Hey everyone, I'm back with the next chapter of Troop Secrets where the Team will have a little issue with Jake feeling like an outcast, Hayley dealing with some Drama about being hated, and Weslyn reliving some… unforgettable memories from her childhood.
Remember I DON'T own The Troop or any other Monster Series like Owl House, Yugioh, Monster Musume, or any other series that may appear in the future except for my OCs.
Also if you wanted to know what my OCs Weslyn, Nyx, and Katherine's voices sound like, think of Sari(Weslyn's voice) from Transformers Animated, Akiza(Nyx's voice) from Yugioh 5d, and Arcee(Katerine's voice) from Transformers Prime.
Now then, let get on with the Story!
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It's an early morning in the Marshland by Lakewood as the morning mist covered the water while Birds and Insects chirped, tweet, and clicked as they awoken…
"AAAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAWWWWWWRRRRR! ! !"
…before a loud screeching roar echoed through the Forest as Jake, dressed in a Gray T-shirt under a Light-Blue Button-shirt under a Gray Jacket and armed with a small Baster, jumped over some logs. "WOO! Yeah!" he exclaimed excitedly as he chased after a Cat-size Salamander Monster with Blue skin and small spouts on its back as it was releasing a lot of smoke from its back-vents while scurried across the ground.
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Meanwhile in another part of the Marsh, Hayley and Felix, both dressed in Orange Hazmat Suits, were getting a cage ready for the Monster.
"This is really simple, just keep the Fire Salamander funneled in our direction and watch us do the rest." Hayley said speaking to the Rookies through her communicator informing them what they're supposes to do.
"[Easier said than done since you aren't the one herding this living Fire-crawler.]" Weslyn said since she was waiting ahead of her fellow Rookie encase the Fire Salamander changes directions mid-sprint since this was a Monster Con-5 Monster but nice to deal with something 'quieter' after the Death Worm incident two weeks ago.
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"Yea-ha! I got it on the run guys, coming your way!" Jake said as he continued chasing after the Fire Salamander.
"[Good, now just guide it to the cage.]" the Blonde Troop member instructed reminding him of the plan.
"No No! Seriously, I think I got it!" the Rookie exclaimed as the Monster made a sudden sharp turn before a Plasma blast from above sent the Salamander back on the path towards the cage.
"Not today you little Flicker!" Weslyn, dressed in a Gray Hoodie half zipped over a Violet Shirt and Blue Jeans and a White and Blue Bucket-hat, exclaimed from her spot in the tree-line before jumping down to join her fellow Rookie in herding the Monster towards the others.
"SWA-SWA-SWAAAAARRRR!" the Fire Salamander released some squawking/chirping sounds as the two lead it towards the specialized cage.
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Back with the Junior Troops, Felix and Hayley were done putting on the finishing touches to the cage before putting on their Helmets as all that was left now was for their teammates to lead the Salamander here.
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"Come here, come here you little Sparker." Jake said as they continued chasing before the Female Rookie shot another blast as the little Fire Monster tried to change directions again.
"Remember Jake, we need to make sure the Fire Salamander keeps its head down." Weslyn reminded since this isn't the first time she dealt with this type of Species since her Friends on the Countryside of the Wayside had to constantly keep these little scorchers from burning their Crops and scaring their Livestock but felt like there was something else she was forgetting about these Salamanders.
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As they were herding the Fire Salamander, Hayley and Felix opened the cage's door as this was going to be close. "Remember, shoot above its head." The Team Leader said since the Salamander will dart off if it sees the cage.
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"Jake, did you hear that?" Weslyn asked only to see that the Male Rookie wasn't even paying attention as he was chanting 'I gotcha' as he stayed on the Monster's tail before shooting towards the tree in front of it with the impact of the blast startling it.
"AAAAAA-AAAAAWWWWRRRR! !" The Fire Salamander screeched as it ran towards the direction where the rest of the team was at along with the cage.
"Keep its head down, keep its head down! Head down, Head Down, HEAD DOWN!" Hayley repeated as she and Felix see the Salamander rushing towards them with its body smoking before ducking away as it leaped up over the cage showing that it saw the cage.
"SWA-SWA-AAAAAAAAAWWWWRRRRRR! !" the Monster squawked/chirped as it ran away from the cage as the two stood up before lifting the facemasks up.
"Head wasn't down." The Blonde Girl said seeing as the Rookies couldn't do one simple job, keep the Salamander's head down.
"Don't worry my mistake!" Jake exclaimed as he ran pass them leaping over the cage. "I'll take care of it!" he added looking back towards them as he chased after the Monster.
"Not without back up you aren't!" Weslyn exclaimed as she ran towards them before planting her hands onto the cage as she pushed herself up into the air doing a flip before landing back onto her feet as she chased after her teammate while the other two were stunned since they didn't know she could move like a Gymnast.
"Wait, don't freelance! Wait for us!" Hayley exclaimed after getting over her stunned look as she and Felix chased after their teammates.
"Give it up Sparky!" Jake exclaimed as he pulled off his Book-bag before opening it and jumped forward onto the Fire Salamander catching it just as the rest of the team caught up. "Gotcha! Yes!" he exclaimed standing back up as he zipped the Monster into his bag. "Ye-ah, not bad huh?" he cheered holding the bag containing the struggling Salamander as it was growling and snarling trying to get out.
"Way to think on the spot Jake." Weslyn said excitedly as she walked up to her teammate. "Now let get this Firecracker into the cage. Though, I still got this nagging feeling like there was something important?" she questioned wondering what that nag was.
"Beats me, maybe it had something to do with Fire Salamanders and enclosed spaces?" Nyx responded since some of her Student's memories are a little blurry to some of the Monster Species she had encountered in the past even before the two had met.
"Ooh nooo… What have you done!?" Hayley demanded as she and Felix have concerned expressions on their faces.
"Capture a Fire Salamander! Isn't that our job?" Jake answered holding the bag.
"Yeah you're Majesty, and now that we have it, we can take it back to HQ." Weslyn stated before childishly winking and sticking out her tongue towards the 'Leader' of the team thinking she was mad about that Locker Prank she pulled on her.
/ / /Flashback: Day after the Death Worm Incident/ / /
It was a quiet day after the Senior Shakedown as Hayley was talking to Brad as she opened her locker…
BA-BOOOOOOOOMMMM HOOOOOOOONNKK~ Dada-dadadadon-dada-dadadadon~
…until Confetti blown out as 'For He's a Jolly Good Fellow' played on the Accordion and Trumpet before a banner rolled out with '~It's a BOY~' written in Baby-Blue paint styled in Forte Font showing a picture of a Mother and her Baby only with Hayley and Brad's faces replacing the Mother and Baby respectively as Students gathered started laughing.
Feeling extremely irritated and embarrassed Brad stormed off as he was going to get to the bottom of this humiliation by interrogating multiple Freshmen to find out who did this prank!
With her face Red from both anger and embarrassment, Hayley turned her head to see her fellow Female Troop member snickering causing steam to burst from the Blonde's ears. "WESLLLYYYYYYYYN! ! ! ! !" she screamed furiously as she started chasing the Tan-skinned Girl through the hallways of the School.
"Come on Hayley! It's just a Sisterly Prank Hahahehe!~" Weslyn exclaimed laughing the whole time as the two ran around stepping on poor unfortunate Students who got in the way of their comedic sprint since this was the humbling she was going for as she sees the Blonde as a Sister and Sisters prank each other with embarrassing things like their relationships and other things.
/ / /Flashback Over/ / /
Remembering that day made Weslyn break out chuckling while Jake and Felix snickered since they were there but the glare from Hayley shut them up.
"But that's not protocol so let it out!" Felix urged pointing towards the bag as the Monster trashing inside was moving much more aggressively.
"You're just freaking out because you didn't catch it." Jake stated as the Fire Salamander was screeching and thrashing a lot as they should just put this Sparker in the cage.
"Yeah Felix, we caught the Monster so there shouldn't be anything to freak out about." Weslyn said not seeing why her Teammate was worrying so much since there is nothing to worry about Fire Salamanders besides their natural abilities to cause fires but something was still nagging her and she can't figure out why?
"No I'm freaking out because it's gonna-" the Glasses wearing Teen tried saying before Jake dropped the Book-bag as the Salamander inside screeched very loudly causing him and Hayley to quickly hide behind a tree confusing the two Rookies until…
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! ! ! ~SQUISH!~
…the Fire Salamander exploded covering the two as well everything in a 7ft radius with hot smelly Orange goo leaving behind a destroyed bag as well a burn mark with size of a baby Elephant as the two Junior Troops crept from behind the tree to see the other half of their team covered with goo.
"-Explode." Felix finished as both Rookies groan/sighed in disgust from getting covered in Monster goo.
'Okay… Now I remember…' Weslyn thought recalling the first time she met these Monsters as well as their main defense against predators, Self-detonation. 'Still taste as terrible as I remember…' she added spitting out some of the goo that got it her mouth while gagging at the awful taste since this wasn't the first time she been covered with Monster goo/slime/other fluids.
(/ / /Opening Theme, Song: Troop Season 1 Instrumental/ / /)
(AN: Look back at Chapter 2 to see it again.)
(/ / /Opening Theme Over/ / /)
/ / / / /Ch 3: Team Blues and Repticore Rescue/ / / / /
Back at the Troop Base Weslyn and Jake were using the Disinfecting Showers to wash off the Salamander goo as Hayley, wearing a Black Top under a White Blouse under a Yellow Jacket, Blue Skinny-jeans and Sliver Sparkly Flats with a Beaded Necklace around her neck and her hair tied in a curly Ponytail, Felix, wearing a White T-shirt under a short-sleeved Plaited Button-shirt under a Red Vest with a couple buttons undone, Tan Pants, and Dark-Red and White Sneakers, and Mr. Stockley, dressed in a Brownish-Gray Suit over a Dark-Brown Dress-shirt and a Beige Tie, waiting outside with share clothing as theirs were incinerated as Jake was wincing from how hot and cold the water was.
