CHAPTER TWO

Cody said he was going to the computer, so that meant that he should arrive there in exactly twenty five seconds, accounting for the stop that Zack would make at the smoothie bar. The only way I know that is because of the fact that Cody always had a schedule for everything, and Zack was always eating. So that gave me enough time to sit at a computer where I could see what they were looking at, but they couldn't see me.

Zack and Cody entered the room on time, just as I had expected, and looked back and forth before moving to a computer. I ducked behind mine and slouched low in my seat, making sure that they didn't see me. Thankfully, they didn't, and they sat down at a computer screen and typed something in really fast. As a website popped up, they leaned into the computer, so I wasn't able to see what they were looking at.

I let out a big sigh and carefully moved to another seat and leaned over, trying to get a better look at it. Zack finally moved backwards, away from the computer and I could see that they were on a band website. That made absolutely no sense to me, and my reflection on the computer screen showed that I had a definite confused expression on my face.

"Why would they waste their time going on a band website?" I whispered to myself and then frowned as another thought entered my mind. "Why would Cody lie to me?"

Yeah, he did, he completely lied right to my face. Without thinking, I got up and started my way over to the twins, to confront Cody about lying to me, but something that he said, caused me to stop and dive underneath the table that was behind them, holding a hand over my mouth so they couldn't hear my breathing.

"So, they're on their way to do a concert in Madrid," Cody said quietly, his chin resting in his hand as he clicked on another link and a different part of the site opened. "I wonder if we're going to be going there soon, they may need our help."

"Cody, we know that they can handle whatever problem that gets in their way," Zack replied with a chuckle and a shake of his head. Surprisingly, he was actually using a serious tone. "It's when all of Wingz Corp is around that we have to worry about them."

"You mean worry about her" Cody replied with a teasing smile. Zack shrugged and smiled, not bothering to deny the accusation. This caused Cody to laugh a little bit, giving me time to regulate my breathing so I was taking loud, deep breaths.

"What girl?" I whispered to myself. "Who are they talking about?"

"Where are we headed next, anyway?" Zack asked as he leaned back in his chair, placing his arms behind his head.

"I think we're headed towards Greece," Cody replied with a yawn. "I mean, we're going to stop in some other ports first, but that's the main place we're going." He scratched his forehead. "I think I heard Moseby telling Tutweiller that we're going to stop in Italy first, to get some more supplies."

"You don't think that we're going to have to fight Koto and Reihu while we're there, do you?" Zack questioned, a serious expression sliding onto his face as he moved forward in his chair and studied his brother's face.

"I don't know," Cody replied slowly, as if he was trying to find the right words to say. "Considering that's what happened at all of the other places that we've gone, it wouldn't surprise me." He rubbed his chin. "But what I don't understand is how do they always know where we're going?"

"How do they ever know where we're going?" Zack snorted. "Knowing Wingz Corp, Core is probably watching our every move of every day of the year." He let out a heavy sigh. "We don't ever get a break and we're always putting the people that we care about in danger."

"Yeah, but that was one of the things that we had to deal with when we first found out that we were elementals," Cody replied as if he were explaining that topic all over again. "The others obviously being that we can't tell people what we are, and that we have to trust them, when the time is right, to explain everything."

"Wingz Corp?" I whispered to myself, not sure if I heard correctly. "Elementals? What are they talking about?"

"I never thought that being an elemental could be so hard," Zack muttered. "But growing up as one, it just gets harder and harder." Cody snorted.

"What happened to that brother of mine that was really excited about this?" he questioned as he typed something into the computer and a long list of Google sites appeared. "The one that was always so excited to be able to go out and fight our opponents and use his element all the time."

"He grew up a little bit," Zack replied with an amused lift to his tone. "Anyway, do you have any idea what our project is actually going to be about? Because I don't think that Miss. Tutweiller will believe us when she finds out that instead of doing our project, we were researching the history of elementals."

"Yeah, I know." Cody agreed. "Don't worry, I already have a lot of project stuff, back in my room. I just have to send Miss. Tutweiller an e-mail telling her what our project is going to be on, and when the day comes that we have to present it, you'll keep your mouth shut."

"Ok, that's simple." Zack replied and then looked up at the ceiling as a bell sounded, letting him know that class was over. "Finally, time for lunch." He stood up and stretched. "You coming?"

"Yeah," Cody closed the browser and got up behind his brother, following him out of the room.

When I was sure the coast was clear, I crawled out from underneath the table and looked around before sitting down at the computer. I opened up the web browser and moved the mouse over to the search bar and clicked at the corner. A dropdown list of recent searches appeared and I clicked my tongue, surprised that Cody didn't think of clearing his search before someone else used the computer.

I saw the two searches that he had looked at; the DarkElements band site and a search for History of Elementals.

I knew who the DarkElements were, who didn't, as they were a famous band.

But Elementals, Wingz Corp, and the history of elementals?

What was it and how did Zack and Cody get caught up in all of it?

A/N: Ok, because this is an element story, I'm trying to decide if I should use the Jackson' Japanese names or English ones. Which do you guys think I should do? Other than that, I'm hoping you guys are enjoying this story. After this the chapters get longer.

-Riley