The kidnapping of a star

by Meli__Melo

Summary:

Passing through the names of the candidates, Cucurucho was trying to find a way on how to take the candidate out of the election. Felps could easily be killed and taken into one of the cells of the federation, and same for Mike. BadBoyHalo was a bit tougher. He was a great fighter after all, but he could not stand against one or maybe two codes alone. Forever was playing it safe, so he was not leaving his secure home. Maybe they could find a way to lure him out and then attack him, it could work.

Now there was only one candidate left, Étoiles. Now, Étoiles was a little bit of a special case. Having survived three attacks of the code in the same week: at the diner, in the desert with that one buffed mob and in the plaine with the two codes, The federation was never successful at killing him and it was now way beyond frustrating.

 

Or- The federation needed to do something to stop Etoiles

Notes:

ok so this fic is totally inspired by this tweet

I just thought of this story as soon as I saw this tweet and I've just written it down in my phone's note and now I'm writing it way after the election has passed.
But I had enough of having ideas and never writing them so I finally decided to start. So this is basically my first ever fic.

I just craved étoiles fic and there weren't enough so I made one :)

I guess I could also say that english is not my first language but I assure you it will not be one of those fic where the fic is a masterpiece T-T.

I don't think there are some tw beside kidnapping, violence and maybe suicidal ideation if you squint.

That's all, enjoy the story.

Chapter 1

A white bear was sitting in an office, with a serious expression on his face. He was thinking of every possibility of what could happen in the next few days. The problem here was that not many of them would go his way, and because of one person.

You see, as the face of the federation, by being their most renowned worker, he had jobs to do, like making sure the election that was coming up would be working in their favor. And to do that, they had the great idea to send someone who is secretly working for them. Not much of a big deal right ? You go there, show the people what they want, gain their favors, and win the election.

Except the fact that ElQuackity is an incompetent idiot, and kept fucking up everything. So that’s why they needed to find a solution and fast, because the election was in a few days, and there is no way that ElQuackity would have one single vote.

Cucurucho stood up and decided to call a meeting with some faceless worker he put on the case. As they sat around the table, someone pushed a piece of paper in front of Cucurucho. Taking the paper, he started reading the content of it as a smile started to spread across his face.

There were rules in the election, simple rules, like the two lives that each candidate has. They made a few, and one of them was written on the paper. It said as follows: “Should an elected candidate not be present at the election, the candidate with the next highest percentage of votes will be elected in their place”. That rule, that was the solution. All they needed to do was to take down every candidate and then, ElQuackity would be the only one that could possibly get elected.

Passing through the names of the candidates, Cucurucho was trying to find a way on how to take the candidate out of the election. Felps could easily be killed and taken into one of the cells of the federation, and same for Mike. BadBoyHalo was a bit tougher. He was a great fighter after all, but he could not stand against one or maybe two codes alone. Forever was playing it safe, so he was not leaving his secure home. Maybe they could find a way to lure him out and then attack him, it could work.

They also had to figure out a way to avoid someone alerting the other and ruining their plan. They needed to do something about the communicator like taking them away, or disable the capacity of sending messages. They could blame it on the instability of the network, or if they can control only one communicator, there won’t be any excuse needed. He told a faceless worker to work on that project and sent him away.

There was only one candidate left, Étoiles. Now, Étoiles was a little bit of a special case, having survived three attacks of the code in the same week: at the diner, in the desert with that one buffed mob and in the plaine with the two codes. But the federation was never successful at killing him and it was now way beyond frustrating.

They couldn’t send more codes and hops for the best, it just wouldn’t work out in their favor. Maybe using a fake Pomme as a bait could throw him off but he could quickly recover and take back the advantage. No, they needed to do something else, something that did not require killing him, after all, he just needed to not show up, and maybe Cucurucho has the perfect plan for that…

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Étoiles was having the week of his life. Maybe getting killed by Baghera was the best thing that could have happened to him now that the federation is targeting him.

Now people who didn't know him would say that he's crazy for thinking that, and maybe he is, but he just love the thrill of adrenaline he get when he's fighting, he loves the fact that he could die and be ejected from the election but he know at the same time that it will not happen.
He likes to say it's comparable to the feeling in a roller-coaster but 100 times more vivid.

Now he knew he had a limit, he's not dumb, at least he likes to think so. He knew how to quit a fight, like in the desert with that unkillable mob. That was really a low blow.

The thing is that Étoiles love fighting, period.

That's exactly why he was right now 200k blocks away from spawn ready to do any good dungeons that will present itself to him. A common occurrence, and he sometimes likes to do it with Pomme but she should be with Baghera building her castle right now.

But it's fine to do it alone sometimes. Before he got to know his kid, he was doing it alone fine, but then she appeared, the same day that that damn plane crashed, and his first reaction has been to ignore her, not calling himself a dad and mock his friends for getting attached to her.

Now look at where he is, missing her because she decided to spend some time with her mother. She really did grow on him.

He doesn't know exactly why he rejected her in the first place. Of course he knew it was for self preservation and him not allowing his emotions to take over his brain when she would eventually die. But it won't let it happen now and still feel like it's all a mistake for him to be this close to Pomme.

Maybe it's cause it's not Pomme the problem, maybe it's him, maybe he's not fit enough to be a dad, maybe he shouldn't put Pomme in danger by just being the reckless person he is, maybe he -
He was cut off by a sound coming from his communicator.

Baghera > Hey, Pomme veut venir passer du temps avec toi, t'es libre? [Hey, Pomme wants to spend time with you, are you free?]

Of course he can take care of Pomme, he is literally one of the best PvP fighters on the server, why couldn't he defend her, Baghera trusted him, so he could trust himself.

