Chapter 1

It was a beautiful Friday afternoon, and Kevin was stuck under his car, trying to attach some new alien tech. Gwen had karate, and Ben was watching Julie's tennis match, so he had to do something to occupy himself for a couple of hours.

He threw his hand out and felt around for a wrench, but he wasn't able to reach it with the short distance that his hand could reach. He then twisted his body until his head and an arm was out from under the car.

"Now where did I put that wrench?"

After seeing that it was nowhere on the ground near him, he decided to just go ahead and get a new one from his tool box. He grumbled as he pulled himself from underneath the car and stood up, stretching his back in the process. He grabbed a rag to wipe the sweat from his face and started walking to the shelf where he had left his tool box.

When he reached the shelf, he noticed something odd.

"Now where's my tool box?! I could've sworn that I left it right here, on this shelf!"

Kevin felt his anger slowly rising as he walked over to the large metal box that he usually kept all of his alien tech in. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the key, but when he reached for the lock he noticed that the lock was broken.

With an angry growl, he yanked the lock off and brought it closer to his eyes for closer inspection. It looked like someone had busted it open with a hammer or something. Probably from his tool box! He yelled as he slung the broken lock across the room and opened the metal box.

"What?! All my stuff is gone! I worked hard for that stuff! Well…….taking it is hard work!"

He kicked the box as hard as he could as he yelled out with anger, making a large dent. He was getting ready to kick the box again when something caught his eye. He bent down and carefully picked up the small object.

It looked like a small black stick.

As realization hit him, he roughly closed his fist around the black quill and yelled.

"Argit!"

Gwen glanced up at the clock.

Only half an hour left.

She sighed as she watched the sparring going on. As much as she liked karate, she did miss hanging out with Kevin and Ben. She started to think about some of the good times that they had when she heard her name being called. She looked up to see her instructor starring down at her with a scowl.

Oops! My turn!

She got up quickly, embarrassed that she had been caught daydreaming. She stood in the middle of the floor, waiting for her opponent to be chosen. She watched as the instructor walked down the line of people sitting on the floor. He would probably pick one of the better students as punishment for her daydreaming. She watched as he stopped in front of a large guy.

The instructor smiled as he faced her and said, "Gwen and Ryan, it is your turn!"

Gwen shuddered as her opponent approached her. He was excellent in karate, and he looked like he outweighed her by a hundred pounds. Although it looked like she was at a major disadvantage, she concentrated on only one thing.

Winning.

She lifted her hands and bent her knees, ready for anything this guy would dish out. She watched as a small smirk came across his face, clearly amused with her. Well, if he thought that he would make her feel uncomfortable, he was wrong.

The instructor lifted his hands and yelled, "Begin!"

Gwen watched as Ryan came charging at her. She knew what he was going to do. She waited for him to get close enough so she could grab him and toss him on his back.

She watched as he lifted his hands, and knew that now was the perfect time to put her plan into action. She quickly jumped to the right, dodging his attack, and grabbed one of his outstretched arms. She was getting ready to flip him over on his back when all of a sudden the doors busted open.

Gwen glanced up at the door to see who it was, but it was a huge mistake. While she was distracted, Ryan had turned around and reversed their positions, therefore creating the stance so he could flip her on her back instead. She realized this too late though and felt the air escape her lungs as she was slammed on her back.

Knowing that he had won, Ryan smiled and walked back to his seated position as the instructor declared the winner and dismissed the class.

Gwen was still lying on her back as Kevin ran to where she was.

"Gwen! Are you alright?!"

Kevin kneeled on the ground beside her and helped her lift her upper body into a seated position.

As she rubbed the back of her head, she glared at Kevin and said, "What are you doing here?! They're not supposed to let anyone in after karate has started."

Kevin grinned and shrugged, "I have my ways."

Gwen pushed herself up as she said, "Well because of you I embarrassed myself in front of the whole class! I was undefeated!"

Kevin also got up and shrugged again, "Well it's not my fault. Anyways, I didn't come to ruin your winning streak."

She watched with curiosity as he pulled out a small object. He had a small black stick in his outstretched hand, and when she reached to grab it, she sensed the manna of who the spike belonged to.

As she grabbed the stick, she said, "Argit."

Kevin nodded and said, "Check this out. I was working on my car, and when I went to get a wrench, my tool box was gone."

Gwen rolled her eyes as she placed the black stick back into Kevin's hand.

"Let me get this straight. You interrupted my class, made me lose when I was clearly about to beat him, and it's all because your tool box is missing?"

As he watched her walk to the changing room, he yelled after her. "My tool box isn't missing, I think it was stolen. And I wouldn't have come here if that was the only thing gone."

Gwen stopped and slowly turned around. "What do you mean? What else is missing?"

Kevin walked over to where Gwen stood so no one could overhear what they were saying.

"You remember all that alien tech that I snatched awhile ago?"

Gwen nodded as she started to realize what he was going to say.

Kevin once again looked down at the black spike as he said, "Well it's all gone, and I think Argit stole it."

Alright, here's my new story! Hope you enjoy it!