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(canon divergent)
SMG4 was just chilling on the couch, making youtube videos on his laptop, when he heard a knock on the door of the SMG4 castle. He couldn’t think about who it could possibly be, since the entire crew was in the castle after they got transported into Mr. Puzzles’ “game show spectacular”. He got up cautiously, it could be a stranger, or worse, a door-to-door salesperson!
SMG4 opened the door to see the tall figure of Mr. Puzzles in the doorway, but something was… different…
“Mr. Puzzles?! We don’t want to see you! Get out!” SMG4 shouted.
“You have to help me…” the voice wasn’t Mr. Puzzles, it was less dramatic and a little bit deeper, too.
“Who… are you?” SMG4 asked, looking back into the castle to see if anyone was around.
“My name is Alexander. My body was stolen by… Mr. Puzzles, did you say?” Alexander replied, his voice just above a whisper.
“Why should I believe you’re not just one of his stupid minions?!” SMG4 asked loudly.
“I don’t really know who he is!” Alexander shouted, “I only know his name because you called me by it.”
“Hm…” SMG4 put his hand to his chin, looking down, “I guess that makes sense…”
“What makes sense?” Alexander asked
“Mr. Puzzles, he would need a new body to successfully mess with us again.”
“Mess with you?” Alexander asked, his screen displaying a question mark.
“The body you’re inhabiting… Mr. Puzzles is kind of a prick.” SMG4 said.
“That explains a lot actually.” Alexander said.
SMG4 opened the door a bit wider and gestured for Alexander to come in. Alex had to crouch down to fully fit in the doorframe. Meggy came down the stairs, yawning.
“What’s going on?” She asked, noticing Alexander, “Mr. Puzzles?! Why would you let him in here, 4?!”
“That’s not Mr. Puzzles.” SMG4 replied.
Alexander turned around to see Meggy, and Meggy noticed the different screen.
“Um… hi..? I’m Alexander…” Alexander said awkwardly, “I’m definitely in a predicament right now…”
Alexander chuckled, Meggy didn’t return the favor. She turned around and went back to her room, not wanting to deal with this whole situation.
“Sorry…” Alexander muttered.
“It’s not your fault Mr. Puzzles is doing this.” SMG4 said, putting a hand on Alexander’s arm, “it’s gonna be OK.”
Alexander blushed, looking away from SMG4.
“Do you mind explaining to me what happened?” SMG4 asked.
“Well, since I am half TV, I can connect to any device with a screen or sound system and it’ll switch with me. Mr. Puzzles took advantage of that fact and is using MY body for who knows what!” Alexander explained.
“Why can’t you just find him and switch back?” SMG4 asked
“Well, being in something like a TV or a microwave, it’s easier to switch back, since the objects are inanimate. But with another living being, they’d need to somehow consent to me switching with them.” Alexander explained.
“Well then how did he hijack your body?” SMG4 asked.
“Well, we were friends…” Alexander said, blushing and looking away, “he made me think it would just be a temporary thing… then he ran off and I’m too drained to connect to his body.”
“Thats horrible. When I get my hands on him-” SMG4 didn’t finish his sentence.
Alexander pulled his knees to his chest, he hadn’t really been ‘possessed’ by Mr. Puzzles. This was a ploy so that Mr. Puzzles could trap the SMG4 crew once again. He’d bring the SMG4 crew to Mr. Puzzles hideout and get them back into his head to brainwash them.
“Where do you think he went?” SMG4 asked, breaking Alexanders guilty silence.
“I don’t know, does he have a secret hideout?” Alexander asked in reply.
“If he does, I bet me and SMG3 could find it!” SMG4 said confidently
“Thank you.” Alexander replied