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complete with training items specific to their specialty. Beaker had a state of the art chemistry lab. Wirenut an electronics warehouse.
    Parrot a language facility. And I, of course, had a kick butt computer lab.
    David peeked his head in the door. “Mystic, come with me. We need to talk about a few things.”
    Without a glance in my direction, David headed off and Mystic followed.
    Cat lay back on her bed. “GiGi, is there something wrong with you and David? I know he’s been gone a month, but I figured you two would be connected at the hip since he returned.
    What gives?”
    I glanced across the room to Beaker, who looked right back at me, obviously curious what my response would be, too. I hadn’t told any of my team members about the Professor 26
    Quirk episode. And normally I didn’t just go around sharing my personal business. But something made me want to share and possibly get some advice.
“I . . .” I began and then stopped. How did I say this exactly? “I,” I tried again, and then sighed. “Another guy kissed me, and David’s upset. But I don’t think it’s so much the kiss as it is that I told David this other guy ‘got me’.”
    Neither Cat nor Beaker uttered a word.
    “Oh, yeah!” Bruiser rushed into the room. “That was awesome! I can’t believe I just hot wired a car. I’m totally going out on the town tomorrow night and becoming a criminal.” She stopped and looked at each of us. “What’s wrong? Looks like someone ate your last lollipop.”
    Laughing, Wirenut came in behind her. “That was too cool. She actually got it the first time around.” He looked at each of us. “What’s wrong?”
    Parrot stuck his head in the door. “Heard the commotion. I take it you hot wired?” He looked at each of us. “Something wrong?”
    “GiGi,” Beaker and Cat said in unison, “kissed another guy.”
    Everyone turned and looked at me, and I felt about as big as my pinky toe.
    “I didn’t say I kissed another guy.” Pushing off my bed, I stood and gave Cat and Beaker a dirty look. “So glad everybody knows my personal business now.”
    Beaker shrugged. “David is my brother. I’m naturally going to take his side.”
    “Beaker,” Cat got onto her and then turned to me. “GiGi,” she softened her tone.
    I waved them off. “Never mind.” I didn’t need their disapproval on top of my already confusion over the situation. “I’ll see you guys later.” Snagging a lollipop from my dresser, I walked past Wirenut and Parrot and out the door.
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“GiGi,” Bruiser called. “Come back. Let’s talk. We were all just shocked, that’s all. And everyone knows Beaker’s an idiot.”
    Ignoring her, I strode down the hallway, past TL’s office, and came to a stop at the mural that hid our elevator. Placing my hand on the globe light fixture, I waited while it scanned my prints and the mural opened to reveal the secret elevator.
    I stepped inside, punched in my personal code, and the elevator descended. I unwrapped my lollipop and plunked it in my mouth. Mmm, pina colada . I realized then that this was one of the lollipops from the candy bouquet David had given me when I returned from my mission with Wirenut.
    David was always doing sweet things like that. Somehow that thought made me feel even worse.
    The elevator stopped at Sub Floor Four, the doors opened, and I stepped out. I chunked the wrapper in the garbage and told myself I was not going to think of David anymore.
    I headed off to the right and down the hall to where my lab was, along with all the other secret rooms. When I first arrived here at the ranch, these undisclosed doors had driven me absolutely insane. But now I knew what lay behind nearly every one.
    I came to a stop at my lab door and as I began punching in the code to enter the room, I heard voices coming down the hallway.
    “Oh, GiGi. Goodgood, you’re here.” Chapling, my mentor, said. “I want you to meet someone.”
    I punched in the last few code segments