Hika-chan-SORRY for the long wait. Heh, kinda got caught up in...other things.

Mika-Other things? Enough to forget about us?

Mizu-*Nods* It's Hika-chan's fault.

Hika-chan-*stunned*WHAT? Mizu, how dare you defile me!

Dan- Um, can we roll it? *sweatdrop*

Nat-Hika-chan, you know, you forgot to add something.

Hika-chan-*creepy dark aura*What is it Nathaniel?

Nat-You don't own Poptropica.

"Goddammit, you didn't have to yell!" Dan yelled back at me, banging his hand against his ear. I grabbed his shoulders and shook him so much it might have knocked the daylights out of him, knowing he was dizzy afterward. "That's not the point!" I told him. I sighed and tapped my foot, rubbing my temple.

"Okay, so, Nat, you own a secret agency?" I asked. "Yup," he replied smiling. Oh my goodness, how the hell was I related to this man? "You're what age…?" I directed toward Dan. "Fourteen." "Okay, and you're best agent is a fourteen year old." I stated. Nat nodded once again. I slapped him and pulled his ear down to my mouth. "YOU'RE ENDANGERING HIS LIFE HERE!" I yelled into his ear.

I let go of his ear and crossed my arms, waiting for a reply. "N-Nat, you okay…?" Dan wondered, worried about his boss's well being. Nat slapped his ear a few times, shook his head and finally said, "Yup." Dan and I sweatdropped. Then he turned to me and smiled. "Mika, it's not like that. My agency helps the people of Poptropica. If they lose something, we help, if there's something wrong with their island, we investigate. If it ever gets dangerous, we send an adult." Nat explained. "Besides, Dan is my only kid agent."

I sighed and started walking around in circles. Finally, I stopped and looked at them both. "Fine, as long as you three-you, Dan, and Wallace-don't get killed, then I won't tear down your headquarters or whatever." The two looked at me a moment. "You know, I should have seen this coming." Nat laughed. I smirked. "And I should have seen this coming."

Dan looked down at his wrist. "Hey, you guys, it's almost lunch, so why don't we head out and get a soda?" Dan offered. "Sure, but, didn't we have breakfast a few minutes ago…?" I asked, sweatdropping. "Count me out for now, I gotta check on Mika's room." Nat said. He said bye and left up the steps, where I heard him crash into someone. I slipped on my sneakers which were lying by the door. Sighing, I looked at Dan and smiled. "So, let's get going!" I said happily.

Dan looked at me a moment, and smiled. We walked out the door and walked off the estate to the sidewalk. I saw other Poptropican's walking around the place. "So, where we going?" I asked Dan, putting my hands in the pockets of my hoodie. "The Soda Pop Shop. We'll get some root beer and then I'll give you a tour of the place." Dan explained, looking ahead.

"Okay, sounds reasona-!" I cut off, because of a huge puddle of water. I slipped in it, and fell back, but thankfully, Dan caught me before I fell to the ground. He helped regain my balance and asked, "You okay?" I nodded, looking at the puddle. I looked up and saw a huge water tower before me. "This thing must be leaking." I said. "It's had a crack in it for the last twenty years, but nothing bad ever happens." Dan explained.

"Well, then, let's continue." I said, ignoring what just happened. A few minutes passed until we finally got to The Soda Pop Shop. When we walked in, all I could hear was noise. There were multiple levels and a lot of other people were there. Some were talking, other's playing some arcade games, or just drinking soda. Dan grabbed my arm, pulling me out of my trance, and dragged me to the nearby seats. We sat down and I kicked him in the shin. "Don't drag me." I told him over the noise. He rubbed his shin until the waiter came.

"Two root beers, Bob." Dan smiled, holding up two fingers. The man nodded and walked away, to soon come back with two root beers. "So, you're from America?" Dan asked before taking a sip of his soda. I nodded, "Yeah. You're from here?" I presumed. Dan nodded. "Lived here all my life, although I'm from a different island," he explained.

"Which one?" "I think we might go there, so wait a little longer to find out," he smirked. "So, how old are you?" he asked, changing the subject. "I'm thirteen. But my birthday's gonna be next month." I mumbled angrily, remembering that he's older than me. "Ha, you're still a kid!" Dan laughed. I looked over at him. "Dammit, I am not, and plus, your only a few months older than me!" I told him angrily. "How'd you know?" Dan questioned. "I have my presumptions." I smirked, finally taking a sip of my soda.

"You're funny." Dan said smiling. I looked over at him, surprised. "R-Really?" I asked. He nodded in response. I took another sip of my soda before Dan asked. "So-not to offend you or anything-but, what's up with the hair and eyes? Contact lenses and dye?" I looked over at him and shook my head. "Both natural." I smirked.

