A Seed Of Hope

by Xx0Shadow0xX

When Berry Bitty City suffers from a severe drought, Strawberry's & her friends' lives are in grave danger. There is one cure that will repair the quaint town, but they must move to Berry Big City to try to obtain it from Princess Berrykin's long lost sister. Will the girls get it to save their home in time? CREDIT GOES TO BLUEVANILLA79. ORIGINAL STORY BY BLUEVANILLA79.

19. Restarting Over From Scratch Pt1

Restarting Over From Scratch

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Before reading this, be sure to look at BlueVanilla79's Original story so you'll be all caught up. This isn't an official collab, it's a simple pick up from the story being three years old and suspended. Shout Out to BlueVanilla79 for the awesome story. I get my character is complicated but him in the next part will explain his powers a bit more depth and simple. Other Characters like Apple, The Twins, their cousin Raisin Cane, Berrykin Bloom etc... well, Bloom is gonna be in the next part. You gotta wait for the others to show up. Believe me, I'm just as excited as you. This is Chapter 19 Pt.1 while I work on Pt.2. Consider this as an update on how far the story goes. I get tired of putting myself in flashbacks because that makes me lose interest in the story but I want to keep you entertained so hopefully that's a little bit worth it. I may end up forgetting what I put in this or I may end up repeating myself but typing fanfics while doing a whole bunch of other stuff is hard so you can't have your mind thinking on nothing but this. I have a different type of writing style so you will see how the characters act and feel according to what's in the parenthesis. Enjoy! Honestly, I would have gone to fifty thousand words. Do the word count minus this disclaimer/description! By the way, the girls DO know Shadow, the thing is he's been gone almost a whole decade now they barely know who he is... or was. He will explain that in chapter 2- hopefully I don't get bored trying to explain it, haha! I have the whole story figured out, don't worry! I can't type fast so plz bare with me! And as im reading this, idk what's going on with fanfiction when it comes to signs not showing up or words and number signs disappearing but hopefully you get it as you continue to read throughout this story. Currently working on Part 2 so again, enjoy!

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PART 1: Who's This? (An Old/New Ally)

MY POV

(Scene pans to black wet/muddy boots on mat in front of an closed door).

Blueberry: (Gasps; Whispers), Do you guys hear that?

Strawberry: (Whispers), Someone's trying to break inside! Everyone, grab your weapons!

{Inside, the girls panicked again and grabbed their weapons they had when they attacked Huck then suddenly, the sound stopped}.

{Huckleberry looked around for a weapon to get. He was dropping in helping the girls with getting groceries, and other necessities ever since Plum purposely "borrowed" Strawberry's money without permission on a dance audition she got rejected from.}

Huck: (Whispers Heavily), Wait, what about me?! {Blueberry looked around and found a pillow and gave it to Huckleberry as he complained some more}, A pillow? Really?!

Blueberry: (Whispers heavily; Sarcastically), Gee, I'm sorry I couldn't find anything "better" in such short notice!

Huck: (Whispers Heavily), BETTER?! You have a mechanical pencil! (At Strawberry), and Strawberry, you have a heavy-duty wooden spoon! Both weapons, that can be actually useful!

Blueberry: (Whispers), Wow. If I knew you were gonna act like that, I never would have gave you anything to begin with!

Huck: Look, I'm sorry, but… can you at least give me something that would at least do some damage?

Plum: Like how we did to your eye and lip?

Huck: {Crosses his arms and scowls}, Ha ha ha, I forgot to laugh. How about a knife or a- a- oh, a pole? A stick even?

{Blueberry walked to and from the kitchen and found the last plastic knife available in the drawer. It was small in size.}

Huck: {Inspects the knife}, you've gotta be kidding me!

Blueberry: Don't break it, it's our last one and we yet haven't gone to the store to get more plastic-ware.

Huck: [Sighs, Gee… Thanks.

Strawberry: Okay, everyone, here we go…

{Lemon and Raspberry continue to "play dead" on the apartment floor while Strawberry and her friends walked slowly behind her ready for what's to come behind that door}.

Strawberry: Okay… Whoever or… whomever you are, listen, we're heavily armed! So if I were you, I would go away, before this gets worse than it needs to be… I-I -I got a spoon! And… I'm not afraid to use it! {Strawberry holds out her spoon with both hands out in front of her as she gets in her stance. Then as they were about to turn the knob…}

Unknown Voice: {Knocks On The Door}, hello? It's me, Orange!

{Everyone eased off in relief until…}, there's someone I want you guys to meet! I just met him! {Then with everyone's sudden unease they snapped back into their positions. As Strawberry opened the door, Orange walked in the doorway and greeted everyone with a smile. Her smile was a little bit faint seen that she was starting to be in a lot of pain again, but she was willing to push through it.}

Strawberry: Orange, I'm so glad you're okay

{As she hugged Orange, she grunts and squealed in pain. It was so high pitched that it had everyone's attention. Strawberry quickly stopped hugging and backed away from Orange as she and the others knew she had been attacked.}

Lemon: Orange, What happened to you?

Orange: Um, someone nearly attacked me while coming from Princess Beatrice's castle. But luckily I managed to live from the horrible experience.

Blueberry: "Nearly"? Looks like they did attack you! I mean look at your face! Is- is that… make-up?

{Plum walks to Orange as she uses her thumb to wipe the make up from the side of her face, as she did, she felt a big bruise on the side of Orange's face, Orange winced in pain.}

Orange: Hehe. Yeah. It looks bad, but It's not. I'll be fine.

Strawberry: But…

Blueberry: We gotta take her to the hospital!

Strawberry: Now, Blueberry, you know we can't do that. We only been here for a short period of time, and we probably don't have much to cover the expenses Orange needs to be checked out.

{Orange starts to feel a bit lightheaded when she starts to fall, Huck and Plum rushes to catch her.}

Huck: Orange, are you sure you're alright?

Blueberry: Yeah, you don't look so good.

Orange: (Heavily sighs), I'm fine. I'm just… tired from walking back and forth to the Princess's mansion is all. Anyways, there's someone I want you to meet. If it wasn't for him, you guys… um… let's just say you never would have seen me again.

{After Orange said that, I then creeped into the door frame as a big silence filled the room. Everyone was looking at me and I was looking at them, except for Lemon and Raspberry, who both gasped and went back to "playing dead".}

Me: uh… hehe, hi.

{In a flash, they picked up their useless so-called weapons and aimed them directly at me… well, the spoon and the pencil got my attention. The bandana, the plastic cup, and the pillow, nah, that's not it.}

Me: Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa aye aye aye aye aye! Yooo!

{Orange managed to get up despite her grunting in pain and rushed in front of me with her hands waving in front of her}

Orange: Guys Guys Guys, It's okay It's okay, he's friendly, he's friendly!

Plum: NO! HE'S NOT, LOOK AT HIM!

Me: Wow, thank yall, yall don't look pretty nice ya'selves

Plum: (scoffs), ha! I see you got jokes

Me: Ha Ha! Right back at ya sister. I can see now why they call you the jokester of the group!

{That there caught everyone's ear. How did I know she's the jokester aka prankster of the girl group? Still, they haven't let me in their complex… yet.}

Strawberry: (Skeptical), how did you know that she's a jokester?

Me: Actually, I know a lot about y'all, especially on my little time I have been spending in Berry Big City. Now let me in and I'll explain! (To Self), Gosh I'm surprised yall don't remember me. Can't say I blame you guys though.

Strawberry: (Softly), Um Orange, may I speak with you in the kitchen, please?

Orange: Oh, sure, Strawberry...

{Not knowing what's in store for her, she followed Strawberry to the kitchen}, so what's the problem, Strawberry?

{Strawberry froze and gazed another look at me. I was only in a black hoodie with a dark violet jacket over it, green-grayish cargo pants, dark cobalt boots and a beanie cap almost like Strawberry's. I was still looking around, but I was gazing at the others making sure they aren't trying anything funny. Strawberry however, she flipped out.}

Strawberry: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING?! Bringing some stranger in our apartment complex!

Orange: Now Strawberry, here me out-

Strawberry: First, Plum steals my hard-earned money for an audition they rejected her out of, now you bring some unknown stranger in our temporary home without the slightest idea what he's going to do?

Orange: But Strawberry-

Strawberry: Are you girls trying to put me in the hospital? You know we don't have enough room in here for guests! This place isn't presentable in the slightest, we look a mess-

Blueberry: You think that's bad, you should've seen Lemon's face when Custard scratch her palm.

Strawberry: Wait, Custard did WHAT?!

Blueberry: Never mind, you got it.

Orange: Strawberry, please listen! He saved me. I… I almost got killed on my way back from Princess Beatrice's Palace. {Everyone gazed at me with confusion}, If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here right now, and for that I thank him with everything I owe him.

Me: Ma'am, you don't owe me anything. It's my pleasure.

Plum: Yeeeahh, what kind of pleasure you're referring to? {The girls raised their "weapons" up higher and closer to me as Strawberry threw her spoon at Plum as she catches it and moves to Strawberry's spot and presses the spoon right up to my nose.}

Me: Hey, if you think I'm trying to have my way with you ladies, you are wrong. Honestly, I come in peace! {I did two alien peace signs with both my hands out.}

Blueberry: How do you do that? {Blueberry tries to do what I did and fails.}

Me: It's not easy…

Plum: (Whispers), Blueberry, stop talking to the enemy

Me: ENEMY? Lady if anything I can be a friendenemy!

Blueberry: Don't you mean "Frienemy?

Me: Nah. SpongeBob says Friendenemy in the show.

Unknown Voice: Who's SpongeBob?

Me: (Pauses), oh. Never mind. We'll go with frienemy for now

Plum: Blueberry, I told you to-

Blueberry: Plum, I don't think he's a robber, or an enemy, or even a frienemy. He's a friendly. We should let him in.

Plum: No way, I don't care how high he raises his hands to make peace signs, I'm not gonna let his a* in without-

Me: I know about Berry Bitty City. {Everyone, including Lemon and Raspberry looked at me}, I also know yall don't have a lot of time. I have lots to explain to you guys. I don't care whether you believe me or not, all you gotta do is just hear me out… please?

Strawberry: Y-you've been… stalking us?

Me: (Groans in frustration), oh, come-on, you guys! If I was stalking you I wouldn't be standing here right now explaining all of this to you. I wouldn't be here talking and Orange over there, (points at Orange), never would have made it home.

Blueberry: You know, he does have a point there.

Orange: Please, Strawberry… let him in. I promise he wouldn't hurt anybody.

{Strawberry looked at Huckleberry in the state he's in and remembered Blueberry already told Huck about how they were in trouble in Berry Bitty City because of the drought, and Cherry also knows about it, and since Princess Beatrice been known, they have no other option but to allow me one chance. Besides, Princess Berrykin expected only the six main girls to keep a low-key profile about the situation and yet three outsiders including a stranger already knows about the situation. If any other word gets out on whom they really are, they can kiss Berry Bitty City goodbye… for good. Lucky for them, Princess Beatrice hasn't revealed the girls, their location, their home, or their objective yet, so they might have an advantage… that is if I'm willing to play ball- in Strawberry's mind. With that, she heavily sighed and she signaled the girls to lower their weapons and they finally let me in.}

Me: Thank You. {Plum however, she's giving me the stink eye this whole time. As I walked in, I glanced at Lemon and Raspberry still laying on the ground with their eyes closed}, what are you two doing?

Lemon: (Whispers), Shhh, we can't hear you, we're dead.

Raspberry: (whispers), Mm-hmm. {I looked at Raspberry who has her eyes closed with her hands clasp together like she's in a casket… except I can see her breathing through her nose}.

Me: (Sighs heavily), okay, if yall were "actually dead", 1, you wouldn't be breathing, (Points at Raspberry) and 2, you wouldn't be saying a single word like you two did just now. (Points at Lemon and crosses arms).

{Realizing what Lemon just did, she replied with an "Oops".}

Me: Yeah, "Oops"- Get Yo A*es Up, yall ain't foolin' anybody!

{With that, Lemon and Raspberry quickly rose and sat in the available chairs in the kitchen. I took a quick glance at the place. It smelled strongly ridiculous, and the room looked like Big Time Rush's old apartment room- you know, before they turned it into their dream crib}, This place looks… depressing. How are you girls living in such a poor state?

Strawberry: Well, we all had to make sacrifices. {I took a glance of the little bathroom. It looked a little cramped.}

Me: So, being here is part of the sacrifice yall were willing to take? {I then reached to the closet}

Strawberry: I guess, if you consider trying to make ends meat at a dead-end fast-food job.

Plum: Or an audition that could pay a lot in the end but then ends your career just like that.

Blueberry: Or trying to find a story to type up for it to be published for a check

Lemon: Or struggling for days to find jobs that are in your liking but none would be available for you.

Orange: Or how about a Princess who asks you to guard the most expensive soil known to berry kind for four solid figures an hour

Everyone (excluding me): (Gasps), WHATTT?!

{I opened the closet door to find seven dogs cooped up in it, only to growl viciously. I knew what that meant immediately. "Oh Sh*!" I said to myself as they start to bark and attempt to book it for the closet door, but I quickly shut the door before they even got the chance. They start to scratch the closet door as they barked loudly.}

Strawberry: (Moans annoyingly) Oh, bitter berries! You done got them started!

Me: What are they doing in the closet?

Blueberry: We're not allowed to have pets here…

Orange: …and we couldn't just abandon them in Berry Bitty City.

Raspberry: And our neighbors are threatening to report us if we don't keep our dogs quiet so we're doing favors for them to keep them quiet.

Me: Like what?!

Raspberry: Watering their flowers

Lemon: Washing their clothes

Strawberry: Making them snacks

Blueberry: And washing their dishes

Plum: As well as vacuuming or mopping the floor

Lemon: And dusting their place.

Me: And how long you think that's gonna last? Until they turn on yall, and get your pets taken away. (Looks at Huckleberry), And I don't know about you. For all I know if the neighbors find out you're the reason these dogs are here and that you were the one who gave them to them in the first place, they will probably call the police on you. Considering you own a shelter for pets knowing they aren't allowed to have them in the building, these neighbors are gonna end up shutting your shelter down!

Huck: (Chuckles Nervously), Well…

Me: (Excitedly clapping) Yall making BIG MOVES out here! I see yall!

{Before I sat on Strawberry's mattress to relieve tension on my feet since they've been hurting from being on them so much, a pink spotted cat ran out from under the sheets as I shouted, "What the hell?"}

Strawberry: Oh, sorry. This is Custard, my cat.

Me: Your cat?! (Strawberry Nods), Yall really trying to get kicked out huh?

Plum: Drop it! {She confronted me with a serious look.}

Lemon: Speaking of "big moves", Orange, what happened at the palace?

Strawberry: Yea, and how did you run into… (points at me)

Me: I'm sorry, I'm… well, you can just call me "Shadow"

Blueberry: Shadow?

Me: Well, I go by Shadow but I go by my stage name, Shadow Bittahszweet-T… with a Z in "Sweet".

Raspberry: Like "Z"-

Me: (To Self), I knew she was gonna spell it like that. (To everyone), No, S-Z-W-E-E-T dash T.

Blueberry: Why do you spell it like that?

Me: Unique. Separates all the "sweet" names people has givin themselves. {I wouldn't wanna bore yall with the details but yall already know when it comes to stage names, Sweet would be in their name so that's the reason I had mine stand out.}

Orange: Okay, but first off, Lemon, Raspberry, it wasn't even a tea party! They just discussed on beefing more security and military guards as well as police to control the mayhem that's going on outside of the palace. And as I left, Princess Beatrice called me and told me she wanted to hire me to guard the Preservation Soil. Not only that, but the pay is also four figures and if things go well, she may even increase the payout.

{Everyone was excited for Orange as well happy. Their few steps closer to going back home. But me, I wasn't amused since I seen this type of stunt before. Through multiple alternatives I've seen how something like this could go sideways}.

Plum: So, what's your next plan?

Orange: What do you mean?

Plum: You got the job guarding the soil. That's like a one in a lifetime chance to do something about it… like- TAKE IT!

Orange: Well, I've thought about it, and that's what I'm going to do.

Me: Do what? Steal the soil from the Palace?

Orange: Well, yeah… But I'm also scared that I may end up losing Princess Beatrice trust.

Me: You should be. You can't just steal soil from a highly secured place if you don't even know how or where it is.

Orange: But I do know where it is. It's in the palace.

Me: You know WHERE in the palace? {Orange paused for a second before answering no by shaking her head sadly}, I bet they blind folded you, didn't they? {Orange nodded her head yes}, there's no use even going through with the plan if you don't even know where the soil is.

Orange: Princess Beatrice would probably show me where as soon as I start.

Me: Well, let me tell you something, this isn't a one-person job. You can't do this alone and you've came so far to earn this snotty a* Berrykin her trust and doing just that is going to screw all your plans up for sure! What you need is to keep that trust with Beatrice. Do you have anybody inside the palace to help you carry out this so-called plan of yours?

Orange: No, nobody can't even enter the palace before getting mauled on by law enforcement or security guards.

Me: Hmm… then I guess you need some outside help, and since the seven of you already know about the soil-

Unknown Voice: Eight.

Me: What?

Strawberry: Eight. Our friend Cherry Jam knows about the Preservation Soil.

Me: Alright, where is she now?

Lemon: She's stuck at a hotel in another part of town during the curfew until the weather and the craziness dies down.

Strawberry: But the main question everyone wants to know is, where did YOU come from?

Me: What?

Strawberry: I'm the type of person who likes to get to know my new friends better. Especially the ones who I suspect to be up to no good. All you have to do is tell me why you're here and then some and I won't have to suspect you are up to anything bad… yet.

Plum: Yeah.

Me: Okay, Fine.

Orange: I was walking out of the palace on my way back here in the pouring rain and…

Me: Save your breath, Orange, let me tell'em… better yet, let me show'em.

{My eyes glowed a mysterious hue color and flashed the television screen and everyone backed away from me like I was contagious. However, Raspberry slowly got close to me, touched my hand and suddenly, she froze… then Plum who was already on her way to grab Raspberry's hand to pull her away from me, she ended up frozen as well. Plum pulled away as she had a new confused expression on her face.}

Plum: It- it's like I… I'm actually there.

Lemon: What?

Plum: Come on, grab my hand

{Lemon did so, and they both went and grabbed Raspberry's hand and froze together. Orange, Strawberry, Huckleberry & Blueberry were confused by this as well hesitant, but they could also see on the television screen on Orange's encounter with danger.}

IN SHADOW'S VISION=

{It was pouring rain when a band of people good, bad, and furious crowded up against the palace while a line of law enforcement as well as Princess Beatrice's guards standing aside with the officers standing their ground against protesters. Orange ran and covered her face with her raincoat to avoid anyone seeing her face or herself in general leaving the palace untouched. Unfortunately, a trio of protesters who spotted her leaving shoved out of the group to try and catch up to her. Orange who's already tired from the long journey over to the palace started to slow down and decided to rest at a bench nearby. The trio couldn't find Orange somehow but noticed the lady Orange helped a few weeks ago who just received a 20 dollar tip from two people who were just leaving the lady. For some reason, Huckleberry & Strawberry recognized that couple since those were the same shoes Strawberry recognized back at the party weeks ago, and the same shoes Huckleberry saw that day back at the park with Cherry. Wasn't long until Strawberry and Huckleberry put two and two together. It was Candace & Caleb. What were they doing out in the rain, especially with chaos going on like that? Huckleberry sure didn't care for Caleb the same as Strawberry didn't care for Candace, let alone, she did almost had her arrested that night. They continued to watch the vision as in the vision the three snatched the money from the poor woman and ripped the money up, stomping on her box as well as trying to beat her up for no reason. She's already sick and has dementia so she's particularly going through it. She tried to run, but the three eventually caught up with her thanks to a few people helping the trio make their job easy. By the poor lady running trying to get pass a few people in the way, due to her weak state, she can barely push and shove her way through, but they would either let her pass, block her or even shove her back, mostly block her and/or shove her pass, only two or three people managed to let her get by, but the most thing the other people didn't seem to care about was her screaming for help. After she got shoved, the three-trio finally caught up to her, one picked her up and dragged her in an alley way and Orange can't help but follow. She already messed up when she became a witness of a robbery on her way to the Princess's palace last time, this time, she planned to contribute to Berry Big City for the first time seen by the public. Orange couldn't let her get pummeled by a bunch of berry thugs. In her head, one side tells her "You helped her out once, now she needs your help more than ever, plus that gives you an opportunity to sharpen on your skills to guard the Preservation Soil", and on the other side tells her "What in the world are you thinking?! She's not your priority right now! She'll be okay, you need to get home in one piece before you'll end up being next!" A lot was going through her head so much that she felt sick to her stomach. Like she was either gonna soil herself or throw up. She's been in dangerous situations before back in Berry Bitty City but not like this… NEVER like this! She gulped}.

Orange: (To Self), pull yourself together, Orange! You can do this! You got this! {She knew if she waited any longer, the trio would be long gone, and it would already be too late. So, she bolted in without thinking what to do next}, HEY! GET AWAY FROM HER!

{In Orange's mind, she was hoping the trio would be running scared… but neither of them ran and looked at Orange and snickered}.

Orange: Honestly, in my head I thought that was cooler, you know, I shouted that… and you guys were supposed to run away?

{The trio laughed as the second member was about to deliver the final punch to the lady's face. She already looked like a wreck, and she also looked like she doesn't have long to live according to how she looked & sounded. The second member of the trio…

Bradley, Bailey, & Bosley. And how you say Bosley's name is like "Bose-ly" just spelled different.

Bailey started to deliver the final blow to this poor woman's face until inches from it, a hand grabbed Bailey's hand and guess who it was… Orange's!}

Orange: (Grunts), I… SAID… STAY… AWAY… FROM HER!

{And with that, she twists Bailey's fist and removes it from the woman's face, as well as pushing Bailey away from her as a bonus, thus Bailey hitting the brick wall sliding onto the ground. Orange's stomach suddenly dropped now realizing she just made a big mistake. But she also knew what to do to keep them off the woman's back. So, Orange ran and grabbed full trash bins and dumped them on Bailey, Bosley & Bradley.}

Orange: It looks better on you, that lets you know that you all are trash! (Laughs a bit)

{Then she ran out of the alley way. A furious trio got up, covered in smelly oder-ish trash, immediately forgot about the lady, and ran straight for Orange, let alone the three finally recognize she was the same girl that left the Princess's palace earlier, which they sped up faster as they also grabbed a steel pole, Bradley has a pistol and Bailey carried a pocketknife, of course she used it on the lady a couple of times. Back in the alley, the lady laid on the cold wet ground when a shadow-ish figure loomed over her… she can rarely make who it was since she was about to bleed out from her injuries. Back out on the streets, Orange started to get tired as she almost makes it back to the complex. Suddenly she remembered that she's bringing the trio over to the complex where the rest of the girls were living and if they were to find out where they are staying at, it's game over, and it'll be all her fault! So, she slowed down to a stop as she tried to catch her breath. As she was doing that, she felt a hard hit from her head}.

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PART 2: Saving Orange!

