Total Drama (CLOSED)

by Smarties Are Good

Total Drama is about two protagonists, Valerie and Adam as they travel the world in order to see it's beauty. This is a story about the world of Total Drama and all it has to offer.

5. Origins of a Friendship: Part 2

Episode 2: Origins of a Friendship: Part 2

KINGSTON, EASTERN ONTARIO, CANADA - NORTH AMERICA

Quietness was the best word to describe the atmosphere of the sleeping girls' room. Well, if you ignore the constant snoring of the sixteen-year-old. Tossing, turning, and even placing herself in strange positions, not even the sound of a mouse could wake the girl up. Along with rays of sunshine peeked through with the temperature of the room increasing because of the summer heat.

Her room was big and colorful with most of the room being filled with paraphernalia of the Drama Brothers, examples including a large poster of the band members: Justin, Harold, Trent and Cody, and a Trent plushie that was on her bed. The drama brothers were a famous rock band that she was fond of.

"Do you think she has any snacks?"

"Maybe, but I'm not sure."

Valerie's young twin little brothers peaked their heads into the room. They looked exactly similar to her with tan skin and blonde hair. Her brothers' names were Alejandro and Armando, but they preferred to go by the names Jandro and Arma. Like any typical siblings, they argued and got into fights. But deep down they still loved each other.

Jandro thinks. "Do you think we should go and see?"

"I'm not sure." The younger twin replied.

"Well let's go in anyway." Jandro nodded his head, giving his other brother the signal for them to start snooping in their sisters' room. The two brothers did just that as they scoped the room, trying to find something good to snack on.

Jandro stumbles across a bar. "Eww...a protein bar." He threw it to the side.

Arma grabbed a bottle of vitamin gummies that was sitting on her desk. He opened up the bottle and poured some of the gummies into his hand. He throws it into his mouth and starts chewing. But he didn't like the face and made a disgusted look on his face. "Ewww!" He spits the vitamins out and rubs his tongue. "What is with basic teenage girls and trying to be healthy?"

"They all go through a "vegan" stage bro. It's in their nature."

Jandro sighed. "All she has is health junk."

Arma remembered that she was sleeping and an idea popped into his head. "Why don't we have a little fun?"

"GERONIMO!"

The twin brothers dive onto the bed and start jumping, up and down, and up and down, aggravating their older sister who was trying her best to sleep. The boys began yelling and she reached her boiling point. "ALEJANDRO! ARMA!" She screamed, fully waking up.

"She's up!" The two boys run off and she tries to chase after them, but she fails and ends up falling flat on her face. Too bad the impact of the fall didn't hurt too much.

"Ugh! I hate them so much!" She got up and held her right hand on her head, struggling with her massive headache. "What time is it?" She walked over to her table and grabbed her iPhone. She gasped eyeing the time. "Oh shit, I'm late!" She fast forward to get every daily routine done. Taking care of her teeth, brushing her hair, showing, and taking clothes. She even didn't have enough time to get breakfast so the only thing she grabbed was a piece of toast.

Valerie slammed the door with a backpack attached to her shoulders and a piece of toast in her mouth. She saw that her girlfriend Brooke was waiting outside in her red convertible with sunglasses over her head.

Brooke kept honking the horn. "Hurry up! I don't have all day."

"I'm sorry." Valerie struggled to walk as she was still tired. She got into the car and threw her backpack in the back of the car. "I overslept."

Brooke laughed. "That's so like you." Brooke started to drive.

Since Brooke's car was roofless, it allowed Valerie to look around her surroundings. Hailey was amazed by how beautiful the Earth was. Sprouted green trees, butterflies, birds, and bees flying around and squirrels on top of the trees trying to look for acorns. Different species of creatures living their different lives, a family of Mantaurs playing in a swimming pool, kids of different spices playing four squares and a human husband and wife jogging.

"I can't believe I'm an actual living human being, living in a magical world." She expressed. Her eyes widened and became filled with bright yellow stars that replaced her pupils. "To think a year ago, the world was just so boring and normal. But now...we have magic, actual unicorns, and heck even hoverboards that float!" Valerie finishes up her toast as she continues to watch life at its fullest.

"It's crazy how much the world has changed over a year." Brooke had been chewing on a piece of bubblegum. "But shouldn't you be focused on your interview? You're being interviewed by the one and only Rokopra family! The wealthiest family in Canada."

