It was a cold and dark night.  The wind howled outside as a car pulled into the driveway of a rather large home.  The door swung open and a man stepped out.  The yelling of a woman.  The man pulled the side door open and pulled the woman out.  She was holding a small boy no older than three.

"If you value your life, you'll come with me."  the man hissed.  The woman shut her mouth and followed him inside.  He lead her through the hallways and down the stairs to a basement.

"Where are you taking me?"  she asked.  The man didn't answer.  The woman's son began to make a little bit of noise.  The man then turned around.

"Keep that thing quiet!"  he screamed.  The boy shut his mouth.  Then they started off again.  The man lead her to what look like a cage and opened it.  The woman went in right away.  The man locked the door behind her and then left.  She began to tend to her son.

"It's alright.  We'll make it out of here.  You'll see."  she said to him.  You see, they both had been kidnapped.  For what purpose, I don't know.  Suddenly, he was back again.  This time he held a clipboard and some paper.  He licked the tip of his pen and began to write.

"Woman, I want you to give me your name."  he said.  The woman kept quiet.  "If you want to get out of here alive, you will answer me."  he said again.

"Diane."  she said softly.  The man began to write something down.

"And the name of your son."  he asked.

"Alexander."  she answered.  he wrote that down too.

"Good, very good.  Perfect specimens for my experiment."  he said.  Then he looked straight into Diane's eyes.  "You are perfect for my first creation my dear."  he said.  He left once more.  He walked into a large room with a bunch of things for chemistry.  He sat down on one of the stools and began to work.

"Yes indeed.  Perfect.  And after I administer the genetic code, I shall give her the mind wipe drink."  he laughed to himself.  He was mixing and pouring different ingredients together.

"Her son, that's a different story.  Maybe i'll leave him there until he is grown enough to have this procedure."  he said.  He thought he was a true genius.  He poured the liquid down a tube.  It swirled and flowed through the series of tubes ending up at the end where it dropped into a small beaker.

"Wonderful.  This should do nicely."  he said.  He grabbed the beaker and brought it over to a separate table.  Upon it, various needles and darts.  He picked one up and popped open the bottom.

"I'll show those jerks at Harvard science and technology labs a thing or two.  Calling me crazy.  Saying it can't and shouldn't be done.  Well, now I have one of their finest and nothing could stop me now.  They'll call her a freak forever."  he said as he gently poured the gross looking stuff into the dart.  He set the beaker down and replaced the bottom to the dart.  He then picked up what looked like a hand gun.  He opened the chamber and placed the dart inside.  He then closed it a set it.

"It's go time."  he snickered.  He walked back into that small room where Diane and Alexander were kept.  The gun hidden under his clothes.  He pulled out a key and unlocked the door.  Diane looked up.

"Please, let us go.  We have done nothing."  she begged.  He got an angry look on his face.

"Nothing you say?"  he said as he opened the door and walked in.  "You went to the school that I was betrayed at.  Everyone at Harvard is the enemy."  he said.

"But I never went to Harvard."  Diane answered.  He didn't seem to listen.  He began to back her into a corner.  Alexander watching the whole time.

"I'm going to make you my prize winning experiment.  Say good-bye to your humanity."  he said.  He pulled the gun out and aimed.

"Mommy!"  Alexander yelled.  He ran into his mothers arms.  Just then, the gun went off.  The dart pierced little Alexander's left arm.  He screamed in pain and began to cry.

"NO!  You horrible child, your ruined everything!"  the doctor yelled.  Without knowing it, he dropped the gun.  Diane then quickly grabbed it and hit the doctor upside the head really hard.  The doctor fell to the ground.  He was out cold.  Alexander was still crying, the needle sticking out of his arm.  Diane pulled it out and threw it to the floor.

"We have to get out of here now."  she said to her son.  She picked him up and ran.  She didn't stop running until she was outside again.  The wind was howling.  She didn't know where to go.  She then looked inside the car.  For a genius, it was a pretty dumb thing for him to leave the car unlocked with the keys still it it.  Diane opened the door and climbed it.  She set Alexander into the backseat and buckled him it.  She then proceeded to start the car and get the heck out of there.

"Mommy."  Alexander sniffed.  "Am I going to be o.k.?"  he asked.  Diane felt like crying.

"I don't know honey.  I really don't know."  she said, remembering what the doctor had said about losing humanity.

"He made my son into a creature.  Nothing human about it."  she whispered.  They kept on driving into the night.

Years will pass and Alexander will be able to keep as much of his humanity as he can.  They did find someone who could help.  Although it wasn't an antidote, it was something so he could live a half normal life.  Well, normal until 1994, when he met his friends.  They were going to be friends for the next eight years.  And in those years, he would grow into a very good looking man.  A man they now call A.j..
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20 years later....

"A.j., will you knock that off!  It's getting really annoying."  said Kevin.  A.j. had been pacing around the back of the bus for about ten minutes.

"What's wrong?"  asked Kari.  A.j. shook his head.

"Nothing, nothing.  It's just that, I haven't been in this town for so long.  It all seems so different."  he answered.  Kevin gave him a weird look.

"A.j., just because a town changed doesn't mean you have to get so nervous about it.  Now sit down."  he said.  A.j. sighed.

"Yeah, I guess your right."  he said, taking a seat next to Kari.  She took his hand to try and settle him down.

"What city are you guys doing tomorrow?"  she asked.

"Orlando.  Home sweet home."  answered Kevin.  Just then, Howie came to the back.

"Charlie said to pack up.  We're almost to the hotel."  he said.  The other three nodded.  A.j. still looked nervous.  "What's up with him?  he asked.

"Not really sure.  Must be having one of those moments."  said Kevin.  A.j. shot him a dirty look.  Suddenly, the bus lurched forward and come to a complete stop.  Howie returned to the front and the others followed.

"Nick, have you seen my discman?"  Brian asked.  Nick pointed to one of the bunks and continued on with whatever he was doing.  All of them grabbed what they could and stepped off of the bus.

"Man, who's idea was it to come here on our day off?"  asked Nick.  All of the pointed to A.j..  "Why the heck did you want to come here?"

"Well, um... well, lets get inside and check in alright?"  he said quickly.  He started for the front doors, leaving the rest of them dumbstruck.

