ANDERSON HOME

The next day, I slowly walks inside with a Jen's Diner takeout bag. And I put the spare key on the key rack.

"Aiden?" I said, slowly walks into the living room, gently sets down the Jen's takeout bag on the coffee table.

I slowly walks up the stairs and walks down the hallway and into Aiden's bedroom to see him, shirtless, with his blue Viper tattoo on his right side upper arm, a small Hawk tattoo on his right side chest, and wearing a pair of navy blue knee length sweatpants.

He's doing pull-ups on a bar.

"Aiden?" I said to him.

Aiden looks at me. "Hey, Shortcake." He greeted me with a small smile, and gently leaps down on the carpet floor.

"Nice Hawk tattoo." I said to him, referring to his small Hawk tattoo on his right side chest.

"Yeah, I asked Shane, he's a pretty good tattoo designer." Aiden said.

I become worried. "You're really into the MMA thing, aren't you?"

"Yeah, I am." Aiden said.

"I have takeout from Jen's." I said to him.

"Okay." Aiden said. "And no, I'm not gonna let the MMA thing change me."

"Good." I said to him.

Aiden and I exchange small smiles at each other.

"You've been training yourself, haven't you?" I asked him.

"Yeah, I have." Aiden said, putting on a light blue sleeveless shirt to go along with his navy blue knee length sweatpants. "I have another match fight this evening."

"Okay." I said to him.

Aiden and I exchange small smiles at each other.

*~*~*

In the living room, Aiden and I are sitting on the three seat sofa, and we've ate our diner takeout food, which a cheeseburger sliders, onion rings and soda pops.

"Thanks for the takeout diner food." Aiden said to me, taking a swig of his orange soda pop.

"You're welcome, and if you're gonna MMA fighting this evening, you're gonna need your strength." I said to him.

Aiden looks at me and small smiles. I small smile back at him.

*~*~*

THE NIGHTLINGRIFF SPEAKEASY NIGHTCLUB

I slowly walks down the four steps and into the main room. Quintora Kean is sitting at the bar counter with her martini cocktail.

"Hi, Quintora." I greeted her, slowly walks up to her, and sits down beside her at the bar counter.

"I know you were there at the Blue Waves Swimming Center, Angie." Quintora tells me and looks at me. "It's where I do my MMA fights."

"How?" I asked her.

"Oh, please, don't make me out as a fool. You don't have pink hair." Quintora said to me. "And by the way, girls also MMA fights too."

"I'm not interested, thanks, but no thanks." I said, declining her attempt to persuade me into MMA fights.

"Your boyfriend, Aiden, likes MMA, I can tell. I know he doesn't want the cash." Quintora said.

"Why are you really here in Arrington, Quintora?" I asked her.

"A little bit of business." Quintora said to me, drinking the rest of her martini drink. "I'll see you around, Angie."

Quintora gets up to her feet and looks at me again. "You're a smart person, Angie. I would so dislike if your best friends or Aiden gets hurt."

Quintora and I exchange mildly tense looks at each other and she walks away.

*~*~*

JEN'S DINER

That afternoon, Yvonne, Robyn and I are sitting in a booth table across from each other.

"Quintora practically threatened me saying if my best friends or Aiden gets hurt. She must know that we're on to her." I said to Yvonne and Robyn.

"What about Aiden? Is he gonna be at the Blue Waves Swimming Center for the MMA fight?" Robyn asked me.

"Yeah, he's been training for a match fight that he has this evening." I replied to Robyn. "I'm gonna be there at the MMA fight."

"And from what you told me and Robyn about Quintora Kean's mischievous intentions for her MMA fights, she's scheming something." Yvonne said to me.

"Quintora's scheming with Quinton Kiermont." I said. "But guys, I have an unsettling vibe about Quintora."

Yvonne, Robyn and I exchange worried looks at each other.

Angie (VO) If I'm right about Quintora Kean, and whatever mischievous scheme that she has up her sleeves, she's definitely up to something. And so is, Quinton Kiermont.

*~*~*

BLUE WAVES SWIMMING CENTER

That evening, Me and the Saunders Gang are sitting on the poolside, along with a crowd, cheering on Aiden, shirtless with his tattoos, with his boxer fingerless gloves and his navy blue knee length sweatpants.

And he's fighting Quinton Kiermont, who's shirtless, wearing a pair of boxer fingerless gloves and gray sweatpants. He has two Rose tattoos, one on his upper left shoulder and one on his right side chest.

Quinton and Aiden exchange punches to each other as they MMA fight and they both have a few bruises on their faces.

