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Battler's POV:

I heard my sister's sobs from her room, curious I wandered towards her room. I gently peaked through the door to see her crying over something on her screen.

"Sis you okay? What's wrong." I questioned as I fully opened the door.

"NOTHING IT'S JUST- I STARTED WATCHING THIS NEW GLMM CALLED THE MUSIC FREAKS AND THE PLOT IS TOO MUCH FOR ME WAAAAAA!!!!" She cried.

I laughed at her over dramatic behaviour, I didn't watch much GLMM but I did catch a glimpse of it from time to time and I must say it was rather interesting, I might watch it one day. I walked towards her and hugged her, I felt her wet tears stain my jumper but oh well, atleast it wasn't snot.. and I spoke too soon.

"Say Battler, if I go to Paris, DO YOU THINK MIRACULOUS LADYBUG EXISTS!?" Thea questioned.

I sighed at her random question and stared at her, "I don't think they even exist in this world." I replied.

"AW COME ON, why can't I travel worlds! I wanna go to Hogwarts, then MLB, MHA, TR, TMF, and so much more! WHY MUST THE WORLD BE SO CRUELLLL!!!" Thea started shouting, sarcastically falling to the floor and sobbing.

"You could be a actor, for the greater or for the worst." I Interrupted.

"Take your sarcasm somewhere else! I'm gonna sleep now and dream about it!" She angrily replied as she pulled her blanket over her face and turned to face the wall. I laughed at her childish behaviour and decided to do what she wanted, leave her room and take my sarcasm somewhere else.

A few minutes later, I felt myself get bored, I should go outside than just lay in bed all day right? I grabbed my phone and decided to check my recent notifications. Surprised, I saw a notification from my old friends.

I smiled, I'm happy things are still good after the guests left.

I opened the chat, and to my surprise I was greeted with ultimate chaos.

♡‿︵‿︵♡

🥓♂️:
NOOB, STOP ACCUSING ME AS THE MURDER!!!

🌕:
HEY IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU CAN'T HANDLE DEFEAT!

🥓♀️:
If you guys keep arguing, Battler might mute you guys:)

🥓♂️:
Wait.. BATTLER! HI HOW ARE YA!!!

🌕:
Yeah we've missed you!

 🛡️⚔️:

Seriously you two??

🍜:

Sorry about them Battler.

🛡️⚔️:

It's alright noodle girl

But before I could respond, my phone started glitching. Concerned, I dropped it on the table and just stared at the ceiling in boredom. "Must've been my phone's storage again, I guess I'll have to sort it out later" I thought to myself. I just sighed and shut my eyes, I was pretty tired and was resting for a while, couldn't hurt right? Or was I deadly wrong.

Sabrina's POV:

ALRIGHTY! I got all the stuff ready for season 2! Agh can't wait to release it soon! But the bugs are annoying, hopefully the developers fix it. We have all the time in the world right? I turned to DJ with a smile as he was also excited to announce the comeback! Nothing could possibly ruin this day! Maybe I shouldn't jinx it hah..

abruptly, the door handle clicked to the right as I noticed a blue haired figure emerge behind the door.

"RUSSO! I'VE FINISHED THE THINGS I HAD TO DO!!!" I yelled.

Russo looked at me with a gentle smile but his eyes were filled with tiredness and sorrow. "I'm happy to hear that, almost a few weeks until the next season occurs.. hopefully never" he whispered, unable for Sabrina to hear the last part.

"Sorry, I couldn't hear that last part you said?" I asked, my mind filled with worry.

"Don't worry about it, I'll get going now, I need to check up on DJ. Take all the time you need." And with that he disappeared within a second. Russo was off.. again? Strange.. something is definitely up, or is it a trap? I feel an uneasy pain in my stomach, I feel like my tummy is all noughted.. gut feeling I assume.

Kreek's POV:

"Where are they? They should be here by now.." I thought to myself. I looked around my room, tapping my thumbs on my phone. I had my own dorm room in the RB Battle's headquarters in case me and the others were in danger and forced to stay here for safety. Suddenly, I heard a small clash on my window. Weird, must've been some kids trying to grab my attention with rocks..possibly? I ignored the disturbing tapping until I lost patience. I furiously stormed towards the window as I slowly opened the window. "ALRIGHT THAT'S ENO-" I paused as I laid eyes on 3 familiar faces, the annoyed expression on my face quickly turned into guilt and worried look.

"Sorry about disturbing your peace.. and being VERY late"

My heart dropped,I felt panicked to see the sight of my friends as I quickly ran to get a ladder. Once found, I lifted and dropped the ladder down the window, making it so that they could climb and enter through it. As they slowly but carefully made their way up, I grabbed the ladder and forcefully pulled it up, it was quite heavy after all. I turned my head to face the 3 injured people. Tofuu,User and Sketch. I scanned where they had been injured the most as I ran to grab my emergency med-kit. I had one around in case I got injured or anything, which rarely happened as I stopped sneaking out my window to buy pop tarts. I quickly sprinted towards the 3 as I forcefully made them take a seat on my bed. I checked their injuries once again and it seemed like Tofuu had the most injuries on his arms and legs, it looked like a scar got splattered with ketchup or red paint, as if he got attacked badly and attempted to fight back despite the pain. His arm had large cuts and bruises, same goes for the legs, they were a bleeding mess though it looked unfairly patched with tissues. Sketch had blood stains on his shirt and a few cuts on his face while User had torn sleeves as I noticed a few scratches on his arm. "What the heck happened.." I whispered as I started carefully cleaning and bandaging Tofuu's wounds. "Well.. you're probably going to feel very VERY panicked.. and depressed if we tell ya what happened" Tofuu said as my curiosity peaked. "Go on..?" I hesitantly replied, feeling concerned as I moved to fix up Sketch's wounds.

