The Strange Ride : The Beginning

IV

As the next week passes, we find out which of the students were the easiest to get to. We found ten in total. The first was Mark; who would only talk to Mackenzie.  Including Lucy and Alexis, we found 6 girls who would answer anything if Andrew, Anthony or Shadow were the ones to ask them. They're very fond of the boys. We also found out three boys who would answer anything I asked them. One of those boys also answered to Andrew. Mainly because it seems as if Andrew scared him. With the gathered information, we meet at our base after a few weeks go by.

"Okay. So what do we know about these things?" I ask.

"Well, they're from Mars." Shadow says proudly.

"Which one of them told you that?" I question.

"I think her name was Stacy or something." He ponders

"I don't even want to know how you managed to get that kind of information out of her. Well, what about you twins?" I ask.

"Well, it turns out the weapons that we saw are, like, ridiculously advanced. Better than any 21st century bullshit we've got here on earth." Andrew answers.

"Yeah. I believe that Mason kid mentioned something about their superior technology. Well, only after he complained on how the new computers were really slow and basic." I respond.

"Let's see. They don't actually have any parents or guardians with them." Anthony says.

"Kind of figured." Shadow jokes.

"Mackenzie? What've you discovered?" I ask.

"Well, Mark can move really fast. And he's incredibly strong." She says with a cheesy smile.

"You make it seem like he's a fucking vampire. We aren't in Twilight, DQ." Shadow grumbles.

"Says the one with super speed, abnormal strength, and the ability to change into a wolf. By your logic, you're a vampire." I joke.

"Maybe this is Twilight." Andrew mumbles.

"No. This isn't Twilight and I'm not a vampire. By that definition, I'm a werewolf." Shadow says angrily.

"Aren't werewolves in Twilight too?" Andrew questions.

"SHUT UP!" Shadow yells in frustration.

"Take a chill pill man. Not that serious." Anthony says. Shadow responds with a growl then goes quiet.

"Anyway, I found out that the UFO Andrew and I saw isn't the only one they have. The rest are parked somewhere else. Mason told me how to get to some of them from their house. We need to get our hands on some of their weapons to discover weaknesses we can utilize." I say.

"How? Won't they notice some shit like that going missing?" Anthony asks.

"Not if they just give them to us." MacKenzie says.

"Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of fakes." I say.

"What do you mean?" Mackenzie asks.

"Well, I managed to get pictures of everything in that room. We just need to make fake versions of them and put them in place of the real ones. Take one of each and analyze them. We'll only have a couple of days since we'll need to get them back before Monday." I explain.

"Well, how do you suppose we just obtain them with no commotion or attention?" Shadow asks.

"Someone's going to have to go during school. It's the only time we'll be able to get them and replace them with little risk." I answer.

"During school?" Anthony asks.

"Well, yeah. We don't have much of a choice. They'll be at the house any other time." I say.