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Andrew stared out of his car window. There were many trees passing him by. He and his parents were moving to a town called Lakeville. His father took a higher position at his company and he was moving to the company headquarters. Which is good because now they were out of Gotham. It has not recovered as quickly from the war as other cities like Metropolis had.

Andrew did not know what his father did, but he was gone a lot. His mom watched him most of his ten years of life. His mom took him everywhere, but watching him is not what she did. Andrew loved his mom, but she paid more attention to herself than him. That was ok for Andrew because he was an independent kid who did not want to socialize with anyone. He would rather read his books, at least, that is what he told himself. Also, he felt he annoyed people or scared them. He could see things about other people and told them about it, but after time and visits to Dr. Child with his mother, he stopped "seeing" things. At least he did not tell people he saw things. He did not like to bother his mom.

"How are you doing back there, kiddo?" Andrew looked to see his dad glancing back at him through the rear view mirror.

"I'm fine. When are we going to get to our new home?"

"It is right over this hill." Dad was pointing in front of him.

Andrew looked through the front window and saw his new home. It was an average sized town next to a beautiful lake surrounded by trees. The lake was a deep blue with a light sheen from the sun shining down on it. There are boats splashing through the water with what Andrew thought happy people enjoying the ride. They passed a restaurant called Bee's, a post office, a school, the town center, grocery store, etcetera, before driving into a subdivision not too far from everything. The town was a walker's dream. Great sidewalks and trees line all the streets.

They eventually pulled up to a nice two story house. The house was red brick with a garage attached to it. The front yard was small, but his dad promised him the back yard was big enough for him to play in. The houses all around him were basically the same. They were brick, red or white, one to two story houses with minor differences like shrubbery and entrance ways to make each a little unique.

"Doesn't this look nice, Amanda?" His dad looked over to his mom. "So much better than Gotham." Amanda looked over at him with small frown are her face. "It looks like I will need to invest in some walking shoes."

His dad smiled. "Why don't you go on a shopping trip and get some. I have to do a little work at the office today and you and Andrew can look around town. The movers will not be here until this afternoon, so that will give you some time. You can also register him for school too, so we do not have to worry about that."

"OK, I do need to pick up a few things." His mom turned around to Andrew. "Why don't you go choose your room, while I grab a few things from dad. Then we will head out."

His dad tossed him the house key and Andrew was out of the car in a flash. When he got inside, he chose the second biggest room. He knew if he chose the biggest his mom would just smile and tell him to choose another. His room was on the second floor with two windows. One window is facing the back yard which was big and the other facing the next door neighbors' house. He pulled a shoelace he found and tied it around the door knob to let everyone know it was his. He then walked back to the car.

As he was getting close to his parents, he could hear them talking.

"…da. I have to work. This is the reason we are here in this nice place." His dad was saying with a tired look on his face.

"I know that David, but couldn't we have gotten a house more isolated next to the lake? What if I do not get along with the neighbors or Andy has problems with the kids?" His mom is pleading her case for a nicer house.

"Amanda we just got here and I am not having this argument again."

When Andrew got closer and his dad smiled. "Hey, did you choose your room?" Andrew nodded.

"Do you have to go?"

"Yes, but I promise when I come back I will take you and mom to that restaurant by the lake. How does that sound?"

"Great!"

"OK, be good for your mom and have some fun walking." His dad got back into the car and drove to his new office.

His mom looked at him and said, "Let's go. I have a headache coming on."

Andrew should not have been surprised. He was in a Wal-Greens waiting for his mom to get a drug refill. She does this at least once a month and Andrew always gets to check his blood pressure by pushing buttons on a machine. Mom had headaches or migraines and this medicine is the only thing that can help her. His mom was talking to an old man at the counter and it looked like it was going to be a while judging by the conversation she was having.

"Why can't I have this refill? The doctor subscribed it and I ran out. I am sure my doctor called you people to let you know that I need this prescription."

