Heya! So now we know that Jooice is still alive, and can be saved, but how? Well, let's find out. WARNING: Some violence, and language.

Jooice was in his little room, pondering what had happened. He lost control, but how? How can he break this person's will?! He was puzzled. Suddenly, his head began to spin. He was trying to fight against him. He felt himself slip into the world where his conscience roamed, and he saw Jooice standing there. "You really think that you can fight me? You didn't last a full minute last time!" He laughed. "Want to know how I managed to at least escape your grasp?" Jooice asked coldly. "Impress me," he said. Suddenly, Jooice shot forward and hit him in the head, knocking him out. Jooice took all his mentally energy, and shoved the man out of his head. He opened his eyes, and found himself back in the real world. He was finally back in control. He sighed. He got up, leaning against the wall for balance. He looked in the mirror that was in there and almost had a heart attack. What was a tiny little rash was now covering half his face. He closed his eyes, trying not to panic. He needed to see the group. He was well aware of everything that was happening, including the battle against TBH and Woolfster, Laff falling, and everything else. He almost felt empty, as if he lost everything, but the hope that his friends were fighting for him, it was the only thing that he had to hang onto. He opened his eyes, and made a portal, and when he stepped through, he was back at the entrance of the glass bridge. He ran up to the bridge, hoping not to waste anymore time. At the top of the bridge, Laff and oof were talking. "Do you trust Natalie?" oof asked. "I do, but she's complicated. Doesn't talk much about herself." Laff said. "Blaza told me that she fell down when you fell. She said 'Not again'. Do you think it means something?" oof asked. "Maybe. Sounds like it's something from her past." Laff said. Suddenly, they heard footsteps on the bridge, coming to the top. "No one went down today, right?" oof asked, already knowing the answer. "No. No one did." Laff said gravely, and two green swords appeared in his hand. He handed one to oof, and turned back the bridge. Jooice came up into view, but something made Laff freeze. His eyes were blue, and face filled with fear, not yellow and filled with hate. "LAFF!" Jooice yelled. Laff now knew the Jooice was back. Jooice ran over to him. "Are you okay?" Laff asked. "I...I don't know. I think I've managed to take back my own will, but he's still out there." Jooice said. "Hey, calm down. We'll take you to Natalie, she'll know what to do." oof said. Jooice nodded. "It's going to be okay. You're with us now." Laff said. They started to the castle when the voice made Laff's skin crawl. "You think you can get away? Think again." They whipped around to see the same evil black man, floating in the air. "You." Laff said, his voice filled with hate at this man. "Laff, Laff, Laff. Why'd you leave so soon?" He asked with a playful tone in his voice. "You got three seconds before I cut your throat!" Laff yelled. "No need to get mean, I just need Jooice." he said. Jooice paled. "Why do you want him? Why do you want any of us?" Laff yelled. "Jooice still had the Chaos in him, he just managed to push my conscience out so I can't control him. And you can't say no." A yellowish vine shot out of the man's hand, and wrapped itself around Jooice's hand. "LET GO!!" Jooice yelled, trying to break free. "Hm, no." He said. He pulled on the vine, and Jooice would've gone up to him if Laff didn't grab him. "Oof, hold on to this!" Laff wrapped his own vine around Jooice's other hand, and gave it to oof. Laff shot a green ball at the man, and it caught him by surprise. He went flying back, and Laff cut the vine which held Jooice to the man. "Make a portal!" Laff told him. Jooice made one right behind the man, and he went right into it, and Jooice closed it. Jooice then fell down the ground, completely out of energy. "Jooice!" oof said. "Come on, we need to get going, that man is going to come back." Laff said. They grabbed Jooice and dragged him to the castle. The gang was talking, trying to figure out what else to do when they saw Laff and oof half-carrying and half-dragging Jooice. "Jooice!? Laff, what happened?" Dino asked. "He managed to take control again, but that man came back, and he really wanted Jooice." Laff said hurriedly, laying Jooice down on the steps leading up to the castle. "Jooice, you okay?" Meme asked. Jooice's eyes fluttered open. "Guys?" he asked softly. "Hey, you're fine. You're with us now." Socks said. Jooice sighed with relief. "Who is this man you're talking about?" Natalie said, coming down the stairs. "This man is the one who gave me and Jooice that ability." Laff said. Natalie went over to Jooice. "Hold on, I'm going to try something." Natalie said. A silver vine appeared in her hand, and it touched Jooice's hand. Blackness shot up the vine, and hit her own hand, and she went flying back. "Natalie!" oof said. "I'm fine." she said, struggling to get to her feet. "I'm sorry!" Jooice said, pulling his hand back. "No, you're good." Natalie said. "Um, Natalie? I need to tell you something." Jooice said. "Yeah?" Natalie asked. "Well, I have these... memories in my head, that aren't mine. I don't recognize them." Jooice explained. Natalie paled when he finished. "Natalie?" Laff asked. "Laff, I'll explain later. Not right now." He almost jumped when he heard her voice in his head. "Well, how can we help him?" Blaza wondered aloud. "I think I know." Jooice whispered. He pulled something out of his pocket and gave it to... "What is it?" TBH asked, grabbing it. When he saw what it was, his heart froze. On the paper, it said "IR" "Where the hell did you get this?" he whispered. " I nicked it from the base after we left. I don't know why." Jooice admitted. "What do you want me to do with this?" he asked. "Make another one