PRINCIPAL LEE CALLED THE NECRODOPOLIS SIBLINGS over. "Zed, Kenzie '' followed with a whistle.

Principal Lee was looking through the window at a classroom that had most of the aliens inside. "They did the entire course in twenty three minutes. It only took them that long because they couldn't figure out how to work a pencil sharpener" she informed.

They watched as A-Li got so frustrated that she screamed and broke the pencil in half. However, A-Spen seemed to understand that your supposed to turn the handle of the pencil sharpener while the pencil was inside to sharpen it.

"Look, the utensil is functional again!" They said excitedly while showing the pencil off to the cheering aliens. Then they touched the tip and accidentally pricked their finger.

Zed sighed heavily. "The aliens stole our class rankings" he grumbled.

"Gur zurwapa" Bonzo, pointing behind them.

"And apparently, Zed's athletic records" Kenzie said, nodding. But then she and Zed realized what she'd repeated

"What?" Zed said, turning around. They saw Coach replacing all of the plaques with Zed's name with new ones that were for A-Lan. "Hey!"

As they rushed over, Coach grinned at them, not sensing the tension. "Oowee, Zed, A-Lan just obliterated your best times. He ran crop circles around you. Bench press records, blew yours away. High jump, he's a VFO. Very Identifiable Flying Object. He has six-pack abs"

Kenzie leaned to the side to look at A-Lan, who was standing at the stairs and surrounded by admirers. He smiled charmingly at them. "I can get to eight, Coach. Just give me time."

"And the best part?" Coach asked excitedly. "The laws of gravity do not apply to them."

They all watched as A-Lan fiddled with his watch. Then he lifted in the air effortlessly, not held down by gravity. "I'd be happy to dunk on you, Zed" he offered.

"That'd be fun to see," Coach said, chuckling. Then he went off, likely to find more records for A-Lan to break.

"Well, there goes your chance," Eliza said, everyone's mood changed. "Now monsters will never get in."

"I mean, we could always find a different way." Kenzie said, running a hand through her hair.

Then they were joined by A-Lan, as well as A-spen and A-Li. "Yes, being better than others is very enjoyable," A-Lan said, standing next to Kenzie. "Hmm, now you're speaking my language," Before A-Lan could say anything she stopped him. "Don't push it," She said in a harsh tone.

"Hey, aliens," Zed greeted in a short tone. "You are ruining my chances to get into Mountain College."

"Oh! I do not like this conflict," A-Li said, seeing the rage brewing in Zed's eyes.

A-Lan nodded in agreement. "Cannot wait to leave this discord."

"Yeah, okay, so then why don't you just go back to your own planet?" Zed asked them tensely.

Suddenly, A-Spen began to cry, surprising them all. "Because it was destroyed. We don't have a home," they revealed, continuing to sob. A-Li glared at Zed for upsetting them.

"Uh, I - I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I really am," Zed said, finally calming down. Kenzie calmed down a little bit, knowing how it felt to lose your home. "You know, as tough as things have been for zombies, we've always had Zombietown."

"Yeah, I'm the only known hybrid here, but I've always had my family and friends and now my pack as my home" Kenzie said, sighing.

"Is there anything we could do?" Zed asked.

The three aliens looked at them in wonder. "You would help us?" A-Spen questioned, managing to dry their eyes.

Zed glared at Kenzie, not doing this alone. "Ugh, Fine. We would love to help

☽

Zed found a spot to sit down in the cafeteria, leaving behind Bonzo and Eliza bot. A-Li held up her luma lens. "With our luma lens, we probed all the minds of Seabrook"

"Mind probes? Why would you do that?" Zed asked, raising an eyebrow.

A-Spen sat up straighter. "To learn about-"

"Cheer, obviously," the aliens spoke in sync. "Cheer."

"Okay, but what about people's privacy?" Kenzie questioned. "What happen to asking permission?"

"Yeah. You can't just scan people's" He trailed off and looked at a memory displayed on A-Lan's luma lens. He saw his name on a sheet of paper being graded. "Hey, what is that?"

"Oh, your biology teacher's brain scan" A-Lan explained.

"Is that my test?" He questioned. Then the teacher wrote a large 'D+' in red marker before moving on to the next one. "A D-plus? That is... ouch."

"I could beat that easily" A-Lan said confidently.

"You were unfairly marked," A-Spen then told them. "Your answers correctly highlight the purpose of brains for zombies."

"Your teacher does not understand zombie culture," A-Li added, trying to make him feel better.

Then A-Lan waved a hand over his luma lens, and watched as Zed's grade changed to a B- right before their eyes. "That's the grade you should have gotten."