"Okay, I think we got all the Salamander goo off of us." Weslyn said from behind the door on the Girl side of the shower.
"Clothes please." Jake asked from behind the door of the Boy side as both Felix and Hayley handed their teammates their change of clothing as they began changing.
"We didn't want it taken out, we wanted it captured." Hayley said sternly scolding the two about their mess up this morning.
"Yeah, we try not to destroy every Creature we come across you two." Felix said with his arms crossed since the Troop motto is to Capture first, destroy as a last resort.
"To be fair, I forgot that Fire Salamanders blow themselves up when trapped in an enclosed space." Weslyn argued since it was an honest mistake, a mistake that had to literally blow up in her face for her to learn it.
"Well here is another refresher because as you had just learned when a Fire Salamander self-destructs, it releases a terrible smelling goo." Mr. Stockley explained as both Rookies stepped out fully dressed.
"No joke." Jake, now dressed in a Dark-Blue Shirt and Jeans, simply said agreeing about how terrible the goo smelt when he was covered by it. "Look, it was a mistake. I promise it won't happen again." He promised since he thought this job would involve more Monster hunting and less getting covered by their goo, vomit, snot, and other body fluids.
"And take into account that this was also Hayley and Felix's fault for not telling us this beforehand since we're still new while they had more experience." Weslyn, now dressed in a Mint-Green Top that was a size to small snugging against her large bust showing some cleavage as well a bit of her Aquamarine Sports-bra and even some of her midriff along with her toned flexible stomach and visible abs and Light-Blue Skinny-jeans that hugged her toned legs, argued with Hayley glaring at her while Felix and Jake were trying to fight back the nosebleed from seeing how the Blonde's choice of backup clothes for Weslyn hugged and showed off her Fitness Model-like figure as her hair was still damp from the shower making it look long and flowing.
Putting on a pair of Gloves Mr. Stockley decide to keep this conversation on track. "That's nice and all, but however we still need to be careful." He said before walking getting the others to follow him. "That Goo has been known to attract giant ravenous Repticores." He explained since with the Natural Food-chain, the death of one Monster can always attract another.
"Yeah, luckily no one had spotted one for over a hundred years." Hayley added glaring back at the two for their foolish mistake.
"So no problem then." Jake said since the chances of a giant Monster coming here are low if they hadn't been spotted for that long.
"That's because no one had been dumb enough to kill a Fire Salamander in the first place." Felix said going through the containment case containing all the goo they were able to get up as well Jake's destroyed Book-bag.
"That is why you can only capture them in specialized container. Hahahe~ Didn't you read the report?" Hayley questioned with a smug look as she crossed her arms since she had read every report each Troop member of the past had done and always does things by the book.
"I-I was going to." Jake countered and judging by his tone of voice as well facial expression proves that he didn't read anything yet. "I just thought it was smarter to trust my instincts." He reasoned since from what Videogames had taught him, you sometimes just have to trust your gut.
RING-RING-RING-RING-RING! ! !
The sound of the School bell told them that First Period was about to start as they'll have to continue this discussion later.
"You guys better get to class, we'll clean up the attack scene later." The Team's Advisor said putting the lid on the containment bin as they'll have to get going so not to rouse suspicion.
"Look Hayley, it was an honest Rookie mistake. So maybe try being a bit more understanding since people do things a bit differently, okay Princess Perfectionist?" Weslyn said with a hand on her hip since she doesn't want to deal with someone whose ego was bigger than their whole body as she left to get her bag before heading to class leaving a fuming Hayley behind while trying to fight the blush rising on her face.
"Wait!" Jake called getting them to stop. "My Science Project was in my Backpack, what should I do!?" he asked since he just realized that his Project was inside his bag when the Fire Salamander exploded and he now has nothing to show.
Thinking about it a smug smirk appeared on Hayley's face. "Ask your instincts." She simply said with a smug smile as she and Felix shared a high-five for that burn before the two left to head to class.
"Not cool Hayley, you may be great at Schoolwork, but you're terrible with People!" Weslyn said with her bag draped over her shoulder before crossing her arms as the other Female of the team left as she was getting tired of her high and mighty attitude since she knows what it feels like to fail School before giving the Artist as reassuring pat on the shoulder.
"I'll just tell him my Dog ate it." Jake said feeling insulted before deciding to tell his Teacher one of the classic excuses out there.
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"If you tell me your Dog ate it I'm gonna fail you right here." The Science Teacher flatly said as he had heard so many Students use that excuse he fail them anyway as he coldly stare at the Freshman at his desk.
"N-No, of course not." Jake said since that idea was a burn since he already has a barely average grade in Science so he needs to think of something else. "I was actually trying to take the Potato-Clock to a whole new level." He lied as he continued to explain hoping that the Teacher will buy it. "You know, like an Atomic Potato-Clock. Time, Weather, Calculator, you know, Potato Apps." He said making it sound like he was trying to create a Potato-Smartphone as he really want the Teacher to believe his fib before lying about what really happened to his project. "But then… it blew up." he admitted since it was true but he want it to sound more like it blew up by accident and not by a Monster killing itself.
"Are you saying your Potato exploded?" the Teacher bluntly questioned as he kept his serious cold Demeter as he stared at him.
"Apparently they were more volatile than you would think." Jake answered before continuing with the fib. "If you ask me it's not the best use for a Potato. Have you have French-fries?" he questioned leaning forward a bit.
Getting up from his chair, the Teacher began speaking for the entire class to hear. "I'll tell you want Mr. Collins, you got until Wednesday to hand in your Project or you get an F." he declared staring down Jake making him pretty nervous. "Do you know how many hours that gives you?" he questioned in his usual blunt tone as the Freshman thought about it.
"Not exactly." Jake answered since he wasn't that good at Math either.
"That's because you don't have your Potato-Clock." The Teacher sneered just as the Bell ranged signaling the end of class.
"Dude, I said it once and I'll say it again, Ant-farm." Eddy said bringing an arm over Jake's shoulder since that was the Project he did.
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During the change of Periods Hayley was opening her Locker as she accidently slammed the door against an incoming Girl as both of them stepped back in shock.
The Girl has slightly Tanned skin with long straight Black hair with a Sky-Blue Headband in it and Dark-Brown eyes as she was wearing a Multi-colored Hoop-necklace around her neck as well a Black Crop-top under a Sky-Blue Blouse which was now covered with Frosting from the Cupcake that was slammed against her from the impact of the Locker door.
"Oh… Oh Angie, I'm so sorry!" Hayley quickly apologized as she didn't mean to slam her Locker against the Girl. "Look, that was a total accident." She explained trying to play it off as a small goof but the slight chuckle and small smile send the wrong message.
"Right~" Angie reply sarcastically because from the Blonde's tone as well facial expression made her believe she did this on purpose. "I would suppose that the star Athlete, Ballerina, and Cheerleader picks this one time in her whole life to have an 'accident'. How dumb do you think I am?!" she exclaimed with a tone mixed with sarcasm and jealousy as she glared hatefully at the 'Perfectionist' Student.
"N-No, it's just that I didn't see you there." Hayley tried to reason only to be interrupted.
"Oh so now I'm invisible to you!" Angie sneered with a fake smile as she once again got the wrong idea on what she was trying to say.
"You know that's not what I meant." The Blonde tried to argue just to be interrupted again.
"I'm super popular Hayley, you better get out of my way or else I'm smash your Dessert treats all over you." The Black hair Girl mockingly said before glaring angrily at the Workaholic.
"L-Look Angie I am nothing like that! I said I'm sorry and I meant it." Hayley argued feeling a strange feeling of conviction since everyone likes her, Teacher, Students, her Parents friends and neighbors, everyone!
"You're only sorry because you know you've made an enemy." Angie stated with a serious tone as she narrowed her eyes at the popular Girl. "For Life!" she added making the Blonde step back as she left in a angry huff to clean the Frosting off.
"What?" Hayley muttered to herself completely confused as well convicted since she never had anyone hate her before.
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Back in the Marsh with the mist high and the Birds and Insects chirping/clicking loudly, the ground slowly began shaking as heavy footsteps were heard.
"Raaa-aaaaaaaawwwwwww" A strange screeching sound was heard as the footsteps reached the burn mark where the Fire Salamander exploded this morning as the shadow of a massive Creature covered the mark.
"AAAaaaa-aaaaoooookkkk" A deep throaty growl was then heard as a Green Squid-like tentacle reach towards the mark as the Creature picked up a scent.
"RAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! ! ! ! !" The Creature roared/screeched as it was now on the hunt for its next meal.
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After School the team was back in the Base with Mr. Stockley looking over the Troop Grid as Jake and Weslyn came by. "Ah Jake, Weslyn, glad you are both here. Take a look at the Monster activity happening on the Troop Grid." He invited as both Rookies walked up to see what been going on as where what kind of Monster the other Troop Teams are dealing with.
In South Africa the Cape Town Troop were dealing with a Repticore, the Delhi Troop in India were dealing with Orange Mushroom Monsters, the Nile Delta Troop in Egypt are handling a Calimobie, the Taipei Troop in Taiwan are busy with a Blue Bird-like Monster with a giant Orange beak, and finally the Troop team in Paris France are dealing with those Jellyfish Monsters that gotten mislabeled as Cockatrice.
