(A/N): I'm already tired of school!
"Dad." Luca said as he stood by Julian's side of the bed. "Daddy." He said as Julian groaned and turned his back towards him. "Dada." He said as Julian put a pillow over his head. "Padre. Papa. Père." He said as Julian wondered where he learned French. "FATHER!" Luca yelled as Julian threw the pillow off his head.
"What?!" He said as Luca smiled innocently.
"Oh good. You're up." He said happily as Julian grabbed him and threw him on the bed tickling him.
"I go and make breakfast and you attack our son?!" Izzy said as Julian rolled his eyes.
"Guys! Guys! Guys!" Donavon said busting through their apartment door.
"It's too early for all this." Julian groaned as Donavon jumped on his bed.
"Guess what!" He said jumping up and down.
"You got the biplane you've been dreaming of?" Julian threw out there as Donavon rolled his eyes.
"No…I wish. I, Donavon Johnson, have a date with none other then Kim 'the Untouchable' Samson." He said bowing as Julian shot up.
"What?!" He shouted as Luca flew through the air. Donavon caught him and stuck him under his arm.
"Hey! Let me go!" He said struggling against Donavon's grip.
"Don't even try Luca. He has super-strength." Izzy said as Luca looked up at him.
"And speed." He said poking his nose as Luca grumbled. He stuck his hand inside Donavon's pocket and pulled out his cell phone. Electricity surged around his phone before he transferred it into his other hand. He shocked Donavon making him let him go.
"Yeah…our son manipulates fire and electricity." Julian said as Donavon looked at Luca who smiled smugly.
"Can you put it back in my phone?" He said as Luca's smiled turned sheepish.
"I haven't learned that yet." He said as Donavon looked at Julian worriedly.
"Don't worry I'll get Flash or Bolt to fix it." Julian said waving his hand in the air as Donavon sighed in relief. "So…how did you get this 'big date'?" He said getting up from bed.
"Persistence my friend!" He said following to the kitchen.
"So, you basically bugged her until she agreed." Izzy said as she piled a plate of eggs, bacon, and toast for Luca and herself.
"No…" He said crossing his arms as the family of three stared at him. "Fine I did! But it worked!" He said as he started scooping some eggs on his plate.
"What are you going to do for your date?" Julian said sitting at the small round table. Donavon froze as he dropped his fork.
"Fuck! I don't know what to do!" He exclaimed as Luca stuck his hand out. Donavon looked at him confused as Julian laughed.
"Whenever one of us or our friends curse we owe him a dollar." He said as Donavon looked between Julian and Luca.
"And I have to be apart of this?" He said as Luca rolled his eyes.
"Just give me the dollar!" Luca said as Donavon rolled his eyes and put it in his hands. "Thank you!" He said shoving it in his pocket.
"Seriously guys! What am I going to do?" He said as he put his head in his hands. "What did you guys do on your first date?" He asked as Julian smiled.
"Well we…" He said until his smiled dropped. "We haven't had a first date!" He said standing up in his chair.
"Yeah, but that's because we had-"Izzy started to say before Julian grabbed her shoulders.
"We haven't had a first date!" He said shaking her shoulders. "Well that's going to end now!" He said as he held Izzy's hand. "Izzy, would you like to go on a date with me this Friday?" He asked as Izzy laughed.
"I would love to." She said as Donavon stood up in his seat.
"Great! Let's go find out what we're going to do!" He said grabbing Julian and running outside. Izzy and Luca looked at each other confused before shrugging their shoulders. Donavon opened the door slowly as he stepped to the side. "Go put some pants on." He said as Julian walked back inside his apartment and to his room. He came back with some jeans and they both ran out again.
"These are the times I wonder why I ended up with him." Izzy said as Luca put his hand on her shoulder.
"Me too." Luca said as they nodded.
"I'm so ashamed of you." Goldeye said as Sean rolled his eyes.
"It's not like you're making progress." He said grabbing his coffee before they both headed out of the café.
"My situation is very different than yours, but compared to yours I still made more progress!" Goldeye said as Sean grumbled. "You dance with her and didn't bother asking her out or getting her number!" Goldeye said as Sean sighed.
