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DISCLAIMER: No adult action in this one, and to be honest, there's not much development in this chapter either. At least I was able to finish this up and post it before I really get rusty with my writing. :P Also, you'll get to see several new characters in this chapter, but we're also going to say goodbye to a few characters as well.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8613773/ Here's my FA link to this chapter, with a special thanks to everyone that let me use their characters in this one. Hope you all enjoy :)

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*KWLASH*

"Man.....why couldn't I have done that 1 frame beforehand....."

I found myself doing pretty well while bowling with the others, though my consistency was a bit off. By the time we were bowling our 4th game together as a group, I had only shot a 228 for my highest game so far out of the 3 that we had bowled. Every time I would get 2 or 3 strikes together, I would either make a VERY bad shot with my next turn, or I would get screwed by leaving the 10 or 7 pin standing on the deck (and even the 8 pin on a couple of shots)

Only Gantu was really giving me a challenge like he did the time we bowled together beforehand, though his consistency was also the same as mine. His high game was 202 out of the three, but he looked to be throwing the ball harder and harder each game. There were certain shots where he was throwing the ball, and the pins probably fell over just from the vibration of the ball hitting the lane so hard.

Kumi was also doing somewhat well, bowling a few games near the 180's, though his mate was truly proving that bowling was his game, unlike his bear that had the arcade games well in hand.

Meanwhile....

****

*COLLAWACKLE*

"Nice shot emon!"

"T-thanks! That's a spare, right??"

".....*sigh* Yes emon, that's a spare. Nice shot." Aquin mentioned.

"Yes!" Emon exclaimed, pumping his fist as he was obviously having trouble trying to learn everything about bowling in general, from rolling the ball down the lane, to putting his finger in the holes of the ball, and ESPECIALLY to keeping the ball on the lane in general. It was something that truly made him show a side to the others that he really hadn't shown beforehand, and that was excitement.

"Hey guys, I just got some popcorn here, want some?" Chowder asked, bringing a bowl filled with buttered popcorn to the others.

"Popcorn! I want some!" Ord happily replied, almost acting like a VERY excited child as he stormed right over and grabbed a couple of handfuls.

"Well it says you're up Quetzal......hey....Quetzal??" Emon mentioned, though he couldn't seem to get the dragon's attention right away.

"Hun? Quetzal?" Aquin then asked, as he once again was pretty much leaning into Quetzal the whole time.

"....h-hm? O-oh....sorry Emon....I was just....thinking..."

"Thinking?" Emon asked curiously.

".....I don't know....it's probably nothing....ok....let's hope I can strike."

As Quetzal walked onto the lane to get ready to bowl, Emon sat next to Aquin, as the Gator had his arms crossed while eagerly watching his mate.

".....do you know what he was thinking about??" Emon whispered to Aquin.

"......Yeah.....I think so. It's the same feeling I had....yesterday....when all that shit happened.....I think something's happened to....well....I won't say anything cause I don't want Mike to hear if what I'm feeling is true."

*KALWASH*

"AWESOME!"

"Whoa! Holy crap heh."

Emon was almost knocked out of his chair as Aquin jumped into the air after seeing Quetzal strike, which only had happened a few times in the previous games beforehand.

"Nice shot Quetzal!" "Yeah, nice shot!"

"Wow, hopefully I can do better this game compared to before!" Quetzal mentioned, as he got high fives from Sully, Emon, and nearly everyone else there.

"That was a GREAT shot Quetzal." *KISS*

Aquin pecked the yellow dragon on the cheek, which made Quetzal blush a bit as the two sat down together again.

****

"KWLASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*

"Holy shit!"

I stared on in awe as Gantu DESTROYED the pins on the deck, and I was actually surprised that he didn't literally break any pins in half after he threw his ball down the lane unbelievably fast. Kumi was also doing better this game as well, as he had struck as well before Gantu went up.

"Your turn Jun!" Gantu said to the Lion. Junir had been pretty quiet while we bowled together, but again, I noticed that he kept staring at Dracon from time to time, who was bowling with us but also helping his employees around the bowling center itself.

*BANG*

*.....................*

*COLLAWACKLE*

"Nice shot Jun!" I exclaimed after seeing the Lion hit the pins nearly perfectly as he got a strike.

