Author's note: It's not often that I take apart a review piece by piece, but Mat's calls for special attention.
"Great. Hope you update real soon."
Thank you. This soon enough for you?
"I'm hoping you (and I) do a story when I selected being hand in hand with Brittney on the beach."
I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean. Could you clarify that a little?
"What did you mean what was taking me so long? I reviewed that last chapter before this one."
I was talking about your stories, not your reviews. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.
"When were you planning on getting started? Anytime before the summer is over will be fine with me."
Getting started on what? The joint project? Probably sometime after this story is finished.
Well, on with the story.
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Chapter 10: Real Turnaround
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RPGAMES STUDIO PARKING LOT
Normi had just managed to get out of the trunk of the car he was stowing away in. "I don't know what I was thinking," he said to himself. "It was really hot in there. I'd better find Clover." He entered through a side door.
INSIDE
Clover broke down the door to Tina D.'s announcement booth. "All right, Tina or Dan or whoever you are, it's time to take you off the air!"
The person inside was none other than Dan Ti. "Gah-! What are you doing?"
"Spill it, Danny-boy. What did you do with the contestants who lost?"
"None of your business! GUARDS! Get rid of this stupid girl!"
Alex, meanwhile, was having fits trying to revive Sam and me. Nothing she tried even caused us to twitch. She spied her answer, however, in the form of a fire extinguisher, and a spray of water in our faces was enough to rouse us. When I woke, I was still a little disoriented. "What happened? Why am I all wet?" Alex explained quickly.
As Clover was fighting off employees, she got a good look at one of them. "Hey, aren't you Irving Jones? You were on RPGames last week!" The guard didn't respond, but instead threw another punch.
I heard this. "Of course! Dan Ti has been hypnotizing contestants to be his employees!"
"I bet it's the same type of hypnosis he used on Toy Island," Sam added. "If that's true, electricity should stop it. Let's try. ELECTRIC BOLT!" It worked like a charm, and Irving Jones was quickly returned to normal.
Zapping employee after employee, Sam was beginning to have fun. Unfortunately, she ran out of MP fairly quickly, even after using the Magic Vial 1. "Great. Now what do we do?"
MEANWHILE
Normi was staying out of sight of the guards when he bumped right into something. It was some big machine operated by someone. "Staff Controller?" Normi thought to himself. "What is that supposed to mean?"
On a hunch, Normi shoved the bottom crate in a stack over, causing the whole stack to topple. The man operating the "Staff Controller" left his post to investigate, and Normi quickly ran up and pushed the OFF button.
MEANWHILE
We were all cornered by Dan's guards. It looked like they were going to get the better of us, but suddenly they stopped and came to their senses. Dan Ti almost panicked. "What's going on? Is something wrong with the Staff Controller in the south wing? I have to investigate."
He would have gotten away, but I used an arrow to nail him to a wall. "Clover, Alex, go find this Staff Controller thingy. Sam, stay with me and make sure Dan Ti doesn't try to escape."
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Bit of excitement here, eh? One more chapter, and then the epilogue. Ah, I love summer.