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Cody had no idea what to do. His brother had been gone for almost the entire day and no one saw him at all. He was probably out with those kids who befriended him. Cody had seen he and his brother slowly drifting apart through the last month and it was really hurting him. Zack would come home and when their mom would ask where he was, he would just say 'out' and head to his room to listen to music until dinner, which he would quickly eat and then head back to his room. Carrey was really worried about Zack since he was no longer the 'little man' that she had known for so long. At first she thought it was just a puberty thing, but she quickly saw that he was changing far too quickly for it to be puberty related. She didn't like those new friends of his since she just had a really bad feeling about them. She kept feeling that they were pulling her son into something bad. It was killing her from within.

Cody and Justin are in the arcade, playing the new release of Street Fighter 4, and Justin was whipping Cody severely. Suddenly, Cody looks over and sees his brother with a jacket which read 'Emerald Vypers' on the back. He also noticed Zack's black eye. Cody rushes over and starts to check on him.

"My god, Zack, what happened?"

"Nothing." Cody looks at his brother with a 'do you think I'm stupid' glare. Zack just turns his head and starts for the elevator, "Whatever, just leave me alone." Cody knew that Zack was growing apart from him, but he wasn't going to allow Zack to get beat up and just let it walk over him.

"No, I will not leave you alone until you tell me what happened. If not me, than mom will surely ask…"

"OK, I was initiated…you happy?" Zack says rather quickly. Cody's eyes go wide.

"You're in a gang? Oh god…"

"You just don't understand, Cody. They listen to me, they treat me like family."

"Until you end up dead on a street corner!" Cody shouts back. Zack suddenly punches Cody right in the face and storms out of the lobby. Mr. Moseby rushes over and helps Cody up, who was bleeding from the nose. Moseby quickly brings Cody to his room and tells Carrey what happened. Carrey falls onto the couch and starts to cry.

"I feared that this would happen one day." Carrey says between tears. Cody rushes out of the room, and heads to the one person who he thinks can bring Zack back.

Cody pretty much bursts into The Shoelpkof's apartment, Jeffery playing his guitar, and Kim cooking. He quickly asks for where Mikhail is.

"He's in his room. Is something wrong?" asks Kim.

"Zack's joined a gang and I think he's been pulled into it too far." Jeffery and Kim look at each other with a strange look, as if they've been in this situation before, and suddenly, a door opens and out walks Mikhail. He looks at Cody and then Cody just breaks down and starts to cry.

"He punched me…he actually punched me." The three Shoelpkof's quickly rush over to help him but he just writhes out of their grip, "I just don't know what to do." Mikhail quickly leads Cody out of the room and starts to tell him it's ok.

"NO, it's NOT ok. He's no longer my brother. I don't know who he is anymore."

"LOOK!" The fierceness in Mikhail's voice shocks Cody, "I'm gonna help him. You have to come with me though." Cody slowly nods and they head out to the door.

Mikhail and Cody head out of the hotel and suddenly see a group of boys wearing the same jackets as Zack was. Cody points them out, and Mikhail heads over.

"Hey you, where's Zack Martin."

"You mean Tank? Why do you care, little shit?" Mikhail raised an eyebrow at the comment. He grabs the kid by the throat and starts to strangle him. The kid gasps for air and his three buddies are shocked by the immediate action taken against them. Mikhail looked at them and his eyes burned into them.

"Yea, you weren't expecting someone to actually fight back, did you?" One of the kids takes the beer bottle in his hand and smashes it over Mikhail's head. Mikhail's grip releases the kid but he looks right at the kid who hit him.

"The Eisen Jäger would wipe the floor with you." The kids look at him in confusion.

"What the fuck are you talking about, man? Your some German shithead or something." Mikhail lets off a slight smile before punching one of the kids right in the mouth, busting open his lip and the other kids charge Mikhail. Mikhail headbutts one in the face, kicks another in the stomach, punches another in the jaw, and grabs the last one by the throat. The kid looks at Mikhail in fear but tries to keep the bass in his voice.

"You're gonna regret this, PUNK!" The kid spits on Mikhail with the last word. Mikhail punches the kid in the jaw.

"Where's Zack?" The kid spits on Mikhail again.

"Go to hel…" He is cut off with another fierce punch. Mikhail looks into the kid's eyes.

"You think that you're a tough guy, don't you? Well, don't think that I won't kill you for information," The kid laughs at his threat, "I wouldn't be laughing if I were you," Suddenly Mikhail kicks the kid's leg in and it bends the wrong way, nearly breaking it. The kid screams in pain.

"ALRIGHT! He's…in the…Boroughs." Mikhail releases the kid and kicks another who was going to try to punch him. Cody looked on in shock. He knew that Mikhail was tough, but he didn't think that he would willingly break someone's knee just for information. Mikhail wipes the spit from his face and wipes it on his shirt.

"Don't worry, his knee isn't broken. We just gotta find Zack now."

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