"I mean… I am nervous. They're a very powerful and wealthy family and I don't wanna mess that up!" She expressed. "That's why you need to hurry the fuck up so we can make it there on time!"

"Babe, we will! Cherry here is a pretty damn fast car. I take good care of her."

Valerie laughed with tears coming out of her eyes. "You crack me up!" She complimented Brooke and she was beginning to laugh too.

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - NORTH AMERICA

Toronto. The most populated city in Canada. Brooke finally arrived after driving for quite a while. Brooke pulled up to the apartment complex that the Rokopra family lived. They lived in Downtown Toronto at the Rosehill Apartments. It was one of the most expensive apartment complexes to live in.

Brooke parked her car and Valerie slammed the door. "Here we are."

Valerie jumped out of the car, thinking that she was cool and grabbed her backpack. Brooke looked at her girlfriend and was smitten with her ability to go after what she wanted. "I hope you get the job."

"Voy a! Or my name isn't Valerie Rodriguez." She had her fists folded and put it over her chest, near the area as to where her heart was.

Brooke laughed. "Oh, I need to talk to you about something. It is very important. Think we can talk on Tomorrow?"

"I will."

Brooke and Valerie share a kiss and Brooke drives off. Valerie sighed as she looked at the apartment complex. "Here we go…" She took her first step towards the building, feeling nervous.

As Valerie was walking, she saw an orange cat. "It's so cute!" She fangirls over the cat, but the cat was not as thrilled to see her. She picked the cat up and hugged him tightly. As the fluffy but cute orange cat was being held, he glared at Valerie. Valerie could not get over how super cute the cat was, and her eyes turned into hearts. She tried to pet the cat and the cat did not like it, having enough of Val's antics. The cat ended up scratching Valerie all over the face and jumped out of Valerie's arms.

A young boy with brown hair and a cleft chin was talking on the phone to his friend. He saw Valerie and the cat and got extremely uncomfortable. "I'm going to have to call you back…" He hurried up and hung up the phone as he ran closer to them. His name was Topher.

"Uh...uh..." Topher stuttered.

Topher walked up to them and was confused about the entire situation. The cat recognized Topher, as Topher was his owner. The cat's name was Chef Hatchet. "There you are Chef Hatchet." Topher pointed out, completely ignoring Valerie. Chef Hatchet runs behind Topher's leg as Topher slowly backs away from Valerie, not wanting to be seen associating with a loser like her.

A young lady sees Valerie laying down on the floor. She was about the same height as Valerie and had dark hair that was tied into a ponytail. "Are you Valerie?" She asked as she was holding a clipboard in her hand.

"Yes." She replied. Valerie lifted her head to look at the girl. "We spoke yesterday, remember?" Valerie looked a little scared of her. Karen was a strong independent woman and, in a way, it kind of scared Valerie since she was very intimidating.

"Yes, I remember."

Tommy was sitting in the living room lounging on the couch. He was on television as a live stream of Toronto's new mayor was about to play. The interview comes on and Tommy's eyes become glued to the screen, as the footage starts to roll:

Connor stood in front of a camera, giving an interview to the producers. He was standing in front of his desk and was dressed up very fancy and wore sunglasses on the top of his head. Connor was usually a handsome guy, but the suit made him ten times more attractive.

(Connor cleared his throat again.) Connor: As all of you are aware, about a year ago supernatural activity on our earth was brought back thanks to the awakening of Qalito and the opening of the supernatural activity that was hidden on Qalito Island. Since then the world has been doing everything in its power to try and adjust to this new change. This is something that I have been trying to do with opening the city of Toronto to everyone.

Connor: *clears throat* Welcome one and all to the city of Toronto. A diverse utopia that's welcome to all walks of life. Humans, Metahumans, Supernatural creatures, and even neglectful parents who never pay attention to you because they are all about their money. *clears throat once again* (Connor adjusts his tie, sweating and getting more nervous.)

As Connor was talking, the camera panned over to different shots of Toronto, showing off the city life. Citizens living their daily lives with Connor giving his voiceover.

Connor (v.o.): As you know, I won Total Drama in SPACE! SPACE! SPACE! Three months ago, and not only won a butt load of cash that I didn't need but after that, I was quickly elected the youngest mayor of Toronto. As the mayor of Toronto, I, Connor Smith, plan to make this city a city that's welcome for everyone… Except for my parents who didn't love me. (Connor got teary-eyed. He tried to stop himself from making a scene, so she rubbed his nose and looked at the camera.)