"Men.  You can never understand them."  said Kari.  No one listened.  They just followed A.j. inside.  He had already checked them in.  Since the rooms were right there, they wouldn't need to use an elevator.  A.j. automatically walked to his room, unlocked it, and dodged inside before any other questions were asked.  The others just shrugged it off.  Brian and Nick walked into their room.

"At least the place is nice."  said Nick, throwing his stuff on one of the chairs.  Brian sat down on the bed.

"I'll say."  he agreed.  "Why do you think Bone is acting so strange?  I don't think i've ever seen him this uptight."  he asked.

"I know.  And he keeps pacing around like a trapped tiger in a cage.  He started doing that about an hour back."  he said.  There was a moments silence.

"Do you think he's having problems with the ladies?"  Nick said.  Brian laughed a bit.

"I don't know.  All I know is that he hasn't had a girlfriend for weeks.  Ever since him and Maria broke up."  he answered.

"Maybe he needs a few pointers from the ladies man here."  Nick smiled.

"Yeah right!"  Brian shot back.  Before Nick could answer, he got whopped with a pillow.  This started an all out wrestling match.  Soon, they forgot all about how A.j. was acting.  But there were things that they didn't know about this place.  It's very hidden and deep dark secret.
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A.j. could hear Nick and Brian goofing off in the next room but he ignored it.  He was pacing around the room again.  He didn't know why he did it, just that he did.  The memories of the town flooding back.

"Why did I come here?  If I keep doing this, they'll figure me out."  he said to himself.  He then stopped and flopped down on the bed.  He began to look around the room.

"Stupid color blindness."  he said in frustration.  Ever since the injection, he hadn't been able to see anything in color.  All he could see was black, white and gray.  That's one of the reasons the relationship with Maria didn't work.  She asked him if he could name the color of her eyes and he couldn't.  Even when he sees his buddies, he wishes he could really see what they look like.  He cursed this problem everyday.

"Why me?  Why did it have to be me?"  he asked himself, half expecting an answer.  Of course, he didn't get one.  No one could give him answers.  Like, what would happen if he didn't take the medication his doctor gave him?  What animal genes had been put into him?  And if it was what he thinks it is, why?

"Calm down A.j.."  he told himself.  The only thing he really knew about what was put into him, was that is was definitely feline.  But which one, he might never know

"O.k., if i'm not nuts, why am I talking to myself?"   he chuckled.  Suddenly, his watch alarm went off.  Time to take his medication.  He grabbed his bathroom bag and opened it up.  Inside, he opened a secret velcro compartment.  Inside that was a small bottle of pills.  A.j. opened the bottle and dumped two pills into his hand.  He then replaced the bottle.  Then, he went into the bathroom, got a cup of water and swallowed them down.

"No problems now."  he said after he drank the last drop of water.  He had been taking the medicine since he was little.  His doctor, Dr. Payne, always told him never to skip any doses.  He never explained why, just that something bad would happen.  He did know that they made him sleepy sometimes.  And this time was one of them.  A.j.'s eyes felt heavy and he walked back to his bed.  He flopped down onto it and was out like a light.
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A.j. awoke to the shrill of the telephone ringing.  No matter what he did, he could never get use to the acute hearing.  He grabbed the phone and pulled it off of the receiver.

"Hello?"  he said into it.

"Hello Alex.  How's everything?"  the voice on the other line asked.  A.j. knew exactly who it was.

"Oh, hey doc.  Everything's going well.  Just a little on the nervous side."  he answered.

"I knew you would be.  Being back in Servarius's town again.  Just make sure you are taking your medication." he said.  A.j. sighed.

"I know, I know.  You say that everytime you call me.  Take that back, since I was three you've been saying that."  he laughed.

"Just a healthy reminder.  And Alex, I have an idea for you."  he said.  This caught A.j.'s attention.

"Yeah, I'm listening."  he said.  He heard the doctor clear his throat.

"I think its about time you tell your friends about you."  he said.

"Are you nuts!?  I'm a freak, nothing is going to change that until I find that antidote!"  A.j. yelled.

"Alex, don't you feel alone?"  the doctor asked.  A.j. stopped.  The doctor was right.

"Well, yeah.  Wouldn't you if you were an 'it' rather than a person?"  he answered.

"Alex, you are not an 'it'.  I just thought you would have a little bit more comfortable time if you could talk to someone."  he explained.  A.j. once again knew the doctor was right.  He always wished he could talk to someone.  Anyone.

"Fine.  I will, but not yet.  I don't think the guys are ready to know this about me.  I mean, they thought they really knew me."  he said.

"Is it that they're not ready to know, or your just not ready to tell them?"  he asked.

"You got me again doc.  I'll tell them.  Trust me."  he answered.

"Alright Alex, I trust you.  I have to go now.  Don't forget what I said."  Dr. Payne said.  A.j. chuckled.

"I won't.  Bye doc."  he said.

"Good-bye Alex."   the doctor.  A.j. hung the phone up and begin to think.  How could he tell the others?  I mean, this is huge.  How would they react?  Would they understand or treat him like a circus sideshow.  Suddenly, he heard someone clear their throat.  A.j. turned sharply to see Howie standing there.  A.j. gasped.

"How long have you been there?"  he asked.  Howie crossed his arms.

"Long enough.  A.j., what aren't you going to tell us?"  Howie said sternly.  A.j. was in trouble now.

"D, I, I don't know what to say."  he stuttered.

"A.j., I think i'm ready enough to hear what you have to say."  Howie said, sounding a little angry.

"Howie, you don't understand."  A.j. said.  Howie gave him the evil eye.

"If you think its going to put the group in danger, you better tell me."  he ordered.  A.j. felt a little trapped.  He didn't speak.  Howie grabbed on of the chairs and sat down in it.  "Come on.  I heard what you said and would like to know what you are hiding."  he said.  A.j. lowered his head.

"Like I said.  None of you will understand.  You're just aren't ready to know."  he said.

"A.j., I think any secret wouldn't come to me as a surprise anymore.  Remember when Nick finally told us why we were going off track when we were on tour?"  Howie exclaimed.

"Yeah.  None of us knew how we would react to having a kid along with us."  A.j. laughed.

"Now look at us, we can't go a day without her.  She is one of us.  Well, sort of.  You see where i'm trying to get with this?"  he asked.

"No, I really don't"  A.j. answered.

"Even if it was a huge secret that would effect us, we found a way to make it better."  he explained.  A.j. shook his head again.

