WHAT?


Johannsson led the three teenagers, without speaking, into a room in his suit where half of the room is glass.

The whole wall of windows were perfectly transparent, allowing the teenagers to see through.

There was a gigantic hill that grew from the base of the Troposphere, all the way up to almost as tall as the giant structure.

It was all muddy because of the rain, but the grass that grew on it couldn't be greener.

Then Johannsson spoke, "I'm gonna go get your friends now-"

"Oh no!" Violet interrupted. "Not until you fill us in a little!"

"I can't!" Johannsson exclaimed.

"Yes you can!" Violet exclaimed back. "For one thing; who the hell is this?"

"My name is Ridoosoe," the man said. "I'm Johannsson's brother. And before you ask, yes, I was with the MUM."

"Was?" Kailee asked.

"Well, technically we both still are," Johannsson said. "It's just that... we've been telling the King what the Earthbound have been planning, and, now we're saving you and your friends."

"From what?" Violet asked.

"I can see it in your eye kid," Johannsson said. "You know what's going on. But, in any case, you need us, because the King asked me himself to take you to-"

At that moment, a young woman burst through the door. She was panting for air. Violet, Johannsson and the man named Ridoosoe gasped as they recognized her. Manus caught on after a moment.

It was the leader of the Earthbound; Sora.

"So sorry I'm late," she panted. "The damned elevator stopped at the seventieth floor! I had to run up here!"

"No," Violet whispered, taking a small step back.

"My Lady!" Johannsson exclaimed. "How did-"

"We've been watching you, Johannsson," Sora said. "Ever since Velda said we should. It was good advise, apparently. Don't worry... Matt'll be in shortly to... take care of you."

"How," Violet whispered again.

"But, My Lady, I didn't-" But Johannsson was cut off when a young man burst through. Everyone (except Kailee) knew this was Matt, the one who had replaced Justin in the Earthbound.

Violet noticed he was holding a shotgun. "Watch out!"

But Matt held the gun towards Johannsson, "TRAITOR!"

BOOM!

The blast hit Johannsson square in the chest, sending him flying backwards, into the glass window behind him. The glass shattered, allowing him to fall down the rest of the seventy-eight stories.

"OH MY GOD!" Violet screamed.

"Whoop, there goes our advantage," Kailee said.

"NOOOO!" Ridoosoe screamed. "HOW COULD YOU?"

"EASY!" Matt screamed. Then, he turned the gun on Ridoosoe, and fired, sending him flying through a window, too. Sora made a chuckle.

"JESUS CHRIST!" Manus screamed.

"Oh, now they're homicidal!" Kailee exclaimed.

"SHUT UP!" Then, Matt pulled the gun on Kailee... and fired.

Kailee was struck with the shell square in the abdomen, and she flew, screaming, out the window behind her; glass shattering and falling down with her.

"OH MY GOD! THEY KILLED KAILEE!" Violet screamed.

"YOU BASTARD!" Manus screamed.

Then, enraged, Sora punched Matt in the face. "YOU MORON! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO KEEP ALL THREE OF THEM ALIVE!"

"What?" Matt whimpered. "You never said that!"

"MY ASS, I DIDN'T!" Sora screamed. "GOD! YOU'RE SO USELESS!"

Sora walked up to Violet and Manus, stunned by what just happened. "Look, just so you know, that friend of yours was supposed to live... this wasn't planned or anything. Alright? Good."

Sora helped Matt off the ground. "Watch these two. Like you were told! And don't kill any of them! I need to meet up with Justin."

"You do what you have to do," Matt groaned.

Sora smiled brightly, and then skipped out of the room.

Matt sat down on a chair in the corner, and stared at Violet and Manus. "What?"

"You KILLED KAILEE!" Violet screamed.

"So? I've killed tons of Kailees in my day," Matt said. "Just sit down and shut up so nobody gets hurt."

Manus pulled on Violet's dress, making her sit down. She was huffing, on the verge of crying, but not quite.

Johannsson, Ridoosoe, and Kailee were dead, and they were about to be next. There's no feeling in the world that comes close to that.