"This is boring," Tommy said he changed the channel and decided to watch some Bakugan: Battle Planet. Tommy grabbed some popcorn and started eating it.

Valerie and Tommy's father's assistant walked in. "Tommy, we're back." The lady said. It was from Karen.

Tommy just shrugged his shoulders and continued watching Bakugan. Karen watched as the Bakugan were battling each other, and she freaked out. "Tommy, that isn't something that you should be watching." She grabbed the remote and put it on Paw Patrol. "This is something that someone your age, should be watching."

Tommy sighed, as Valerie could not help but laugh. "Don't you think that's a little bit too...overprotective?"

Karen snapped. "Overprotective? Do you know that watching something like that could cause Tommy to become violent? Do you want Tommy to become a school shooter...or worse, a rapist?" She invaded Valerie's personal space.

"Uh… I don't think there's a correlation between the two."

Karen stomped her foot. "Listen! You are here to babysit Tommy! I promised Mr. and Mrs. Rokopra that I will find the best babysitter who can watch Tommy, as they're very busy people. You aren't the only one applying for this job, so you can walk away now if you don't think you're fit."

"No, no, no, no," Valerie replied. "I'll do whatever you say. No violent anime."

Valerie looked at Tommy and smiled at him. "Hey, Tommy! Remember me?" She asked.

With Valerie talking to Tommy, Tommy blushed and hid in his shirt. He did not say a thing, which confused Valerie a bit, but wasn't all too much of a surprise. "Tommy, we made it to the final four together in TDIS. I have hardly heard you talk at all. How are you still shy, even after competing on a reality show?"

"Tommy has always been a shy kid. His mother hoped to send him to Total Drama in SPACE! In hopes of opening him up again, but that didn't work." Karen explained.

"Yeah, even on Total Drama in SPACE! Tommy kept to himself, hardly talked, and didn't make any friends, even though many of us tried." She felt sorry for the kid. Little did she know, Tommy was feeling guilty for not opening up, to people trying their best to be his friends, but it was just hard on him.

Karen's phone rang and she picked it up. "Excuse me." She said and walked over to the side and talked on the phone. "Yes sir, I'm here with the baby- Oh you need me right now? Okay...but… Have her babysit Tommy? Alright, sure. I'll see you then." Karen hung up the phone. "So, I just got a call from Mr. Rokopra and he needs me to run to the office."

Valerie was confused. "Huh, But don't you have to interview me to see if I'm the right fit for the job."

"Don't worry about that right now." She was in a hurry and grabbed her black leather jacket from off the couch. "Why don't you think of this as a trial period. If you do well and Tommy likes you, you get the job. And if he does not like you, you don't get the job. It's that simple."

"Okay…"

"I gotta go but see you later Tommy. Be on your best behavior." She kisses Tommy on the forehead. Tommy gave her a slight little wave goodbye, without ever actually saying anything. They both watched her walk away. But before she left there was one last thing she had to say. "Oh, and there's a rule book on the cabinet."

Silence filled the air and things were very awkward as the two of them didn't know what to do. "So… Tommy, what do you like to do for fun?" He didn't say anything, as Tommy was still upset that Karen didn't let him watch Bakugan.

"Hey, Tommy?"

"Tama Tama."

"Tom-a-Roni and Cheese"

"Tommy on Rice."

"Tom-fil-a"

Tommy continued to ignore her and all she did was just sigh.

Adam had his camera equipment set up so he could watch the sky on top of a nearby hill in the city. Adam looked at his phone as he watched a vortex appear in the center of the sky. That same vortex turns gray as Adam's phone starts ringing. "It's almost time...I gotta get this on video."

Back at Tommy's house, Valerie was bored out of her mind, watching Tommy's television show. As Tommy was entertained, Valerie struggled to keep interest in the program, dozing off in the process. "Can we watch something else?" She asked but got no response. So, she sighed. She grabbed her phone and decided to call her best friend Pixel.

Pixel was at home in his studio apartment, shirtless and painting. He had yellow paint on his right cheek as he was holding a paintbrush in his hand, just splashing things down as he didn't have a clear idea of what he wanted to paint. In his right ear, he had an earpiece that rang because Val was calling him. "Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, baby."

"Hey Pixie."

"What's up sugar cube? Trouble in paradise with that demon."

