PAMA began to laugh, maniacally. It stopped chasing Jesse and her friends and began to watch as they stumbled,
It would find them later, they had no where to run. Even if they made it to the portal hallway, it had people there under its influence.

PAMA was everywhere, and it was about time everyone was useful.

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Jesse couldn't remember much, only running and a splitting pain in her head that seemed to turn on and off. She remembered as she started to tire, her feet dragging, and Petra pulling her arm (the one that wasn't bleeding) and catching her as she fainted.

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She woke up dizzy and lightheaded, sitting in a chair and putting one hand to her forehead. She blinked a few times to clear her vision, and then saw that her bleeding arm was wrapped in cloth, including Petra's bandana.

"Hey Jesse," a voice said. "You're awake."

Jesse turned to see Petra walking towards her, followed by Axel and Olivia. She tried to get up from the chair, but failed, groaning from pain.

"Take it easy Jess, you lost a lot of blood." Olivia replied.

"Where-? Where the heck am I?" Jesse asked, her breaths heavy.

"You're in my underground bunker." Petra exclaimed. "I uh, built it for the Order in case of emergencies. And it seemed perfect for this situation. Speaking of situation...can you please explain to all of us what the hell is going in?"

Jesse sighed, and then nodded.

"Get everyone together."

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After a few minutes, Petra, Axel, and Olivia rounded everyone up.

"Okay, first off, before I explain, can you please tell me what they are doing here?" Jesse pointed to the Blaze Rods, an angry look on her face.

Petra elbowed Aiden, so hard that he winced, and then sighed. He looked at Maya and Gil, and then to Jesse.

"We were in Sky City, or whatever you call it now that it's on land." He chuckles nervously. "Anyway, we were actually living a normal life, Maya, Gil, and I trying to redeem ourselves. I was pursing my career as a writer, and they were helpers. It was all going great, for about two months. Until one day, the Fonder and Milo called everyone together for a meeting. The three of us were busy that day, so we didn't attend. But everyone else did. Half the day passed, and the meeting still wasn't over. And then suddenly, all the people, including the Founder and Milo, came rushing at us, eyes glowing red and swords pointed. We didn't know what to do, we panicked. We ran for the portal, and ended up in a strange 'hallway' of portals. There was a woman there too, and she looked worried. She had, white hair? I think, and a hood and goggles too."

Everyone's eyes widened as Ivor whispered:

"Harper..."

"Well, whoever she was, she ran up to us and said 'find the Order of the Stone.' Then she pointed to one of the portals, just as more of the people with red eyes came though the portal and started to chase us. She told us she'd hold them off as we ran to find you." Aiden finished, his cheeks flushed.

Jesse felt more hate burn inside her.
"I'm really tempted to punch you in then face right now Aiden, but I don't want to risk hurting my other arm." Jesse growled, showing her bloody arm wrapped in cloth.

"But we were doing the right thing-!"

"Don't think we've forgotten what happened in Sky City. And if it weren't for my heart and my friends, I probably would've pushed you out to PAMA already."

There was an awkward silence.

"You've tried to kill us, Aiden." Jesse tried hard to soften her tone. "You've made fun of us mostly our entire lives, you've stolen and hurt and tried to wreck us. You tried to take over an entire city, and kill anyone who got in your way. And now, you've lead PAMA right to us. You have to understand why I have some hate for you."

What Aiden said next surprised them all.

"I'm sorry."

Sorry again for short chapters! I'm going to try to make them longer but I'm probably gonna fail lol