In ‘’RITA’S SODA AND EXPRESSO’’, Shaun, Steve and Bradley all enter. Steve and Bradley look weak, injured and defeated.

STEVE’S HP: 34/100

BRADLEY’S HP: 42/100

SHAUN’S HP: 95/100

Shaun goes on the counter and slaps his hands there. A fiery, glitched sound. Rita appears, in a barista outfit and black glasses. She slides and looks at Shaun.

‘’What is it now, pipsqueak? What do you want?!’’ She shouts at Shaun. Shaun rolls his eyes, smirking, ‘’Just 3 sodas for me and the boys. Let’s hope they don’t glitch out. Ha-ha-ha. That’s Shaun’s humor.’’

‘’Your humor sucks.’’ Rita says bluntly. She then looks at Steve and Bradley who are hurt, ‘’Steve and Brad. Long time. No see. The G.A.E group is running fairly well if you have any dumb questions.’’

Steve and Brad share looks, Steve looks at Rita, ‘’What are you doing here? Isn’t it time for school? It’s in the morning.’’

Rita scoffs, ’Steve. Leave that logic in the box. We were kicked out.’’

‘’Why?!’’ Steve shouts. Rita shouts, ‘’Because us, G.A.E 9, Principal Regi thought we weren’t serious! They thought we were goofing around. Which, to be honest. We totally were.’’

The music cuts, It’s silent. Steve is shocked.

OPTIONS

A – BE DEPRESSED AND WALK IN THE RAIN

B – SHOUT

C – GIVE UP

D- HAVE A HEART ATTACK.

Steve sighs and does A AND B. He shouts, ‘’You were goofing around! You and John, and that stupid theatre kid. Whatever his dumb name was! We were an elite study group, but you guys decided to hide things from me! Why?! Is it because you don’t believe me? This was my only chance to get the girl of my dreams!’’

It’s silent. There’s thick tension. Rita’s eyes are widened, Shaun is shocked, Bradley is also shocked. Suddenly John Schneider enters.

NAME: JOHN SCHNEIDER

AGE: 22

POWERS: NINJA AND GREEN NOODLES

WEAKNESSES: BEING A DICK.

The room is silent. John finishes his green noodles. In full ninja suit, he removes his sunglasses sharply.

‘’Oh, who summoned my name here?’’ He asks, his voice chilling. One that can shred you to pieces.

Everyone points at Steve.

‘’Oh, crap.’’ Steve mutters, defeated.

‘’Steve. You only cared about your maniac pixie dream girl. Your teenage crush. You can never, ever…’’ John says.

John walks dangerously and slaps Steve, a hard slap. Steve rubs his cheek.

‘’Get Marla!’’ John shouts.

Everyone gasps.

‘’I shut this dumb group down because of you. I thought we were there to collect coins and get the Diamonds of Egress. But no! We weren’t.’’

John shouts.

‘’We were just there, sidelined like supporting characters. For your main, stupid, lovestruck plot!’’

John paces around the room, ‘’I was the intellect. The brains. The intelligent one. We were partners, Stevenson!’’

John turns around, a single tear drops, ‘’But you used us. You manipulated us. You dorky, selfish, fool!’’

John throws a sword at the wall. Steve walks in the scene, angry. ‘’Well fine. I sidelined you guys for my dream. And honestly, that’s fine.’’

Shaun, Bradley, Rita and John all gasp.

‘’I only wanted to get my crush. And I’m still coming.’’ Steve says ominously.

John looks at Steve, his jaw tightening. ‘’You can never. Because you can never RESPAWN.’’

The word echoes…

RESPAWN, RESPAWN, RESPAWN, RESPAWN.

Steve’s jaw clenches. He clutches his soda cup; it drops on the floor. His eyes turn full yellow and his body gets powered.

‘’Everyone respawns.’’ He says, darkly.

‘’Not everyone.’’ John adds, pulling out his katana.

‘’Then let’s see about that.’’ Steve says, pulling out his yellow sword.

JOHN SCHNEIDER VS STEVE WATSON

FIGHT!

Steve runs, his knuckle charged. He then punches John on the face. John gets angry and raises his sword, they fight.

CLANG, PUNCH, CLANG, PUNCH, CLANG, PUNCH

Steve pushes John on the ground and he drops. John then kicks Steve on the shin, and slices him on the cheek, a small scar.

Steve swings his yellow sword and they both fights, their swords clanging. Everyone in the shop cheers. Steve bends down and punches John on the neck. He yells in pain. John then decides to grab soda and throw on Steve’s face, he then punches him, goes down and sweep-kicks Steve, he drops in a red portal.

BATTLEFIELD.

John flies in with a punching stance, a large huge, dystopian battlefield. He hits Steve as he gets up from the ground. John punches Steve, kicks him, headbutts Steve and swings him around.

‘NOOOOOO’’

He shouts.

AQUARIUM

They are swimming, both fighting. Steve grabs John’s face and punches it.

‘’Ah!’’ He screams and gargles in the water. Steve then punches him with charged yellow energy and the water turns yellow. John flies and slices Steve, hurting him. He kicks Steve onto the aquarium glass. And they both get swallowed on the red portal.

FLOWER FIELDS

In the sunset, John and Steve are fighting. John Is swinging his sword while Steve is bending and kicking the sword, punching John. John cries until he kicks Steve on the shin. And punches him on the chest, dropping him on the flowers. John uses his sword to slice, but another portal opens.

NORMAL HOUSE

They both land in seats, confused.

‘’Where are we?’’ asks a confused John.

‘’I have no idea.’’ Steve answers.

Steve grabs the flower pot and hits John’s head with it. Making him shout in pain. He then uses a technique known as Shadow Step.

He flies 3 times faster as a silhouette of him remains. He then flies down and punches Steve, he drops on the ground.

‘’Don’t forget, I have my technique!’’ Steve shouts. He jumps and has a punching pose at John, shouting.

‘’This is for my Marla!’’

He shouts, tears falling out of his eyes.

John gasps, but he remembers the memories. The memories where John proposed to Steve that he will help him, the memories where he taught him numerous tricks, the memories of John studying enemies with Steve.

Poor John. Is he going to get betrayed?

John sighs. He blocks Steve with his two swords.

‘’Wait. Steve.’’ He says, tired.

Steve sighs, ‘’What? You can respawn.’’

‘’I will. It will be my pleasure. But remember I helped you found the group, I taught you about good X.P. I taught you everything?’’

Steve’s eyes widen, ‘’No. I am self-taught.’’

‘’If you let me live, I can teach you how to respawn. If you finish the level and respawn…then, you will never learn how to respawn.’’ John says, his tone solemn.

Steve hesitates. He looks down on the ground, seeing a poster of Marla. He looks at John, who Is pleading.

What is he gonna do?