Chapter 3:

Third Person:

The twins, plus Gear, Tony, Clint, Steve, Jan, and Carol sat down at a wide booth in the back, near a window, so they had a perfect view of the street. To cover up the fact that they were superheroes, the twins wore the necklaces that matched their logos. Alex had her black hair in the same style, and wore jeans, combat boots, and a dark blue top. Axel had his now black hair in his usual fohawk, and wore black sneakers, jeans, and a dark red shirt that made most of his muscles pop out so that when the waitress came to take their orders, she had a nosebleed. Gear smirked and Alex rolled her eyes as Clint began to build a tiny arrow out of straws.

A few minutes later their four pizzas came. One veggie supreme for each twin since their metabolism was just that fast, and a cheese and three meat treat the others shared.

Gear, out of boredom, glanced out the window and nearly choked on her food. Across the street was Danny, and so she quickly looked away. Steve looked t her quizzically.

"Are you okay?"

Gear nodded and took another bite.

"Ju' 'ea' 'hy."

He nodded and went back to his conversation with Carol.

Alex, who was sitting directly by the window, looked out where she saw Gear had been looking. She nudged her brother, who was sitting next to her, and nodded ever so slightly out the window, casually taking a sip of her soda. He nodded, and she roughly shoved him, Clint, and Gear out of the booth so she could get out.

"I'll be right back," She said, walking outside.

She quickly ran across the street, shaking her fist at a taxi driver who was on his phone, and made her way to Daniel.

"Hey," she said, putting a fake smile on her face.

He nodded, looking at her a little surprised.

"Look, I'm not looking for a date or anything, but you look so thin it's unhealthy, so why don't you come and eat with us?"

"Uh...I don't even know your name..."

"Alex. Yours?"

"Danny."

She nodded and grabbed his arm in a tight grip, making him wince slightly, and dragged him-almost literally0inside before her could protest her actions. Much to Clint's protest she made him sit in her former seat and sat Danny down first before getting back in herself, trapping him in the booth.

"This is Danny. He looked a little to thin for my tastes so he's gonna eat with us. Danny, that's Axel, Clint, Steve, Jan, Carol, Tony, and Gear."

They all nodded, just kind of rolling with it. Axel looked between Gear and Danny. They both looked a little uncomfortable, but relieved at the same time. Thankfully for the twins, this hasn't been the first time they've brought a 'homeless' dude to eat with them. It was just their way of trying to help out a little more.

Gear looked everywhere but at Danny. She was scared that if she looked at him, she might forget that she's not supposed to know him and she'll slip up. Or worst, the twins would catch on that she knew him.

Steve, Tony, Carol, Clint and Jan looked over the guy that the twins dragged over. His raven black hair was a bit unhealthy looking since it was limp and a bit greasy. His blue eyes were bright in color, but dark like he saw too much and he knew too much- or like he knew something that they didn't. His skin was abnormally pale as well. Of course, to the twins he also smelt half-dead.

Danny slowly started to eat the pizza, avoiding eye contact with the others, especially Gear.

"So, Danny," Carol asked, "Where you from?"

"Amity Park," Danny said automatically before mentally kicking himself in the head.

Gear snorted into her drink, smooth as sandpaper Danny dude. Danny winced, just thinking exactly what Gear was at that moment. He wasn't so good at lying on the spot. Alex smirked to herself, knew it. Beside her, Axel smirked as well. Gear gave them curious looks and they looked at her innocently.

Danny looked at the others before him- so these are Gear's friends? Weird bunch, but then again we were her friends back in Amity Park and we were weirder...

"Amity Park," Tony mused, "That's the ghost capital isn't it?"

"Yep," Axel said, "Gear, don't you believe in ghosts?"

"W-what,' Gear stumbled slightly as she choked on her drink, "Yes, I do. I mean, yeah."

She shifted slightly, nudging Tony in the process.

"Hey, ow," Tony protested, "Watch it!"

"Sorry," Gear stuck out her tongue, "Maybe if we got a bigger booth this wouldn't happen."

"This is the booth we always go to," Steve pointed out.

"True, but shouldn't we move to a bigger one?"

Axel watched them discuss the booth with a raised eyebrow. She dodged the question and managed to switch the topic away from Danny, ghosts, and herself- interesting. There's defiantly something up.

"Well," Gear said, standing up, snatching her third slice of pizza, "I better go. See ya guys later! Bye Alex, Axel, Danny dude."

She practically ran off.

When the rest of the heroes got back, they gave Hulk his pizza and the twins went to find their Gear. She was always saying that she was a Gear, she helped the system, made it better, made sure that everyone was doing their job correctly and if they weren't, she would help them. That's why she chose the name. And the fact that she was extremely tech savvy. When the Gear went out of place, or started acting weird, they were the ones to help her out.

Alex stood behind Axel as he knocked on Gear's door.

"Hold on!" Gear said from inside.

A second later the door swung open, revealing Gear's form, goggles and all.

"What's up?" She said, leaning on the doorway slightly, trying to act like nothing was bothering her.

"Are you okay?" Axel asked, showing real concern. Alex nodded and came into view.

"You've been acting a little...Strange lately," she said.

Gear was a little taken back. Alex looked and sounded worried, and that was something she never did. Gear knew that Alex didn't like showing any kind of emotion. Especially emotions like concern. In her mind, it was a sign of weakness, and in her words, an 'Occupational Hazard.' It was just the way their brains were hardwired, so Alex actually showing that much emotion told Gear that she truly was worried.

"Yeah, everything's fine."

"Okay. Uh...We have a few more questions..."

"Hit me with your best shot."

"Aren't you from Amity Park? I mean, like, wouldn't you have old friends from there?" Axel said.

Maybe that was the wrong choice of words, Gear thought. She bit her lip slightly,.

"Yeah, I'm from Amity, but I don't know who that kid is. I left before he was born, probably."

They nodded slowly, not really buying what she was selling, but decided to let her do her thing until she was ready to tell them herself. They knew she would eventually. It might not have been in her nature, but it was clearly inevitable.

They just wondered what would happen before that happened.

When Gear shut the door, she took a deep breath and let it out in relief. She pressed her back against the door and tried to slow down her heartbeat. That was a close one. She knew at some point, she would have to tell them- probably to save Danny with her luck. Though it might even be the other way around. She might have to tell Danny about the twins.

She shook her head and sighed.

Whatever was going to happen, would happen... She was just going to try to put off for as long as she can.