For a second his vision blurred and the sounds in the bunker dimmed. Jason caught the edge of the desk with one hand, just holding on to it. Everything felt like it was moving. As if he was about to faint. There was something seriously wrong at the moment. 

He started running through options of what might be happening. There wasn't much not that his mind wanted to focus on anything much.

Jason gasped.  

He heard a voice talking, but couldn't make out what it was saying. Images started flashing through his mind.  

It took him a moment before he realised that he was seeing Tyler and Curio. They were running. He wasn't sure if it was toward something or away from something. 

Somewhere in the back of his mind, he could hear voices talking to him, but he couldn't make out what they were saying. He was too focused on the images.

The Images started again.  

Nova was fighting what looked like some blue skinned creature. Tyler and Curio had their back towards him. There was blood on their clothes. They were struggling.  

Flashes of lightning kept on appearing around them.  Everytime it looked like they were being absorbed by Curio.  The teen's skin had taken on a light blue, almost translucent colour.

Tyler called out, his words lost in the static sound of the vision.

Nova spun.  Something slammed into his chest throwing him back.  It almost looked like some kind of burn.  His body hit the ground, and spasmed for a moment.

Immediately Tyler rushed over to help.  Curio stepped between them and the blue skinned creature.

Tyler knelt next to Nova.  His mouth moved as he talked without sound.

The vision focused on Nova and Tyler.  Tyler seemed to be checking Nova's vitals, before the blond's hand shot out and gripped Tyler's writs.

So he was alive.

That was good.  That was very good.  At least he wasn't dead, although Jason doubted something like that would kill that guy.

Tyler pulled Nova to his feet.  The blond looked unsteady on his feet, one hand pressed against his chest.  There was some blood dripping from his nose, but at least he was conscious. 

Without warning both spun to where Curio was fighting against the blue skinned creature.  

More and more lightning formed around them.  The teen was good, he was keeping up with the creature, clearly used to fighting, but he was still falling behind.  The creature grabbed him, its fingers curling around his throat.

Tyler and Nova tried to reach him, but an explosion of electricity kept them away.

Curio squirmed in the creature's grip, before he gripped the creature's wrists.  He seemed to say something before there was an explosion of lightning.

The last thing that Jason saw was a  being made of lightning stepping out of the explosion.  

Curio's blue eyes seemed to glow, his blond hair was like fire.  His skin was a blue translucent colour, with lightning as his veins.  Lightning crackled around him.

Jason watched as Curio effortlessly attacked the blue skinned creature.  He had to admit, the kid was good.  

As the fighting continued, Jason could have sworn that cracks started appearing on the teen's lighting body.  He probably had a limit for how long he could use it.  

One attack threw Curio back.

The teen crashed into the ground.  Immediately Nova and Tyler stepped between the creature and Curio.  They needed to protect the teen until he could get up again.  

Nova and Tyler attacked at the same time.  

Jason lost sight of them for a moment.  So he turned his attention back to Curio.  

The teen was slowly getting to his feet.  

Lighting erupted around him and he attacked again.  Curio appeared and disappeared into the lighting, attacking every time that Nova and Tyler's attacks gave him an opening.  

Without warning this vision disappeared. 

Jason was ripped back to the bunker.  Immediately pain tore through his head.  He could hear people talking and moving around him again.  Slowly he opened his eyes.

Worried faces filled his vision.  

The first one he recognized was Clover.  Her blue eyes were wide and worried.  He could have sworn that there were tears in her eyes. 

"....Jason?" her voice asked.  It sounded far away and almost like he was listening from under water.  

"...Jason... hey... can you hear us?" another voice asked.  

He wasn't sure he knew that one.   Who was that?  It sounded like a woman.  He stared up at the ceiling.  Slowly the rushing in his ears started to fade.  His vision cleared enough so he could make out the faces around him.  

"What....?" he started, before winching.  

His head felt like it was going to explode.  

"That's what we want to know" the blond teen said, as he crouched next to Jason "You freaked out and passed out on the floor"

Jason stared at him for a moment, before he slowly sat up.  "We...  We need to get to the other three....  they are in trouble" he said as the vision started to come back to him.  

"What do you mean?" Amilia asked, catching his shoulders when he tilted slightly. 

"I..." Jason started, blinking at them before frowning "I saw it..."

"Did you hit your head?" Clover asked, worried "You don't have any abilities, Jay..."

"I know..." Jason said, "But I saw it...  Alright...  They were fight and Nova got hit with something, while the kid turned into some lighting being"

"What?" Kade snapped, grabbing Jason by his shirt "What do you mean, are you sure about it?"

Jason nodded.  He did not have the energy to go against the teen.  

Kade immediately let go of Jason, pulling back.  "Shit.... no..." he whispered "We need to find them... Quickly... if the kid used full mimic, we need to get to him..."

"What's wrong, why?" Jason asked, blinking surprised.  

"He gets seizures when he uses it....  It's not good for his health" Kade said as he got to his feet "The longer he uses mimic the worse the seizure gets".  

"Hold on..." Amilia said "We don't even know where they are.... and even if we did... we don't know how to get there"

"Then ASK the DAMN AI!" Kade snapped, the worry in his chest, making it hard to breathe.

"Easy there..." Bell said "But he's right...  I can give you the directions to where they are"

"There you have" Kade said with a clenched jaw "Now let's go!"

"Hold on" Amilia said, catching Kade's shoulder "Most of you are injured... You are not going out there to get hurt more"

Kade's eyes narrowed at her.  The shadows in the bunker flickered and twisted, soft hissing and growling came from them.  

"Alright... take it easy" Jason said quickly, putting a hand on Amilia's wrist "None of us want to see anyone get hurt...  But we can't go out there without a plan" he took a breath "Bell...  can you triangulate where the other three is?"

"Yes, I can"

Jason nodded.  "Do that please.." he said looking at the others that have now gathered around "Now who's the least injured?"

"We're not," Max said, motioning to himself and Amilia.

"I'm fine," Clover said.

"..We're... fine..." Reiken whispered, motioned to Acheron, Hein and himself.

Kade clenched his jaw, not saying anything.

Jason nodded.  "Alright...  Max, Clover and Reiken" he said "You three go out to where the others are...  Find them and bring them back here.  Acheron, Amilia, make sure everything you'll need to treat the injured..."

Amilia nodded, before motioning to Acheron to follow her to the back where the infirmary was.  

"What about the rest of us?" Kade said, his voice cold and dangerous.

Jason took a deep breath.  "We're going to try and find out what the hell happened out there and how they were found out"

Kade nodded slowly, before motioning for Hein to come to him.  

The shadows started calming down slightly and Jason breathed out.  That still weirded him out a bit.  The immediate feeling he got from them was extreme danger.  The teen was the same.  

He kind of scared Jason....

"Now Bell... can you show me where the other three are?" he asked.  

Immediately images started flickering over the screens.  More and more images went over the screens, moving faster as if the computer was searching for Tyler, Nova and Curio.  

After a few seconds the images started to slow down before Tyler appeared on the screen for the first time.  After him more images appeared but this time it was Nova and Curio.  

"There" Kade said quickly "When was that?"

"That was about an hour ago," Bell said.

"Anything else a bit closer?" Jason asked, eyes flickering around over the images.  

"Give me a moment," Bell said.

Immediately the images started speeding up.

"There!" Kade said quickly, pointing to another screen.

The image flickered to the main screen.  It showed Nova and Curio fighting. 

"Bell, can you give those three the coordinates for the others?" Jason asked quickly "Why didn't they call for help?"

"They can take one of the devices from the first drawer to the left" Bell said "I will give them the directions on that"

Immediately Jason pulled open the drawer that Bell mentioned and threw one of the devices at Max.

Just as the other three started moving, the outside door burst open.  Jason and Kade shot to their feet as everyone else turned their attention to the door.  Everyone looked ready to fight.

***

Tyler was the one that came rushing into the bunked, bridal carrying what looked like an unconscious Curio.  One of Tyler's sleeves looked like it's been ripped off, blood ran down his fingers.  There were more cuts and bruises over his body.  Behind him Nova came in.  His clothes were covered in blood.  

The teen in Tyler's arms was limp.  His skin was so pale that he looked ghostly.  Not that his pale face against Tyler's black clothed shoulder helped at all.

"Come on kid..." Tyler was muttering "Just a bit longer...  Just hold on..."

"Curio!" Kade called out, stepping forward, eyes wide.  

"Bring him over here!" Amilia called out to them.  

Tyler managed to take a few more steps, before his legs gave in and he sank to the ground.  

