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Builderman's P.O.V:
With a flash of light Coolkid was gone but his Gui was still there. "What's happening?" I thought. 007n7 steadied himself and started laughing. "Is it just me or does 007n7 look different." Guest1337 said. "Now that you mention it, he does and I have a bad feeling about this." Shedletsky said readying his sword. They were right though he did look different or starting too at least. Spikes were forming on his back and tail, and his horns grew in size. He pulled his now clawed out and had someone by the throat. "Is that..." Noob said. "The Spectre...." Elliot said putting his hands over his mouth. 007n7 continued to laugh as the Spectre looked confused. ¥0u kn0w ¥0u $h0uld re4ll¥ r3$34rch wh0 ¥0u tr4p h3r3." He laughed. I noticed Hooper tense up like he knows something. "1 m34n $ur3 ¥0u r3$34crh3d th3 4dm1n$. But ¥0u n3v3r d1d f0r wh0 0r wh4t 1 4m." He said. The spectre had a look of realization as it seemed to look him in the eyes with the horror of knowing it messed up. Hooper took a deep breath and took a step towards them.
"Now Sev you need to calm-" He tried to say before 007n7 snapped his fingers and the round ended. "How did he do that we still had two minutes before the round ended." I thought panic creeping into my head. Though Hooper looked more panicked than I did. "Shit shit shit shit. When's the next round?" He asked. We looked at the nearest timer, but it showed multiple times at once glitching in and out. This did not seem to soothe him on furthering his panic. He started to pace again until Shedletsky grabbed him by the shirt. "You know something we don't Hooper mind telling us?" Shedletsky yelled. The room went silent until we heard sniffling and crying. We looked around and saw Coolkid crying on the steps. He looked different to. Instead of towering over us he was the size of a normal child with small horns and oversized clothes and cloak. He was holding 007n7's burger hat and Noobie. "What's wrong with papa?" He sobbed.
I walked over to him as Shedletsky let go of Hooper. I sat down next to him and sighed. "Your papa will be ok." I said uncertainty in my voice. "You're lying." He said. "you're right I don't know if he will be ok. But if he's anything like he was when he was younger, he will be fine." I said. "You promise?" He asked. "I promise." I said. He stared at me before he held up his pinky finger. "Swear on the pinky." He said with a serious expression. "I swear on the pinky." I said making a pinky promise with the boy. "Now let's take you to your dad's cabin you must be tired." I said getting up. He nodded and followed me to 007n7's cabin. We looked for clothes so that he wouldn't be covered in blood anymore. I opened a drawer to a small pile of red clothes. "Alright kid I'll leave you alone for now. You can either stay here or come back to the main cabin." I said. He nodded and started looking in the drawer.
I left and went back to the main cabin. Everyone was still silent, but they had all sat down at a table. "Did you find anything out?" I asked taking a seat. "No the soldier with keen eyes wished to wait for you admin." Two Time said. "Well I'm here now. What do you know Hooper?" I asked. "This is not his first body." He said not meeting anyone's eyes. "What do you mean not his first body?" Elliot said. "When I knew him, he was a young man named Cory." He said pulling out a picture of him and another man in the same uniform. "You're telling us this is 007n7." Chance said. "Used to be but he wasn't human." He said. "Obviously his face is a camera." Shedletsky said. "I mean like how you admins are. Mostly human but with powerful forms and magic." He said. We looked at him shocked. "How is that possible?" I asked. "Ever heard the story of The Scarlet King?" He asked. "A powerful being determined to make this world his no matter the cost." Dusekkar said. "Yell well 007n7 is one of his children." He said. "WHAT?!" We all yelled in shock. "That's what I felt finding out to. But he wasn't evil like his siblings." He said. "What do you mean by that?" Guest1337 asked. "He didn't know he was one of The Scarlet King's sons. He only found out when his mental health was declining. The Scarlet King took control of him and started chaos. But when 007n7 took back control of his body and defeated his father, his body couldn't handle his injuries and he died." He said. "But he's here alive." Noob said. "From what I'm guessing because he both didn't know and didn't want to dive further into knowing the scarlet children have a fail-safe when they die, they will be revived in a new body to further reign chaos." He said. "Do they like take someone's already existing body?" Chance asked. "I don't think so. I think they just transform to a new body and continue their lives." He said. "Wait you said he wasn't evil like his siblings explain further." Elliot said. "Simple he wasn't hellbent on destroying the world he was actually quite friendly like his brother SCP-999 or 'The Tickle Monster'. Both show/showed no ill will and are genuinely good people." He said. "You are only just now informing us about these dangers. If I may inquire, why are you just now freely doing so." Dusekkar asked. "Because my jobs clear instructions are to never inform the public and keep them in the dark and safe." He said. "But with what's going on you all need to know what to expect." He said. "Will we have to fight him!?" Noob asked. "Hopefully not." Hooper said. "Phew that's goo- Hopefully!" Noob said. "Well yeah he is a deity and already angered. He won't see reason." He said. "But maybe he will." Guest1337 said. "And when he's done with The Spectre and turns his attention to the people who hurt his son during rounds?" He asked crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow.
