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Meowkara: enjoy our new chapter!
Knock knock knock! KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!
Bro was at Roxy's door. He had been pounding on it for five whole minutes trying to get Roxy to answer. Bro nearly jumped a foot in the air when he heard somebody's voice behind him.
"Hello ol' chap! Are you seeing Roxy too?" Jake asked with his same cute accent.
Bro faces Jake, a little flustered how bad his friend scared him. "Yeah she won't freaking answer."
"We can wait. Jane is getting the cookies from the car right as we speak. She will be here in awhile." Jake added.
"What kind?" Bro asked.
"I think chocolate chip." Jake estimated.
"Aw sweet! Chocolate chip freaking rules." Bro nodded.
"Hey guys," Jane popped up with a tray of cookies in her hands.
"Hey Jane," Bro does a half wave.
The door finally opened after a few minutes. Roxy stood at the door looking a little hazy.
"Hey guys...come on in." Roxy says with a squeamish smile.
Everyone came in and sat in the front room. Roxy hiccuped and giggled as she sat down on the sofa next to Bro. Jake and Jane sat on either side of the two with plenty of room.
"So!" Jake clasps his hand together loudly. "Where do you think those little wankers went?"
"I have no clue. Dave would never run away for sure. That's all I know." Bro said.
"Rose is usually smart enough to know where she's going. She wouldn't get lost anytime soon." Roxy said trying to focus through her daze.
"Jade is either at the rental home with me and her grandfather or the island. Maybe Bec has something to do with it?" Jake asked.
"Yeah maybe Bec transported them all?" Roxy asked.
"Where would that stupid mutant dog take all of those kids?" Bro asked impatiently.
"Maybe someone arranged it. I know for a bloody fact Bec wouldn't transport those kids without a proper reason or simple command." Jake said.
"Who in the world would hate all four of the kids enough to get rid of them?" Jane asks doubtfully.
"I know those trolls. That one that's always pissed off oalways picked on my little Rose!" Roxy says getting angry quickly.
"Don't come to conclusions." Jake tried to sooth. "But we are catching on. Any evidence to help our guess?"
"Before Dave disappeared I heard noise in his room in the middle of the night. Lots of yelling and such was going on. When I came in to check on the little man he was silent." Bro said.
"That's a very good lead." Jake nods.
"It was probably just him being noisy. Nothing good enough to track," Jane said.
"I'm sure it's something. Jade was fine. But before she left I kept seeing that sea girl in our house." Jake said with a grimace.
"Oh her? Yeah I knew I saw her outside my apartment window!" Bro said.
"She was at your apartment?" Jane said sounding disgusted.
"Yeah so I was like: whatever dude. I'm sleeping. And that Karkat douche was there too." Bro said.
"I think it was Karkat and Feferi kidnapping everyone! But where to?" Roxy said scratching her head.
"Wait a moment." Jane paused. "John's father said Karkat was scheduled to go to a boot camp with John. Why was he at the apartment?"
"I think I know where they are!" Jake stood up. "I'll be right back. I'm getting my twin pistols."
Meanwhile, John was the last one running profusely on the field. Everyone finished and when John was found walking and talking with Rose he was forced to run more laps until dinner.
John was so hungry. He had skipped almost three meals. If he had to, he would eat tonight's camp meal. John ran as his stomach tore and growled uncontrollably. It was beginning to cramp.
"Ow ow ow ow!" John hissed under his breath.
He kept running since Vargas was behind him making sure he ran. John whined a little as he finished his tenth lap.
"Go get dinner now! You are done running laps!" Vargas commanded.
John got off the field and immediately sat down to catch his breath. He heaved long loud breaths and ruffled through his black
mangled hair. A voice called ahead of him. Sollux was walking towards John looking a little worried.
"What? Can't you see I'm really sweaty and tired out of my mind?" John groaned.
"I think that pill really does kill brain cells." Sollux said getting straight to the point.
"How did you come up with this?" John said still breathing heavily.
"I had a hard time remembering everybody'th nameth today, I couldn't recall what I did five minuteth ago, and I am told I keep laughing out of contethxt." Sollux counted on his fingers.
"Just hang in there, once we get those escape codes we can get you out and someplace to help." John reassured.
"KK sayth ith bull. I really wish I believed him."
"I know I know. Okay I got to go get dinner.." John stood up slowly.
"Aren't we suppothed to thkip that?" Sollux asked.
"I really want to. But I'm starving and Sergeant Vargas ordered me to," John complained.
"Get off the field and go get some food!" Vargas barked furiously.
The two rushed off the field mainly out of fear rather than obedience. They both walked to the cafeteria and came in to see all the trolls were back inside retreating to the food.