Tofuu began to explain the dreadful situation, sometimes I regret ever hearing what came out his mouth. Every bit of new information I heard made my heart ache as my eyes got teary and my whole body shake. "What the hell.." I responded quietly as Tofuu gave me a sorrowful look, Sketch looking down and User trying to comfort him. "What should we do.. should we inform the hosts?" I questioned.

"Yeah definitely, but we have to be careful, they could've followed us here." Tofuu replied.

"I'll stay here with Sketch, I think he needs some time to rest" User suggested.

"Sounds good, let's go Tofuu!" And with that, I took his hand and dragged him outside. We were strolling through the hallway and theorising what to do. The walk to the hosts room was only about 15 minutes as they were on the 3rd floor. We decided to walk there instead of using the elevator, we couldn't risk anything.

"How's your injures?" I asked.

"It's still sore but it's feeling much better now that it's bandaged and all, thank you"

"You're welcome"

With that, I opened the door as me and Tofuu stumbled into the room. Sabrina and DJ turned around in sync as soon as they heard our footsteps.

"Where's Russo?" I asked.

"He said he had to run some errands so he's gonna be gone for a while-'' DJ paused as soon as he looked up from his computer to make eye contact with us, looking quite worried at our appearances, especially Tofuus.

"OH MY GOODNESS, TOFUU! KREEK! WHAT HAPPENED?" Yelled an anxious Sabrina.

"Aha..so.. it might seem crazy what I'm bout to say but some of the season 1 competitors got attacked.. some kidnapped.."

Then there was silence, a full minute of a tense but silent atmosphere. Judging by the look on their faces, both Sabrina and DJ were trying to process what Tofuu just said.

"Please tell me you're joking.." asked a horrified DJ.

I shook my head as DJ went to comfort Sabrina who looked guilty.

"Oh DJ.. this is my fault.. I should've put more security and be observant.." Mumbled a crying Sabrina, I couldn't hear what she said after due to the panic in her voice. Me and Tofuu went to hug Sabrina as she started to tremble as DJ closed his eyes in shame as he hugged Sabrina tighter.

"Listen you two, it's wasn't any of your faults,we can assure you that we just had our guard down.. cheer up okay! We're fine." I replied, hoping that would lighten their moods.

"Who got kidnapped..?" DJ began as Tofuu looked at the floor.

"Sub..Mikey and Bandi.." Tofuu whispered. "I witnessed all of it but I was..too weak, it's my fault" then he fell on his knees and started rubbing his wet,teary eyes. "If anything, the blame should go towards me-" I interrupted his sentence as I hugged the trembling Tofuu.

"You guys okay..?" A familiar concerned voice interrupted, I turned around in shock to see who was waiting at the door. It was Denis, Everyone including me was relieved he was okay but how about mentally?

"If you're all curious, yes I've heard everything from behind the door."

Brianna's POV:

It's been 1 hour since we split and I'm already worried sick, desperate to know if he's okay. I started calling his number for the 50th time.

"HELLO!? PRESTON? ARE YOU OKAY?"

Nothing. Maybe the signal is bad? Oh goodness what do I do!? I was walking in circles around the room until I heard the door burst open. I turned around with a hopeful look that he had arrived back, but it was Leah and Cyber, although they looked very injured and tired.

"LEAH!? CYBER!? YOU FEELING ALRIGHT? WHAT HAPPENED?" I yelled, as I quickly rushed to their aid.

"We have to get out of here Bri.. it's not safe.." Leah murmured, stuttering with each sentence.

"Why..?"

Cyber had an ice-cold look as she turned her gaze to the floor, looking worried as Leah decided to finish her sentence.

"Bri.. he's back.."

"Shit"

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Hey all I wanna deeply apologise for the lack of updates, it's just with school and all that I totally forgot about this book! Considering my consistent uploads on YouTube or Tik, managing my discord server alongside many school activities and preparations for exams, I've lost time and motivation to continue. But I'm not going to give up on this book, EVER! I'm still passionate towards this, though since there's no update on RBB4 or anything.. it caused some joy out of the making in this. Updates will be slow, and possible lack of specials.. haha- apologies once again. I do want to say that I'm grateful for the support in this book, without you guys I wouldn't have continued this! I do want to wish everyone an amazing Christmas (even if you don't celebrate I wish the best for you) and a new, refreshing year for 2024! I pray it will be better than the last! I love you all and happy holidays!💓💓🎄☃️❄️🎁

Quote of the day:

"Find a victory in every defeat to remain hopeful, and find a defeat in every victory to remain humble." ~ Orrin Woodward

♡For my fellow Christians here's a quote for you! Skip if you're not Christian or if you want to skip, it's all up to you I won't force you♡:

Luke 1:68 –"Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them."

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