Seeing all the different Monster activities happening World-wide got Jake very excited. "G-Great! I'll suit up a-and grab a weapon, something with a little Zing to it." He said excitedly patting the Adult Advisor on the back as he was about to go gear up.
"Slow down there Jake, first those Monsters are in other parts in different Countries on different Continents so getting there would take hours." Weslyn stated pulling her fellow Rookie back since he was getting ahead of himself.
"She's right, the others will do that." Mr. Stockley interjected replying to the Teams in those respected areas. "Besides, I need you two to sweep up the Headquarter and clean up the Microwave, some maniac had Chili." He directed getting the two Teens to see an empty Chili bowl and Bread-basket on the desk before he swiftly pushed them into the trashcan.
"Seriously?" Jake questioned irritated since he join the Team to fight Monsters, not do chores.
"We're still new Jake, and like all Newbies we have to start working at the bottom before we get to the top." The disguised Monster Girl stated having done some part-time jobs herself back home in the Monster Realm to help out her friends and neighbors.
"And speaking of bottoms, I'm also going to need you to scoop out Cells 12 through 39." The Dark-skinned Man added handing them a Snow-shovel causing the Witch-in-training to cringe as she recalled one of her least favorite jobs, cleaning up after the Monsters.
"Yikes, hope none of them had too big of a meal." Nyx said cringing since her Student had seen and smelt a lot of Monster droppings so she knows she wasn't looking forward to this.
"Is this a Monster Pooper-scooper?" the Male Rookie questioned seeing the shovel thinking that the Team's Advisor can't be serious about this.
"Everything poops Jake." Mr. Stockley simply said handing the Teen the shovel.
"You got to let me hunt Monsters, it's what I was born to do!" Jake begged saying what the Dark-skinned Man said when he first recruited him. "I'm sorry about the Fire Salamander I know I should've read more and-" He tried to apologized and own up to his mistakes but was interrupted when the Adult Man snapped his fingers.
"That's reminds me, here." Mr. Stockley said as he just remembered something before picking up a big heavy Book before handing it to Weslyn. "Familiarize yourselves with the Monsters, read it by Monday." He instructed shocking the two of them.
"M-MONDAY?!" the inspiring Comic Artist exclaimed shocked that he had to read this entire Book by next week!
"B-But Mr. Stockley we can't read this by Monday since Jake has to remake his Science Project before Wednesday and I have a Doctor's appointment that Thursday also." Weslyn reasoned trying to explain to her superior that they would need more time to read through this since it was as thick as the Tome she had found years ago before destroying it to keep some Evil Forces from invading her Birth Realm along with so many others. Even though her Biological Family despised her, she doesn't want their lives to be ruined because of what they've done to hers. 'After all it was what Papa Frisk said, "sometimes you just have to keep moving on, no matter how much the past hurts."' She mentally said remembering what the Dragonfly Demon she saw as the Father she never had before he died as tears slowly formed in her eyes recalling the heartache she felt after Frisk as well some of the other Rangers who accepted her when she had met and befriended when she first arrived there died a couple years ago.
"I know it might be so sudden, but first…" Mr. Stockley started before whipping out a piece of paper unfolding it showing a long list of items. "Go down to the Maxi-Mart and pick up these things." He requested handing Jake the list.
"What is this stuff?" Jake questioned as Weslyn read the list and was confused by some of the items on there.
"It's what we feed the Monsters." Mr. Stockley simply said telling the two that he was going to put them on a supply run.
"That kind of makes sense." Weslyn plainly said with a sweat-drop as she already knows what some of the Monsters they have here liked to eat in the wild as part of their natural diet but some of the other Monsters she was still not familiar with so it was nice to know what they eat to better take care of them before looking towards her fellow Rookie. "Rock Paper Scissors on who got Cells Clean up and who gets Grocery Run?" she questioned since it would be easier to divide up the Tasks given to them.
"Sure, might as well." Jake flatly agreed since he already got so much on his plate.
""Rock, Paper, Scissors shoot!"" both of them called throwing down their hands with Jake holding a fist while Weslyn had two fingers pointed out.
"Oh maaaaaaan….." the Female Rookie groaned as she put down the book as her teammate handed her the Scooper before heading towards the Cells to clean them as Jake was about to go pick up the supplies with a small smile on his face as he was glad he didn't have to scoop poop for a while.
"Oh, and Jake." Mr. Stockley suddenly said stopping the Teen in his track. "While you are there, pick up some more Chili." He requested since the Monsters weren't the only Creatures that needs feeding getting the Rookie to shake his head as he left to do the shopping.
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After a while of going from Markets to Markets, Jake had finally arrived to the last Maxi-Mart in Lakewood pushing a Blue Shopping-cart full of items from a Ventilation-hose to a Turtle in a tank before stopping as the Store's Manager walked up.
"Can I help you find something?" a Man in his 50s asked with a friendly smile as he offered to help.
"Yeah, do you sell Bait?" Jake asked since the other Stores didn't have what he was looking for.
"Sure do, Isle Twelve. Nightcrawlers, Red Worms, Goobers, how many do you need? Two, Three?" the Man, now identified as Mr. Collier from his nametag, asked after listing off some of the kinds of Bait they sell before asking how many containers he needed.
"One-hundred-Twenty-eight pounds." The Rookie answered with a smile reading off how much was needed from the list.
"W-Wow! Someone's going fishing." The Manager said surprised by the large amount of bait the Boy needed. "Follow me." He offered since opening the door allowing him to push the Cart inside before the Man noticed something. "Oh wait a minute there son. You got a little something behind your ear." He said pulling Jake's ear back showing a bit of Salamander goo that was still on him before taking out his Pocket-rag. "There we go, got it, bingo." He added wiping off the goo before putting the rag in his back-pocket. "So, what's with the Ball-bearings, Cotton-swabs, and…Turtle?" he asked confused about all the items within the Cart.
Seeing that someone was questioning about all the stuff he got to feed the Monsters, Jake knew he needed to think of something that won't arouse too much suspicion. "It's my Mom's Birthday." He lied with a smile hoping that the Birthday trick works.
"Well, it's the thought that counts." Mr. Collier said still confused about the items but decided not to press further since every Family do different things for their Birthdays before leading the Boy towards Isle Twelve to get his bait.
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Back at the Base, Felix now wearing Safety-goggles and Gloves, was having a conversation with Hayley as he was tightening the lid on the jar containing Fire Salamander goo. "I wouldn't worry about it, accidents happen." He said in a reassuring voice as the Hayley looked up from the Microscope.
"Yeah I know that, but she seemed really mad." Hayley said back sounding dishearten since she didn't know someone could get upset over an accident.
"People get mad Hayley, that's how they are. Filled with pointless misdirected anger." The Team's Tech/Monster Expert replied sincerely as he had been targeted by many People anger. "Small-minded, Meaningless, Bone-HEADED-" he started raising his voice recalling all those incidents in his past before the Blonde calmed him down as he began taking deep breathes. "Believe me, this thing will vanish faster than a Toxic-Vapor Monster." He added will a smile.
""HAHahahahehehehahaha! ! !~"" Both Junior Troops then share a laugh at a little Monster Hunter humor with the Glasses wearing Boy snorting a little as he found the joke funnier.
"Ga-AAA!" the sound of Jake groaning caught their attention as they see both him and Weslyn dressed in Cover-alls, Gloves, Boots, and Gas-masked pushing/pulling a wagon filled with a pile of Monster poop as the load was seriously heavy as the axels were squeaking. "No problem guys! We got it." He sarcastically said looking back towards the more experienced members of the Team.
"Whatever you guys are feeding these Monsters AA-AA-AAGGG~ Stop feeding it to them!" Weslyn grunted as the Wagon was really heavy, even with her Spider-Beast strength.
"Uh, where are you going with the Greegor?" Hayley questioned confuse on why they have one of the Monsters out of its Cell as the Rookies looked at her confused.
"Greegor? This is a Monster?" Jake asked pointing towards the Dark-Green colored poop on top of the pile before Weslyn took a step back as two eyes opened up as the poop started making fart/gargling sounds already answering his question.
'Okay, I have seen Slime Monsters, Muck Monsters, and even Sand Monsters but this is the first I'm seeing a Poop Monster.' The disguised Monster Girl thought kind of glad she cleaned the Ratadon's Cell and not the Cell this Monster was in.
"Well… Then I better go clean out whatever it is I… tucked into its bed." The Male Rookie said upon realizing that he had put this Monster's poop in its bed instead of the Wagon as him and Weslyn began moving the wagon back towards the Holding Area to put the Greegor back in its cell.
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After another day of Business Mr. Collier was closing the Store for the night whistling a tune as he turned off the lights and locked the door.
"Huuuuffffgggggg…" a deep throaty huff was heard from behind him catching his attention.
"Sounds like someone got a nasty case of…" he started turning around only for his voice to quickly die as he looked upward to see a very massive Creature he never seen before. "AAAAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! ! ! ! !" he screamed as the Creature grabbed and ate him dropping the Rag with Salamander Goo onto the ground.
"UU-UUUUuuurrrrrrrppppp! !" the Creature then loudly burped before leaving to find what else to eat before the sounds of a Dog barking drew its attention.
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Meanwhile at home, Hayley was looking at a picture of her with a Unibrow and Mustache crudely drawn on her along with Warts, a couple Teeth blacked out, Frankenstein Neck-bolts, and Straight/Wavy lines over her head as well as a thought-bubble that says 'I'm Hayley! I'm better than you. Get out of MY way!' written in all-caps.
"Oh no… Oooh Nooo…" the Blonde muttered gasping worryingly seeing the picture Angie had posted as she was talking to Felix and Weslyn over Face-chat.
