here's my latest story about the 'Class of the Titans' series. 8948 words at 75 pages worth of words in this story.
disclamation: I do not own 'Class of the Titans'. trust me; if I did, there would be more seasons to this show and it would've never been cancelled.
At New Olympia High School, the students were all sitting in the cafeteria eating lunch, talking, laughing, etc.
to the Greek heroes' descendants' table
Herry Hercules was eating up a storm of hamburgers. Neil Nielsen was admiring himself in the mirror, per usual. Jay Argon and Theresa Theus were talking strategy on how to defeat Cronus, as usual. Archie Khiles was talking to Atlanta Kestralson, or rather trying to talk to her.
Archie: Atlanta, what made you realize you first wanted to hang out with me more than usual?
Atlanta: Oh, please, Archie. You're the one who's always tailing me like red taillights on a hotrod. I never even know why you shadow me that way, but it gets extremely annoying when I actually notice you doing it. What I wanna know more than anything else right now is why. Why do you follow me practically everywhere I go?
Archie grew nervous at Atlanta's answers and question. Jay and Theresa just chuckled at Archie's nervousness, knowing full well why he always tailed Atlanta like a cat stalks a mouse. Herry laughed like an idiot at their conversation. Neil just bet on Archie chickening out of his love confession, once again.
Neil: Anyone wanna place a bet on when Archie will finally get the courage to confess to Atlanta? Say, a whole week's worth of lunch money?
Herry was just hungry enough every single day to jump at the chance to win lunch money against Neil.
Herry: I'll take that action. Hope you're ready to buy me lunch for next five school days.
Jay: I'm not gonna risk a bet with Neil. I know he's bound to win that lunch money.
Theresa: Yeah, count me out, too. Neil's just too lucky when it comes to bets.
Jay: Besides, Theresa and I will be too busy trying to come up with a plan to stop Cronus for the next few days. Let's go talk strategy, Theresa.
Theresa: Right behind you, Jay.
Herry suddenly realized what Jay and Theresa were talking about and who he just bet a week's worth of lunch money against.
Herry: Is it too late for me to back out of our bet, Neil?
Neil: Should've thought of that before you even agreed to our little wager in the first place, bug guy. Sorry, but I don't offer refunds in my bets.
Suddenly, Odie Seeus came over to the table, begging for help with something.
Odie: Guys, I need help getting something back from Adam Gamemnon.
Adam Gamemnon was a new guy at the school with King Agamemnon's blood running throughout his veins, and he was just as big of a meathead as the king who was his direct ancestor was during the Trojan War. He stole from the heroes constantly, and it seemed that this time he targeted Odie.
Neil: So, what exactly did the bullying descendant of King Agamemnon take from you out of all of us, Odie? Your laptop computer? Your smartphone? Your PMR?
Odie: Worse than any of your guesses combined into one, Neil. Adam Gamemnon stole my pendant key from me.
Neil was sipping on an individual carton of milk after his guesses. When Odie revealed what Adam did steal from him, however, Neil spat out his milk onto a pretty passerby girl. The girl slapped Neil across the face and then walked off.
Neil: I'm sorry! Odie, how could you make me spit on a girl like that? Wait, you said Adam Gamemnon stole your pendant key?
Odie was a bit annoyed with Neil for having only just heard what Odie told them all.
Odie: Yes, Neil. Adam stole my pendant key. I had it when he pushed me to the ground in front of his many girlfriends, and once he walked away afterwards, I didn't have it anymore.
Atlanta gasped at the story of Odie's encounter with Adam.
Atlanta: That's terrible. I can't believe there are people who do that sort of thing to others. Why would anyone even do something like that?
Archie: Judging by his ancestry and bloodline consisting of King Agamemnon, I'd say he does it simply cause he feels like he can do it.
Atlanta: I guess he had never heard the term just cause you can do something like that, doesn't mean you should do it.
Herry: And how will Odie be able to access Mr. Suez's janitor's closet without his pendant key?
Neil: The way I see it, Odie could always borrow a pendant key from one of the rest of us.
Odie: I appreciate the thought, Neil, but then the person I borrow it from would be left without a pendant key.
Odie sighed.
Odie: I'm sorry to reject your offer, but I'm afraid we're just gonna have to try to get my pendant key back from Adam.
The others didn't know it, but Neil was actually trying to avoid facing off against Adam out of fear instead of narcissism, this time.
Neil: We are?
Everyone started looking at Neil questioningly and angrily.
Neil: Oh, I mean, we definitely are gonna have to try to get Odie's pendant key back from, you know who.
Herry: What's a matter with you, Neil?
Neil suddenly got slightly defensive.
Neil: NOTHING. I am so not afraid of Adam or the way he can easily rearrange my beautiful face, if that's what you're all thinking about me.
Neil's fear suddenly dawned on Atlanta.
Atlanta: Wait a minute. You're scared of Adam Gamemnon, aren't you, Neil?
Neil: No, I'm not. I'm not scared of anything… except creatures and people that can beat me up and easily rearrange my beautiful face.
Atlanta: Well, you're gonna have to face that weirdo fear of yours right now, Neil, 'cuz Odie needs our help to get his pendant key back.
Herry: I'm with you, sister. We have to do everything in our power to get it back from him.
Archie: Besides, it's not like you'd be any help against a guy like Adam Gamemnon, anyway, Neil. So, why don't you just stay put at the table and we'll see you when we're done confronting him.
