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to be a ton of kids there and I doubt that anyone is going to mess with a gathering that size.”
    “I still think that it’s a bad idea,” Gabriel said. “Mom and dad would flip if they found out.
    “Then we don’t tell mom and dad,” Sean smiled. “Come on bro…”
    “And what do we tell them?” Gabriel asked. “I mean sure it makes sense that you are gone…you have a social life but what about me?”
    “We’re going to tell them that we are all staying the night at my place,” Tim smiled. “My parents are out of town and I doubt that your parents are going to check up on what my smiling face said.”
    Tim was wickedly charming when he tried. When he got older, Gabriel knew that it was going to get him into some serious trouble, entertaining no doubt but trouble nonetheless.
    “And why would mom and dad believe that I was staying over with you guys?”
    “Because I’ll charm them into believing it,” Tim smiled again. “Come on, you aren’t going to be doing anything else tonight aside from sitting around sticking your head in a book.”
    Gabriel wanted to come up with an argument against what Tim had said but he didn’t have one readily available. Mostly because what Tim was saying was completely true. Even with his ability to talk his way into or out of anything, Gabriel still wasn’t sure that Tim could pull it off or whether or not he would even go through with taking them all down to the park.
    “Guys…”
    “Great!” Tim said, clapping his hand together and rubbing them. “I’ll go rehearse my little speech to your parents. Oh and you might want to actually pack a bag, I don’t imagine that we’ll do a lot of sleeping but it will look more convincing.”
    Gabriel wanted to protest but he knew that he wouldn’t be able to mount a defense good enough to get either his brother or Tim to change their minds.
    “You’ll have fun,” Sean smiled.
    “Sure, just assuming that we don’t get robbed, beaten up, or killed,” Gabriel groaned.
    “Have a little faith.”
    Gabriel groaned again and slumped down in his chair. His night was about to get a lot more interesting and he wasn’t entirely sure that it was a good thing. He was ok with his life, as boring as it seemed on occasion. At least he knew that would be safe and not getting drug off to some park in the middle of the night. Gabriel shook his head, he hated the fact that Sean and Tim had talked into something so easily. He stood, went to his closet, and started looking around for his sleeping bag.
     

CHAPTER 2
     
    Ethan Blackburn was not a patient person. He preferred action instead of talk and standing around doing nothing was not something that considered himself overly skilled at. He sighed heavily, turning to look at the others on the rooftop with him. He had been pacing around for what seemed like hours, in reality it probably had been only a handful of minutes
    Currently, he was standing on the roof of a rundown building in one of the worst neighborhoods in the city. It was a haven for those that defied the law and had it not been for the fact that he was here on a very specific mission, he would have had a good time rounding up some drug dealers and other less than desirable human beings.
    “You need to relax.”
    Ethan rolled his neck; he could feel the muscles tensing with annoyance. He checked his watch again and let out a long sighed. That prompted an eye roll from both Cody and Ryan.
    “I don’t do the whole relaxing thing,” Ethan snapped. “I do the whole save the day thing…I doubt that he’ll even show up. He’s stupid, but I doubt that even he is that stupid.”
    “Aye, but he is greedy,” Cody tossed in, looking through his goggles again.
    “I’m still not seeing how you can pull that off every day?” Ryan sighed, shaking his head.
    “And what’s that?” Cody responded.
    “This,” Ryan gestured toward his friend. “You’re one of the best shots on the planet, you’re like Legolas with that