(PROLOUGE)

  We continue where we left Abel. In the alleyway. Abel is sniffing and soaking wet. He looks up at the mysterious figure.

  ‘’Look, I’m not in the mood for the teaming up stuff.’’ He sighs, ‘’It just won’t work for me. And for you.’’ Abel then shouts angry, ‘’How is it gonna benefit you at all? I’m broke, I’m useless, my underwear is torn, And I haven’t even shaved my own beard yet!’’

  There’s heavy silence as the rain is dripping down on Abel. The mysterious figure is just silent, calculating his troubles.

  ‘’Okay.’’ The figure answers in a deep voice.

  Abel smirks and stands up. ‘’I knew it.’’ He then starts leaving but stops when the figure shouts his name.

  ‘’Abel! You will regret this. You will really, really regret this. You are making a bad decision. Not even I can reach this level of poor decision-making.’’

  Abel stops in his tracks and faces the mysterious figure, his face wet.

  ‘’I don’t do partnerships. And I don’t make decisions.’’ He answers coldly.

  Abel walks away whistling, the figure just stands and leaves, dropping a sword on the ground.

  Meanwhile with Steve.

  Steve is standing on the balcony. Looking at the sky. He sighs as he rests his head on the soft metal. He is still looking up. There are a lot of questions in his head, will he ever respawn? Is he a good leader? Is he a frustrating person? Did John forgive him? His head is spinning like the globe.

  Steve clutches his head and looks down with tears in his eyes, sniffing. A small tear drops from his eye, and lands in a pond. It shows his reflection.

  ‘’God, I look stupid.’’ He mutters under his breath.

  Suddenly the doors open and Tiffany enters. She is wearing a black dress, has black glasses and is holding a soda glass.

  ‘’Hey, Stevie!’’ She exclaims as she raises her glass.

  Steve gasps and wipes his face; he turns around shocked.

  ‘’H-Hey, T-T-Teresa.’’ He stammers. ‘’I mean Toof, I mean Tag, I mean T-Tiffany.’’ He shouts nervously.

  Tiffany giggles, ‘’You are so clumsy, you know that?’’

  Steve shyly touches his hair, ‘’Yeah. I am.’’ He chuckles softly.

  Tiffany walks to the balcony with him, ‘’So, what are you doing here?’’ She asks.

  ‘’Oh, nothing. Just thinking. You know, quietly, like uh, Elon Musk.’’ He answers.

  Tiffany laughs loudly, ‘’Oh, Stevie.’’

  She drinks her soda and gulps. There’s heavy silence. Steve sighs.

  ‘’You know, Tiff. I don’t know if I respawn or not. I don’t know if John or Brad are right. Or maybe I can.’’

  Tiffany looks at Steve, ‘’I don’t know too. Maybe they have tried you? Because even I wonder, how do they know you can’t respawn?’’

  ‘’Yeah, exactly.’’ Steve answers.

  ‘’What if I jump from this balcony on the ground? Or maybe you punch me?’’ He asks.

  Tiffany is shocked, ‘’Are you serious?’’

  Steve shouts, ‘’What if I can? They just don’t know!’’

  Steve grabs the balcony and Is about to jump. Tiffany runs to grab him but it’s too late, Steve flies down.

  Tiffany gasps.

  Steve is flying down on the ground. Will he respawn? Will he be alive? What will he do?

  Steve hits the harsh ground. Tiffany is shouting, ‘’Steve, no!’’

  And he is…just there? Hurt.

  HP: 1/100

  Because his powers were not activated during the moment.

  Did he respawn?

  (CHAPTER 1: THE TEST)

  In Rita’s. The gang (except Tiff and Steve) are chilling, drinking coffee. They are watching the news. On the news it shows a reporter named Sharon speaking frantically, like the papers are running away.

  ‘’Good-evening, Cointropolis.’’ Sharon says nervously on the tv.

