Janna here, so, I guess It's my turn to recap what happened last chapter.

Now, I don't know much aside from my side of the story, so I'll tell you what happened with Brittney, Hope and I. You see, some sort of special event begun where we had to find a "shadownomicon" book to control the ressurrected players, referred to as "shadows" for some reason.

However, we had more important stuff to deal with, like making sure Hope doesn't defect and gives us a lot of trouble. However, it wasn't long before we saw the power of the shadow beforehand, and Chantelle got the honor of showing it.

And boy, was she a nightmare to "fight". But at least we're still alive.

I honestly don't know how the rest are doing, but I sure hope they don't end up as shadows too. Specially Star and Marco, I don't want to imagine how horrible they would be as shadows...dang it, I just thought about it!

Episode 7: From Below Average to Bad

(Back where we left off)

"So, will you surrender and flee, or fight me, die like an useless animal and become another shadow, and thus one of my slaves?" Jeremy taunted as Star and Marco took battle stances.

However, the instant they heard Jeremy's taunt, they dropped the stances and raised their eyebrows in surprise. "Wait, weren't you pretty much challenging us to a fight?" Marco questioned.

Jeremy was taken aback by the question. "Was I?"

"Yeah, and aren't we pretty much ready to fight back? Not to mention that you have a slave that will do anything you tell her?" Star answered.

"You are?" Jeremy asked before turning to Chantelle. "I do?"

The monkey girl thought about it, shrugged and nodded as Jeremy glanced at the shadownomicon. Getting an idea, Jeremy grinned and pointed at Star. "Chantelle, distract Star!"

Chantelle giggled before leaping towards Star, and the two struggled as Marco and Jeremy exchanged angry glares. After their stare fight, Jeremy shouted "Go forth, my shadow, subdue Marco so I can kick his knee!" as he pointed at the teenager.

However, Jeremy's shadow didn't do anything. He tried again, but he got the same results.

"Why isn't my shadow doing what I'm telling it to do!?" Jeremy whined.

"Jeremy, you control the souls of players who were killed, you can't control the actual shadows." Marco explained, upon which he got an idea. "And since I only know another shadow which is pretty much a mermaid, and since there's no water anywhere and you can't summon him..."

The kid, realizing Marco's plan, ran away and screamed as Marco chased after him around the field.

(Meanwhile, with Brittney, Janna and Hope)

Janna and Hope walked and looked around as Brittney, still hurt from her fight with Chantelle, tried to walk alongside them as she grabbed her head. "Are you sure you can walk okay?" Hope asked.

"I managed to carry Hope up to Jackie's lake, I'm sure you're not nearly as heavy as her." Janna remarked, earning angry stares from both Brittney and Hope. "Not that I want to suggest."

"I'm going to be fine." Brittney answered. "You just need to make sure nothing happens that could give me a brain injury or something, we don't want to deal with another Hope, right Hope?"

Hope immediately turned to Brittney and gave her the exact same angry glare. It didn't take long before they found someone who could prove to be a threat, Andrea, whose loud footsteps alerted Janna and Hope.

The girls got ready to attack back, but immediately calmed down upon seeing the girl. "Andrea?" they asked in unison.

"Janna and Hope?" Andrea asked back as she used her gadget thingy to analyze them. "What are you doing near the teleportation hub?"

"Teleportation hub? You mean the place with the pad thingies?" Hope asked.

"Yes, I mean the place with the pad thingies." Andrea sarcastically answered before noticing Brittney. "Is that Brittney over there?"

Recognizing the girl's voice, Brittney suddenly got up, ran after Andrea and embraced her in a tight hug...for about two seconds before she remembered that she was injured. She released the girl and then clutched her stomach before taking a few deep breaths as Andrea analyzed her.

"You don't know how glad I'm to see you again!" Brittney remarked with joy. "Ever since this game started I haven't seen any of the other cheerleaders. Well, except Chantelle, but even then she was an enemy player, and she also destroyed our cabin for no reason whatsoever. Not to mention she turned the hot guys we slep with-and not in the way you may think-into dead guys. That being said, I'm happy to see you again."

As Brittney continued to blabber about her joy at seeing the girl again, Andrea's results showed that, among other things, she murdered Chantelle. Upon seeing this information, Andrea updated the analysis and saw a picture of Brittney and Sabrina fighting somewhere in the woods.

