Frida woke up the next morning to the sound of her phone ringing; she could instantly tell it was her mom because the ringtone was "Wannable."….. Her mom really liked the Spice Girls. It was about 6:00 in the morning, so it was rather early. Frida rolled out of the bed sleepily and grabbed the phone as she ran out the door; she didn't want to rudely awaken her roommates with a phone call after all. She leaned on the railing while she answered the phone.
"Morning mom." Frida yawned tiredly into the phone.
"You sound tired, did I wake you up?" Frida's mother asked with slight worry in her voice.
"Well, it is 6 in the morning here…"
"Oh dear, I thought it was 8:30 there, it seems my calculations were off….Anyways, I've got some bad news.
"Oh no, do I have to come back home?" Frida frowned, afraid maybe her dad chicken out and wanted her back home.
"No, nothing like that. That armor that Dr. Sirvit tested on you was stolen last night from Police headquarters!"
"What?! Who did it?" Frida was fully awake now.
"We don't know, the security cameras were offline."
"Niiiiiice…." Frida groaned in annoyance.
"Your father and I thought you and your friends should know."
"Thanks mom, we'll keep a look out."
"Just be careful, ok Mija."
"Yes mom, love you."
"Love you too sweetie."
Frida hung up the phone and looked up at the early sunrise. Suddenly she heard a weird sound and the railing gave away, she screamed as the ground came rushing up towards her. She saw a flash of black and she landed on something far softer than what should have been the ground. She quickly realized somebody had caught her; she quickly turned to see who had caught her. Her eyes widened in slight terror when she saw who had saved her; it was Marcus.
Marcus was holding her. He was holding her bridal style. He was holding her bridal style and she was in her short P.J's. You can imagine her reaction was not particular calm. She quickly squirmed out of his arms in a freak out, accidently slapping him rather hard in the process.
"Woo! Well, that's one hell of a wake up!" He stumbled back and held the side his face, more surprised than anything else.
"What the hell Marcus!" Frida snapped, quickly crossing her arms over her chest in a covering manner.
"Would you prefer me to let you fell and break your neck next time?" Marcus crossed his arms and leaned his weight on one leg in slight annoyance.
"Well no…but..eerrrrr! Cover your eyes!" Frida huffed defensively.
Marcus raised a brow in confusion. "Why should I clos…" Marcus thought about it for a moment, he switched his gaze from her face to her arms; it then clicked in his head what she was being so defensive about. "Oh." He rolled his eyes.
"Come on Frida, I might be a perv but I got some decency! Besides, it's too early for me to care about that sort of thing…." He huffed in annoyance; trying to reassure her that he had better standards than that...even if that last part was somewhat a lie.
" 'Don't care, cover your eyes."
Marcus sighed in defeat and placed his hand over his eyes.
"Happy now?"
"For now..."
"Anyways, why are you up so early?" Marcus asked.
"My mom called me, tell you later when Manny's awake. Why are you awake so early?"
"Awww, got to wait for your fluffy knight in red scarf huh? Well I didn't sleep very well and I got board of trying, so I thought I would explore a bit."
"What was the problem?"
"Well it's just that...wait, you're not going snap at me for the fluffy knight comment?"
"Now, why would I do that?" Frida said in deviously slick manner.
Marcus couldn't see her, but he could practically hear her devious vampire smile, it sent a shiver up his spine from being creeped out.
"Well…anyhow, need a lift back to your room?" Marcus asked, trying to get over Frida's ability to switch from nice to creepy in 0.3 seconds.
"No thank you, I can manage." And with that she walked past him and headed for the stairs, he uncovered his eyes after a moment and continued his exploring.
SOMETIME LATER.
It was now about 8:30. Manny had gotten up and headed outside after getting dressed, he met Frida and Marcus outside. The two seemed to be having a rather strange conversation about superhero outfits.
"I was thinking a blue or red leather vest!" Frida stated excitedly.
"How about a bikini?" Marcus snickered.
"Ha ha, very funny you perv. But seriously though, a leather vest would be cool right?!"
"I don't know, I guess? You're asking the wrong guy, I don't know anything about fashion."
"Frankly, I'm a bit surprised you don't own a leather jacket. It would suit you."
"Why does everybody say that?"
Manny hopped off the last step and right next to the two.
The curly haired boy was a bit surprised with the sight of his two friends; they weren't the least bit tired. "Wow, you two are up early!"
