And now, in this twelfth chapter of the Wave, we return in the evening back to the houses of Kaz and Oliver, both with their own problems and thoughts. We'll see what other heroes do next chapter, but for now I respond to the review and the next chapter will be post in the next few days.

LabRatsWhore: Thanks for reviewing, and I'm just making up names for the fictional characters, like Michael for NeoCortex and Martina for Solar Flare - they're not their official names.

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-Writer207

Kaz was reading the comic book from the Domain once again, but for the first time he wasn't really paying attention. He read most comic books and was attentive while reading them, but this time, his thoughts wandered off to Oliver.

Oliver Pyne. His best friend since the age of three. Accuses Kaz of working for the Annihilator.

Kaz had no idea where Oliver got that idea. How hard he tried to prove his innocence, Kaz still couldn't make his best friend believe he was framed. He didn't know who did this, but if he knew who framed him, he was going to go over to that person's hide-out and… well, to ask another hero to punish him in his place. Because if it was Tecton, he wasn't gonna go there and try to punish him.

There was a knock on the door, and without asking permission to enter, Karen walked in. Kaz didn't even look up to know it was Karen; he had recognized her because she always knocked once. She was one of the few siblings he could sum up if one asked him to tell the names of his siblings – probably because she was the older sister who cared most about her younger brother. She was the seventh child, he was the eighth and two years younger. She was just finishing her last year at Logan before going off to a university.

"How's it going, bro?" she asked and Kaz shrugged.

"I'm fine," Kaz lied, and Karen shook her head. She took the comic book out of his hands, and he didn't even protest. Karen raised an eyebrow.

"Don't you lie to me, Kazimieras! I know something's wrong. So, what is it?" Kaz sighed. He knew Karen wouldn't stop until she knew what was going on. Sometimes, she seemed a little too worried to truly be a part of the Gordon family, but she absolutely didn't care about having a reputation. Her little brother was feeling down and she was gonna help him the best she could.

"It's Oliver. We work at the same place and…"

"Where was it again?" Karen interrupted Kaz, and he shook his head, not looking up at her.

"I'm not gonna tell. You know I don't want mom, dad or Kyle showing up there. Anyway, we both needed something to help our customers. And we decided to share this and figure out how to use it."

"Then, what's the problem?"

"Oliver found it in my backpack and thinks I found it first and wanted to keep it to myself," was Kaz' honest response. He definitely wanted to tell Karen everything, but he knew he couldn't. She was a Normo and didn't work there, plus it could be dangerous to reveal the secret of Mighty Med to her. Karen bit her lip.

"How did this object end up in your backpack?" she wanted to know, and Kaz shrugged.

"I dunno. But I think I've been framed and now Oliver doesn't believe me anymore. I doubt Oliver and I will still be friends when this is over." Karen was left with thousand and one questions which she probably wouldn't get, and still… she put a hand on her younger brother's shoulder.

"C'mon, bro, cheer up! Maybe it fell into your backpack when no-one was looking. Whatever it is. Why do you even think someone's framing me?"

"Trust me; if I was able to tell you without getting cubed, I'd tell you immediately." Karen frowned. Was it her, or was Kaz losing his mind? What did he mean by 'without getting cubed'? Well, whatever it was, it must not be pretty.

"Okay…" she continued, "well, what is this object?"

"It's a dagger," Kaz said, and then realized his mistake. Karen's eyes widened, ready to exclaim the 'what' which could easily roll of her tongue any second. "It's a fake one. Collector's item. A replica of Optimo's Dagger of Truth." This seemed to calm Karen down, but she did read comic books, too, and if Oliver and Kaz were fighting because of some stupid dagger, then…

"I get it! You work at the Domain, right?" Kaz smiled out of relief. Now he could create the perfect alibi to tell everyone as to where he was working.

"You got me, but you can't see me work – I'm more in the background. And if you do see me there, I'm taking a break." Great. That should be enough for now. And luckily, Karen seemed to believe this lie. He had gotten better at lying and now rarely used the word 'fire'. His older sister nodded.

"I'll keep it in mind." she said, "But hey, no worries. Someone must've seen something that could give you a clue." Kaz nodded. She was right. Someone must've seen something. It can't be nobody saw what happened. Too bad he couldn't rely on Skylar or Oliver to be the witness, because Oliver wasn't there and Skylar's obviously siding with Oliver.

"You're right. But it doesn't matter who saw it; people tend to believe Oliver more than believing me. I'm alone in this. I'm all alone." Karen didn't want to see her little brother be so down, be so saddened by the dagger to help one of the Domain's few customers. She spontaneously sang some lines of a song her friend had sang, and those few lines had stayed with her.

Baby, you're not alone 'cause you're here with me.

And nothing's ever gonna bring us down,

Cause nothing can keep me from loving you.

And you know it's true.

It don't matter what'll come to be, our love is all we need

To make it through.

Kaz smiled. Even if Oliver wasn't here to help figure out what to do with the dagger, he could always count on his sister, who now also smiled.

"See?" she began "It's gonna be alright. Now, isn't it time to get to sleep?" Kaz shook his head, still smiling.