"Yes!" Zed exclaimed excitedly. "Just like that? Thank you!"

"So there is something you can do for us" A-Spen said. They held up their own luma lens, the imagine inside Kenzie was showing. The moonstone. "This image appears in many scans. What is it?"

"That is the moonstone" Zed informed them, not knowing how much trouble he would be in with Kenzie. "It is the most precious thing in Seabrook. It's the lifeforce for werewolves"

"Instrumomo" The aliens shared a look of wonder.

"Let this be a warning to y'all. Stay the hell away from it" Kenzie said sharply. She slammed her hand down on the lunch table less than an inch away from A-Li's hand and luma lens as her eyes glowed yellow with red veins beneath them. "We don't let any outsiders near it. And if you go too near it, I will tear you to shreds!"

"Yeah, they're very territorial," Zed added, putting his hand on Kenzie's shoulder calming her down. "Wouldn't want you guys suffer on their wrath or my sister's"

'You are so caring" A-Spen gushed. A-Spen moved forward in their chair and hugged Zed's waist tightly.

He awkwardly hugged them back. "Okay, well."

"Zed and Kenzie, we shall reward your help by improving your application" A-Lan told the siblings.

Kenzie chuckled, "Thanks but no thanks. Besides I already send them my application"

"It's not rocket science, but knowing rocket science won't hurt" A-Li said, smiling.

Zed chuckled happily while grinning. A-Spen raised a curious eyebrow. "What does that expression mean?"

"It means that the universe has sent me an intergalactic alien dream team to help get this zombie into college!" he exclaimed. Zed raised a hand, asking A-Lan for a high five. But the alien didn't understand and held up three fingers. Zed simply grabbed his hand and shook it. "Yeah. Okay."

☽

After finishing up with the aliens, Zed sent a copy of his improved application to Eliza so that she could proofread it. And she was quite impressed with what she saw as she rolled alongside Zed, Kenzie, and Bonzo. "This looks really good. How'd you get the application done so fast?"

"I got friends in high places, what can I say?" Zed asked, not wanting to give away what the aliens did. Eliza would so not approve of a grade change, though she'd have been amazed at how easily they hacked into the system.

"This is huge. Zed, you did it," she said, grinning.

"Yeah, and all I have left is the home interview for Mountain College."

"Zombie-kind is depending on you," Eliza reminded him.

"And wolf-kind," Kenzie added.

Zed frowned, thinking about all the responsibility he was now shouldering. "Yeah, it's all on me."

"Gur zu?" Bonzo questioned, thinking he looked a little paler than normal.

"Hey, don't worry, man. I got this," Zed said, shaking his head.

Then he and Bonzo growled in sync before rushing off to their last classes. Kenzie waved goodbye to Eliza before going as well.

Kenzie along with Addison, Bree, Lacey, and Stacey, was going to get some snacks before practice for the Cheer Off.

Wynter kept walking and noticed the rolling machine with Eliza's face on the screen. She couldn't help but rush over with a giddy smile. "Eliza, is that you?"

"Cool, right?" Eliza said, hoping that the wolf was impressed. "You know, can't beat zombie tech."

"Well, I mean, I wouldn't underestimate wolf tech," she said, pulling off her necklace and spinning the leather band around. "Hey, I was thinking, um, maybe we could have like, like a, you know, remote study date or-"

Wynter got a bit too carried away with fiddling with her necklace and it crashed into Eliza's machine. The moonstone glowed as it interacted with the machine, causing it to malfunction and shut down, letting out puffs of smoke.

"Oops," Wynter winced. Then she backed away and looked around for someone to help, her shoulders sagging. "Uh, Zed?

Kenzie?"

☽

Right after school, Kenzie met up with the others at Zita's Trashfire Pizza.

Was it the best idea to load up on pizza before an extensive cheerleading practice?

Probably not, but Kenzie's appetite had increased greatly since becoming a wolf hybrid.

And they ended up getting to greet the people on the Eastside Eels team, as the squad was also hanging out before practice. As the Eastside team left, their mascot Eely had a very intense stare-down with Shrimpy before moving on.

"Everything's all set for cheer practice tonight, Captain," Stacey said while coming in and sitting next to Lacey.

"Great. Thanks, Stacey," Addison said. She chuckled before turning around and see A-Spen standing behind her. "Ah!"

"Fear. I recognize that emotion," A-Spen said, chuckling. Then they looked at Addison, as they were presented as leaders. "Oh, great leader of cheer, I need your help."

"Yeah, of course," Addison said, nodding.

