The story continues inside the big house, in the living room, Dave was sitting in an armchair, hyperventilating in a cardboard bag, "Breathe...breathe..." Sky said, when Dave soon took a deep breath, taking out the bag from his mouth, "I'm sorry, I've never felt an earthquake, does it happen very often here?" The germaphobe asked.

"No, not really," the princess replied, "It's very strange that it happens here." At that, Jasmine walked towards them, "It doesn't matter, what matters is that we are all fine..." "No, not all!" Sammy spoke, along with his sister who were looking out the window, "What about Shawn?"

"Sorry, we didn't talk about Shawn" the Australian said, Sky looked at her intently, "Jasmine, you as a leader should care about everyone, even if you like Shawn!" "Shut up, spoiled princess, I can only say what's right for this team!" Sky gasped offended, "Did you just call me 'spoiled princess'?!" "Yeah!" Jasmine clarified mockingly, "And what are you going to do about it, cry?" Both girls snarled at each other

"Girls, please calm down!" Dave spoke in the middle, only for Jasmine to walk away, "Forget it, I want to be alone for a while!" She said irritably, "These people are getting on my nerves!" She walked out the door, kicking it open, "Ugh, this is a mess!" Groaned Dave face-palming

"Hey..." Sky noticed Dave's yellow gloves, "Why do you wear those gloves all the time?" Dave looked down at his rubber gloved hands, "Oh right, I bring them in for you know what, germs and bacteria everywhere."

"That's a little sad, since you don't feel what you touch." "Yes, you're right..." At that, Dave took off his glove and stared at his bare hand, "I haven't felt someone's hand in years..." Suddenly, Sky took Dave's hand, much to his surprise, "I guess I'm the first in years..." the princess smiled sweetly at the boy who blushed, making him let go of her hand, "What was that?" He asked strangely

"Oops, sorry" Sky laughed embarrassedly, "My sister Ella always reads stories and fairy tales, I got carried away with that, there is one in particular that I love very much, 'Beauty and the Beast', do you know it?" " Dave nodded, "I love that story so much, the woman who meets a man turned into a beast, and she kisses the beast to turn him back to normal, it's so cute, but you know it would be better, if the roles were reversed a little. ..", Dave was surprised, "What do you mean by that-"

"One at a time please calm down!" Topher was heard saying from the front door, "Wait here..." Sky said to Dave as he walked towards his cousin, and saw him talking to the party guests, who were outside the mansion, " Don't worry, the earthquake is over..." Topher said confidently to the people, "But our tents are not enough for the rest to stay," said a man next to his wife, "Besides, it is believed that a storm is approaching."

"Well, I think that-" Topher spoke when Sky interrupted him, stepping in front, "You can stay here, you are welcome to the Big House, you are our honored guests!" "Pss, cousin, what are you doing?!" Topher asked a little angrily, "Pss, I'm doing what a future monarch would do..." he whispered with him to address the town again, "Everyone come in, make yourself comfortable, the Chef will cook whatever you're hungry for!"

"That?!" The Chef came out of the kitchen, with a sleeping mask on his forehead, "But I'm supposed to be on my break!" he was swept away by the sea of people that soon spread throughout the living room, making the members of the mystery hunters climbed on the furniture

"Ah! A tsunami of people!" Dave exclaimed, clinging to the couch, "I can smell some people who haven't bathed!"

"Do you still think Jasmine is in the bathroom?!" Sammy asked, holding on to Amy who was standing at a table, when they saw Jasmine trying to move in the sea of people, "Mates, what's going on?!" "Sorry, I didn't think there would be so many people!" Sky, who approached the Australian, apologized

"I think this would be a good time to look for Shawn!" Sammy suggested, being answered by Amy, "Whatever my sister said to get out of here!" "No, he's not part of this team anymore!" Jasmine denied, still resentful. "Jasmine, please, he's still your friend!" Said Sky, "Don't let Ye's wrath blind you like that!"

After a few seconds, Jasmine just sighed, "Fine, but only because I'm getting claustrophobic in this place!" She responded reluctantly, as she began to move towards the exit.

Now we pass outside the Big House, where you see the mysterybusters getting ready, "Okay, this time we'll stick together all the time?" Jasmine said to the other members, "Any questions?" "I have a...", the four of them turned to see Sky walking towards them, with his own backpack, "Can I go with you?" the princess asked

"I'm sorry, princess," said the Australian with an apparent mockery, "But it's time to sleep for you...". "Topher gave me permission to go with you, he's right there..." he pointed to his cousin, next to Ella, "Good luck, Sky!" The girl greeted

"Anyway, I'm the future monarch," Sky said, "If there's any way to protect this island, I'm the one who has to participate in this." Jasmine sighed, "Fine, but you will do whatever I say," she ordered as she walked forward straight into the forest, "Time to go, mates!" The four including the princess began to march, when Dave heard the sound of Topher, who motioned for him to come closer to him, Dave walked towards him curious.

