AN: Hi! I got a review! It uh… It's not very informative… ALSO! As I begin writing this, Twelfth of January 2019, it's my birthday today! So Happy Birthday to me!

I sighed. It had been almost a week, and Taylor was back at Winslow with me… This meant that Sophia and Emma were out for blood… They weren't fussy on if it was mine or Taylor's, they just wanted blood. Madison though… She hadn't shown up for the last few days…

We were currently in Mr Gadfly's class, or as he liked to be called, Mr G… I swear to god… Why did someone give a popular kid a job as a teacher? Like, I've had my share of cool teachers like him, but they always did much better. They always stopped bullying the best they could, they weren't biased, and best of all, they were young enough to still make immature jokes without making the class feel awkward or obligated to fake laughter. This guy though… He was young enough, sure, but… He's just not right… He tries to make the popular kids happy, and teach. That's about all he does… He was a decent teacher though, I suppose…

"Let me wrap up here," Mr Gladly said, "Sorry, guys, but there is homework for the weekend. Think about capes and how they've impacted the world around you. Make a list if you want, but it's not mandatory. On Monday we'll break up into groups of four and see what group has the best list. I'll buy the winning group treats from the vending machine."

The class cheered for the most part, everyone putting their stuff away, beginning to chat, with some of the more social members of class going over to Mr Gadfly's desk to talk to him. TayTay and I grabbed our bags and went off to eat lunch.

"I'm going to go eat in the bathroom, is that okay?" Taylor asked nervously.

I remembered what I'd overheard, as well as read back home, and shook my head. "No. Emma and Sophia are way too likely to trap you in there and prank you. Maybe by pouring pop on your head, or jamming the door on you, or… What?" I asked, noticing her frowning a little.

"What's… Pop?" She asked confused.

"Oh! Soda. I was born in Britain. It's called Pop over there." I explained, realising Taylor probably hadn't noticed my Southern British accent.

"Oh. I didn't know that." She said quietly, taking in the information.

"Thing is, I was born southwards, but lived more northwards for the most part, so people would stop me and ask why I said something weirdly. I had a British accent, but the wrong one for the area." I mentioned with a grin, which Taylor returned, a mental image firmly in her mind. "So, I wouldn't advise the bathroom. Also, Greg got you a book. I asked if he knew where I could find a copy, he owned one that he'd never touched, so he brought it for you to have." I told her, making her blink in surprise.

"Greg? Greg Vader?" She asked, making sure.

"Yep." I confirmed, as we headed off to meet Greg together.

Later

We sat down at the table next to Greg, getting out our food and eating it fairly quickly.

"Hey Taylor, hey Alfie." He greeted with a grin, digging around in his bag for something.

"Hey Cowboy." I greeted back, startling him. "You bring the book?" I asked.

"Y-Yeah… One sec." He stammered, getting it out and giving it to Taylor. "Here." He told her, before turning to me. "Why did you call me…?" He asked confused.

"XxVoid_CowboyxX?" I questioned, a smug grin on my face. Taken straight from the queen of Smug Grins, TattleTale herself! "We've met." I explained while also not explaining.

Greg's face in that moment was priceless, he was fucking befuddled!

Taylor sighed, and decided to give Greg a hint, before she looked at the book. "You may know him as AllThemBestMatches." She told him, before looking at the book and gasping. "No way. How did you get your hands on this?!" She asked him shocked.

"I-I uh… I got it for Christmas, and never bothered to read it…?" He explained sheepishly. He then turned to me, shocked. "Wait so you're the guy who somehow got a main mod to make you a Verified Idiot?" He asked me, trying to verify his shock.

"Yep." I agreed.

Greg stared into space for a moment, before face planting on the table. "I don't know how you know my account, but I need a minute." He said, voice muffled by the table.

