Hey guys! Here's the second chapter of the Wave, and I would like to wish Carlos Lacámara (Horace Diaz) a happy birthday, who will be celebrating his 56th birthday today! And now, this chapter after I have responded to this one review:

BTRlover1122: I know, Horace can only freeze time and we don't know how this will end, but I'll try to stick as close to the show as I can. Thanks for the review!

Enjoy!

-Writer207

After school, Oliver was even more stressed. He succeeded to make the test, but now he was continuously thinking about Skylar or his test results. He claimed to think more about his test results, but Kaz suspected he was thinking more about Skylar thanks to him talking about why she wouldn't come to school since last week. Oliver immediately left for the Mighty Med, but Kaz wasn't in such a hurry and decided to stop by the Domain once more.

It was kind of comforting, going there. It would feel like the old days, in which he would only worry about Oliver and Jordan (and, to an extent, Gus) and about when they next comic books about Tecton or the League of Heroes would come out. It was a big difference with the present. Now, Wallace and Clyde were a dangerous supervillain. Now, comic books told them who was currently at the Mighty Med. Now, they had superhero friend and could tell nobody of that.

When he walked into the Domain, there were no other customers, like always. The only other person here was Gus, and he stood behind the counter. Kaz slowed down and frowned when he saw Gus standing there, looking like he owned this place. Technically, it still was Wallace and Clyde's, but now they were in Mighty Max and separated, anyone could take this place, even if it was someone like Gus.

"Hey, Gus," Kaz said, not able to hide his surprise, "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, haven't you heard?" he said, "I run this place now."

"But you can't!" Kaz argued, "This is Wallace and Clyde's store, you just can't take it over!" Gus shrugged.

"Well, they're nowhere to be seen and since they never really leave the building and I've looked everywhere, I'm in charge!" Gus reasoned, and Kaz pulled up an eyebrow. Was that really the way Gus argued? If the owners aren't here, you can take it over?

"I'm not sure, but you just can't take this place over." Gus nodded, trying to prove Kaz wrong.

"Actually, I just did. My dad agreed to buy this store from the two, and since they hadn't contacted him, my dad just put some money on their account and gave this store to me again, with the clear rule not to turn it into a Chinese restaurant. So it's mine." Okay, Kaz needed time to register all that new information. Gus was rich, he knew that already. He also knew it had been a Chinese restaurant once, and Wallace and Clyde working for them. And Gus' father bought the place and gave it to Gus… okay, he got it now.

"Okay then…" Kaz said slowly, "I'm just gonna look around now and…"

"Do you wanna buy a comic book?" Gus asked, holding up a comic book Kaz had never seen before. Kaz sighed, not immediately paying attention to the comic in Gus' hands.

"Gus, we both know I never bought a comic in this store and that's never going to happen," Kaz said, and he was about to walk away, but he did turn around because he was curious about the comic book he didn't exactly look at. "What's it about?" He was about to take the comic book out of Gus' hands, but the weird boy quickly pulled his arm away and put the comic book safely behind his back.

"You can't read it!"

"Why can't I read it?"

"Because you didn't buy it!" Kaz was getting irritated. A lot of things would change with Gus in front of the counter. It meant he could go to the bathroom in the Cauldron of Krepulon, but he had to buy a comic book now before he could take a look at it.

"I've read so many comics without buying them! C'mon, can I at least take a look at it?" Kaz plead, and Gus seemed to think about it. He hoped the weird kid would let him at least take a look at it, so he'd know if it's worth lying for. Eventually, Gus shook his head.

"No. like I said, you didn't buy it so you can't read it." Kaz sighed. He couldn't believe Gus was doing that to him after all they've been through together. Like all those time he and Oliver had to save their oblivious friend from the dangers they brought with them to their homes and school. Then, a plan came to his mind.

"This is how you're going to sell it?" Kaz asked and Gus nodded.

"Yep," he said, popping the 'p', "I'm going to earn a lot of money here!"

"But," Kaz then continued, "Nobody will buy anything if they don't even know what it looks like or what happens. It's like a drive-in: you order something and after you paid for it, you get it! Comic book stores don't need to work like that!" it's a poor comparison, but it was the only thing he could think of right now. And, luckily for Kaz, Gus believed it.

"You're right," he admitted, "How come I didn't think of that?" Kaz shrugged.

"I dunno. But if I borrowed that comic book and if I look at it at home, I can decide whether to buy it or not!" Gus nodded slowly, eventually thinking it was a great plan. He revealed the comic book and gave it to Kaz.

"Just make sure you don't make a mess. This one is rare, there were only twenty made of this one." Kaz left the Domain with his new free comic book, which was also a rare, meaning that when he had read it, he could sell it for a lot of money!

