Battle Of The Bands

Chapter Four

"Find our bandmates?" James said in shock.

"Yeah. Since some of you have big bands, we will place some of your band mates together," Toby said. "They are being hidden now."

James looked around and saw Janelle. He walked over to her and said, "I see they chose you as the leader."

"Yeah," she said.

"Good luck," James offered.

"Same to you," she said and he grinned.

"OK band leaders, are you ready?" Toby said excitedly.

"Oh yeah!" they all chorused.

"Ready, set, GO!" Toby yelled. James didn't know where to run so he ran to the backyard. He opened a shed and he found a few people standing there. He searched for his friends but couldn't find any.

James ran inside to the music studio. "Found you two!" he yelled when he saw Aaron and Chad. "Do you two come with me?"

"I think so," Aaron said.

"Good," James said. "Do you know where Alex and Bert are?"

"No," Chad said. "They blindfolded us and took us away."

"Yay," James said sarcastically. They walked through the house until they hear a loud noise. "What is that?"

"Let's check it out," Aaron said. They walked a little farther and they realized the noise was coming from the ladies bathroom.

"Are you sure?" Chad asked skeptically.

"It'll be a quick check," James said and they grudgingly nodded. They ran inside and saw Alexander.

"What the fridge?" Aaron said. "Why are you in here?"

"Who knows," he said. "Now let's get out if here before a lady walks in-"

"AHHHHH!" a scream pierces the air. "Why are there three men in the ladies room?"

"Oops," James said, shrugging. "For the challenge Alexander was put in here for some unknown reason. Don't get upset."

The girl looked flabbergasted. "I--I don't even know what to say," the girl said, slowly backing away. She ran and they laughed so hard.

"Wouldn't they tell everyone that I was in here?" Alexander asked, frowning.

"I don't know," Chad said. "Let's go find Bert though. He's the last one."

"Where could he be?"

"Anywhere," Aaron said mysteriously and they laughed again. They walked through the rest of the house, not finding Bert anywhere.

"Maybe he's outside somewhere," Alexander suggested.

"I was already out there," James said. "Finding these two."

"There's the woods, isn't there?" Chad said slowly.

"They have their own woods?" Aaron asked and they all nodded.

"That could take hours," Chad said. "Hours that we don't have."

"Let's check it anyway," James said and they left the building. They snuck into the woods and searched around. Alexander would constantly trip over sticks while his friends laughed at him. They suddenly ran into someone. "Oh I'm sorry," James said.

"You should be," a familiar voice said.

"Janelle?"

"Sure is," she said. "I haven't found anyone yet!"

"Really?" Chad said and him, Alexander, and Aaron laughed quietly.

"Yeah," she said, not noticing the laughing. "I'm not the best at finding people."

"Then why would they choose you as their leader?"

"I don't know."

"Well, we gotta find Bert. Wanna come with us?" James asked.

"I guess," she said. They walked a little farther when they found a treehouse.

"Do you hear talking up there?" Alexander asked quietly. They nodded so James went up first.

"Hey Bert," James said, surprised to see him. "Found him!"

Cheers rose up from the forest floor. James untied Bert from the tree trunk. "Mmmm," someone said from the shadows.

James jumped and walked slowly over there. "Oakley?" he said, untying her too.

They climbed out of the treehouse and Janelle looked surprised. "You're the only one I've found so far," she said to Oakley.

"Thanks!" Oakley said. "But we gotta go find the others."

"And we gotta tell them that we found everyone," Bert said.

The two bands parted ways and they made it to the house. "We're nearly there!" Aaron said, and they started running to the front of the house. "Toby! Toby! We're done!"

"Congratulations boys," he said and signaled the horn. Soon, everyone trickled back to the house. "We have a winner! It's Total Warning!"

Some people cheered, some people booed. "Hey, no booing!" Toby said. "Even though you guys lost doesn't mean that you have to be rude."

That shut the people up immediately. "Well, you guys have the rest of the day to yourselves. You might want to spend it figuring out what song you're going to sing next because we are filming tomorrow. And beware of the cameras," Toby explained. "You may go now."

They boys high-fived each other and set off to their room.