Jesus, I think we're actually near the finale O.o

I don't know, I write these as I go along XD

Over my vacation, I'm going to write the ENTIRE SEQUEL to this (maybe like three chapters) so it'll be ready for you guys (it won't) when I get back!

...Yeah, I want that to be an actual story, too XD

We have a record here. We have reached four reviews in one chapter.

...Scratch that. After going back, I've found that I have FIVE reviews.

After going back AGAIN, I see I have SIX.

...Admittedly, stories that are way better have way more per chapter, but STILL. That's good.

"Pretty good chapter, interesting idea or something about a chapter that deals with the characters not dead (or whatever happened to them if not actually dead) although if most of the chapters are just character interaction (as in smiley and the alien then it's not really good thing to do, just my opinion). I guess congrats for you getting a beta reader?

- TheOtherSanics"

...Have I not been putting the 's' the entire time...? Crap ._.

Well, I mean, how do I deal with the characters that ARE dead? XD

But, even if they are character interaction, the plot is driven forwards!

It's not filler :3

But no, seriously, character interaction is one of the easiest ways to drive a plot forwards, or to learn more about a character so they aren't just a shrouded mystery. It's something I like to do from time-to-time to give everyone a break from high-action stories, because then the story becomes too dependant on action. That's not how I like to write.

tl;dr, I use character interaction in a good manner.

Thank you :3

"Yeah, I'm reading this XD
A policy I have when beta'ing is to check up on the actual chapter posted. So, yeah. And sure, I can help you with revamping the rest of the chapters. Will you be able to contact me while you're on your trip?

Thank you for the compliments, too :3

And christ, man, you didn't tell me about the nosebleed XD
Take care,
Erin Hasse"

That...makes sense, actually.

Maybe doing the prologues wasn't the brightest idea ^.^"

Oh well.
(I put one double space in Zack's chapter, no joke.
That is the least I have ever edited a chapter.
I don't even know anymore XD)

I hope so. I dunno if I'll have Interwebs, though.

:D

But I never got to the best part! It was gushin' everywhere, my hands were covered and...XD
I couldn't keep it going XD
It was minor, don't worry about it.

"In The Sims 4, aliens also have a red aura when they get really angry!

- Allison"

K.

I have never played the Sims in my life. I don't plan to, either, it doesn't seem interesting.

That's just me.

Not shitting on you or anything, that's actually really cool, but I'd likely never see it myself :P

Now I just imagine Viz glowing red XD

"This story is amaizing! This is one of the best Riddle School stories I've seen! Please continue this!

- Featherstar"

OK, first things first, you have a badass name. That is the most badass name I have ever seen in all of my life, no joke.
I'm not kidding, that is legit the best name I have ever seen.

Yay! Thanks for thinking it's amazing! I try my best ^.^"
Aw, c'mon, it's not THAT good...(looks at most of the other RS stories)...mmkay...maybe it is...
...That made me sound like an asshole...I'm sorry .w.
But no, seriously, I've read all twelve of them, most of them are just...I have no words to describe them. There are some gems in this pile of bread crumbs and beaver spit, though, mainly two stories named "Riddle School" and "Riddle Alien".
...All three of us have made "Riddle _" stories...

...Maybe all three of us should do a collab...?
That sounds like a great idea, actually O.o
It might happen ;)

Oh, my friend, I have every plan to continue this series :)
I'll only abandon this if I have no desire to continue, and, with how close I am to the finale, why wouldn't I? I wanna finish at least one series XD
Oops...I may have let something slip (AUDIBLE WINK) :)

"NOOOOO! You white, thin creature thing, I'LL KILL YOU, YOU BASTARD!
Nice story, anyway.

- Sakumira (for chapter II)"

:3
Murder him all you want, if you can :3
And thank you :D

"EPICCCCCCCCCC!

- Sakumira"

Dat's ten C's right there.
I know because I Internet was lagging so I had to count them instead of a normal copypasta.
I hate my Internet sometimes.

And that's all six amazing reviews for chapter V (and II)!

I've noticed a pattern. Erin, Sanics, and Alli all seem to be completely dedicated readers, and then there are some that come and go as they please. That's perfectly fine! If this story doesn't fully suit your tastes, yet you're still reading, thanks for your support! If you really like this story, thanks for your support! And when you all offer me encouragement, I really can't say anything else but: thanks for your support!

