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" Trixie to zero. All clear, keep moving."

I padded down the corridor, listening for the tiniest sound that might tell me someone was coming. The hard wooden floorboards were cold against my bare feet, and the moonlight streaming in from the windows turned my white hair almost luminous.

" You know Zero, this would be so much easier if you could take a shower with the other students," said Trixie, her voice coming through the speaker in my headphones.

" I mean, are you really that self-conscious? Or is there something else?"

I stopped dead, anger coursing through my body. I knew she had no idea of the real reason, but her questions were making me mad.

" Trix," I whispered harshly, " If you don't shut up I'll hang you from the coatrack by your undies, and I won't let you down for a week!"

Trixie knew this was no empty threat, but she kept pushing. " But Zero, surely you could just..."

I turned and glared at one of the cameras I.N.K had planted along the corridor . " But what Trix? Just drop it, okay."

Trixie sighed through my headphones. " affirmative. Wait... there's someone coming your way! Hide, quickly!"

I desperately looked around for a place to hide. The curtains caught my attention, but they were partially see-through. I decided that the air duct located near the ceiling was my best bet, and jumped, managing to pull off the grate and slip into it. But I suppose if I couldn't manage it, then I could hardly call myself the fighter of I.N.K. We had a nice setup, Trixie the leader, who coordinates the missions, Newton the brains, who develops all the gadgets, me, Zero, the action person, who kicks ass, and Vin, the founder, who really does nothing but get in the way and look good.

Wait, look good! Did I actually just think that? Vin's a Moron. I don't care if he's good looking... holy crap, I just thought that again. What's wrong with me?

I was so caught up in my thoughts that when someone said my name, I nearly fell out of the air duct.

" Z? Z is that you?"

I peered down to find a blonde haired, blue eyed boy with perfect teeth looking up at me.

" I thought I heard you! What are you doing here, there's no mission tonight?"

" Vin," I said awkwardly, jumping down from the air duct. " I was just... uh, going for a... walk?"

Stupid, stupid, stupid, I screamed at myself mentally. You are so damn stupid!

Vin frowned. " a walk? how come?"

Even someone as stupid as Vin could tell something was up.

" I-I uh..."

" tell him you're doing girl stuff!" Hissed Trixie through the headphones.

Girl stuff? Seriously Trix?

Vin was still looking at me expectantly, and I sighed.

" Girl stuff," I said flatly. " I'm doing girl stuff."

Vins eyes widened. " Oh, girls stuff."

" yep," I said sarcastically. " did you want to come with me? You're practically a girl anyway."

I could almost see Vin's fragile man ego shattering, and for some reason I felt bad.

" I'm not a girl," he protested. " I'm manly!"

" of course," I said, rolling my eyes at the sight of Vin puffing his chest out. " So get lost!"

" see ya," said Vin sadly, walking back to his dorm. All the way I could hear him muttering to himself.

"You're not a girl you're a man! A big, strong, tough man! Girls fall at your feet!"

I smiled slightly. Dream on Vin, dream on.

" Zero? Zero are you still there?" Asked Trixie anxiously.

" yeah," I replied in a monotone. " Still here Trix."

" good. The rest of the way to the showers should be relatively clear."

Trixie was right, I didn't see a soul on the rest of my midnight walk. The door to the showers was locked, but I extracted a special lock picking device Newton had made for me, touched it to the door, and it swung open.

" Okay Trix" I said, " all good, I'm in. Thanks."

" no problem," said Trixie grudgingly. " But you know, this could all be avoided if you just-"

I ripped the headphones from my head, cutting her off.

" Sorry Trix," I whispered to myself. " But I can't let anyone see me."

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