A/N: I'm so sORRY FOR NOT UPDATING SOONER it's just I have too much schOol work and things have gotten busier for me so leik, I'm so sOrry bUt here's your precious chapter 9-

Poppy and Branch were talking and eating some rAndom food while the time passed. I mean, what else would they do anyways? (*cough* connect their se-)

"Poppy, are you sure you can handle this? I mean, they're a lot of presents" Branch pointed to the huge pile of presents waiting to be given.

"Yeah! Why not? I don't want you to struggle either-even if you've done this almost your whole life" Poppy said, smiling. Branch giggled.

"Thanks" they smiled at each other until Gary started making noises.

"Hm...what could that be?" Branch got up and went towards Gary and picked him up. He noticed that his batteries were all of a sudden missing.

"That's weird, I just changed him today! ...whatever I'll just get him some new ones" he went to his night desk. Lucky for him, there were no batteries.

"Huh? But....they were all here a minute ago! Did you see small tube things that are silver?"

"....you mean batteries?"

"Yeah"

"Oh...no.." Branch sighed.

"Okay, I'm going to buy some new ones. I can't stand seeing Gary without batteries but I'll be back soon"

"Alright then, I'll be waiting right here" Branch nodded and went up the elevator.

"CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?!" Oh right, Guy Diamond was still stuck....and luckily no one heard him.

"UuuugggghhhhhkrbsbshqvwgqhWHY" he tried using the hair that wasn't stuck to get some peanut butter, but the door was closed...and locked...and kind had gum in it for some odd reason. "hhhhEEEELP I'M STUCK" he tried screaming even louder...nope, nOthing.

"Noooooooo, youuuu" Smidge said, her eyes literally turning into hearts.

"Noooooooooooo, youuuuuu" Milton's eye's pretty much did the same.

"Nooooooooooooooooo, youuuuuuuu"

"Noooooooooooooooooooooo, youuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Yes, Guy Diamond was watching them from above.

"HEY YOU TWO SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING BUT CAN I LIKE, PLS GET A HAND OVER HERE?!"

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"HHHHHH OKAY DHWVWWB CALM DOWN I mUst not get strEssed......" of course he kicked his pod so hard it almost fell and he almost died. Eventually it started raining even harder now, soooo.....maybe that could help?

"Okay...where can I find batteries?...." Branch looked everywhere to see if he could find any place that has batteries, even though it was hard because of the rain. He tUrned his hair into an umbrElla so he could see better.

"Where did I find batteries last time?...oh right! The repair place thingy!" He quickly went running towards the place where hug time watches were repaired. Unluckily for him, it was opened.

Creep (:D) was with his bug friend, smirking eViLy. (Ew go die coward)

"Isn't it fun to do these things?" The bug didn't chitter which made Creek think that he wasn't on his side. Creek got a little mad.

"Time to throw these in the lagoon" he threw the batteries that were in his hand into the lagoon, and to make things better, the lagoon was in really bad shape. The water was tossing all over the place because of the storm.

"Alright, take me to Branch" the bug listened to his orders.

Poppy wandered around Branch's bunker cause....she was bOrEd. She saw a lot of...let's say interesting things. She was even holding Gary to not leave him alone.

"Hm, I wonder what's in here?" Poppy saw a room that she didn't enter, so she decided to discover what was inside. She saw a lot of things once she opened the door.

"Oooh, what's behind this?" Poppy saw pink curtains. She widened her eyes once she saw what was inside.

"My......my cards..." she took a close look at all of them. "Every single card I ever gave to him..." she picked up one of he cards that fell. "Mr. Dinkles' wedding?! I totally forgot about that!" Gary secretly frowned (he's jELLy >:D).

"It's so sad that they got divorced...but I mean, the other worm was being too sassy so...." Gary secretly smiled. Poppy kept looking for more cards and smiled at each memory. She even teared up a few times. She then looked at her hug time watch and gasped.

"Branch could be here any minute! Okay, you have to promise me that you won't say a thing, okay?" Gary just stood there, secretly promising cause he ships Broppy too.

"Are these the batteries you need?" An attendant said to Branch, showing him the same batteries he had lost.

"Yeah, those! Thanks!" (Okay bUt leik idk if Trolls even pay for anything so-) Branch took the batteries and was going to quickly head back to his bunker until Creep (I'm sOrRy) came up to him, smirking that UgLy smirk of his.

"Why hello there, mate (CORNER)"

"Ugh, make it quick."

"Okay then, fine by me" Creek then sprays an unknown liquid in Branch's face, making him pass out almost immediately.

(OKAY BUT LEIK PLS DON'T KILL ME FOR THIS PLS I AM SO SORRY I-)