Etoiles > ok, je met une sharestone au nom de “Pomme” [ok, I'm putting a sharestone with the name “Pomme”]

He put the sharestone down and waited for Pomme, not looking at Baghera reply knowing it most likely be a "dac" or "ok".

Pomme arrived a few minutes later and immediately came to Étoiles and started jumping. Étoiles responded with joy at seeing his angel "Salut légende, tu vas bien ?" [Hey legend, how are you?] She immediately responded "good" by using french sign language although it seemed a little sloppy.

"T’es sur que tout vas bien, tu parais un peu fatiguer" [you’re sure you’re alright, you seem a little bit tired] Étoiles responded like the worried father he was. Of course he has reasons for believing that, he’s not a mother hen as much as Baghera is. But Pomme seemed to really have a hard time signing what she wanted to say.

“On vas pas faire une grande aventure vu que t’as l’aire fatigué, faudrait peut être que tu ailles te coucher” [we won’t go on a big adventure since you seem tired, maybe we should go back and put you to sleep] But the moment she heard those words, Pomme seemed to get a little bit frantic and kept signing in some sort of “franglish” language but since Étoiles has already seen her spoke to her siblings like that when she was really excited, he could understand something like this: “no, no, no! I wanted to spend time with you, not sleep”

Understanding that, Étoiles just became more worried, he knew the effect of sleep deprivation, having experienced it quite a few times and he didn’t want his kid to go down the same deep hole he is in. “Peut être qu'on pourrait faire un ou deux donjons et après on vas dormir, puisque moi aussi je commence à être fatiguer, et tout le monde gagne parce que quand tu te réveillera, je me serai reposé et on pourra passer du temps ensemble” [Maybe we could do one or two dungeons and then we go to sleep, and since I’m tired as well, it’s a win-win situation for us both since when you wake up, I should be awake and we could spend more time with each other]

And he wasn’t lying, he really was tired, maybe some could say he was exhausted but it’s not like he would ever admit that. The thing is he didn’t remember when was the last time he slept, maybe it was yesterday, no, he was exploring. The last time he could recall that he was properly sleeping was after the fight with the codes, he was so exhausted that when he returned back home, he slept for like the whole day. So it’s been something like a little less than 4 days, yeah, talking about being a hypocrite.

However, Pomme, unknowing of the conversation going on in Étoiles’ head, was agreeing to this deal like it was the most amazing deal she has ever done. Étoiles snapped out of his thought seeing Pomme jumping everywhere and went to ruffle her fondly. “On dirait que cette proposition te plaît, c’est d’accord, mais par contre tu me la fourre pas, pas plus de deux donjons, faut se reposer” [You seem to like this idea, alright, but on the other hand, don’t trick me, no more than two dungeons, you have to rest]

Pomme seemed to agree so Étoiles moved on and they both started walking through the forest they were currently in. The atmosphere was kinda eerie as they kept on walking, like someone was following them. But Étoiles push it back in the back of his mind. What would the federation do 200k blocks away from their base? And while yes it’s true that Étoiles has been a target these last few weeks, he hadn’t received a warning message and the codes have been laid off since Monday. Now he wasn’t being irresponsible, he didn’t think so at least, it’s just that it's been a while since he and Pomme went exploring together that he didn’t wanna ruin it for her. He just couldn’t take the risk of being attacked and Pomme being in the way of not having enough time to escape. If it ever happened, Étoiles thought he would never mentally recover, the guilt of killing his own child would be too much.

He could faintly remember the pain of losing someone, maybe some relative, but it was not what was making him think that he would spiral down when- … no, if Pomme were to die. He has seen some of the parents on the island after they lost their child, he was told stories of disaster and grief, and if you were to combine that and his mental state, he didn’t think he could go on with his life normally, or at all.

Now he shouldn't think about that, he was confident he could protect Pomme and that she could also defend herself pretty well. Speaking about Pomme, she has been weirdly silent the whole time, well, more like not signing but who cares. Maybe he just didn’t see it, but that would make the situation ten times worse. “Tout vas bien?” [everything’s good?] Étoiles asked, worried again for his child. Maybe he should relax a little, just to avoid having wrinkles before his 30s.

“oui, je vais bien” [yep, I’m good] Pomme signed in return, still as sloppy as earlier. Étoiles just nodded and they were back to walking. They continued like that for a good 1 or 2K blocks before stumbling upon a good dungeon. Finally, we can fight, Étoiles first thought when he saw it. He loudly exclaimed and grabbed Pomme in his arms to get to it faster. They go through the dungeon very fast, used to the number of times they did this type of dungeon, or any other type in fact.

As they reached the top, Pomme did seem to slow down a little. So Étoiles slowed down too, allowing his daughter to take her time. He did quickly look through some chest and decided to leave the loot to Pomme since it’s been a while since she’d farm a dungeon. He let Pomme loot the chest while he jumped down the tower to put in his backpack the loot he got from killing the mobs that were in there.

He took quite some time to rearrange his backpack since he lost an item in it but he did finish in the end. However, Pomme hadn’t jumped out of the tower yet. Maybe Étoiles forgot a spawner and some mobs were attacking her. She could handle some mobs but he should probably check on her, just to help her out if she needs his help. He stood up and put his backpack on, and started to walk toward the entrance of the tower.

However, he noticed a shadow figure walking out of the dungeons by this door. He immediately got out his scythe as he noticed that the shadow was a lot taller than Pomme should be. The person walked out of the building to reveal ElQuackity holding Pomme in his arms. Now that alone would be suspicious enough to put Étoiles on edge, but the fact that his child was also crying was what pushed him off the cliff.

