I'm finally back! pauses to listen for cheering hears none Ok...anyway, I'm sure that those of you who are keeping up with this story (where would I be without you?) will be pleased that another chapter is here! So stop reading this obstruction to the story and read away!!!

Ruben sat, quietly, eating, while listening to the big, black lizard's story. He had been completely confused until he had worked out that Roy must have been a friend of Sarah's.
"Unfortunately, Bludgeon was killed when we were escaping," Roy was still explaining things, "And I recently read in a newspaper that Carlos was locked up somewhere for some crime. Not surprising, though."
"I've got it," Ruben announced, "You guys are cousins who were sailing on a ship, when one of you fell overboard. The other of you, being afraid of water in any form, could only yell for help. But, when you realized that the ship was empty, you had to sail the ship to shore. And you guys haven't seen each other until now."
"Weren't you listening, Ruben?" Sarah asked him, "Roy was just telling the story."
"Curses! I missed it!" Ruben said, dramatically.
"Whoa, dude, how could the ship be empty?" Allen asked, referring to Ruben's explanation, "I mean, how could the ship sail all by itself?"
"Because," Ruben turned to him, "A colony of ocean gnomes were hired to move the ship by swimming under it. But, after a while, they got chased away by a giant, deadly sea mushroom, called the Toadstool Fish. That's when they realized the ship was empty."
"Oh, ok," Allen sat back to think about Ruben's answer.
Nucleo walked into the room and spotted Roy, "Ah, Raptor, are you ready to go and find another comrade tonight?"
"Uh, sure," Roy answered, not exactly excited.
"Good, I'll be looking for you before we leave," Nucleo said and left the room.
As soon as he was out of the room, Aaron and Shawn, who had overheard, crept up behind the group.
"How would you like to know exactly what he's up to?" Aaron said mysteriously.
"Huh? What?" Ruben spun around, startled by their sudden entrance.
"He wants to know if you need us to do a little, uh, research." Shawn explained.
"Research what?" Roy asked them.
"Ah, Shawn, our reptilian friend here doesn't know our ways," Aaron leaned toward his brother, "Perhaps we should explain."
"Right, you see, Roger..." Shawn started.
"It's Roy," Shawn was immediately corrected.
"Yeah, yeah, that's what I said," Shawn waved away his mistake, "You see, my brother and I are what you could call, stealthy, mysterious, tricky, stuff like that. We have gotten away with quite a few tricks and well, we have also not gotten away with some stuff, but that doesn't matter."
"I'll take it from here, bro," Aaron cut him off, "We are offering to do a little 'check stuff out' mission and see what your boss, A-Bomb is up to. Whaddayasay?"
"If you want," Roy shrugged, "But I don't think he'll be all that happy to know what your doing."
"Like we said," Shawn raised an eyebrow, "He won't know what we're doing."
The twins had discovered that Nucleo was planning on leaving near midnight, so around ten o'clock, they crept through the halls to Nucleo's room. Reaching the door, they nodded to each other and Aaron shrunk down to the form of a cricket. Shawn lowered his ear to the bottom of the door. He heard his brother's chirping on the other side.
"Good, the coast is clear," Shawn said to himself and waited for Aaron to open the door.
The door opened silently and Shawn entered, immediately looking around the room.
"I'll take this side," Aaron whispered, "You can take that side."
Shawn nodded as Aaron opened a closet and began to sift through the objects inside. Shawn approached a set of drawers in the corner. He opened the top drawer and lifted a few papers from it. Scanning the pages, Shawn discovered that they were part of a document that had been printed from a computer. Shawn almost put it back in the drawer when one of the sentences caught his eye.
"Aaron, come here," Shawn quietly beckoned his brother, "Look at this."
"It looks like research to me," Aaron commented, but then turned serious when he started reading, "Are you getting this, bro? 'Extreme physical abnormalities thought to have been caused by experimentation; others believe they could be mutations' Check out the pictures."
The twins studied the photos taken of grotesque beings. Most of the pictures were low quality, but a few were quite clear. One showed a creature with a human-looking head, but with spidery legs, a blade-like tail, and glowing eyes. Another portrayed a group of scientists surrounding what looked like a massive disco ball. When the twins took a closer look, they realized the sparkling sphere was the shell of some creature in which its lower jaw and legs could be seen.
"Hey, look," Shawn pointed to something written at the bottom of the page, "It's a web site, www . mutationdatabase . org."
"We'll have to check it out," Aaron said quietly, "What else have we got?"
Shawn put the papers back in the drawer and opened the second drawer. He removed what looked like a short grocery list and began to read it.
"It looks like a list of mutants he's going after," Aaron spoke his opinion, "Raptor, Blacksmith, Massacre."
"Well, Raptor's that lizard guy we talked to," Shawn stated, "And I don't know who the other ones are."
"Wait," Aaron pointed to the last name on the list, "Isn't Massacre the knife guy who works for Magneto?"
"I think so," Shawn scratched his head, "We should go and write this down. We've got enough info."
"Let's go," Aaron followed his brother to the door, "I'll lock the door."
Shawn waited a moment for the cricket to hop back under the door. The twins moved quietly back to their room.
Cool, huh? I'm glad you enjoyed it...unless you didn't. Well, there is really nothing left to say...oh, except that www . mutationdatabase . org isn't actually a website...I looked it up just to be sure. SO DON'T GO THERE!!!! Well...you can if you want...it's just a waste of time. Well, I'll try to update soon.