Villain in Cali *Little Trouble: After the Dream*

Chapter 5: Funhouse

We arrived at the "training area". Chad came out the car and opened my door to push me out. I landed on the rough ground and scraped my palms and knees.

"Oow!" I yelled.

"If you're going to be a villain you'll have to learn how to be okay with that." Chad said in a rough tone.

I lifted my head and saw a giant abandoned funhouse.

"Is this where you guys live?" I asked.

"Yeah, I guess. We train and sometimes sleep here but we hop from house to house." Rosie answered.

A teenage boy, around the same age as me, walked out of the funhouse and greeted Chad and Rosie.

"Welcome back! Who is this you've brought here?"

"This is Amber but she prefers Hannah." Chad said.

The boy had a look of confusion on his face but quickly rubbed it off and walked towards me.

"Hello, Hannah. My name is Axel, what brings you here?" The boy said.

"Uhh hi! Umm... I don't exactly know why I'm here but I met Chad and Rosie while they were fighting off the police."

"Oh. Well welcome to our funhouse." Axel shook my hand.

Axel escorted Chad, Rosie and I into the funhouse. Inside were various murals and graffiti on the wall with a lot of workout equipment spread out. In the corner of the funhouse was a pitbull feasting on some dog food. When it noticed my presence it started barking loudly and tried running at me but was chained to the wall.

"Sorry about him. That's Gus. He's a very rowdy pup but once you get to know him he's very friendly." Axel said.

Chad walked to the stairs and gestured for me to follow him. We walked up the stairs and saw an empty room with a few sleeping bags on the floor.

"Take your pick, theres purple, red, green and black. We will be using them on our adventures. After you choose your bag, you can mingle for a bit while I get some rest." Chad said. I picked the red one.

I walked back downstairs to see Axel playing with Gus. I looked at Axel for a bit and noticed he had black hair, piercing blue eyes and was very lean. He looked a bit like Baxter but if he were less buff.

I walked over to Axel and Gus was about to run at me and was barking a lot but Axel pulled him away and tugged him close.

"Oh uh hi again" Sorry about little Gus... again. Do you want to try gaining his trust?" He asked.

I put my hand close to Gus' snout and let him sniff it. He sniffed at my hands and was about to open his mouth to bite but I quickly pulled away my hands because I knew what would happen.

"It might take him a while to get used to." Axel giggled. I smiled.

Axel was sitting at a table and I sat next to him.

"Hi so uh... what's the situation with this place? Who are Chad and Rosie? How do you know them?" I asked Axel.

Axel explaining Chad, Rosie and his backstory

"Okay so it's sort of a long story but I will try to explain the best I can. So Chad and Rosie are crime lords. They have been moving from city to city wrecking havoc for about 6 years now. They met each other in high school and have been together since. I moved to California with Gus about 2 years ago but I came with no place to go. Gus and I would walk up and down streets and would sleep in front of homeless shelters but not inside them because we couldn't find one that would allow pets. One night, me and Gus were walking to a nearby park out of sheer boredom and witnessed a police chase. We followed and saw Chad and Rosie jump out of their car as it was still running and watched them watch the police chase the empty car. They ran to a back alley way and Gus and I followed. We hid behind a garbage bin and saw Chad and Rosie stripping themselves of their clothes and wrapping their clothes around their wounds. Gus blew our cover and ran to them as if he already knew them. I was very confused but I guess he just found comfort with them. "Who's dog is this?" Chad yelled. I came out of hiding. "Hi... sorry about him." I apologized. "Cute doggy you got here. What's his name" Rosie asked. "Gus." I answered. "Oh and I'm Axel." "How did you find us?" Chad asked. "We saw your police chase and I thought it was so cool!" I said, amazed at them. "Haha. Thanks. It's pretty late, why are you wandering out here?" Chad asked. "Me and Gus here don't really have a home. We ran away from home and travelled here to California but we had no place to go. So we just walk around places and sleep outside homeless shelters." I answered. "Oh my gosh, Chad! We have to take him in!" Rosie squealed. "Alright, alright. We could use a few extra members for our crew." Chad said. And thats how Me, Chad, Rosie and Gus came to be."

Back to Hannah's POV

"Oh wow. Very interesting" I said.

"What about you? What's your backstory?" Axel asked.

"Oh well I'm just a regular teenager. I think I'm suffering from amnesia because I can't seem to remember anything that happened before today." I said.

"Is there not anything you remember?" Axel asked.

"I only remember things that happened in a life that seems to not be from this one. It might've been a dream but it feels like it took over my whole life up until this morning." I said.

"Wow. That's kind of weird." Axel said.

"Haha. Yeah."