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{Everything was pitch black until Orange started to open her eyes. She felt a bit numb, almost like her whole body stopped hurting… except, when she came to, she saw three figures… and one of them was punching her in the face. She notices she wasn't wearing her raincoat and her boots, just her under shirt and her leggings. Plus, her bag, and her wallet are both gone. Bailey arrived back with Orange's bag and dumped it out on the ground with useless papers flying away with the gentle breeze. It stopped raining and Orange recognized this place, this was behind the apartment complex. She also felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, she was stabbed. Thankfully they only stabbed her once, Unthankfully, the wound looked serious, but she had bruises all over her body. She coughed up blood and with each cough it triggered the pain from the stab wound she received. Turned out, when Orange witnessed the Berrykins rob the store on her second visit to the palace, she failed to see three people out of anyone's eyesight the robbers ran to give the stuff to. But instead of it being two, there were three. And Orange this time, being caught in the middle. Bradley was borrowing Bailey's pocketknife and as for the steel pole, it wasn't there anymore, but shown on Orange's body, Orange was whacked twice with it. Orange started to cry helplessly as to wonder why she was still alive. One of the robbers insisted she keep her alive since the Princess favors her anyways but the other two wouldn't have it and the robber who wanted Orange alive, threw the steel pole far where they couldn't find it. Apparently, one of them had morals and the other two are just heartless. Orange's whimper escaped her mouth as she quickly covered it as that sound caught the trio's attention.}

{Out of the vision, Orange rubbed the back of her head as well… where the pole struck her and tried to tip toe to the bathroom but failed to do so by her constantly limping. Strawberry noticed this and saw the vision again and then saw Orange, comparing her from the girl they were looking at, versus how Orange looks now. Strawberry then notices drips of blood on the floor leaving a trail all the way to the bathroom. Fearing for the worse, she went after Orange as Blueberry and Huckleberry continued to watch the vision. As Orange struggles to slowly take off her shirt, she saw her bruises beginning to become more visible. And the stab wound worsening as Strawberry opened the bathroom door without knocking and saw Orange in the worse state possible. There were even wounds from (where they haven't seen yet in the vision), a small cut from Orange's neck, and a heavily marked circle on Orange's forehead, which meant she almost had gotten shot.

Strawberry: (Gasped; Yells), ORANGE! How did… are you… oh my… {Strawberry suddenly felt lightheaded and fainted suddenly}.

Orange: S-Strawberry? {Strawberry didn't reply, she lied cold on the ground. Back in the living room, the others were so shocked and scared on what they just watched and were confused because Orange looked fine when they first arrived back here and didn't notice any signs or anything that was wrong with her besides the bruises and marks on her face. As much as they want to see Orange, they can't pull away to see what happens next.}

{Back in the vision… Orange starts to open her eyes as her vision and hearing tries to get back into focus. Three figures arguing with each other until she was finally awake.}

Orange: (To Self), H-how long was I out? How did I get here?

{The gang noticed Orange was now conscious but didn't answer any of her questions.}

Bradley: She knows too much! It's about time we finish her off!

Bosley: No! I thought we were gonna beat her down! Not KILL HER!

Bradley: (Grabs Bosley's Jacket), Listen, if you didn't wanna do this, you shouldn't have never joined us. Let alone this robbery was YOUR idea from the start!

Bosley: I didn't think we were gonna hurt anybody

Bailey: The heck you thought was going to happen? We got her money, we got her clothes, which makes me wonder how bad of taste she has… you know what? She can have her clothes back. {Bailey throws back Orange's shirt, jacket & boots in a pool of water near her on the ground}, But her wallet and money, is mine. (Looks in wallet), Ugh! She only has two dollars in here!

Bradley: Take it anyway!

{Orange pleaded to be let go, she was cold, and a few drops of rain were going to start falling again. Let alone, the gentle breeze picked up, now becoming almost a mild one. Bradley looked at Orange as well as Bosley and let go of his jacket and walks up to Orange and kicks her while she was trying to get up. Bosley couldn't see anymore of this and tried to get his "brother" to stop. Bailey, went back to the two.}

Bailey: I can't find that steel pole anywhere

Bosley: Gee, I wonder where it could be

{With that, Bradley whacked Bosley so hard that he ended up having a small split lip as well as having his jaw internally bleeding.}

Bradley: You got rid of the pole on purpose, didn't you?

Bosley: I- I…

{Then the weather starts to gradually change}

Bailey: Um, Bradley?

Bosley: (Crawls to Orange and muffles out a small sob), I'm so sorry…

Bradley: Get Up! {Bradley struggles getting Bosley up and takes out his pistol and gives it to Bosley. Bradley made Bosley aim the pistol at Orange}, and to make sure you don't miss "on purpose", {He makes Bosley walk up to Orange which she backs far as the path was open for her until a brick wall was met against her. Orange froze as she felt the cold barrel of the pistol firmly touch her forehead as she heard a click. Orange closed her eyes when she suddenly felt something really warm run between her legs as it starts to form a puddle underneath her. Bradley, noticing what Orange had just did, chuckles to himself, smirking at her. Bradley put even more force to the pistol pressing on her forehead as Orange tried to muffle her sobs as she pleaded "please", "I'm so sorry!", As Orange mentioned about the trash and the mocking back at the alley with the woman, Bradley yelled "SHUT UP!" at her, but Orange kept on talking. She even said she never do it again but that's when Bradley finally spoke.}

Bradley: IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT THAT ANYMORE! WE TOOK CARE OF ALL THAT BEFORE I PULLED THIS PIECE ON YOU. THIS ONE IS FOR EVERYONE IN BERRY BIG CITY!

Orange: Wh-what?

Bradley: YOU GOT TO GET INSIDE PRINCESS B*TCH-RESS'S PALACE, MULTIPLE TIMES, I MAY ADD, SHE FAVORS YOU AND THAT LEADS ME TO ONE CONCLUSION… YOU'RE NOT FROM HERE AND I BET YOUR FRIENDS AREN'T EITHER. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY'RE SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE, AND I GOT A HUNTCH PRINCESS B*TCH-RESS ISN'T ORIGINALLY FROM AROUND HERE EITHER! SO, DON'T WORRY ABOUT HOW I FOUND OUT. WORD GETS AROUND HERE FAST IN BERRY BIG CITY, AND WHEN I FINALLY FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU GUYS & THE PRINCESS ARE REALLY FROM, ALL OF YOU ARE EITHER GONNA BE OUST FROM BERRY BIG CITY… OR YOU ALL ARE GONNA DIE IN IT. AND UNLUCKY FOR YOU, YOU ARE GONNA BE THE FIRST- NOW SHOOT, BOSLEY! (Looks at Bosley)

{They just now start calling them by their names like Orange isn't going to turn them into the police once she survives this… I mean, if she survives this.}

Bosley: (Shaking), I Don't want to

Bradley: If you don't do it, I will!

{Bosley shaking down to his roots until Bradley snatches the pistol out of his hands and puts it in his own. Now putting the gun back onto Orange's forehead, pressing it firmly, he then pulled the trigger when suddenly, nothing happened. But before he did pull it, Orange blurted out she knows where the Preservation Soil was. That's when Bradley pulled the trigger to an empty bullet slot.}

Bradley: You know, you're not from here so to be fair, you will explain where the soil is, how to get it, by the time the bullet finally hits you… how's that?

{Orange swallows as she finally starts to smell the urine that she made from under her, and then she started to feel a bit lightheaded. She already slipped up blurting out about the whereabouts of the Preservation Soil. She knew she couldn't screw anything else up, even if she had to die with the secret still unknown to the world}.

Orange: Obviously the soil was in the palace

{*CLICK… no pow. She was good… for now}

Bailey: Bradley, I think we need to get the hell outta here!

Bradley: Now hold on, Bailey, hold on. We're finally getting the information on where the Preservation Soil is.

Orange: How do I know you aren't gonna kill me after you get what you want?

Bradley: Oh, don't worry, I won't kill you if you tell me what I need to know, and as a bonus, we'll look the other way and not pursue you and these outsider friends of yours as long as we don't ever cross paths with each other again.

{As smart as Orange is, she knew they were going to off her as soon as she gives them what they want. So, what does she do?}

Bailey: We HAVE to leave, now! Or else someone's gonna catch us

Bradley: Who? Can't nobody catch us! Now stop your worrying and help me handle her! Besides, they don't even know who we are… except for her. {They all looked at Orange.}

Orange: Wh-what?

{*CLICK! Orange screamed a short-lived quick scream before Bailey showed up with her spare pocketknife making Orange stop with her noises.}

Bradley: Well, tell us more about the soil

Orange: It's Princess Beatrice's and it's heavily guarded

Bailey: Yawn, tell us what we don't know

{*CLICK! Nothing happened.}

Orange: (Spits out blood), The- the soil… I'm sorry, they blind folded me so I can't see where the soil is or where it's stored.

Bradley: (Scoffs), huh, typical Princess B*tch-ress.

Orange: The only thing I can be able to tell you is… is… is…

{The three leaned in to hear Orange out…}

Orange: You three can kiss my a* because no matter how much you try to get it out of me, at the end of the day, you guys will NEVER HAVE IT! {She then spat blood on Bradley, which made him pistol whip Orange and her face hit the concrete ground- hard! A high-pitch sound was ringing in her ear as she tried to sit up and regain consciousness when a click already sounded off in the pistol with nothing happening. This annoyed Bradley so much he looked in the chamber and to his surprise, there were no bullets in the gun at all. So, that meant his Russian Roulette game with Orange was pointless and a waste of time from the beginning… as he looked at Bosley.}

Bradley: You were supposed to fill the pistol with bullets… WHAT HAPPENED, BOSLEY?!

Bosley: You said it yourself, Bradley. This whole robbery was my idea. Except I never intended any of you to shoot someone with a gun, not to mention a female who's not even from here! You done push me around too long, and now, I am done! F* you, f* Bailey, I don't care what's going to happen to me, but to murder this girl? That wasn't part of the plan, and with that… I'm out.

Bradley: You not filling this pistol up with ammo wasn't part of the plan either, but here we are. You're gonna load this pistol up with bullets.

Bosley: I- Said- NO!

Bradley: Ok, that's fine, but what are you going to do when you finally reach the public? After everything we done. Snitch?

Bosley: No! I maybe A lot of things, but a snitch is not one of them!

{Bailey found 1 pistol bullet on the concrete ground right in front of Bradley's foot. After Bailey got Bradley's attention and showed him the bullet, he smiled a devilish smile and put the stray bullet in the chamber and span the chamber around and this time, he made sure the bullet is peaking through the nose of the pistol. Orange took her final moments to reminisce about all her friends, her home, her store, and most of all, her dog Marmalade. She Started to form tears in their eyes as she starts to feel blood coming out of her body.}

Bradley: TIMES UP, BLOSSOM! Don't say I didn't give you a chance! any last words?

{Orange finally let her weeks' worth of bottled-up tears flow out of her eyes}.

Orange: I'm so sorry, Strawberry… and Princess B-Be-Berrykin

{With that, Bradley paused.}

Bradley: Princess?

Bailey: Berrykin?

Bradley: Sooo, B*tch-ress has a sister, huh?

Orange: W-wha- h-huh?

Bradley: Where is she?

Orange: I- I don't k-know… I haven't spoke to her in weeks. She calls us, we don't call her.

{Bradley knew she was lying. As well as knowing Orange has the whole gang in one of those rooms in the building Orange was laying against.}

Bradley: (Puts gun under her chin), I want the number. Give it to me!

{Orange, almost motionless told them, "Bailey took everything I had in my bag, including her phone number. Wherever she dumped my bag where lots of my papers were flying in the wind, the numbers are long gone now." Luckily Bradley seems to buy it and then yells at Bailey for emptying out her bag in the first place, which Bailey yelled back at him for doing what she was told by him to do anyway.}

Bradley: Okay. (Stands up; Aims gun at Orange's forehead), she still gonna die tho (turns to Bosley), and you're gonna sit there and watch! Because later… you're next!

{He turned back and got ready to finally pull the trigger… until Bosley shot up and ran "NOOOOOO",Bradley turned to Bosley and the pistol and… "POWWW!" Bosley falls to the ground with Bradley stopping to witness what he had done. Bosley to his surprise felt himself all over and to his surprise, he wasn't hit at all! To him, it felt like a guardian angel was watching before him. That was short lived when the weather then began to get a little darker as the wind began to blow faster.

Bailey somehow knew what it meant. She knew this type of behavioral pattern from the weather before}.

Bailey: No way… he can't be… here. In Berry Big City?

Bosley: Bailey, what are you talking about? {Bradley pistol whipped him as he took Bailey's original pocketknife and sliced the side of Bosley's face. It wasn't serious but then he went up to the near pale Orange Blossom, lift her up and put his arm around her neck as with the other hand the pocketknife holds it against her neck. He presses it so hard that her neck started to bleed a little bit.

Orange: Listen, please, you guys don't have to do this! I won't tell a soul, I promise. Just let me go! {Bailey & Bosley looked at Bradley}.

Bradley: Now you know I can't do that… it's too late

Orange: No, it's not. I swear! You guys can still turn this around.

Bradley: (Breaks down in tears as he still held his position with the knife against Orange's neck; Shakes his head), I'm sorry, but we need that soil, and nobody… not even you is gonna be in the way of doing so… I'm sorry.

And right as he got ready to slice Orange's neck for the final finish, Bradley heard something moving in the distance as well as finally noticing the weather patterns change. As the rain started to drizzle and the wind constantly pick up speed and slow down again, Bradley starts to become afraid, Then, he did something Bailey & Bosley and even Orange thought he never do… he let Orange go. Orange dropped to the ground as the three paid their attentions to their surroundings. Everything is shaking back and forth and particles & trash flying everywhere around them.}

Bradley: (In a low weary scared voice), Go. G-g-get the hell outta here… (Gives a threatening look at Orange), before I change my mind.

{Orange didn't have to listen twice, she crawled to get her bag and raincoat and boots on the other side of the alley as the three regrouped.}

Bailey: Now do you understand what I was talking about?

Bradley: Let's get out of here!

Bailey: But what about her? {Orange struggled to get her raincoat on due to her injuries}

Bosley: I could-

Bradley: No, you had done enough already. I should leave you for dead with her. And besides, she isn't gonna last long anyway. Let's book it!

{As they start to run off, they paused when they heard police sirens, and it sounded like they were coming their way.}

Bradley: That B*tch didn't!

Bosley: How? She doesn't even have her phone!

Bailey: That must have been before she met us in the other alley way with that woman.

{Fire then lit in Bradley's eyes, as he snatched Bailey's knife out of her hand as Bailey tried to get Bradley to snap out of it, but failed to do so. Bosley and Bailey knew what Bradley was gonna do but was afraid to stop him to avoid getting some of his wrath too. Orange saw him coming closer to her as she tried to crawl away, each crawl pains her whole body with the worst pain possible, and when she gave up, since she was out of breath and starting to lose amounts of blood from the stab wound, Bradley raised the knife as he jumped right over Orange as he tries to land on her and literally stab her in the back. Orange prepared herself as she closed her eyes and cried but she didn't feel anything. Was she already dead? Just then she opened her eyes and saw a mysterious figure in front of her but facing the back of her, looking at the three thugs… which was me.}

Me: Get the hell out of here… Or trust me, you're gonna know what hell feels like when I'm done with you. Especially you! (Points at Bailey). I helped (saved) you and now you're a* rolling with these two misfits.

{Bailey tried to get a word out, but I wouldn't let her.}

Bailey: Y-you, ricocheted the bullet from Bosley?

Me: Duh. What you think?

Bradley: How long you been here?

Me: That don't matter. Lucky for you, that woman in the alley, she's in critical condition, if not for this brave young lady right here. (Points at Orange), which leads me to my next question. (Walks closer), you (Points at Bosley).

Bosley: M-me?

Me: (Mocks him) "M-Me?" yeah you, who the f* you think I'm talking to? You ain't got balls, (Points at Bradley), he's terrorizing you just because you won't do what he says, and that robbery? They caught the Berrykins that did it and now you three are going to the feds.

Bradley: You're not gonna turn us in

Me: (Turns and looks at Bradley as I walk closer to him), You're right, I'm not, but I'm also not gonna let you murder this girl. So, you got one chance… leave!

Bradley: (Whispers heavily), Or what? {At this moment, Me and Bradley were standing face to face with each other; Eye to eye}, how I see it, you don't have the authority to speak right now, seeing that there's only three of us, and only one of you. I heard about you; Bailey told me… (gets in my face and whispers), I ain't scared of you… (Spits on my boots), monkey.

{Let this be known, he still has the pocketknife, and he was gonna stab me with it. My eyes flashed once in a quick second and as he tried it, I blocked the knife from reaching me as I grabbed both hands with his hands, struggling, trying to prevent him from successfully stabbing me. I kicked him in the nuts during the struggle as he went down as I grabbed the knife and threw it away from us as I kneed his face, as he went down. He rolled around on the ground in pain as he signaled the two to take care of me, which was a big mistake.}

Bradley: (Groans in pain), You two do something!

{Bosley came one way, Bailey came on the other side, Orange watching the whole thing unfold. As the two came at me at the same time, I ducked so low, they missed me, but I was able to side kick Bosley in the back and use my power to mysteriously force Bailey to me as I grabbed her knife and throw it away from her as well. I grabbed her from the back and tried to hold her.}

Me: Why are you doing this, Bailey. Huh? Why?

{She head butted me in the mouth and pushed me down, but I was able to recover quickly from that. When Bradley finally overcame the blows I gave him from before, he got the knife I threw away from him, but instead of trying to make another attempt to go after Orange, he decided to go for me with it instead.}

Bradley: You should have left when you had the chance. Now you're gonna end up like that girl over there…

{My eyes glowed bright and the three of them suddenly finds themselves paralyzed with fear. The three thugs including Orange were shocked as well as surprised, however, my focus was on Bradley. Without hesitation, he dropped his knife as I walked slowly to him. Rain pouring, wind getting stronger, I hated the cold but that's not concerning me right now. After my eyes stopped glowing, the paralyze power wore off and now Bradley suddenly notices I had him by the jacket he's wearing. I head butted him then let go of his jacket as he tried to recover from that head butt. Before he could regain posture, I left jabbed his jaw, & elbowed his face, but he tried to cross punch me and I ended up blocking his punch as he tried to give me rapid punches to the face as I blocked most of them. I allowed him to punch me in the face thrice times before he tried to go straight for my nose, and once he did, I recovered so quick I grabbed his fist that was inches close from my face. Everyone including Orange was surprised and shocked. I smirked at Bradley with an evil look.}

Me: (Laughs) Hah ha-hah! Didn't see that coming did you? You didn't know I can do that did you? All that talk, and now look at your punk a*!

{I squeezed his right fist and twisted it, forcing Bradley to turn, having his back from me, he screamed in agony. I then punched him in the back using both fists, as my eyes glowed and everyone was able to see the gush of mysterious force from the punch, which allowed the force to pushed him so far away from me and the other two thugs, he ended up hitting against the other building from his back and fell to the ground. He started to get scared.}

Me: You two want what he had? (To Bailey), Because I have no problem doing that to a girl who's helping a mofo like him to murder an innocent person. {The two nodded so vigorously as they backed away from me. Police sirens getting closer to us every moment. I knew I don't have much time, but that's not the case in my book right now. I made my way toward Bradley.}

Bosley: W-why'd you save me?

Me: (Looks at Bosley; still walks to Bradley), I knew what yall were tryna do. It was robbery gone wrong. But here's a lesson in this, champ: If you want something done, right? Do it yourselves. Then maybe you won't need the Berrykins to sell yall out to the feds.

{I picked Bradley up with such force and dragged him to Bailey and Bosley and threw him on the ground}.

Me: Get you're a* up! (Bradley struggles to get up), (At Bailey), you should already know, you would have ended up just like her (Orange), if I hadn't showed up like I did in that time, is that right?

{Bailey agreed, being a bit ashamed}, Now here's what's going to happen now. You three are gonna go to the hospital and find this lady you've brutally attacked and apologize for what you guys did to her. Then I want you to go to the police station and turn yourselves in. {The three looked at each other confused but they thought what I said was a joke and took the opportunity and try and crack a joke, but I stopped them before they even had the chance}

Bailey: (Scoffs), Are you joking?

Me: No, I'm not joking. If I don't see you in the hospital, Imma f* you guys up. If the lady dies, Imma f* you guys up, and I will send yall personally to the feds, you got me?

{They nodded yes.}

Me: Now, I don't EEEVERRR, wanna see you near this girl or ANY of her friends again, otherwise that's going to be the last thing you guys'll ever do, are we clear?

Bradley: (Gives me a threatening glare), Crystal.

Me: (Returning the threatening glare back at Bradley), Glad we understand each other. Now book it, before the cops book yall!

{They ain't wasted no time as they ran away.}

Me: (Shouts), THE FIRST PLACE YALL GO TO BETTER BE THE BERRY BIG CITY HOSPITAL!

{I looked at the girl in the Orange clothes and she was lying on the ground and she looked horrible. I knew I had to act quick before she's done for. I had a few tools I use for when I get injured so I thought those could work on her. I had a device that looked like an allergy pen and used it on Orange as she awoke instantly from being unconscious}.

Orange: Wh-what happened? {She looks at me and looks around the alley way to see nobody else was there with the two of us}, you saved me.

Me: Of course. {I got two unknown tablets for Orange to take and gave them both to her as she took it. Since it was already raining, I snapped my fingers and a cup appeared and I held it up to the sky as rain filled the cup. I handed it to Orange and she slowly sips it}, Listen, I'm so sorry I didn't arrive sooner to help you out, I saw an brutally beaten woman in an alley way and I had to rush her to the hospital before she… you know.

Orange: (Stops sipping her drink), is… is she okay? {Orange's voice cracked as she almost started to cry, worrying about her condition}.

Me: All I can say is, she's currently suffering from dementia as well as having pneumonia. She however is in critical condition but that's all I was told. {Orange's tears silently fell from her eyes}, speaking on the fact, I'm going to see if those three arrived at the hospital yet. If not, they getting their a*es beat by yours truly.

Orange: W-wait, wait! (Grunts) {I turned to see Orange struggling to get up. I helped her up as I also helped her put her clothes back on as well as her boots and raincoat}, how did you even get to the hospital? As bad as traffic was out there?

Me: I have my ways, how about you come along with me real quick and find out? I can tell you need to rest, according on how you're looking right now, you need to mentally and physically relax for those tablets to work and take the pain and tension out of your body.

{Orange was hesitant but had no other choice. One, I saved her life, and two, she tired from walking and getting the crap beat out of. She gladly accepted as an unknown vehicle sped and parked itself in front of us. I helped her in the car, and I hopped in and sped off. We went the opposite way the police passed us going to the alley way where the beat down took place. To their surprise, nobody was there. We stopped in front of traffic, and it was bad! People screaming out for taxis, and one even tried to get me to let them in until I told them "Aye, aye! Get off my sh, I'm not a f*in taxi!"}

Orange: See, how did you get through all this with the woman bleeding out?

{I smiled at Orange as my eyes flashed constantly, like how Professor Frizzle's (formally known as Ms. Frizzle), earrings flashes when she has that "It's time to go on a field trip" look. Orange starts to feel uneasy}

Me: You're about to find out. {While pressing two buttons flicking a few switches and pulling back an unknown stick shift}, hold on to your seatbelt cuz here we go!

{The car started acting weird and was going up and down as it spins around like it was doing a donut. Then a bright flash from outside the car filled the whole street and suddenly, I revved the engine and before we knew it, we sped off. Orange a little bit freaked out screamed for a bit until she ended up enjoying the ride. I was literally driving right through the cars like we were invisible…in which we are. We then made our way to the hospital and parked around side near the building. I pressed the buttons and flicked switches to deactivate the "invisible" cloaking power the car had, and we were visible to everyone}.

Me: (Orange gasped as she looked outside at the car, then at me), don't worry, nobody knows about what just happened here. Stay hidden, I'll be right back- back- b-b-ba….

(static fades the scene changes along with the tape-stop slow down effect on "back"…)

{Suddenly a scene showing Orange slowly passing out in the bathroom with blood and blood prints all over the place with an unconscious Strawberry lying on the ground… which meant, I'm having a current vision, which also meant…}

Me: (Eyes stops glowing as I snapped out of it), ORANGE!

(Others snapping out of it as well too)

Blueberry: STRAWBERRY!

