A JATG-centric part this time!

You could go back and read the other parts before this one, but I don't want to make you feel like you have to, so there will be a summary below this

ALSO MERRY CHRISTMAS IF YOU CELEBRATE

THIS IS MY GIFT TO Y'ALL

Summary:

Vanessa (me) finds an 'audioFile'...uh, somewhere with a message coming from some alternate dimension with a call for help. So, she listens to the file despite being hesitant and she and her friends get transported to the alternate dimension. When they're there, the first thing they do is greet these opposites of themselves, then the plants attack and they escape with the help of a scientist named Doc Kin.

Anywhizzle, before the story starts, I have to say that I will be excluding some people this time including Drew/Alexa, Vivian Rosewood/Fennir, G.C/Grayson and Oblivious/Oliver

This is nothing against any of them, I promise

The others I haven't seen on here in a while like SQ, Teardrop and Icarus E. might have smaller roles or might be excluded too (Just this time! They will come back at some point!)

That's everything that's happened up to now. Now, to not bore you anymore, on with the gift! I mean, uh, story!

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"I see you have some new friends...?" the doc asked, looking around.

Isaac nodded. "We can introduce you later. For now, we need to get out of here,"

Doc Kin hummed in agreement. "Follow me,"

Isaac glanced over his shoulder and signaled for everyone to move. JATG noticed all her friends hesitate — so she took the lead.

"Come on, guys! Do you _want_ to become plant food?" she shouted.

The group sighed collectively and trailed behind. It probably wasn't good to be exposed in the middle of a carnivorous plant infested world with no protection nearby. It's a good thing the opposites had swords though.

"Welcome to my base," Doc Kin said eventually.

They crested a small hill and saw the somehow-still-intact-science lab-looking-building below. The opposites ran down the hill quickly. JATG skidded down the hill after them without hesitation, making her friends have to follow her. Doc Kin entered last and shut the large doors.

"So," the doc spun around. "Let me guess, Isaac and his friends got you all here through an interdimensional portal?"

"That pretty much sums it up," Vanessa replied.

"Well, with that development, I can start on making you all your own swords. Don't attract the plants in the meantime — I've kept this place in pristine condition for years," Doc Kin slipped through a door and closed it slowly behind him.

Isaac cleared his throat and addressed his friends. "Keep your eyes and ears open. The plants could be here any minute, despite what Doc says."

JATG found a couch and sat down comfortably — for now. Vernon left the crowd when he noticed and sat beside her.

"So, you and your friends...you met on an app right?" he asked.

She nodded. "Yep. We like to call it DP,"

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(A break by the me from a few days before posting this: I DON'T KNOW HOW TO END THIS ENTIRE STORY PLZ HELP)

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"Oh, yeah! That's a writing app isn't it?" he asked.

"Indeed it is," She nodded.

Kyle suddenly approached them, wringing his wrists with his hands. "Have either of you seen Rylee around? I can't find her anywhere,"

JATG straightened immediately and looked around. "I thought she would be with you..."

They were interrupted by the sound of the doors creaking. Small bits of vines poked through the crack.

"Doc!" Someone shouted. "We could really use those swords right about now!"

"They're not all finished! I need more time!" Doc Kin hollered back.

The plants broke the door a little more. Some people were starting to look terrified.

"We don't have time! Just bring out the ones that are finished!" Kyle said.

Doc Kin hurried out of the room with a bag flung over his shoulder. He pulled five hilts out and tossed them to whoever was around him.

"Now follow me! I never expected the plants to find this place, but I still had a secret exit!"

The doc led everyone to the back of the building and down into a basement. They spot the exit he was talking about, but it was already clogged with plants.

"Okay, okay," Doc Kin whispered. "It's fine, just head back upstairs and we'll have to take the direct route again,"

"A better plan than that would be nice," Vernon whispered in JATG's ear.

She silently agreed, following back up the stairs and to the two large doors they had entered through. She didn't have a sword yet, but that didn't stop her from pushing to the door.

"On three, we run!" she shouted.

Everyone lined up beside her and waited patiently. She suddenly remembered that SQ was missing, but getting out of here was priority right now. She opened her mouth to shout the signal, but plants burst into the warehouse before she could. They shot straight for the group and tore some of JATG's friends away, ignoring the opposite's attempts to stop them.

"Run!" Doc Kin screamed.

JATG watched the plants toss her friends around with wide eyes. Only when Vernon's hand grabbed hers did she run. Her friends were important, but so was living.

The barren land stretched out before the smaller group as they continued running. The plants followed them for a few feet before going back and doing who knows what to everyone who had been captured.

"There! To the cave!" Doc Kin, at the head of the group, pointed.

He veered them in its direction and filed inside. JATG immediately sagged to the ground against a wall. Kin put the bag he had on the ground at the back of the cave and began work on the swords again. Isaac stood slowly, looking around.

"The plants can track you all. I don't know how, but they can," he addressed JATG's friends. "Which means we can't stay here for much longer,"

"What about our friends?" JATG asked. "We can't leave them,"

"Until we have the rest of the swords ready, there's nothing we can do about them yet," Isaac replied. "I'm sorry,"

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OKAY, now with the hardest part finished, I can move on to ask about the next part...

Should I...

a) make us leave the cave and wander until coming across the plant's 'main base' somehow

b) have someone gather a group and try to get the taken friends back themselves

c) combine a and b into one idea