Until I can watch the new episodes online, you guys are stuck with ideas from last season. No biggie though! I rewatched the season 1 finale and thought up this little fic. It's what happened after the fight, everything they didn't show on camera. I couldn't find anything significant that happened to Mark (correct me if I'm wrong), which is why there won't be a chapter dedicated to him. Anyways, please leave a review and hope you enjoy :)

"Hey, you need to find a ride home after school," Mark told his brother as he fixed himself a bowl of cereal. Ryan sat at the bar with a plate of waffles in front of him.

He frowned. "What?"

Mark shrugged. "Basketball practice, dude."

Ryan squinted at his brother. "Can you repeat that?" He had only heard half of what Mark just said. The older brother looked over his shoulder, ready to tell Ryan to shut up when he realized the kid wasn't joking. Ryan looked genuinely confused.

"I said you need to find a ride home after school," Mark repeated slowly and louder.

"Oh, okay."

"Are you feeling okay?"

"Are you asking if I'm actually sick or if I'm okay from the fight with Harper?" Ryan shot him a flat look. "Because you've asked me that like sixteen times." It had been a week since they'd defeated Harper. In that time, Mark bombarded Ryan with repetitive questions that never really got answered.

"No really, are you okay?"

Ryan was taken back by how concerned Mark sounded. Ryan raised an eyebrow and said, "Um yeah, totally. Why?"

Mark shook his head. "No reason. Be ready in ten." He headed back upstairs, leaving behind a bowl filled halfway with Fruit Loops and a very confused little brother.

•••••

Harris didn't mention it, but there was something definitely weird about his best friends.

They had to talk loudly as they walked through the halls or sat next to each other in class, disturbing the rest of their peers. Harris had to repeat himself a good three or four times before they finally understood. It had been like this ever since they defeated Harper.

Harris never wanted to bring it up because they acted fine overall. They were still the same best friends he'd grown up with, but a few things were different. Ryan and Spyder hadn't spoken about what happened at the robot while Harris and Mark were saving Grace. Harris worried something bad occurred that might've messed up their hearing.

They wouldn't talk, though. That was what had Harris the most concerned was the fact that his friends wouldn't talk to him about whatever it was. Harris was stuck between interrogating them and letting them tell him on their own.

Either way, he knew it wouldn't be good.

•••••

Sixth period was gym class for Spyder and Ryan, but the teacher had a family emergency and the class was left with a free day. Most students walked around the track while some played touch football on the field. Ryan and Spyder sat in the bleachers, playing on their phones.

"So, are we gonna talk about the fact that our hearing's kinda shot?" Ryan asked, leaning against the row behind him and crossing his arms over his chest.

Spyder shrugged. "What's to talk about? We know what happened."

"Harris and Mark don't."

"Yeah. We should tell them, right?"

Ryan pursed his lips. "I dunno. We almost died."

"We almost died a lot that day."

"I think I can hear better but there's still a ringing. Do you hear a ringing?"

Spyder nodded. "Right after the explosion it was super loud. Now, it's like an annoying buzz that won't go away."

"Exactly!"

"I think we should tell them."

Ryan stared at his shoes. "Yeah, I think you're right." They sighed. That conversation with the rest of their team would be soon and when it did happen, Spyder and Ryan knew it'd be anything but easy.