"This is different D.  This is nothing like anything.  No one gets it."  he said.  Howie then stood up.

"Fine then.  I'll just go get the others.  Maybe they can talk some sense into you." he said.  He began to walk to the door when he felt A.j. grabbed his shoulder.  Howie turned back around and saw the concerned look in A.j.'s eyes.

"Please, don't.  I'll tell you.  Just don't get freaked out o.k.?"  he said. Howie nodded.  A.j. walked back by the bed again.

"Just say it."  said Howie.  A.j. shook his head.

"Close your eyes."  he said.  Howie really wanted to know say he followed the order.  He could hear A.j. doing something and saying ow a couple times.  "Alright, open them."  he said.  Howie opened his eyes and gasped at what he saw.  Then he laughed.

"That's it?  You got those wild eyes contacts and you were afraid to tell us?"  he snickered.  A.j.'s eyes now looked like cats eyes.

"Howie....."  A.j. started.

"Dude, you get worked up about everything you know?"  Howie interrupted.

"Howie....."  he tried again.

"Wait until the others hear about this!  You do know Kari is going to want a pair of those."  he interrupted again.

"HOWIE!"  A.j. yelled.

"What?"  Howie answered.  A.j. then held out his hand and Howie stopped.  In it was two brown colored contacts.  The same color as the eyes everyone knew.  Howie looked back up at A.j..  A.j. nodded.

"If you are thinking, what I know you're thinking, yes.  These are really my eyes."  he said slowly.  Howie's own eyes got really big.

"I...um...I"  he stuttered.  He then flopped down into a chair, still looking at A.j..

"Wait, there's more."  he said.  Before Howie could talk again, A.j. spit four teeth caps into his hand.  Howie gripped in chairs armrest.  A.j. had two sets of fangs.  One on top and one on the bottom.

"What are you?"  Howie finally got out.  A.j. let out a sigh.

"I knew you wouldn't take this well.  If you think i'm some kind of demon or something, get that out of your head right now cause i'm not."  he said.

"O.k., one question answered.  Keep going."  said Howie, still looking a little scared.  A.j. sat down across from him.

"I'm what you call a cross-breed, but it's not what you think.  You see, when I was three, I was injected with the genes of an animal.  I've been stuck like this ever since."  he explained.

"Dear lord.  How did this happen?"  Howie asked.

"I'm not really sure.  My mom knows more than I do.  What I do know is that there is a cure, I just haven't found it."  he answered.  Howie nodded, beginning to loosen up.

"So, what were all those times you locked yourself in the bathroom for fifteen minutes?"  he asked.

"I have to take this medication.  I'm not really to sure what it does, just that if I were to stop taking it something bad would happen."  A.j. said.  He blinked twice.  "Man it feels great to get those things out of my eyes.  Those contacts are a pain in the butt."  he laughed.

"A.j., are there any advantages to this?  I mean, if you're stuck like this, you should have something cool."  Howie said.

"Oh yeah.  I'm a lot stronger than any person.  Plus, I can hear things way before anyone else can."  he answered.

"Any downsides though?"  he asked again.

"Yep.  Sometimes the hearing thing gets in the way, like when the phone rings.  Now that really hurts.  Also, I can't see anything in color."  he said.  It felt so good to be getting all of the this out.

"No color?  Then how do you chose the color that you dye your hair with?"  he said.  A.j. gave him a weird look.

"Dye my hair?  I've never...oh no.  Nick and Brian are so dead."  he said.  Both of them laughed

"So is this why you were so nervous today?  Because you were going to tell one of all of this?"  said Howie.

"Actually no.  You see, this is the place where it all began.  Where that Servarius character lives.  He's the one that did this to me."  he said.

"Whoa."  Howie whispered.  A.j. looked up again.

"I'm going back there tonight.  He has the antidote and i'm going to get it.  I'm sick and tired of living like this."  he said, angry rising in his voice.

"Well, now you have a friend to help you."  said Howie.

"Really?  You are going to help me?"  he asked.  Howie nodded.

"But you have to tell the others.  Right now."  he ordered.

"Anything.  I need all the help I can get.  But I don't think Kari should know quite yet.  She shocks easily."  A.j. answered.

"Deal.  Now come on, they're in the next room.  Just, go a little easy on it.  And wear your sunglasses if you're not going to put those contacts back in."  Howie laughed.

"I'll go with the glasses.  You have no idea how much those things hurt to get in."  A.j. said.  This was it.  The whole thing was about to get out.  They all would soon know what was going on, and maybe they could stop it.  A.j. left the small room that him and Howie were in and stepped in front of the doorway where the others were.  He was about to knock on the door when he pulled back.  This whole thing was kind of freaky with him.  He looked over at Howie.  Howie just motioned for him to do it.

"Well, here goes everything."  A.j. said.  He knocked on the door.  There was a moments pause before Kevin answered it.

"Oh, hey A.j..  What's up?"  he asked.  A.j. let out a sigh.

"Kev, there's something I have to tell you.  Can I come in?"  he asked.

"Sure, come on."  he answered.  A.j. went inside the room with Kevin.  Not knowing if he would come out with three people that would help him, or three new enemies.
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Howie waited quietly outside of the room.  He could hear a few noises inside but didn't really get any details.  He also could hear Nick freaking out a little bit.  Howie just laughed at it, but then remembered what he was like when he was told.  Suddenly the door opened again.

"I did it."  said A.j. as he came out.  Brian and Kevin followed.  Both of them had a funny look on their faces.

"This is unreal.  I can't believe it."  said Brian.  He kept trying to see if this was some kind of strange dream.

"Either way, we're in.  If we head out now, we can be back before dusk."  said Kevin.  A.j. smiled.  Then turned around and went back into the room.  A few seconds later, he came out with Nick.  He looked a little scared.

"Don't let him kill me."  he said.  The others kind of laughed.

"Don't worry.  We'll keep you two apart like we always do.  Now come on, Charlie got us one of those rental cars."  said Brian.  They began to walk down the hall when Nick stopped again.

"What about Kari?"  he asked.

"We've left her alone before.  Come on now, she's almost sixteen.  I think she can take care of herself."  said A.j.  Nick just shrugged.  They walked out into the lobby, where there were two people at the front desk.  They smiled at them.

"Are you enjoying your stay?"  asked one of them.