Neil decided to live up to Atlanta's order to face his fear of face rearrangement at the hands of Adam in defiance of Archie's words.
Neil: No, no. I'm going with Herry, Archie and Odie to get the pendant key back from Adam and Atlanta can stay behind and guard the table. If I don't help, I'll never hear the end of it from anyone.
Atlanta was appalled at his reasons for helping, but was nonetheless impressed with Neil's admittingly forced courage in facing his fear of guys like Adam Gamemnon enough to hug him. Archie got extremely jealous of even Neil getting an affectionate gesture when he was still stuck in the friendzone with Atlanta.
Archie's brain: Even Neil gets hugged by Atlanta, while I only ever get a high five from her? I can't believe she would ever be impressed by him. Well, if facing my deepest, darkest fear is all it'd take to impress Atlanta, maybe I should try to show the water who's boss sometime. Just not right now.
Neil was in love with himself, so of course he was a bit uncomfortable with getting a hug from Atlanta.
Neil: Uh, thanks for the hug, Atlanta, but you do know I don't like you that way, right? Although, I do know of someone who's completely and totally in love with you.
Neil looked at Archie. Archie slid his hand across his throat as if he were chopping his head off; a classic gesture of trying to get somebody to stay quiet. Neil saw this gesture and decided to keep his lips zipped up for the sake of keeping Archie's crush a secret. It was too late now, though, because Atlanta was now curious as a cat to find out who was in love with her.
Atlanta: Who is it? Who's in love with me, Neil?
Neil: Sorry, Atlanta, but my lips are sealed right now. I'm afraid you'll just have to figure it out on your own.
The guys were now on their way to get Odie's pendant key back from the awful Adam Gamemnon.
Archie: How could you almost tell Atlanta that I like her before I could have the chance?
Neil: Dude, it's your own fault for being such a coward about telling her, all the time. You only live once, and life only gives you so many chances.
Odie: That's actually really good advice from Neil, of all members of our ragtag group.
Archie: I don't wanna hear it, now. Let's just go get Odie's pendant key back from Adam.
Herry: Touchy!
The guys finally made it to Adam's corner of the school cafeteria. They were ready to confront him. Archie, Odie and Neil searched the area for Odie's pendant key, while Herry posed as someone looking to join Adam's posse of bullying jocks.
Adam: Hey, man. My name is Adam Gamemnon. How can I help you today?
Herry: Uh, hello, Adam Gamemnon. I am looking to join in on you and your posse.
Adam: Aww, look no further, my friend, 'cuz with your build, you've already made the cut.
Adam showed Herry the rest of his posse of jocks and what they did to guys like his friends, Odie and Neil.
Adam: We take from nerds, rearrange the faces of preppies, and we even take their girls from them.
Archie, Neil, and Odie were moving to intercept Odie's pendant key from where Adam had it when an alarm went off as soon as Neil took it from its place at Adam's table, and Adam was alerted to their plan thanks to his alarm.
Adam: Well, well, well. If it isn't the nerd I took that pendant from, his preppy friend, and some dork in a hoodie. I thought this muscle guy looked familiar. He's your friend, too, isn't he, nerd?
Odie: Would it effect your decision if I said 'no'?
Adam: What decision?
Odie: Your decision to let him join your posse, anyway, let the rest of us leave with my pendant and our lives, and forget this whole attempt to raid you of it never happened?
Adam: Not one bit. I'm still gonna get you guys and keep the pendant, my entire posse is still gonna rearrange your preppy model friend's pretty face and guess what else?
Neil: What else could you possibly have in store for us?
Adam: Your muscular friend here is so out of my posse for being friends with you people in the first place. How do you like them apples?
Neil: Yep, we're dead. We're all dead. We are so without a doubt dead.
The guys went to the school nurse for their collective injuries, then they went to Chiron from the entrance to Mount Olympus that only the four of them, along with Jay, Theresa and Atlanta knew about. After all of that, they went back to the Brownstone to ask for back-up from the others, but Jay and Theresa were too busy working on figuring out Cronus's plans and Atlanta was still at the skatepark.
Archie: It's fine, guys. I can just think of another ingenious plan to get Odie's pendant key back. Even more ingenious than that dumb little raid was. I got it, a sting. Just trust me, guys. You especially, Odie.
in the Brownstone's living room
Archie: OK, so Neil sneaks in through Adam's vents. Then, he sneaks all of us into the Gamemnon residence through the back door. Then, Herry takes the key from Adam to the safe in which Odie's pendant is being held behind his mom's new sofa. Then, I will dangle Odie down from a rope so he doesn't set off the pressure pad alarm that's around Adam's safe.
Neil: I can't believe you're gonna make me go through the vents while the rest of you get to walk right in through the back door.
Herry: How come I can't just dangle you over the pressure pad instead of you dangling Odie, Archie?
Archie: Good question, the answer to which is just because.
Herry thought about it for five whole minutes before realization finally kicked in, but then he concluded that Archie might be able to support Odie's weight better than even he, himself, could support Archie's weight.
Herry: Fair point.
Odie: The thing I'm most of all concerned about is that getting the key away from Adam part. How are we even gonna pull that off?
Archie: Oh, that part's easier than you guys think. All we need really is a… a distraction.
Neil: Oh, yeah, a distraction of some kind. Adam's obsessed with getting as many girls as he can, right?
Herry: That's right. He's more of a rubbernecker than even you are, Neil.
Neil: Real funny, Herry. You're so hilarious. Back to the point, though. We could just get some hot chick to flirt with Adam.
