Holt quickly slid into his chair in Home Ick class, where he sat next to Deuce.

"Dude, what took you so long? I was getting worried about you, dude!" Deuce asked, keeping his voice down.

"I had some fashizzle goin' down, yo. Kinda… The whole uh…"

"You don't have to explain to me, I get what you mean."

Deuce stopped him midsentence. The class went on as usual, lengthy and most of all, boring. Holt had fallen asleep mid lesson, putting his head down on the table, trying to hold on brief snores. Deuce looked down at him and chuckled lightly.

"Wow, dude. Seriously?"

Of course, Holt didn't respond. When he falls asleep he is out like a light. When the bell rang, Deuce had to slam a book on Holt's shoulder to wake him up. He jumped and let out a yelp, but figured out it was only Deuce trying to wake him up to get to the next class.

"Thanks, dude." Holt said, as he ran of the room, not intently wanting to catch up to/with anyone.

Deuce walked out of the classroom at his usual steady pace, confused about how Holt was acting all of a sudden.

"Weird, Holt's never so jittery and lethargic. I mean, yeah, he's jittery sometimes, but I've never seen him so… Self-kept, almost as if he were hiding something…I better send a mass text to the dudes."

Deuce said to himself, taking out his iCoffin and preparing the text. He sent to Gil, Claud, Heath, and Manny about Holt. The text said

"Look out 4 Holt. Acting secretive and lethargic."

This surprised some of the dudes, but only made Heath laugh.

"Serves him right! He's always so out there!" He joked at Deuce, who was starting to get a bit annoyed at him after everything he had done in the past.

"Look, dude. I don't think you understand how dangerous this is. Something might be up… We need to check out some books on the Hyde's. And the Jekyll's."

Just then, Lagoona walked by.

"You know, you can check out the book called 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.' That oughta give you some information."

Deuce nodded at her, then turned back to face Heath.

"There's our answer." He said heroically, and ran with Heath to the Library.

As they walked over to the book section, the section labeled 'Monster Parent Tales',they spotted many unique books on Monster Parents.

"Wow! I didn't even know that the Flytrap had its own story!" Heath pointed out, Deuce rolling his eyes in return.

"He doesn't. Now help me find the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." He commanded, searching up and down the aisles, but finding it to no avail.

"Well this stinks."

Heath spoke up, as he picked up a book and watched as it quickly burst into flames. He dropped it, and pointed down at the front cover. It said 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' in neat cursive handwriting.

"I-Is this one it, Deuce?" Heath asked, as Deuce walked over and gasped at the sight of the burning book.

"Yeah that's the one! What did you do to it?!" Deuce exclaimed, as he took off his shades and turned the book to stone, hoping the burning hadn't caused any mortal damage after being solid in stone.

"I pulled it out of the shelf and boom! There it went!"

Deuce let out a deep sigh

"Exactly what I wanted to hear…"

"Hey look dude! I'm sorry!"

"It's all good, dude. Now we gotta find Holt." Deuce concluded, running out of the library to try to find Holt during his free time.

Heath picked up the book, shouting,

"You forgot this!"

And followed Deuce to wherever he was going. He found Holt sitting at a table with Frankie, as she rubbed his shoulder comfortingly as he lied his head down on the table.

"Hey hey, what's wrong with Holt?" Deuce asked, as he skid to a stop in front of them and took a seat on the bench parallel from them.

"He's really out of it, apparently. Not wanting to do anything but sleep. He's blazed up a couple times, but that's because I poked at his neck to get his attention." She giggled at her last sentence, as Heath placed the now subtle looking book on the table.

"I found this book in the library. I don't think Holt is supposed to be acting like that without a justified cause."

Frankie gave a nod, as Deuce flipped through the book.

"It says here that any time the Hyde's are like this, it most likely means… Wh-…. How confusing can you get in these books?! What does that even mean?! The DNA twist of the Hyde is enhancing? Does that mean he's gonna act like his dad or something…? Because his dad can get kinda ferocious…"

"I'm not too sure. His body heat is burning through the table, and I'm not too sure what that's supposed to mean."

Deuce looked up at Heath.

"You should know more than any of us. You're his cousin."

Heath stuttered.

"I-I know! But I don't know what I should say!"

Deuce sighed, and looked at Holt.

"Frankie, is there anything I can do to help you guys?" Frankie shook her head.

"I think I, along with Holt, can deal with it on our own. has already given me permission to assist the both of them."

"Well if you got permission from the big dude, I guess there's no going against that. Is Holt asleep?"

He asked, leaving it as his final question. Frankie poked him a few times, as he turned his head in the opposite direction, moaning sleepily.

"I can honestly say, yes."

Deuce chuckled, and stood up.

"Well you tell me when Holt feels better. It's never good to have the DJ sick."

"Yeah."

She agreed, as she watched Deuce and Heath walk away. The boys had left the nonfiction Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde biography behind, and she decided to take a quick look see. She was astounded by what she saw. Everything she had heard about Mr. Hyde was true.

"Mr. Hyde is the most vicious creation ever made, powerful than Frankenstein himself?!"

She gasped, and continued reading.

"The alter ego of Dr. Jekyll, he is mostly found in an angry state of mind, unlike his offspring, Holt Hyde… Mr. Hyde was never seen as much as Dr. Jekyll had assumed, yet, the Hyde's have many abilities Dr. Jekyll does not even know about! Around the beginning of their first decade of living, the Hyde family may seem more festive. That is because… The flame is increasing…?"

She sustained from reading there, for the pages were scorched beyond that stood up, having to leave for class, but not wanting to leave Holt behind like this.

"Maybe I should get Principal BloodGood… Hope this works…!" She said hopefully, running to the Principal's office.

"Principal BloodGood, Holt isn't feeling himself, and he's asleep in the creepateria. Could you by… A-Any chance… Keep an eye on him while I go to class?"

"Why yes, yes I can. Thank you for asking me, Frankie." She replied, standing up from her desk, situating her head onto her neck, and walking to the creepateria.

Frankie let out a sad sigh. Just thinking about Holt's current condition brought tears to her eyes. She ran to class, and caught up with her ghoul friends, Clawdeen, Draculaura, Lagoona, Abbey, and Cleo. They talked on the way to class, but Frankie remained silent, only focused on Holt.