//------------------------------// // WEE - Part 2 // Story: Colgate Takes Acid // by Scott Grimm //------------------------------// Colgate Takes Acid - Part 2 Octavia took a few forceful steps towards Vinyl, confusion - with the slightest bit of blind fury - coated in her eyes. "Just what the hell is going on here?" Octavia cried as she flailed her right hoof up in the air. "First you call me; waking me up at an unholy hour, pleading me to come over here because you need me. And then I see you lying down on top of Colgate!" "It's not what it looks like!" Vinyl continued to plea to her marefriend. Colgate took advantage of her new found freedom and slunk away into a nearby stall, stumbling a bit along the way. "I was just holding her down against her will, preventing her from movin- Oh sweet Celestia it's as bad as it looks... But I was doing it for her own good!" "Her own good? How is that a good thing? And why have I heard stories of Colgate running a rampage throughout the club tonight?" Vinyl hung her head low in shame before responding to her. Gathering a large gulp of air, she began. "Well because, they're true. Ya see, I kind of, sort of, may of, given Colgate the slightest, tiniest, smallest most insignificant amount of acid." The truth was now out. "Acid!? You gave Colgate acid!?" Octavia snapped at Vinyl, earning her a shudder from her. Octavia swished around, taking a few paces away and then repeated the process, this time heading towards Vinyl. "How could you be so reckless as to give Colgate-" "Cakaw!" A screech could be heard above the two mares. "-Acid..." Looking up they saw their friend, perched up on the top ledge of the restroom stall. Her hooves flapping at her sides, mimicking the motions of a bird trying to take flight. Averting her sight from the bird brain above, Octavia shot a harsh glare to her marefriend who was still looking at the spectacle. Finally feeling the wrath of Octavia's glare, Vinyl too averted her eyes. "Oh come on! That's not even fair!" Vinyl flailed her hoof, pointing at Colgate. "How the hell did she even climb up there?" Giving a sigh and another turn around Octavia began to talk aloud. "I knew it." She said with a flop of her forelegs. "I just bucking knew it! I ask you one simple favor. Take Colgate out for an early birthday present while I study for my audition tomorrow. And you couldn't even do that!" Octavia thrashed herself around, coming mere inches from her maresfriends face. The two stood there still for a moment as a blue blur could be seen falling down out of the corner of their eyes. The two turned to face Colgate, her whole lower half of her body hanging above her head in an arc. She gave a goofy smile to her friends and rolled over back onto her back. Vinyl turned back to face Octavia. "And that's what I was doing. I know this kind of place isn't really her scene but I thought she might enjoy the change of pace. She wasn't getting into it, so I offered her some." Octavia turned back to Vinyl. "You just offered our friend some drugs... You seriously just said that..." "Well yeah, she's not a mind reader Tavi." Vinyl retorted "Damnit Vinyl! We've talked about this drug habit of yours! It's got to stop! I mean look at what it's done to Colgate!" Octavia pointed a hoof to the mare that was half curled up into a ball, pawing at her tail like a kitten. "Yeah but-" Octavia held up a hoof to her marefriends mouth, silencing any further arguments. Giving off a heavy sigh, Octavia asked. "How many hits did you give her exactly?" She removed her hoof from Vinyls mouth to allow her to answer. Shifting her gaze to the ceiling, Vinyl began to tap her hooves lightly together. Her mouth slightly agape, allowing a few mumbled numbers to escape. "Well?" "Umm, three? I think." "Three!?" "Well she kind of kept asking me for some more. I didn't really see the harm in it at the time." Vinyl gave a shrug. The blue mare rolled back over onto her belly and slithered back behind Octavia before flopping back down onto her back, pawing at Octavia's tail now. Falling onto her haunches, Octavia exhaled a sigh. In a much calmer voice she spoke. "So why did you call me over here?" Vinyl just pointed a hoof over at Colgate. Which in turn caused Octavia to point a hoof onto her face. "Yes, I know Colgate is the reason. But why did you need me to come over right away?" "Well I was hoping you'd help me take her home." "Take her where now?" "Home. Ya know, that place where you sleep, eat and basically live in. She's obviously tripping her mind out right now, girl can't handle her acid. She needs to crash." "She wouldn't need to if you were responsible!" Octavia stomped a hoof down onto the tiled floor below. Giving a huff Octavia's mind subsided from her rage allowing her the opportunity to question what Vinyl had just said. "Crash? What's that." Vinyl gave a little snicker as she found her obliviousness to slang terms adorable. "Crash, basically you let whatever you're on take its course - in a safe environment - and let it leave your system naturally." The explanation seemed like something straight out of a dictionary. "So you called me here to help you take her home..." "Well, I didn't really wanna call you at first. Because