Archie: I can't believe I'm saying this, but Neil, you're a genius. Now, who can we get?
Odie: Well, Theresa's too busy focusing on stopping Cronus with Jay, so that just leaves… Atlanta.
Archie suddenly grew alarmed by the fact that they now had Atlanta as their only available distraction for Adam left. The guys knew Archie crushed so hard on her, especially Neil Neilsen since he almost revealed it to her. Jay Argon, Herry Hercules, and Odie Seeus knew Archie Khiles liked Atlanta Kestralson as more than just a friend. Theresa Theus knew that her best friend/metaphorical sister, Atlanta, was the love of Archie's life, more or less. He even feared that Adam also knew Archie was undeniably in love with Atlanta. Atlanta was the only person who did not know of Archie's own affection for her, ironically.
Archie: NEVER! NUH-UH! NOT IN THIS LIFETIME! SO NOT GONNA HAPPEN!
Archie started blushing up storm with the realization of what he was yelling at his own teammates over.
Archie: Uh, I mean, NO.
Herry: Oh, right, Archie. You'd get completely jealous if Atlanta even looks at another guy.
Then, Archie blushed defensively at what he knew was going on in his head at the time.
Archie: Uh, n-n-no, j-j-jealous? M-M-Me? No way. Who even cares if Atlanta flirts with Adam Gamemnon.
Archie's brain: And tickles him, and snuggles up to him, and holds him tightly in her arms.
A few minutes later, speak of the devil and he shall appear, Atlanta came back from the skatepark, sweat dripping down her face from all of the boarding at the park.
Archie: Atlanta, you're back. How was your time at the skate park?
Atlanta could not see it, but Archie stared at her while breathing in the smell of her honey-scented sweat.
Archie's brain: Aw, Gods, Atlanta. Even you're sweat smells beautiful, kinda like honey and lemons mixed with ginger tea.
The guys were appalled by the way Archie was apparently thinking about Atlanta, particularly Neil.
Neil's thoughts: Dude, why don't you and your girlfriend just get a room, already? Oh, that's right. She's not even your girlfriend, you deluded idiot. She's nothing but your crush, and yet to her, you're just a friend.
Atlanta finally looked in Archie's direction, and he wiped the stupidest grin he had ever had off of his face and simply smiled a normal smile at her.
Atlanta: So, were you guys able to get Odie's pendant key back from Adam?
Archie was trying to muster up the speech skills to tell Atlanta, but the social skills in his brain seemed to shut down so suddenly. So, Odie took over Archie's explanation for the suddenly speech-impaired warrior.
Odie: We weren't able to get my pendant key back from Adam.
Herry: And I got expelled from Adam's posse as soon as I was let in.
Atlanta went into hug Odie and Herry this time. Archie got jealous once again of his own friends getting all of Atlanta's attention and affectionate gestures. It was an affectionate gesture in his eyes, anyway.
Archie's brain: Aw, man, when is her affection gonna be reserved for me and only me? Sure Odie and Herry are our friends, but I'm in love with you, Atlanta.
Atlanta: I'm sorry that happened to you guys, but hey, Odie, I bet you'll get your pendant key back from Adam next time.
It was then that Archie finally remembered that getting Odie's pendant key back from Adam was more important than his own feelings towards his friends.
Atlanta: And, Herry, you do know what those guys in Adam's posse do for fun, right? They're the meanest guys I have ever known in our school, and you can do so much better for friends outside of the rest of us.
Neil: That's nothing compared to what happened to me. Look at what those jerk jocks did to my face.
Neil displayed the black eye Adam and his posse had given him that was concealed by the eyepatch he was currently wearing over it.
Atlanta: They sure gave you one nasty shiner, Neil, even further proving my point that Herry can do better than them for non-hero friends.
Archie: Back to the matter at hand with Odie's pendant key, the guys and I were actually in need your help with getting it back this time, Atlanta. You think could lend us a hand, 'Lanta? Eh he.
Atlanta: I'm sure I could help you guys fight for Odie's pendant key and the injustices Adam did to Neil and Herry when you guys tried to help him get his pendant back from that thug.
Archie: Well, Adam barely did anything to me so I would understand that you're doing it for all of them. Since, it is about Odie's stolen pendant, Herry's bruised male pride and Neil's shiner. Besides, you wouldn't want Odie to be fired from our group, would you, 'Lanta?
Atlanta: Of course, I don't want Odie to leave our group. So, what weapons do I get to use on Adam to get the pendant key back? A mace? A flail? My wrist crossbow?
Neil: Actually, Atlanta, you're not gonna be fighting at all for this mission. You'll actually be the distraction.
Atlanta: Say what now? I'm the distraction? Why am I suddenly the distraction?
Herry: Hehe. It was the agreement we all came to in Archie's plan.
Atlanta: ARCHIE! Fine, fine. What would I have to do to serve as the distraction, anyway?
Odie: Oh, nothing much. You'd just have to flirt with Adam to distract him.
Atlanta became appalled with what the guys were calling Archie's plan.
Atlanta: Flirt with that meat-headed jerk jock? Really, Archie? Excuse me while I toss my ambrosia cookies.
Neil: Also, you'll have to flirt with him in this little dress with these babies on your feet.
Neil suddenly brought forth a single white, skimpy dress and foot tight high-heeled shoes. Both of which were far too skimpy for Atlanta's personal taste. She could not believe that the dress was as much a part of Archie's plan as her being forced to flirt with Adam Gamemnon, of all the guys at their school.
