Disclaimer: I don't own Battle Force Five. And Happy Birthday to me!

Normal POV: Vert and Agura stared at the walls of the Vandal fortress.

"Ok, we're at the Vandal homeworld, now what?" asked Agura.

"Yeah, I haven't figured that out yet." replied Vert.

X X X X

"We've got to get out of here!" yelled Stanford.

"No shit, Sherlock" snapped Tezz.

"You wanna fight?" asked Stanford.

"Bring it on." replied Tezz.

"You guys," said Sherman. "We'd all love to have this conversation, but we really do need to get out of here."

"See, I'm always right." said Stanford.

"No, you're almost never right, and when you are, you don't have to be such a brat about it." Tezz replied.

"Hey, I'm not a brat!" yelled Stanford.

"You sure?" muttered Zoom.

"What was that? asked Stanford.

"Nothing, nothing," said Zoom. "Brat," he added.

"Hey, do you want to fight too?" asked Stanford.

"Maybe, it's not like you can take me down anyway," said Zoom.

"Oh bring it on, kid." said Stanford.

"Ok then," said Sherman, "we want to destroy each other, but let's focus on what's more important, and then we can fight."

"How about you all fight right now?" said Kalus, appearing at the door of the prison.

Everyone looked at him.

"That can't be good" said A.J.

X X X X

Sherman's POV: The six of them had been thrown into three arenas. When Kalus came, he had them lined up in a "special lineup", which was really the order he was getting rid of us. Zoom and A.J. were the first, their lines being cut off, and being dragged towards the first arena. Then Stanford and Tezz, and finally himself and his brother Spinner.

"What do you think's going to happen?" asked Spinner.

"I dunno big bro, I really dunno." he replied.

"Prisoners," yelled Kalus from the top of the arena. "You will all be fighting your opponents. If you don't," he paused to smile wickedly. "I will have to bring in... encouragement."

By the sound of it, the others had started fighting.

Zoom's probably making fake kicks at A.J, and A.J's probably pretending to punch Zoom's head. But we can't be sure about Stanford and Tezz. The two of them would probably actually hit each other, but they wouldn't actually really hurt each other, would they? he thought.

"I can't fight you lil' bro!" cried Spinner.

"I know, either can I," said Sherman.

"Really, you two can't fight?" asked Kalus. "Then I guess you need encouragement." said Kalus wickedly.

The door opened, and a small machine came in, emitting a very annoying buzzing sound.

"What does that thing do?" asked Spinner while covering his ears.

"Well, the buzzing will have you remember everything that will make you angry at your opponent." replied Kalus.

"But that won't work!" cried Sherman weakly.

"I hate how you're such a wimp," screamed Spinner. "You've got muscles that you don't even USE!"

Sherman tried to control himself, but he suddenly yelled, "Oh yeah? Well I hate how you're always pulling pranks on me. You own brother!"

"Cuz it's so funny to see your reaction!" Spinner yelled back, charging at Sherman.

As Sherman was fending off his brother and giving way to the anger, he had one last thought. Vert and Agura better get here soon.

Normal POV: Vert and Agura looked at the fortress.

"So where do you think they're being held?" asked Agura.

"Not sure." Vert said.

Suddenly, a message came from Kalus.

"Greetings Battle Force Five. We have your teammates. If you want them back, you must give me all of your battle keys. If not, well, they will fight to their deaths." said Kalus. "And if you don't believe me, watch this video."

A live video was shown with Zoom and A.J, now really fighting because of the machine, and A.J. yelling "stay still so I can kill you!"

Sherman and Spinner were wrestling/boxing. Spinner would kick Sherman in the gut, and then Sherman would shove Spinner to the ground, half choking him.

But the worst fight scene was Tezz and Stanford. With the influence of the machine, Tezz and Stanford were fighting brutally. Stanford had pinned Tezz to the ground with his foot, smirking while saying, "what are you going to do now, Tezzie?" the remark had Tezz furious, and Tezz reached up and yanked Stanford's pants down, revealing British flag boxers. (FYI, they all ruined their shocksuits two weeks before, so they got rid of them.) Stanford blushed, and the distraction was enough to enable Tezz to shove Stanford off and punch him in the face and give him a black eye.

The video stopped, and Kalus spoke. "You have three days to consider. And be quick, someone may die soon." he said maliciously.

Vert was stunned. He had absolutely no idea what to do next.

Agura's voice came over the COM. "Uh, Vert?"

"Yeah?" he asked.

"What do we do now?" she asked.

"I have no idea."

Me: I hope you liked it, and I'm open to any suggestions.

Vert: You better start writing about how I make an amazing plan, because I'm not that clueless.

Me: Oh, shut up, you just want to make out with Agura.

Vert: (blushes) Uh, what? (clears throat). I wasn't thinking that.

Agura: Oh really? (raises eyebrows)

Vert: Yeah, uh... hey look, a squirrel! (runs away)

Agura: (laughs) Coward.

Stanford: Did Tezz really have to pants me?

Tezz: Oh shut up, Britt. You're just sore because all the Vandals saw your boxers.

Me: He's right you know.

Stanford: You just agree with him because he likes what you write.

Me: So? Oh look, your Great Uncle Stansted wants to visit you.

Stanford: You just had to write that didn't you. (screams and runs)

Me: Yeah, you deserved it. Anyway, happy birthday to me, and I need suggestions, cuz I'm not sure what I should do next, especially for their escape. And I promise for more romance, especially at the end. (grins mischievously)

(Vert comes back from running away)

Vert: WHAT?