Lord Cynic Productions and LOSERS presents...

"The Secret Life of Adepts: Babysitter Mia"

Chapter 1 - I like big rocks and I cannot lie...

"Now, let's be quiet guys," Garet whispered. Jenna, Mia, Ivan and Sheba nodded silently and followed Garet through Isaac's house. Dora was doing some morning shopping, so as long as everyone was quiet the operation would be a complete success.
They tiptoed upstairs to the door of Isaac's bedroom, crept up to it and listened intently to Isaac's sleep talking.
"No, no, it can't be... no you're not... I don't believe you."
Silence, then...
"You're not my father!"
"Huh?" Garet was mystified, and the others just shrugged.
"I won't believe you! My father's dead! You killed him!"
More silence, then...
"YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER!!!"
Suddenly, Isaac burst out of the bedroom, dressed in Djinn pyjamas and wielding his sword. The others scurried out of the way as Isaac thrust the sword in mid-air and seemingly parried with an invisible opponent.
"Grand Gaia!" he shouted, but in his sub-conscious state the boulders hovered idly in midair and didn't move. "My father died in the storm you created! How dare you claim to be my father when he's dead! He's dead - because of you... AND YOU WILL PAY!!!"
However, he (unfortunately) chose that moment to wake up... well, maybe not. The boulders, however, were still hovering so when he popped his eyes open, they collapsed on top of him.
"Isaac!" Everyone hurried to rescue Isaac from his predicament, and after Isaac regained his sanity (he kept beeping like a caffeinated R2-D2) he looked around at the mess.
"Mum's gonna kill me..." He shook his head despairingly.
"She sure will."
Isaac spun around to find Garet and Co. will watching him, some with hands covering their mouths. Finally, they burst out in uncontrollable laughter, rolling on the floor - except for Mia, the sympathetic one.
Isaac, at least crimson with embarrassment, glared around at his fellow Adepts - except, suspiciously, at Mia, because he turned completely ruby red when he looked at her. Forgetting the debris of rocks, he ran back into his room and slammed the door.
"I... I guess we... we were a little rude..." Ivan breathed, as he regained his breath. Jenna however had only a little giggle and was looking thoughtful. 'Mia seemed to be the only one he doesn't get mad,' she thought, but Ivan caught that thought and sniggered.
"What's so funny?" Jenna demanded. Sheba decided to feed Ivan to the fishes. "He read your mind. I caught him at it."
"You WHAT?!" Jenna shrieked, nearly bringing down the house, glaring at Ivan. He laughed nervously and started downstairs.
"Ivan!" Jenna screamed, and Ivan started pelted downstairs, an infuriated Jenna in pursuit (Reminiscent of Leena chasing Bit in Zoids).

"Isaac, I'm home!" Dora called from downstairs, bags of groceries bulging in her arms. She only just got out of the way as a screaming Ivan streaked out of the house with a fuming Jenna behind him.
"Isaac?" Dora came upstairs to find a confused Garet, a smug Sheba and a (still) sympathetic Mia outside Isaac's bedroom. The rocks still remained, and Dora took one look at them, then the Adepts and sighed heavily.
"Let me guess, sleep-casting?" she asked. The others nodded. "That's the fourth time this week. I think it's time I got a babysitter."
Garet sweatdropped lightly as Sheba looked pointedly at Mia, who glanced back at her, innocent as a lamb. Dora watched the girls' expressions and, unlike Mia, got the point.
"Mia!" she cried suddenly, causing everyone to jump a foot in the air. "How about it?"
"H-Huh? What do you mean?" Mia asked timidly. Garet created the first miracle of the day by catching on and grinning like an idea. Sheba gave him an odd expression and he quickly dropped the grin.
"How about babysitting Isaac?" Dora repeated. Mia's face became shocked and she looked around at her fellow Adepts. Sheba gave her a look of twisted satisfaction while Garet shrugged and resumed his blank expression. Mia turned back to Dora, red as a rose and as stuck as one in a thorn bush.
"B-Babysit... Isaac?"
Dora nodded.
"Um... sure, I guess that's fine," Mia said quietly.
Dora clapped her hands and grew an excited smile.
"Excellent! Listen, I've gotta pop back to the market, I forgot the milk. Don't suppose you could watch him for me? Great!" And with that Dora departed, and almost on cue Jenna strolled up the stairs, dragging an unconscious Ivan. She looked from the smirking faces of Sheba, to the thoroughly embarrassed Mia, to finally Garet's trademark blank face.
"So, what'd I miss?" Jenna asked. "Is Isaac out yet?"
"Nope," Sheba said matter-of-factly, then looking at Ivan added, "I see Ivan's out though, heh."
Garet opened his mouth to say something, then glanced at Ivan and shut it again.
"Yes?" Jenna peered at Garet, who glanced nervously at Ivan, then a still smirking Sheba. Putting two and two together, he shook his head hurriedly. Jenna shrugged and turned her head to Mia for the first time. Mia had her head down in thought and seemed surprised when Jenna addressed her.
"Wazup, Mia?"
"Wha? Oh, n-nothing..."
Sheba was about to break the news when the nervous head of Isaac poked out of his bedroom. Watching everyone like a paranoid guard dog, the blond hair on his head stood, if possible, higher on end.
After an intense moment of staring from Isaac between everyone, he eventually withdrew back into the safety of his bedroom.
Everyone stared at the closed door, then at each other.
"Can someone please tell me what's -"
"Ow... where am I?"
Ivan appeared to have recovered at last, and like Jenna he had no idea of what was going on.
"What happened? You're all looking like Saturos is ruling the world." Then he noticed the bedroom door - still closed. "Oh..."
"Yeah," Garet said, "He came out just before you woke up, but he took one look at us and locked himself back in." He added, "Wuss!" when no one was looking.
"So, can we get an update or do I have to watch the news report on TV?" Jenna said impatiently.
"Would you like to tell 'em, Mia?" Garet asked, challenging Sheba. Mia nodded and took a deep breath.
"Dora's asked me to baby-sit Isaac."
Even though half the group already knew this, that simple sentence had enough power to have everyone on their backs, howling with laughter. This provoked a furious set of boulders besides the ones lying on the floor, and everyone stopped.
"He probably reckons we're laughing at his PJ's," Garet said. "Y'reckon he knows?"
Jenna shook her head. "Someone will have to tell him."
All eyes were on Mia, who looked at them all nervously as a shade of magenta rose into her cheeks.
"Who, me? You have to be joking," she said nervously. Everyone nodded sadistically, wicked grins covering their smug faces, and Mia knew she was, cough, the weakest link.
"Don't worry," Jenna assured her. "If Isaac blasts you back out the door, we'll have the rocks removed by that time..." She thought for a moment. "Let's get to work!" She glared. "Or else."
A temperamental Jenna wasn't the type to anger, who everyone hurried and started using Psynergy to clear the rocks away.
That left Mia to gulp nervously, clutch the door and ease it open.
"Isaac?"
Nothing. Then...
"You may enter."
Mia glanced nervously at the gang, who were fussing over the scattered debris. Taking one last breath, she entered the darkness of Isaac's room.

Chapter 2-3 = GO!