"Jealous?" Marcus smiled mockingly.
"No, she would beat your rear if you tried anything with her!" Manny teased right back.
She laughed and high-fived the young Tigre while Marcus huffed in slight annoyance.
"Anyways, why are you up so early? You never get up before 9:00 when we don't have school…" Manny tilted his head.
"Oh it's nothing; I just almost fell to my death this morning, anyways let's go get some breakfast!" Frida was very energized, she turned and quickly hurried for the mess hall.
"Wait what?" Manny's eyes snapped wide open as she turned away.
"Don't worry, she's fine." Marcus started to walk away as well.
Manny stood there, unmoving, for a moment in confusion and concern.
"I'm gonna need an answer on that "almost-dying" thing!" He ran after the two in comical concern.
After he caught up with the two and they had grabbed some food from the mess hall, they sat at a table and Frida explained what her mom had told her.
"Awwwww man, this is gonna bite us in the ass later, I just know it…ugggg!" Marcus leaned back and groaned in annoyance.
Manny nodded, unable to talk with a mouth full of toast.
"Jezz dude, calm down with the toast, you're like an anime character at this point." Frida joked
Manny pretended to be sad about her comment; "But, I like toast..."
AFTER A BREAKFIST OF EGG'S AND BISCUTS
The 3 followed Eric to the gym; there was a wrestling styled arena inside. Jade was going to test Manny's hand to hand combat, and Eric was going to test Marcus. The mint haired girl was waiting for them on the stage, clearly ready. She had her mask on her head ready to be pulled down.
"Are you ready to spar?" She turned to the 4.
"Ok…so do we fight with our powers, or without?"
"We will use our powers for now; we are less likely to cause any serious injuries that way." She replied.
Manny activated his belt and jumped onto the stage, Jade stood at one side while he stood at the other.
"Try not to be too rough with him, he's new at this…" Marcus snickered.
"Does anything come out your mouth that's not an innuendo?" Frida rolled her eyes.
"Well…I got a wicked tongue." He clicked said tongue and winked flirtatiously.
Frida turned away in disgust, at both the pun and the perverted nature of the joke. Manny groaned loudly in annoyance from the stage and Eric was wide-eyed with horror.
"You seem far more proud of that joke that you should be…" Chen's voice called from behind them. The zebra haired girl sauntered into the room over by Eric.
"Hey there sugar," She smiled warmly at the Katana wilding boy.
"Hello there." Marcus pushed past Frida and stood next to Chen, likely to flirt while Manny was tested.
Manny returned his attention to Jade, who was in a fighting stance. Tigre shook his head and mentally riled himself up, his fierce Tigre instincts rushed through his blood and he smirked.
"Ok, bring it on!" El Tigre extended his claws in a fighting stance.
The moment Manny spoke Jade lunged hard and fast. He quickly jumped over her and avoided her punch. She turned on a dime and back handed him in the face, he stumbled backwards avoiding another hit. It was clear that Jade was strength while he was agility. He stumbled back onto the ground, but he used the motion to hand flip across the platform in order to gain distance on his opponent. She ran towards him and back kicked, he dodged to the side and flipped back, kicked her in the jaw. She stumbled backwards, disoriented at first but she quickly regained her balance. Manny jumped and did a back kick, but she grabbed his leg and slammed him into the ground. He quickly rolled away, tearing his leg from her strong grip. He quickly got back to his feet, but she grabbed him by the neck and slammed him into the ground. The second time hurt far more than the first, she definitely was built for this. Her foot was on his chest, he was sore and his heartbeat had caught up with him. It was clear she won.
"Not bad Tigre, though I think you should try to dodge more and try to tire them out first. You strike too soon." She said stoically and offered a hand.
"Thanks, but I'm not done yet." He smirked his signature evil smile and grabbed her wrist tightly. He used his sudden fun fueled adrenalin rush to fling her over his head and slam her down behind him. He quickly rolled over (using his claws as traction) and wrapped his legs around her neck in a choking manner. He held he hands away so she couldn't get him off. She struggled and it was rather difficult to keep her from clawing off his hands. After a moment she stopped trying to get away and spoke;
"Alright, I think I have seen enough." She stated very stoically, showing no signs of exhaustion.
