*Biz's pov...*

With Stella carrying me in her hands, we made our way to Zarling's old lab at last. But little did we know that we were in for a surprise.

"Someone was here before." Stella said.

"And they broke the tape." Solei added, pointing to the ripped pieces of Do Not Cross tape.

"Well, we have to find the pieces anyway, so let's head in." Lyn said.

We all headed in and turned on the lights. The room was, from the look of it, abandoned and not used in a long time. There were shelves with boxes of spare parts. Hopefully, one or two of these are the parts we are looking for!

We spread out and searched through the boxes of spare parts, but each one turned up empty. Not a spare battery or button in sight.

Snowfall came running in with the device that shrank us in the first place. I decided to take a closer look. I saw some writing on the battery: Warning: this battery cannot be replaced. The idea that it was irreplaceable caused my heart to shatter! Is this really how it is going to end? Are we going to be small...forever?

Chiz's shy, quiet footsteps came up from behind. I knew exactly what she was going to say.

"Captain, I-" Chiz stuttered.

"Just don't speak. I need a moment to think." I said in the calmest yet firm voice I could muster.

I don't know what it is right now.
Anger?
Regret?
But something in the back of my mind kept making me think of slapping Chiz. It made me want to do it so bad!

*Chiz's pov...*

I knew I messed up when I shrunk the two of us, but now that there are no replacement parts to fix the machine, I feel more guilty than ever. I just know that I'm in deep trouble for this.
And to think that someday, I'm going to be Captain. At this rate, I'll be fired before I know it! And there's perfectly good reason for it too.
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Welp. That's a change of events. You'll have to thank my friend Cala for that. Heh *scratches back of neck*

-pinkninja out