Honestly, without you guys, I would've never been able to do this. Thanks you all of you guys, I've been inspired to start writing for real, but if I do make a book, it'll take at least a year to finish x.x

I'm very nit-picky about what I write if I write professionally.

I've been ranting again. Sorry! And now, finally, I present to you...


Chapter VI: Reunited


"GET THE GIRL!" Tecton screeched through the speakers.

Smiley, not being very athletic, was slowing down. Staggering slightly, a rush of adrenaline filled her once she looked back and saw even more guards, about fifty in total, chasing her. She picked up the pace, and tried to think of a way out of this. Going back to her room was out of the question, but...

'Got it!' Smiley thought to herself. 'Phil, please don't be mad at me...'

Ducking through corridor after corridor, Smiley lost about twenty of the guards once she reached Phil's room. Unfortunately, about fifteen were right in front of his room.

Gulping almost comically, she quickly thought of a plan. Sighing in everything but relief, she charged towards them. This didn't have the effect she thought. Instead of staying there and fighting her, they dived out of the way of the girl. She could see they were quite visibly scared of her, and they didn't even have weapons.

"WHAT ARE YOU IDIOTS DOING?! CAPTURE HER, DAMN IT, OR I'LL SEND YOU ALL TO THE INCINERATOR!" Tecton screamed, his anger overtaking him. "HOW HARD IS IT TO JUST PUNCH A LITTLE BUG?!"

She nearly broke the door down from kicking it in, ran in, and actually cracked it by slamming it shut. "S-Smiles? What are you doing here?" a voice all too recognizable called from behind her.

Turning around, she saw Phil was staring at her, hands against the glass in front of his chest, floating slightly in the pod.

...Wait. He was floating. A weak knock sounded from a nearby tile. "S-Someone...anyone...help..." another Phil cried weakly from under the ground.

"What have you done with Phil?" Smiley questioned angrily.

The Phil in the pod did nothing more than smirk. Letting out an infuriated growl, Smiley began searching the floor for loose tiles. The door was obliterated behind her, pieces of wood flying everywhere, some getting caught in her hair.

"ENOUGH. WITH. THIS. ****," Tecton said from behind her. "I AM DONE PLAYING GAMES WITH YOU, SUNDAE. NOW, I'M JUST GOING TO ****ING MURDER YOU!"

Spinning around, Smiley prepared herself in a forward stance, completely protecting herself. "You...you actually want to fight me?" Tecton asked, before screeching with laughter, buying Smiley enough time to crack the right tile open, which was right under her left foot.

After Phil had climbed up, and nearly fallen back down, he stared at her.

For a long, long time, they just stared at each other, Tecton's laughter attacking their eardrums. Reaching her hand out towards him, she said, "Phil, I'm sorry, I-"

"Cut the crap, Smiles, and just gimme a damn hug," Phil said, weakly raising his arms. "I've been under that damn tile for three days."

Smiling brightly, she pulled Phil into the happiest hug she had ever given him. He returned the hug, if only weakly, and the two were just like that for almost ten minutes.

"I missed you so, so much, Phil..." Smiley said, tears forming in her eyes, voice cracking slightly.

"I know, Smiles, I know. I missed you, too," he said, his voice undergoing the same stress, though his eyes were quite a bit wetter.

Slowly, the laughter around them died down, until the only sounds that could be heard were the steady breathing of the two lovers enjoying one of their few moments of bliss. "What the...?" Tecton muttered.

"They're...so happy...why? I'm about to kill them both...why are they smiling? What...what is this feeling...?" Tecton said, his arm moving over where his heart was. "Why...am I feeling...loss...? Empathy...? Memories..."


"C'mon, Tec, we're gonna be late!" a feminine voice called.

"Alright, alright, Jae, I'm coming. I just need to write up these last few papers for work," Tecton responded, hastily scribbling his name down, giving his permission to begin testing on the humans in the Zone.

"You don't wanna miss his party, do you?" Jae called back. "You can finish up the stuff for your work later, we need to go, like, now!"

"Alright, I'm coming!" Tecton shouted, slightly annoyed, stuffing the paper in his pocket.

He walked up to the girl and took a deep breath. "Sorry about that, you know me..." he apologized.