“What the fuck do you think you’re doing ElQuackity!” was the only thing that Étoiles screamed before leaping toward the man before him, ready to strike him down. But his momentum was stopped as soon as he ElQuackity took out a knife and put it directly under Pomme’s neck. “Do you think you can calm down and cooperate or do you not value your child’s life? '' ElQuackity responded with a calm and monotone voice.

Étoiles' mind was racing, telling him to threaten the man and destroy him in many possible ways. However he was also reasonable and knew not to fight a losing battle. Not that he couldn’t take on ElQuackity, on the contrary, but like he said earlier, Pomme dying could as well be the end of the world. So he decided to talk. “What do you want from me?”. And yeah, it was “respectful” per say, but you could hear the venom that was hiding behind his voice.

“Well, we would like to have you cooperate and come with me to one of the federation’s offices to talk about important matters.” ElQuackity responded, clearly ignoring the invisible threat that Étoiles threw at him. And while one side of the discussion seemed calm, it was not the case for the other. Étoiles' blood was just boiling at this point, and he was starting to lose patience. “Well we can talk about it here, no need to travel far, I can even set up a table.” Étoiles’ answer was full of sarcasm and disdain.

However this answer did not seem to please ElQuackity as he moved the knife closer to Pomme’s neck. At this, Étoiles’ confidence flattered entirely and he immediately backed up. He quickly recovered but it was too late, his enemy immediately noticed and started smirking. “I don’t think you understand what is happening here. ''A small giggle, close to a manic laughter, escaped the man’s lips “You are not in control of this situation and therefore you have no power over me. So you’re gonna come with me, or the kid get it.”

The panic was overtaking him, he could hardly breath and he felt like his entire body was shaking. He felt like a maniac when he started to laugh before he could even answer. It was like the world was falling around him, he knew he was going crazy but he just couldn’t control his brain right now. “You know that you maybe have control now, but just know that later, you will suffer when I kill you, again, and again, and again, ‘till you don’t even wanna respawn because you just wanna perma die, if you dare touch one single strand of hair of my fucking child!”

The words were just coming out of his mouth with no real control over it. However, he did agree with them and was ready to act on them. ElQuackity seemed to be taken back by his reaction, and maybe it was because Étoiles never really got angry at anyone on the server. Nobody ever saw him being truly mad so it made sense that he never threaten someone and meant it, and it was fucking scary.

ElQuackity, however, apparently decided that he was safe, because he started to run, taking Pomme with him. And he did run fast, actually faster than most of the servers. But that was the keyword right there, most, because Étoiles started to run as soon as he saw movement coming from the man in front of him. And so they started a chase through the thick forest, balancing each other out with their pace, ElQuackity having really good agility and Étoiles being used to travel through all the biomes after adventuring for so long. The warrior was actually surprised by how someone could run this fast with a child in their arms.

They continued this chase for what felt like an hour but was actually 10 minutes. It ended when ElQuackity slowed down while taking a sharp turn and Étoiles took the opportunity to tackle him to the ground, knowing his opponent could do nothing to harm his daughter in such a small amount of time. He took Pomme out of range and quickly put his weapon against ElQuackity’s neck. “You really thought you could escape me, Quackity or whatever doppelganger the federation sent. I meant what I said earlier, you're gonna suffer so much that you’re not gonna set a foot near me or my daughter.”

ElQuackity didn’t seem to care, instead, he seemed to be smiling at something, even laughing. “You’re not gonna do anything to me, and you know why? Because I didn’t lie when I said I had control over this situation, and I still have it. I just took you right where I wanted you to be.” Étoiles looked around at that comment and noticed he was next to a building that looked a lot like a federation’s base. He easily put the dot together and internally cursed himself, falling into a trap that easily was not a thing he did often.

“Well maybe you have me where you want me to be, but it still doesn’t change the fact that I have the upper hand” he answered, ready to kill the person underneath him, who has turned around after Étoiles gives him space to do so. And maybe it was dumb, but he really wanted ElQuackity to look at him right in his eyes as he took his life away. The man didn’t seem bothered in any way by what he said and instead replies “No I don’t think so. I mean, I don’t have it, but neither do you, he has.”

As soon as ElQuackity said it, Étoiles felt a needle pierce his neck and some liquid being injected in him. He turned around to punch his attacker and it was met with lines of binary codes. He was first confused and tried to fight him but found that his movements were becoming abnormally slow like he was about to faint. And as he was slowly losing consciousness, he could just barely see ElQuackity get up and hear “well done, I didn’t think you were gonna fool him that well playing as Pomme, but I guess I underestimate your disguising skills.”

And at that moment, the moment that everything weird that had happened in the last hour started to make sense in Étoiles head, he could only say one thing before everything turned black.

“Oh les bâtards...”

Notes:

I finally finished the fic T-T, it took me so long. I don't know how y'all author do it, it's so fucking hard.

Anyway, for those who didn't understand the last sentence, it means "oh you bastard!". I didn't want to translate it because I think it's more funny and dramatic this way.

It was fun to give me a challenge and I didn't think I could write this many words in english. Also I think if I ever write someone speaking french again I won't translate it, I would just put a different font and call it that. You don't know how hard it is to write the same sentence but in two languages

Also fun-fact: the first time Etoiles asks "pomme" if she's alright, he asks literally "are you good?" which is a yes or no question, so it's weird that pomme answer "good", thus showing the fact that the code doesn't know french that well.

And if you ask me why etoiles didn't use the secret code and not question any of the strange behavior of pomme, that's because he was really tired and thought that it was really Baghera talking to him so it was reasonable to think that it was really pomme.

