Troy and the Captain of Ringdom

Payback

"That was a nice job guys! Way to go" Sanders said to the heroes in their return to the Ringdobase. The base would be moving over and out of Washington DC over night; so at the start of the weekend proper, the heroes would be at an entirely different location. One peculiar specification of the hovering Ringdobase was that it could be moving at millions of velocity units but no one on the ship would be able to tell. The Ringdobase could speed at an extremely high velocity despite it's hefty mass.

"Sure Lieutenant Sandy!" Cherry said.

"Sanders! It's Lieutenant Sanders!" the female Lieutenant said, reiterating the correction she had made a countless number of times.

"Alright...Alright" Cherry then responded. Troy who hadn't said anything since their triumphant return to the Ringdobase finally spoke out; it appeared she had been puzzled by something she had observed earlier on -

"Hey Lieutenant Sanders...is there something about these suits you're not telling us?" said Catriona. Lieutenant Sanders began to look confused as well. Although, she actually hadn't revealed the super suits' full capabilities; she preferred they found them out by themselves.

"What are you talking about?" Sanders asked now switching her focus now to Troy.

"I mean...back there, when we fought Joao; she opened up a portal, just like the ones which she used to capture Mase and Donnie" Troy began.

"Yes...anything strange about that?" Lieutenant Sanders responded in a quaintly manner.

"When Cherry flew through the portal, she wasn't warped. She just practically got past it and continued the fight! She just practically got past it and continued the fight! That ain't even possible" Troy said.

"You see it's a really long explanation...I'm not sure you'll be interested in hearing it" Lieutenant Sanders said hoping to shrug off Troy's interest in the subject, but that hardly worked.

"Well the earlier you start, the quicker we can get this over with" Troy said. Cherry headed straight to the belly-timber section to get something light for dinner. They'd been training and battling crime for a large part of their day, so it would be nice if they were able to get some rest ahead of a weekend full of more training exercises.

"Well you see, we carried out some elementary analysis, and we found out that every single one of Joao's portals consist of a high trace of Xenon; which is highly volatile element in the periodic series" Lieutenant Sanders began.

"Alright, so how did that help Cherry get past that portal?" Troy asked once more. Sanders might not have wished to provide answers to Troy's query initially, but her inquisitive nature was certainly one trait she was really pleased with.

"Using that knowledge, we made your super suits Xenon resistant in order to ensure your efficiency against enemies like Joao...and you could tell that worked perfectly well"

"I know right...Cherry could have killed Joao back there" Troy continued. Lieutenant Sanders looked all the more confused at Catriona's statement; she could have sworn that she saw Joao get completely obliterated in Cherry's hands.

"You mean Joao is still alive? You both didn't eliminate her?" Lieutenant Sanders said as Troy gave an affirmative response.

"Of course...if we killed her, how on earth are we going to locate Mason and Madonna?" Troy said as she began searching in her utility belt for the device that could provide the coordinates of the tracking chip's current location.

"Oh yeah...you're right" Lieutenant Sanders responded. The RUV had been having difficulties locating the Inversian Planet on the multiversal maps. There was truth in the fact that it existed somewhere in the galaxy; the question though was 'Where?'. After a few seconds, Troy found the device and then she handed it straight to Lieutenant Sanders who was well pleased with Troy's quick thinking.

"...here; this should help you locate Inversia and bring our buddies back" Troy said. Things just hadn't been the same without Mason and Madonna, and Troy certainly couldn't overlook that fact. She, as well as Cherry would do quite anything to get their friends back, not just to avoid the wrath of the press and other authoritative forces, but for the joy and delight of keeping the galaxy safe as a foursome team yet again.

"I must say I'm quite impressed" Lieutenant Sanders began. She afterwards handed the device to one of her subordinates who had been listening to the excerpts of the conversation right from the very start.

"We'll get to work with this as soon as possible" Sanders continued; giving as much assurance as she could to the weary Troy.

"...I promise you, we will see Mason and Madonna once again. Take that from me" said Sanders once more. The Lieutenant made a pinky swear with the young paranormal to seal her promise; the difference in their heights was tremendous, but that mattered very little. The conversation soon elapsed and everyone dispersed. Troy also had a few questions about the strange way in which Mason's staff behaved tonight, but it just skipped her mind.

Only for a few moments, Troy got worried about the fact that they hadn't been at school in quite a while. When they eventually returned back to Seattle High, they'd have a lot of catching up to do ahead of their final year exams. They really needed to kick things up a notch. Troy even contemplated in her mind that she might even pip to Cherry, the suggestion that they could begin doing a lot of reading here on their own up in the Ringdobase; that would probably have to be tomorrow, because Cherry really disliked being disturbed when she was having a long cozy nap.

Over the weekend, very little happened in Seattle. Oliver continued ignoring Max's calls and chat ups. She didn't realise he was only trying to explain the fact that there was no longer a reason to be tensed. Ollie was already weighing the consequences she'd have to face when her mother got to see the video of her and Max's full 'date' caught on camera. Towards the close of the weekend, Maddie advised her brother to stop bothering himself about speaking to Oliver. After all, if she didn't want to hear the good news, then it would have to be at her own detriment.