Giving him a quick kiss, she assured him it was fine, before leading him out the door.


"I...rgh...Jae...forgive me..." Tecton said softly, before raising his hand, preparing a massive blast.

But the children didn't move. They just stood there, hugging each other, waiting for the worst. "Rrg...what are you idiots doing?! If you don't move, I'll sho-"

"Try it," Phil said. "Just try and destroy us. Don't you remember how you felt, Tec? Remember how it felt to lose her?"

"How do...?" Tecton stared, amazed, expression never shifting, arm slowly returning to his side.

"You're not very quiet," Smiley said.

"Heh...well, I guess that matters not, now. Goodbye, children. You will be missed, but not by me," Tecton said, arm snapping back up, firing a large, red beam of light.

The couple held each other tighter, waiting for their demise.

In one blinding flash of light, the attack was destroyed, and Tecton was launched back out of the room. "The fu-?!"

"Nobody. Hurts. The children," Zadicus said.

"Z-Zad?!" Smiley called, staring at the man. "Where'd you come from?! And...what's with the body?!"

Zadicus ignored Smiley, his eyes locked on the man-child slowly getting back up off the floor.

"Where the hell did you come from?! ...And how do you have your old body back?!" Tecton demanded.

"You didn't hear me come in behind you? God, you're deaf...and I got my old body back because your soldiers killed the clone. Now I'm back, and better than ever before!" Zad said, triumphantly.

His new, or, old body looked like a simple teenage male human from the back. He wore a black sweatshirt with a hood, more commonly referred to as a hoodie, blue jeans, and black sneakers. His left hand was in the pocket of the hoodie, and his right was glowing red. His short-cut black hair was only slightly visible, thanks to the hoodie. "How are...?! You're not one of us!" Tecton shouted.

"I know I'm no Mage of Rage, Tec, but I sure as Hell am berserk now. You made the wrong choice, trying to kill the kids. Smiley, get him to safety. It's time to finish this, for good," Zad ordered, to which Smiley complied without hesitation.

"That's Zadicus, or Zad, for short," Smiley explained to the confused Phil as she led him to a safe spot of the room, the two holding hands as if their life depended on it. "He's the one who saved us, the one who's been helping me learn to defend myself, and the one who helped me save you."

Phil nodded silently, casting only a single glance on Zadicus' figure. He frowned, something Smiley noticed. Then he looked at her, brows furrowing and asked in a small, halting voice, "S-Smiles...why? Why did you...kill me?" the hand that wasn't holding his girlfriend's balling up weakly, his eyes not showing anger, or hate, but sadness.

"Philly, that wasn't me. I would never do something like that," Smiley assured. "That was a clone that Tecton made of me."

"I'm...so confused right now," Phil said, holding a hand to his forehead, eyes closing tight as he tried to figure out just what was going on.

"Don't worry. I am, too," Smiley said. "Now stay here. Zad and I have some...unfinished business to attend to."

Letting go, she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, before walking back over to Zad, fists balled, ready to kick some ass.

"Hey, Smiley?" Zad asked.

"Yeah?"

"I just wanna say, I'm sorry," he said. "But now, no matter what, we're getting out of this mess, and no one else is getting hurt."

"Right," she said, getting into a forward stance. "Now, let's finish this, once and for all."

"Fools!" Tecton shouted. "If you think you can defeat me, you are sorely mistaken! I am your God, BOW DOWN TO ME!"

"Not a chance!" Phil shouted, lobbing a piece of tile at him.

"Wha-OW! Little pest!" Tec growled as the tile hit him square between the eyes and bounced off pathetically.

"I'm not just letting you two endanger yourselves without me. Let's do this!" Phil said, imitating Smiley's forward stance, and doing quite well.

"Ready, you two?" Zad asked. "Let's finish this. ATTACK!"

The four charged, ready for the fight of their lives.


Ough...I ate too much food for dinner...

But I doubt you care about that ;)

So, this is it, then. The final fight is upon us!

...Or, it will be in two weeks! That's right, I'm off to Florida for two weeks!

I'm goin' t' Didney Worl!

I have overused that SO much XD

Anyways guys, hope this is a nice two-week send off! Thank you all for your amazing support, and I shall see you next time for the final battle! Ciao!