"Thanks Mike. Is Dracon around? He's up next."

"......where is he?" I asked.

"Oh look....I think he's helping out with the register, those guys are all checking out. Wanna just skip him and then let him make up everything after?" Gantu pointed out.

"Yeah that's fine, I'm sure Dracon won't mind. After all, we don't want our groove to be messed up here. Haha!" I laughed back.

"Alright then....lemme see....ok I got it......*BEEP* Ok, I put his turn on hold until he gets back....so now you're up again Mike."

"Alrighty."

I went up to the right lane pretty quickly, and noticed that Sully was up on the lane next to me since his turn on their pair of lanes was on the left lane that they were bowling on.

"You can go Mike." Sully courteously said to me as he backed off the approach.

"Thanks Sull." I replied. I looked at the pins, and then the arrows, and started my approach with my bowling ball in hand again.

*BANG*

".................."

*KWLASH!!!!*"

"That's right!" I softly mentioned, pointing my finger at the pins and sort of taunting them as they all went down.

"Nice shot Mike!" "Damn! Nice one!" "Awesome!"

"Thanks guys." I replied, blushing a bit. I then looked at Sully, who threw his ball down himself with A LOT of force.

*KWLASH!*

"Wow, everyone's striking now!" Kumi said as he got on the approach himself since my turn was over.

"Heh yeah." I replied.

"Nice shot Sully!" Chowder mentioned as his turn was next.

"Thanks Chowder. Wish I could be as accurate as Mike here tho-"

*BRIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG*

"....Oh crap......hang on guys....I'll be in the back here." Sull mentioned as he pulled out his phone from his pocket, and quickly walked away from the bowling area to answer his phone.

As the big tiger got onto the approach along with Kumi on the other approach, I watched on as I saw the two starting their approach to bowl, even though Chowder looked like he had problems keeping the ball on the lane over the few games that we had bowled.

*BANG.....BANG*

".............."

*BWONGWING*

*KWLASH*

"......Oh no!!" "Damn!" "WOW....."

"......It's a good thing I'm not taking this as seriously as you guys! Haha!"

Chowder laughed back at us as we saw him leaving the 7-10 split on his shot, as his ball went right through the nose of the pins, while Kumi left a solid 10 pin after hitting the pocket perfectly.

"If you pick this up Chowder I'll pay you 50 bucks!" Gantu joked to the Tiger.

".....oh come on.....I doubt I'll make it.....I've never seen anyone else make it...."

Chowder quickly grabbed his ball as it came back through the ball return, and started his approach once again.

*BANG*

*WALLA WALLA WALLA WALLA*

*BONKSHU* *BOOP*

"OH!"

"Oh!!!!..........Damn!"

"Holy crap!"

"You just almost lost 50 bucks Gantu!"

Nearly EVERYONE around Chowder expressed their opinions as chowder hit the 10 pin, and the pin actually bounced back out, coming around halfway towards the 7 pin, though it ultimately came up just short of hitting it.

"Wow.....that's probably something I'll never do again!" Chowder laughed out, as we gave him high fives as he walked off the approach.

*****

"......Are you kidding me?!?!? In 2 days?!?!"

"Yeah....we're having the casting call and need to shoot a few things soon.....why....is there a problem??"

"....Well.......a lot of stuff has happened with a few of my friends up here.....actually....I probably shouldn't bring that into this."

"Do you think you could fly out tomorrow morning and we'll meet up at the LA airport and go from there?"

".....I guess.....but this is pretty last minute notice....why didn't you call me sooner Greg??"

"Well....I was actually only given this notice earlier today....and I've been very busy up until now, especially since I've had to make A LOT of other phone calls. But we're probably going to need you for a couple weeks out here, so if you could get your stuff and then head out here, we'll take good care of you as always James."

"......Alright.....I guess....mind if I bring Ord along?"

"That's on you Sully, I don't mind."

"Well....I guess I'll head back home then and grab my stuff....do you mind booking me on a flight for tomorrow afternoon? I have a long drive back from where I'm at right now so I doubt I'd be able to make a morning flight."

"Yeah, I'll set it up so that you'll fly from JFK to LAX between 1 and 3 PM, first class and all. I've got you covered James."

"Thanks Greg.....I guess I'll *BEEP* see you tomorrow then....I got another phone call coming through here."

