Iris: Well, I am really happy! =D We wrote a three author chapter!

Prin: Yup and the Awesome third Author is...*drumroll* MonterHigh108! *thundering applause* We enjoyed writing with you!

Iris: Also, we dedicate this chapter to Waterfall13, who wasn't able to work with us on this story... Thank you! Enjoy!

Zach stacked piles of papers in one corner of his office, trying to get the mess out of the way. A frown found its way onto his face as he looked around the large empty room.
Lonely. In a word, the whole house was lonely. Sometimes he longed for a bit of companionship, but no one wanted to be around him.
A Zach-bot came up to him, beeping worriedly.
"An intruder, Master."
"Then capture him!"
"It's a female, master."
Zach groaned. Did the darned robots always have to be so specific?
"THEN HER! Just get her!"
The Zach-bot beeped affirmatively, and flew out of the room. Then Zach realized what it had said. A her?

Candace stealthily crept around the corners, replaying Aviva's words in her head, over and over.
Get in, get the info, get out. Get in, get the info, get out. Get in, get the info, get out.
She spotted his office, clearly marked "ZACH VARMITECH'S OFFICE" in red lettering. She rolled her eyes.

Seriously?

Suddenly, several Zach-bots zoomed up behind her.
"Uh-oh."
She ran to the office, slamming the doors and barricading them with a large couch that was in the room. The Zach-bots pounded on the door.

"Okay, okay. I'm trapped in a room, with Zach-bots trying to capture me or worse…"

"Don't forget that you're trapped in the room with Zach Varmitech."

Candace glanced over her shoulder, and turned back to the door, not really realizing what she had seen.

"Yeah, trapped wi-AH!" she jumped, and faced an annoyed Zach leaning against his desk, his arms crossed and glaring lightly at her. A moment later, Zach pushed a button on his desk.
"Call it off, I got her."
She wasn't sure what to do. She was against the wall.
Zach glanced over her, taking in the blue shorts that left most of her slightly tanned legs exposed. Her long legs. His eyes moved up, taking in her full, but modest chest, her open, clean face and blonde hair, her guarded gray blue eyes in one sweep. She was…pretty, to say the least, but what was a girl…well, young woman like her doing snooping in his house?

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Zach's curiosity to know who she was and why she was here grew. Candace stared carefully at Zach. He didn't seem so bad. He was actually kind of cute, despite the light glare he was giving her at the moment.

Wait... what was she thinking? He was an enemy! She snapped out of her thoughts quickly to answer his question.

"My name is Candace Gates. " Candace stood up slowly not wanting anything else to go wrong. Zach tilted his head slightly, still wanting to know more about her.

"Where did you come from?" he asked her, raising one of his jet black eyebrows. Candace was considering answering honestly, but she knew how he would react if he found out she worked with the Wild Kratts crew. Bye-bye Candace.

"That's classified." Candace looked around the dark, almost empty room. Everything was black, gray and dark red.

"Man, it's lonely in here. I almost feel sorry for him," she thought to herself, returning her gaze to the robotics inventor in front of her.

Zach was begining to feel suspicious of this young woman standing in his office. "Maybe you should go..."

"Well, then...sorry Zach" Candace suddenly realized she made a huge mistake.

Zach's eyes widened and he stared at Candace. How did she know his name?

"I guess I'll leave." Candace opened the door and ran out of the dark office and away from Zach as fast as she could.

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