I Also wanted to make a scene were Etoiles would wake up in a cell and just freak out about it, but It was starting to take way to long, so maybe I will add a chapter if people are interested by that but for now I just wanna stop writing.

If you have a better title pls tell me, I have no idea how to find a good one T-T

Chapter 2

Notes:

welp, just so you know, I don't think I got the protuguese streamer right, they are probably a little OOC, sorry, I don't watch them as much, same could go to BBH.

I wanna say again that this fic is inspired by this tweet, and litterally, a part of this chapter is almost the same words for words.

Anyway, here's the chapter guys

As Étoiles woke up, he was immediately hit with the worst headache he ever had in his life. It felt like someone was hitting him with a hammer every two seconds. So we could say he felt like shit. He tried to ignore it and gather information and the only one he could get was that he was sitting up against a wall.

 

He then tried to open his eyes to see what was happening around him and understand how he got into this situation. All he can remember was going exploring, and then… nothing, he couldn’t remember anything else. Maybe he was attacked by too many mobs and died? It would be unusual, but possible. It doesn’t seem right though.

 

He decided to stop thinking to let his mind and body rest and let himself wake up slowly. And after a few minutes, he could finally open his eyes. It did take a moment as they were hit with a bright white color, but they adjusted after a few seconds. He was in a small room with no window, the room was enlightened only by a block that was found on the ceiling and surrounded by quartz blocks, the only other different block in this room.

 

Étoiles tried to stand up to inspect the room but was blocked by two strong metal cuffs attached to his hand and linked by a relatively small chain attached to the ground. Feeling stuck, he tried to reach for his inventory but found it empty. There was nothing, no backpacks, no weapons, and no armor.
He noticed at that moment that he wasn’t wearing any and immediately felt naked. He wasn’t used to not wearing any, the last time that had happened was when Baghera killed him and it was only for a few minutes. He could have been in this prison -maybe, it did look like one- for hours or even days for all he knows. He felt so weak, like he was about to die any minute. How could he have let anything like this happen?

 

He tried to brute force the handcuffs off him but it was in vain, it was too strong. Étoiles sighed before calming down, hoping to come up with a better plan than what he was doing. First off, it would be better if he remembered what happened in the first place.

 

He was on another exploration 200k blocks away from spawn, so nothing unusual. But then he could recall talking to someone (what were they doing this far from spawn?), maybe Quackity, but if he recalled correctly, he was feeling pretty mad, so maybe it was ElQuackity. Now he could also remember another person being there.

 

And then it hit him. Everything that happened, ElQuackity taking Pomme away from him, Étoiles chasing him through the jungle, and tackling him to the ground, Pomme being the code monster, and injecting some liquid in him, before he passed out.

 

Étoiles was feeling so stupid at the moment. He wanted to kill himself at this point. How could he have been so dumb. It was pretty obvious that Pomme was not herself. She didn’t know how to sign in french, she wasn’t talking to him as she usually does when they’re exploring, and she even said earlier in the day that she wanted to spend the night with Baghera so it didn’t make sense that she wanted to spend time with him.

 

He didn’t even think to do the secret code they created specifically for a situation like this. He could not feel more stupid than right now. He got defeated by falling in an obvious trap, not by a cool fight, or forcing the federation to cheat because he was that good, no, just a simple, shitty trap.

 

Hit by a wave of exhaustion, Étoiles slumped back against the wall and tried to sleep. It was the only thing he could do anyway, and just wait for some federation’s workers to come in. Maybe he could trick them in taking off his handcuffs. It’s not like he was the federation’s number one enemy… Well, maybe he is.

 

He thought of what his friends were doing, were they searching for him, or just didn’t notice. But again, if they did notice, it wasn’t unusual for Étoiles to be gone for a few days so this option was out of the question. Ironically enough, the French were probably the ones who would worry the least, he did used to do that even before coming to this island.

 

Were they at least safe, or Pomme. What If the code attack and he isn’t here to defend them, what if that was the reason he was abducted and they only wanted to kill Pomme. He couldn’t let that happen, he needed to get out.

 

But what can he do anyway, he’s already been over this, he couldn’t escape and needed to deal with it. There were other people that could hold a fight against the code anyway, like Badboy or Phil. The egg will be safe enough.

 

He was getting tired by thinking too much with the headache he had. How the fuck did he even get one? They didn’t hit him on the head in order to knock him out. Did they hit him again on the head to confirm he was out or something? And to add to the headache, he’s pretty sure the substance they injected in him is still present in his blood so he is pretty out of it.

 

He should probably get some sleep, if he could regain energy, maybe he could react better and be able to escape from this prison. And as he was falling asleep, this seemed like the best idea he ever had.

 

***

 

The election was happening, everybody was standing in front of a stage. The only one standing there was a white bear holding an envelope in his hands. Everyone seemed to be on edge at the sight of him. There was also a mic on the stage and a banner behind it, showing every logo representing each candidate.

 

“Hello, the election is about to begin, please refrain from attacking a candidate. I hope you enjoy the Island.”

 

The robotic voice was sending chills down everyone's spine. Cucurucho stepped down the stage and handed the envelope to Fit, the person designated by the federation to announce the results as the only employee who could really talk. Fit stepped on the stage and stood behind the mic. “Hello everybody, so, listen up!”

 

He started to open the envelope as he continued to speak. “The winning candidate, with 35% of votes is… Forever !” Everybody cheered for their new president, waiting for him to go on stage. But nobody seemed to be getting up to get on stage. “Forever? Has anyone seen him?” Nobody responded to Fit's question, and nobody in the audience seemed to look like the winning candidate.

