Chapter 3: Objectives

~Pewdie's POV~

"Stephano, thank goodness you're here!" Jennifer jumped up and hugged him tight, much to his surprise.

"I came looking for Pewdie, I heard him yell and I came as soon as I could." He slightly pulled away from her tight grip but she held on, he kept his eyes on me.

I felt light headed and from my sitting position I fell over. Stephano pulled away from Jennifer and they both ran to me. Stephano held my head in his lap and pointed at the door. "Jennifer, go find Mr. Chair I'll stay with Pewdie."

After that I faded away again…not much else I can do.

~Narrator~

"I'll be right back," she got up to run when Mr. Chair showed up with a green satchel.

"Mr. Chair," Jennifer hugged Mr. Chair who affectionately hugged her back then noticed Stephano in the room.

He pulled away and walked over with her close behind. "I heard a Bro but the door was locked behind me, I had to switch places with like 9 other chairs to get outside and back here. But in each room I found Sanity Potion and Laudanum." He opened the satchel and handed Stephano a bottle of Sanity Potion.

Everyone froze when they heard another crash in the hall. Stephano motioned for them to go and Jennifer and Mr. Chair left. Stephano popped the top off the bottle and drank it. He lifted Pewdie up a little and touched his chin, opening his mouth just a little. He captured Pewdie's mouth with his own, giving Pewdie the Sanity Potion. Pewdie's mind soon began to clear and he whined a little; fidgeting against Stephano's lips. Stephano held him close for a moment longer then pulled away from him.

Stephano wiped the remains of the elixir off his lower lip and watched Pewdie slowly wake up with a smirk on his face.

~Pewdie's POV~

I felt my head resting in someone's lap and tender warmth on my lips and in my mouth but it left me soon and my head ache began to subside. I opened my eyes as they felt they were growing lighter. I looked up and saw an extremely attractive man looking down at me.

His hair was sandy and dull but his eyes were a dark grey, almost black color. He wore Egyptian attire and a sword was beside us, splattered with blood. He chuckled and smiled at me.

"Do you know who I am?" he asked me softly.

I nodded but my face was so hot I could hardly think straight. He helped me sit up and kept one arm around my shoulders. Jennifer and Mr. Chair came back in and they watched me scrutinize him.

I smiled and hugged him tight, wrapping my legs around him. "STEPHANO…!" I was so overjoyed that I didn't care if the position we were in was awkward. He didn't seem to mind because he hugged me back too, softly stroking my hair.

"Happy to see you too, Pewdie." His voice was low and soft.

Mr. Chair crossed his arms and glared at Stephano. "He was brought here with someone."

Stephano seemed to stiffen and pull away to look at me. "Who's here with you?"

Someone was with me? Oh shit…!

"Cry…! He came here with me! We need to find him!" I jumped up and out of Stephano's grip and pointed to the hallway.

Mr. Chair smiled and held me by my shoulders. "Don't worry, he's upstairs with Piggeh."

Stephano stifled laughter behind me and I heard screaming up stairs.

~Cry's POV~

I jumped up and punched the head as hard as I could; knocking it clean off and knocking over the suit of armor. The individual pieces of the armor separated when they hit the floor. My fist was aching now and my knees were sore from breaking my fall.

Piggeh came over to me and pointed at the end of the hall. "The door's open,"

I looked over and the door was wide open, I bit my lip then jumped up and sprinted to the door. Piggeh trailed behind me. I almost slipped on the first step but I made my way down. The door at the bottom was locked so I rammed my shoulder into it to try and force the damn thing open.

It fell forward after the fifth hit and on the other side I saw two really confused looking people. One was a girl with a long braid and the other was a man dressed in green. I smirked at them both.

"Mr. Chair and Jennifer…?" I pointed at who I referred to, earning a smile of approval from them both.

"Cry…?" I heard his voice from another room and he ran out in to the hallway. His face lit up when he saw me and ran past everyone to hug me, nearly throwing me off balance. I squeezed him tight and even spun him around a little.

"Thank God you're Ok Pewdie!" I set him down and pulled back seeing his big smile then he suddenly looked confused as hell. He slowly reached up toward my mask but I grumbled. "Don't even think about it."

He smiled then looked over my shoulder where I heard a small "Fist pump?" and Pewdie charged behind me.