She abruptly ripped her hands away from his grip and grabbed his wrists; she vaulted him across the stage and next to his friends, where he landed on all fours by instinct. She got off the stage and took off her mask, deactivating her super form. She hung it from her neck and slid it to her back, it was no longer viable from her thick mint hair.
"Not bad Tigre, my previous statement still stands though." She responded.
Manny shrugged in response; "Fair enough."
"Wow! You're rough!" Marcus stated, both amused and impressed.
"Ok, I think you've hit your dirty joke quota for the day there, raven." Chen chuckled warmly.
"Nah, I still got like 7 more to go." Marcus smirked.
Frida groaned in annoyance, sticking out her tongue and pointing at it like a disgusted child.
"Jealous?" The fire boy smirked.
"Heck no, she could elope with you for all I care if it keeps you from flirting with me!" Frida snapped, laughing a bit.
Mark put his hands over his heart and pretended to be hurt. "Oh, I've been shot through the heart and you're to blame!" He sang jokingly.
"Hey, Erica…err, Eric, how about I test Marcus instead?" Chen asked curiously.
Eric flinched for a split second before responding;
"Well…I guess, but why?"
"I've been dying to see if he better than just that sword of his."
Before the black haired boy could even respond, Frida knew exactly what he was gonna say;
"DON'T YOU DARE! You have made way too many innuendos already today and it's not even lunch yet!" Frida snapped at him.
"Awww, you're no fun." Mark crossed his arms and pouted.
"Well, as long as it's ok with Jade…." Eric responded.
Jade nodded in approval. Chen jumped onto the state and got on the other end, Marcus followed. They both got into their battle stances.
"Alright bad boy, show what you got!" Chen smirked and charged.
She punched but he dodged and used his leveraged to pull her over his shoulder and slam her into the ground. She grabbed his wrist and pulled him down into a choke hold.
"Well this is sudden; you could at least take me out to dinner first." Marcus snickered before hammering his elbow into her, she lost grip of him and he rolled away.
They were both quickly back on their feet.
"Don't flatter yourself honey, this is how I treat all my enemy's…" She smirked.
Meanwhile the others are just watching this flirting game with humorous annoyance. She avoided a punch and pushed him away to disorient him; Chen then twirled and back kicked him. He landed on his back but caught her leg as it was coming down for another kick. He twisted her leg so that she was forced to fall on her side. He hastily straddled her stomach and pinned her arms to the floor.
"Still flattered, I like a girl who can kick my ass from time to time." He grinned charmingly.
"Smart, you sat on my stomach so I couldn't kick you in the stomach or worse." She complemented his fighting technique.
"Well little lady, I'm more than a sword. You're gonna have to try harder than that to beat me." He smiled in a warm manner.
"Well I suppose I will…" The panda girl responded slyly.
"Ok, I think I have seen enough." Jade suddenly responded, interrupting the twos highly flirtatious courting banter.
"It is clear that Marcus can hold his own in a fight…" she continued.
"And the flirting was getting on our nerves…" Manny whisper, smirking to Frida, all too aware that Mark could still hear him.
"Hey, at least I actually try." Mark snickered, getting off of Chen and helping her off the ground.
"Not bad, not bad indeed." She smiled at him and shook his hand in an approving way.
While Chen, Frida, and Manny chatted, Marcus noticed that Eloni came into the room and whispered something to both Eric and Jade. All the blood seemed to rush from the Cheetah boys face and his eyes went wide with dread, while as Leona nodded stoically at Eloni. Marcus raised a brow, wondering what the kid could have possibly said.
Jade cleared her throat, getting the attention of the others.
"I'm afraid that there is some urgent business that Eric and i must attend to." The lion woman stated clearly.
Jade quickly headed out, Eric said a quick goodbye before scrambling after his partner.
"Well, I'm afraid I have some paper work I need to do, so I'm going to have to be leaving too…" Chen stated a bit tiredly.
"Aww, so soon?" Frida stated, she was become good friends with this lady.
"Yup, I'm afraid so. See ya later!" She gave a little wave and headed out.
"Well, what are we going to do now? Does the facility need any help with the animals?" Manny tilted his head at Eloni, who had been awkwardly standing to the side.
"Well the animals do need feeding, but that's not 'till in the evening…" Eloni responded, thinking for a moment. After a moment his face suddenly lit up; "I got an idea!"
Marcus is really challenging the teen rating with his jokes today XD Jeez dude, calm down XD
