A/N: I know this should have been out like two weeks ago, but my computer broke. It was just fixed a couple days ago and I finally got time today to sit down and write this chapter (It's been a crazy few days for me).
Amanda hated wasting the pass two hours doing homework. Group projects always annoyed her and the fact that there wasn't any solo work at this school made it worse. She wanted to get back her little side project. Amanda felt more in her environment when she was finally able to get back on her computer.
"What are you doing?" T'Chakek asked as she typed away.
"Nothing," She replied, her eyes glued to the screen.
Of course, what she was doing was much more than nothing. She had decided to take another crack at hacking into the school, more careful this time, unlike the brute force approach she had tried the first day. It took a lot longer this way. She was already a week in and had only scratched the surface of the software. Slow wasn't really her style, but she couldn't get caught again.
She worked until it was dinner time and Amanda set aside her laptop, joining the rest of the school in the cafeteria. The cafeteria was loud was chatter, but Zeta, as usual, was rather quiet. T'Chakek would talk every now and then, with only A.T.O.M. adding in, but not even those conversations lasted long. Amanda poked at her food absently as she thought about her side project, drowning out the sounds around her.
"Does everyone want to hang in the rec room after this?" Alexander asked.
"I'm in," T'Chakek said.
"Sure," A.T.O.M. said.
"Not really," Amanda said.
"Me neither," Jamie said.
"What do you want want to do then?" A.T.O.M. asked.
"I have computer work."
"I wanna train a bit."
"We have to do something together," A.T.O.M. told his two teammates. "The rules say we're suppose to bond."
"Well," Amanda said, standing up. "I'm going back to our room and I'm doing my work. Follow me if you want, but I will not be disturbed." Amanda took her tray to the trash can and proceeded to walk back to her room.
"So much for team bonding," T'Chakek said, taking a bite of his food.
Jamie got up too. "You guys have fun doing whatever." He walked out of the cafeteria and heading for the gym.
"Are we still doing the rec room then?" Alexander asked.
"I'd like to," A.T.O.M. said.
When T'Chakek and Alexander finished their food, the three of them went to the rec room.
"The t.v. is free," Alexander said.
"What kind of shows do you guys like?" A.T.O.M. asked, realizing how little he knew about his teammates.
Before Alexander or T'Chakek could answer, Sinnerstar walked into the room.
"Hey, prince boy!" he practically shouted. T'Chakek began to ball his fists as he turned to face the brunette. "You and I have some unfinished business."
They walked up to each other. A crowd started to gather around them. T'Chakek noticed that A.T.O.M. and Alexander looked a bit worried, but he didn't stand down. Sinnerstar's and T'Chakek's eyes locked on one another, silently daring each other to make the first move. T'Chakek swung at Sinnerstar's jaw, but he evaded the hit, countering with a blow to T'Chakek's side. T'Chakek winced in pain for only a moment. He began began to throw as many punches as he could. Sinnerstar seemed to have the same idea. Some punches landed, other evaded. T'Chakek was even able to grab Sinnerstar fist as it flew at him, and twisted it until there was a snap. Sinnerstar let out a yelp like sound, stumbling back a bit when T'Chakek let go, but didn't stop. When he seemed far enough away, he kicked T'Chakek square in the stomach, releasing a small explosion along with it. T'Chakek went flying across the room.
Before he could get up, though, Mr. Finch was in the room.
"That's enough," he shouted. "Sinnerstar, T'Chakek, with me now!"
The two boys followed the teacher. First, he took them to the nurse's office. Both of them had several cuts and bruises across their face and torso, not to mention bloody knuckles from causing those cuts and bruises. Along with that, Sinnerstar had a broken wrist from the twist and T'Chakek had a gash on his stomach from the explosion kick. The nurse did what he could to help them and, when he finished, Mr. Finch took the students to the principal's office.
He went up the office secretary and told her about the fight. She promised to watch them while they waited for Principal Al-Abbas. She told them not to say a word as they waited. The wait seemed like forever. T'Chakek tapped his fingers against his knee, nervous.
"Will you stop that?" Sinnerstar said, clearly frustrated.
"Quiet!" the secretary said.
T'Chakek smiled slightly at Sinnerstar being reprimanded, which only seemed to make Sinnerstar more frustrated.
After a few minutes, the door to the principal's office opened, with Principal Al-Abbas standing in the opening. Her face was stern and she didn't even have to say a word, the boys both got up and walked into her office.
A/N: I think I'm starting to get the hang of writing a fight scene, but I don't know, it probably still needs work. Let's hope a actually update in two weeks this time (or at least, two weeks from Thursday). Please, let me know what you think, I'd hate to take this story in a direction no one wants to see.