Hi there nothing too much just doing a disclaimer as per usual. INK is not mine, not matter how much I wish it. My characters, so Red, Bella, Neil, Indy and Miss Woodock are mine and no one else can use them basically. That's all I have to say for now so let the reading begin!

INK vs. SOK

TRIXIE

I'm standing in the hall next to my friends as Mr. Soper enters with a smile on his face. We don't usually have these kinds of meetings in the front hall however today we are. No one knows what's it about and all conversations die down when Mr. Soper goes to open his mouth.

"Hello children, today is a very important day. A new school is going to become our neighbours. A building down the road that actually belongs to Pinkerton has been rented out to another school to use while theirs is being renovated. We will be mixing with that school and I'm asking you all to make these kids feel welcome. They should be coming in to meet us at lunch so after this meeting we will go out and introduce ourselves."

There's a sudden eruption of voices. An excited buzz fills the atmosphere. I turn to the others. Newton is jumping up and down on the spot like he's on a sugar rush. Vin however has that concerned look of his that he has when he's unsure of something. Zero is blank and staring off into the distance as if this news doesn't exists.

"We can make new friends! This is great I wonder what they're like. I hope someone's my age. This is going to be great!" Newton giggles

"Yeah, but I like the friends I've already got. What if they aren't good? Maybe they're all bullies." Vin grumbles

"Well we won't know until they get here." I say

I don't know who calls out but someone announces that they're here. We rush out of the building to meet the new students. It's awkward at first, Pinkerton on one side and the others on the other. Mr. Soper and another teacher step forward and embrace each other.

"Soper it's great to see you again." The other man says

"You too old friend. How have you been Casmich?" Mr. Soper says

So that's his name Mr. Casmich, interesting. After an introduction of teachers everyone moves off to talk to others. I watch Van and her group approach another much like theirs, typical, same with Burt and most of the others. I watch a group of four standing off to one side. They're two girls and two boys like us. Then my heart speeds up to a pace that's almost impossible. I watch astonished as a woman with a long, ugly face and nose, red hair in a bun and carrying the presence of evil walks up to Miss Macbeth. They eye each other off then both turn away. They watch in disgust at all of the kids playing around. In unison they turn away and pretend to gag. That's when the conversation starts up between them. It progresses and I can tell that they are both evil and have the same goals. They're a team!

"Guys look!" I say pointing at them.

"Oh no…Great now there's two, more to hit." Zero says

"We're not the only ones that have noticed." Newton says pointing to the group of four.

They look as surprised as us.

"I think tonight we need to follow Macbeth." I say

We agree and break away. This is going to be interesting.

VIN

We're all stalking Macbeth. However she hasn't done much, she's just standing at the gate. I can feel my eyelids growing heavy. I can't see what time it is in the dark, but it's late. I shift to get comfortable. We're positioned in the trees. I watch Zero opposite me fiddle with her ipod. She sees me watching sighs and hands me one of the earplugs. The song helps me to wake up and I tap my foot along to the music's beat. A finger pokes me. I pull out the earplug and glare at Trixie, but she's looking down at Macbeth. I train my eyes to the ground and sure enough someone else is there. It's that other ugly woman. They talk and Newton takes out a microphone and starts to lower it.

That's when I get the strange feeling that we're not alone. I glance around and my eyes rest on four figures in a tree across the street from us. I point them out to Trixie. I can't see who they are but there's still a chance they can see us so it's masks on. I squint to get a better look and almost laugh when I see what kind of masks they're using. They look like socks with buttons where they're eyes are meant to be with little slits in them so they can see. I nudge Zero and she too has to stifle a laugh. I look back up and they've seen us now.

"Oh no," Newton whispers

"What?" Trixie growls

"They must be using a microphone as well because all I'm getting is feedback."

"What do we do?" I ask

"There's nothing we can do, but maybe we…Hey where did Macbeth and her co-worker go?" Trixie asks, "We've lost them and any chance of knowing what it is they're doing. Maybe they know though, come on."

We climb out of the tree just as the others do. We meet in the middle of the street. I can't help feeling that it's like a stand off in those western movies. No one speaks for a while until Trixie steps forward.

"Who are you?"

"We could ask the same thing about you." A guy a little taller than me asks crossing his arms.

We go back into silence until a girl steps forward with square glasses.

"We call our selves SOK. It stands for Secret Organisation of Kids, your turn."

"INK, Invisible Network of Kids." Trixie answers

"That explains the dorky masks." I say

"Hey watch it buddy. We're not the ones wearing the little, pink bunny masks" Another guy growls, he's even taller than Zero.

"How about you just back off tough guy." Zero says

"Okay cool it everyone!" The girl says

"I don't like fights." Another much smaller girl whispers

"Me neither so how about we just get down to business. Our microphone was only picking up feedback from yours. We were wondering if you got anything?" Newton says

"No, at first I thought it was interference from…"

At that I zone out and I can tell that the guy who spoke first has done the same. Newton and this other little girl go on about it. Finally Trixie and the other one break it up.

"Who's that other teacher?" I ask

"Her name is Miss Woodcock and she's evil. We've been trying to stop her from taking over our school for ages. Who's that other one with the weird glasses?" The girl with the glasses asks

"That's Miss Macbeth and we've been taking her down just like you. The way I see it is that we aren't enemies but friends or at least have the same goal. I've figured out who you are and I think you know who we are as well." Trixie says

"Are proposing that we give up our secret identities to you?" The girl asks

"Yes, do you agree?"

"I do."

All of us protest but unfortunately they make us see reason and one by one our masks fall to our feet in front of us. The girl that agreed with Trixie has square glasses and red curly hair. She wears a nice red t-shirt and a white and red skirt along with white leggings. The guy who's around my height has sleek dark chocolate hair and swimming green eyes. His yellow shirt and denim jeans go well and he seems a lot like me. The short girl has brown bushy hair, wide eyes and a green dress. The tough guy has jet black hair, a grey t-shirt under a black jacket with black jeans and heavy boots. I get an uneasy feeling as he scans the rest of us, his eyes lingering on Zero for longer than I like which is only about two seconds before he looses interest.

"Okay names, well to start off I'm Trixie and I coordinate our missions."

"I'm Bella and I do the same as you Trixie." The girl with the cool glasses says.

"Hi this is so lame but I'm Neil the leader." The guy with the sleek hair says.

"Vin, same as you Neil I created INK and I'm definitely the leader." I say grinning and getting a snort from Zero.

"Hi, oh this is so cool! Oh right I'm Indy I do the gadgets. I'm guessing you also do the same as me right." The short green girl shrieks.

"Oh yeah I'm Newton. Can I see some of you inventions?"

"That would be great! I'm actually working on one right now. It can –"

Bella tells Indy to be quiet and then there's the silence as we wait for Zero or the other guy to go first. Instead they stare each other down. I sigh. Finally Zero straightens up.

"Zero, I fight."

"Yeah same, it's Red."

That's where it stops. Agonizing seconds drip by as we look each other up and down. I check my watch holding it to the street light. I stretch.

"Well I'm off to bed. See you guys tomorrow. We can you know do all that boring planning stuff in the forest or where ever. Am I right Trixie?"

"Yes Vin, I agree no point in hanging around now we'll meet in the clearing at lunch."

"Agreed," Bella says and then we leave.

Hi everyone it's me again! Thanks so much for reviewing my last story. I pratically screamed the whole house down when I saw that someone had reviewed my story. Not quite sure how to reply to them, but I'll just do it here. I will probably write a sequel to Hall of Mirrors. I've never thought about it but it's a great idea. First things first is this story. Hope you enjoy it! :)