"Listen, the only reason I let Sky go is because I trusted you guys..." Topher admitted, looking at Dave seriously, "Especially you, so just promise me this, bring her back here safely... .". Dave was surprised by this responsibility, when he then nodded, "I promise..." he said, looking at Sky again walking with the group "I won't let something happen to her, if it happened she would never forgive me..."

Then we see the mystery hunters and Sky walking through the dark forest, using flashlights as their only means of light, the atmosphere was lonely and silent, "Are we there yet?" Amy asked, tired of walking, "Not yet," Jasmine answered ahead, "We have to cover every area of the forest until we find him."

"In that case we should split up, I'll go with you, Jasmine, Dave, you'll go with the twins" Sky spoke approaching the Australian, "What? But if we should be-" Dave was interrupted by the twins when they dragged him with them to the On the other hand, "Why did you do that?" Jasmine asked the princess, "We're supposed to be together so we don't get lost."

"I know this place like the back of my hand," Sky said, walking along with her, "Besides, Dave will be fine with Amy and Sammy..."

Dave is seen behind Amy and Sammy, who were arguing, "Stand up, Sammy, stop being a chicken!" Amy scolded her sister, who was being pushed by her, "Why do you have to yell at me like that! I'm afraid of the dark, you know?" Asked Sammy, who was very afraid of the environment around her, "Because I'm your sister and I want you to stop being a crybaby!" Dave simply sighed as he continued to listen to the twins' screams

Then we see Sky and Jasmine walking together, "Well, Jasmine..." the Cree girl began to speak, "Can you tell me why you got so angry with Shawn?" "I got angry with him because he's just a nuisance," replied the Australian, "Just that and that's it."

"But if he's supposed to be part of the team, he's your friend!"

"I already told you he's not my friend anymore!"

"Why? Just because he broke your stupid hat?..."

Jasmine turned to her, looking very angry, "It's not a stupid hat! It's my father's, okay? Without it, I'm NOTHING!" Sky was stunned as Jasmine took a deep breath before sitting on a log, crying, "Jasmine, if there's something bothering you, can you tell me?" Sky said.

Jasmine sobbed before speaking, "It's okay, I lost my mom and dad when I was just a little girl." "But, Dave told me that you were orphans," said Sky.

"They do, but I was raised by my dad, my mom died when she gave birth to me, and my father promised her that he would protect me no matter what..."

In that we see a flashback, now we are in Australia in 1969, we saw a house in the middle of nowhere where at the top, there was a little girl with a ponytail, it was five-year-old Jasmine, who was looking at the landscapes with binoculars. of the Outback, both plants, animals and rocks, the girl continued observing until she heard a knock below the front door

"Jasmine, Daddy's here!" A man's voice called, the little girl got excited and looked out from under the roof to see her father carrying a box, and looking at her, it was a black-skinned man with explorer's clothes and a hat "Come down, my little roo, I have something special for you!"

"Ok, da!" She said as she suddenly jumped from the roof, her father quickly lowered the box to catch her in his arms, "Honey, don't do that!" "Sorry, I just wanted some adrenaline," his daughter apologized, carried in his arms.

"You will have adrenaline later, now you are very fragile, you could have been hurt, you know that I promised your mother that I would keep you safe no matter what, I would give up my life for you..."

"Are you mad at me?". His father just chuckled, "I never would be, in fact I have a gift for you right now!" He lowered his daughter to the floor and opened the box, handing the little Aussie an explorer's vest, "Wow, dad, a vest just like yours, thank you!" He said happily as he put on the garment.

"I knew you would like it, you will be a great explorer just like your father!" He encouraged while shaking his daughter's hair, leaving her disheveled, looking at her hair, "When will she have a hat just like yours?" Her daughter asked.

"Jasmine, I already told you, a hat is more important, it defines who you are, so until you're ready and I retire, you can have mine!"

"Really, Dad? Really?!" The girl said excitedly, hugging her father, while he playfully spun her around, they were both very close, they traveled by jeep, visited various animals, and watched the sunsets together, "We were happy together, there was nothing we didn't need more than each other." "Jasmine narrated as she recounted her past, "But I was a little curious about the rest of Australia..."

