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I start my routine early. Stretching and then following up with basic punches and exercises, and then on to more complicated moves on with my long staff. When was the last time I used this anyway? Oh yeah, yesterday. A day of breaking serious rules, like breaking a detention student out of school so he can go to a secret meeting with his friend and not be caught while the principal is seeing to a protest. But I did get to meet a cute guy. Wait, is that like saying I saw a new painting in the arts gallery? That guy didn't even give me his name the whole time I talked to him! And he was definitely trying to- Grr! Can't concentrate! I've just been thinking about it longer than I should. A new routine! Yeah that will get me back on track.
I move around everything I'll need in my workout room. Yeah, more like a gym! I've seen Dad sometimes use the punching bag and the hand weights, but most of the stuff here is for me. I need the trampoline, high bar, low bar, mats, punching bag and the circle mat. I take a few deep breaths. Then my muscles tighten themselves ready, my adrenaline already starting from anticipation. I run forward and let my staff out at full length.
My first trial is the trampoline. My speed and timing would be crucial along with my lower body strength. At the right distance I leap on to the flexible material. It pushes me back, rocketing me high up. Pushing my staff horizontal to my stomach, I turn and arch backwards to make it over the high bar. Coming down he low bar appears in front of my eyes. I release my staff to grab onto the bar and flip my myself full circle in order to catch my staff again. I land in a crouching position and use my back foot to push forward and keep my speed. I use my staff on the punching bag, hitting top, middle and below repeatedly. But the last exercise is the hardest for me. I knock the bag out of my way and head towards that next. I throw my staff up ahead of me. Hit the center! It lands with one end inside and the other high in the air. Once it lands, I jump next. This harder without the trampoline, but the height is easier to match. My legs push up from the floor and I lose all contact with the ground. Just do it! And my cell phone goes off.
My foot lands on top of the staff, but I wobble and sway and land on the cushy mat below. Focus has always been the trouble with me. Even if I have gotten better it's only just enough. I dust myself off and look at my buzzing interloper. A text? And it's from Lee.
I know you only come for detention times.
But could you come to school now?
We have an emergency and could use some of your help.
First Barrage and now Lee. I'm in high demand these days! I won't be mad at him. He didn't know I was doing something, and I did say I would help. It's 8:00, Dad is already out. I guess I could go. I text back.
Sure. See you there
Can you give me any details?
He responds as I take a refreshing drink to cool myself down.
My bag got stolen
Again!
But it had that key in it to the tunnels.
Spittake! Lee told me about the tunnels even though I haven't seen them for myself. They led to not only bizarre places under the school, they also connect various places around the city! Not something to share with someone with bad motives. The text read more:
It was stolen on the street car and the only people riding this morning were students.
My backpack is definitely on campus, but I need help finding who took it
And why.
I get dressed into normal wear and lock the door on my way out. I can't walk today, I'm needed right now! I'll have to take my car.
"Excuse me?"
What the-? Oh no…
It's the same guy from the coffee shop. And, no I don't mean the waiter. Mr. Nameless is sitting atop his motorcycle right in front of my house. What is he doing here? This is my house!
"I thought you looked familiar! Remember me?"
I so don't have time for this! "I do. But I never got your name, and now I'm in too much of a rush to ask for it." I walk straight to the garage.
The guy parks his bike and leaves his helmet on the seat. He walks right up beside me. "Yes. I never caught yours either."
"I didn't throw it. And just why are you here, did you stalk me or something?" I knew how important the key was, but I did mentally kick myself for being rude. And now Mr. Vague was just staring at me blankly. Another Sensei Hong proverb came to mind: "Our ability to respect others is the true mark of humanity. And every human has their rights, do not disrespect them." Truthfully, this guy (whoever he is) had done no real wrong to me. He's just talked to me, and yesterday I did have a good time with him. Now I was just being a rude, suspicious girl. And the words of my former mentor were kicking me in the butt harder than my landing this morning had.
"Look," I calmed myself down and faced him. "I'm very sorry. I just got a call that there's an emergency and I need to get down to the high school. It was nice talking to you yesterday, but right now I'm really needed." I pressed the remote from my pocket and opened the garage. There sat my silver (A/N: Just decide on your own cool car.), I turned to the guy one last time. "Again sorry, but I have to leave like right now."