He quickly opened it and flipped through the pages. It was one hero he hadn't heard of in a long time, namely Optimo. He was doing something uninteresting with a rusty old knife, and Kaz put the comic in his backpack.

"Man, that comic is even older than Captain Atomic!" In reality, that comic was just a year older than Alan Diaz, but that was just a minor detail Kaz didn't exactly pay attention to. But he knew it was rare, because this is one of those few comic books made after his marriage, and the series had ended six months after his wife had baby and he joined the Super-Secret Heroes in Hiding.

Today had been just like any other day according to Alan Diaz. Waking up, getting breakfast, hanging around the hospital, making the lives of the patients miserable, get a lunch, hanging around the hospital, making the lives of the patients miserable, … it was literally always the same. There was nothing that differed, except the weekly attack on the hospital.

Yet, when he had gone to that Halloween party… it was simply wonderful. Not only had he set foot out of the hospital for a change, but he had also learned to know Normo teenagers and their quirks, strengths, weaknesses and habits. He had learned so much about them as much as they should have learned from him if they had known he wasn't a Normo. He had been lucky the Dark Warrior, Incognito and the others were willing to come along, or else he wouldn't have been there at all.

He liked going there. It was a place like that where his father had gone to school, where he had completed his studies and eventually came to live in that small apartment. Normally, he should be the one to go to that school, too. Not because he would really like going there with the work he's seen Oliver and Kaz do, but to feel more connected to his father's side of the family, even if he had only seen his father once and the only thing he knows from him is his first name and that he's a Normo.

Just for the experience he'd go.

Now he thought of it, he should talk to Horace right away! I couldn't be too bad, right? He might have been a little mad when he found out Alan had gone to that Halloween party, but this was just school. That wouldn't be bad. And after a while, Horace would eventually let him go – if he wasn't allowed to go, he'd just sneak out as much as he could to go to that school.

And to think of all the things he could learn there. He'd finally be able not to make any more mistakes towards English. He'd be taught about the guy who discovered America and that guy who defined gravity and that other guy who invented that sport. Only that thought proved Alan needed proper education and he knew he'd get it at a Normo school.

That's why he immediately walked around, looking for his uncle Horace. Alan had some places to go: he normally was in the lobby, the cafeteria, meeting room – or the 'limbo room' as Alan started to call it – but he could also be somewhere else.

He first checked the cafeteria. He wasn't there. Then he went to the limbo room, and there he also couldn't find his uncle. Alan was starting to get a little impatient and almost started running around, but he wasn't exactly in shape and decided not to go running. Instead, he would ask anyone who passed by if they'd seen his uncle – that was a lot easier.

The first person to pass by was Philip. Alan sighed – he didn't exactly like the guy with the big head who thought he had an embarrassingly tiny head. There wasn't much of a choice and nobody else would pass by, so he just took the chance.

"Hey, Philip!" he drew the attention of the helper, "Do you know where Horace is?" At first, he seemed shocked. Probably because someone asked him to do something while looking at him, and because they normally just thought they asked someone else to help, not poor Philip.

"He is in the lobby," he pointed in the direction of the lobby and Alan left him without saying thanks, but Alan wouldn't have thanked the person he asked anyway. He quickly walked to the lobby and indeed found his uncle Horace standing there, talking to a nurse. Suddenly, the nerve to ask fell away for a big part. He had no idea why that happened, but he knew that it was now or never. If he waited too long, he'd never ask. This was the perfect time.

He took a deep breath and walked towards Horace. "Hey, Uncle Horace!" he said, greeting him and making sure Horace knew his obnoxious nephew was talking to him. Horace looked up and saw Alan standing there.

"Hey, Alan," Horace said, "How are you doing?"

"Can I go to a Normo school?" Alan immediately asked, almost interrupting his uncle. Horace was taken aback by that question, mostly because Alan already knew the answer.

"Off course you can't go!" was Horace's answer. Alan shrugged. He had already expected such answer, so he wasn't really impressed. Instead he just tried to say something else about it, but Horace was just a little quicker than he was. "You're not going to a Normo school, Alan! It can be dangerous out there, and if you're scared, they might see you changing. Besides, you can learn everything you need here – from me and from the others. So the answer's a no!" Horace walked away, making it the end of the discussion.

"This is so unfair!" Alan yelled, and immediately knew what to do. Before anyone knew what he was doing, he searched for the closest Normo school in the environment, the place he would be going to the next morning. He wouldn't be registering himself – he knew his uncle would get him out of there even if he had registered himself. So, he'd be going to that school 'illegally'; that's what he thought it was.

Watch out, Normos, he thought, 'cause I'll be going to school with you tomorrow!