The PJ Masks, Greg, Connor, Amaya, Catboy, Gekko, Owlette, PJ Robot, Luna Girl, Night Ninja, Romeo, etc are all © to their respective owners, presumably Romuald and Disney Junior. The only part of this work that I claim ownership of is the story itself. Again, none of these characters are mine.

It's worth noting that I typically like to denote short breaks in the story with a series of 3 asterisks. This site doesn't seem to like that, so I'm having to resort to using horizontal lines. After the first horizontal line in this chapter, all the rest denote short breaks in the story.

The next night, Romeo stopped walking just outside of the PJ Masks HQ with Owlette. Behind them stands Romeo's mobile lab. He was wearing an unbuttoned labcoat with a pair of blue jeans and a purple polo shirt on underneath the labcoat. He shivered slightly as a cool autumn breeze drained the heat from his body. Owlette sighed at his pained expression. "You should've worn a real coat, huh?"

Romeo nodded, "Yeah… I didn't expect it would be so cold tonight." He buttoned the labcoat up and said, "Alright, so, you've got the pin, right?"

Owlette nodded back. "Yeah." She slightly opened her hand to show a small safety pin. "Are you sure about this?"

Romeo rubbed his hands together coldly, and said, "No, but this is a good experimental way to find out if we're right."

Owlette sighed and said, "Agreed."

Romeo said, "You don't think they're mad about me not telling you about Luna Girl, right?" Romeo struggled to keep his teeth from chattering.

Owlette shook her head. "They understand why you didn't tell us. Besides, you had no way of knowing what she had planned. I can understand why you were going to wait and tell us tonight." Owlette placed her palm on the door and it opened. "Come on."

Romeo took a brief glance at the moon above them; it was already turning a deeper shade of red. The reddest part of the eclipse would soon be upon them. He stepped inside the door and followed Owlette up the stairs.

Once they were inside Catboy's HQ Room, they walked over to where Catboy and Gekko were playing on the video game console. Without looking away from the TV, Catboy said, "What did you two find out about that new piece from the Luna Magnet?"

Romeo and Owlette split and walked to different sides of the couch as Romeo replied, "Well, Luna Girl definitely hadn't made a memory wiper, we can say that for sure." Romeo stopped next to Catboy and Owlette stopped next to Gekko. Owlette threw the Luna Magnet at PJ Robot and nodded at him. He caught it effortlessly, gave a thumbs-up, and carried it over to the vault next to the elevators.

Catboy said, "Did you learn anything else?"

Romeo shook his head. "We have some theories, but nothing concrete. Did Luna Girl call again while we were out?"

Gekko nodded, this time. "Yeah, and this time she was threatening the whole city, not just us." He smiled lightly and added, "It was even funnier than last time. She's kinda funny when she's angry."

Catboy laughed and said, "Yeah, plus I'm fairly sure Gekko and I learned a new cuss word from her, too. Remember what it was, Gekko?"

Gekko snickered and said, "Yeah, it was– OUCH, what the heck!" Just as he started to say the word, Owlette jabbed the safety pin into Gekko's right arm. He jerked away from the sharp pain and his controller sailed through the air and landed on the ground with a clatter.

At the same time, Catboy grabbed his own right arm and exclaimed, "Ouch!"

Gekko looked at the sharp safety pin sticking from his arm and then back up at Owlette with a look of betrayal like the look a kicked puppy would give its owner. Tears quickly welled up in his eyes as he realized his friend had done this to him. "Wh-wh-why did you do that to me, Amaya?"

Catboy rubbed his own right arm tenderly. His eyes lit up and he said, "Wait!" He examined the scene. "Why did I feel that, too?" Gekko quickly snapped his look over at Catboy and made a confused grunt.

Owlette grimaced. "I'm sorry, Greg." Tears started to flow from Greg's eyes and Owlette looked up at Romeo. He simply shrugged; they knew Gekko might be upset... Owlette said, "It was for an experiment."