"Cool," he mumbled. I laughed and said, "Looks like I'm not the only funny one here-although, I get the feeling its weird funny." Dan laughed. "Heh, I've always been funny." He smirked and we both drank some of our root beer. The conversation went on like that until we finished drinking our sodas, which took a while, knowing we kind of neglected them because of our conversation. After we left, we went to the nearby art museum. I yawned once we stepped in. "Sorry, this isn't my kind of thing." I mumbled.

Dan sweatdropped and we looked at a few pictures before I started to actually fall asleep. We left and started walking around. We wandered off to some old, village-like place at the edge of the island. The man we saw was dressed like a pilgrim. "Why…?" I mumbled to Dan. "Let's just say that Early Poptropican's in particular like to keep their history," he replied.

"Okay then."

"WELCOME!" the man bellowed happily. "Hello," I told him politely, being unfazed. "Please, enjoy your time here. Although, plenty things of ours have gone missing." He mumbled the last part. I looked at him, concerned. "Then, I'll look for them and return them before the day ends." I told him. "What?" he asked, surprised. Dan put his hand on my shoulder. "Are you sure?" he asked. I nodded confidently. "Then I'll help."

I smiled and looked at the man. "W-Well, it looks like there's no stopping you two. Go ahead and ask the people in the village what they lost." He told us with a smile. I smiled back and Dan and I made our way deeper into the village. I saw a man pacing around frantically by a fence. Dan and I walked over to him, concerned. "Excuse me, but, could you tell us what's wrong?" Dan asked. "My pig has gone missing! Now we will have no meat to feed to the villagers today!" he told us. Well then, let us handle it." I told him, pointing my thumb at me.

"Oh thank you!" the man told us, shaking our hands. I smiled sheepishly as Dan and I left the village. "Well then, where the hell are we going to find a lost pig?" he asked. I looked around. "Did you hear that?" I asked. "What?" Dan looked around. I closed my eyes. "I hear the pig!" I exclaimed, opening my eyes again. Dan looked at me a second, but didn't say anything.

We walked around until I stopped before a manhole. "In here?" Dan asked. I nodded and climbed down. "Hey, wait, Mika! Aren't you the least disgusted of going into a sewer?" Dan called after me. I stopped and looked up at him, saying, "Nope." Dan sweatdropped, shrugged, and climbed down. I smiled and kept on going down. Then, I jumped off and landed on the ground. A moment later, Dan landed near me. I looked at my feet to see goo all over the floor.

"Damn, I'm gonna have to wash these sneakers," I sighed. Dan looked around. "Mika, we're gonna have to jump to get to the next platform," he explained, pointing down. "Oi, I can jump, okay. Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I'm super fragile or something." I said angrily. "Fine, fine!" Dan shrugged, laughing.

We both jumped down and landed next to a girl a little older than me. She looked at us. Her skin was terribly white and she wore a lot of black makeup. "Are you afraid of spiders?" she asked eerily. Dan and I backed away slowly, falling off the platform and luckily landing on another one. I rubbed my head as I got up and saw that the platform was moving back and forth.

"How the hell is this happening?" I exclaimed. "Mika, never mind that, look!" Dan said happily. He pointed at the ground level of this sewer to see the pig trotting back and forth aimlessly around some barrels of toxic waste. "Let's go get it." I said plainly. I was about to jump off the platform when Dan pulled me back. "What?" I asked.

"Look over there now." He said, pointing off in another direction. Underneath our moving platform was a gigantic green spider that was moving around. "Easy." I said, looking back at Dan. "What?" he asked. "I'll jump on it and you grab the pig, then we get out of here." I said, nonchalantly. Dan looked at me a moment, in complete utter surprise. Then he sighed. "F-Fine. On the count of three: one, two, three!"

We instantly jumped off the platform. I landed on the giant spider with a loud crunching sound that made my stomach lurch a little. Dan had grabbed the pig and walked over to me. I walked off of the spider and looked down at my shoes-covered in spider gunk that I don't want to know where it came from. "Dammit again!" I muttered angrily.

Dan laughed, but was interrupted by a crunching sound. We both had our eyes open wide. "No way," he muttered. We looked back to the giant spider to see it moving, and looking toward us angrily once it got its legs straightened out. "Ah crap…" I muttered. "RUN!"

Mizu-That was a nice chapter...

Mika-Really? I've gotta get new sneakers now! Dammit...!

Dan-Why did I have to get the pig?

Hika-chan-'Cause I said so.*cue maniacal laughter*

Mizu-Please review, for the sake of everyone but Hika-chan, whose lives are at stake.