"What, what's she doing here?!"
Tom turned around to see Tiffany waving like a dork to Shadow. The car glared at Tom, it thought that he was going to come ALONE, not bring any company. Plus, Shadow still didn't get over the night when Danny told the group to "investigate".
"Calm down, I come in peace." Tiffany told him.
"That's what you said the last time, and I had to clean dragon spit off my hood."
"You mean, I had to." Tom told the car.
"…ehh…"
"Alright, Shadow. Where's the message from my brothers?" Tom asked, Shadow didn't answer, instead two grinning faces showed up on a screen that popped out of its hood.
"Yo, prick. What's going on with you?" The first figure asked Tom. He had raven black hair. Tom stared at the screen in anger. Tiffany looked at him, Tom seemed incredibly angry.
"Guess what, loser? Mum gave me your room, so you better hurry back before I mess the whole thing up. Plus – I got a pet Iguana. I don't think you would mind if I let it eat through your closet, right?" The boy mocked. "I didn't think so."
"Dude, Rob told me that I could borrow your extra comb." The other figure said towards the screen, he had fiery red hair and piercing green eyes. "Thanks, bro. I needed something to scrape the fungus from the roof."
"I'll take good care of your room, buddy. When you come back, it'll be messier than ever!" The guy with black hair smiled. "Or better yet, don't come back at all. It'll save me from looking at your ugly face every single day."
"When I get back, I swear…" Tom snarled.
"Alright, that's it for today. We'll both talk to you when you come back." The redhead told the camera.
"See you later, prick." Tom's annoying brother said, ending the message. When Tiffany and Shadow looked at Tom, his face was red with anger. He looked like he was about to explode anytime soon.
"Who were they?" Tiffany asked, confused.
"Those are my older brothers. The redhead is John and the Black haired idiot is Rob. I hate them with every fiber of my being." Tom muttered.
"But they don't look anything like you." Tiffany said.
Tom smiled, "Thanks. I still have a hard time believing I'm related to them." Then, Tom's smile became a frown as he ranted about how dead they would be when he got home.
"What's up with him?" Tiffany asked the Chevy.
"Tom's brothers are the most annoying thing on the Earth since Barney. He can't stand them."
"I don't see how he could even live with them, those two are jerks." Tiffany told Shadow.
"Those IDIOTS! I can't believe them! WHEN I GET BACK HOME, I SWEAR, BOTH OF THEM ARE GOING TO DIE!" Tom exclaimed.
"Tom, calm down!" Tiffany shouted.
"I can't calm down! Honestly, Tif! You don't understand what I'm going through, you don't understand how annoying it is to have someone say horrible things about you when you didn't do anything wrong!" Tom exclaimed.
"You don't know." Tiffany muttered, Tom heard her and stopped screaming.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"My dad's unstable. He's terrible. He's the worst father ever! I mean…what sick mind would ever call you a 'sick, twisted, little mistake' or a 'stupid, vile creature'?" Tiffany asked Tom.
He stopped and considered her words; this girl was seriously hurting inside. Sure, everybody's siblings made fun of them, and Tom had his revenge multiple times, but this was her dad calling her all these things.
"I…guess we just have a lot in common." Tom told her.
"Mushy…"
"Shadow! Come on, have a heart." Tom told the car.
"Um…hello? I'm all cogs and bolts, I don't have room for a heart."
"It's ok, just forget about it. Sometimes I just want my dad to go away forever." Tiffany said. Tom looked at the girl with pity in his eyes.
"It's natural to feel that way, but take it from me. Everything will be better once you go home. Besides, you have tons of great friends here on this ship that'll be with you all the way." Tom told her.
"Yeah, I hate to say it…and I mean I REALLY hate to say it…but you're not that bad, kid."
"Did that really come from Shadow?" Tiffany asked Tom.
"I'm surprised too." He grinned. "Anyway, you better go find your friends. I'll be down here if anyone needs me." Tom told her. She nodded as she ran out of the cargo pit and onto the main deck.
Every one of her friends was probably inside the arcade or something, either way, Tiffany was going to go have a hard time locating all of them.
Suddenly, a sound came from inside the cargo pit, it sounded like a loud, heavy crash. Tiffany turned around to see loads of cars all gang up on the main deck, surrounding her. She looked around in shock, to see Tom riding on one of the bigger cars.
"Tom?" She asked, dumbstruck. Tom's blue eyes were now glowing red. He raised his hand and pointed it towards Tiffany, soon enough, every single one of the cars raced towards the teenager.
Tiffany braced herself for impact, but the cars never got to hit her as a huge surge of electricity stopped them all in their tracks. Tiffany turned around to see Dedodakes and Insane holding the cars back, with electricity surging from their hands.
"RUN!" They exclaimed. Tiffany obeyed as she ran out of the scene. Suddenly, Ali rose above the two teens and hit Tom off the car with a huge wave that she summoned out of the sea.
As Tom got up, his eyes were still blood red. He waved his hand again and he forced all of the cars towards the three super powered teenagers. Ali made another huge wave of sea water rise up from behind the ship. Dedodakes and Insane forced the electricity from their hands towards the wave and they made the two forces join together.
The wave of electricity crashed on the main deck, sending all the cars flying back into the cargo pit and Tom lying on the ground. Tiffany came back to the scene, seeing Tom slowly stand up and everyone else braced for another major battle. As Tom's eyes slowly slid open, Tiffany raced up to him.
Tom grabbed his head and moaned, "Ow my head. What hit me?...Oh crud."
"WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!" Tiffany exclaimed. "WHY DID YOU ATTACK ME?!"
"What…Tif, what are you talking about?" Tom asked. "Oh no…it happened again, didn't it?"
"Tif, back away, he's dangerous." Ali told her.
"What do you mean 'it happened again'?" Tiffany asked.
"I didn't want you to meddle in this situation. Why are you here instead of looking for your friends?" Tom asked.
"Tif, get away!" Insane exclaimed.
"So you didn't want me to meddle with your plans to make an army of technology?" Tiffany asked.
"Wait, that's not it…" Tom told her.
"Then what was that? You told your cars to attack me!" Tiffany shouted.
"I can't believe you got out alive either…" Tom muttered. "But that's not what I mean…"
"Forget it, come on, Tif." Dedodakes told her as all four of them walked off, Tiffany still staring disbelievingly at Tom. Tom ignored her as he walked back down to the thrashed cargo pit. Shadow's headlights pointed to Tom.
"DUDE! Could you warn me before you send tons of cars crashing into the cargo pit?!" The Chevy exclaimed, and then it looked at Tom's expression. "They found out, didn't they?"
"Yeah…now they're going to have to face the consequences." Tom said.