Just as she said that, PJ Robot appeared suddenly and made a series of frantic beeps like a squirrel signaling danger. He grabbed the safety pin and pulled it out of Gekko's upper-arm, causing both Gekko and Catboy to yelp in pain. PJ Robot looked at Owlette with a sad face and made an inquisitive beep as Gekko wriggled a bit from the shock of having the pin yanked from his arm.

Romeo sighed. "That was my idea, guys. Sorry."

Catboy spoke up, and slowly said, "Why. Did. I. Feel. That?"

Owlette said. "Because we just confirmed Romeo's theory about what that new piece on the Luna Magnet did to you two."

Catboy said, "What was the theory?! Answer the question!" He rubbed his arm as if it still hurt him. Gekko sat up and rubbed his eyes, wiping away the tears. He examined the spot where he was stabbed, looking for blood, emitting a light sob as he did.

Romeo said, "You two–Greg and Connor–have had your minds linked… somehow." Owlette pouted; she seemed to be upset that she hurt Gekko.

Gekko lightly punched Owlette on her arm. He said, "Experiment or not, that really hurt me!" He sobbed slightly.

Owlette accepted the punch and said, "I know, I know. I'm sorry. It was the only way for us to test it." The video game made a loud sound and both the boys' characters died in short order.

Romeo said, "We just had a hunch." He pulled the small piece they had taken off Luna Girl's Luna Magnet out of his labcoat pocket and held it up for Gekko and Catboy. He said, "You know, I have no idea what this circuitry in here is supposed to do. We finally talked about how you two have behaved since you were hit, and we figured that something like this might be going on. I guess that, by now, you two would have a good enough link that a stunt like Owlette just pulled would cause you both to feel pain. But we couldn't tell either of you to warn you because it might have made you feel sympathy pain even though you weren't linked…"

Catboy's ears folded down and he said, "Well, your hunch was right."

Owlette sighed. "I'm sorry, boys."

Gekko rubbed his arm tenderly and said, "I'll be okay.,,"

Catboy huffed. "Well, is there any way to remove the link between us?"

Romeo shrugged. "I don't know. Luna Girl's powers are outside of my realm of understanding… I'm not surprised that the blood moon is making her crazy, but the idea that her Luna Magnet could do this freaks me out."

Owlette sighed. "It might wear off or it might get stronger. We can't really be sure what will happen."

Catboy stood up and sighed. "I like Greg, but I'm not sure if I want him to feel all the feelings and sensations that I do…"

Gekko looked at Catboy. "Wait, wait."

Catboy said, "What?"

Gekko replied, "Remember when I laid down earlier today while you took a shower?" Catboy nodded. "I felt oddly warm the entire time you were in there…"

Owlette and Romeo look at each other. Romeo said, "That sounds… creepy."

Gekko said, "Yeah, I just thought it was my imagination, too."

Catboy said, "Wait, wait, holy cow. I cried yesterday afternoon for almost no reason. Did you get really upset over something before you called us at Amaya's house?"

Gekko nodded. "Uh, yeah." He scratched his head and, in a low tone, he continued, "My mom scolded me and stuff... And every time she uses that mean voice of hers, it makes me upset…"

Romeo said, "Wow… This is wild."

Catboy looked at Owlette. "That explains why I cried so easily." He tapped his chin and exclaimed, "AND why Gekko got dizzy on the moon yesterday!" PJ Robot beeped along interestedly.

Romeo said, "Did I mention how sorry I am that I never told you guys about Luna Girl stealing my stuff? I should have asked for help." He sighed. "Now look at you. Connor and Greg tied together in their heads, possibly forever."

Gekko sprung up and said, "Hey, it's okay. If there's anyone I wouldn't mind being linked to, it's Connor."

Connor nodded. "Yeah, it'd be weirder if it had been all three of us or one of us and Amaya."

Owlette said, "What? Why? Because I'm a girl?"

Gekko and Catboy nodded. Before Owlette could protest, Romeo's watched beeped. They all looked at him and he said, "Hey that means it's almost time for the eclipse." He pointed to his watch.

