Gamer woke up the next day. He went into the kitchen to make himself some breakfast. He just got in there when he realized that something wasn't quite right. It took him a moment to realize what it was. He quickly went into Katie's room and saw that she was missing. In her place on the bed was a note. It read:
Lamer,
I have your hot looking sister. If you want to see her alive, come to my house.
Gregory
Gamer thought, "Oh no. If he's got Katie then that means..." His eyes widened in horror as he remembered most of their encounter from the day before:
(Flashback)
Gregory smirked evilly and said, "Yup. I'm back. I heard you finally got a girlfriend. And that you were recently reunited with your sister."
Gamer replied, "What's it to you? And the answer is, no, you can't have my sister. Since you know that we're reunited, you must also know that she's dating Jasmine's brother. She'll never go for you."
Gregory just smiled evilly and responded, "Doesn't matter. All that matters is what I can do with either her or your girlfriend to get back at you."
(End Flashback)
Gamer, hoping he wasn't too late, but thinking that he was, teleported to Jasmine's house.
With Alex:
Alex was searching all over Jasmine's house, but there was no sign of her. He looked in her room and there was a note on the pillow. It read:
Alex,
I have your sister. Come to my house, or she dies.
Gregory (the one who Jasmine told you about)
As he finished reading the note, he held it tightly in his fists. Suddenly, there was a flash of blue light. Alex looked and saw Gamer there. One look at his face told Alex all he needed to know.
He said, "Let me guess, Gregory has taken Katie."
Gamer replied, "Yes. How did you know? Did he take Jasmine?"
Alex responded, "Yes he did."
Gamer shuddered and said, "This is bad. Bad, bad bad."
Alex responded, "Don't worry. We'll go rescue them no sweat. Come on." He noticed that Gamer had curled up into a ball and had started sobbing.
Gamer said, "I...can't. You'd better get one of the others to help."
Alex shook his head and responded, "I don't know where the others are and we don't have the time to get them even if we did, even WITH our powers."
Gamer sobbed, "I can't go. You'll have to do it without me."
Alex replied, "Gamer, I can't rescue them alone. Why can't you come?"
Gamer continued sobbing, "Gregory caused me too much pain back in middle school, both physically AND emotionally. I'm afraid that if I go, I'll release all that pain and kill him. If I did that, then that would set me down a path that I don't want to follow. I don't want to risk it. You'd better go." Gamer then broke down and cried even harder.
Alex bent down and calmly said, "Gamer, listen. I know it's going to be hard. But you have to fight it.
If you keep running away from your pain, it'll just keep coming back to haunt you. You need to stand
up to Gregory. I've had bad experiences with bullies in the past. But I've stood up to them all at one point or another. Now it's your turn."
Gamer uncurled from his ball and looked at Alex but continued sobbing, "Gregory still caused me a lot of pain. I can't fight it."
Alex replied, "Yes you can. I know you can. We may have only been introduced to each other 2 weeks ago, but I feel like I already know you well enough to confidently say that. So, you need to take a deep breath, calm yourself down, take control, and then come with me to rescue the girls."
Gamer listened. He took a deep breath in and slowly let it out. As he did so, he felt the grief of the past pain leave in a rush.
He smiled and replied, "You're right. Thanks Alex."
Alex grinned and said, "No prob. You ready?"
Gamer nodded and responded, "Yeah. LET'S DO THIS."
Alex chuckled and said, "Now that's the Gamer I've come to know and like." They teleported to Gregory's house.
With Gregory and the girls:
Gregory had Katie and Jasmine tied up to two chairs. They were in a soundproof room so he didn't have to worry about gagging them. He said, "You're boyfriends should be here any minute."
Jasmine yelled, "You'll never get away with this."
Gregory smirked, "I think I will. In fact, I only want Gamer."
Katie asked, "If you only want Gamer, why lure Alex here?"
Gregory chuckled, "To add some excitement."
Jasmine asked, "What's your plan anyway? You do know that once they get here, you're toast."
Gregory just smiled evilly and replied, "I did some asking around before I encountered Lamer. Turns out, there are 2 people who really want him back. I believe that it's because of one of them, that you two met."
Jasmine gasped as realization struck. She said, "You mean Scourge?"
Gregory replied, "Yes. And you're boyfriend probably told you about the other one. A brown squirrelmunk by the name of Sally?"
Jasmine spat and responded, "Yeah. He's told me about them."
Katie was confused by this. She asked, "Hold on. Gamer's never told me about them."
Jasmine told her what Gamer had said about Scourge and Sally. Katie gasped and said, "Oh no."
Gregory smiled and said, "Oh yes. Once I have Gamer and turn him in to them, my revenge will be complete." Suddenly there were two flashes of light: One blue, the other blue with a black outline. When the girls' eyes cleared, they saw Gamer and Alex standing there.
Gregory smirked evilly and said, "So, you're finally here."
