Chapter Two: The Third Wheeler
So far, it was going great. Keefe had set up a couple of traps around the house and couldn't wait for them to freak out the other team, they called themselves 'The Cognates and Dex.' But that was stupid name so Keefe had dubbed them 'Sophitz and the third wheel.'
Because that was really what it was.
Whilst Keefe's (or Tam's team) called themselves 'TKLB.' A boring team name by none other than Bangs Boy. Keefe and Tam were trying to out prank each other even though they were on the same team. Linh and Biana were laughing each time Keefe screamed at Tam's Shade powers and Tam freak out over Keefe's hair products.
"Are you almost done?" Tam sighed.
"Patience is the key Tammy."
"Don't call me Tammy! For the hundredth time!" Tam protested.
"Okay, man are you picking up from Foster?"
"Are you usually this annoying?"
"Yes." Keefe stood up as finished his last traps.
The two boys walked back to his room and met Biana and Linh on there way back.
"We set up a water trap at the stairs." Linh explained her whole plan and how she used her powers.
"I spied on the opposition and saw that Dex was making some sort of gadget." Biana reported back with her information.
"Good job." Keefe patted them both, "Next-"
"Uh, I thought I was the leader?" Tam interrupted.
Keefe grumbled and let Tam speak.
Dex was almost done with his traps. He had set up a series of booby traps along down the stairs as Team TKLB had taken the upper floor.
He knew Biana was spying on him when he felt someone watching him. No one was there, but Biana was a Vanisher so he knew he was being watched. Dex knew of course that Biana would never know what he was building.
It was simple really. He had set up a few cameras to monitor Team TKLB and their movements, so far Linh had set up some traps using water, probably to slow them down and make them slip.
Dex reported back to Sophie and Fitz when they check back in with him.
Any new news? Sophie asked telepathically.
Woah, that scared me. Dex responded.
Sorry.
Its fine. Biana was spying on me, Linh has set up a few water traps near the stairs so we need to be careful going near there. Keefe was setting up some vicious looking traps and Tam was doing some Shade thingy and manipulating them, why? I don't know. The machines getting on good and I'm almost done with Fitz's, as soon as I am, I'll come to you guys. How are you doing? Dex explained.
We're going good. I tried teleporting into Keefe's room to try and find some supplies to use, but of course, they're using it as their main room. I did find some interesting hair products though since I got stuck in Keefe's bathroom. Fitz found some gooey stuff which he think might be feces.
Don't get all smart on me Soph. Dex laughed.
Okay, fine! Poop. Sophie laughed as well.
Oh! I'm almost done, I'll head towards the Living Room in a sec. Dex transmitted to Sophie.
Okay, make sure to stay out of the way of Linh's traps. And with that, Sophie disconnected the line.
Dex fiddled with some buttons on the gadget and took a screwdriver off the table. He checked the cameras and saw Linh hitting a book on Keefe's head.
Uninterested, Dex looked back down at his patient.
"How am I supposed to work you?" He asked the lump of metal.
"Oh yeah, you're an inanimate object, you won't respond." Dex smacked his head with the screwdriver.
"Ouch."
He stabbed the gadget with the screwdriver and stared at it for a long time before grabbing the other two similar devices and comparing them.
"If I route this wire…with…uh…this wire, you might just work." Dex examined the three gadgets and opened two to fix the third one.
He put them all back together and pressed a button on the broken one.
The screen flickered to life.
"Yes!" Dex pumped his fist in the air and took the three devices and his screen with the cameras and carried them out of the room to the Living Room.
"THAT'S NOT FAIR!" Dex heard Keefe shout from upstairs as he walked towards the Living Room.
Dex turned around and saw Keefe pouting on the edge of the stairs.
"Why can you have cameras and we can't?" Keefe shouted.
"You've got Biana!" Dex protested.
"No we don't!" Keefe answered back.
"Dude, she's like right behind you."
Keefe turned around and saw Biana giggling.
Dex chuckled and ran to the Living Room to find Sophie and Fitz kneeling on the floor with their heads close together. Dex couldn't help but feel a bit jealous as he saw both of them sitting there. But he brushed the feeling off. He was going to be the third wheel in this group anyway.
"Yo!" He caught the two telepaths attention.
"You've got it!" Sophie said, she got up and smiled. Fitz got up as well and grinned. Sometimes Dex wanted to make a machine that could wipe Wonderboy's handsome smile off his face.
Wait. Handsome?
No he didn't mean handsome of course…
Dex got freaked out by his thoughts and shook them off and tried to focus on something other than Fitz's smile.
He handed Fitz'z device over to him and then Sophie's.
"I'm positive these will work. I labeled the different button and controls clearly so you guys know how to use them." Dex said.
"Yeah, so what exactly will these do?" Fitz wondered.
"I've set up multiple traps around using some drones and small transportation devices, the next time Keefe, Biana, Linh or Tam step out of their main room, they're gonna get the best present ever. I've linked the devices up with the cameras so you know when to activate the trap. There are tons of other traps as well which describe what they do on the bio pages." Dex explained, while he showed the camera footage of Linh hitting Keefe on the head with a book over and over.
"Woah, that's awesome Dex!" Sophie said.
"Thanks." Dex said, turning a bit pink on the cheeks.
"That is pretty cool dude." Fitz patted Dex on the arm and went to sit on a table and started to practice with the device. Dex stiffened and stayed still until Sophie nudged him.
"Hello? Earth to Dex?" Sophie waved her hand in front of his face.
"What? No! Nothing! Is going on! I don't have any feelin-" Dex cut himself off.
"I'm fine." He said and smoothened his hair out.
He watched as Sophie made her way over to Fitz and they stared at each other for a long time, probably having a telepathic conversation. Then they smiled and laughed. He watched as Fitz's hand brushed against Sophie's. Then how Sophie playfully punched him on the arm. He saw her blush and turn a bit red and Dex smiled.
Sophie had a crush of Fitz! Was it really obvious? How did Dex not notice! Dex smiled and jumped onto a sofa and mentally punched himself, of course Sophie didn't like him. It was because of Fitz. Dex shook his head at how stupid he could be.
SO? What did you think, okay look yeah there was some mild Dex and Fitz in there…But I'm gonna put some Sophitz in the next chapter. Plus! Next chapter, the real pranks begin and someone gets pranked! So stay tuned!
