Alright, guys, I'm sort of lacking inspiration, but I'm giving it my all here. Read and enjoy!

*XII*

Afternoon was approaching slowly, as the meddlers boredly sat around, waiting for Sora to wake up. It had been hours since they had found him, and despite they were keeping him warm by the fire, had him tucked tight in blankets, and a heating-bottle on his head, he still seemed cold. "I'm going to make some soup," Kairi whispered, standing up at last. "It'll help warm him up when he awakes,"

"*grr* I haven't seen him this unconscious since Dream Drop Distance," Fangface said, playing checkers with Sebastian… who switched a few pieces while the werewolf wasn't looking.

Kairi went into the kitchen, leaving the other meddlers to keep an eye on Sora… which actually turned out to be a mistake (you'll see in a moment).

"You know… this kid looks familiar, other than the fact that he comes from that game Fangface just gave a reference to," Jabberjaw stated.

"Yeah, but why?" Mudsy questioned, rubbing his chin.

"Well, who else do you think this story is sponsoring? *nyuck nyuck nyuck*"

Mudsy rolled his eyes. "I meant, why does he look so familiar?"

"Maybe we owe him money?" Fangface guessed.

"Nah, that's not it…"

"Raybe we raw him rin rown?" Scooby suggested.

"Nope, that ain't it, either…"

"Meow meow meow?" Sebastian spoke up.

"Robbed him? Us? What makes you say that?"

Sebastian held up Sora's key-blade. "*sputter* Hey, I've seen that somewhere before," Speed Buggy said.

"Same here. Boy had it during raid…" Captain Caveman added.

Mudsy grabbed the key-blade. "Say… you're right. This IS the kid we stole from a couple days ago!" he exclaimed.

By this time, Sora began to wake up, his eyes slowly focusing out of a blur.

"…You think he'd recognize us?" Jabberjaw asked.

"YAH!" Sora cried out, getting a good look at the meddlers. "Not YOU guys again!"

"I think that's a 'yes', *sputter*" Speed Buggy replied.

Sora got to his feet, summoning his key-blade back. "How did I get here?! What do you guys want with me?! Where's Jim?!"

"Who?" The meddlers asked.

"Jim Hawkins! My friend?!"

"Teenage boy, blue eyes, has a solar-surfer, often a target for slash-fics?" Jabberjaw asked.

"Yes!"

"Never heard of him."

Sora gripped the blade, glowering. "What did you guys do to him?! You probably sent that beast after us, didn't you?"

"Whoa, whoa, WHOA! Calm down, kid! We might've robbed you guys, but we wouldn't leave you to the beast! We're just as afraid of him as you are!" Mudsy exclaimed, then turned toward the reader. "And that's saying something, coming from a ghost."

"We only found you…" Speed Buggy began to say.

"…and thought about making some cash and holding me for ransom, right?!" Sora snapped.

"Easy, boy, we're not THAT clever! *grr*" Fangface said.

"We were rust trying ro relp," Scooby told Sora.

"I'm sure." Sora sneered, not convinced, and his key-blade began to pulse with light. "Tell me what you're planning, otherwise I'm going to blast you into next week!"

"We're not planning anything! We're terrible at it!" Jabberjaw stammered.

"Have it your way..." Sora took aim.

"Yeow!" The meddlers cried, ducking and hiding.

*Pow!* Sora zapped away the couch they hid behind.

"Yipe!" they cried, hiding behind a chair, but Sora levitated it, seeing the meddlers scrunched together to fit its shape. "Whoa!" They ran to a lamp-post, but Sora knocked it out of the way. "Yikes!" They then ran and hid under a rug, but Sora whipped it off. "Gah!" They then began to run all over the room, Sora blasting at them with his key-blade until they came to a corner.

"This is why we don't invite house-guests over!" Captain Caveman gulped.

Sora stood in front of them. "Now give me some answers, otherwise-" he began to threaten.

"What is going ON in here?!" came a shout, and everyone looked to see a very miffed off Kairi.

Sora smiled. "Kairi! Thank God! Quick, make a run for it, while I hold off these bandits!"

"You mean my FRIENDS?"

He paused. "…Friends?"

"Yeah, yeah, we're her friends!" Fangface exclaimed.

"Should've mentioned that sooner and saved the sabotage," Mudsy said.

Sora put away his key-blade, running up to Kairi. "How do you know these guys…?" he asked.

"They saved me when Bellatrix sent me out to be killed," Kairi answered. "They let me stay here until we could find a way to stop her,"

Sora clenched his fists. "I KNEW that witch was up to something! I knew it was no accident that you went missing."

"Is… that why you came out here?"

"Yeah, Jim and I figured you were still alive, and came out looking for-" Sora froze. "JIM! He's still out there!"

"What?"

"Last night, we were following your foot-prints, when some beast came after us! I tried going after it, but hit my head and fell unconscious,"

"Well, c'mon! There could be a chance that he's still alive," Kairi turned to the meddlers. "C'mon, lets go out and search for him,"

"Anything for a friend of Kairi's," Speedy said.

"Thanks guys, I owe it to you *atchoo!*" Sora replied, sneezing.

"Maybe we should go look for him. You've still got a chill to get over," Kairi suggested.

"I'm fine! I can search!"

Kairi sat him down in a chair. "Rest. We'll bring him back, don't worry." She turned to Scooby, Sebastian, and Speed Buggy. "You guys stay here with him,"

"Rure thing, Rairi." Scooby replied with a salute.

With that, Kairi and the other four meddlers walked out to search for Jim. Sora turned to the other three meddlers. "Uh… sorry about wrecking your house," he apologized.

"Aw, don't worry." Speed Buggy said. "We've wrecked it too, before,"

*XII*

Yet another short chapter… but next chapter, things get plenty interesting ;)