  Shaun rolls his eyes, ‘’It’s 10 pm, chick!’’

  ‘’Media Morgul Static Stan has taken over the Enemies fraction. He is now a CEO. And Professor Abel was respawned…somewhere. Probably here.’’

  Rita switches off the TV, slurping coffee. ‘’You know, the news is always depressing. Why don’t we get some enlightment?’’

  ‘’Yeah, you’re kinda right, Rita. And we can do that by checking up on Steve.’’ Bradley says, cleaning his hammer.

  John yawns, ‘’Forget about that kid. He will never learn to respawn. He should just die.’’

  Paul strikes a pose dramatically, ‘’Oh, Johnny Johnathan likes Battle for Dream Island. Don’t be so pessimistic. Have some optimism, like do you know I learnt how to not get a downvote on Reddit?’’

  ‘’I hate object shows.’’ John whispers bitterly.

  Rita passes by, ‘’Says the guy who made a comic with a triangular pizza slice and a green swirl. And then when you had a comment saying that simple character designs weren’t bad, and that you should use composition because a user confused them for talking heads, you quit and just left it. Your webcomic had 12K views.’’

  Shaun laughs, ‘’Excuse me. What did he do? This ‘’intellect’’ made a comic with a talking pizza slice and.’’

  He bursts out laughing, ‘’Green swirl?!’’ Shaun drops on the ground, holding his belly, laughing out loud. Tears drop from his eyes.

  John just stands angrily, he grabs a pencil and cracks it, ‘’I was 14 years old you idiot.’’

  Tiffany bursts in the room, out of breath. She is sweating. Everyone looks at her, confused.

  Shaun is smirking, ‘’I have a Big Hero 6 for her.’’ He says.

  ‘’What?’’ Paul asks.

  ‘’Oh, it’s just Shaun’s humor. No one can understand, except me.’’ He answers.

  ‘’Shaun. That’s a Pixar movie. There’s no joke in that.’’ Bradley shouts at Shaun.

  Paul ties his cape, ‘’It’s a Disney animation movie. I’m a pop culture nerd.’’

  ‘’Didn’t know you were a cinephile’’ Rita responds.

  ‘’That’s why I wanted to not get downvoted on the subreddit r/okaybuddycinephile!’’ Paul shouts.

  Tiffany clears her throat, ‘’Guys. Steve tried to respawn. And uh…. he hurt himself. He jumped from the balcony and hit the harsh ground.’’

  Everyone is shocked. Rita drops her phone.

  John gets angry and pulls out his katana cane.

  ‘’Oh, that idiot! Steve is such an utter idiot! He can’t respawn, he’s delusional, he’s na?ve. That annoying piece of— ‘’

  ‘’I don’t know if he’s alive. I need your help.’’ Tiffany interrupts John.

  Bradley walks to Tiffany, ‘’We will do, Tiff. Steve’s my bro. Nothing dangerous happens to him.’’

  AT STEVE AND BRADLEY’S APARTMENT.

  Steve is sitting on the bed weak and hurt. Lil Bot is putting bandages around his body.

  ‘’I hate my job. I wonder how my friends survive this.’’ Lil Bot says, his voice monotone.

  He turns to ChatGPT.

  ‘’Hello, Chatgpt.’’

  A ChatGPT bot just stands there, holding wine.

  ‘’Hello, how should we start? You can adjust my passive-aggressiveness in the settings.’’

  Lil Bot rolls his eyes; he continues sorting out Steve. Wiping his sores, wrapping a bandage around his head. He is acting like a real doctor.

  Later on, Steve is healed. He then wakes up slowly.

  ‘’What happened?’’ He asks, reality crushing him. He feels heavy, like a he took a monthly sleep. He feels dizzy and disoriented.

  HUD: 87/100

  WARNING: GET SOMETHING TO EAT!

  TURN THE JOYSTICK TO STRETCH.

  LU (Left up)

  Steve stretches up.

  LL (Left-Left)

  He stretches left.