Herry: If you don't do this scam with us, Odie might get fired from our little group. And you said, yourself, that you don't want that.
Atlanta: Alright, I help with this sting of yours, but only for Odie and the guys. This has nothing to with you, Archie.
Archie was suddenly struck with disbelief at what Atlanta had told him about everything that she thought was his idea.
Archie: You will help us. That's great, but exactly how flirty are you gonna be with Adam Gamemnon, 'Lanta? I-I-I mean, I don't care how flirty you're gonna get with that dirt bag. It's none of my business, anyway.
Atlanta: Of course, you don't care how flirty I'll be with Adam. Why else would you let me get flirty with a perfect stranger in a dress?
Atlanta took the dress and the shoes and went upstairs to go change into them for the con against Adam.
Archie: Guys, how could you?
Odie: What do you mean, Archie?
Archie: Of all members of our team, you should know perfectly well what I mean. How could tell Atlanta the whole plan and pin the rap for the plan on me?
Herry: Well, it was your plan from the beginning, Arch. We were just telling Atlanta about it. It's not our fault she was the only girl available to help us.
Archie: And you, Neil. How could you make Atlanta do this sting of ours in a dress and high-heels?
Neil: Oh, I just thought it might just get your crush on her out of its shell. Come on, admit it, Archie. You've so been wanting to see Atlanta in a dress since the moment you met her.
Archie thought about this for a moment, and a fantasy emerged in his brain of Atlanta wearing a very beautiful dress and him dancing with her in it. It was just like the perfect daydream.
Archie: That is definitely the kind of thing that I've been dying see to Atlanta in since she and I first met.
Then, Archie realized what the guys were trying to do to him.
Archie: What am I even thinking? I could never live with myself if I started acting like a pervert towards her. The minute she comes down those stairs, I'm gonna tell the truth about that dress.
A few minutes later, Atlanta came down wearing the dress and the shoes with her hair brushed down a little bit into a tiny bob/pixie cut blend. Archie's jaw practically fell to the floor upon seeing what Atlanta was now wearing. Then, Archie grew a really stupid, goofy-looking grin on his face and his heartbeat accelerated from the standard heartrate to beating a billion miles per second. He could barely even breathe looking at Atlanta wearing such a lovely dress. Odie suddenly stood on his toes up to Archie's shoulder and began to talk into his friend's ear.
Odie: And, uh, what exactly were you gonna say about Atlanta's dress for the sting?
Archie: Wha? What sting? Oh right, the sting. I almost forgot my own plan. How dumb of me. That's right, I did come up with a sting operation.
Atlanta: I'll say it's dumb of you to forget your own plan for the sting against Adam.
Archie suddenly remembered that Atlanta was wearing the dress Neil gave her in order to flirt with Adam Gamemnon.
Archie: Wait a minute, so are you really gonna flirt with Adam in a dress as skimpy as that?
Atlanta: Yeah, anything for the guys. Why? You don't have a problem with me flirting with another guy in a dress of all things, do you, Archie?
Archie got defensive and denied his issue.
Archie: No, why would I have trouble with you flirting with Adam in a dress like that? It's just flirting, that's all it is.
Archie's brain: It's not like you'd have to kiss that thug in a dress that beautiful. No, do not think like that, Archie. You'll fill your own head with bad images.
Atlanta, however, had already gone out the door and was waiting for the guys.
Atlanta: Hey, are you guys coming or are you gonna make me do the whole con alone?
The guys all followed Atlanta out of the Brownstone. Archie, however, seemed to feel a bit ill at the very thought of Atlanta even flirting with a guy like Adam, even without the love of his life actually having to even kiss the worst thug in the whole school.
at the Gamenmon residence
Archie, Herry, Odie and Neil were getting prepared for their end of the sting when Herry spotted some food on the ground.
Herry: Hey, guys, look. A perfectly good half-eaten baklava.
Then, Herry did the most disgusting thing he could have ever done with the half-eaten baklava. That's right, he actually ate it. Odie and Neil both exclaimed in disgust at Herry eating food from off of the ground, of all places.
Neil: Gross, Herry. That baklava was on ground and half-eaten before you put it in your mouth.
Odie: I think I'm gonna be sick before we even start this scam after that display.
Neil: You and me both, Odie. I don't think I'll be able to go through the vents, even if I liked doing it.
Archie was equally disgusted with Herry, but he was not the type of guy to get sick easily, or even at all.
Archie: Suck it up, you two. You especially, Odie. This sting is for you, after all. Neil, now's not the time to turn chicken on us. We need your luck to get in through the back door, which is why you're sneaking in through the vents. Herry, spit that out of your mouth before you catch_
It was too late, though. Herry had already swallowed the half-eaten baklava, while Odie and Neil actually did throw up. Well, Neil threw up into a trash can, while Odie just forced his vomit back down his throat in disgust.
Archie: _ germs from it.
Neil: I knew that was coming.
Odie: Good thing I actually could hold it down.
Neil: Archie, can't someone else try to get inside through the vents? I still don't feel very good even after emptying my stomach. I think I might throw up again into the vents if I'm the one going in through them.
Archie: Herry, your disgusting eating habits are ruining the sting before it can even start. Neil, suck it up and prepare for covert entry.
Archie then got out what appeared to be a stick of butter and spread it all over Neil's arms.
