Chapter 5:

Toby POV:

He and Happy were in charge of the auditory and mechanical learners along with another guy named Weiss Zayne, who was already in the room when they arrived and had shown them how the setup worked around the room. While Happy fiddled around with some of the mechanical things in the corner of the room, including various items that she owned back at the garage, Toby decided to at least make his time worthwhile and talk Mr. Zayne who was currently pacing across the room.

"How long have you worked here?" Toby asked him and Weiss looked up from his pacing across the room.

"I started about a year ago." Weiss said and looked immediately back at the ground, his shoulder length blonde hair swinging into his face. He kept pacing and glanced up at the clock for a moment.

"You went from your father's business to college and straight here, am I correct?" Toby asked and noticed Happy stare at him from across the room. Weiss looked up at Toby and even stopped pacing for a moment.

"How did you know that?" Weiss asked with a shocked expression that made Toby want to chuckle.

"We're not called geniuses for nothing." Toby said and winked at Weiss who glanced at the clock once more and started pacing again, his footsteps echoing in the room. Weiss was giving him clues to stop the conversation and Toby was about to keep questioning him when he noticed Happy glaring at him across the room and when he looked over at her she shook her head at him and gave him the 'I will kill you' look. Toby raised his hands in defeat and sat down on one of the tables that housed the headphones and computers they were hooked up to for the auditory learners.

Toby glanced at his own watch and saw that the potential geniuses would be coming in about 5 minutes. 5 minutes of peace. Toby tried to relax but between Weiss' clomps around the room and Happy's loud tinkering he just settled on glancing between the two of them.

The more Toby watched Weiss pace around the room and look at the clock every 20 seconds, Toby came to the conclusion that Weiss wasn't just nervous about the kids arriving, it was something more. Toby started to walk over to Happy when the door was opened by a woman in her late thirties in a blue uniform that all the staff at the building wore.

"Zayne. Take your position at the door, they're coming in a few minutes." The woman said and Toby just got a glance at her nametag. Lyra Stereos, it had said. Weiss walked out of the room and stood outside the door, and Toby could faintly hear the sound of many footsteps down the hall. Happy walked up next to him and stood silent and un-moving. The sound of the footsteps became louder until it was a constant sound of feet hitting the ground and voices traveling through the doorway. The first group of people walked in the door and it was a woman with blonde hair and way too much makeup on and she was next to a boy around Ralph's age. The boy with a name tag that said Leo had curly brown hair, a mischievous glint in his eyes, and he looked like he really didn't want to be here.

"Hello! We are here for the mechanical testing!" The woman said and she sounded like she had stepped straight out of a commercial. She waved the paper that they had been handed at the front at him for emphasis and Toby felt like groaning. If this was how all the people were going to be….

"Follow me." Happy said and Toby glanced at her with an apologetic expression and she just turned around on her heel and lead the duo over to the corner where she had been earlier.

"Hello, we're here for the auditory test." A man's voice said and Toby turned around and prepared himself for the longest hours of his life.

A few hours later

"Mr. Curtis?" Someone tapped him on the shoulder and he turned around, prepared to give the 'I am treating another child at the moment can you please wait' speech. Which he had given an unbelievable amount of times to many, many parents. "I'm here to replace you, you're needed in room 264." The woman that he had seen earlier that told Weiss to stand outside at the beginning said. Lyra, he remembered.

"What's wrong?" Toby said and glanced over at Happy who was talking to a little girl with red hair and green eyes.

"I don't know. That's all they told me." Lyra gave him an almost apologetic expression.

"Alright, thank you Lyra." Toby said and walked over to the mechanic corner. Happy was slightly smiling at the little girl with the red hair that was holding a small contraption in her hands for Happy to see.

"Hey Hap." Toby said and Happy looked up at him expectantly. "I'm needed in 264, I'll be back." He informed her and turned to leave.

"You'd better! You're not leaving me in this alone Curtis!" Happy said to his back and he smiled.

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Paige POV:
Paige glanced around the room at the endless children that were all at computers, taking Walter's new test and smiled. Even though this was quite exhausting, it was for a good cause and so that some of the geniuses out there never had to go through what the rest of the team had academically. Paige knew that there were probably more geniuses out there that couldn't come to this, and that was probably one of the only flaws she saw in this. Walter and Ralph were going around making sure that the children were using the program correctly and Paige would escort them out when they were done. Paige was worried about Walter. Any normal person would be broken down right now and devastated at their loss, but Walter was anything but normal. Paige felt her eyes tear up at the thought of Megan and willed her tears away so she could focus on getting over to the newest child that was finished. The boy had blonde hair and a pair of bright blue eyes and was probably around 12 or so and he also had a red name tag that said Jason.

"Hey, Jason. You ready to go?" Paige asked him and he nodded, his lips pressed together. They maneuvered around the room and Paige watched him walk out of the room and bumped into Scott who came through the door in a hurry.

"Sorry, Paige." Scott said not sounding apologetic at the least. Paige turned around and noticed Walter staring at them. Scott waved Walter over and Walter walked over, his face a plain mask. Ralph followed at his heels and came up beside her when they reached them.

"Yes?" Walter asked sounding a little impatient, but maybe she was imagining things.

"You are needed in room 330, they're having some technical issues." Scott stared Walter in the eye as he talked. Walter glanced over at her and Ralph for a moment with a, dare she say, a worried look in his eyes.

"We can handle it, you'll be back in no time." Paige told him and Ralph nodded, puffing out his chest a little bit.

"Alright, I'll be back." Walter said and followed Scott out of the room, not breaking eye contact with her.

AN: Hey! Please don't hate me? Sorry I've been gone for a while, for anyone who's still here. I really do hope to update more often, life just gets too busy. Hey, anyone get the Percy Jackson reference? No? Just me, okay. And sorry for filler chapter, next chapter will have way more action...hopefully.

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