{Everyone rushed to the bathroom to find one girl unconscious, and the other girl almost right behind her. Lemon, Plum, Huckleberry helped lift Orange on the mattress, as Raspberry, Blueberry and I helped lift Strawberry and laid her on the floor next to the mattress Orange was on and had her laying on a pillow. Luckily, she fainted but that's not part of the issue here. Orange was losing blood, FAST! Orange was in nothing but her striped leggings, and her sports bra. Her bruises were completely visible, and her stab wound mark was now barely visible, covered in dark blood. Blueberry ran and grabbed paper towels to try and stop the bleeding}.

Raspberry: How did she… how's she… she was fine when she came in here!

Lemon: Yeah, I don't understand how she got like this! She was excited and cheerful…

{All the others thought then they turned to me, as if I had something to do with this}.

Me: What?

{Everyone wasn't happy as they looked at me with a threatening look}

Me: Okay look, as you already saw I did give her my meds and stuff to help with the pain and stop the bleeding. The only way it wouldn't work is if it mixed with something else it didn't sit well with. Besides, that stuff was only meant for my powers so that can also work for anyone else… {I then remembered… but they didn't see that part of the vision yet}, ohhhh, I now remember. I kinda sorta, stole a few things from the hospital to help Orange in case my power meds decide to go left.

Blueberry: What things?!

Me: An IV Drip, a few gauzes, suture threads and needle for stitching, and a bunch of epinephrine spray. Oh, and a few pain killers as well.

Plum: You're meaning to tell me you filled Orange up with lots of unknown stuff that could possibly kill her?!

Me: NO, that stuff I use for myself works, I just don't understand why it wouldn't work the way it normally does.

Raspberry: I guess it wasn't strong enough?

Me: Believe me, it's strong enough. Some of her bruises nearly faded away because of it, the only way those bruises reappeared more visible than ever is…

{I then remembered I forgot to treat something else… the back of her head from where one of those guys hit her unconscious with. That steel pole, not knowing where the heck its been, well… it could be… infected.}

Me: That steel pole that Orange got hit with… it could be infected, which could be what's preventing the meds to do its work. It doesn't do well with anything uncontaminated unless I have a medicine or an antidote to help with that, which I do have, but in order to do that, I will have to handle this stab wound first.

{As I start coming close to Orange, Plum stood in front of me blocking my path to get to her as her arms were spread out.}

Plum: Look, you already did enough!

Me: Plum, you saw the vision. I didn't kill her!

Plum: Yeah, but what if it was the medicines you gave her that's killing her?

Me: Guys look, y'all don't have to trust me. Okay? Y'all just gotta believe me. I can save Orange, for good this time. Please, let me help.

{Plum thought about it and sighed a defeat sigh.}

Plum: Fine! You can help her, but you better know what you're doing

Me: I do. But first…

{I snapped my fingers, and I was gone within a flash to everyone's surprise. As I snapped back into the room with Strawberry, Orange and the rest of the gang with the supplies I took from the hospital, I told the girls whatever I needed, and they'll get it for me}.

Me: Next, I need everyone's help. And you two can start by getting these gauzes and pressing firmly on the wound. Make sure no more blood is flowing out from there.

{Lemon and Plum did what they were told and grabbed gauzes and pressed firmly onto Orange's stab wound until the blood stopped. Orange struggled to move, she tried to talk but they were nothing but sounds. I quieted her down and had her relax, as she finally did}.

Me: (Points at Blueberry), You, I need more light

{Blueberry grabbed the lamp from the nightstand and put it on the floor next to the mattress and took the shade off so there will be more light to work with. I then gently cleaned off all the remaining blood from Orange's body.}

Huck: Hold on, what if Orange… she's gonna pull through, right?

Me: {I thought for a second}, Raspberry, you're gonna be our heart monitor. All you gotta do is just put two fingers on her neck and keep it there. We need to know if her heart still beating.

Raspberry: (Nodded) Yes Sir! {Raspberry took her two fingers and placed them on Orange's neck.}

Me: How's her heart doing?

Raspberry: It's going Boom… Boom- Boom… Boom.

Me: Damn It!

Blueberry: What's wrong? Is that good?

Me: Well, it's good and bad. Good that she's still breathing, but bad that we're running out of time!

{I saw there was no more blood running through the gauges}

Lemon: Can we get rid of the gauzes yet?

Me: For a sec, you need clean ones. {Lemon and Plum quickly switched the dirty gauzes with clean ones and quickly placed them in the same place}, you guys are doing awesome!

{A minute or two later, the bleeding had stopped, and I told Lemon and Plum to remove the gauzes. As I get the sutures and needle ready}, I need a bottle of Burben. Who's got one?

Lemon: Burben?

Plum: What's that?

Blueberry: It's a kind of Hennessy.

Me: Cool! Since you know what that is, you think you could hurry along and try to find some?

Blueberry: Um, I can try. {With that, she darts off searching for the Burben.}

Huck: Um, sir?

Me: Please, call me Shadow.

Huck: Um Shadow, sir, isn't there anything I can do to help?

Me: Yea, we need ALL hands-on deck, go try to get Strawberry up for me please?

Huck: Um, okay.

{Huck rushed in the kitchen and got a small cup of water and rushed back and kneeled in front of Strawberry and splashed a small bit of water on Strawberry's face. After that, she started to slowly awake as she held her head. As she asked what happened, she suddenly remembered what she saw before she passed out}.

Strawberry: Orange! {She saw me now starting to dab the wound as I finally threaded the sutures with the needle. She saw Orange and had tears in her eyes. Then as Strawberry tried to dash for me to push me out of the way, Lemon and Plum held her back and tried to calm her down}.

Lemon: Strawberry, you gotta calm down! Orange wouldn't want you to feel like this

Strawberry: B-but she was…

Orange: (Voice slow and tired) I fought through the pain and pretended to be fine… I didn't want you guys to worry about me.

Strawberry: Why didn't you tell us you were in trouble?

Orange: I- I couldn't. I didn't have my phone, plus all my stuff had got taken and even if I was able to, I couldn't risk them finding you guys. I'm s-sorry, guys.

Strawberry: (Sobs quietly), don't… don't be sorry. This isn't your fault.

Orange: …and you guys would have never let him in to help us. {They looked at me as I looked at them. I felt nervous every time they look at me cuz I then always wonder what I'm doing wrong. I just went back to focusing on the needle and the suture thread.}

Raspberry: Uh… Shadow? I think her pulse is weakening

{My eyes opened quick as I put my own two fingers on the other side of her neck and at that very moment, I knew she was right}.

Me: Yo, where the hell's the g*dd*mn Burben?! We're about to lose Orange!

Blueberry: (In the kitchen looking through cabinets and seeking in the fridge rapidly), I'm looking, I'm looking! Gosh, I don't think we ha-

{Then she saw something in a brown bag in between the cabinet and the fridge. She picked it up and took it out of the brown bag, it was the Burben}, I found it! But who's is it?

{Strawberry's eyes opened wide as if she had been called out of a line up. Nobody knew that the Hennessy was hers and she was sure she hid it in a place nobody could find it. Well, they were in a raggedy crappy room with barely any room in it for 6 girls and 7 pets so, of course Strawberry had to try her best to hide it somewhere. Blueberry ran into the room with the Hennessy and gave it to me as I read the label}.

Me: Have Orange drink this!

Unknown Voice: Why?

Me: Yo, just do it! We don't have much time!

{Huck and Blueberry gently propped Orange against the wall so she is almost sitting up. As Lemon carried the Hennessy}-

Strawberry: I'll do it, it's my fault I didn't do anything when I saw her like this.

{Lemon nodded and handed Strawberry the Hennessy. Strawberry looks at her Hennessy then looks at me, which I nodded once up and down, then she looks at Orange and made her way toward her}.

Strawberry: Orange, stay with us, please. You gotta drink this. It'll help I promise

Orange: S-Strawberry?

Strawberry: Yes, that's me, come on. Drink this for me. {Everyone was fighting back tears and Strawberry, almost giving up fighting hers, having hers fall as she helps Orange drink some of the Hennessy}.

Blueberry: Hey, Shadow, are you a doctor?

Me: No, but I've seen enough in movies and tv shows to know what to do

{Everyone looked at him in shock}

Everyone: (Excluding Orange), WHATTT?!

Plum: This isn't a movie or a tv show, this is reality!

Me: And yall just saw me fight too, who do you think would teach somebody like me how to do all those sophisticated impossible moves like that in real-life?!

{They finally put two and two together and couldn't believe it. I was one of those, visual learners. But I'm more of a hands-on learner as well}

Plum: We're doomed.

Me: Look, you guys don't have to trust me. Like I said before, I can save her if you just at least believe me.

{As much as everyone hated to do that, they had no other option and they agreed}.

Strawberry: (Quietly; Fights her sobs), If anything happens to Orange, I will kill you myself.

Plum: So will I.

Me: (Nods yes), Fair enough. {After Orange drinks all she's able to, Strawberry gives me back the Hennessy bottle}.

Blueberry: Uh, Shadow, how come you had Orange drink burben?

Me: She gon need to before I do this… {I then slowly poured some over the stab wound as it stung Orange. She squirmed and grunts and moaned in pain}

Strawberry: SHADOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

Me: Burben is a kind of Hennessy, which also contains alcohol, and that's what she needs for me to finally stitch up the wound, after I clean the wound one more time, I'm able to see where I'm going with each stitch. And before I start to stitch her wound back together, yall may need to hold her down tight! Plum, come here.

{Plum rushes to where I am. I took a few of my own power meds and put it on this gauze. They were tablets so I crushed them into powder and put them on the pad, I then also took the burben and dabbed it on the gauze and closed my eyes. My eyes glowed and everyone saw in person, my glowing eyes as I stared at my hand, as it lights up with the gauze in it and handed this to Plum with it faced up. She hesitantly but slowly took it as I told her that it's okay, it doesn't hurt.}

Me: Now, while Huck and Blue hold Orange down, all you have to do is find that bump on the back of her head, it probably has a cut as well, I want you to put this on it and keep it there until I tell you to take it off. If your arm gets tired, let me know so someone else can takeover. But the gauze must stay in its place no matter what.

{Plum understood the assignment and did as she was told. She placed the glowing gauze on the bottom back of Orange's head, which was hard, because of her hair, but luckily Plum figured out how to move it to put the gauze there}, Raz, how's her pulse?

Raspberry: Slowly dropping a bit

Me: That's it, lemme try something…

{I took the epinephrine sprays and emptied them into an IV Drip bag with the substance in it. I had my eyes glowed again as I focused on the bag}.

Lemon: What's he doing now?

Strawberry: I don't know, but he's about to die

Blueberry: Strawberry-

Strawberry: No, Blueberry. I mean it-

Blueberry: He's only trying to help, besides, we're in Berry Big City. Besides Huck, and Cherry helping us, who else would have been willing to step in? He's our best option. Let's not forget he saved Orange.

Strawberry: If he "saved" Orange sooner, she wouldn't have look like this.

Plum: But that lady…

Strawberry: All Orange had to do was go to the Palace and straight back

Blueberry: To be honest, Strawberry, we all weren't there when Orange was followed, we weren't in her shoes. She saved that lady from getting pummeled. We help others, remember?

Strawberry: (Sighs), you're right. I just… don't want to accept what we're going to do if Orange doesn't make it.

Raspberry: Let's just be thankful right now that she made it back here, and that someone is willing to help us save her once again.

{Strawberry looks at me as I finished using my powers on the IV bag. I took a needle from the kit and connected it to the IV drip and stuck it in her arm as I used hospital tape to keep it in place. I then took a tube out and squeezed the bottle on my fingers, rubbed the ointment and rubbed the wounded area in circles}

Me: (To Self), something Doctors in my dimension could have done for me instead of having to endure that ridiculous torture!

Raspberry: What?

Lemon: (Reads the tube), Numbing ointment?

Plum: If you just rubbed numbing ointment on the wound, why did she had to drink the Burben?

Me: Yall saw her squirming, in case the numbing ointment doesn't work, she shouldn't have to feel 100% of the pain if we take 50% of it away as I try to stitch her wound up. That varies however depending on how much Burben she drank, because the Henny is strong, it varies on how much she drank to barely feel anything painful.

{I squeezed the IV Drip and some started to go into Orange's arm. Within minutes, Raspberry became excited.}

Raspberry: Hey, hey guys! Orange! She's… I mean her pulse… it's… I can feel it. It's like… she's going to make it!

{Everyone cheered until I stopped the cheering}

Me: Aye aye aye, we ain't done yet. We are not done yet. That maybe step one completed but we still have work to do to keep her that way. Now, I'm starting to stitch up the wound, all yall gotta make sure to do now is keep managing the IV Drip and make sure the stuff still makes it into her body. Meanwhile, one of you give Orange something to drink like… Orange Juice or something.

{Orange slowly starts to wake up and look around and notices everyone except for Huck, who's probably gone to get her juice, and as she notices me trying to stitch her wound, she tried to move but couldn't. But she did try to squirm, but Strawberry calmed her down.}

Strawberry: It's okay, Orange, he's just trying to help

Orange: Bu-b-but… I was

Strawberry: (Nods), I know.

Blueberry: (Almost in tears), we almost lost you, Orange!

{Huck comes in with the juice and put it in Orange's range for her to sip, which she did.}

Orange: Mmm, Orange. My favorite. Thanks, Huck.

Huck: Of course.

Orange: You saved me… again. {I looked at Orange as I looked at everyone else, but this time, they had smiles on their faces… except for Plum, but she did a small smile}

Me: Yea, I-I-I guess I did- b- but I couldn't have done it without all their help

Orange: (Looks at everybody), thanks everyone

{Everyone talked over each other with "You're welcome's" and "Glad we can help" or "Anytime". But Strawberry mentioned me, and I blushed a bit}

Strawberry: But really, Shadow's the real hero. I guess now I don't have to kill you

Me: (Laughs), fair enough (everyone laughs)

Strawberry: …but how did I end up in the room?

Me: Oh, I had Huck wake you up after you passed out on the bathroom floor in front of Orange.

Strawberry: But how did you-

Huck: We were watching Orange and Shadow at the hospital and suddenly a picture of you and Orange being in trouble in the bathroom shows up.

{Strawberry finally figures out I have visions. Past, Present, and Future… but unfortunately, they only work automatically at random. Unless I'm able to control them on a random day.}

Raspberry: Whatever happened when you guys got to the hospital?

{This time, I couldn't pull up my past visions on the situation since I'm busy stitching up Orange's stab wound, but I was able to tell them though.}

Plum: Hey, Shadow, my arm's getting tired.

Me: Alright. Huck, you mind taking over?

Huck: Sure

{Huck goes and stepped in Plum's place, after Huck puts his hand on the gauze Plum still has her hand on, she takes her hand off it.}

Me: Okay, so we arrive at the hospital, I told her to stay hidden and I'll be back. As I left, I looked back to make sure she's okay, she was panicking about something… I noticed she don't have her phone, her wallet or her bag and I had a hunch on where it could be. She was so upset.

Orange: I was. Bailey took everything, she even almost took my clothes

Raspberry: Speaking of which, do anybody smell… (Sniffs and scrunches her face), pee?

{At That point everybody starts smelling the awful smell coming from within the area and they had a gross expression on their faces excluding Orange. Orange blushed because forgot she had an accident back behind their building where Bradley and his crew almost ended her. She was going to explain that it was her, and suffer the embarrassment but}-

Me: Maybe it was one of the dogs in the closet? {I winked at Orange as she notices I was saving her the humiliation as she smiled and mouthed "thank you".}

Lemon: It's not my turn to clean it up.

Me: Can you at least go check?

Huck: (Sighs), Fine, I'll go check. (Huck gets up)-

Me: HEYYYY!

{Huck realizes he was supposed to keep his hand behind Orange's head using the gauze and drops back down where he was sitting}.

Huck: Sorry, I forgot

Me: Man, you think?!

Plum: I can go check {With that she gets up and heads to the closet and the dogs were fast asleep and there was no smell but dog smells in the closet, not pee. Plum arrived back in the room with me and the others}, Well, it isn't the dogs.

Lemon: The smell seems to be getting stronger and it's coming from over… here. {I looked at Orange as she blushes at me, gives me an embarrassing look. Somewhat, Strawberry knew…}

Strawberry: Orange, is it you?

{Orange finally forced out a yes and apologized}

Me: Yall seen the vision, the barrel was at her forehead, she wet herself because she thought she was about to get shot, come on man, were yall paying attention?

Strawberry: I wasn't there when I saw that?

Me: Oh.

Blueberry: Well, you should have seen him fight, Strawberry!

Plum: Yea, we had no idea moves like this existed!

Strawberry: Well, it looks like I will have to wash the bed sheets.

Me: After I finish stitching up her wound

Strawberry: How long is it going to take?

Me: Strawberry, you gotta be patient when it comes to stitching up somebody else's wounds! It takes time and a steady hand. And by the way, I'm halfway done, and Orange is doing a great job! So are you, Huck!

Huck: (Smiles), Gee, thanks, Shadow!

Me: Now, if you guys want, I can tell you the rest of the vision while I get done with this stitching. {Everyone agrees as I continued stitching up Orange's wounds. Orange, who was also interested in what happened since she wasn't with me when all this went down was interested in hearing the tale}, now, Orange hasn't had her two dollars nor her wallet and she's freaking out and I had a feeling who may have it. So, I walked in the hospital and made my way to the front desk…

[SCENE CHANGES TO INSIDE THE HOSPITAL]

{The nurse at the front desk was named Francesca.}

Me: Have any of you taken in a lady with multiple bruises with a battered face?

Francesca: Does she have a name?

Me: (sighs), no.

Francesca: Do you know this person at all?

Me: Hell no, matter of fact she was lying on the street with a Rihanna bruised face but worse and was dangerously bleeding out.

Francesca: Gosh, that's horrible, but I'm sorry, I can't help you-

Me: Oh yes you can. I'm the same muf* who brought her in here almost half an hour ago, and I just described her injuries to you.

Francesca: (feeling sympathetic), Ohhh I'm sorry, I've just got on the clock. Even if I was here earlier and knew at the time you brought her in here, it wouldn't do any good. I wish I can help.

Me: Y-you really wanna do this right now?

{Outside the story, everyone started to feel annoyed as well as showing angry expressions about how the front desk was treating me, even Plum, since she knows how it feels to be treated like that, she was the most of all the angriest.}

Francesca: Look, if you don't have a first and/or last name for this patient, then I'm afraid I can't help you. You don't even know this person and It's within our policy to protect everyone in this building including all employees.

Me: Okay, then can you tell me at least who was managing the front desk within the last hour?

Francesca: Yeeeah, I'm sorry. I can't do that either, that would be a violation of our policy. Again, protection of everyone's privacy and well-being.

Me: (Sighs), okay. You still believe in that policy? With everything that's going on right now?

Francesca: Of course

Me: Well, A few people murdered, injured, or even missing- still missing in fact, due to the actions of a snotty neglectful princess. Won't be a matter of time until they come up in here and start doing what they do outside and bring that type of energy in here… and law enforcement… won't be enough to stop the chaos. {Francesca's rude crude expression suddenly switches from that to fear}, and as they screw up your reputation, after they kill everyone in this hospital, yall could be next… or even first… they would take care of. And you wouldn't be acting like how you acted towards me just now. That policy isn't gonna save any of you for what's in store outside of this hospital, and lucky for yall, I'm not one of those people out there.

Francesca: A-are you… threatening me?

Me: Nah, I'm just letting you know what lies ahead. Since that's the least I could do for the least of your help, Considering the fact that you never even helped me at all, I'm just gonna have to find the lady myself so, thanks for nothing.

{As I start to pass the front desk where Francesca shouting "Hey, you can't go back there without authorization!", someone else who works here as one of the doctors shows up in front of me crossing my path. We'll say his name's Jon.}

Jon: whoaaa, I'm sorry, nobody is allowed to go back here unless okay'ed by someone at the front desk, but I'm more than happy to help with whatever you need.

Me: Okay, this bi- I mean, your front desk lady over there's giving me attitude just because she won't do her job in helping me find the woman I brought here a half an hour ago.

Jon: Oh, I'm sorry, I'm afraid-

Me: If you say anything about needing a first and last name…

Jon: I mean do you know the patient?

Me: Honestly since it was a long time that I knew the patient, she's my god aunt. She used to be a teacher and I'm her only long-lost nephew.

Francesca: What?! You just said you didn't know her!

Jon: Okay, so I can look at the records and see within the past hour who we brung in here.

Me: Even by description on how they are?

Jon: Especially that. For you anyway since you clearly are worried about this woman.

Francesca: (To Self), oh my gosh, I can't believe this

{Jon went to the desk and looked at the clipboard full of papers, which where the records were stored and at that very moment, he found the description of the lady I brought here}.

Jon: Hmm, battered face, blood loss, trauma to the head, almost in her 60s?

Me: Yea! You got a name?

Jon: Nope, sorry. There's no name on here, nor a room number

Me: So, I still can't go back there and look?

Jon: Nope. Sorry.

Me: (Sighs heavily)

Francesca: Wait, how do we know you didn't do this to her?

{With that being heard out of her mouth, I damn near lost it}

Me: (Slams fists on the counter as my eyes quickly flashed once; points at Francesca), listen, lady- {Everyone went silent as they saw me at the front desk, including security and cops}

Jon: Calm yourself, sir. Don't make us call the cops to escort you out of here! {Two cops and a security guard who were watching the situation unravel prepared to take a step with their hands on their guns. Outside My Story, Plum was drinking a soda to try to calm herself down but after what I told them what Francesca said to me, Plum got so mad that she crushed her soda can with one hand.}

Plum: Sorry, I mean, I can't stand people like her!

Me: Yea, it's called "ignorance". Everyone in Berry Big City should be familiar with that word because that's what they do on a daily basis. No courtesy.

Plum: Right?

{But you can calm down now, Plum because this is where it gets better}

Francesca: See, who does this to somebody and brings them to the hospital themselves?

Me: {I did what Jon said, calm myself, and I shot a dagger remark back at Francesca}, because if I did do that to that poor woman, the SMARTEST thing I would have done was kill her, dump her body and then be on my way about my business. Because why would you leave your beaten victim on the street alive, just so you can get sold out by the same victim? Especially if there's witnesses. I mean, I'm not you, and I bet you don't seem like you're capable in doing something like that, since you don't take pride in your job anyways. You look like that type of person that would talk all that talk, but won't walk that walk, and then has something to say when you see or hear or see someone else doing something you don't like knowing damn well behind closed doors you do the same thing like a f*ing hypocrite! {Francesca's face turns red as she begins fuming}, That's what you are, I see you. You don't care about your job, and the two victims that just past by on stretchers as the doctors who are trying to get your attention, while you're here still talking to me letting what I say go in one ear and out the other, you still ain't wrote those patients down. So, it's clear you're not a multi-tasker, But if I were to say something about you and you're well being, you would be all ears and immediately do something for yourself won't you?

Jon: Sir-

Me: Jon, don't test me, mane! I'm calm, she's not. All we're doing is having a friendly conversation.

Jon: You're more likely instigating

Me: This wouldn't be instigating if one of us happens to take the situation on a bit too far, right {I looked at Francesca with a stern revenging look as she returned the same look back at me with a cold response}

Francesca: Right.

Me: (Leans over front desk; Gets close to Francesca's face), So we understand each other when I say: Find the lady that fits the description and give me the number to the room she's in?

Francesca: (responds coldly; gets closer to my face), We understand but unfortunately it doesn't work that way.

{I leaned back and sweared to myself in disbelief}

Jon: Okay, Sir, I'm sorry we couldn't help you, but I must ask you kindly to leave

Me: Yo, Im sorry y'all had to endure this, can I at least wait here until I can figure out her name? That's all I needed to find her, right?

Jon: There was no name on the record of the description that's listed, even if that was the case, that wouldn't do any good.