"You're not my mom, so I'll sleep whenever I want!" Karen left the room with a big smile on her face, knowing she did something good and helped him to stay a good little boy and hoped none of her older brothers would convince him to take the same dark road as they walked.

Oliver slammed the door when he came home.

He slammed it to express his anger and frustration about Kaz. He completely ignored the calls of his mother and father and headed straight to his room. He slammed that door, too, not caring if his parents heard him or not. He just wanted to be alone, to figure out how to use the damn dagger so he could help countless heroes and his best friend.

Kaz, where did you go wrong? Oliver sighed. He had always tried to keep Kaz away from all kind of bad influences whenever he could. He didn't want his best friend to end up like his older brothers, and if Oliver hadn't been his best friend, he'd be in jail by now as well.

Someone knocked on the door. Oliver didn't respond, but he did hear a voice speak at the other side of the wooden door. "Oliver, are you alright?" He didn't say anything. His father was the last person he wanted to see right now. Yet, the man entered and seemed very worried. Oliver looked sat down on his bed and looked to the carpet floor between his feet. Charles Pyne sat down next to Oliver.

"What's wrong, son?" he asked and when Oliver didn't answer, he sighed. "If it's me, then I truly am terribly sorry. I wish I had more time for you, for your mother and family. I can't help it I'm a busy man." Oliver shook his head, eyes fixed on that specific place on the carpet.

"It's not you, dad," he said, "It's about Kaz." Charles frowned, but wiped it off his face. He didn't like Kaz' older brothers, but that was no reason to dislike Kaz. Plus, he wanted to help his son.

"Well, then, what's wrong with him?" Oliver wanted to tell his father everything, but he couldn't tell the man about Mighty Med, or else he'd be placed in a cube. Yet, he needed to tell it. If he waited any longer, it could hurt him emotionally more than he wanted. Luckily, he had already made a plan for situations like this.

"Kaz and I are playing in a role playing game. We do it online, and in the weekends some of us meet up. The theme is heroes in danger." Charles frowned again, but because he didn't say anything, Oliver continued. "We had to draw our roles. There's one villain, the Annihilator, and the others are either heroes or one of the ten doctors." That drew his father's attention.

"Doctors?" he asked, and Oliver nodded.

"The creators wanted some doctors in a hospital to heal the wounded heroes. It's completely fictional." he quickly added, "Well, in the role play Kaz and I are doctors and the villain's objective is to make all or most of the heroes evil to fight bravely and take over the world. We are certain that there is a mole that's making all the heroes evil. There are at least five permanent residing in the hospital, and we have to figure out who it is.

Kaz and I thought to do it with Optimo's Dagger of Truth. We were trying to find it, but Kaz had it the whole time. Now I'm starting to think the Annihilator can make anyone evil and not just the heroes. There's absolutely no-one I can trust." Oliver looked at his father. "What should I do?"

Charles thought about the situation his son was in. "So Kaz has the dagger, is possibly working for the Annihilator and you can't trust anyone?" Oliver shook his head.

"No, I have the dagger. I have a replica in my backpack." Charles didn't ask for his son to show it, but he did consider this information along with everything his son has told him. After at least three minutes of silence, Mr. Pyne spoke up.

"If I were you, I would contact Optimo, assuming there's an Optimo in your role play. He sure had to be wounded in battle once and should have gone to the hospital you were talking about. And if that's so, there should be a file in the main computer regarding Optimo, with his hide-out and possibly phone number. You can contact him with trust, because as a member of the Super-Secret Heroes in Hiding nobody knows who he is and thus it's almost impossible for him to become evil. And once you've contacted him, he can show you how to use that Dagger of Truth. Or he could use it himself, that's way easier. Then, you should try it on the hospital staff first, to see if any of them are evil and you should repeat it from time to time, just in case. That's what I would do in your place." Oliver nodded all those time, amazed by his father's astonishing plan. It was brilliant and he wouldn't have thought of it. Wait a second… what'd he say about Optimo?

"I never mentioned Optimo was a member of the Super-Secret Heroes in Hiding. How did you know that?" Charles sighed and put a hand on Oliver's shoulder.

"I was young, too, Oliver and in my time, Optimo was the second greatest rising teenage superhero, right behind Tecton. He was my favorite Optimo, not Tecton. But when I was five years older than you now, I realized they weren't for people my age and I started to dislike them. Started to think they're ridiculous. And still I remember every detail about Optimo."

Charles patted his son's back, sighing. "You know what? Enjoy comic books. If you like them, you can read them – but if you have one bad grade because you spent your time at the Domain, I will reconsider this." Oliver nodded. He was glad his father finally accepted his son loved reading comic books (and spending time with them at the Med) and would use the time he had left usefully.

Charles stood up and walked to the door, looking at Oliver before finally leaving. "Oliver, are you coming? Dinner's still ready." He closed the door behind him, and Oliver noted the idea of his father down in a few words, just in case he'd forget about it. This plan was awesome, this plan was great! He couldn't wait to tell Kaz…

Oh, yeah…

I will help you, Kaz, Oliver thought, I will save you, whatever it takes. He left his room and went down for dinner.

I do not own the lyrics written in Kaz' part; Team Starkid does