We see Jasmine and her father up a tree, the little girl was sitting on her father's lap, so that he could take care of her, Jasmine looked in her minoculars again and noticed a city in the distance, "Daddy, what is that city?" from there?" Little Jasmine asked curiously.

"Oh, honey, it's Sydney, Australia's biggest city," he replied, "Wow, is there more to what we live in?" She asked in amazement, "Can we go there?"

"I'm sorry, honey, but this is our place, and it always will be." He said, "Why don't you want to go to the city?" His daughter asked, he could only sigh, "There are people out there who don't tolerate extravagant or strange people like us, there are even bad people who want to harm us, so this is the only place where we can be safe and happy, so Promise me that you will never try to go anywhere else but this, promise?"

Jasmine was disappointed, but still nodded, "I promise, pa..." "I was just an innocent and happy girl..." Jasmine spoke in voiceover, "Until then the worst happened..."

We see their house at night, when suddenly lightning strikes one of the nearby trees, burning it and causing the roof of the house to collapse, and also causing it to catch fire.

In Jasmine's room, she was sleeping peacefully well, until her father soon entered her room, very worried, "Honey, we have to get out of here!" He said scared

In the living room, everything was on fire, and Jasmine's father picked her up and ran straight to the exit, not realizing that his hat fell to the floor, which Jasmine did notice, outside, her father looked at his empty hands. without Jasmine, who had reached back to grab her hat, "Look, Dad, I've got your hat!" She said happily, without realizing that one of the burning parts fell on top of one of the flammable gas barrels, her father quickly realized that and ran straight towards her, "Jasmine!" He said his last word before covering his daughter from the explosion that soon occurred throughout the house.

Suddenly it started to rain, which caused the flames to go out, and everything destroyed turned into ash. Little Jasmine got up, coughing from the dust with which she was covered. It took her a while to move when she suddenly saw her father's body lying down. on the ground, she ran towards him, shaking him to try to wake him up, "Dad, wake up, don't leave me, please!" At that moment she noticed her hat on her belly and then she took it, clinging to it while the little girl, now an orphan, began to cry her eyes out.

"That was the day I lost my only family..." Jasmine spoke in voice-over, the little girl is shown walking down the road at night, holding her father's hat with regret, then she heard a vehicle behind her, and he stopped in front, there a woman with a travel hat got out, and noticed the girl in the middle of the road

"Oh, girl, what are you doing at this hour walking in the middle of the street?" The woman asked worriedly, "Where are your parents?" Jasmine then saw the hat he had, the only memory of her father, and then she looked at the woman, "I no longer have parents, they are gone, I am alone now..." the girl said sadly, containing her desire. to cry

"Aww, poor creature..." the woman was moved, approaching the little girl and picking her up, "Don't worry, I can take you to a place where you can live happily."

Then we see a ship leaving a dock, Jasmine is seen inside the ship, looking out the window as she saw the Australian land getting further and further away, "They took me away from my home, so I could live a better life, although I didn't feel the same..."

We return to the present, where Jasmine is seen shedding tears, while Sky hugs her to comfort her, "I just want to go to Australia again..." Jasmine said between sobs, "And maybe, feel at home again..."

"Don't worry, Jasmine, everything's fine," Sky said, "I'm sure when we figure this out, maybe you can go home to Australia." The Australian giant opened her eyes, red from her tears, "Really? Would you give us a boat?"

"Of course, for you and all your friends, you know? I also went through the same thing as you, when I was a girl, I had a dad and a mom, and I also had an older sister, we were a big family on this island."

"And then what happened?"

Sky gradually put on a sad face, "A strong flood occurred due to a big storm, my parents were carried away by the current, my sister managed to get me out of there, but she got sick, and then..." the princess couldn't finish the word and began to sob too

"I'm sorry, Sky," Jasmine apologized, "I didn't know you're not happy either..." Sky wiped his nose from looking at her, "Yes, I'm happy, I know that my parents and my sister will always be with me, as long as I always remember them, plus I have Ella and Topher."

"But if they are not your relatives, they do not have the same blood"

"That doesn't matter, they love me, and I love them, even Topher, so I consider them like family, I think your friends are family to you too, right?"

Hearing that, Jasmine's face went blank, but she said quickly and nervously, "Yes, of course!" "I'm glad to hear that..." Sky pointed to his side, "Just like them..." Jasmine turned and saw Dave, Smy and Sammy crying together, moved.

"E-even if you lost your father, y-you still love us?" Sammy said, not holding back the urge to cry. "Um, yeah..." the Australian then opened her arms with a smile, "Come here, family!" The three boys flew towards Jasmine, hugging her with all the affection possible.