"Ok, if you need anything Sully, give me a call."

"Will *BEEP* do Greg. Thanks."

*BEEP*

"Hello?"

"...........James....it's me."

".............................."

".........................................."

"..............................................Tony??"

"Yeah......."

"WHERE THE.....oh wait hang on...."

Sully quickly went into the arcade area of the bowling alley so that he would not be seen by the others.....since the big tiger himself was actually on the other end of the phone.

"Where the hell are you?!?!?! Do you realize what you've done?!?!"

"Yeah I have. But I can't talk about that. I need to know something James....is Aquin with you?"

"Aquin?? Y-yeah....he's with us....why?"

"Let me talk to him."

"For what reason?"

"Just let me talk to him!"

"Fine. But if Mike takes the phone from me if he finds out that you're on the line, you better not hang up, you hear me?"

".......Y-yeah."

With that said, Sully walked back over to where everyone was sitting down, and tapped Aquin on the shoulder. Mike was still watching Gantu bowling, so it was the perfect time to take Aquin aside without anyone else really knowing what was going on.

"Hmm? Yeah James?" The Gator asked as he was still sitting with Quetzal.

"Come with me."

"Umm....okay....."

Sully and Aquin both walked over to the arcade area, and the blue monster made sure that the two were out of sight from the others.

"What's going on?" the gator asked.

"Here. Someone wants to talk to you."

With that said, Sully handed the phone to Aquin, and then paced around the arcade a bit, still making sure that no one was looking near that area.

"Hello?"

"Aquin....it's me."

"Tony......please tell me....where are you?"

".....I was just about to tell you about that.....let's just say....that I need a favor. You know how you helped me get those answers out of that guy in the hospital yesterday?"

"Go on."

"Turns out that cop didn't forget about what I did to him before you arrived.....and now I'm in this fucking cell because of it along with Michael."

"I knew it.....Tony....ugh.....seriously....."

"I know Aquin.....but I mean...you're the ONLY one that can get us out of this....if there's ANYTHING I can do to re-pay you, name it."

"Tony....money's not an issue....but I mean....if there's one thing you SHOULD do.....you need to fucking change yourself! You've become a completely different person in the last 3 days alone!"

"Yeah I know Aquin....but Marco....he'll never change....I need to end him before he can ultimately hurt more people."

".....You're right I guess. This marco guy....I think he may have been responsible for that thing I faced off earlier....oh hey wait.... I have an idea."

"What?"

"Ok, if I help get you out, you have to promise me two things, and I'll make sure that you're set afterwards."

"Yeah?

"Number one, you're NOT going to do ANY stupid shit like this again, cause I'm not going to always be around to help you when you need it, you hear me?"

"Believe me....I won't...."

"Second....Mike hurts when he thinks about you, so you better have a good reason for coming back to him if you do want to be with him. With everything that has happened after you left, I'm pissed off that you did that, and a lot of other people are too Tony."

"......Do you really think I'm not hurting myself?!?! I've been thinking about Mike nearly every minute! It kills me! But I don't want to see him go through what he's ALREADY been through! And YOU should know that too!"

"Either way....you owe him an apology and then some. I'll head out in a bit and be there in a couple of hours. I'll post your bail in the process. Where are you guys at?"

"We're in a local cell here in the 105th precinct. Their phone number is ***-***-****."

"Got it. Sit tight, I'll have you out in a bit. Just don't go out though cause I need to see you in person, and I'm guessing I'll be your only source of transportation anyway."

"Yeah. Thanks a lot Aquin.....I appreciate it."

*BEEP*

"All set Aquin?" Sully asked, walking up to the Gator.

"Yeah. It's not pretty."

"What happened??"

"Tony's in jail."

"AGAIN......ALREADY?!?!" Sully exclaimed.

"Wait.....again? You mean he's been in jail before??" Aquin replied.

"Yeah! During that whole debacle when we were trying to find mike in those mountains, Tony went on a rampage when it first started and practically destroyed his car from road rage!"

"....His emotions are really getting to him....I need to help him."

"Wait...so are you gonna leave to go help him out?"

"Yeah....he's down near the big city again.....and by the way, I was hearing your phone conversation.....don't you have to head out too?"

"Yeah.....looks like me, you, Ord, and Quetzal have to leave this early."