"[Yep, she sent it to the whole School.]" Felix said wearing his headset confirming Hayley's worst fear.
"Oh No." Hayley gasped again as she couldn't believe this is happening over one little accident.
"[That's Angela Crabtree for you, Shallow and Pedy. She even accused me of having surgery done when these Girls are all natural Baby! Not my fault she's a low B-cup.]" Weslyn said with a annoyed huff crossing her arms under her chest pushing them up as well showing some cleavage through her Navy-Blue Crop-top as she was wearing her Reading-glasses as she was reading the Book Mr. Stockley gave her today before putting that task on hold when Felix told her that the Blonde was having a bit of a dilemma.
"[A-And I can't tell if those lines are wavy for you stink or straight meaning you're loud?]" Felix questioned snapping out from seeing the female Rookie showing a bit of herself before focusing on the picture since no one has hated him enough to post a defaced picture of him so he was at a lost about the lines.
"[Felix! Focus on the bigger picture besides that picture! Angela is clearly attacking Hayley here for her own pedy jealously even though I partly agree with her about Hayley's Bossy attitude.]" the Tan-skinned Girl stated pulling the Boy's attention back to the situation at hand.
"This has to stop." Hayley declared though she was a bit offended by her Teammate calling her Bossy when she isn't.
"[Yeah, this clearly needs to stop since she had done this to a couple other Students also over for the smallest of things like getting a better grade than her, having better friends than her, and so on.]" she stated as some of those students were the few she had interacted with that didn't pester her for a date or threaten her to stay away from someone they like. "[Felix, any ideas?]" Weslyn questioned asking the team's Tech expert for any suggestions to handle this
"[She probably meant you stink.]" Felix said causing both Girls to face-palm as this was going to be awhile. "[Hey, check this out.]" he added before pulling up a Black Toy Robot with a see-through chest showing the gears inside making whined-up noises as he played with it a bit. "[I just got it.]" he said with a big smile showing his excitement for his new toy.
"[Felix, as cool as the Robot is, now is not the time to be sharing what we gotten today as we need to focus on Angela's jealousy problem.]" the Female Rookie stated trying to bring him back on topic as this really was going to take a while.
/ / / / /
The next morning at School, Hayley was walking through the hallway with a Light-Blue Gift-box tied with a Light-Pink Ribbon in her hands as she finally spotted Angela at her Locker as she took a steady breath. "Good morning Angie." She greeted getting the Girl's attention.
"Oh, good morning." Angie greeted bitterly. "What, so you think you're a Princess now, greeting the lowly Commoner. Hey, look at me, I'm Hayley Queen of the School~" she mockingly said making fun of the Blonde's popularity around the School.
Seeing as this seriously needs to stop, Hayley went on with making amends. "Look it's just, a peace offering. I'm just trying to make friends." She admitted that even though a lot of people like her, she really doesn't that many friends besides Felix and Mr. Stockley and even Kevin before he moved since joining the Troop gave her that chance.
"More like a bribe." Angie suspiciously said believing that the Popular Girl was trying to buy her forgiveness for her 'accident' yesterday. "So you think you could just buy me off?" she questioned accusingly as she slowly began walking forward making the other Girl step back.
"No!" Hayley interjected before taking a breath and putting on a smile. "It's a gift, I made you some Cupcakes to replace the one I accidently knocked into you." She explained opening the box showing Six homemade Cupcakes that were bigger that the one that was smashed into Angela yesterday as she hope this sweet jester will put the whole incident behind them.
Looking at the homemade treats Angie took the whole jester the wrong way again as she looked at the Blonde angrily. "Cupcakes huh, now you're just teasing me too." She said with an offended tone getting the Female Troop member to shake her head in confusion. "Cupcakes, for the Girl they used to call Fat Angie!" she yelled accusingly since many kids in the past used to tease and make fun of her for her love of Pastries as she glared hatefully at the Blonde.
"WHAT?! N-N-No I never called you that!" Hayley exclaimed as she was being accused of mocking the Black hair Girl again but before she could explain Angie cut her off.
"That was because you were too stuck-up to even talk to me." Angie said pointing an accusing finger in the Blonde's face. "You know I loathe you." She stated before pulling her finger back. "I wouldn't eat your Guilt-cakes if you paid me a Million Dollars." She declared as she turned away and started walking leaving Hayley both hurt and confused as she thought these Cupcakes would work only for Angie to quickly rush back before closing the box and taking it out of her hands. "Why should you get everything." She sourly said glaring at her before walking away again this time with Cupcakes in hands.
'Weslyn was right, she is Pedy and Shallow.' Hayley thought as she stood there completely hurt as it was hard to accept that someone doesn't like her as she was now starting to feel the same way her Teammates feel when she acts this way to them.
/ / / / /
After the next couple of classes, Hayley, Weslyn, and Felix were in HQ sitting at a table as the Blonde could really use some support right now.
"It's okay if someone hates you it's a part of life, accept it." Felix explained since it was sometimes easier to accept that someone hates you even if it was something so childish.
"But no one has ever hated me before." Hayley stated since she was used to everyone liking her that someone hating her was impossible for her to believe.
"That's impossible there'll always be someone who doesn't like you. Look at me I'm wildly disliked by Teachers, Students, a few Clergymen…" The Male Junior Troop explained listing the amount of people that dislike him as the Girls were having their conversation.
"Same here as I was also disliked by my own Biological Family that my own Mother disowned me before I turned Eight before I found a new place to call home as well as a new Family who were happy enough to adopt me so instead of celebrating Birthdays, I celebrate my Gotcha Day as I'm happy living with people who like me for myself even with all of my flaws." Weslyn added with a sad look in her eyes as the Blonde gave a her sympatric look since the Female Rookie explained that she was adopted during the time they spent together as a Team as she was openly honest with her feelings so even though they would never like or ever want to see her, she did what her Twin Brother couldn't and that was accept the facts and try to move on with her life.
"Yeah well it's not me." Hayley stated as she knew her Teammates can handle being hated by others, she couldn't.
"…Quakers, even Family Members, I had Clowns that got in my Birthday Party once." Felix added completely oblivious to what the Girls were saying.
""Sad/Completely understandable."" Hayley and Weslyn simply said before getting back on track with the Blonde's dilemma.
"It's okay, I got a full refund, Wha-Whaaaaat!~" the Monster expert stated with his voice going a little high pinch as he Hip-hop sang the last word getting the Female Rookie to chuckle at his antic since it help her deal with missing everyone back home.
It was then at that moment Mr. Stockley walked past them. "We got trouble!" he stated concern in his voice getting the three to follow him to the Troop Grid. "Look at this." He said bringing up today's News Paper Articles onto the screen.
"{Gemini, today you will find true Love.} That's nice." Hayley read as she turned towards Felix with a smile since he's a Gemini getting the Boy to smile as well.
"I don't think Mr. Stockley brought us here to take about Horoscopes." Weslyn said blankly never understanding these sort of things which is why she only celebrates a Gotcha Day since she had no clue of her actual Birthday since she didn't know what a Birthday was until after a year living in the Monster Realm.
"No, below that." The Team's Advisor said pointing towards what he actually wanted them to see before zooming in onto the article. "Missing Person, I think we had an attack" He said as the picture of Mr. Collier was showed as they read the article.
"{Local Bridge Champion misses Tournament.} Aunt Katherine told me someone was missing when she went to the Rec Center for her Monday Tutoring Class." Weslyn said since her Aunt teaches Science Class for Elementary Students five times a Month for the After School Tutoring Program but was upset because a Friend she knows never shown up.
"It also says that some were relieved that he didn't show up. Guess they must have felt a little intimidated of going against him if he had been a Champion for Five years now." Nyx added as she was both impressed as well confused since in her Era Tournaments were played with Swords, Lances, Bows, as well the test of one's Strength, Accuracy, and even Courage as she recalls the many Hand-to-hand Combat with Death Bears, Manticores, and other fierce and powerful Beasts.
"Wow, he missed a Bridge Tournament. Should we alert National?" Felix said sarcastically not seeing how a missing Card Player could be related to a Monster attack.
"I played with this guy he would never miss a Game." Mr. Stockley stated revealing that he knew this Man personally. It was then at that moment did Jake exit the Elevator to hear what they were talking about. "So I went down to the Maxi-Mart and I found this." He said showing them a containment bag with Mr. Collier's rag inside. "I think you'll find that there still some Fire Salamander residue on it." He theorized getting Jake's attention as the Rookie looked towards the screen to see the missing Person report as well the picture of the Store Manager that helped him yesterday.
'Oh no, what have I done?!' Jake mentally exclaimed now realizing that the stuff Mr. Collier wiped off behind his ear was Salamander goo that he didn't wince off and now his reckless mistake got someone eaten! Looking at the container of Salamander goo on the table and back towards his Team, the Rookie had made his mind up. 'Don't worry guys, I'm going to fix this.' He thought grabbing the container before heading off to the Technology Room to arm himself not knowing that someone caught him before he left.
"People, we're going to capture ourselves a Repticore." The Adult Advisor declared as this has become serious.
/ / / / /
Rushing into the Technology Room Jake looked around for something with some serious fire power before seeing some sitting on a crate and without a second thought he grabbed a couple Puck-like devices, a Rifle-shaped Blaster, a Flashlight, and his new Potato-Clock before heading down towards the Transport Tunnel.
"Figure you would be here." A Female voice stated catching his attention as he quickly turned around to see Weslyn. "WHOAWHOAWHOA! ! ! Easy there Quick Draw McGraw!" she exclaimed putting her hands up as Jake had the Blaster pointed directly at her before calming down as they both took a deep breath.
