"Sure, I--" Jamie was saying but a yell cut him to an abrupt stop. A middle aged man stood at the entrance to the restaurant.
"Jamie! They don't pay you to stand around talking to the customers!" he scowled at Jamie before smiling a bit at Squad 10 then he returned inside the resturant.
"Shoot! I best get back to duty," he said then faced them, "Look I'm not having a shift tomorrow, maybe if you drop by we'll talk more. I'll help you talk to my aunt too, she tends to be cranky sometimes. Bye!"
He waved and quickly ran to meet a man that had just arrived was putting on suit. The man sat outside on a single chair and table.
Jamie smiled at him and collected his order before rushing inside.
"Well, since Jamie's helping we're sure to get the land for free," Andrew said and took a sip of his latte. "How can you be so sure?" Ethan asked him between bites.
Andrew re
"So, what sort of food would we have in the party?" Suzanne asked as she took a bite of her hamburger.They were in the orchard but Ryan wasn't present."Ashley don't forget to alert us if Ryan's coming," Andrew reminded her from where he laid behind the tree."Sure!" Ashley nodded from the branch she sat and looked around."There should be icecream!" Ethan suggested. Suzanne nodded, "Of course. And we can even have a popcorn machine there too.""And cotton candy should be present," Ashley suggested.Andrew was noting everything down. "Apart from snacks we'll have proper food like rice, cheese burger, cheese doodle, moon cake, fish and chips, macaroni, pasta, ramen, sushi, dumplings, pies, toast, bacon and eggs, ribs, pot roast--" he said as he jotted them down."It sounds really yummy!" Ethan licked his lips."Quiet,
For once Jamie wasn't putting on apron with pockets on it. He was in his casual wears of a blue and white stripped shirt on blue pants with white sneakers.He was already seated on a table that was located beside the exit doors.Jamie was casually sipping with a white from a huge glass cup of Coca-Cola."Hey Jamie!" Ashley waved as they approached his table.Her short bright yellow long sleeved gown made her movements as she walked towards the green headed boy seem freely. As usual Ashley had a brown leather jacket tied around her waist.Her blonde hair was held into a pretty complex but messy ponytail held back by a huge brown hair pin that had lots of glitter on it.Her brown boots came to a halt beside Jamie."Hey," she smiled again."Hey, um...sorry I didn't catch your name the last time we met," he laughed sheepi
"Are you sure you want to go to Potter's field?" The taxi driver asked a bit concerned as they neared the destination.Andrew sat up front in the passenger seat beside the driver.Suzanne, Ethan, Ashley and Jamie were all cramped up at the back seat.Andrew tore his gaze away from his laptop that was placed on his laps and faced the middle aged driver. "Yes, we have unresolved business there," he replied in his usual tone and went on with his work.The driver shrugged as the car came to halt in front of the field.They all got down and Andrew paid the fare. The driver murmured something about crazy kids before zooming off."Thanks for paying for everyone, Andrew." Ashley smiled at him."Un-un," he replied nonchlantly not even glancing at her once."Woa! This place is massive!" Ethan gaped as he gazed at the beginning
"Quiet!" Snow blew her whistle hard and the noise came to an halt. All the other Squads shot her annoyed looks but she wasn't daunted by it, instead she kept her hands on her hip."Geez, we're supposed to wait for the bus quietly." She gave them a wry look before settling down on her seat, satisfied.They resumed their discussions but it was in a hushed tone."Girl, you're a terror!" Ava laughed as she patted Snow's knees. Snow closed her eyes and smiled, "I try my best.""Apparently people would never observe decorum except it's forced on them, so yes, the need of a dictator is necessary," Janet said and nodded slightly."I agree, a leader figure is always needed," Judith said.Luke yawned, "Man I'm tired of waiting, when's the bus going to come?"Ava looked around. Lots of Squads were present. There was Squad 1, Squad 4,
"Your mission is to walk the Cortney's family dogs for twenty minutes," Alex informed them once they entered."Awwn, dogs again?!" Ethan complained."Dogs? Like how many are we talking about?" Ashley asked with a smile.Alex looked from one person to another and chuckled.5 minutes later."Five dogs?! C'mon!" Ethan groaned tugging his black hair again."Mr Cortney why'd you have five dogs all at a goal?" Ashley asked the man as they all stood in front of his white mini-van.The man laughed."Actually, we're all dog people in my family and I had like four kids who all wanted dogs so...yeah, also Tabita, my little girl wanted an extra pup because the others were all grown up so...," He laughed again.His wife came out of the house that stood before them and gave her husband
"Alright, you stayed a bit later than I thought you would but its okay," Alex nodded at them once they returned."Yeah, some people, thought it was a nice idea to take the dog for a run some couple of times," Suzanne said looking at Ethan with a bad eye.They were all drenched with sweat except Andrew.Ethan winced and moved back, "Stop blaming me, it took off by itself!""Now, that's enough," Alex said as he looked up at them. He pushed forward the document they were to sign in."Just sign and leave okay? I have lots of work to do." He gesculated to his unsorted drawer."Sure thing, LIN," Ashley said with a smile as she grabbed the pen off the table and signed under her name first. When they had all signed, they waved him bye and stepped out of the building.His receptionist said hello to them as the walked out.
