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Chapter Three

Slyder's POV

I start to climb up the mountain, angry at myself for falling for such a simple trap. And on top of that...my laptop is fried! I think back to the hack I tried to pull, only to be fooled and a virus was transmitted into my laptop. Seriously! Who is this guy?

"Are you all right?" A voice asks, concerned.

The voice stops me before I round the corner toward a path to my cave.

"Yeah," answers another voice. "You?"

I peak around the corner to see two penguins sitting in the snow.

"I'm fine," the blue penguin replies.

He stands up and then give the other penguin a hand.

"Let's go," he announce and she nods. "Sarah!"

His warning came too late another trap triggers. The snow gives way and the penguin drops under the ledge. The dark blue penguin rushes over to grab her fin but it's too late.

"Sarah!" He yells again in panic. "Sarah!"

Great, just great! I rush forward, tying the harness and rope around my waist in record time and then anchoring the other end into the snow. Then I dive off the cliff after the girl. Just my luck! Hoping the dark blue penguin is as smart as he looks, I did a quick scan as I fly down the cliff. Found her. The girl, luckily, had landed on a ledge and hadn't taken a plunge down to the bottom.

"Hey! You with me?" I ask as I get to her.

Her eyes seem glazed over and she's bleeding a little on the left side of her forehead. She's still breathing. I do a quick examination to make sure her neck isn't broken.

"Okay, I'm going to lift you up now" I inform carefully. "Just...hold on if you're aware enough."

I pick her gently and she immediately wraps her arms around my neck. That's good. She's still conscious enough. I seriously hate this guy! I tug on the rope and luckily the blue penguin at the top gets the hint. He pulls up the rope and within seconds we're at the top.

"Sarah," the blue penguin exclaims. "Sarah, tell me what's wrong? Where are you hurt?"

The penguin's gaze shifts, still with a dazed expression.

"Can you stand?" Alex asks.

Sarah looks at the soft white snow and tries to put one foot on the ground. She winces in pain.

"A broken ankle," I observe while still carrying Sarah. "Listen, how did you guys get here? I seriously hope it wasn't by walking."

The penguin shakes his head, "there's a snowmobile parked at the bottom of this mountain."

"Okay, then let's go" I nod.

We reach the bottom of the hill where the blue penguin starts to strap in their packs.

"I can take it from here," He exclaims walking towards Sarah.

He doesn't trust me. I can tell by the look in his eyes but he's just going to have to deal with it for now.

"Don't be stupid," I state. "You're going to have to drive this thing. Who's going to watch her and make sure that she doesn't fall off?"

He reluctantly nods and then gets into the front. Sarah is then lifted on next and then I follow. The penguin drives down the mountain and then stops at the Everyday Phone Facility.

"Why are we here?" I asks. "We need to take her to the hospital."

The guy hops off the snowmobile and looks back at the me with a calculating gaze.

"I was borrowing the snowmobile from a friend," he informs. "It's all right now, I've got it from here. Thanks."

I finally shrug and hand Sarah over to him.

"I didn't get your name," the guy asks.

"Neither did I," I adds.

"My name is Alex and this is Sarah," he replies.

"Mine's...ThomasX52," I lie.

"Thank you again, ThomasX52" Alex informs.

I nod and then starts to walk away. I turn to see Alex carry Sarah into the Everyday Phone Facility. I can't help but smile.

After dismantling the last trap, I hurry inside the cave. Those were recent traps. I sigh. Who is this guy? Why are they after me? I toss my fried laptop on the table, angry. Seriously, what is up with this guy! I growl and then look around my small home. I take out my new finds and sigh. These aren't the things I'm looking for either.

I flop onto my makeshift bed and look at the ceiling. And who were they? I began to think back to Sarah and Alex who I met on the mountains. They certainly weren't in the mountains just to go hiking. I think back to that dark blue penguin. His eyes were always watching me. They were too straight forward and calculating. I close my eyes and start to laugh. Oh..I get it. So that's who I'll be up against. I smile. This is going to be a lot of fun.

*Flashback *

"I didn't get your name," The dark blue penguin asks.

"Neither did I," I counter.

"My name is Alex," he replies.

Lily's POV

"Did you know that black puffles can breathe fire?" Matt remarks as we close up shop.

"No? Really?" I ask, curious. "I didn't know that."

Matt laughs.

"What's so funny?" I remark and then feel heat rising up to my cheeks in embarrassment.

I punch Matt in the shoulder.

"Very funny!" I shout.

Matt continues to laugh, "there is such thing as an Alien puffle."

"Oh get out of here!" I exclaim, whacking Matt on the back with one of the puffle beds.

"No I'm serious!" He answers, "I heard someone say they saw one once."

I start to count the inventory and look at Matt exasperation.

"Yeah, sure there is" I say. "When puffles fly."

Matt snickers and then proceeds to mess up the stack of colored cans.

"HEY! MATT! That took me hours to coordinate!" I complain.

I chase him around the shop, tossing puffle toys at him. Suddenly he just disappears.

"Where'd you go?" I ask, stopping in the center of the shop.

I start to spin a circle and I start to get worried.

"MATT!" I yell.

Suddenly Matt came flying out of nowhere and tackles me to the ground with a giant puffle stuffed animal.

"Ow, My head!" I complain.

Matt sits up and looks at me worried.

"Where?" He asks.

I wait for him to lean closer before clobbering him another puffle bed. I smile.

"Oh you are so asking for it now!" He announces, "this is war!"

I feel light seep through my eyelids. No...I don't want to wake up. I see Matt and the puffle shop start to fade from my mind. No...don't go. Finally, there's nothing left to see. I sit up in bed and feel a tear run down my face. I quickly wipe it away and inhale deeply. I have to move on. It's a new day. Summoning up my strength, I get out of bed.

What does Slyder16191 mean by that guy? Who is that guy? Find out what happens next in the story on October 25th! Bye for now!

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