"Well, ma'am. I can read the prescription, but the doctor did not call me. He must have…"

This is when Andrew got bored and decided to check out the cheap toys at this store. His mom might buy him something for the long wait in the store. He started to walk through the aisles when he saw two kids. Well one kid younger than himself and a teen girl. The younger kid had blue eyes and blonde hair. The girl had the black hair he had seen in those screaming music videos. She also included the piercings that those screamers loved with the black make-up. What was weird is the ghost like apparition that was floating near the girl. The ghost was covered in a mist-like robe so that all you saw was a its two eyes staring out.

"Come on TJ pick something you can play in the lake. She is waiting for us and you know what she'll say when we are late." The girl was exasperated by this point it seemed.

"Ok, ok, Mel." The young boy chose a small blow-up ball. He smiled at the girl. "So me and Tim and Mark can play together. You can play with us, too. It would be nice to all play together."

Mel took the ball and went to go to the cashier. She then walked around the ghost. "All of you can play, but I will not."

"Why not, it's fun and Gar tells these great jokes and Tim lets me win and Bobby eats everything and Mark and Lian and me play hide and seek and …"

"TJ! I DO NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE!" TJ frowns and follows her. He also walks around the ghost.

"But that will annoy her when she tries so hard for us to have fun together at the beach and you know that, so why do you not try and..."

Mel stops and looks back at TJ. "We are together as much as we ought to be. She is not my mother, Gar is not my father, and Mark is not my brother. Only you and Tim are my family and that is the only reason I am still here. So let's get this ball and go to the lake, so you can have fun and I can have peace in my room for a whole evening." She then goes to pay.

"You used to be cooler before…" TJ mumbles before following the girl.

Andrew would not have noticed any of this if it wasn't for the ghost that looked back and forth for the whole conversation and then followed the girl out. Neither paid attention to it except to walk around it. He thought it strange. Did they see it to or was he seeing something more than usual, again.

Then his mom's loud voice reclaimed his thoughts. "I will go see this Dr. Stone and get this ludicrousness straightened out. Where is his office?"

Andrew heard some mumbling from the polite worker and his mom yelled to him. "Andy! Come we are leaving this Podunk place!" He found her near the front door. It looked like he was heading to the Doctors.

They walked across the street to an office building. The pharmacist must have given his mom directions. They entered the office and found an empty receptionist desk.

"Hello, is anyone here? I need to talk to the doctor. Hello? HELLO!?

A young woman popped up from the back hallway. She had a pink hair which was cut short and big eyes. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know we had an appointments right now. I was just eating lun.."

"I don't care, I need to see Dr. Stone. Is he here?"

"Yes, yes he is. I will go get him. Would you and your, um, son like to wait in one of our rooms?" This is when the secretary looked at Andrew. He noticed that her eyes had a green glow on them. He was surprised his mom did not notice, but if she wanted something she ignored everything else.

"No I can talk to the doctor out here. I do not need to be checked on. I just need to have a refill order fixed. The pharmacist says I need to come here to get my refill order. Look just get the real doctor so I do not have to repeat this again." During this short mom rant, the secretary's eyes just became colder and colder. The receptionist said, "The room will offer you more privacy just in case our later appointments do not interrupt your… problem." She then smiled and walked around the desk to show us which room was open. My mom unsure about other people coming in and the receptionist's attitude decided to follow her. They were ushered into the patient room. His mom sat in the only chair which means he got to sit on the patient bed with the paper cover.

Dr. Stone came in not too much later looking very bothered. He was a large black man with no hair. He stopped when he noticed me sitting on the bed until he heard my mom start to talk. She went on for a few minutes explaining her situation and how he should get her medicine refilled. Dr. Stone patiently listened to his mom's whole explanation and he started smiling half way through her explanation. When she was finished, he was still smiling which impressed Andrew.

"I understand your problem. I cannot refill this order for you unless I check you myself. If you need to constantly refill this order, I should check to make sure you are taking the right medicine." His mom and the doctor started to argue this, so Andrew just sat there waiting.