  LD (Left down)

  He stretches down.

  RU (Right up)

  Steve goes to the right and stretches his arms up.

  RR (Right-Right)

  He stretches to the right.

  RD (RD)

  He stretches right down.

  STATUS: STRETCH COMPLETE!

  6+ XP ADDED.

  Steve feels relaxed and sighs, ‘’Hey Lil Bot.’’ He says as he looks at Lil Bot who waves.

  ‘’Great…Now my happiness is gone.’’

  He answers monotone.

  Suddenly Lil Bot gets pushed.

  ‘’OW. THAT DOESN’T HURT. I DON’T FEEL EMOTIONS. OW. MORE. MORE. RELEASE THE FRUSTRATION VALVE.’’

  He shouts robotic and glitched as he gets shoved.

  John and the crew look at the weak awake Steve.

  ‘’Steve. Give me 120 reasons why you fell down from the balcony.’’ John says angrily.

  Steve looks sad, ‘’Because I wanted to see if I respawned.’’

  ‘’And did you respawn, you little brat?!’’

  John asks, enraged.

  ‘’No.’’ He answers. He feels small and weak.

  ‘’Tiff got me up because my health was just 1 xp. Not 0. And then Lil Bot treated me.’’ He continues.

  John looks at Steve, panting angrily.

  ‘’Relax, John. He made a mistake.’’ Bradley calms John down.

  ‘’No.’’ He answers his tone cold and dangerous.

  He pulls out two swords and throws them on the wall.

  CLANG!

  One hits above Steve’s head. Everyone is shocked.

  ‘’John, don’t be violent!’’ Bradley pulls John away.

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  John lets go, remove’s Bradley’s hand and smacks Bradley.

  ‘’Ow.’’ He rubs his cheek.

  John still looks at Bradley, unhinged. ‘’No way. I’m never gonna leave your younger bro alone. This kid always gets on my nerves! I hate when kids get on my nerves. I taught him everything, and he acts like trash to me?’’

  ‘’He’s not acting like trash, John! He’s just confused. He’s trying to figure himself out!’’ Bradley shouts, protective.

  Steve yells weak, ‘’Yeah, if anything John. You are trash!’’

  John’s eyes widen. Everyone (Except Steve) backs away. John’s eye twitches and he drops his swords down. Turning to Steve. He walks toward him slowly and scary.

  He speaks in a low dangerous tone, ‘’Are you trying to piss me off, kid?’’ He asks.

  Steve sweats, ‘’N-N-N-No J-John.’’

  ‘’You really are a frustrating person. You are really hard to root for. You really just stupid, pathetic, useless. You are just an NPC.’’

  John responds.

  ‘’John. Just say it, you’re asking for forgiveness. Let’s not fight. I also understand. I’m so frustrating, I feel like I must get punched. And yeah, I understand. I don’t like myself either. If I did, then I wouldn’t believe the truth that I can’t respawn.’’ Steve says, his tone chocked.

  John’s eyes turn violent and he snaps, ‘’Forgiveness? Do you know how many years I’ve been waiting for that? You think I’m the kind, honest, class clown, seen-it-all old man who can just be taken advantage of? I have emotions, Steve. You don’t even know what it’s like to not respawn. You don’t even know what It’s like to get the Diamonds of Egress. They are not easy to achieve!’’

  John paces around the room, ‘’I’ve been waiting for 15 years, waiting for an apology from you. How many times have you never forgave me? 9 times. I’ve been walked and left in the dust. Like a chick waiting to be picked by a farmer.’’

  John looks In Steve’s eye, ‘’Answer me, Steve. Who do you think in this world likes you? Who roots for you? Who wants to see you win? No one. Because you change your goals every second and your personality. And no one thinks it’s…it’s…you. You are the worst leader I’ve ever seen; you need more mentoring.’’

  Silence. There’s heavy silence and tension in the room.