"Hey, Brooke, is not a demon!" She responded. "I know that you don't like her, but you need to learn how to respect her."

"When pigs fly, oh wait… they can now."

Valerie and Pixel both laughed. Valerie looks at Tommy who was still distracted with his television program to notice her, but secretly he was listening to everything.

Valerie looked restless as she looked at Tommy again. "Pixie, I don't know what to do. This kid doesn't talk at all…"

"Well, what do kids do nowadays?"

"I don't know… Play Fortnite or PubG, I guess…"

Pixel laughed. "Wow, you sound exactly like a mom…"

"Shut up! I just don't know much about kids these days."

"Well Val, you know that there's this thing called Google."

Valerie got excited and her eyes widened up. "You're a genius!" Valerie hung up the phone and pulled up the internet browser. But before Valerie could do anything about it, Valerie's phone goes off and she gets an alert letting her know that a "Total Drama Challenge: Battle Challenge Royal" was going to be appearing in Toronto in five minutes. She got excited. 'A Battle Challenge Royal!" But she remembered that she had a job she had to attend to so she couldn't go.

She tried to think and remembered Karen mentioning something. "Oh right...The Rulebook." She walked over towards the cabinet and starts reading the rulebook. She was distraught by everything in the rulebook. "No candy, no glutton, no carbs, no shirts that are made exactly from wool…." She facepalmed. "Seriously, we can't do anything...how am I going to babysit him and not be bored?"

She closed the rulebook and tried to come up with something else. "Hmm…" She then remembered another thing that Tommy liked. "Hey Tommy, how would you like to watch some Bakugan: Battle Planet?" She asked. Tommy's eyebrows raised and curiosity piqued his interest. He turned to look at her while nodding his head.

She cleared her throat and sat down next to him on the couch. "I'm going to let you watch some Bakugan: Battle Planet. I know that it's against Karen's rules and everything, but I kind of need to go somewhere in the meantime...Will you be able to stay here while I go out for a bit?"

Tommy nodded 'yes'.

"Sweet." She kisses Tommy on the head, and he blushes. "I'll be right back; I shouldn't be too long." She walked away but quickly started to feel bad about leaving a ten-year-old, home alone. "Hey, Tommy…"

Tommy looked at her.

"I'm going to go and compete in a Total Drama Challenge; I was wondering if you would maybe like to compete in it with me…?" He suggested.

Tommy smiled and nodded his head. He quickly got up and went to her. Val smiled too and she wrapped her arm around Tommy. The two left.

Back on the hill, Adam looked up at the sky as a hologram box came from out of the sky with a 'Total Drama' logo appearing on the box. Adam got excited as he made sure that everyone's exact moment was filmed. "It's finally time!" Adam packed up his equipment and started running towards where the cloud was at. Adam ran down the hill, faster than a cheetah.

Tons of people rushed toward the port to compete in the Total Drama Challenge. The number of people who were there was well over ten. They all watched as the box floated down each one of them eager to compete in the challenge. It wasn't just humans who were there, but other types of supernatural and mythical beings, most of them humanoid though.

Connor (v.o.): Since the end of Total Drama Qalito Island, a new form of sporting entertainment has emerged and that is the Total Drama Challenge. As you may all now know since the Qalito incident, in ancient times humans, creatures, supernatural forces, and all of the like, used to compete in against for a chance to win some sort of prize. But it was not always a way to settle the prize. Sometimes Total Drama Challenges can be called upon to settle conflict or disputes. The producers of Total Drama Island got the idea of the Total Drama Challenges from a textbook they found before finding out the truth and what they were really about.

The box sends out waves and creates a big square trapping the ten of them inside with a timer hologram counting down on the top. Adam, Valerie, and Tommy rushed down the hill to the port, all three of them out of breath and trying their best to make it inside. "Wait for us!" They all said. As the timer went down to one, the three of them were luckily able to make it inside as they jumped in.

Adam and Valerie fell as the three humans were trapped inside a square dark void with only a light standing in the middle. Everyone started to pay attention as the light started to speak. They all huddled closer to each other.

Announcer: 13 people locked in. For this Total Drama: Battle Challenge Royal, you will be transported to a swamp. Your challenge will be to try and avoid frogs that can shoot out different types of elements. However, the only thing you can stand on is lily pads. You cannot step off of the lily pads, but you can hop from lily pad to lily pad. Dodge those frogs to make sure you do not fall into the swamp. Your goal is to make it to the end of the finish line where the largest lily pad is. Located at the largest lily pad is a treasure filled with gold. Oh, and by the way you only have five minutes to make it to the finish line.

