The New Rule

## Summary

Nayah has fainted way too much. Even with her training daily, she somehow still faints, so Chief makes a new rule: If anyone says babe, they get tickled for five to ten minutes or longer, but Brett suddenly finds himself tempted to break the new rule, even though he knows he's not supposed to. When Edward, Kamala, Linda show up causing trouble, the team's skills are put to the test! Can the team not make Nayah faint? Or will they all face Chief's severe tickling?

## Story

"Listen up, team." "Nayah has fainted way too much." "Do you know why?" "It's because multiple people keep saying one word: butterfly, apple, box, energy." Gloria said as she looked at her team. Nayah felt her heart skip two beats because she knew. She knew the **EXACT** word Chief meant.

"So how do we not make her faint?" Kace asked.

"Nayah had an idea if you guys felt tempted." Gloria smiled, gesturing to Nayah, who stood up nervously, walking to the projector. She then turned on a video she'd made earlier in the day.

"If you ever feel tempted, you have to go to the Cave and sing Replay." Nayah's sweet voice said over the projector.

"If that fails, sing Relax." "However, never ever, under any circumstances, look a villain in their eyes." "That not only makes you vulnerable, but it gives the villain the chance, or the opportunity to easily try to trick the female members of the team, like Kace." Nayah said.

"Is there a way for us to ignore them if they try to tempt us?" Brett asked.

"Yes, all you've gotta do is put on headphones and hum your favorite song." "It can't be Something New or Too Much, though." Nayah warned.

"Those two songs make our pets tickle us." Kace recalled, shuddering.

Chessie suddenly felt dizzier than usual. He knew that something bad was gonna happen.

"Chessie?" "What's wrong?" Nayah asked the young Saint Bernard.

"You've gotta play." "Can you play Chester's Clues to figure it out?" Chessie asked.

"Of course!" Nayah teleported to the Cave as Chester started whimpering.

"Woah, what's wrong?" The young fourteen-year-old looked at Chessie.

*"You have to run quick, otherwise Xander will pull the four letter trick." Chessie said.*

"Ar-Are you sure?" Nayah asked softly.

"Yeah.. Char knows, too." "That's why I made your first clue rhyme." Chessie sighed.

"Well, I'd better run!" "Where's the safest place to hide?" Nayah asked.

"*There's a snow cave." "But you've only got little time before Xander shows up and pulls the four letter trick, so you've gotta get there quick!" Charlie murmured.*

"Oh, no." "Let's ride!" Nayah murmured. Glacier showed up in a heartbeat after she said this.

"Triple trouble?" "Don't worry, Glacie's on the double!" Glacier smiled.

"That's good." "How fast can you take us to Snowflake Cave?" Nayah asked.

"I can run pretty fast, love." "Why?" Glacier asked.

"We need a safe place to wait out a storm." Nayah said as it started raining.

"Okay." "Hold on tight!" Glacier laughed as he zoomed along in the fresh snow, not realizing that someone was gonna pull the four-letter-trick.

"Hello, babe." Xander smirked at Nayah, who fell off Glacier's back.

"Nayah!" "No, no, no!" Glacier slowly got down and looked at the young fourteen year old. When he realized that she had fainted, he snarled at Xander.

"You...You broke her." "You made her faint." "Y-You seriously knew she hates it when she hears the no-no word, but you said it anyway." Glacier said angrily.

"Oh, don't worry, Glacier." "How can I make it up to you, buddy?" Xander smirked.

Glacier rolled his eyes, then looked at Nayah, who was still fainted.

"Oh, my butterfly... Wake up, wake up, love." "We need you." "Please wake up." Chessie whimpered.

"Chest, I have an idea." "Do you think you can use your superpowers to wake Nayah up?" The white wolf looked at the Saint Bernard, who sighed.

"Glacie, as much as I want to wake her up, I can't!" "I can't!" "I can't!" Chessie said as Glacier firmly placed his paws on his shoulders.