"I understand. Hope everything works out for you."
"Thank you." I saw him turn back to his bike, and I threw my bag into the passenger seat. I inserted my key. But the car wouldn't start! "What?" I just filled this thing with gas! I turn the key again. Nothing! "No, no, no." My head falls onto the wheel. The battery must be dead! Why does it feel like I'm getting payback?
"Hey!" I hear that guy call out from the street. "Car trouble?" I'm not going anywhere soon. I pick up my bag and step out of the car. "Yeah," I answer, defeated, "The battery's out. Guess I'm walking there." I should text Lee to tell him I'll be late.
Or…" he stresses the word, "you could ride?" He holds up a clean white helmet. Where did he have that?
"Are you sure?" I ask, "This place I'm going to might be kinda out of your way."
"I was just driving around town any way. Exploring the land! My work doesn't start until later I could help out a damsel in distress." The damsel comment kind of irked me, but I'd already given my rude comment for the morning. Sensei Hong did not have a proverb for this, but getting onto a strange guy's motorbike, even if you really need to, is a standard no-go. Maybe it's A. Nigma catching onto me, but I can't turn this down right now. Should I gamble on the constant theme of everything surprising me? I walk over to him and look at the motorcycle, the helmet, then him.
"Do you know where A. Nigma High School is?"
"Of course! I've been there before."
An alumini? "Well…" Every part of my mind was saying 'Bad idea! Bad idea! Bad idea!' But then I thought of the text I had received, and the significance it carried. "I really appreciate this, thank you." This guy doesn't know how apt I am at self-defense. If he tries anything it will leave him sore. I take the helmet and inspect the inside.
"Something wrong?" he asked.
"No. Just wanted to check it in case."
"In case of what, exactly?"
I shrugged. "In case the last person who wore it had head lice or something. No offense, just something I need to watch for when working with kids."
"Ah, is something wrong with one of your 'kids'?"
"In few words, yes." I put on the helmet seeing it was okay. This was seriously against my better judgment. "My name is Nora by the way."
"Beautiful name." I admit it, I blushed. "I am called, The Serpent."
Oh, boy Nora. "What's your real name?" I asked as I seated myself behind him. He revved the motor.
"Not telling. Hold on!"
True to his word 'The Serpent' got me there fast! Even if he hadn't given me his actual name, he did do what he said and got to the school in. I felt kind of bad for being suspecting him now. "You seem used to this." He said as we pulled up beside the school's sidewalk. "You have ridden before?"
"A motorcycle? My godmother got one a few years ago and she let me ride along with her. Thank you again, I know you really didn't have to offer me a ride, especially after I just blew up at you."
"No problem! You're a very careful person." He took off his helmet. Under his breath he muttered, "Clever girl."
"Sorry, didn't catch that."
"You're in a hurry so I'll make this fast: Can we meet up later… Nora?"
Doggoneit, why does he make me blush?
"Um... well," those alarms from earlier were dying down. What small sense of me was saying no seemed smaller and quieter. A much louder part of my mind was saying 'Yes! Say yes!' "I would like to… 'The Serpent'. But my lunch hour is like 2 o'clock. If you're free, can you come to the coffee shop?"
"I might have some time. Good luck, Nora!"
"Oh! Hold up! Don't forget this." I held out the white helmet he had lent me. But he just smiled and put his back on.
"Keep it, I'll get it later." And he sped down the street.
Now as I stood there, a little starstruck, sort of blushing, and thinking: He's just letting me keep it? Does that mean he really plans on coming? Oh my gosh! I had completely forgot about my reason for being here early! "Oh duh!"
Lee.
The key.
Missing.
Tunnels.
Bad.
I shoved the helmet into my backpack (which somehow fit) and stood still for the hazmats to scan me.
It's eight fifteen. Maybe I should time myself from here to home. My phone buzzes from my pocket. It's Lee again.
You here?
I text back.
Caught a ride and outside now. You?
He answered.
In class. I'll figure something out.
