Behavior Help from Fred

Fein was brought out of the room and pushed back to his cell. He wasn't really as confused about what happened as much as he was secretly terrified.

"How did I do?" Fein asks the Dot pushing him around, hoping for something like congratulating him for cooperating.

"Your treatment will most likely start tomorrow, Herchel." The dot blankly states.

"Treatment?" Fein and Lumo speak in unison. "I hope it doesn't have anything to do with needles." Fein says alone to the Dot. "I hate needles."

"Mr. Hershel, I assure you no needles will be involved." The Dot reassures Fein. "We also assure you that if any harm is done to you, you will be entitled to up to 1 million dollars."

"Great..." Fein sarcastically whispers to himself. "That sounds... great."

After Fein said this, a stranger runs through Ethan and knocks Fein out of his wheelchair. The stranger turned the corner and startled the Dot pushing Fein. The Dot in particular pulled out a black button and proceeded to hit it.

With the button press, Fein braced himself for sirens or... something, but nothing happened. Ethan got up, while being a bit shaken about being ran over, the other Dots that got their wheelchairs knocked over continued as normal, and the Dot Fein was with, ordered him to get back into the wheelchair.

"What was that?" Fein and Ethan asked in unison. Fein in a more aggressive tone, Ethan in a more confused tone.

"Don't worry about it." The Dot continues to push Fein's wheelchair down the hall. "We are almost in your room."

"Ah yes," Joseph sarcastically says, putting up his hands. "Our 'room'."

"Wait." Fein questions again. "Will I have something to eat beforehand?"

The Dot doesn't answer. She just keeps pushing, and Fein just keeps sitting. Fein was trying to think up something to pass the time, maybe something to talk about with his friends... and Difemanim. All this was useless though as he had arrived back to his cell.

Fein tries to get out of the wheelchair, but the Dot just dumps him out of it, walks out of the cell, and the cell door slams close.

Fein sits in silence, waiting for his friends to say something, anything... but they don't. The silence resumes for a good 5 minutes. During the silence, he hears muffled screaming in his head. He assumes it's Nel, but all his friends sound like him, so he isn't sure.

"Hey," A new, yet familiar voice tells Fein, accompanied by a pat of his shoulder. The voice sounds like Fein's, but a bit lighter and calming.

"Ethan?" Fein turns around.

"What?" Ethan responds, not knowing what Fein is talking about.

"Ahem!" A new friend tries to get the attention of everyone else. "That wasn't Ethan, it was me."

"SIMON!?" Fein asks in delight.

"Eh...." The new friend awkwardly pauses. "It's Fred, but you were close."

"Alright," Joseph pulls out his handgun and points it at Fred. "We aren't going to have anymore friends join this clusterfu-" Ethan walks in the way and lowers Joseph's gun.

"I know Fred has been shown as useless most of the time," Ethan justifies. "But that doesn't mean Fred hasn't done anything useful. Let him speak."

"Ethan, Joseph, Lumo, Fein." Fred lists. Fred stares at Fein. "Nel..." Fred says in a disappointed tone before turning to Difemanim. "And.... Whoever you are. Difemanim I heard. I've never seen you before, sooooo." Fred stops himself from rambling and gets to his point. "Okay, do any of you know why we are here?"

Ethan responds, saying "We burned down our-"

"I know that." Fred calmly says. "But do any of you remember the incident?"

Everyone shakes their heads.

"Okay, while I might have an idea," Fred turns to Fein again. "I need to have a word with you."

The other friends talk to each other while Fein gets closer to Fred. "Yeah?" Fein asks. "What was it that you wanted to tell me?"

"Listen here, you little shit." Fred whispers in a threatening tone. "I know YOU most likely didn't burn down the house. I know you, and we both know that no matter how blasted you were that night, there is no way that you could've done that. So if the others don't trust you, just know I trust you."

"Nice to know that I trust myself." Fein sarcastically whispers. "But do you have any idea on who did it."

