The West Gillette Academy Chameleons had some of "the tightest moves this side of the Atlantic" according to Original Cindy. And according to Alec, it had the "uptightest students this side of... ever".

"Ignore him," Cindy told her. "He tried to hook up with the former head cheerleader and she kicked his ass for it." Max grinned.

"Sounds about right."

"How the hell was I supposed to know she was an asexual?" Alec exclaimed.

"She wore a shirt that said 'ineffable'!" Original Cindy reminded him.

"I thought that meant, like, 'unexplainable'," Alec said. "Not unfuckable!"

"We're here," Joshua alerted them, seeing the sign on the front lawn that proclaimed:
WEST GILLETTE ACADEMY
Proud Home of the West Gillette Chameleons

"What kind of mascot is that, anyways?" Max asked. "Chameleons?" Alec looked behind the seat to grin at her.

"Just wait. You'll see."

There were about twenty cheerleaders sitting by the sidelines during the Chameleons vs. Panthers football game - and one lizardy-looking mascot smoking a cigar. The strange part was, they all somehow resembled the cheerleaders on Max's squad.

"Okay, see that girl over there?" Alec asked, pointing to an African-American girl with her hair pulled back on the sidelines. "That's Jazelle Rodriguez - codename Jace, the captain of the team. But it's not her you want to worry about, it's the girls right next to her." Indeed, there was a small cluster of girls next to Jace - similar to Brin, Jondy and Tinga. "Keema, Maddox and Jewel - they see everything. And if they see you, Jace will beat you up."

"What about the guys? Who are they?" Max asked.

"I only know Lane and Devon. You don't want to get in their way, either," Alec said. "They're insane."

"What do you mean 'insane'?"

"Well..." Alec sighed.

Flashback

"I SWEAR! I DIDN'T TOUCH HER!" Alec shouted as he ran down the halls of the school. "WE WERE JUST DOING HOMEWORK!"

"YOU'LL PAY, MCDOWELL!" Lane's voice echoed through the deserted corridor. Alec turned a corner quickly, only to find himself running smack into Devon.

End Flashback

"Yeah," Alec nodded. His eyes were wide from remembering.

"You made out with his girlfriend in the library - he chased you down and beat you, and you say he's insane?" Max asked incredulously.

"Those rumors were completely unfounded!" Alec said angrily. "Besides," he shrugged. "I never make a move on another guy's girl."

"Yeah, right," Max deadpanned as Original Cindy came over with the three hot dogs, four Cokes and one bag of pork rinds that she'd ordered from the snack bar.

"Nice," Alec rubbed his hands together before taking his food, "football grub."

After a few minutes, the cheerleaders finally got up to do their cheer. Max's jaw dropped - it was the exact same routine that Valerie had taught them at the end of the school year. The moves were a bit different, but the words were exactly the same.

That bitch...

"See what I mean?" Original Cindy asked, taking a sip of her Pepsi. "That's why I didn't want to join the squad. Original Cindy's a lot of things, but I am no cheater."

"I see," Max nodded. "I see."

Of course, the night didn't just end there. Alec decided to get off some of the pent-up energy that they'd accumulated during the car-ride up (not to mention sitting in the stands for an hour to watch a football game where the home team actually lost), they would go to a club when they got back into Seattle.

"You're kidding me, right?" Max asked. "We're seventeen. Clubs are off limits."

"Not for me," Alec said, flashing his ID card and a smile. "Eighteen since Saturday."

"Joshua has one, too," Joshua said, digging in his pocket and holding up an ID. The age on the card was mysteriously obscured by his thumb.

"You're sure we'll get in?" Max asked cautiously. She didn't want to get picked up by cops and have to spend another week sleeping in the backyard.

"Positive," Alec confirmed. "Besides, when you're with me, you can get into anywhere. "

"If you say so," Max mumbled. "But if we get caught by the police -"

"If the po-pos even come near us, we can shove Alec in front of him and say he forced us into the club," Cindy said with a smile. "I've done it before. It always works. Besides, a little fun could probably help us to figure out what to do for regionals."

Max frowned. "Us?" she asked. "You're joining the squad?" Original Cindy grinned.

"You fools need all the help you can get."

Six hours later

"Alec!" Joshua yelled, pushing his way through the crowd. "Alec! Alec!"

"Hey, Doggie-Boy," OC greeted him from the bar, where she'd been chatting with an attractive waitress. "What's goin' on?"

"Can't find Max," Joshua said worriedly. "Haven't seen her in almost an hour."

"She's gotta be around here somewhere, Josh," OC said. "She wouldn't just leave. Maybe she's just upstairs somewhere."

"Upstairs." Joshua looked up towards the second floor of the club. "Maybe Max upstairs."

"You've got a cell phone, right?" Cindy asked. Joshua nodded. "Call her. If she doesn't answer, we'll go looking." Joshua nodded and the suit stopped moving entirely around him. It took Original Cindy a moment to realize that he was moving around inside of the suit to reach the cell phone. After a moment, Joshua shook his head.

"Max not answering."

"Well come on, then, Big Dog. We've got to find our boo, right?"

A/N: I've basically said everything I need to say at the moment in the last chapter.

I've never really liked doing flashback sequences, but it seemed about right for this chapter. Considering that there are flashbacks in the actual movie, I think I can get away with it.

In the next chapter: Where is Max? For that matter, where did Alec go?

Keep the reviews coming, please!