Harbor Reef: Season 1
Episode 4
The Righteous and the Wicked
Starring
Shane Clarke
Dustin Brooks
Tori Hanson
Cam Watanabe
Hunter Bradley
Blake Bradley
Conner Mcknight
Kira Ford
Trent Fernandez
Ethan James
Tommy Oliver
Cassidy Cornell
Devin Del Valle
Guest Star
Hayley Zitor
Lucas Kendall
Kevin Del Valle
Kelly Holloway
Ethan and Cam were hanging out in the Harbor Reef Community Center again. It was the weekend and everyone was enjoying their time away from school. The two of them had their computers opened and piles of paper everywhere. Ethan sighed, throwing his pen on the table and rubbed his forehead, "I can't figure out the algorithm. What are we missing here?"
Cam shrugged, "I have no idea." He adjusted his glasses and looked around. He noticed Conner Mcknight tossing the ball in the air over in the corner with Shane. He then sighed and leaned on the table. "We'll figure it out." He reassured him.
"I don't know why we even bother with this project." Ethan shrugged, "I'm going to give up." He turned and starred at Conner as well. "Why can't we hang out with kids like them?"
"Since when did Ethan want to be cool?" He smirked, "Are you serious?"
"Well why can't we?" Ethan retorted, "I mean we couldn't even go to the party without getting thrown out."
"That was no big deal."
"No big deal!?" Ethan stood up from the table and began gathering his things. He just sighed, "I guess. I have a War Craft to play. I have to get going."
"Come on, Ethan." Cam stood up as well, "Let me just ask Hayley for help. I bet she can figure out anything we are missing to make our new software work."
Ethan shook his head, "No!"
"Why not!?"
"I'll be damn if I let someone else figure it out." He explained, "We worked too hard on it. I rather not."
"You would rather give up then give us the chance to develop something really cool."
"It's not like the software is any use anyway! All this software does is analyzes weather patterns. Who cares for that? Just forget it man."
Ethan stood up and closed his laptop before finally leaving.
The sun was shinning brightly through the Bradley's apartment. Hunter yawned, walking out of his room and into the living room just in his boxers. He scratched his stomach and walked to the fridge in the kitchen and pulled out the milk.
Taking a sip, he heard the door open and walked to the doorway from the kitchen and the living room to see Tori and Blake walk in. "Dude." His brother looked away, "Put some goddamn clothes on. We have guests."
Tori glanced up and down Hunter before giving a slight smile, "Hey, stranger."
Hunter didn't even respond. He just turned and went back into the kitchen. Blake just shook his head and turned to Tori, "I'm sorry about that."
"Don't worry about it." She stated. She walked to the couch and sat down. "Thanks so much for lunch. I had a great time."
"You only ordered the most expensive thing." He grinned.
"Is that a bad thing?"
"No, but I am glad that you enjoyed yourself."
Hunter walked back out and into his room. Blake and Tori chatted a bit before Hunter came back out fully clothed. Blake turned rested his arm on the couch and watched his brother pick up the keys from the coffee table. "Where are you off too?"
"I'm going to the tracks."
"You're into Motocross, too?" Tori arched her brows, "Does every boy in town do motocross?"
Hunter shrugged and walked out the door. Blake grinned and looked back at Tori before turning on the television. "I wonder what's on T.V." He changed the subject. The surfing channel came on and Tori grabbed the remote in anticipation to turn it up.
"I love this channel." She looked over at Blake, "You know, I bet you would be good at Surfing."
"No." He looked at her. "No. No No No No. I can't. I-I. No No."
"Really, Blake? Eight No's?" She crossed her arms and continued to watch TV.
The sun shined hard on Hunter as he walked up the pathway to the tracks. He could hear the roar of a bike engine as he turned around the corner and saw Dustin fly by over the hill of the Mototrack. The wind blew softly through Hunter's hair as he sat down at the nearby picnic table and watched the brunette skid around the corners.
Dustin was focused. He hadn't rode on a track in a long time but his skills were still all there. He passed Hunter and spotted him at last minute before slamming on the breaks and skidding the bike to a complete stop. Putting his feet down, he pulled off his yellow helmet, right as the wind blew through his hair. Sweat beaded down his face as he got off the bike and rolled it towards Hunter before parking it.