Neil: Yuck, I just hope that this is at least margarine and not real butter. I'm way allergic to dairy products. It's so gross, and yet strangely ticklish.
Archie: Gotta stay on schedule, Neil. Now, you go in through the vents and let the rest of us in through the back door. Fire in the hole.
Neil slid through the vent all the way inside the kitchen.
Neil: Careful, Archie. My stomach is way delicate, right now.
Suddenly, Neil heard Adam's voice talking.
Adam: Who's there?!
Neil decided to hide in plain sight by posing as a statue of the thinker. Adam noticed him, but still did not notice that Neil was human.
Adam: Man, that's one oddly dressed sculpture. Mom and dad must've bought it in D.C. since it's in the pose of the thinker.
Neil sighed in relief that he actually managed to pull his transparent cover off.
Neil: Man, I knew Adam was a stupid thug, but I didn't think he was dumb enough to be fooled by such a conspicuous disguise.
back on the outside
Archie took out his PMR.
Archie: Neil, are you there?
Neil over the PMR: I am.
Archie: Well, where are you? We've only got half an hour to get inside before Atlanta arrives to distract Adam.
Neil over the PMR: I'm inside of Adam's attic, and I got something that might help us further. Just do not look up.
Archie: Don't look up? Why should I not look up? It's not like_
Archie looked up anyway and then screamed in a panic at the rope that was coming down onto him fast. The rope landed hard on him. Herry and Odie chuckled a bit. Archie was in a huff when the rope Neil threw down landed on his back.
Odie: That'll teach you to not make us do all the work the first time around.
Odie then took out his own PMR to talk to Neil.
Odie: Thanks, Neil, for dropping the rope onto Archie.
Herry: I still wish Jay were here to lead the sting like it's his job instead of Archie simply bossing us around.
Neil over the PMR: You and me both, Herry.
inside Adam's living room
Archie, Odie, Herry, and Neil were all peeking into Adam's living room from his kitchen. Adam's safe in which he was holding Odie's pendant key hostage sat in the middle of his living room. Suddenly, Adam's younger twin brother, Alec, who was also a member of his brother's posse at school became suspicious of the guys having snuck into their house.
Alec: Did you hear something, bro? A break-in, perhaps?
Alec then held up their family's broom like a soldier would hold up his rifle.
Adam: Relax, Alec, it's nothing. Oh, but I'd so love to see those four morons try to break into our house and steal that stupid pendant back from us.
Archie, Odie, Herry, and Neil entered the living room, and Odie tied the rope around his torso, while Archie held onto it.
Odie: Do I really have to be the one that Archie dangles over the pressure pad? I know I held back my puke from Herry's eating habits outside the back door, but my stomach is still as delicate right now as Neil's was outside and in the vent.
Archie over the PMR: Hurry up and suck it up, Odie. It's almost time for Atlanta's entrance for the sting.
Odie: OK, OK, just be gentle with me while you dangle me over that pressure pad.
Neil over the PMR: Yeah, not like you were with me in the vent. Still, I don't know which of these phases of Archie's plan is timed the worst. Is it pushing me through the vents, Archie, himself, dangling Odie over a pressure pad, Herry being the catcher for that safe key, or Atlanta being the distraction?
Odie was dangled up to the ceiling within seconds, but he still felt the need to empty his own stomach through his lips onto the pressure pad below him.
Archie: Now, we just have to wait for our distracting damsel to arrive.
Odie over the PMR: Easy for you to say. You got the easy part all to yourself.
Then, Adam's front doorbell rang.
Archie: Right on time.
Adam: Ugh, if it's that new mailman who always gives us the wrong newspaper again, I swear that I will get him.
Adam pressed his front door open, anyway. However, there wasn't a mailman of any kind at his front door. It was not even a man at all.
Atlanta: Uh-uh. Wrong on both accounts. There's no mail or newspaper, and I'm no man.
Normally, Adam did not really go for Atlanta's type of girl, but she actually managed to dazzle him and his twin brother in her dress. Atlanta was even wearing make-up on both her eyes and her lips.
Adam: A-A-Atlanta Kestralson, you look hot.
Atlanta strode up to Adam like the princess she looked like to both him and Alec. Adam's jaw dropped.
Atlanta: Hiya, Gum-Gams.
Adam adored Atlanta's nickname for him.
Adam: Go on, sweet thing.
Atlanta: Ah, humility. I like that in a guy.
Archie, Odie, Herry and Neil saw how Atlanta looked from where they were. Archie got a bit annoyed at Atlanta right at the moment, with the knowledge that she was gonna flirt with a thug like Adam Gamemnon wearing such a skimpy, skin-tight dress, high-heeled shoes and now make-up, of all things.
Archie: Neil, what's with her make-up? Why is Atlanta flirting with Adam wearing make-up?
Neil over the PMR: Don't look at me. Even I didn't know about the make-up part of her distraction.
Herry over the PMR: She probably just applied it outside of the guy's front door.
Archie's brain: Is this girl just trying to make me jealous? If she is, I'm not_ gonna_ fall for it.
Back with Atlanta, Adam, and Alec, Atlanta was getting ready to lay it on even thicker.
Atlanta: Let's get into the mood, why don't we, big boy?
Atlanta put a CD into Adam's stereo and sang along with it, while the two of them danced along to the music. Turned out that Atlanta was pretty good at both of which. Neil even complimented her dancing and singing.
