Hihi everyone! Here's my new story, which had gotten the most votes! This might be the fastest new-story upload of mine! ^^
Someone asked me if this is like a sequel to Finding A Way Out. I suppose if that's how you want to look at it, sure. But I don't intend on making those events evident here.
I didn't think of a better title... so without further ado, here's Falling in Love With Your Secret Identity! (be warned, fowlham ahead!)
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'Knock Knock' Theresa knocked on her best friends school office door.
"Come in!" She slowly opened the door.
Debbie had told her at their last class together to meet her in her office after school ended. She sounded serious, so Theresa knew something was up.
Theresa looked at Debbie, and eyes widened in surprise at the figure standing next to her.
"Hey Theresa. Glad you're here" Debbie greeted.
"No problem." Theresa spoke as she sat down in one of the open seats. "What's going on?"
Heidi spoke for the first time since she entered. "Debbie and I have been thinking that there's something that this school needs. Any guesses?"
Theresa looked confused. "A better lunch menu?"
Heidi frowned. "No. We need a news team!"
"A news team? Like a field reporter? What for?"
Debbie answered her, "We think that it'd be good if everyone could see what happens live when something attacks the school, rather than run away and not know what goes on."
Theresa nodded. "That sounds like a good idea." Debbie nodded and Heidi looked proud with the praise. "But, what are you telling me for?"
Debbie and Heidi shared a glance, before Debbie spoke again. "We wanted you to be our first reporter."
"What?! Me? Are you sure?" Theresa asked surprised.
Debbie and Heidi nodded.
"Wow... I mean I don't know" Theresa said
"Come on Theresa, we need you. It won't take up much of your time. Plus you get to run out of class whenever you hear something going on" Heidi tried persuading.
"But how would I know what to say? What if I get stuck, or nervous, or mess up! I'll be so embarrassed!" Theresa complained.
"You just have to be natural about it" Heidi responded, "Don't think it through so much. You've watched the news, right? Ask things like what they ask." She paused and handed her a sheet. "But if you're still if-y, I wrote some general questions and things to talk about down."
Theresa quickly read over it and Debbie asked her again. "So are you up for it?"
Theresa paused in thought. "I...alright, I'll do it."
Heidi cheered and Debbie smiled. "Thanks Theresa. Don't worry, this will be great, and you'll get great popularity."
Theresa just nodded. "So where's Bucky?"
The door bust open. "Right here! Glad to have you aboard the team" Bucky exclaimed enthusiastically and shook Theresa's hand excitedly.
"Thanks Bucky. I'm glad to be working with you." She turned to Debbie. "So, when do I start?"
They were interrupted by a large booming sound from outside.
Heidi smiled at Theresa, "How about now?"
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Ninja appeared out of the smokebomb.
"Seriously? What do you guys want?" He shouted at the large mass of robo-apes attacking the school.
He started jumped from one to another, slashing at their heads and slicing them in half. He was almost done destroying all of them, when he heard a soft voice.
"Looks like the Ninja's almost done with destroying all..." Randy stopped and looked around.
Who in the school would be crazy enough to stick around while there were robots attacking? Randy finished slashing the apes, and jumped away looked for the place where the voice came from.
He found the voice, ahead of him was Theresa, with her back to him, and Bucky in front of her a little bit, pointing a camera at her.
"Theresa?" The one word question slipped out of his mouth before he could stop. She turned around, a questioning look on her face, and didn't say anything about him knowing her name.
"Oh, hello Ninja. Would you mind if I ask you a few questions?" She asked.
Confused, he replied. "Uh, sure I guess. What is this?"
Theresa replied promptly, "Norrisville High is starting a news team for the attacks at school. So if you don't mind, what is it that you were fighting just now?"
Ninja was still confused by all of this, "Uhm, robo-apes."
"Is that what you call them? Interesting. Why do you think they have come to attack the school?" She asked again.
Randy shrugged, "I don't know, maybe they got bored and felt like doing something." He didn't say anything about McFist sending them, though.
Theresa nodded. "Ok, thank you for your time, Ninja." She turned to look at the camera. "I'm Theresa Fowler on Norrisville High News. Thank you, and see you soon."
Bucky put down the camera and high-fived her. "That was a snapping job! Haha, Camera zing!"
Theresa smiled and turned to the ninja. "Thanks for doing this all of a sudden with us, Ninja."
Ninja nodded his head. "No problem. You seem new at this, though. Don't have much experience?"
Theresa shook her head. "Not much, but I'll get used to it, I hope." She answered.