"You lose time around the corners." Hunter spoke up, looking at him.
The brunette smiled, remembering him saying that once before in his alternative life, "Yeah, riding isn't really my specialty though."
"You aren't bad."
"I'm alright." Dustin pulled off his gloves, "The track is a little small like you said. They really should expand it."
"They can't." Hunter stood up from the table, "All around the track is owned by Mercer Industry. I have no reason why but I doubt they would want to turn their land into a mototrack."
Dustin grabbed his bike and shrugged, "That shouldn't stop you from trying. If I was a betting, you won't just let it go."
Hunter squinted his eyes, watching Dustin riding off before collecting his thoughts.
Cassidy and Devin were wondering the Reefside Mall. She had some shopping to do and Devin decided to tag along, carrying all her bags. The two of them rode the escalator up in silent as they passed a few stores which Cassidy stopped and looked into before proceeding.
"How much more shopping, do we have to do?" Devin sulked, looking down at all the bags, "Don't you have enough things?"
"I need a new outfit Devin." She turned to him, "A reporter always has to look classy for the camera. I can't show the audience out of date fashion. What would they think of me?"
"That you're normal?"
"Anyway, I have to get ready to interview the Mercer Industry Ceremony." She stopped and starred through a shop window, "It's supposed to be very important."
"I don't get what that is, exactly?"
"Anton Mercer just released their new invention for better energy. They are having a huge ceremony and everything. I hear Lucas Kendall is going to make an appearance."
"Who?"
She looked at him with disgust, "Only the hottest actor of all time."
"They couldn't get someone better?" Devin frowned, "What about that famous gymnastic chick? She is really hot."
Cassidy rolled her eyes, "Kimberly Hart? She wouldn't waste her time with such petty things." The blonde continued to walk with Devin following behind. She turned the corner and spotted Shane sitting on the bench. "Well look who I ran into."
Shane looked up from eating a hotdog and rolled his eyes, "What's up Cassidy?"
She smirked, "Nothing. Have you seen Tori?"
"I think she's hanging out with that Blake guy."
"About time. I didn't think she would ever get a boyfriend." She paused for a second. Shane stood up, towering over her slightly. He adjusted his red helmet and picked up his skateboard before returning his attention at her, "Are you going to that Ceremony thing at Mercer Industry."
"Not my type of scene. I'm going to the skate park to hopefully to find some scouts." He smiled and walked past her.
"Do I have to go?" Devin chimed in.
Cassidy turned to him, "You're the camera man, you dolt." She stormed off with him chasing after her.
Cam had decided to go against what Ethan said. He had worked too hard on the project like he stated and decided that giving up was not an option. Pulling his white Nissan into Dr. Oliver's driveway, he climbed out and looked around. The place was practically in the middle of nowhere. It took Cam a few tries to even find the place. Walking up on the porch, he knocked on the door and took a step back.
Dr. Oliver opened it up, surprised to see Cam, "Hey, Cameron. What are you doing here?"
"Hey Dr. Oliver. I hope this isn't a bad time, but I had a question." Dr. Oliver opened the door wider and nodded, "Ethan and I have been developing this cool software but we were having a few problems with the programming. I was wondering if you knew how I could contact Hayley Ziktor about it. I hear you know her and she's really good at this stuff."
Tommy chuckled a bit, "Yes, she's really good at software development. She designs a lot of my programs. She's actually in the kitchen. We were going over some things."
Cam smiled, walking into the house. He looked around the wooden cabin. Passing the living room, he spotted a picture of a brachiosaurus over the television. "That is so cool." Cam commented, glancing around at small figurines of a Pterodactyl, Triceratops, and T-Rex.
"Yeah, I'm a geek. I collect these kinds of things." Dr. O commented. "Anyway, do you want to see Hayley?" Cam nodded quickly and the two walked into the kitchen where Hayley was sitting at the table sipping on her tea. She smiled and stood up. "Hayley, this is one of my students."
"Hi." She said, extending out her hand, "How are you?"
"Go-good." He stuttered with a forceful smile, "I love your work."
She grinned, looking at Tommy and back at him, "I didn't know my work had avid fans."
"Well, you work with Prima Tech. They are the leading company in software development as well as technological advancement."
