Dueling Critters, a Smiling Critters x Yu-Gi-Oh AU Story

Chapter 43

Chapter 43: Hoppy's Kidnapped Too?!

CatNap, Hoppy, Bubba, Bobby and PickyPiggy gathered again to tell everyone else what info they got about DogDay's disappearance, or kidnapping.

“So, what did you three get?” CatNap asked them,

“An old man told Picky that DogDay was taken to the trunk of the car by the masked critters in red and black.” Bubba said,

“So he was kidnapped, huh?”

“Yup, unfortunately…”

Hoppy sighed.

“Ok, do you wanna tell them what we got, CatNap?” She asked CatNap,

“Yes.” CatNap replied,

CatNap then cleared his throat as he took a deep breath.

“A businesswoman told me and Hoppy that these masked critters in red and black usually hang out in an abandoned laboratory.” He said to them,

“An abandoned laboratory…” Bubba said, “We'll have to check that out once I find it online… I know what you're talking about.”

“Well if you do end up finding it, then I'm going alone.”

“What?”

“Huh?” PickyPiggy wondered,

“Why alone?” Bobby wondered,

“Yeah, shouldn't you need backup or anything?” Hoppy wondered,

“...I'm doing this alone.” CatNap replied, “Because I fucked up our group's friendship ever since CraftyCorn sacrificed herself. If I wasn't full of myself like I was back then, I would have saved her from that duel.”

Everyone looked down, a little saddened from what CatNap said. CatNap sighed.

“Sorry, I'm just…” He said,

“Look, CatNap, if you want to save DogDay alone, we get it.” Bubba said,

“Huh?”

“He means so much to you, does he?” Bobby asked,

“He does.”

“Without DogDay, then this group is pretty much meaningless.” PickyPiggy said,

“Exactly!” Hoppy said as she playfully punched CatNap in the shoulder, “Show those masked assholes who they're messing with when they lay a finger on DogDay!”

“Heh heh, right…” CatNap said, “But we still haven't found the abandoned laboratory yet.”

“Leave it to me!” Bubba said, “I'll go home and give you where!”

“Right, thanks guys…”

A group has formed between the five. CatNap chuckled a bit as he was feeling more confident thanks to the support he has gotten from Bubba, Hoppy, Bobby and PickyPiggy.

“DogDay, hold on.” CatNap said as he looked up at the sky and the clouds covering the sun, “I'm gonna save you, pal…”

Later, it was the afternoon. Hoppy was looking at the clock in her home.

“4PM.” She said, “Should I have an early dinner? Usually when I'm eating dinner with my family I would eat at 6…”

Hoppy then heard a knock on her door.

“Huh, who could that be?” She wondered as she walked to the front door of her home, “Could be CatNap, or Bubba, or Holden.”

Hoppy then answered her front door, only to be punched in the guts and kicked down by two feminine masked critters in red and black.

“Tie her up!” One shouted,

The two masked critters then tied Hoppy up and taped her mouth shut as she was taken to the trunk of a car while the masked critters went to the front seats and drove off.

KickinChicken meanwhile was watching TV while eating ice cream, alone. He was still miserable.

“Fuck this, man…” He said as he ate some of his pint of ice cream, “All my friends hate me now after what I did. I don't deserve any of this.”

Then, KickinChicken's phone started to ring.

“Oh, what now?” He said as he reaches for his phone to see who's calling, “Holden, huh?”

KickinChicken answered the phone.

“What do you want?” He asked him,

“Hey, Kickin, how's it going?” Holden wondered,

“Terrible, now leave me alone.”

KickinChicken ended the call as he sniffed.

“Why did I do that?” He wondered, “I forgot Holden is there for me… But who gives a shit?”

5 minutes later, KickinChicken feels like he was about to fall asleep when all of a sudden, his phone was ringing again, waking him up.

“What?! Huh?! Who?!” He shouted as he looked at phone ringing, “I swear to God, if this is Holden again…”

As KickinChicken was about to answer who was calling him this time, he looked at who was calling and was surprised to see that it was Hoppy calling him.

“H-Hoppy?” He said, shocked,

Taking a deep breath, KickinChicken answered.

“Hello?” He said, softly,

“Hello, is this KickinChicken?” A Feminine voice said that wasn't Hoppy's,

“Uhhh, who is this?”

In an abandoned warehouse, an adult bat critter wearing red and red glasses chuckled menacingly as she gave off an evil smile.

“It's been a while, KickinChicken, but I used to be your old history teacher in high school.” She replied, “More specifically in the 9th and 10th grade…”

“N-No…” KickinChicken said, shocked, “Miss BatBite?!”

Bitsy BatBite… KickinChicken and his friends' old history teacher in the 9th and 10th grade.

“But… I thought you were fired over your weird behavior?” He said, “Why are you calling me on Hoppy's phone?”

Bitsy laughed a bit.

“M-Miss BatBite?” KickinChicken said, worried,

“I have her hostage here in the abandoned Wesley's Warehouse.” Bitsy replied,

“Wh-What?! Why?!”

“You want her alive? Come and find me and my crew!”

The call ended as KickinChicken clenched his teeth in anger.

“I trusted you throughout my years when I had you, Miss BatBite…” He said as he got up, “That's it! I'm gonna get her back! She has stolen one of the few people that made me keep going in life!”