"PIGGEH…!" he ran past me and hugged the man who squeaked a little and laughed with Pewdie.

I sighed and turned back to the others when an Egyptian man exited the room Pewdie came from wearing a head dress and sheathing a sword on his hip. Our eyes held for a moment and there was electricity that I didn't like…Instantly I didn't like Stephano.

"I think proper introductions are in order," Jennifer offered.

*After said introductions…

Mr. Chair contemplated what he'd just been told. "I see; so you guys just got zapped by your computers and you both woke up here? I wonder…"

"Who brought us here and why would someone want us dead?" I asked casting a glance at Pewdie who was laughing and joking with Piggeh about sexual innuendos.

"My theory is that someone may have cast some sort of spell on you two, to put you through some kind of test. Maybe this person wants you to succeed but they want you to earn your place back home. Once you've done it, they should allow you to return home." He explained, catching Pewdie and Piggeh's attention.

"How can someone do this, like send someone into a world invented by computers?" Pewdie asked.

"Some sort of old spell or maybe occult fixtures, we may never know but the important thing is getting you two back home safely before people panic about you being gone." Mr. Chair saw a second question behind Pewdie's eyes and smiled at him hopelessly.

"Stephano," he asked.

The man looked up from the floor upon being addressed.

"How are we the way we are now?"

"How should I know? I have no idea how we are the way we are, sorry." He cast his glance at Pewdie specifically who smiled back. "Don't worry about it Stephano, we'll figure it out." His cheery tone seemed to spark something in Stephano; I could see it in his dark eyes.

His gaze trailed up Pewdie's body and I stepped in front of him defensively, glaring at Stephano. He glared right back but we stayed silent, Pewdie didn't notice a thing. "What about the whole objective thing we read before we came here?"

"What did it say?" Mr. Chair addressed Pewdie this time, which was good because I couldn't remember.

"Um…I'm supposed to find you all and defeat the barrels and Cry is supposed to fight some demons with surprises…?" he trailed off looking up at me.

"I remember this part, it said I have to face my own demons and that this castle has some surprises hidden in it for me." I began to worry now; Pewdie shouldn't have trouble defeating the Barrels but I had no idea what the 'surprises' would be…hence the name surprises!

Pewdie must have picked up on my distress because he elbowed my side and smiled at me. "We can do this Bro, don't worry about it Cry." He said it the same way he says it back home.

I smiled at him and nodded in agreement.

"Well let's tackle Pewdie's first, easiest out of the way so we can focus on Cry's situation. I'm here," Mr. Chair put a hand on his chest. "We've got Jennifer, Piggeh, and Pewdie, Cry…" Stephano scowled and punched Mr. Chair's shoulder.

"You forgot me," Stephano kept a level stare at the man who rubbed his now throbbing shoulder.

"Yeah…about that…" he began when a door busted down the hall and a small barrel rolled in. It stopped then rolled out. Silence for a moment and a Bro growled from further off. Everyone screamed and ran away from the door, towards the corner at the end of the hall.

~Mr. Chair's POV~

Everyone headed for the corner down the hall which would lead to an open foyer but I stopped Stephano before we turned the corner, everyone else ran ahead. I held his arm tight and glared at him.

"I know what you're up to and I can tell everyone anytime I want you know," I threatened.

He didn't look at all fazed by my threat. "Yes and I can deny it and turn it all around on you, who holds better credibility with Pewdie and who hasn't been made into a villain in some of the game walkthroughs?" Stephano smirked at me.

I felt my heart hurt a little whenever Pewdie made the joke. Like I would ever betray him, he's my friend. I cursed myself when Stephano wiped a little tear from my eye. "Aw, does that still hurt your feelings?"

I pulled away and held him to the wall by his shirt front. "I warn you, if you hurt Pewdie or the others I will make you suffer! Are we clear on that?"

Stephano pushed me away easily with a scoff. "Yes mommy,"

I glared at him as he went down the hall and followed the others. I really had a choice to make; tell everyone and get the idea in their heads but risk my own credibility and trust among the group or not tell and let everyone remain unaware and in danger.

The growling of the Bro down the hall shook me from my thoughts and I ran to be with the others, the best thing I could do was to make sure he was never alone with anyone.