"Let's go tell the others then."

"Whatever you do though Aquin....DON'T MENTION TONY."

"Trust me.....the last thing I'm going to do is make Mike worry about him. He seems to be having a lot of fun tonight with everyone, and he doesn't need to know any of this since it would just kill the mood he's in."

****

*KWLASH!*

"Holy crap Jun! That's 4 in a row!"

"Still...I'm not as good as you and Gantu, Mike. Oh, I think Dracon's back...."

After Junir struck, the red dragon walked back over to our area, and scratched his head a bit.

"Sorry guys....my employees have been having problems with the computers tonight.....what did I miss?"

"Well we skipped you for a few frames....but we'll let you make it up now."

"Wow, you guys sure have been striking a lot! Hopefully I can keep up, heh."

Before Dracon could go on the approach to bowl though....

"Hey guys....I need to talk to you all."

Sully caught us off guard as he was standing next to Aquin while the two walked towards both our groups.

"What's up James?" "What's going on?" A couple of the guys asked.

".....well....I just got a call from my manager....out in LA....he wants me to come down since they're having the casting call for the new movie I'm in and it's happening in only 2 days...."

"Wow...why such short notice??" Gantu asked. I was definitely thrown off guard myself, and really had no idea what to think of the situation.

"You're in a new movie??" Junir asked.

"I didn't tell you? I'm gonna be involved in another Monsters Inc. movie, though it's a prequel to the first one. They haven't told me much about it though, but I guess now they're really going forward with the whole thing."

"Oh! Sweet!" Junir replied, with a couple other guys nodding.

"So.....what's going to happen?" Gantu then added.

"Yeah...what are we going to do??" Ord then asked, as he stood next to his mate.

"I really have no choice, I have to head out there. You can come with me Ord, but I mean....I don't know if the rest of you would want to come out since they want me there for at least the next couple of weeks."

"Yeah....I can't do that... I need to train here so I can get back into the wrestling scene...."

"I'd love to visit....but I have to run my restaurant...." Junir and Chowder said to the monster.

"We'd love to go, but this is too short notice, so we'll pass." Gantu then added. I was still at a loss for words, though Emon and Dracon didn't say anything either.

"But the other thing is that....well, Quetzal....you and I need to drive them to the airport, so if they were to head out, we'd have to join them." Aquin then mentioned.

"That's fine amigo. So....what are we doing then?"

"Well....we should probably get going....we have a long drive back....and I'm not going to be able to get much sleep either if we do get back to our house in time....but Aquin....you and Quetzal can stay at our house like we agreed on." Sully replied.

"Y-yeah....we should get going then...." Ord then added.

"Mike....come here."

Sully then motioned for me to come over, in which I did. As I walked up to the blue monster, I felt pretty bad knowing that he had to leave, and my heart was hurting a bit, almost like....I was saying goodbye to someone....

As I stood in front of Sully though, he put his hand onto my shoulder, and said:

"Mike.....if there's ANYTHING you need, I don't care what it is. You give me a call, and I'll be there for you, along with Ord too. Okay?"

Without even replying, Sully lifted me up and gave me a very big hug in front of everyone else, which made a few people around us say "Awwwwwww....."

"T-thanks Sully.....I definitely will call if I need to talk to you or anything like that."

"Yeah Mike....we'll be there for you, that's a promise." Ord then added, as he came over and gave me a VERY big hug as well.

With that said, everyone else came up to Sully and Ord, and exchanged hugs and handshakes with the two as they both had to head out along with Quetzal and Aquin.

Aquin and Quetzal also exchanged their goodbyes to everyone else as well, but as I went to say goodbye to the Gator, he actually pulled me aside away from Quetzal and the others.

"Mike.....I need to ask you something....more like a favor....."

"Y-yeah?" I asked.

"If Emon stays with you guys....can you just keep an eye on him? I just don't want him starting any bullshit or anything. Then again, you'll probably have to teach him a few things anyway from the looks of it."

"Y-yeah, I'll keep an eye out."

"Like Sully and Ord said, if you need anything, call me. Also, in case you end up going back to the city and need a place to stay, here's my card. I'll let my guys know who you are so you'll be set."

The gator handed me a business card out of his jacket pocket that had the name of a club on it as well as his cell phone number.

