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Sleepover Nightmare
It was a quiet night in HQ—well, Romeo’s HQ-well his lab...The dim blue glow of his monitors flickered across the lab as he leaned over his latest invention, muttering calculations under his breath. At sixteen, Romeo had traded in his short, boyish stature for a lankier frame, though he still hunched over his machines like a mad scientist in the making. His wild hair was a little longer, perpetually messy, and his goggles now rested on his forehead, pushed up just enough so he could glare properly at his screens.
"Finally," he murmured, adjusting a few wires. "With this device, I’ll be able to—"
CRASH!
The lab door slammed open, nearly sending Romeo face-first into his workbench.
"Romeo! We're here!" Night Ninja’s voice rang through the lab, full of mischief.
Romeo groaned, rolling his eyes so hard he was sure they’d get stuck that way. "Ugh, what do you two want?"
"We," Luna Girl announced grandly as she sauntered in, "are having a sleepover!" She twirled dramatically, her silver hair now long and wavy, her usual moon-shaped clips keeping it away from her face. Her black-and-silver hoodie was oversized, hanging off one shoulder, paired with ripped leggings and boots.
Romeo scoffed. "Good for you. Have fun—somewhere else."
"Yeah, see, that’s the thing," Night Ninja chimed in, grinning. His blue ninja outfit was slightly more fitted now, his mask a bit sharper, making him look both older and smugger—an unfortunate combination. "We’re having the sleepover here."
Romeo froze. "Excuse me?"
Luna Girl flopped onto his lab chair, spinning in a lazy circle. "We didn’t feel like causing chaos tonight—shocking, I know. But we were bored, sooo we thought, ‘Hey, why not drop by our favorite evil genius's lab and crash here?’"
Romeo pinched the bridge of his nose. "I am not your favorite."
"Sure you are, I mean we dont know any others" Night Ninja said, already unpacking a small bag he had definitely just swiped from somewhere. "Now, be a good host and get us some snacks."
Romeo turned slowly. "Snacks? Do I look like I run a five-star hotel? I’m trying to take over the world!"
Luna Girl stretched her arms above her head, unbothered. "Yeah, yeah. Evil plans, world domination, blah blah blah. You’ll still be here tomorrow to fail at that, so just chill."
Night Ninja pulled out a set of pink curlers and turned to Luna Girl. "Alright, hold still. You promised I could try this."
Luna Girl grinned. "I did. And with these ill be the Moon Girl of my word." It made no sense and she new it.
Romeo blinked. His eye twitched. "You’re. Doing. Hair. In my lab."
"Obviously," Luna Girl said as Night Ninja started rolling sections of her hair into the curlers with surprising precision. "What did you think sleepovers were for?"
"I don’t know! Not this!"
"Shh," Night Ninja hushed him, concentrating. "This takes focus."
Romeo groaned dramatically and slumped into his chair. "Why me?"
Luna Girl smirked. "Because deep down, you love our company."
"I do not!"
Night Ninja grinned. "You kind of do."
"I do not!"
"Then why haven’t you kicked us out yet?" Luna Girl raised an eyebrow.
Romeo opened his mouth. Closed it. Opened it again. "I… I hate both of you."
Luna Girl beamed. "Aww, we hate you too!"
Romeo let out a long, suffering sigh, spinning in his chair to face his monitors again. "Fine. Whatever. You two do… whatever this is. I’m getting back to work."
Night Ninja nudged Luna Girl. "He's totally ignoring us."
"For now," Luna Girl said. "Give him ten minutes, he’ll snap again."
"Three minutes, tops," Night Ninja countered.
Romeo groaned. It was going to be a long night.
*****
Romeo hunched over his work, desperately trying to tune out the chaos happening behind him. But it was impossible.
"Truth or dare!" Luna Girl announced, crossing her legs on the floor.
Romeo’s eye twitched. "No."
"Yes!" Night Ninja countered, plopping down next to her. "Romeo, you’re playing."
"I am not."
Luna Girl ignored him and turned to Night Ninja. "Truth or dare?"
Night Ninja smirked. "Dare."
Luna Girl grinned, leaning in. "I dare you… to steal Romeo’s goggles and wear them for the rest of the night."
Romeo immediately grabbed his goggles. "Oh, absolutely not."
Too late. Night Ninja shot forward with ninja-speed, snatched the goggles, and plopped them onto his face. He wiggled his eyebrows. "How do I look?"
"Ridiculous," Romeo deadpanned, rubbing his temples.
"Aw, don’t be a baby," Luna Girl teased. "Your turn, Romeo!"
Romeo exhaled dramatically. "Fine. Truth."
Night Ninja grinned. "Who’s your crush?"
Romeo froze. "What?"
Luna Girl smirked. "Oooooh, good question."
"I don’t have a crush!" Romeo snapped, cheeks heating up.
Luna Girl gasped. "That means he does!"
"I don’t!"
"Sure, sure," Night Ninja said, waving a hand. "Your turn to ask, then."
Romeo rolled his eyes. "Fine. Luna Girl, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
A slow, wicked grin spread across Romeo’s face. "I dare you to leave."
She threw a pillow at him.
"Okay, makeovers!" Luna Girl announced next.
Romeo shot up. "No."
"Yes," Night Ninja said, already pulling out eyeliner he’d definitely swiped from somewhere.
"Why do you even have that?!"
"For emergencies," Night Ninja said, like it was obvious.
"Sit still," Luna Girl commanded, cracking her knuckles. "You’re getting glittered."
"I refuse."
"That’s cute," Night Ninja said, holding up a hairbrush like a weapon. "Luna, grab him."
"What—NO!"
Cut to five minutes later, and Romeo was sitting stiffly in his chair, now sparkling, with all kinda of makeup splatter on his face.
