Chapter 4! Enjoy!

Danny's POV

I was unusually okay with fighting aliens tonight. It was like practice for what I was going to do to Dylan when no teachers were around.

"Danny! Behind you!" I heard Sam scream from the opposite side of the street. So I swung behind me with full force and knocked one of the huge blobs away from me. It hit the ground and bounced a little. Gross, but cool.

"HELP!" I whipped around just in time to see one of the blobs surround itself around Cathy. I took a running start at it and jumped onto what I suppose was it's back. And the blob wasn't as gooey as I thought it would be. Good.

"Let. Her. Go!" I said, trying to hurt the blob without hurting Cathy. The blob let her go and went zooming off. But before it could float off to wherever it came from, it was caught in a ray of blue light as Chris caught it in the vacuvator.

"What were those things?" Sam asked, looking at the tiny blob floating around inside the little jar.

"I think they're called Gelmans but I'm not sure," Cathy answered her.

"Hey, what happened to your hair? It looks all static-y," Sam asked Cathy.

"Oh, yeah. One of those things ate me, and they electrify whatever they eat," Cathy replied. "But it's not a major electric shock and Danny saved me before it could do any damage."

"Hey, did you guys notice how these creatures didn't show up until those four new kids came?" I said, still thinking about how mad I was at Dylan.

"You're right, Danny," Sam said. "But what do you think that means? Do you think that those four are working with the blob things?"

"I'm not positive, but I think it's a possibility," I replied, feeling pretty smart. It's not everyday that I come up with the good ideas.

"So how do you want to test that theory?" Chris asked.

"We can… um… why don't we… try to get it out of the kids," I stuttered. "We could just try to get to know them better and maybe one of them will let it slip about the blobs."

"That's an excellent idea!" Cathy said happily. "We can start tomorrow!"

"Yeah! We'll all try to befriend the one that's trying to copy us," Sam added. "Sounds like a plan. Nice thinking, Danny." I feel accomplished.

Chris' POV

I see how in theory Sam's plan was going to work. But in reality, the whole 'befriend the one that's trying to copy you' thing wasn't really working out. Carson, though he looked like me and his name was similar to mine, really wasn't the best imitation personality wise.

"So, you're calling him out on not knowing the chemical equations for photosynthesis and cellular respiration?" Sam asked me after I'd told them all the differences I'd found between Carson and I at lunch.

"Yes, yes I am," I replied. "And I know how nerdy that sounds, but if he was really trying to imitate me, he'd know those two formulas."

"Why?" Cathy asked.

"Because we're learning about those things in science," I tried to explain my thought process. "And they were the first things I thought to memorize. So if he was thinking like me, he would have them memorized too." Yeah, sometimes, certain thought processes can only be explained to the one who came up with it.

"Ok. We'll pretend like that made sense," Sam said. I sighed. "How are things with everyone else? Danny?"

"Yeah, I've talked to Dylan so much today," Danny said sarcastically. "We've been talking about why Wendy likes him better. And how hard I'd need to punch him to break his nose."

"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all," Cathy interjected. Danny slumped back in his seat. I knew how mad he was at Dylan, but I also knew how upset he was about it. I don't think Sam or Cathy could see that side of it, the more emotional side. Perhaps that's because guys can hide those feelings better than girls.

"Cathy, have you made any progress today?" Sam asked.

"Oh yeah. Caitlyn is sooo nice! And she'd exactly like me! Well, except for the alien part," Cathy babbled on excitedly. "But that's not the point. She's really funny, and we were talking about all sorts of stuff, and…" That's Cathy for you. Once you get her going on a good topic, she could ramble on for hours. It was pretty entertaining sometimes.

"What about you, Sam?" Danny asked, his tone still hard. "What's going on with you and Sara?"

"Well, you see, she and I are," Sam stuttered nervously.

"Did someone not follow their own plan?" Danny asked, sounding hopeful.

"No! It's just that we're creepily alike!" Sam exclaimed. "She's like me and then some!"

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"I mean, she's got the exact same personality as I do, but with a little more of something that I can't put my finger on. And she seems to be just one step ahead of me at everything," Sam explained. "If I get and A, she gets and A+. If I run the mile in nine minutes and four seconds, she'll run it in eight minutes and four seconds. She's like me and then some." I could tell that Sam was starting to get upset because of her 'clone.' I didn't like seeing her upset.

"Hey people! What's up?" We all turned to see Caitlyn and Sara standing next to our table.

"Nothing much," Cathy replied brightly. "Do you need a place to sit?"

"Nope. Carson and Dylan are already at our table," Caitlyn gestured to where the boys were sitting not too far away. "Just thought we'd come and say hi."

"Well, you've said it. You can leave now," Danny said, angry all over again at the mention of Dylan.

"Sorry about him. He's just a little mad about Wendy and Dylan," I explained.

"It's cool. We should probably go anyway," Sara said. That's when I noticed that she'd been staring at me the whole time. Wow, her eyes were pretty.

"Hey, Chris, what happened to your hand?" Caitlyn asked suddenly. I snapped back to reality and looked down at my left hand as though I had noticed it for the first time.

"I sprained it. Falling down the stairs," I admitted.

"Hey! Sara just did the exact same thing!" Caitlyn exclaimed, looking at her friend. "Didn't you, Sara?"

"Yeah, I did," Sara replied, looking at me again, only this time with a look that said 'but you already knew that.'

"Wow, what a coincidence. Same hand too," Caitlyn said.

"Well, you two should probably be going. Wouldn't want Carson and Dylan to worry now," Danny tried to get them to leave.

"Okay. Bye guys!" Caitlyn said cheerily as she skipped away. She really was the perfect imitation of Cathy.

"Bye!" Sara said. Then she turned to me. "See you tomorrow." She smiled at me and then followed Caitlyn.

"Oooooo, looks like Chris has a crush on Sara," Cathy said in a mocking singsong voice.

"I do not," I replied.

"Then why are your cheeks get all red after she smiled at you?" Cathy asked. "And why did you smile back?" I hadn't realized that I'd smiled back.

"Well, I…" I stuttered, not really sure what to say to that.

"And why do you have a date with her tomorrow?" Danny asked.

"It's not a date!" I exclaimed.

"Is it going to be just the two of you?" Danny asked.

"Yeah," I replied.

"Then it's a date," Danny nodded. Traitor. I didn't have anything to say back to that either.

"Yea!" Cathy cheered. Danny looked pretty happy about it too. But Sam looked kind of angry. Really angry actually.