"Sorry Weslyn, you scared me." Jake apologized as he nearly blasted his teammate. "What are you doing here anyways?" he questioned wondering what she was doing down here.
"Same thing as you, going after a Repticore." Weslyn said showing that she too was armed and ready.
"W-Whaaaaaaaat?~ M-Me going Repticore hunting? Don't be ridiculous." Jake lied nervously as the Tan-skinned Girl crossed her arms before raising an eyebrow.
"Don't try to lie Jake, I saw you taking that container of Salamander goo so I know you are going after that Monster and I'm not letting you." She stated firmly as she placed a hand on her hip.
"But Weslyn, you don't understand." Jake tried to argue but was cut off.
"Not without me." She stated surprising the Male Rookie as he thought she was going to try and talk him out of it. "Listen Jake, what you are about to do is pretty brave but also very stupid as this is a Monster that never been seen for over a Century so you can't go alone." She explained getting him to understand what she was talking about.
"But still, this is my fault for not capturing the Fire Salamander correctly and now someone is dead because of my mistake." He said sadly feeling complete guilt that a kind Man was eaten because of him.
"He isn't dead yet Jake." Weslyn suddenly said getting his attention as he looked at her confused as she began explaining. "Last night I read up on some of the Monsters like Mr. Stockley said and I've found out that Repticores don't chew their food, but swallow it whole. Plus, they have very slow digestive tracks meaning that Repticores have the same eating habit as a Snake. So like all Snakes, our Repticore would be somewhere quiet where it can digest easily." She said even if she's not as smart as her Birth Family when it comes to Science like Technology or Chemistry, she does know a few things about Biology from years of working with the Rangers as well some of her Friends from hanging out with the Monsters in their care.
"Well then, let go capture a Repticore and save that Man." Jake said with a confident smile, one that his teammate shared as both of them got on his ATV and drove off towards the one quiet place they know the Monster will be at.
/ / / / /
"Raaaaa-aaaaaaawwwwwwwwrrrrrrrr! ! !~"
Sounds of the Monster's cry shows that the two Rookies were right to head to the Marshlands, the same area where they dealt with the Fire Salamander yesterday as Jake was pouring the Salamander goo on the ground so that the scent will draw the Repticore to them.
"Better hurry and find cover Jake, we don't want a repeat of what happen with the Mongolian Death Worm." Weslyn urged with caution in her voice from her hiding position within the trees since the Death Worm was rushing towards the Washing Machine trap within seconds.
Hearing her words the inspiring Comic Artist agreed since he was almost eaten back then but wasn't going to let history repeat itself as he finished pouring the goo and ran behind the tree Weslyn was hiding in.
"Raaaa-aaaaaaawwwwwwrrrrrrrrr!"
"This stuff really works." Jake said as within seconds the Repticore came growling as the Rookies got a real good look at the Monster.
The Repticore was a massive Reptilian Bipedal Monster the size of a Semi-Truck with Green skin with an Aquamarine colored forehead, large Basketball sized Frog-like eyes, two thick Elephant-like legs under its Pickle-shaped body, and an enormous mouth of jagged external teeth as its two Squid-like arms and six tendrils on its chin waved around.
"RAAAAA-AAAAAAAAWWWWWWWRRRRRRR! ! !" the massive Monster roared/screeched so loudly that it actually shook the area causing Weslyn to fall out of her hiding spot and onto the ground accidently pulling the trigger of her Blaster fireing a shot that nailed the Monster right in the left eye. "AAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH! ! ! ! !" The Repticore screeched loudly in pain as Jake helped his fellow Rookie up onto her feet.
"HUNGRY REPTICORE!?" he exclaimed as the Monster shook the Blue-colored blood leaking from its destroyed eye before snarling angrily. "Yeah well eat Quantum Integrated Reciprocating Pulse Laser Ray!" he yelled reading the name of the Rifle-like Blaster on the Label-maker sticker on it.
"Yeah, eat Q.I.R.P.L.R. as well some of this Sucker!" the Witch-in-training added readying her own Blaster as both of them fired with Jake's Laser-blast hitting it near its right eye while hers hit it in the chest only for the Monster to get angrier as it was unfazed by the blaster fires.
"RAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWRRRRRRR! ! !" The Repticore screeched as it began stomping towards them with its arms swinging angrily.
"Okay, Plasma Rays don't work. Note to self, study the Manual better." Jake panicked shrugging his shoulders before quickly taking out the Pucks looking them over to see how they work.
"Better hurry it up Jake, this thing is getting closer!" Weslyn urged as she kept blasting the Monster trying to keep it back but it's extremely tough skin made it difficult wishing she had spent more time reading about the Repticore so she would have knew what these guys weaknesses are!
"Okay, let try these, w-whatever they are!" the Male Rookie exclaimed finally figuring out how they worked as he pressed a button and chucked one towards the Monster.
BAAAAAANGGGGG! ! !
The Puck then exploded in front of the Repticore releasing a very loud bang as smoke covered the Monster's vision.
"Yeah, Monster Grenades!" Weslyn exclaimed as the suddenly explosion caused the Monster to step back a bit before roaring as it came towards them again as Jake threw another one.
BAAAAAANGGGGG! ! !
"RAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRR! ! ! ! !"
BAAAAAANGGGGG! ! !
Throwing the last two Grenades as well making the Repticore Angrier, Jake pulled out whatever he had left which sadly for the two was his remade Potato-Clock.
"Really Jake? You brought your Science Project on a Mission again?" Weslyn questioned since bringing Homework on a Mission was a terrible idea.
Just as he was about to throw it, Jake looked at his hand and saw that he had his Potato-Clock in his hand as he mentally face-palmed himself for being careless again before the Monster grabbed hold of them both. ""AAAAAAAAAHHHHH! ! !/OOOOHHHHH MMMAAAAAAAAANNNNN! ! !"" both of them screamed as they were lifted up and swung around causing them to drop their Weapon/Homework onto the ground.
"I CAN'T! GET! AN F!" Jake exclaimed trying to reach for his Project before the Repticore roared getting their attention before both of them were shoved into the Monster's mouth and swallowed whole leaving nothing behind except for the stuff they dropped as well one of Jake's shoes!
/ / / / /
Back in HQ Hayley and Felix were getting ready to capture the Repticore as the Blonde pressed her hand onto a button activating a Machine. "[Dispensing Weapon.]" a Feminine Computer voice said before a compartment lifted up from the Machine as Hayley pulled out a Plasma Cannon before Felix pressed his hand on the button while chuckling excitedly. "[Dispensing Weapon.]" the Computer voice said as the compartment lifted up as he pulled out…
…
…A Pocket-Spoon?
Looking at what the Machine gave him questionably before seeing that nothing else was inside, the Glasses wearing Teen tried pressing the button again before looking over to the Adult Advisor. "Mr. Stockley the Weapon Dispenser's broken." He said motioning to the Pocket-Spoon the Machine gave him thinking that the thing might be on the flits.
"It's not broken." Mr. Stockley simply said as he checked the Machine himself this morning.
Hearing the Senior Troop member say that the Weapon Dispenser was fine, Felix's face flatten as he couldn't believe that a Pocket-Spoon was his Weapon so what's he going to do with this against a Repticore? Spoon feed it Ice-cream?
Bebo~Bebo~
Hearing the sound of their Wrist-Communicators beeping both Junior Troops answered to see who was calling.
"It's Jake." Felix said in alarm as he told them who was calling him.
"And Weslyn." Hayley said revealing that their other teammate was calling her as well though her blank expression may not show it but she was also concern about the Rookies.
"I thought he was cleaning out the Cells and that Weslyn was helping him." Mr. Stockley said since he thought that when Jake arrived he headed to finish cleaning up the remaining Cells from yesterday and that Katherine's Niece went to give him a hand.
"Guys, where are you?" Felix asked wondering where they were because what they could see in the background was a Cave of some sort.
"[Felix! Hey, um I got some good news and some bad news.]" Jake said over the Communicator.
"[Which would you guys like to hear first?]" Weslyn asked as she was cringing and gagging in disgust as the movement of her arm showed the two that their teammates were standing waist deep in 'Cave water' not realizing that the Tan-skinned Girl was having some terrible flashbacks.
"Let start with the good news." Felix said getting the Male Rookie the nod before explaining as Weslyn was currently unavailable at the moment.
"[Good news is that we're closing it on the Repticore.]" he said getting everyone to look at each other as they couldn't believe they both went after a Monster Con-2 Monster.
"Really? How close are you?" Felix asked concern since Repticores were extremely dangerous and that both of them went off without a plan of action.
"[Well that's the bad news…]" Jake started before Weslyn interrupted.
"[IT ATE US! ! ! It just fucking ate us! ! !]" she cried out panicky cursing as she was now hitting the sides of the Monster's stomach trying to get it to cough them up. "[Please get us the fucking out of here! This fat ugly Bastard smells like Eight Portal-potties at a Chili Cook-off combined! ! !]" she yell fearfully telling the team that she has a fear on small spaces as well what the inside of the Monster smelt like causing those at the Base to cringe and gag at the thought of the smell she just described before realizing what had happened.
"Oooohhh wow that's bad." Felix said breathing heavily at what was happening as the teammates were INSIDE the Repticore as they began heading towards the Elevator.
"I'll stay here and track you two on the Troop Grid just relax." Mr. Stockley assured them as the Wrist-Communicators have built-in GPS software so by pinpointing their location, and then they would know where the Monster is as well.
"How did this happen?" Felix questioned wondering what would make the two do something so irresponsible and reckless.
"[I was just trying to capture the Repticore on my own to show you guys that I'm not a total Doofus and Weslyn decided to help me as back-up.]" Jake admitted as he did this to prove himself to the Team that he could be a capable member even if he wasn't as good as their last teammate Kevin was.