"Yes, thank you."  said Brian.  Then, the other one looked at A.j.

"Wow, wild eyes!  I've always wanted those."  he said.  A.j. then pulled on his sunglasses but didn't answer.  They walked out the door and to the rental car.  It was an SUV.

"Next time, remind me that my eyes are visible."  A.j. snapped.

"Sorry, we've never had a guy that had to do that before."  said Howie.  Kevin opened the door to the drivers seat and unlocked the rest of the doors.  Once all of them were in, Kevin started it up.

"Seatbelts."  he said.  He then began to drive the car out of the parking lot.

"Now A.j., you do know where we are going, right?"  asked Nick.  A.j. nodded.

"I can sense it.  Kind of like, when you are sleeping while your on the road.  You always seem to know when you are in a city."  he answered.

"Well, what do you know?"  asked Brian.

"The place is about an hour and a half north of here.  It's kind of in the country, but not really."  he answered.

"Well, just point me into the right direction and we can go from here."  said Kevin.  A.j. pointed and Kevin pulled out into traffic.

"This is going to get interesting."  said Howie.  About an hour later, they were still on the road and getting a little bored.

"I hope we get there soon."  said Nick.

"My bet is that even when we get there, we are going to have to be very careful.  This guy sounds pretty dangerous."  said Brian.

"And he is.  He could have killed my mom and me easily if we didn't get out of there."  A.j. said sadly.  Suddenly, the alarm on his watch started beeping.

"What the heck is that?"  asked Kevin, who couldn't see what it was.

"It's just my watch.  I have to take that medication that Dr. Payne gave me."  A.j. explained.  He began to fumble around in his pockets.  Then he started to look a little panicky.  "Uh oh."  he said.

"What's uh oh?"  asked Nick.

"My pills.  I don't have my pills!"  A.j. said.

"It's alright. I've been in the same situation.  I figured out that even if you don't have them, the effects of not having them usually start two hours after.  By then, you will probably have them again."  said Brian.  Of course, he would know about this the best.

"Oh god, I hope you're right.  I've never gone without them so I have no clue what could happen if I don't.  Just do me a favor, if it looks like i'm getting dangerous, get me out of the car."  said A.j..  He sat back into the car when he caught a whiff of something.  He began to sniff a little bit.

"What now?"  asked Howie.

"Don't you guys smell that?"  he asked.  Everyone looked a Nick.

"Why are you looking at me?  I didn't so anything, I swear."  he said.  A.j. shook his head.

"No, it's not that kind of smell.  Kinda smells like hazelnuts and raspberries."  he said.  He began to sniff around.  It definitely wasn't coming from the front.  That's when A.j. turned around and looked into the trunk area.  There was a small blanket covering something.

"Oh crap.  You don't mean to tell me...."  said Nick.  A.j. pulled on the blanket to reveal Kari underneath.  She just kind of smiled at them.

"Hello, everyone."  she said.

"What are you doing here?"  Kevin demanded.

"Chill out Kev.  I heard you guys in the room earlier.  I know everything.  I also heard that you weren't going to tell me about it and was going to leave me behind in the hotel.  So, I snuck out the backway and got into the car."  she said.  Howie began to pull her towards the front to get her into a seat.

"I knew she was to smart for that."  said Brian.

"Oh, you are in so much trouble when we get back."  said Nick.  Kari buckled herself in.  She then turned to A.j.

"I'm not a little kid A.j..  You don't need to keep things like this from me."  she said in a disappointed voice.

"I know, i'm sorry.  But I guess you have to come with us anyways.  No use in turning back now."  he said.  Brian then turned to face them.

"You know, aren't we acting a little to casual about this?"  he asked.

"Well, how are we suppose to act?  Be all freaked out and stuff.  Sit around and yell about how we can't get anything done right?  Come on, that is so cliché."  said Howie.  He was right.  Brian turned back around.  About a half an hour later, they spotted a large house on top of the hill.

"That's it!"  A.j. yelled.  This made Kevin jump.

"Alright, just don't yell at the driver."  he snapped.  They pulled up the large driveway up past the gate.  This place was really creepy.  Not to mention huge.  Kevin stopped the car.

"He's in there.  I can smell it."  A.j. whispered.  Suddenly, he began to shake his hands like something was on them.

"What's wrong this time?"  asked Brian.

"Nothing.  My hands just tingle a bit and it's kind of uncomfortable."  he answered.  Kari walked up to him.

"Here, let me see."  She said as she grabbed one of his hands.  She gasped.  "A.j., you do know that your fingertips are completely black."  she said.  A.j. pulled his hand away and took a look himself.  Sure enough, they were as black as night.  Same with the other hand.

"Oh boy, this can't be good."  he said slowly.  He looked at the others.

"It's o.k., probably nothing.  Come on."  said Howie.  They all got out of the car.  Nick then turned back to Kari.

"You stay here."  he said.

"Why?"  she asked.

"This could be dangerous and I don't want you getting hurt."  he said quickly.

"But I..." she started.

"Just stay here.  You're in enough trouble already."  he snapped.  Kari sat back into her seat.

"Fine Dad."  she said sarcastically.  Nick shut the door and returned with the others.

"Any chance that she'll actually stay there?"  Brian asked.  Nick shook his head.

"Probably not.  I just like to act like i'm the authority figure here so keep telling me that's going to work."  he answered.  The carefully made their way to the front door.  A.j. kept looking around.

"It feels safe.  Remember, I can sense fear."  he said.  He then looked at Nick.  "And a bunch of it is coming from your direction."  he snickered.  Nick ignored him.  Soon they were there.  Brian knocked three times.  The others gave him a funny look.

"What?  What else am I suppose to do?"  he said.  Suddenly, the door creaked open.  Yet there was no one at the door.

"Shall we go in?"  A.j. said.  With him in front, they entered the mansion.  As soon as the last one was in, the door slammed.  Leaving them in the dim of a candle light.  A.j. pulled off his sunglasses and put them into his pocket.

"Whoa.  Nice place."  said Kevin.

"Yeah, just as I remembered it."  A.j. said.  He turned back to the others.  His eyes glowing in the candle light.  "We have to split up.  We can find him faster.  Brian and Nick, Kevin and Howie."  he said.

"What about you?"  asked Howie.  A.j. smiled, his fangs showing.