 

Cucurucho approche the stage and handed a piece of paper with a text on it. As Fit started to read the word out loud, his face was draining of his colors. The rule was stating what to do in this type of situation. How could Cucurucho know that this situation would happen? Everybody in the crowd seemed very suspicious as seen on their facial expressions.

 

“Alright, so if we take the next candidate, then… BadBoyHalo…?” But it seemed that he wasn’t coming on stage either, so Fit kept listing the name of each candidate, leaving enough time between the name for the candidate to come on stage. But it didn’t seem that anyone was here, and each time a name was said, a little bit of hope left from everybody. It was only as the last name was said that somebody responded.

 

And this last person was ElQuackity. He was standing on the stage, arms in his pocket, with a sly smile on his face. “I’m right here, and ready to be elected” Everybody in the crowd had only an expression of terror on their face, knowing that it couldn’t have been just a coincidence for ElQuackity to be the only one present when there were five other candidates.

 

No sound could’ve been heard at this moment, nobody knew what they were supposed to be doing. Then, Cucurucho stood up, walking on stage and stood next to the ‘elected’ candidate. A robotic laugh was the only thing that broke the silence, almost like it was a warning saying that they had all lost.

 

***

 

Pomme was starting to worry about her dad. It has been a few days since the day the mood on the island changed entirely. He didn’t show up at the election, and neither did any other candidates besides ElQuackity, letting him win without having the majority of votes. She tried to ask maman Baghera but she only said that papa was capable of handling himself and she shouldn’t worry. And while that seemed true, Pomme could see her mother worry too.

 

In fact, she could see everyone worried and stressed. She talked to her siblings about that but they didn’t know anything either. Dapper said that maybe they were preparing a coup d’état. Papa Antoine told her about that, saying that it was French culture along with revolution and strike. She laughed at that time. She was not laughing right now.

 

The adult might also prepare for a rescue mission. She eavesdropped on her parents and uncles, so she heard some of the topics they talked about. And while she was happy that they were searching for her papa, she couldn’t help but worry about everyone else. Maybe she could help, but her mother seemed to not even consider that idea.

 

For now, her parents told her to sleep because she hadn’t in a while, too stressed, too worried. The last few days have been pretty hard. Maybe the next ones could be better

 

***

 

This time, when Étoiles woke up, it was not as calm as the last time. No, instead, he was shaken awake while someone was screaming his name. His immediate reaction was to sit up quickly and reach for his weapon to push the person away. Only problem, there was no weapon to grab, and his attempt to push the person away turned out to be pathetic at most, having no energy left in his arms.

 

The person however was pushed away by what seemed to be another one, who backed up as well. After a few seconds, he could make out the faces of the two persons into Forever and BadBoyHalo. He was kinda relieved at seeing them until he noticed that he was in another cell, and they seemed to be stuck in it too. There also seemed to be Mike and Felps in the background.

 

“Étoiles? Are you ok?” He heard someone say. He’s pretty sure it was Bad who said that, but he can’t be certain, having just woken up. “A faceless worker brought you here unconscious and we thought you were dead”

 

“I think I’m fine…? But they did drug me, And I don’t know if they did it again. It’s like I have no energy man” BBH's face showed panic and relief on his face at the same time at his response. The demon immediately went to inspect Étoiles' face for some clue and he saw right away how his eyes were weird.

 

“Well, it seems like it, you’ve got dilated pupils and red eyes. Have you got any other symptoms ?” Étoiles would have laughed at Bad if he wasn’t in the state he is right now. It was kinda funny to see him take care of thim, like some kind of doctor or the nurse in high school. “Well I’ve got this headache, even if it has calmed down a little, but it’s still there.”

 

“Well you’ve maybe got a concussion too, but I think you’ll be fine. You don’t seem on the brink of death, more than usual that is” With that comment the warrior couldn’t help but laugh. It felt so dumb right now to laugh when he was in a prison with four other people, and probably drugged, but damn did it feel good to laugh a little after what happened.

 

After Bad backed up to give him space, he was immediately attacked by Forever giving him a hug. The man was still half-screaming on his shoulder saying things like “I thought we lost you” or “you were the only one who wasn’t there”. It took a moment for Étoiles to process what he was saying but he was left more confused after he understood the sentence. “What do you mean I was the only one who wasn’t there?”

 

“Well the federation attacked us all to put us in prison so that ElQuackity could win the election, well at least we think it is that. So they took us one by one in this prison and since you were the last one to arrived and it took almost a day, we thought you were either dead or you didn’t get capture but then they bring your motionless body in here and we panicked'' Forever looked almost out of breath as he step away from Étoiles who had a shocked look on his face, surprised by how fast he said all those words and also about what the words meant.

 

It was broken by Mike speaking in the background “We? Don’t include us in your panic, I knew that Étoiles was capable of handling the code, I had faith in him, unlike you” Forever gasped and started to bicker with him, offended by the man. Bad, seeing that Forever seemed to be occupied, decided to talk again.

 

“So, how did you get captured?”

 

This question felt like it was stabbing Étoiles in an open wound. It really reminded him that he was dumb and stupid for what he has let happen. But it was nonetheless an important question to answer. “Well, The code disguised itself as Pomme, I didn’t notice, and ElQuackity basically ‘kidnapped’ her and Blackmail me into going next to a federation’s building, allowing the code to sneak up on me and inject some drug into me, and I was stupid enough to fall for a trap like that”.

 

“Well, I don’t think that it’s that stupid. I mean, Forever over here got kidnapped because he trusted ElQuackity when he said he was attacked right outside his base by loud mobs that didn’t make sound” Forever could be heard in the background, stopping his bickering to protest what Bad say for a second and then resume to his screaming contest with Mike. It was kinda comforting to Étoiles in a way, people laughing around him and Bad comforting him.