Upon seeing that information, and checking the rest of the profile, Andrea growled, formed her hand into a fist and punched Brittney hard enough to send her to a tree. As Janna and Hope went to her, Andrea aimed her hand and charged energy.

"Why did you do that!?" Brittney complained as she got up.

"Yeah, why did you do that?!" Janna and Hope repeated in unison.

"She murdered Chantelle, tried to kill Sabrina, and I'm willing to bet she's going to kill me next!" Andrea stated as she got ready to shoot an energy ball. "I'm willing to deal with your shit on a daily basis, Wong, but I'm not gonna die thanks to a furry!"

Andrea then shot an energy ball, which Brittney and Hope dodged while Janna redirected it back to Andrea with a kick, only for the girl to slap it away. "The wolf hormones got in the way when I fought Sabrina, honest!" Brittney replied.

"Do you even know what you're talking about?" Andrea asked, getting dumbfounded silence in response. "Question wasted."

"Janna, Hope, why are you protecting her?" a flabbergasted Andrea questioned, right before her gadget thingy lit up on Janna. "Actually, wait... let me check something on you, Janna."

"You're not going to play doctor, are you?" Janna responded.

She got no response, for Andrea was too caught up on Janna's information that she grew more worried and angry as she read it. "Hmm...mistreating partners, invading a home without asking permission...murdering a supporter?!" Andrea frowned and turned to the girl as she reached for her back. "Janna, I'm afraid you've broken a lot of rules."

"Last time I checked, the figure only told us four rules." Janna replied.

"He told you four, but he didn't tell you all of them. Which is pretty stupid, but nevertheless..." Andrea answered as she took out a pair of handcuffs. "You already broke three, and that's enough to warrant your arrest."

The beanie-wearing girl initially seemed indifferent to this revelation, but she immediately tried to run away, only to be caught and handcuffed by Andrea. After that, Hope and Brittney could only watch as Andrea successfully punched Janna out cold and teleported themselves out of the place.

"Great, just what we needed!" Brittney complained. "Can this get any worse!?"

(Back with Star, Chantelle, Marco and Jeremy)

Marco continued to chase Jeremy around the place, though they stopped when they heard a pair of girls moaning. They then turned around to see Chantelle and Star sharing a kiss, though Star cried and tried to escape while Chantelle enjoyed it.

"Eww! Gross!" Jeremy exclaimed. "Chantelle, that's not what I meant when I told you to distract her!"

The monkey girl, upon hearing the boy's complaint, stopped kissing Star and turned to Jeremy, giving Star enough time to push her away and go back to Marco. She grabbed his arm and quickly exclaimed "Teleportus Instantii!", which teleported them out of the way.

"Excellent, they fled, what am I supposed to do now?" Jeremy whined before getting an idea. "Actually, I think I know what we can do now... Chantelle, see if you can find another player and turn him or her into a shadow! Preferably a her."

Chantelle nodded in agreement and giggled before running to the woods. Once there, she quickly spotted Brittney and Hope, smiling at the sight of Brittney before getting ready to take a leap.

Afterwards, she jumped and grabbed Brittney, who screamed and got Hope's attention. Upon seeing the monkey girl, Hope growled and ran after Chantelle, though she only managed to grab her tail before she ran away with Brittney. As she was dragged on the floor, Hope got closer to Chantelle's tail and once she was close enough she bit it, causing Chantelle to throw Brittney away before stopping, kicking Hope away and grabbing her bitten tail.

Once she hit the ground, Hope could only see Chantelle give her an angry glare before she fled, much to Hope's frustration. "Rats, I already lost two teammates!" Hope exclaimed as she got up. "Well, at least I can try to break out Janna, because Chantelle's way too strong for me to beat."

With nothing more to do, Hope decided to go back and wait for the right time to break Janna out of her imprisonment... and she did this just as Brittney hit the ground and found herself close to Jeremy, who smiled maliciously. "Who are you?" she asked before noticing the shadownomicon. "What is that?"

The instant she asked the question, Chantelle suddenly appeared, lifted Brittney and held her head with both hands. "This is the shadownomicon, and you're about to become my newest shadow slave!" Jeremy stated as Brittney tried to free herself. "You know what to do, monkey girl."

Chantelle nodded and gave Brittney a toothy smile as she started to grasp the girl's head tighter. Brittney screamed more and more loudly as Chantelle increased the hold, until...

*Crunch*