Neil over the PMR: Hey, Atlanta's not half-bad at this. She's pretty good at dancing, too. I don't recall Atlanta ever showing this side of herself to anyone. Who knew she could sing and dance as good as all this?
Archie's brain: I knew about the dancing when the Seeper infected her. The singing thing, though, is news even to me.
Archie, however, turned more and more jealous with every step Atlanta took dancing with Adam, of all guys from their school. He found that he had to remind himself that it was just an act for their sting.
Archie's brain, continued: It's not a big deal, Archie. It's just a con to help with our sting to get back Odie's pendant. It's not like this thug jock means anything to her.
Archie had to keep reminding himself that it was all just an act, but it did very little to help with his jealousy of Atlanta's attention being on Adam, of all guys. Archie could see his crush trying to take Adam's safe key, but he also noticed how his beloved Atlanta was milking the distraction a little bit.
She wound up accidentally dropping the safe key down Adam's throat. His brother, Alec, suddenly became suspicious of Atlanta's intentions for his twin brother with that little mistake. Atlanta had to do something to get the key back.
Atlanta finally got the safe key out from Adam's throat with the help of one of his dad's golf clubs which just happened to be available for her to use. Herry missed catching the safe key, but Neil's luck held up their chances to help Odie get back his pendant key. Neil handed the safe key to Odie as soon as the song was over along with the dancing.
Atlanta: Wasn't that fun, Adam?
Adam was in a little bit pain after Atlanta had hit his butt with a golf club.
Adam: Not fun enough, dear Atlanta.
Alec suddenly remembered just all of whom Atlanta's friends were from New Olympia High School, which included the guy they had taken the pendant from at school. He decided to remind his older twin brother of with whom this girl in their house associated herself at their high school.
Alec: Bro, you know you really should be careful of this chick. You know, 'cuz she's friends with those guys we pounded at lunch today.
Adam just ignored his brother, though, in favor of Atlanta.
Adam: Shut your trap, Alec, and just go guard the safe since you're so worried about it.
Alec: I can't believe what a grumpy butt you're being, bro.
Archie was practically dangling Odie in plain sight from where Alec had gone to. Archie, Odie, Herry and Neil all had to hide from Alec. Alec seemed to hear what they were doing.
Alec: Adam, did you hear that?
Adam: Can't you see we're busy having a moment here, Alec?
Alec: But, Adam.
Adam: Go watch TV in your room, shoot some hoops at basketball, or do something else to entertain yourself. Just do us a favor and get out of our sight, right now.
Alec: You're so lucky we're family or else I would so leave your posse for being such a party pooper.
Archie then lowered Odie down to the safe as soon as Alec left the room in a huff. Odie unlocked and opened the safe and took his pendant key out of it. As soon as Archie saw what Atlanta was doing in her distractive flirting with Adam, however, he got real jealous.
Atlanta: Come here, sweet beefcake. Let me mess around with your necktie.
Atlanta started fiddling around with his tie.
Adam: O-tay, my little strawberry field.
Adam misspoke 'OK', but Atlanta just went along with it. Archie, meanwhile, got so mad that Atlanta had taken her flirting distraction of keeping Adam away from the guys as far as this, that he forgot he was dangling Odie over a pressure pad and almost dropped the genius onto said pressure pad. Herry and Neil were also mad at Archie for what he almost let happen to Odie. Neil suddenly felt the need to snap some sense back into Archie, so he went over to his purple-haired friend and lightly smacked his hand onto his teammate's face a few times.
Neil: Snap out of it and stop getting jealous, will you, Archie?
Odie: Do you really need to be reminded that Atlanta's flirting is all just an act?
Archie gritted his teeth.
Archie: I'm not jealous.
Then, he slid his hand across his throat as though he were chopping his head off to give Atlanta the signal to end the act so that they could all leave Adam's house now that Odie had his pendant key back. Atlanta got the message loud and clear. She faked a yawn and pretended to be tired.
Atlanta: Well, I'd love to stay the night at your place, but I gotta get back to mine and polish my field hockey trophies.
Adam: So soon, Atlanta. Why? Couldn't you stay a little longer and fix my necktie, again?
Atlanta: Afraid not, Add-kins. I really need to get home.
Back with the guys, Odie was happy to have finally gotten his pendant key back from the thug who was Adam Gamemnon.
Odie: We did it.
Herry: Ah yeah.
Neil: Mission accomplished.
Archie: I'm proud of all of you guys, and as for me, I didn't get jealous even once.
Herry: Now, let's climb back up the rope and get the hey outta here. I'll go first.
Unfortunately, Herry, being the muscle of their ragtag team, was so strong that the entire rope came down through the ceiling.
Herry: On second thought, maybe Neil should go first since it might give us some luck? Hehe he.
Neil: Considering you pulled the rope down instead of climbing up the rope, I'd say it's much too late for that suggestion, big guy.
Also unfortunately for their end, Adam happened to hear the rope fall to the floor.
Adam: What was that?
Atlanta tried lying to discourage Adam's suspicions.
Atlanta: I-I didn't hear anything, Gum-Gams.
Her distraction did not work on Adam this time, though.
Adam: Something's going on in my house without me knowing about it. That's really unacceptable.
Adam was closing in on the guys' location in his house, but luckily for them, Atlanta stopped him from getting to them.
Atlanta: I'll tell you what's going on in your house, or better yet I'll show you. This is what's going on.