Kade and Nova reacted at the same time.  Nova caught Tyler before he could collapse and Kade caught Curio before he could fall to the ground.  

"Come on, kid..." he said, as he slowly lifted the teen up and carried him to where Amilia and Acheron were.  

"Come on you, Fucking moron" Nova grunted as Max came over to help him with Tyler.

"What the heck happened to you three?" Max asked, frowning at Nova's bloody clothes.  

"Attacked" Nova grunted, through clenched teeth as they helped Tyler towards the back.  

"Bell..." Tyler groaned "Call Arthur"

"You are reckless..." the AI said "Arthur is on his way"

"Peachy...." Tyler groaned, feeling his body starting to get weaker.  The damn demon wasn't healing him again.  Screw that thing, if he gets injured enough, it will force the demon to heal him faster.  

"Stop fucking chatting with your fucking computer and move" Nova growled at Tyler.

Tyler rolled his eyes.  "I'm fine..." he hissed as pain shot through his side into his shoulder.  He might have to get one of the others to break a bone or two to get the demon's attention.  

"Like fucking hell you're fine" Nova snapped "You look like shit...  bleeding all over the fucking place"

Kade gently placed Curio on the bed, stepping back.  He clenched his hands into fists before turning to Tyler and Nova.  

"How long did the seizure last?" he asked, eyes flashing dangerously.  

The two guys looked at Kade.  

"We didn't exactly have a fucking chance to measure the time" Nova said they reached the second bed.  

Kade's eyes flashed dangerously as he looked at Nova.  "I need to fucking know how bad it was" he snapped.  The shadows around him surged for a moment.

"Calm down" Amilia said, "We'll take care of him..."

Tyler smirked slightly.  "Thanks... Arthur will come help" he said "He can take care of anything that happens so.... you don't need to... worry"

Amilia nodded as she turned to Curio, immediately making sure the teen didn't have any other injuries.  He looked so pale that it all but scared her, especially with his breathing being so shallow and short.  

"You... are.... not fine" Reiken said softly as he walked toward Tyler, Nova and Max.  

Tyler looked at the red headed man.  

"...Don't worry..." he said "I just.... need to.... jumpstart my... healing"

Nova looked at him with a flat expression.  "The fuck is wrong with you?" he asked.

Tyler chuckled, before his leg gave in beneath him.  Immediately Nova and Max were forced to hold him up.  Blood dropped to the floor and the two quickly put him on the second bed.  

"Keep your fucking mouth shut" Nova grunted.  

Amilia looked at Reiken before motioning to Tyler.  "Help him" she said before turning her attention back to Curio.

Before she could start healing him, his hands started twitching.  

"Bell" she said "Time the seizure!"

Curio's body started spasming.  

Gently Amilia made sure that he wouldn't fall off the bed, not hit his head on anything.  

Immediately Kade was next to the bed again, gently placing his hand on Curio's shoulder. 

"It's alright, Kiddo..." he said softly "You'll be alright....  Just hold on a bit longer...  It wouldn't be much longer..... just hold on..."

As the seizure continued, they heard the door to the bunker open and footsteps coming down the stairs.  

Acheron shook his head slightly as he walked over to the black haired guy on the other bed.  Immediately he started checking Tyler's wounds, making sure that the other guy wouldn't bleed to death.  

"Alright" Arthur said as he reached the infirmary part of the bunker "What happened this time?"

Kade's head snapped towards the old man.  "He's having a seizure..." he said softly "Please.... help him"

Arthur nodded and immediately went over to the bed.  

"How long has it been going on?" he asked, quickly taking out a few things from the drawer next to the bed.  

"That's the third time..." Nova said.

"It's about five minutes now," Bell said.

The old man nodded and quickly took Curio's arm, giving him an injection.  After a few more seconds the spasms stopped.  Arthur quickly gave the teen another injection.  

"Keep an eye on him..." Arthur said "If anything happens, let Bell call me"

With that he turned to Tyler and Acheron.  

"Master Tyler..." he said "Has the healing started yet?"

Tyler shook his head, winching.  "Not yet...." he said "Thought.... maybe... it needs some... encouragement"

Arthur looked at him with a flat expression.  "Don't be an idiot, Master Tyler" he said "Now let us take care of your injuries before you bleed to death on that bed"

Nova and Max stepped back.  

With a scowl, Nova watched everything.  The blood on his shirt, making it stick to his body.  He could feel the stitches above his hip pulling slightly, but at least he didn't rip them this time.  

"Will they be alright?" Max asked, watching everything with a worried expression.  

Arthur glanced up.  "Yes..." he said "They should be alright...  As soon as Master Tyler's healing starts, he'll be fine and sir Curio....  He'll need treatment for a while and enough rest"

Max nodded.  

"Sir Nova," Arthur said.

"Just Nova," Nova said, watching them.

Arthur nodded.  "Very well then....  Have you been injured?" he asked.  

Nova shook his head.  "Just a few scratches" he said "Take care of them first...  Although a change of clothes would be nice"

"Bell.... please ask Master River to bring down a change of Master Tyler's clothes"

"Of course, Arthur," Bell said.

"Why are you always so nice to him?" Tyler asked, with a slight pout.

"Because he's polite" Bell said and Tyler rolled his eyes, before he could say anything, the pain of the healing started.

Tyler clenched his jaw as the pain started to rip through his body.  His hands clenched into fists.  Slowly he felt the cuts on his body starting to knit together.  

He bit back a groan, as his vision started to black out at the edges.  

"Breath Master Tyler..." Arthur's gentle voice said "It's almost over...  Just a little longer..."

Time slowed down for Tyler as the pain kept on bombarding his body.  In the back of his mind, he could hear the demon laughing at him.  

When the pain slowly started to fade, Tyler just slumped back down on the bed, eyes treating to close.  He tried to keep his breathing even.  It was no use to upset everyone with the NightAngel.

***

River looked at his brother with a flat expression as he handed the blond guy with an angry scowl some of Tyler's clothes.  

"The heck did this moron do this time?" he asked.  

"Got beaten trying to protect the brat" Nova said as he took the clothes.  

"Who's blood is that?" River asked, looking Nova up and down.  

"His...." Nova said, nodding to Tyler "I think"

River nodded, crossing his arms.  "Fine... When you've changed clothes, give me your dirty ones and I'll have them washed" he said.  

Nova nodded.  "Alright..." he said, looking the teen in the eye.  Well the kid was barely a teen.  He kind of made him think of Max when he was younger.  Shaking his head, he patted the kid on the head and slowly made his way to the bathroom.

River patted his hair back into place, before walking up to the bed where Tyler lay.  He leaned onto the bed.  

"Hey, Ty" he said "What kind of mess did you get into this time?"

Tyler's eyes flickered open, for a moment.  The corner of his mouth pulled into a slight smile.  

"Sorry kid..." he said as he slowly sat up.  His body complained for a moment before the pain dimmed.  Exhaustion rushed through his body.  The healing really took a toll on his strength and energy.

River frowned, flicking Tyler's forehead.  "Idiot" he said, shaking his head.  

"See... I'm fine" Tyler said "Now don't you have any homework to do?" 

"Unlike you...  I don't like patronising everyone around me" River said "Don't get killed while doing whatever the heck all of this is"

Tyler snorted.  "Whatever, you damn brat" he said.  

With that River nodded and left the bunker.  Amilia and Acheron were still helping Arthur to take care of Curio and check everyone else's injuries.  

Jason was sitting on one of the chairs, his head in his hands.  His head hurt so badly that the slightest light made him feel like he was going to throw up.  Clover brought him some painkillers but they haven't kicked in yet.  So now he was just sitting there.

Cover and Hein sat next to each other, talking softly.  Mostly it was just clover talking and Hein looking confused.  

Kade sat next to Curio's bed, like he had to make sure the other teen was still alright, no matter how many times Amilia and Arthur told him he'd be alright.  The shadows flickered every now and then.  

Max sat off to the side, just watching everyone with a frown.

Reiken looked like a ball of nerves, not knowing if he should try and help or not.

When Nova came back, he was wearing a black t-shirt that was clearly too big for him.  The sweatpants were also to long for him, the bottoms rolled up.  There was still some blood staining his hair and face, but mostly he didn't look like he's gone swimming in the stuff.  

"Damn Dami..." Max said looking at his brother, trying not to laugh "You look like a drowned rat"

Nova flipped him off.  

Amilia looked up, chuckling softly.  "I did not think that Tyler was that much bigger than you..." she said, shaking her head.

"Just focus on the idiots," Nova said, slowly sitting down.  The sleeves of the t-shirt reach his elbows.  