"I think I can take care of myself."  he said.  And with that, they all went off into separate ways.  Not knowing that there was someone also watching them.
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About fifteen minutes later, A.j. was no closer to find Dr. Sevarius then when he started.  This mansion was nothing but a huge maze.  He also was feeling very awful.  The tingling in his hands had moved throughout his entire body.

"I hate this"  he said out loud to himself.  At that moment, the tingling turned into a burn.  A.j. fell to the ground in pain.

"What's happening to me?"  he asked himself.  He looked down at his hands.  The black had spread from his fingertips, to his hands and was racing up his arms.  The burning was intense.

"So this is what happens if I don't take those pills.  Two hours my behind."  he thought to himself.  The pain kept him on the floor.  His face felt really funny but he was afraid to touch it.

"I should have gone with one of them."  he thought.  That's when he felt something tighten in his throat.  He knew it wasn't his wind pipe because he could still breathe.

"So this is it.  This is how i'm going to die." He thought.  He pulled himself against the wall and sat there.  Waiting for his time to be up.
   ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"Hello?  Does anyone live here?"  Brian yelled down the long hallway.  He got no answer.  He began to drag Nick down the hall.  "You know, this would be a lot easier if you just grew a backbone and stopped being so scared."  he said.

"I'm not scared.  I just don't trust this place."  Nick said.  He made Brian let go of his shirt.

"Well, we're here to help a friend.  This will all be over as soon as you know it."  Brian said.  They kept on walking until they saw something move from up ahead.  Something big.

"Whoa, did you see that?"  Nick asked.  Brian nodded.

"Sure did.  What do you think it was?" Brian asked.  Before he could get an answer, something moved again.  This time it was much faster.

"Alright, time to get the heck out of here."  Nick said.  But neither of them moved.  Though what was up ahead surely did.  This time, it was much closer.  Plus, they could tell there were two thing.

"Run!"  Brian yelled.  They both turned and began to run in the opposite direction.  They could hear quick and heavy footsteps behind them but that just made them run faster.  Nick pulled out ahead of Brian.

"Don't look back!"  he yelled.  They tried there best to speed up but the things were catching up.  All of the sudden, they could hear something behind them start to move really fast.  It's footsteps were just a hum.

"Somebody help!"  Brian screamed.  With that, something nailed him from behind.  He went flying forward and hit Nick.  Both of them fell to the ground and kind of skidded to a stop.  Both of them moaned in pain.

"What did you do that for?"  Nick yelled.

"Something pushed....oh crap."  he said.

"Oh crap?  What kind of lame excuse is that?"  Nick asked.  That's when he turned around and screamed.  There stood two of the most freaky creatures you could ever see.  Half human, half animal.  The bigger one was definitely part alligator.  he was big and mean looking.  His jaw was long with teeth sticking out in various places.  The other one was smaller and was female. This one was part cheetah.  With piercing yellow eyes and fangs, she could kick both of their butts.  Her skin was a yellow color and was covered in spots.  But it was her eyes that caught their attention.  They were exactly like A.j.'s

"Please, don't kill us."  Brian said.  The creatures didn't answer.  They just pulled the two men up and held their arms behind them.  They then began to lead them back down the hallway.

"You and your big mouth."  Nick said.  Suddenly, the cheetah lady pushed him forward quick.  This shut him up.  They pushed them into a small room at the end of the hall.  There was a large cage inside.  Brian and Nick could see that there were three people already there.

"They caught them too."  Brian said.  The cheetah lady past Nick off to the gator man and unlocked the cage door.  As she opened it, the gator man threw the two young men inside.  The cheetah lady slammed the door behind them and let out a soft growl.  They then turned and left.

"Brian, Nick.  man, are we glad to see you."  said Howie.

"Like wise.  I can't believe we all got caught!"  Brian said.  Kevin looked at them.

"Not all of us.  A.j.'s still out in the mansion, somewhere."  he said.

"Well, if he's out there, then whose all in here?"  Nick asked.  He didn't even need to get an answer to that.  Kari approached him.

"Hi, again."  she said.

"I should have known.  I own you fifty bucks Brian."  he said.

"Hey, I wasn't even the first one so give me a little credit."  she said.  Brian walked back to the front and looked through the bars.

"What the heck were those things?"  he asked.

"Not sure.  They might be some of those dudes creations.  Both of them had these shock collar things on."  said Howie.

"Yeah, and they even had these name things on."  said Kari.

"Really, what did they say?"  asked Nick.

"They are sister and brother.  Amanda and Zeke Servarius.  Zeke's had the name Boomer in brackets."  said Kevin.  Suddenly, a person entered the room.  This time, it was definitely a human.  A tall old man.

"So, trespassers.  How dare you enter my home!" he yelled.

"Hey, we did knock first!"  Brian yelled back.

"Silence!  I have decided that you five will not be leaving any time soon.  In fact, you are going to be apart of my experiments."  he laughed.

"Who do you think you are doing something like this?"  Kevin asked.

"My name Ezekeal Servarius.  I am the owner of this fantastic lab.  I see you have also met my son and my darling daughter."  he answered.  All of them thought back to the two creatures.

"That is just sick.  How could you do that to your own flesh and blood?"  Howie said.

"I care for no one.  Besides, ever since my first experiment escaped 20 years ago, I needed more specimens.  Now, enough of this chit-chat.  I have come to tell you that I will be taking the weakest first.  That means the girl.  So say your goodbyes to her now."  he said, and with that, he left the room.

"Why am I always the first one to go?"  Kari asked.

"Not if I can help it.  You're not going anywhere."  said Nick.  He pulled her close.

"He said something about his first one getting away.  Didn't A.j. say that this happened to him when he was three?"  Brian said.

"Yeah, so?"  said Howie.

"Think about it.  A.j. is 23.  That Servarius guy said that it got away 20 years ago."  he explained.

"You mean to tell me, we don't even know if the stuff was safe at that time.  That stuff could be toxic to him and he wouldn't know it because of those pills he's been taking."  said Kari.

"Exactly."  said Brian.

"Look, we can't worry about that now.  We have to keep him from taking Kari."  said Nick.  At that moment, they all heard something click.  Kari screamed in surprise as a dart hit her in the arm.

"Ow!"  she yelled.  She pulled it out and threw it back at where it came from.  They could hear Servarius laugh.

