"Gosh, he's so annoying," Annabelle muttered.
"Why no?!" Ethan demanded.
"Because," Andrew glanced at him before facing Ryan again, "The fact that your IQ is actually lower than an eight doesn't mean mine is. And when I tell you something, your little brain should be able to comprehend the fact that I'm a thousand times smarter than you are and hence I've completely gotten to the bottom of things."
"Don't insult me Andrew," Ryan snapped at him.
Andrew looked towards Ethan's direction. "Come to think of it Ethan, you're kinda smarter than Ryan for figuring this out ages before he ever could," Andrew stated in ever bored tone.
Ethan's anger was all washed away by that small praise.
His eyes lit up with pleasure.
"Ah-ha! Finally a recognition of my skills! I always knew I was way better than Ryan and for you to acknowledge me means that I&nb
"There! It's done," Ashley smiled and turned to Ryan who kept staring at the floor and no one could figure out his facial expression."Do you believe us now?!" Ethan snarled at him."She's been torturing us with threats of hanging herself or running into a moving vehicle if we don't give in to her demands," the eldest of her sisters explained."She's such a blackmailer," another of her sisters said."Course she is," Annabelle agreed."Man, I'm glad you worked to get this evidence. Ryan wasn't going to believe anyone," Justin smiled at Ashley and she sent him a grin in return."I'm still mad that he didn't believe me though," Suzanne huffed as she crossed her hands."Me too!" Ethan sided."Ryan?" Andrew called, staring at Ryan.The only two people that hadn't said a word was Ryan and Marissa.
Suzanne did her brown hair in pigtails and threw on a red hoodie on brown shorts along with a black high-top.After attaching her E-rank crest on her red headband she nodded at herself in her dressing mirror and headed downstairs.She saw Shane laid on the orange rug on a call, he made sure to wear black tank-tops to show off his growing muscles. He wasn't aware of her presence as he chatted happily.She scoffed and walked to the kitchen.Apart from the similar hair color and eyes, she and Shane were two different people and could hardly be motioned as twins. She was also shorter than he."Good morning mum!" Suzanne said as she pushed open the kitchen door.Her dad was also in the kitchen, helping out to dice some carrots."Oh, good morning dad. I didn't think you'll be here," she grinned.He looked back at her and smiled. "I notic
When they had reached a random bench some houses down Andrew's house, Ryan stopped walking."We'll talk here," he told Suzanne.She nodded, glancing at him adoringly."Suzanne."Funny enough when he called her name it didn't sound as cold and cool and as bone-chilling as Andrew's did back when she was caught eavesdropping.Why am I comparing them?! She facepalmed herself inwardly."There are two things I'm going to clarify to you, because you are my teammate and I cannot ignore you like the others. This has gone long enough," Ryan started.Suzanne still looked at him like she was a love struck puppy. It irritated Ryan extremely."I don't like you Suzanne, I never did and I never will. All this nonsense must end today, right here, right now." Ryan told her coolly.Suza
When Andrew returned with Suzanne, Ryan and Ethan were just finishing their punishments of writing 'I would never fight my teammate again' a thousand times."Suzanne!" Ashley rushed to hug her once she entered."Are you alright?" Ashley asked, searching her face worriedly."Hmm," Suzanne smiled and nodded. Her eyes briefly went to where Ryan was seated.Guilt flickered in his eyes before he looked down on what he was writing."Suzanne!" Ethan got up from the chair he was seated on and made a dash towards her."I was so worried about you when that idiot showed up alone! Are you hurt?!" He asked searching her eyes inquiringly.Suzanne noticed a small bruise forming on his forehead."What happened?" She asked instead, lightly touching his forehead."It's nothing," he said dismissively.
"Warm up in ten minutes then gather round for the instructions," Gwen told them.They were all in the training field."Okay Coach!" Suzanne nodded."Sure thing Coach!" Ashley smiled at Gwen."Rightio Coach!" Ethan said enthusiastically."Alright Coach," Ryan said casually while Andrew just nodded.Suzanne glanced at where Aiden was doing push-ups. It wasn't enough he was using just his index finger of his left hand while his right hand was firmly behind his back, he had to stack like ten bricks on himself which he held with his right hand, in so doing he bore the weight of everything as he exercised."Whoa," Suzanne gaped at him."It's best you exercise now." Ryan told Suzanne, slightly irked she wasn't doing anything.Ethan was already doing some jumping jacks with full vigor while Ashley was doi
Ashley came upon Ryan who had collapsed due to the cold.She dragged him out of the shatters of ice walls that surrounded him and dumped him on the grass behind some rocks."Ashley..?" Ryan opened his eyes as the sunlight bathed his face."Are you okay now?" Ashley asked with her brows furrowed in concern.Ryan smiled as he rested his head back on the grass. "Before I got hit I managed to shut off one of CIN's ice gloves. So it's only one that's working, but since I aimed from a far place I'm not sure which hand it was. I think I fainted afterwards," Ryan told Ashley."We still have five minutes left, if we're all okay then we passed. It's not about taking CIN down but protecting each other," Ashley said."You're right." Ryan sat up and rested his back on the rock."I'm going to find the rest," Ashley said as she stood up.
"And then the nurse made sure I got the spicy rice cake every day!" Ethan went on."Was it good?" Suzanne asked curiously and he nodded furiously."I'm going to check out the shop where they sell it after our test!" Ethan said. His arm was already good as new."Take me with you!" Suzanne said eagerly with sparkling eyes."Yes! Yes, I will! It's a crime if you haven't ever tasted it before!" Ethan promised with passion."Urgh, they're so dramatic," Ryan scoffed as he rolled his eyes."Coach didn't even tell us what our next test was," Ashley said. Andrew didn't say anything, he just went on using his laptop that was on the space beside him on the public bench he sat on.They were in a park, Sun-Ville Park.Aiden had sent messages to them to wait for him there, by the bench beside the fountain. It was the closest to the
"CIN really left us here?!" Suzanne shrieked, horrified."No, we thought he left us in our cozy bedrooms and he went back to bring us breakfast in bed," Ryan snorted."You better shut up now!" Suzanne snapped at him."Or what?" He scoffed.Suzanne's nostrils flared.Some minutes later he was yelling that she should let go of his ear that she was twisting around."That's enough," Andrew bored voice made Suzanne let him go.Ethan smiled snidely at Ryan who was rubbing his ear painfully."I suggest we just follow the path!" Ethan said.Andrew who had bent down, stood straight. "No. That's useless. I was awake while CIN was driving. There's too many turns and we can get lost," he told Ethan."What now?" Suzanne moaned.Ashley glanced at her wristwatch.