"C'mon Ryan. We're gonna be late for school" Mark said as he walked into his brothers room.
"Don't you ever knock!" Ryan asked annoyed.
Mark avoided the question with a snarky remark. "Let's go dingus, I'll leave without you!"
Mark ran downstairs. Ryan chuckled to himself and smiled before rushing downstairs as well.
The two boys ran into the Mark-Mobile and headed over to school.

Once they arrived, Ryan and Mark saw Harris and Spyder walking in as well.
"Harris! Spyder! Over here!" Ryan yelled. The genius and the jokester turned around and saw their technopathic friend and his jock brother calling them over.
"Hey guys what's up?" Spyder asked.
"Nothing. Do you guys wanna go over to the mech tonight and train?" Ryan asked.
All three boys nodded in agreement.
The bell rang.
"Okay I'll see you guys at lunch then!" Ryan yelled as he ran into the school. Everyone else followed.

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After two long periods, it was lunch and the three freshmen were sitting at a table together. Mark walked in shortly after, with his friends of course, and gave a quick hello-nod before sitting somewhere else. The jocks were having a very intellectual conversation (not!).
"Yo what'd you think of the game last night bro?"
"It was lit dude! Did you see when I tackled the guy, I almost smushed him like a bug!"
"Woah that's siiiiick"
Mark was just listening, not getting involved in the conversation much, before a new topic arose.
"Hey Hey Hey. Look. Damn she's hot!"
Mark was snapped out of his thoughts to see a gorgeous medium height, blonde haired girl, wearing black leggings and a blue crop top. She smiled and he saw her glistening white teeth, they were perfect, just like the rest of her.
"Guys, she's coming over here!"
"Act natural act natural!"
She walked over to the guys table and looked at all of them.
"Hey," her voice sounded so sweet, Mark thought. "Uh sorry to bother, but do any of you have history in third period? I'm new here and I don't know how to get to my class..." she asked.
All the guys grumbled since they didn't have that class. The only one of them who did, was Mark.
"Oh hey, I do!" He exclaimed.
"Cool! Wanna show me where it is?" She asked. He nodded and they took off down the hall together. The jocks stared in awe as the legendary Mark Walker scored once again.

"So uh, I heard you're new here?" Mark asked.
"Yea I just transferred over from Canada." The girl replied.
"Cool, I heard they have like polar bears and stuff there!" Mark said, trying to sound intelligent.
"Oh yea totally, we ride them to school everyday." The girl said sarcastically.
"Wait, really?" Mark asked, not picking up on her sarcasm.
"No! Of course we don't have polar bears!" She said laughing. Mark laughed too.
The two walked by the table where his brother and friends were sitting.
"Hey Mark. Oo who's your friend." Ryan asked snickering.
"Haha very funny dingus. This is..."Mark started, but mentally face-palmed himself as he realized he didn't even ask her name.
"Camellia, but most people call me Cam." She finished for him. Mark loved that name. It was almost as if she couldn't get any better. She was perfect!
"Cam, I'm Mark this is my little brother Ryan and his two weird friends, Harry and Splycer." He introduced.
"Spyder. It's Spyder."
"And Harris! How'd you even get Harry?"
Cam laughed.
"Well it's been a pleasure to meet you all, but weren't you showing me the way to class Mark?"
"Oh yes of course!" Mark yelled. He took off with Cam once more.
"Sorry about them" Mark said.
Cam laughed again. She had such a beautiful laugh.
"No no, it's alright. Now I know more people here!"
The bell rang and they were in front of their class. Mark and Cam walked in, and sat beside one another. They didn't pay attention at all during the class and just wrote on a piece of paper back and forth:
"So what do you do for fun?" Cam wrote.
"Well I love sports."
"Really me too!"
"What's your favourite?"
"Well I mean there's so many but probably basketball and football."
"Really those are my favourites!"
Mark kept realizing how much this girl was the perfect girl for him.
"So what are you up to this weekend?"
"Well, I have a family brunch tomorrow, but I'm free Sunday?"
"Would you wanna go out or something?"
Cam let out a little chuckle and was given a glare by the teacher. She rolled her eyes.
"I'd love to. Pick me up at 6?"
"Sure thing!"
Just then the bell rang and dismissed them to go home. It was a half day sort of thing.

Mark walked Cam out and thy waved goodbye before she hopped on her bus.
"Ooh Mark Walker's got a crush!" Ryan said popping up behind him.
"Shut it dingus." He replied.
"Did you ask her out man?" Spyder asked.
"Yes I did." He proudly replied.
"Well what'd she say?" Harris asked. Ever since the guys became a team, they started caring about one another's personal lives more.
"She said yes! We're going out Sunday night!" He smiled happily. Ryan nodded and patted him on the back. They walked over to the car to head over to the Mech when Spyder said,
"Looks like Marks gotta a new girl!"