"B-but we're not a complete family yet..." Sammy said, reminding Jasmine of something, "Don't worry, Sheila, we'll get Shawn back, he promised..."

Suddenly, large footsteps were heard coming from the bushes, "What's that coming?!" Amy exclaimed, "It's probably zombies," Sammy said fearfully as the footsteps became louder, Jasmine then put on a serious look, "Whatever it is, we'll be ready!"

At that everyone tried to prepare themselves and get into a defensive position, when none other than Max came out of the bushes, inside a type of robot made of scrap metal that he was controlling, "Kneel before your greatness!" The 'villain' exclaimed while letting out an evil laugh, or at least that's what he tried to do.

"Who are you?" Jasmine asked incredulously, Max's eyes widened in shock, "Are you serious? I literally showed up at your stupid house a while ago..." "Well, your performance was so abysmal that even the writer forgot about you," Dave said sarcastically.

"Whatever, fools," Max crossed his arms, "I've come for you, Princess Cree, give me the deeds to the house so I can rule this island!" "Ha, I wouldn't even be dead like that, dwarf!" Sky responded to the little villain

"Well you leave me no choice but to attack them!" He moved a lever, raising the robot's fist menacingly, "Prepare for the great power of evil-." Suddenly, the robot he was in broke down, falling to the ground, along with him. "Ha, your junk didn't last long!" Amy scoffed.

"You will pay for this!" Max said, standing up, "All of you, you will pay-" at that he screamed in fear before starting to run away. "Why did he leave so afraid?" Sammy asked confused.

"Ha, I guess he's afraid of us," Jasmine scoffed, laughing victoriously.

At that, the five heard some moans behind them, "What is that sound?" Sammy asked terrified, Jasmine slowly turned her gaze and shone the flashlight into the darkness of the forest, and in that moment, they noticed figures approaching them, but they weren't just any figures, they were, "Zombies?!" Jasmine exclaimed in shock, the others watched as those individuals slowly walked towards them, moaning.

"What are those people?" Sky asked confused and at the same time scared, "Wait, are they real?" Dave said surprised. "This whole time Shawn was right about them!" Amy added.

"What do we do now?" Sammy fearfully asked Jasmine, the Australian only had one response, "Run!" Saying this, she and the others ran away from the zombies, however, they were cornered by other zombies, "On the other side!" They tried to run elsewhere, but they were also cornered, the same with the last path they had left, they were soon surrounded by a horde of zombies.

"We are trapped, it is the end of us!" Sammy squealed, Sky said, "We shouldn't worry, they're probably harmless..." "There's nothing harmless about those faces!" Dave exclaimed to her, "We need to finish them off before they finish us off!" Amy said getting into combat stance.

"Wait, this can't be real!" Jasmine said stopping everyone, "This must be another prank from Max." "I don't think it's a joke of his..." Sky said unsure of the Australian, who soon said determinedly, "Zombies don't exist, and I'm going to prove it...". At that, she lunged at one of the zombies, trying to grab it by the mouth so it wouldn't bite her, and start pulling on its head.

"Jasmine, what are you doing?!" Dave asked, confused. "This is just a masked guy, I know!" Jasmine reaffirmed, pulling the creature's head harder, "Almost-". At that, she was pushed towards them, she raised her hand with something holding it, smiling firmly, "Here it is..."

Everyone looked at Jasmine in horror, she saw the zombie lying on the ground, with its head decapitated and noticed what she was holding, and it was the head of that zombie that was still growling, the tall girl screamed in fear as she threw her head in the air, which was caught by Sammy, who also squealed and threw it at his sister, "Eww, take it away!" Amy moaned in disgust as she passed the head to Sky, who nervously threw it at Dave, "AHH, IT'S IN MY HANDS, IT'S IN MY HANDS!"

Jasmine approached and knocked her head away, falling into the body of her belonging, the decapitated zombie raised his head and put it back in its place as if nothing had happened, while he and his gang approached our protagonists

"Now, run!" Jasmine shouted when they began to run towards a destruction, the Australian giant had to push several zombies to open the way to get away, while the living dead chased them, to the rhythm of a somewhat eighties melody

(Play Instrumental "Thriller" by Michael Jackson)

Our protagonists reached a tree where three different paths were positioned, "Separate, and don't let them catch you!" Jasmine said to everyone as she took the center path, Amy and Sammy on the left, and Dave and Sky on the right, unknowingly, the zombies were also following them.