So I wait. Great, now I wish I hadn't rushed. Over in the corner of the yard I see Tina with the camera-guy. I guess she reporting on the news again. "Good morning A. Nigma High! I'm standing in front of the illegal fence that continues to be constructed despite a protest yesterday by the entire student body!" Tina really should be on a news show. She points out the obvious, but is still informative. She looked upwards and I followed her gaze. "And look!" Up in the tower was… I don't know what! "Those are eye-bots in guard towers." Oh. "What's next barbed wire? Prison uniforms?" Oh please Tina, don't jinx anything. While she was talking three kids walked behind her. One boy was sucking his thumb, another was putting some sticks in his mouth, and a girl was picking her nose. The Outcasts, Lee had told me about them, even their names, Lou, Deuce and Jenny. And she was holding a bag that looked just like Lee's! Okay, even if I hadn't seen anyone else on campus with that bag besides Lee it was too much of a coincidence. And despite walking right in front of a camera, it looked like they didn't want to be seen. So I started walking up to them.
"Lou Black, Jenny Jerkins and Deuce Markowitz?" They all stopped with panicked faces. "I need to have a word with you three." They took off running behind the school.
Meanwhile… Back with Tina
Lee came running out into the courtyard having seen Jenny with his bag on the morning news. He saw Tina with Stepak, he thought she'd have seen them. He also needed to find Nora. "Tina! Hey, did you see Nora?"
"Over there with Jenny, Deuce and Lou. Why?" Tina pointed with her thumb. Lee saw Nora chasing the three teens behind the building.
Lee didn't answer her. "Hey, wait!" Lee called, "Sorry, Tina, no time to chat. She… they… um, I'll explain later!" he took off after them himself.
Tina was getting frustrated with Lee's talk-and-go routine. "Like I've never heard that before. And why is he so interested in where Nora is all of a sudden?" Tina was jealous? Maybe a little. She knew Nora was older and she had managed to gain a little fame because of her first day. She looked up at Stepak, his camera was still rolling. "Stop!"
Catching these three would have been no sweat! I was well warmed up from this morning . I was just about to grab Jenny's shoulder when- Barrage? It was the tone I set for the office number since he was the one who normally called. Dang phone! I had to answer. "Sir!"
"Soldier, I am investigatin' a theft an' I got one mammoth smart-mouth in detention! You got the codes now so I will inspect your work later!"
"Understood." He hung up. I'm also investigating a theft! They had gone ahead but it looks like Lee was catching up to them. The Outcasts dived into a bush and Lee went after them. But they weren't there!
Lee turned around and saw me coming! "Nora!"
"I saw! But they didn't go over the bushes they went in."
"What does that mean- aaahhhh!" It means that they went down a whole that Lee had just discovered. That's a deep hole. I saw the ladder going down into it. "Lee!" I called down. "Grab the ladder! It's right by your arm!"
It was dark the ladder's shifting around told me he must have caught it. "Phew!" If Lee had fallen the whole way, he might not have been able to get back up. "Are you okay?" I called down. "Yeah," he called back, "but that was-" I think he would have said close, but instead I heard a snap! Oh no, the ladder must have broken! My panic was short-lived as Lee let out an "Oof!" indicating that he had landed on the ground. Using the ladder I carefully climbed down after him.
I found the missing step. In doing so I ended up landing on Lee. "Ouch!"
"Sorry." I told him. It wasn't very bright down here, but I could still tell that Lee was holding something.
"Hey, you found your bag?" If the Outcasts dropped it then mission accomplished!
"Yeah, but the key is missing! And that's what's important." Okay so the mission continues. "Better give Camski an update."
"Camski?"
"Cam. He and Holger are doing something." He dialed a number on his phone. "….. Keep him busy, and whatever you do don't let him leave. The Outcasts have my key, and I'm getting' it back. I have Nora with me too….. Yeah, sure you can meet her in detention, okay? Ping out." Lee activated an ear piece so he could answer his phone in case his friends called.
"What's going on?" I asked him as we started walking.
"Barrage is actually helping Cam and Holger with the 'investigation' for my stolen backpack. Oh, and Cam wants to meet you later."
"I'd like to meet Cam too. You've told me about him, but I only saw him yesterday during the protest. And now I want to thank him for distracting Barrage twice for us."
"Oh, and you missed this update this morning. Biffy's in Fort Nigma trying hook up a new device so we can use our phones in there."
"That will be useful! If he can get his GPS back up he could help us when we need escape routes."
"That's the idea."
Right then Lee's ear piece ringed. "Biffy!" He's already done it? Wow! "Whatever you did, you're a genius! Quick, you gotta help us! Nora and I are completely lost down here."
