SttS Reboot.2

SttS Reboot.2

"I was up late last night", Derek said, putting her down. "What about him?" he continued, pointing at the boy in the aisle.
"Chase just didn't sleep last night. He needs to sleep but refuses to", said the girl.
"I can choose how and if I sleep on my own thank you", said the boy, "Just tell Crystal to not be so boring"

The girl then proceeded to kick the boy awake. Derek smiled as he watched his friends laugh and fight in the aisle of comics. After a while they both stopped and just smirked at each other. This peace lasted about as long as it took for a clerk to come and fling them all out the front door. They all sat, laughing at the front of the store, until they went and got their bikes.

They decided to head to the harbor. They wanted to go see if their fish loving friend, Cole, was done working at his uncle's fishery. They all live in the small trade town of Londryn on the far south-west side of the country of Hynthal, population 3,754. It may be small, but it is a major receiver of resources from other smaller countries. But the town has stayed small regardless of the trade, because of the lack of building space. Londryn is right next to a mountain range so building is next to impossible because of the loose soil.

As they passed by a group of people, the radio they were listening to let out a report that caught Derek's ears. The report was as follows:

"Breaking new, another cargo ship was found wrecked a few miles off the coast. This will make the eighth ship to mysteriously wreck in as many months. Upon inspection, the ship has no bodies or any goods of any kind, making it likely that it was raided. But, the hull has no signs of damage, other than a large perfectly circular hole leading to the engines below deck. More on the subject tonight on your local news channel. Now back to Unknown Norm's new single, "Falling into the depths"…"

Derek thought about what he had just heard. At the moment the story of another ship-wreck didn't bother him. He was more worried about how Cole would react to there being a bunch of sunken ships in the water. He had a bunch of favorite fishing spots and the ships could mess with them. Also, he was glad to hear one of his favorite bands had a new song.

Chase was blasting ahead on his bike as usual, slowly leaving Derek and Crystal behind. Like always, he was full of energy, even with his lack of sleep. Crystal glared, while Derek smirked. At least he was awake for the time being. While Derek and Crystal were walking there bikes to the harbor that was only a few minutes away, Crystal decided to play twenty questions with Derek.

"Sooooooo..," she started, "Why were you up so late last night hmm?"
"Ugg", Derek moaned, "How'd I know you were gonna ask that at some point?" Smiling and chuckling to himself he continued, "I was working on something"
"What was it?
"A personal project"
"Well, are you going to tell me what it is?"

Before Derek could reply they heard a large amount of noise come from one of the boathouse's nearby. They had arrived at the harbor now and chained up their bikes before investigating. As they entered, both made a "are you serious" face. Before them sat two boys bickering.

Chase had somehow gotten himself tangled up into fishing net. Over him was a boy. He wore a faded light teal tank top with big, baggy, brown cargo pants, which had about eight pockets. Faded teal sandals and some brown gloves with the fingers ripped off. He had two piercings in his right ear, his black hair in a pony tail, with random strands hanging in front of his eyes. He had a hand over his eyes, rubbing the bridge of his nose. This was Cole.

"Should we ask how he got like this?" Derek and Crystal asked at the same time.
"No. no you should not", said Cole, with a tired voice, while moving his hand away from his face to reveal deep blue eyes.
"I was climbing around on the boxes and my foot got caught in the netting and I fell and… well you can guess the rest", Chase explained.
"You're special Chase, you know that", Crystal said.
"At least things are never boring", sighed Cole, pulling on the net and making Chase fall out in one motion.
"So, Cole, you hear the news about the ship?" Derek asked.
"Oh yes indeed", Cole said with a huge smile, surprising his friends. He then proceeded to putting away the net.
"…Ok, that smile scared me. Please explain", Chase said from the floor.
"You all know that when a ship sinks, fish start living in it right?"
"…", the trio looked at each other, "suuuure?"
"…Well, I was looking around the first ship from a while back that wrecked. Guess what I found"
"Fish?", Derek asked.
"Bigger fish?", Crystal added.
"A clone?", Chase said, causing the others to look at him with a quizzical expression. "What? He said guess"
"…Well, ignoring Chase", Cole said while going to one of the many cabinets in the boathouse, "It would just be better to show you"
"How?", Crystal asked.
"By showing you", Cole replied while lifting up a large bag, "We're going for a dip in those waters".