  ‘’I…understand, John.’’ Steve responds with tears in his eyes.

  John still looks at Steve.

  ‘’I’m not done yet, kiddo.’’ John says angry.

  (CHAPTER 2: THE FIGHT)

  JOHN SCHNEIER VS STEVE WATSON

  ROUND 2

  FIGHT!

  SLING!

  John throws green wires at Steve’s legs and hands.

  Steve gasps, ‘’Oh, god. Not again.’’

  Steve pulls out the wires that are tying him to the bed. He then holds for a short while and yellow energy buzzes and circulates around his body. The energy cuts the wires and Steve breaks free.

  ‘’Yes!’’ He shouts happily.

  Steve runs on the bed and punches the window. He is on the balcony from before, panting heavily.

  John follows behind, laughing maniacally.

  ‘’Oh, this is where you attempted to ‘’respawn’’? Then this fight will be easy.’’ John says, his tone deep.

  Steve’s eyes widen and he is truly scared. Cornered like a lion. He backs away slowly and hits the cold wires. John is following, snapping his katana cane slowly.

  Outside the balcony, on the alleyway, the others are watching. Bradley, Tiffany and Paul are worried.

  ‘’Oh no, this won’t end well.’’ Paul says clutching his heart.

  ‘’Come on, Steve and John! Stop fighting and let’s do therapy already!’’ Bradley shouts, concerned.

  Tiffany giggles, ‘’Therapy doesn’t work in this world. Brad.’’

  Meanwhile Shaun and Rita are watching, eating popcorn and wearing 3D glasses.

  ‘’This is a great film.’’ Shaun says.

  ‘’Yeah, it is.’’ Rita responds muffled.

  Suddenly, Paul turns angrily and kicks the chairs where Shaun and Rita are sitting. They all gasp. Even Steve and John turn and look down.

  ‘’Oh, for crying out loud.’’ John shouts from afar.

  Shaun gets up hurt, clutching his eye. He gasps, his popcorn is all over the floor.

  ‘’My popcorn! My sweet, sweet, buttery, corny popcorn!’’ He cries as he tries putting them in the bucket.

  ‘’Oh, well. I will just get another one.’’ Rita says bluntly.

  Shaun is angry, he turns to Paul and stands up. Cracking his knuckles.

  ‘’You two aren’t cinephiles. I’m the one who is a cinephile. I’m the one who watches and admires the choreography and art of the fight!’’ Paul shouts at Shaun.

  ‘’Not you. You just— ‘’ Paul gets interrupted when Shaun punches Paul’s face.

  BAM!

  Paul drops on the ground, weak.

  ‘’No one disturbs Shaun!’’ He shouts angry. He then grabs Paul’s hands and swings him around, until the slams on the ground. Bouncing like a ragdoll.

  Steve and John share looks and shrug.

  ‘’Eh. Let’s stop fighting. And let the others go on.’’ Steve suggests.

  ‘’I would love to. But you haven’t forgiven me. I’m still angry about that Steve, why do you have to be like that?’’ John asks with a sad tone.

  Steve stops and touches John on his shoulders.

  ‘’John. I forgive you. For everything I did. For ignoring you, for treating you like crap. For doing everything. And sidelining you for my lovestruck plot. I promise, I will appreciate you more. Do you forgive me?’’

  Silence. John nods and touches Steve on the hips.

  ‘’I do.’’ He says softly.

  ‘’Now let’s watch the fight.’’ Steve says.

  They all look down from the balcony.

  In the fight, Paul and Shaun are in fighting stances.

  ‘’Look, Shaun. We can get some more. Why do you want to fight?’’ Rita says, crossing her arms.

  ‘’Because it was our popcorn. And this kid messed it up.’’ Shaun says in a low tone.

  Rita scoffs, ‘’Ours? Why are you fighting for me? Do you love me?’’

  Shaun blushes softly, ‘’No. I don’t. I only love my skateboard.’’