The Doctor eventually ended the argument surprisingly never raising his voice. "If you want this, then you either do it this way or go back to Gotham to get it."

He then turned to me and said, "Now is anything wrong with you…?" He put out his hand to shake.

"Andrew." I shook his hand. His hand was very cold. I looked down and his hand was not his hand. It was a metal hand and I pulled my hand back quickly. I looked up and Dr. Stone had changed. He was no longer human looking. He was half machine with a glowing red eye and blue circuits throughout his body. I jumped back and he looked at me strangely. He asked what was wrong, so I calmed myself down and told him what I now tell everyone. "I'm fine."

Andrew was fine. Dr. Stone was not the worst thing Andrew had seen living in Gotham. Andrew took a breath and knew if he said anything no one would believe him and his mom would want him to see Dr. Childs again. So, like he has done the last couple of years, he just smiled and said nothing.

Dr. Stone stared at him for a moment. He thinks Dr. Stone does not believe them. It did not help that Andrew could not stop staring at the red eye.

His mom thought that was a good time to leave. She did not thank the doctor as she took him and left.

His mom decided shoe shopping was the way to calm down after the refill problem. She went to the store and spent an hour looking at all different shoes. She finally bought a pair of walking shoes. Andrew got to sit and watch. He did get a pair of tennis shoes though.

She then decided to register him in school. The school was just a few blocks down from the store.

The school was almost empty since it was still summer time. However the principal and her secretary were there. They were only too happy to register him and talk about all of their extra curricular activities he could sign up for. Andrew soon got bored and irritated he did not bring his book with him. So, he got up to just look around outside the office.

When he got outside, he saw a woman with a box coming down the hallway. She is a young woman with short blonde hair. She noticed him and stopped.

"Hi! What are you doing here?"

"My mom is getting me in the school."

"Oh. Well, welcome to Lakeview. I am Mrs. Stone. I am the special education teacher."

"I am Andrew.." Then there was a yell from down the hallway where Mrs. Stone came from.

"Sarah! Do you need help moving? I can carry more boxes and can get Richard to help today."

Coming towards them was a tall, big breasted, summer clothing wearing, red head, green-eyed woman. She was carrying two overfilled boxes with no effort. However, the closer she got the different she looked to Andrew. Her hair turned more fiery, her eyes became greener and filled her whole eye socket. She also seemed to be almost floating.

"No Kori, I do not need any help, but thank you. This is a new student Andrew."

Kori looked at him and smiled. "Hello, friend. I am Mrs. Grayson. What are you doing at the school right now?

"He is just registering."

Andrew could not stop staring at Mrs. Grayson, Kori. She is the most brightest person he has ever seen. The two women continued to talk to each other while Andrew just was quiet and continued to stare. He was happy that Kori did not seem to mine. That is until a little squeal came from down the same hallway.

"Mommy! Mommy! Mark's mom and Mark called and they are goin to beach and I wanna go. Mark and TJ and Tim and Lian and everyone will be there and I wanna be there. Can I go? Pwease, pwease, pwease!

A little girl with dark hair and the same green eyes like Kori flew up the hallway. Andrew did not mean she ran fast. She actually flow. Her feet never touched the ground. Mrs. Stone dropped her box and ran to pick the girl up. When she did, Kori had a calm look on her face.

"Mary, what did your father and I say about what you do when we leave the home?"

Mary calmed down and looked around. She spotted Andrew and looked startled. "I sorry. No see him, he's not loud. Can I go? You and daddy can come too!" Mary was pleading with her little voice.

Kori sighed. "When we go to daddy's work, you may ask him.

"But mommy, I was good today and helped clean and ated all my breakfast and did everything you ask. I was good."

Kori smiled. "We will ask your dad, but he should be the ok with a beach party with family."

"Yaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Mary could squeal really well.

"But, daddy will also hear about what you did hear."

"But, but, but mommy."