"Listen, Chest." "Nayah really needs you now." "She would do the same for you." Glacier said softly.

"You've used your superpowers to wake her up before." "Do you think you can do it again?" Glacier looked at the young Saint Bernard.

"Just put headphones on and ignore Xander." "Focus on your beautiful best friend." Glacier added as Chester moved his paws in a circulating motion as icy blue snowflakes slowly shot from his paws and gently floated down, landing right on Nayah's coat, causing her to wake up.

The young fourteen-year-old looked at Chester, then at Glacier.

"You did it!" Nayah cheered, getting on Glacier's back again.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you: Xander pulled the four letter trick." "That's why you fainted." Glacier explained.

Nayah could feel her anger rising.

There were other villains who had had made her faint, but this? This was next level! Xander had pulled the same trick with Kace and had gotten away with it because Chief didn't have enough energy to tickle him.

"Xander, guess what?" "You're not safe." Chester said firmly.

"Yeah." "You pulled the four letter trick and made Nayah faint!" "Didn't you listen to her in the video?" Glacier asked.

"I don't really care." Xander fake yawned.

"Well, looks like we'll have to tickle you." Zora smirked.

"And I'm not even gonna tell Xavi, because he's walking over." Nayah smirked as she hopped on Glacier's back. She then whistled twice to tell him to run as fast as possible.

"Run back to HQ, Glacie." "Our work here is done, buddy." Nayah smiled softly as the teen white wolf began running to HQ. When he saw Edward and Linda and Kamala, though, he jerked, causing Nayah to almost fall.

"Woah, Glace!" "Are we OK?" Nayah asked.

"No.. We shouldn't have left Snowflake Cave." Glace responded.

"Why not, buddy?" "What's up?" "Are we in trouble?" Nayah asked.

"Unfortunately, yes." "I'm sorry, but I don't think we should stay, beautiful." Glacier responded as he started to run in the direction of Snowflake Cave, but icicles were blocking the way.

*"Oh, no." "Don't fall." Chessie murmured.*

"Babe." Edward smirked at Linda.

"Nayah, how do we get back to Snowflake Cave?" Glacier asked fearfully.

"Here's the thing, Glacie." "I think this is my test." "So you and Chessie can run back, but leave me here." "I've got this." Nayah smiled.

"But what about the rule?" Chester asked.

"Yeah, we can't let them get away with it." Glacie added.

*"Nayah, here's your second clue: Find someone who is least likely to pull the trick on you." Chessie whispered.*

"Hmm.. Xavier hardly pulls the trick on me." "Maybe he's the one to help me." Nayah said happily as she dashed to HQ, where Xavier was in the HQ lounge, sipping a latte.

"Xavi!" "I need your help!" Nayah said frantically. She looked at the fifteen-year-old spy, who stood up slowly.

"Talk to me, beautiful." Xavier said comfortingly.

"Well, first, your twin gets me with the four letter trick." "Then I wake up and I'm back on track, but then Edward, Kamala, and Linda show up and guess what happens?"

"The trick gets pulled, so then Chessie clues me in, saying I had to find you because you know, you hardly pull the trick on me." Nayah said.

"I'm so sorry, it's all a blur to me, too." She added.

"No, no, you're fine." "It's the fact Xander got you." "He knew we're not supposed to say it, but he broke it anyways." Xavi fused.

"Relax." Nayah said.

Xavier took a deep breath. Looking into Nayah's magnificent magenta eyes, he swallowed hard and smiled softly.

"Thank you." "For everything." Xavi said as he looked at her.

"Oh, you're welcome, buddy." "I just wanted you to know that Xander got me, along with everything else." Nayah said.

Xavier sighed deeply as he looked at Nayah. He then got on his motorbike and watched as Nayah got on hers, obviously exhausted.

"Hey, if you feel overworked, you can go see Christi." "The others and I should be okay, but if we're not, we'll let you know, okay?" "There's no need for you to overwork yourself, beautiful." Xavier said.