"What did you put in her!?"  Kevin demanded.  He noticed Kari was starting to get a little woozy.

"Not to worry my dear boy.  It's just something to make her a little groggy."  he answered in a way to cheerful voice.  After that, his 'children' came to his sides.  "Retrieve the child, and don't be afraid to use force if any of the males try to stop you."  he ordered.  The creatures nodded.  Once again, the female approached first and opened the cage door.

"Amanda, please.  I know you don't really want to do this."  Brian said to her.  She bared her teeth and growled at him, but he could see something in her eyes.  A certain helplessness.  Zeke then entered the cage and grabbed at the young girl.  With what the doctor had given her, she could barely see straight.

"Please, don't!"  Nick said, but he did nothing to stop it.  Boomer left the cage and Amanda shut the door.  Kari was then flung like a sack of potatoes over Boomer's shoulder.  All the while, the guys looked on.  Scared for what awaited the girl.

"Dear god, I hope A.j. gets here before they can hurt her."  said Howie.  Everyone was thinking that.  Yet, all they could do was hope.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"Strap her to the bed!  If she was to wake up, I don't want her moving around."  Sevarius ordered.  His 'children' hesitated a bit.  "Do it!"  he yelled.  Boomer walked over to a metal bed and laid Kari on it, trying not to bang her head against it.  He then pulled up these leather straps and tied the girl down.  Her eyes were open but she wasn't really there.

"Good, now back off.  I have work to do."  he said.  Boomer touched the girls hand, and then backed away next to his sister.  What Brian had said before was true.  Neither of them wanted to do this.  They felt rotten that they had to.  They just didn't want to get electrocuted by their father again.

"Now, what shall this girl become?"  he asked in a sing-song voice.  He began to look through a bunch of vials.  All of them had some sort of label.

"Maybe, a jackal?  Nah, not for a girl.  A horse?  No, that's not it either.  Maybe a wild cat.  No, i've already got one of those and know that they aren't very reliable."  he said.  Kari watched as he did this, trying to make sense of it.

"Help me, someone.  Anyone"  she said under her breath.  She closed her eyes and began to pray for her safety.

"I know!  This is perfect.  Part female, part spider.  I haven't had any arachnids yet."  Servarius said.  He pulled out one of the vials and drew some of the liquid into the needle.  He then put in vial down and began to walk towards Kari.  She tried to move, but couldn't.

"I hope you've liked your life so far, because that chapter is about to end."  he laughed.  Suddenly, something hit the floor with a ching noise.  Servarius turned around to see a ring rolling across the floor.

"Amanda, what have I told you about jewelry?  Now, get rid of that now!"  he yelled.  Amanda snatched it right away, even though she knew the ring hadn't come from her.  In fact, it was far to big.

"Now, where was I?  Oh yes."  he said.  He began to approach Kari again.  He held the needle up high when he heard something coming at him from behind.  He turned around to see a pair of sunglasses coming at him.  He ducked, and the sunglasses nailed Kari in the face.  This woke her up a bit.

"What is going on here?"  Servarius asked his 'children'.  Both of them shrugged and shook their heads.  Suddenly, a pair of red shoes came flying down and hit the needle out of his hand.  This time, the culprit came down with them.  Servarius's eyes widened when he saw who it was.

"It's you.  After all these years it's really you."  he stuttered.  Standing before him was his first creation, now a grown man.  Actually, half man.  The other half was that of a black panther.

"So Alexander.  I see Dr. Paynes medicine he gave you to stay normal has worn off."  Servarius said.  A.j. growled at him.  He looked ready to pounce.

"I have kept a close watch out for you Alexander.  I know that you are famous.  But not for long."  He turned to his 'children'.  "Amanda, Boomer.  Seize him!"  he ordered.  The two didn't budge.  "I said, get him!"  he ordered again, holding up the button to the shock collars.  Neither of them moved again.

"They're fighting you."  Kari spoke up.  Servarius then pushed the button.  Nothing happened.

"What is going on here?"  he yelled.  Amanda and Boomer held out their claws.  In them were the shock collars.  They threw them to the floor and went to A.j.'s side.  They were ready to fight.

"See, I told you."  Kari said.  Servarius grabbed one of the shoes and threw it hard at Kari.  This made A.j. really mad.  With a mighty roar, he ran forward.  Servarius had no time to defend himself before A.j. grabbed him and threw him across the room.  He smashed into several glass items before hitting the ground.  He was knocked out cold.

"Get me out of this thing!"  Kari yelled, now began a bit stronger.  Amanda rushed over and began to undo the straps.  She then helped the young girl to her feet.  She was a bit shaky, but was going to be fine.

"Where did A.j. go?"  she asked.  Amanda pointed to a dark spot in the room.  Kari could see two glowing eyes.  She approached him.

"A.j., is that really you?"  she asked.  As she drew closer, he covered his face with his hands.  He was very ashamed of what he looked like.  Kari placed her hands upon his and pulled them down.  She looked into his eyes and saw that he didn't like this.  Having the face of a panther.  She smiled at him.

"Yep.  Same old A.j."  she said.  He smiled a bit and held her hand.  "Aren't you going to say something?"  she asked.  A.j. shook his head and made a slash motion across his throat.  Kari knew that this meant he didn't have his vocal cords anymore.

"That's o.k..  Oh, here, I believe these are yours."  she said as she held out his sunglasses.  He took them from her and put them on.  At that moment, one of the lenses popped out and fell to the ground.  A.j. just smirked and let out a sigh.

"Hey, don't complain.  They hit me in the face you know."  Kari laughed.  "I think it's time to go get the other four."  she then said.  To her, this beast before her was still the same old freaky A.j..  Even though his clothes were a bit torn, and he was a few inches taller, he was still exactly the same.

"Come on, we better get the guys."  she said.  They began to walk into the next room when Kari pulled him back.  She had this huge smile on her face.  "On second though, how about get a little revenge on them for the hair dye thing?  I've got the perfect thing."  she said.  She whispered something softly his ear.  Soon he had the smile.

"You doing it?"  she asked.  He nodded.  If only the guys could see what was coming to them.  Oh, it was royal.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"What could be taking to long?"  Howie asked.  No one answered.  Nick was absolutely sick with worry and fear as to what was happening to his little sister.  The others just stared through the bars, wondering who was next.

"You know, if that guy has success with Kari, I hope he makes her into something very noble."  said Brian, trying to help Nick.  It didn't work.

