"Relax," Adam said in his carefree and ignorant tone, "everyone thinks it was just an earthquake."
"An earthquake that just happened to fry every electrical circuit in the room?!" Chase gritted his teeth.
"Okay. That makes sense." Adam replied casually. Chase rolled his eyes sarcastically.
"Why were you using your blast wave ability anyway?" Bree asked.
"I was bowling." They weren't surprised. This was typicall, crazy, not-smart-at-all Adam.
"What were you bowling?!" Leo cut in. Whatever he was bowling had it have been huge and heavy.
"I was bowling concrete statues." He answered.
"You make concrete statues?" Leo asked.
"Yeah. Don't you guys?" Everyone looked at him and rolled their eyes. They went off to their separate classes.
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At the airport they had arrived two hours before the flight. Percy savored every moment he had on land. When it was time to board the flight he wouldn't let go of Annabeth's hand. Annabeth giggled at seeing Pery so afraid.
"Well, I'm glad my fear amuses you." He said and a faint smile played across his lips.
"Sorry." Annabeth apparently couldn't tell he was smiling.
"Come on." Grover said "We don't wanna miss the flight." Percy gulped at the sound of the word flight.
On the plane the seats were lined four on one side of the plane and four on the other side and it kept this pattern. Grover sat by the window (because Percy refused to be able to see outside) then Annabeth then Percy and a girl who was about the same age as them sat on the end. She had whitish-blond hair and icy blue eyes. When Percy was near her he felt the temperature drop and suddenly it was cold. She seemed vaguely familiar and Grover agreed too. Annabeth said there was no way they knew her (mostly because she was jealous of the girl and how Percy stared at her).
"Hi." The girl said after everyone was asleep but Percy couldn't sleep. He'd wake up instantly at the lightest bit of turbulence. The girl's voice was familiar too.
"Oh, uh, hi." Percy was surprised that she had talked.
She smiled and looked down at Percy's hands that were clenching the seat. "Oh scared of flying huh."
"Yeah, you have no idea."
"Actually I do. It's typical for you Perseus." Hold on a second. Percy thought, because only two things knew his full name- friends and monsters. Instinctively he uncapped his trusty sword Riptide. Percy nudged his friends. Grover and Annabeth fluttered their sleepy eyes open.
"Whoa there Mr. Monster Slayer." The girl flicked her wrist and a blast of icy cool snow blew the sword out of its unaware holder and it clashed on the window, then fell to the floor. Grover picked it up then instantly dropped it.
"Cold!" He looked closer at the sword. "Ice…" Then Grover looked back at the girl. "Charmaine!"
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After school Adam, Bree, and Chase hurried home. Leo was stuck in detention. Mr. Davenport had sent them an urgent mission alert to their phones, and soon the bionic trio rushed into the secret lab.
Chase rushed in, leading the group. "Mr. Davenport! What's going on?" They heard an annoying voice laugh from all around them. "Eddy! Did you send us another fake mission alert?" Chase said looking at the smart home system icon that made himself appear on every screen in he room.
"Nope. Not me this time!" Eddy was always laughing (but it wasn't like an evil laugh, it was like someone had told a hilarious joke) and smiling when people were tricked, mad, or hurt. He was always making mean jokes and teasing everybody. But he wasn't like a bully, just the annoying guy (although Adam and Bree thought Chase was pretty annoying).
"It was me." Mr. Davenport came out from behind a corner. "It was urgent but not a mission. YOU DESTROYED THE SCHOOL GYM WITH YOUR BIONICS!!! Do you know how much money in damages I'll have to pay if they think you had anything to do with it! First paying for the gym and then keeping your bionic secret and we'll-"
"You won't have to pay a cent, Mr. Davenport. We made it all look like an earthquake." Chase gave Mr. Davenport a mischievous smile. Adam and Bree nodded.
"Up top!" The wealthy man said, immediately throwing away what he was talking about. They all high-fived at the same time and smiled.
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