Then, Atlanta kissed Adam square on the lips a few times. But now, Archie was suddenly even more jealous than when the demigod, Pan, was hitting on Atlanta under the guise of an environmentally aware DJ, which was really saying something. Odie and Neil could sense the disaster that was in their very near future if Archie dared act on his jealousy.
Neil: Calm down, Archie, calm down.
Odie: Yeah, Atlanta's giving us a chance to escape.
But, Neil and Odie's chances of stopping Archie from acting on his jealous impulses when Atlanta kissed Adam was foolish hope and nothing else.
Archie: GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF HER!
With that jealous outburst from Archie, however, Adam suddenly knew exactly what was going on in his house.
Adam: ARCHIE!
Odie, Herry and Neil: ARCHIE!
Atlanta: ARCHIE?!
Odie put his face into his hands and groaned in helpless frustration. Neil slapped his forehead with his right hand. Herry just whistled, trying to play innocent. Atlanta was very mad at Archie for his outburst of jealous rage. Adam was also mad at Archie for breaking and entering into his house. Then, Alec came back into the living room and saw what was going in his and Adam's house on a school night, of all nights of the week.
Alec: Yep, that's Archie.
Then, Alec pushed the button and activated his and Adam's whole house alarm. It blared out to the neighbors even. Archie realized his mistake in getting jealous of Adam and Atlanta, but it was too late.
Archie: Oooops.
Atlanta scoffed at Archie for what he did.
Atlanta: You made me go through all of this for nothing, Archie?!
Adam: You're toast, Khiles.
Odie: I can't believe you let your jealousy blow the rest of our sting, Archie.
Neil: I don't get why your jealousy was what revealed our sting to the bad guys. Usually I'm the one who messes these sting operations up with my own narcissism. But, Archie's jealousy blowing the whole operation? That's a new one for our team.
Herry: I knew we should've asked for Jay and Theresa to also help with our sting. We needed all the help we could get, but Archie just had to wanna lead us. I was right. Hey, that's also a first for us.
Archie suddenly whistled as though he were trying to get everyone's attention.
Archie: OK, everybody, quiet down. I got something important to say, thank you. It's now time to put the final phase of my full-proof plan in motion. Namely, RUN!
Archie, Odie and Neil made a run for the front door. Alec tried to run after them all but was stopped by Herry. Then, Adam tried to get them, but he was thrown to the floor of his living room by Atlanta. Afterwards, Herry then Atlanta followed Archie, Odie and Neil in their dash for the front door.
Meanwhile, Adam saw the need to stop all of them but only had enough catching hooks to stop the guys. He activated them all anyway. Atlanta easily dodged the hooks, so they only latched onto the guys and pulled them right back to Adam's location. He then took Odie's pendant back from him.
Adam: I got it.
Then, Atlanta tackled him into the wall and grabbed the pendant and his remote.
Atlanta: Now, who's got it?
Then, Atlanta pushed the button for the hooks and let the guys down from them. It was a noble action on her part, except when Herry landed on Alec's already aching back.
Alec: I got it good.
Then, Herry tooted while he was on top of Alec.
Herry: Oh, I'm sorry, Alec. I-I meant to do that.
Neil: Yeah for Atlanta.
Odie: Way to go, Atlanta. You saved us.
While Neil and Odie were praising Atlanta and Herry was experiencing flatulence on top of Alec, Archie tried to take Odie's pendant back from Atlanta.
Archie: OK, thanks, Atlanta. I'll take that, now.
But, Atlanta wouldn't let Archie hold onto Odie's pendant because of the jealous outburst from him that blew the whole sting.
Atlanta: No way I'm trusting you with this. You blew the whole operation with that outburst of yours.
Archie: Well, that was because you_ you_ kissed Adam, the thug jock.
Adam: She couldn't help herself, Archie. She digs me. She really digs me.
Archie was appalled at the thug's grandiose misinterpretation of who was Atlanta's favorite guy.
Archie: Aww, you're crazy, Adam. She likes me.
Adam scoffed at Archie.
Adam: As if.
Then out of nowhere, a mysterious pair of arms reached out from under Herry and choked him and then Odie. It was Alec Gamemnon. Neil was the only one who could see the situation happening. He tried to help his friends, but his fear of bullying jocks kept him at bay from Alec.
Atlanta: I'm so out of here.
Adam: You can't leave.
Archie: We're not done, yet.
Atlanta: You guys can't tell me who I like.
Neil: Uh, Atlanta_
Atlanta: No, I'm not answering to chauvinist pigs, anymore. I'm definitely not answering to you, of all guys, Neil.
Neil: Uh, not meaning to interrupt the tough girl routine, but Odie and Herry need your help.
Atlanta: UGH! Can't you help them out yourself, Neil? Or are you as scared of Alec as you are of Adam?
Neil: I'm scared of all bullies. There. I said it. You happy, now?
Atlanta: No, I'm upset at your cowardice. So much for you being the best of us against Medusa that one time. Admit it, Neil. Capturing her that time was luck and nothing else.
Neil: I can't help it that Lady Luck likes me enough to help me when I'm flying solo.
Odie, Herry and Alec were fighting over the pendant key. The fight over Odie's pendant even extended out the front door when they all rolled their way outside. Herry was finally able to get Odie's pendant key back from Alec's grasp, and knocked the guy to the side.
Herry: Atlanta, RUN!
Herry tossed Odie's pendant key to Atlanta, but because she was turned around, she was not prepared to catch it.
Archie: Wait!
Alec: Get the pendant!
Archie: Atlanta!
