Hey, guys. Welcome to the next chapter of, 'Mighty Med: The Adventures of Jordan, Oliver, and Kaz!'. I hope that you guys will enjoy the new chapter...anyway, I don't own anything except for my OCs.
NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!
"Alright, you are doing well, Skylar." Jordan says reassuringly as we cue over to the Mighty Med Rec Room, Philadelphia, PA, as we see her examining Skylar while wearing her white labcoat as her friend was jumping up and down with the help of her jump rope just as Oliver and Kaz appeared into the scene while wearing their white labcoats as they spotted several Mighty Med Workers upgrading the Mighty Med Security System.
"What's that?" Kaz asked as the girls turned to him.
"They're installing a new high-tech security system for the hospital." Jordan says as Skylar nods and stops bouncing as she tosses away the jump rope.
"It's still in the testing phase, so Horace said no one should dare touch it," Skylar says as Kaz instantly tries to touch the new Mighty Med High Tech Security System, but an annoyed Oliver swats away his hand and then turns to the girls.
"Girls, settle an argument for us."
"Again? Your feet are equally attractive. Now drop it already." An annoyed Jordan says as Oliver shakes his head.
"No, this argument is much more important. Kaz says supervillains are born evil, and I say they become evil because they're mistreated and humiliated during their life. Skylar? As the resident Superhero, what do you think?"
"Well, not all villains are the same, and sometimes it's impossible to tell someone's a villain until it's too late." Skylar Storm pointed out as Kaz shook his head.
"No, there's always signs. For instance, if you cackle evilly, while stroking a pet, you might be a villain.
"Or if your favorite phrases are, 'Victory is mine', 'You'll rue the day', 'So, we meet again', you might be a villain," Oliver says just as Alan rode into the Mighty Med Rec Room on a tricycle as he wore a helmet and had something white and fluffy residing inside of his basket.
"My Uncle Horace didn't think I could ride a unicycle, but look at me! I'm riding three of them at once! I did it! Victory is mine! He'll rue the day he doubted me! So, we meet again!" Alan ranted while riding around and laughed manically as a deadpan Kaz turned to the others.
"I think he might be a serious villain," Kaz says as Jordan snorts and begins laughing amusedly.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Alan?! A serious villain?! Yeah, right! Alan sucks at everything, including being a villain! Even with the power of Telekinesis, I can easily kick his ass!" Jordan says with a reassuring and cocky tone as Oliver shakes his head with a frown.
"Guys, come on, Alan may be annoying-,"
"And highly racist towards Normos, obnoxious, useless, whiny, stupid, impulsive, reckless, has no empathy whatsoever, and probably has a tiny dick due to him having a lot of anger issues." Jordan listed off while tapping each of her fingers as Oliver glared.
"Look, Alan maybe all of...that, but he's not a villain. Now if Horace keeps putting him down all the time-You know what? I'm going to talk to Horace about treating Alan with more respect." Oliver says while turning around as he is about to leave, but stops as Skylar Storm reaches over to place her hand on his shoulder with a serious glare on her face.
"Don't. Do you know what we do on my planet to people who butt into other people's business? We take them to the circus."
"That doesn't sound so bad," Oliver says with a smile as Skylar frowns stoically.
"Circus is our word for guillotine," Skylar says with a nervous Oliver gripping his neck as Alan drove near them.
"Come, mittens!" Alan says while laughing evilly and stroking his 'cat' as Kaz snorts and begins counting his fingers.
"Evil cackle, check. Stroking a pet, check. Oh, he's a villain."
"Yep, definitely." Jordan says with a knowing tone as Oliver shakes his head determinedly.
"Not if I can help it." Oliver says as he then turned around to walk over to Horace's Nephew. "Hey, Alan. That's a cute cat."
"It's not a cat. Those are my earmuffs. I call them mittens." An annoyed Alan says while rolling his eyes as he reaches down into his basket to pull out his earmuffs and put them on. "Come on, mittens. Let's go work on our plan for world domination." Alan says with an evil laugh as he then drove off.
