"We need to find Kyle a girlfriend." Annaka randomly announced to Zsa-Zsa while the girls were painting their nails. For Annaka, she went hot pink while Zsa-Zsa went with Midnight blue.
"Why?" Zsa-Zsa intrigued yet confused.
"Because I have Danny, you have Jack and Kyle doesn't have any one." Annaka responded like it was an obvious answer.
"Okay One. How do I have Jack? We're not a couple!"
"Yeah but you two hang out and do sciencey things together and leadership stuff. Basically you have a lot in common with Jack."
"Okay two." Zsa-Zsa continued, "Kyle has us."
"Yeah but it's not the same is it? We're like older than him. I mean he gets us, we get him, we all have this mutant powers thingy going on but I feel like Kyle needs friends his own age."
"Well you'll have to talk to him later." Zsa-Zsa said finishing her first hand blowing on them slightly, "Because he's at the smoothie place with the boys. Anyway why a girlfriend?"
"I don't know. It just popped into my head, one day." Annaka told her female companion.
"Hmm, that happened to me a few weeks back. I imagined us in the future. Kyle was engaged, in a matter of speaking, to a girl named Amy."
"Amy? Hmm." Annaka pondered.
"No! We are not looking for any Amy's in Pearl Canyon and setting them up!"
"Why not?"
"Because he's 14! Can you imagine the next Skype call with our parents! Oh by the way Kyle's not here. He's on a date with a complete stranger Annaka stalked down for him!"
"You being dramatic." Annaka concluded inspecting her nails, "The chances are that there isn't even anyone called Amy in Pearl Canyon."
~Ooooo~
Kyle was sitting at one of the many tables in the smoothie bar. Currently, he was sitting alone with only his, Danny's and Jack's belongings to keep him company as yet again Danny opened his big mouth and now he and Jack were arm wrestling two complete strangers.
Kyle shook his head as he watched them. He zipped up his yellow jacket and put his yellow converse shows up on the seat. Currently Jack was winning against the guy much to the dislike of this stranger and his friends.
"I can't believe there doing that." A voice next to him said.
Kyle turned around and spotted a teenager his age. He was wearing a white t-shirt with colours splatted on it like someone had flicked paint onto it. His jeans were ripped at the knee and his trainers were black and worn.
"Neither can I." Kyle responded to this mysterious teenager, "It's my friends fault. His big mouth started this."
"Doesn't matter. My brother needs to learn how to lose." The teenager said grabbing a seat sitting next to Kyle, "I'm Drake Jones."
Kyle shook the hand Drake held out, "Kyle Temple."
"Cool, I've seen you around. You always with those two or those girls, are they family members or something?"
"It's complicated but right now, I suppose that the one doing the arm wrestling is my guardian, Jack. The one who got us into this mess, Danny, is kind of family." Drake looked at Kyle confused, "He's my Mums, cousins, daughter's boyfriend which is one of the girls, Annaka, who I hang out with. So she's family I guess and the other girl, Zsa-Zsa is Danny's cousin."
"Wow, that's complicated." Drake remarked, "I only have my brother, mum and dad. We live down Pearl's way."
"Cool." Kyle said, "I live in the castle."
"No way!" Drake exclaimed, "That's awesome!"
"Not really." Kyle said, "It's big and empty at the moment. Do you want to see it?"
"Can I?" Drake asked excitedly, "Oh hang on, I need to get my new neighbours daughter, I'm showing her round the town."
"She can come. The girls won't mind." Kyle told him.
"Sweet! I'll be two secs."
Kyle turned his head back round to Danny and Jack. Danny was now arm wrestling one of Drake's brother's friends while Jack was looking at Kyle smiling. Clearly he had seen the conversation taken place between the new friends.
"I'm back." Drake said from behind. He was standing next to a girl roughly both their ages. She had long, blonde wavy hair. She was wearing a purple top that stopped just above her belly button with a black pencil skirt and black sandals. She reminded Kyle of what Ballista might have looked like in her teens,
"Oh, Kyle this is Amy. Amy this is Kyle." Drake introduced.