Me: I can just wait over there in the lobby for a few minutes then I'll just leave, how about that?

{Francesca and Jon looked at each other and sighed.}

Jon: Fine then. But if you're still here after you said a few minuets, we have no choice but to have you arrested for trespassing and harassing the staff. I know instigating when I see it.

Me: Okay. But I know antagonizing when I see it and what she done to me before you showed up was antagonizing, but I'm not gonna make a big deal out of it. I'm just gonna go, have a good day.

{As I walked off, I chuckled to myself as I cursed under my breath "huh, bunch of a*holes". The two cops and the security guard, seeing that the issue as been resolved took their hands off their weapons and continued to stand casually in their posts. I sat in the lobby with my back against the front desk as I overheard everything the people at the front desk was saying.}

Unknown Nurse: Is everything okay? Gosh, Francesca, why your face so red?

Francesca: Don't worry about it, just another ignorant person… a male Karen, I may say.

{What I hate most is someone calling ME a Karen. A Male one at that.}

Francesca: He harassed me and tried to get me to assault him by saying some crude things. All because I wouldn't let him see somebody he purposely beat up and left for dead.

{All the girls in the room gasped and had mad looks on their faces, especially Orange.}

Orange: This wouldn't have happened if I was in here with you

Me: Believe me, Orange, it would have been a lot worse if you were in there with me, especially in the condition you were in. Tell me, do you think that would look good for me?

Orange: No, I guess not. But I tend to blow a fuse

Raspberry: Yea, like you did with Princess Beatrice that day

Me: Now I maybe don't know about that, but if that had been the case, that would have been a problem, as you can see, we all treated equal, but in the hospital, those cops and security guards, they were ready to gun for my a*. Either they would have gunned for you too, or once they saw how you were, I'm finished. It could go either way. And none of it's good.

{Orange understood this was a… "race" thing, probably a "sexist" thing as well giving the fact the nurse just accused an innocent guy of beating up a woman he doesn't know, helping her get to a hospital, just to be judged by everyone at the front desk, and a black one at that.}

Plum: So, when's the good part starting?

Me: Right now, actually…

{The nurses and doctors kept walking up to the front desk like there was a sale on groceries, talking about how I walked in harassing the nurses, attracting people on the street and even accusing me of playing the victim or Aka the "race" card. Hearing all these accusations got me so furious that I breathed deep in and out to the point where my eyes glowed and I stared at the wall with empty chairs in front of me, which meant I was focused on these guys at the front desk, which also meant I had a little surprise for them. Suddenly the lights started flickering on and off.}

Jon: Great, something's wrong with the lights again.

Unknown Nurse: I thought maintenance fixed the lights last month already!

Francesca: I don't know, but maybe it's time for me to go-

{Then, out of nowhere, their computers on the front desk started to blow up, catching on fire, all of them, records and paperwork catching fire, loosely paper full of paperwork scattered all over the floor. And the nurses and doctors panicking as everyone else in the waiting room. The cops and security started to run as they noticed me. As I got up, they ran towards me. They knew what was going on before I even walked in the hospital and had been eyeing me the whole time. As they got closer, they took out their night sticks, I used my power and hands to signal the lights off and they went off. My eyes stopped glowing, but I was able to see in the dark. As the two cops tried to hit me, I grabbed both of their cop sticks and hit them hard with it and threw them in different spots of the room. Kicked the first cop into the wall knocking over chairs as he fell and punched the other cop and had him flying into the other wall in the corner while the chairs moved after he crashed into them. The security cop grabbed his taser and attempted to tase me, which was a big mistake. As he tased me, my eyes glowed again as I focused on the charge the taser was giving me and overcharged the device so high that it exploded, and I extended my hands and lightning bolts was seen- shocking the security guard into the front desk, nearly knocking over all the staff in the area. I finally got myself together, fixed myself casual, got on the floor to make it look like I was one of the people in the lobby cowering, hiding, and used my hand to signal the lights to come back on. As they did, half the lights in the lobby came on while the most of them remained out… with sparks making their way out from them, which meant I not only blown up their computers, but I also blown part of their electricity as well. Though anyways my eyes stopped glowing and I felt fine again, but I was hoping I wouldn't ever have to do anything like that again- which was a lie. I never wanted to hurt anyone, but if something was wrong and if someone was done wrong, someone or something had to be done about it one way or another. Luckily for me, the nurses and doctors didn't see what went down in the dark. Let me tell you something, I could have gone to the back and seek for the woman myself, but I needed to get leverage off my back so instead, I got up and made my way to the front desk.}

Me: Yo, what happened?

Jon: I don't know, the computers were acting up and the lights was going on and off like… this was crazy strange

Me: Crazy strange, huh?

Unknown Nurse: Yes, and since all our computers are busted and all our paperwork is ruined and scattered all over the floor, there's no way we could get everything else done before we can take more patients in.

Me: Man, that's tough. {I looked at the two cops on opposite sides of the room still knocked out and the security guard laying in the front desk with the staff slowly trying to get up but couldn't}, sorry y'all had to go through that, really. {However, I really was disappointed in myself, I went too far this time.}

Plum: But, they got what they deserved!

Me: Yea but at what cost, tho? One single request turned into a war zone.

{I finally finished stitching up Orange's stab wound}, Here we go… all done. You can take the gauze off her head now, Huck. {Huck did just that and I inspected the back of Orange's head. It's starting to look better than it did then and before those guys hit her. Which meant the meds and my magic was doing the trick after all.}

Orange: Thank you for saving me, Shadow (Hugs Shadow)

Me: (Hugs back), oh, um… it's nothing. I'm just glad you're okay

Strawberry: No, it's not nothing. It was more than that. {Strawberry walked up to me and hugged me tight.}

Lemon: Um, can I ask you something, Shadow?

Me: Sure (Still hugging Strawberry)

Lemon: Are you currently being wanted by the police?

Me: Not that I know of, haven't seen those three coppers since Orange and I left the hospital. (Releases Strawberry)

Orange: Yea, I saw you went out a different door and ended up walking to my side

Me: Oh yes, lemme finish telling y'all this story

{I happen to see a familiar face, one of the doctors that took the woman away, I yelled "excuse me" and signaled her my way and she came. Let's call her Christie.}

Jon: Hey, what are you doing?

Me: I'm just asking this doctor about the woman I supposedly "beaten" (using air quotes)

Christie: What? You? Beat her up? You couldn't have if you were willing to not bring her in here, and she said that you saved her from dying out there. Who said that you beat her?

{Christie looked and suddenly saw the lobby and the front desk completely a huge mess}, (gasps), what happened in here?! {Christie then looks at me super in shock at what she just saw}

Me: Trust me, ma'am, I would go into FULL detail on what went down these past few minutes, but they just accused me of harassing this woman who doesn't know a damn thing about anything and this biased man who claims I'm threatening them all because I can't remember the woman's name, and they won't give me the room number since all they wrote was the description of the woman's injuries. That's it.

Christie: Well do you guys still have the records?

Jon: I don't think we even have the papers.

Unknown Nurse: Everything has been either all over the floor or catching fire.

{Christie saw a security guard struggling to get up from the floor as the other two officers in different places also struggle to get up from their spots}.

Christie: Wha- what happened to them?

Me: Let's just say that they worked so hard protecting and serving for their city, I figured that they deserve a little break, so I gave them one… (turns and glares at the front desk people), literally.

Christie: (laughs), oh you're so funny.

{Jon, Francesca, the Unknown nurse and two others looked at the cops, and the security guard who was in the booth with them struggle to get up, then, Jon, Francesca and the Unknown Nurse glared at me as the others kept on looking at the helpless officers.}

Me: (scoffs), Yea, I'm known to be funny from time to time.

{As the cops finally able to get their stance, their body was in shambles with pain.}

Cop 1: Oww, My arm!

Cop 2: My Leg! My Leeeeggg!

Security Guard: My back! Ohhh!

Random Person "In the Background": My eyes!

{It seemed like the officers weren't the only ones I managed to injure during that episode I had. Random people were moaning and groaning about what was hurting as I felt my heart drop to my stomach, but I tensed up and regained a casual look as if I haven't done anything.}

Me: (Looking at the cops and security guard again), Huh, looks like their break time has just begun. {The three stared a death glare at me as I glared at them with my eyes glowing showing them a devilish mean look that made them understand to leave me alone or else there's more where that came from.}

Christie: Anyways, the woman you're trying to see, I put her in room 014 down the hall to the left on the right side.

Me: {I looked at Jon and Francesca}, see, now that's what I call, service. {Before I started to walk down the hall Christie told me something else}

Christie: She must be really important to you

Me: How come?

Christie: Because they were three other people who also seem to know who she is. {I knew then and there who she was talking about.}

Me: (Gives Christie 2 20-dollar bills), Thanks Christie. Enjoy the rest of your day. {I then made my way down the hall after those jerks}

Jon: (To Christie), Why the hell did you do that?

Christie: In case you forgot, I'm almost a few steps closer to assistant manager and unlike you guys, I can tell who my patients and visitors are and have no problem in finding out in which room they're in. Maybe if you guys stuck around longer instead of going on your long lunch breaks like you always do, you wouldn't run into problems like this.

{The whole front lobby was a mess, and they couldn't do anything about it because if they do, they feared that I will come by and raise hell in the lobby. So, they said nothing, especially Francesca.}

Francesca: Christie-

Christie: Can it, Frankie, I've heard everything! Just because we have nobody's name down, doesn't mean we can't identify them, there's lots of people in here whether with the same conditions or not, we help them identify them, name or no name, which shouldn't also be a problem if you wrote their names down in the first place.

Francesca: But I just got on the clock

Christie: Regardless on that, you should be responsible for finding out who this person is. And accusing someone of beating up somebody they send in here is wrong, and antagonizing a visitor's patient? That's a big no-no.

Jon: But he was instigating-

Christie: And as I see it you aren't even supposed to be here at the front desk unless you're called up here.

Jon: But he-

Christine: No buts, unless you're helping him, but all I heard was arguing and this happened!

Unknown Nurse: That was him! You haven't seen him when he's like this! How you think these officers got to two different places at the same time?

Jon: And have broken their Arm

Cop 2: Leggg!

Francesca: and back!

Christine: If they weren't sleeping on the job like they were doing just now, they wouldn't be feeling like this, but since Shadow said he wanted you three to take a break after all you did, I'll let what happened slide. But you two, don't make me report this to the manager.

Jon: You can't, you not even-

Christie: I can, and I will! Don't test me, Jonathan!

Me: (peeks behind the wall), Jonathan? (giggles), Wow, this really is sad (goes on his way to find room 014)

FLASHBACK=

{I saw the lady badly bruised on the cold ground as I looked and saw three no good thugs going after a young lady with brown hair. I know I couldn't do two things at once, and since this woman looks to be sick and is almost at her last breath, I took her down the back way and met my car at the end of the street. I name my car Glitch. You'll figure out why soon. But as I laid the lady in the backseat gently, I took my power meds and used my powers to try and take some of the pain out of her until she makes her way to the hospital. Next thing we know, we're on our way to the hospital when we're about to head into traffic, I flicked a few switches and pressed a couple of buttons and in a flash, Glitch was going through cars, as if it was invisible. Knowing we're about to run out of time, I drove faster. I wasn't very familiar with Berry Big City after being in it for two months, but I was able to find myself around a bit and I set the coordinates to where the hospital was. Now you guys are about to realize why I name my car Glitch. As I pulled an unknown stick shift while pressing the button on the unknown stick shift, we suddenly disappeared into an unknown portal, but if anyone would to see, we don't come out the other end. At the hospital, we arrived, out the portal we were in the parking lot. (Scene cut to Shadow carrying the woman in his arms yelling for help).

Me: Help! Somebody help me! She's sick and she's hurt badly! {The staff scatter as the people at the front desk paid no mind to it. The people in the lobby just looked at me funny and some even snickered. However, a nice concerned doctor (Christie) came to me in bright green scrubs and asked me about her.}

Christie: (Shocked), Oh my gosh, what happened?

Me: She was beat by a gang of thu- {I stopped myself from talking a minute because I already know who did it, I had a plan that allow this to be part of an opportunity for the thugs when I catch them}, I found her on the ground beaten and cold from the rain, and I think she's sick!

Christie: Do you know her personally?

Me: (Paused for a moment), It's been long, but yea. Relatives. {I lied to Christie, I can't let her know I don't know this woman, other wise I won't know whether or not she's okay.}

Christie: Okay, I will take it from here, just… be calm, I'm in charge of this operation, I'll handle this first thing.

Me: Thank you. You really are kind… UNLIKE SOME MUF*S IN THIS B*TCH! {I didn't even care if everyone was looking at me. The two cops by the hall door and that one security guard at the other side was looking at me. I knew it too, but as I left, Christie came to tell the dude at the front desk to write the woman down as the patient, the description on how she looks and the room number. He understood however he looked at me as I was leaving in such a… you know what? He thought I was a chump and he just chuckled to himself, so you know what he did? He just wrote down the description of the woman's injuries but not write down the room number, and he said something about Christie that was damning offensive. My eyes flashed for 3 seconds as a vinaigrette aura surrounded me, which meant alert or danger ahead, I turned around and saw the guy at the front desk. Smirking with the other staff at the front desk. I knew I had to get him back once I see him again, but I had no time to do that now, I had to hurry up and go after the thugs before they do something to that young girl! After I glitched back on the street we glitched from, aka teleported, my eyes glowed again and this time, it showed me tracks on the thugs, what they did, when they do it, where they are headed, etc… as my eyes stopped glowing, I flicked switches and pushed buttons, I sped off through cars to try and get to Orange. I parked a few blocks from where they're located at and heard talking going on, even screaming. And when I heard sobbing, I knew I was in the right place. As I start to walk closer, I heard police sirens coming my way. Someone must have saw me and my car suspiciously pop out of nowhere and now they're trying to get me jailed. So I ran to the group until my eyes glowed again and suddenly, I ended up invisible and I didn't know it. I saw a teen boy was about to shoot Orange which made me instantly wanna do something to him so that made me boiling mad, so mad that I ended up changing the weather to signal that I was here. Bailey knows who I am, I will explain that to Orange later. Anyways, as they heard the sirens get closer, that's when I saw Bradley snatch the knife from Bailey and runs at Orange so he can pounce on top of her and literally stab her in the back, but that was until I made myself reappear and kicked his a* back into the ground. How he landed on his feet, that's a mystery even to me. But the next thing I know, I'm standing in front of the brown-haired girl facing the thugs.

END OF FLASHBACK=

{As I walked down the hall to the left like Christine said, I see the room 014 on the right side. But you know what else I saw that guy who wrote down the woman's description but not the room number, and talked mess about Christie behind her back… Let's call him Dan. He was talking to someone on the phone when he spotted me few blocks down the hall from him. At that moment, seeing him refueled my rage tank and I slowly passed 014 and went towards the dude. He recognized me from earlier and this time, he wasn't smiling or smirking. As he backed up to try and get away from me I finally reached him and snatched his phone out from his hand.}

Me: I'm Sorry, Dan isn't able to commit to this call right now and is busy at the moment, please hang up and never call again, unless you have more than 200,000 dollars, cuz that's exactly how much he's gon need to check in here when I'm done with his a*. {Dan tried to get the phone away from me, but my eyes flashed quick once as I pushed him against the wall with my left hand, with the force almost leaving a dent in the wall and kept him there until I finished talking to his caller on the other line}, Otherwise, you can leave a message for him after the beep. BEEEEEEP! (Slams finger on the hang up button and slams his phone on the floor.)

Dan: HEY! That's My Phone!

Me: (Yells), AND!

Dan: (Swallows), Never mind, um look, I'm sorry, look, I didn't mean it, about Christie, I swear! I wa- I wasn't laughing at you! Y-y-You gotta believe me, I fo- I forgot to write the room number by accident, I mean, let's be real I wasn't calling you a chump… {As he was pleading, I grabbed his smock shirt tight as I dragged him into the female's bathroom.}

{Back at the lobby, few officers were there watching the three injured ones get helped into the rooms to get their x-rays and casts and stuff. The sergeant looked around and noticed the damage}

Sergeant: Wow, this is a mess!

{When he saw a broken exploded taser laying on the ground, he knew that could only mean one thing…

He had gotten reports of similar instances happening like, gun shots popping off near an apartment complex (which wasn't Shadow at all), cars moving without no driver in them, speeding disappearing/reappearing cars, glowing flashing eyes and superhuman powers, along with highly impulsive behavior and trespassing, destruction of property assault and battery and harming police officers. Which meant he knew I was back in town and that meant I had to do my best to lay low now that they seen me or "thought" they've seen me, especially from leaving a trail of incidents, which I was never trying to do. But the thing about them knowing they got me on camera, I tend to not show up on cams at all, which meant whenever I'm near, I'm able to either automatically or manually use my powers to cut everyone's technologies off so that whenever I show up where there's a camera around, it won't catch anything until I'm out of range. As for Glitch, it's automatic. But they don't know that. They didn't know I updated my powers the last two months.}

Sergeant: He's back, and he's here…

(To other officers), Find him, and the next time you see him, book him! The few officers nodded and left in different directions including out of the hospital.

{I left the woman's bathroom as I left the guy's hands tied above a stall, stripped to his t-shirt and undergarments, beaten multiple times where you can see numerous bruises and small cuts on his face and body, mouth gagged by his socks, knocked the heck out with "Womanizer" written huge in dark sharpie across his forehead in all caps, and to top it all off, two black eyes. I finally made my way back to 014 and found Bailey and Bosley in the room with the lady. The two saw me and jumped up like they seen a ghost. Me however, I didn't say anything.}

Bosley: Hey, um, you got what we had to went through too? {He meant back at the front desk between me and Francesca. I still ain't said nothing}, W-w-we heard all the commotion. You've must have… gave them hell (laughs), right?

{Seeing that the woman is still breathing and is in critical condition, I started walking towards Bosley and Bailey}.

Bosley: Hey what's up? I thought you weren't going after us as long as we see this lady and apologize!

Me: I know. But that's not what I'm here for. {I was looking dead at Bailey as she backed up against the corner. My eyes glowed as I made her stay, when I finally got to her, I padded her down and went in her pants pocket and took out the two dollars she stole from Orange earlier.}

Bailey: Hey, that's my two dollars!

Me: (Shows money), No, this is Orange's two dollars, that you stole. (Folds it and puts it in pocket), where's her wallet.

Bailey: I don't have it

Me: Girl you stop playing with me!

Bailey: (Yells), I'M NOT, I REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT GIRL'S STUPID WALLET!

Me: (pauses), okay.

{Me, Bosley and Bailey are now looking at the woman resting in her bed}

Bosley: I never meant for none of this to happen. It was just a quick get money scheme is all. Who knew this would have gone this far?

Bailey: If you weren't such a p*sy

Me: Aye, now that's enough! Bailey you have no room to speak! Cuz this could have been you (Points at woman in the bed), second, you and Bosley could have found a way out! But instead, y'all stayed in the game and nearly got two people killed.

Bailey: Look, we needed the money

Me: We? What's this "We" sh, B? I thought you wanted to go to college and be a cyber tech

Bailey: I do but… what good am I gonna be behind a computer? If they look at my history, they aren't gonna accept me!

Me: First off, you would be excellent behind a computer and second off, keep this sh* up, they're not gonna accept you at all. You didn't do All that hard work to get clean for a reason just so you can fall back into another trap and end up where you can't even get yourself out of. {Bailey started to cry silently as she listened to me speak. She knew I was right.}

Bailey: B-but how?

Me: It depends, you gonna keep doing this? (Bailey nods no), then I don't know how. That's up to you to figure out. (To Bosley), you need to grow some backbone and stop letting people push your a* around like a rag doll, bro.

Bosley: I know.

Me: No woman likes a pushover dude like you letting muf*s do what the hell they want and think that they are gonna back you up when you get caught, only to throw your a* under the bus!

Bosley: (Nods yes), I get it

Me: Do you? Cuz soon when the police interrogate you, you gonna have to make a choice. Save him or save yourself! Regardless on the robbery being your idea, who's idea to add killing as part of the list? Let me tell you something, son: Mainly normally the ones who does the killings, is the ones who orchestrates the whole operation. That's how people sees it. That's how they always sees it. The choice is yours, you two. Make a decision.

Bosley: Yes Sir.

Me: Don't call me sir.

Bosley: Yes… um…

Me: Call me Shadow.

Bosley: Okay, Shadow.

{The three of us sat watching this lady rest peacefully on her bed. Our hands were on her hands as we prayed she'd make it. After I told the two about her having pneumonia and dementia, they now regret what they did. I heard them apologize to the lady for what they did. And as they did, the woman smiled. Normally I expected her to flatline but luckily, she didn't. I must have been watching too many movies on my free time. We continued to watch the woman.}

Me: Where's Bradley?

Bosley: I don't know

Bailey: He was in here a minute ago before you caused all this commotion in the lobby, he said he couldn't do this and just stormed out.

{I then was about to walk out after him until Bailey called out to me one more time}

Bailey: Shadow, wait!

Me: (Stops walking), what?

Bailey: Why me?

Me: Why not you? (Turns to Bailey), You smart, you got much to live for, you got talent, right now you're lucky to be in a position where you can get anything and get away and make something of yourselves, unlike people like me, we don't even get a second chance, or even a first chance for that matter. You guys back then wouldn't be able to do that too but look what year we're in now, y'all can do whatever you please! While you're still alive, do good, do better than you. I won't be here the next time you f* up. I promise you. This is the last time. Understand? {Bailey nods yes as she hugged me. I hugged her back as she let a few tears fall from her eyes}, but that doesn't mean I want to hear updates from you. Here's my number (hands Bailey a card), I'll pick up anytime.

Bailey: Thank you

Bosley: Yea

Me: No problem.

Bailey; But Shadow?

Me: (Turns to face Bailey)

Bailey: You really think I can do it?

Me: (Sighs), I don't know… but let's figure it out together. (Puts fist out)

{Bailey puts her fist out and pounds it with me.}

Me: Take care of yourselves

{As Bosley and Bailey watch me leave after Bradley, the woman suddenly woke up, slowly. Bosley and Bailey instead showed their kind and respect towards the woman, which warmed her heart in ways she couldn't understand. I watched in the window how happy the woman looked, and how Bosley and Bailey are feeling when with the woman. She announced her name was Carol. I smiled at the sight I saw, when I got ready to leave, I saw from a far on my left four officers looking in two opposite directions, which meant they're looking for me. And also, on my far right I see a familiar face in the same jacket that Bailey and Bosley was wearing. It was Bradley, as he looked at me, he ran. I followed him as the cops looked forward. I was already gone but they went forwards past room 014 before they came across an intersection, then two cops coupled together and split up.

Then suddenly the officers heard a sound… a whining crying screaming sound which came from where the restrooms were. When one of the officers starts to step towards the restroom, they heard a crack, it was somebody's cellphone. They looked at each other and heard the noise came from the women's restroom. Without knocking, they burst inside to their surprise… they were shocked at what they saw…

Bradley ended up on the other side of the hallway as I finally managed to catch up to him.}

Me: Freeze, Bradley!

Bradley: (head down), Are you a cop

Me: You don't see a badge on me, do you?

Bradley: Why are you doing this?

Me: Funny, I was figgna ask you the same thing.

(Dead Silence)

Bradley: Is she alive?

Me: Yup. In fact in case you don't believe me, why don't you go inside 014 and find out for yourself

(5 second dead silence), her name is Carol. You're more than welcome to go back and sit with the others and rack up your end of the deal.

Bradley: Look, I'm here, am I? That's what you wanted, right?

Shadow: That's not good enough, man! You're a* is lucky she's even breathing right now!

Bradley: I'm not here to play games

Me: Duh, what do you think I'm doing here?

Bradley: (laughs silently), You won, you saved the day. You should be proud.

