Edit: Dude. Listening to Never the Same from the Valiant Hearts soundtrack and it is PERFECT for the end of the last chapter and the beginning of this one.
I'm BAAAAAAAAAAACK! (STILL GETTIN' ROCKS. AND ALL THIS HERE MINE. SO GET OFF MY BLOCK. Lol I love Minecraft songs xD) MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Lyra: Sorry I thought I had it evened out. :c Thanks for letting me know. ^^ I'll try…:/
"S-Siddeley?" Finn—who was now lying down on the ground—asked.
"Really?" Stalker Siddeley sarcastically asked. "Aw, I was hoping I'd get you by hunting you down."
"Fine, I'll run for you to catch me or something, just let everyone go!"
"Fine." Stalker Siddeley decided after a moment. "Say goodbye to your friends."
"I…" Siddeley wasn't sure what to say.
"Never mind. You'll take much too long." Stalker Siddeley decided, and was gone.
Holley sat up. Siddeley was gone, too, as well as the nightmare. They were back in the woods.
"Stacy?" She asked, fearing it was too late. She glanced over at her friend, who still looked unconscious. She began coughing and sat up. "What happened…?"
"Oh, thank God…" Finn breathed, putting a hand on Stacy's shoulder.
"What did happen?" Sarge asked.
"…just out of curiosity, did anyone find my phone…?" Stacy asked.
"Oh, yeah, yeah." Lightning remembered, getting the smashed phone out of his pocket and handing it to her.
Stacy clicked her tongue. "Nice." She sarcastically noted, inspecting the screen.
"W-where's Siddeley?" Finn realized.
Stacy forgot about her phone and looked around. Holley has tears forming on the rims of her eyes and Finn looked like... Well, he just looked devastated.
Siddeley was right, Finn thought. I did just let him... I… I let my mother down... Siddeley... Siddeley is...
"He's gone. He's gone, isn't he? I… I didn't do anything..." Finn buried his head in his hands.
Stacy put her hand on Finn's shoulder. "He wanted to save us."
"There was something I could've done, I… I just didn't know it at the time, there... There had to be something…!" Finn convinced himself.
"There wasn't anything you could do." Stacy softly convinced him.
"So he's... He's just gone?" Becca asked. She looked like she was blinking back tears, as well.
There was silence for a minute. Unknown to anyone, a tear slid down Finn's face.
"I'm sorry, Finn," was the last thing Siddeley had said, Finn thought. He's sorry. I should have apologized. I should have begged for his forgiveness. I should have believed him. If I did, would this have ended differently?
"Wait, what's that?" Becca asked, getting to her feet. She walked over and peered into the woods. Looking in all directions, she saw something, gasped, and covered her mouth. With tears rolling down her face, she didn't think as she ran off into the woods. "Siddeley!" She cried. Finn's face snapped up, and got up and went after her. Stacy followed him immediately. Holley, Mater, and eventually everyone else was close in pursuit.
Finn skidded to a stop when Siddeley came into view. He didn't dare walk closer to him. He was lying on the ground as if he was simply thrown aside with his eyes closed. Holley covered her mouth while tears rolled down her face. Stacy stood next to Holley, her arms at her sides. Her face was void of any emotion besides disbelief. She inched forward and fell to her knees.
"Siddeley?" She timidly asked. "Siddeley?!" she repeated, panic evident in her voice. She hesitated, then her hand flew to his neck.
She appeared to have stopped breathing. Slowly, she looked up at Finn. Her lips trembled, not sure if her voice would work. Looking down at the ground, away from Finn's gaze, she slowly shook her head.
"Someday Stalker Siddeley is gonna kill me. Probably eat me. Then where will you be?"
"I'd be with you, because I can assure you, he's not."
"Someday you'll see, Finn. Someday you'll see—and you'll be sorry." Oh, why, oh, why didn't I believe him?!
Becca buried her face in Siddeley's chest and cried. Stacy stood up and backed up into Finn, who held her close.
Someone's walkie-talkie crackled to life.
"Finn? Stacy? Anyone?" Andy asked. "What happened? Everyone who didn't go down the creepy hole ended up back here—are you guys out, yet?"