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"Yes the plan worked perfectly." The person said into the phone.
"Good"
"I have made contact with all four members."
"Excellent. Now keep their trust. I will tell you when it is time to strike."
"Yes boss. Anything else?"
"Well done Camellia, you did not fail to impress me."
"Thank you sir. I will have the team at your disposal very shortly."
With that, the line went dead. Cam looked in the mirror and smiled evilly.
"Oh Mark Walker. You will soon love me, and I will destroy everything you love."

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It was Saturday and the guys were at the mech training.
"Hey Mark. The robots arm feels a little off. Could you check it?" Ryan asked.
"Yea I'm scanning it now." Mark replied, "yea I see the problem. There is a fuse that must have gotten cut in our last fight. I'll go fix that now."
"Thanks." Ryan replied.

Mark headed down to the control panel and found the fuse. It took him a few minutes to fix, but just as he finished, the robot jerked sending him flying into a wall.
"Monster attack!" Harris yelled through the mech link.
Mark laid on the ground and groaned. He put his hand to his forehead and found that he had a deep gash in it. The mech link went off again.
"Mark. Are you there?" Ryan asked worriedly.
He took a breath before slowly standing up and responding.
"Yea I'm good. On my way up."

Once Mark reached the platform he saw a huge wide-eyed bug monster staring at them.
"Spyder?" He asked, gesturing for a name.
"I call them bugsters."
"They are the little monsters sent at us frequently. They don't take much ooze to power, but are still pretty strong." Harris added.
"Hy-ya!" Ryan said as he delivered a successful plasma punch to the monsters abdomen, exploding it into a pile of ooze. The guys cheered at their victory and Ryan unharnessed himself and walked over to his brother.
"Ouch what happened?"
"Oh this. I got flung into a wall when I was downstairs fixing the wires." Mark replied.
"You should get that patched up Mark." Harris advised.
"Yea okay." Mark said as he headed over to the med bay with the rest of the team.

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Cam was sitting in her room alone. The only reason she did not agree to make plans with Mark for that day, was because she knew the boss had a monster coming. It was planned that he would get injured (which he did), and he would have trouble explaining that to her. Then, a monster alert would come through when they were on their date and she would follow him back to the robot. She would get put in danger by the monster and they would take her into Mech-X4, where she would capture them. The plan was perfect. She couldn't wait to prove her worth to the boss. Even if that was at the expense of a few teenagers.

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The next day, Mark was getting ready for his date when his little bro came into his room.
"Hey bro. You ready for tonight?"
"Yea. Now get out dingus!" He yelled jokingly. He was very nervous. He really liked Cam, maybe even loved her. He couldn't tell anyone that yet though.

A few hours had passed and it was finally time for Mark to go pick up Cam. He knocked on her door with flowers in his hands to greet her with, the old fashioned way.
Cam answered the door, wearing a beautiful flowery dress that Mark couldn't help but admire.
"Hey." He said.
"Hey." She smiled and blushed slightly. Mark smiled at that and took her hand and opened the door for her to his car.
They made some easy small talk on their way over to the diner where Mark had insisted, had the best milkshakes in town.

They arrived and Mark sat down across from Cam in a small booth meant for two. They ordered a large chocolate strawberry milkshake to share. While they waited, Cam questioned the gash on Marks head.
"Oh my! What happened to you. Are you alright?" She asked to make it sound like she cared.
"Oh uh this?" He said gesturing to his head, "oh uh it's nothing, just walked into a shelf that was hanging up in my room."
Cam was able to pick up that he is a terrible liar, at least, compared to her.
"Oh you poor thing!" She said sweetly.
They engaged in more conversation when finally their milkshake arrived. They had two straws to share it, and suddenly, they both looked up at one another. Their eyes met. He saw her gorgeous blue sparkling eyes. They leaned in and shared a kiss. Mark pulled back and smiled and so did she. (She didn't care though. He felt true love.)
Mark was about to speak, when his mech link started going off with a monster alert.
"Hey what's that?" Cam asked.
"Oh umm just my uh..." Mark needed an excuse. He had to get to the robot.
"Babe... is everything alright?" Cam asked. Mark was awestruck by the fact that she had called him 'babe'. As much as he wanted to confess his love for her, he had to get to the robot.
"Yes, it's just, I'm getting a call from my mom and I'll probably have to go home. I'm so sorry." He said sadly.
"Hey don't worry about it! Go take care of your mom. I'll go do some shopping before I go home." Cam smiled.
"Okay thanks so much...babe" Mark replied.