There were a few lights down here. What I first thought was a cave was made out of bricks and made into a long rounded tunnel. Well, I knew this school was weird, but this is on the edge of unrealistic! Even though Lee and Biffy had told me about how they first found the tunnels and about the pyramid they found, it had been difficult for me to believe them until now.
"C'mon guys! Run!" That wasn't Lee. Running towards us were our key-thieves and behind them… A blue tazelwurm? With robot parts? Eh, why not? The Outcasts pushed past us. "Hey!" I called out to them, now running from the tazelwurm. Lee ran ahead of us, taking directions from Biffy on navigating the Tunnels we were in. "Wait stop!" Lee blocked our route. Up ahead was a bright blue force field blocking the path. Lee threw a stick to demonstrate. It disintegrated. "Yeah, thought so." Now we were caught between a rock and a hard place. Or a mad blue taz and a blue-deadly-forcefield.
"Lee," I faced the tazelwurm and pulled my long staff out from my backpack, "keep everyone behind me."
"What are you doing?" the girl, Jenny, asked.
"My job." I spread my legs apart in a solid stance.
This tazelwurm was pure animal, it wouldn't take submission like the red one. It charged. I raised my staff and brought it down on its head, hard! It rolled but came right back up at me. This time I used my staff to block at send it flying against the wall. It left a crack in the bricks, but it wasn't enough. It was really mad now. "When I say so, duck." I told the kids. The tazelwurm came in at full charge, I kneeled a little to meet its gaze. When it was just a few inches away, I called out "Duck!" Cause the next second the tazelwurm had leaped up to attack me, but instead it met with the force-field behind me. It shorted the animal's metal parts and the creature fell to the ground. "Point. Match. Prowler."
The Outcasts and Lee were cheering behind me. And truth be told I was a little proud of myself. I had stayed in control this time, I knew and remembered everything that had happened! Yes! Yes! Yes!
We had to move though, and there was another issue to deal with. "Okay now for you three." I shrunk down my staff but kept in in hand. "You know stealing is illegal, right?"
"Seriously," Lee said, " why did you take my key? Didn't I help you get that Taz whisker?"
The three looked at us guiltily, and with some fear. They did see me take down a tazelwurm… Twice if they caught my first day. Jenny took her finger out of her nose and spoke first. "Okay, we took your key. But we, like, had to. We're like totally cursed to be uncool."
"And so you stole from a person who's helped you." I said. "You already have a whisker. Did it not work?"
Lou explained what happened. How they had tried to figure out how to use the whisker from a book that Jenny found in the library with two tazelwurms on it. How Deuce had tried to eat it (as was his curse) and how the whisker ended up burned. Jenny brought out the book from her bag to show us, I even tried to open it. No good. I handed it back to her.
"So when did you become friends with the Taz-tamer?" Deuce asked Lee. Can a really not hurt Chaz if I see him again?
Lee answered. "Her name is Nora Prowler. And… Hey, Nora where did you learn to fight tazelwurms?"
"I do NOT fight tazelwurms! Their martial arts that I only use for defending myself! And this isn't even about me, it's about why three kids who stole a key and ran down into the tunnels."
"How did you guys find that enterance anyway? The key is for opening the Tunnels."
"We dug it!" Deuce said. "It took weeks. But the dirt was delicious." Now I feel bad for these kids.
"And then you needed my key to unlock all the other doors." Lee held the key in his hand. "So you thought you'd just steal it?"
The Outcasts all looked at each other. They all answered with a yes. "Aren't you three friends with Lee?" I asked. "He's helped you before, you thought he would say no?"
"We figured since nobody likes us anyway, asking for help for nothing but a gigantic waste of time!"
That brought back a few memories of my own high school. My tenth year had been full of assaults in the bathroom, sabotaged lockers, verbal and some physical pain. On top of that people I had used to turn to ignored me like they had never seen my face before. Then it all added up to the problem I had to see Sensei Hong about. The Outcasts were not trusting, but for a good reason. They had been at the top of the school food chain and then be kicked off through no fault of their own. I could understand that.
"You still could have asked. I'd have given it to you." Lee said.
"Okay, fine, I'm asking." Jenny reached for the key in Lee's hand. He pulled it back out of her reach.