"Sorry I'm not 'girl savvy' like you." He said as Goldeye rolled his eyes.
"It's not hard to ask a girl for a number. Watch." He said as he walked over to a girl fox. "Hey, can I have your number?" He asked flashing her a smile as she smiled back.
"Sure." She said as she started to get a pen out.
"Sorry. I'm taken." He said before walking back to Sean leaving the girl dumbfounded. "See, not hard." He said as Sean sighed.
"But that's you! I'm not all suave and charming! And when were you taken?!" He said as Goldeye rolled his eyes.
"Dude, she obviously likes you and technically I'm taken because I like her." He said as Sean rolled his eyes taking a sip of his coffee. He spit it out once he saw Bijou walking down the same path.
"Oh God! Here she comes! What do I do!? Tell me what to do!" He said shaking Goldeye back and forth. Goldeye grabbed his hands and threw them off of him.
"Give me your coffee." He said as Sean gave it to them. Once Bijou was close enough Goldeye swiftly threw the coffee on her tripped Sean and threw the cup on the ground before taking off.
'Bastard!' Sean thought as he looked up at Bijou apologetically.
"I'm so sorry!" He said standing up as Bijou just laughed.
"It's alright Sean. Accidents happen." She said as Sean looked at her confused. It took him a bit before everything processed in his brain. He made an "O" shape with his mouth as he looked around for Goldeye.
"Here, let me get you some napkins." He said walking her back to the coffee shop.
"Really Sean, I'm fine. I'm wearing black you could barely see it." She said as Sean looked at her shirt. "Well…you can't see the brown. You can see that it's wet." She said shrugging her shoulders.
"Um…how about I uh…make it up t-to you." He said nervously. Great…he was getting nervous.
"Ok, what were thinking?" She asked finishing patting her shirt dry.
"Uh…well…h-how about a date Friday night?" He asked scratching the back of his head. She stared at him with a blank expression as he started to sweat.
"Sure! I'll see you Friday!" She said grabbing her bag and walking to her class.
"See, that wasn't so hard." Goldeye said jumping down from a tree that was above Sean. Sean laughed nervously before fainting. "I just had to be friends with this guy." He said as he dragged Sean's body to his class. Black was walking back from his class when he spotted Alex. He stopped and looked around before proceeding towards her.
"Hi." He said stopping right in front of her. "I'm Black Thunder." He said sticking out his hand.
"I've heard of you." She said shaking his hand as he raised an eyebrow.
"Really now?" He said as they let their hands dropped.
"Oh yeah…I heard your quite the prankster." She said putting her weight on one foot and crossing her arms.
"You heard correct. I noticed you pull some good pranks yourself." Black said as he mimicked her actions by crossing his arms.
"Hmm…are you any good?" She said leaning forward as Black smirked.
"One of the best." He said as she hugged him making Black confused. She pulled away as he smirked.
"I'll see you around then." She said walking away as Black laughed internally. He put a sign on her back that read, "I'm in love with Black Thunder". He started to walk away with a sign on his back saying, "I'm gay and I love Tom Cruise". Ah, you just can't beat the classics.
"I get the ice skating!" Julian said smashing his fist on the table.
"No way! I called it!" Donavon said glaring at the hedgehog.
"Uh…do we want to know what's going on?" Conner said as Renegade shook his head.
"You guys asked us to come for lunch not the great debate." Renegade said as Julian crossed his arms.
"So, what exactly is going on?" Conner said sitting down as Julian and Donavon glared at each other.
"We have dates this weekend and we're trying to decide who gets what date." Julian said not facing Conner or Renegade.
"What are the two ideas?" Renegade asked as Donavon leaned back in his seat.
"Ice skating in Rockefeller Center or a fancy dinner at a restaurant and a walk around Central Park." Donavon said as Julian smashed his fist on the table again.
"I want the ice skating!" Julian said as Donavon smashed his hand on the table.
"Well too bad!" Donavon yelled as people began to look.
"Julian." Renegade said as he waved his hand for Julian to come over so he can whisper something. Renegade began whispering something in his ear as Julian started to smile.
"Never mind…you can have the ice skating." Julian said leaning back into his seat as Donavon looked quickly between Renegade and Julian.
