Black Ice-ADOPTED

chapter 5...

"So, who wants a hit?" Marty asked us.

"Yeah, man." Jax reached for the weed, but Stein got there first.

"I believed you told me you were trying to quit."

"Oh, none for you silver top?" Marty asked his older self.

"I-" He stopped when I reached next to him and grabbed the weed, taking a hit before handing it to Sara.

"So chivalrous." Ice joked with me. If Stein's younger self wasn't here, I'd hit myself in the head..

"I don't partake in cannabis." We all gave Stein looks. "Anymore, that is." He corrected himself. "In fact, perhaps you should take it easy."

"Ah, it helps me think better." Marty explained, not really caring much about Stein's advice.

"Yes, but what about the long term health consequences?" Stein asked his younger self who was eating chips. "Speaking of which, you might want to lay off the saturated fats." It was awkward for a moment before Stein moved on. "So, uh alpha particles. Oof. Exciting stuff. Too bad detection is at least a decade away."

"More like two decades. But I've worked up a little something. Science is all about the future right? I've developed a prototype particle tracker. Cutting edge. Probably going to mint me $1,000,000."

"Wow a whole million!" Sara spoke up, pretending to be amazed.

"Be right back. I think I've got some chocolate chip cookie dough in the fridge." Marty ran off and Stein got up.

"I cannot believe that is you." Sara told him as me, her, and Jax followed the professor.

"Seriously, I had no idea that you were ever cool." I added.

"I wasn't cool. I was an arrogant little snot." He said in disgust.

"Was?" Jax rolled his eyes.

"What are you doing?" Sara asked him. At this point, Stein was frantically searching through the cabinets of the younger Stein's lab.

"Looking for my younger self's particle tracker. Keep an eye on the door and when I get back, both of you stop flirting with me."

"You were the one flirting with us." I pointed out.

"Look, what's the big deal? I mean, younger you isn't married yet, so technically it's not cheating." Jax reminded him.

"October 1975. This is right when I meet Clarissa. So obviously, I wouldn't want my former self tempted by two sexy assassins from the future."

"Awww you think we're se-" Sara started, but was cut off by Stein.

"Do not finish that sentence."

"Aw, Stein thinks you're sexy." This time I did hit myself in the head, earning concerned looks from Jax, Stein, and Sara.

"It's just Ice." I assured them, putting my hands up in surrender.

XXX

After about 10 minutes, Stein had finally found the tracker, but Marty had come back to find us.

"Excellent job watching the door." Stein murmured to us sarcastically.

"What are you doing?" Marty practically screamed at Stein, setting down the ice cream he had brought us.

"Oh, just, uh...what is this?" Stein improvised, looking down at the particle tracker in his hands as if it was a forgein object.

"Something you shouldn't be playing around with." Marty took the tracker right out of Stein's hands.