I knew you'd give me that 'silent disappointment' look. And there it is..." Octavia's face had become frowned. "I don't have any face like that!" "Right, well. Colgate, she's kind of a handful right now. That is why I was pinning her down earlier when you walked in. She had tried squirming her way out of here multiple times already." "So let me get this straight... You take Colgate - for her birthday - to a place that you'd enjoy. You ended up giving her not one or two hits, but three hits of acid. And then finally when she starts to loose her mind, that's when you call me in to help you. And your big master plan to solve all of this, is to just take her home..." "Umm, yeah?" Vinyl said in a voice that seemed to question Octavia's intelligence. "Oh yeah sure, right. That sounds like a great idea! Let's just take Colgate home!" Octavia bonked her hoof on her head before giving Vinyl a shocked look. "Why hadn't I thought of that? Let's just waltz on up to her home, knock on the door and when Roseluck answers we'll just tell her that you bucked up and her marefriend is tripping out on acid right now. Then after we relieve the burden off on her, we'll walk away and act like none of this happened." Octavia's tone the entire time was sarcastic, earning a frown from Vinyl. "Well when you say it like that you can make any idea sound dumb..." Vinyl gave a pout. "Vinyl sweetie, I'm not trying to make you upset but damnit, we gotta think this through." Octavia began to rub her temples from the migraine she could feel coming on. Lifting her head up she began. "First things first, we gotta deal with the cops." "Cops? Woah wait a second here. Who said anything about the cops?" Vinyl instantly broke out into a cold sweat. "There were two bouncers guarding the door out there. I had a brief encounter with one and he had made mention that the cops were coming." Octavia gave a quick once over at Vinyl before her eyes became half lidded. "Your still holding, aren't you?" "Mmhmm." Vinyl hummed. Giving a sigh, Octavia held out her hoof. "Give it here." "Tavi, Tavi, Tavi, Taviii, Taviiiiiiiiiiiii." Colgate began to chant the grey mares name as Vinyl shuffled through her saddlebags, looking for the acid. When Colgate received no answer, she grabbed the base of Vinyls tail and pulled herself up with it. "Tavvvvvviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii." Colgate drawled out in the most annoying voice Octavia could imagine a mare would have. "What?!" Octavia twisted herself around, knocking Colgate back onto the floor. Her legs all sprawled out in an awkward position, as her face withheld a serious and stern look. "Tavi, I can taste purple." Octavia's head jerked back a bit as her eyes stared off into space. Quite unsure of how she was suppose to respond to that. Colgate on the other hoof, let a satisfactory smile cross her lips as she began to laugh hysterically at Octavia. "Perfect..." Octavia huffed as she turned back over to Vinyl who was now holding the 'goods'. "Okay, hand it over Vinyl." Vinyl placed them in her hoof before asking. "What are you gonna do with them?" "I'm gonna flush them. We need to get rid of the evidence before the police show up. I am not bailing your sorry flank out of jail again." "Oh one time!" "Too many." As Octavia opened on the bathroom stalls to flush the incriminating evidence down the drain, a familiar creak was heard. The restrooms door had been opened. Within its pathway stood a policecolt. The two mares looked at the colt who in turn stared at them. Looking away, Octavia took a quick glimpse at her hoof, the acid cubes all wrapped inside a plastic baggy. Octavia gave a heavy groan at the situation. "You got to be kidding me... She thought to herself. "Everyone put your hooves in there air!" The colt demanded as he brushed a hoof against his mace can. "Tally ho lads!" Colgate yelled aloud. All three looked over to see her rump and legs, squirming through the small window that was at the top of the restroom. The policecolt instantly made a rush for the mare. "Halt! PVPD!" That line all too familiar to Vinyl. The rush was too little too late. Colgate had slipped through and landed on what sounded like some bushes. A few crunches of leafs could be heard among the hoofsteps as Colgate trotted away. Lifting himself up to look through the window, the policecolt started giving directions to his fellow colts in blue as to where the mare was heading next. "How the hell did she do th-" Vinyl muttered to herself, cut off by a sudden jerk from Octavia. The grey mare charging with her marefriend in hoof at the exit. "Come on, while he's over there looking for her through the window." Octavia said in a low hush. Vinyl was astonished to see Octavia of all mares to be running from the police, and encouraging it at that! Dropping down, the policecolt saw that the two mares were gone. Leaning his head in to his walkie-talkie, the colt gave more directions out. "I got a white and grey mare heading for the south entrance. I need assistance, over." Octavia turned the corner of the restroom alleyway, Vinyl in toe when she heard those words. Rushing for the nearest exit she gave another sigh. Tonight's going to be one looong night...