John glared at the lunch line. He was so hungry...but it's bad...but he's HUNGRY! John forced himself into the lunch line with Karkat and Eridan.
"You're eating again too?" Karkat asked edgily.
"Only today. I swear I am so hungry..." John trailed off.
"I just hope it's not fish again!" Eridan frowns.
"The tuna wasn't half bad, actually. Before it got on everyone's clothes that is." John laughed a little but the other two remained silent.
"Sollux keeps complaining about the servings here. I don't blame him. He's been such a pussy with that pill." Karkat rolls his eyes.
"W-what happened?" Eridan poked in.
"Sollux got a pill shoved down his throat and he's being paranoid about it killing brain cells." Karkat concluded.
"Sol's going to be stupid?" Eridan grins in pleasure.
"No. It's his imagination," Karkat fusses.
"No it's true. He gave me tons of evidence. I'd say he has the rest of the day to keep his common sense." John said.
"Beautiful. Mind if I come to w-witness?" Eridan couldn't sop grinning.
"Just stay out of the way." John sighed.
"What? No no he is NOT coming on this mission!" Karkat raged.
"I'm the leader of this plan. It's my choice," John laughed a little a Karkat threw a tiny fit.
They came up to the dinner's servings table. They each got a tray and looked at what was being served. Nothing beautiful, just fresh spam and more left over beans.
"I'm hungry enough to eat that." John said with a tiny smile.
The older lunch lady plopped a scoop of each condiment onto the kids' trays. John got out of line and looked around. Rose Dave and Jade were at a table with Vriska Terezi Gamzee and Tavros. John sat between Dave and Rose as Jade sat by Dave. Vriska sat across from John as Terezi sat across from Dave. Tavros and Gamzee were sat next to each other across Jade.
"So when are we doing the scoping?" Dave asked picking at his food.
"After dinner. It's already dark. People will be inside and sleeping while we let the hacker hack." John said.
"I have heard of your team mate's issues lately. He inquires memory in order to do this task. Will he be alright?" Rose asked.
John was shoveling some food in and swallowed. "We got to hurry. I don't think he's going to last long."
"Why are you eating it John?" Jade asked sadly.
"I'm sorry." John heaved a sigh. "I have skipped so many meals. One too many really,"
"Be careful." Jade smiled.
"Anyways!" Vriska interrupted. "I'm gonna be the look out, right?"
"You and Dave are look outs. If you guys hear or see anything make sure they don't come and find us," John instructed.
"What about ME?" Terezi cackled.
"Bro you're not in this. Leave it to the pros." Gamzee cocked his head and grinned.
"I don't want to do that risky stuff! It's way too scary," Tavros squeaked.
"It's alright bro!" Gamzee chucked and patted his friend's head.
Everyone finished eating and got into their cabins. Only John, Dave, Vriska, Sollux, Karkat and Eridan remained outside.
"Why ith he here?" Sollux pointed to the sea dweller.
"Just focus on why you're here." John said as Sollux gave Eridan a menacing glare. Eridan just smiled at the thought of his enemy being forever stupid within days.
"Let's just go already! This is getting slower by the minute!" Karkat whined.
"Let's do this!" Vriska yelled obnoxiously.
"Shut up they'll hear us!" Karkat yelled back.
John face palmed and began to walk to where he last sensed the hidden computer shack. Everyone got the message and began to follow.
John found the place again and everyone got into positions. Vriska as Dave stood by the doors looking out as Sollux was inside hacking as Karkat and Eridan watched. John checked them all and nodded to himself proudly. He made his way inside to the computers to meet with Sollux and the other two observers.
"Alright begin the hacking. We gotta use this code." John rubbed his hands together.
"Uh..." Sollux hesitated as his fingers drifted over the keyboard.
"What? Don't you remember how to do it?" Karkat snapped.
"I thhwear I knew it like a thecond ago!" Sollux retorted frustratedly.
"I think his memory time is running out..." John suggested nervously.
"No. Im fine. I still know who i am." Sollux snarled brashly and turned to John to give him an annoyed look.
"Alright w-who are you?" Eridan asked.
"Sollux flipping Captor. Now shut up and let me focus." Sollux snapped and turned back to the computer.
"Sollux man, please stop talking and hack into the codes before its too late!" Karkat begged.
"...who'th Sollux?" Sollux asked blankly. He sounded unlike himself. Childish almost. "What're codeth?"
"Oh man this is bad." John uttered.
"What are we supposed to do now? our hacker's freaking brain dead!" Karkat complained.
"You're the leader!" Eridan panicked.