The pendant key landed in the Gamemnon brothers' bird bath on their front lawn.
Odie: Herry! Why did you throw my pendant to Atlanta while she was walking away?
Herry: Oooops. I guess I should've given her more of a heads up.
Neil finally made it next to Odie and Herry once he was sure it was safe enough to join them.
Neil: Gee, Herry. You think?!
Herry: Like Hades you were any help, Neil.
Neil: At least, I would've given the lady an actual heads up about catching the pendant. The same pendant that belongs to the person who was right next to you, by the way.
Odie: Let's just go get it out of the bird bath.
Neil: I'm gonna hate and regret this.
Herry: Oh, and I suppose you liked everything else we've been doing in the sting.
Odie: Come on.
Meanwhile, Archie finally caught up with Atlanta outside the Gamemnon residence. He grabbed onto her left foot and held on.
Archie: Come on, Atlanta. Don't be mad. What'd I say?
Atlanta: Where do I even begin, Mr. Khiles? 'Got a few hours?'.
Archie: For you, babe, I got all the time in the world.
Atlanta: Don't you dare ever call me 'babe'.
Then, she kicked his grip away with her right foot.
Adam: Hands off my girl, Khiles.
Atlanta: Leave Archie alone, Adam. He's apologizing.
While Archie was apologizing to Atlanta and still fighting with Adam, Odie, Herry, Neil, and Alec were facing the clutches of the residence bird bath.
Alec: You ever notice how it's always guys like all of us who are doing the dirty work.
Neil: I don't wanna sound like a jerk, Odie, but I'm not touching a used bird bath.
Herry: Step aside, junior. Let a real man handle this job. But, you're right about it being disgusting.
Odie: Well, I'm not leaving until I get my pendant back. So, prepare to get dirty.
They all stuck their hands into the bird bath.
Neil: This feels really weird.
Suddenly, a bird that was wearing Odie's pendant key came out of the bird bath and attacked the four of them.
Bird's thoughts in translation: And stay out, you peeping toms.
With that, it was obvious that the bird was definitely a female.
Neil: At least, your pendant came off with that bird going back to bathing, Odie.
He, Herry, and Odie then made a few glances at Alec. Then after said glances, they all made a dive for Odie's pendant key. They all grabbed it at once, and they continued to fight over it until Alec decided to having had enough.
Alec: This is crazy. Why are the lot of us doing all the work?
Neil: Jerk-face kinda has a point.
Suddenly, a mysterious but muscled arm reached out and grabbed the pendant key. It was a very exhausted Adam. He leaned against something as soon as he got the pendant back. Unfortunately for him, that something was scooter that was left on the sidewalk.
Odie: Yeah, you know. If we all went on strike, this abuse might just stop.
Archie: You see what you've started?
He went careening backwards all the way past Archie and Atlanta and back into his own house.
Atlanta: What was that?
Adam: Somebody, stop this thing!
Then, Adam finally stopped by crashing into something in his house.
Adam: Got the pendant back to the safe. Am I a genius or what?
Then, Adam remembered the pressure pad he'd forgotten about on his way to the safe.
Adam: Uh-oh.
Then, there was an alarm, followed by an electrical charge, then came a scream, and finally what sounded like paddling mixed with screaming. Everyone else came up to the front door of the house to see what was going on. Then, they all stopped to enjoy the view of Adam Gamemnon being paddled by his own booby trap while screaming in pain.
Alec: He loves this part. And now, so do I.
Adam: Alec, get me out of here!
It was then that Alec realized he would have had to get Adam down since one; they were related, and two; their parents would blame Alec for it if they found Adam in that state.
Alec: I think there's a shortage on the remote for this thing. Hang on, bro.
While Alec was trying to figure out the remote, Archie strode past them and grabbed Odie's pendant key back from their safe.
Archie: Thanks for the plausible evening. We really should do it again some time.
Adam screamed in more pain while he was still being paddled.
the next day in the New Olympia high school cafeteria
Jay: So, how'd your little sting operation go without Theresa and I being part of the mix?
Archie: What can I say other than that it was a brilliant plan?
Herry: Uh, Archie, did you already forget about the little outburst of jealousy from you directly following Atlanta kissing Adam?
Theresa: Oh, really now? What kind of jealous outburst?
Neil: Well, he said, and, I quote, 'GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF HER!', unquote.
Archie: Hey, every bit of what happened was all part of my scam against Adam and Alec. I just couldn't tell any of you before any of it happened because it was all for the sake of getting back Odie's pendant key.
Jay: Archie, just admit it.
Archie: What?!
Theresa: Admit that Atlanta gets to you, Archie. What else would you have to admit?
Odie: Come on, Archie. At least admit that it was torture for you to see Atlanta putting the moves on Adam, and you know it.
Archie: No, no, no, no, nope. Not a chance. Nuh-uh. Not in a million years.
Suddenly, Odie walked up to Atlanta and started to whisper something or other into her ear.
Archie: What are you saying to her, Odie?
Archie got his answer to what Odie was whispering to Atlanta when she came up to Archie and kissed him square on the lips for about five minutes. Archie's tongue dropped a few inches off of his lips for a several seconds. Then, he regained his composure, but it was only to speak. His speech pattern was a bit slurry, however.
Archie: Sssee. Absssolutely notttthhhing.
Odie timed Archie's reaction taking full effect. Then, the warrior fainted and began seeing stars… at noon, of all times of day. Archie started to goofily chuckle up a storm.
Archie: Ah, man.