Me: Me be proud? What's there to be proud about? (Walks Slowly towards Bradley), Because of you, I lost my temper in public, injured three on duty officers, prevented you from getting the death penalty, and you say I should be proud? (Whispers heavily) Nothing I do, is something to being proud of!

Bradley: Of Course. So why are you really here?

Me: {I looked to see if there were no officers nearby so I can continue this confrontation with Bradley, then I let it off}, Honestly, I'm here to investigate a murder, but you and your so-called crew happened to cross my radar, so, I just so had to take the bite.

Bradley: You could have just… left it alone

Me: And do what? Let you get away with it? I don't think so.

Bradley: (Gets in his face), You may think you're doing good for Berry Big City, but to tell you the truth, they don't give a f* about you.

Me: (Shouts), HOW DO YO- (Quietly talks), how do you know what the hell I'm thinking? You actually think I give a sh* about these people? They ain't got morals, they don't have courtesy, they have no respect! They're just like you, you don't give a damn about anything

Bradley: Yes, I Do!

Me: (Steps in Bradley's face), THEN TELL ME HOW THE HELL BAILEY'S ENDED UP WITH YOU AND BOSLEY!

{Bradley smirked at me as he turned the counters to see if anyone was coming. Then he turns his back on me and walks a few inches away.}

Bradley: You really wanna know? (Shadow doesn't answer), okay. She was struggling at a dead-end job flipping burgers and cleaning floors for money to go to that stupid hacking school she was going on and on about. But when I saw that she was struggling, I gave her a taste of what could be hers if she joined me and my little brother.

(Scene shows Bailey mopping tables at Berry Ben's Burgers as Bradley walks in and throws a thousand stacks on the table next to Bailey. She looks at Bradley and hugs her as she takes the money and leaves the fast-food joint with Bradley. Then another scene shows Bradley introducing her to his little brother Bosley. Another scene shows them smoking weed and using bongs. And then in another scene, they were driving escaping from the cops, retrieving cars, stealing jewelry from people, etc….)

Bradley: We were really hitting it off. We did drugs together, we did jobs together, and we get paid big bucks! I mean, she's my cousin and after what happened to her, I swore I wouldn't let her out of my sight-

Me: Cousin?

Bradley: Yea, Later She mentioned you. I couldn't believe it.

(Scene shows her brutally beaten by a drug lord who almost tried to kill her as Shadow appeared and took her away from where they were)

Bradley: (in tears), She- she said you gave her hope, and joy, and patience… (Another scene shows Shadow giving her a pass out of state to Berry Big City to a university), and a chance. She said you're her hero but that's not true. You probably had something to do with that-

Me: (Walks to Bradley), If that's the case then where the hell were you when all that was happening, Bradley?

Bradley: I was…

Me: Yeah, Sitting in jail… once again. Bosley bailed you out with all your "job" money. Y'all can't pull jobs without a third man anymore so you and your brother were pretty much screwed at that point. Your two-man job went sideways, your brother got away but you got caught. Bosley broke you out of jail and assassinated the entire police department where y'all lived at. While Bailey was about to get brutally killed, you two were too busy playin breakout while I was helping your cousin get out of a rough spot, you think that's what I wanted to see out of somebody who pretty much had her life almost taken away by some stupid decision?

Bradley: What can I say? Money's the root of all evil

Me: And now ever since you got Bailey to stop working on her dream to do what she wants, you got her rolling with the two of you, and by the way, you were always this impulsive towards your brother, huh?

{Bradley froze after he heard "Bosley" and "impulsive" in the same sentence}

Me: Yea, don't think that I don't know all about you, where you went to school, who your parents were, where you like to eat at, what you scared of when you're all alone in the dark, the list goes on, especially on the multiple abuse that you keep giving your brother!

Bradley: (Walks up to Shadow's face), What goes on between me and him is none of your business

Me: You're right, except the fact that he done had enough of your bullsh* and now, when Bailey and Bosley go to the police and turn themselves in, they're going to sell you out.

Bradley: (Scoffs), Wha- n… no they won't! We're family! We're loyal to each other!

Me: Well, pretty much since you ruined Bailey's chance to get into a good university and robbed your brother of finally having control over his life from being around you, you really think they're gonna back you up?

{Bradley's expression changes from bluffing to nervousness}, when it comes to being loyal, f* family right? Now you're here questioning their loyalty to you? Taking credit that you took care of them?

Bradley: That's cuz I did!

Me: Like you said to Orange, word gets around fast around here so imma say this: The police finally arrested the rest of the Berrykin robbers that were on the loose that day. Now they're being interrogated and they're singing like f*in hummingbirds! You, Bosley & Bailey are going to be screwed. You two mainly since the police massacre. But I'm willing to help your little brother out of a jam if he agrees to drop all contact with you. And since Bosley deliberately said that the killing wasn't his idea, you're in an even tougher spot since, normally the person who does the shooting or the killing, is normally the ones who orchestrates the whole robbery. So that means even if I was able to get Bosley off the robbery charges, he could still be facing life in prison but that besides the point because both Bosley and Bailey will flip on you by not giving you up. It's called Snitching while not snitching.

Bradley: So, the other killers could have the same idea of robbing a store, no matter who the hell orchestrated it!

Me: Yeah, but unlike the other killers, they don't have family members that manipulate other family members

Bradley: HEYYY?! B-but what about me?

Me: What about you? I don't f* with people who steals, kills, manipulates and murders people especially females. Fortunately for you, I saved two from dying today so consider yourself lucky I ain't killed you just yet.

Bradley: You can't kill me, in fact if it wasn't for those powers you have in your possession, you wouldn't even beat me

Me: Well we sure proved that back in that alley right? I let you tag those three hits on my face on purpose. I can dodge almost nearly any rapid punch you throw at me.

Bradley: And yet you're helping these two! They helped me! How you gonna say you don't help people who commit crimes and you're helping two people who were with me the whole time who helped me commit those crimes?!

Me: (Walks to Bradley's face), I already told you, & Cuz even though they did it, they confessed to it, and that's good enough in my book, besides the fact they've been heavily manipulated by a twisted crooked family member. I'm not sorry for you, I don't pity you. And I meant what I said about coming after Orange. {I started to walk towards Bradley again slowly and this time, my eyes glowed an indigo hue, making him paralyzed and unable to move an inch}, If you do, (reaches inside his jacket pocket and takes out Orange's wallet), I will personally kill you myself, (Shows Bradley Orange's wallet), and that's on me! {I un-paralyzed him as my eyes stopped glowing as I walked back 3 feet from him from where I was standing.}

Bradley: So, you didn't just come to talk to me, huh?

Me: You took something that didn't belong to you. I came now to take back that something. Now, we're through.

{As I started to walk off away from Bradley…}

Bradley: I heard about that Preservation Soil? (Shadow stops walking), Princess B*tch-ress has it stored in her palace aka mansion.

Me: And you telling me this because?

Bradley: That princess isn't originally from here. Why does she have the Preservation Soil?

Me: I don't know, maybe to keep it from falling into the wrong hands, like yours?

Bradley: Look, I'm just trying to do what's right, telling you about the Preservation Soil so you'll help me out

Me: Nothing you do is gonna make the situation right man, Imma look into this soon, but I'm done. We're done. You on your own. {I then started to walk off as Bradley keep yelling at me}.

Bradley: They're gonna catch you, you know. Do you know being a vigilante is one of the most crimes people do these days that get people locked up forever? You think you're doing right by the city, but you're doing more hurt than good! {I let him scream further down the hall as I left him there making a fool out of himself}, IF NOT NOW THEY'LL GET YOU EVENTUALLY… VIGILANTE! WE'LL MEET AGAIN, I PROMISE YOU!

{As I got to the end of the hall, I dialed the nearby security in this hospital, but was also careful of the current ones wondering the halls looking for me}

Me: Hi, listen… I'm just a concerned citizen calling this number, as long as I can be anonymous, I can continue with this call. I got a special tip for you. I'm risking my life coming forward so I'm only going to tell you this once. I can give you the names of four people: A guy who goes by the name Shadow Bittahszweet-T, an out of town citizen, happen to help a woman inside the hospital while the people at the front desk an hour ago was giving him a hard time the next visit back there, which he had nothing to do about the commotion. I was there, he hid like we did, but that mess in the lobby was all the work of one person. I don't know their last names, but they managed to almost try and kill two people. One victim was Carol who's in her 60s and is suffering from pneumonia and dementia, and another who managed to get away from them was a young lady. I don't know her name, but she escaped them before they tried to kill her. The names are Bradley, Bosley & Bailey, and Bradley, is the brains behind this whole thing. You can't miss them; they're wearing black jackets with some picture of a Berry and a mallet on the back of it? I don't know but you can find one of them in the hallway, and the other two are in the room 014. All of them should be wearing black jackets with the picture on the back of them. And no, I will not come into the station and do a interview on the situation. Like I said I like to be anonymous. That's all I know, and I hope you have a great day and thanks for listening. {With that, I hanged up and suddenly, my eyes glowed… I was having another vision; and this time, Orange was in major pain as she squirms in her seat yelling. After my eyes stopped glowing and I was back into reality, I had to get a few things from the rooms to help Orange, which meant I had to steal some stuff without running into any security or cops along the way. I walked quickly from room to room and got a few supplies that I may need and left out with a case and a few other tools as well as an IV Drip bag, a needle, a bunch of gauzes and epinephrine spray. I hid it in my jacket as I walked suspiciously to one of the emergency exits. I stopped when I got in front of the lobby. Cops and visitors, doctors, nurses were everywhere, probably finding me. I turned the other way and made my way across without being spotted until one of the cops saw an inch of me walk passed them to the right side of him. In the hallway with Bradley, a cop who responded to my anonymous call recognized the description of the dude I called in and he pulled out his weapon and yelled "Freeze! Don't move, Bradley, it's over. Hands on your head, you're under arrest!" Bradley sighed heavily as he had put his hands up as another officer came and handcuffed him. Inside Carol's room 014, Bailey and Bosley were listening to Carol talk about her past life until 3 officers went inside of the room and told Bosley & Bailey calmly, that they're under arrest too. Carol was confused and demanded an explanation as the third officer told them that these two tried to kill her. Carol tried to back Bailey and Bosley up by telling the officer that she forgave them and that they were her children. That was part of her dementia kicking in. Carol looked at the officer with a worried expression as she watched Bosley and Bailey get handcuffed and walked out of the room in tears. Luckily for Bosley, the officers didn't know who he really is, since he busted his older brother out of jail and killing the whole county of police in their hometown with him a year or two ago. It will be a matter of time until the police catch on and find out who Bosley and Bradley really were. Me on the other hand, sensed I was being followed when I heard an officer scream out "HEY, EXCUSE ME, SIR!" I knew better than to look back, so I ran to find the emergency exits as two more officers followed the one that was chasing after me screaming "HEY YOU! STOP!" I managed to find an emergency exit and i glowed my eyes and focused on manipulating the alarms to the emergency doors, so they won't go off. I went through one of them that led me outside and the cops looked both ways wondering which direction I went and went the opposite direction I ran as the second officer screamed "This Way!". I ran back to Glitch and found Orange fighting sleep as I got closer to them. As she slowly jolts up, she saw me on her side and wondered why I was coming out the other end of the hospital in a full panic.}

Orange: Um, how did you come from over there to over here?

Me: Sorry, No time to tell you! (Shuts car door and buckles up), all I can tell you is, it's just time to get the hell out of here! {I revved Glitch up and with screeching tires, I rode off in a hurry out the hospital lot and crossed in front of two cars, in which both beeped at me as I swerved into the street. I sped up a bit more and the cops ran out of the hospital and couldn't find us anywhere. They were in the parking lot looking while some were looking out in the street. Further down the road, Orange starts to feel bad… like in my vision}

Orange: (Moans), Mmm… What's your name?

Me: (Looks Straight), Just call me Shadow.

Orange: Okay, Mr. Shadow Sir

Me: No no no, you don't have to call me "Mr." or "Sir" or any of that nonsense. A simple name would be just fine- (looks at Orange), Orange, are you okay?

Orange: (Grunts), no… but- I-I'll be fine.

Me: Bullsh**, I'm pulling over!

Orange: No! I said I'll be fine! It's not that serious.

Me: Can you at least take some pain killers to help deal with that pain you're experiencing?

Orange: No, I can tough it out. You already gave me that stuff.

Me: Well, I'm not sure why it's not working like it's suppose to, I covered all your injuries from head to toe, you shouldn't be in anymore pain at all, nor have visible bruises on your body.

Orange: Why do your eyes glow like that?

Me: Well, it's more like an alarm to me, helps me sense danger from a mile or two away… or three, or even more… it varies! Let's stick with that.

Orange: So, this car, what else can it do?

Me: More than you can even think. Her name is Glitch.

Orange: A car, name Glitch.

Me: Yea.

Orange: (Looks at him, weird), you name your car?

Me: What's wrong with that?

Orange: Nothin… i-I- it's just weird. (Looks out the window)

{Dead silence fills the car until Orange asks me another question.}

Orange: Who's Bailey?

Me: {Another thing about me is I don't like answering questions, but because she's going through it after that a* beating near death experience, I told her, "I knew her two years ago, she ended up messing with the wrong crowd, got all caught up until she finally got the taste of that life, things went sideways for her. She made a mistake that almost cost her her life and she almost died trying to fix it. That's when I swooped in and dealt with everyone she was with and put an end to the whole operation. {Orange was listening but was slowly drifting back to sleep}. Originally I bought her a plane ticket to Berry Big City so she can peruse her dream in cyber security but instead, she was rolling with her two brothers who deserve to be in prison, which were Bradley the older brother and Bosley the younger brother. While all this was going down, the younger brother busted the older one out of jail and with him assassinated the entire precinct". (Nods disapprovingly), for someone to favor somebody else who don't even respect your well-being, makes me sick, know the feeling? (Looks at Orange) Orange?!

{Orange shot up quick out of her slumber… it looked like she was passing out from the stabbing or she's just really tired.}

Orange: Huh? Oh, sorry, Shadow.

Me: Are you listening?

Orange: Well, I um… hope Bailey gets the help she needs

Me: (Looks at Orange very concerned), Yeeeah. Where's your stop at?

Orange: Oh, over there, where you picked me up at, except on the other side.

Me: You meaning to tell me you almost got yourself killed behind your own apartment complex? How Unlucky are you?

Orange: I don't know, (chuckles nervously), guess it runs with my friends. We hadn't had any good things happen to us since we got here.

{I parked in the parking lot and I went to help Orange out, but she tried to shoo me away like she didn't need any help.}

Me: You sure you want me to help you up the stairs?

Orange: Don't worry, I've been hurting this much before the guys beat me up. I can tough it out.

{I didn't believe her, but I stood behind her in case she fell, just in case.

As we walked by someone at the desk. Orange saw somebody different at the desk, she said it was used to be a lady there but it now was a man and he seemed to be curious, unlike that lady who didn't seem to care for her job when Strawberry and her friends checked into this place.}

Orange: Um, Excuse me, what happened to the lady that was working behind here?

Man: She's off the clock, I'm filling in for her now. And you're late.

Orange: Late? Late for what?

Man: We have new rules. Because of what's happening now, everyone needs to stay in their assigned rooms after 6:30PM unless you're asking to be slaughtered.

Orange: What? But… but nobody ran that by us when we were in our room

Man: Well, the lady should have told you about it. And on here she written that you have pets in the apartment?

{Orange's heart stopped as soon as she heard what he just said and fell, but I caught her before she had hit the ground}

Orange: Pets? Why would we have pets?

Man: Well, a few neighbors came down here complaining about the room where you guys are staying, is making too much noise and they described it as barking and a slight meow.

Orange: Oh, that was our um… brand new television. We are still trying to work out the kinks to it. We were watching a movie about two dogs and a cat walking to find their way back home to their owners. (She just described the movie "Homeward Bound").

{It was obvious the man didn't believe her, but he offered to let it slide with another warning.}

Man: You know pets are prohibited in this apartment complex, but if you don't have any, keep the noise down, or we WILL meet again, is that clear ma'am?

{Orange nodded. As the guy looks at me}, And you can't bring visitors after 6:30PM. And you need to pay a small fee to invite others to your place past the curfew time.

{I know there was no such rule or policy anywhere that says they need to charge to bring people to their rooms and that he was just naturally being a jack a*.}

Orange: But the lady never tol-

{I signaled Orange to stop talking as I walked up to the front desk.}

Me: How much is the fee?

Man: 30 Dollars

(Record Scratch Sound Effect)

{I looked at Orange with an "Is He Serious?" Look, and out of nowhere I looked back at him as I began to wheeze laugh at him as I slam my hand on the table}

Me: You're kidding me, 30 Dollars?!

Man: Depends on how long you stay, it adds up… (leans over the desk in my face), unless for you, I can always up the price. Knowing someone like you can't even afford to stay in this luxurious place.

{I walked closer to the desk and fake smiled in his face as I said in a playful tone},

Me: Awww, would you also like me to get some flowers for you and a housewarming gift basket to go along with that fee, sir?

{We stared at each other for 7 solid seconds until Orange broke the silence}

Orange: Um, I think it's about time we start going now

{As Orange pulls my sleeve to signal me to move on, with me still looking at him, my fake smiled slowly disappeared as I started to follow Orange out the door.}

Man: If you're not out within 30 minutes, I will call the police! And in case I don't call the police, least I can do for you and your possé down there is triple the rent! Especially since you still have that boy in that room!

{It was clear he was talking about Huckleberry. As he continued rambling on, we finally made it back to Orange's friend's room. As Orange tried to bend over to get the key from under the mat, she grunted in pain quietly as I quickly had her stand straight up}.

Me: Look, it's obvious you're hurt, let me handle this.

Orange: You don't know how much I appreciate this, Shadow, but I got this- (tries to get the key but fails)

Me: Nah, I got this, all you need to do is relax the best you can, okay? Just chill, I got this.

{I bend over and got the key from under the mat then stood in front of the door} (Scene pans to black wet/muddy boots on an old mat in front of the closed door)

-(From Inside the room)-

Blueberry: (Gasp; Whispers), do you hear that?

Strawberry: (Whispers) Somebody's trying to break inside! Everyone, grab your weapons!

-(From Outside the room)-

{I was trying to unlock the door, but the key was jammed in the key socket and I was fighting it to get it free}

Orange: You already done so much for me; I can take it from here-

Me: Nope! You're hurting, you can't seem to stand straight, you're losing blood… (stops messing with the key), YOU'RE LOSING BLOOD?! Oh sh*! Oh f* okay…

-(From inside the room)-

{Inside, the girls panicked again and grabbed their weapons they had when they attacked Huck, then suddenly, the sound stopped.,}

-(From outside the room)-

{I was panicking and had to think of something fast. Luckily, I had a few gauzes I forgot to put in that hospital kit earlier from me stealing them and used that to stop the bleeding that was coming out of her stab wound.}

Me: Okay Okay, that should work… for now. Ohhhh gosh!

Orange: Is it bad?

Me: I don't know, you're the one's bleeding to death almost! {I had both my hands on my head panicking on what to do, but orange gave me a comforting calm smile, although that didn't seem to help me as much, but it did take some of the anxiety out of me.}

Orange: look, they don't have to know about this. We can just keep this between you and me

Me: Until you end up passed out in the pool of your own blood?

Orange: I don't need them worrying about me. Besides, we have other things to worry about…

Me: Like what?

{Orange gave me a look that said, "Are you freaking serious?" Until I remembered what it was}, ohhh yeah, right. That. Okay.

{Orange took a second to prepare herself before coming to the door and then started to knock}

[SCENE CHANGES BACK TO INSIDE THE BEDROOM (PRESENT)]

Strawberry: So, that noise was only you guys?

Me: You guys have a stubborn lock on this door, have you ever complained to the front desk about that problem?

Blueberry: They wouldn't seem to care anyways

Raspberry: Yeah, she isn't very dedicated to her job like Francesca.

Orange: You mean, "he"

Strawberry: "He"? Orange? What do you mean?

Orange: Shadow just told us that the guy was taking over for that lady who checked us in, I think he's the manager or something given by the way he dresses in a suit and talks like we have to charge for extra stuff…

Me: By the way, Huck, if we don't get out this b* now, we gon get charged about the amount of minutes or hours we stay in here.

Huck: What?! That's ridiculous!

Me: I know, Man! This isn't a phone plan! Anyways, that's besides the point. I gotta get out of here, besides of the payment I gotta go charge the dude for, I also still got things to go do so…

Strawberry: Wait! {As I got ready to go, I stopped when Strawberry shouted out "wait"}, Thanks again for saving my best friend.

Orange: Yea, thank you for saving me… a-again.

Me: {I nodded a small nod} Y-you're welcome, b-but I-i-it's nothing… really.

{Strawberry starts to tear up a little bit but tries to wipe her eyes, but some still flowing down as she went to hug me. I was unsure what was happening, so I just went with it and hugged her back}.

Strawberry: No, it was not nothing! What you did, was more than nothing. We owe you everything.

Me: (Smiles) No you don't, I do this type of thing for free. Oh, and speaking of free, before I forget…

{I went in the hallway as Strawberry prepared to pull herself together and I pulled out a few things: A purple high-quality laptop, purple dancing shoes, & a cute well-functioning boombox… which was also purple. Lavender if I do recall those item colors}, I believe these belong to you, Plum.

{Plum's eyes widened with surprise}

Plum: Where- where'd you get these?

Me: Well, I went to the thrift store, and I saw these unusual looking things in there working perfectly fine, I wondered to myself "Hmm, what are those things doing in a thrift store?" they looked amazing, too amazing to give it up. It had a smell too, it smelled like (sniffs twice), she's calling it quits. So, I…

[Begin Flashback] (Scene in Thrift Store)

{Me: …Saw those Items on the shelf behind the clerk and I made a calling on getting those three things.}

Me: (To Thrift Store Guy: Jim), how much for that laptop, that boombox and those dancing shoes?

Jim: (Glances Shadow up and down), Hmm, why do someone like you need dancing shoes like that? You transitioning or something?

Me: Look, Sir, I don't question how you live your life, don't question on how I live mine. Please, just tell me how much those are

Jim: Okay, the laptop is… 799 dollars (Shadow has a disgusted look on his face), the shoes are a 1,020 dollars and the boom box, 699 dollars.

Me: Are you f*in kidding me, man? This is a thrift store, y'all sell sh* for low prices. Y'all don't hike'em up to your liking, that's swindling, and I should know!

Jim: Oh, you do, don't ya?

Me: Well, according to your papers you gave your previous seller 200 dollars… IN ALL for those three things! The boombox and the laptop had to cost more but the shoes? You bought them so cheap that you rose them to make it look like they cost more than my car!

Jim: That's why they do cost more than your car. By the way, where is your car? I'll buy it off you for-

Me: Nah, it's not for sale, how the f* you think I got here? All I wanna know is how much those things are, now that you told me, I'm not gonna do small talk, so here. {I pulled out 500 dollars and gave it to him}, keep the change.

Jim: Wait, you just gave me 500. That's not even enough to pay for any of the items… or even the whole thing!

Me: Well you paid this person 200 dollars and you lucky I added the two hundred extra for that three hundred, otherwise I wouldn't give two craps about how you run your store, but one thing tho, you better act like that five hundred cost enough for all that sh*, The whole thing!

{There was already a line behind me, but I paid no mind to it, and as for Jim, he had a "you gotta be kidding me" look on his face. I also noticed they do lottery in his store, which was problematic – but for me, sought that as an opportunity to use that to my advantage}, Or else I'll tell everyone here that you take all these scratchers, scratch off all the barcodes and scan them for money, then respray them and put them back in their incorrect slots!

