Sam & Cat & the Haunted Thundermans: The Dark Twister

Chapter Twenty-Three: Betrayal

Max Thunderman POV

I quietly tip-toed around the corner where Twister and Hurricane had Phoebe and Carly strapped to those platforms. I peeped my head around the corner to see if they were still awake. I sighed out of relief. They were asleep. I then tip-toed past Phoebe and Carly and towards the spot where Twister and Hurricane told Nevel and I that they had hidden the Power Sucker 2,000; the closet to the far right. I slowly twisted the black door nob that was attached to the dark-drown door, letting myself inside of the closet. I then slowly closed the door behind me. The closet was pitch-black; I couldn't see a thing. I began to feel around for the light-switch. Finally, I felt the rectangular-shape of the light-switch and flipped it to its "on" position. The lights dangling above me flickered on. Standing right in front of me, was huge racks of papers. To my guess, those papers where files to unattempted evil plans and blueprints to inventions that were never built. As I slowly approached the racks, I could clearly see the Power Sucker 2,000 behind them. Using all of my strength, I carefully moved the rack that was right in front of me, so that I could get to the Power Sucker 2,000. As soon as I gotten behind the racks, I carefully moved the one rack back into its original position. Right behind the Power Sucker 2,000, was a huge, light-brown, wooden table filled with all kinds of tools. I then began to study the Power Sucker 2,000. It was a metal, tube-like machine with two metal helmets attached to it by a bunch of wires. On the back of the Power-Sucker 2,000, I noticed that there was a compartment that was screwed into it by four silver nails. I then began to search the table for any screwdrivers. Luckily, I managed to find one. I then got down on my hands and knees and began to unscrew the cover that was covering the compartment. The cover came right off, as soon as I had unscrewed all of the nails. Inside of the compartment, there was several wires.

"This must be the power source!" I thought to myself, "I have to cut those wires, if I don't want Twister, Hurricane, and Nevel to drain Phoebe and Carly of their powers!"

I know that I'm a super villain, and super villains usually don't save people, but Phoebe is my twin sister and nobody is evil enough to badly hurt their own twin sister! And besides, ever since we were three years old, we had made this promise that we would always stick together, no matter what. I still remember the day that we had made the promise like it was yesterday.

"Come on, Max, let's go!" Mom shouted, as she and Dad stood at the doorway of our old house in Metroberg.

"But, I don't wanna go to school!!!" I whined.

It was Phoebe and I's first day of preschool and I was not too happy about it.

"Don't worry, Max! School is going to be fun!" Phoebe assured me.

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"I'm positive! We're gonna make lots of friends!"

"But, I don't wanna make any friends! Dr. Colosso's my friend!"

"But, Max, you can always have more friends than just Dr. Colosso," Dad told me.

"I can?" I asked.

"Well, of course you can! There's no limits on how many friends you can have!"

"So you could have a billion and a jillion friends, and you still could have more?" Phoebe asked.

"Well, I don't know about that, but sure!"

"Yay!!!" Phoebe exclaimed as she began to hop up and down, "We're gonna make lots of friends."

"Well, you are, but I'm not!" I told Phoebe.

"Aww, don't feel bad, Max. You're gonna make lots of friends too," Phoebe assured me.

"I already told you that I don't wanna make any friends, Phoebe!"

"Alright, let's get you kids to school, before things get outa hand," Mom told us as she reached out for our hands.

Out the door we went to start a disaster that I'd like to call, "school".

"We're here, kids!" Mom told us as soon as she pulled our minivan into the school parking lot.

At that time, our minivan was new. Standing right in front of me, was a huge preschool with red-brick walls. Since the preschool only had two classrooms, it was actually very small, but since I was so small, it looked huge to me.

"Ok, here's your lunch, kids!" Dad told us as he handed Phoebe and I each a dark-blue lunch box with the Thunder Man "T" on it.

"Thanks, Daddy!" Phoebe thanked Dad as she hopped out of the minivan.

I immediately followed my sister out of the car and towards the preschool.

"Have fun kids!" Mom shouted back to us.

"I love you guys!" Dad added.

"Your father and I both love you guys!"

"We love you guys too!!!" Phoebe and I both shouted back.

Now remember, this was before I had decided to become a super villain, so I used to show affection to people. Mom and Dad then began to blow kisses at Phoebe and I. We blew kisses back at them.

"Bye, Mommy and Daddy!" Phoebe and I both shouted as we started to head towards the preschool.

"Bye, Phoebe and Max! Have a great day!" We heard Mom and Dad shout back.

