One of the themes I've been developing throughout this story is the contrast between Blinky and Greeny's leadership. Blinky's the more selfless team leader whereas Greeny is completely full of himself. We must be leaders for the sake of other people, not ourselves. Otherwise, stuff like this happens...

Chapter 23

“Clyde, you alright now?” Violet asked him. He had woken up from his nap two minutes before.

“I guess so,” Clyde sighed. “Are you?”

“Yeah,” Violet replied. “I think we all felt similar to how you did.”

“I know I did,” Blinky told them. “We had meetings every day about this mission and we’ve bonded so well together over it. Now it’s suddenly over. Pac-Man knows this wasn’t a real maze he knows your team exists and he’s probably bragging about his victory to everyone. This was a one-shot mission and now it’s done.”

“I think the bond we’ve made… two teams coming together as one… is worth it,” Violet began. “If you and Greeny didn’t have that conversation at the arcade, we would have kept going with our own separate missions. And you guys would have had to do all that… by yourselves. Without our technology, without any additional feedback and ideas… it would’ve been so much harder on you guys. Now we can say that all eight of us tried and that something good came out of it.”

“You’re right,” Clyde sniffed. “I think I can speak for my whole team that this was the coolest mission we’ve ever been on.”

Blinky smiled. “I agree. We put more effort into this than anything we’ve ever done before and the feeling of accomplishing all that when Pac-Man arrived was unbelievably amazing. Thank you Greeny Violet Silver and Bronze for being a part of this journey.”

“No problem,” Greeny responded.
After fifteen seconds of silence, Pinky asked Blinky,
“Should we go home now?”

“Yeah,” Blinky answered.

“I hope to see you guys again,” Violet told Blinky’s team.

“Bye, Violet. I hope so too,” Clyde replied.
Blinky’s team slowly opened the entrance to the building and traveled home. Greeny’s team stayed behind to talk.

“It stinks the mission ended like this, but that was so much fun for me! I see why Blinky’s team loves chasing Pac-Man all the time. I loved every second of it,” Greeny commented.

“Hey Greeny, I have to talk to you about something, just you and I, for a minute…” Violet announced, not planning on this until just now.

“Uh, sure, Violet. Let’s go over to this hallway on the left,” Greeny suggested.

“We’ll wait outside,” Bronze told Greeny and Violet.
Once Greeny and Violet were in a different hallway, Violet spoke up, slightly afraid of what could happen. “Greeny, the day we painted the entrance hallway, there was a reason I stayed behind.”

“Oh really? Why would you do that?” Greeny asked angrily.

“I was talking to Clyde… about you…” Violet started to tell him.

“What about me? Something great I should hear?” Greeny smiled.

“No, actually,” Violet answered. “We’ve been leading our team for so long, but lately I’ve noticed you don’t seem to have a team mindset. I’ve talked to Silver and Bronze about this before, and they agree… the way you act around us shows that you care more about leading this team than about the team itself. You kept trying to make yourself look good for Blinky’s team, and--”

“ENOUGH!” Greeny boomed. “As you said, I’ve been leading this team for so long--”

“We,” Violet corrected him.

“You know what I MEANT!” Greeny shouted, gradually
increasing in volume with every word. “Leading this team for so long and now you’re going to complain to me? What are you trying to say, that I’m not a good leader?! Well, maybe YOU’RE NOT A GOOD LEADER! I keep having to CONSTANTLY tell you not to be so calm and easy on Silver and Bronze! That’s not how you get them to obey. And it’s harder to work things out when you and I have two different strategies, or… MINDSETS! And now you’re trying to tell me that SILVER and BRONZE DON’T LIKE ME? That’s absolutely unacceptable! You’ve crossed the line big time. We just failed a HUGE mission and you choose to COMPLAIN and make it WORSE?! Well GET OUT OF HERE! GET OFF MY TEAM! I DON’T NEED YOUR ATTEMPT AT HELP TO BE SUCCESSFUL. GO BACK HOME AND FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DO. I… I can’t believe this is even happening… well, why are you still here? WHAT I SAID IS FINAL!!!”

Violet silently left the building. She slowly approached Silver and Bronze.

“Oh my, I’m so sorry--” Silver began. They had heard the last couple sentences Greeny screamed.

“I did it, guys, and I guess I’m gone. I’ll miss this team,” Violet told them in a rush. She cried the second she left them. They said goodbye and waited for Greeny to come out.