"Gosh, he's so annoying," Annabelle muttered.
"Why no?!" Ethan demanded.
"Because," Andrew glanced at him before facing Ryan again, "The fact that your IQ is actually lower than an eight doesn't mean mine is. And when I tell you something, your little brain should be able to comprehend the fact that I'm a thousand times smarter than you are and hence I've completely gotten to the bottom of things."
"Don't insult me Andrew," Ryan snapped at him.
Andrew looked towards Ethan's direction. "Come to think of it Ethan, you're kinda smarter than Ryan for figuring this out ages before he ever could," Andrew stated in ever bored tone.
Ethan's anger was all washed away by that small praise.
His eyes lit up with pleasure.
"Ah-ha! Finally a recognition of my skills! I always knew I was way better than Ryan and for you to acknowledge me means that I&nb
"There! It's done," Ashley smiled and turned to Ryan who kept staring at the floor and no one could figure out his facial expression."Do you believe us now?!" Ethan snarled at him."She's been torturing us with threats of hanging herself or running into a moving vehicle if we don't give in to her demands," the eldest of her sisters explained."She's such a blackmailer," another of her sisters said."Course she is," Annabelle agreed."Man, I'm glad you worked to get this evidence. Ryan wasn't going to believe anyone," Justin smiled at Ashley and she sent him a grin in return."I'm still mad that he didn't believe me though," Suzanne huffed as she crossed her hands."Me too!" Ethan sided."Ryan?" Andrew called, staring at Ryan.The only two people that hadn't said a word was Ryan and Marissa.
Suzanne did her brown hair in pigtails and threw on a red hoodie on brown shorts along with a black high-top.After attaching her E-rank crest on her red headband she nodded at herself in her dressing mirror and headed downstairs.She saw Shane laid on the orange rug on a call, he made sure to wear black tank-tops to show off his growing muscles. He wasn't aware of her presence as he chatted happily.She scoffed and walked to the kitchen.Apart from the similar hair color and eyes, she and Shane were two different people and could hardly be motioned as twins. She was also shorter than he."Good morning mum!" Suzanne said as she pushed open the kitchen door.Her dad was also in the kitchen, helping out to dice some carrots."Oh, good morning dad. I didn't think you'll be here," she grinned.He looked back at her and smiled. "I notic
When they had reached a random bench some houses down Andrew's house, Ryan stopped walking."We'll talk here," he told Suzanne.She nodded, glancing at him adoringly."Suzanne."Funny enough when he called her name it didn't sound as cold and cool and as bone-chilling as Andrew's did back when she was caught eavesdropping.Why am I comparing them?! She facepalmed herself inwardly."There are two things I'm going to clarify to you, because you are my teammate and I cannot ignore you like the others. This has gone long enough," Ryan started.Suzanne still looked at him like she was a love struck puppy. It irritated Ryan extremely."I don't like you Suzanne, I never did and I never will. All this nonsense must end today, right here, right now." Ryan told her coolly.Suza
When Andrew returned with Suzanne, Ryan and Ethan were just finishing their punishments of writing 'I would never fight my teammate again' a thousand times."Suzanne!" Ashley rushed to hug her once she entered."Are you alright?" Ashley asked, searching her face worriedly."Hmm," Suzanne smiled and nodded. Her eyes briefly went to where Ryan was seated.Guilt flickered in his eyes before he looked down on what he was writing."Suzanne!" Ethan got up from the chair he was seated on and made a dash towards her."I was so worried about you when that idiot showed up alone! Are you hurt?!" He asked searching her eyes inquiringly.Suzanne noticed a small bruise forming on his forehead."What happened?" She asked instead, lightly touching his forehead."It's nothing," he said dismissively.
"Warm up in ten minutes then gather round for the instructions," Gwen told them.They were all in the training field."Okay Coach!" Suzanne nodded."Sure thing Coach!" Ashley smiled at Gwen."Rightio Coach!" Ethan said enthusiastically."Alright Coach," Ryan said casually while Andrew just nodded.Suzanne glanced at where Aiden was doing push-ups. It wasn't enough he was using just his index finger of his left hand while his right hand was firmly behind his back, he had to stack like ten bricks on himself which he held with his right hand, in so doing he bore the weight of everything as he exercised."Whoa," Suzanne gaped at him."It's best you exercise now." Ryan told Suzanne, slightly irked she wasn't doing anything.Ethan was already doing some jumping jacks with full vigor while Ashley was doi
Ashley came upon Ryan who had collapsed due to the cold.She dragged him out of the shatters of ice walls that surrounded him and dumped him on the grass behind some rocks."Ashley..?" Ryan opened his eyes as the sunlight bathed his face."Are you okay now?" Ashley asked with her brows furrowed in concern.Ryan smiled as he rested his head back on the grass. "Before I got hit I managed to shut off one of CIN's ice gloves. So it's only one that's working, but since I aimed from a far place I'm not sure which hand it was. I think I fainted afterwards," Ryan told Ashley."We still have five minutes left, if we're all okay then we passed. It's not about taking CIN down but protecting each other," Ashley said."You're right." Ryan sat up and rested his back on the rock."I'm going to find the rest," Ashley said as she stood up.
"And then the nurse made sure I got the spicy rice cake every day!" Ethan went on."Was it good?" Suzanne asked curiously and he nodded furiously."I'm going to check out the shop where they sell it after our test!" Ethan said. His arm was already good as new."Take me with you!" Suzanne said eagerly with sparkling eyes."Yes! Yes, I will! It's a crime if you haven't ever tasted it before!" Ethan promised with passion."Urgh, they're so dramatic," Ryan scoffed as he rolled his eyes."Coach didn't even tell us what our next test was," Ashley said. Andrew didn't say anything, he just went on using his laptop that was on the space beside him on the public bench he sat on.They were in a park, Sun-Ville Park.Aiden had sent messages to them to wait for him there, by the bench beside the fountain. It was the closest to the
"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.
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.