Arthur looked at the rag tag group.  "Alright.... None of you are leaving here again today" he said "Not until I give you a clear bill of health, or that you wouldn't die tripping over your own feet"

***

Curio's eyes slowly opened.  He felt sick.  His body hurt and nothing wanted to stop moving.  

"...Cure?" Kade's voice asked, sounding like it came from far away.  

He slowly turned his head towards the voice.  If Kade was here....  Everything will be alright....  It should be safe.

It took some time before his eyes managed to focus on the brown haired figure next to him.  He could make out a bit of the worried look on Kade's face.  

"...Kay?" he groaned.

His vision slowly started clearing.  

"Yeah...." Kade said softly "It's me, man....  How are you feeling?  Do I need to call the butler guy?"

Curio shook his head slightly.  "No....  I'm fine...." he muttered "Just feel...  A bit... Sick" he said.

"You had a seizure," Kade said.

It took a moment before Curio nodded.  

Kade pulled back, before smiling slightly.  He patted Curio on the shoulder.  

***

Tyler glanced up as Bell finished talking.  

"Damn...." he said "I didn't think it would be this late already"

Kade nodded as he got to his feet.  "Yeah...  well, food does sound nice" he said "Who's cooking?  Your butler?"

Tyler snorted.  "He hates cooking" he said "River will probably be the one making the food..."

"So the brat's cooking?" Nova asked, almost sounding impressed.

Tyler smirked and nodded.  "Yeah... He's pretty good at it" he said "But we should get going, I don't feel comfortable leaving him without supervision"

"Don't trust him for that?" Nova asked.

"Not yet...." Tyler said "The damn brat is thirteen, I wouldn't trust him with a shoelace...."

Both Kade and Nova laughed at that as they followed Tyler towards the stairs.  

"There anything you guys are allergic to?" Tyler asked.  

Kade shook his head.  "No.... not really" he said.  

"Lactose intolerant" Nova said as they went up the stairs.  

Tyler nodded.  "Good...." he said "You know anything of the others?"

"Curio's not allergic to anything..." Kade said "That I know off"

"Neither is my brother and Amilia" Nova said.  

Tyler nodded.  "Good... I'm going to make some coffee" he said "You two want some?"

"That's sound bloody good" Nova said.

"For once I agree with you" Kade said.

The three left the bunker, following Tyler to the kitchen.  When they got there, Tyler paused for a moment.  He watched as River showed Reiken how to work with the kettle.  

There was a curious look on Reiken's face, before he turned to the over, quickly picking up some of the spice.  He let River smell it and taste it before throwing a little bit into the mixture.  

"That's so cool" River said.

Reiken nodded slightly, before stepping back.

"You two cooking?" Tyler asked.

River jumped slightly and spun to Tyler.  "Yo, Ty....  Rei's showing me how to make a stew thing" he said "And making me taste everything...  It's really interesting"

Tyler nodded slightly before looking at the other guy.  

Reiken quickly looked away, turning slightly red.  

"Damn... that smells good" Kade said as he walked over to them.  

River looked over at him.  "Do you want to taste it?" he asked.

"Yeah I do" Kade said, leaning over the pot, smelling it.

"Awesome" River said and quickly grabbed a spoon, handing it to Kade.

Reiken quickly stepped back, just folding his hands together, looking down at the floor.

"Reiken" Tyler said slowly "Thank you for helping, River"

Reiken glanced up at him before nodding.

Kade took the spook from River and dipped it in the stew.  He tasted it and nodded slightly.

"That's really good" he said and looked at the others.

"Thanks" River said with a smile.

***

"We need to find out what's going on" Tyler said as he looked at the others.  They've been spending the entire day, talking.  Almost like they were trying to get to know each other.  

They found out the Kade scream like a little girl when someone scares him, as well as when he loses in a surprise arm wrestling match.

Nova swears like a sailor, Amilia is a lot stronger than she looks and Max is the only one his brother listens to.  Curio is a sweet kid, that can turn extremely scary, while stay completely calm.  Reiken learns at a lightning speed.  Acheron's personality sucks and Hein likes tech.  Clover is a real girly girl and Jason's a bloody genius.  

"You have any idea who that guy was that attack us at the warehouse?" Jason asked, sitting back.  

Tyler shook his head as he pulling his hand through his hair.  "No...  we can find any details on him" he said "No face recognition is working on him.  He's not in any system anywhere over the world... eh... my world"

"Do you have anything tracks fucking abilities?" Nova asked, folding his hands behind his head.  

"Yeah...  we do, but his is not anywhere in the database" Tyler said "he's either not been seen before or...."

"He's not from around here" Kade said "Like us"

"Bingo" Tyler said, pointing at Kade "We need to find out why he's here and what the hell he want"

"He knew..." Reiken said quietly.

Everyone looked at him and he just looked down at the ground avoiding eye contact.  

"He knew?" Tyler asked.  

Jason paused for a moment.  "Yeah..." he said "Reiken's right... that guy knew that we didn't belong here...  He called me a traveller"

"That could mean anything...." Max said.

"He knew I didn't have any abilities like you guys" Jason said.

"That's a problem" Tyler said slowly "If he knew about all of us....  then he might know all of our abilities"

"And how to fucking stop us" Nova said and Tyler nodded.  

"We need to find out what the hell this guy is up to" Kade said.

Tyler turned to the computer.  "Bell....  See if you can find our new friend, would you?" he asked.

Jason's eyes gleamed as he watched the computer.  "Do you mind if I work on your computer a bit?" he asked.

Frowning slightly, Tyler nodded.  "Alright....  Enjoy yourself" he said and got up from the chair "Just don't break it"

"Like hell" Jason said, rubbing his hands together "I don't break tech, I make it better"

"Whatever" Tyler said.

"Running scans of the area now" Bell's voice said.

"Thank you, Bell" Tyler said as he moved away.  

Jason sat down in front of the computer, for a moment his hands hesitated over the keys before they quickly started typing.  

"So when we find that fucker....  what do you plan on doing?" Nova asked.  

"That's a good question" Jason said from where he was working.

Tyler hesitated.  "Figure out how to get him back to where the hell he comes from" he said "And the rest of you as well"

"I wouldn't mind going back home" Clover said.  

Jason chuckled at that.  "Don't worry, Clov...  I'm sure they have spa's here" he said as his hands moved over the keys.  

Clover rolled her eyes at him.  "Shut it, brainiac" she said.  

"Tyler" Bell's voice said "I found the man you've been looking for"

Tyler turned to the computer.  "Show me" he said as he walked back to the computer, leaning slightly over Jason's shoulder.  

On three of the computer screens security footage appeared.

The first one showed the man where he just appeared out of a swirling mass of darkness.  He stepped out of it, looking around, before lifting a hand and completely crushing one of the cars that stood on the door.  Then he looked over at the camera before starting to walk off.

The second image showed people screaming as they were being crushed.  

Tyler clenched his hands into fists as he watched.  He recognized the place.  It was Garth's territory, that was Rim State.

"Shit..." he growled "Bell, is Garth alright?"

"Yes...  He was injured in the attack, but he's alright" Bell said.

"A friend of yours?" Curio asked and Tyler nodded.

"Yeah..." Tyler said quietly.

They turned their attention back to the screens.  

The third video showed a chaos.  People were running and scream, bleeding, fighting and crying.  In the back there was fighting going on.  They could make out that someone was fighting against the man they saw before.  

It looked like chaos.  

Tyler shook his head.  He needed to call Garth, find out as much as he could about this new guy.  

"Bell....  Contact Garth" he said as he video ended "Find out what you can about that guy"

"Busy with it now"

Tyler breathed out as he turned to the rest of the images that Bell put on the screen, his eyes flickered over everything, taking in as much as he could.

The others did the same.

After a few minutes.  

Tyler breathed out and just sat down on the couch, dropping his head in his hands.  

"This is a mess...." he muttered "Bell read the reports out for me"

Bell started giving him the reports.  The more she talked, the worse things got.  

"That guy is everywhere...." Max said as he listened to the computer.  

"He is" Jason said, without looking away from the screen he was working on "It's almost like he duplicated himself, but there's no evidence for that"

"What do you mean?" Kade asked, as he walked over, leaning on the chair.

Jason glanced at him, before looking back at the computer.  "Take a look at this" he said, pointing towards the one part of the screen "At times it looks like he's absorbing some of the abilities... and other times, he basically pushes it away"

Tyler lifted his head, glancing at the computer.

"His powers?" he asked.