"Wow that worked!" Felix said sarcastically as doing this completely counter acted the entire point on doing it in the first place. "We're on our way." He added as him and Hayley went topside while Mr. Stockley headed towards the Troop Grid to get their location.
/ / / / /
Up in the Hallway of School both Junior Troop members were rushing to save their teammates but were stopped as Angela came up to Hayley holding a Pie she made in Home Ec.
"Look, I know why you don't want to talk to me." Angie started with a regretful look on her face. "I overreacted when I didn't have to." She admitted as the Blonde looked over her to see Felix motioning for her to hurry up while pointing towards his Watch. "It's just that I been going through a lot lately with my Parents not getting along." She explained because sometimes people take their frustration out on others when things in their own lives aren't going so well.
"I'm sorry to hear that, but you know I really got to go." Hayley interjected not wanting to sound rude but she has idiot teammates to rescue from a Repticore but was stopped by the other Girl again.
"Please, this will only take a second just hear me out." Angie begged as she really wants to apologies to the Girl she envied so much getting Felix to motion for Hayley to get a move on as they don't have time for this right now! "Where was I going with this?" she question having lost her train of thought.
"Your Parents." Hayley answered with a smile helping the person that hated her as Felix couldn't believe she was deciding her own personal feelings over her teammate's lives!
"Oh right, thanks." The Black hair Girl thanked as she continued on with her apology. "My Parents, and my Dog's missing!" she added bringing up the disappearance of the Family Pet before Hayley saw Felix glaring at her as well as furiously motioning her to come on as now is not the time to worry about her social dilemma as they have people to save!
"Look Angie, I don't want to be rude but I really have to go!" the Blonde stated trying to walk past her only to be stopped again.
"Nonononono look, I know I took my anger out on you and that's why I wanted to give you this gift from me to say that I'm sorry." Angie explained sincerely as she offered the pie in her hands to the Blonde as a gift.
"Y-You know I really got to go somewhere sorry!" Hayley said before rushing past Angie accidently knocking the Pie into her face as well causing her grunt getting both Troop members attention as well some of the Students to gasp while some snickered as others chuckled at a very classic gag.
Wiping the Cream out of her eyes Angie glared at Hayley furiously. "I DESPISE YOU HAYLEY STEELE! !" she yelled balling her fist in anger as she think Hayley did it on purpose to humiliate in front of everyone!
"Sorry!" Hayley apologized as Angie groan/huffed in anger before making her way to clean the Pie off her face. "It's okay to be despised." She muttered breathlessly as being hated by someone was going to take some getting used to.
"Welcome to my World." Felix said getting the Blonde to laugh a little as both of them ran to go save their teammates.
/ / / / /
In the Marshland the Repticore was growling/snarling as it was looking for what else to eat.
/ / / / /
Meanwhile inside the Monster's Stomach Jake pulled up a stuffed Animal Toy that started talking before throwing it away as he looked around glad he had packed a Flashlight.
As the Male Rookie was looking around, Weslyn was still freaking out as she focused her Magic towards her hands like gloves before shifting the fingers into claws and tried to claw/scratch the Stomach wall so that the Monster would barf them out back the mucus coating was too slippery and sticky to even get a good enough grip. 'This can't be happening. This can't be happening! Wessy doesn't like being inside Stomach! Make Wessy terrify and scared!' she mentally cried as she began having flashbacks about that times when she was still getting used to living in the Monster Realm that she was eaten by various Monsters and sometimes she was regurgitated, cut out of the belly, and for others the only way out, was for Nature to take its course.
But the worst and most traumatizing of all was when she was eaten by a Giant Peacock Monster when she was still getting used to her Larvae-staged Monster form, and let just say that what she been through that day had truly utterly deeply scared her for life as well made her fear of Peacocks even more horrifying.
"Calm down Weslyn! Your Friends are going to get you out as this isn't going to end like the last time!" Nyx declared shivering in disgust as she recalled that day as well since her Student couldn't sleep for a Month without holding a Spiked-club besides her in fear that Peacock would come back.
"Oh, hello." A Man's voice greeted getting the Female Rookie's attention to see that Jake's Flashlight was directly on Mr. Collier who was halfway embedded in the wall of the Stomach which leads to another part of it.
"Mr. Collier?" Jake said surprised seeing the Maxi-Mart Manager still alive as his teammate was right about this Monster having a slow digestive track.
"Tell me you brought a deck of cards." Mr. Collier asked as he had been stuck inside this hole for several hours and was completely bored.
"Sorry, just didn't expect to see you here." The Male Rookie said as he was relieved that the Man was still alive feeling a little better that his reckless actions and poor planning didn't harm someone…
…
…Until now at least.
"Oh, guess I must be dreaming. My dreams have always been kind of weird but this one got me baffled." The older Man said looking around believing all this to be a dream but admitted to being confused about what this one means.
"Yeah this is all a dream. A Smelling, Yucky, Soggy, Going to haunted you for life dream." Weslyn said completely grossed out as she shivered disgusted from being waist deep in Stomach water and mucus.
"Are you okay?" Jake asked hoping that the Man was okay besides the whole getting eaten part.
"Must have been those Fish-sticks I ate, I thought they tasted funny." Mr. Collier said still trying to figure out the cause of this dream thinking that it might had been something he ate. "Are you sure you don't have a deck of cards?" he asked looking at both Teens if they were sure if they had cards or not as both of them shook their heads no. "This dream is quickly becoming a nightmare." He said showing that he even dreams about playing Cards.
"You must really love playing Bridge if you dreamed about it so much." Weslyn said with a raised eyebrow as the Man nodded his head saying that he does love the game.
"Just like how you love each of your Girlfriends so much to dream up some very kinky naughty stuff~" Nyx said teasingly having seen her Student's dream and some even had her feeling so hot she had to please herself after Centuries of not feeling the touch of a Lover.
Hearing what her Mental Teacher said caused the disguised Monster Girl to blush furiously as she recalled her first time when she was Ten to when they been secretly sharing some intimacy until they started doing it regularly when she was Fourteen when her Mothers, Tantula and Naya, Tantula's first Wife as well where she got the Succubi DNA from, finally allowed her to take her relationships to the next level.
"W-W-Well I'm a young healthy Witchling/Monster Hybrid who's extremely sexually active!" Weslyn mentally argued blushing embarrassedly while rubbing her thighs together as she remembered her last activates before moving here nearly three Months ago as she missed all her Lovers back home as they all spent an entire Week having one big orgy as there were a lot of things she was missing now like being dominated as well dominating them when she really let her wild side loose.
All the screams, moans, grunts, and lustful animal sounds that were heard. The taste, touch, and scent of their bodies as they would lose themselves in the passion as they made hard sweet love with each other. And even the feel of some of the Girl's cock pounding/banging her body while she would do the same to them as well all the blow-jobs, tit-jobs, hand-jobs, and ass-jobs she would give and recieve as they would scream out to the Spirits as they experience that grand feeling of release as pleasure would wreck through their entire bodies along with the primal desire to continue on until they passed out from exhaustion.
'Oh man…' Weslyn thought worryingly with her face glowing blight Red as she had just made herself feel all hot inside as the natural urge to mate plagued through her mind blaming her Succubi Mother for doing too good of a job getting her out of her self-conscious shell!
/ / / / /
Meanwhile in the outer space of another Realm, a certain Anodite Grandmother sneezed feeling confused and yet jealous at the same time, almost like she could sense the feeling of one of her Grandchildren/Great-Grandchildren who had inherited 'The Spark' was experiencing her Species natural perverted urges before narrowing her eyes feeling like someone had corrupted one of her Grandbabies that she had never met before as well stealing her chance away from her since she wanted to corrupt them first!
/ / / / /
Back in the Lakewood Marshlands, Felix and Hayley arrived as they began heading towards where the Repticore is currently at.
"Jake! Weslyn! You guys still there!?" Felix called over the Wrist-Communicator to see if the two were okay.
"[Yeah, I'm not going anywhere.]" Jake said over the communicator since they have nowhere to go being inside of a Monster's stomach.
"[The only other places we could go would be the Small Intestine and Colon.]" Weslyn added with a hint of fear in her voice as she doesn't want to go down that route again.
"Well whatever you two do, stay out of the Digestive System. The Acids will melt your skins! Plus, there's only one way out and you won't like it." the team's Monster Expert said warning them to stay out of that part of the Monster's digestive track.
"[Well that's a problem since Mr. Collier is stuck in the hole leading to that part!]" Weslyn yelled revealing to the team that the Missing Person from this Morning's Paper was still alive.
"Well then start getting him out!" Hayley ordered getting the Black hair Girl to roll her eyes as she ordered them to do the obvious.
"We're almost there, hang tough!" Felix assured them as they have a way to rescue everyone.
/ / / / /
"AAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWRRRRRR! !~" The Repticore screeched stomping through the Marsh while back inside its stomach, Weslyn was trying to make her way over to pull Mr. Collier but kept tripping over what looked to be garbage the Repticore ate before eating them as she gagged in disgust.
"Oh hey, I know what happens next! I get sucked in, met my Uncle Louie and we do Jigsaw Puzzles!" Mr. Collier exclaimed as he was slowly getting sucked into the Digestive System where he would be dissolved by the Acids!
"Take our hands!" Jake called as him and Weslyn grabbed hold of both his hands trying to keep him from getting sucked in.
"Now pull!" Weslyn yelled as both Rookies began pulling the older Man out of the hole and after a few more tugs manage to pull him right out!
Breathing a few breaths of relief everyone noticed something as showed by the Rookie's Flashlight showing a Dog that was biting/growling on Mr. Collier's Pants leg.
