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Chapter Five: We All Saw This One Coming (also known as "The Second Chapter in a Row to End with the Word 'Oh'")

Time: the start of Chapter Four

Place: the jump map

Sky's POV

"Jason, you cheater!"

"What?" he asks innocently. "What makes you think I cheated?"

"Well, maybe the fact that you yelled 'I WIN!' at Seto's house and then managed to beat us here even though you never passed us," I suggest, glaring at him.

Jason giggles a little and then runs off to the first jump. "Watch out," Ty warns me, nudging my side with his elbow, "Jason can be evil. He killed me half a million times on this jump map while we were waiting for you."

"Oh, right! This is the 'Violence Is Always the Answer' jump map, isn't it?"

"Crap. It all makes sense now!"

I laugh at my friend's sorrow and then run past him in an attempt to catch up with Jason. It can't be too hard to beat him, can it?

I was wrong, I was so wrong. I've never been more wrong in my life.

"Ty, I feel like... we need... a game plan," I pant, sitting next to him in front of the first jump of the map.

"R-Right... Jason is... way over-powered... Not fair at all," Ty breathes, clutching his side.

I wait for my breathing to return to normal, and then I continue our conversation. "Jason must've played this map before. There's no way he can be this good at it without playing it before."

"No, Sky, I'm telling you, this is the first time he's played it."

"What!? He's never been this skilled at parkour!"

"Or at fighting, for that matter."

"SUFFERRR!" Jason shrieks, and then an anvil falls on our heads.

Growling in annoyance, Ty and I respawn at the very beginning of the jump map. "Maybe this is why Jason never really gets angry in front of us – he takes out all his anger on jump maps centered solely around fricking violence," I say, watching Jason as he laughs on the other side of the map.

"That's actually kind of concerning," Ty replies, and I press my lips together and nod.

"A little bit."

"Jason! We give up," Ty sighs in defeat. Took us long enough.

"Yeah, all right, sorry," Jason says, teleporting to us and laughing loudly. "I just- sorry. I really didn't wanna put you guys through that, but I'm planning to troll Bashur and Bodil with this map, and I needed test subjects. I programmed traps everywhere, but the traps don't react to anything I do – they only react to what everyone else does. So, like, I'm gonna drag those two pranksters in here and teach them a lesson. 'S about time those two got their just desserts."

"You know, as cruel as that sort of is, I completely agree with you," I say, shrugging. "Those two have had it coming for ages now."

"I know, right? Anyways, sorry again for putting you guys through that."

"No proble-" Ty and I start, but then Ty's phone starts blaring.

"Uh, one second," he apologizes, sounding confused. "Hello? What's wrong?"

"Ty, I need you to bring Jason and Sky down to the Cliff. Now! Like, right now, go! Hang up the phone, Ty!" Seto's voice yells frantically through the phone.

Ty spews out a quick, "Don't worry, we'll be there soon!" and then ends the call and pushes Jason and me towards the exit. "I don't know what's going on, but we need to be a part of it," he says, and then we're all sprinting to the Cliff.

When we arrive, Seto is pacing back and forth by the edge while reading and re-reading what looks like the same few paragraphs of a book. "If the wind was blowing southeast at exactly seven miles per hour and he pushed off the edge with approximately this much force..," he mumbles as he sets the book down and reaches into his pocket to get a pen to write on his hand with.

"Seto, what's wrong?" Ty asks worriedly as we burst out of the trees.

"Is everything okay?" I ask.

"I- no. Yes! Kind of. Both," the tired sorcerer stammers. "I think- we need to jump."

"Jump- off the edge?" I ask, and if the memories weren't already flooding back, they certainly are now.

"That's- we'll just die, Seto," Ty argues, peering down over the edge. "And anyways," he says in a whisper, "you can't really ask Sky to jump off this particular ledge. That's just cruel."

"That's very kind of you, Ty, but I am perfectly fine," I say stubbornly, crossing my arms and glaring at him.

"Sky..," he sighs sadly.

"Okay, so maybe I'm not fine, exactly..."

"But you're about to be," Seto finishes for me, and I tilt my head because that is totally not what I was gonna say. "Please, just- trust me on this one. If we jump, you may end up happier than you've been in the last three weeks."

"Hmm. This sounds a little too much like a multi-suicide attempt," Jason comments, and we all glare at him. He puts his hands up defensively, and Ty rolls his eyes.

"Please," Seto begs.

I sigh. "Fine. I'm in. Guys?"

Jason and Ty nod, and then Ty asks Seto, "Why, exactly, are we jumping?"

"You'll see," Seto replies, grinning widely. "All right, now here's what we're gonna do. We're not going to die. We're going to get a running start and then jump as far out as possible – basically, our goal is to land in the water. After you land, let instincts take over. Don't think logically. Actually... just... do whatever Ty does."

"What? I don't know what I'm doing."

"Exactly. On three!"

"Wait, on three, or after three?" I ask for clarification purposes.

Rolling his eyes, Seto replies, "On three." We nod and back up, getting ready for our running start. "One." Seto puts the book and his pen into a waterproof backpack, and then he walks back to join us in our places. "Two..." Ty and I share a glance in the universal "Race ya!" style. "Three!"

"CANNONBALL!" I shout as I go over the edge, but I don't land in the water – I just fall and fall and fall. "Let it be known that, even though our splashes will be really close together, I totally beat Ty just then."

"Shut up and pretend you're about to die!" Seto commands, and I raise an eyebrow right before we plunge into the water.

"Augh!" I splutter as the water fills my mouth and my head just barely misses a sharp rock jutting out of the ocean floor. I flail my arms and kick frantically as an undercurrent sweeps me deeper than I was before, deeper than I expected to go, but my fighting does nothing against the water.

"Ty!" I try to yell, because I'm scared and I don't like this and even though my Red Eyes are gone I'm still terrified of dying because what if the Respawn Machine fails and we all die? I just really need someone next to me right now... But Jason and Ty and Seto all jumped with me! What if they die and the Respawn Machine has mysteriously turned off? What if one of us lives but gets stuck in a cave or something and then the others Respawn and don't know where he is? What if-

I spit out a mouthful of water as the current tosses me against the rough, rocky wall of a dark cave. Oh, oh, my gosh, it's happening! While I switch back and forth between hyperventilating and coughing my guts out, my thoughts go wild. Where are the others? What if they're hurt!? What if-

The cold water swishes around me, and I shiver and back up a tad to sit against the wall of the cave. I pull my knees up to my chest and try my best to take deep breaths as the water continues to move around me, but you know what? It's still not helping.

Then something echoes off the walls of the cave, which is larger than I first thought it was, and I panic more. My breaths get irregular again and I start shaking because I'm afraid and I hate being afraid and I wish I wasn't so alone-

"Ty," I whimper helplessly, and it echoes off the walls of the cave.

"Calm down, you idiot."

I shake my head frantically, still panicking. "B-But, b-but-"

"I said, 'calm down.' Geez."

Woah, deja vu.

Oh.