"Nuh-uh! But I will get you another whisker the next time I see Taz."
Jenny's eyes brightened … before she stuck her finger back in her nose. Lee returned her smile. Aw, that's sweet! Hey, I am a girl! And I know when I see crush in action. "No!" Lou stomped his foot like an angry child, "We have waited long enough! I want a new whisker! Today!" So how do we tell this impatient brat that the tazelwurm isn't even in the school anymore? We didn't need to as it turned out. Along with lights and force-fields, the Tunnels also came with a PA system. A man's voice echoed off the walls, "Emergency! The Pyramid Room is under attack by tazelwurms. Send help immediately!"
Behind us (from the force field) came the sound of hazmats. We hid in a nearby tunnel. Somehow the shield deactivated when the robots came near and let them through. "You hear that guys?" Lou said to his friends, "Tazelwurms!"
"Hold on!" I tried to stop them. "Those hazmats are going the same way and they are armed."
"But we have the Taz-Tamer! And there are going to be lots of whiskers!" Lou took off running down the tunnel too excited to be stopped.
"Blue tazelwurms! Blue!" Lee cried as the rest of us took off after the thumb-sucker. Funny how now I remembered that the one red tazelwurm I knew off was out in the city and could be anywhere but at the school. I hadn't given a second thought to the Taz after that, but he still was important around here. Lee always got excited when he talked about the creature, it had helped him so much.
"Lee," I said as we ran, "we need to keep an eye out for how those guys got the shield lowered. Apparently Fort Nigma isn't the only thing with upgrades." Lee nodded.
Eventually the white hazmats stopped their running. From behind a corner Lou found them and ran after them again. Lee caught up to him first, but the shield flickered back on cutting off me Jenny and Deuce. "Okay, this has gone far enough, Lou." I whispered in case the robots heard us. "You're risking you're friends and possibly your life here!"
The only thing keeping Lou from going further into the room was Lee. "No! I need that tazelwurm whisker so I can be cool again." The shield went down again just long enough for Jenny and Deuce and I to get through. "Are you crazy?" Jenny said angrily, "Now we're trapped!"
"Oh it's worse than that." I reminded her. "We're trapped, in room full of hazmat cleaners and the wrong kind of tazelwurms!" I wasn't entirely sure there was a right kind of tazelwurm, but directed that sentence at Lou who had gotten us into this mess. It looked like a war zone. Hazmats were zapping crystalizers at blue tazelwurms who digging holes out of the walls and floor trying to get near the large pyramid in the room. We hid behind some metal boxes. There was something in the room that Lee hadn't told me about before. A cube made up of those shields was up against the pyramid, along with some computers. The other thing inside it was a…uh… very fat human. Deuce tried to leave, but the shield was fully back on which gave him a bad shock. Then another one when he tried to taste it. I face-palmed.
What followed I could only describe as chaos and lucky circumstance. A blue tax discovered us, right before it got shocked be a haz-mat that then discovered us. Only for the haz-mat to be knocked down by another blue tazelwurm earning us the electric stick it was using. Jenny tapped me on the shoulder, "Okay, sorry to ask the obvious but how are we getting out of here?" She was scared, and I am supposed to be the adult. I spoke comfortingly, "We'll figure something out. Right now we just stay out of sight, alright?"
"Wait," Lee got my attention, "what's going on over there?" He pointed to the blue cube. The blue tazes(sp?) were attacking it, and the man inside seemed to be panicking. "I can't control the tazel-borgs!" So that's what they are. Animals that have metal forced into them? That's even crueler than Barrage! "This blasted pyramid is causing some kind of interference." The man turned to two haz-mats outside his cube. "Don't let them near the generator or else-" Too late! Tazel-borgs were already overpowering the guards, and one of them bit through a thick cable. All the shields where now off! The fat man yelled for a retreat. "Lee, look!" In the man's hand was another key, just like Lee's!
The man left on a hover car… boat… transport-thing! "Okay, what was that big dude up to?" Lee asked no one in particular.
"Who cares?" Jenny answered him, "Hello?! The doors are open again!"
"Lee, this has really gone far enough." I told him. "We all need to get out of here. Jenny, Lou and Deuce gave back the key, it's done!"
"You guys go. I'll be right back."
"Ai! Lee!" I'm still responsible for him. "Go outside!" I told the Outcasts before I ran after him.