{People started to get mad and anxious, and they already heard me and felt like they had been cheated by Jim and walked out. Most people were here for lottery, but a few were either to buy or sell what they were bringing.}

Jim: Hey! Come back that's not true… (To Shadow), dude, now look what you done! You're ruining my business!

Me: No, you were gonna try to swindle me out of 2,518 dollars. You can get the f* out of here with that, man. Gimmie my sh*!

{With that, Jim gave me the laptop, the boom box and the shoes and gave him a pleasing look}

Jim: Wait, how did you know that the girl was the previous owner?

Me: Cuz 1, don't have your list of customers sitting out in the open like that… (Jim moved the clipboard off the top desk), and two, I never said it was a girl, nor did I even said "she". I said, "previous owner", which means you really don't care for the well-being of your customers do you? You know, you and Francesca should meet up cuz y'all look just perfect for each other.

{With that, I left and a mother and her daughter with a doll in her hand tried to get my attention}

Mom: Hey- excuse me! (Shadow Stops), We we're going to buy that

Me: Oh… you mean, the boombox?

Mother: No, all of it!

Me: Ohhh, including the shoes

Mom: Yes yes

Me: (Fake agrees), yeah, ma'am you better go somewhere. If it was 2,518 dollars, you wouldn't be buying all of this won't ya?

Mom: But we were next

(Record Scratch)

{Me: Oohhh yeaaahh, I forgot, I just walked in asking instead of waiting in line like everybody else, whooaa- whooopsss!

Strawberry: You mean you just walked in, cut in line and took the stuff the other person next in line wanted?

Me: Well, let's face it, if I didn't, I never would have gotten Plum's stuff back… well, half of her stuff.

Plum: Half?

Me: Yea, uh…}

Mom: I waited for a long time to get those things

Me: You mean 10 minutes? I know how long you waited here, lady. 10 minutes ain't that bad unless you have something going on.

Mom: Well, unlike you who have no life and nothing to do but intimidate others like your kind does (Shadow's eyes widened in shock), most of us have things to do like… hmmm I don't know, jobs?!

Me: MY KIND?! Oooh- kid? Kid, you better go get your mommy before this ends up domestically personal

{The daughter points at Plum's shoes and smiles}

Kid: I want those shoes, purple's my favorite color.

Me: Aww, mine too, but unfortunately there not yours or mine, there for a friend, I'm sorry.

{The girl was sad and started to pout.}

Kid: Okay. {She had her head down to the ground and I thought I saw a little tear run down her face. I was made to make everyone I can happy and safe or at least feel safe and making children happy was part of my job. I thought to myself Plum wouldn't miss these shoes, besides, I seen her collection of dance shoes. It was a good thing I went back to Berry Bitty City and gathered everyone's favorite belongings.}

Me: (Sighs), you said you wanted the lavender shoes? (Girl nods), well, my friend can live without a pair of shoes. {I gave her the pair of shoes and the girl's face lit up with happiness. She hugs me tight as she said thank you, which was very cute, Jim however wasn't pleased}.

Jim: Hey! I know you didn't just give her those shoes!

Me: Hey, I know you didn't just said that, (to girl), enjoy the shoes.

Mom: Um, hello… what about me? You still have MY stuff!

Me: You, I'll be right back, follow me outside {As I walked towards the door I turned at Jim}, I better not come back here and find out you over here swindling these fine people, or we will meet again with no exchanging words, understand that?

{He said no words and just stood staring, as I started to open the door, he then said something under his breath}

Jim: One day, I'm gonna, f* you up, Ni-

Me: -And you watch the next thing that comes out of your mouth if I was you

{I ended up walking closer to Jim as I talked until I was face to face with him}, because the last guy that didn't, he ended up in the women's bathroom, dangling from the top arm of the stall door, gagged with his own socks, in nothing but his nasty a* t-shirt and his tighty not-so-whitie undergarments, beaten the hell up, with hella cuts and bruises on his face, knocked the f* out with two black eyes, and his soul name dignity, it went up the ceiling instead of out the window. (Grabs his shirt), if you don't wanna be next, then I highly recommend that you keep your mouth shut and your mind open… and believe me, you won't f* me up, cuz you be 6 feet deep in the ground if you remotely even try to lay a hand on me so you can shut that sh* up right now and get back to work… (clears throat as he lets go of shirt), have a nice day.

{I told him casually as I FINALLY left out the door and then I told the mom to follow me outside. The remaining people in the store clapped as I left with the mother and daughter following suit. As the mother and daughter made it outside, I was nowhere in sight. But I was quick with it since I knew she didn't have all day. I came back at her with a scare as I held my arms with the laptop and boombox and gave it to her.}

Me: Here you go, ma'am

Mom: Where did you go? I couldn't find you

Me: I parked at the side of the building

{She slowly takes the stuff and wondered by asking me what I done with them}

Me: I don't know about you, but where I'm from, we have a strong disease killing us all, so all I did was strongly sanitize your stuff… you know, Safety percussions.

Mom: Hmmm… okay. I guess I believe you… for now.

Daughter: Um, are you gonna say, thank you?

Me: (To daughter), Nah, she ain't gotta say thank you, besides I don't need a thank you from her. Besides I'm already proven to intimidate people, which she ain't wrong. Your momma just better hope she doesn't get that stuff stolen because I won't be around to get it back. You enjoy the shoes, okay?

Daughter: Okay. Thank you again

{She comes and hugs me one more time as I hugged her back quickly. The mother, who now became a little sympathetic ended up apologizing to me, I didn't believe it but as a bigger person I accepted it anyway, and then left.}

[END OF FLASHBACK] (SCENE: BACK IN THE APPT)

Plum: So… you "cloned" my stuff?

Me: Yea, but the shoes, I had to go back to Berry Bitty City to get you your other shoes. Here, Plum.

Blueberry: Hold on, what made you hand the shoes and the other things to the mom and the little girl?

Me: After what that mom said to me, I was originally gonna blow her car up! But the girl… she can't be punished for what the mother does. I honestly wouldn't have never given the shoes in the first place if it was no f*s giving, so I ended up giving some for the little girl and… she's cute. She loved the shoes, Plum. I wish you guys had seen her face when I gave her the shoes.

{Strawberry smiled after I told them the story.}

Raspberry: You said you went back… to Berry Bitty City?

Lemon: How was it?

Me: To be honest, as much as I am afraid of animated plants and trees as much as dead ones, I never wanna step foot in that place again after what I saw! It reeks so bad, it's too freaking hot and to make matters worse, it's dull… it's…

Strawberry: Sick.

Me: (sighs and nods yes), that's not how I remembered Berry Bitty City at all. It sucks how you girls have to live out here. I even had to stick around to get some of your favorite stuff from your homes, which I have in Glitch.

Blueberry: Glitch?

Orange: It's the name of his car

Raspberry: You name your car?

Blueberry: Now that's just weird

Orange: (Giggles), That's what I said!

Me: Okay, Okay! (To Plum), Look, Plum, I know how it feels to be rejected, even if you know you're good enough to roll with the big times.

Plum: I don't know what you're talking about (looks at her foot brace),

Me: Yes you do. So the audition was a big flop, but sometimes you gotta learn from the big flop, so you can be able to do better next time.

{Plum feels her eyes start to water as she remembers thinking back to the audition}

Plum: I don't wanna talk about this anymore.

Me: (Sighs), okay… I never wanted to do music again after being rejected to be with the chosen singers in an audition years ago. And how you're acting right now, was how I was. Until months later, I got bored, I was missing singing and was jamming to my favorite genre of music. I even hummed the melody and… one thing led to another. {Plum had her arms crossed as tears dropped one by on from her eyes until my story caught her attention. She looked at me as she was interested into what happened}, as much as I wanted to forget about what happened at that audition, it keeps playing back in my head multiple times. Imma never forget it, but the person who told me my flaws and my flops, I ended up paying attention and he was right.

Blueberry: Wha- what did you do?

Me: As much as I didn't want to listen to him like last time, because I thought I was such hot mess that I knew to myself I was gonna make it… that didn't seem to be the case so I listened to what he told me, listened to all kinds of singers, rappers, music, trained and practiced by myself and instead of going through that again, I ended up making a new name out of myself and now, I'm a music artist. Didn't Strawberry teach you guys about constructive criticism?

{Everybody nods yes "The Glamour-cure episode"}.

Me: Yeah well, he definitely gave me that, and I took it to mind, turned that flop into a flip and now I did my own thing. If it wasn't for him, I would have never got better.

Plum: But… but didn't you wanna, you know, trash the whole audition? Get revenge?

Me: Yup. In fact, that's what I was about to do to your audition, Plum… but I ended up going back down memory lane to where what happened to you was exactly what happened to me, so I stopped myself and thought, hmmm, she's about to quit until she's gonna end up missing that part of her she always loved, and it's going to be bad if she doesn't gain it back soon!

Raspberry: So, did anybody from your audition recognized you?

Me: Well, only a few, the guy who told me about my singing, was really impressed. He wanted me to be one of the judges, but I turned him down. {Orange tries to raise her hand like she was in school, but was struggling a bit due to the pain and the stitching, not to mention recovering from her beatdown.}

Orange: Oooh, because you didn't wanna hurt anybody's feelings?

Lemon: (Chimes in), Because it's a way of paying back the guy who criticized your singing months back?

Me: Those two are good reasons, but not why I did it. First off, if I was a judge, I wouldn't be like that guy unless I really had to, second off, it was never to payback anybody… it's just that…

Everyone: What?!

Me: I had no time. I was already doing something else with my time while I was doing my music thing.

Orange: Like what?

Me: (Pauses for 3 seconds), Equalizing Things!

Strawberry: Wait, you're telling me that… you're- a… vigilante?

Me: (Waves finger at Strawberry), Ding ding ding!

{Everybody was stunned and surprised to hear it finally come to life. I turned back to Plum and gave her her spare pair of shoes, her leotard, her dance bag, her boombox and her laptop. For Plum, that stuff reminded how she stole Strawberry's money from an audition she didn't get accepted in.}

Strawberry: (Gasps), No wonder you saved that poor woman. And saved Orange… and did all that other stuff!

Me: Plum, I get that these reminds you of how you made a mistake. Just give Strawberry a little bit of time and she'll forgive you. But as for your passion of dancing, take what that instructor said as a learning tool and work on-

Plum: (Shoves back the stuff), You don't get it, I'm never gonna get good! I haven't done any dancing since the drought began! Or before it began for that matter, we were busy, we- I didn't ever had any time to practice…

Me: Well, later, it's time for you to make time. After that ankle heals, and imma help heal it, it's time for you to get back to it. You're the best dancer I ever got to know in Berry Bitty City! I get that just because I got through it, doesn't mean you will.

Plum: (sniffles), right!

Me: But I believe in you, and so does everybody else here. Right guys?

{Everybody else agreed with me with lots of talking over each other… except for one person.}

{Plum broke down and grabbed me and hugged me tight as she thanked me for trying to pick her back up and raising her spirits}

Me: Plum, know that people are gonna bring you down, it's your choice whether you choose to get back up and try again. (To self), R.I.P.

Plum: To who?

Me: Never mind.

Plum: (Smiles), thanks Shadow. But… the only person- the last person who wouldn't want anything to do with me doesn't care, not since I took her hard-earned money. I mean, selling my stuff was the least I can do-

Strawberry: (In Background), where did all this money come from?

{Strawberry opened the envelope and found coins and over 1,000 in it.}

Blueberry: Well, um… you see…

Plum: (Stands up), It was me, Strawberry.

{Strawberry looked at Plum with a surprised look on her face}

Strawberry: Oh, Plum-

Plum: It was for every penny I took without your permission, and… I'm very sorry. I get it that this wouldn't make up for what I did, but-

{Strawberry shhh'ed Plum to stop talking and say the money down on the counter.}

Blueberry: Uh-Oh.

Lemon: Here we go again!

{Strawberry was face to face with Plum and suddenly, they exchanged a hug, with that, Plum let all of her tears flow.}

Strawberry: I'll always forgive you, Plum. We're berry best friends. (Stops hugging)

Plum: (Nods), Thank you, Strawberry. I knew we had to Save our home, and… I thought that could help us get closer to our goal to get the soil. I didn't mean to put us in the red. I was just trying to help.

Strawberry: (Sighs), I know. I also understand that we make mistakes. But, from now on, please just ask. Okay?

Plum: Alright (Smiles a small smile)

Strawberry: (Frowns), But I am deeply sad that you would give up all of your stuff just for me

Plum: Like you said, Strawberry, we're friends, you would have done the same for any of us.

{Everyone agreed}

Strawberry: Yea, but Shadow was right. I maybe mad at you for what you did, but that didn't mean I want you to stop doing what you love. We- we don't even know who you are anymore without the old Plum we knew and love. Please, Plum, don't worry about the audition. Just do what you love to do and take that as a learning tool. Get better and do what you do best… dance.

Plum: Yes, but what about Berry Bitty City?

Blueberry: I mean, you already found a job so that shouldn't be much of a problem.

{Plum looked at one of her shoes and took it off and put one of her dancing shoes on. The feeling brings nostalgia to her, like she was back home in her dance studio dancing. She smiled as she reminisced}

Plum: Thanks, Girls. I really appreciate it.

{Once again, everyone was talking over each other with a "You're welcome" and a "anytime" etc}.

Raspberry: Shadow? You said you were a vigilante, isn't that illegal here in Berry Big City?

Me: And everywhere else, yes

Strawberry: You're gonna get in trouble

Me: I know but I don't care, since everyone wanna act like a bunch of ignorant jacka*es, who's to say I won't be one with them, it's simply giving them a dose of their own medicine, which reminds me, Huck, we gotta get gone- NOW!

Huck: Oh yeah! The payment!

Strawberry: Wait, Shadow?

{I was few inches closer to the door when Strawberry rushed to see me}, why don't you spend the night with us. I mean it's the least we can do after all you done for us.

Me: But Strawberry, All I did was save your best friend.

Strawberry: And helped another one get her passion back. Vigilante or not, you done more than enough to help us out. {Then Strawberry did something I thought she never do, she kissed the corner of my lips. I blushed and she blushed a little bit too.}

Me: Uh… well, um- hehe. Uh- {It was awkward but I kinda enjoyed it, the awkwardness that came with it was killing me though.}

Strawberry: Please, I won't take "no" for an answer

Me: Okay. How about a "maybe tomorrow?"

{Strawberry sighed a disappointing sigh and nodded as she walked back in the room with the other girls}

Me: Huck, Let's Go! Get one of your bad a* dogs and let's get a move on!

Huck: Hey! These dogs are not bad! They just don't know you!

Me: (Scoffs), right!

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PART 3: UNEXPECTED UNINVITED GUESTS

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{As I opened the door, two officers were waiting behind it}

Officer 1: Hmm, I thought we noticed a break in somewhere

{Something told me they looked at the key lock and noticed that there was something inside preventing the key to turn, back when Orange and I tried to get into the apartment, now they thought I was the suspect… but that's not all…}

Officer 2: Is that… blood?

{We we're so invested in my stories that we didn't clean up Orange's blood that was all over the floor and bathroom. So now the two officers looked at me and was beginning to put two and two together. I looked back and saw the mess and my heart started to pound as I looked back at the two officers.}

Officer 1: We were going to ask for the owner of this apartment room about an issue that's needed to address…

Officer 2: …But the better question is, are you that vigilante we been hearing about all day today that's been making a lot of unusual disturbances and violent behavior?

{I thought they had me, but I tried to play it casual as if I didn't under what they were talking about.}

Me: Who? Wait… why you asking me? I'm not even been told that there was someone on the streets. Last I checked, vigilantism is strictly against the law everywhere, including here.

Officer 1: I Know.

{This whole time they never took their eyes off me, they were waiting to see if I was going to crack or slip up}, that's why we're asking you before we move any further with why we're really here.

Me: Yeah, um… I'm sorry, but-

Officer 2: Yeah, we don't have time for this, this is the f*ing person we've been hearing about- let alone looking for all day.

Me: What?! No! You ain't gotta warrant! You don't even know if it was me!

{That right there, was it. I broke my casual acting and now the two officers knew and recognize me as the person they've been searching for. The others tried to look in the living room to see what's going on as the officers tried to cuff me, but I stopped them for a quick ten seconds.}

Me: Look, guys, the guy you're looking for must have random glowing eyes and a mysterious car. And sure, you don't see any of them nowhere!

Officer 1: And how you're dressed, don't look like you're from here.

Me: Neither is anybody else in this room!

Officer 2: And he means you don't look like you belong in this universe. I mean look at you! Who sent you?!

Me: Ma- (sucks lips; sighs) you think I'm a time traveling spy?! Come on! Like I said, Car, glowing eyes, you ain't got none, so un-cuff me! {They sighed in defeat as they looked at each other and agreed. At that very moment after they un-cuffed me, someone on their radio confirmed they seen a car in the parking lot… Glitch! The two officers looked at me with a mad expression}, you found the car, but you ain't found me!

(Record Scratch)

(Officers looked at each other then back at Shadow)

Me: (To Self), I KNOOWWW I didn't just say that!

{Suddenly what I didn't notice was my eyes started to glow a dim LED around my pupils, which caught the cops' attention. With that, they tried to grab me as I yelled for them to let go. The few girls watching all go down looked at each other hesitant wondering whether or not to start running towards me to help, which some two or three of them did, but before they could try to cuff me again, I looked at them and told myself "(Sighs), I tried to play nice, but now left me no choice", my eyes glowed bright as my outside pupils flashed quickly twice. The two officers froze as if they were paralyzed, me, trying to get away from them went back into the door with Lemon, & Plum, who were few steps away from the door. As the two officers froze unconscious, the radio they had went off as the officers from the other end responded},

Officer 3: The car is gone, I repeat, the car is suddenly gone! We can't find it nowhere, shall we be on pursuit?!

Officer 5: How can we catch something we thought we could see? It's long gone by now! We're NOT chasing after that… thing!

{As the officers on the radio argues back and forth saying "maybe we should let the chief decide on what to do", they asked if I was in the building}

Officer 3: Is the vigilante still in the building?

{Plum and Lemon looked at each other confused, while the others in the other room done the same thing then looked back at me and the two cops. I looked at the girls as well nervous out of my mind.}

Officer 3: I REPEAT, OFFICER 1, OFFICER 2, IS THE UNKNOWN VIGILANTE STILL IN THE BUILDING?! WE NEED AN ANSWER?!

{I didn't know what to do or how to react, since normally I don't be panicking under pressure… okay, I'm lying. I looked at the girls as they were looking at me worried, then I looked back at the officers still slowly trying to recover from… whatever that just was. I stared at the radio, wondering to say something or not, but to avoid any more suspicion from the other end, I reached for their walkie-talkie, and pressed the talk button on their radio and responded.}

Me: (Sighs), Negative. {I was not happy at what I just did}, he left the premises as soon as he heard our footsteps in the lobby. Tried to call out to him, he didn't respond. By the time we reached him, his eyes glowed and the next thing we knew is we were on the ground.

Officer 3: DAMN IT! WE HAD HIS A, AND WE LOSE HIM!

Officer 5: The Chief isn't gonna be happy about this!

Officer 3: Nor will the Sergeant!

Officer 4: Well, the good thing is, he's seen driving the car so, there's our lead

{I looked at everyone with a worried look as I continued talking into the talkie}

Me: You do know, he could be anywhere, regardless on his car driving by itself. (Clears throat; in a semi lo-tone voice), That's right, by the time you guys reported his car found, he was already out the premises

Officer 5: Okay, so we're dealing with a vigilante with not only with a hi-tech car that rides by itself, but is also an expert at playing hide-n-seek

Me: (Nods in disbelief; normal voice), Yup, let's go with that

Officer 4: Okay, I just talked to the Sergeant, he said he ran it by with the chief and now the chief said they will be standing by on all sides to find this bastard! But for now, we lay off until we hear another similar report about this case.

Officer 3: Great! Ain't that about a-

Officer 5: You two are coming down to the precinct for doughnuts, right?

{At this point, I got tired of portraying them and I got lazy and said "Yes, why not", and called it a day. After the three officers wrapped up their conversation, the two officers started to regain consciousness. With me being scared under pressure, I wasn't thinking at all about what I did next…}

(Slams the door)

{Blueberry walks into the living room in shock as she saw what I was holding}

Blueberry: You took one of the officer's walkie talkies?!

Me: What was I supposed to do, Blue? They ain't gonna shut up, so I had to take it, besides, this could help me maybe be alert for when they close in on my a*.

Lemon: But you just said you weren't wanted by the police!

Me: Maybe I am, Maybe I'm not, Lemon. But they can't prove nothing! Now, unless we want a repeat of what just happened to me, we, as in yall… get the blood cleaned up! That was the first thing they saw, and they thought I murdered someone in here!

{With that, the girls quickly got to work cleaning up the dry blood, but Strawberry went after the almost half-empty bottle of Hennessy left beside the mattress. She closed the bottle and hid it behind the nightstand as well as putting the lamp back where it was before. I thought it was a few minutes, but it came quick when a knock was met at the door. Plum, and I looked at the door.}

Plum: What was that you did to them?

Me: You'll find out…

{I opened the door and saw the same two officers standing there… except one of their radios were missing. Still feeling under my spell, they did their best to focus and tried to remember what had happened.}

Me: Excuse me, what are yall doing here?

Officer 1: Are you the house owner?

Officer 2: (To Officer 1), It feels like we were here before.

{Plum and Lemon looked at each other confused as Officer 1 takes off his hat and rubs his head slowly as if he was having a headache.}

Officer 1: Have you seen somebody come through here? I had a feeling we were making an arrest here, but I can't recall who

Me: Ummm…

Lemon: Wow, you guys don't remember? You guys were just here a minute ago trying to arrest him because you thought he looked like the vigilante guy you've been after all day {My eyes widened as I looked at Plum with the look that says "Help Me", and she knew what to do}, Well y'all did arrest him… well almost. But little did you guys know, he's closer than you think.

Officer 1: Really? Then where is he?

Lemon: He's still in the building. In fact, you're looking at him, he's right-

{Plum was quick enough to cover Lemon's mouth before Lemon tried to finish her sentence- she was about to point at me as well as Plum dragged Lemon to the other side of the living room; all you hear is muffled sounds coming from Lemon's mouth.}

Me: (To Self), Wowwww, thank you very much, Lemon! (To Officers; chuckles nervously), My apologies, she was shaken up about the vigilante coming to get her and her friends as well. She's hallucinating or something. Um, what she meant to tell you guys was, We haven't seen him or her anywhere I'm afraid… sorry.

{The officers looked at each other suspiciously then looked back at me, Luckily, they bought my excuse as I looked at Lemon with a mad expression then back at the cops}

Officer 2: It was a male.

Me: So, he can remember that, can he? (To Officers), what else?

Officer 1: He's black

Me: Of course.

Officer 1: In fact, he looks… just like you.

Me: Well unfortunately, I can't help you track this guy down, you know doppelgangers in this world, right? Anybody can portray anybody, am I right?

{I had one of the officer's radio behind my back, gripping it tight as I blocked the doorway with my whole body}

Officer 2: Well, you could fit the description… or maybe you couldn't. It's hard to tell when you feel like your mind was just on a reset

Me: Oh, you don't say? {I looked back at the girls and winked, but none of the girls understood what that meant}

Officer 1: Well, anyway, we need to speak to the person who owns this room

Me: Yeah, that's not happening, you know why?

Officer 2: Why?

Me: You didn't ask me if I was the owner

Officer 1: (Sighs in frustration), Are you the owner of this apartment?

Me: Now, why would you think I would own such a crappy apartment like this?

Officer 1: You just said-

Me: Ha, I'm just f*in with ya!

Officer 2: We're not here to play games, if the owner isn't here, then I'm afraid we're gonna have to-

{Strawberry rushes to the door as I moved out the way so she can fit next to me to talk with the officers.}

Strawberry: Hi, I'm here, sorry I'm late! I had to take care of something.