Jason shrugged.  "I don't know....  It's either that, or really weird tech" he said "Tech I can handle...  Powers, not so much"

"Understandable" Tyler said, with a slight nod.  

"Weird tech...  so that's why you've been so fucking protective of that back pack of yours" Nova said.

Jason turned his chair so he could look at the others.  

"Jip..." he said "Creepy tech.... that I'm sure have something to do with what happened here"

"What kind of tech?" Curio and Tyler asked at the same time.

Jason chuckled.  "The kind that use for time travelling" he said.  

"What?" Tyler asked, shocked.

"Time travelling...?" Reiken asked softly, like asking for clarification of the word.

Jason smiled.  "It is when you move forward or back in time" he said "Like if I go back, it, I'll be going to a time that I've already been, while forward is to a time I've never seen before"

Reiken nodded slowly.

"Oh right..." Tyler said "We might need more translators"

Jason nodded.  "That's true... I only had enough for us" he said "So if you can give me more...  I'll make some for everyone"

"Show me how, and I'll help" Tyler said "I'm pretty good with making things"

Jason nodded.  "Right, let's get this going then" he said.

Tyler got up, stretching his arms above his head.  "Right... let's go" he said "Before the shops closes and I have to break in"

"Shopping...." Jason said "Usually that's Sam, Clover and Alex's thing, but I guess I'll go for it"

"How about, I go with you two?" Amilia said, looking over at Tyler and Jason.

Nova frowned darkly, but did not say anything.  Max just shot him a look, warning him to not do anything stupid.  

Tyler looked over at her.  "You sure?" he asked "Your boyfriend doesn't look like he agrees"

Amilia just shook her head.  

"Not my boyfriend"

"Not her boyfriend"

Amilia and Nova said at the same time.  

Kade snorted and Clover shook her head.  

"You could have fool me" the two said at the same time as well.

Kade grinned at her.  "Nice timing" he said and Clover winked at him.

Jason sighed as he saw her.  "Clov...  don't flirt with them, Rowan will be sad if he can't do it with you" he said.

"Drama much?" Clover said.  

Jason grinned at her.  "Stay put" he said "I'm not explaining anything to the others if something happens to you"

"I can take care of myself thank you very much" she said "You're the cripple one"

Curio smiled at the two's exchange, but did not say anything.

Jason shrugged.  "It's fine...  I can wake, just don't make me run away from people for a few days...." he said before shaking his head "But I have a feeling that's going to be difficult"

Tyler and Nova snorted this time.  

"Let me help" Amilia said, walking over to her "You twisted your ankle, right?"

"Among things" Jason said.  

Amilia shook her head.  "Alright....  Just the ankle then" she said "And don't fight if you can avoid it"

"We've been trying to teach him that trick.....  it doesn't work" Clover said.

Amilia glanced at her, trying not to laugh.  "Alright then" she said, as he placed her hand over Jason's twisted ankle.  She took a deep breath, before letting her healing reach towards him.  

Jason flinched slightly, but did not say anything as he watched her, curiously.  

When she finished, she pulled back and nodded.   "There you go...  As good as I can manage" she said.

"Wow..." Jason said as he moved his foot, feeling no pain "That's pretty handy"

Amilia nodded as she got to her feet.

"Now you guys can go do your shopping" she said.  

"You still coming with us?" Tyler asked, watching Nova out of the corner of his eye before looking over at Curio "Hey kid.... do you want to come with us?"

Curio blinked surprised.  "Oh...." he said "Um... yeah... why not?"

Kade chuckled.  "Go make some friends" he said, and Curio flipped him off.

"What ever" he said.

Kade slowly opened his eyes.  For a moment he just stared at the ceiling.  It didn't look familiar, but that wasn't so surprising.  He could be anywhere.  The throbbing in his head, made him want to close his eyes and go back to sleep.  

After a few seconds, his memories came rushing back and he groaned, slowly sitting up.

This place wasn't home.

Anywhere near his home.  

"Please refrain from moving" a voice said "I will call Arthur so he can make sure you are alright, so please keep still"

Kade winched, pressing his hand against his head.  "You're the AI..." he muttered, trying to remember the name "...Bell?"

"That's correct" The voice said "Thank you for remembering"

"Yeah, yeah....  Pleasure..."Kade said, looking around.  He kept his hand pressed against his head "How long was I out?"

"About three hours" Tyler said, walking into the infirmary.

Kade bit back a high pitched scream, jumping slightly.  

Tyler snorted, almost laughing as he held out the notebook to Kade.  "Remember what it says?" he asked.

Taking a deep breath, Kade just eyed the book.  "Some of it...." he said slowly as he swung his legs of the bed.  

Tyler frowned.  "What are you doing?" he asked crossing his arms.

"Getting up" Kade said "What does it look like?"

"Why?"

"I need to find the Kid"

"Your friend?"

"Obviously"

"Alright" Tyler said "Let us help you then"

"Us?"

Tyler nodded, the corner of his mouth pulling into a smirk.  "Me and the other three that somehow ended up as my house guests "They aren't to bad, if you get pass the swearing"

Kade stood up from the bed, holding on to it until the world around him stopped turning.  He could feel the other guy's eyes on him as he took a deep breath.  

"I don't need help to find him" he said, looking at Tyler "I already know where he is"

"How?"

"What do you care?" Kade asked coldly, eyes narrowing at Tyler.

A smirk formed on Tyler's face.  "For one, because it's interesting" he said "and secondly, your little binary code told us what you know....  What I would like it know is, what the hell is going on"

Kade just looked at him with a blank expression, before he rolled his eyes.  "Fine...  Get me a map of this messed up city" he said "The industrial area, preferably"

"Obviously....  You know where in the industrial area?" Tyler asked.

"The kid gave me a map..." Kade said with a winch.

"You are really weird" Tyler said, giving the teen a flat look "Bell, please give me a map of the area requested"

Kade breathed out and stepped forwards.  The moment he moved, pain came rushing through him and the world tilted, his vision darkening.  Arms caught him and he heard cussing as his vision slowly started clearing.  There was still a rushing in his ears, making it hard to focus on anything.  

"Dammit...  You really shouldn't be moving yet, you dimwit" Tyler grunted as he helped the younger guy towards the computer, letting him sit down.

"Says the idiot that took on a bloody monster with someone that he knows nothing about" Kade grumbled, trying to ignore the tightness in his chest.  He looked up at the computer screens.  

A map appeared on the screens, showing the roads and buildings and every detail that was possible.  

"Alright...  Show me what you got" Tyler said, stepping back so that Kade could look at the map.

Kade frowned as he studied the map, eyes flickering over the screen.  

"Can you show me where we are?" he asked and seconds later a marker appeared on the map, he nodded "Thank you..."

Slowly he leaned forward, putting his finger over the marker.  His eyes flickered around, before he slowly started following the roads.  He moved his finger like he was following a path that only he could see.  Every now and then he'd pause, before moving again, until he reached the warehouse district.  

Kade paused for a moment, pressing his hand against his head.  He moved his hand again, before stopping.  Pain flashed over his expression and he frowned darkly at the map, like he was struggling to figure out where to go now.  

"You good?" Tyler asked as he noticed Kade's expression.  

Taking a deep breath, Kade nodded, sitting back.  "Yeah....  I'm fine" he said, staring at the map "That last bit... just got a bit fuzzy..."

Tyler shook his head.  "Well...  You've narrowed it down to just the warehouse area" he said "I can work with that..."

"They should be in that area" Kade said with a slight nod "Or close by"

Behind them the door opened and three sets of footsteps came down.  After a moment, Nova, Max and Amilia appeared.  

"Sleeping beauty finally decided to fucking wake up" Nova said as he walked towards Tyler and Kade.

"Too bad you're still alive" Kade said, turning towards the others.

Nova snorted, flipping Kade off, before folding his hands behind his head.  "Surprising, isn't it?" he said sarcastically, before nodding towards the screen "What's with the fucking map?"

"That's where the others are" Tyler said as Amilia walked towards Kade.

"Will you let me take a look at you...  to make sure you're alright?" Amilia asked with a smile "Please....  just to give me peace of mind?"

Kade blinked up at her, before he shrugged.  "Can't do much harm, now can it" he said, nodding.  

"Thank you..." Amilai said softly as she held out her hand towards Kade "Can I get your wrist?"

For a moment Kade hesitated, before holding out his hand.  

Amilia took his wrist in her hand.  She took a deep breath, closing her eyes.  A gentle glow appeared around her before moving towards Kade, causing him to flinch slightly.  

"Please don't move" she said softly as she worked.  

