Guitar Hero (Cape High Series Book 12) Read Free Page B

D-class super. If you want me to find a replacement for you--”
    “Heck no! This is going to be awesome!” Lonny says. “Besides, everyone already knows you’re a super--unless they’re in denial like Tom must have been. This way we can meet all the super hot hero chicks! Speaking of which,  hell-ooo ,” he says, leering cheerfully at Falconess.
    “That’s Falconess,” I have to point out.
    “Oh, whoops, sorry ma’am, didn’t--” Lonny stumbles over himself as Emily and Malina start rolling with laughter. “Don’t kill me, please?” he whimpers.
    “Are you seriously dating Kid Liberty?” Cole asks Emily. “I thought it was a joke.”
    “No, I’m seriously dating him,” she says. “I’m Divine Justice, and technically I’m the leader of this mission--we’re just using Justin as a front man.”
    “Hey, I saw your debut! You went up against Dragon, right? Is he really hard to get along with?”
    The entire group of heroes look at me. “Ah, well,” I say, hesitating as I try to find a way to put it, “you have to keep this to yourself, okay?”
    “What, you’re secretly his stalker?” Cole teases.
    “No, but he is my best friend,” I say. The three of them look at me in shock. “He’s a great guy, although he keeps leaving his crap in my dorm room because he’s too lazy to take it back to his place, and we have the same taste in girls,” I make a face, because he actually got Morgan on his team, so there’s a chance he’ll actually confess that he likes her.
    “You’re so screwed,” Cole says bluntly.
    “Yep.”
    “I mean, sure you’re a famous singer--but he’s DRAGON.”
    “I know, trust me, I know,” I say dryly.
    “Poor Justin, out-done by a super villain,” Brian says, sadly.
    “It’s not because he’s a famous super villain!” Malina protests. We all look at her, watching as she turns bright red at the attention. “It’s... It’s because Ace is a nice guy,” she says, looking down at her lap.
    “So basically, I’m still out of luck,” I say with a shrug. “I can’t even hate the guy, because like I said, he’s my best friend. Sure he hangs out with Max and Jack a lot, but...”
    “We’ll find you a new girl!” Emily says. “Maybe Jack or Max can check out the debuts they’re going to get, see if there’s anyone cute.”
    “No thanks,” I say. “I’d rather not trust either of them with picking a future girlfriend.”
    I hear Freddy snort and look up, realizing that he hadn’t drawn any attention to himself since the band came. “Freddy, come out, would you?” I say quietly.
    He slowly peeks out from the upper bunk. Freddy is a pretty interesting looking kid. All of the supers are distinct looking, often good looking, but once in a while you find one like Freddy. Freddy has a long, narrow face with a long, narrow nose, and eyes so green that it looks like he’s wearing contacts. He’s emphasized that package with several piercings and letting Ace do his hair--it looks like a lizard clinging to his head, and is dyed bright green. Ever since Ace did that, I’ve sworn he’d never touch my hair--EVER. Freddy loves it.
    “Guys, meet Freddy, the last of our team,” I tell them, reaching up and bumping knuckles with him. “He’s a wall-climber.”
    “As in ‘he’s really hyper’ or--” Cole asks.
    “I can climb on any surface,” Freddy says, reaching up and touching the ceiling of the bus. Soon he’s crawling across the ceiling and stopping in front of Cole. “See?” he asks, looking up--which is down for us--at Cole.
    “That...”
    “That’s awesome,” Lonny says. “Wait, what do you do?” he asks Malina.
    “I play with water,” she says, shyly.
    “Like water guns or something?”
    “Sort of,” she says. We turn to stare at her, because that’s the lamest comparison I’ve ever heard.
    “You--” I start out, only to see her shake her head slightly. “Okay, fine, but you’re still going to be doing the show, right?” I