Phoebe and I slowly made our way up the concrete pathway and towards the front doors, as Mom Dad pulled away. Then all of the sudden, Phoebe looked down at her shoes and gasped.

"What's wrong, Phoebe?" I asked her.

"My shoe's untied!" Phoebe told me as she pointed down at her light-blue sneakers.

I looked down at Phoebe's sneakers. One of the white laces were untied. Phoebe then bent down to tie her shoe. You see, Mom and Dad taught Phoebe and I how to tie our shoes right before we had to go to preschool, so that the teachers wouldn't have to do it for us.

"Need any help?" I asked.

"No, I'm good," Phoebe answered, "Go on without me. I'll meet up with you."

"Ok," I replied, as I continued to walk towards the front doors.

Just as I was about ten feet away from the front doors, I was stopped by a boy that was wearing a neon green super suit. The boy was about an inch taller than I was. He had dark-brown hair and dark-brown eyes.

"Give me your lunch box!" The boy demanded.

"No!" I cried in rebellion, as I held my lunchbox against my chest.

"GIVE ME IT!!!"

The boy tried to snatch my lunchbox out of my hands, but I was quick and I moved it out of his reach. The boy made a second attempt, but I quickly hid my lunchbox behind my back.

"GIVE ME YOUR LUNCH OR ELSE!!!" The boy shouted.

"OR ELSE WHAT, LIMEY!?!!" I asked.

The boy gave me an angry look. "THAT TEARS IT!!!"

The boy then grabbed me by the collar of my super suit and lifted me up off the ground. Obviously, this kid had super strength.

"SAY, 'BYE, BYE', THUNDER HEAD!!!" The boy yelled as he lifted me up over his head.

Just as the boy was about to throw me onto the concrete, a voice behind me ordered, "PUT MY BROTHER DOWN!!!"

I turned my head around to see that it was Phoebe.

The boy laughed. "And why should I do that!?!?!"

"Because if you don't put him down soon, I'm gonna hurt you bad!" Phoebe told the boy.

The boy laughed once more. "But, you're just a girl! How could you possibly hurt me?"

Phoebe gave the boy a death glare. "PUT MY BROTHER DOWN OR ELSE!!!"

"Or else what, thunder head?"

"OR ELSE I'LL GIVE YOU A SUPER WEDGIE!!!"

"A super wedgie? What's a super wedgie!?!?"

"THIS IS A SUPER WEDGIE!!!"

Phoebe then used her telekinesis powers to give the boy a super wedgie. He shrieked, then put me back down on the ground. As soon as I was back down on the ground, Phoebe stopped giving the boy a super wedgie. They boy ran away from us, crying.

"Thanks for saving me!" I thanked Phoebe as I gave her a huge hug.

"You don't need to thank me, Max!" Phoebe told me, "You're my brother!"

"But I really do need to! Limey scared me a bit!"

Phoebe laughed. "Limey! That's a good one, Max!"

"Thanks!"

"I have an idea!"

"What is it?"

"Let's promise that we'll always be there for each other, no matter what!"

"Ok!"

"Let's pinky sear on it!"

"Alright!"

Phoebe and I then interlocked our pinkies.

"I pinky swear that I will always be there for you, no matter what!" I promised Phoebe.

"And I pinky swear that I will always be there for you too, Max!" Phoebe promised me.

We then turned around and headed inside of the preschool.

Even though I am not proud of most of the things that I said on that day, I will always remember it. Ever since that day, Phoebe and I always had each other's backs, no matter how much we changed and no matter how much we argued. Even though I'm a super villain, I am never going to break that promise. Phoebe saved me from that evil boy when we were three and now its my turn to save her from someone evil.

In order to cut those wires and save Phoebe and Carly, I was going to need a wire cutter. I then began to search the table for a wire cutter. Luckily, I had managed to find one. I then got back down on my hands and knees. I then began to study the wires. There was seven of them. One was red, one was blue, one was green, one was yellow, one was white, one was brown, and one was black.

"Which one should I cut?" I thought to myself.

I just shrugged.

"I'll just cut them all, just to make sure that this thing stops working!" I thought to myself.

I then carefully began to cut the wires with the wire clipper that I had found. As soon as I was done cutting all of the wires, I looked up at the table. I noticed that there was a bottle of superglue. I smirked. I knew exactly what I was going to do with it.

As soon as I was done putting glue all along the side of the compartment, I screwed the cover back on. As soon as the cover was screwed back in, I stood back up, put my hands on my hips, and admired my work.

"That oughta do the trick!" I whispered to myself.

I then looked over at the helmets.