"Well I'm gonna head out, but again, don't hesitate to talk to me if you need anything."

"Thanks Aquin. I can tell you though that I won't need another joyride with you again anytime soon, haha."

"Haha, yeah. Well, either way, I'll be seeing you later. Do you have all your stuff with you by the way? Don't wanna see one of your belongings that I bought for you at the mall in my car or something."

"Yeah, Ord brought in my bowling bag and my regular bag that had everything I bought in it, so I'm all set. Well......either way.....thanks again Aquin for everything...."

With that said, I gave the Gator another hug, and it wasn't long before Sully, Ord, Quetzal, and Aquin gave their final goodbye, and eventually left the bowling alley.

"I guess I'll move myself to this scoreboard so that'll even it out since there's only the 7 of us now." Dracon mentioned, as he switched his username from our scoreboard, over to Chowder and Emon's, since the other four were now gone.

After fixing up the scoreboard....there was now only the seven of us bowling as a group together.

****

".....W-well?"

"I talked to Aquin, we'll be out of here soon, he's going to post our bail over the phone I'm guessing. I just hope that no reporters come down...."

"Yeah.....but still......"

Tony and Michael were both locked up in a local cell at the police station, though neither one seemed really worried after Tony had assured that they would both be out soon.

"Tony.....I think I need to give you some advice about this whole ordeal."

"What? We STILL have nothing to go on......do you have any ideas??"

"Maybe we should just lay low....maybe perhaps let Marco come to us or something. I'm sure that eventually he'll realize that nothing's happening and that he might calm down and not worry about you as much, you get me?"

".....yeah....I guess.... I mean, all we know is that note indicating that he's in the "big city", but that doesn't exactly mean he could be back in New York City...."

"Exactly. Maybe Aquin could help us find him too."

"True..... Till then though.....I guess we have to just sit here and wait awhile....."

"Yeah......"

****

*KWLASH*

"Nice shot Chowder!"

"Nice one!"

A few of us gave the Tiger a high five after he struck, and we all seemed to forget that Sully, Ord, Quetzal, and Aquin had left us, since we were still having a great time as a group together.

"You're up Emon." Dracon then mentioned to the mage.

"O-oh ok." Emon replied with a bit of hesitation. I looked over and I noticed that Emon seemed pretty calm and collected, but he also hadn't talked much in general either while we were all bowling.

As Emon got onto the approach, he lifted the ball off of the ball return, and was about to start his approach. However, something looked off to me when I watched him hold the ball.

"Hey emon...."

"Yeah Mike?"

"Here, are you putting your fingers in the ball the right way??" I asked.

"Well....Aquin told me that I had to use my middle and ring finger....but it seems better if I can hold the ball with my index finger instead since I get a better grip on it."

"What weight is that ball?" I then added, as I walked right up to emon and looked at the bright blue ball that he was holding.

"I think it's a 15 pounder."

"....wow, no wonder you can't get a good grip on it, heh." I replied sarcastically.

"What do you mean?"

"Here emon, try a 13 pound ball here.....let's see....ah ok, yeah, see if this one works." I mentioned as I grabbed a magenta colored house ball off the rack, and went over to give it to emon.

"Now see if your middle and ring finger fit in the top holes here."

"....hmmmm.....oh wow! Yeah this is much better!" Emon happily remarked, as he clearly had a much better grip on his bowling ball from what I could see.

"Also emon, see those arrows down there?" I asked, pointing out the arrows that were a quarter of the way down the lane."

"Yeah? What about them?"

"Well, if you throw the ball straight, aim between the middle arrow and the arrow to the right of it. You'll probably hit the pocket most likely."

"Alright....let me try that....."

I stepped off the lane and watched as Emon carefully took a few steps towards the foul line(and I was really surprised that he seemed to be pretty good with his approach in general for a new bowler) and rolled his ball down the lane.

*BANG*

The ball hit the lane, and sure enough, his ball crossed directly in-between the two arrows that I told him about, and the ball went right for the 1-3 pocket.

*KWLASH*

"There you go Emon!!" I happily exclaimed as I watched all ten pins go down VERY quickly.

"Wow, you really know your stuff Mike. heh." The mage replied. We exchanged high fives, and right at that moment, Gantu was up on the other lane and starting his approach.

