Tord's P.O.V

I sighed and turned my phone off. 'They can't find out....I need to make up an excuse, and fast.' I thought, walking out of my room. My two best friends, Pau and Pat, turned their attention to me as I walked in. " Why...why are you up so late Red Leader..? " Pau asked, slightly cocking his head. " We've been over this Pau, you can just call me Tord. " I stated, raising an eyebrow. " Right! Sorry R - Tord! " he quickly apologized, obviously embarrassed. I sighed and smiled. " It's fine, Pau. " he smiled back and nodded slightly. " So..why are you up so late Tord? It's like, two in the morning! " Pat asked, pointing at his watch for empathies. " You know why.." I mumbled, loud enough for them to hear. Their was a long silence between us for a little while. It didn't help that Pau and Pat were both snuggled together on the couch while I just kinda stood there and watched.

"So.." Pat asked, suddenly sounding serious. " Do they trust you? " I  hesitated before answering, " Most of them do..the damn jehovah still doesn't trust me though. I guess he never trusted me to be fair though. " Pau put his hand on his chin and tilted his head slightly, thinking. " This won't work. He'll ruin the plain like last time. " he stated, serious as usual. " Are you sure we....have to do this? I mean, they used to be my best friends.. " I asked, a hint of sadness in my voice. " Tord... I know it's hard, but we have to. After the last time, the Green, Blue, and Purple army heard what happened and got the same idea. Their going to try to take over the world. We have to be the first army. " Pat said, trying to sound calm and comforting.

" But-why do we have to take over the world?! That's like, the most un-original, boring, cliché idea ever! It sounds like it was taken out of a fanfiction made by a ten year old kid! " I stated, throwing my hands up. " I know it does.. but think about it Tord, the people, the countries, the admiration, the POWER! " Pau yelled, his eyes glistening with hope. " But.. why do we have to be the first one?! Their all going to fail anyways! " I yelled, suddenly angry.

 " BECAUSE WE ARE THE RED ARMY. THE BIGGEST ARMY IN THE WORLD, FAR BIGGER THAN PURPLE, GREEN, AND BLUE COMBINED. WE ARE THE BEST ARMY. WE WILL NOT FALL DOWN TO THEIR LEVEL OF DISSAPOINTMENT. THIS IS WHAT YOUR FATHER WANTED, AND HIS FATHER, AND HIS FATHER! THEY DID NOT SUCSEED, BUT WE WILL! THOESE 'HEROS' SOFTENED YOU UP! YOU ARE THE RED LEADER, ACT LIKE IT. " Pau yelled, his face turning red from yelling. Pat put his hand on Pau's shoulder and lowered his head. " I'm sorry Tord...but.." Pat started.

"We don't have a choice."

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I'm not very proud of this chapter tbh, mainly cause it's short and I rushed on it. I will start updating soon, but now you at least know that Tord isn't all 'TAKE OVER THE WORLD' crazy.

~Lynn