"Wait…what did you say?" Donavon said as Renegade shrugged his shoulders. "Ugh! Stupid four year friendship." He muttered crossing his arms as Conner laughed.
"Don't worry there'll be something we do to get them back." Conner said as Julian and Renegade looked at him.
"You think you can beat us," Julian said signaling to himself and Renegade. "With Donavan?" He said as Conner stood up.
"Oh, I know." Conner said as the rest of them stood up.
"Really now?" Renegade said as Donavon stepped forward.
"Yes really." He said as they all glared at each other.
"Super-powered race back to my apartment." Julian said quickly as Conner raised his eye brow.
"Losers make lunch." He said as Renegade crossed his arms.
"Definitely." He said as Conner and Donavon looked at each other. Donavon grabbed Conner's arm and sped out of the shop. Julian and Renegade ran out and Julian stopped them with his powers.
"Damn it! I forgot he has those." Donavon muttered as Julian and Renegade ran past them.
"See ya suckers!" Julian yelled as they ran past them. Conner flipped the surface they were on and made them fall flat on their faces. Donavon and Conner were released and they started speeding to the apartments.
"Loosing energy to run!" Donavon said as he started to slow down.
"Damn it Renegade!" Conner yelled as they just started running at normal speed. Julian and Renegade were soon catching up and Conner started pelting them with rocks. Julian stopped them and shot them away.
"Give me a giant disc." Donavon said as Conner formed a large disc made out of rock. Donavon spun around with it before firing it at Julian and Renegade. It hit Renegade and shot him down and they continued to run.
"Hey guys-"Lauren began to say before Conner cut her off.
"Can't talk now!" Conner said running past her with Donavon. She looked at them confused before she saw Julian and Renegade.
"What's with-"She got cut off again by Julian.
"Racing!" He yelled as they ran past her. She rolled her eyes before walking back to her apartment. Luca was sitting at the coffee table doing his homework waiting for one of his parents come home. Conner and Donavon came busting into the apartment gasping for air. Luca looked at them confused when Julian and Renegade showed up after.
"Go…make us…our…lunch." Donavon said pointing to the kitchen as Julian and Renegade rolled their eyes.
"Wasn't lunch like three hours ago?" Luca asked as Julian straighten himself out and headed towards the kitchen.
"We're having a very late lunch." He said as Luca shrugged and continued doing his homework.
"Renegade can you help me?" Luca asked as Renegade walked over to him.
"I could help!" Julian called from the kitchen.
"It's math Dad." He said as Julian grimaced.
"Never mind." He said making sandwiches. Goldeye was outside an apartment door pacing.
'Just knock. It's not that hard. It's very hard. Especially when she opens that door. I'll just play it smooth asking how's she's doing. And she'll wonder how you figured out where she lived. God! Why is this one girl so frustrating!?' He thought sighing in frustration as he continued to pace.
"'It's like a cow's opinion. Doesn't matter. It's moo.'" Emma laughed as she quoted her favorite show. "Joey you never seize to be funny." She said eating some Flamin' Hot Cheetos out of the bag. She was pooped today and she just wanted to relax in her yoga pants and over-sized t-shirt. She folded her legs underneath herself as she continued to watch "Friends". Her head flicked to the side when she heard three quick raps against her door. She wiped off the cheesy residue off her hands before walking up to the door. She opened the door and her mouth dropped as she saw Goldeye standing outside her door.
"Um…hi." He said. 'Smooth…' He thought as he looked down at Emma. She crossed her arms over herself feeling self-conscious as she looked down at her feet.
"Hey?" She said awkwardly as she shuffled with her feet. "I don't mean to sound rude, but um…why are you here?" She asked looking back up at him.
"I wanted to talk to you." He said feeling the awkwardness on his shoulders.
"Oh. Do you want to come in?" She asked opening the door wider. He walked in looking around her apartment. It was small and cozy.
"You live alone?" He asked continuing to look around.
"Yeah…I use to live with my brother, but he moved back to California." She said as he turned to face her.
"You're from California?" He asked as she nodded. "Same town as Renegade?" He asked looking at her now gray eyes with hints of green.