The crowd cheers them on, waving their cash.

Quinton gets an upper hand and knees Aiden in his stomach, making him cough, and he falls on the pool floor, clutching his stomach.

"Get up, Aiden?!" Quinton Kiermont exclaimed, pacing back and forth, eyeing him like a vulture to its prey. "Get up, Aiden?! I'm not done with you as of yet?!"

Aiden looks up at me. And I looks at him. I give him thumbs up with a small smile.

Aiden slowly gets back up to his feet, panting to himself, and tackles Quinton and punches him in his face, knocking him out.

Aiden gets back up to his feet and slowly steps away from Quinton.

"Winner is Aiden Anderson!" Quintora Kean said in a handheld microphone.

Everyone applauds and cheers.

I gets up and walks over to the pool ladder and gently climbs down from it.

I slowly walks up to Aiden and we hugs each other. He plants a kiss on my cheek and we gently pulls away from the hug and gently leans our foreheads on each other's.

"You did it." I said to him with a smile.

"A&A all the way, Shortcake." Aiden said to me with a smile.

"A&A all the way." I said to him with a smile.

Aiden and I exchange smiles at each other and we hugs each other again.

Slowly regaining his conscious, Quinton Kiermont looks at Aiden and Me as he slowly gets back up to his feet.

I look at Quinton. And warns Aiden.

"Aiden, watch out." I warned him, pushing him out of the way.

And Quinton punches me in my face, knocking me out onto the floor, unconscious.

Everyone becomes quiet.

"Oh my gosh, Angie?!" Yvonne exclaimed, worriedly.

The Saunders Gang gets up from the poolside.

Aiden crawls up to me, worriedly, looking at the bruised wound on my forehead. "Angie? Angie?" He gently caress my cheek with his hand. "Andy? Wake up. Wake up, please?" He becomes teary-eyed.

"Not to worry, Aiden." Quinton Kiermont said to him, causing Aiden to look at him. "You still have Gilmore and Ziandra to romantically screw around with." He taunted.

Infuriated, Aiden gets up and tackles Quinton onto the pool floor and punches him in his face.

Robyn gently holds my head in her lap, as she sits down on the pool floor.

"Aiden?" Zach said. He and Jed pulls an infuriated Aiden off of Quinton. "He's not worth it, Aiden. He's not worth it."

Zach and Jed pulls Aiden away from Quinton so, he won't punch him again.

*~*~*

ARRINGTON GENERAL HOSPITAL

In a hospital room, after getting discharged, I'm sitting on the bed, with a small band-aid on my forehead wound.

"You're good to leave, Angie." Tasha Benton said to me.

"Thanks, Tasha." I said to her.

Dr. Tasha Benton and I exchange small smiles at each other. She glances at Sharron.

"Sharron." Tasha Benton said.

"Tasha." Sharron said.

Tasha Benton walks away, walking out of the room. Sharron slowly walks up to me and sits down beside me on the bed.

"Are you gonna be okay?" Sharron asked me, worriedly.

"Yeah, I'm gonna be fine." I reassured her with a small smile.

Sharron and I exchange small smiles at each other. Suddenly, a rumble of noise is from outside.

[Song: Don't Panic - Clairity]

After-awhile, Me and the Saunders Gang has reconvened with each other outside of Jen's Diner.

"Angie?" Aiden said.

Aiden and I shares a hug as another rumble hits.

"What the hell's that?" Ziandra said.

"There's been some small buildings falling down in the corners." Cassidy said. "There's trees everywhere."

"So, you're saying that the small town itself is blocked off by fallen trees?" Robyn said.

"Yeah." Cassidy said. "And that's not it."

"What are you talking about?" I asked her.

"After Aiden's MMA match fight, I went back to the diner, my Mom's gone." Cassidy told us.

"What do you mean Jen's gone?" Yvonne asked, bewildered.

"She's gone, Yvonne. It's like, she's vanished or something." Cassidy said.

"All the parents and grownups are gone too. It's like, they've vanished too." Sharron said.

"You're saying that the rumbles were trees falling and small buildings and theirs no way out of the small town?" Aiden asked.

"Yeah." Sharron replied to Aiden. "It's just us youngsters."

Me and the Saunders Gang exchange worried looks at each other.

"Hope you enjoy yourselves." Quinton said to us with Quintora Kean beside him. "You guys are parentless."

Me and the Saunders Gang exchange another worried looks at each other.

Angie (VO) Oh, gosh. Just when things couldn't get more oddly worsened, we're stuck.

[Song ends]

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