A/N: Yo, sup ya'll? I'm back! Me and my bud have been working for a week on this (we're really slow, but this was our goal) Anywho, hope you likey!

The backstage was boring by itself, but the monsters and craft services table gave it life. Maddi could tell her friends wanted autographs, but she pushed them into Louden's dressing room.

Natalie tripped and her face gently collided with Louden's chest. She looked up and blushed, and they were both frozen; he of embarrassment, she was stunned. It was Maddie who broke the silence.

"Hey Natalie!" Maddie said over the others giggles, "Stop flirting with my brother and get over here!" Natalie reluctantly broke the sweet embrace and walked toward the group, fighting off a blush and a squeal of a crush. Louden tried to shake it off, but was still red when he turned back to the girls.

He cleared his throat, "So, uh, what do you know?"

"I know everything! Ask me anything," she said arrogantly and innocently.

"You. Stay. Here!" Louden ran out of his dressing room and slammed the door.

"Well...he took that better than I expected..." Maddie said quietly.

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After the show had ended, Louden went backstage and threw himself onto a chair. He leaned his head back and groaned.

"Not letting the pressure get to you now, are we Louden?" Dr. Cube leaned against a nearby wall. Time for an argument. They had one when ever they spoke to one another, so it was basically conversation now.

"Leave me alone, I'm not in the mood to argue! I am very stressed, and I just want to go home and sleep!" Louden glared at the figure that was silently mocking him.

"You know, I haven't been at all tired since my last experiment." Dr. Cube leaned his head back against the wall.

"What was your last experiment? Steroids? Brain Stimulants?" Louden was covering all the basics.

"Youth potion. I tried it on myself about a week ago. I am now physically younger than you."

Louden sat up a little. This was interesting. "How old are you?"

"About 18. I figure I'll just find the age where I'm strongest, and I'll keep myself young forever," Dr. Cube mused. He paused and then said in a much lower tone, "But there have been set backs. Just a few...miscalculations."

"Like what?" Louden was very interested now. Dr. Cube never ceased to amaze him or anyone else. He never told anyone, but he had learned two things about Dr. Cube: 1. He was respected, and he earned that respect. He was simply amazing. and 2. He had a good side. Maybe it was in the core of his soul, but it was there.

"Well, there have been...incidents. Apparently, my hormones, my eyesight, and my thoughts have been brought back to 18."

"Did you say 'hormones'?" Louden was on the verge of laughter.

"Shut up, you moronic skirt-chaser! I'm not the one with girl problems! As I recall, your the one with five or four teenager girls hiding in your dressing room," Louden could feel the smirk in his voice on that witty comeback.

"How'd you know 'bout that?" Louden mumbled in a slurred tone.

"Woah, seriously?! I was right? Sweet!" Dr. Cube blurted out, then covered his mouth with his hands. "Please tell me I did not just use such vulgar language."

Louden could not comply, however, because he had fallen out of his chair in surprise. After he stood up again and brushed himself off, he commented with a sigh, "I think I have proof now that your potion thing worked." Seriously? Dr. Cube said seriously?

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"C'mon you!" Louden pulled Maddie along the hallways, going deeper and deeper within the building. Louden finally came to a black metal door. Maddie heard faint cheering and men speaking in low voices. Louden tapped on the door and the men's voices stopped. A slot opened in the door and a mans voice was heard.

"Password?"

"Deja Vu Cube."

" 'Kay." The door slid open and Louden stepped inside the darkened room with Maddie close behind. The large room had only two sources of light: A T.V. mounted on the wall with a silhouette of a man and another smaller T.V. that had the battel displayed. The men greeted Louden and gave strange looks to Maddie as she walked by. Louden stepped up to the tv with the silhouette and smiled politely.

"Uncle."

"Louden. Wonderful job today. But Beav took over in the middle of the battel-"

"That's why I wanted to talk to you. Remember my sister, Madison? Well, she learned about Kaiju and-"

"I already know. My question was: Is she going to fight against Cube?"

"No! Of course not! There's no way I'm going to let him hurt her!"

"Wait a minute! Isn't it my choice? I want to! I'll fight!" Maddie argued.

"No! Your not going to! And that's FINAL!" Maddie cringed. Louden was madder than ever. Why couldn't she see what Kaiju had done to him and Uncle? She wasn't going to be subject to the pain and misery. She was going home. NOW!

A/N: PLZ R&R PPLZ!