"Are you sure?" "That's not really fair for me to just chill while you guys are working." Nayah said thoughtfully.

"You can go relax, Nayah." "We'll be okay." Chief said suddenly.

"Okay." "Call if you need backup." Nayah said slowly.

"Don't worry." "We've got this." Chief said.

"Well, okay." "Give Chessie a hug for me, Xavi." Nayah said.

"I will." Xavier promised.

Nayah walked to Snowflake Cave and saw Christi there.

"Hello, Nayah." "How's my favorite client?" Christi asked, laughing.

"To be honest, I'd be fine." "But I'm not." The young fourteen-year -old let out a distraught sigh as Christi looked at her.

"What's wrong, love?" Christine asked.

"Remember the riddle I gave you last week?" "The one you solved while I was still in the car with you?" Nayah asked.

Christi looked at her fourteen year old client and a look of concern overtook her face as she looked at Nayah.

"I remember the riddle." "Why?" Christi asked softly.

"Well, I was thinking about it, and Chief made a new rule: If we say the word babe, we get tickled." "But all my teammates have fallen under that spell, mostly because of Xander, a spy who has made it his mission to make me faint by saying babe over and over."

"I wish Xander could just stop saying it." Nayah buried her face in her knees as Christi hugged her.

"Look at me, love." Christi said softly. She watched as Nayah looked into her ocean blue eyes, tears spilling out of her magenta eyes.

"It'll be okay." "Just put headphones on and ignore him." "Think of our memories together, think of all the fun we have when we interact." "Don't let him phase you."

"If he's annoying you way too much, recite your rhyme." Christi said softly as Nayah smiled at her, softly reciting her rhyme.

*I can't wait until summer, because it's gonna be very hot*

*You villains really think I have time for you? I do not.*

*It's not like I have telekinesis*

*But unfortunately*

*The word babe is my only weakness*

"Wow. That was deep, but true." Christi smiled softly.

"Thanks." "But the team needs me." Nayah said as she hugged her BFF.

"Bye, Nayah." "Good luck." Christi giggled.

"Thanks." Nayah ran out, but she realized she'd have to face her fear.

*"Hello, babe." Xander smirked.*

*"I have to warn Chief." "But how?" "Xander just said the word I'm terrified of." Nayah whimpered.*

*"One, two, three, four." "Xander can't break the rule anymore." Chessie recited calmly.*

*"Chessie, you're not helping."* Nayah said quietly.

*"I'm so sorry, butterfly." Chester replied.*

*"It's fine."*

*"Here's your last clue: Find the person who has always been true to you." Chessie said.*

"Kace has always been true to me ever since we became friends." Nayah remembered.

"Hello, Nayah." A voice murmured. It was Kace!

"Kace!" "I need your help!" Nayah said frantically.

"Let me guess, the trick got pulled, huh?" Kace asked.

"Yeah." Nayah sighed.

"Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I have more bad news." Kace said. She looked at Nayah.

"Oh, no." Nayah muttered.

"Brett accidentally said the word babe." Kace said, covering her mouth. She watched as Nayah started pacing.

"No!" "Not again!" Nayah wailed as she started to cry.

"It's okay, the twins have tickled him already." "But we need you." K said seriously as she led her distressed friend to HQ.

"Hi, Nayah." Brett smiled as Nayah glared at him. She knew he'd pulled the four-letter-trick and didn't want to forgive him yet.

"How could you?" "You promised you wouldn't!" Nayah said sadly.

"I'm sorry." Brett looked down in shame.

"I guess I forgive you." Nayah said softly.

"If you say it again, though, she'll give you the silent treatment." Kace said firmly.

"Okay, okay, I won't say it again." "Ever." Brett promised.

"Thank you." "Can we go into the Cave?" Nayah asked.

"OK." Brett smiled as the two teleported.

"You're lucky."