Suddenly portals open and all of his friends come out. Shaun flies with a skateboard, Rita flies in, along with Bradley, and Tiffany (in a bubble), and Paul (with theatre kid energy)

Tiffany lands, popping her bubble. ‘’Hey, Stevie! You betrayed us. So, it’s time for you to get REKT!’’

NAME: TIFFANY

AGE: 17.

POWERS: CHEERLEADING, BUBBLES, OPTISM.

WEAKNESSES: TOXICITY. DADDY ISSUES AND…POOR ENTRANCE.

Paul lands faceplanted, he strikes a pose.

‘’It’s you, Steve! The teenager who has the smell of existential dread!’’

NAME: PAUL RODGERS

AGE: 18

POWERS: CARDS, SKULLS, DEALING, ARMS.

WEAKNESSES: CRINGEY SHAKESPEREAN DIALOUGE. AND ALSO…POOR ENTRANCE X 2.

They all aim fighting stances at Steve and John.

‘’C’mon Steve. Are you really sure you wanna betray us?’’ Bradley asks, concerned.

Steve hesitates, he looks between John, the picture of Marla and his friends.

Rita shouts, ‘’You’re wasting my freaking time you freaking freak! Just make your choice!’’

Steve is shocked.

Shaun puts the skateboard up and leans on it. ‘’I think the kid is conflicted.’’

OPTIONS

A – BETRAY YOUR GANG

B – BE ALONE

C – GO AFTER MARLA

D – BOTH.

Steve is silent. He is panting heavily. John coughs coins and stands up, hurt, sweating and injured, ‘’Guys, let him make his own decisions.’’

Silence. Steve looks up, smirking. Is he gonna be with them?

‘’I mean, there is nothing wrong with that, right?’’ Paul asks, tying his cape.

‘’As long as it doesn’t waste my time.’’ Rita says angrily.

‘’But he will never learn to respawn. He doesn’t know how!’’ Bradley shouts, aiming his hammer.

‘’So what? You think Life is about sticking together? Here it’s every man for themselves. And I’m going to get those diamonds. Solo.’’

John shouts, angry.

Bradley shouts, ‘’John, you need us!’’. ‘’For what?’’ John says coldly. ‘’For goofing around??’ He adds.

Tiffany asks, ‘’What’s that sound?’’

Silence. Shaun is glowing with green energy, holding a basketball. His eyes are green.

‘’What? I’m flexing my muscles.’’ He says, softly and smugly. Rita crosses her arms, looking at Shaun, ‘’Damn. I gotta lose some weight.’’

Bradley and John look at them, dumbfounded.

Tiffany looks down, shocked. ‘’Oh my god, Steve!’’

They all look down and gasp. Steve is gone. Left behind marks.

Oh, he actually left them.

John is shocked, ‘’What the hell? Is he Sonic the Hedgehog? He actually betrayed us?!’’

Bradley looks down in shock and horror.

‘’He actually did it.’’ He mutters, horrified.