A young Creek was sitting by the river as he was meditating. He heard noises but blocked them out
Cooper ran by with DJ and Aspen playing Squish Ball
Cooper threw a Squish Ball at Aspen, but he dodged and it hit Creek
Creek opened his eyes and looked at three
"Oh, oops sorry about that Creek." Aspen said
"Yeah! You were just in the way!" Cooper smiled
"I wasn't in the way. Everyone knows I always meditate around these parts on this gorgeous Sunday." Creek smiled
"Yeah, but well we're playing Squish Ball." DJ said
"Go play somewhere else. I'm busy." Creek said sitting back down to meditate
"You're busy sitting down?" Cooper asked
"No! Just- fine I'll go somewhere else." Creek said standing up and left
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Creek sat at table and saw several Trolls getting ice cream. Creek sighed and looked at the clouds and saw a cloud transform into Poppy
He missed her, she just disappeared one night. Maybe if Poppy was still in Troll Village, Creek would be having fun with his friends.
Biggie sat next to him
"Hello, Creek." He smiled
"Hey, Biggie." Creek said back
"Have you seen Guy and Smidge? They just disappeared." Biggie said
"I haven't seen them. Well I saw, Smidge, but that was last week." Creek told him
"Everyone's just going missing all of a sudden." Biggie said
Creek nodded to agree
"But the kidnappers haven't gone for any other Trolls. It's just them." Creek noted
"Yeah."
DJ, Cooper, Satin and Chenille ran by as they were jamming to DJ's remix
"That was the best thing I've heard since yesterday!" Satin smiled
"Uh-huh! You know it!" DJ said
"Hello, friends." Creek said going over to them with Biggie
"Hi, Creek!" They said back
"What were you and Biggie doing?" Chenille asked him
"We were just talking." Creek told them
He put his hand on Biggie's arm
"Right, Biggie." Creek smiled
"Yup! We sure-"
Biggie fell to the ground as he fell asleep
They all just looked at him
"IS HE DEAD?!!" Cooper shouted
Creek went by Biggie and put his ear against his chest
"No, he's breathing." Creek said standing back up
"Phew." They sighed
"Well I should get going, friends. It is getting awfully late." Creek told them
The snackpack looked at the sky
"No it's not." Satin said
"It's still the middle of the afternoon." Chenille said
"Is it?" Creek looked up
"Oh! It is."
"You alright, Creek?" DJ asked him
Creek looked at her and back at the others
"I need to talk to you." Creek said
He grabbed her arm and they zoomed off
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Creek sighed and put his hands together
"Creek, dude, you alright?" DJ asked him
"Has anything strange been happening to you?" Creek asked
"Define strange." DJ said
"Have you had any changes?!" Creek asked grabbing her shoulders
"Actually, yeah. I have." DJ admitted
"Like what?!" Creek asked shaking her shoulders
"I've been able to...mimic sounds, and even make echos, speed up or slow down sounds, and even distort it. I've even been able to hear conversations!!" DJ told him
"Oh man, maybe this is why whoever's been taking our friends. There going after the ones with gifts!! Poppy could shape shift,, Guy could blind others, and Smidge could make earthquakes." Creek explained
"W-well about you." DJ asked him
"I think I put Biggie to sleep. I just touched him, then BOOM! He's sleeping!" Creek said
"Oh man, oh man, oh man. What do we do man?! WHAT IF WE'RE NEXT?!!" DJ asked him
"We won't be next. Hopefully."
"WELL HOW DO YOU KNOW?!! WHAT IF-"
Creek slapped her
"CALM DOWN, SUKI!! WE'LL BE FINE!!" Creek yelled and shook her shoulders again
DJ rubbed her cheek
"What was that all about?!" She asked him
"You were freaking out, and it freaked me out!!" Creek said
"You didn't have to slap me!" DJ said
"I know, I know, I'm sorry." Creek apologized
He let her shoulders go
"Ok, I have an idea." Creek said
"Does it involve getting slapped again?" DJ asked him
"What?! No!! Look, if we get taken, we'll at least find our friends. And we'll find a way to get out of that place there in." Creek said
"Well, what if it goes wrong?" DJ asked him
"I'm not sure, but let's look at the bright side." Creek smiled
DJ nodded
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Later that night in DJ's pod, she went to her bed and fell asleep
Lance and Raphael came into her pod and looked around for her
DJ opened one of her eyes as she heard them approaching
"Ok! So! If you could choose between flight and sonic scream, what would you choose?" Lance asked
"I'd choose flight so I can fly away from this conversation." Raphael answered
"HAH! You and your jokes." Lance smiled
Raphael rolled his eyes
They found DJ in her bed
"Found her." Raphael whispered
They went over to her
Just then loud music started to play and they covered their ears
DJ hopped out of bed
"HAH!! You dudes thought you could take me?! Hilarious-"
Another Raphael came behind DJ and hit her with a pan knocking her out
"OH HO!! THAT NEVER GETS OLD!!" Lance smiled
"Just get her on the caterbus." Raphael said
Lance nodded and grabbed DJ and went to caterbus
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Creek was meditating on his bed and heard footsteps and opened his left eye and saw Raphael
"Yeah, I'm not doing this." Creek said and walked out of the pod
Raphael raised an eyebrow and followed Creek
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Creek got to the caterbus with Raphael and sat in one of the seats
"How'd you get him?" Lance asked
"He just came." Raphael said
"Wow." Lance looked at DJ and Creek and sat in one of the seats
Raphael drove off with the them in the caterbus