A/N. Here's the chapter for Laser Tag, I honestly love the game. Oh and to JustAlyn, we had the same ideas! Not exactly but similar, anyway I hope you guys like the chapter!

Max POV

The red team was spread out all over the place. I was currently hiding behind one of the many walls and glanced occasionally to see if someone was coming. I heard a noise and I jumped out and shot my laser at them. A huge alarm went off signaling I 'killed' someone. I looked up to see Tina.

"You killed me!" she yelled. I put a hand over my mouth to prevent myself from laughing then she did something completely unexpected. "Iggy! Sydney's right here and she killed me! Bring our reinforcements!" she yelled then smirked at me.

"Crap," I muttered then made a run for it.

I don't know where I was running to but I sure wasn't going to get killed. When I heard footsteps behind me I felt someone grab my arm and pull me into hiding. Fang put a finger to his lips and told me to be quiet. I heard the footsteps pass by us and I cautiously stuck my head out, I saw them past us but still within range, maybe if I shot one of them. I raised my laser but Fang quickly stopped me.

"You'll give away our position, you can't take them all out so the other two will know where we are and kill us," he whispered. Damn logic, nothing is worse for a plan the cold hard logic.

"I heard someone's dead, who is it?" he asked me.

"I shot my sister," I shrugged "She then called Iggy and the others and that's why they're chasing me," I whispered back. He nodded like it was an expected answer.

"So what's the plan?" I asked him.

"We never have a plan, we always separate, kill who we can and try not to be killed ourselves," he told me. Interesting, but they needed a plan, objectives, strategies.

We waited for a while, that was the only downside to laser tag. Sometimes you needed to wait for the right opportunity because if you just keep running and looking for someone to kill you'll most likely be the one killed.

"So, Fang. That's an interesting name," I said making small talk and glancing around for a potential target.

"Yeah, my mom was a bit of a hippie and thought Fang would be a cute name apparently. At least you have a normal name," he told me.

I let out a weak laugh "Maximum? Hardly a normal name."

"Maximum?" he asked me with a raised eyebrow.

I realized my mistake and was horrified. How could make such a huge mistake? After all those months practicing so I wouldn't slip up and I just slipped up! Big time. I kept my face neutral while my mind was going on hyper drive to find a good explanation.

I shrugged "It was a joke in my family before. They used to call me Maximum to piss me off and I sorta got used to it. It's only recently they stopped calling me that," I answered. I hoped he would believe me, I was a pretty good liar when I needed to be and my explanation was totally acceptable, right?

He looked skeptical but went with an 'okay'. I could swear I heard doubt in his voice.

I opened my mouth to say something but he held his hand and made a signal for me to listen. "Where do you think they are?" I heard Gazzy say.

"Who knows? One of them has got to be somewhere. Shh! I hear something!" I heard Iggy say.

"Gotcha!" they both yelled and shot lasers at someone and judging by the scream, it was Angel. The alarm went off and we both knew Angel was out of the game.

"I take Iggy, you take Gazzy," Fang told me and counted to 3.

We both went up at the same time and shot Iggy and Gazzy whose backs were turned. There were loud signals and we knew we got them.

"Wait, where's Nudge?" I whispered. All of a sudden a girl leaped out from behind a wall and started firing wildly screaming "Ahhhh!" the whole. We ducked and I shot Nudge right in the chest, she blinked in disbelief and for the first time she was speechless. Then the alarms went off. "Red teams wins!" the speaker announced and Fang and I high fives each other.

"Nudge, you won't hit the sensors like that, it has to be a direct hit," I informed her and she nodded sadly.

We exited and we were all sweaty. "Next time, I'm choosing Syd," Iggy grumbled.

"No way, she stays on our team," Angel argued.

"How about we just talk about it next time?" I intervened and they both agreed.

"So where to now?" Tina asked.

"Well this place isn't just a place for Laser Tag. This is probably the biggest store you could say in the entire mall! There's not only Laser Tag but there's also an arcade and a mini food court! They have the best hot dogs! Like the kind in baseball games not that I go to them to watch baseball, I only go for the food cause' it's just so good you know? Nothing like the popcorn and hot dogs at the stadium. Hey! Where are you guys going? Wait up!" Nudge said as we walked away from her to the arcade.

The place was filled with video games and stuff, it was like Las Vegas for the under aged. We bought our tokens and got ready to use them.

"Hey McGulicutty! Are you any good at shooting hoops?" I asked him, eyeing the station where you just kept throwing the ball into the net. I was pretty okay and the passing at dribbling but I was best at shooting, that's why I loved those things.

He smirked "You think you can beat me Peterson?" he asked me.

"I know it," I challenged him.

"I've gotta see this," Gazzy rubbed his hands together.

"Place your bets! Place your bets! Sydney Peterson against Fang McGulicutty!" Iggy said and they all exchanged money.

"You ready? Or would you like to back out?" I smirked at him.

"And miss seeing you lose? I don't think so," he snorted.

We both inserted our coins and the game came alive. We had 5 minutes to shoot as many balls as we could.

I grabbed a ball immediately and shot it in, then another and another. Out of every 5 shots I got an average of 3 in the hoop which is pretty good if I do say so myself.

By the time the 5 minutes was up I had shot 45 into the hoop.

I glanced at Fang's score. He got a 44. That was so close but I would not let him live this down.

"Pay up Ig," Tina said and Iggy handed her 5 dollars. The rest of them exchanged the money from the bets.

"Dude you lost to a girl!" Iggy yelled.

"Yeah McGulicutty, you lost to a girl," I smirked.

"By one shot!" he ran his hand through his hair. "If we did it again I would win," he argued.

"I don't know I'm kinda hungry so how about those baseball stadium hot dogs you described Nudge?" I said.

"I will get back at you for this," Fang whispered and narrowed his eyes.

I gave him a light pat on the cheek "Sure you will buddy."

We sat down at the food court and had hot dogs. Mine had extra spicy chilli on it.

"My eyes are getting watery just seeing you eat that," Nudge said as she watched me take a bite.

"You're all just wusses," I told them.

"No, if you put ketchup on it you can still taste the hot dog because it doesn't over power the flavor," Iggy said taking a bite out of his own hot dog.

"Personally I like mustard," Tina said.

We had a little debate on which is the best hot dog topping which was really fun.

It actually felt like I was a regular kid with regular friends who were goofing off, having fun, talking, and just plain hanging out. I liked it actually like I said before; I've never really had any close friends before. I guess because I never really tried. I changed my mind about leaving in 6 months, yes they could be in danger with me around, yes that could mean getting hurt emotionally when I did have to leave eventually and yes maybe it was a little selfish of me especially considering my slip up a while ago with Fang but doesn't everyone deserve to be selfish every once in a while? I wanted to pretend even if it was just for a few months or even a few years that I was normal. I wanted to stop thinking about the future while I was here. I wanted to be selfish for once in my life. And maybe, just maybe I could actually get what I want.

A/N. If I get 3 reviews then I will update in a week or two. If I get 5 reviews then I will update in 3-4 days. If I get more than 5 I will update in 1-2 days since I still have to write the next chapter. So too save us all from super long wait, REVIEW!