Nova just snorted as he watched them, but did not say anything.  He kept an eye on Amilia, to make sure that she was still alright.  Only when she stepped away from Kade, did his shoulders relaxed slightly.  

Amilia nodded at Kade.  

"If I had my way, I would have wanted to keep you out of the fighting" she said, shaking her head "But that's not going to happen, right?"

Kade shrugged and nodded.  

"Tyler, I found something" Bell's voice said, causing everyone else to jump slightly.

Tyler looked at the computer.  "Oh, right.... what is it?"

"I already put it on the screen"

Everyone turned their attention to the main screen.

Security footage appeared on the screen.  It showed three guys walking down the street.  The one in the middle, was the shortest, but only slightly.  His blond hair fell messy over his face and he was dressed like a student.  The one on his right had mahogany brown hair, a bit taller and older than the blond.  His clothes were miss matched like he just grabbed the first thing he could get his hands on.  The last guy was the tallest of the three.  His face was hidden by his blood red hair, falling over his face as he stared down at the ground.

Kade got to his feet, leaning on the desk with both hands.  "Curio..." he said.

"Your friend?" Tyler asked and Kade just nodded.

"Yeah" Kade said quickly, narrowed his eyes at the group "We need to find them... where is that?"

"Close to the industrial area..." Tyler said thoughtfully "Looks like they are headed towards the warehouse district.  Bell, keep surveillance on those three.  I want to stay updated on where they're going"

"Alright.  It looks like they've been shopping" Bell's voice said "Those are bags from that take out joint you enjoy, downtown"

A smirk formed on Tyler's face as he nodded.  "Good....  let's get going"

***

Slowly Jason got to his feet, wincing at the bolt of pain that shot up through his ankle.  

Clover looked up from where she sat.  "Jay.... What are you doign?" she asked "You need to take it easy while we can"

"I'm fine" he said, looking at Acheron, "Mister permanently pissed off over there is working on my nerves....  I just need some fresh air"

"You are just getting annoyed" Clover said "That's what..."

Jason shrugged,  "Maybe...." he said, before stopping.  He stood frozen for a moment, just listening.  "Do you hear that?"

A frown formed on Clover's face as she listened.  

The sound of footsteps echoed through the building.  it cause Acheron to look up as well.  A whistling sounded up, going on a strange tone.  It rose and fell, quickly going from a major to a minor tone.  

Jason cussed.  

"Clover" he said quickly "Take Acheron and get out of here, use that back door we found" he drew his gun, ignoring the pain in his ankle "Check for those other three, so they don't just walk into something they don't know anything about.

Clover nodded quickly.  She turned to Acheron, motioning for him to follow her.  

Slowly Jason walked towards the sound of the footsteps.  He could see out of the corner eye as Clover and Acheron quickly started moving towards the back, away from the footsteps.  

"Hallo... strangers" a voice said, making a shiver run down Jason's spine "I know that you can hear me....  you don't belong here"

Jason breathed out.  Slowly he made his way towards the voice.  He could feel the danger coming from the man.  This was not good at all.  There were people with abilities here, he couldn't just rush in without a plan.  On the other hand, he wasn't even sure he could do anything.

It didn't matter as long as Clover and Acheron manages to get out.

"Young man....  I can feel you moving around in here..." the voice said tauntingly.  

Jason moved slowly, without a sound.  

The voice was coming closer and closer.  

Jason paused as he reached one of the selves.  He leaned back, closing his eyes as he listened to the man's movement.  The whistling stopped and all Jason could hear was a the pressing silence.  

There was silence for a moment before something slammed into the shelf.  Everything flew into the air, before crashing to the ground.  

Jason jumped back, quickly moving away.  He placed his back against another shelf.  His heart beat rapidly against his chest.  This was not good at all.  

He had no idea what he was up against.  

Gritting his teeth, he changed his grip on the gun.  He took a deep breath, before he stepped out.  

The moment he saw the lanky man, he fired.  Only the first shot hit the man's shoulder.  The others just fell to the ground as the man spun towards him.  

The man lifted a hand towards Jason.  

Jason flew back, slamming into a shelf behind him.  Pain shot through his chest and his vision blurred as he crumbled to the ground, gasping.  He lifted his gun.  It was hard to focus, his vision went double as he fired the gun again.

"Who... the hell are you....?" he groaned.

A smirk formed on the man's face.  "You...  my dear traveler don't need to know..."

Jason fired his gun until it clicked.  The bullets just dropped to the ground at the man's feet, crumbled into pieces.  He cussed, slowly getting back onto his feet.  

"You...  you don't have any abilities... do you?"

"Screw you...  asshole...." Jason gasped, reaching back for the only hand grenade he had.  

Seconds before he could pull the pin, lightning struck the ground on front of him.  It caused the man to stumble back as a teen with blond hair appeared in front of Jason.  

"Curio!" Jason gasped, letting go of the hand grenade.  

"Sup" Curio said, "Let's go!"

Jason nodded, just as Curio grabbed his arm and started running, lightning flashing behind them.  

"Great timing...Kid" Jason gasped, unsteady on his feet as they ran.

"Who is that...?" Curio asked as they ran.

"Donno.... He just... showed up...." Jason gasped "Where's.... the... others...?"

"Eh....  They're ready...." Curio said.

Something exploded behind them, almost throwing both of them from their feet.  A figure shot past them, to the direction they just came from.  

"What the....?" Jason started, before he recognized the red hair as Reiken.  the guy was much faster then he'd thought.  

The lighting storm behind them disappeared as Reiken slid to a stop, a wall of fire forming in front of him.  It looked like he was pushing against something.  

"GO!" Reiken's voice snarled.

"Be careful!" Jason yelled back.  

As the two burst out of the warehouse, they immediately had to dodge some attacks.  It looked like a war was going on outside.  

Green figures and strange forms were fighting against other things.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?" Jason yelled and he duck back down.  

"It's that Acheron guy's doing" Curio yelled as something exploded behind them.  

The entire warehouse went up in a giant ball of flames.  

Jason and Curio ducked down, covering their heads.  

"We need to get out of here!" Jason snapped, reloading his handgun.  

Curio looked around and nodded.  "Hein and Clover are over there!" he yelled over the noise, he pointed to the other side of the yard.  

Before they could move, Reiken came crashing through the wall behind them.  He crashed to the ground, before rolling to his feet, throwing his hands up.  A wall shot up from the ground, something slamming into it.  Immediately the wall shattered.  

Reiken cussed as he shot forward.  Fire and ice trailed behind him.  Wind sliced at something the others couldn't see.

"Damn...." Curio whispered "That's... impressive...."

Jason cussed.  "I need a better weapon..." he growled, grabbed Curio's wrist and dragged him away from Reiken and the burning building.  

There were a storm of elements rushing around them  Chaos rushed around them.  

Reiken stumbled back, the bracelet burned his wrist.  His power burned through him.  He couldn't use his full power, the pain was just to much and he could barely focus.

At least he managed to give the others an opening.  They can get out now.  That's good.  Now the only problem is for him to get out of this mess, but the man in front of him was a lot stronger than the average demons he usually face.  This guy was on the level of the strongest demons that lived on the mountain.  

Slowly he started falling behind.  

If only he could use his full power.

The bracelet hurt.

It hurt so badly.

Gritting his teeth, he threw another wall of fire up, followed by ice.

Just as he was about to step back, the entire area plunged into darkness.  The darkness even killed the light of his fire.  

Curio stopped in his tracks, as Jason yelped.

"He's here....  Kade...." he whispered "You found us...."

"What the hell is going on?" Jason asked, his voice sounding strange in the darkness.

"My friend...  The one I've been trying to contact" Curio whispered, smiling "He's here...  he found us"

"YO!  CURE!" a familiar voice called from the darkness "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU, KID?"

Curio chuckled softly and lifted his hand.  Without thinking, he let a bolt of lighting slam into the ground at his feet.

Jason yelped, quickly covering his eyes.  "Hey!  Some warning next time, Lightning Kid!" he snapped.

The darkness hissed and growled.  Strange shapes moved in the darkness, barely noticeable out of the corner of their eyes.   Then the darkness shifted and disappeared as a figure stepped out of the darkness, right in front of them.

Kade grinned, giving the two a quickly salute.  

"Sup, Kid" he said "One piece?"

Curio nodded.  

"It's good to see you, Kay" he said and nodded towards Jason "A friend.  And we need to get out of here...."

Kade nodded.  "That we do" he said.

"I'm not leaving without Reiken" Jason said quickly "You two can get the others out of here.  We cannot leave them in trouble"

Curio hesitated for a moment, before he nodded.  He didn't really want to leave Jason on his own, but it was the best plan for now.  