All the sentinels except for Guest 1337 either scratched their necks or whistled. Guest never hurt Coolkid so it makes sense he wouldn't be worried about that. "Then how are we able to stop him?" I asked. "Well first we need to calm him down." He said. "Great! How did you do that the first time?" Chance asked. "Well, we first tried to talk to him but when that failed we use SCP-999." He said. "Well, we don't have a SCP-999, so we're screwed." noob said hitting their head on the table. "What is SCP-999 anyway?" Shedletsky asked. "SCP-999 or 'The Tickle Monster' is an orange blob of slime that makes people happy when he touches you. I don't like him personally." He said. "But he literally makes people happy." Chance said. "I'm not having this conversation again." Hooper said. "Well since that is the case dearest Noob can talk to the exploiter." Two Time said. "What!?" Noob said lifting their head up. "Well, you are the sweetest and mean no harm to the exploiter maybe he will have mercy on your soul." Two Time explained. "That sounds like a half-way decent plan but only if you want to." I said. "Can I have time to think about it?" They asked. "Of course, take your time to think about it." I said. "We should all get as much rest as possible. We don't know when a round could start." Guest1337 said. "He's right get as much rest as possible. Sentinels make sure your weapons are in good shape in case he attacks. Elliot have as many pizzas made and at the ready. Taph prepare as many subspace bombs as you can the more powerful the better. Everyone else watch the timer to see if it changes." I said. Everyone nodded and left to prepare.
"Hooper stay behind for a second." I said. He nodded and sat back down. "Is this about me not telling anyone and keeping it a secret?" He asked. "No. It's more of just a thought." I said. "Well, what is it?" He asked. "Can he be stopped without hurting him?" I asked. "I don't know honestly. But why do you care so suddenly?" He said. "What do you mean by that?" I asked. "You suddenly care when you didn't before." He said. "That's not true." I said. "If that's true then you would give him the same amount of caring that give me or Noob. Heck if Two Time offered to use 007n7 the same way they did Noob you wouldn't have given him time to think you would tell him to do it for the team." He said. "Now I know his actions in the past were bad and you have every right to have an opinion on it. But don't lie and say you care when even he can see that you don't." He said getting up. "Is that all Builderman?" He asked. "Yes, that will be all." I said. He left and I sat there the words hanging in the air. He was right I had not cared for him at all. "Was I that obvious before now?" I thought thinking of times when he first got here, "He's a hacker. He terrorized every place he was in." I thought. "But he hasn't hacked or used an exploit in year except for now but it's all he's got." I thought. I thought back to the time I was low on health and he had given me a med kit and ran off to distract Noli. He was also low on health but still gave it to me and not only did I ignore it and make a dispenser, but I didn't even try to help him get away from Noli. I tried to push the feeling of guilt down only to have it rise again. "He had avoidant tendencies before Hooper got here only responding when talked to never starting a conversation." I thought. It's a starch contrast to both who he used to be and the man in the photo. "Look at me. I vowed for users' safety to be my top priority, and I let him and probably more fall through the cracks." I thought. I sat there for a moment before getting up my mind made up. "Once all this is over, I'm apologizing and making things right. That is my plan." I thought joining the others.