Ahhhh! Five reviews! You like me! You really like me! OK – to clear a few things up – Pete's kind of a jerk cause I want him and Mari to clash a lot, Gar and Rea were arguing to show how Jessie's life is at home, Gar and Jess wear the paint because I didn't want to steadily rely on the rings ( I wanted to make it interesting in how they hide themselves), and the parents know each other, but the kids don't. so… yeah… here ya go! Oh! And, they add more people, but that doesn't come until later (check the four names in the summary).

Six: Uninvited Guest

Jessie looked up from his soup to sneak a peek at Mari, who was sitting across from him. He sighed inwardly.

She's so pretty, he thought.

Then, she caught his eye, and they both looked away, blushing. She gave him a small smile and he returned it. But then he was rudely brought out of his day-dream by a sharp prick of electricity on his arm. He rubbed his skin and glared at Pete (sitting next to him), who was looking around the ceiling and whistling to no particular song.

It was about halfway through dinner when the phone rang.

"I got it!" said Dick as he went to the phone. "Hello?" Then, the color drained from his face and his eyes went wide. He began to hyperventilate a bit. He quickly slammed down the phone.

"Dick?" said Kori, as she walked over to him.

"Kori," he said anxiously, "take the kids and put them in the basement, now."

Suddenly, a look of understanding came over her face as the three teens at the table shot glances at each other. None of them knew what was happening.

"Mari, Jessie, Pete, come with me," she said. They got up quickly and followed her to the basement door.

"Mom, what's - ?" started Mari.

"Don't ask questions" she said quickly. Then she opened the door and shoved them inside. She looked at them with dancing eyes and put a hand on Mari's shoulder. "Now, I want you to promise me that no matter what you hear, no matter what happens, you will not leave the basement, OK?"

"OK, Mom."

She hugged her hard, then shut and locked the door.

"Yo, what's goin on?" said Pete. "Why's your mom freakin out?"

"I don't know… I've never seen her like this…"

"What do you think is going –?"

BOOM!

The three jumped as a large explosion was heard followed by shouts and screams. Mari's first reaction was to rush out and see what was going on, when she refrained because of the promise she had just made. Pete, however, didn't seem like he was going to keep it.

"C'mon, we gotta go!" he said, lurching for the door.

"No!" said Mari, grabbing his arm. "My Mom told us to stay here!"

"What are you deaf! Can't you hear what's goin on!"

"I know, but we need to stay here!"

They stood there, silently, listening to the noises above, all scared out of their wits. A crash… a scream… many thumps… then… silence. That silence was the scariest noise they had ever heard.

Heart pounding and adrenaline pumping, Mari slowly moved her hand towards the door. The cold metal came in contact with her sweaty skin. She gulped as she turned the knob, the lock giving way, revealing to the three teens the damage done to the home.

The table was overturned, and dinner was everywhere. A pipe was sticking out of the sink, squirting out water, and there were broken dishes scattered along the floor. With the shattered china, were remains of black and orange robots, broken into several, twitching pieces. Their parents were nowhere to be found.

Hoped you liked it! R&R!

T.