He jumped slightly as two other guys landed behind Kade.  

"Is this your friend?" the black haired, masked guys asked.  He leaned slightly over Kade's shoulder, tall enough to tower over all of them.  

Jason rolled his eyes at the new group.  There wasn't time for that.  Out of the corner of his eyes movement caught his attention.  He moved before any of the others even knew what happened.

His gun was in his hand, as he pushed the black haired guy out of the.  The gun fired.  Two figures dropped to the ground.  

The small group stared at him.

"GO!" Jason snapped at them "Get everyone out of here!"

Curio shook his head, gritting his teeth.  

"I'm not leaving you here!" he said, before looking at Kade "There's another guy in that mess of elements.  Red hair, tallish.  Do you think you can get him out?  Please"

Kade turned towards the chaos.  He titled his head slightly, studying it for a moment.  Then he nodded.  

"I might be able to do it..." he said.

"I'll help out" the guy with the miss matched eyes said.

"Then we leave it to the two of you" Tyler said, clapping Kade's shoulder "Now... let's get going"

Amilia and Max shot through the air.  Her eyes flickered over the chaos going on on the ground.  Near the one warehouse, it looked like there was a fight going on.  Elements were going thrown around, as well as something that looks like shadows, probably Kade, and she could see Nova's power as well.

Not far away from the were three other figures, one of them looked injured while Tyler and another teen were fighting against the faceless figures rushing at them.  

She glanced in the direction they were head.  There were some kind of green wall like thing keeping the figures away from a small group.  

That must be who they are looking for.  

"That them?" Max asked as they got closer.  

"I think so" Amilia said "Get ready to clear the area around them"

"On it" Max said, flames wrapping around his hands.  A grin form on his face as he did a free fall out of sky to land in the middle of the faceless figures.  

He spun, a whip of fire ripping through the figures.  

Amilia smiled slightly as she dropped down between the other three, immediately lifting her hands to show that she did not mean to fight them.  

The girl with the blond hair, immediately had a gun in her hands.  It was pointed to Amilia.

"And you are?" the girl asked, stepping in front of the guy with the brown hair.  

The black haired hair also move forward, whisps of green smoke around his hands.  

"Easy now" Amilia said softly "I'm not here to fight you.  We actually came to help"

"Prove it" the girl said.  

"Um...  We came for Curio....  His friend is with us" Amilia said slowly.

"Oh so you're with that black haired guy" the girl said, rolling her eyes, as she lowered the gun "Fine...  Who are you?"

"Amilia" Amilia said with a slight smile "And the kid out there fighting those things are Max"

"Clover, Hein and Acheron" Clover said.

"Nice to meet you" Amilia said with a slight smile "Now we need to find a place to get away from these things..."

Clover nodded.  "I know" she said "If we can just get away from these things...  We'll be able to get a place to wait for the others"

"We'll get those things away" Amilia said, "You three stay back and make sure they don't sneak up on us from behind"

"We'll make sure" Clover said with a nod.  

Amilia smiled slightly before turning her attention to where Max was taking care of the figures.  

The green wall disappeared so that she could join Max.

"These things are persistent!" Max called as he looked over Amilia.  

"Let's get this done" Amilia said as she blasted a group of figures with her power.  

"This is really weird" Max yelled as he kicked one of the figures before the ground swallowed some of them.  

"Just hold them off" Amilia said "If we can get rid of these guys, we can get out of here"

"Peachy" Max groaned.  

The moment they managed to get rid of the figures, the two turned to where the other three were.  

"Come on" Amilia said, grabbing Max's hand and running back to the others.  

"Is everything clear?" Clover asked, pulling her hand through her hair.  

Amilia nodded.  "Yes" she said "Let's go..."

Clover nodded.  "Good...  I'm running out of bullets" she said.

***

Tyler blasted another group of figures that came to close.  

"Where are they?" Jason asked, looking around.

"They should be around here... somewhere" Curio said out of breath.

A bullet slammed into the ground at their feet and the three stopped.  Immediately a shield formed around them.  

"Another step and I'll blast you away" a woman's voice snapped, before she stepped out from around the corner.  

Jason grinned.  "Clov..." he said "Please don't shoot us...."

The woman looked over at Jason, her blue eyes widening.  "Jay-Jay" she said, looking relieved.  

"The one and only" Jason said "Now can we come in?  I feel like there's a giant bullseye on my back"

Clover rolled her eyes at him, before lowering the gun.  "Fine, come on in" she said "I've got your toys as well"

Jason groaned.  "I don't want that one" he said sourly, making Clover sigh.

Tyler looked between the two.  "You are weird..." he said slowly.

"We try" Jason said as he sat down, wincing as he realized just how hard he had been thrown in the warehouse.  

"You look terrible" Clover said as she knelt in front of Jason "What happened?"

"I have headache that threatens to kill me....  My shoulder feels like it's been dislocated again and I'm pretty sure I broke some ribs as well"

Clover groaned and shook her head.  

Amilia looked around.  "We need to get out of here" she said "Before we get into more trouble"

Tyler nodded.  "Yeah, I don't want mister Shadows to get to excited" he said.  

"Where's my brother?" Max asked, looking around.  

"He went with Kade as back up for the other guy" Tyler said quickly.

Something slammed into the wall of the small building they were in.  

"I think our friends outside wants us to go play again" Jason said, finally able to catch his breath again.  

"I really don't want to play with them again..." Curio said "They are annoying"

"We need to take out the one controlling those things" Jason said.  

Everyone looked at him almost shocked.  

"What?" he asked.

"How did you know that someone is controlling those things?" Max asked.  

"Yeah..." Tyler said, watching Jason with a curious look on his face.

Jason just gave them a flat look.  "It's obvious" he said.  

"Not to the rest of us" Clover said "Now stop being a smartass and just explain what you mean"

"Well... there's to many of them in the first place.  Not just that.  They also stay focused on just one thing, like they want orders from someone.  The way they behave tells everything"

Tyler looked impressed.  "Nice" he said.

"Let's go then" Curio said, glancing at Hein and Acheron "Are you two alright?"

The two nodded.

"They don't talk much...." Max said quietly.

"No they don't" Jason said as he slowly got to his feet.

Clover quickly moved towards him, catching his arm, before he could fall.  She narrowed her eyes at him, before nodding.  

"Let's go" Amilia said softly.

The group nodded.

"Be ready to fight" Tyler said.  

Amilia and the others nodded.  

The fighting started the moment, they stepped outside.  Everything turned to chaos.  Jason had swapped his normal gun for the plasma one.  He made sure to stay close to Clover, Hein and Acheron, since he was the only one that could technically understand them.  

Max and Curio moved on the one side, while Tyler and Amilia took the other side.

A group of figures managed to get through, while cornering them from behind as well.  

Jason spun as he started firing at them, but there were to many.  Not even with Clover's help could they get rid of them.  

Just as Jason thought they might be over whelmed, three figures landed next to them.  

"I bloody hate flying!" a voice snapped as shadows ripped through the figures "If you ever make me do that again, I'll rip your head off"

"Looks like they are getting along..." Tyler muttered.  

"Shut up you fucking brat" another voice snapped.  

"Make me" the first voice said.

Jason groaned as he stepped between the two that started arguing, pointing one gun at the blond and a knife at the brunette.  

"Both of you, shut up" he snapped "We need to get the hell out of here.  So stop fighting or I'll kill both of you"

Reiken caught Jason's wrist, shaking his head.  

Jason glanced down at the hand, immediately his eyes widened.  "Shit, Rei... what the hell happened to your wrist?" he asked.  

Reiken winched before quickly pulling his hand back.  "Don't...Nothing" he said softly.  

After a moment, Jason just nodded and glanced at the blond and the brunette.

"Play nice before I shoot both of you" he said.

The two glared at each other for a moment, before they just turned their attention to the figures.  

"We need to split up!" Tyler called, from where he just ripped one of the figure's head from its shoulders.  

"How?" Clover asked as she kicked another one.  

Tyler quickly looked over the group.  "You, Kade, Max and those two" he said, pointing at Hein and Acheron.  

"Right....  and how is the others supposed to know the way to where the hell we're going?" Clover asked.  

"Both Nova and Amilia knows where to go" Tyler said.  

"Right, let's split!" Jason yelled.  

"You guys got that!?" Tyler yelled.

"Loud and clear" Nova growled, spun and slammed his fist into the figures head.  

"Then split!" Tyler yelled.  

"Take care, Clov" Jason said and Clover nodded.  

The groups split.  