{The officers looked at Strawberry and she was a mess! Dry blood on her shirt and she smelled like Hennessy.}

Officer 2: Care to tell…

Strawberry: Oh, (laughs), I cut myself cutting sandwich meat, again. Gosh, it's sometimes impossible to try and cut with knives that doesn't cut sometimes

Officer 1: Mmm hmm. {Little how uninterested the two cops seem to be about Strawberry's story, they still are tied on how a déjà vu came upon him from their "last visit" until they finally just cut to the chase on why they're really here.}

Officer 2: Wait, have any of you seen my radio? It was supposed to be on my uniform

{Everyone talked over each other as they answered "no", or "sorry", or even "I don't know". Until… Raspberry saw it on the little table by the couch near the door.}

Raspberry: Oh! I know where it is, it's… {I had a look that said "You've gotta be kidding me!", as everyone stared at Raspberry with serious expressions which made her change her answer, but she did it by acting "normal"} (snaps fingers), Oh man. I just forgot where it was. I'm sorry, sir.

Me: (To Self), You're over selling it, Razp

{The officers luckily bought Raspberry's excuse and went on with their objective}

Officer 1: There have been complaints from lots of neighbors about the noise going on right here in this apartment.

{Orange uses the walls and her friends for support to walk to the couch}

Orange: There have?

Officer 2: Yes, some even said that you may have pets, living in here

Officer 1: Which is strictly against the agreement you've signed

{My mouth opened in confusion}

Me: (To Self), How the hell you know she signed the… (To Officers), How did you know she signed the lease to the room?

Officer 1: We had a tip from the boss downstairs

Me: Oh, you did, huh?

Officers 2: Look, we hate to interrupt your evening, but we need to make sure everyone's stay here is exquisite and joyful.

Plum: (To Self; Looks around the room), I wouldn't say exquisite.

Officer 1: So, we're only going to ask you once. Do you have pets in this room?

{I looked at the girls as the girls looked at each other along with Huck and they suddenly blurted out a "no".}

Orange: It was just our new television. It's new, and we haven't worked out the buttons yet.

Officer 2: Funny, nobody authorized anything outside the premises to be brought inside without notifying the front desk.

Strawberry: Oh, come on! You rather have us sitting here in an empty a* room with nothing fun to do?

Officer 2: Whoa, I didn't say all that!

Lemon: Cherry Jam gave us this brand-new flat screen TV!

Officer 2: The Cherry Jam?

{The girls perked up as they heard her name being said by the officers}

Everyone: (Excited) YES!

Officer 2: Wowww, I didn't know all of you are close friends with the pop star! In fact, after we deal with this, we gotta be on our way to find her.

Me: How come?

Officer 2: For questioning. She's been a person of interest in-

Officer 1: Don't tell them that!

Me: I hope you're not talking about the murder of Mavis Maraschino

{All of the girls gasped at what I just said. Half the girls shed a few tears as some had questions; however, Officer 1 starts to be in his serious stance as he steps closer to me}

Officer 1: How do you know about the murder of Mavis Maraschino?

{Me knowing I was on their radar, I had to dial my Casanova arrogant "smart-a*" tone, so I won't give myself away, they are looking for someone with that kind of tone in their voice as well as the facial expressions carrying that tone, which isn't easy. That's just how I am.}

Me: Let's just say your partner here has a habit of not keeping his mouth shut. Soon, it's gonna be all over the news. And when it does, yall gonna get an earful from your higher superiors.

{Officer 1 looked at Officer 2 and back head slapped him}

Officer 1: Now look what you did! You better hope this don't make it on television!

Officer 2: Look, I may have a habit of not being quiet with our assignments, but I was sure this one never left my lips!

Officer 1: Yea, that's what you said about the last case, and it ended up in the paper shredder and we were on desk duty for 4 weeks!

Officer 2: C'mon, man! I told you it wasn't my fault! You chose to go your own route and we ended up blowing all the product!

Officer 1: WE?

Officer 2: Yea, WE! WE share half the blame; WE share half the credit-

Me: And WE are getting impatient! Sorry to interrupt… wow, see how it feels like? You, interrupting our evening by coming up in here asking for pets, I now just interrupted your irrelevant conversation! {The officers looked at me and how I was acting and almost starts to begin putting the pieces together.}

Blueberry: (To Shadow; Whispers), Dial yourself down, or you'll give yourself away! {I understood her and kept quiet. The officers shrugged it off and continued their work}

Officer 1: I'm sorry, we just… um… got off track is all.

Officer 2: Now, you said you don't have any pets here, right?

Orange: Right!

Officers 1: Well, we are authorized to look around the apartment to make sure you all aren't lying

{I was about to open my mouth but knowing I was already in hot water with blowing my cover, Strawberry instead chimed in}

Strawberry: So, you're going to take their word over ours?

Officer 1: I'm sorry, ma'am, but-

Strawberry: We haven't been here long, and already we get an unexpected visit from the cops?

Officer 2: I know this isn't easy, but it's the rules. Plus, the complains enlists non-stop barking that sound like six…no seven ruffs, and a slight meow, followed by scratching and hissing.

Me: (To self; mumbles), you all can hear all that through these whack a* walls?

Blueberry: You don't even have a warrant!

Officer 2: Well, she (Orange) just said that it was just the television, and if it's that, then you have nothing to worry about, and by the way, how he's acting (Shadow), that leaves us with probable cause.

Me: Probable my a, yall ain't getting in! I don't care yall look at me in a different way or not!

Blueberry: (Whispers to girls), well, Shadow… it's nice knowing you

Lemon: Has it? {Everyone but Strawberry and I looked at Lemon in an annoyed expression}, just kidding. Hehe, come on guys, I'm joking!

Plum: Now isn't the time for jokes. I know this is weird coming from me, but we are about to lose our home, and now our pets! {The girls quietly panicked as Strawberry and I tried to get the situation handled}

Strawberry: You should be really arresting the neighbors for blackmailing us!

Officer 1: Blackmailing you how?

Strawberry: By having us do dishes, making them snacks, watering their plants, and all that other stuff

Officer 2: Why would they do that to you, unless you have something to hide… which I bet you do, you all do. And again, probable cause. So, let's go in-

{I had enough, I blocked away before the cops even made their way inside. I had to do my best to keep my eyes under control to make sure they don't glow, because I wouldn't know if they will glow or not, which means my powers will be activated. Everyone was quiet and staring at me as I was talking to the two officers. Strawberry took two medium steps away from me to watch it all go down.}

Me: You don't have a warrant to come inside, whether it's part of your job or not. Plus, just because people be complaining about the noise, hell, it could be coming from them! Have you ever thought of that? (Officers nodded no), of course, because all yall do is tease and pick on these girls ever since they have arrived in Berry Big City! Yall should be ashamed of yourselves! Probably if it weren't for me, you were gonna believe a whole bunch of hoopla from cranky a* neighbors when you have two bigger threats to face!

Officer 2: What?

Me: Finding that unknown vigilante & find out about the Maraschino murder case! And here you are over here finding paws of seven loud barks and a very faint slight meow, which are not in this apartment cuz they do NOT have pets, if they do, they'd be making noise and roaming free around this b*tch as if they own the place!

{Then we heard a faint slight meow from the kitchen, Custard was purring, strutting slowly on the counter as the girls watched as I kept staring at the cops. I made sure the cops never took their eyes on me as Raspberry ran to get Custard off of the counter top. After she did, she was gonna go out of the kitchen with her, but instead she held Custard to keep her quiet and still.}

Me: Now, if you guys don't be on your way right f*ing now, I don't need to call your boss about your partner blurting out about the murder to where yall may have desk duty for another four weeks! So what's it gonna be, king?

{Feeling defeated, the officers sighed and apologized for wasting our time and started to leave}

Officer 2: Wait, are you sure you haven't seen my radio?

Me: Nope, sorry. Bye!

{Then an unusual sound came from inside the living room where we were at, and it sounded like static}

Lady Cop: There has been a high speed chase of an unknown vehicle speeding at more than 140 miles per hour… wait- it disappeared!

Officer 1: Wait, what was that?

Me: We're watching "COPS!" you know, when they actually keep up with their stuff!

Officer 2: Ouch! That hurt!

Me: Well you should have kept up with your radio, now you got more hell from your boss to pay-

Lady Cop: The vigilante was last seen at an apartment complex and cameras shown he never left the area even though two cops said they seen him leave after he brutalized them, he didn't leave, he's still in the building!

(Beep-Beep)

Male Cop: All officers, after that car, it has been spotted near the Berry Bitty City interstate (Boop-Boop)

Me: Well, I would love to get back to my show, I hope yall have a good night see ya no time, byeee!

Officer 1: Hooollddd Uuuppp!

{All of us groaned in frustration}

Officer 1: If we find out that you are hiding pets here, all of you are gonna be arrested, as well as taking them away to the Berry Big City pound. {Nobody said a word after that, and the officers recognized the boy with the girls}, are you Huckleberry Pie?

Huck: Um, yes?

Officer 1: I remember you being responsible for these pets since I seen you with them from time to time, so If we find out you are responsible for giving them those pets, you will also be arrested as well as having your business shut down following a fine.

Huck: (Swallows Nervously), I understand

Officer 2: You, and um… what's your name, son?

{I had to create a fake name to go by to avoid suspicion from the cops… Hopefully the guy down at the front desk haven't gave them my real name yet}

Me: Tyrone

Officer 1: Tyson

Me: No, Tyrone

Officer 2: Ty-rome

Me: (Sighs; Whispers heavily to self), Oh not this sh* again, Ty-R-O-N-E!

Officer 1: Ohhh, okay, Ty-ron

Me: You know what-

Officer 1: We're just playing with you, you're Tyrone. Lighten up! But really, you and Huckleberry, you're due to leave or else you'll be arrested for trespassing.

Officer 2: Have a good rest of your night, bye!

Me: Man, f* yall! (Slams door)

(Radio Cuts On)

Male Cop: A bystander said he was just at the thrift store while another one said a black car nearly caused a wreck pulling out of a hospital!

(Radio cuts off and on again)

Lady Cop: A citizen said she tried to get him on her phone, but it stopped working.

{My eyes started to glow again and suddenly, the radio got louder and louder with the static and suddenly, the back of the radio blew out. My eyes stopped glowing when part of the radio started to work again… and none of us not sure what happened.}

Lady Cop: Something's wrong! I can't track down the vigilante anywhere! The last ping was at the compl- what just happened?! The ping is gone!

{The girls look at each other with confusion on their faces, then they face me as I stared blankly at the radio}

Male Cop: The car is completely off the radar. It's like there's a magnetic forcefield around it to where we can't see it or capture it with any device. Our laptops can't seem to capture it being here!

Lady Cop #2: WE NEED BACKUP, FIND THE CAR, FIND THE VIGILANTE-NOW!

(Radio Cuts Off)

{We were silent for nothing but a few 10 seconds. Until a knock on the door was made. I went to open it and to my surprise, it was somebody I didn't know… but they sure do know them. Lets name him George.}

George: Hey! I told you about the loud noises… {Once he saw Custard in Raspberry's arms, he raised hell}, SEE, I KNEW YOU HAD PETS UP IN HERE! WAIT UNTIL I CALL THE FRONT DESK-

{I stepped into the doorway and looked at this "George".}

George: Who the hell are you?

Me: I'm that muf* that's gonna help you cheat the rest of your years resting in a box if you don't get the f* this woman's property!

George: (Gasps), Hey! I know you! You from that hospital! You broke my spine with that voodoo powers of yours! You broke everything and injured everyone including our fine officers that protect and serve!

{At that moment, I just had enough. George was already pushing 64, he's about to push me to the point where he won't make it to see 65. So what did I do?}

George: Just you wait, when I tell everyone! ALL OF YOU, AND YOU (SHADOW), ARE GONNA BE IN BIG TROUBLE!

{I grabbed the old guy by the shirt and pressed him up against the wall as my eyes glowed red mixed with violet. George ended up wetting himself, but I didn't care. Everything that the girls had to go through, what I went through, enough was enough.}

Me: (Screams), GO 'HEAD AND F*IN TELL'EM, I DON'T GIVE A SH*

{With that, everyone behind George was two couples, a woman- who's a Karen, another woman who's in her 40s, of course, George, who's 64, an old couple in their 50s, and a wealthy family with two kids. Those were the neighbors that were giving the girls a hard time about the pets and the noises.}

Karen: HEY, LET HIM DOWN!

{I turned my neck as it cracked facing her, she gave me a horrifying look as I released George without even moving my arms}

Me: (Exhales), Fine. (Drops George on the ground)

{The thing was, I never picked George up, so I just released him as he slid down the wall himself}, happy?

Karen: Oh, hell no, I'm calling the police

{The girls walked slowly outside the doorway to where I was confronting everyone, even Raspberry sat Custard down and followed the girls out}

Me: (Yells), That's cool, cuz guess what? I can tell them how the hell you all be blackmailing these women into doing bullsh* a* jobs to keep yall a*es quiet!

Strawberry: Guys, Guys! Listen- (To Shadow; Whispers heavily), Shadow, get your a* in the room right now, we're already in enough trouble-

Me: Strawberry, I'm sorry but you can take your a* back inside!I haven't been here less than almost a whole hour and yet this is who your neighbors are? Yall never told me they're THIS ratchet!

{With that everyone went ballistic until suddenly the closet door bursted open with all the dogs running out of it, made it outside and to my surprise, the dogs turned their backs from me and growled at the neighbors, Custard hissed and meow'ed a menacing meow. The neighbors gasped as the three couples backed away slowly. The two kids hid behind their mom, George had help from the 40 year old lady, but the father of the wealthy family, the Karen & George, along with the 40 year old woman, they stood their ground. My eyes kept glowing on and off from time to time but I didn't care, all my feelings just… came out- I blew my cover and it was about time they know who they're dealing with.}

Me: Go head, yall can try to take pictures, you can try to video shoot me, but yall sh*s ain't gonna work! Hahaha! Now what?

Father: I thought more the better of you, son

Me: Son? N* I'm not your son, I don't care if those kids are here or not! Today's no f*sgiving, and later someone's gonna be stopping by to serve a huge dish of pay and back and don't worry, none of yall's invited, it's a private no f*sgiving party!

Karen: My phone's not working!

Me: Told Ya!

Father: You that vigilante going around causing havoc huh? Okay. You will finally have your day!

{The girls in the room never felt more embarrassed than they had before, but then again, they had to do favors to keep them quiet about their pets and yet they reported them anyway, so… to them, being embarrassed quickly went over their heads as they were waiting for me to say another wisecrack response at the neighbors}

Me: Well, that's funny coming from someone who's also black like me! And you don't have my back? Okay, I see what this is. And it's a damn shame the kids are being punished too because of yall but yall had it coming, honestly! {I leaned over to see the kids from where I stood}, kids, you better remember this, because this is how people act when there are no morals, courtesy, or even f*ing RESPECT in this h*e!

Mother: (Slaps Me), don't you ever talk to my kids!

{As the father comes to try and punch me or tackle me to the ground, I eyes flashed as i grabbed him before he could even do it}

Me: Hah! You didn't think I could do that did you? I don't hit women back, but I be more than happy to throw you against your family, how bout that? You want that? YOU WANT THAT?! {My voice changed from normal to low near low pitched devil voice. All the pets ran back into the room with the girls, as I couldn't think and I was lost in it, I suddenly felt my head and back ache and that made it even worse as I tightened the grip, almost to the point where I almost cutting off his blood circulation... he was begging to let me go as the family was crying and the Karen was yelling at me all kinds of vulgar names… I looked at the girls and saw Strawberry… she had disapproving look on her face and that, made me snap back into my sense and noticed what was happening. However, I was still mad, instead of throwing him into his own family, even though the wife deserved it for slapping me, I put him down and pushed him with a visible force into Karen and she and all the others tumbled to the ground. I took my deep breaths as I felt my back and head ached some more, my eyes glowing brighter than ever on and off.}

Karen: Hey! (Struggles to get Father off her and helps him up), you, are finished.

Me: Nah, (Smiles), Soon, yall gonna be finished. I'm not done with yall yet. Just be glad I ain't wreck this whole floor down yet.

{Custard and Pupcake slowly walked outside and rubbed themselves against my legs as I pet them to calm them. I was on the verge of breaking down and I wasn't sure what got into me.}

Me: (Sniffs) It's okay, Pupcake and Custard, it's gonna be okay. {Picks them up as I walk slowly back to the room}, Like I said, yall better be ready cuz when it comes… I WON'T BE SHOWING MERCY ON ANY OF YOU! NONE OF YA!

{Pupcake and Custard barked and growled as we made our way back inside as the Karen keeps talking slurs at me}

Me: UP YOURS, LADY! {It seemed Karen had the last word when she reached the end of the hall…}

Karen: GO TO HELL!

{The girls thought I was finished, and she had the last word until I put down Custard and Pupcake, poked outside the door and screamed-}

Me: SURE, AND I'LL SEE YOUR A* THERE, B*TCH! {As I slammed the door, numerous stuff fell off the walls onto the ground… I lost it.}

Me: (Screams) AAAHHHHHH! {The whole room was quiet… the dogs whimpering and shaking as well as Custard, the girls stood froze, staring at me breakdown and cry. Next thing I knew it was dark.}

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Part 4: Visions & Nightmares

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{I started to open my eyes as I was trying to gain focus, but my vision was blurry and fuzzy, but I recognized the smell, I recognized the ground and I knew I found myself lying in a ditch, near a dead body of someone familiar. She was almost finished decomposing but the next thing I see was a big, tall shadow with a big stick with a triangle on top. My ears were ringing loud like how you turn on a mic and… the frequency was too much. I can only make out a voice that sounded like a female and a male, but no names were made until I heard her say "Finish him!". Then I heard laughing and withing an instant, the blurry shadowy guy, to me, he looked like he was gonna silence me, by raising his long triangle stick, that looked like a shovel, and banged my face in until I suddenly woke up from a ridiculous nightmare. I rose like someone was coming after me, but I was still in the living room with the girls and Huckleberry too. After how I've acted, I didn't want them to deal with me at all. But none of them said anything, none of them were mad. I didn't wanna face Strawberry, since she's the one who warned me to get back in the room and I didn't. I found out that everyone was asleep. I tried to move but I couldn't and when I looked, I knew why. Strawberry was sleeping on my right side with her head on my chest, and Plum, hugging my whole left arm. Everyone was on the floor instead of the mattress and Custard even laid on top of me. I couldn't move even if I could, but thank gosh I have powers. I closed and opened my eyes as it glowed a dark green hue as I fade slowly into the ground, laying the group gently on the ground. I ended up rising back into the other half of the living room, which was also the kitchen. I saw the time was 3:23AM. I sighed as I noticed my arm had a bandage wrapped around it… they were testing my blood pressure? I looked on the kitchen counter and found a notebook with numbers on it… it had a heart and everything. This came to my conclusion; I must have lo-

Voice: Tysean?

{I looked to see Strawberry standing up yawning inches from the kitchen. I didn't even want to look at Strawberry, not after all I done. But Strawberry wasn't mad, but very worried, and partially disappointed.}

Me: (Sighs), you don't have to say anything, Strawberry.

Strawberry: Okay, I won't.

(Dead 10 second silence)

Strawberry: I just wanted… wanted to know (sniffles twice), if-

{I knew what was coming, So I quickly came and hugged Strawberry.}

Me: I'm so sorry, I put you and the whole gang through this, Strawberry. You told me to come in the room, but I didn't, instead, got you in trouble with the neighbors, made a complete fool out of myself, but, at least you ain't gotta worry no more, because in a few minutes imma be leaving.

Strawberry; Wait, what? You can't go!

Me: Why not? {Strawberry had trouble getting her words out which blurred into something unexpected…}

Strawberry: I- I.. I Love you!

Me: What?!

Strawberry: I mean, I uh, (clears throat), just wanted to thank you for uh, what you did few hours ago back in the hall. {Strawberry starts to blush like her signature color but it was barely hard to see giving that it was dark.}

Me: Of course.

{Strawberry now decides to find out more about me so she walks in the kitchen and stood on the opposite side of the small kitchen as I sipped a little bit of Orange juice.}

Strawberry: Your real name's Tysean isn't it?

Me: How'd you guess?

Strawberry: Um, you know, someone with a funny name like Shadow Bitter uh…bitter tea? Bittersweet tea? Is kind of…

Me: (sighs),Yea, I get it. (Giggles a bit)

Strawberry: Say, tell me this, it's been so long since you've seen us. I know how busy you were, but you never called, you never visited-

Me: How can I say I visited but never visited you guys?

{Strawberry became confused}

Strawberry: What do you mean? And how come whenever we have a problem, you always arrive with an answer to fix it with whatever we need?

Me: Every two years or so I return to Berry Bitty City to see you guys cuz ever since I graduated High School back in my dimension, since that was the first and last time, I met you and the girls, I've grown… distant. And believe me, you guys aren't the only ones. Plus, how I have time to get things from Berry Bitty City when you guys are having a predicament, well, that's where my glitching teleporting comes in effect, not to mention time travel.

{Strawberry starts to understand everything as I explained my point of view of what's been going on in my dimension… even the "Covid" disease.}

Me: Yea, I really wanted to see you all, but, Princess Berrykin, yeah. I don't think she likes me very much.

Strawberry: That's because she never met you before. We met you by entering your dimension, not the Berrykins.

Me: Well, I gave her a call and she's not very happy but I didn't seem to care right now.

Strawberry: Really? How-

{Strawberry forgot the others were asleep and made sure she used her whispering voice}, how were you able to be in contact with her?

Me: I have my ways, my sources, my visions, etc.

Strawberry: Now it all makes sense

Me: Mmm-hmm, now I got few questions for you

Strawberry: Okay

Me: How long was I out for?

Strawberry: Five to Six hours. But after you… {Strawberry suddenly started to cry out of nowhere}, (sniffles), I'm sorry, I just- I don't know why I'm crying or where it's coming from-

Me: It's okay, you don't have to answer

Strawberry: No, it's okay. {Strawberry finally tries to gather herself as she continued to push through telling me what happened}, after you screamed, you kind of started to lay on the ground until you stopped moving. But- {Strawberry almost starts to lose it again as she swallows hard and breathes, trying to stop herself from crying again}, You wouldn't wake up and I panicked- I normally don't panic in front of the girls because I'm like their faith, hope, Pride & Joy, you know, but… I lost it. So… I- used Plum's money to call a nurse over here and check on you and- she never seen anything like you before. You were bleeding as she took your blood pressure but it was like something unusual was in your body giving it that… gas pedal! Her blood pressure machine broke. But she had a new one she never used, and it seem to fit you just fine. You had two different seizures one at 10:44PM, and about her at 2:05AM. {Strawberry started to let the tears fall}, you saved Orange but we didn't know how to save you. So, we did what we could to keep your blood sugar down and keep you calm.

{After hearing all of this, I never had seizures before. But my friends told me, if I don't calm my sh, something bad is going to come out of it one day… and today seemed to be the day- or should I say yesterday. I myself let tears fall because all these years, I came to the realization that my friends were right. Now I had to pay for losing my temper and letting my powers get out of control, which rarely happens often. Something was wrong with me, but I can't quite figure out what it was.}

Me: What did you do?

Strawberry: I laid down beside you {Strawberry walks over and hugs me as I wrapped my arm around her, puzzled of what's happening next}, kissed your cheek, (kisses his cheek), rest my head on your chest and… (yawns), drifted off… to… sleee…

{Next thing I knew, Strawberry was fast asleep. I wasn't tired anymore, but I gently picked Strawberry up, walked over to the other side of the living room, then sat against the living room wall and laid my head against it as I made sure Strawberry's head stayed resting on my chest.}

Me: (Whispers), Thank you very much, Strawberry

{I gently kissed her head as she continued to sleep, she smiled as she held me tighter.}

Me: (To Self; Whispers), poor Strawberry. I bet she and her friends were going through a lot… Strawberry seems to be having it the worse… I wish I could find out what.