Sally picked up a walkie-talkie. "Stalker Siddeley happened. A-and Siddeley... Siddeley..." She tried to say but the words were stuck in her throat. "Siddeley's gone." She whispered.
Andy didn't reply. "He's..."
"He's gone. He told Stalker Siddeley to take him instead of us. And he… He did." Holley's voice trembled.
"He can't be gone! He's Siddeley! He can't be... He can't be dead!" Becca sobbed.
Flo put her hand on Becca's shoulder, understanding. Becca knew it was wrong to beat herself up over what had happened. She was completely unable to do anything. Back in the dream—she felt she couldn't move. Just like in a nightmare, any movement felt as if it was fighting through molasses.
"You!" Becca was pulled out of her thoughts by Stacy screeching at someone.
"Me?" Stalker Siddeley gasped, with mock shock placing his hand over his chest.
"What did you do?!" Becca demanded, rising to her feet.
"Well, as you can see, I got rid of him. I suppose there is one way you can help him, but I'm afraid it's hopelessly impossible." He chuckled.
Finn thought about that for a moment. He obviously wasn't going to tell them; that was part of it being "hopelessly impossible". Perhaps like many things, they could only help Siddeley by destroying Stalker Siddeley. But how? Finn didn't even know how Stalker Siddeley was created, let alone destroy him.
An idea dawned upon Finn. "Alright. You win." He frowned. Everyone stared at him.
"Wait, what?" Mater asked.
"You heard me. It's time to go home. There's no use fighting anymore."
"Finn, what are you...?" Stacy started to ask. Finn looked her in the eye with a look that said, 'I have a plan.' Stacy didn't know what on earth that plan could be, but she trusted Finn. She looked at Holley with the same expression. Realization dawned on Holley's face.
"We should take..." Holley started to say, but couldn't bring herself to.
Stalker Siddeley was gone when they looked back. "That's that, I suppose." Finn observed.
…
Cammie yawned, and stretched in bed. The sun was pouring into her room, giving it a warm feeling. Jumping out of bed, she threw a glance out the window and grinned. More and more leaves on the tree in the backyard were turning red each day.
"Cammie, the tree's on fire." Katie grinned from under her bedhead.
Cammie laughed. "Fwoosh." She imitated, sitting up in bed and waving her arms. "Ah! The tree! Get the hose!"
The two cousins laughed. Katie sat up and put her fingers to her lips. "Princess is still sleeping." She whispered, pointing at Alyssa. Cammie giggled.
"It's be such a shame if she woke up from her beauty sleep…" Cammie grinned. Katie shared the mischievous look her cousin wore, and together they leaped out of bed and snuck to Alyssa's bedside. They took a deep breath.
"Alyssa!" they yelled. Alyssa screamed and fell out of bed.
Cammie and Katie were bending over laughing.
"Very funny, guys." Alyssa grumbled.
"I dunno, I thought it was pretty funny." Lucy grinned. She has also been woken up by the girls' outburst, and was currently lying on her side in bed.
The four of them made their way downstairs and were greeted by an empty house.
"Hello?" Katie called. "Kevin, did you lock everyone in the gummy bear closet again?"
"We have a gummy bear closet?" Lucy raised her eyebrow.
"Um… Heh heh… No?"
"Right." Alyssa opened the pantry. "Anyway, what do you guys want for breakfast? We've got cereal, or… Cereal."
"Hm, tough one." Cammie stroked an imaginary beard. "I'll have waffles." She grinned.
Lucy slid four bowls onto the counter and Cammie tossed some spoons out of the drawer.
"You know, I bet mom'll throw a fit if we're not dressed..."
"But I'm hungry." Katie pouted.
"So, the quicker you get dressed, the sooner you get to eat." Alyssa told her with her hands on her hips.
Cammie figured that was a good idea as any. If Auntie Lisa wasn't here because she was bringing someone over, she didn't exactly want to be dressed in only boxer shorts and a tank top.