"I have a feeling I cannot define," they said with a concerned frown. "My palms are sweaty, and it feels like space moths are in my stomach."

Bree nodded knowingly. "Space flu."

Addison shook her head, remembering how Bree thought she also had the flu when she had feelings for Zed. "I think you have a crush, A-Spen."

The word confused the alien, who crushed their hands together. "Crush?"

"No, um, it's when you like-like someone.

You know, love," she better explained.

"I do not know."

"It's when you connect with someone in a really strong way," Kenzie simplified. "And then-"

"And desire, somewhat irrationally, to be with them?" they asked, eyes brightening with recognition. Addison and Kenzie nodded. "Yes, that is it."

Bree let out an excited sound. "Who's the lucky person?"

"A zombie," they revealed.

"Oh! Bonzo is so not available!" Bree snapped while removing her glasses to get ready for a fight. "Hey, hold my glasses, Kenz"

A-Spen quickly shook their head to calm

Bree down. "I love Zed."

Everyone at the table - aside from Kenzie who giggled - gasped loudly. Bree slowly took her glasses back from Kenzie as Addison spoke up.

"Uh, you love Zed?" It earned a nod of confirmation. "Uh, A-Spen, um, I love Zed."

"We both love Zed. How wonderful!" they said while grinning brightly. Then they pulled Addison into a hug.

"Yeah, you can't like her boyfriend," Lacey said, crossing her arms.

A-Spen tilted their head in confusion once more. "One must control who they love?"

While the Aceys nodded, Addison and Kenzie shook their heads. "Uh, well, no. You can't control love," Addison replied.

"But Zed and I are a couple, and we wanna be together for..

Though Addison trailed off, A-Spen could finish for her. "Forever?"

At the mention of forever, Kenzie could've sworn her BHF ( best human friend ) got paler. "Well, if he gets into Mountain College then, yeah, forever," she said uneasily.

"Or maybe he will not get in, change his mind, and love me when you go away," A-Spen interrupted while smirking.

Most of the girls gasped at the bold wish, and Addison nervously chuckled. "Um, yeah, um, let's talk about this after practice."

"Practice," A-Spen said, straightening up. "Sounds fun!"

"Yeah, and we'll show you why the Mighty Shrimp are the best cheerleaders in the galaxy," Bree said proudly.

"Excellent," they said.

☽

It was rare that Bucky and the other cheerleaders was so amazed they couldn't speak. But that was how insanely amazing the cheer routine put on by the aliens was. They moved in perfect sync while pulling nearly impossible moves.

And then near the end, they started to defy gravity by messing with their Luna Lenses.

Without gravity holding them down, they managed to form an upside-down pyramid with A-Lan holding them all up.

When the routine came to an end, the applause was scattered. Though Addison was a bit nervous about competing against them, she clapped for them. It was perfect, so they deserved the applause. Then the group of aliens came over.

"Our telepathic groupthink makes cheer so easy," A-Li bragged to them.

"Yes. We are even better than you, and you've practiced your whole life," A-Lan added, smiling happily, ignoring how many of the Seabrook squad gasped, greatly offended

"So fun. Thank you for inviting us," A-Spen told them

With that, the aliens began to leave so that Seabrook could use the practice space. But as they passed.

Addison went across the room to try and make everyone feel better. "Hey, it's us against them, and we are going to win. We're not gonna let them take what's ours."

"Like the Seabrook Cup," Bucky interjected.

"Right, the Seabrook Cup," Addison added. "Go, Seabrook!"

"Go, Seabrook!" they all chorused.

"Yes. That's the spirit," Bucky said happily. "See? Your squad just needed a common enemy to motivate you."

"No," Addison objected, sighing. "We are going to win because this squad loves each other, not because we hate anyone else. It's not who we are."

"This Cheer Off is our last chance to cheer together," Bree said, getting emotional, "and to win it, we have to try a... triple hip-hop double tuck Lindy."

"That move's impossible," Stacey said after gasping.

"I can't do that move without face-planting," JC said, greatly concerned.

"His face cannot take another nose job." Lacey said, not caring how JC glared at her.

"Together, we can do anything. Come on, guys. Let's go." Addison said, as all the cheerleaders ran up to the stage.

"Now that they're distracted -" the aliens said in sync.

"We can vaporize them"

"See the moonstone"

A-Lan and A-Spen glared at her. "Don't look at me like that."

"A-Li, we are a peaceful people." A-Spen reminded her.

"Right, sorry. These emotions are getting to me."

"Oh, me too. The joy of competition has consumed me, and unfortunately, I am just so good at winning." A-Lan admitted. "We must remember, we are one people."

"United."