"I forgot about that one. If your hobbies include planning world domination, you might be a villain." Kaz says with Jordan and Skylar Storm nodding as Oliver gives them incredulous looks.
~[Mighty Med: The Adventures of Jordan, Oliver, and Kaz-Season 1 Theme Song!]~
Jordan: Okay, yo!
Every day's an adventure!
You never know by the looks on our faces at the school when we enter!
Leave class early,
Work at 3:30,
Hit the comic store, read up before the journey,
All these new issues and superpowers!
If we didn't have to work, we'd be here for hours!
Everybody says that we shouldn't worry,
But have you ever seen superheroes on a gurney?!
Jordan, Kaz, and Oliver can be seen putting away their books in their lockers after school was over as they turned to each other and shared a fistbump and a smirk as the trio then ran out of Logan High School and made their way over to the Domain to read all of the latest superhero comic books for work as they were able to find out that Blue Tornado got attacked by a supervillain and was left incapacitated as Jordan and the boys shared a serious look and nodded as they then turned around to leave and appeared at the Philadelphia Hospital Waiting Room as the Mighty Med Normo Doctors made their way over to get inside of the Janitor's Closet and Jordan reached over to grab onto the handle of a nearby toilet plunger broom and pulled on it, causing a wall compartment to open up to show a glowing blue/silver puzzle on the wall as Oliver began working on it and was able to finish the puzzle as it shows the glowing blue/silver Symbol of Caduceo and a big green box with the words, 'Enter', appears in front of them as Kaz reached over to press it, causing the wall in the Janitor's Closet to open up to reveal the Mighty Med Hospital as Benny appeared and could be seen wheeling in an unconcious Blue Tornado on a gurney as Jordan, Kaz, and Oliver shared a serious glare and nodded as they then reached over to grab their white lab coats to put them on and rushed forward to begin saving the people, who save people.
Oliver: Will we save the world today?!
You never know!
Will we all be safe today?!
You never know!
Will we fly away or stay?!
You never know!
But you know we, Mighty Med, team up, and let's go!
Save the people who save people after classes!
We flip the page and jump into action!
They call us Normos, normally fantastic!
Seeing superheroes that we only imagined!
After quickly rushing over to check on the unconscious Blue Tornado, Oliver then swiftly began checking his vitals while Jordan reached behind her to pull out the latest comic book issue of Blue Tornado and began speed reading it as she was able to find out what was wrong with their latest Superhero patient and told the boys about the problem as the trio were all quick to get to work with Oliver ordering Benny to give them the super defibrillators and the Mighty Med Nurse was quick to toss it over to Kaz, who grabbed them and yelled, 'Clear!', while slamming them against Blue Tornado's head while Oliver used a high tech machine to help adjust the electrical output as Richard's eyes opened and gasped in shock, finally waking up as he sits up straight and thanked the Mighty Med Doctors for reviving him as a smirking Jordan nodded lightly, a grinning Kaz gave him some finger guns, and a smiling Oliver raised his hand for a high five as a beaming Blue Tornado gave him one, but accidentally put too much strength into his high five as he sends a screaming Oliver flying backwards, but thankfully, Skylar Storm appeared into the scene as she flipped and even carthwheeled around to land on the ground and raised her arms to catch a falling Oliver as he blushed heavily and stared up at her lovingly as Connie blushed and smiled as she winked.
Kaz: In this type of life, you got to have fight!
Put up your fist and fight for what's right!
Never could tell what we could see out of sight!
Do the same thing tomorrow that we did tonight!
A glaring Alan could be seen poking his head out of cover from behind a pillar, and spotted Jordan standing near the Mighty Med Main Desk while messing around with some pieces of paper as Horace's Nephew smirked devilishly and held up his hand as he used his telekinesis to latch onto a nearby white mug with the red words, 'I HATE NORMOS!' written on it and used his telekinesis to send it flying over to collide against Jordan, only for her to perk up at the sight of the Key of Steel lying on the ground and bend down to grab it as the mug flew over to collide against the back of her head, not hurting her whatsoever due to her skin now being tough as steel as fuming and angry Alan stomped his foot into the ground and began throwing a temper tantrum just as Kaz appeared into the scene while holding onto everyone's labcoats as he then threw it over to land on top of his frenemy's head and told him to leave it at their usual hangers before walking off as Alan groaned in anger and embarrassment as he growled angrily.
