They squished and squirmed and struggled and kicked, but no matter how hard they tried, they could not get past the throngs of people waiting for monsters to be ripped apart.

"Well, this is great," Maria commented dryly.

"How about we just scream and jump to get his attention?"

The other girls all stared directly at Natalie with quirked eyebrows. "Everyone's already doing that, Natalie," Maddy said, and then turned to try to see over the crowd.

"It sure would be useful if you grew a couple of inches, wouldn't it, Madison." Natalie looked down at Maddy and laughed.

"Why you...-"

"LOUDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!" about a billion fan girls screamed at the top of their lungs.

Maddy hadn't had time to cover her ears. "What... the hell... was THAT?" She started delicately brushing her ears as if checking the cartilage for cracks or tears.

"It's always like that." Maria tapped her chin. "Oh, you've never been, have you? Louden's sort of the only cool, slightly normal guy in Kaiju, so fan girls totally freak sometimes."

Madison's fist hit her open palm. "Then how about we calmly wave, if everyone else is spazzing?"

"Stupid," Katie said, "but it might work. It's better than anything Natalie would have come up with."

"Hey!"

The loud rap music faded and the short intro movie started (here's the link: .com/watch?v=WsIMTwVaGyw) Louden stepped onto the stage and started announcing. The show went on as normal (or should I say abnormal?) until half time.

By that time Maddie was sure of 3 things:

1. Her friends were goofing her when they said he had a million fan-girls.

2. Her brother's job was cooler than she thought

And 3. The herons. Were. Hot.

Louden was about to announce something, but a human (?) with a cardboard box that was glaring on his head walked up and grabbed his mike. Louden fell back into the Danger Cage and looked a little shaken. The box headed guy was in doctor scrubs and had wrestling tape on his hands. He started talking in a way that made Maddie jump. He spoke of World Domination and about his newest creations.

"Who's that?" Maddie asked, "And why do I have an urge to smash his head in?"

Maddie's friends looked incredulous.

"You don't know?" said a man in front of them.

"Don't blame her, she's a noob. And Louden's little sister," Maria said, shrugging.

"Yeah, right," he looked skeptical, "Anyway, that is the greatest villain to ever come across KBB, The Great Dr. Cube. And for the second question, since your related to the knocked out goof up there, you probably hate him as much as Louden does."

"That's Dr. Cube? Wow." Maddie seemed to pause and think for a second, and then she took a deep breath and ducked down.

"Maddie? Maddie, what are you doing?" Natalie yelled, but she was already far ahead because of her (as she dubbed it afterward) ninja-skizzlez. Dr. Cube (as Maddie now knew him as) had stopped his long speech while Maddie was still struggling to get ahead of the screaming crowd. As she popped her head out into the small empty space surrounding the 'Danger Cage', she heard her brother start narrating the battel once again.

"Louden! OVER HEEAAARR!!!" Maddie yelled out through cupped hands, earning a glance from Louden, and causing the following epic words to form in Louden's genius mind: HOLYCRAPHOLYCRAPHOLYCRAP-!!!!!!

Hold it, calm down Louden. You have to announce. Don't blow it now!

But-

No buts!

B-

Upupup! -Focused-!

Imaginary Louden threw a tantrum. WAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!

So did real Louden. By covering his mouth (as to keep the place PG-13) and screaming a long string of curse words into his hand. "Loudeee~n! Can you hear me?"

Holy crap yes I can!! NOOOO!! He bit his lip, sent Maddie an exasperated glance, and backed out of the Danger Cage. "Beav. Beav, can you please take over for me? There's something... I really have to do."

"Sure Louden!" Beav exclaimed, delighted. Louden then shoved the mike into his arms and jumped down to grab Maddie out of the crowd. He brushed off the over-excited fans and dragged her out towards the exit.

"Maddie! Where were- Oh. I see."

"You see?! YAY you're not blind," Maria yelled into Natalie's face before running off behind them.

"You brought your friends too?!"

"There were enough tickets."

"Wh- oh. Shit. I'm a moron."

"I've been telling you that all my life, and it only gets to you now?"

"Oh, shut up."

"We've both been telling that to each other all my life..." Maddie seemed rather spaced.

"Maaa~die!! You convince him about the autographs yet?" Natalie called ahead.

"Not yet, actually. Can you believe his temper?"

"I'm still here, you know!"

"Oh really? I didn't notice."

"Did you know that you two are very good at arguing with each other?" Maria interjected. "On that note, could you please stop?"

"Yes, shall we take this backstage, dearest brother?"

"YES!" Katie pumped her fist into the air.

"Quiet, you fool!" Madison hissed.

"So you are embracing the posse," Maria said slyly.

Louden spun on his heels and his eyes widened, "What?"

"Nothing," Maddie whimpered. Louden shook his head and pinched the bridge of his nose with one had and opened the backstage door with the other.