Chapter 3: Reunion

I was then tackled by a red blur and got knocked down.

"Sorry! Still can't get used to the speed!" I got up and adjusted my glasses- turns out that the red blur was in fact Jester. (I know this for sure since the heads-up display showed his name when I looked at him) He was dressed in a red T-shirt and shorts and was wearing a cap and headset- the RED scout's uniform.

"It's great to see you too. By the way, what the heck happened that night? One moment we're wrecking stuff on 2fort, next we're actually there!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah well, I'm not so sure what happened either. Anyway, I should probably tell everyone else that you're here. Hey! Guys!" He went outside the spawn door, and seeing nothing else that needed doing, I tagged along. Let's just say, that I was surprised for the hundredth or so time that day. I saw Fray, dressed in a helmet that covered his eyes, a red coloured 'jacket' (I can't describe it) and a pair of cargo pants and boots. He was limping, wincing in pain as he dragged his blood-stained legs to the spawn room.

"Hey Joy! Just wait a moment, I need to repair my feet. You know what rocket jumping causes." He said to me with a smile. He walked (sorry, limped) over to the cabinet I recognised as the resupply closet and touched it. Instantaneously, his legs got repaired and he looked a lot better. 'Another thing I don't get' I thought.

Next, I saw Ray (who was dressed in some sort of blast-proof gear on top of…pyjamas? I don't know) who was having trouble standing straight. His legs were battered and bloody like Fray's. He proceeded to vomit up what I'm assuming to be his lunch and collapse. Fray went over and hauled him into the spawn room. 'Might be a good time to test if this works.' I thought, pulling out the medigun and walking over. I pointed it at the fainted Ray and pushed the lever. A red healing beam came from the gun and latched on to Ray, repairing his legs and fixing whatever caused him to collapse.

"Wait what?" he said as he woke up. He saw me and said "Oh, thanks Joy!" and got into a sitting position. Last to arrive was Gold, who was wearing a hardhat and goggles. He was dressed in a red shirt and overalls, which were covered in motor grease. (Was probably tinkering with something. Seriously, who wouldn't?) He was rubbing his back as he walked into the spawn room.

"Jester, this better not be a trick again. You've Called Wolf about 5 times in the past hour." He commented, slightly angrily.

"No really, Joy's here. See?" Jester said pointing to me. I simply said "Hi. And now, could you guys tell me what happened to you that night? I swear I've spent half the time trying to figure out what the heck is going on and the other half worrying about you guys." 'And the other half, worrying about the psycho that's going to kill us.' Thankfully, we complied our info and we could figure out what happened. Apparently, their screens went black too, hence all of the cussing during the incident.

"It was during one of the best runs I've had in history too." Fray commented. All of us nodded in agreement. After the screens went black, they too received a message on screen, and they couldn't hear anything on the Skype call either. We discussed the questions- they got the exact same questions. 'Could this have been arranged?' the thought crossed my mind. Everything- from the message to the test-it all seemed like this was routine. It was very possible that someone could be pulling the strings. But, my friends looked like they were having fun, even though they could have been kidnapped or killed. I didn't want to ruin it for them, so I pushed the thought to the back of my mind.

In other words, they went through the same as I did. Except that they received different tests. Gold got some sort of math and physics test, (again, with 'interesting' questions slipped in) Fray was asked to wrestle with snakes, ("I thought it was a dream. So I went with it" he commented) Jester was of the very few who were left standing after downing about 10 cans of soda (most of the kids collapsed from the sugar rush) and Ray was lucky enough to figure out how to defuse a pack of C4 ("You know, like in the movies. Cut the green wire, avoid the red one." He described it.)

"I assume we can expect to see the others show up right?" I asked.

"Probably. I can see Cry, ApekFreak, Soul and Dusk showing up given that four of us are already here." Answered Gold.

"Well, while waiting, why not have some fun? I mean, you don't get sent to 2fort every day." Jester suggested. 'That's actually a pretty good idea.' I thought. 'Ok. This is the chance to figure stuff out. Figure out if this is real.' I stepped on the sniper battlements and walked to the edge. 'Come at me logic!' I thought as I jumped off the 2nd floor of the building.

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