Chapter 2

Hiddenville:

Serena stretches as she yawns, she hated mornings, the good thing about sharing a room with Max was the fact that he could wake her up, " Morning, sis. "

" Uh. " is her intelligent reply.

Max shakes his head at the rather predictable reaction from Serena and hands her an outfit. Bleary brown eyes stare uncomprehendingly for a few moments and then Serena rolls out of her bed, barely catching herself. Max offers her a hand and pulls her up. Thankfully they had their own bathroom down here and Max was an earlier riser than she was. This meant there were no issues about bathroom time. She stumbles off and returns, sending a beseeching look her triplet brother's way.

Max sighs but, sets to work doing her hair. No one except for him knew how long it really was. With the long ease of practice Max gets her hair braided and has the extras woven in, including a purple hair ribbon and spikes. " Thanks, Max. "

" Hey, you're my sister. " Max says, " Plus, at least this way you'll make a good first impression. "

She had on long sleeved black tee with a purple tank top over that, black skinny jeans, and she'd chosen to wear a western style dragon pendant with matching earrings, a gift from Ethan, she had one black and purple Nikes as well. " Why can't Phoebe have a sense of fashion? It would make her slightly more tolerable. " Max mutters.

" Just don't prank me, Max. "

It was school picture day after all. " Rena, I would never do that to you. "

Serena knew this very well, Max would never do anything to hurt her intentionally, Phoebe on the other hand, " Just don't let me get dragged into this. "

Max winces and upgrades the security in their lair and on their shared desktop computer. Then they grab their stuff and head upstairs, " Morning kids. "

Serena just grunts as Max steers her over to the table, once she's eaten she's more awake and she groans, " Why is school so early in the morning? "

" To torture us. " Max answers immediately.

" No, it's so we can get a better and fuller education. " Phoebe states.

All four of her siblings look at her in shock and horror, " Max, we can never associate with her in school. "

" No kidding, she'd ruin any chances we'd have of being popular. " Max states.

" Max, Serena, aren't you being a little harsh? " Hank asks.

" No, only complete geeks, nerds, dweebs, whatever you want to call them like school. Hanging out with her would be social suicide. " Max says firmly, he and Serena heading out the door so they could arrive before Phoebe.

This meant that they got their pictures taken first and then Serena vanishes while Max sets up his prank on Phoebe. He had it rigged to her biometrics so there was no way in hell he'd miss, then he goes to join Serena. Neither one of them were in the advanced classes, they'd leave that to Phoebe. They made sure to keep high C's and low B's on their report cards until mid-term and then they kicked in the after burners and blitzed past Phoebe grades wise. Then they'd do it all over again.

It certainly was a challenge and they both thrived on that. Not that it mattered, as Phoebe was the only one their parents ever cared about or at least praised academically. Callista Meiou sighs as she rolls her shoulders not paying attention to where she was going and she runs smack into Max. Serena rolls her eyes, " 'Nista send you to look after us, 'Lista? "

Callista's magenta eyes widen, " How long have you known? "

" She remembered when we were six after Phoebe locked her outside during a Thunderstorm while Cousin Blobbin was watching us in Metroburg. I'm the only one in the family whom knows the truth. " Max states.

" Anywhere we can meet and talk this over? "

" Can you shield our Lair, I don't like the idea of leaving Billy and Nora alone with Phoebe, at all. " Max asks her.

" I could but that might end up being suspicious. "

" Talk to us tonight while we sleep. You control all Currents, right? " Serena asks her.

" You are ingenious, hime, well, ah…do we have the same classes? " Callista asks.

They look over their schedules and sure enough they were the same. " Oh, I'm Callista Meiou. "

" Maximus Octavius Thunderman, call me Max. "

" Serena Ophelia Thunderman, hoping I'd get rid of that middle name, I like Rachel but not the Ophelia part. "

Max blinks, " Wait, you had two middle names back then? "

" Serenity Ophelia Rachel D'Luna, always preferred Serena. " his triplet answers.

The three head for class and to their good fortune, at least two of the three Thunderman triplets Phoebe goes home to change after getting nailed by chocolate and cheese sauces. This meant that they could relax at school for once. Once school is out they head for home laughing and joking the whole way. Serena splits off for the library though, notwanting to get even remotely dragged in to the middle of Max and Phoebe's prank war. " Max, how could you? "

" Ingenuity, mom. " Max answers.

" I bet Serena helped him. " Phoebe says.

" No, she didn't. Try and take this out on her and I will up the cruelty and humiliation factor of my pranks, do you understand me, Phoebe. "

Phoebe takes an involuntary step backwards at the ferocity in her triplet brother's eyes. He meant it, if Phoebe dragged Serena into this then Max would make her regret it. " Where is Serena? " Barb asks.

" She went to the library so she wouldn't get dragged in the middle of a prank war that Phoebe will lose. " Max says, shrugging.