Before she could be ridiculed for what she slept in, she raced upstairs followed closely by her cousins, and threw on her usual light blue T-shirt and white jeans. Since it was fall, she added a gray hoodie to her attire. She slipped her phone into her pocket and raced downstairs.
"Cammie!" Katie called. "How are you dressed so quickly?! I haven't even found my pants yet!"
Cammie snickered. For some strange reason, her cousin had a tendency to lose her pants no matter where she put them.
As Cammie was pouring cereal into a bowl, she heard the front door open.
"Where have you guys been?" Cammie asked, beginning to scarf down her cereal.
"Well, you know how the corn maze opened for Halloween yesterday?" Kevin asked.
"Without me? Seriously?" Cammie's jaw dropped.
"I'm sorry, honey. We're probably going to go back over the next few days." Auntie Lisa told her.
"I found 'em!" Katie declared, then tripped and rolled down the stairs. "…I'm okay…" she groaned when she was done falling.
By the time Alyssa and Lucy had come downstairs, Cammie was rinsing out her bowl in the sink.
"So, Patrick, I think it's a good day to kill some creepers, what about you?"
"As long as we get to blow up a bunch of TNT." He answered.
"Deal." Cammie grinned.
"I shoot my arrows in the air sometimes sayin' ayyyooo, creepers K-Oed." Came from Cammie's pocket. She took out her phone, flipped it open, and put it to her ear. "Hello?"
"Cameron! Are you busy?"
"Uh, no? Who is this?"
"It's Finn."
"Oh, hi!" Cammie smiled. "No, I'm not. What's up?"
"Cameron, I think you better sit down…"
"What's wrong?" Cammie asked taking a seat at the kitchen table, any humor in her voice gone.
"Well… You're aware what yesterday was?"
"Friday?" Cammie raised an eyebrow.
"Well, yes, but… The date, specifically."
Cammie thought for a moment, then panic dawned on her. "Oh my God," she gasped. "Is Siddeley okay?" she asked worriedly.
"Cameron, I…" Finn sighed.
"Finn, is Siddeley okay?" She asked more desperately, now.
Finn didn't answer at first.
"Finn!" Cammie exclaimed. "Please," she said quietly, not caring that her family was watching her.
"No. I'm sorry, Cameron, he's not."
Cammie dropped her phone onto the table in shock. Finn heard the thud.
"Cameron? Cammie, please, I need to ask you something." Cammie faintly heard from the phone. She put it back on her ear, blinking back tears.
"Where are you?" She asked trying to keep her voice from breaking.
"Radiator Springs." Finn answered.
"I'm coming over there." She declared.
"Cameron, you don't need to,"
"Yes, I do." Cammie's voice cracked. "I'm getting on the nearest plane out there. You can't stop me." She threatened, and hung up.
She looked up at her family who was staring at her.
"Auntie Lisa, I'm driving to the airport and I'm going to Radiator Springs." Cammie announced.
"What? Cammie, why are you—?"
"It's Siddeley. I-I don't exactly know what happened, but I know he's hurt, somehow. I have to go over there."
Her aunt sighed. "I understand. But please don't go alone…"
Cammie nodded once. "Patrick?"
"Me?" Patrick asked.
Cammie nodded. "Throw some stuff into a backpack. Let's go."
Patrick reluctantly nodded. "Alright."
…
"So, what happened, exactly?"
"I dunno… E-exactly. But yesterday, um, was October thirteenth."
"So?"
"So… Remember Stalker Siddeley?"
"You don't mean Siddeley was…"
There was silence on the plane between them for a minute. Patrick didn't dare say a word to Cammie while she was looking off into space with a distant look on her face. He figured now would be a bad time.
"I think something really bad happened, Pat." Cammie whispered. "I'm scared."
"Don't be. Siddeley's strong. The worst Stalker Siddeley would be able to do is knock him out." Patrick smiled. Cammie nervously smiled back.
"You're probably right. Still," she stressed. "I'm really worried."
"I know. Just wait, when we get there, I bet Siddeley will be grinning at us from a hospital bed asking for his present."
Cammie laughed lightly. "I just hope you're right…"
Not exactly a cliffy but you wanna know what'll happen next, don'tcha? x3
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