Chapter 5- return of the opposites

-the next day-

The class was back at the museum for a mini tour.

"So, Arsène, please tell us what you know about the Reverser" Mr Shawn stated.

"Ah, yes, the Reverser. One of my favourites. You see, you lot, my ancestor, Arsène Lupin I, had one time been accused of pulling off a heist he didn't even commit, so after finding that treasure, he made sure that on his heist, no one would be who they claim to be. The Reverser gives its user the chance to invert anyone. The strong become weak. The brave will become cowards. And the kind will become mean." Arsène explained.

"Does that sound familiar?" Amaya whispered.

"Yeah…like the opposite ray…Romeo might not like this" Greg said in a low voice.

"We should keep an eye on this area" Connor agreed in a whisper.

Cameron was curious of their whispered conversations and went over to his sister Aisha.

All of the children were now in their winter clothes due to it being November now.

Aisha was now wearing a squirrel dog tag necklace on her neck as it had been a recent gift from her mother.

She shook her head as soon as he looked at her, knowing what he was about to ask.

"Mr Shawn, can I talk to you for a minute?" Connor asked.

"Sure. Everyone, stick with your buddy and don't wander off too far from the group, ok?" Mr Shawn instructed.

They all nodded as the group dispersed in different directions.

Greg had been paired with Connor this time while Amaya had been paired with Arsène.

Aisha was paired with Meg, one of her friends in the class.

Cameron was paired with Archi, the boy with the distinct green hat.

Marie joined Archi's group because 'Dill' had been off on a trip with his dad for a while.

Steven was with Billy.

Tommy, a boy who resembled Connor with his hairstyle but with a dark shade of blonde, blue eyes, pale skin, red shirt and blue jeans (at Halloween, he's a frankstein's monster character with green face paint) was paired with Galia.

Billy was with Jenny.

Anne, the young black female with green eyes, blue glasses and black hair up in a bun wearing a purple and pink striped long sleeved top, blue with white spots skirt and brown boots was paired with Louis, the boy with similar design to Connor but with fair skin, green eyes and short light brown hair wearing a purple hoodie, turquoise jeans and black shoes.

Alex, the male with tanned skin with black hair styled like Connor and brown eyes wearing a white, yellow and green chequered shirt, blue jeans and red trainers was paired with a black male called Jason, who had brown-grey eyes and black short hair wearing a white with black stripes top underneath a purple-grey jacket, blue jeans and green shoes.

"So, what do you want to talk about?" Mr Shawn asked, gently.

"Well, lately I've been feeling angry at Arsène every time he looks at Amaya in that way" Connor began.

"Ah, I see. Jealousy. Is there something you haven't admitted to yourself yet?" Mr Shawn asked.

"Well…. Amaya and Greg are my best friends…they're almost like siblings to me and yet when I'm alone with either of them…..I get this warm feeling that I don't understand" the young boy admitted.

"It's ok to not fully understand this feeling, Connor. It's part of growing up. You can feel embarrassed and confused all at once. And don't worry, you don't have to tell them now. Although we need an outlet for this anger aimed at Arsène (AKA Jealousy). How about using video games, origami and drawing as this outlet to calm you down and you out here like today, count to 10 to calm down, ok?" Mr Shawn suggested.

"Ok. Thank you, sir" Connor said, gratefully.

He went back to Greg and continued to enjoy the tour, feeling like a weight had been lifted.

-the following night-

Romeo got Robette to steal back his teleporter from 'Supersonic Owlette' and used it to get inside the Lupin Mansion.

The first phase of his plan was giving PJ Robot (or Lupinbot in his current state) a new microchip. It was going to help him collect more data about the effects of his ray gun: The Opposite Ray.

Lupinbot was on sleep mode when he teleported inside.

Romeo managed to get into the Robot's circuits and insert the chip without waking him.

He then put his metal cover back on and teleported outside for step two: the reverser

He'd done minimal research on the Lupin Collection so far and had to go to the museum to steal the reverser: the badge looking treasure that inverts people.

"To think that the Reverser came before my Opposite Ray. Well, not for long" he muttered to himself.

He used the teleporter to get out of the museum after stealing the device and ran to his lab to power up his recently fixed opposite Ray...

"Say hello to the new and improved Opposite Ray" Romeo declared to Robot.

"Be careful not to turn into Captain Smarty-pant again, Master" Robot advised.

"I know that bolt-brain. Now then, we do the next step and then bedtime" Romeo said with a smile.

-Two hours later-

Captaine Lupin went out to the museum.

He now wore a silver and black tuxedo with a chest, arm and knee armour plates for protection and his trademark top hat was now fitted with a pull-on mask.

He saw the Reverser was no longer there.

"Better leave behind that replica for the visitors" Capitaine Lupin remarked to himself

You heard that right. Replica. Capitaine Lupin knew for a long time that people get worried about his treasure being stolen, especially if it's a rental to the museum by his own family, so he would often leave behind replicas to prevent any panicking crowds.

He then went to Romeo's lab when he had fallen asleep and left a calling card.

"Just you wait, Romeo. Nobody steals my treasure and gets away with it" the young thief whispered.

The next day at school, Greg was acting Different.

He came to school sporting a black with dark green stripes long-sleeved shirt, black trousers and dark brown shoes compared to his usual outfit. His hair seemed to be in the typical 50's greaser style to match his new look.

It shocked everyone.

"Bonjour, Conner. Bonjour, Amaya. Say, what's wrong with Greg? Why is he wearing... dark colours? Isn't he usually the one to wear green?" Arsène wondered.

"We're not sure" Amaya admitted.

Greg then pushed Jason and then Archi into a wall aggressively.

"Usually, he's really caring, but now he's cruel to everyone" Arsène noted in horror.

They headed into class and witnessed Greg trying to bully Cameron.

"Take it easy, Greg. Honestly, what did I ever do to you?" Cameron said in a nervous voice.

"Nothing, but I know you are going to once my back is turned" Greg said, menacingly as he held Cameron by the shirt.

Arsène got in between both Cameron and Greg.

"Okay, you two. Break it up" he warned.

Greg glared at him.

"I see the poet has guts now" He said, bitterly.

"Calm down, Greg. Let's just sit down and talk about this, alright?" Arsène requested, calmly.

"I'm only sitting down if you face me in a painting contest" Greg challenged.

"Fine, I'm in" Arsène replied.

So, as Greg sat down, Connor and Amaya looked at each other with concern.

"It's a deal then, we'll have the contest tonight" Greg decided.

-Author Note-

Hey everyone. I wanted to share part of chapter 5 in order to do this notice.

You may be wondering why I'm not continuing this story.

Well I do have an ending but the reason I can't finish this story is because I don't enjoy it anymore. My passion and enthusiasm for this is gone. Sorry guys, don't know if I'll actually show the ending at this point as I'm enjoying writing the sequel to this more.

So um...bye!