Leo's POV:
A week later and I'm finally feeling better! I'm pretty sure Marcus fell for my plan. I know he's smart, but I happen to admit that I'm totally smarter! I'm NOT going to Leo this mission up.
I walked into the kitchen, first things first, is I needed to get fueled up for this "mission." It was around 8:30 in the morning on Saturday and I was for sure no one would be up… I stand corrected.
Chase had his chemistry book open and was eating a banana. He was such a nerd. "Uh… hey Chase, whatcha doing up this early?" I asked as I opened the fridge to get milk. I didn't want him to suspect anything.
"We have a big chemistry test coming up this Monday. I want to be ready," Chase said. He didn't take his eyes off his book, though. "You're the smartest person alive; do you really need to study?" I asked.
Chase sighed, "What are you up to Leo?" He asked looking up. Then he looked at me in disgust. "Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked. "You look…" He pointed to my clothes with his pencil.
I looked down. Oh no! I forgot that I was in my "spy gear"… Maybe he wouldn't suspect anything… "Why are you in your spy gear?" Chase asked. I stand corrected. "How do you know this is my spy gear?" I asked.
"Leo, I know you. You like wearing leather when you are spying on people. Usually Marcus…" Chase replied, "I thought you two were getting along." "We are! I-I'm not spying on Marcus… I… am… changing my look," I said. "Saved it," I thought to myself.
"Okay… Well if you're not doing anything do you mind testing me on my chemistry?" Chase asked. "Uh sorry… I have a thing…" I said. I grabbed my cereal, poured it in a bowl, grabbed the milk, placed it in the bowl, grabbed a spoon, and raced out of the kitchen. Back to work.
Chase's POV:
Leo was up to no good. I really should find out what he's doing but I seriously need to study. But what if he blows something up? What if he's having a girl over and she is bringing a friend? (Not like her friend would like me…)
No, this was important. All of a sudden the doorbell rang. I sighed, got up, and went towards the door. I opened it and Marcus was standing there. "Uh, hey Marcus! What's up?"
"Not much, I was wondering if you wanted to play videos games or something. My dad is… out of town this weekend so I came on over," He explained. "Uh, I've never played video games before," I said. I felt like an idiot. What normal teenager has never played video games!?
"Well, that's okay, I brought one over! I could teach you how to play it if you want," He said as he holds up the video game. I think about it for a minute... I really should be finding out what Leo was up to… but this is the first time a person ACTUALLY wants to hang out with me. It's not a girl, but it's a start…
"Sure! Come on in!" I exclaimed and walked towards the couch. Marcus was so happy. I could tell I made his day (IT FELT SO AWESOME!) He turned on the system and explained to me how the game worked.
Since I am the smartest person on earth, I picked up the controller and started to attack. As soon as I killed the zombies in the first level, he looked at me in shock. Oh no, this was just like when I was a pro at the guitar and he wondered how I did it! I couldn't let Marcus find any clues to lead up to me being bionic.
"Uh… I forgot! Adam showed me how to play this video game when he got it for his… Christmas," I said quickly. "Saved it," I thought to myself. "Awesome!" Marcus simply said. I smiled and we continued to play the video game.
Leo's POV:
I was forming a plan in my bedroom and discussing it with my stuffed animals. What? They were the only people- I mean animals I could talk to about this. At least they wouldn't think I was crazy.
As I was discussing it with my stuffed animals, I heard a lot of yelling and laughing. What was going on out there? I carefully snuck out of my room and tiptoed into the kitchen and hid behind the counter real spy-like.
I got a good view of Chase and Marcus playing a video game. Was it opposite day? Chase reminds me and Adam all the time when we play violent video games with zombies that it will rot our brain or it couldn't happen in real life.
I jotted down what was happening right before my eyes. I put this: "Marcus must have taken over Chase's body since Chase has agreed to play video games. A ZOMBIE video game to be exact. It doesn't even have to do with learning. There is no other explanation."
I crawled away to go back into my room to study my spy information. As I was crawling back, I bumped my head on the counter top. "Ow!" I exclaimed rubbing my head. The video game paused. "Leo? Is that you?" Chase asked. RETREAT! RETREAT!
I sprung up from my hiding place behind the counter. "Uh… hey! 'Sup Marcus, 'sup Chase. Didn't see you guys there," I said casually. "How could you not? We were playing a loud video game?" Marcus asked. "Well… All I wanted was this…" I looked around, what to grab, what to grab… "Bowl!" I said grabbing my mom's salad bowl.
"And what are you using that for?" Chase asked. He was onto me. "Uh, my… goldfish is… throwing up. And it's going all over the place… I gotta go clean it up," I said quickly. "You don't have a goldfish, Leo," Chase informed me. "I JUST NEED IT OKAY!?" I yelled. They looked at me weirdly for a second and I ran into my room. That was a close one!
I locked the door in my room and passed around. "Meeting!" I said to my stuffed animals. I gathered them all on my bed in a circle. "Okay, we almost got caught, but one thing I noticed was that Marcus was barely saying anything. He might be hiding something," I said to them. I walked around… think Leo, think.
"Blackie!" I said pointing to my black bear. "I think it's time we had a little one on one with Marcus. As soon as we distract Chase, we will lock him in the closet and he will have to tell us everything," I explained, "The Plan: Don't rest until we find out what Marcus is hiding."