Announcer: For the rules, you can use your supernatural abilities, but you cannot fly, teleport, and or levitate. Other than that, anything is fair game.

"That sounds easy." A guy said.

Announcer: The challenge will start in 3, 2, 1…. Go!

A swamp arena is created with very small lily pads, that are easy to stand on. The thirteen competitors were all standing on their lily pad, each one of them was excited to be competing in a Total Drama Challenge for a chance to win a grand prize. The competitors stop hopping around. One girl's hands become surrounded in lighting and she ends up shocking a guy, who ends up falling off a lily pad and into the swampy water.

"Aww, man…" He complained as he was now all wet.

The same girl turns around and sticks her tongue out at the guy, gloating at her wind. "Haha!" But a frog jumps out of the water and breathes fire that burns the girl and knocks her off the pad and into the water. The guy who she knocked out earlier ends up laughing at her as she was disappointed.

A guy surrounded himself with force fields as four different frogs shooting fire, ice, water, and lighting at him, but the only thing they ended up doing was hitting the force fields. But since he left himself an opening at the top, a frog decided to use that to its advantage and spit out mud bombs that end up hitting the dude.

The guy becomes dizzy, losing his ability to focus on his magic, thus breaking the force fields and he ends up getting hit with ice, freezing him, burned by fire, blasted with water, and shocked by lightning. He falls off the lily pad and lands into the water.

Valerie jumped from one lily pad to another. "Made it." But as soon as she jumps on the new one, a frog jumps out of the water and blasts a stream of water from its mouth. But Valerie was not going to let a frog knock it out of the competition. She put the palm of her hands out in front as she recited a spell to protect her. "Dleif Ecrof!" A force field is created, but her stamina and magical abilities were not strong enough to resist the blast of the water.

"Ooo, A witch! If I stand behind her, I can stay protected." Adam noticed. He jumps on the petal that Val was standing, which ended up distracting her. But it was going to break anyway because Val's magic was not strong enough so the forcefield wasn't going to last long anyway.

Valerie and Adam both fall into the water. Adam's camera ends up breaking as he landed on the camera and the two of them went. There were only four people left in the competition and only one-minute remaining, but that did not last long, as a human fairy was able to make it to the big lily pad, thus winning the competition. "I won, I won, I won! The treasure is all mine!"

Announcer: And thus, we have a winner!

The fairy cheered but Adam was not so happy. He got up as he felt the crumbs of his camera and cried over the pieces. "Noooooo!" He cried.

Valerie rolled her eyes. She was pissed that she did not win the money and took her anger out on Adam. "Well your camera wouldn't have gotten broken if you didn't jump onto the lily pad, I was on!"

"It's not my fault! You're a witch, how can your powers be weak?"

Valerie felt insulted and she refused to answer. "I don't have to talk to you. Come on Tommy, let go." She got up and dusted herself off as the hologram started to evaporate and things went back to normal with them being back in Toronto. But as Valerie looked around, Tommy was nowhere to be seen and she panicked.

"Tommy? Tommy? Tommy!" She freaked out. The worst thing that could ever happen just happened and that was losing Tommy. "Oh no, he's gone!" She started freaking out.

"Who's gone?" Adam asked.

"Tommy…the kid I was babysitting. Oh no, I'm not going to get this job, am I?"

Adam walked up to her to make sure that she is okay. "Why don't we go and look for him? He has to be somewhere around here, right?"

"Okay. But what if we don't find him?"

"I'm sure we will. Toronto isn't that bit." Adam responds. So, he and Valerie decided to go and look for the little boy.

Cloudless skies and a bright sun were the recipes serving up the afternoon with the streets of Toronto being flooded with life, cycling out the process of an everyday runtime. It was so busy, that there was not even enough room to walk on the streets.

"I rest my case; Toronto is pretty big," Tommy admitted later.

Valerie felt distraught after losing Tommy. They had been trying to look for the boy for several hours. The sun was starting to set. Both she and Adam looked down as they walked down the streets of Toronto, trying to look for the ten-year-old boy. Valerie was feeling sad about losing Tommy, while Adam was mad because his new camera was broken. They may have just met, but at last, they have one thing in common.

