| Our New Life | (Shourtney Fanfic)

Chapter Seven: The New 'Normal'

Courtney's P.O.V

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, RESISTANCE?!"

Kari pulled me into her arms, and placed her hand on top of my mouth. I kept trying to ask questions, but every word I spoke was muffled.

"Will you calm down?!" Kari whispered, frantically. "You're going to get us in trouble!"

I forced myself to relax. If I didn't, it would take forever for Kari to actually tell me what was going on.

"You good?" Kari asked once I was finally silent.

I nodded. Then, she let go of me.

"Is everything okay in here?"

Kirsten suddenly appeared at the door. I gave her the best death stare I could ever give someone.

"Everything's fine. She was just... shocked." Kari answered for me.

"Did you explain everything?" Kirsten asked, closing the door behind her as she entered the room.

Kari shook her head. "Nope. You know more about this than me."

"Alright."

Kirsten sat on the edge of the bed. It made me flinch, but she did it slow and cautiously so I wasn't caught off guard too much.

"How're you feeling?" Kirsten asked.

"Wouldn't you like to know..." I answered, sitting up. "Can you just answer my questions so we can get this over with?"

"Sure."

"Okay..." I took a deep breath. "Where are we?"

"You're in an underground facility. This place is where we're trying to hide as many YouTubers as we can until things calm down. Also, until we can confirm everyone's safety." Kirsten answered.

"Who's 'we'?" I asked.

"The resistance. Society has gotten to the point where even the government is being persuaded against us. There's no point in shutting down YouTube, since people will just find something else to use as a platform..."

"How long was I asleep?"

"Four days."

"Is everyone okay?" I asked, ignoring the fact that I missed four days of my life. "The crew..."

"Everyone's fine." Kari answered, holding my hand in her lap. "Everyone's awake and aware of everything."

"You need to stay here." Kirsten said. "With the resistance. For your safety. We will provide you with the basic necessities, and your personal items."

"Like... my phone?"

"Correct." Kirsten answered. "Now, we just need you guys to do one thing for us. We have sets and equipment for Smosh to continue making videos. Your writers, editors, producers, makeup artists... everyone is here."

I got excited. "Matt Raub, Sunny, Sarah Whittle... even Monica is here?!"

"Yup." My sister said, smiling.

"Sorry for bringing you guys here in a violent way." Kirsten said. "We didn't have much time to explain everything, and we're trying to save as many YouTubers as we can..."

I sighed. "Well... the only way I'll be one-hundred percent satisfied is if Shayne Topp and Ian Hecox were here, too."

Kari nodded in agreement.

"Oh... well, we had to rescue them a little earlier."

"Wait, WHAT?!" Kari and I exclaimed at the same time.