Jordan, Oliver, and Kaz: Will we save the world today?
You never know
Will we all be safe today?
You never know
Will we fly away or stay?
You never know
But you know we, Mighty Med, team up, and let's go!
After a hard day's work at Mighty Med, we see the trio arriving back at the Domain as they went over to sit down on the couch to relax and have fun as normal teenagers do as Jordan, Kaz, and Oliver then begin reading the latest superhero comic book issues...and frowned deadpannedly at the sight of Tecton, Solar Flare II, the Crusher, Titanio, and Owl Girl getting seriously injured by their mortal enemies as the trio shared a knowing and determined look before standing up from the couch to run over to make their way to the Mighty Med Hospital as we then cue over to said hospital and we see Ambrose using his Clairvoyance Powers to see into the far future to write the Top Secret Comic Book Series of the Mighty Med Crew as the Comic Book Cover showed the image of Key Keeper X standing in place with her arms crossed and currently transformed into her Steel Form while Hydromancer floated up into the air and held out his arms to create dual mini water cyclones, Pyromancer floated beside him and covered his whole body in intense red flames, Skylar Storm floated in between the boys with her eyes/hands glowing a bright pink energy, Caduceo stood in place stoically with his hands glowing blue, and Morphos had morphed his left arm into that of a gorilla while having donkey ears, bat-like wings, a scorpion tail, and alligator skin as he used his right arm to levitate a large van as a smirking Ambrose then put away his Future Top Screte Comic Book Issues in his secret compartment and the title of the story appeared before the readers.
~[Mighty Med: The Adventures of Jordan, Oliver, and Kaz-Season 1 Theme Song Over!]~
"So I talked to Horace about Alan, and it went very well." Oliver says with a smirk while walking up to Jordan and Skylar Storm at the Mighty Med Main Lobby as Kaz had left earlier due to his shift ending.
"I should give you a kiss." Skylar Storm says as Oliver perked up.
"Okay, great." Oliver says with a blush as he leans forward, only for Skylar Storm to reach over and swat the back of his head as he yelped in pain. "Ow! Grrr, let me guess, that's a kiss on your planet?!"
"No," Skylar Storm says with a grin as a glaring Jordan flicked a yelping Oliver in the forehead.
"Why did you talk to Horace?! Skylar specifically told you not to butt in, and now we are screwed."
"Don't worry, it's all good. Horace agreed to give Alan more opportunities at the hospital to help build his self-esteem." Oliver says reassuringly just as Alan appears on the scene with a calm smile on his face as he clasps his hands behind his back.
"Excuse me, fellow co-workers, my Uncle Horace is at a Medical Conference on Neptune today, and he's put me in charge while he's gone. I look forward to working with each and every one of you and promise to do my best." Alan says with a professional tone as Oliver turns back to give the girls a smug grin.
"Another villain prevented. You're welcome, world."
"Nice job. I should give you a kiss-,"
"Please don't!" A panicking Oliver says while flinching as Alan gives everyone a sweet smile.
"Anyway, carry on, and don't worry, nothing is going to change."
"...Three...two...one..." Jordan says dryly while counting down with the help of her fingers as Alan then whirled around and reached into his pocket to pull out his remote as he pressed a button on it and a banner with his face on it appeared over the Mighty Med Sign.
"Now listen up, drones! From now on, everything's going to change! Starting with no more calling me, 'Alan', call me, 'Chief Executive Senior Prime Minister International Supreme Overlord Of Mighty Med'," Alan says with an arrogant smirk on his face as an annoyed Jordan turns to Oliver.
"See what you did? Now we are going to deal with this annoying bullshit all day."
"Come on, it'll be good for Alan. It's one afternoon. How bad could it be?" Oliver asked as Alan went over to them with a stern glare on his face.