"Plenty." Fred confirms. "Joseph, Hans, Simon, Johnson, or maybe even a new friend we both don't know about... or, do we?"

"What do you mean?" Fein asks.

"Difemanim." Fred whispers. "I don't remember ever seeing him at ALL before this."

"He told me that he wasn't a friend though." Fein tries to shoot down the option. "So it can't be him, right?"

"What proof do we have that he isn't one of us?" Fred rightly asks.

"I don't know," Fein honestly answers. "I'll try to test him."

"Okay, one last thing." Fred concludes. "I still don't trust Patrick. I have a creeping suspicion that he's behind this."

"Yeah... not so sure about that last one." Fein shakes his open palm. "But I'll consider the option. I think Claire might have just put me here, worrying about me."

"Wuh- DID YOU NOT HEAR ME?" Fred whisper-shouts as Fein starts to walk away. "COME BACK HERE!"

Fein walks up to Difemanim, who is talking to Joseph. Even though Joseph is literally a figment of Fein's imagination, Fein didn't know about what they were talking about.

"Hello, sir!" Joseph stands in a straight position with his arms behind his back.

"Hey Difemanim." Fein ignores Joseph. "What exactly are you?"

"I'm Difemanim." Difemanim bluntly answers.

"Yeah, I get that." Fein tries to restate his question. "But what exactly is Difemanim?"

"Well, it depends." Difemanim squats. "Difemanim has meant many things in many places. But over all, it has meant the greatest... eagle."

"Greatest Eagle?" Fein asks. "That sounds like greatest evi-"

"Yeah I know that." Difemanim whispers. "It's just a coincidence. You are very lucky to have me helping you."

"How are you helping me?" Fein asks.

Difemanim doesn't respond. The three of them stare at each other for a while until Fred interrupts the group's silence.

"Alright!" Fred awkwardly states. "It's time for us to sleep."

"I don't feel sleepy!" Lumo burst into the conversation. "I feel pumped!"

"Shut up." Ethan tells Lumo. "We all are extremely tired. I personally have a headache, but Fein hasn't eaten yet."

"I don't think I'm gonna be eating in a while." Fein says while sitting down.

Fein instantly falls on his back as Nel pops into existence in front of him. Nel looks furious.

"IDIOTS!" Nel points at the other with a shaking hand. "WE'RE GONNA STARVE CUZ YOU PUSHOVER BITCHES DON'T HAVE NO SPINE!"

"Is he okay?" Difemanim asks Ethan while pointing toward Fein.

"We're still here, so yeah." Ethan answered.

"YOU!" Nel stomps over toward Joseph. "WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK DID WERE YOU THINKING?!"

"You know I could just, like, shoot you." Joseph points his gun at Nel. "right now."

Nel grabs the gun and crunches it into dust. Nel then looks at Joseph and walks off into the corner of the cell to violently shake and curse to himself.

"Anyways," Fred turns to Ethan and Fein. "We can survive without food for a day. Now let's sleep."

Fred hands Fein a cup that is full of something. Fein drinks the liquid and falls to the ground.

"Was that poison?!" Difemanim asks in shock.

"It was just a bit of mercury." Fred giggles to himself. "I'm kidding. It was a placebo juice. The juice isn't even real."

"What will happen with you guys?" Difemanim asks the friends.

"We'll be gone in a few minutes." Ethan looks at his wrist. "You get used to it."

"You guys are gonna leave me for 12 hour?" Difemanim says in a worried tone.

"You're going to, fella." Joseph tells Difemanim.

"No... I don't think you're right." Difemanim tries to tell him, but it's too late. The friends are no longer there. He is just left alone in the cell.

A deep loneliness sets in on Difemanim. He starts to think about the things he's seen. The bad, the worst, and the possibilities. Fein and the friends were so nice to him, he can't bear being without them. He decides to leave the cell and explore during the night.

Before he does, he decides to leave a bowl of rice for Fein when he wakes up. He wanted to do something for his new friend. After doing so, Difemanim explores Get Wells.