{Just then, my visions started acting on again. My eyes glowed and yellow orange-ish hue and the next thing I knew, Strawberry wasn't laying on me anymore, in fact, she wasn't with me, anymore. Then I see all the versions of Strawberry, from when her friends were happy in her café serving dinners, hosting parties, to a few weeks ago after the drought hit. After seeing Strawberry break down and throw her dishes around in anger, I now realized it was my first time ever seeing Strawberry in such a painful state. Then another alternate scene shows her meeting Cherry at a party… a ball. Talking about Caleb, and a small scene pops up with the jacket Caleb was wearing which flashed memories in my head, which was messing with my visions. I saw that jacket somewhere else before. Then the scene led me to where Strawberry and Caleb met. He was throwing money down on the ground as Strawberry helplessly picked them up without any hesitation. I never realized how much Berry Bitty City was in danger of ceasing to exist. If I had just literally visited Strawberry and her friends instead of showing up in Berry Bitty City incognito, I could have known what was happening before it happened, and they would still have a home and wouldn't had to live in this dump! Then all of a sudden, an unknown scene shows up behind me as I turned around. It was Cherry and Strawberry. Cherry ends up being mad at Strawberry for some reason… until she mentioned Caleb's name. Something told me Cherry told Strawberry something about Caleb that was bad new, and Strawberry didn't take it to consideration. I would love to tell Strawberry about what I saw, but now isn't the time, especially if what they just had to go through with me right now, so as my eyes stopped glowing, I find myself back in the room and as I start to move, something was grabbing hold of me. Strawberry was still holding me tight resting, but her expression changed from a smile to a scared expression. I hugged Strawberry hoping that would do the trick, but to no avail, then the next thing I knew, my eyes flashed again as I didn't even know what happened next. All I can remember was I ended up in some kind of land that looked a lot like Berry Bitty City, which it was. And I saw Strawberry there.}

Me: Strawberry? Strawberry?!

{I wasn't there throughout the beginning of her dream, but I could possibly put two and two together. They were having a party as always, a celebration, suddenly the sun was out steaming, melted everything including the cake Strawberry made. The plants around us started to die and wither. Some even lost its color as it drops down and lays helplessly on the ground as the strawberries from the strawberry patch started to rot, mold and smell, along with everything else, Strawberry ended up getting trapped in one of the sick plants as I tried to work up the courage to walk over there and help her, despite my fear of animated plants, especially sick ones.}

Strawberry: HELLLPP! Blueberry, Plum, Raspberry, Lemon, Orange, Cherry, Huck, Help! {Unfortunately, half of her friends were either not around or dead from the heat or the plants' weight laying over them, trapping them in the heat unwilling to escape. I made my way over and saw Strawberry struggling to get out.}

Me: Strawberry!

Strawberry: T-Tysean?! What are you doing here?! (Sighs), it's so hot…

Me: Don't worry, Strawberry, I got you! {I tried to help move the plant, but the plant won't budge. Next thing I knew, one of the plants behind me started to wither and lose its color as it begins to fall towards me. Me noticing this, my eyes flashed, and I dodged the plant as it fell on the left side of Strawberry. I continued to help her out as she complained.}

Strawberry: Tysean… I don't… I don't feel…

{Outside the dream, Strawberry started tossing, turning and moaning helplessly in her sleep; back in the dream, we suddenly felt the ground shake as I looked beyond the beyond and noticed something… shoes… boots! Huge ones at that! And we're berry bitty small. Strawberry starts to lose consciousness}

Me: (Grunts in Frustration), Uugh! I ain't got. The time for this sh*! My eyes glowed as I punched the plant to break it, which worked and I ended up carrying Strawberry out the trap and tried to run for the hills out of Berry Bitty City, but the more I ran while carrying her, the more land we seem to not cover… as a matter of fact, the road was endless from here as we weren't moving an inch, let alone like an old cartoon, the same scene of the café, Blueberry's bookstore, Raspberry's boutique shop, Lemon's hair salon, Orange's store, Plum's dance studio & the marketplace keep looping from each step. As the giant feet get closer, we noticed Pupcake and Custard running trying to hide from the giant feet, suddenly Strawberry felt better as Princess Beatrice was in the dream.

Beatrice: Oh, I'm sorry, darling, it's nothing personal, it's just business… but for my sister… this is definitely personal!

{The scene shows Princess Berrykin tied to a white flower mouth gagged while screaming as we noticed Beatrice was holding Berrykin's scepter. Princess Berrykin was so scared she cried as she squirmed to escape.}

Me: Hey! Enough, Beatrice! Let her go and stop this Madness!

Beatrice: Yeeeaaahhh nnnooo. Haha! Sorry, but not sorry! {Then the Princess shows the Preservation Soil}

Strawberry: (Hops from Tysean's arms), Give me the soil!

Beatrice: Oh, darling, when are you going to learn, no matter how much you try, or beg, or weep, or cry, you'll never get the soil as long as I'm breathing! {Then with that, she threw the soil so far we couldn't see it for miles}

Me: Can you at least stop the feet?!

Beatrice: Hmm, I'm sorry but I have no control over what they do

{Princess Beatrice waved her sister's scepter and hit the bottom twice on the ground and the feet started to reach the strawberry patch as more feet came faster.}

Me: YOOOO!

Beatrice: Tss Tss Tss, glad I don't live here, it's a shame someone like you (Princess Berrykin), couldn't take care of your own city. Our parents are gone because of you and now, within a few moments you and your people are going to know how it feels like. {Then in an instant, the rest of the plants started to fall over as I did my best to dodge them left and right, and maneuvered Strawberry out of the way of the withering plants as they fell to the ground. A strawberry vine meters from us fell and covered us with sticky rotten/molded strawberries. We smelled and we were having trouble moving}, oh would you look at the time, time to get out of dodge, hope you have a great life. Enjoy!

{As much as I wanted to shout out "F* you, Beatrice!", I forgot that I was in someone else's dream, so I tried my berry- sorry guys. Strawberry and her friends are warning up to me I gotta say berry from very, you know, I'm talking "berry"… (Clears Throat), anyway, I tried to wake Strawberry up by yelling}

Me: STRAWBERRY, WAKE UP NOW! WE ARE ABOUT TO GET SQUISHED!

{Outside the dream, Strawberry started to become sweaty and hot as she squirmed tossing and turning on top of me, while me, I was turning my head left and right saying "Strawberry wake up", which seem to wake everyone else up with our noises}

Blueberry: Strawberry? A-are you… okay?

Me: Strawberry… wake up, Strawberry!

Orange: Look, Shadow needs help too!

Plum: You don't think they're dreaming the same dream, are they?

Lemon: (Yawns), could be possible

Plum: Hmmm, I wonder…

{Plum decided to touch Strawberry's hand, but nothing happened. Strawberry continued to toss and turn around in her sleep}

Raspberry: What are you doing?

Plum: I figured since Strawberry was sleeping on Shadow, she could see what he's dreaming about

Blueberry: Wait…

Me: Strawberry, wake up Now! They're getting closer!

Everyone: Huh?!

{Pupcake and Custard walked closer to Strawberry really worried about their owner.}

Blueberry: Let me see something… He said "Strawberry, wake up". He's not having the dreams, Strawberry's having the nightmare… which means… {Blueberry decided to experiment their theory by touching my shoulder but nothing happened}, hmmm, that's strange- I really thought that- {As Blueberry closed her eyes to blink, she froze suddenly she sees what Strawberry and I were seeing. Big Shoes and boots getting closer and closer until it starts reaching past the strawberry patch just a few feet close from their respectful houses. Blueberry releases her hand from my shoulder and was scared out of her mind}, Guys! This is bad, we gotta wake up Strawberry now!

Plum: How come? It's a nightmare, besides how bad can a nightmare be? It couldn't be bad as the nightmare I had

Blueberry: Being rejected from the audition was a reality. It already happened

Plum: Hey, like I said, can't get any worse- {After Plum puts her hand on my shoulder, second she closed her eyes, she froze and suddenly saw Princess Berrykin tied up, me and Strawberry covered in rotten strawberry goo & now the feet have made it by the strawberry patch and what's worse, they're running, even the ones with boots. Plum was just in time to see Princess Beatrice run escaping from the commotion. She releases her hand from my shoulder…}, Oh my gosh! This is much worse than my nightmare!

Lemon: What's wrong?!

Orange: What did you see?

{Blueberry and Plum froze in fear with their eyes wide, because they probably seen themselves lying down dead on the ground either like Berrykin Phil or gory like and they started to breathe heavily trying to recap it all, and every word, was a big inhale- exhale to gather}

Blueberry: Feet, Giant Feet!

Plum: Big shoes, boots!

Blueberry: Tall Huge boots!

Plum: Princess Berrykin trapped… on a flower

Blueberry: Princess Beatrice, running away…

Plum: All of us… DEAD!

Orange, Lemon, Raspberry, Huckleberry: Dead?!

Raspberry: And… Strawberry?

(Dead 5 second pause)

Plum: We gotta wake her up, NOW!

{They tried their many attempts to wake her up but to no avail. When they suggested they should wake me up, Orange refused, because they needed me as an update on what's happening in the nightmare. Back in the dream, the shoes and boots made it in Berry Bitty City and now the place is exposed. The bridge, the Berry works, in ruins, aka in pieces, all of the buildings, completely demolished. And mostly all of Strawberry's friends, probably a gory demise. If the plants killed them along with the sun and the heat, the feet and boots certainly finished the job. As for Me and Strawberry, we were trying to run when we heard a scream and then nothing else. They had stepped on Princess Berrykin!}

Strawberry: NOOOO! (Cries while screaming), PRINCESS BEATRICE, COME BACK! PLEASEEEE!

{Then we were met with feet and boots in front of us. Both of us swallowed, but froze as we saw Strawberry's two pets Custard and Pupcake.}

Me: (To self; moans), Oh-no!

Strawberry: CUSTARD! PUPCAKE! LOOK OUT! COME TO ME PLEASE!

{But it was too late, the feet and boots started to run quicker than the ones behind us and suddenly a loud faint can be heard from the pets as they yelped in pain and that was it… they're gone.}

Strawberry: NOOOOO! {Strawberry broke down in tears as I saw that there was nowhere to run… except an opening a few feet ahead}

Me: Strawberry, we gotta go!

Strawberry: Noooo, my peeeeettsss

Me: Strawberry, Let's… Go! {I tried to lift Strawberry to her feet as I tried to help her get to that opening. Every second the feet gets closer and closer and before we knew it…

In the point of view in Strawberry's eyes, I luckily made it through the gap. Strawberry on the other hand was a different story. She ended up tripping due to the sticky strawberry residue all over her. As the huge giant boot waved above her as it quickly drops… blackness…

Strawberry woke up feeling so wet as she was panting and crying. She was so horrified about what she just dreamt. Custard and Pupcake whimpered as they went up underneath Strawberry's arms as she cradled them tight. Then all of her friends group hugged Strawberry as she sobbed…

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Me on the other hand, found myself in a deserted place… but this time, I found myself in a familiar spot. It was that exact spot where I was last time. Except this time, I was awake and I saw a body that looked like it was almost finished decomposing. I also saw a few belongings that were scattered all over the ground in various areas around the ditch. I came across a wallet that looked custom made and it read the initials "MM". That's when I knew, who this wallet belonged to. Then I saw a lady and two people with jacket initials "C & C".

Me: So, it was you, huh? {Then I felt something hit me in the back of my head and I blacked out- back into the living room where I saw everyone cradling against Strawberry. I started to get that major headache again in the same spot where something hit me, And Marmalade walked up to me and licked my face checking to see if I was okay. I rubbed her head assuring I was fine. But me now remembering back to Strawberry's nightmare, I stared at Strawberry still crying while her friends trying to comfort her. For once, knowing there was nothing I could have done to prevent Strawberry or her friends, especially Strawberry, from suffering the way they are now, I felt like a huge failure.}

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Part 4: Restarting over from Scratch, aka "Plan C" (Pt.1)

It was 4 in the morning, and nobody felt like sleeping… in fact, Orange, Huckleberry, Lemon & Raspberry were able to fall back to sleep. The rest of us on the other hand, after what we saw, looks like we won't be able to sleep again until everything's back to normal. I ended up cuddling Strawberry into a quick hug, but careful not to trap her after what she had endured.

Me: (Hugs Strawberry quickly; Whispers to Strawberry), It's okay, Strawberry

{Strawberry gave a small effortless smile but quickly went back to frowning. Her hair was a complete mess, and she was so soaked in sweat from the panic attack she was having, she had to change clothes and take a lukewarm shower. As for everyone else, we just plan to sit silently in the dark until the sun decides to rise. Then suddenly, something made us jump… especially me, as my heart began racing. Noticing this, Strawberry put down her coffee and felt my neck to check my pulse as we heard static and a beep.}

(Radio Cuts off)

(Bee-bee-beep)

Male Cop #2:Reports of a fight breaking out from the palace of Princess Beatrice, no sign of the vigilante anywhere.

(Static)

Lady Cop #3: Three suspects have been processed and in holding for further questions about the robbery and assault on a woman in her late 50s, No car, no vigilante.

{I regretted taking this officer's walkie talkie thinking that this was gonna help me out, but I was wrong. Then static came again, this time even louder as it made us jump for the third time but for me, this was the last time, so I got up…}

Male Cop: Suspicions of a threat against the princess, at Princess Beatrice's Palace, still no sign of the vigilan- (bang!)

{…I grabbed the radio and before the male cop could even remotely finish the word "vigilante", I threw the radio from here in the living room, to in the kitchen, hard against the cabinet to the point where the batteries fell out of the back of the talkie and hit the floor. I sighed a relaxing sigh as I went back to the group and sat back behind Strawberry as she continued to sip her hot coffee. She laid back against me and smiled a little as I kissed her cheek and met the side of my face with hers. Everyone trying to either recap what they saw in Strawberry's dream or forget what they saw in Strawberry's dream. Then the dead silence continues. 30 minutes passed and Strawberry was asleep again, and this time, I made sure she's good by checking her heart rate constantly and her sleeping behavior. Plum, Blueberry and I were the only ones still up.}

Plum: Tysean? What did you do to those two officers when they were trying to arrest you?

Me: (sighs), something I never wanted to do in the first place

Blueberry: What?

Me: I wiped their memory

Plum: Wait, you can wipe somebody's memory?

Me: I used to have a device called the neutralizer that does it for me, but ever since I upgraded my powers, I'm now able to do it without having to use the neutralizer. I did however have to learn how to memory wipe someone without using the device. My powers were updated over two weeks ago. I teach myself how to unlock the powers I'm notified to do; however, I may end up losing the ability to use that power or forgetting how to do it, varies on how much I can remember. But memory wiping is strictly something I stay away from!

Blueberry: What about your visions?

Me: In case I haven't already told you guys, my visions happen at random. As for how I keep entering somebody else's thoughts or dreams, that's also something I can't be helped by, unless I do something to prevent it, which never seems to work no matter how hard I try. I had no business being in Strawberry's nightmare, but I ended up there anyway. I don't want her to find out. Gosh, man. I never seen her the way she is before.

Blueberry: Is there anything else you can do?

Me: Besides teleport, glitch from one place to another, which is also teleport, fade up or down and reappear into another spot, move things without touching them, manipulate objects, etc etc etc, yeah, lots of stuff… but doing all that can make yourself tired.

Plum: All your powers run through your eyes, right?

Tysean: You know, Plum? That's what I thought when I first had these powers, but that's not the case though. My mind is what stores the power. In fact, it enhances my mind, makes it better than I does when I have ADHD… autism… anxiety… well it doesn't help with all that, but autism and ADHD, that improves it by thinking more, reacting on time, more coordinated and also always thinking on the move… occasionally. I'm not perfect after all.

Plum: How come you didn't came to visit us?

{I looked down feeling ashamed}

Me: I don't know, I mean, I was gonna be judged. And I thought Princess Berrykin wouldn't like me if I were to introduce myself to her so… I hung out around Berry Bitty City and avoided all of you. I didn't know how to react or know what to say when I approach you girls. Especially since it's been almost a decade ago. {My head started to hurt again as well as my back. Pretty much my spine but it's that coming and going pain.}

Blueberry: What's wrong, Tysean?

Me: (Hisses at the pain), It's my back and head. It constantly sore… like I was hit with something… repeatedly! But the funny thing is, I can't recall being hit by anything by anyone!

Plum: Wanna wake up, Strawberry?

Me: Nah, I don't want another thing for her to worry about.

(Silence for 10 seconds)

Blueberry: (points), those things… on your arms

Me: (looks at arm bands), yeah?

Blueberry: Do those help you control your powers?

Me: Actually they do! How'd you know? (Takes off arm bands), I mean it's holographic so you can see the time and everything-

Blueberry: It didn't help you control yourself when you were up against our neighbors yesterday.

{I felt a bit humiliated thinking back to that episode when I stared at the door.}

Me: Speaking of which…

{I noticed the architrave and the wall was damaged. The door almost looks like it could fall apart at any minute. I gently laid Strawberry down on the ground as I tip-toed over to the door to inspect the damage.}

Me: What the hell happened here?

Blueberry: Um… Short story there…

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[FLASHBACK] (Blueberry's Flashback POV)

{After you screamed, you were crying, then you suddenly started to fall slowly on the ground. I wasn't sure if you were sleeping but Raspberry slowly walked to you and tried to wake you, but you wouldn't wake up. She tried to feel for your pulse, which you luckily had one. It was… danger-}

Raspberry: -ously fast. Is um, any heart beating like this is normal?

{Strawberry walks over to Tysean and puts her fingers under her neck and felt his heart racing nonstop}

Strawberry: Girls, this is not good! We have to call the hospital!

Orange: Um, hello? You can't call the hospital! We just came from there and lots of cops are roaming around this area looking for him!

Strawberry: Okay, then girls what do we do now? We can't call for help, we can't call the hospital, we're running out of options, what are we gonna do?!

{I wish you were awake to see everyone trying their best to save your life. Strawberry was about to get some ice to help you literally chill out. While Plum was adjusting the busted air conditioning, we heard a huge bang coming from the front door! It was so loud that we actually heard the wall breaking in within the apartment walls.}

Karen: The guy at the front desk said you guys are paying for the damage. As for this unprivileged individual, all you berry girls can make sure to keep this n*gg* away from me or I will kill him, powers or not! (Walks back down the hall; shouts), and all of you girls, are gonna be evicted by the end of the day! This damage is your one and only warning! STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS BUILDING! I CAN PUT YOU AWAY…

{She kept yelling and screaming until we couldn't hear her anymore.}

Orange: (groans sadly), Oh-no!

{Orange and Lemon went over to the door to inspect the damage… it was bad! They can hear the cracks within the walls which sounded like any wrong move the whole door could be coming down. Orange and Lemon looked at each other with a worried look.}

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[Flashback fades to present] (Shadow's POV)

Me: SO YOU'RE TELLING ME KAREN DID THIS?! {The girls nodded}, (scoffs), and she gave me the hard 'R'?!

Unknown Voice: Uhh…

Me: Oh hell no, that's it! She's f*ed!

Blueberry: Tysean…

Me: And as for us, we outta here, today! Her a* said yall would be evicted out of here by the end of the day? Don't worry, cuz yall be out of here right before they even get a chance- girls, wake up! (Claps loudly)

{The rest of the girls moaned and groaned feeling drowsy}

Orange: What happened? Is it Strawberry?

Huck: Is she having another bad dream?

Me: No, we outta here- we out!

{Then Strawberry slowly wakes and slouches against the wall as the others complained why I woke them up}

Strawberry: Wha- what's going on?

Lemon: Tysean wants us to leave here! {After hearing that, Strawberry instantly rubs her eyes trying to be fully awake}

Strawberry: Leave? But Princess Berrykin assigned us to this remote location! It's where she's able to check in on us in case something happens to us or Princess Beatrice!

Me: I'm sorry, Strawberry, but if what's been happening to you girls over here's what normally goes on on a daily basis, then yall need to get the f* out of here, because yall don't deserve to be treated like this, from NOBODY!

Lemon: Tysean-

Me: Yall lost your home, not your dignity or your self-respect, Come On! If only Princess Berrykin could see how these people have been treating you ever since yall got here!

Plum: You don't think that's what we have been trying to do?

Me: Apparently, yall haven't been trying hard enough

Strawberry: Tysean, just because you don't like Princess Berrykin, doesn't mean what she did was wrong! She gave us specific instructions on what to do when we got here. She did it for the safety of all of us in Berry Bitty City-

Lemon: Which you should've known… if you had come visited us from time to time!

Me: (Chuckles), That's rich… Coming from somebody, who almost SOLD MY A* OUT! TO THE G*DD*MN COPS BACK THERE! WHY?!

{The others looked at Lemon and I, I was on the opposite side of the room while she was close to the window}

Lemon: I'm sorry, but I- we can't get in trouble… Raspberry and I just got hired from Caleb to help out on the set!

Me: Yeah,for right now. I won't be even surprised if they ask you to wipe their a*es like a g*dd*mn 3 year old! Will be a matter of time before they treat you and Raspberry like interns and start treating y'all like sh* to where your pay won't even be worth earning anymore – imagine being Over here with these neighbors and a power tripping supervisor downstairs… but twice as worse!

Lemon: That's not true!

Me: Okay, didn't I tell all of you that the twins were accomplices in the cover up of Mavis's murder?!

{None of them said a word, and as for Strawberry, her started started to feel queasy after hearing me mention about Caleb & Candace. Not only she betrayed Cherry by not staying away from him, but she had her friends hired by an murdering accomplice.}

Lemon: Well, maybe you didn't see them with Mavis' body at all! You could be dreaming! Besides, they don't look like the murdering type!

Raspberry: You're just jealous, because we finally have jobs with very rich people who are wealthy and you're stuck outside with people always coming after you!

Me: (Laugh-scoffs), Me? Jealous?! You're the LAST one to say anything Miss "I know where the radio was, and can't act naturally casual when I don't!"

Raspberry: (Scoffs; Angrily), Why, I… oooh, you! (Gathers composure), That was called being a good samaritan! Something you don't know anything about.

Lemon: And Lying to the cops as well as taking their radio, what were you thinking?

Me: I wasn't! Unlike you two! Bruh, both of you almost f*ing sold me!

Orange: Sold Him? But, he's not for sale

Blueberry: No, it's a slang way of saying "ratted", or "gave away" or in other words, being a "snitch".

Me: Thank you, Blueberry! Now that they get what it means to be "sold out", we can now talk about HOW we're getting out of here before anyone notices we're gone.

Strawberry: But, Princess Berrykin-

Me: Man, F* Princess Berrykin! {Everyone gasped when I said that and everyone grew furious faces at me, then I noticed my mistake but I didn't care and kept talking}, Look, girls, I'm sorry I said that, but you gotta realize, she wasn't there when y'all were getting harassed, she wasn't there when y'all were struggling trying to get a ride, if Blueberry never called Huck in to help. She wasn't there when Orange was with the Princess numerous times or when she almost got killed!

Plum: (Whispers to others), and she definitely wasn't there when Strawberry almost got arrested.

Me: Like it or not, this is what we're faced to do. What was Plan A?

Strawberry: Well, we-

Me: You almost died in the scorching heat, that failed. Plan B?

Blueberry: Move us to Berry Big City hoping to live normal lives and to try to raise money for the soil that's way too expensive to have?

Me: And yet y'all rarely made damn near 5,000 dollars – not even close to a million – so, THAT DIDN'T WORK! Now I'm on to Plan C… and that's called, restarting over from scratch!

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TO BE CONTINUED…