"Guys, we have to help." Jenny pleaded with the two boys.
"No way,"Lou protested, "you heard the Taz-Tamer and you're new crush, we have to go!" Coward.
"He is not my new- ugh! C'mon seriously, don't be jerks. They'd help us!" With that, Jenny made it into my good book.
Lee was looking around the computer desk. "Lee, I'm serious this place is not safe right now."
"I just want to see what he was doing." Lee picked up a piece of paper and then looked at the Pyramid. He walked over to three triangles on the structure. "My key can open this two? But there's a spot for two keys."
"And that big guy had the other one." I pointed out. This was way bigger than a prank frame-up. This was a bigger conspiracy than I ever could have imagined!
"Jenny! Look out!" Lou cried out. We all saw her , she was close to the generator and a blue taz was very close to her. Lee ran up and knocked her out of the way before it pounced on her. But it got her bag. "The book!" Jenny yelled. The taz put a robotic claw over it and roared at us. I extended my staff again and knocked it out of the way. I picked up the book, it wasn't damaged and handed it back to Jenny. The taz shook itself off and came at us again. These things are persistent! "Nora!"
"Lee, maybe this will help!" Lou through us the shock-prod… while it was turned on! "My bad!" It came but we all jumped in the air as it slid across the ground and effectively shocked the tazel-borg. "Okay! Now it is really time to go!" Everyone agreed and we all ran out. Before we left though, Lee made one last detour. He took a broken piece of a hazmat's arm and threw it into a corner. "Let's hope that book is important." He said.
"Let's also hope that Biffy can tell us how to get out of here." I added.
We kept on running with Lee in the lead. Somehow we had lost connection with Biffy earlier and now we were running around the Tunnels just trying to avoid any bad guys who might still be down here. Lee led us into some white-walled tunnels before he got Biffy back on. "We need a way out or we're dead!"
"To the point!" I laughed.
We made a right and came to a stone staircase. "It leads to the library," Lee explained, "I can use my key at the top." We were almost out when, "Oof! Ow!" Deuce tripped. And a blue taz appeared at the enterance. "Deuce!" Jenny called out to her friend. I ran down there, "Back off!" The creature hissed at me. A flash of red came into view, and then it was the red tazelwurm confronting the blue one. "Wow." I guess it was down here after all!
"Ironic. For once something almost ate Deuce!" All jokes aside, I helped Deuce up and everyone ran up the stairs to the door that Lee had opened. More tazel-borgs were coming too, and Taz seemed adamant about keeping them off us.
"We're cleared! You commin'?" Lee called to Taz. The door shut behind them.
"We're safe!" Jenny cheered. I would have too, it's just I was more concerned about the clock. It was 9:00. That was only an hour?! And Barrage! Oh, wait that phone call. He's preoccupied because of Cam. I let out a breath of relief. "Phew. That was an exciting morning."
"Yeah, not bad." Lee agreed.
The taz hissed and came at eye-level with me! "Eek!" I cried out.
"Taz, no!" Lee didn't come near, "She's with us! She's been helping us."
The creature's eyes were practically ablaze. Was it mad at me? Did it want a rematch? If I went with that I'd be a disgrace to my sensei. He would never approve of me using what he taught for protection used for vengeful games. I put on a calm expression. "I am sorry." I told the Taz. "And I want to thank you. You came back and protected all of us down there." The creature stared at me for a little bit longer. I never broke eye-contact, I could only guess that Lee and the others were only staring at us because they did not know what to do if this became a brawl. Then, the Taz looked like it smiled. Then it liked my face. I was forgiven for my first day. I petted it on its leathery head.
"Okay, now that's settled." I faced the humans in the library. "It's nine o'clock so I'm due in the detention room. While you four are overdue in class."
"Oh my gosh!" Lee realized. They all ran out of the room, Taz going along with them.
I laughed to myself as I head towards the detention room. What a morning. Secret tunnels, cyborg animals, frustrated teenagers, and a pyramid. It's not even lunch! How's the rest of my day-
Oh my, gosh! I have a date this afternoon!
A/N: I'm stopping there because I got way too chatty with this. I'll put Nora and the Serpent in the next chapter, like an OC special ep. I know I gave Nora some of Lee's lines, and I also took some out. Keep reading!