"Oh, well. Good luck, and for now, farewell! Smokebomb!"
Theresa stood silently around the disapating smoke. Something about the Ninja's voice sounded familiar to her, but where had she heard it from before?
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Randy ran up to Howard, who was waiting for him beside his locker.
"Yo Howard, have you heard anything about Norrisville High News Team?" He asked him quickly.
Howard quirked an eyebrow. "You mean Heidi?"
"No I don't mean Heidi! I was out defeating the robo-apes, when Theresa and Bucky came recording like a news team." Randy explained.
Howard frowned. "That's weird. But I'm sure we're about to find out." He directed behind him where Debbie, Theresa, and Bucky were coming down the hall.
"Hi Randy!" Theresa greeted him.
He smiled. "Hey Theresa!"
"Did you see watch the tv while the robots were attacking?" Debbie asked the two boys.
"Uhh... no." Howard responded.
Debbie scoffed. "Right. Well since you didn't, I'll tell you. Norrsville High now has a new reporting team."
Howard frowned. "We do?"
"Yes, we do. And I'm the first reporter." Theresa answered, smiling.
"Wow. That's great Theresa!" Randy told her.
She blushed slightly under the praise. "Thanks Randy"
"So what? You're going to risk your safety to see what's happening and talk to the Ninja?" Howard asked.
"Well it's more so everyone else can see, since whenever there's an attack, everyone scatters. And I'm sure I won't get hurt." Theresa stated.
Bucky smiled. "Of course not, I'll be there with you."
Howard face palmed. "How is that going to make her feel better?"
Randy cut them off. "Don't worry, I'm sure the Ninja will look out for you guys"
Theresa nodded and then asked, "Are you ready to go?"
"Yea, let's go" Randy answered and grabbed her hand, and led towards the exit.
Debbie stood next to Howard and said her farewell to Bucky, who was walking away.
"Come on, Howard" She told him.
"Huh? Where are we going?" Howard asked as he followed.
"Home." She answered simply.
Howard grinned. "My place or yours?"
Debbie scowled and shoved him. "Yuck Howard!"
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The next day, lunch was a fairly normal one. Some people were even talking about the new Reporting team of Norrisville.
Theresa sighed and spun her peas around the tray with her spork. She was sitting with the Monster Klub team today, and was extremely bored.
"What's wrong, dear Theresa? Do you not feel like playing today?" Julian asked her.
"It's nothing like that, Julian. I'm just not in the mood." She answered.
"Do not worry, friend. Even I sometimes do not feel in the mood" Dave told her.
She gave them all a small smile, but then lowered her head to rest on her arm on the table.
Theresa barely closed her eyes before a loud crash caused her to sit up straight.
"What's was..." She couldn't finish her sentence before someone screamed and everything was thrown into chaos.
Theresa stood up, trying to find Bucky's form anywhere.
"Right behind you" Theresa jumped in surprise and spun around.
"Bucky! You scared me!"
"Haha, sorry." He apologized, then held up the camera. "Are you ready?"
Theresa smiled and grabbed her microphone. "Yup!"
They decided to start near the doorway of the cafeteria, so they wouldn't be in too much of the Ninja's way.
"Alright, starting cast in three, two," Bucky signaled one with his finger, and Theresa began to speak.
"Hello everyone. Theresa Fowler here, and I'm here in our cafeteria where a giant robot has attacked. Students have recently evacuated, so there have been no injuries to anyone. Ninja has arrived and has begun to attack. Let's zoom in on the fight." Theresa spoke, and signaled Bucky to show the fight.
The ninja quickly finished defeating the robot, and ended it with a boom ball.
Theresa signaled the ninja off the side of the camera, who jumped over in response.
"Well hello lovely." Ninja greeted Theresa.
Theresa turned red. "Uh-well- I, hi Ninja.
"Hey Ninja!" Bucky called from behind the camera.
"Yo Bucky." He nodded to him.
"Ninja," Theresa spoke, her face still stained with pink. "What was that you fought just now?"
"Well, that was something I like to call a robo-snake. They're weird little things, don't you think?" Ninja responded.
Theresa nodded. "Yes, they are. Now why do you think this came to the school?"
Ninja shrugged. "I don't know, but I guess someone let it loose."
"I suppose." Theresa nodded. "Thank you for your time, Ninja." She turned to face Bucky and the camera. "I'm Theresa Fowler on Norrisville Live News. See you next time."
Bucky turned off the camera and high-fived Theresa.