***

Tyler threw a shield up behind them, blocking the figures from coming closer.  

Shadows followed behind them, ripping through the figures, while Max's elements took care of any others.  

"We need to keep on moving!" Clover called.  

Acheron quickly pulled her to the side as something slammed into the hardlight barrier around them.  

"Thanks...." She said and he nodded.  

"Keep moving!" Kade called out.  

They were still running, almost at the edge of the warehouse district.  At the other side of the district the other group were making their way out as well, pulling the attention of at least half the figures.

It almost looked like a light show on that side.  

"They are going for the one that's making the figures...." Kade growled.

"That sounds like my brother" Max snapped as his wind threw another group of figures into the air.  

"Idiots" Tyler grumbled.

"You have no idea..." Max said.

Tyler shook his head.  His eyes flickered around, before he quickly turned running into another direction.  "We need to get out of here, before the Heroes get here" he said as they moved quickly.  

Without warning all the figures disappeared.  The small group stopped in their tracks.  

"You think...?" Clover started and Max nodded, trying to catch his breath.  

"Hope so..." Tyler gasped, catching Kade's shoulders as the guy swayed on his feet "Shit... we need to get you out of here...."

"I'm fine..." Kade gasped, one hand pressing against his chest, close to where he still had the strange bandage over it.  

"No way in hell are you fine..." Tyler said, leaning slightly with his hands on his knees.  He tapped his earpiece.  "Arthur... we need a pick up...  Six people, one asshole that shouldn't be here"

He glanced at the others.  "Stay here" he said "Arthur is coming to pick us up"

"What about the others?" Max asked.

"Nova and Amilia knows how to get back to the house..." Tyler said "They know where the car is"

"You guys came with a car?" Clover asked, shocked.

"Yeah... Some of us are afraid of heights" Tyler said shooting a look at Kade.  

Kade just lifted his hands.  "Hey... Back off.  It's not my fault....." he said, looking around like he was still nervous the figures would come back.  

"They're not coming back...  right?" Max asked, noticing Kade's look.  

"We should get out of here, so the others wouldn't be worried about us" Tyler said, glancing at the two that haven't said a word yet.

The small groups quickly followed after Tyler as he moved.  

***

Jason spun to the side, ducking down.  A blast of fire shot over his head, incinerating some of the figures.

There was a shield around them, stopping the figures from getting closer to them.  It looked like a rainbow of colours moving through water.  He could only guess that it was the girl, Amilia's doing.  

Out of the corner of his eye he could see lighting flashing through the air.

The last guy Nova, seemed more like someone fighting hand to hand, with his power just as an assistance, like one would use a gun or knife.

"Where are we going?" Curio called out as he moved his hands, directing the lighting everywhere.  

"This way.." Jason said, eyes flickering over everything.  

"How the fuck do you know?" Nova asked as he blasted more of the figures.  

"The attack patterns" Jason called out as he shot even more of figures "You guys just focus on making sure those figure don't completely cut us off" he looked at Reiken "Do you see the guy that attacked us?"

Reiken shook his head as the ground beneath them moved, swallowing some of the figures, while trapping others.  

"Good...  keep a look out for him" Jason said as he motioned to the others to follow him "We don't want to run into him...."

Reiken nodded, ignoring the pain in his wrist, he lifted his hands.  Within the blink of an eye, the entire area behind them became a wall of elements, stopping anything from coming up behind them.  

Nova jumped slightly, looking impressed.  

"Fuck...." he said "Impressive..."

Jason snorted as he moved.  The figures became more and more.  Something caught his eye.  

"There!" he yelled, pointing at a formless figure "That one!"

Nova nodded as he shot into the air.  "I'm going to fucking enjoy this..."

Amilia rolled her eyes.  "Right...  we should keep going here" she said "Keeping them off Nova"

"Got that" Curio yelled as he let the lighting go.  

Jason started firing his gun again.  

Explosions sounded from the direction Nova disappeared to.  A scream echoed through the air before all the figures just disappeared.  

Jason's legs gave in beneath him as he just sat down on the floor, gasping.  His ribs hurt, making it hard to breath and the entire area was turning.  The nausea was rising in the back of his throat.

He barely notice when Reiken knelt next to him.  

"Alright?" Reiken asked quietly, looking worried.  

Jason glanced up at him.  "I'm good....  just...  need some rest" he said and Reiken nodded.  

"How did you know where the guy was that was controlling them?" Amilia asked as she knelt next to them.  

"Math..." Jason said with a slight smile "Science..."

"Do you mind if I used some healing on you?"

Jason blinked.  "Right... if you want to..." he said slowly.

As Amilia got started, someone landed right behind them.  

Curio quickly looked over at him.  The other guy had a smirk on his face.  There was a splatter of blood on his face and some on his clothes as well.

"Did you kill him?" Jason asked as Amilia worked.  It was getting easier to breath as well.  

"Yeah..." Nova said "He wouldn't be messing with anyone again"

Curio sighed and shook his head.  "We should get back to the others..." he said.

Nova nodded as he walked over to Jason.  "Can you move?" he asked and Jason just nodded.  

"Yeah...  We should get out of here..." Jason said.

Reiken took Jason's arm, pulling him to his feet.  

"What way?" Curio asked.  

Nova and Amilia looked around, before nodding.  

"They left us a car to use" Amilia said "It should be this way"

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Part 13

Part 14

“Couldn’t resist” Jason said before turning his attention back Frank and Jerry “And just so you know.  I don’t like this mission, it feels wrong.  One more thing.  Frank, I want danger pay on this one”

Frank snorted.  “There’s no danger pay, Jason” he said “You’re a spy”

“Then I want a vacation”

“You already have one lined up for next month”

“A proper one” Jason said, refusing to back down “Where I’m not going to be called back in while being on the damned beach.  Or busy studying.  Cause I’m going to fail my exams if this goes on”

“I cannot promise you that”

Jason groaned.  “Fine, scrap the vacation.  Give me the exam week”

Frank struggled not to laugh as he nodded.  “Alright.  No calls while you’re writing exams”

“Deal” Jason said before Frank could take back his offer.  

“Hey!” Rowan said, trying not to laugh “What about us?  Does this deal include us?”

“Some one has to be available while Jason’s out” Frank said.

Jason smirked, but did not say anything else.  He was not going to compromise his deal with Frank and the man knew that.  Made that mistake once before, not going to do it again.

“Now I’ve seen everything.  The two you are just really mean” Rowan grumbled as he crossed his arms.

“Hey don’t go blaming this on me” Jason said “You’re the one that wants to go on this mission.  I just don’t think it such a good idea to mess with stuff like that.  Like at all”

“Chicken”

“Asshole”

“Bitch”

“Moron”

“Aright that’s enough you two” Jerry said as he pressed a button on his desk “I have a feeling that this will make up for everything.  Your new gadgets for this mission”

A table rose from the floor behind Jason and he turned around.  There were six sets of almost everything on the table.  The girls’ go-go boots and the guys military grade ones.

Wrist watches.

Fingerless gloves.

Three hairpins.

Three arm bracers, with one of them looking almost like a gauntlet.

Grappling huns.

Three earrings with compounders. 

And three military grade earpieces with phones.

“New toys” Frank said and nodded to another table.  This one filled with weapons of all shapes and sizes.  “Of cause.  All military grade”

Jason smirked, but did not say anything.

“Girls, those are the suction go-go boots.  Track-me hairpins, each of the flower peddles are a magnetized tracker.  Wireless earrings to always keep in contact and are undetectable” Jerry said “And your new upgraded compounders”

The girls nodded.

“Then we have you boys, your standard military grade combat boots.  The bracers are x-ray and infrared scanner, with magnetism for climbing” Frank said and looked over at Jason “And yes, the gauntlet one is yours.  It has extra functions, tracking and hardlight control.  Then your earpieces and phones.  All upgraded.  So please don’t lose or destroy them”

“Finally the last few things” Jerry said before anyone could say a word “Your time watches.  They can track you anywhere and any time, while also showing the track-me hairpins.  Your gloves can stick to any surface if you need it and then the grappling guns”

The agents quickly stepped forward, collecting their things.

Jason smirked as he fitted the gauntlet over his tactical glove, flexing his hand a few times.  “what made you think of giving me this?” he asked, glancing at Frank. 

“It was Sam’s idea” Frank said, trying not to smile as he nodded towards the other table “Get your weapons.  Make sure that you have enough of everything.  I don’t want to hear anything about you running out of ammo again”

Rowan groaned and shook his head as he walked over to the table.  “You are never going to let us forget that, are you?”