"Maybe I should cut their wires too," I thought to myself.

I then picked up the wire cutter and one of the helmets. I began to study the wires on the helmet. Just like the wires in the compartment of the Power Sucker 2,000, the helmet had a red wire, a blue wire, a green wire, a yellow wire, a white wire, a brown wire, and a black wire. I decided to only cut the red and blue wires, since they were the most important ones. So that nobody would noticed that the wires were cut, I decided to superglue them to the other wires. I did the same exact thing to the other helmet. As soon as I was done, I put the helmets down and the tools back on the table. I then stood back to admire my work once more.

"I think that the Power Sucker 2,000 has been destroyed enough for it to stop working," I whispered to myself.

Then all of the sudden, I heard a loud, "Thud!", followed by several footsteps. Somebody was getting out of their bed and I needed to hide! I then quietly moved one of the racks. I then ran over to the light switch and turned the lights off. I then dove behind the racks. I quickly moved the one rack back into its original position. I then scurried behind the Power Sucker 2,000 and under the table.

After about thirty minutes of not hearing any foot steps, I finally decided to come out of my hiding spot.

"Maybe someone just had to go to the bathroom," I thought to myself.

I slowly felt my away around the huge closet, until I had found one of the racks. I then pushed the rack back a few feet, so that I could get past it. I then pushed the rack back into its original position. I then felt my way towards the door knob. I then turned the knob and slowly opened the door. I quietly tip-toed past Phoebe and Carly, as I made my way towards the bedroom that Hurricane and Twister had given me. Then all of the sudden, alarms above my head began to blare and flash red. The computer screens were flashing red as well. The alarms were so loud that they woke Carly and Phoebe up.

"WHAT'S GOING ON!?!?" Phoebe asked.

"AND WHY ARE THESE ALARMS SO LOUD!?!?" Carly added.

"AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE MAX!?!?"

Before I could answer Phoebe's question, I heard several loud thuds, followed by several foot steps coming towards us.

"Uh, oh!" I thought to myself, "I'm dead meat!"

"WHY ARE THOSE ALARMS GOING OFF!?!?" Nevel asked as he, Twister, and Hurricane ran towards the computers, "I DEMAND THAT YOU TURN THEM OFF NOW!!! THEY ARE PIERCING HOLES IN MY EARDRUMS!!!"

"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!" The deep voice of the computer told us.

Nevel and I jumped.

"Wait, what are you doing in here, Max?" Twister asked me as he squinted his eyes.

"Just keeping an eye on the prisoners, sir!" I told Twister as I saluted him.

Twister and Hurricane both nodded in approval.

"Who's the intruder?" Nevel asked.

"I'll go see who it is," Hurricane told us as she sat down in her computer chair.

Twister, Nevel, and I gathered around Hurricane as she began to press a bunch of different keys on one of her keyboards. Then all of the sudden, a surveillance of the front of the island popped up on the screen. I could tell that it was now daytime by the blue skies that the surveillance showed us. The surveillance showed a group of people anchoring their boats on the shore of the island. The four of us gasped. It was Mom, Dad, Nora, Billy, Sam, Cat, Dr. Colosso, Taylor, Frankie, Nona, Dice, Goomer, Mr. Preston, Ms. Hathaway, Louie, Miles, and the technical producer from iCarly, Freddie Benson. They were all coming to save us from The Dark Twister and The Dark Hurricane. Sam must of told Freddie that Carly got carried away but a tornado, so he agreed to help them rescue us. Does Freddie know that my family has super powers? Does he know that Dr. Colosso can talk? Does he know that the Preston's are ghosts?

"Hurricane, create a hurricane and flood the island, while I create a tornado to guard our evil lair!" Twister ordered.

Hurricane nodded in agreement. She then got up out of her chair, closed her eyes, and began to move her hands in a circular motion. Twister began to do the same.

"What the heck are you two doing!?!?" Nevel asked.

"Creating a hurricane and a tornado of course," Hurricane replied with her eyes still closed, "We cannot let them take you four back from us."

"Wait, you just can't create a hurricane!" Nevel told Hurricane, "You're going to flood our evil lair!"

Twister and Hurricane both laughed.

"Nevel, there's no way that hurricane is going to flood our evil lair, unless someone were to open the front door!" Hurricane stated.

"Yes," Twister agreed, "Nevel, Max, while we are doing this, go fetch us the Power Sucker 2,000."

"Right away, sir," I replied as I started to head towards the closet, "Come on, Nevel!"

"Coming, Max!" Nevel shouted as he followed me towards the closet.