Amy and Sammy are seen running together when they saw another group of zombies walking next to them, "Take care of them, sister!" Amy said pushing her sister forward, obviously Sammy was terrified by the undead and curled up in a ball, when the zombies were about to attack her, Amy arrived with a stick and hit them away from her twin sister, "Weak girl... " Amy said harshly to Sammy, who looked a little sad as he let his sister fight the undead.

On the other path, Dave and Sky were running together, when they ran into a zombie ahead, Sky gasped before Dave stepped in front of her with a determined look, "Don't be afraid, I'll protect you!" Dave said bravely, when suddenly the zombie's right arm fell, and it began to crawl alone on the ground, Dave watched this disgusted and scared until he fainted, being caught by Sky.

"Dave, wake up!" Sky tried to wake him up, she looked at the zombie and his arm approached, "I won't let you and the others harm my people!", at that the Cree princess took the undead's arm and jumped athletically from branch to branch in the trees. When he threw his arm towards the zombie, knocking himself over, Sky landed on the ground and grabbed Dave, still passed out, when she noticed the army of zombies walking on the other side, "We have to get out of here!" began to take him away

Meanwhile, Jasmine was running away from the zombies, when she ran into some coming out of the ground, she stopped, backing away a little, when one of the zombies behind grabbed her hat, "Hey, don't touch my hat!", she hit that zombie in the face, retrieving her hat, then she was cornered by many of them, she didn't know what to do until she noticed her hat and got an idea

"This isn't a hat..." Jasmine said as she raised her hat, "It's a boomerang!" At that, he forcefully threw the hat in front of him, which, thanks to its structure and the force of inertia, began to spin and cut off the heads of the zombies he passed, just as he did when he returned to Jasmine, catching it, shaking it and blowing it while putting it back on his head, the music stops

"Traveling in a fried-out Kombi, On a hippie trail, head full of zombie...", after she said the lyrics of an Australian song, he lay down on a "rock" comfortably, when it slid like a metal door, Jasmine fell to the ground and saw that there was a lit room inside, then she saw the zombies still stunned and decapitated on the floor

"Mates, here, come quickly!" Jasmine called to the other boys who were dealing with the undead, who decided to follow her voice. Once they arrived, they entered the shelter without thinking. Jasmine made an effort to remove all the heads of the zombies outside before closing the door.

At that, Dave slowly opened his eyes, waking up, "Where are we?" The disoriented one in Sky's arms asked, "Have the zombies eaten us?" "No, Dave, we're safe!" Sky responded happily to the germaphobe, who stood up on his own and looked around, they seemed to be in a semi-dark room, with white walls and various scientific utensils in some corners.

"I think we're in a hospital..." Dave thought, "I'm hoping with a decontaminated one..." "I don't know, there wasn't any city construction here," said Sky, "I don't even know this place...". "Well, at least we're safe here-" Amy said until a figure passed quickly behind them, who heard the sound and turned around.

"What was that?!" Sammy asked in fear, Jasmine shone the flashlight on the shadow in front, being surprised by a look that saw them and growled fiercely at them, the five screamed in terror when that shadow was illuminated with a spotlight, revealing that it was nothing more nor less than Scarlett, holding a yellow and gray metal box, "Princess Skylar?" The librarian said confused.

"Scarlett?" Sky said just as confused, approaching the redhead, "What are you doing here?" "Oh, sorry for the scare," she apologized before leaving the box on a table, "I was just going to leave one thing in my secret laboratory...". "Secret laboratory?" Dave asked confused. "Yes, I have a secret passage from the library..." Scarlett replied, "So I don't have to put up with those individuals like you."

"Which individuals are you referring to?" Jasmine asked, before hearing the knocking and moaning of the zombies from the door, "Those..." Scarlett pointed out before grabbing the box, heading to some stairs that led upstairs, "Come, I'll show you the laboratory... "

Our protagonists hesitated a little but still followed her to the stairs, we passed them coming out of a door on the floor, Scarlett was the first to come out to go to a socket and activate it, illuminating the entire laboratory, it was very large and had a great view of the island in a window with some leaves hanging outside

"Wow, how did you do all this inside the island?" Sky asked, a little surprised, Scarlett replied, "Since I was hired, I've had a lot of free time, plus I have a science degree...well, I was going to have one...". "What are you talking about?" Dave asked, when at that, the redhead stood in front of them, with a serious look.

"I'm going to tell you my case, do you want to know why he used these gloves?" Scarlett said showing her hands with the white gloves, "Why do they look elegant?" Amy suggested, "No..." Scarlett replied, "It's because I wear these especially to keep a dark secret..." At that, she took off her gloves to reveal her bare hands, which looked 'normal'.