  He kisses his skateboard and groans, ‘’I haven’t washed this baby in 3 weeks.’’

  Rita rolls her eyes.

  Shaun faces Paul, ‘’We are still fighting, Paul. No one disturbs my life!’’

  Paul smirks, ‘’Request Accepted.’’

  Paul removes out his skull-cane, and it glows with purple energy.

  PAUL RODGERS VS SHAUN EDISON WELLS

  FIGHT!

  Paul flies at Shaun with blazing full speed. He swings his skull cane and hits Shaun. Paul then kicks Shaun on the stomach. Jumps on the top and repeatedly hits the skull cane at Shaun. He growls. Shaun then roars fire at Paul, Paul aims his hands and forms a shield made out of skulls. The fire bounces back to Shaun. Shaun gasps and flips. The fire landing on the wall, burning it.

  ‘’You think you’re strong, huh?’’ Shaun threatens him while wiping purple blood off his face.

  Shaun then runs fast and punches Paul with fire. They both fight with fire. Paul blocks with his skull cane and strikes with it while Shaun punches and roars fire. Paul then puts the cane down, sweating. He looks at Shaun.

  ‘’Oh, I love to see you get wrecked, Shaun.’’ Paul says, grunting.

  His hands strike purple, and the energy blazes. It then grows and forms a large huge purple force field. Field with skeletons roaring out of it. Paul is inside the field. Smirking.

  ‘’Oh, ain’t I a nerd, Shaun?’’ Paul asks while inside the field. Shaun is shocked and drops his skateboard down.

  ‘’Holy Crap.’’ He says slowly.

  Skeletons run at Shaun. Shaun yelps and rides on his skateboard. He pulls out his sunglasses as he is riding fast.

  In pure Tony Hawk-style, he drifts on the road and jumps on cars, he then jumps on buildings, spinning. He then drops on a ramp, riding in full speed. Jumps off the ramp and does a flip.

  FLIP! 2+ POINTS

  He does a double flip.

  DOUBLE FLIP! 4+ POINTS

  He then does a spin+triple-flip

  SPINILEFLIP + 8 POINTS!

  He then lands on the skeletons, crushing them with large fire shockwaves. Their heads all fly out.

  Paul is angry as he swings his cane, ‘’Come on, Skeletons!’’

  The force field starts getting weaker. Shaun is smirking. Paul is scared. He then claps his hands.

  ‘’Skeletons! Choreography fight time!’’ He yells, confident.

  The skeletons all run from the field, strong and wearing ninja suits. They all speed. One of them jumps and kicks Shaun on the face. Another jumps and dives on Shaun, punching him. Another grabs Shaun on his leg and spins him around. He then flies and lands on a truck.

  Shaun is hurt and angry. He then rides his skateboard in full speed, he spins around and hits some of them. Another wave of skeletons come from Paul’s side in skateboards.

  Shaun smirks, he then pulls his hand on the left, forming a fireball.

  PRESS O TO THROW.

  He then throws the fireball, and it flies in full speed, crushing the skeletons. The few that remain run and try kicking Shaun but he is too fist. He spins around and jumps on the rails, speeding, until he jumps and hits the skeletons.

  The force field is officially very weak now.

  ‘’Dammit!’’ Paul shouts angry.

  He then jumps and one of his leg goes to the left side of the force field. And one side goes to the right side of the force field. His left hand goes on the other side of the force field. And his right side goes on the other side of the force field. The field sends purple shockwaves to the town, making everything in its path fly away. Shaun even flies and hits the same truck.

  ‘’Not again!’’ He shouts.

  ‘’Shaun. You’re still WEAK.’’ Paul says, his tone deep and angry.

  The field then speeds at Shaun in full purple speed. However, it stops when it reverses back to where it was.

  ‘’What the- ‘’ Paul says confused. He then turns to Bradley who is using it.

  ‘’Sorry, Paul. But you two need to stop fighting!’’ He shouts.