*BANG!*

*KWWWWWWWWWWLAAAAAAASHHHHH*

"Holy fuck!"

"Goddamn! Heh."

Once again, we all just watched in sheer amazement as Gantu launched the ball down the lane with INCREDIBLE speed, and the pins didn't stand a chance at all.

*******

*KWLASH!*

"FUCK! He beat me! 197....to 195...."

"Pay him up! It was your bet after all!"

"Well it's a good thing I got a shitload of tips today so that I can make these bets with you guys."

"Hey Sabre....no hard feelings....good game?"

"Yeah....good game Lowrey....but still....someone come on, vouch for me here! Darius, did I get cheated on those shots or what....what do you think Wolfie.....hey....Wolfie??"

"....Oh....sorry...."

"What ya looking at? Hehe."

".....Guys....is it just me, or are those guys over there......look! Is that Gantu that's high fiving those guys??"

".............................."

".........holy crap! That......that IS him!"

".....guess we've been so caught up in our own game that we never noticed those guys over there."

"Hey Vonce, maybe you can tell them about your "place", eh? Hehe."

"Uhhh.....y-yeah....I kinda wanna get Gantu's autograph though more than anything."

"Look at you Vonce, you're like an excited child, haha."

"Oh stop it Sabre. Heh."

****

After Gantu's turn, my name lit up on the scoreboard. Before I could get up though....

"Hey, do you all want something to drink?" Dracon asked all of us.

"Sure!" "Yeah, if you don't mind." "Definitely!" nearly all of us replied.

"Actually, I'll come and help you Dracon."

"Yeah, I'll help too." Both Chowder and Emon insisted. With that said, the three walked away from our bowling area and walked to the other side of the building to grab some drinks out of a vending machine as well as a soda and beer fountain.

I was now on the lane, getting ready to bowl again. As we were now a few games in, I was much more calm with every shot I made, and nothing was really getting to me. It was just a question of whether the pins would fall my way when the ball made it 60 feet down the lane.

As I held the ball in my hand, I started my approach again, and released the ball off my fingers.

*BANG*

".....*KWLASH*...."

"Nice one Mike!"

Several people complimented me after I threw a strike, and knowing that Junir also struck before me made me realize that we were all REALLY getting into a groove now.

But then....out of nowhere.....

"Hey, that was a REALLY nice shot!"

I looked past the seats that we were at, and then noticed a group of 5 guys standing not far from our area, with a couple of them smiling at me after I had made my shot. The guys that were standing together were pretty tall, and they all looked like they were VERY well built. I also couldn't help but notice though that the other guys in the group also seemed to have their eyes glued on Gantu, who didn't even seem to notice that there were several guys standing behind him.

The group consisted of a green/yellow dragon with red hair, a very dark greyish Wolf with a dark blue face and yellow hair, a muscular wolf that looked to have rabbit-like ears, a VERY tall Dragon that reminded me a lot of the Koopa character from the Mario video game series (though he also had a LARGE scar on his face and orange hair as well), and finally, another dragon that had white and blue markings all over his body, along with brown hair.

"T-thanks! Heh." I replied, scratching my head a bit and sitting back down on the seats, as I started to check my phone to try to keep myself occupied.

Even though I was trying to not really draw too much attention, I did notice that one of the guys from the group approached closer to where we were sitting.

"H-hey....if I may ask....are you Gantu?" The rabbit-eared wolf asked as he pretty much walked up to the giant whale.

"Guilty as charged, that'd be me."

"Oh! Awesome! I watched you on TV all the time years ago....mind if I get your autograph?"

"Not at all....hey Kumi, you're up next by the way." Gantu pointed out as his bear mate walked onto the approach. The whale walked over with the wolf to go grab something to sign, while the other four in the group continued to look on at all of us. It didn't take long though for a couple other members of the group to follow Gantu over to the main counter of the bowling center.

****

"W-wow, so that really is Gantu! I want an autograph too.....what do you think Darius.....hey....Darius??"

"Wha? Oh sorry Lowrey.... I was just thinking.....look at that human right there."

"What about him? He's a good bowler. Are you thinking that you wanna give him....a special show? Hehehe."

"....W-well maybe yeah.....but....I just know....I've seen him somewhere before!"

"Really?"

"Yeah! I just....I just can't point my finger on it though!"

