Disclaimers are as the same as always.
Claimers: Cassidy, Sarah, Nichole, plot, and whatever new things I could think up
Chapter 13
When everyone woke up the next morning, they were refreshed and ready to tackle the door for the second time.
Odd's stomach roared with hunger that even Theo or Emily could hear it (not literally though). "I'm starving," he said.
Samantha, who was worried about Odd from the start of chapter 9, ran over to Odd and kissed him on the cheek, causing Odd to blush to that of a red Harley Davidson tail light.
"Odd, you're back!" Samantha cheered. "I was worried that you, along with your appetite, would fade."
"Let's get some breakfast," Jeremie said.
"That sounds like a good idea right about now!" Aelita agreed.
"Ditto," said Sissi.
"Yeah," William agreed.
"Awesome," said Ulrich.
"Yeah," said Yumi.
"I'm with you!" Odd said.
"I agree," Samantha said.
"Let's go!" Cassidy exulted.
"Food sounds good right now," XANA said.
They all (one-at-a-time) took a quick shower, put on their old clothes, and went down to the breakfast parlor. Everyone grabbed a cup of hot cocoa, a croissant, and waffles to top it all off.
They had just finished when Cassidy and her friends went upstairs to room 133 to watch Corpse Bride. (A/N: Everyone has their own room keys!)
After the movie, Cassidy unplugged her TV and said, "You might never know when we're about to hit the road!"
"That's true," said Yumi.
The next sound that the gang heard was so scary that Cassidy nearly threw her head through the ceiling to the second floor.
She went Up-Top on the bunk bed and asked, "What was that?!" in a mortified voice.
"I don't know," XANA soothed, climbing up to comfort his girl.
"I'm scared when I say that the noise was a gunshot!" Cassidy said.
They heard a click and saw…Nichole, the hotel cleaner from the Holiday Inn. Everyone was dumbfounded.
"I told my boss that I was going on vacation for a few weeks," She said. "The man is unconscious for a few minutes. I better be quick to get you guys out of here!"
They followed Nichole to see a man in a yellow shirt with blue jeans unconscious.
"Eh…Nichole," said Jeremie, "that's not our culprit."
"And indeed it isn't, Nichole," said a stern voice from behind.
They turned around to see their kidnapper. Nichole felt dumb.
***
In the trunk, everyone felt scared. Nichole joined the group. All welcome our new member, Nichole, Cassidy thought grimly.
"We better STAMPEDE! We have a new member, so that equals extra strength on the field," Jeremie said.
"RIGHT," Everyone yelled.
"Glasses," Cassidy suddenly yelled. "Jeremie, I know we have eye conditions, but we have to keep our breakables unbroken!"
Jeremie nodded and put his glasses on the same tray as Cassidy's glasses were on.
"READY," William yelled.
"SET," yelled Sissi.
"NOW," shouted Yumi.
"ATTACK/CHARGE," Everyone yelled.
As they charged at the door, a bigger dent formed. "We—better," Yumi panted, "—rest—before—the—next—run."
"How about we take a break," Odd said. "Is anyone up for the game 90 Second Alphabet?"
"It sure can't get any worse," Ulrich said. "Let's go!"
"Let's start at the letter D!" Cassidy suggested.
"We'll have to have about 3-4 players," said Jeremie, "and to pick a scene that we could act out."
"In that case," Cassidy said, "Odd, Aelita, Ulrich, and I will be the players."
"And," Odd said, "The scene is…"
"NO SCARY SCENES, ODD," Everyone yelled. "EVERYBODY IS SCARED ENOUGH!"
"Right," Odd said."The scene is Troy and Marcus, that's me and Ulrich, are trying to woo Jamilyn and Nikki, Aelita and Cassidy, as the soccer game is coming to a close. This will be pretend, so Cassidy and XANA are together, and Ulrich and Yumi will be together."
Odd and Ulrich pretended to do some stretches, when Ulrich said, "Don't you see those two beautiful girls up there in the stands?"
Odd looked up and said, "Everyone knows we fall in love after the game."
Ulrich said, "Friends to the end that's for sure!"
Odd patted his friend on the back, "Great work first half; 13 goals in 45 minutes; now that is a record that will go down in history."
"Half of the credit should go to you, Troy," Ulrich said. "You helped get us half of the goals yourself."
"In helping you," Odd said, "I bow down to thee."
"Just look at them," Ulrich said in fake-trance. "Have you ever seen anything as beautiful as them?"
"'K," Odd said, "We have to concentrate, Marcus! One more half and our names will go down in history!"
"Look at them, Troy!" Ulrich admonished. "Just look at them!"
"Marcus," Odd said, patting Ulrich on the back again, "we have one more half, and then we can meet Jamilyn and Nikki!"
"Now that's a plan that I can go with," Ulrich said.
"Okay," Odd said. "Let's go."
"Pretty soon we'll be done," Ulrich said.
"Quickly," Odd said.
"Right there are two love-struck soccer players," Aelita said.
"Straight and true," said Cassidy. "How do you know?"
"Troy seems lost, while Marcus is looking up at us," Aelita answered.
"Usually we would go fly a kite, but today," Cassidy said, "I think we are in love ourselves."
"Very much true," Aelita said.
"We are so lucky," Cassidy said, leaning against Aelita's shoulder, "Nikki!"
"Xmas is so far away," Aelita said.
"You are thinking about Christmas?" Cassidy asked. "It is summer!"
"Zebras are our team," Aelita said.
"A long time ago, we weren't into soccer," Cassidy said.
"Brent was my favorite, until we heard about his accident," Aelita said.
"Crave was my favorite, until I heard he moved from here to Kansas," Cassidy said.
"Dude, WE WON!" Odd said.
"That was a cool game," Nichole said, happily.
"Good job you guys," Jeremie said.
"I'm feeling tired," Cassidy said, yawning.
"We all are," said Yumi.
They then fell asleep…