"You look fabulous," Luna Girl said, admiring her work.
Romeo glared at them through smudged eyeliner. "I will destroy both of you."
Night Ninja grinned. "You wish you looked this good all the time."
"Now it’s movie time!" Lunagirl jumped up excitedly
"Over my dead body," Romeo grumbled, still wiping glitter off his face.
Luna Girl ignored him and scrolled through Romeo’s computer. "Ooooh, let’s watch something super cliché and cheesy!"
"Why are you touching my tech?!"
Night Ninja flopped onto a pile of pillows. "She’s got a point. What’s a sleepover without a bad rom-com?"
Romeo crossed his arms. "No."
Five minutes later, the screen was playing the sappiest romance movie they could find, and Romeo was aggressively ignoring it.
But Night Ninja and Luna Girl? Fully invested.
"Okay but, like, she should have totally ended up with the best friend instead of the prince," Luna Girl said, arms crossed.
"Right?!" Night Ninja nodded. "That dude gave her his jacket in the rain. That’s love."
Romeo groaned. "Please, just make it stop."
Luna Girl threw another pillow at him. "Hush. You’re ruining the moment."
Eventually, the night quieted down. Romeo, defeated, had resorted to just letting them be. Night Ninja was now passed out on top of a pile of wires, one of Romeo’s blueprints draped over him like a blanket. Luna Girl had stolen Romeo’s chair and was curled up, peacefully snoring.
Romeo sighed, rubbing his temples.
"This is my worst nightmare."
Still… he didn’t wake them up. I mean there finally quite right just like he wanted no point getting them up and going through the trouble to kick them out
*****
Romeo stirred awake, blinking blearily at the dim glow of his lab’s monitors. He squinted at the time. 3:07 AM.
Something was off.
The air felt… charged. Like the eerie silence before a storm.
Then, he heard it.
A soft whoosh cut through the air, followed by a muffled thwump.
Romeo frowned, sitting up. What was that?
Then, before he could process anything—
WHAM.
A pillow slammed into the side of his face, knocking him down.
"What the—?!" Romeo sputtered, untangling himself from his lab coat as he hit the floor. His blurry vision refocused just in time to see Night Ninja and Luna Girl standing atop makeshift pillow forts on opposite sides of the lab.
Night Ninja, balanced on top of Romeo’s control console, grinned wickedly. "Oh, he’s awake."
Luna Girl, perched behind a barricade made of stolen lab equipment and various blankets, twirled a pillow in one hand. "Took him long enough."
Romeo’s eye twitched. "What. Is. Happening."
"It’s WAR!" Night Ninja declared dramatically, launching another pillow at Luna Girl.
She dodged, gasping. "Oh, you’ll pay for that."
"Are you kidding me?!" Romeo yelled, dodging a stray pillow. "You maniacs turned my lab into a battlefield?!"
Night Ninja cackled. "Technically, your lab was just a convenient battleground."
Romeo groaned, rubbing his face. "Oh, I hate this. I hate you so much." He huffed annoyed not only was his lab a mess but now he was missing his already limited sleeping hours
Luna Girl smirked, flipping a pillow in her hands. "Oh, you think you’re miserable?" She nodded toward her own fort. "He’s still neutral, Night Ninja. We should change that."
Romeo blinked. "Wait, what—"
BAM!
A pillow nailed him right in the chest, knocking him backward.
He gasped. "Did you just—DID YOU JUST ATTACK ME?!"
Luna Girl grinned. "You’re in the war now, genius."
Romeo clenched his fists, fuming. "Oh, you wanna play like that, huh?" He grabbed a pillow from the floor, eyes burning with vengeance.
Luna Girl raised an eyebrow. "Uh-oh. He’s got the ‘mad scientist’ look again."
Night Ninja snickered. "As if he could actually—"
Romeo chucked the pillow with the force of a thousand exploding inventions. It smacked Night Ninja clean off the console, sending him tumbling to the ground in a heap.
Silence.
Then—
Luna Girl burst out laughing. "Oh, my moon, that was AMAZING!"
Night Ninja groaned from the floor. "Ow."
Romeo cracked his knuckles, an evil smirk forming. "You fools have underestimated me for the last time." He marched to his workbench and yanked open a drawer, revealing—
A massive stockpile of experimental pillows.
Luna Girl’s eyes widened. "…Wait. What are those?"
Romeo grinned, lifting a pillow with a mechanical core. "Oh, just a little something I designed for maximum impact."
Night Ninja sat up. "You made—weaponized pillows?!"
Romeo laughed maniacally. "Night ninja, I MAKE EVERYTHING WEAPONIZED!"
Luna Girl gasped. "He’s turned the tide of battle!"
Romeo launched his first Turbo Pillow. It homed in on Luna Girl, knocking her straight into her own barricade.
"AHH!" she yelped, tumbling over.
Night Ninja scrambled to his feet. "Oh, it is ON!"
And so, the most ridiculous war in history began.
Pillows flew like missiles. Luna Girl used her lunar magnet to levitate entire blankets as shields. Night Ninja zipped around the room, dodging incoming pillow explosions. Romeo, cackling, launched his Pillow 3000—which was just a failed launcher he re named that accidentally ricocheted off a machine and hit himself in the face.
The chaos lasted until 6 AM, when the three finally collapsed in a heap, completely exhausted.
Romeo groaned, sprawled out on the floor. "I… will… destroy you… in the morning."
Luna Girl yawned. "Sure, bud."
Night Ninja snored.
And so, the Pillow War of Doom came to an end—not with victory, but with the enemies falling asleep in one giant pile of pillows.
Romeo would never admit it, but… maybe, just maybe, this wasn’t the worst night ever....