"There's a Dog on your leg?" Jake said completely confuse about where the Dog came from.
"Yeah, I have no idea what it means." Mr. Collier added as he believes this is the weirdest dream he ever had.
"Uh guys, has there been any reports of missing Dogs? Because I think we found their lost pet." Weslyn said over the Communicator as this Repticore clearly doesn't care what it puts in its mouth as the Dog let go of Mr. Collier's leg and began barking at them.
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Back outside Hayley and Felix trek through the Marsh as they continued their search for the Repticore.
"[Guys, I'm really sorry for all this mess.]" Jake apologized over the Communicator since he didn't mean for things to get this so out of hand.
"Why would you two try to capture the Repticore alone?" Hayley question sternly wondering why the Rookies would do something as stupid as this since Repticores have to be handled by the entire Team.
"[That would be something we all need to work on since you guys weren't communicating honestly with us.]" Weslyn said getting the two Junior Troops to look at each other questioningly wondering what she meant by that.
Knowing what his fellow Rookie was talking about, Jake decided to go ahead and share what been eating at him for a while now. "[I was just trying to prove that I should be treated like a full member of the Team.]" he admitted since he had been doing a lot of Grunt work lately and that made him feel like he wasn't a part of this team.
"What are you talking about?" Felix asked as he has no clue on what they were talking about.
"[You know, all that hazing, feeding, and cleaning the cages.]" he explained since that was all he had been doing lately and it had been making him doubt himself as a Troop Member.
"It's not hazing we're just trying to get you up to speed." Hayley said as her and Felix now understand what Weslyn meant by not communicating honestly.
"Yeah, you feed the Monsters to learn about them. You clean Headquarters to know the equipment. It's about building a better Te-eam!" Felix explained almost tripping over at the end there.
"[Like I told Jake yesterday, we're the Newbies so we had to do a lot of different tasks to work our way up. Though all of this could've been avoided if you two just told us instead of expecting us to already know this sort of thing.]" Weslyn said flatly since one of the many keys of being a good Team is open communication.
"[I have a great idea for Team Building, tell the team member about it before one of them get eaten by a giant Monster!]" Jake stated agitated since they could have just told him all this beforehand since in many of his Cartoons most Teammates get killed off due to poor communication!
Hearing his agitated tone both Junior Troops look towards each other. "Noted." Felix stated thinking that the Rookies do have a point before picking the pace to find them.
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Meanwhile back in the Repticore's stomach Mr. Collier was affectingly petting the Dog ignoring their conversation about bettering their Team's dynamic.
"It's okay, it's okay." He said scratching the Dog's chin hoping this dream will end soon.
/ / / / /
After a while of trekking through dense vegetation, the experienced team members hid behind a Tree stump as they found the Repticore as its back was turned to them.
"Okay, Repticore can't see us so just concentrate on the Explosives, no rush." Hayley directed as Felix pulled out a miniature Crossbow-looking Blaster.
Slash~
"OO-AAAOOOWWW!" the Glasses wearing Boy cried out as he accidently cut himself on the Crossbow getting the Blonde to poke her head out from their position worried that his cry may had alerted the Repticore of their presents.
"AAAAA-AAAAAAAAWWWWRRRR! !" The Monster screeched turning its body as it was indeed alerted to the sound.
"Okay Felix, now rush!" Hayley ordered as the Monster was now aware of them being here as it might began to move again.
"I need a minute." Felix said between readying the explosive and nursing the cut on his finger.
"You don't have a minute!" she argued since the Repticore could leave at any second.
"Then get me one." He said asking for her to buy him some time.
Seeing no other choice, Hayley decided to go ahead and abandon protocol. "Hey, Hey, HEY! Come on, this way Tentacle-face!" she exclaimed running from her hiding spot getting the Monster's attention. "Huh come on! Over here Frog-face, I've seen Pickles scarier than you!" she taunted waving her arms up as the Monster was raising its Tentacle-arms ready to strike.
"RAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWRRRRRR! ! ! !" the Repticore roared angry at the insults bringing one of its tentacles down as Hayley quickly jumped out of the way as the tentacle left a deep imprint in the ground.
"HOW ARE WE DOING FELIX?!" she yelled with her back up against a Tree as the Repticore turned to her hoping that the explosive was ready!
"RAAAA-AAAAAAAWWWWWRRRR! ! !" the Reptilian Monster screeched readying its arms for another strike when the Girl noticed that one of its eyes was damaged giving her a blind-spot to hide in.
"I'm still a little mad at you for rushing me! But I'll get over it." Felix called from behind the stump as he continued working on the explosive.
"Well glad you're making progress, but just do this already!" Hayley demanded as she duck-and-roll avoiding another tentacle strike as she tried staying in the Monster's blind-spot as she could only stall for so long.
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While the two were handling the Monster out there, everyone was getting shake up by all of the sudden moving.
"This thing won't stop moving! I-I think I'm gonna throw up!" Mr. Collier exclaimed feeling very sick to his stomach.
"Then please vomit over there!" Weslyn urged in disgust motioning towards the other direction as she does not want vomit on her again!
"I think this is one of the few places where that's okay." Jake said falling against the stomach wall before turning to his Communicator. "Guys, what's going on!?" he questioned wondering what they're doing to make the Repticore shake so much.
"[It's actually good you got swallowed.]" Felix said over the Communicator as he was just finishing the explosive needed.
"HOW IS US GETTING EATEN A GOOD THING! ! !" Weslyn yelled furiously unknowingly leaking a bit of her Monstrous KI getting the guys to shiver while the Dog whimpered and peed.
"[The Repticore's stomach is its only vulnerable spot.]" he explained meaning that while the Monster was tough on the outside, it's actually weak on the inside. "[Now, do you see anything in there that is soft or gooey?]" he questioned getting the Rookies to look at each other.
"We're in a Stomach, everything in here is soft and gooey." Jake said not seeing how this will help getting them all out of here.
"That's kind of how Stomachs are made Felix." Weslyn added since she had been inside of a lot of Monster Stomachs to know what they feel like.
"[I'm sending something in, make sure you clamp it to whatever it will stick to.]" Felix instructed getting them to realized that they had a plan on getting all of them out of here!
""Copy that!/Roger that!"" both of them called as they got ready to receive whatever it is they will send in.
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Back outside the Repticore had manage to capture Hayley in its tentacle as it has her up in the air. "IT GOT ME! !" she cried out stomping her foot against its face while grumbling insults at it.
"AAAAA-AAAAAAAAWWWWWRRRRRR! ! !" the Repticore screeched as it opened its massive mouth ready to devour its next prey.
Seeing the opportunity, Felix rush out from behind the Stump as got ready to fire as Hayley gave him the order. "READY, AIM, FIRE! !" she commanded kicking the Monster in the mouth leaving it wide enough for him to fire a beeping Bolt directly into its mouth causing it to toss the Blonde aside turning towards his direction as he hope the other two will do the rest!
/ / / / /
Back inside the belly of the Beast both Rookies heard something beeping heading towards them.
"Incoming!" Weslyn called as Jake grabbed the Bolt and began looking for somewhere to plant it before settling on the lump in the center of the stomach.
"Okay, now what?!" he asked wondering what to do next.
"[Drop into its Digestive System!]" Felix instructed getting both of them to think he must be kidding since he told them to stay out of there.
"But I thought you said to stay out of there?!" Jake argued since the Acids would melt them if they enter that part of the Repticore's digestive track.
"[That was before you attached a Bomb to its stomach.]" he stated getting the Rookies to widen their eyes in shock revealing that he shot them a BOMB! ! !
"Felix if we somehow survive getting blown to bits, I'm going to smack you upside the head so hard your Great-great-Grandkids will feel it! ! !" Weslyn yelled with fury as well a bit of crazy in her voice getting the Glasses wearing Boy to flinch in fear as her pupils became slits for a moment which was lucky no one notice since it was too dark to even see it.
"Again, communication would've been helpful!" Jake added since they could of said they were sending a Bomb before he planted it!
"[Dive guys, DIVE!]" Felix exclaimed as the timer was counting down as both Rookies got Mr. Collier and the Dog to climb in first before following as the Bomb was set to go off it 5…
4…
3…
2…
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Outside the Repticore was stomping after Hayley who was sprinting the hell out of there as they began taking cover as the Bomb Felix shot inside it was about to go off in 5…
4…
3…
2…
It was then at that moment the Repticore stopped moving feeling that something was wrong until…
BHA-BBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM! ! ! ! ! SPATTER~
…it exploded into a big nasty smoking pile of chunks and Blue goo covering Eight Yards of the area as both Junior Troops slowly came from their hiding spot. ""JAKE!/WESLYN!"" both of them called hoping that their teammates were okay.
After a few moments of silent they became worried until "WHOOOOAAAA! ! !" the sound of Jake cheering as he stood up completely covered in Repticore goo showing that everyone was okay.
"Oh man outside World how I've missed you." Weslyn said laying on her back breathing in the fresh air heavily as she had just relived some very traumatizing events from her childhood.
"AW that was awesome! And I thought the Fire Salamander stank!" Jake said breathing in some fresh air glad to be out of the Repticore's stomach as Weslyn and Mr. Collier got up with the older Man carrying the Dog in his arms looking around to see that he was now in the Marshlands. "Whoa that was great, thanks Partners." He said walking towards his teammates with his hand stretched out offering a handshake before wiping off some Monster goo of it which was pretty tricky when your whole body is covered in it.
"He thinks I'm going to shake that stanky hand?" Felix muttered so only Hayley could hear.
"Not until at least an hour in the scrubber." She replied since she can smell how terrible that goo is from where they're standing.
