Disclaimer: I own nothing of GI Joe, which is owned by Hasbro. Only the plot is mine and I make no money from this.

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Scott hid a sigh and tried to at least pretend to be interested in the lesson as his teacher droned on and on about the subject of magical energy and its various uses. The redhead teen already knew it from his interactions with the Sigma 6 team though, so this was basically a review for him and a boring one at that.

He snuck a glance out the window from the corner of his eye, letting out a tiny sigh as he took in the surprisingly picturesque scene. This particular classroom was on the side of the school that bordered the local forest and it was just a beautiful day outside.

Still listening just enough to keep from getting in trouble, Scott bit back a groan as his teacher again stated an incorrect fact about shape shifters and had to restrain himself from correcting the man. If he did, then he'd have to explain his sources, which Scott couldn't do without getting into about eight kinds of legal trouble so that would make it look like he'd only corrected the teacher just to disrupt the class and honestly, Scott didn't feel like being sent to the principal's office again.

Writing down some notes in his notebook to keep up the appearance of paying attention, Scott let himself daydream a little about working on Spudd later today and hopefully finally being allowed back onto the base this weekend.

After the fiasco with Firefly's betrayal, the base had been on lockdown until they'd re-verified its security again, which was still ongoing. Forcing himself to face the fact that he'd be unlikely to get back in until probably next month, Scott instead decided to visit his father this weekend.

Hawk Abernathy was doing better, at least enough that he could be allowed visitors again. Hearing his teacher raise his voice, Scott made himself pay attention again, silently panicking that he'd been called on to answer a question.

Thankfully it was another student that had to answer, but Scott forced himself to actually pay attention for the rest of the class anyway. Better to be safe than sorry.