Branch walked through the village in full on stealth mode, hiding behind trees, and rolling through open patches of grass like a ninja, trying his best to go unnoticed...
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He had to get to the market and then back to his bunker as quickly as possible, while hopefully avoiding being spotted by Creek... otherwise... he was doomed...
His heart racing inside his chest at the thought of being caught and never making it back to Poppy, Branch jumped back up to his feet, quickly leaning up against the back of a tree, as he sneakily looked out from behind it, carefully scanning his surroundings...
"Coast is clear..." he whispered softly to himself, seeing no one in sight. "Ok... movin' out in 3... 2..." "Hey, Branch!" "AHHHHH!"
Startled by the sudden shout, the little blue troll jumped, quickly spinning around to see the snack pack was now right in front of him, the group of trolls smiling as they waved to their new friend...
"Oh... uh... hi, guys..." Branch said nervously, turning back to peek around the tree again, making sure his mission hadn't been completely compromised... "Now's not really a good time..."
"What are you doing?" Biggie asked, slightly confused by the blue troll's strange behavior.
With a gulp of fear, Branch turned back to his group of friends, looking at them wide eyed...
"Um... well..." he muttered softly, trying desperately to think of an excuse to get rid of the group of trolls surrounding him as quickly as possible, before they all got him killed...
The only thing the terrified troll could think of was the truth... but he couldn't tell them what was actually going on... that just wasn't an option... The last thing he needed right now was for the whole village to know his business... that would only make the situation he was unwillingly trapped in worse... way... way... worse...
"Ooo! Are you playing hide n' seek!?" Cooper suddenly blurted out in pure excitement.
"Um..." Branch muttered softly, turning back to peek around the tree once again. "Sure... let's go with that... but you guys really have to g..."
"I wanna play!" the giraffe-like troll shouted, interrupting the little blue troll's panicked statement.
"N... no... you see... I..." Branch started, quickly turning back to Copper, but the idiotic troll didn't listen, quickly cutting off his statement once more.
"I'm it!" he shouted, covering his eyes as he began to count loudly, Branch just standing there, staring at him in disbelief... "9... 10! Ready or not! Here I come!"
He opened his eyes, looking immediately at Branch who still stood right in front of him, a petrified look on his adorable little face...
"I found you, Branch!" Cooper shouted out at the top of his lungs, loud enough for the entire village to hear. "You are not good at this game! Ha, ha, ha!"