 

“You’re right, I shouldn’t think like that. It wouldn’t fit my ‘dark and mysterious warrior’ theme I’m going for” Étoiles says as he stood up. “We shouldn’t let them win, and since we are all here, they’ve just made it easier for us to resist”

Notes:

Sorry it took me so long, I was working on it and there were only 500 words left to write but then I got covid and couldn't look at my laptop T-T

I also started school again and forgot I had friends who wanted to talk to me during break mdrrrr. But I finaly finished it today, I'm also very sorry about the grammar, it went through the window in this chapter.

Anyway, if étoiles POV seemed a bit confusing, it was meant to be, I don't know if i did that correctly.

I'm also not checking the grammar/spellings for the notes so deal with the errors ¤-¤

I think there will be three chapter totals but I'm not sure soooo, maybe more, I will see.

Chapter 3

Notes:

Hey! So, sorry for the wait but the last chapter is here T-T

TW: Drug use, read the tag please

Just a quick note before, I know it's been a long time and a lot of things has happen (the server has literally ended so yeah), and I want to say that I do not support Forever for what he did (even tho I'm not the most knowledgeable on the subject as I wasn't watching him), I tried to not mention his character in this chapter, but I will not remove his character from before since I don't think it's fair for the story since he is a big part canonically :/

Also I think it goes without saying that I do not support at all Wilbur Soot (even if he is not mention in the fic i wanted to say it) as well as the drama that happened in the end of the server (same thing, I don't know a lot about the subject, but enough to know that it was bad)

Anyway, enough about drama, I recommend re-reading the fic if you don't wanna be lost in case you forgot
Have a nice read :)

It has been a few days since Étoiles woke up in that cell, maybe one or two, at least he thought, because with no light source, the only thing he could rely on was his internal clock, and it may not be the best with his horrible sleep habits. They had constructed a plan, something that could help them get out. It was not great, maybe good at most, but it was something. The thing is that they had the start, but not the end. And they couldn’t really plan what will happen after they leave the cell.

They also had to figure out how to initiate it, because they needed someone to open the cell’s door, but no one had walked in yet. The federation still gave them food, but it was brought by some sort of magic chest. All they knew was that food sometimes appeared in it, and it was probably automated but Étoiles doesn’t understand any of that create stuff so let’s just say it’s magic.

Everybody was sleeping right now. He was the only one awake because of the timezone. It was pretty weird, to see someone beside you, awake and full of energy, ready to start the day, while you feel like it’s midnight and just want to pass out. It was another weird thing on this island, they kept the same perception of time as they had before.

It usually didn’t bother Étoiles as his sleep management was weird and he could be considered a night owl, but having nothing to do and the fact that he’s pretty sure there is still some drug in his blood, he went back to what could be considered a normal sleep schedule. It was kinda calming to see everyone sleeping peacefully, the only noise being some snoring from time to time, but the quiet still remained. He could focus more on some flaws in their plan to try and solve them.

He still couldn’t help but come back to how he found himself in this situation in the first place. He kinda made peace with it, thanks to the other, but it still stings anyway.

He was broken from his train of thought when he heard footsteps that were becoming louder after each step. Why was somebody coming when he was the only one awake? Maybe they didn’t know he was awake ? It couldn't be good anyway.

“Bad?” he half whispered to the demon asleep next to him. If he could wake the other up, maybe the federation won’t do anything too bad, they at least couldn’t separate them.

However, this action didn't wake up Bad, only making him move a little before going back to sleep just after. So the only next logical step was to call a little louder and try to shake him a little, making his friend slowly open his eyes. The only problem is that the guards seemed to have heard him and quickened their pace, like they were almost running toward them. Well, screw them, his attempt at being sneaky for their plan seemed to have failed anyway.

"Guys, sorry to wake you up but there seemed to be guards coming to our cell and that's a little suspicious" Étoiles said half-screaming this time to wake them all up just to be safe.

His cell mates started to wake up as 3 guards armed with guns opened the door. Almost everybody froze instantly. One pointed his gun at Étoiles and then at the door, like he was telling the green man to follow him. Étoiles hesitantly stood up with his hands up and walked slowly towards the guard. Maybe it wouldn’t be that bad, and they just wanted to talk. Or maybe he was just a little too hopeful.

The others, now all fully awake, didn’t seem to like the idea of him going alone with the federation, but as soon as one of them tried to move, a gun was directly pointed at them. So Étoiles had no choice but to follow them.

The door of the cell closed behind him and Étoiles immediately started to search for any ways of putting down the guard. It seemed however that he was at an impasse as they were only more guard outside the cell. They guided him to a small room that looked awfully like some sort of nurse office or hospital room. They sat him on a bed and most of them left the room. Another person entered, but instead of the bulletproof vest the guards were usually wearing, they were wearing a white blouse, like they were a doctor.

Now it wasn’t very hard to see where this was going, taking in account what they already did to him. Étoiles couldn’t help the panic that was rising, and it didn’t help that the doctor pulled out a syringe and confirmed his suspicion. Maybe if he used his amazing skill in humor, he could get out of this one.

“Is that insulin? Because if not, I’m not sure I want that in my body.”

Welp that was shit, making a joke about your chronic disease to someone you don’t know that well doesn't seem to really work. It wasn’t even funny, and since no workers reacted, they seemed to agree with that.

“Yeah but seriously, you’re not putting that in my body.” He tried to put as much seriousness in his voice as he said it, he meant it like a threat, and he wanted them to know it. This time, the worker reacted, but not in favor of Étoiles as they started to grab both of his arms to restrain him.

