"Why are we doing this again?" Edilio hissed, teeth chattering from the cold.
It was a freezing night in December, and a group of people were wandering the streets, under the ghostly pale moonlight. Sam, Astrid, Caine, Edilio, Taylor, Drake AKA Whiphand, Brianna, Orsay, Dekka, Computer Jack and the snot-nosed little creep Bug were all shivering, despite the fluffy pink jackets Drake's mother had provided them all, free of charge.
"Will you please stop asking that same old question?" Astrid said, getting annoyed.
"Well, why? I don't understand why we can't all just wait a few months until April!" Edilio sighed.
"You don't understand, because you're not Astrid the genius," Bug said, trying to act cool.
"Shut up Bug!" Drake ordered. "Your nine-year-old voice, quite frankly, pisses me off.
Bug went invisible, and muttered, "ten."
Caine smirked. "See, now you made him all sad. Bug, snap out of it," Caine told him, because he wouldn't be able to use his telekinetic powers on him if he was invisible, just in case.
"No," Astrid said firmly. "It's his job, anyway."
"Uh, g-g-guys, th- this is it," Computer Jack stuttered.
"FI-NA-LY!" Brianna said, sighing. "Man, you guys are just so slow."
"Oh my god, people, just SHUT UP! I'm trying to listen to my favorite song!" Drake sighed.
"Look, Drakey. You and Biebs can have some alone time later, right now, we're on a mission," Caine said.
"Drake felt his whip twitching madly, but he wasn't in the mood for starting a fight, when his favorite song was on. "No, dumbass. I'd kill Biebs if he ever got in my sight."
"After you've played with him? Caine asked, pretending to be innocent.
"Fuck you, Caine. If you really need to know my favorite song, it's called Killing Soren."
Caine laughed. He lunged for Drake's iPod, and tapped the screen. "Whip My Hair by Willow Smith?"
Drake reddened, not wanting Caine to know his favorite song was sung by a nine-year-old. In his mind, he changed the lyrics around a bit.
I whip my hand back and forth.
I whip my hand back and forth.
I whip my hand back and forth
I whip my hand back and forth
Just whip it.
Drake could imagine his beautiful whip soaked in colourful paints, and he flicked it around the room.
Before Drake had the chance to answer to Caine, Dekka growled. "You two idiots, we're on a mission, remember?"
Caine and Drake looked up, and saw that everyone was staring at them two.
"A little childish, if you ask me," Astrid said, in her knowing way, and flicked blond her hair, which caused Sam to stare.
"Guys, this is it," Computer Jack said, a little louder this time, realizing only Brianna had heard him the first time.
"This is what?" Taylor asked, bored.
"Michael Grant's house," Jack replied, as he put his GPS device back into his pocket.
Everyone turned their heads. Sam smiled. "Good, okay, guys remember the plan?" he asked.
Everyone nodded, rolling their eyes.
"Shhh, guys we're going to have to be really quiet! We don't want to wake anyone up!" Astrid reminded them. "Okay, Orsay, you're up first."
Orsay nodded.
"HUH? I thought you were supposed to be DEAD!" Bug commented loudly.
Orsay glared at Bug, and looked like she wanted to slap him, but Drake beat her to it. "And I thought you were supposed to be invisible!" Drake retorted, enjoying the fact that he had finally slapped someone.
"Everyone! Get to your places!" Astrid ordered.
Brianna and Computer Jack dove into the nearest bush. Astrid crouched underneath a tree, and Sam followed her. Caine and Edilio hid in the bush beside Brianna and Jack. Taylor bounced on top of the tree Sam and Astrid were at, and spied on them secretely. Taylor had made sure this was part of the plan, without letting anyone else find out. Dekka hid underneath the side of the fence.
"Okay, Orsay, go!" Astrid whispered loud enough for Orsay to hear.
Orsay nodded. She crept over to the house where Michael Grant lived, and walked around until she suddenly stopped. She froze, eyes wide. She stood in that position for about ten minutes, until she finally moved. She made her way back to Astrid, and reported, "He's asleep."
"Oh gawd, how long did you have to take?" Bug said. "I needed to pee!"
Orsay glared, and hid underneath another tree, with long grass around it.
"You're gonna have to hold it in for a lot longer, Buggy!" Drake teased, laughing, although he secretly needed to pee all of a sudden as well. It always happened, when he was hiding. He noticed Edilio staring at him weirdly. "Stop staring at me, or I'll whip the Mexican out of you.
Edilio didn't even bother to correct him, so he just turned away.
Meanwhile, Sam kept trying to catch Astrid's eye, but she was too busy making sure the plan was perfect. Taylor, was trying to make eye contact with Sam, but she realized that Sam was doing the same, but with Astrid! Maybe... maybe if she fell off the tree "accidentally" then Sam would catch her, with his strong surfer arms. Then she would lie there in his arms, pretending to be dead, and then Sam could perform CPR on her... Taylor smiled at the thought.