He rushed out of the diner, leaving a 10$ bill on the table to pay. He didn't realize the fact that Cam was closely following behind on a bike she grabbed.

He ran into the robot (Cam was in position waiting to get attacked by the monster) with butterflies still fresh in his stomach.
"Hey Mark. We gotta fight soon, but tell me quick, how was the date?" His brother asked.
"Well I'm not one to brag but-" he was cut off by Spyder.
"Yes you do."
"Okay yes I do, but anyways," he continued, "it was amazing. She's perfect. We kissed and I, I think I love her."
"Mark! Bro! That's awesome!" Ryan patted his brother on the back.
"Hate to break up this brother bonding moment, but we really gotta go!" Harris yelled.

They turned to see the monster heading over to the city. They didn't know it's real plan though.

The monster was almost in position. On cue, Cam came running out screaming, looking back at the monster.
"Oh my gosh! That's Cam!" Mark yelled.
"What! The monster is gonna crush her!" Spyder yelled.
"Guys..." Ryan said. They all knew what he was talking about. They nodded.
"Do it." Mark said.
Just then a huge robot foot came flying down onto Cam. She screamed, pretending to be afraid. But on the inside she was so happy. Her plan worked. She was in the robot.
"Ahhh...." she stopped screaming as the elevator doors opened.
Mark came running down the ladder.
"Babe! Are you alright!?"
"Wait...Mark...you...." she said, acting very well.
"Yea...I'm apart of Mech-X4." He said cautiously.
"Wow! That's amazing!" Cam gushed.
"You're a hero babe!" She said, feeding his ego.
"Not the time! Not the time!" Harris yelled as the monster came swinging at the robot, hitting Ryan in the chest and knocking him over.
Cam noticed that whenever the robot got hurt, their main pilot got hurt. This would be good advice for her to tell the boss, she thought.
"Spyder! Plasma axe this dork!" Ryan yelled. Spyder nodded and engaged the axe.
Ryan brought the axe down onto the monster exploding it.
"Yes!" They shouted.

While they were celebrating, Cam took this time to download a copy of the robots layout to give to her boss. This way he could see all of Mech-X4's weak spots to exploit in battle. The only thing left in her plan was to take out the crew. And she could do it so easy now. She wanted to have some fun with this.

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"So Cam, do you have any questions about all this?" Mark asked.
"Yea, well just one." She replied.
"Okay. What is it?" Mark asked.
"Who's first." She replied, her tone growing cold as she pulled some sort of taser-like device.
"Woah woah! Cam what are you doing!?" Mark yelled, his hands in the air.
"Oh Mark, sweetie, you should really be a little more careful the next time you throw your heart around." She laughed.
"Who sent you!" Ryan yelled. Mark was speechless and just stood and watched the whole situation.
"Oh he's a very powerful man, and you will meet him soon." She replied.
"Now you three," She said pointing at Ryan Spyder and Harris, "stand there for a minute, move and I'll kill him."
She grabbed the broken-hearted Mark Walker, and threw him against the wall, he groaned in pain as he hit the floor.
"Mark!" Ryan shouted.
"Shut it!" Cam replied, threateningly.
When Mark sat up, Cam pulled out another weapon, this one used for stunning and zapped Mark in the legs arms and torso. He couldn't move. All he could do was talk and watch.
"Stop it! Leave him alone!" Ryan yelled protectively. Cam smiled and said, "now why would I do that? You shouldn't care so much about your brother, after all he will be the cause of your demise." She cackled evilly. She walked over to the three younger boys.
"Now who's first?" She asked, pulling out an electro-rod. The boys glanced at one another in worry.
"Hmm eeny miney, Spyder" She said.
Spyder tensed up, bracing for the pain. She zapped him three times until he fell unconscious.
"Spyder!" They all yelled.
Cam didn't even hesitate before zapping Harris unconscious. The only one left was Ryan. He looked over at Mark and shared a worried glance.
"Don't touch him!" Mark yelled.
"What are you going to do to stop me?" She said waving the rod around, dangerously close to Ryan.
Mark groaned as he tried to stand up, the effort was useless as he was temporarily paralyzed.
He slumped back to the floor.
"That's what I thought." She said as she zapped Ryan unconscious.
"No!" Mark yelled. The rest of the team lay unconscious on the floor in front of him.
"Cam...why...I-I loved you." Mark croaked.
"Sorry pretty boy, us villains lie and we never love a hero." She laughed. She approached the pained Mark, and before he slipped into unconsciousness, he had one final thought.
"What ever she does to us, this is all my fault."
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Omg! Super cliffhanger! Haha don't worry I'm gonna be making a part two to this story. It will be up soon maybe in the next week or so. This is by far my longest one shot as it is close to 3000 words! Thx for reading and I'll see ya next one!
~K