"He didn't see anything wrong with your hands," said Jasmine, "Really? Count my fingers..." Scarlett said, somewhat interested, Jasmine looked at her fingers blankly and counted them, "One, two, three, four, five, six...wait, six fingers on your hands?!" Yes, Scarlett actually had six fingers on each hand, "Technically in each oie too, there are few people born with this interesting anomaly."

"I think it looks good," Sammy said honestly, "Yeah, there's nothing to be ashamed of," Jasmine added. "I'm glad to hear good things about my condition..." Scarlett admitted, then looked down sadly, "The only ones, in fact..."

"Uh, what do you mean by that?" Scarlett looked ahead, with anger and sadness, "My parents never understood that I was born this way, and they never wanted to support me so as not to look bad with the other parents for raising a 'freak', as they always call me that, they didn't care." I listened, and decided to be interested in science, I was the best in my class until I graduated and received an application from the largest university in Canada, that would be my great dream, to enter the most prestigious university so that they would stop seeing me Like a weirdo, it would be my big chance, but..."

"But what?" Jasmine asked, when Scarlett bitterly replied, "The university principals rejected my invitation, just for the fact that they didn't want someone of my 'type' with normal students, all those years I invested to get to them, were worthless." "

"That is wrong!" Proclaimed Dave, "You said you were top of your class and you graduated, they should have accepted you!" "Unfortunately we live in a superficial world," said Scarlett, walking towards the window and looking coldly at the horizon, where the city of Toronto could be seen from afar, "Inhabited by superficial people, where weird people like us can't fit in with those monsters without heart that does not bother if they hurt us physically or psychologically, despite our dreams and hopes of being accepted..."

"I understand you, Sheila," Jasmine said, empathizing with the redhead, "My whole life was seeing people intimidate me just because of my height, dad was right, I should have stayed home to stay safe...". "Well, no offense," Scarlett said interested, "But I think your father thought wrong..."

"Uh?" The tall girl was confused at this when she saw Scarlett turn directly to them, "I instead decided to contain all my hatred and frustration, and then turn it into revenge," she smiled evilly as she continued walking, "Due to my scientific knowledge, I discovered that "There was a way to alter genes to change the outside body."

"Ohhh, I get it," Sammy said, smiling nervously, "So you're going to make a formula that will make you have five fingers to be normal, right?" Scarlett just chuckled, in a chilling way, "Very true, but no, I will make a formula that radically changes the internal genes of the living being, in order to throw it into the local water source, and then all those people who rejected me by my six fingers, and transforming them into something more...'freaky'". The five boys looked at each other somewhat unsure, "In simpler words, everyone in the city is going to mutate into strange mutations, and thus there will be no more inequality because we will all be strange...forever."

At that, Scarlett started to laugh lightly but then it turned into a loud evil laugh, scaring our five protagonists, who were now looking at her with fear, the librarian then stopped laughing and looked at them, "Sounds good, right?" No one said anything, "I said, right?" She stared at them, which made them nervous.

"No, your plan sounds great!" Jasmine quickly lied, smiling forcedly, "I love it, especially the mutation part, we'll be happy surrounded by them, right, guys?" He looked at his companions, nudging Dave to follow along with the lie, "Yeah, sure..." Dave lied dejectedly, "But how are you going to do that?"

"For weeks I tried various chemicals," Scarlett said as she looked at a wall full of notes, "I read books on chemistry and genetics, wrote secret notes in a cave, and finally dumped all those chemicals in the cemetery to test them with rotten matter." The five of them looked at each other in shock, silently, "But my experiments simply failed, and they all worked on those disgusting individuals who chased you earlier."

"You mean zombies?" Amy asked, Scarlett opened her eyes and pointed at her, "Yes, that's a good way to mention those failures," Scarlett said, "But it doesn't matter, I won't have a single failure anymore because I finally found a liquid that will make things easier for me." "She walked to the table and picked up the metal box, "It's right here, I stole it from a hazardous waste disposal center."

"In a center of what?" Dave asked a little nervously, "Come, I'll show you closer in a safer place." Then the five of them followed Scarlett throughout the lab, at which point they walked over a metal door and locked it, "What's in there?" Sky asked, "It's the boiler room," Scarlett responded, "There's a lever that activates the self-destruct of the entire laboratory."

"And why would you build something like that?" Dave asked the redhead, who replied, "Because that would be the quickest way to get rid of all the evidence and work I did, but I wouldn't worry about that." Jasmine walked towards the door and was about to open it when Scarlett stopped her, "Don't open the door, the whole room was filled with a toxic gas leak, whoever enters there, with or without a mask, will not live...", she continued. walking while Jasmine looked at the door carefully

Then we went to another room where there was an upper floor that was connected to a staircase, below, Scarlett gathered everyone at a table, where she put the box there, "Everyone move away about 15 centimeters, please..." she said while the others They took a few steps back and she put on some gloves, and opened the box, which glowed neon green while they saw a glass beacon that contained a kind of very cloudy green substance.

