep messing up my bed.” - tempt my trouble, bishop briggs

30. “that’s the beauty of a secret, you know you’re supposed to keep it.” - strange love, halsey

31. “i love the way xe plays it cool, i think that xe is beautiful.” - she’s so lovely, scouting for girls

32. “if you wanna start a fight, you better throw the first punch, make it a good once.” - the good, the bad, and the dirty - panic! at the disco

33. “you’ve been gone so long, i forgot what you feel like.” - the good, the bad, and the dirty - panic! at the disco

34. “did you know i've been running all my life?” - young & wild, the strumbellas

35. “i’ll follow you into the dark.” - i will follow you into the dark, death cab for cutie

36. “but i realized that i need you, and i wondered if i could come home.” - first day of my life, bright eyes

37. “the way you smile i know you’re new.” - don’t wanna wake up, the score

38. “i’d burn it down, i’d light it up; for you, i’d risk it all.” - risk it all, the vamps

39. “we fit so right, so what’s going on?” - saturday sun, vance joy

40. “if you could love me again, i could let go of everything.” - outer space / carry on, five seconds of summer

41. “baby, if you hold me, then all of this will go away.” - budapest, george ezra

42. “first date, last night...not quite what you pictured, but all right.” - first date / last night, dogfight

43. “don’t tell anyone, or you’ll be just another regret.” - dirty little secret, all-american rejects

44. “didn’t have a dime but i always had a vision.” - high hopes, panic! at the disco

45. “it started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this?” - mr. brightside, the killers

46. “when you love somebody, you put your pants on for them.” - the pants song, be more chill

47. “seems like one of those ‘where did i go wrong days’? can’t stop crying and i guess i’m not so strong days.” - cute boys with short haircuts, vanities

48. “i was born sick, but i love it.” - take me to church, hozier

49. “i can see good intentions, but we tear them apart.” - chasin’ honey, wild party

50. “life’s too short to even care at all.” - cough syrup, young the giant