"I'm not so sure about that. Mercer Industry seems to always have a step up when it comes to technological advancement."
Cameron pulled out his laptop from the backpack he was carrying and placed it on the table, "I actually have a question for you." He stated, "My friend and I are developing this software that tracks and predicts weather patterns far more advance then what we have today but we are having a bit of a problem."
Hitting a few buttons on the keyboard, he pulled up some data and Hayley bent down to take a look at it. Tommy went towards his fridge to get a drink while the two started to talk. Hayley smiled, scrolling through, "This is impressive. How old are you?"
"18." Cam responded, "I'm a senior."
"Very impressive, indeed." She sat down and began to type a few things in, "I wonder if we add a few more codes here…and something here." She trailed off.
Trent and Kira had been friends for awhile. So she thought nothing of the huge house that Trent had lived in. The mansion owned by the President of one of the most powerful Industries in the country. She loved the place though. She loved the huge white mansion with pillars on the outside and large glass windows. Also the large backyard garden that surrounded the in-ground pool or the long driveway that leads up to it all.
Kira Ford never had any desire owning such great things that Trent had but she always thought that the architect and the structure of the house were beautiful. Like a story could be told through the walls. She walked down the long narrow carpeted hallway into the kitchen where Trent was. The place was insane. The Cooks, Maids, and Gardeners were scrambling around and making the place look nice for the upcoming event. Yard Workers were setting up a stage in the backyard and people in charge of valet parking where getting ready for the guests to arrive.
"So why is your dad having the ceremony here?" Kira sat down next to him, "At your house?"
"My dad has this idea where he wants the community to feel like they are part of a family." He shrugged, "And what better way then opening up your house to total strangers."
"This place is crazy."
"Thanks for keeping me company."
She smiled, "Come on, let's see how they are doing outside. Where is your father anyway?"
Trent stood up and followed her to the door, "I think he's at the company. He should be here soon."
Hunter starred in awe at the huge Mercer Industry Headquarters in the middle of Harbor Reef. He had never really been in a company building before and had no idea how he was going to be able to talk to Anton about his request.
He entered inside the lobby area where there was a security person sitting behind a desk and across from him was a secretary in her desk. He made his way over and placed his hand on the counter. The woman looked up and smiled, focusing her glasses.
"Can I help you?"
He nodded, "Yes, I was wondering if Anton Mercer was available today."
"Do you have an appointment?"
Hunter shook his head, "No, I was hoping to catch him on a whim or something."
"He's very busy today." She turned to the computer nearby, "You will have to book an appointment. I can't guarantee anything."
"Hunter?" A voice female voice boomed behind him. Hunter turned to see Cassidy and Devin standing there. He had never actually met the two of them but he remembered the blonde was the one responsible for the party he went too.
"Hey." He said casually, "What's up?"
"What are you doing here?" She walked closer, "Do you have family working at Mercer Industry, too?"
"No. I was hoping I could get in to talk to someone."
She smiled grabbing his arm, "Why don't you come with me?" She said, "Both my parents work here. I'm sure I can help you out.
She dragged him through the lobby with Devin following closely behind. She hugged him close, waving at the workers as they walked by. Hunter had a grim look on his face. He didn't like to be touch especially from someone as crazy as her. She pressed a button on the elevator and the three of them got in.
Listening to the elevator music, Hunter slowly slid his arm out from Cassidy and took a step sideways away from her. He glanced over at Devin who was standing on the other side of him who was quietly chuckling to himself.
As the door open, Cassidy skipped out. Hunter was about to move before Devin blocked him with his hand. Confused, he watch as the door closed before turning to him. "Cassidy is just going to take you on a wild goose chase." Devin spoke, extending his hand, "Name's Devin."
"Hunter. Are you going to be able to help me?"
"Depends, what do you need help with?"
"I was hoping to meet with the Anton Mercer. I wanted to talk about the land surrounding the track."
"Anton won't help you with that." Devin responded, "I can take you to someone who can."
"Who?"
"My Dad."
Hunter just nodded and remained quiet. The two went higher up, until the elevator stopped at floor 32. The two walked out and down a hall, passing cubicles after cubicles. Rounding a corner, Devin stopped at a door and knocked on it. The dirty blonde looked at the name tag, that read 'Kevin Del Valle'
"My dad is Property Manager of Mercer Industry. He would have a better answer for you then anyone else I would know."
