The car sped down the long highway, heading for the outskirts of the big city, which was on the other side of these plains. Spongebob was directing us, saying that he knew a guy that might know where the thief had went. Along the way, I began to make conversation with Technoblade.

"When did you decide to start carrying a pickaxe with you wherever you went?" I asked him.

"Well it all started when I was at the library one day. I like to go there because it's quiet. A librarian recommended me a book called 'The Art of War', which I started to read. It was really interesting, in my opinion, and I use the knowledge I learned from it to develop strategies that enhance my everyday life."

"Oh wow," I remarked. "What kind of stuff did you learn?"

"'If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.'" he quoted. "This is one of the reasons why I was so hasty to learn more information about our enemy. We must know more about him in order to defeat him, and any others he might have on his side."

"That's very smart advice." I agreed.

"But it also says that we should know ourselves," Techno told me. "Tell me about yourself, Wonder."

"Uh-" I looked up at him, somewhat taken aback. "Well I read and write fan fictions on Wattpad, but that's about it. There's nothing really special about me - I mean, look at me."

Techno smiled. "I am."

I blushed deeply as he regarded me with kind eyes behind his mask. Suddenly, I heard a loud, depressed sigh from behind me. I turned my head to look at the source of the sigh, Glitch.

"Is something wrong?" I asked.

They shook their head. "No, not if you can find me a big, strong man for me to simp over- or a woman. I honestly couldn't care less."

I nodded. "By the time this adventure's over, you'll find your man or woman to simp for. Or maybe both, who knows! This I can promise you."

Glitch smiled. "Thanks, friend."

"Here it is!" Spongebob exclaimed.

I spun the wheel to the right, pulling into the driveway of a rather small horse farm.

"Are you sure this is the place?" I asked. "And who is this person we're meeting?"

"Him!"

Spongebob pointed to a man walking out of the farmhouse, and quickly opened the door to greet his friend. The rest of us exited the car and followed him.

"Howdy, Spongebob!" the man greeted in a gruff voice.

"Super Mario?" I asked in shock. "Have you become a crack addict? You look like you've smoked a bit-"

"Who the hell's Mario?" Mario on crack turned to me. "My name's Ojisan."

"Oh- Ojisan." I corrected. "Nice to meet you."

"Sure, whatever." Ojisan scoffed, turning back to Spongebob and the group. I decided to wander around the farm and see the sights. My attention was quickly caught by a horse...with a human head.

"What the hell-" I decided not to question it. Too many weird things have happened for me to be surprised by this. I walked up to the horse, who turned to me.

"Heyyyy, gurl~" the horse winked flirtatiously at me. "The name's Yuuma, what's yours?"

"Uh- Wonder." I told him. His head was kinda hot, not gonna lie, but not as hot as Techno's.

"That's a pretty name..." Yuuma remarked. He put one of his hooves onto the fence post that separated us and leaned against it. "Your outfit looks good on you."

"Why thank you!" I smiled.

"You know where it would better on?" Yuuma asked. My face fell slightly. "The floor of my stable."

At this, I emitted a noise that sounded like a deflating balloon, and doubled over. My wheeze could be heard by the group nearby, and when I stood up straight again, I saw Technoblade glaring at me...or Yuuma. One of us. I couldn't tell. He was either glaring at me because of the inhuman noise I created, or Yuuma because he was openly flirting with me.

"Wonder?" he called. "We found him."

I jumped up excitedly. "Yahoo!" I exclaimed, before running back to the group. "Nice to meet you, Yuuma!"

I reached the group, smiling joyously. Finally, the thief who had stolen our Fre Shavoca Do will pay for his crimes. "What did you find?"

"Ojisan told us that the man's name is Quackity, and that he runs the Las Nevadas casino in the big city," Techno said.

"That's nearby!" I told them. "We can go there now!"

Ojisan nodded. "I used to own a casino long ago. When Las Nevadas was created, it put me out of business. Now I work here, tending to my horses. I would do anything to see that man's dreams crushed."

"Don't worry," Glitch said. "We'll crush that man's dreams before you know it. Come on, gang, we have a casino to break into!"

The four of us ran back into the car, waving to Ojisan as we left. I got into the driver's seat and turned on the ignition. The car didn't respond. I tried again. Still, there was no answer from the engine.

"What the hell-" My eyes landed on the fuel gauge. Empty.

"Oh, for fuck's sake- we're out of gas!" I shouted angrily.

"Just our luck." Spongebob looked down sadly.

"Wait!" Glitch interrupted. "Ojisan owns horses, right? We could ride them!"

"Well, if we're going to do anything, we'd better do it fast," Techno said, looking out of the window towards the road. I turned in the direction he was facing and saw an evil-looking car driving our way. In the driver's seat was an evil-looking man in a purple suit.

"Guys," I said. My friends turned to me worriedly.

"What is it?" Glitch asked.

"We're screwed. Very, very screwed."

"Did you just quote the chapter title-"

"Glitch!" I shouted. "I was trying to end the chapter in suspense!"