Twisted, Twisted, Shooting Stars

Honey

"Look. I can tolerate that time we have to bathe a skunk, but this is beyond stupid."

"What do you mean stupid? We're saving the children here!"

"Do you even listen to yourself sometimes?"

"Do I have to?"

Jake wanted to slap himself. But he couldn't really stop Jonah, who was covering himself with a jar of honey to attract the wasps. Behind the bushes, Magda was shaking the can of bug-spray while Bree watched the area (or at least she tried to until Artoo asked for a belly rub).

The boy sighed and looked ahead. Underneath the roof of the school sports equipment shed, there was a wasp hive. A pretty aggressive colony as well that no kids dare to go in without the fear of getting stung. They had tried - or battled as Jonah would say - all day, but they were outnumbered. And that was when Jonah had his usual crazy plan.

"Okay." The redhead patted the last area on his chest still uncovered with honey. He grinned at them. Magda lifted the bug-spray while Bree had turned on her camera. Even Artoo barked even though she had nothing to do with this. Jake sighed again. From his pocket, he took out his lighter.

Jonah nodded in approval. "Alright, Shooting Stars! Operation 'Burn at the Stake' commence!" With a battle cry, Jonah ran out of their hiding place. The wasps were quick to notice the honey-glazed kid. Jake winched as the wasps started to cover their leader, turning his battle cry into a panic.

"That's our cue!" Magda jumped out, aiming her bug-spray toward the swarm, and pushed the trigger. Jake groaned, but eventually jumped out. Quickly he skidded underneath Magda, lighter ready in his hand.

"Jonah! You better not die after this!" Jake shouted. And he lit up his lighter, mixing it with the bug-spray.

They've created their very own flamethrower.

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"Ha ha ha! I say this is another successful mission!"

Jake wanted to slam his head to the wall. Yes. Jonah survived from burning alive, the wasps were all dead, and Jonah didn't regret any of it. Though, they managed to attract the firefighter and people living around the area.

"Well, this is probably the most exciting mission we've done," Magda chuckled. Jake stared at her like she was a sadist.

"That was awesome!" Bree exclaimed. "Everything burns!" She dug through her little bag and took out a piece of paper. "Look! I even took a picture of the fire."

It actually made Jonah to laughed louder. "Good job, Bird! This is a great shot-" Jonah paused for a moment. But then he grinned again. "Hey, Bree! Let's take a picture again!"

Bree blinked confusedly, but then she nodded. "Okay!"

The small gang huddled up together, the girls were at the front while the boys were behind them. "Say 'fire'!"

"Fire!"

*click!*

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There was a picture on Jake's desk in his dorm room in Royal Sword Academy. When anyone tried to ask Jake about it, he never answered. He would just stare at the photo with a nostalgic look.

It was a picture of four kids. The girl with blond hair had one of her hands stretched out, holding the camera, while the other was waving at the lens. The other girl with brown hair was beaming and held out a peace sign, something very out of character of her if you ask her schoolmates who know her as the cold Ice Queen. The two boys at the back looked like they had a brawl; the one with red-hair and looked like he just survived an explosion was trying to keep the other boy with two-colored-hair from escaping.