"Andrew, we are going home." He looked up and saw his mom coming out of the office, looking for him. "Who are you talking to?" His mom looked at the two women and the little girl.

Kori smiled and went to introduce herself and Mrs. Stone to his mom. "Hi, I'm Kori Grayson and this is Sarah Stone. The little bumgorf Sarah is holding is my daughter, Mary. We teach here"

His mom took one look at Kori and frowned. She then looked at herself. "Hello, I am Amanda Knox, Andrew's mother." She shook Kori's hand and looked at Andrew. "We need to go to let the movers in and be home for your father. It was nice to meet you all."

His mom took his hand and led him out of the school, muttering to herself. "…need to work out more. Can't let her…"

They walked home and got there just before the movers showed.

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When his dad got home, most of the boxes were in the right rooms. However, they were unpacked. His dad told him that was ok and if they were ready to go get something to eat. Andrew was starving. His mom gave him some tic-tacs to hold him until his dad got home.

"Can we leave now?"

"Sure, just let me change."

They went to the restaurant they saw on the way into town. It is called Bee's. They walked in and waited to be seated. A young woman with her hair in buns came to seat them. Andrew heard a buzz when she came near, but like he was doing a lot today, he ignored it.

"Welcome to Bee's! I am Karen the owner. Would you like a booth or table?"

"I want to sit outside so I can see the lake!" Andrew never ate outside before. Gotham was not a place to do that.

Karen looked at his parents to see if that is what they want. When she got the nod from his dad, she smiled at him. "Sure, I got the perfect table for you and your parents."

On the way outside, Andrew saw a young couple that caught his eye. The girl had a silver aura flashing around her black and red hair. The boy looked to be on fire. Andrew stared a little bit and both Karen and his father noticed.

"You see something, son?" His dad looked curious and nervous. Karen just stared at him and said that is the fire chief and his wife our town contractor, Isaiah and Toni.

Andrew knew he had to make something up or his dad would ask more questions and want to know more. So Andrew lied. "I thought I saw a bug near their food and they were going to eat it." He smiled at both.

His mom looked over and frowned. "I don't see anything, so let's go sit." Andrew knew his mom was hungary as well and it worked out for him.

His dad shook his head. "Of couse, lead the way."

She took them to the outside patio and sat them down with menus. "Your waiter should be here soon."

The restaurant was a burger and steak place. Andrew was fine with that. He liked meat. A woman came to take their order. She had a thick accent that Andrew heard from the young kids he saw running around the streets in Gotham. He looked at her and noticed a cat like appearance. The waitress stared at him as well. He then ordered a burger and told himself this place will be different than Gotham.

He looked out to the lake and noticed a large group of people near the shoreline. He hoped TJ and Mary were having fun. He got his burger and noticed that Bee's had a little live music. Two guys playing a horn and guitar. They sounded great. He just tried not to notice the green eyes he had seen earlier and the fuzzy aura coming from them. Yes, this will be interesting.

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Three young men were looking up at Bee's.

"Vic said the kid saw through his hologram." The man to the right turned and shouted at a little girl near the waves. "Put on the floaty devices, Lian, or we go home."

"Joey thought the same thing when he was in Kole at Vic's office." The man on the left had dark eyes and hair. "Tula said Kole called you at the office, but she couldn't get through. Important meeting all day?"

The man in the middle was quiet for a little bit. He turned. "Kori met the kid and she does not think he will be a problem." He looked to the man on the left. "I was talking to the big company, Northrum, about what they are doing here and how we can bring more jobs in for Lakeview. The company has been dodgy about those questions." He looked to the man from the right. "You need to look into them. The kid's father works for them. Two birds, one stone." Both men nodded.

"Our retirement might take a break for a little bit."

"Whatever you say, Dick."

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Author's note: I do not know how often I will update this. It will depend on school. However, I do plan to finish this no matter how many reviews I get. Just want to write this down to get it out of my mind. Hope you like it.