Owlette said, "Oh, whatever. Romeo and I are going to figure this out, eventually. Let's just go watch the eclipse and go home. Romeo and I can plan on meeting up again this weekend so we can do some more studying on the gizmo she zapped you with."

Gekko and Catboy sighed and followed Romeo and Owlette outside.

An hour later, Connor and Greg were deposited back into Connor's room at home with a flash. Greg rubbed his arm and then sat on the edge of the bed. "I still can't believe that Amaya stabbed me with a safety pin."

Connor sat down next to him and patted the boy's shoulder lightly. "They had to, dude." Connor crawled over onto the other side of the bed and plopped down on his pillows.

Greg sighed, "Yeah, but come on. She could've stepped on my foot or something." He laid down on his side of the bed, too.

Connor replied, "Eh, whatever." He yawned. "I'm excited for the next time you go see Finn, now. Maybe I'll feel some of those big brother feelings that you don't stop telling me about."

Greg smiled. "Maybe you will." He yawned, too. "I love that little boy a lot, and he can't even talk or walk." He laughed. "Heck, he can barely even eat on his own."

Connor said, "Greg?"

"Hmm?"

"You're doing it again."

"What?" Greg scratched his head. "OH, rambling about Finn. Sorry."

Connor snorted. "It's okay. I like it, but I'm tired, is all."

Greg nodded. "Okay. Good night, Connor."

Greg ran down a seemingly never-ending white hallway and looked behind him; a big ball that looked like the moon was following him, rolling down the corridor. It was crimson red and looked evil as it rolled behind him with a loud roar.

Pure terror was the only thing Greg could comprehend as he ran. After what seemed like forever, he heard someone say, "Greg! I think we're going to outrun it! Just keep going!" He snapped out of his animalistic focus and looked over to where the voice came from. He saw Connor running beside him.

Greg didn't say anything; he just nodded and kept running, terrified of being crushed by the giant moon rolling behind them. The fact that he was running with Connor made it seem less scary, though. After a while, Greg looked back and said, "Look, look, we're outrunning it!"

The moon was slowly getting further and further behind them. Connor looked back and said, "Awesome!"

Just as Greg turned and looked forward again, he and Connor both slammed into a wall that had almost magically appeared in front of them. They both scrambled around trying to find an escape. Finally, when there was only a few seconds left and the roar of the approaching moon was deafeningly loud, Connor and Greg held onto each other and screamed. Just before it crushed them, Greg and Connor saw a flash of neon green and another of neon blue.

Suddenly, Greg's eyes snapped open. He bolted upright from his spot laying down and he screamed, just as he had been in the dream. When he realized he was okay, the scream stopped, and he looked around the bedroom. He saw Connor was sitting up, too. Greg panted as if he had just ran a marathon and trembled.

Connor was panting too. "D-did you have a nightmare, too?"

Greg nodded, and with a distressed warble, replied, "Yes!"

Connor hugged the boy over to him and said, "Oh man that was crazy." He could feel his own heart thumping madly in his chest. "I dreamt the blood moon from the eclipse was rolling after us."

Greg snapped away from the hug. He said, "…and then it crushed us."

Connor gawked at Greg. "Y-you had that dream, too?"

Greg shook as he nodded. "Y-yeah. Right before it crushed us we grabbed each other and, uh uhm uh, and we screamed." Greg's heart still pounded in his chest at a high rate.

Connor looked at Greg with his jaw slack. After a second, he said, "Oh my Gosh. We were inside each other's' dream."

Greg blinked as he processed that statement. Angrily, he said, "The stupid Luna Magnet thing!"

Just as he finished saying that, Connor's dad, Tim, burst into the room. "Hey, who was screaming up here? That about scared us to death down there."

Greg quickly said, "It was me. I had a nightmare." He laughed nervously, and lied, "I woke up screaming, and it scared Connor."

Tim, who looked like he had just woken up himself, said, "Well… Are you okay?" The man scratched his salt-and-pepper colored beard.

Greg said, "I think so." He swung around to get out of bed and scratched his head. Connor's stomach growled behind him and Greg said, "…Let's just have breakfast."