A screen appeared right in front of him as he started to struggle getting out of their grasp.

YOU MUST LISTEN TO THE WORKER, DISOBEDIENCE WILL BE PUNISHED

As he read the message, Étoiles started to panic more and more. He didn’t think he could get out of this one, he was truly fucked. Shaking himself, he struggled more, in the hope that the workers wouldn’t be able to handle him but it didn’t seem to work as they still held their grasp and didn’t let go.

The doctor was approaching him with the syringe ready to inject what probably is a drug in his blood. The worker on his left tried to stabilize his arm and failed as Étoiles was still struggling a lot but they quickly asked a worker to help them, he couldn’t do much anymore to stop them from putting the drug in him.

The doctor quickly took hold of his arm and put the syringe in it, slowly injecting the drug in as Étoiles winced at the feeling. After it was done, the doctor and workers retracted from Étoiles who pushed them off him.

This was clearly going to be a problem.

 

***

 

The presidential office seemed way more threatening today, or at least that was what Baghera was thinking, and maybe some of the people next to her. There were a little group of seven, the others having decided to stay behind with the eggs in case something happened. So it was just her, Cellbit, Philza, Pierre, Roier, Jaiden and Fit.

They had planned this in two days, and maybe it was reckless, but they had to act fast and two days was already too much. It's either this, or taking the risk of not being able to save anyone. The plan was pretty simple, they go onto the building, take ElQuackity in hostage, force him to say where is the others, go there and then save them.

So yeah, pretty simple…

But it was only when you put it like that. There were so many ways this could go wrong. Like if Cucurucho was in the building right now, or if he came while they were interrogating ElQuackity. And after they have no idea what's gonna be waiting for them for the rescuing part of the plan. They couldn't even prepare for this since ElQuackity could warn whoever is in charge of security they were coming.

So everything could go wrong, and yet, there were seven people standing here, in front of the presidential building.

Cellbit was the one supposed to initiate the plan, going inside complaining about the missing person, while the others stayed behind, waiting for the right moment to attack.

Philza was the one eavesdropping. And he grabbed his grappling and attached himself to the ceiling while cellbit took the elevator, so that he could hear them and give the signal to the other. From below, Baghera couldn't hear anything. She could only observe Phil with the other ready to take the elevator and jump Elquackity.

Phil's expression seemed to change a bit before he did a signal with his hand and got ready to get down. Everyone went to the elevator and into the office.

ElQuackity was sitting on the chair behind his deck with a surprise on his face as more and more people entered the room. And not even a second later, he was already Cellbit and Roier who were grabbing both of his arms. He trashed a little bit trying to get out of their grasp but to no avail. They kept firm hands on him. Philza approached him while the rest were standing a little far back.

“Where are the others, and I want a location or coordinates, not excuses.” he said firmly. Honestly, Baghera didn't think she had ever seen him this threatening. Remind her to not anger Phil.

“I don't know where they are I swear, why won't you believe me. If the federation did anything to them, why the hell would I know.” What a pathetic excuse. And the other didn't take any of it. Baghera could see Roier and Cellbit strengthen their grasp while Fit and Pierre reached for their weapons. Phil however did draw his sword.

“I said no excuses”

He moved it to Elquackity neck while looking at him as angrily as he could. “Well, it doesn't have to come to this, we can work this out” the guy answered shakily.

“Then you just have to answer my question, it's not too complicated, it's just three numbers.”

“I told you I don't know anyth-”

Baghera had nearly enough time to turn her head away as Phil pressed a little too much his sword on the neck. Instead of watching this torture scene, she opted for watching the surrounding of the building in case of someone coming in. She was joined by Jaiden who seemed to also be reluctant to watch the scene. They kept watch as Aypierre and Fit joined Philza in trying to “convince” ElQuackity. It continued for about half an hour before they could get their answers.

“FINE ! Fine, I’m gonna tell you… Just, please stop…”

As soon as the words escaped his mouth, Philza immediately retracted and put his sword away but still at arms reach. “Spill then, and quick.” And it was all that needed to be said for ElQuackity to give the coords to the prison where the candidates were imprisoned, at least if he told the truth.

It wasn’t even one hour after they left ElQuackity in the office building that the same group of people were in front of a white building, ready to enter, and save their friends from the federation.

 

***

 

The guards waiting outside quickly came in and pointed their gun at Etoiles, not letting him have the time to do anything. He was then escorted back to the cell by two guards on either side of them. It was definitely less than before but still enough to prevent him from doing anything, especially with what they injected in him, even though he didn’t know when the effects would hit him.

As they got closer to the cell, Étoiles noticed a lot of guards missing in comparison to earlier. The way was still the same, but maybe it was their time to change shifts. It was also awfully quiet when the guards went to open the cell’s door, so either the other were not worried about him, or they were-

Badboy and Felps jumped one of the guards as soon as he opened the door. Étoiles quickly realized what was happening and reacted by punching the other guards. The small group put down all the guards efficiently and rather quickly, at least enough for everyone to gather and get out of the cell without any other guard being alerted and coming to them.

They started running in the long corridor trying desperately to find any exit this building would have. “You good?” he had barely noticed that the question was asked to him, but Bad was looking at him very intensely with worry in his eyes. And, yeah, this question makes sense, as it would be normal to worry for a friend that has just been taken by some strange organization.

“Yeah, I’m fine, I think they just put the same drug in my blood, but I feel fine now” I’m fine now, but I’ll maybe not be as good as I am in 10 minutes is what he actually mean, and he knew Bad would understand, maybe the only one in this group who could understand what he means without worrying to much, and instead, focusing on getting out of here faster.

