"Jessica?"
"Mom?"
"Where are you?"
"I'm not sure."
"Are you coming home?"
"I don't know."
"Please come home to me."
"I'll try."
The teen awoke with a gasp.
"You alright 'cher?" Gambit asked her as she rose.
"I'm fine. Where is every one?"
"de went to find food. Everyone's hungry."
"Now that you mention it, I'm starved."
At that moment Trunks flew into view.
"There's no food anywhere on this planet." He said as he landed.
"How are we supposed to eat then?" Jessica asked.
"Maybe you should have asked dat voice." Gambit said.
"I didn't think he would let us starve."
"Extreme conditions." Trunks muttered.
"What?" Gambit and Jessica asked at the same time.
"We're in a war right? He probably wants to see who could think under extreme conditions." Trunks explained.
"He's right." Armstrong yelled as he neared them.
"Trunks, go get everyone else. Bring them back here." Jessica ordered. Then as an after-thought, "Please."
Trunks flew off in search of the others.
"Sean, wake up."
"What?"
"Dude it's time to move." Ron told him as he rose.
"Already?"
"Yep."
"Geez, I feel like I didn't sleep at all. Is anyone else hungry?"
"I haven't eaten anything in over a day man." Ron said, his stomach growling.
"It seems we still feel hunger although we don't need food to survive." Atom said.
"That sucks." Ron and Sean said in unison.
"Indeed." laughed Glenn.
They all set off looking for shelter again.
"Why aren't we looking for the other team?" Nightcrawler asked.
"Trunks knows our energy signitures now. There's no need to go looking for them when they'll come to us. Better we have home field advantage." Sean explained.
As they walked on Spooner was trapped in a bubble bigger than him.
"Ah hell, what's with the traps?" Sean said angrily.
"I got him." Nancy said as she phased through the bubble.
Just as Nancy and Spooner were on the outside of the bubble, it started to fill with a purple/green gas.
"Oh poison. Isn't that just great?" Sean fumed.
"Somebody doesn't want us to win." Nightcrawler said as they walked around the bubble.
"Madame, I feel as though you are troubled by something other than this situation." Armstrong said to jessica as they walked.
"I'm just worried that we won't make it home."
"I don't believe that's all that's bothering you."
"It's just... I feel like I've been here before."
"Maybe you have." Garnet offered.
"But that doesn't make any sense. How could I have been here before?"
"Who knows." Gambit said.
"Is it ready?"
"Yes Overlord, it is ready."
"Good."
A giant coliseum rose out of the earth right in front of both teams. Two identical coliseums on opposite sides of the planet, one arena.
"Does anyone else see that?" Ron asked, panic in his voice.
"Yep" Sean said.
"Should we enter?" Glenn asked their leader.
"It could be a trap." Nightcrawler pointed out.
"Could be? It's always a trap around here." Spooner declared angrily.
"Only one way to find out." Sean said with confidence.
"Let's see what's in there." Jessica said shakily.