The real fun was about to begin at the start of the new school week. Andy, Matthew and Sarah were about to get burnt real hard.

Having reached the midday mark, the school bell was rung for students to head straight to the school cafeteria to have their lunches. Mrs Fleck was about to have a word with the members of her class. Just before they marched straight to the cafeteria. Max was looking as cool headed as always while Oliver was so tense. It felt a bit warm around her seat; potentially telling how anxious she was.

After Mrs Fleck had completed her announcement; which most of the students didn't actually pay attention to, Andy deemed the time and condition right to reveal the video that had been source of much 'discussion' and controversy over the weekend.

"Wait Mrs Fleck...I've got something I'd like to show the class..." Andy said as he raised his hand and walked towards his class teacher.

"Alright, but this better be good. I've got to head back to the teacher's lounge in the next twenty minutes" Mrs Fleck responded without much consultation.

"Oh! It'll be good. It's going to change your opinion about a few people here in the tenth grade" Sarah said as Andrew and Matthew went towards the board to set up a small projector. Ollie bowed her head atop her desk, as her uneasiness soon hit top gear; she began to sweat in an air conditioned classroom. Max now placed his hand on the communication device he was handed by Maddison during the weekend. The Riecke siblings had a mapped out plan to humiliate Andy, Sarah and Matt for ever conjuring such an evil arrangement against Max.

"Maddie? Are you ready?" Max whispered in very low volumes.

"I sure am Maximilian. I've got visuals on everything going on in the tenth grade classroom!" Maddison responded.

"Why're you being so formal? It's not like we're on some crime stake out or..." Max was saying before Mrs Fleck yelled his name to call him to order.

"Max!" Mrs Fleck said, looking in his direction while adjusting her glasses.

"Yes ma'am" Max responded.

"I want you to pay attention to this...it might help you in performing your duties as class representative" Mrs Fleck outrightly said.

"Oh it will" Andy interjected before making a long ominous chuckle that got mixed reactions from the rest of the class.

As Andy reached out to his pear phone to commence the video, he had one final look at Max and Oliver. The rest of the class still felt a bit lost in all the events that were occurring, but the suspense was enough to glue them to their seats. The video soon began displaying on the projector and what was being shown wasn't what Andy and his coup of rebels had anticipated.

"You know what I think?" Andy was saying on the recorded audiovisual being played.

"What?" Matt said eating a strawberry jam sandwich that splattered traces of jam round his lips.

"I think Mrs Fleck must have been at a night club the day before she picked Max over me as class representative" Andy continued in the footage. The whole class including Mrs Fleck opened their mouths wide in delirium. Max and Maddie were succeeding at turning the tables.

"Well why'd you say so Andy?" Matt continued in the audiovisual as Ollie began to ease off all the tension she initially felt. The atmosphere started getting a bit uncomfortable for Matt, Andy and Sarah; Although Sarah hadn't been seen in any part of the footage just yet.

"Remember when we went to submit our history assignments to Fleck that morning..." Andy began and could be seen waiting to know if he still had Matthew's attention

"Yeah?" Matt responded.

"I could have sworn that Mrs Fleck's mouth smelt like fresh liquor" Andy continued on the recording as they both laughed. Mrs Fleck became totally infuriated and demanded for the video to be concluded at once before she lost her temper. The rest of the class battled to hold back their laughter and soon Mrs Fleck ushered Andy and Matt out of the classroom and straight to the principal's office. They might as well have just kissed Seattle High goodbye after their latest stunt.

A few minutes later, every single person in the school was sent short one minute clip of Sarah's epic fail while trying to perform a back flip. The video depicted Sarah trying the stunt and failing multiple times in her bedroom. While Sarah thought she was safe from the disgrace since she wasn't seen in the audiovisual of Andrew and Matthew, her hopes came crashing at the last minute as she soon became the laughing stock of the entire school. Soon everyone was talking about Sarah's epic fail, as she blew up social media as an internet sensation for the wrong reasons. Max did get his laugh and Ollie was relieved to know the video clip didn't get out.

After school had finally dismissed, Sarah made sure she sounded a note of warning to Max.

"I'm sure you were behind all this Riecke!" Sarah said, pointing her finger straight at Max's face.

"What can I say? Of course I am!" Max said as he pulled down Sarah's finger and patted her shoulder afterwards.

"I promise you...you will regret this Maximilian Riecke! You will" Sarah said. Max didn't need anyone to let him know that Sarah was making empty threats. Sarah then walked away and Ollie walked towards him afterwards.

"Uhhh Hi Max!" Oliver said. She knew she owed Max a very huge apology.

"Hey Ollie...what goes on? " Max said in his regular playful manner.

"Okay I think I flunked real bad and I need to apologize to you for..." Oliver's statement was short lived as Maddie soon came calling her big brother. In recent days, Max and Maddie had developed the habit of walking home together.

"Max! Come on let's head home!" Maddison yelled in the distance as she simultaneously waved Her hand. Max instantly walked away from Oliver, bar the fact that she was still talking.