Luckily, they didn’t encounter any guards as they were running in the facility trying to figure out where the exit was. Étoiles was taking the lead since he had already mapped in his head part of the building thanks for his “outing” moments before.

As they heard a crash, Bad put a hand out to stop the others and grabbed Étoiles before he could get spotted by the one that caused that sound. Then, a very familiar voice could be heard.

“You better tell me where you are keeping them or you won’t live long enough to see the outside of this building, so you better answers”

As Étoiles recognized the voice, he came out from his hiding stop to greet Phil who was threatening a guard, as multiple guards were passed out around him (or killed, honestly he wasn't sure, even though he usually could tell straight away)

“Phil ! We're here”

As he heard Étoiles’ voice, Philza quickly knocked out the guard and called the others to join him to help everyone (huh ? They were other people helping Phil ?).

“Are you all alright ? No injury? Did you cross any guards on your way out? I think a lot of them were focused on stopping us from raiding the facility, I doubt they have more of them… ” As Philza continued to ask questions with Bad answering him to the best of his abilities, Étoiles stepped out to lean on the wall.

“Ça vas ? Il faut qu'il te soit arrivé quelque chose de grave pour que la fédération ait réussi à t'arrêter” [Are you alright? Something bad must have happened to you if you were taken by the federation]. Baghera had approached him trying to get a laugh out of him, probably since he could sense her humorous tone as she spoke, but when he tried to answer, the only sound he could get out was a pathetic whine.

“Oula, ça va vraiment pas, t'as besoin d’aide ?” [woah, you're really not alright, do you need help ?] She said with clear worry in her voice, and probably in her eyes, but at this point, Étoiles was questioning whether or not he had lost his glasses since everything was blurry. However, as he raised his arm to check if his bandana was still here, he lost balance and almost fell to the ground, had it not been for Baghera catching him.

As he heard screams around him, the last thing he could see before passing out was his friends’ silhouette.

 

***

 

As he regained consciousness, Étoiles started to pay attention to his surroundings without opening his eyes yet. He was in a bed, probably not his bed, as it was not as comfortable as this one, and there seemed to be a light weight on his stomach. There was no one speaking around him, but he could hear soft breathing that was not his. Thinking about it, it seemed that the small weight on his stomach was moving, as if it was alive, and the soft breathing was coming from them.

Trying to remember anything of what happened seems to be useless since just thinking about it gave him a headache. However, he did remember being imprisoned by the federation, and also probably drugged, again, by them, hence the blackout and headache. So why the hell he was in a bed and who was on top of him.

Opening his eyes, while it could be dangerous if he was still in the hands of the federation, was his only option left if he wanted to gain any new information on his whereabouts. As he did so, he moved only a little to sit up to be able to see more than a ceiling, but that seemed to wake up the person on top of him.

“Papa!” was the only thing he could hear before he was hugged by his daughter? He tensed immediately and it took all he had in him to not push Pomme away as he took a look at his surroundings and noticed that he was in Baghera’s base. And as soon as he realized he was safe and the person in his arms could only be his daughter, he hugged her back ten times harder than usual, not wanting to let go.

Baghera, having heard the noise, entered the room in a rush to make sure that everythings is okay only to see her friend, the most distraught she had ever seen him. He was almost crying on their daughter's shoulder, but was doing all he can to stay brave in front of her, so as to not alarm the child. Was he doing a terrible job at it ? Yes. Is Baghera going to tell him ? No, he could have this little victory after what he’s been through.

“Tu te sens mieux ?” [Are you feeling better ?] At this, Étoiles noticed that Baghera had entered the room and tried to wipe his tears and sit up properly while still keeping Pomme within arm reach.

“Euuuuuuh, je sais pas trop, j’imagine, mais je me souviens pas trop pour être franc” [Errrrrrr, I don’t really know, I guess, but i don’t remember a lot to be honest] Baghera went to sit next to him on the bed and taking Pomme on her knee to relief Étoiles of any weight and allow him to be more comfortable, but still allowing him to reach for her if needed.

“En même temps, ils t’ont administré une grande dose de drogues, je suis étonnée du fait que tu étais toujours debout quand on vous a trouvé” [Well, they did give you a lot of drugs, I’m surprised you were still standing when we found you] Étoiles could feel her sympathy, and even smiled a bit at the fact that Baghera knew him so well that she avoided making him look weak and rather did the opposite. He knew he had nothing to be ashamed of as the situation was totally out of his control, and nobody could have prevented any of that, but there was always that little voice in his head telling him he could have done more.

However, as he was next to his family, he knew that it would eventually get better, and while it was shitty right now and they still had problems to resolve since the federation will not give up like that, he will always be there protecting the ones he loves the most.

Notes:

Hey, I hope you enjoy this fic. I'm so sorry for the wait but school got the best of me lmao xD

I was always thinking, "when my exams are over, I will update", then there were new exams, more important exams, so I graduated highschool and got my Bac (french highschool diploma) and then I started CPGE (which is basically two years before engineer school which are really hard) but I got inspired today so yay I guess.

I'm so glad I finished it because I kept thinking about it every time I opened an Etoiles' stream so it's like a weight is lifted off my shoulders. At the start of the school year, I was convince I would never finish it because of the workloads but I guess my brain just said "sike" T-T

Sorry for not beta-ing this fic, I have no one T-T, and I want to publish this chapter as fast as possible.

For me, I don't think I will write QSMP fics again, and possibly any fics at all as it's a lot of work and I respect every writer so much but If I write fics, it will be written out before I start posting it, it will be way less pressure.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed and have a good day/night/whatever time it is for you :D