"Without disagreement"

"We need to find the moonstone." The aliens said in sync.

☽

A werewolf police officer just exited out of fro-yo store after the worker put the closing sign on the door. She smelled a scent she didn't recognize. When she turned around A-Li had her luma lens up as she probed her memory and before she walked off A-Li grabbed the frozen yogurt from her.

"Now they'll never know we were here." She said confidently

The aliens walked towards the moonstone. A-Lan walked towards it; however, it was protected by a protective barrier. "There's a force field around it, which I most definitely saw"

A-Spen waved their hand around the luma lens as the force field went down. "Not anymore"

"Impressive" A-Li said, taking a bite of the fro-yo.

A-Spen took of their luma lens to get a reading on the moonstone. "Yes, the moonstone's crystal formation would have the processing power to hold our map's coordinates."

"I meant their frozen yougurt's impressive." A-Li said with her mouth full with fro-yo. A-Lan glared at her. "Sorry."

"The scan's complete. And the coordinates are not hidden here. Mission failure" A-Spen said disappointed. A-Lan were holding on the railing when a surge of electricity came out.

"Didn't hurt that bad. Owie-momo"

"This stone interferes with our stardust. It's very powerful"

Soon the young werewolves were about to walk towards the moonstone. A-Li put the frozen yogurt down. "Someone's coming. Mothership, beam us up, now."

"Mothership, beam us up, do our laundry, calculate the trans- temporal quantum jump. You'll stay down there until you learn some manners" The mothership demanded as it disappeared.

"Too late. Everyone hide." As the aliens scattered around zombietown.

Wyatt had his arm around Kenzie. "So there's been something I've been trying to tell you for weeks now and I should tell you -" he trailed off as he noticed she wasn't listening. "Moonshine, what's wrong?"

Kenzie didn't say anything, still pissed for the aliens going near the moonstone. Wyatt knew what happened. "Someone's been trespassing on our turf"

Kenzie walked closer to see if the force field was still up, putting her hand up. "And someone took down the force field." She said flatly.

"And someone's been eating our Froyo" Wynter said, picking up an abandoned cup that was left behind. "And it's all melted."

"It gotta be them," Kenzie said, with her glowing yellow eyes with red veins beneath. "The aliens were talking about it earlier. Wolves - the hunt is on!"

Their moonstone necklaces glowed as all the wolves harnessed the power and let out loud howls.

[ play song ]

( WILLA & KENZIE )
I got a hunch, you're all around us
You broke our trust, so things got serious
You can run, run all you want
We know what you've done
You're not welcome out here

( WYATT )
You're outta luck, 'cause we are hunters
Don't wanna freak you out, but we are monsters

( KENZIE, WILLA, & WYNTER )
You can run, run all you want
We know what you've done
You're not welcome out here
Hands down, you made us an enemy
Claws out, we'll find you eventually
Can't run from destiny
Awooo!

( WOLVES )
Come out, come on out
Come out, come on out now
In the dark, in the park, in the wild
Hey, come on out now
In the streets, in the trees, in the night
Hey, come on out now

( WYNTER )
We're on the prowl until we find you
Savages hunting under the full moon

( WILLA, WYNTER, & KENZIE )
You can run, run, run away
To the Milky Way
You're not welcome out here

( WYATT )
This is our land, our territory
So we will end your part of the story

( WILLA, WYNTER, & KENZIE )
Yeah, you can run, run like the wind
Call your "mommy ship"
You're not welcome out here
Hands down, you made us an enemy
Claws out, we'll find you eventually
Can't run from destiny
Awooo!

( WOLVES )
Come out, come on out
Come out, come on out now
In the dark, in the park, in the wild
Hey, come on out now
In the streets, in the trees, in the night
Hey, come on out now
You are playing with a fiery mind
But you're never gonna take our pride
Don't mess around with Zombietown
We'll track you down wherever you are
Listen up, if our stone goes missing
Listen, listen up, you will never be forgiven
No, listen
We'll do anything to track you down
So come on out now
In the dark, in the park, in the wild
Hey, come on out now
In the streets, in the trees, in the night
Hey, come on out now
Hey, come out, come on out now
Awooo-ooh-ooh-ooh
Hey, come on out now

"Mothership, please beam us up." A-Li begged quietly, hiding behind a car with A-Lan.

"Well, since you said please." The mothership beamed A-Spen, A-Li, and A-Lan. "Uh, hello? You're welcome."

After the practice Bree ran to the other cheerleaders. "Way to bring it, everybody."

Suddenly, Addison started getting beamed up like the aliens were. She tried to get the cheerleaders' attention. "Help!"