The Fight for Freedom

Ch. 2: Adam?

Deadlox's POV

"Sky! Where are you bro?!" I shout as I look around for my best friend

We had been playing a round of hide and seek when Adam suddenly disappeared.

"I swear if this is a prank I'm gunna murder you Sky!" I shout again.

I hear the rustle of bushes behind me and someone shouts "boo!"

I jump forward and turn around.

I find Jerome, standing in front of the bush, with the biggest grin on his face.

"Dude don't do dat! you scured meh." I exclaim.

"Sorry I'm not sorry dude." he responds with a slight shrug.

"Have you seen Sky? he disappeared while he was seeking." I ask.

"Maybe he's being a troll." Jerome guesses.

"Yeah maybe... where's the Bajan? you two are always together."

Jerome points up at a nearby tree.

"Shhh... I'm hunting wabits." I hear Mitch's voice from a nearby tree.

I look up to see Mitch in the tree, an arrow notched in his bow.

"Hey Bajan!" I shout up to him.

"Hey Deadlox!" he jumps down from his perch on the tree and joins us on the ground.

"I didn't see Sky but I have a bad feeling something happened to him." he says.

I nod in response.

"Okay... let's go back to the base and see if Sky is there before we cut to any conclusions." I say.

Jerome and Mitch nod in agreement and we walk to the base.

"Hey SSundie!" I shout as we enter out base.

"Hey doods welcome back!" he says in his Derpy voice.

"Did you take your glasses off again?" Jerome asks with a light chuckle.

"No don't worry dude." Ian responds.

"Where's the fish?" Mitch asks as he walks into the kitchen.

"I'm an amphibian!" Quentin shouts as he runs in through the back door, out of breath.

"Doc Q what happened?" Mitch asks seeing the distressed Mudkip.

"It-It's Sky! H-He's been taken by s-squids." he gasps for air as he talks.

"We need to go save him!" I shout as I run to grab my sword.

"Who needs saving?" I hear a familiar voice from the back door.

I spin around and gasp. "Adam! Your okay!"

"Define okay? I feel miserable." he replies, rubbing his head.

"What happened?" Mitch asks.

I realize that he's not wearing his glasses and he has changed clothes.

'Hmm dis doesn't seem right.'

"The squids captured me and injected some stuff into me... I don't remember what happened after that." he responds.

'This seems sketchy.'

"Hey guys can I talk to you for a sec? Adam can you stay here please?" I ask

Everyone nods and follows me into the sound proof meeting room.

"Did that explanation seem a little sketchy to you?" I ask.

Everyone nods but Ian.

"Why not Ian?" I ask.

"Because... it just makes since to me."

"Does it? or is Derp SSundie telling you that it's true?" I question.

Derp SSundie was like a demon to Ian.

It told Ian lies and he was constantly fighting to keep the thing out of his head.

The only thing keeping Ian sane were his specially made (by Seto) glasses.

"It does make since, but he is telling me to believe it... Maybe it's telling the truth this time."

"Ian I want to believe 'him' I really do but we can't take our chances when the real Adam could be being tortured some where." I respond looking down.

"I get it Ty... I'll ignore him for now." Ian responds.

I nod slightly and open the door.

It hits Adam's face and he falls back.

"Eavesdropping Adam?" I ask looking down at him.

He chuckles nervously and gets off of the ground.

"Sorry Deadlox you know how curious I can be." he responds.

"Yeah I do... where are your glasses and other clothes that you normally wear... And where's your amulet!?" I nearly yelled the last part.

"My amulet? it's in my room... and I trashed those other clothes and glasses." he responds.

I glare at him knowing this wasn't the real sky.

Then, I tackle him and start to throw punches.

Mitch and Jerome pull me off of him before I can hurt him more.

"Your a cleaver one aren't you Deadlox?" he smirks.

"I knew you weren't the real Sky." I growl.

"Oh I'm the real Sky alright. He's just a little... Distant at the moment."

"What did you do to him?" I fight against Mitch and Jerome's tight grasp.

"The squids made me, the opposite, and might I add, better version of your friend Sky."

"Let Ty go guys." Ian commands Mitch and Jerome.

They let go but keep me back so I won't attack Adam.

"Give me my friend back." I growl.

"Don't worry you'll get to see the real Sky soon." he smirks again.

My temper starts to sky rocket and I ball my hands into a fist.

I hear Ian mumble something under his breath to Quentin and slip out the front door.

'Wonder what he's up to?'

"Where is the real Sky right now?" Mitch asks.

"He's in the room, just unable to do or say anything."

Just then Ian appears behind Adam and shoves a pair of glasses onto Adam's face.

He gasps and his facial expression changes to a look of gratefulness and relief.

His clothes change back to their original style and his amulet appears on his neck. He was back.

"Thanks Ian." he turns around and hugs him.

"No problem dood." he replies.

"Help plz?" I ask.

"Ian knew the way to bring me back was to put the same glasses he has on me."

"How?" Quentin asks.

"Because that's how you get rid of 'him'" Ian says. (Him referring to Derp SSundie)

"So pretty much just stay away from you when you don't have your glasses on?" I ask.

Adam nods. "Yeah also he hates budder and loves squids so if you see me with a squid please put my glasses on." He begs.

"Sure thing dude." Jerome responds.

Adam nods his thanks and runs into the kitchen.

I sigh with relief.

'We need to be careful.'