"Hey guys, sorry I'm late." Nick yells as he runs towards us while I am being dragged towards my doom. "Hey, Greg, what'd you do to your hair?"

"Dude… do I know you?" Greg number two says to Nick as he turns around. I smirk at the look on Nick's face.

"Who are you… and what have you done with Greg?"

"I'm Greg. Greg's over there." Greg number two points to our Greg and Nick narrows his eyes.

"Ohhhkay." Nick says and gives the two Greg's a funny look. "So… what are we doing?"

"What do you think we're doing? We're getting forced to play laser tag!" I shout at Nick as Catherine tightened her grip on my arm. Ow. Dammit, she glared at me again!

"No, Gris, you're getting forced. I think it might be fun." Sara says optimistically and I wonder if there aren't two Sara's, too. Ah, she just wants to suck up to Greg. Well, our Greg.

"Ok… here we go." Greg number two says as he pushes open the neon green door. It's even darker in there than it is out here.

"Come on, Gil." Catherine pulls my arm more and I stumble.

"I don't want to!" I say, sounding like a four year old.

"Gil. Didn't we already have this talk?" Oh yeah. Right. Sleeping on the couch. Grr, I have no excuse now…

"I… um… have eye trouble and can't be shot at with lasers?" I try.

"That will definitely not work." Catherine glares at me. Well I think she's glaring, it's pitch black in here.

"Kay, CSI dudes. So this thing goes over your head and fastens around you like so." Greg number two demonstrates with this thing that has straps on it. "When you see one of these that's not one of your teammates, shoot it." He says. Well, I had gathered that much information. Next he pulls out a laser gun.

"This is the laser gun. You shoot with it." No, really. Let's keep stating the obvious. "All right, dudes and mini-dudes. Let's split you up. Grab a partner." Catherine's still holding my arm. Well, that was easy. Miley and Lindsey pair up quickly. So do Sara and Greg, and Nick and Warrick.

"Ok. Now, you each will pick a team color. Blue, yellow, red, or green." He says. Catherine quickly picks blue, her favorite color. Lindsey and Miley shout 'red', Nick says green, and Sara groans.

"Aww, I hate yellow." Sara whines. There's the old Sara.

"Ok, so the object is to shoot out the other teams. Whoever is left at the end, wins. The first two times you are shot, you are penalized for one minute until your gun and shield light up again. Three times, you're out." Greg number two gestures above us. "There are two meeting places for teams called 'safe zones' on the third floor, one on the second, and one on this floor." Whoa, this thing is three floors? "Round one will start when the buzzer goes off. Good luck. Oh, and watch out for the turrets, dudes." Turrets? What is this, a war zone?

I'm jerked out of my thoughts as Catherine pulls me along with the rest of the group over to the rack of gear. Everyone puts on their shields and grabs their guns. Ours start to glow blue immediately. Weird.

"Let's go, dudes!" Greg number one shouts as he and Greg two lead us out another door into the arena. Wow.

"This is the first floor." Greg two says. Weird techno music is playing in the background. Not my first choice, but what can I say. "Everyone ready? SET? GO!" Everyone stands there a little confused for a moment then runs in all directions. Catherine and I just stand there.

"Ok, so what are we doing?" Catherine asks me.

"You're asking me?"

"Well I've never been to a three floor laser tag arena!"

"I suggest we go shoot people!" I say enthusiastically. She gives me a strange look.

"Ok, let's go." We run down the isles, looking through the mirrors or windows in the walls. I see something move out of the corner of my eye… and some blonde hair. GREG!

"Sorry, boss." Greg says with an evil grin and shoots my target.

"Damn." I just started, and I'm out already? What is this, a competition? I walk around trying to find the meeting area. When I finally find it, my shield is recharged. Just my luck. I run back out of the meeting area and up the stairs. Someone's trying to hide from me behind that wall. Tee hee. My turn.

"Nooooo!" Sara yells from behind the wall as I shoot at her target through a hole in the wall. I laugh. This is kinda fun. I hear footsteps behind me and turn to point my gun at them.

"NO!" Catherine raises her hands up in front of her and I pull my finger off the trigger. Well that was close.

"Let's gang up on people." I say and Catherine narrows her eyes. Suddenly, a sly smile breaks out on her face.

"You're having fun." She states.

"No… I'm not. Ok maybe. I wanna shoot!" I say, sounding like Lindsey again. I see a flash of long blonde hair. Speak of the devil.

"Haha!" Lindsey and Miley shout in victory as they shoot Catherine and I. Damnit! I'll get her.

"Come on, let's follow them! We can get them when the targets recharge." I say to Catherine. She nods with an evil grin. We run softly behind Lindsey and Miley. At first, they don't really notice.

"Hey, Mil, do you feel like someone's following us?" Lindsey says to Miley as we dive behind a wall. They both turn around.

"Nah, stuff echoes around in here." Lindsey says to Miley and they continue walking. Our shields charge up.

"Haha, now we can get them." Catherine whispers in my ear from behind me. I smile. We crouch down and walk slowly behind them as they point their guns through windows on the walls.

"One." Catherine says.

"Two."

"THREE!" We both yell and shoot their targets. Miley and Lindsey scream in fright and fall on the floor.

"Linds, you okay? Miley?" Catherine runs over.

"Ooooh I'm gonna get you." Lindsey says angrily to us.

"You started it!" Catherine says back and sticks her tongue out. They start to get up. Their shields are almost charged. Uh oh. "Run!" Catherine yells and we head in the opposite direction, running into Nick on our way.

"Bam!" Nick and Warrick slap hi-fives in victory as they shoot our targets.

"Damn you." Catherine says with a wicked grin to them. We keep running.

"Here!" We slip into a dark niche on the wall, facing each other.

"Are they recharged?" I ask and try to look at my target. We're stuck together.

"I dunno… why don't you look?" Catherine says with a 'duh' voice. I look down at her target. "AT YOUR TARGET!" She yells and smacks me on the arm. I grin.

"Yeah, they're recharged." I say. We slip out of the niche and walk with our backs to the wall. We walk slowly, pointing our guns out in front of us.

"Greg!" I say softly to Catherine as we spot Greg to the left of us.

"Don't worry, I've got a plan." Catherine said with a smile…