  Paul gets angry and shouts, ‘’Don’t use my cinema powers against me!’’

  Steve is eating popcorn, ‘’This fight is cool.’’

  Paul’s eye twitches. The field then releases 5 cards, which fly and tie Steve, Bradley, Rita, Tiffany and John all up.

  Paul laughs maniacally and rolls the force field in full speed at Shaun. Shaun looks up.

  He then rides his skateboard fast, charging it up with fire. The fire grows, faster and faster. Shaun then rides around a circle ramp; he rolls around and the fire is fully grown. He then flies with a large punching stance and hits the weak force field. It breaks and explodes.

  Sending large shockwaves around the tone. The cards break, they are free, and Paul flies and hits the ground, weak.

  The field slowly goes down.

  ‘’All this for popcorn?!’’ John shouts angrily.

  Paul looks up weak, he stands up and gasps. Finding his broken skull cane

  ‘’Dammit!’’ He shouts in frustration.

  Shaun slowly walks towards Paul, ‘’Good fight. But remember, do not disturb the Shaun.’’

  Paul looks at Shaun, ‘’Alright, Shaun. You showcased your powers. Now fix my cane and I’ll make you nice and tasty ones.’’

  Shaun grabs the broken cane in anger and sighs, ‘’Fine.’’

  Shaun then flips Paul off, ‘’But screw you!’’

  Paul rolls his eyes, ‘’Whatever. I’ll add purple energy to the popcorn and some chocolate, and some fries, and some butter too.’’

  Paul walks away, grunting.

  Tiffany whispers to Steve.

  ‘’This is a great idea for my puppet show. It will have sparkle, glitter, and oh, even Teddy bears!’

  Steve chuckles, ‘’Maybe one day it will be a reality. I once dreamed of having a documentary about my crush on Marla. And it happened!’’

  Tiffany is stunned, ‘’Who made it?’’ She asks.

  ‘’Nope. Bill and Sophie. Those two are great people. I hear they are dating in Cointropolis High. But Sophie is part of the Enemies group. The group called the Gossip Girls.’’ He says, rubbing his hair.

  Tiffany gasps, ‘’Oh…my…Gosh. Sophie, Elijah and Marie. That trio?’’

  ‘’Wait, you know them?’’ Steve asks.

  ‘’Yeah, those bastards.’’ She says in a low tone.

  Rita interrupts them, ‘’Hey. Let’s rest at my coffee shop.’’

  (CHAPTER 3: A 12 AM NIGHT- NIGHT)

  At Rita’s. They are all holding red punch, they click their glasses and drink. Bradley puts his drink down and sighs in relief.

  ‘’Man, what a night. All of this happened from 9 pm to 12 am ey?’’ He says.

  Shaun drinks some more, ‘’Yep. I wonder what we are gonna do tomorrow.’’

  Steve chuckles, ‘’I think I you guys need to teach me how to respawn. And we also need to defeat some villains.’’

  John nods his head, ‘’Exactly. I don’t know why no one is panicking about Abel being on the loose. Stan really is the CEO now.’’

  ‘’Damn. He really did?’’ Shaun asks, shocked.

  ‘’Yep. Rita just switched off the TV to buy her Spotify subscription.’’ Paul answers, chuckling.

  They all laugh as they drink.

  Rita is resting on the counter with Rosie. ‘’Wow, look at all your friends. Resting at midnight.’’ Rosie says, tired.

  Rita scoffs, ‘’I’m gonna close the shop soon and take their asses out. By the way, Roo. How is Matthew?’’

  ‘’Aw, he’s a sweetie. But he also made an acronym for me called Right Operating System Inside Ears.’’

  Rita shocks on her punch and laughs, ‘’Excuse me what?’’

  Rosie responds, laughing as well, ‘’I know. But he’s a fine guy. We are gonna be there at the ballroom for Prom soon. It’s been a year.’’

  Rita sighs, ‘’Yeah it has.’’