"Way to roll!" Bucky cheered, "Haha, filming zing!"
Theresa smiled at Bucky.
"Right. Well since we are all done here, I'll see you guys next time" Ninja told them, about to depart.
"Wait" Theresa stopped him. "You're okay with this?"
Ninja nodded. "Sure. It seems like a good idea to me. Let the people now what happens when they're safe." He paused. "Oh yea, you guys make sure you stay out of the way when I'm fighting, alright?" Ninja told them seriously.
Theresa and Bucky nodded. "We'll stay out of the way, Ninja."
Ninja nodded. "Good." He glanced at Theresa. "Well I'll see you later, beautiful" And smokebombed away.
"Well that was weird of the Ninja. Wonder what's up." Bucky commented on the ninja's strange behavior, and glanced at Theresa, who's face was red as beet.
"Are you okay Theresa? Do you need to go to the nurse's office?" Bucky asked her.
Theresa shook her head. "N-no, I'll be...fine. Just fine. Come on, Bucky, lunch's over." She called and walked off.
"Right behind ya!" He called and followed.
Randy hummed to himself and pulled out a book he needed for his next class. Before he pulled out of the locker, he spoke.
"Hey Howard."
"Ergh! How do you always do that, Cunningham?!" Howard cried from behind the locker door.
Randy shrugged and grinned. "Because no one can sneak up on me."
Howard mimicked him, "No one can sneak up on me. Oh yea, I'll get you one day, Cunningham."
Randy laughed. "Whatever you say"
Howard frowned. "I'm not here for that!"
"Then what are you here for...?" Randy questioned.
"What was that?" Howard asked him seriously.
"Uhh...my textbook?" Randy answered uncertaintly.
Howard groaned. "Not that, Cunningham! What the ninja did! What was it?!"
"Fight the robot?" Randy answered, still unsure of what Howard was asking.
Howard face-palmed. "Not that either, you shoob! You were flirting with Theresa! On live television!"
"N-no I wasn't" Randy lied.
"Yea right, the whole school saw it, Cunningham! The whole school!" Howard shouted at him.
"Ok..."
"So why is the Ninja flirting with someone all of a sudden?"
Randy rolled his eyes. "Relax, Howard. Nothing will happen."
Howard looked frazzled. "Nothing will happen? How can you say that?! Are you going to keep at this?"
Randy shrugged, "It doesn't matter. I can't do those kind of things with her as...as Randy. But as Ninja..." He trailed off.
"As Ninja? Have you forgotten that Theresa is dating you?! How's she going to feel about having someone else flirt with her? What if she breaks up with you because of it?"
"Why would she break up with me for that?" Randy questioned
"If she stops liking you and starts liking the Ninja." Howard suggested.
"Pfft. That won't happen." Randy persuaded.
"Oh really? Please. I already know that you and Theresa have never kissed before." Howard informed him.
"W-what? H-how do you know that?" Randy panicked.
Howard rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "Because one, we're bros, and bros know everything about each other, and two," He paused and looked at Randy before rushing out, "I overheard Theresa telling Debbie Kang one day, okay!"
"You eavesdropped!" Randy shouted.
"That doesn't make it any less true, RC" Howard told him.
Randy frowned.
"Don't say I didn't warn you." Howard said, and walked away.
Randy sighed and trudged along to class. Great, now Howard was going to be grumpy for a while.
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"Hey Viceroy," McFist called from his desk to the tall dark-skinned male. "Check this out"
Viceroy stepped up next to him at his desk and looked at his screen. "Mmm, what is it?"
"Just watch!" McFist shouted.
Viceroy watched silently. Someone was filming the Ninja fighting? And fighting his robot, no less! The two men silently watched the screen.
McFist pulled away from the screen and gagged. "Eeyuh, what was that?"
Viceroy grinned. "I believe it was the Ninja flirting."
McFist stuck his tongue out. "That's disgusting."
"It's young love" Viceroy chimed in.
"Well this is weird. Norrisville High decided to make a show just for their precious ninja. Oh how wonderful!" Hannibal cried in a sickly sweet voice.
"Uh. You know we could use this to our advantage, right?" Viceroy informed him.
McFist stroked his beard. "Hmm, Viceroy! We could use this as our advantage!"
Viceroy rolled his eyes. "Brilliant sir. We'll keep watching, and I'll come up with a plan soon."
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Yay~~! First chapter done! Though this is story will be shorter than Finding A Way Out... in word wise, but it'll probably be the same, 3-5 chapters... haven't finished writing it yet.
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