"He lived a few hours away from me. I didn't see him much until now." She said rubbing her arm. "Where are you from?" She asked as Goldeye turned around.
"I live here." He said as Emma looked up at him.
"For all your life?" She asked as Goldeye shook his head. "Where did you live before here?" She asked as she sat on the couch. Goldeye sat next to her making sure to keep a comfortable amount of distance.
"It's…hard to explain." He said as she brought her crossed her legs under her.
"You know about my family. I think it's only fair that I know about yours." She said as Goldeye looked at her. The damn light was reflecting off her eyes making them shine with each color. He sighed turning his body to face her as she looked at him expectantly.
"I was born in California, but sadly my Mom died while giving birth to me. My Dad was part of a traveling circus…or so I thought." He said as Emma looked at him confused.
"What do you mean?" She asked as he looked down at his hands.
"He went to different towns with this group robbing banks. One day he left me at the scene of the crime and I was taken by some scientists. They were working with the army and were trying to heighten the human vision. I was their test subject." He said as Emma gasped. "My eyes use to be brown, but the experiment turned them gold and made me blind. They were disappointed with the results and threw me in the forest seeing no need for me. I had to learn how to use my ears which heighten their abilities too." He said as his ears twitched making Emma smile a bit. "I was able to find my way to a city, but unfortunately I was hit by a car." He said as Emma gasped.
"Oh my God! Were you alright?" She asked as Goldeye smirked.
"No, I died and now I'm a ghost." He said as Emma slapped his arm making him laugh. "It actually gave me my eyesight back. It was better than ever. I was only blind for three months. The woman who hit me – Erica – adopted me because according to her she wanted someone to do chores for her. She later told me things about myself that I would have never known if I hadn't met her. She put me through high school and I later received a scholarship here. Sadly Erica died and left all her money to me. I traveled across the country learning new fighting tactics that made me the fighter today." He said as Emma looked at him with her head tilted. "What are you thinking about?" He asked cautiously as she tilted her head the other side.
"Trying to take it all in. That's a lot of stuff to have gone through." She said as Goldeye shrugged his shoulders.
"It could have been worse." He said turning his body so it was facing the TV again. "I could have ended up dead." He said as he felt a warm hand on his arm.
"Well, I'm glad you didn't." She said with a genuine smile as Goldeye smiled at her. Something on her wrist caught Goldeye's eye (no pun attended) as she pulled her hand back.
"What's on your wrist?" He asked as she looked down.
"Oh, it's…" She said as he looked closely at it. It looked like a wingless bird with another swish by it. It looked like it was almost painting on her wrist. Goldeye ran his thumb over it and it glowed. Emma gasped as she looked up at Goldeye. "You're-"She was cut off when the door opened to reveal Alana. She looked between the two of them sensing the different emotions across the room.
"Is this a bad time?" She asked as Emma got out of her seat with Goldeye following after her.
"I was about to leave anyways…" He lied as Emma looked at him sadly. "I'll see you around." He said looking at her intently as he nodded. He shut the door as he left while Emma looked at Alana.
"What was that about?" She said as she placed her backpack down on the couch.
"Nothing…" She said fiddling with her fingers.
"You're lying. I can tell." She said as Emma cursed inwardly.
"He just came over and we got to talking." Emma said looking at Alana.
"About what?" She asked suspiciously as Emma looked back down. "Emma, I'm not Renegade. I'm not going to freak out with whatever you guys were doing." Alana said as Emma sighed.
"He's it." She said as Alana raised her eyebrow. "He's the one." She said as Alana gasped.
"What?! When did this happen? He has the symbol and everything?! Oh my God!" Alana yelled as she started to pace around the small living room. Emma sighed as she sat in her hanging bubble chair. "What did you say?!" Alana said as Emma crossed her arms.
"You came in before I could even question it." She said as Alana froze.
"You could have kicked me out!" Alana said as Emma rolled her eyes and spun around in her chair to face the window. She let Alana rant on, but she barely listened only thinking about Goldeye.
(A/N): I bet a lot of you guys are confused. Well…it will all make sense soon enough. Emma's symbol is on my website! Bye for now!