"You three, Reflexor is recuperating upstairs, and he needs some organic milk."
"Easy. No problem."
"Fresh organic milk...fresh organic whale milk...killer whale milk...serial killer whale milk..." Alan says while turning around to walk away as the girls slowly turn to glare at a nervously sweating Oliver.
"...Uh...well...it looks like we have to-,"
"Since I don't actually work here and I'm actually a patient and this is your fault 100%, I'm not going to help you." Skylar Storm stated bluntly while turning around to walk away as Oliver turned to Jordan hopefully.
"Well, seeing as I work here in Mighty Med and I am your friend...I'm going to totally ignore this responsibility and leave you to clean up your own mistake. Goodbye." Jordan says with a smirk as she turns around to walk after Skylar Storm, and we fast forward in time as we see the girls walking back into the Mighty Med Main Lobby and spot everyone, including a very annoyed Oliver, wearing Alan's clothes and speaking of the devil, Alan's Holographic Form appeared before everyone.
"Good Alan to you. Here at Alan Med our doctors, who shall now be known as Alans, shall provide the Alan-est service to our patients, also now known as Alans. Have an Alan day." Alan's Holographic Form says before disappearing as Jordan turns to glare at Oliver.
"You had to talk to Horace."
"Yeah, now Alan is mad with power, and he's making us do all the worst jobs, and it's all your fault." A glaring Skylar says as Oliver gives her a disbelieving look.
"What do you mean?! I was forced to do everything!"
"Yeah, but it's getting boring watching you do all of the world here." Jordan pointed out just as Alan appeared as he smirked cockily.
"Alan to you Alans. I have good Alan: My Alan as Alan will continue Alan Alan. Any Alans?"
"Oh, yeah, I have an Alan. What the fuck are you talking about?" A very irritated Jordan says as Alan pouted and rolled his eyes.
"Fine. My reign over this hospital will continue indefinitely."
"What?! But Horace is supposed to be back tonight!" A shocked and worried Skylar Storm yelled as Alan laughed mockingly.
"He'll be back tonight, alright, but I tricked the Great Defender into slowing down Neptune's rotation, so tonight, for my Uncle Horace, won't be for another 60 years." Alan says while turning around to walk away as a stern Skylar Storm turns to the Normo Mighty Med Doctors.
"That's it, I'm calling Horace." Skylar Storm says while reaching into his pocket to pull out her phone as she begins trying to call Horace but fails as the Calderan Normo curses angrily. "It's not going through. Neptune has the worst reception."
"Don't worry. I can save Alan before he turns into a full-fledged villain. I just need to talk to him, treat him with kindness and respect, and everything will be fine." Oliver says with a reassuring tone as we then fast forward in time, and we see Jordan and Skylar Storm standing outside of Alan's Office as the Male Normo Mighty Med Doctor could be stuck inside Dimension Zero.
"So, how'd your talk go with Alan?" Jordan asked with a sly grin as Oliver frowned deadpannedly.
"Apparently, he doesn't like it when you think outside the box..."
"...So, Oliver, for the first time since we have become friends, can you admit that I was 100% right?" Skylar Storm asked with a stern tone as we fast forward in time, and we see the girls bringing a trapped Oliver to the Mighty Med Rec Room as said person groaned in defeat.
"Okay, I will admit, you and Jordan were right. Alan was born evil, and we need to stop him."
"Thank you, now can we PLEASE stop Alan?" Skylar Storm pleaded as Jordan nodded.
"Yes, please, I've been ACHING to kick his ass."
"Deal, but first, get me out of here."
"He, he alright, but first let me try something," Jordan says while pressing on the Dimension Zero Panel as she brings up the settings and gives Oliver Dog Eyes and a Tounge as she and Skylar laugh just as Alan storms into the room angrily as the Mighty Med Guards follow after him.
"So, you sniveling ingrates are trying to take me down!"
"How did you know that?" A disbelieving Jordan asked as Alan laughed mockingly.
"Wouldn't you like to know?"
