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sense. A bullet was
super fast and barely anything can penetrate it, so Jake became
Bullet. According to Darryl ‘tritor’ meant rubber in Latin. And
since Darryl could stretch and was super smart, he became Dr
Tritor. Harrison’s fire, flight and melting sort of powers gave him
the name Magma. Personally I think my name is the coolest. Electric
Eel.
    Eels are water creatures and I can control and
manipulate water. The electric parts makes you know I can do the
same with electricity as I can with water; an overall awesome
name.
    The costume part was tricky, because everyone
wanted to make different costumes. In the end we decided to create
an identical costume for everyone. I was elected, along with Darryl
to design the costumes. Darryl was chosen because he can make
awesome things and can add additional touches. Like fireproof
material for Harrison, waterproof material for me, and long-lasting
material for Jake. I was chosen because I can make it look
nice.
    After one excruciating hour of work, Darryl
and I entered the living room where Harrison and Jake were seated
watching last night’s match.
    “ Hey, guys,” I said. They turned.
“The costumes are ready.”
    We spent the next few minutes looking at our
costumes and admiring our handiwork. Then Harrison whispered
something unintelligibly in Darryl’s ear. Darryl nodded and the two
of them walked out of the room.
    A few minutes later they returned holding four
amulets. “They have speaking devices implanted in them,” Harrison
informed us, holding out the amulets for us to examine. “That way
we can always track the other.”
    On each amulet was a different symbol. One had
fire, the other had a picture of an electric eel, the other had a
hammer and the last one had three lines of different sizes in a
circle. Harrison handed out the amulets to us. It was no surprise
that I got the electric eel. Obviously Harrison got the fire and
Darryl got the hammer. But I was a little surprised by Jake’s
amulet.
    “ The circle was supposed to
represent the force field and the lines were supposed to represent
speed, like in the cartoons.” Harrison explained.
    “ Oh.” said Jake. “ I knew
that”
    “ Of course you did.” We all
muttered under our breaths.
     
    That night I reached out and pulled a thin pink
book from under my mattress. That book held all my dearest secrets
in it and I guarded it with my life.
    I opened it to a fresh page and
wrote:
     
     
    Dear Diary,
     
    Today has been an interesting turn
of events. And it all started with Jake. There we were taking the
usual route through the woods home. Jake was in the middle
describing a fascinating scene of last weeks match. I listened
eagerly even though; being the head cheerleader I was there and
already knew what had happened. Nevertheless I listened, because
Jake took after his two parents and tended to over-exaggerate a
lot. In his version he was on national TV and the world was
screaming for the quarterback. I kind of tuned out after that
thinking about something else. I guess somewhere along that lonely
road we must have taken the wrong turn because half an hour later
the trail ended abruptly and there was still no sign of
civilization. A look of realization crossed over our faces. We were
lost. I thought everything was hopeless, but then Harrison yelled
out, pointing at something. We all followed his gaze. There was an
abandoned building lying in the middle of the wilderness. We all
ran towards the building. Harrison opened the door and we slowly
crept inside. My mouth opened with shock. Inside was a glorious
sight. Row after row of vending machines. I raced to one covered
with blue and yellow. I took three drinks and drank them on the
spot. When I put the drink down I noticed a name written on its
side: Electric Eel. “That’s strange,” I thought. “ Who would write
such a weird name?” Little did I know that that can of soda was
about to turn my world around-
    “ Carly.” Papa called. “Go to