"Maybe it will come to you soon...."

"Yeah, probably. I want an autograph from Gantu though, so I'll be over at the counter here with Vonce and Wolfie. Looks like Sabre already got his, heh."

"Get one for me too, I don't wanna make the big guy feel uncomfortable if we all stood around him over there, heh."

"Gotcha."

*****

As Kumi got up onto the approach to start his turn, I was watching the bear pick up his bowling ball....though I then heard a voice talking into my ear.

"Hey Mike."

"Hm? Yeah Jun?" I asked, as the Lion sort of leaned into me as if he was going to ask me something.

"You ok with these guys behind us that are watching? I'll talk to them if you start feeling uncomfortable at all."

"T-thanks Jun.....I think they're probably just watching us for a little longer.....seems like three of those guys went over to get Gantu's autograph though." I replied, as I noticed that only a couple of the guys in the group were actually still watching us while Gantu was at the front counter helping out the others that were there.

*BANG......COLLAWASH*

"Oh damn.....baby split." I mentioned as Kumi left the 3-10 on the deck.

"Wow....those were the same pins I left to lose my bet!" I overheard one of the guys saying behind us. I looked back and noticed that the Yellow/Green Dragon seemed to have a pretty disgruntled look on his face.

"So I'm guessing you guys all bet each other in your group?" I asked the dragon curiously, though I felt a bit intimidated by the look on the Dragon's face.

"Somewhat, we pretty much bullshitted around for a couple of games, but then Lowrey here decided to be a bigshot and offered a challenge to any of us since he was bowling the best, so I took him on and gave him a run for his money. You're still one lucky bastard 'Rey, I'm telling you." The Dragon mentioned, while the dark grey wolf had a bit of an evil smile on his face.

"How well did you all bowl?" Junir then asked, still sitting close next to me and almost acting like he was being my guardian in front of the others.

"Only Lowrey and I hit over 200, though Vonce had a 199 at one point. Either way, we're definitely going out and doing this again sometime, and I'm going to get my revenge on you Lowrey."

"Vonce?" I asked, wondering who the Dragon was talking about.

"Oh....I'm sorry....we never introduced ourselves....."

With that said, the dragon and the wolf came right up to us, which ultimately made Junir and myself stand up out of our seats so we could exchange handshakes.

"I'm Sabrewing, but you can just call me Sabre. This asshole that beat me is Lowrey, heh."

"Nice to meet you guys. I'm Mike."

"And I'm Junir." We both replied.

"So do you guys live around here?" Sabre asked the two of us. Before I could answer though....

*WACKLE*

"YES!"

"Hm? Oh, you made the baby split Kumi? Nice!" I exclaimed as I saw the large bear clinching his fist in excitement as he walked off the approach, though I did feel a bit bad that I had missed it.

"That's the first time in quite awhile that I've converted a split like that! Heh. Wait....so who are these guys?" The bear then asked Junir and myself after we gave him a high five after he converted his split.

"Oh, well we're still getting to know them as well, but this is Sabre, and this is Lowrey." Junir pointed out.

"Nice to meet you two. I'm Kumi Isurugi." The bear politely replied.

"Your accent....I'm guessing you used to live in Japan?" Sabre asked Kumi.

"Yep, in Tokyo. It's also the place that Gantu and I met a few years back."

"Oh nice!" the Dragon replied with a smile.

"Going back though to what you asked, yeah I live in Salisbury, do you know where that is?" I asked.

"Oh yeah, the five of us live right around Epping, but yeah I know that town." Lowrey replied.

"I live in Hartford but Gant' and I are visiting Mike and Junir here after everything that's happened.

"Wait....what happened?" Sabre asked.

With that said, My heart rate started getting a little faster, mainly because my mind was shifting from all the thoughts about bowling, to all the bullshit that I had been through recently. It was something I just wanted to forget about.

Before anyone could answer Sabre's question though, I got a bit lucky, as I then heard Gantu coming back.

"Oh, you guys all set?" Lowrey asked the other three that were walking with Gantu back towards us.

"Yep, we're good here!" The blue spotted dragon mentioned back to the dark grey wolf.

"Did these guys give you any trouble at all Gantu?" Kumi asked his mate.

"Not at all. Though I did charge $20 an autograph. Hahaha." The whale joked along, which caused all of us to laugh.