"What's that?" Jasmine asked, somewhat terrified, "It's the substance that will make my plan work..." Scarlett responded, carefully lifting the balbula, "This is toxic waste...". At that, Dave let out a frightened screech and walked away after Sky, "Put that thing away!" He said, "It's super polluting and very dangerous!"

"Don't worry, it's not going to do anything to you, at least if it doesn't touch you...", then she walked towards a shelf and turned on the cage of a small blue bird. Scarlett placed the toxic waste balbula vertically and with a pipette carefully removed it. some of the green substance and placed it on the bird cage, "Don't move, little one..."

Then, he dropped the drop on top of the bird, the five boys saw a green lighting in front of Scarlett and when it went off, she opened the cage and showed the blue bird in her hands, which now had three eyes, "Specimen number 5!" She said, showing the new mutant in front of her, the others upon seeing him had certain reactions, surprise, disgust and fear, especially on Dave's part.

"Is not it adorable?" Scarlett said as she petted the bird lovingly, making them look at her strangely, "Don't be afraid, little friend, you're my friend, but other people will treat you like a freak, but don't worry, once I realize ñ my plan is carried out, all humans and animals, including us, will be mutant creatures, and then there will be no more discrimination, and we can all be accepted!" She hugged the bird with feeling, "That's always been my dream since I was a little girl, don't you think it's cute?"

The boys' faces were more terrified than before, at which point Jasmine was about to say something but Amy interrupted her, "NO, we're not!" Jasmine covered her mouth but it was too late, Scarlett opened her eyes in surprise, "What? You don't agree with me."

Jasmine sighed and replied, "Look, Scarlett, no offense, but your plan is kind of...crazy." "Are you calling me CRAZY?!" Scarlett exclaimed angrily, scaring them, "No, I didn't mean that!" "You better..." then she put the bird back in the cage, and approached the boys with a murderous look, "Because if a person calls me that, I will do everything I can to make sure they EVER speak again!"

In a vent of fury, Scarlett slammed her fist into a glass base on a table, completely destroying it while the redhead hyperventilated with internal anger, which was enough to silence the scared boys, "No, we would never call you." So..." Scarlett stopped from her furious mood, "Okay..." She wiped her hands, which seemed to be dripping a little blood.

"But you still can't go around mutating people!" Proclaimed Dave, followed by Sky, "Right, it's not ethical at all, plus you were the one who created the zombies in the first place, which almost killed us and made several of my people disappear!" "Oh, are you talking about these people?..." Scarlette asked walking into a dark sector, and when she illuminated it, a transparent isolated room was revealed, full of the workers from the beginning, with their mouths sealed in tape and growling desperately, the boys gasped in surprise

"What did you do with them?!" Sky asked desperately, "Nothing..." Scarlett apologized weakly, "One night I found those 'zombies' who were dragging those fools, but when the sun came up, they evaporated, that must be their weak point, like "Well, I brought those men to my lair, but since they knew too much, I locked them up and now they will be my test subjects."

"Test subjects?" Sammy asked, "Every plan has to be tested," Scarlett said smiling, holding up the toxic waste balbula, "Once I modify the waste a little and these fools end up mutating perfectly, I'll be able to spill all of this down the city's drinking water drain." Toronto will become the city of mutants..." she walked to the side but suddenly Sky stood in front of her, angry, "I won't let you do that!" The princess proclaimed, "And why not, princess?" Scarlett asked disinterestedly.

"I am the future monarch of the Cree, so I will not allow you to harm the environment and the inhabitants of this or any other civilization." "Ha, and you're going to stop me?" then the redhead noticed the rest of her standing next to Sky and glaring at her, "There are more of us than you, Scarlett," Jasmine said, "As leader of the Mysterbusters, you're under-." "Mysterbusters, huh? I know you, and I know that you were never accepted by the city, especially because of your 'incident'...". At that Scarlett took out the front page of a newspaper, which had a photo of the Mysterbusters with the headline, "FUGITIVES FROM TORONTO."

"Wait to?" Sky said looking at them surprised and confused, they were a little embarrassed, "It's not what you think, Sky!" Dave said, but Scarlett interrupted them, "I thought you were like me, and I trusted you with my secrets and my desires, and you still want to arrest me like the others, it seems I made a mistake, like you did when you escaped your crime." "It wasn't a crime," Jasmine clarified, "It was Shawn's accident..."

