"You were supposed to be watching him Kai!" Rei exclaimed. "In case you don't know, Rei, I have no idea how to take care of kids." Kai said bluntly. Rei sighed, shaking his head. "You could've told me that in the first place!" Rei exclaimed. Kai glared at him. "Well, you should know! I've told you before, have you forgotten!" He yelled. Max cringed. He knew it was his fault that they were fighting. "...And if Tyson did that, I knew that his tiny brain couldn't have thought that up, now could he?" Kai asked. "No...I guess...you're telling the truth..." Rei muttered. He couldn't believe Max had helped Tyson prank Kai!
"Max. Come here!" Rei said angrily. Max became scared. What'd he do wrong? He slowly walked over to Rei, staring so hard at the ground, he might've stared a hole through the floor. "Look at me." Rei said. Max, not wanting to be in any more trouble than he already was, slowly looked up.
"Did you help Tyson prank Kai?" Rei asked. Max, clueless for a second, thought. He then remembered Tyson saying it was just a game to help Kai. Slowly, he nodded. "See? They tried to put laxetives down my throat with a slingshot! So I put Max in his room for a time out; I don't know how he got out, though; the door was locked..." He muttered. "Was the window unlocked?" Rei asked.
"...I haven't checked..." Kai admitted. "Why don't you go check, while I save Tyson from going off the deep end because of one locked door?" He asked, just as Kenny and Hilary came in. "Hi guys...Max?" Hilary asked. Rei looked at her, and then to Max.
He instantly felt a pang of guilt.
Max was sitting against the wall, knees drawn up to his chest, and his arms around his legs. His head was burried into his arms, and he was crying. He felt bad; Tyson had told him it would help Kai...And he had no way to tell them it wasn't his fault. At that thought, he started crying harder. Why did everything end up with him being blamed?
"Maxie?" Rei asked, placing a hand on Max's shoulder. Max flinched, and scooted away.
"Rei? What did you do to him?" Hilary asked. "I just asked him if he helped Tyson prank Kai. He said he did." Rei replied. "Did Tyson convince him it wasn't a prank?" Hilary asked. Max nodded, and Rei looked at him. "Tyson set you up?" He asked, feeling more guilty. Max nodded again. "That Jerk! Setting a little child up to a plan like that!" Hilary exclaimed angrily.
She marched to Tyson's room. A moment later, Hilary came back dragging Tyson by his ear. "Appologize to Maxie, now!" She scolded. Tyson winced, and looked at Max. "Sorry." He said, crossing his arms. "That's not good enough!" Hilary said, squeezing his ear. "I'm sorry!" He yelped, rubbing his ear in pain.
"Better." Hlary said.
"Tyson, instead of going to the pool with the four of us, you'll stay here on an endless list of chores. And Kai will stay here to make sure you do them." He said. Kai walked in, smirking. "That's right." He sneered. Tyson gulped.
'They can't be serious!'