"GROUP HUG!" Weslyn exclaimed getting up and began rushing past Jake before tackling both Felix and Hayley into a tight hug causing both of them to gag and wheeze from both her strong grip and from the smelly Repticore goo which was now starting to cover them.
"I can't tell if she's hugging us from excitement of getting rescued, gag wheeze~, or if she's getting revenge for the whole nearly blowing you up part cough~!" the team's Tech expert said gaging from the terrible smell as well the air leaving his lungs.
"I eck~ would be even more happier cough~ if she stop rubbing her face against me like my Cats!" Hayley complained feeling grossed out as the Repticore goo was seeping through her clothes and underwear connecting to her skin as the whole Team will now have burn their clothes as well take disinfecting showers as her face began heating with embarrassment feeling the Female Rookie's larger bust press against her smaller perkier one.
"Can I wake up now?" Mr. Collier asked getting everyone's attention wondering if he could exit this dream soon while the Dog yipped reminding them that they still had a few things left to do.
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The next day at School Hayley and Weslyn were walking through the hallway with the Blonde carrying a freshly clean Dog in her arms with a pretty Pink bow symbolizing its gender as a Female Dog.
"Seriously, Angela? This sweet little Girl belongs to someone as shallow as her?" Weslyn questioned since her friend/Sister-figure told her who the Dog's owner was since she help getting the Girl to look and smell nice and fluffy thanks to her years of learning Animal grooming from many of her Friends back home.
"Yes and when Angie sees that I have found her Dog, she would accept my apology for accidently slamming a Pie in her face." Hayley said with hope in her voice getting the Tan-skinned Girl to snicker imagining what her face looked like since she believe that Bitch got what she deserved since the whole apologize with a Pie trick was done to several other Students before.
Turning the corner, both Girls saw Angela at her locker getting ready for First Period as Hayley took a breath before stepping forward.
"Angie." She greeted getting the Girl's attention. "I have a peace offering." She said handing the Girl her missing Pet.
"Frosting!" Angie said heartedly as she brought her Dog into her arms sighing happily as she thought she would never see her again.
"I thought this would clear things up between us." Hayley said with a smile since this was sure to help make amends for everything the last two days.
"Oh yeah." Angie said getting the Blonde to smile even more. "You stole my Dog!" she accused glaring hatefully at her.
"Wait, what!?" Hayley questioned as the Black hair Girl accused her of stealing her Pet when in fact she had helped rescue it from being eaten by a Monster!
"Why are you out to get me Dog-napper!? I hate you Hayley Steele!" Angie growled as she was about to yell at her again until…
SMACK! ! !~
…the loud sound of hand slapping face echoed through the hall getting every Students attention as they turned to see Angie on her butt with a big Red handprint on her face while her Dog was cowardly hiding behind Hayley's leg whimpering with her tail between her legs as Weslyn was standing over the shallow Girl with her fists clenched and her hair shadowing her eyes.
"You fucking BITCH!" she yell glaring heatedly at Angela as she was leaking some of her Monstrous KI again causing her hair to wave around a bit. "Hayley found your Dog lost in the Forest and was even nice enough to clean her up and you go ahead and ACCUSE HER OF ANIMAL-SNATCHING?!" she exclaimed as her pupils became slit as she sneer at the Bitch in disgust making some of the Seniors flinched remembering how she threw Scott against the Lockers at the Shakedown.
"S-Stay out of this you dumb Bimbo!" Angie yelled glaring hatefully at Weslyn as she was jealous of her for being the most developed Freshmen here.
"SHUT UP! ! !" Weslyn roared as her voice changed a little keeping better control of her form shifting so that no one would see her true form that she inherited from her 'Father's' side of her Biological Family. "You know why no one likes you Angela, it's not because you aren't popular or the way your body looks, it's the way you're acting!" she exclaimed grabbing the down Girl and pinning her against the Locker. "Hayley here had made you Cupcakes, found and returned your lost Pet, and apologized to you I don't know how many times and let you STILL BLAME HER!" she added slamming her against the metal doors as well pressing pressure onto her shoulders getting her to cry from the pain.
Meanwhile Hayley watched on completely shocked by how her Teammate, someone she claimed to be childish and immature, was acting all defensive and serious getting her to think that the Tan-skinned Girl might have some kind of mental condition which would explain all her behavior 180s before realizing what she may have meant when she said she was terrible with people.
"You act like you're something but in reality you are nothing but a spoiled Brat! This is Highschool Angela! Not Elementary, not Middle, HIGH-SCHOOL! This is the final Four Years of our lives where we'll transition from Kids to Young-adults so stop acting like a Brat and GROW THE FUCK UP!" Weslyn exclaimed pushing the mean Girl back down on the floor before glaring at her one final time. "If I ever hear you treat any other Students this way again well, what do you think?" she questioned with a dark chuckle staring deeply into Angie's eyes.
Angela felt those cold different colored eyes pierce her soul as she wasn't staring at some big tit airhead, but at some Reaper Girl who would not just harm her physically, but spiritually too!
Pushing herself back to her feet she glared right back at Hayley. "This isn't over Hayley Steele, you'll regret the day you cross me!" she declared before storming off with Frosting running behind her as Weslyn know Angel wasn't the first Mean-girl she meant, and won't defiantly be the last.
Taking a few calming breathes as well ignoring some of the Students you had been harassed by Angela cheering at seeing her get put in her place before feeling Hayley placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Weslyn, thank you but you didn't have to do that." Hayley said though she did appreciate her teammate standing up for her, she didn't really have to given how she been treating her since Day-1.
"I didn't have to, I wanted to since someone who treats other people like that deserves to be knock down a peg or two." The Witch-in-training admitted since growing up she was always treated unfairly leaving her self-conscious as well doubtful about herself and because of that someone always end up fighting her battles for her until she finally got out of that stage and started standing up for herself as well others who were bullied by those you pick on the ones smaller and weaker than them just so they could feel big about themselves.
"Well thanks, though learning to be hated is going to take some time to get used to." The Blonde said rubbing her arm since she's been trying to make friends with Angie only to be accused again and again.
"Well that the things about Bullies, some of them change their ways over time while some chose to remain the same. But hey, we have all four years of Highschool so who knows." Weslyn said looking on the positive side so maybe Angela will change for the better or the worst so who's to say.
"Yeah, making friends isn't easy so again thank y- Smooch~" Hayley started only to widen her eyes in shock as Weslyn was kissing her right on the lips getting many Students, Male and Female, to pass out via nosebleed while others soon started gossiping spending new rumors.
Separating from the kiss Weslyn gave a smile at seeing her stunned face. "See you later Sis~" she said teasingly with a wink as she started walking leaving a stun and blushing Blonde standing there as she finally noticed her surrounding as she began shaking with anger.
"WESLYN! ! !" Hayley yelled steam pouring from her ears as she began chasing after her teammate for not just kissing her in front of a lot of Students, but now rumors are going to be spend about the two dating or something more embarrassing!
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In another part of the School Jake and Felix were heading towards their First Period Science class.
"So, he'll won't remember any of it?" Jake questioned as they were discussing Mr. Collier's knowing about them since they took him back to Headquarters with them to get the Repticore goo off.
"Not at all, we Snarked him." Felix reassured as him, Weslyn, and Mr. Stockley took him back home after getting him cleaned before wiping always his memory before suggesting he takes a vacation with the Family so he would think that he had been working too hard while Katherine helped make up a cover story for his sudden disappearance.
It was then the Science Teacher walked out in front of them. "Mr. Collins." He addressed with his usual blank Demeter.
"Mr. Spezza, had you been hiding behind those Lockers waiting for me?" Jake questioned finding it a little concerning that the now identified Science Teacher would be waiting there.
"Only for Forty-five minutes." Mr. Spezza said admitting that he had been waiting there since arriving for work but that wasn't the point at the moment. "Tick-tock-tick-tock, time's up." he said with a strict look on his face as he walked forward while looking at his Watch.
Hearing the Teacher say that made him quickly remember what he was revering to. "Right, the Potato-Clock!" he said only to realize that he dropped it back in the Marsh yesterday as he tried to play it cool. "You thought I forgot but funny story I uh…" he tried to think of an excuse to cover the fact that he had lost his Project thinking that he really shouldn't bring Schoolwork with him on Missions anymore.
Seeing that his friend had nothing, Felix went into Plan-B. "Left your Project at my house last night." He said with a chuckle before taking a Potato-Clock that he made out of his Bag. "He spent all night working on it." He added before handing it to Mr. Spezza getting Jake to sigh in relief.
Looking at the Potato-Clock as well hearing it actually ticking, Mr. Spezza looked at both Boys getting them to silently look nervous. "Really?" he questioned getting both of them to nod. "Okay, I don't get to fail you today Collins, but there is always tomorrow." He said getting the inspiring Comic Artist to feel nervous as he got away with this trick this time as the Teacher turned his head spotting the next Student on his 'To Fail' list. "CARLSON SIMMONS!" He called getting said Student to make a break for it as he began giving chase.
"You'll get a B." Felix said patting Jake's shoulder letting him know what kind of Grade he would be getting. "I would have given you an A Potato but Mr. Spezza would have never believed it so I Jaked it up." he explained going a little hand jesters for added effect before heading towards class.
"Thanks man, really appreciate that." Jake said glad he would be getting a passing grade before realizing what he had just said. "Wait? Jaked it up? What does that mean?!" he questioned wondering what his teammate meant by that as he started following after his teammate since what he said felt like an insult.
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And finally another Chapter has been done as I'm now rested and back from my break since spending some time with Family is really important and those who says otherwise are just heartless jerks with no life of their own.
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