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Chapter 3
Ganging Up On Zach

Lash turned around and glared at Will, "Where's Glow Worm?" He asked, referring to me.

"If you're talking about Zach, I don't know." Will said, glaring at him, not wanting to give me away.

Lash shook his head, "Sophomores. Such bad liars." He said, "I'm not as dumb as I look. I know that the Glow Worm is inside your house. You two are best friends."

"How would he even get here? It's like… miles away from his house."

"For being his best friend you don't know him too well. He has super-speed remember?"

"And how do you know he's not sitting up in his room, laughing at you for being out here looking for him?"

"Because his dad already checked."

"And why were you at his house in the first place? Your crush from Speed turned to a crush on Zach?"

Lash's arm stretched out and he tripped Will. "Shut up Stronghold."

I was tempted to go out there and slam Lash into the middle of the road. And my temptation took over. I bolted out and grabbed Lash's arm again, slamming him into the road. "Never trip my friends." I said, not even moving, I just stood there.

Will stood up, and I was glowing. "Thanks for the light Zach."

My answer was a simple, "No problem."

Lash stood up, "Not smart Glow Worm. Not smart at all."

"Oh, kind of like you?"

"You're already in trouble with your dad, and here you are making it worse for yourself."

"And I care because…"

"You should care. Because I have powers over you!"

"Yeah… okay. Whatever Lash."

Will snickered as I kept talking, "I can outrun you. I can beat the shit out of you, and I can light up a dark passageway better than you can."

"And your dad thinks that I'm a great person. And will listen to anything I say. So I could tell him that you were doing some things you weren't supposed to and he'll listen to me."

I took this as my hint; I began to bolt home and was up in my room before anyone even noticed I was back.

My father stormed upstairs, where he found me lying on my bed writing out the theory of how to build a heat ray. "Where have you been?" He asked me.

"Right here."

"Tell the truth."

"Right here." I repeated.

My father turned around and walked back downstairs. Lash came back in, out of breath, "He was at Stronghold's."

I couldn't see my father's face, but I knew it was full of anger, "I knew he was lying…"

As I was sitting on my bed, the small tree below my window grew up to my windowsill, and Layla, Erika, and Will climbed into my window, I shut and locked my door and went back to my bed, "What are you guys doing here? You all know I'm in trouble already."

Layla shrugged, "Will told us what happened. And we wanted to make sure you were okay."

Erika sat on my bed next to me, "Lash is a dumbass." That's all she said and I smiled.

"That's the cold hard truth." I said, still smiling.

Layla sat on my windowsill. "So, your dad is mad at you because you slammed Lash into a wall of lockers?"

I nodded. "Yeah. And he doesn't even know what happened at Will's."

Will laughed, "That was great." He said, smirking.

Erika and Layla looked at us, "What happened?" Erika asked.

Will told them, "Zach grabbed Lash's arm and slammed him into the middle of my street."

Erika laughed. "That's great Zach."

I heard someone pounding on my door, "ZACHARY NICHOLAS BRAUN! OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW!"

I whispered to them, "Go! Quick! I'll see you all tomorrow!"

By the time I opened my door, they were gone. "Yes Dad?" I said, holding my science notebook to look like I'd been doing homework.

"Lash told me what happened. Where you were. What you did."

"Oh, so he told you that I've been in my room doing homework? Great, for once he didn't try to get me in trouble. It's a miracle."

"No. He told me that you were at Stronghold's house, slamming him into the middle of the street."

"Look who is lying this time." I said, referring to Lash, I walked over to my bed and sat on it, "Anything else you'd like to yell at me about, just get it all out now. So that I can finish my homework."

"What I would really like is for you to lose the attitude."

I stared at my ceiling, I had no comment. I just wanted him to leave. I needed to plot something for Save The Citizen tomorrow.

My father must've taken the hint, for he turned and walked away. "Finally." I whispered to myself. I grabbed my other notebook, it had a drawing of the gym, with the citizen over the thing.

I already knew that Lash and Speed would be the villains, leaving me to be a hero with someone else. They'd always pick Will. So I assumed it would be me and Will.

My plot was well underway.

((What is Zach's plot? Will it work? Find out in Chapter 4. Save The Citizen.))