"Come in." A voice boomed.
"I think that should do it."
Hayley leaned back on her chair. Cam and Tommy were hovering over her, watching as the software booted up. Cam had a huge smile on his face as he pulled the laptop closer, "That's amazing." He looked at her, "How did you figure it out?"
"You were missing a binary code. This is some pretty advance stuff. You're pretty good at this." She stood up and grabbed a book bag on the floor, "Have you ever thought of interning at Prima Tech?"
"Well it wasn't just me who developed this. Ethan had a lot of help as well."
She pulled out a business card and handed it to him, "Well you to should defiantly call me sometime. I could use young guys like for things like these."
"Thank you." He stuffed the car into his pocket, "I defiantly will."
She smiled and placed her hand on Tommy's shoulder, "I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to finish. Call me tonight and we can go over it. I have a meeting I have to go too."
"Alright." Tommy began to walk the two of them to the door, "It was nice to see you, Cam. I'll talk to you school."
"Thank you, Dr. O."
Ethan was waiting at the Harbor Reef Diner. He had received a call from Cam to meeting him there and was curious about what all the excitement was. Kelly swung by his table and handed him a glass of water.
"Can I get you anything else, sweetie?"
Ethan shook his head, "No thanks, Kelly."
She shot a smile before heading back towards the kitchen. Ethan moved closer to the window and watched as people began to walk back and forth. He saw Shane and Dustin crossing the street. Finally hearing the door of the diner jingle, he noticed Cam making his way towards the table.
"I have great news!" Cam said, excitedly, "I got the software to work."
Ethan went wide-eye, leaning closer to Cam, "Are you serious?" He whispered, "Does it run alright? How did you get it work? Is it as cool as we were hoping it would be!?"
"It's everything we thought about. I even have the perfect company to sell it too. We should see if Prima Tech will pick it up."
Ethan nodded furiously, "Yeah. Then we can show them that Hayley isn't the only one with talent."
"Actually.." Ethan cocked his head and stayed silent. "She was the one that helped us."
"What!? Are you kidding me!? What did I say about not asking her for help!?"
"Why not, Ethan!?" Cam yelled back, "Give me a good reason why we can't ask someone else for help?"
"I wasn't 0 against asking for help. I was 0 against asking Hayley for help. Prima Tech is going to want a share of our profit if they found out that they were apart of it."
"We're selling it them!"
Ethan stood up, "That is not the point. This was supposed to be our project. You went behind my back and did this yourself."
Cam leaned back on the seat in disbelief. He sighed, shaking his head, trying to think of something to say that would be able to reason with him, "Come on, Ethan. It's not that big of a deal. She offered us an internship. Can you imagine what we can accomplish if we get our foot in the door?"
"No."
"You're being ridiculous, Ethan."
Ethan James stormed out of the diner without another word. Cam watched through the window as his friend crossed the street and disappeared into a parking lot.
Kira and Trent were up on the second floor balcony that overviewed the backyard where the event was taking place. The brunette leaned on the rail and looked at the crowds of people flooding in. She looked over to see Trent pulling out his sketch book and sketching the scenery.
"Do you ever look at anything else other then that?"
He stopped in mid-motion and looked at her, "Do you ever do anything else besides badger me?"
She smiled and looked back out, "Yes. I sing and write music." The two remained silent as her eyes averted to see Dustin and Conner joining up with Tori off on the lawn. She then turned back to Trent, "I was thinking of taking a dance class. You know? Mix it up a bit. You should do it with me."
Trent laughed at the thought, "I don't dance."
"Oh come on!" She grabbed his shirt, "I don't want to look like an idiot by myself."
Her voice was traveling down the hall of the Mercer house. A young man was walking down the hall, stopping to overhear the voice. He was wearing a blue button shirt with black jeans. He had slick shades across his eyes and small gel spiked black hair. Making his way down, he looked out onto the balcony.
"Ahem." He spoke. Trent and Kira turned around. "I couldn't help but hear a pretty voice out here."
Kira rolled her eyes from the lame compliment before smirking, "You mean Trent? I might have to agree with that."