"Suzanne's late again," Ryan snorted as he glanced at his watch.They were inside the school waiting room.Edward, Jake and Wallis just entered."Hey!" Ashley waved at them and smiled brightly. "Hey sunshine," Edward nodded at her as he sat down. He always called her sunshine because he'd never seen her without a smile before. She was always radiating like the sun."Edward," Ashley beamed a smile at him."Could you scooch over?" Jake asked Ethan as he rubbed his eyes. Ethan was seated on the longest cream coloured settee and he wanted to lie down on it."Um, sure." Ethan shifted to the extreme edge and Jake laid on the remaining space, feeling satisfied. He had on a lazy smile as he closed his eyes."Hey guys," Wallis said as he also took a seat."Great, now Annabelle's team is here. It won't be long before she
"Your mission is to deliver this parcel to Wong Chi and he lives at 5, skylight street, Wippi." Alex told them.They had met at Mel' O's Burggies."Wippi?! That's at the other end of Herotapolis!" Ethan exclaimed."On the outskirts of Herotapolis," Andrew corrected and took a sip of the latte that was on the table in front of him. "Big difference!" Ethan snapped at him.Ryan looked at Alex. "Why do we have be the ones to deliver it?""Because it's your mission," Alex said point blankly and went on with what he was writing.Ashley frowned slightly.Ryan's birthday was a day away and they hadn't done the bakings yet. At least they've already decorated the field."Um, how long would this take?" She asked.Alex checked his watch. "It's a four hour journey, to and fro. And if you leave early and quit w
Andrew walked to the window and looked out of it. He wasn't seeing the scene before him but the scene of what happened eight years ago."Big brother," Andrew raced into Asher's room.Asher was packing his bag. His Squad, Squad 7 were supposed to supervise some kids camping in the woods. Asher faced his younger brother with a smile. "Andrew, what's up Champ?" He grinned. Andrew plopped down on his brother's single bed.Andrew made a face. "Are you really going on the camping trip? Why don't you just stay home with me?" Andrew asked with a small pout. Asher laughed. Andrew always acted differently when they were alone, freer. But when with his mates or other outsiders he tends to be curt and reserved.
