Chapter 7: Holy Hippopotamus MusicalKitty actually got...

	"What? No, that place doesn't exist, does it?" Grant asked, chewing on a sheet.
	"Grant, please, can you not bring in those kinds of questions? Of course Southern Mississippi exists, wait, it can't. Sorry Grant, Mississippi doesn't exist" Serenity started brushing her hair.
	"Serenity, you're wrong. So, very wrong. Mississippi exists, because if it didn't, SSN wouldn't be there you dingus!" Slur looked down to the machine, pressing at buttons repeatedly until it beeped.
	"What was that?" Grant started jumping about, worried about the beeping.
	"I'm trying to call Alex on this piece of trash, but they aren't picking up!" Slur screeched loudly, then immediately stopped as Alex finally picked up.
	"Ugh, what do you need this time? And don't ask for a plane ticket back, Julian's already in a bit of debt." Alex was playing with a ribbon bow in their hair, trying to adjust it on their hair.
	"What? Yes, we need plane tickets! We found out that SSN is in Southern Mississippi, it's either that or we swim four million miles!" Slurp looked down to the screen, waiting for an answer.
	"Slur, just like use those weird alien powers like a few months ago. You do have those still?" Alex asked, lying down in what looked like the middle of a gravel road.
	"Yes, I still have those, but I'm like 50 pounds! I can't carry a girl and a fat dog across half of the planet!" Slur countered, looking over to Grant. Serenity took the machine, and started talking into it.
	"Wait, Alex, I think Grant can take us, probably" Serenity started patting Grant's head. He smiled, wagging his tail wildly as a large, pink disc formed from the ground, holding the three on it.
	"Okay then, I guess you don't need me. Thank god, I don't want to have to deal with an omnipotent space child again." Alex disconnected, leaving them by themselves.
	"So, what's going to happen now? Does the disc float in the air and send us to where we go? Because that sounds outrageous. I will scream and throw myself in the middle of the of the ocean if that's the case-" Slur stopped herself, seeing the disc lift up as Serenity started patting Grant's head "Ugh, of course. I wonder what the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean feels like..." Slur lied down, looking up into the sky as the disc stops in the air.
	"Okay Grant, where are we going?" Serenity said, hoping he chooses the right location.
	"Well, since you told me that Mississippi doesn't exist, and we're trying to go there... Maybe the closest thing to Mississippi." Grant started thinking, then the disc flew in the air westward, then immediately collapses, falling into the middle of the vast body. Slur looked up, screaming as the disc landed on top of the water. Serenity held onto Grant, hoping his weight would keep her from falling our of the disc.
	"Grant, you almost killed us all! How are we going to get to Mississippi now!" Slur looked around, seeing nothing but water, and a nearby dock, likely leading to Venice.
	"Well, what do we do now? We can go back to Venice, or continue to Mississippi. I still don't think that place exists." Slur sat down on the pink disc, falling asleep in a matter of seconds.
	"Me neither, Slur. Well, maybe that map is outdated? Maybe Mississippi was like destroyed five years ago, and that map is from six years ago?" Serenity asked. She took the machine from Slur, looking through the map, then pausing. Right over Mississippi, she saw a small, purple  dot. She zoomed in closer on the dot, seeing what appeared to be a territory that was slowly growing. The territory was labeled "Bakajio" on the map. Two three-dimensional figures stood on the small mass, both labeled "SSN" and "SSJ."
	"What? We have been hunting down N for... 3 Weeks I think. Now they have their own country? This is insane!" Serenity grumbled, looking at the map.
	"Serenity, calm down for a second. N is known to be a megalomaniac. He would've taken over the world three years ago if he was powerful enough. Now, since he has the moonstone shard, I guess he is." Grant looked out to the ocean, seeing little birds flying about.
	"Oh, look at those cute little seagulls!" Slur said, pointing at the birds. The birds got even closer to the group, scanning them with their crimson red eyes.
	"Um, Slur, those aren't seagulls..." Grant watched the birds, seeing them focus on the disc. Grey, damaged feathers flew off of the birds, homing onto the group's location. Slur screamed, grabbing one of the razor-sharp feathers and grimacing as she got a cut on her hand.
	"Oh of course it's Mountain Quails!" Serenity groaned, looking around for her baton, and seeing it no where "Oh my god, we have no weapons to fight these awful creatures with" Serenity watched as Slur grabbed one of the quails, tossing it back into the air.
	"I guess I'll have to fight these things then..." Slur groaned, flicking her wrist as a small beam of blue light protrudes from it "I don't think these things are actual organic things either." Slur pointed to one of the quails flew into the water, sending an electric shock and sinking down to the bottom of the ocean. Slur jumped up into the air, thrusting the beam of light into one of the quails. She held onto the quail until it fell into the water, and grabbed onto the wing of one of the airborne quails. She aimed her free arm at the others, shooting a spray of colorful bullets at the birds, watching as they all fall into the water.
	"Wow, you took care of those things pretty quick. Maybe we can just make you do all of the work from now on." Grant said, curling into a ball "Let's go to sleep now, it felt like I've been awake for almost a month." Serenity nodded, and fell asleep next to Grant.

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N stood at his desk, watching the battle through the cameras set on the quails, seeing them turn to static one by one. The short, angry child threw a mug to the ground, spilling coffee on the floor.
	"I can't believe this! C4 programmed those quails, they should've at least subdued them until we take over Jackson!" N slammed his fists on a nearby table, then looked around "Hey, when did C2 get in here?" N looked up to SSJ, seeing him next to the door of the purple, dimly lit room.
	"I honestly have no idea. I think she must've teleported into this room." J spoke quietly. He sat by C2, and looked over to what she was drawing on a notepad. He frowned, shaking his head at C2.
	"I probably shouldn't be one to judge, Char, but I don't think robots have those." He turned away from the notepad, trying to avoid eye contact with C2.
	"You should be happy for me J, I finally learned how to draw basic anatomy!" She ran up to N, showing him the picture "I bet A would love this, well probably not, but it wouldn't hurt to show him." C2 watched N look at the picture, then immediately gave it back to C2.
	"You draw really good, I suppose, but don't think you can take all of your inappropriate drawings and dump them here. I already have half of those drawings at my house, and I got in trouble with my parents because of that." N sighed, and lied down on the cold, metallic floor.
	"Darn it! I already moved in a few boxes in the bathroom on floor 4! What's even the use of having a castle if you can't have boxes of filled notebooks in the bathroom!" C2 said, looking at the large, static screens on the wall.
	"How am I going to take over the country with those children? They're probably going to eventually defeat us, I've played enough games to know that." N frowned, looking at a mountain quail statue right by the couch.
	"Well, that sounds like a problem, N. I was snooping around with J3 and K2, and I think I know how we can make our defenses indestructible!" C2 cackled.
	"C2 I swear to the Almighty Mountain Quail, if you're pulling my leg then I'll throw you in a frozen lake." N grumbled, lying on his face.
	"Firstly, calm down with that sass N, you're in the perfect position to pull a T0 on you, even though I'm too pure and lovely to even think such sinful thoughts!" C2 covered her face with her notepad, blushing wildly. She took out a small, white shard from her pocket, making sure it doesn't touch her skin by using  piece of paper as a glove.
	"Secondly. We shall harness the power of these gem shards! Isn't that such a radical idea?"