Adam growled at the girl. He rubbed his head up against the broken machinery. "This is your fault, you know. If you were better at magic, we wouldn't be in this mess."

Valerie sighed and began walking with a downward stance. "Yes, please go on about how much of a failure of magic I am."

Adam continued to ignore her as he felt insulted. "Don't ignore me. Who are you supposed to be anyway?"

"I'm Valerie Rodriguez from Kingston, Ontario. Who are you?"

"I'm Adam Johnson from Toronto, Ontario. You know, you destroyed my camera and all that. Some kind of magic you have."

Valerie rolled her eyes. "Boi, get over that. That was like three seconds ago. Besides, what kind of metahuman are you?" She started to inspect Adam. "Gargoyle, Chimera, Werewolf?" She got up in Adam's face which made him a little uncomfortable.

"No, Kind of and no. I'm a shapeshifter." To demonstrate his point, he ends up shapeshifting into her. "See" He chuckled.

Val was stunned by his abilities and studied him. "You look exactly like me, to a tee. You even sound like me…" She was impressed by his skills with her eyes dilating and pupils turning into stars for a quick second. She wanted to see more. "Do you think you can do Trent from the Drama Brothers?"

"Sure." Adam shrugged and transformed into Trent.

Her eyes turned into hearts. "It's Trent!" Her favorite singer was standing right in front of her in a weird kind of way. She almost fainted, but Adam was able to pick her back up, which only made her swoon more. "I think I've died and gone into heaven." She expressed as she looked into Trent's piercing green eyes.

Adam felt weird out and transformed back to normal. "Uh… I have a girlfriend."

"Uh, I have a girlfriend too. I wasn't hitting on you dummy, I was just expressing how amazed I am at your abilities as a shapeshifter."

"Oooo…." He realized he was in the wrong.

Valerie shrugged. "Why do guys always think that a girl is hitting on them when they're complimenting him. Men are such duds."

Adam rolled his eyes, but he was enjoying Valerie complimenting his skills. "Wanna see something cool?" Adam asked as he shapeshifted into an Eagle and swooped Valerie off her feet as he soars into the air.

"What are you doing?" Valerie was confused about what was going on as her hair blew along with the wind. "Where are you going?"

"I'm showing you how to have fun!"

"Fun! Adam, we're supposed to be looking for-" She expressed but Adam ended up doing an aerial spin which impressed her. She ended up smiling. She held on to Adam, hoping that she was not going to fall. "I hope you don't drop me."

Adam smirked. "Is that a challenge?" He asked.

Adam was messing around, and he did another spin and threw Valerie off of his back. Valerie was falling, and she was scared for her life. "ADAM! I'm going to kill you if you let me fall!" Her life started to flash before her eyes.

Adam felt like he had enough fun with letting Valerie fall. Adam swooped in and saved Valerie. She panted and held on to Adam for dear life. "Don't ever do that again."

"I'm sorry." Adam apologized.

Adam soars at an accelerated rate as Valerie looks around at nature besides her. Animals, insects, flowers, trees, plants, people. She was visually impressed by how beautiful the world was. "Wow."

"Isn't it beautiful?" Adam asked as he looked too. They flew around the city of Toronto for a couple more minutes before they landed in an open field. Adam knew that it would help take Valerie's mind off of Tommy for a bit, so she wouldn't stress out too much. He landed his talons on the ground as he shapeshifted back.

Valerie and Adam didn't say anything as they watched nature unfold and did its work, as they stared at the open field, amazed by its beauty. They stare at each other and end up sharing a quick laugh as they both end up laying down and look at the orange sky. Adam and Valerie wanted to savor this moment forever.

"Hey, you know what I wanna do?"

"What is it?" Adam asked.

Valerie gets up and throws her right arm balled up into the air. "I wanna travel the world. See every location and be taken in by its beauty."

Adam understood what she was talking about and got up too. "I wanna do the same, though I want to capture footage and maybe even make a documentary or Youtube series about it."

Hearing Adam talk made Valerie's eyes sparkle and she ended up getting an idea. "We should do that!"

Adam was dumbfounded. "What do you mean we should do that?!"

"Explore the world and make videos about it. Show everyone around the world, just how beautiful nature is. Our world has changed since the Qalito accident, and sometimes we end up forgetting that." She explained. Valerie looks up at a tiny little fairy and points out her pointer finger and the fairy lands on Valerie's finger. Valerie smiled as the fairy reminded her why she loved life so much. "We need to show the world just how more expansive and diverse it has gotten since then."

