"Ben Tennyson reading a book?!" Kai asked in a mocking tone of voice as she walked up to the couch where I was sitting.

"My God, the end times must be upon us!"

I rolled my eyes and turned a page.

In her defense, it wasn't that often for me to willingly read a book.

But Kai, ever the comedian, treated it like someone gave me the best insult in history.

"What book is that, anyway?" she went on. "'How To Read Without Really Trying'? 'Sylvia Plath's Guide To A Happier Life'?"

Her joking subsided as quickly as the expression on her face changed when she discovered the title.

Elaborately carved across the book's plain blue cover were golden letters that spelled out:

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

She looked at me with a suspicious eyebrow raised, like I was keeping a secret from her.

"You're trying to look for those clues, aren't you?"

"No," I told her, "but now I'm thinking about it."

I actually was looking for those clues, but I wasn't gonna tell her that.

"Don't waste your time; I'm already the rightful heir."

As Kai had been boasting since we met in London, she somehow got the Excalibur to budge when she grabbed it.

Even though she was quick to use her bragging rights, she agreed with the rest of us that we couldn't figure out how a teenage Navajo girl would be a potential British monarch.

I'm sticking with the "pickle jar lid" theory that the combined efforts of Chadwick's Hyde form, Humungousaur and all that water loosened the sword from the stone just enough that she could get it to move on her own.

She thinks that theory misjudges her, which it does; but overall, I wasn't bothered that much.

"Whatever," I shrugged. "I'm already the savior of the universe. And, unlike you, I still have something to show for it."

I held up my left arm to prove my point.

She stepped back, with a "sore loser" kind of expression on her face.

"You win this round," she pouted before heading into another room.

My eyes followed her figure - mainly the back of it - as she walked off.

I couldn't help the smirk that was starting to grow on my face.

"Yep," I proudly declared to myself as I went back to reading.

"I definitely won, alright."