"Yes, I would."
"Well, I overheard. I was right outside, getting a snack from the vending machine." Alan says as Skylar Storm raises an eyebrow curiously.
"What did you get?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?"
"Yes, I would." Skylar Storm says deadpannedly as Alan perked up.
"Trail mix. I like salty/sweet. Anyway, now I must punish you cowards for your acts of treason." Alan says as he points over at them angrily. "You three have been found guilty of mutiny, and the punishment is to be hung...on the wall after I also trap Jordan and Skylar Storm inside of Dimension Zero," Alan says as everyone sighs in relief since they believe that he was planning to kill the girls. "And now, to prevent future mutinies, I'm going to activate the new security system."
"But it hasn't been tested. No one can touch it." A worried Skylar Storm says as Jordan nods in agreement.
"Horace specifically forbids it."
"My Uncle Horace isn't in charge anymore, I am! Computer, activate the security system!" Alan ordered as the Mighty Med Computer beeped.
"You must enter the correct password."
"WHAT?!"
"Password accepted." The Mighty Med Computer says as several Security Bots appear on the scene.
"Security bots, make sure to stay here and guard the current prisoner and future prisoners to make sure that they don't escape from Dimension Zero," Alan says just as the Security Bots go out of control and begin firing multiple red energy blasts down at everyone, knocking out the Mighty Med Guards as a panicking Jordan, Alan, and Skylar Storm ran over to hide behind cover. "Oh, no! When my Uncle Horace gets back, he's going to kill me! You guys, you've got to help me!"
"We will help you if you free, Oliver!" Jordan ordered with a glare as Alan nodded and reached into his pocket to pull out a remote as he pressed a button on it, releasing Oliver from Dimension Zero as he crashed down near them, and Skylar Storm quickly ran over to grab him as she pulled him to safety just the Security Bots continued shooting more and more red laser blasts at them as Alan screamed like a little girl and turned around to run away to safety.
"These things are everywhere! What are we going to do?!" Skylar Storm asked nervously as Oliver perked up upon getting an idea.
"I have a plan. Remember Vanquisher, Issue #217?!"
"I was in comic books. I don't read comic books!" Skylar Storm pointed out as Jordan beamed in realization.
"But I do! The Vanquisher was battling very similar robots! They used thermal and motion sensors, so the Vanquisher confused their targeting systems by creating false heat signatures-,"
"And this is why I don't read comic books!" Skylar Storm yelled as Jordan turned to glare at her in annoyance.
"Yeah, well, Comic Book Knowledge is going to help save us, so shut the fuck up!"
"Look, here's the plan, Skylar draw the bots' attention because she is so hot!" Oliver says as Skylar Storm blinks in surprise and blushes heavily.
"Why are you surprised?! You are freaking hot, girl! If I was a born a guy, I will be happy to tap your juicy hot alien ass!" Jordan says while slapping Skylar's ass as she yelped in surprise.
"Uh...I actually mean your body temperature is hotter than Normo's!" Oliver says as Skylar Storm pouted. "But you are insanely hot!" Oliver says as Skylar Storm smiles at the praise. "Anyway, Jordan and I'll use these Surgical Lasers and go all 'Asteroid Assassin' on them!" Oliver says while reaching over to grab several Surgical Lasers as he tosses one of them over to Jordan. "You ever play that game? It's awesome!"
"I was in video games! I don't play video games!"
"You don't?! That's it! We are going to fix that tomorrow at the Domain!" A stern Jordan says as Skylar Storm rolls her eyes playfully and runs forward while flipping around to avoid all of the incoming red laser blasts as the Normo Mighty Med Doctors raise their Surgical Lasers and use them to destroy each Security Bot.
"Wow, not bad for a couple of Normos." Skylar says as Oliver and Jordan smirk cockily.
"All in a day's work," Oliver says while placing his Surgical Laser behind him as he ends up accidentally shooting himself from behind, causing him to yelp in pain as the girls snorted amusedly.
"You just shot yourself, didn't you?"