Adam thought about for a quick second and realized. "I think you know what you're talking about."

"Huh?"

Adam nodded at her as he got up and moved a few feet to look at the view of nature. "One of the reasons I love movies is because of the wonderful storytelling that takes place in them. They can set place anywhere in the world, but at the end of the day, they're still living creatures, no matter what they do, mistakes they've made, and how they develop, at the end of the day, they're just living." He explained.

"I get it." Valerie puts her hand on Adam's back and the two ends up smiling. "Maybe we should do it."

"Wait...really?"

"Sure. I see no reason not to. We can create a Youtube channel and everything."

Valerie smiled. She hugged Adam and Adam hugged her back, but before things got too weird, Valerie looks at her phone and realizes what time it was. She sees that it's 7:13 and remembers her responsibility. "Oh shit, we forgot about trying to find Tommy." Valerie and Adam scramble to get their act back together to go and search for Tommy.

Valerie and Adam searched everywhere for Tommy, but they could not find him. They decided to go back to Tommy's apartment to give Tommy's parents assistant the bad news. Valerie was still feeling distraught. "We still haven't found Tommy! I'm not going to get that job after all."

"Do you care more about the job or the kid…?"

"Uh-" Before she could answer, she saw Tommy sitting down on the steps of the apartment complex on his tablet.

Valerie was happy to see Tommy. She ran towards Tommy and gave him a great big hug, almost suffocating him as his face turned red. "I thought I lost you!" The tightness of the hug continued to increase as his head swelled up. But she quickly let go of him as she let go of her cool. "Where did you go?"

Tommy just shrugged and did not say anything as usual. He put his headphones in his ears and start listening to music.

Valerie got frustrated, but she gave up. "God, I hate kids."

"Well...at least you finally found him."

"That's true at least," Valerie replied. The newfound friends shared their laughter.

A limousine pulled up. Tommy's father's assistant Karen walked out of the Limousine she was in the middle of a phone call, but it looked like she was in a bit of a hurry to get off of the phone. "Sorry, I'm going to have to call you back." She said. She hung up the phone. She took one look at Adam and wondered who he was. She got real defensive. "Who is that boy." She took out pepper spray.

Valerie, Tommy, and Adam freaked out. Adam hid his head in his shirt. "Please don't spray me."

"He's a friend Karen, not an enemy."

"Oh…." She said, but she was still disappointed as she put the pepper spray back in her purse. "Well, you know what Rule #50 said, don't allow Tommy around strangers."

"Oh...right…I remembered that rule."

"You didn't." Adam nudges Valerie.

"I know, now shut up." She whispered back. She put on a smile trying to save face.

Karen rolled her eyes. "Anyway, Tommy." She got down on an even eye level with Tommy, by scratching down. "How did you like Valerie? Did she keep you safe and sound?" She asked.

Tommy thought about it and looked back at Adam and Valerie. Valerie was praying that Tommy was going to put in a good word for her. Tommy thanked back to everything that happened today and came up with his conclusion for his answer and shrugged. Tommy gave a thumbs up.

Valerie and Adam both smiled and hugged, while Karen sighed. "Well if Tommy likes you, then you're hired."

"Are you sure?"

"Tommy's opinion is what matters...also mine." She replied and cleared her throat. "You're hired, full time. You start Tomorrow. "Now come on Tommy, let's go eat some gluten-free ice-cream" She puts her arm around Tommy's head and the two started moving.

Tommy replied to her by groaning and the two went along. Adam and Valerie watched Tommy and Karen until they went into the apartment complex. "Well, that was strange…" He said. Adam and Valerie looked at each other and laughed. Once they finished laughing, Tommy had to tell Valerie about something, so he stood in front of her. "Look, Valerie, since I chose you to be my Youtuber Partner, I was wondering if you moved in my loft with me and my roommate. I live right here in these apartments."

"Wait...you want me to move in with you?" Valerie was surprised.

Adam shrugged. "Sure, why not."

"He's hardly home and I'm lonely."

"Aww...the little boy is lonely." Valerie pinches Adam's cheeks and starts moving them around.

Topher returned from walking Chef Hatchet and was surprised to find Valerie and Adam laughing. He looked at the two of them and gave them a blank stare. "Weirdos." He walked away in a way that he couldn't be seen.