Computer Jack and Brianna sat in the bush awkwardly. Jack was trying to think of something to say, but he couldn't think of anything to start the conversation, so he just sat there fiddling with his little GPS device.
Dekka sat there quietly, waiting for her turn in the plan. She played with her powers, and was being quite mean to a ladybird, by making it float and then suddenly drop. In her mind, it was Computer Jack's head.
Astrid looked up. "Taylor, you next!" she called. Taylor nodded, and bounced away from the tree, and was standing outside Michael Grant's house. Then she disappeared. There. Gone. No "poof." No flash of light. No explosion. This wasn't because the 'FAYZ' just happened. It was because she bounced inside Michael Grant's house.
As soon as Taylor was in, she knew what to do next. Unlock the front door and back door as quietly as she could. That was easy for her, and within seconds, she was out, and back in the tree. "Done!" she whispered to Astrid.
"Okay, next! The explore team!" Astrid called.
Bug stood up, with Brianna, and walked quietly towards the house, only one visible. Dekka and Computer Jack both looked a bit angry, for some weird, unknown reason.
Bug opened the door slowly and quietly, but he was invisible so it just looked like the door had magic powers and was opening on it's own, like in Harry Potter. Alohomora! Only that was a spell to unlock doors, not exactly open them... Bug stepped in, and his job was to keep guard, while Brianna searched the house with her super speed. The problem with that was, Brianna didn't know what Michael Grant's house looked like on the inside, so if she moved too fast, she would knock things over. The darkness didn't help either, because they weren't aloud to turn on any lights.
Brianna sighed. If only she could have some night vision glasses, steal them from Katniss Everdeen in the 74th Hunger Games, maybe? After all, she wouldn't dare steal them in District 11, after she heard Rue tell Katniss what had happened to the boy who stole some for fun. It had well and truly scared her. The Breeze, should be fearless. And, this was some serious business.
Brianna guessed that all of them wanted to find out what would happen next in PLAGUE. Brianna could see the look in Caine's eyes after Sam invited him to be apart of the mission. "He wants to know if Diana will kiss him, I bet," Brianna muttered. And what did she want to find out? Brianna blushed. Jack of course. Little nerdy cute Jacky. Jackypie. Computer Jerk, sometimes... But she would need to figure out how to make herself Jack's number one priority, and computers his second.
Edilio wanted to find out if he still had a chance with Lana Arwen Lazar. Lana Escobar, if they got married... But then Quinn would be jealous. Maybe... And, Drake? Well, who knows what he wants? Probably a bigger gun. Brianna wasn't scared of Drake, though. After all, she was The Breeze!
Her thoughts were interrupted as Bug elbowed her. "Dude, don't! I could slap you 100 times, before you even have time to disappear, dweeb."
"You're supposed to be looking for his laptop, remember?" Bug said, with a smug look on his face, and then faded away.
Brianna glared, and got back to work. She was in the living room, and there was no sign of the laptop.
She advanced to the kitchen, and no laptop.
She checked in all the bathrooms. No laptop. And, no surprises there. What would a laptop be doing in a bathroom?
She checked in the garage. Nope. No laptop.
She even peeked through the car. No laptop.
"Oh no," Brianna whispered to herself. It was in one of the bedrooms. With people. Sleeping! Brianna wanted to scream. Astrid had only guessed it would be somewhere easy, but no. Astrid the genius was WRONG! She didn't know what to do next. Go outside? No. Yes. "Yes," she decided. She didn't want to risk ruining the plan, and so she went back to the front door, and left the house to report to Astrid. Bug was behind her, she knew because she could feel his breath on the back of her neck. A little scary, she thought.
She ran to Astrid, so fast, so Bug wouldn't be able to keep up.
"What's wrong?" Astrid asked, looking a little disappointed already.
"Laptop ain't there."
"What do you mean? Did you check everywhere?" Astrid sighed.
"Well, no not exactly," Brianna replied. "I checked everywhere but the bedrooms..."
"Oh," Astrid looked a little shocked, that her plan didn't work out right. But she recovered quickly. "Plan B," don't worry. "Diana! I need you to smash a vase on Michael's head! Like you did with Penny!"
Brianna stared at Astrid like she was crazy. Then she said dryly, "Diana's not here."
Astrid went red. Probably not used to being wrong, twice in a row. And even Brianna didn't know how violent that blond was! Astrid sighed loudly, then she sat down, looking depressed. "Give me a minute, I will think of something new." Brianna nodded, and went back to her bush with Jack.
Astrid wanted someone to shoot her, right at that moment. She failed! Oh the shame. So much shame... But suddenly, her size XXXXXL brain POPPED! An idea came. And a good one. She smiled. Of course. "Because, I am a genius."
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