"Oh yeah, Shawn..." Scarlett began to speak sinisterly, "I remembered that guy, suppose the zombie believer...is now in my hands...", then she turned on the upstairs, revealing Shawn was tied in a chair, while he had a small tube taped to his right hand, he was also taped over his mouth and tried to speak but couldn't, "SHAWN!" the five boys exclaimed in shock.

"He appeared suddenly and I captured him..." Scarlett said as she took a few steps back, "He was too loud as I dragged him to the chair..." "You're a monster!" Sammy exclaimed angrily, "Oh, really?" Scarlett asked ominously, "Why are you telling your friend, or should I say my new mutated specimen..." she opened a container and connected the balbula, and when she pulled a lever down, soon a long, thin tube began to fill of toxic green serum that began to slowly head towards Shawn, "Oh no, Shawn!" Sammy said worriedly, "What do we do?" Sky said, before Jasmine immediately responded, "Sky, Dave, you guys try to stop the waste towards Shawn, Amy and Sammy, get Scarlett!"

After she ordered this, she and the twins quickly headed towards Scarlett, Amy was the first to pounce on her, she tried to attack her but Scarlett pushed her very hard onto a table, Jasmine grabbed Scarlett and pinned her down, just when she He took a glass and with several blows to the head he knocked her out, it was Sammy's turn, but when Scarlett broke the glass and showed it now sharply cut, it was enough for her to faint.

Meanwhile, Sky and Dave were trying to disassemble the cable into different parts, "Quickly, Dave!" Sky said as they both pulled the cable, "I'm on it-" he was interrupted by Scarlett, who hissed at him menacingly before pushing him downstairs, "Dave!" Sky gasped, Scarlett looked at her smiling madly, "Time for you to go down, princess!"

Sky growled, "Don't call me that, I'm the future monarch." She did a cartwheel right at Scarlett, but she dodged out of the way, causing Sky to crash onto the ground and fall next to Dave, Amy, and Sammy in the ground, Scarlett got off to walk directly to them, taking off her glasses

"I offered you your friendship..." she said coldly, not knowing that Jasmine was rising behind her, "And you stab me in the back, now, you will never see sunlight by ME!" At that, she let down her hair which turned out to be big and pointy, scaring the four on the ground, she was about to do something to them when Jasmine charged at her, and in a quick movement, tied her hair with her hands, immobilizing her. as she hissed menacingly

"That's why you don't mess with an Aussie aborigine who managed to learn great moves from her father," Jasmine said victoriously, "In addition to renting a bunch of martial arts VHS...". "Jasmine, Shawn!" Sammy exclaimed, pointing to the survivor about to be mutated, the Australian realized that, "What do I do?"

"Lower the lever!" Dave said, then Jasmine ran to the checkpoint, raising the lever that Scarlett had lowered, and just like that, all the serum in the tube stopped and returned to where it was, causing a defeated sigh from Scarlett, "Shawn!" Jasmine said running down the stairs, followed by the others, she unchained Shawn and uncovered her mouth, gasping for air.

"Guys, the zombies didn't eat you!" Shawn said happily and somewhat tiredly, "Sorry for scare you with that..." "No, Shawn!" Jasmine said, "I shouldn't have yelled at you like that, and because of me you almost got mutated."

"So...are we friends again?"

"Best Friends!" She said hugging him, accompanied by her other friends, including Sky, "How cute..." Sky said joining the group hug, "The team is finally reunited..."

"NOT BY A LOT!" They heard Scarlett say that on top of a stool, looking down at them, "I won't let you fools ruin my whole plan!" "When I tell this to my people, it will take you down, Scarlett!" Sky proclaimed, pointing at her, the librarian could only laugh sinically.

"How are you going to prove that I stole biohazard supplies, created living bodies out of corpses, kidnapped innocent townspeople, and worst of all, tried to murder the princess and her friends?" Scarlett asked incredulously, when Dave suddenly walked a little ahead.

"With your own words..." he said, taking out a recorder and when he played it, the entire speech that Scarlett had said before played, leaving her in shock, "You're in big trouble, miss," he smiled mockingly.

"Oh yeah..." she challenged menacingly, pulling something out from behind her, "I wonder what will happen when you can't use that recording when...you mutate!" He then took out the toxic waste balbula and threw it straight at Dave, Sky gasped, "DAVE, NO!" She ran towards him, pushing him, but at the same time she was the one who received the impact, while the mutagenic substance completely covered the princess.

"SKY!" Dave screamed in agony.

To be continued