"He shouldn't even be toying with this.  He's going to make her into a monster, like he did to his kids and A.j..  A horrible monster."  he said.  Suddenly, all of them heard a loud roar from the next room and a crash.

"Oh god, either that's A.j., or he just pissed your sister off really bad."  said Kevin.  Nick finally looked up.

"If it is her, I hope she kills him."  he said.  Then, as soon as it began, there was silence.  Now all of them became very worried.  Even big tough Kevin.  That's when they saw it.  Two big glowing eyes looking in at them.  And it wasn't Amanda.  They could hear a low growl and a snarl from where it was.

"Oh man, there is no way that's her."  said Brian.  Suddenly, the creature lunged and slammed against the cage.  All of them cried out in surprise.  The creature clawed at the bars and showed it's massive teeth.

"Dude, it's A.j.!"  Nick yelled.  He could tell by the clothing the creature was wearing.

"A.j., calm down!  It's us!  Come on dude, you have to remember us!"  Kevin shouted.  That's when A.j. grabbed Kevin's shirt and pulled him forward.  Kevin looked really scared, when he saw a small figure behind A.j..  "Kari!  What's going on?"  he demanded.  Kari could hold back to longer.  She busted out laughing.

"You should have seen the look on your face!"  she laughed.  Kevin then looked back at A.j..  He had a big smile on his face and there was a deep noise of laughing coming from his throat.  He gently set Kevin down.  Kari was now rolling on the floor laughing.

"That wasn't funny!"  Nick yelled.  A.j. pulled on the door hard and it came off.  Nick rushed to his sister, even though he was mad at her.

"Is she alright?"  Brian asked.

"Yeah.  Looks like A.j. got here in time."  he answered.  That's when he saw the other two creature behind them.  He let out a gasp and began to back up.  Kari stopped him.

"No, don't be afraid.  They're on our side now."  she said calmly.  Nick looked at A.j..  He nodded.

"Oh, thank god.  Welcome."  he said.  Amanda smiled.  Both of them came more into the room.

"We better get out of this place.  Before anyone else gets hurt."  said Kevin.

"No, we still have to get the antidote."  said Howie.  Everyone looked at each other.  Once again, he was right.

"Fine."  he said.  He then turned to Amanda and Boomer.  "Do you two know where it is?"  he asked.  Boomer shook his head while Amanda nodded.  She pointed to a vault.

"Oh boy."  said Nick, looking at the huge lock on it.  There had to be a key.

"This is going to be more difficult than I thought."  Kari said.  She then turned around to face the doorway.  She let out a huge scream.  Amanda, Boomer, and A.j. all covered their ears.  All of them turned to see the most horrific creature they had ever seen.

"Holy crap!  It's Sevarius!"  Brian yelled.  Indeed it was, but now he wasn't.  The injection of spider DNA that was meant for Kari had hit him in the fall.

"You.  You will pay for what you have done!"  he hissed.  Kari had gone into an all out panic attack.  She was deathly afraid of spiders.  Sevarius darted for the girl, only to be stopped by Brian and Nick.  They were using all their strength to hold him back.

"I don't think so!"  Nick yelled.  Suddenly, Sevarius raised up two of his six arms.  He glared at the two with his eight eyes.  In each had was a needle.  Neither of the two had time to react.  Sevarius jammed the needles into their backs.  Both of them screamed in agony.

"Yes, feel the pain!"  Sevarius laughed.  He pulled the two up by their shirts and then tossed them into the next room.  Everyone could hear them hit something.

"Nicky!  B-Rok!"  Kari cried.  But she didn't dare move.  The spiderman had all of his eyes on her.  He charged when A.j. and Boomer held him back.  Amanda grabbed The remaining three and ran out of the room.  They couldn't see Brian or Nick but they still ran into a separate room.  Amanda slammed the door behind them and locked it.  Kari was in tears.

"We have to go back!  Nicky and Brian are hurt!"  She screamed.  She tried to run to the door but broke down in tears.  Kevin went to her and held her close.  Howie looked at the floor.

"There's nothing we can do but hope that they're alright."  he said.  That's when he noticed Amanda placing something into her ear.  In her hand was a small speaker type box.  "What's that?"  he asked.  Amanda then flipped the switch on the box.  It began to hum.

"There, that's better."  It rang out.  Howie stepped back.  All of them looked at her.

"You can talk."  Kevin said, still holding a very upset young girl.

"Not really.  I invented this object so I could speak to the unfortunate people that come here.  I place this piece into my ear and it transmits my thoughts to here."  she explained.  Suddenly, there was a loud bang outside the door, but they knew that they were safe for now.

"Why did you bring us in here?"  Kari asked in a choked voice.

"I knew that my father has been developing the experiment for a long time.  There is no telling how strong he is.  Don't worry though, your friend and Boomer will help.  I can feel it."   she said.  There was another bang.

"Amanda...."  Howie started.

"Mandy."  she said.

"Mandy, how long have you been like this?  And why can he talk and not you?"  he asked.

"I have been in this form for about eighteen years.  Your friend is lucky that he had something to allow him to remain almost fully human.  As for your second question, Father has worked with it so much, he was been able to put a compound that lowers the chance of vocal cord shut down."  she answered.  This was not helping Kari at all.

"Please, someone tell me that there was nothing in those needles.  Please!"  she cried.  The other three looked at each other.

"None of us are sure, but don't worry.  Whatever happens, the good guys always finish first.  A.j. will have the antidote, we can go home and have a great concert tonight."  Kevin said.  All of the suddenly, there was a loud scream.  Something began to scratch and pound at the door.  All of them looked up.

"Oh god!"  Kari whispered.

"I can't tell who it is.  They aren't saying anything."  Mandy said.  That's when the lock on the door popped off.  Mandy went right into attack mode.  The others grabbed what they could find.  The door flew open.  All of them could see the person.  And it was one they really didn't want.  At that second, Kari struck out of fear.  She launched herself forward and began to beat the person with a medical tray.

"Die die die!"  She screamed.

"Ouch, Kari!  Knock it off!  It's me!"  It yelled.  He pushed the young girl away.  She now could clearly see he was also half coyote.  She attacked him again.

"Stop, that's Nick!"  Howie yelled.  He ran up and yanked the girl off.  This time she didn't struggle.