Tay and I exchanged a glance for a moment, before she handed me the Book to look after. I put it in my back carefully, and not a moment too soon. The second I'd zipped up the bag, Taylor shrieked, as Pop poured all over her head and hair, staining her clothes as well… Sophia and Emma had vanished from sight before anyone could see them do it… She was now soaked with lots of different pop stains… Her clothes were ruined, her skin was probably stained a little… Her hair was a mess… If I remembered right, this would be the day she decided her costume was ready… Taylor took a deep breath, and closed her eyes for a few minutes… Then, she stood up and walked out.

I grabbed our Bags, and ran after her, finding her leaving the building.

"Tay! Wait!" I called out, leaving with her as I ran at her full sprint.

Taylor turned to me slowly. "You can go back inside… I-I can't stay here looking like this…" She told me.

"Will you come back though?" I asked, making her pause. "Thought not. So this is what we'll do. You won't head home just yet. Instead, you'll come to my place, and you can clean off there. I probably have some clothes I can lend you for a bit while I'm washing your clothes. I have a really good washing machine. It also works as a dryer." I told her, getting a slow nod.

"Alright…" She agreed with a sigh, having a little trouble seeing through her glasses.

"Gimme your glasses for a sec." I told her, being passed them while we stood outside the school. I quickly cleaned them off with my sleeve, finding a streak of juice still on it. "Oh that's not good…" I muttered quickly, digging in my bag for the glasses cleaning spray stuff that's super handy. I used it, and got rid of most of the streak. There was just a small dot left at the edge that wouldn't be a problem. I passed them back to her, as we got on the first bus we could find, going past Tay's home, and all the way to the docks.

"Why are we here…?" She asked me confused.

"My place is around here." I explained, heading straight to the Warehouse I'd set up. As the automatic defences, all of which ran on Nebula gas so that I could even build them, activated, aiming at Taylor and me, I cleared my throat. "Sa, jikken o hajimeyou ka?" I announced, setting the defences to standby mode. "Alfie Perdition, plus one." I said, causing the defences to return to scanning the perimeter. "C'mon, get inside." I told Tay, dragging her along gently by the wrist. Once we were inside, I closed the door, and turned on the lights, to reveal the now upgraded warehouse. I'd shoved all the Crates to one side, with a fairly springy bed set up in the corner. There was a makeshift Kitchen, as well as a bathroom, with running water after I'd done some stuff in my sleep. Yeah no that wasn't worrying… I dug through some old clothes, and found the outfit I'd woken up in, it should fit Taylor fairly well actually. "Go take a shower, I have some clothes here for you. There's a towel by the shower." I told her, as she looked around in awe.

"Wait, you live here…?" She realised turning to me.

"Yep. It's not much, but it's home. Has everything I need to live, but it doesn't help with Y'know, wanting a proper home… Look at me, I'm able to find a home as a teenager in the 21st century!" I joked, getting a small giggle.

"But still… How have people not noticed? And where are your…?" She trailed off slowly.

"They aren't dead, as far as I'm aware." I assured her. "I just… Don't know where they are." I shrugged, turning on the network. "Now, go take a shower." I ordered, staring at the Screen while Taylor changed out of her clothes, getting in the shower and about to turn it on, when I remembered something, and grabbed Tay's underwear from the pile of clothes, and threw them into the washing machine as fast as I could. Turns out Nebula gas is apparently able to do more things than Flex Tape or Jesus! I then returned to the Screen, face bright red, checking PHO, and maps and stuff… "Huh… I'll have to try that later…" I muttered to myself, realising I might be able to get fullbottles from people's powers…

Somewhere else

A girl sat in front of a computer screen, rubbing her head as her powers refused to work on a certain individual… "Just… Who are you…?" She whispered to herself, staring at the name… "AllThemBestMatches…?" She asked herself, wanting to know who was hiding behind the name… And why her power wouldn't work…

"Hey, you ready to go?" A boy asked behind her, checking that his suit was properly put on.

