Nathaniel:

"Nathaniel I don't think you should try and debate with us." Mike tells me as I set up my draft of papers. "Wouldn't want anything to get published in the news, now would we?"

I grab the papers off the desk and shut them in my suitcase. Nothing is more annoying then blackmail.

"You shouldn't of told them that." Ames states as I walk past him.

"Yeah, thanks for the advice." I snap.

"Oh Natalie!" Luke teases. I stop in my tracks. "Why don't you come over here, we have an thing we need you to do."

I huff before walking back over to them. I am a slave to their wills. Dustan just stares at me with confusion, I wish he could help me.

"Don't call me Natalie." I say before Luke can speak.

"What else should we call him?" Luke leans an eye to Mike. "Nancy? Nate? Oh! What about Seven? Because he is not fit for a real name."

I roll my eyes. "What do you want?"

"I am willing to forget about this whole scandal." Luke proposes. "You and I both know that Zodiacs have to keep a higher standard then most ordinary folks. We all reflect the idea of casual dating and marriage before anything else. Dad always said not to do anything you would see in that club on 31st street."

I cringe at the thought of that place. I used to walk around the block just to avoid walking by it, until Azun started driving me around.

"Are you trying to form a compromise?" I ask.

"Yes." Luke smiles with only his lips. "That video you published a while back where you crap talked Mike and I. I want that taken down."

"Done." I state.

"Also I want you to make Ames step down as leader." Luke quickly says. "He has had his gun and now we want our toys back."

"No!" I shout. "I can't do that. By the way, I plan on running next year, so I matter what you are never going to be leader."

"Then I guess we have no choice but to publish this." Mike help up a file folder, I could see a lot of information was being stored.

"I won't do that." I turn and rush back to Ames. "Let's begin this debate."

"Well well." Luke said as he and Mike walked over to us, hand on hips and a look in their eyes that told me the whole story.

"Hope you had fun with playing leader for a day Ames?" Mike stated.

"Yeah." Luke snapped, using that stupid nickname. "Seven."

"Guys." Ames grids his teeth. "It has been an honor being your little understudy all these years, but I think it is time I have a turn on the big kid swing."

"Oh!" Mike glared at me. "You think it is that easy?"

"You would be overwhelmed." Luke added. "With no plan, you would have no clue where to start."

"How about I be the judge of that." Ames stated. "Since, may I remind you, you are not a lawyer or judge."

"Cause you are so qualified! You have been in a coma your whole life. Also you never went to law school! I saw you watching internet videos on the subject. You have no degree!" Luke stepped at me. "How about you and I sort this out like gentlemen? Meet at dawn, guns drawn."

"You're on." I spoke up from behind Ames. "Woods behind our house?"

I am not Nathaniel anymore. Not innocent sweet Nathaniel. Little fourteen year old Nathaniel. He is gone. Like Luke stated, I am Seven now.

"Nathaniel." Ames spoke to me, I could feel the pain in his voice. "You can't."

"I am not going to stand down." I smiled, fully confident, maybe now Azun might be proud of me and return. "You're on guys. If we win, we become President and Vice President."

"When we win, I will be your new king, forever. No more elections." Mike snapped his fingers, Luke followed him out of the debate room. "Across the river in the forest by our house. Where we found the snake when you were ten Ames, you both know the place."

"I will have fun exposing you for what you are." Luke spat in my face.

"You can't expose me if I expose me first." I snapped back.

"Rumors only grow." Luke glared.

I pulled out my phone and opened The Halo app, its the social media app for Malison.

"Good thing it's not a rumor." I began to type into my status.

"What are you doing?" Luke asks.

"Post." I say as I publish my great wrongs.

It is done. There is nothing Luke can do to hurt me.

"Are we going to duel or what?" I snap.