"IM THE LEADER YOU PIECE OF CRAP!" John screeched.
"Thith place ith thilly. You guyth are thilly..." Sollux swayed in the swivel chair and smiled widely.
"W-Wow. This might not be too depressing. He's acting like a four year old," Eridan laughed a little.
"It's not funny, idiot!" Karkat yelled.
"Ooh...pretty colorth." Sollux felt the lit up computer screen with his hands making smearing sounds.
"Sollux, pull it together. You're scaring us." Karkat laughed nervously.
"KK?" Sollux paused. He sounded a little more like himself for a moment.
"Yes. You do remember." John exhaled with relief.
Sollux blinked and his eyebrows furrowed in concentration. John stopped smiling. Karkat wasn't ready to give up.
"Sollux. Who are you?" Karkat asked.
"I'm Fefe- wait no...Ara-? No! That's not it!" Sollux paused and gave his previous childish smile. "I think I'm ...happy."
"Uh. Your name perhaps?" John asked. "Not emotion?"
"Uh..." Sollux stopped feeling the screen to face the three and shrug. "I don't know."
"You're Sollux." Karkat said. "Pretty much my best friend?"
"Oh. Hello Sollux!" Sollux waved.
"No. YOU are Sollux." Eridan scoffed.
"Oh. Thank you Sollux." Sollux began to play with his shirt and giggle.
"Alright I'm already sick of happy, stupid and childish Sollux." Karkat said bitterly.
Sollux stopped messing with his shirt to look back at the computer. He reached for the mouse and picked it up curiously. He clicked it and cackled a little as he listened to the noise it made. Sollux put the mouse down and poked random letters in the keyboard. The computer made a loud chime and the screen's image changed.
"I DIDN'T DO NOTHIN'!" Sollux dropped the keyboard with a clatter.
John was bickering with Eridan and Karkat an turned to see what damage has been done. He walked to the keyboard and picked it up as he checked the screen. He slammed down the keyboard in surprise. Everyone looked curiously.
"Holy crap." John looked at the screen. "He got us in!"
"What did I do?" Sollux said surprised.
John was too busy clicking and grinning to respond. Karkat shoved Eridan aside and stepped next to John to see the screen.
"Woah what is all this crap?" Karkat narrowed his eyes.
The screen was loaded with numbers and confusing codes. John's jaw dropped at all the codes.
"What! How are we supposed to get one code when there are thousands?!" John exclaimed.
"Just use the search bar!" Karkat spat.
John immediately clicked on the search tool and typed in "gate codes". About a hundred more numbers showed up on another tab.
"What are you two doing?!" Sollux said angrily.
"W-Wait w-wait, he's okay?" Eridan said confused.
"Yeah I'm okay! When wath I not?!" Sollux shoved his way towards the keyboard and began typing.
"So it's...on and off?" John whispered.
"Shut up I'm trying to focuth." Sollux hissed.
"I think it hasn't taken full effect yet. His memories are on and off I'm guessing." John explained.
"Wait what if it happens again? How will we fix the codes?" Karkat asked brashly.
"What are you blabbing about?" Sollux turned towards them.
"You forgot yourself a few moments back. You just sort of snapped back to reality a few seconds ago like nothing happened." Karkat said.
"What the...okay I'm going to keep carrying on." Sollux waved them off as turned back around.
Sollux typed for awhile and frowned. "Thith thtuff ith a lot more complexth than I thought."
"Can you still get in?" John asked.
"Duh i can." Sollux scoffed.
Sollux did a few more clicks and finally made it to the screen he wanted. The screen read: PASSWORD PLEASE.
"Thcrew path wordth." Sollux plugged in his hard drive and smiled.
The screen fuzzed up for a few moments and a loading bar appeared. It loaded quickly and more numbers showed up.
"Here'th our ticket," Sollux pointed to a single line of numbers and letters that read 41312123.
"Write it down then!" Karkat spat.
Sollux frowned. "With what?"
"Um. A pen?" Karkat said in an obvious tone.
Sollux blinked and shook his head. "Thorry about that. I brought one,"
Sollux pulled a pen from his pocket and wrote the codes on his arm.
"Oh boy." John uttered. "He's getting stupider by the minute."
Purryrope: hehe! Sollux is turning stupid!
Meowkara: poor little bro.
Purryrope: speaking of Bro, he's gonna kick some doors down for Dave! And Jake? Aww we gotta put in some twin pistol action.
Meowkara: I can't wait to type that. There's gonna be car stunts and explosions! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Purryrope: stuff is going to go down guys. :]
Meowkara: oh yes. Get those pistols Jake and SHOOT DOWN THOSE BOOT CAMP TURDS!