"HE DID WHAT?!"
The whole gang looked at Ali, Insane and Dedodakes in disbelief. Danny had totally lost all signs of doubt about Tom. He didn't think that Tom was capable of something that terrible. The rest of the gang were completely speechless, Tom was actually considered a nice guy to them, and they all couldn't believe it.
Tiffany slumped down in her seat, looking as terrible and depressed as she was on the first day on the ship. Jake, Hui Hua and Dixon turned to their friend. Those three had known Tiffany for a long time, and they were all pretty worried about her.
"Tif, are you ok?" Jake asked her.
"He…I can't believe it…Tom…" Tiffany stammered. Tom had actually told her that they had lots in common; she thought that he was the only guy that could relate to her. Now she didn't know what to think.
"Don't you think that he's just misunderstood instead of evil?" Hui Hua asked Dixon.
"He tried to run Tif over, what do you think?" Dixon asked.
"TOM BAD, BAD TOM!" Cubby exclaimed.
"Trust me, Hui Hua, everybody here's just pretty shocked about it." Sky told her companion. The whole table grew grim as they spotted Tom nearing them, they all cast him death glares. Tom ignored them and took his usual seat at the table. The whole group then stood up and walked away to a different table.
Tom sighed. This was disastrous. Now he had no friends besides Shadow. He had actually begun to like that bunch of brats. Apparently nothing could cheer him up anymore. His thoughts were immediately changed as a familiar figure took a seat next to him.
"Hey." Jessica greeted him. Her long blonde hair was tied back in a ponytail with her two Ember McLain like bangs cascading down the side of her face. She wore black hip-hugging jeans, a black belly shirt showing off her midriff, a black hoodie tied around her waist with the sleeves, and an old pair of black Vans skate shoes. He stayed silent and took a bite out of his breakfast.
"I don't understand." Tom said.
"What do you mean?" Jessica asked him.
"Why they want to avoid me like that? I'm just so misunderstood that it's not funny anymore." Tom told her, glaring at the kids.
"They just need time, you just watch, they'll come running back to you soon enough." Jessica gave Tom a warm smile.
"Doubt it." Tom told her. "I just made the biggest mistake of my 18 year old life." Jessica's smile slowly dropped, she really didn't want to see this boy upset.
"I tell you what, I want you spend this one day with me." Jessica told him. "And then we'll see what we can do to get your friends back, ok?"
"You…you want to hang out with me?" Tom asked her.
"Sure, I mean…it's not like you're an evil villain or anything. Right?" Jessica laughed.
"Um...sure...right. That sounds ridiculous." Tom told her.
Meanwhile, the rest of the group had already left the table. Everyone walked together, still thinking about how ridiculous it was that Tom could have betrayed them like this. June and Jake Long then snapped back into reality.
Where were Tiffany and Jake?
Meanwhile, Tiffany and Jake were both on the thrashed main deck. Tiffany sighed as she concentrated on two barrels on the other side of the ship. Jake watched her, worry in his heart.
"What happened, Jake? Everything was alright at first." Tiffany said.
"What do you mean?" Jake asked.
"Everything was ok, until Tom decided to go against us." Tiffany sighed. Jake looked into the distance. He didn't have any argument against that. Tiffany's eyebrows tilted as her expression grew angry.
"I mean, why did he do that?! I thought he was our friend!" Tiffany shouted, as she got angry, the barrels on the other side of the ship started shaking violently.
"That was so unnecessary, then when he turned against us…that JERK!" Tiffany exclaimed, as she shouted out that last sentence, the two barrels flew across the main deck and landed with a splash in the water.
"Woah…dude…"
Tiffany and Jake turned to see Juniper and Jake Long, staring at her with shocked expressions. Soon enough, the rest of the group trailed behind them. Apparently, everyone had seen Tiffany use mind-power to lift the barrels off the deck and into the water.
"How?" June asked, even as a Te Xuan Ze, she didn't see anything like that in her life.
"Oh…me? I…I'm a telepath." Tiffany told the group. "I can control stuff with my mind and I can read people's thoughts."
"Wait, if you could read someone's thoughts, why didn't you read Tom's and see this coming?" Danny asked.
"I didn't see any reason to." Tiffany frowned. "Until now…"
"So why exactly didn't you use your powers when you were trapped by the cars?" Dedodakes asked. "And how did Jake know about it?"
"Well, obviously…he's my angel of light. He's known me forever." Tiffany explained. "I was about to use my powers until you guys came along and told me to run."
"So you're a telepath, I'm an Aquatian, Insane and Dedodakes are Electri-powered, Danny's a halfa, June's the guardian of magical creatures…" Ali ranted.
"We get it!" Danny told her.
"WE'RE AWESOME! WOO!" Ali exclaimed. Everyone looked at her with questioning looks.
"I doubt that."
Everyone turned around to see Tom riding on more vehicles, glaring at the kids with bloodshot, red eyes. Everyone with powers braced themselves for battle. Tom just grinned evilly.
"If that's the way you want it, FINE!" Tom exclaimed, as all the cars rushed towards the gang. Tiffany made one car bang into the car that Tom was riding on, which caused him to fall towards the ground.
"Why are you doing this?! WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" She demanded. As Tom opened his eyes, she noticed one thing. They weren't red anymore, they were blue. Tom couldn't change his eye color, even when he used his powers like this.
"Tif…you…you have to get out of here." Tom warned her.
"What do you mean? What's going on?" Sky asked him.
"My powers are unstable; it's not my fault that this is happening. I tried to tell you, but she won't let me!" Tom exclaimed weakly.
"What do you mean? Who won't let you?" Jake Long exclaimed.
"She keeps hypnotizing me! It's all her fault this is happening…" Tom told the gang. Suddenly, his eyes turned red again, he controlled a bunch of cars to ram into Tiffany, Jake Long and Sky, causing them to crash on the other end of the ship.
"That poor, naive boy. Apparently his powers weren't strong enough, no wonder it was that easy to hypnotize him." A voice came from the corner of the ship, everyone turned their heads to see Jessica, smiling evilly with her eyes as red as Tom's.
"YOU! So Tom was never evil, you're the one who keeps doing this to him!" June exclaimed.
"He was trying to keep his unstable powers a secret so we wouldn't get hurt! And you took advantage of that!" Ali shouted. "MEANIE!"
"YOU'RE A BAD, BAD LADY!" Insane exclaimed, electricity charging in his and Dedodake's hands.
"Tom wasn't kidding, you all are pretty smart brats. Now get ready to get your just desserts." Jessica smirked.
"OOH! I KNOW, I WANT A COOKIE!" Cubby exclaimed, everyone glared at him. "I…I'll just shut up now…"
"You'll never get away with this, you witch!" Jake exclaimed.
"A witch, you say?" Jessica asked him as magic rays surged from her hands and into the heavens. Then the rays hit Hui Hua, Sky, Dixon, Cubby, Jake Long and June. Soon, those 6 were under her spell. They all charged for battle, leaving the rest shocked.
"You don't know the half of it." Jessica smirked as our heroes's hypnotized friends all rushed up to them, ready to attack.