Trent jabbed her in the stomach, "Lucas. This is Kira."
"Hello." He extended his hand out. Kira looked down at it before turning back to look at the crowd.
"Sorry, she bites." He teased before leaving. Lucas walked up and stood next to her.
"So you're the opening act, huh?" She crossed her arms.
He cracked a smile, looking down for a sec before back out into the distant, "Most girls I meet jump and scream when they me. You act as if you have never heard of me."
"I don't watch T.V." She shrugged, "So you're right, I haven't really. What show are you on?"
"I play a police officer that goes back in time." He responded, "It's a little sci-fi but it pays."
"I guess."
They stayed silent for a few moments before Lucas turned, "I hope to see you again, Kira." He said and exited. Kira paused and turned to see him gone and a single rose lying on the balcony floor.
"I'm not exactly sure that we can establish this, Hunter." Hunter had been listening to Devin's dad for quite awhile. He was hoping that his convincing argument would allow him to make the small motocross track bigger but it seem like it was going nowhere. Hunter looked off in the distant, noticing Devin looking through his Dad's shelf. "We had original plans of buying the Motocross lot and transforming that area to another factory."
"Don't you think you have enough?" Hunter said dryly, "I mean come on."
"I can write up a proposal for you and request it in but I won't be able to guarantee you success."
"What can you do?"
Devin picked up a photo frame, accidentally knocking another one on the floor. Kevin averted his eyes to his son and cleared his throat, "Stop breaking things, Devin."
"So-Sorry." Devin picked it up and try to place it on the shelf, knocking off more things. Scrambling to his feet again, he turned and scratched the back of his head, "I'm just going to wait outside."
The door open, Devin walked out, and it closed right behind him. Hunter stood up and sighed loudly, "Thanks for your help."
"I'm sorry, Hunter. I wish I could help you more. This industry constantly expands and is always looking to buy out lots. I'm just doing my job."
Hunter shook his hand before turning and heading out into the hall. Devin was talking to an employee. As the blonde in crimson crept closer, Devin broke away and the two made their way to the elevator. "Sorry he couldn't help."
"Don't worry about it." The two stepped into the elevator and remained silent all the way to the 1st level. As the elevator shaft slowed down, the power went off, stopping them in their track. Hunter walked closer to the door, "What happened?"
"I didn't touch anything" Devin raised his hands in the air.
The lights turned on again and the elevator began to descend below the 1st floor and into the basement. As the doors opened, Hunter walked out into a cold and barren hallway. "Where are we?"
"I don't think we are allowed to be here." Devin followed behind as the two walked, "I didn't even know that this place had a basement floor."
They walked through a door and into a balcony that overlooked what shocked the two of them. "Did you know about this?" Hunter looked over at Devin.
"No.." He whispered.
The two starred as machinery stretched into the distant, maneuvering and constructing what appeared to be a weapon.
"So are you two dating!?" Dustin excitedly asked Tori as the they stood on the Mercer's lawn. "You and Blake?"
She shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know." She smiled, "Maybe."
"What about Hunter? I thought you said he was more your type."
"I decided to be more open-minded." She winked to Dustin who cracked a smile. The yellow brunette looked over to see Ethan standing a couple of feet away.
Cam had broke through the busy crowed and towards Ethan, after receiving a message from him to meet. "Ethan." The Asian boy in glasses called out, "I got your message."
Ethan turned around, "Hey man." He folded his arms, "I just wanted to say I'm sorry. I had no real reason to be mad at you for that entire situation. I overreacted."
"It's alright. Don't worry about it." He smiled, "I think we should take advantage of Hayley's offer and try to intern."
Sighing, the boy in blue shook his head, "I can't." He said, "I decided I'm going to intern at Mercer Industry. I went down today for an interview and I got the job."
"Oh." Cam could only muster those words. The two just starred at each other in silent.
R/R!
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Harbor Reef Season 1 Promo
Episode 5
Fake Empire Part 1
Hunter and Devin stumble upon a secret hidden below Mercer Industry. A secret that could change everything. Will the two of them be able to contain the secret or will trouble begin to find the two of them? Shane's successful brother is in town and wants Shane to move out East with him. Will the skater be able to convince him that the life he wants is right where he is?
Find out! Next on Harbor Reef!!