“East City. This is East City. Please leave from the left.” The announcer says. Getting up and shaking Hugo awake… It was only a couple minutes, why does he doze off so much? I picked up Ophelia’s body and walked out. Once we stepped outside and headed to the park, I could already see the tired expressions of everyone.
“No more push ups…” Adrian moaned as she laid on Zach’s shoulder. Robert laid down on the bench next to them, twirling his gun around with a smile on his face.
“Keep up that attitude and I’m making you run sprints around the entire park!”
“You’re… really enjoying this aren’t you…” Zach mumbled under his breath. Pudding was on another bench, farther away from the others, looking down at her hands. I wave to get their attention as Robert turns to me. Adrian looks up and waves with a smile, betraying her tiredness from 3 seconds ago.
“Oh hey, leader!” She said as I walked over. Pudding perks up and runs towards me with a fake smile with her arms up, happily cheering. Robert puts his gun away and leans forward, and Zach? He’s deep in thought about something…
“So, ‘Leader’, what do you have in store for us now?” I lay Ophelia down on the bench as Zach and Adrian moved out of the way.
“...She’s been attacked by the King. I don’t know what they were planning, but this bastard just made things personal…” I say clenching my fist. Zach looked up at me and nodded with determination.
“We’ll get her back, Matt.” He says as he holds out his hand and pats my shoulder… Oh right! I regain my composure and turn to my side.
“And we have a new teammate. Everyone, meet-” …Hold on where did he go? He was just here a second ago- Suddenly from the tree, Hugo jumps down dramatically and points at us.
“Do not be afraid…” He says in a gruff voice. Everyone is speechless for words until Zach speaks up.
“Who’s the homeless guy?” From this question, Hugo clenches his heart and falls down as if he was shot right then and there. He then gets back up with an annoyed expression.
“Y-you can’t just say that to people! I assure you, I am NOT homeless, my dear fellow!” He says adjusting his tie. Pudding tries to hide her laughter while Robert points at him.
“Hey- You’re The White Rabbit!” He says taking out his handcuffs, getting ready to arrest him, but Adrian stops him from doing so by grabbing his hand.

“Hold on, Robbie. Let's hear him out.” Adrian says. Robert grumbles in response as he puts it away. Hugo poses once again and explains everything he told me from before, about who he is, why he’s working with us, and how he knows me. Curiously, he left out the part about the pills. Must be a personal thing. Zach thinks about it and speaks his thoughts out loud.
“Well… It’s risky to have another person who’s being hunted by the police being here… buuuuuut….” He smiles and puts an arm around his shoulder. “It’s pretty cool to have a gentleman thief here! So welcome to the team, gramps!”
“Wha- Gramps?!” He says, offended by the nickname for him “I’m not THAT old!”
“Careful Gramps! You might pop a blood vessel (⚆ᗝ⚆)!” Pudding says innocently, worried about his safety. Hugo is about to retaliate but he calms down and puts a finger on his temple.
“Well I guess I can bear the nickname for a bit…” He says with his eyes closed. Zach turns back to me and puts his fists together.
“Alright! So let's get in there, and get Ophelia out! This’ll be easy!”
“No it will not.” An unfamiliar voice says from behind. Everyone turns around as Zach, Adrian, and Pudding stare in shock. Robert seems to know who this guy is but doesn’t care enough to give a proper reaction, while Hugo pretends to be shocked out of his mind, falling down on the ground, despite not knowing who this guy is. Zach moves his mouth but no words come out… the only thing he could say was,
“...You…”

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