"No..." A highly embarrassed Oliver says with a pained groan as Skylar Storm giggles amusedly.
"Well, it's over. We won. Nice job, guys, want a kiss?"
"Yes-Wait, no...do it?! I'm so confused!" Oliver yelled as Jordan shrugged playfully.
"Sure, why not." Jordan says while going over to kiss Skylar Storm in the mouth, surprising her as she then separates from the Calderan Normo, who was left stunned and blushed heavily by what the Female Normo Mighty Med Doctor did as Oliver was both angry yet aroused that Jordan stole his kiss and Alan appeared out of nowhere as he walked over to give them a thankful look.
"Thanks for helping me, guys. No one's ever treated me this nicely before. I better get all this cleaned up before my Uncle Horace gets back." Alan says while turning around to walk away as Jordan hums in surprise.
"Huh, I guess that you were up with something about Alan."
"Yeah, but trust me, I am done interfering with other peoples business," Oliver says as Skylar Storm and Jordan smile proudly while patting his back as we fast forward in time, and we see the Normos arriving at the Domain while no longer wearing their white labcoats as they spot a distraught Kaz standing near a victorious Clyde. "What's going on?"
"I beat him at 'Asteroid assassin', and now you, Jordan, and Kaz are banished from the store for life," Clyde says with a mocking laugh as a curious Kaz turns to him.
"Wait, we never said, are we banned for my life or yours? Because you're like, what, 80?" Kaz asked just as Wallace appeared as he raised an eyebrow curiously at the scene.
"What's going on?"
"Qtpie15 is once again the reigning champion, and Jordan, Kaz, and Oliver are banished from the store forever." Clyde says with a mocking laugh as Wallace flinches worriedly and reaches over to grab his arm as he laughs at the others nervously.
"Hold on, Clyde, a word, please." Wallace says while pulling Clyde away as he gave him a serious glare. "We can't banish Kaz, Oliver, and Jordan. We need them around, so they can lead us to Mighty Med."
"Oh, yeah. I totally forgot. I got so worked up," A groaning Clyde said while facepalming as he and Wallace then walked forward to talk with the Normo Mighty Med Doctors.
"Kids, we have good news. Clyde here just reconsidered, and you're no longer banished."
"No, that's okay, we'll just buy our comics online." Kaz says as Jordan nods.
"And we can play videogames either at home or at the arcade."
"No, you're our best customers, even though you never really buy anything. We want you to stay. Right, Clyde?" Wallace asked Clyde nervously while elbowing him as he groaned.
"Yes, please stay."
"Okay, but we want to get all the tecton collectibles," Kaz says as Wallace gasps worriedly.
"What? Even the tecton Hong Kong Ping Pong?"
"Even the Tecton Hong Kong Ping Pong. I'll be back for the rest of this stuff after I get my Tecton Two-Tone Carry-On." Kaz says as Jordan turns to him.
"Commemorative suspiciously easy win fake photo?" Jordan asked as her friends nodded, and they all pretended to take a fake selfie with each other as the trio then turned around to walk away while Clyde fumes angrily as his and Wallace's eyes began glowing a yellow color, and a couple of swirl-like yellow symbols appear on their foreheads.
"How did I win and still end up losing?! Those boys will rue the day!"
"Yes, we will meet again, and victory will be ours! And we will battle every superhero in the world and take their lives!" Clyde and Wallace said in unison with deep demonic tones as they both growled angrily.
And done. I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, and I can't wait to write the next chapter. Also, here's the list of the Mighty Med's Crew Current Powers:
1) Jordan Zuehlsdorff:
Normo
2) Kaz Perry:
Normo
3) Oliver Short:
Normo
4) Connecticut 'Connie' Valentine AKA Skylar Storm:
De-Powered Super Turned Normo
5) Horace Diaz AKA Caduceo
a) Healing Manipulation (Primary Superpower)
b) Chronokinesis
c) Immortality
d) Superhuman Intelligence
e) Superhearing
6) Alan Diaz
Telekinesis (Primary and Only Superpower)
That's about it. Anyway, as always, I will catch you all next time.