"We should get going guys, I need to get back to the club to check up on everything."

"Hey Vonce....think these guys here would be interested in the club?" Sabre asked the blue dragon.

"Well before I do anything, I should at least introduce myself to them Sabre."

With that said, the blue dragon walked right up to Kumi, Junir, and myself, much like Sabre and Lowrey did beforehand.

"Nice to meet you three. I'm Vonce, and these guys behind me work with me at the club I own. Seems like you've already met Lowrey and Sabre, but this guy right here is Darius, and that other Wolf that's cherishing Gantu's autograph over there is William, but we just call him Wolfie.

We exchanged handshakes again with the remaining guys that we hadn't met yet, including Wolfie, who finally came over to us after staring at his autographed Gantu picture for quite some time.

And at that moment.....

"Oh, Dracon's back with Emon and chowder with the drinks guys." Kumi pointed out as he noticed the three walking towards our group.

"Well, we don't want to rain in on your parade since we have to get going, but if you guys ever wanna stop by and chat, have a few drinks, and maybe get to see a special "show", here's my card to the place we're all at.

Before I knew it, the blue dragon handed me a small business card, and less than a couple seconds later, the whole group that we had just met pretty much gave their goodbyes to us and left the bowling alley.

"Who were those guys?" Chowder asked curiously as he was holding a drink tray along with a small sub sandwich, while Dracon and Emon also brought along a few other drinks and some more popcorn for all of us.

"Let's just say that they were big fans of this guy right here." Junir mentioned, pointing his finger to Gantu, who just shook his head a bit sarcastically.

"What's on the card anyway Mike?" Kumi then asked me.

"All it says is "The Red Chair" along with a phone number, address, and the owner of the place, who I'm assuming was that blue dragon since it says "Vonce Perraglius" as the owner. Have you guys ever heard of that place?? Cause I haven't." I asked curiously.

"Not that I can think of." "Nope." "Sorry...."

"Now that I think of it though....I'm really the only one that lives around here anyway, besides Quetzal I guess. Either way, it says that this club is in Epping, which is only like a 10 minute drive from here. Think we should check it out?" I asked the others.

"Maybe tomorrow Mike." Junir said to me, while most of the others either shrugged their shoulders or kinda insisted that they didn't really want to go at that moment.

"Alright, we'll save it for another time then. Anyway, let's get back to our bowling here." I insisted.

And with that, the seven of us started to bowl again as a group.

*****

"Man....how much I'd love to get my hands on that scrawny fucking human....finish him once and for all....."

"Think nigga, you think boss'll bail us out dis time? He wasn't pleased with having to come get us the first time, you know? And he was pissed when he threw us out dat warehouse, you know?"

"I'm sure he'll come for us Andre, I mean we ain't done shit to hurt him. We been loyal. And he seems to be in a bad mood, so maybe he'll send someone else out to bail us and then we can all get those assholes. Then again, I don' know if he know that we're in a different jail than before. Not to mention we in dis Massachusetts state too."

"My face still hurts....and I lost a couple of fucking teeth from all that shit in that restaurant....damn pussies."

"Yeah, you and me both. But don't worry, we gon' get out of dis and raise hell. Oh, our food is here.

****

"Enjoy your meal guys. Hehehehe."

****

"What's dis crap? Oh fuck it....I'm hungry...."

"Same here....let's just eat it.....I got a plan for what we gon' do next time we see dat human.

"What....you ain't just gon pop a cap in him? I fucking should've done that in the first place."

"Same....I was fucking stupid.....but here's what......wait....what da fuck??"

"....huh? What is it?"

".....Something....AGH!!!!!!!!!!"

"Bro! What's go-URGH......"

"AGHHHHH!!!!!"

"GHAK......"

"...................................GAHHHHH!!!!!"

*FWISH......BWISHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*

****

"What the hell just happened down there? I heard screaming...."

"Sounds like their dinner was a little....let's say.....fiery...and hot....and explosive. Hehe."

"Don't serve me any of that shit then."

"Oh don't worry, that was the last of it. Here's your meal."

.................

............................

"Who was that rabbit guard you were talking to? Never seen him before."

"Me neither. Guess he's a new face."

****

"Now that those guys are finished......time to move on to the next plan."