Before I say anything else, Yes I know I haven't updated for a long time but…Uhg I rather not get into that. So here it is chapter 3.

Disclaimer: I don't own Suite Lire or its characters. Although, I do own copyright ownership to Tiberius Tipton.

Chapter 3: A New Cody Martin

Zack sat up from his bed, yawned, and stretched out his arms as he always did every time he woke up. He looked across the room and saw that Cody's bed was empty, Zack looked at his radio clock that read 12:43pm, "Damn it." He said to himself as he got off his bed and went into the living room to only find his mother washing dishes.

"Mom, have you seen Cody?" Zack asked his mother. "He left a couple hours ago." Carey said while focusing on the dirty dishes. "Did he say where he was going?" Zack asked his mother who shook her head. Carey never asks Cody where he would go, she instantly knew he was going to the library, or the museum, or some educational workshop.

Zack simply sat down in front of the TV, thinking maybe Cody got over whatever it was that was bothering him. All Cody ever did is lie on his bed and stare at the ceiling, even during their last days on the S.S. Tipton. In fact it was Cody's roommate, Woody, that told Zack about his brother's unusual behavior, always staring at the ceiling, barely saying a word, never leaving the room, and only taking a few bites of food.

The fact that Cody not only got out of their room but the suite as well made Zack think that maybe Cody is back to his normal self again, but at the same he thought it was only going to get worse from here.

"You wanted to see me sir?" Mr. Moseby entered Tiberius' private suite, seeing the young hotel owner working on his laptop. "Moseby I'm too young to be called sir, call me Tiberius." Tiberius calmly tells the nervous Mr. Moseby. "Yes…Tiberius. Umm there have been rumors that you were going to downsize the Tipton staff, is that true?"

"Indeed they are, that's why I called you here, you know the Tipton staff better than anyone so I want you to evaluate them and report it to me by the end of the next week."Tiberius tells Mr. Moseby while keeping his eyes on his laptop. "But Tiberius, why do we have to start firing people now?"

Tiberius gave Moseby a look and then showed him his laptop screen, "Because profits have been going down for the last three years as well as employee efficiency, we have no other choice Moseby we have to start cutting away the fat."

"Bu-but if you fire these people," Moseby pleaded "they'll won't be able to find other job, what with the recession and all, they won't be able to pay their bills, they'll be cast out to the street, they-"

"Then," Tiberius interrupted, "They should've thought about that before they decided to slack off." "Please Tiberius have heart you can't actually-"Moseby was interrupted by the loud sound of Tiberius' laptop closing shut, "Look Marian, I will be laying off people whether you help or not you either you get with the program or I won't hesitate to fire you!" The fiend-like hotel manager yells at Moseby. "I'm sorry, but I can't do this…even if means losing my job."

He turns and starts to walk towards the door and as he grabs the door handle, he hears a weird swish noise and a sudden pain on his left earlobe. Moseby then sees a knife sticking on the door with a bit of blood on its edge, he then touches his left ear and realizes that it's bleeding. "Now that I have your attention, I feel like I must remind you that London is your responsibility and if you were to resign from your job then I will have no reason to keep London living here rent-free."

Moseby slowly turns to face Tiberius while covering his bleeding left earlobe with his hand, "You-you're a psychopath!" he bellows. Tiberius only tilts his head and smiles a bit, "It's not a question of sanity, it's a question of strategy," he then opens his laptop and resumes his work, "So…can I count on you to bring me the employee evaluations by next week?" "…y-yes Tiberius, I will get right on it." The scared hotel manager responds.

As Zack's favorite TV show, George Lopez, began to show, he notices that it is six o' clock. Zack began to worry a bit about his brother considering that he never stays out for this long. Fifteen minutes passed and Zack was so into his TV show that he did not hear the sound of someone entering, but he did hear the sound of his mother gasping and the sound of a dish breaking. Zack immediately turns to see his mom who had her eyes and mouth wide open in fear, he turns to see what she is seeing and he too becomes somewhat paralyzed in fear.

Cody had dyed his hair black to go along with his black and white striped shirt and arm warmers. Instead of his usual khakis shorts, he had on a tight pair of black jeans. His right eye was covered in black eyeliner while his hair covered his left eye. The shocked expressions on his family's faces did not faze him at all, in fact, he did not even say a word he just went straight to the couch and sat down next to his twin brother while staring at the TV.

"Cody…" his mother asked, "What…what did you do to yourself?" Cody did not answer, he continued to mindlessly watch the TV. Carey looked at her watch and realized that she was late for her show, as he hurried herself she then looks at Zack, "Zack, I got to go please talk to your brother." She says as she ran out the door.

"C-Cody?" Zack asked Cody, "Umm did you do something different with your hair?" Cody just scoffs at his twin, angrily goes to his room, and slams the door shut. The concerned Zack barges into their room to find with brother once again laying on his bed and staring at the ceiling. "Cody…what is going on with you? Please talk to me…"

No answer, "Cody…can you please go back to being my nerdy brother? I don't like this new you…" Cody rose up and looked at his brother, "You want to old Cody?" He opens his shelve, takes out some his clothes out, then throes them to Zack, "There's old Cody!" He then goes to his closet to take out his jackets and throws them to Zack which knocks him off balance. "There's more of old Cody!"

Zack moves one of the jackets off his face to see Cody's mattress falling down on him. "There! That's what's left of old Cody! That's all you're getting cause old Cody is not coming back! He's never coming back!" Cody then runs out of his room then right out of the suite.

"Hey candy girl!" Maddie turns to see evil gaze of Tiberius Tipton, "Hand me that bar of snickers" he tells Maddie. "Uhh there's something you should know ab-"Maddie is interrupted by Tiberius, "I didn't came for lecture on chocolate I came to eat said chocolate!" Maddie was trying to tell her new boss that those snicker bars have been on the shelves since the day she started working at the Tipton, maybe even longer.

"Sure, one snicker bar coming right up!" she happily gives the chocolate bar to Tiberius. "About time!" He rips the wrapper off, takes a bite, he then stops, and takes a look at the bar, "Hmm, this is pretty good." Maddie's mouth widely opens, she wonders if the snicker bars were restocked without her knowledge. This prompts her to grab one and take a bite, "Oww!" she cries out as she bites into the rock hard snicker bar.

Tiberius begins to laugh, but not his usual evil cackling, it was a normal laugh, "I guess you don't have strong teeth like mines to bite into old chocolate." Before he got another word in, a running Cody bumps into Tiberius causing him to drop his chocolate bar. "Aww man." Tiberius says as he picks it up while Cody is seen heading towards the furnace room.

"Where's that kid going?" Tiberius asked, he then goes after Cody while having the dropped chocolate bar in his mouth. Maddie wonders why Tiberius didn't threw a tantrum about Cody bumping into him but then focuses back to the pain in her tooth.

Ok I'm going to have Cody reveal why the sudden change and everything on the next chapter, anyways please review this chapter and I'll get chapter 4 up quickly