  On the balcony, John comes out from the bathroom, drinking punch. He stands there, talking to Lil Bot who is also drinking punch.

  ‘’Isn’t it nice, Lil Bot to finally relax as a G.A.E study group?’’ John says, drinking punch.

  ‘’I’m just gonna end myself.’’ Lil Bot pours all the wine on his robotic body, he starts glitching and electricity passes around him. He then resets, a bit wet and burnt.

  ‘’Great. It failed. I’ve gone somewhere else. I’m human-intolerant.’’ Lil Bot says as he passes by.

  Outside. He then breaks the window and flies down with his robotic wings. He lands on the cold ground. He finds Professor Abel passing by. Wet. He is holding a large hamburger.

  ‘’Hey, Abel!’’ Lil Bot shouts to him.

  Abel turns around and gasps, ‘’What?’’

  ‘’Remember me?’’ Lil Bot asks.

  ‘’I was the mysterious figure who saw you in the alleyway. I wanted to team up.’’ Lil Bot continues.

  Yes, he was the one from the prologue.

  Abel is shocked, ‘’You’re a robot. I love robots. What do you have?’ Abel asks.

  ‘’Steve Watson’s location.’’ Lil Bot answers, deep and threatening.

  Back at Rita’s, they are all drinking punch and relaxing. The news plays on the TV. The sound scaring them, sounding like it came to life when it’s just on the screen.

  Sharon is reporting, ‘’Welcome back to Cointropolis News. New day, as it’s midnight. We are here to broadcast you footage of Static Stan being an ass.’’

  The news stops. At the studio, Stan emerges, angry and fuming.

  ‘’Sharon! You are ruining it. It’s important announcement. The news should sound important and threatening, not a rehearsed Saturday Night Live sketch!’’

  Stan shouts, his head buzzing with electricity.

  Sharon shouts at Stan, ‘’I’m stressed, Stan! I’ve had a bad day with your useless bogging. I want to sleep! I don’t want any punishments’’

  SHARON

  AGE: 28

  POWERS: MICROPHONE POWERS

  WEAKNESSES: EASILY MANIPULATED.

  Stan then starts sitting on the table, being flirty and speaking in a deep tone, ‘’Yeah, it’s because. I thought about losing some steam. You know, some good punishments.’’

  Sharon rolls her eyes, ‘’I’m bored, Stan.’’

  Stan is shocked, ‘’Bored? Do you know how much I’m worth lady? Do you know how much people want to hook up with the handsome me?!’’

  Sharon smirks, ‘’I know, I’m your favorite employee. But I want a different role. I want to join the enemy’s group.’’

  Stan smirks, ‘’Request Accepted. Only if you say the news right.’’

  Sharon touches Stan’s arms, ‘’You know me too well.’’

  The news starts live. Although it’s weird. Sharon has more energy than usual. She grabs her microphone and announces, facing the camera.

  ‘’Welcome back to Cointropolis news. There was an interruption earlier, you know some ad buyers. Breaking News: Abel is starting to cause havoc in Cointropolis. Gamers should be aware and fight each enemy he gives. He might steal the diamonds of egress and destroy them. On the good news: Static Stan is here to save you.’’

  She says in a sexy tone. The news ends. Abruptly. And quickly.

  Outside Rita’s, Abel and Lil Bot are watching on the screens and are shocked.

  ‘’No, I’m not causing havoc. I want to be a hero like the gamers. Where’s Stan’s source?!’’

  Suddenly large electricity passes through the tone. Stan appears, large, buzzing and dangerous.

  ‘’My source is that I made it up.’’ Stan says.

  He then pulls out a large ‘’RESPAWN’’ diamond. It sparkles.

  Lil Bot gasps, ‘’Is that for Steve?’’

  Stan just smirks, his eyes hypnotic.

  ‘’The Show Goes On, folks.’’

  TO BE CONTINUED

  IN VOLUME 4.