Chapter 13 - Language, Joey!

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"Oh good, he's awake. Take him to the car."

"Hello to you too, Joey."

"Yes, yes, hello. Now please take him to the car."

"Why?"

"Because I've been watching everyone on Find My Friends, and Yammy's headed this way." He said hastily. He added something about "Not wanting to deal with more" or whatever under his breath.

"If I could-"

"Shut up Callum! We aren't talking to you!"

"Joey..."

"Are you going to do what I've asked, Meghan, or am I going to have to go solo on this."

"I-"

"Joey, are you sure you want to do this?" Callum asked softly, his voice calm and even, like he was trying to console a crying child.

"This is the only way!" Joey snapped. "You don't understand! NO ONE understands!"

"Maybe you should take a deep breath and-"

"GET IN THE MOTHER TRUCKING CAR!" Joey pulled out a knife from Callum's knife block.

"Come on, Meghan. Let's get in the car..." Callum said softly, trying not to show how terrified he was. He wasn't scared of the knife. The knife could only hurt him so much. He was scared of the mental state Joey seemed to be in. And he thought Lizzie was bad...

Meghan nodded slowly, as if she was in a dazed state of mind. She turned, and followed Callum out to Joey's car.

As soon as they left, tears began streaming down Joey's face.

"What am I doing?" He asked himself, still clutching the knife.

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"Joey is planning on kidnapping Callum. He already is from what I overheard from Midnight..." Silverflame said, trembling softly.

"Kidnapping?" Joel repeated softly, not believing what was being said.

"Joel, Joey is just as unstable as Lizzie, maybe more so. This is no longer about the game. It's much bigger."

"Oh my gosh, I've got to call Yammy."

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As Yammy turned into Callum's neighborhood, her phone began ringing. She looked down quickly and caught a glance of the caller's ID. It was Joel.

"Hello?" She asked as she answered it, navigating the streets to Callum's home.

"Yammy. It's Callum. A cat... A cat just came up to me, and you know how they are sentient now and stuff-"

"Joel! What about Callum?!" Yammy cut him off, sensing the deep fear in Joel's voice.

"Joey's come to the UK to kidnap him!" Joel cried.

Yammy was now on the street of Callum's house. A car zoomed past her. If it had been any other day, Yammy would have taken a double take. But today? She knew who she saw.

"I think he's already succeeded..."

"What?!"

"I just saw Joey speeding away from Callum's house."

"Oh my God. Please, no."

"I'm following." Yammy had already turned her car around and was now tailing him. "I'll call you back."

"Wait! Yammy! Don-" Yammy hung up in order to better concentrate on following the car in front of her.

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