Frank gave him a pointed look, corners of his mouth turned up slightly.  “Not a chance”

***

Jason cussed as they reached the laboratory.  The room that held the supposed time machine that they should disarm and retrieve.

“Everyone ready?” he asked as he peered down the hallway.

“All good” came the answer from Rowan and Alex.

“We’re clear over here” said Sam and Mike.

Jason looked at Clover and nodded.  This was not the first time the two of them worked as a team.  Clover was a good partner when she wasn’t complaining about some nail product something or another.

Clover nodded and Jason slipped into the room, carefully swinging the backpack of his shoulder as he reached the devices that stood in the centre of the room. 

Taking a deep breath, he dropped the backpack next to him and knelt in front of the device.  The four different parts were small enough that they’d fit into the backpack.  He flat out refused to carry any of the parts in his hands.  What if something happened and he had to fight?  Or shoot someone?  Or just needed his hands?  With his luck the stuff will explode while they were trying to get away.

So Frank agreed to give him a backpack to put everything in.  

Jason stared at his hands for a moment before he turned his attention to the machine in front of him.  

“Are you good, Jace?” Clover asked where she stood ready at the doorway.

Jason took another deep breathe.  “All good but the fact that I’m terrified it’s going to explode in my hands” he said “This is not as easy as Frank made it sound.  I want to see him do this while being scared someone is going to catch us”

“I know, I know” Clover said quietly as she turned her attention back hallway “Genius much?”

That made Jason snort.  “Thanks Clover” he said as she gently removed another wire from the machine and he let out a breath “At least you think I can do this.  Unlike the others that sounds like they want to run away while I’m working”

“Well if you cannot do it, then I have no idea who’ll be able to do it” Clover hesitated for a moment before she shot a slight smile at Jason “Like Rowan would say.  He’s the bloody best.  Let him work”

Jason snorted as he studied the wires in front of him.  “You people need to stop feeding my ego” he muttered under his breath “I might not be able to get through the door if you keep this going”

“You keep on working and we’ll feed your ego as much as you need to get the job done”

For a moment Jason paused and glanced at Clover before turning his attention back to the machine.  He pulled on a few wires before sitting back and glaring at the device.  

Clover glanced at Jason, frowning when she saw the look on his face.  “Everything alright over there?” she asked, when Jason did not move at all.

“I don’t like this” Jason said after a moment, the expression on his face serious and worried “This doesn’t look like the device that Frank and Jerry showed us in the meeting.  It’s the same, but still different.  I don’t know, but there’s something off about it”

‘We’ve got trouble, guys’ Sam’s voice said before Clover could say anything.  

“What’s wrong?” Clover asked with a quick glance at Jason.  

He caught her eye, before shrugging and turning his attention back to the device.  Gently he picked up one part of it before pitting it in the back backpack. 

“They know we’re here’ Mike’s voice said, the sounds of gunfire echoing in the background ‘And they are NOT happy to see us.  So get the hell out of there’

“Jace” Clover said “It’s time to go.  How close are you?”

“I’m not done yet” Jason growled under his breathe as he turned to the next part of the device “There’s still three more devices to go.  So you guys will need to keep them busy.  Just for a little while longer”

“We don’t have much of a choice now do we?” Clover asked as she drew her weapon.  

Jason clenched his jaw as he gently pulled out the part of the device.  He took a deep breath, putting it in the backpack.  His eyes flickered over the other two parts he needed to take care of.  It felt like his heart was beating roughly in his chest.  He needed to stay calm if he did not want to let everyone explode.  

“We don’t have all that much time, Jay” Clover said as the sounds of fighting reached them over the earpieces.  

“Just two more to go” Jason said through a clenched jaw “Hold on.  I’m almost done.  Don’t do anything stupid”

‘We’re holding on’ Sam’s voice said ‘You are the one that need to be careful and hurry up’

“I’m doing my best here...”

‘Shit...’ Rowan’s voice said ‘They got pass us....’

Jason paused for a moment, glancing up at Clover.  She stared right back at him before turning back to the hallway.  “You just get that done in time, Jay” she said “I’ll take care of everything else”

“Oh yes, no pressure at all” Jason muttered under his breath, turning his attention back to the machine “I told all of you, I don’t like this mission.  Nothing ever goes right when we go on weird ass missions like these” gently he took out the third part, putting it in the backpack “Be careful, Clover.  Sam, Alex and Rowan will kill me if anything happens to you”

“I can take care of myself, thank you very much” Clover said as she disappeared from the lab.  

Jason stayed frozen on his knees in front of the device.  All he could do was listen to the fighting happening outside in the hallway.  There was nothing he could do.  He couldn’t go help, because he needed to finish here, but by the looks of things, this last part was going to be extremely hard to get out.  

And he didn’t have the time for it.

“Jay...  Please tell me you’re almost finished” Clover said.  

“No I’m not and the pressure is not helping at all” Jason snapped, eyes playing over the device in front of him “This one is more complicated than the others.  It’s going to take time to get out”

“We don’t really have time, Jay”

Jason clenched his jaw and gripped the device with both hands.  

“JASON!” Clover called out as the fighting came closer to the door.  

“DAMMIT!” Jason yelled, closed his eyes and ripped the device from the wires.  He stayed frozen for a moment before opening his eyes and looking around.  A smile formed on his face and he lifted the device above his head.  

“I’ve got it!” he yelled, waving the device above his head.  

Clover ducked away and bullets slammed into the wall behind Jason.  With a yelp he duck down, stuffing the device into the bag.  

“Did you see that?” Jason asked, eyes wide as he started crawling towards Clover “It didn’t explode!  We’re still alive.  It didn’t explode!”

“What the hell are you doing?” Clover asked “You’ve got it?”

Jason nodded, eyes gleaming as he stuffed the device in the backpack.  “Did you see that?” he asked “It didn’t explode”

“Well that’s great” Clover said “And now their are shoot at us” 

He grinned at her.  “Let’s get going then” he said “Before someone shoots the bag and we all go boom”

Clover gave him a flat look.  She fired at the door they used the first time and Jason just ducked away, crawling towards another one.  “Everyone get out of here” he said “GO!”

‘What the hell did you do Jace?’ Mike’s voice asked out of breathe, with the sounds of fighting going on behind him.  

“I got the thing” Jason said “And they are not very happy about it”

‘That got out of hand very quickly’ Sam’s voice said ‘We will see you guys at the meeting point.  So get the hell out of there’

“Will do” Jason said and started moving again.  

“Let’s go” Clover said and the two started running.  Bullets followed after them as they dodged through the hallways.  

“Aren’t you going to fire back?” Clover gasped next to him as they got to another hallway.

Jason growled under his breath.  “Do you really want me to risk it?” he asked as he drew his gun.  It was a custom made plasma hand gun, with fingerprint identification.  He was really proud of this one.  It was the same weapon that Mike and Rowan had as well.  

The only problem was that he did not know what the plasma rays will do to the device pieces he carried.  

“Do you want to get filled with holes?” Clover snapped at him “because I’m not ruining my manicure for you”

Jason groaned.  “I’m going to regret this” he growled and lifted the weapon.  

Before he could even pull the trigger, something next to him exploded.  

***

Screams filled the air.

Jason could feel himself falling.

Colours mixed together.

Darkness followed.

Move voice called out.

For a moment his entire body was being torn apart. 

His eyes flickered open.

Bright colours filled his vision.

Images flashed through his mind.

There were three guys falling.  One reached down towards the others.  It looked like he jumped after the other two.  He could see their faces as clear as day.  There was cuts, blood and scratches all over them.  

Evidence of a fight. 

One had Mahogany brown hair with dark grey eyes.  Another one had blood red hair, a bit longer than a guy would normally wore it, ocean blue eyes focused on the other two.  And the last guy, shock where written on his face, black hair and black eyes.

They wore strange clothing.  

Shouting words that did not make any sense.  

A different language.

The image blurred and changed. 

This time it was just a quick flash.  Red and gold bichrome eyes flashed in his vision.  Dark red curls moved in a blur as a blond figure shot up into the air.  The three got hit with a blast of swirling darkness.  They crashed through the darkness, slammed through walls and cratered into the road. 

Again the image changed.  

It blurred into the next one.  This time it was of younger guys, in the middle of what might be a park or something.  One of them were on the ground, blond hair streaked with blood.  The other one stood over him, brown hair falling over his face in messy strings.  There was something off about the image.  It took a moment before he realized that there were black veins running up the brunette’s arms.  Shadow surrounded them and he threw his head back, screaming.  

The shadows engulfed them and they disappeared.