Chapter 3

Synopsis
Outside the alien ship in space, the crew go to confront the attacking alien species called the Brut, the life-long enemy of Geranian people. The Geranians fight against the Bruts with heavy fire power but they barely scratch the stronger Bruts. The Orange one tried to distract the Bruts so his comrades could escape, but the Bruuts killed him while another warrior named Toa was captured and taken back to the Brut ship for breeding. The other two Geranians managed to escape back to their ship but are followed by a Brut as well who kills the rest of the crew. Zhan attempted to fight it but the Brut gravely wounded him by tearing his arm and lung out. His armor formed blades on its own, tore the Brut in half, and closed Zhan's wound. Despite his symbiote saying he needs three days to heal, Zhan refuses as the Brut scout ship will have signaled others by now, and his mission was all that mattered. On the advice of his symbiote, Zhan pilots the ship to the only habitable planet the ship can reach in time to hide... Earth.

On Earth at Bay Beach High School, Zack is on his way to class when he meets up with his friends Virgil, Reggie, and Hank who are advising him about when he asks Natasha to the dance. They soon run into Zack's childhood friend Natasha and the three friends leave Zack to ask her out. As the two walked through the halls, Natasha asked for Zack's help turning down those who asked her to the dance due to her not liking dances. Just as Zack was about to ask her, the school bully Francis aka F-Streak, pushes him aside, and asks her out. Natasha says no and Zack backs her up. Francis retaliates by punching Zack in the eye and attempts to further beat him up. But he's stopped by a gang leader named Wade who pressures Francis to leave.

After school, Zack's friends are trying to motivate him to try asking Natasha again when they are approached by members of Wade's gang. Zack goes willingly with them and is taken to an abandoned bridge station which Wade uses as a hangout for his gang. There Wade says that Zack should join his gang due to Francis not going to stop bullying Zack and Wade doesn't have the time to keep him at bay. Zack says no as he doesn't think he would be a good fit for the gang due to his size. Wade disagrees as one of his members reveals a video of Zack's fight the previous night thanks to his gang members going there to watch scenes from time to time for new members. After being threaten with the video being shown to the faculty at school, Zack finally agrees to join Wade's gang.