Forever

Rescue mission- (Floyd's pov)

I was talking to John about how he was so proud of us coming together as a family with Clay nudging him along with Bruce making plans to make his way back home,

That was the case until we all heard heavy ragged breathing and turned around to see branch,

"Branch baby bro-" I cut myself off as I saw merlot painted all over him, his eyes were wide as tears soaked his entire face,  all of our eyes flew wide at his blood soaked appearance,

"Branch what happened?" John was the first one to step up and take Branch only for his crying to become a new. My and Clay locked eyes confused about what was happening,

"I- I tried to help them but I froze!" What? What did he mean by try to help. Who did he try to help? Bruce shaking as he asked,

"Help who Branch? you gotta talk to us?" Bruce held his right hand as he grimaced at the gooey blood covering his palms as he tried to soothe Branch. My mind suddenly flashed to the note that Veneer left me, and suddenly my legs feel weak as I knelt down in front of him,

"Branch, Where's Veneer and poppy?" The note said that they were all together, but only Branch came back. He completely froze at hearing their names as his body betrayed him by violently shaking staring at the ground refusing to meet my gaze.

I shook him to get the haunted look off his face as our ragtag family gathered around him growing concerned at the droplets of red that covered his hands and clothes, my eyes watering as he continued to stare at the ground his eyes leaking a river of never ending tears.

"Velvet's got them both." Clay dropped the pile of sticks he was holding along with our other brothers looking at each other trying to piece together.

"What do you mean Velvet' got the both of them!" Viva's voice broke the silence as she spoke up her eyes wet as darker pink streaks settled on her cheeks. The previous king struggling to walk with his cane, his eyes glossed as he hugged Branch from behind getting him to calm down a enough to talk.

"We were by the river and everything was going well and-" I put our foreheads together as I tried to soothe him ignoring the strong sickening scent of copper that clung onto him like a second skin.

"Branch breathe, slowly and calmly tell us what happened." I tried to contain my own rage of my husband being taken as to not frighten Branch by making him feel as if it was his fault but I could feel my heart thumping as it cooked alive in the flames of my anger.

"Veneer and Poppy were painting their nails by the river as I was hunting glitter fish for the celebration tonight, then suddenly some Rageon showed up and took them both saying that Velvet needed more trolls for the rage dome show." I remember the rage dome show, it was the crowning event where Mount Rageous's artists receive the lifer award.

I remember Veneer crying back when he was a Rageon about how Velvet wasn't going to have enough of my essence for it. It's one of Mount Rageous's most prestigious awards, only given to the best artists.

Velvet was now going to torture both Veneer and Poppy with the same hell that I've been through to feed her gluttonous desires for stardom. Once she had that award her face would be plastered across their hall of fame and moved into a different place,

Glitz City, the place where all the top mount Rageon's go once they've received their lifer awards, Veneer's only mentioned it once after my initial kidnapping,

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I was still stuck in the bottle the over fragrance glass that reeked of roses made my head pound in a throbbing headache.