Chapter 8: The "Big" Blow-up

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The 4 of us rush in to the submarine to tell Carmen the news about Jeremy's disappearance. A blue meanie had captured him! Which could only mean one thing. We're being watched by the meanies. Carmen didn't seem too thrilled about it, in fact, he was downright pissed about it. "I knew it! They're ruining Pepperland! Thanks to you, Mr. Double it Up, we have to fight for our lives!" Carmen snapped at me.

Midnight came to defend me. She told Carmen that I didn't know, all I wanted to do was visit Pepperland for old times sake! Carmen still wasn't buying it. He got even more angry. Frederica tried calming everyone down, but she didn't help at all. Let's just say it wasn't the prettiest thing to see [nor hear]. Dawn was awkwardly standing there. She didn't want to be involved in the argument, which was for the better.

After a while of bickering, Dawn had enough. "ENOUGH, YOU GUYS!" she shouted. The rest of us stopped bickering. Dawn crossed her arms. "My lord, thank you! You're not children! Sure, it was Cobalt's mistake, but now we've got no choice but to fight. So why sit and bicker? We gotta fight for our lives before it's too late!" Dawn had a point.

"Dawn is right, y'know," Frederica added. "If we have to fight, we have to fight." Carmen sniffled. Understandably so, he felt awful for what he said. It was wrong of him to get mad at us. He may be the youngest, but he has heart. Midnight hugged Carmen. "Alright, are you good now, Carmen?" she asked him. Carmen nodded. Thank heck my brother was alright now.

Frederica smiled and revved the engine, and off we went once again. It only took a matter of moments to Navigate our way out of Nowhere Land. Despite it being absolutely nothing but thin air, we made it out of there in an instant.

Midnight looked out to see colourful skies up ahead, meaning we were at the tail end of our journey. Well, this was it. Our final destination! It was a shorter trip than expected, but we finally made it! And to think, we would've had to pass through the Foothills of the Headlands, and get sneezed into the Sea of Holes, but no. We didn't need the map anymore. Frederica took the shortest route to Pepperland.

It was very exciting to get there again after a long time. Although, we had to fight some blue meanies. If we have to fight them, that means that my brother and I cannot be caught by the chief at ALL.

The submarine landed on the ground. We officially made it to Pepperland. One of the biggest reliefs of my life, was finally making it. After a year of leaving the place to move to my new house with Carmen, we'd finally get to see our hometown once again, and this was Midnight and Dawn's first exposure to it.

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