for me." Jooice said. "No! I can't!" TBH said. Laff grabbed it out of his hand and looked at it. "Jooice, this is mad. You can't do this!" Laff said. He felt pale. "It's the only way to keep you guys safe. I can't risk hurting you." Jooice argued. "It wasn't you who was fighting us, it was another man who is controlled by Chaos." Socks said. Jooice didn't know what else to say. "Listen, we need to find out who that man is. From the looks of it, he's been under Chaos's control for a long time. If we find out who he is, we can find out his backstory." Natalie said. "Oh you won't find out." they heard someone say. Jooice gasped. "Who the heck is he!?" oompa yelped. The man was back. He had such hate in his eyes they seemed to burn. "Just give me Jooice, and no harm will come to you." he said. Jooice was shaking. He didn't want to go back to that hellish place, where he couldn't reach his friends. "I don't think so." Natalie said, and pulled out a sword that shone with a soft silver glow. The man recoiled. He hated that sword. "Don't like this, huh? Maybe I would like you to have a taste of it." she said with such venom in her voice. "Then you leave me no choice." the man said. Vine burst from the ground, rushing toward Jooice. Oof leaped in front of him with a shield, blocking the vines from getting him. "HA! You think your shield will protect your friend? I can break it in seconds." He shot a vine at it, and it shattered. Oof pulled out his sword and fought against the vines. Jooice was now freaking out. He didn't want to leave his friends. Suddenly, oof let out a strangled gasp. He grabbed at his chest, blood falling from the wound. The man looked surprised. He didn't kill him. "OOF!" Jooice yelled. Then, oof vanished. TBH and Woolfster sensed something. They felt a strange feeling that this was meant to happen. "The same thing happened that night." TBH said, fire appearing in his hand. "Are you telling me that oof is..." Woolfster left his sentence hanging in the air. TBH nodded. "Well, now that he is out of the way, let's resume." the man said. He shot a vine at Jooice, but he rolled out of the way. He got up and ran over to the group. "Oh, not so fast." the man said. He shot another vine at him, but TBH made a fire wall around Jooice to block him from the vines. Jooice made a portal and teleport behind one of the pillars. He can't leave his friends. When TBH made the wall go down, the saw Jooice was gone. "Oh, I can still find him. The Chaos in him still lives, and I can sense it." the man laughed. Jooice froze. "And I know he's right behind the pillar," he said. Vines wrapped themselves around Jooice. "Let me go!" He yelled. The man made him hang between two of the pillars. "What are you doing?" Muffin asked. "Because he pushed me out, I need to get back in again." he said. The same black arrow, tipped purple at the end, came from his pocket. "This is the Dark Arrow. The purple is a special substance called 'imperium', which means 'control' that allows me to enter his mind without leaving mine. And control him." He shot the arrow straight for Jooice's heart. Laff, TBH, and Woolfster all shot a beam at the arrow. It didn't break it, but it paused it, and it was fighting against them. "They're using emotional energy." Natalie breathed. "What?" Socks asked, confused. "Emotional energy is when you take all your emotion, and it boosts your power. It takes years of practice, so I am surprised that they did it in under a few days." she explained. Suddenly, another beam appeared. It was white like snow. In fact, it was snow and ice! "Wait, it can't be." Dino said when he turned to where the beam came from. It was Oof. Jooice was scared to his death. He could sense the evil, wanting to go into him, and twist his mind. "I can't fight it any longer!" Woolfser said. He was right. They were getting weaker, and the arrow was getting closer to Jooice. "Jooice, get out of there!" Laff said. "I can't! He's stopping me from getting out!" Jooice panic. The arrow suddenly shot with such force that it pushed the beams back and they had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit. The arrow pierced Jooice heart. Jooice gasped. "NO!" Socks yelled. Jooice's breath was shaky. He felt the evil pour inside him. "Socks, don't!" Natalie said as Blaza and Meme had to hold him back. Tears were falling from his face. The man chuckled, but when he turned to Natalie, he froze. Natalie noticed he seemed to be straining against something. He then finally relaxed. "Time to go Jooice." He said. Jooice eyed flashed a different color, yellow. Socks was now trying as hard as he could to break free, but his friends held tight. Laff, oof, Woolfster and TBH were wrapped in vines so tight, they couldn't even move. Jooice desperately fought against the evil that tried to take over. He started to scream. The evil was showing him no mercy. Then he disappeared. Along with the man. The vines slithered away, letting the four friends free. Socks fell to his knees. "That's the third time we lost him!" he said. "We couldn't risk you getting hurt, or worse." Natalie said. "Who the hell was that man?" Meme asked. "I don't know who he is." Natalie said. "Well, can we do something about this?" Dino asked. "I have no idea where their base is, and they probably moved cause Laff knows where it is." Natalie replied. "So you're telling me there's nothing we can do about this?" Laff asked softly. "Wait." Socks said. He pulled out the envelope that Jooice had given him. "He said this would take us to a battlefield for some reason," he said. "This makes sense now." Natalie said. "What?" Blaza asked. Natalie looked at Socks. "He wants you dead." she said gravely.

Yeah, he wants Socks dead. Um, so we now know Jooice is back! But is taken back under control by this dude. And now oof can control snow and ice. So yeah. Any question, pls comment down below. So, seya!

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