I don't own the Modifyers, they belong to Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor. I do own Zero and thats good enough. Feel free as always to leave a comment.


Zero woke up and stretched. 'It has been years since I've had a good night sleep in a comfortable place' he thought as he got up from the chair he was sleeping on.

He turned his head and saw Xero still asleep in bed, and Mole's charger empty.

He turned and saw the clock. 'Old habits die hard. Getting up since five am. Before I had to move from my bench before anyone could report a hobo in the public park, sleeping outside like an animal. That doesn't matter anymore thought, that is now my past' he thought with a smile.

As he looked at the desk to his side he noticed that his prototype freeze gun wasn't where he left it. He panicked and looked inside the desk finding nothing.

He turned his head again as he heard something behind him. Standing next to him was Xero.

She was wearing black pajama pants and a white t shirt. 'Her hair a messy yet, she still looks great' Zero thought as he continued to stare.

They both stood where they were staring at each other, neither one moving.

As Zero looked at her hands he saw she had his freeze gun pointed at him. In an istent Zero was up in a panic and standing out of the way of the freeze gun.

"What is this" she asked out of curiosity.

"It's an unstable freeze gun" Zero said quickly "I would like it back before you break it" he said as stern as he could.

She gave him a shocked look. "Me break it? " she said somewhat sarcastic.

She decided not to give him the gun and play keep away. Though they were both the same size, he thought he play along.

They both played keep away, as she ran over chairs, or used a tables for cover, and hiding out of view behind the curtains.

Finally, he got his hand on the gun, his hand over hers, both stood there for a moment looking at each other.

Zero felt his cheeks turn very warm, and as he looked at Xero he saw her cheeks turning a equal shade of crimson.

All of the sudden the freeze gun went off encasing both of their hands in ice.

'You've got to be kidding me' Xero thought. "Now what do we do?" She asked out loud.

"We got to find Katz, he'll know how to help" he said in a panicked voice.

"No!" She quickly yelled "A silly mistake like this, and Katz will think that I can't be trusted to even train the newbie. Then I will be suspended for sure" she said, fear and panic in her voice.

He thought it for a minute, and Xero held her breath.

"Ok, so telling Katz is out of the picture" he finally said. Xero relaxed a bit and breathed out.

I had an idea he said, "Hot water from the shower."

They both ran to the bathroom, only to see a note from Mole.

'Waters out. Went down to help fix it. Sincerely, Mole.

They both looked at each other trying to figure out their next move. "I got it" he said. He pulled her along to her bed and pulled down her blanket, "If we put this over our hands it will melt down the ice" he said, happy to find a solution.

"How long will that take?" She asked.

"A couple of hours" he said.

"Isn't there another way?" She asked, not wanting to wait so long.

"We could press our bodies together and use our body heat to melt the ice" he said. 'Please say no' he thought. 'That will make any friendship awkward.'

She thought about that for a minute. 'It'll make things very awkward and embarrassing' she thought. "Blanket it is" she said determinedly.

They both sat in awkward silence, the blanket in between them slowly melting the ice.


After 15 minutes Xero got up, pulling Zero along with her to a radio and turned it on. As she turned it on country music started playing on the channel. Zero brought both hands to his ears as the music sounded like nails on a chalkboard to him.

Xero looked at him both confused and worried "You alright" she asked.

"There is one thing I hate, besides turtlenecks, and Troll dolls, and that's country music" he said with a stern voice.

"I'm not a fan of it myself " she admitted as she adjusted the knobs on the radio, until she found the right song.

"Elvis!" they both said in unison. He looked at her for a moment. "You like Elvis too?" He asked somewhat surprised.

"Like him? I love him" she said joyfully. She pulled him over to her bed and pulled out a box from underneath. Inside was magazines photos of Elvis. "Everyone is into that Beatle-mania right now. I thought I was the only one who still likes The King around here" happy to actually meet someone who was also a fan.

"When I was on the streets" he said "Elvis music was always playing, he gave me hope. Like how he lived a poor childhood, but beamed one of the most famous singers in the world."

As the music played Xero decided to change the subject. "Aren't you a little old to be an agent trainee?"

"If you need to know, Katz found me and offered me a deal. Work with him and his team or continue living on the streets" he answered.

Xer thought about that and said "Not too hard of a choice was it. How long did you live on the streets?"

"My whole life" he said looked "17 years in total"

"I'm 17 too" Xero said "that is until February, then I'll be your superior in rank and age" she said joyfully.

"February what" he asked questionably.

"14th" she said. "Yeah I know, that's Valentine's day, before you remind me" she said being aware that was probably what he would say next. Everyone else always remind her.

He sat there quiet for a minute.

"You know" he said "my birthday on October 31st."

"But that's Hallow..." she stopped herself thought about what she was going to say and soon started laughing. "Ok, now i'm the one reminding you about your own birthday. Sorry " she said realizing her goof up, as she continued to laugh till her side started to hurt.

He started singing real quietly, soon Xero found herself singing along too.

He turned to her and said "You have a nice singing voice"

She looked at him as she started to feel butterflies in her stomach after he said that. "Your not so bad yo

urself." She said wanting to sound witty.


10 PM

The whole day Xero and Zero had been singing to the tunes of Elvis, even after the ice melted. 'It wasn't a bad way to spend the day' she thought. 'I thought being a mentor was going to harder than this. But this was more fun than work.'

She thought about how much she gotten to know him. And she felt so much closer to him. Mole was always like a overprotective brother, but Zero is like a best friend she always wanted.


'I never thought I would have so much in common with anyone' Zero thought. '2 days ago I was living on the streets, thinking I was alone and couldn't trust anyone. Now I know who I can trust, and her name is Xero.