Oliver was at home, out of costume and recovering from the electric shock from the electric man. His body was covered with ice packs and even his super physiology could stop the waves of pain. He had told his mother he had taken a bad wipeout when surfing.
Then Miley busted into his room.
"Hey, miles" he said putting extra weakness into his voice to get her sympathy.
But when he looked up, he saw that she was not in the mood.
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Meanwhile Robbie Ray was getting suspicious of Jackson. He had come home smelling like a burning furnace last night and wanted to know what was up. He walked up to Jackson who was sitting on the couch, gave his trademark 'Jackson you're in trouble' stare that was fun for him to do and asked Jackson with a stern Sothern draw "Son, what were you doing yesterday afternoon that made you come home smelling like uncle earl using his homemade charcoal".
Jackson then froze up as a sense of danger ran through his body. His dad would never approve of his plan, especially after what happened to the Atomic Man. Jackson then began to formulate a plan to get out of this.
"Something with Rico, don't wanna talk about it" Jackson replied, slyly. So working for the little Devil would have its benefits.
"Jackson, Rico was hospitalized yesterday after your shift." Said Robbie Ray, concerned as to why his son didn't know.
"What"? Jackson asked with fear and confusion in his eye.
"That electric man put him in critical condition" Robbie Ray said as he handed Jackson the Malibu Newspaper with the headline 'Beach front shop owner shocked by electrical man'.
"I tried to tell you last night, but you ignored me and went straight upstairs" Robbie Ray recalled.
Jackson read the article now with sudden fear of what could happen to him. The injury of Rico hit closer to home than of the Atomic Man. Robbie Ray noticed the mix of fear and confusion on what to do in Jacksons reaction so he asked with fatherly compassion " Jackson, are you okay. If you want to talk to me I'll be right here".
"Its okay dad, I just need to be alone for a while" said Jackson and he went to his room to rethink his plan
Meanwhile at Oliver's
"What is this" Miley said angrily, to the point where it was almost a growl and throwing the paper at Oliver.
"Some completely sexy and amazing superhero" Oliver said, jokingly hoping to calm Miley's fowl mood.
"Oliver that's you" Miley said, with anger that could start California wildfires.
"Yea I know only the Smoken Oken could make those tights look hot enough for the ladies" Oliver joked in another feeble attempt.
"Oliver, the point is you could have gotten killed, and you almost did said Miley, pointing at him in his injured condition. "Miles, I promise I wont get hurt next time, just use some rubber and that electrical man will be put back in his socket".
"No Oliver, I care for you to much. I'm going to tell your mother", said Miley as she faced the door. "Miley, wait" Oliver yelled starting to panic," My mom will overreact to my powers, I'll be locked up and up in some science lab with the super smart gorillas and the dead aliens".
"You have to promise me you'll never go out like This" Miley pointed toward the newspaper as she spoke "again".
"I promise Miley" Oliver said. Then she left.
Miley stood outside the Oken porch. She did really care for Oliver, more than she would like to admit to anyone. He was something special, but Miley didn't have time with school, Hannah, and the Oliver drama to figure out here feelings.
As she started home she could help but feel stranger. Recently she could smell smells further and could identify them better. She could see in the dark like it was clear day, she began to react faster and her backpack which before posed a difficulty for her to carry could now suddenly be lifted with relative ease. And she noticed how longer and sharper her real nails had become as the cut through her nail filers like butter and they started to take on a more metal like appearance.
Later at his hospital bed, Rico woke up in his room, alone. He had felt better than ever before. Rico reached his hand out and all of a sudden an ice spike shot from his hand into the wall.
At the same time Lilly was taking a walk on the beach to spend some alone time. She thought about Jackson, despite his dorkness and disgusting ways she was attracted to him. Something about the way he was on the inside set off something in Lilly. He just acted the way he did as a sort of reaction to his sister to get people to notice HIM rather than Hannah Montana. Deep down he was the perfect man for Lilly, soft and sensitive but able to treat Lilly like a man, the way she liked it.
But Lilly's thoughts were broken after she saw what appeared to be an injured mermaid on the beach.
