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Freddy gasped and backed up. He grabbed his blaster but then his wrist was grabbed before he was thrown to the ground. He landed his head against a root from one of the trees and his helmet cracked... Freddy was then pulled up. The figure held his wrist tightly and it just stared at Freddy. Freddy groaned, feeling tired. He tried staying awake but he then passed out. He fell forward on the figure.

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Freddy grunts; his eyes open, and he sees that he is in a cave. His earpiece was going off but it seemed to be broken, and whoever was speaking, it was just all static. Freddy coughed and looked around, he then looked forward and saw his helmet. He gasped... His helmet was off. But he could breathe... Freddy tried to get up, hit he couldn't. He was tied up with some vines.

"Y'know... I'd like to go back to that cute plant..." Freddy was struggling in the vines. He looked over and saw something... Someone. It was playing with his helmet, it looked like a little girl. But an alligator. Freddy tilts his head; he then sees someone else walk over to her.

"Mia. Stop messing around with it. That thing could have germs. I wouldn't want you getting sick."

"But brother.."

"No buts. Hand it over." The taller figure took Freddy's helmet away from the little girl; the girl's tail stopped wagging as she pouted. She then looked over at Freddy and gasped.

"Brother! It's up!" She pointed at Freddy,

"It?" Freddy sounded offended. The taller figure growled at Freddy.

"Yes. "It". Now Mia... Go and play, I need to talk with our guest... Privately." The little figure, most likely Mia... Hesitantly nodded and walked away from them. The taller figure walked over to Freddy and stood over him, he growled and crouched down in front of Freddy. Freddy gulped and scooted back, back into the wall... The tall figure flared at him when Freddy kept looking... He saw how this "guy" had torn up his pants... Which was weird to Freddy.

"Huh..."

"I got these pants from the last group a long time ago. I killed them all. Your questions answered. I may be a creature, but I'm not going to walk around without clothes... Even I have the decency to wear clothes." Freddy's eyes widened; he didn't even ask that question, but this guy somehow knew Freddy was confused about it. Freddy shook off the thought and spoke up.

"Who are you? You are not like any other creature I encountered... Your talking... And not crawling... And not growling at me."

"Why should I need to tell you my privacy?" The figure turned to Freddy and flared at him, his red glowing eyes. He started lifting Freddy's chin with the tip of his claw.

"You trespassed on my land. Uninvited too... Thanks to my little sister, I was able to catch you. Now tell me... Who are you." His voice was firm, but Freddy glared right back at him.

"Tell me your name and I'll tell you mine." Freddy gulped as the claw under his chin pressed up more. The figure thought for a moment.

"You're not like everyone else. Usually, when I captured those like you in the past, they immediately told me their identities and names... You are not. And you are alone. You're pretty brave." The creature backed up, moving his claw away from Freddy's chin.

"My name is Montgomery." He said,

"Is there... A shorter version of that?" Freddy asked.

"And why would you need a shorter version of my name?" The creature growled.

"Well, I'm not just going to call you Montgomery, all... Formal and stuff." Freddy looked to the side, he heard an annoyed sigh.

"Monty. There, you happy?" He growls at Freddy, and Freddy nods. He wasn't that scared anymore, this was pretty amusing. Then, he saw that little girl again. She ran over to Monty and tugged on his hand.

"Brother! Are you done talking with our guest? I'm hungry!" She pouted. Monty pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Mia. If you give me like, 30 more seconds..."

"No! I'm hungry!!" The little girl, supposedly being Mia, said. She stomped her foot on the ground. She had on what looked to be a white gown. She looked just like Monty, she must have been his little sister. Monty was annoyed, he muttered something under his breath and stared at Freddy.

"I will be back to intimidate you later. Stay. Put." Monty growled and left the cave with his little sister. Freddy was confused about what had just happened. After recollecting his thoughts, he tried to loosen the vines again. He struggled around in them until they did eventually loosen up. Freddy gave himself a small cheer before standing up and brushing himself off before walking over to his helmet Monty took and picked it up. He tried to get his earpiece working again, but he failed. He would have to go back to the ship if he could find it... He just hoped it wasn't too far away. Freddy started walking out of the cave, he looked down and realized his blaster was gone. Monty must have taken it away while Freddy was knocked out. Freddy looked back into the cave and re-entered the cave, annoyed. His blaster wasn't going to be easy to find in this cave, but the blaster was the only thing Freddy had that had a tracker and GPS, even a light built into it. That's why he needed it. If he left without it, he would get lost trying to find the ship again... Freddy started to walk down a tunnel...

It was dark, and Freddy didn't have a light with him. Freddy ran his hand against the wall so he didn't run into anything.

"Why do I do these things to myself?"
Freddy whined; he kept walking down deeper into the cave; he contemplated turning back, but he couldn't. Freddy sighed, and he then stopped walking.

"Y'know what? I'm just going to turn back and try finding the ship on my own!" Freddy turned around, he took a step forward but then he was grabbed. Freddy froze up and looked up in front of him.

"You didn't stay put." It was Monty; Freddy gulped; he didn't see much of Monty's appearance except for his glowing eyes and some glowing from the marks that were on Monty's face and neck.

"I told you to stay put," Monty growled, he then picked Freddy up and threw him over his shoulder. Freddy gasped and struggled.

"Put me down!" Freddy protested, Monty rolled his eyes and didn't respond. Freddy kept on protesting; Monty was getting annoyed, and Freddy could tell. Monty went back to the place Freddy first found himself when he woke up, where he was tied up. Monty put Freddy down and re-tied him up with the vines, Freddy groaned angrily. He soon gave up, it was hopeless. He didn't know if he'd ever get out...

{🖋️ - I finally got a new chapter of this book out! YAYAYAYA!! Hope y'all liked itttttt :33}