"Yeah, let's go." She nodded, climbing onto her ride, and giving a grin, putting the name behind her...

Alfie

I frowned as something on the map flashed… "Hey, TayTay. Look. We have a crime happening." I told her. It'd been a good while now, and we'd gone back and forth from her house, to the warehouse, to the house and so on. It was about ten at night now, and Danny had gone to bed earlier, trusting we wouldn't get up to anything dirty… We were gonna get dirty technically, since I doubted we'd stay unharmed at all…

"Huh? Really?" She asked, looking at the Screen. I pointed at a flashing dot.

"Crime alert. By the colour, it's ABB." I explained.

"Thugs or…?" She questioned.

"Too early to know. We could risk it and possibly get hurt, or we could wait, and risk innocent people getting hurt. Not exactly a winwin." I sighed.

Taylor stared for a moment, before sighing. "We're going." She decided.

I grinned, and got up from my chair, running over to an area of the Warehouse I hadn't shown her yet, and pulling out the Transteam Gun V1. "Here!" I called, tossing it to her, watching her catch it. "It's not as advanced as mine, but it'll do the trick." I explained, as she looked at it confused.

"I… What?" She asked me, not understanding.

"I can show you when we get there." I told her, as I grabbed my Transteam Gun, and made sure I had an empty bottle generator set up where the third bottle holder would have been. I'd be setting up a device to give me whatever bottles I wanted, once I had more than Rabbit and Tank.

The Two of us left, heading to the location… I was walking ahead of her slightly, making sure she'd be okay…

Wait. It was Friday. Why would this be happening now?! Was my presence causing that much of a change?!

They were quite close actually, but far enough away from my warehouse that it wouldn't get damaged…

The two of us were silent as we climbed up a fire escape to spy on the group from a safe distance… Lung was there… Shit.

Lung was snarling. "…the children, just shoot. Doesn't matter your aim, just shoot. You see one lying on the ground? Shoot the little bitch twice more to be sure. We give them no chances to be clever or lucky, understand?"

There was a murmur of assent.

Someone else lit up a cigarette, and then leaned over to light a cigarette for the guy next to him. In those moments that his hand wasn't cupped around the flame, I could see the gathered faces of just a dozen or so of the gangsters gathered around Lung. In hands, waistbands and holsters, I could see the dark metal of guns reflecting the orange flame. If I had to hazard a guess, all of them had weapons.

"They're going to kill kids…?" Taylor whispered, shocked.

"Looks like it." I agreed, feeling like I was forgetting something… Or someone…? Eh, can't be important… Why is that familiar…? The thought nagged at me impishly, digging into my brain until I pushed it out.

"We have to stop them…" She told me, determined… We didn't have a choice. We hadn't brought any burner phones, or phones in general for that matter… We couldn't call for help… It was stop them, or go home with guilt…

I nodded, grabbing the Transteam gun and Rabbit Bottle… "Let's do this." I announced, getting ready to stand. "Just follow my lead." I told her. "Oh, but say Jouketsu instead of Henshin." I remembered, getting a confused nod as she stood next to me in what she'd managed to make of her costume in that week. She'd done really well honestly. She'd gotten most of what she'd done in the book, in a much shorter amount of time.

"Alright…" She agreed.

"But first, can you use your bugs, have 'em bite the thugs a bit?" I asked her, getting a nod as she sent her giant swarm at the thugs. The thugs reacted in the way you would react when people get bitten by a giant swarm. And then, I shook Rabbit, and slotted it into the gun…

"Rabbit!"

"HENSHIN!" I whisper shouted, pulling the trigger.

"Mistmatch! Rabbit… Rab-Rab Rabbit… Fire!" As the smoke cleared, I stood there, as Kamen Rider Match.

"Remember, just shake, turn the cap, and put it in the gun. Say Jouketsu, and pull the trigger." I told Tay, as I prepared to jump down. This… Was gonna suck.