SEASON 1 EPISODE 20 -
THE GHOST OF ANDREA TUCKER
"That trip sucked. It didn't relax me. At all." Abbie said with a yawn, as she was sitting on the stairs eating snacks with me after last period. That we both skipped.
"I'm just wondering who the hell plugged the Arcade Guy back in for him to give another warning! Even my dad says it's dangerous even though he hasn't even seen the machine for himself." I shrugged, looking at the book of my pokemon card collection.
"How's he such an expert?"
"Me?" I looked up at her with a smile, thinking she referred me and my cards.
"No." Ouch. "Your dad."
"In what?"
"Machines. And not just any machines."
"Well, he is an inventor."
"Yeah, but..." she stopped playing with her food, looking at it, thinking for a moment.
"But?"
"I don't know. I've never seen anything, like.. quote on quote 'magic' like the Arcade Guy. And I'm literally a witch."
"Well I wouldn't say he's an expert on that, I think it's obvious he's dangerous. I told him about it. Fairly enough he looked nervous and got worried about me."
"...Yes, I guess." she nodded slowly. "But like... I meant that as an example. You said he's trying to work on some machine to 'kill' MTs more easily, right?"
"Well more like capture. Which I assume he then kills with other machines."
"...Okay, that makes sense. I guess. Have you and Mason ever tried those out?"
"No, my dad says it's for experts only. Also, Mason doesn't even know about their existence."
"For experts only, yeah." she nods awkwardly. Then her eyebrows raise. "Wait, what do you mean Mason doesn't know?"
"I don't think he knows about most of my dad's crazy inventions. I've only shown Mason one or two of 'em, the rest are kept in the basement or his study."
"Wh-" she stutters, looking a bit surprised for some reason. "So you're casually announcing this to me instead of your best friend??"
"I mean if you were a genius inventor with creations that would change the world you'd become really famous! Honestly not even Lindsay Lohan can handle fame these days."
"Why are you bringing Lindsay Lohan into this, Duke??"
"I'm saying that they have to be kept as a secret!" I claim, giving out hand gestures. "Because, like- what if the government catches him or- something." then my expression changes to a smile as I announce; "Oh and he built himself a suit to make him irrecognizable from the gov so he could steal radioactive waste from them to work on his lazer guns whenever! Isn't that cool?"
"NO IT'S NOT COOL!" her voice raises a little, making me frown a little. She clears her throat, speaking normally. "Sorry. Just- why are you telling me this stuff?? Why tell anybody?"
"I'm sorry, I got carried away! I never get to talk about this stuff," I put up my hands in defense. "But you casually revealed you were a witch to us when we first met. And you told us other secrets."
"It was for those MTs!"
"And I have the same reasoning! I want to help you and your mom out to figure them out by telling you my dad's methods. I mean just ignore that last suit part I said earlier."
She sighs, putting a hand over her forehead. "God, Duke, I don't know about this."
Then I feel a lightbulb turning on top of my head like I'm in a cartoon. "Wait, I have an idea."