Suzanne groaned and kept her head on the desk.Ethan curiously peered at her, leaning over in the process to see her face as she had the back of her head turned to him."Suzanne?" Ethan called.They were all locked in a class as Aiden had given them all a time-out when he caught them stalking him.He was standing behind the classroom door waiting for the time he would release them.Ashley walked to the window.Even though they were being punished she was satisfied she had found out the true identity of the girl.She was Aiden's girlfriend.Ryan glared at Ashley angrily.He on the other hand wasn't happy about being punished by Aiden. Apart from the fact that he was their CIN, he was also a sort of elder brother to him."I'm really disappointed in all of you. Especially you
The doorbell of Suzanne's house rang.Shane who was eating chips while watching some football as it was Saturday groaned as the doorbell rang again."Go away!" He yelled.He didn't want to get up and open the door, he couldn't even get up to grab the remote to change the channel away from the sports channel he kept.He felt like watching documentary but due to his laziness he refused to get off the futon he laid on.Though the remote was on the center table he was too lazy to reach for it.He had a huge bag of chips opened beside him and a can of malt by the futon on the floor where he could easily reach it. A pizza box was lying on the futon as well.The doorbell rang again.Shane groaned aloud.He and Suzanne were the only ones around as their parents had earlier gone to a couple’s program and they were
"Hey Suzanne!" Annabelle rushed to Suzanne's desk.Suzanne kept her books inside her bag."Let's go home, I'm ready," Suzanne said looking at her."No..., no time for that! C'mon! Let's go quickly before it's all filled up!" Annabelle said breathlessly and grabbed Suzanne's wrist and yanked her out of their classroom.Annabelle ran across the hallway, pulling Suzanne along.The hallway was unusally crowded as people were headed the same direction as Annabelle.Annabelle roughly shoved some people aside as she made her way through until they got to the front.It was rowdy as lots of people were yelling at each other, shoving themselves as they held their pens.What's happening? Suzanne wondered with wide eyes as she saw Ethan holding a fistful of someone's cloth angrily. A senior that was in C-rank was t
The boat docked.The water had really been the fastest route they could take.The port was extremely busy as people walked up and down, boarding huge ships while some well built men hauled huge vessels into their containers."We've arrived at civilization," Ryan said pleased.Their boat struck dry land making them all jolt forward.Ethan was the first to jump out of the boat, unto the white sandy beach.Some people threw them curious stares but that was it, they still went on about on their way.Simply because this was Herotapolis, and weird things happened so it wasn't a strange sight to see five teenage kids jumping out of a rickety boat.Andrew had smartly advised them to put on the clothes they had on when Aiden left them off in the jungle.In this way they all had their code colors on, along
"Dude, you're pissing me off!" Suzanne growled at Andrew."You shouldn't be a klutz," he replied in a cool tone, not at all fazed by her temper."It was an accident!" She yelled at him."Maybe you should work on controlling your body movements, like you need to work on controlling your tongue," Andrew told her curtly and turned back.He glanced at the broken pieces of the clay bowls Suzanne ought to have brought out where they were all camped outside around the fire before he started walking out of the kitchen."How about this for control?!" Suzanne hissed as she grabbed a nearby small pot holding water and hurled it at Andrew's head but he simply moved to the left without looking back and she missed her target.The pot connected to the wall beside the entrance to the kitchen.Ryan who was coming to check what was taking th
Suzanne opened her eyes. It was already morning.Ashley and everyone else were already up and they were all in the room, except Andrew."Hey guys," Suzanne said as she got up."Suzanne!" Ethan cheerfully turned her way.Ryan just scoffed and crossed his arms. "I thought you were never going to wake up.""Good morning," Ashley smiled at her."Alright! Let's go get some breakfast! I'm starving!" Ethan said."Thankfully we should have some meat from your hunt yesterday," Ashley told Ethan.Ryan frowned slightly, "But we'll have to be lighting up the fire and fanning up the flames again. All that work.""It's a good thing we start early then," Suzanne said and they all walked towards the kitchen."Yeah, and then we'll do something about having a small bathroom and maybe some cloth
Suzanne sat up in her leafy hammock.Andrew had made a hammock each for everyone to sleep on out of broad leaves and some strong vines that were lying around.Of course Ryan had made a fuss about sleeping on a hammock made out of leaves but Ashley piled all their jackets and coats on his own hammock so that he could be comfortable.Ethan had yelled about Ryan being a brat and Ashley shared some cheery story about her childhood as they sat round the fire, before they all retired to sleep.Suzanne rubbed her eyes and she glanced out of the small square window. It was still dark.I wonder what time it is. She said and adjusted herself on her hammock. Her eyes roamed round her sleeping teammates.Ethan was snoring loudly and one of his arms was swinging out of his hammock. She rolled her eyes at his sleeping figure.She got up softly
"CIN really left us here?!" Suzanne shrieked, horrified."No, we thought he left us in our cozy bedrooms and he went back to bring us breakfast in bed," Ryan snorted."You better shut up now!" Suzanne snapped at him."Or what?" He scoffed.Suzanne's nostrils flared.Some minutes later he was yelling that she should let go of his ear that she was twisting around."That's enough," Andrew bored voice made Suzanne let him go.Ethan smiled snidely at Ryan who was rubbing his ear painfully."I suggest we just follow the path!" Ethan said.Andrew who had bent down, stood straight. "No. That's useless. I was awake while CIN was driving. There's too many turns and we can get lost," he told Ethan."What now?" Suzanne moaned.Ashley glanced at her wristwatch.