"Hi, I'm Kyle Temple." Kyle said raising his hand out so she could shake it.
"Hi, I'm Amy Richards. I'm new to the area and according to my neighbour, your taking us to the castle." Amy recalled.
"If that's all right with you." Kyle said.
"That's fine. Maybe you could show me more sights on the way." Amy hinted as Drake rolled his eyes.
Kyle nodded and grabbed his things. He waved by to Jack and a confused Danny, who waved back to be polite.
"Who are they?" Danny asked Jack as the pair watched Kyle leave the Smoothie bar.
"I have no idea." Jack replied back.
~Ooooo~
"Harvey, get in here now!" A voice shouted from the forest
Harvey ran through the forest, pushing away branches and jumping over uneven ground as he entered the forest clearing. Ivar stood in the middle with an ill looking Neri at his side; she was holding some sort of map.
"Yes sir." Harvey said.
"Neri has discovered a new source of power that could destroy the Jr defenders powers and give us new ones." Ivar explained, "As you are forever in my debt. I need you to locate it."
"You do realise that all of the defenders are after my blood." Harvey stated, "They will somehow track me down and take me prisoner."
"Yes, I thought about that." Ivar begun, "And after 5 minutes of whether to decide if I wanted you captured, I came up with a plan. Neri."
Neri slowly wandered into the forest. She was gone for only a few seconds but when she returned she had a male and female teenager with her, they must have been at least 13 years old. The female had short brown hair and wore a gold sparkly top with jeans while the boy had dark brown hair and wore a band t-shirt with jeans. Both of their eyes were red.
"These are Zoey Russells and Josh Wilkinson. My new apprentices, if Charles wanted to use teenagers to save his back then I'm using teenagers to save mine." Ivar explained, "Of course I had to 'persuade' them to join but they'll do anything you'll say."
Ivar handed Harvey the map and left with Neri to let his apprentices go and find this great power. Harvey looked at the map then to his 'team mates' they were standing still motionless. Harvey walked to the left of him and entered back into the depths of the forest with Zoey and Josh following behind.
~Ooooo~
"So have you seen the defenders?" Amy asked Kyle, who almost choked on his food.
"Sorry?" He asked.
"You know." Drake replied, "The defenders, the people who wear the coloured outfits. Fight the robots."
"Yeah." Kyle said, "On TV."
It wasn't completely lying. Kyle had seen himself and his team mates on TV before but Amy and Drake didn't ask if he knew them.
"The girls are the best fighters." Amy commented, "They don't let anyone help them or save them. They fight for themselves."
"Well I bet the boys done most of the main work." Drake added in, "The girls haven't done everything themselves."
"What do you think Kyle?" Amy asked intrigued by is opinion.
"I think they all split it equally." Kyle stated, "Plus they always fight as a team."
Amy and Drake nodded in agreement. The trio were currently in the kitchen grabbing a bite to eat. Kyle and Drake were introducing the area to Amy while they ate. Of course they were then interrupted by the arrival of Annaka and Zsa-Zsa, who stopped in the doorway confused by the unfamiliar faces.
"Oh, guys, this is Annaka and this is Zsa-Zsa, my friends slash distinct relative." Kyle introduced.
"Of course, Annaka Danny's girlfriend." Drake said making Annaka feel creeped out, "And Zsa-Zsa Danny's cousin."
"Have you been stalking us?" Zsa-Zsa asked quite fiercely.
"No I told him!" Kyle intervened quickly, "This is Drake my friend and this is Amy."
Annaka and Zsa-Zsa paused for a moment, shocked at the name and again freaked out. Amy smiled politely at them while Zsa-Zsa managed a small one back. Kyle then turned his new friends attention back himself as he continued talking about Pearl Canyon.
~Ooooo~
"Sir!" Josh called out to Harvey, "Zoey and I have located where the power is on the map."
"Oh where is it?" Harvey asked rudely.
"It's in this forest." Zoey pointed out
Harvey smiled, he knew where that forest. He had travelled in it many months ago. That was the forest next to the Splatalot Castle.
"Well, we better be going." Harvey said as he opened the car door, "In we get. We have an opportunity to seize."
