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It was a quiet morning. Cdot was preparing for the Rumble Pack podcast when he heard a knock at the door. When he opened it, two of his old friends were standing there.

Alex and Raphael had moved away once Cdot had started college. He hadn't seen them in years! He remembered Alex's sand coloured blond hair and blue eyes and Raphael's black hair and dark brown eyes. He had fond memories with them

"Alex? Raphael? I thought you moved away!" Cdot was surprised to see them. He let them in to hang out, as he was really happy to see them! "Do you wanna help me set up?"

"For what?" Alex asked. Cdot showed Alex and Raphael about the podcast. "A silly podcast? No, you don't need to do that! We wanted to go out with you and do what we used to do!"

"Why?" Cdot asked. Raphael shrugged. "Not even he knows why we're doing this!"

"Yeah, Alex just met me at my house and asked me to come with him!" Raphael stated.

Alex just walked over to Cdot and grabbed out a necklace with a key on it. "Take this. Wear it around your neck as a sign of our friendship!"

Cdot grabbed it and put it on, but then he started to feel a bit dizzy. "What..."

Alex smiled. "Good night, Charlie..."

Raphael was scared and tried to leave but Alex stopped him, pushing him over to Cdot and joining the podcast call before walking away.

Jonny, Danno, Anna and Bam were already in the call, and were waiting for the others.

"Cdot? Are you there?" Anna asked, before Cdot's hand slammed on the table and he got up slowly. "You okay?"

"I don't have time for this! I'm going to do more fun things with my real friends!" Cdot exclaimed, before walking away. Bam had noticed the key on Cdot's neck, and realised he had seen Alex with the same necklace...

"Guys, I don't think Cdot is himself..." Bam worriedly told the others.

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Once everyone was on the podcast, and were done with filming, they started to discuss what could have happened to Cdot.

"Bam was the one to point out the necklace, what idea does he have?" Pear asked.

"I was paying attention to Cdot's camera and I noticed some blonde guy with the same necklace on!" Bam explained. "Not to mention that guy seems pretty familiar..."

The others were curious, so he shared a screenshot he took of Alex walking away. The others were SHOCKED to say the least.

"I've seen him too!" Jonny almost trembled, before sending a picture of himself with a fan, which had Alex in the background holding up a key. "He tried to offer me a necklace too..."

Danno hung up from the call to process things, before he got a discord video call from Mog.

He picked up and in his best perfectly stable voice, he answered. "Hello?"

"You want this key?" Mog asked, holding up another necklace with a key on.

Danno's pupils shrunk once he saw it. "N-No, I don't!" He was in fear, but Mog shrugged and was about to put it on. "NO, WAIT!"

But it was too late. Mog had it on, and started to slump in his seat, as Alex was seen behind.

"Too late, Daniel. We needed a replacement for Raph anyway since he ran away!" Alex smirked. Mog sat up, staring into the camera. "Now, Eric, come on. We need to get your friends."

"Right on, Alex!" Mog exclaimed, before ending the discord call. Danno was shaken and told the others about what had happened, scared for what might happen to him... because he now knew Alex was in pursuit of them.