The next day at school Phoebe corners her sister in the bathroom just after the last bell, her eyes looking cruel, " No Max here to protect you this time, Serena. " Phoebe says and telekinetically tosses her across the bathroom. Serena can feel her head slam into the wall hard behind her but she had already sent her own blast out, slamming a stall door into her sister's face. Serena barely keeps her feet, " You are an idiot. "

" How so, you barely do the required work. "

" I meant you're an idiot when it comes to everything not academic. You think we're in here alone. " Serena says.

That was when Callista shows herself, " I already e-mailed the Vice Principal a video of you shoving your sister. "

Phoebe spins around and is dragged off by the vice principal while Callista helps Serena gather her stuff and out of the bathroom, Max.

What's up?

Phoebe decided to be a bitch and confronted me in the bathroom. Slammed me into one of the walls.

You all right?

Think so, Callista was with me and Phoebe's getting reamed out by the Vice Principal. Where are you?

Just outside the school.

Stay put, I do not want to walk home alone.

Max could feel impotent rage welling up within him, they'd had their chat with Callista as they slept last night and he was now very glad of that unspoken rule that no girl went to the bathroom alone. He puts that aside when Callista emerges supporting his sister, " What happened? "

" She was TK'd into the bathroom wall cracking her head against said wall. " Callista answers the worried brother.

" Come on, it's probably better if you don't walk, sis. Callista can get your bag, plus she needs to tell our parents what happened. "

Callista grabs Serena's back pack and Serena climbs onto her brother's back, letting her head rest on his left shoulder, he generally used his right arm for telekinesis. " Nailed her with a stall door if it helps. " Serena murmurs.

Max snorts, trust Serena to retaliate midair. Of all the siblings she was the best at that, she was helping Max get it down too. Being able to fight back while sailing through the air if you couldn't fly was a good thing though Max and Serena were both working on using their telekinesis to do so. If it could be done in X-Men then they should be able to recreate it. When the three teens walk into the Thunderman home Barb's eyes widen, " What happened? "

" Mrs. Thunderman, my name is Callista Meiou, a friend of your son and daughter, I witnessed your other daughter, Phoebe, telekinetically toss Serena across the girls bathroom, she is currently being taken to task by the Vice Principal. I recorded the whole thing with my cell and e-mailed it. Don't worry, it just looks like Phoebe shoved her hard enough into the wall that her head smacked hard against it. "

She shows Barb the footage and the Thunderman matriarch sighs, " You really have been telling us the truth about Phoebe, we just didn't want to hear it, did we? "

" Why do you think Serena shares a room with me. Phoebe knows damn well what I'll do to her if she tries to get at Serena while I'm around. " Max states.

Barb winces, Max had been the peacemaker between his triplet sisters for years now and he had also been protecting Serena from their triplet. " When Phoebe gets home we will be having a very long chat with her. "

" About time, we're both tired of Phoebe being treated like a saint. " Serena mutters.

Barb winces again at the statement of the youngest triplet, " I'm gonna get her settled in the Lair and then we're going to have nice long talk as to why you have never believed us. " Max states.

Callista goes down to the Lair with Max and agrees to watch his sister while Max talks with their mother about why they thought Phoebe could do no wrong. No one was perfect, not even Phoebe.

Time Gates:

Where was that damnable hime? Why hadn't she been reincarnated when she was supposed to be? Why couldn't she find her? These were just some of the thoughts circling around in Sailor Pluto's head.

Just behind her and invisible is Eris and the chaos goddess is cackling maniacally at the thought of driving Pluto to this point. She was just grateful that Sailor Destiny was on top of things, otherwise this could get messy, fast. Sure, the hime knew whom she had been but, she wanted nothing to do with that last life.

Hiddenville:

After a long talk with Barb she admits that they had been in the wrong to think that Phoebe was incapable of doing something worthy of punishment. Max was currently in the Lair while Barb fills Hank in and shows him the footage Callista had e-mailed to her account. Hank looks very disappointed whether it was in himself or Phoebe it was hard to tell. " I can't believe we just let Phoebe talk her way out of so much. If she'd do this to her own triplet sister what else has she done that we punished either Max or Serena for? " Hank murmurs, it was a kick in the gut to realize you had been played by your own child.

" I think Max chose villain so he could better protect Serena. " Barb admits softly, villains generally protected their families viciously, they didn't have stopping points unlike heroes. Heroes wouldn't kill to protect their loved ones villains would however.

Phoebe freezes when she walks in the front door, " Phoebe Olivia Thunderman, we need to have a very serious discussion. " Barb says firmly.

" About what, Mom? " Phoebe asks.

" Don't play dumb, about you tk'ing your sister into the bathroom wall at school. " Barb snaps.

" I did no such… " Phoebe starts.

" We saw the video. No powers for the next month, no cell phone, no tech, and no training. Plus, you will be in your room when not at school. " Barb tells her.

Down in the Lair Max and the others are watching Phoebe get told off, Max is also taping the moment for future viewing. Serena was snuggled into his left side, eyes slit open, watching her triplet sister finally get into major trouble. Callista was watching what was going down and also working on her homework. Dr. Colosso had a bucket of popcorn from somewhere and was making comments while he watched the perfect child get hers. Max mentally promises himself that he'd show this to Nora later while absentmindedly running his hand up and down his sister's arm.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Thundermans.