[My first fanfiction! Please read and review!]

"All of his co-workers were gone. What could it-"

The Narrator stopped mid-sentence.

"W-wait a minute..what the-?"

The Narrator looked around. He was in Stanley's office.

"Hold on, if I'm down here then- Stanley!" The Narrator's head turned towards the ceiling. "Stanley are you up there? Say something!"

The Narrator waited for a response. Then it dawned on him that Stanley couldn't talk. He looked down, embarrassed.

"Oh-heheh, right. Uh..Stanley? See that microphone?" The Narrator waited a minute for Stanley to look.

"Just, um, tap the microphone once for yes, twice for no, alright?" Tap.

"Okay, great. Now, see the keyboard?" Tap.

"Alright, there should be a large red button at the corner. See it?" Tap.

"Good. Stanley I need you to press it."

A moment of hesitation passed.

"Don't worry, its not a nuclear detonator. Its the reset button."

"I want you to reset the game. It might fix everything."

"I know its hard, but don't worry. Hopefully you won't forget any-"

"All of his co-workers were.." The Narrator looked around."..damn it."

"Well, that didn't help."

"Stanley, do you still remember everything?" Tap.

"Excellent. Well, maybe it might work if you try it agai-"

"All of his co.. crap."

Nothing changed.

"Stanley? You still there?" Tap.

"Alright! There's no possible way it could fail now! Let's give it another go!"

"This should-"

"All of his- OH COME ON." The Narrator sighed in defeat.

"Okay now, clearly, the reset button won't be of use anymore." The Narrator put a hand to his forehead and tried to clear his head.

"What to do.. um, hold on. I believe I need a minute to think here. Just walk in circles for a minute..or something."

Upon saying this, The Narrator sat down on the nearest chair and started thinking.

'Okay..so the reset button won't work. Why would that be? Surely that would fix everything. Even the name says it should work! Reset button. Reset. Re. Set. By that specific naming, it should RE-SET Stanley and I to our original positions. So why wouldn't it work?'

'Maybe my reasoning could still be correct. What other choices are there? I could kill myself..which would reset the game, and would be much too painful for my liking. Let's see..I could activate server cheats and hack this place back to normal..but I would just end up in my serious room before I would be able to do anything.'

'What else?'

'Maybe..I could play the game through! Yes, that sounds brilliant! I should go through the Freedom Ending!'

'Yes, this should work. Since it IS the Freedom Ending. Free. Dom. Its basically the words "free" and "done"..minus the "m" plus an "n" and "e."'

'Yes.. free and done. Free from this parable. Done with this problem. Free to be The Narrator again. Done with being Stanley.'

'Another victory for logic!'

The Narrator smiled confidently and looked back up at the ceiling.

"Alright, I'm done! I've figured it out, Stanley!"

...No response came.

"Ehm.. Stanley? Are you there?" A bit of shuffling is heard.

"Oh..were you really walking around in circles this whole time?" A moment of hesitation...tap.

"Wow..okay, nevermind. That's not the point. The point is, I've found out how to fix everything!" A sigh.

"Wha-? What's the sigh for? Aren't you glad that I've discovered the solution?" A quick tap.

"Yes? Then why did you.. oh." A thought occurred to him.

"You're the narrator now..so you've been hearing my thoughts?" Tap.

"Ah..well I won't put you through that again. At least I won't have to repeat myself.."

...A short and awkward silence.

The Narrator cleared his throat. "Ahem. Well, let's go then."

[Okay, here's my contribution to the fandom.. since it is very small.]

[Please review! This is THE VERY FIRST fanfiction I've ever written, so I'm sure there are mistakes. Please correct any you find. Thanks!]