suite ties || zack martin

In the Line of Duty

INSTEAD of focusing on chemistry class, Zack had the bright idea of creating a chemical reaction that exploded in a stink cloud all around the room just to prove the teacher wrong. Now, he and Freya, who were supposed to be in class, stood in the hallway giggling to themselves. They noticed Mr. Moseby and Ms. Tutweiller walk into the hallway and stifled their laughter.

"It reeks!" Moseby squeaked pulling a handkerchief out of his suit pocket. "This is where it's coming from." He plugged his nose as he walked over to the crew of guys in hazmat suits who were preparing to clean out the classroom. "Who is responsible for this?" He urgently looked around only to find the most obvious suspect. Zack. "Why do I even bother to ask? What were you thinking?"

"Well...Mr. Auckepenny questioned my ability to create a chemical reaction so—" Zack started still giggling.

"To prove you could, you set off a stink cloud in the class?" Ms. Tutweiller finished.

"Exactly. I think it's worthy of an A." Zack grinned from ear to ear. Moseby was about to scold him further but he took notice to the girl standing beside him. Of course Freya was involved.

"And you!" Moseby began. "Why would you let him follow through with this?"

"It's not my fault!" She quickly defended herself. "I was working on my own project on the other side of the room when the stink bomb went off! Mr. Auckepenny seperated us like a week into the semester when he realised we were distracting each other." She got a whiff of the horrible stench wafting from the classroom and plugged her nose. "But you gotta admit, it's a little funny." She laughed, still holding her nose.

Moseby only groaned as he walked back to the hazmat suit men. He would take care of the problem-causing couple later but now it was time to focus on the rancid problem at hand.

"Alright gentlemen, I want you to be careful in there. No human can withstand even a whiff of this toxic air." The door opened from the inside and out came Woody, casually eating a cupcake.

"Hey guys!" He smiled and waved. "What's going on?"

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Mr. Moseby and Ms. Tutweiller's punishment for Zack's bad behavior was giving him a position of authority. Zack was now the hall monitor and he was being trained by Kirby.

Freya and Woody were walking to the food court when they passed Zack and Kirby.

"Hey Zack!" They smiled at him with a wave.

"Babe, Woodster." Zack tipped his hat at them jokingly, letting them pass by.

"Zack, why didn't you stop them to see if they had hall passes?" Kirby scolded as they walked away.

"Well Woody never has a hall pass and sometimes Freya forgets hers." Zack laughed. "Isn't she so cute?" He stared longingly into the distance.

"Then don't let them by! Your job is crucial to the safety of this ship." Kirby put his foot down.

"Dude, I'm a hall monitor." Zack shrugged him off, taking a seat in the chair he was assigned to sit in a students passed.

"Zack, you'd better take this seriously. These student have to be watched." Kirby scolded him. A girl ran by sneakily behind his back as he ranted. "I don't want any horseplay in these halls. You have no idea what kids will sneak past you if you don't stay sharp." A few more people ran after the girl, one holding a huge fishing net and a life preserver.