"The Hostel"
Bronson Canyon, California
2:35 A.M.
"I've been practicing on this thing like crazy." Talkback gloated as he lifted up his Fistigons.
"Yeah, after Miracle taught you how to use them properlly." Arsenic spat. "If she hadn't taught you how to use them, you'd be swinging them aorund like an idiot."
"Too late for that." Miracle said as she noticed Talkback making shapes out of his fire.
"Come on, check it out, Arsenic." Talkback smirked. "I can make any obeject I want out of the fire, just by thinkig about it." A small cube was formed from Talkback's gloves.
"And you've imagined a square. How creative of you." Arsenic leaned her head on her hand as she sat on the couch that Miracle had fixed earlier that night.
"Pfft, that's the the preview! Wait until you see," He shoved his gloves forward. "The main event! Sha-Bam!" Out of his gloves came a scrappy stick figure with a sword in his hands. It honestly looked like a five year old drew it. Of course, just as he created it, Topher came through the door and spazzed out; falling to the ground.
"W-what was that!" He gasped. "A-a monkey or something?"
"Does the new kid need glasses or something?" Talkback jabbed his finger in Topher's direction as he looked at Miracle, Arsenic, and Bruiser. "It was a samuri."
"A-and you were able to make it?"
"Wow," Miracle nodded. "You are really slow."
"For real, new kid." Talkback agreed.
"I have a name you know." Topher stated as he stood up.
"Topher's not a name, it's a Meat Substance." Talkback corrected.
"Seriously, is your name short for Christopher? 'Cause that would make more sense." Miracle nodded.
"No, it's just Topher." He assured.
"Lame-ass." Miracle spat.
"Keep it down, guys." Arsenic ordered. "You'll wake up Sleeping Beauty." She looked over to see Bruiser slilently sleeping.
"Yeah, I doubt Bruiser'll be woken up. She's completely out of it." Miracle commented; reaching in her jacket (which was put on backwards) and pulled out a Snickers Bar.
"Seriously," Talkback agreed.
"Yeah, speaking of sleep, shouldn't you all be going to sleep?" Topher asked.
"What are you, our parents?" Miracle cocked a brow. "I'm pretty sure we can sleep whenever the hell we want."
"I saw my parents kill a girl, and I found a Dinosaur in my basement. I haven't slept in four days." Arsenic commented.
"Now that I've got no curfew, I've been thinking about my schedule; I'm gonna stay up til seven, watch some stuff on TV for about and hour, then crash for...where would nine hours of sleep put me?" Talkback looked up.
"But if we're going to be looking for my parents, shouldn't you guys be going to sleep early?" Tohper blinked.
"Who said we're all gonna be looking for your parents?" Miracle said as she took another bite of her candy bar.
Topher's face fell. Arsenic-surprisingly-glared at Miracle. "We're all going to be looking for his parents tomarrow. We're going to help him, not just leave him behind."
Topher smiled. "Thanks. And-uh," He looked around. "I think I'm gonna crash." He walked off, but not before shooting a glare in Miracle's direction.
Once he was completely out of sight, Arsenic narrowd her eyes. "Jeez, what is wrong with you, Miracle?"
"Absolutely nothing. I don't help liars." She took a last bite out of her candy bar.
"Like you can sense when someone's lying or not."
"She can sense your heartbeat." Talkback defended. "I heard Daredevil can do that, too. And that's how he tells whether you're lying or not. I think Trinket, here can tell the same thing."
Arsenic blinked. "You can?"
"Yup." Miracle nodded; searching in her jacket for another candy bar. "The asshole's been lying through his teeth from the moment we met him. If he pulls anything, I'll kill him."
"We'll kill him." Talkback corrected.
"So then why didn't you say anything to Alex or Nico?" Arsenic questioned.
"You really think they're going to believe me?" Miracle opened her candy bar.
"They all fell for his stupid ass cry for help. Apparently, the my parents are evil are Nico and Alex's Trump card."
Arsenic tightened her fits; Old Lace growling. "It would seem so."
It only took twenty minutes for Miracle, Talkback and even Old Lace to fall alseep along with Bruiser. Arsenic couldn't sleep at all and didn't want to be the only one who couldn't sleep. So when she heard the sound of girls yelling and screaming at each other, she woke Miracle up and pulled her towards the dinning room. When they got there, Sister Grimm and Lucy in the Sky were tackling each other on the floor covered in mud. Miracle flew forward; grabbing Lucy and throwing her on the table, while grabbing Sister Grimm and tossing her against the wall.
"What the fuck is going on in here!" Miracle shouted as she looked between the two girls.
"You two need to cut it the fuck out!" Arsenic added.
"She started it!" The two girls pointed at each other.
"I don't give a shit who started it!" Miracle snapped. "I'm ending it!" She turned to see Topher trying to get out of the room. With her Telekinesis, Miracle was able to push him down on one of the sturdy chairs. "You ain't going anywhere, Hoe-Bag."
"Seriously!" Arsenic agreed. "A couple hours ago, I actually started to like you two. And now you're trying to kill each other? Over what? A stupid boy!"
"I'm right-."
"Don't speak." Miracle growled.
"Nico," Alex said as he walked in the room.
Miracle sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose and Sister Grimm yelled at Alex and then ran out. Topher following her. She attempted to tell Topher to sit his ass down, but that was to no avail, seeing that Arsenic told Alex it wasn't worth following. Miracle agreed and the girls walked out. After a while, Miracle was able to help Arsenic to sleep; placing her hands on Arsenic's head and saying the word "sleep" knocked her out. Though Miracle didn't know if she was able to be woken up again. Miracle, who was slightly tired herself decided to go to sleep as well. But found out, that she couldn't sleep due to her nap earlier. She instead, she decided to eat some more. She realized from using her powers a little too much, they drain her energy, so she's constantly hungry. Unlike Bruiser who gets constantly tired. Surprisingly, Miracle didn't gain any weight at all. Instead, the fat foods that she ate were only burning when she used her powers. So she was able to eat anything without gaining a single pound. She opened a bag of Gold Fishes (her favorite) and began to munch on those.
Unfortunately, her enjoyment of food didn't last. Sister Grimm and Alex raced in the room; Sister's face being paler than it already was and Alex out of breath.
"Gert! Chase! Wake up!" Alex ordered.
Arsenic groaned as she sat up on the couch. "Figures, I get four minutes of sleep and I can't even enjoy that."
Miracle blinked. She didn't sense Topher's heartbeat, she couldn't sense him. Her fists tightened.
"If this is a drill or some other shenanigans, I'm gonna kill someone." Talkback groaned. Bruiser was still sleeping soundly on the couch, not even stiring.
"Where's Karolina?" Alex asked in a rush.
"Not a clue." Arsenic shrugged. "Haven't seen her since that brawlfest upstairs. Why?"
"It's Topher." Sister Grimm said outloud.
"What's with all the noise?" Lucy In The Sky growled as she came downstairs. "I'm trying to-." she stopped when she saw Sister Grimm. "Oh, you're here."
"No time for that!" Alex shouted. "Alex's coming this way!"
"Okay? Why should we be freaked?" Talkback narrowed his eyes; annoyed.
"I finally got it now." Miracle said as she stood up; crushing up her bag of empty Gold Fishes. "Topher's a Vampire."