"Nick, where are the others?"  Mandy asked.

"A.j., Brian and Boomer are fine.  I can't say much about your father though."  He said in his now choked and raspy voice.  The other three couldn't believe their eyes.

"I don't believe this.  Come here to help one, now we have to do the same for you?"  said Kevin.

"Nice to see you too Kev.  And it's not just me."  he said.  That's when they heard a voice from the other room.

"Yo Nick!  Everything alright in there?"  it asked.

"Fine!  Come see, Amanda can talk now!"  Nick yelled back.  They all could here three sets of footsteps.  When the three came into the doorway, Kari gasped at Brian.  He was half bat.

"Oh thank god.  Amanda, we've got something you might like."  he said.  Though his hands were gone, he held a small key on his claw.

"The key to the antidote!  How did you ever get if off of him?"  she said, taking it from him.  She looked over at Boomer.  "Oh, right."

"What did he say?" asked Howie.

"My father is dead.  A.j. killed him."  she replied.  They all looked at A.j..  He didn't look proud but you could tell he didn't regret what he did.

"Well, what do you all say we get out of these bodies?"  said Nick.  They all agreed and Amanda began to lead them to the vault.  She grabbed hold of the small lock and put in key in it.  She then turned it and the lock popped off.  She opened the door to reveal a box of test tubes.  In each test tube was the antidote.

"Whoo yeah!  I'm going to be human again!"  Brian cheered.  He then turned to A.j.  "As for you, I don't think being fully normal is an option for you."  he laughed.  A.j.'s eyes narrowed and he looked like he was going to kill him.

"A.j., he was only kidding."  Kari said. Boomer pulled out the box and set it on a lab table.  Kari then handed each of the changed ones a test tube.

"One question.  How the heck do you take this stuff?"  asked Nick.

"You drink it."  Mandy said.  Nick nodded.  All of them popped the tops off of the test tubes and drank the liquid.  Brian made a disgusted face.

"Tastes like vinagar....whoa!"  he said.  All of them looked a like drowsy.  Boomer fell to his knees.  Kevin rushed over to help him while Kari and Howie tended to the others.

"Now they make our job harder."  Kari groaned as she laid Mandy's limp body to the floor.  She then pulled the voice thing out of Mandy's ear.  Finally, all had been put to sleep except A.j..  He looked up at the remaining three with weak joy in his eyes.

"Sleep well old friend.  You will soon remember what it is like to be one of the people."  said Kevin.  With that, A.j. closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

A.j. began to awaken about an hour later.  He could hear someone playing a piano somewhere near, but didn't know where.  He slowly began to open his eyes.  He then closed them again because of the blinding light.

"Oh crap!  Bad move!"   He said out loud.  He began to rub his eyes and pulled himself up when he realized something.  "Hey, I can talk."  he said.  He throat hurt a bit and he sounded like he had a cold but he could talk.  He then tried to open his eyes.  This time even more slowly.  His vision was a bit blurred but he could see.

"Well, it's a start."  he said.  Slowly, his vision came back.  This time, there was something very different with what he saw.  Colors all around him.  All the reds, blues and greens.  He remembered seeing such colors but didn't remember how beautiful they looked.  He then looked down at his torn up clothes.

"Well, at least they match."  he said to himself.  He then heard the piano start up again.  He could barely make out the sound but he knew who was playing it.  He stood up and began to follow the noise.  He soon found it was coming from the living room.  He peeked his head in to see Kari at the bench.  She was playing 'Pacabell Cannon'.

"How did I know that?"  he whispered.  He then carefully tiptoed into the room until he was just behind her.  He then reached around and began to play along with her.  Though she didn't miss a beat, she was startled.  When she saw the same tattooed arms she knew and loved, she calmed down.  When the song finished, she quickly spun around and gave A.j. a hug.

"Welcome back."  She said softly

"I missed you too.  Where are the others?"  he asked.  He let her go.

"They're in the parlor burning all of Servarius's notes.  This will never fall into the wrong hands ever again."  she said.

"As it should.  What about Boomer and Mandy?"  he asked again.

"They're gone.  They woke up and left before you and the other two did."  she answered.  A.j. looked a little surprised.

"Really?  I wanted to thank them for all their help."  he said.  Kari shrugged.  That's when the other four entered the room.

"Everything is destroyed."  said Kevin.  Then they all saw A.j..

"Hey man, how you liking the new you?"  asked Brian, his voice a little scratchy.

"Loving everything second of it, but all I want to do right now is go back to the hotel.  I need to give Dr. Payne a call and throw out those caps and contacts."  he answered in a happy voice.  Once again, they all agreed.  They began to walk out when Howie pulled on A.j.'s arm.

"I believe these belongs to you."  he said, handing A.j. his shoes and rings.

"Thanks bud."  he replied.  With that, they all left the house.  The sun had begun to set, casting a eerie shadow over the house.  But they all knew one thing.  They would never have to return to this horrible place ever again.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

The next morning all but Nick and Brian were in one of the rooms.  The other tow were taking showers.

"Do you think they'll ever come back?"  A.j. asked.

"Who?"  Kevin said with one raise eyebrow.

"You know.  Boomer and Amanda.  They just disappeared without a trace."  he said, looking up at the ceiling.  Kari put a hand on his shoulder.

"We don't know, but they'll be back someday.  I know it."  she said.

"I never got to tell Mandy how beautiful she was.  Now I don't even get to see how beautiful she is in human form."  he sighed.

"A.j., listen to me now.  Girls are not really human to start with anyways."  said Howie.  Kari walked over and smacked him in the arm.

"Oh i'll show you human."  she said.  Before she could punch him, they all heard screams coming from the next room over.  A.j. had this huge grin on his face when he heard that.

"Oh no.  What did you do?"  Kevin asked.  He didn't need an answer.  Both Nick and Brian burst into the room.  When the four saw them, they busted out laughing.

"Who did this?!"  Nick screamed.  Apparently, someone had put hair dye in both of their shampoo's.  Nicks hair was bright pink while Brian's was a light blue.  The other four couldn't answer because they were laughing so hard.  Suddenly, A.j. looked at them and stood up.

"You remember all those times you thought I didn't notice that my hair was dyed in many colors?"  He asked.  He walked up to them and looked them both in the eye's.  "Well guess what my dear friends.  I NOTICED!"

THE END