Karone ran towards the backdoor her ponytails flipping around as she ran. Andros ran to his sister, and grabbed her. "I wanna go play!" Karone complained.

"Kinda hard to play without a ball right?" Andros asked, showing her the toy that they used to practice telekinesis.

"Where are you two going?" Kara, their mother asked.

"Going to go outside, and play!" Karone said happily.

"Andros keep an eye on your sister," Kara said, "And don't wander off too far," Kara called out, as Andros and Karone went out the door. They walked over towards the little park area near their house, and Andros telekinetically lifted the ball, and sent it over towards Karone. Karone tried to catch it with her mind, but her telekinesis was weak, and she pouted.

"It's ok Karone…" Andros said, "You just have to imagine it floating…" Andros said. Karone looked over at the ball in her hands, and finally it floated out of her hands. She let out a squeal, and suddenly it shot past Andros, and into the bushes.

"I'm sorry," she apologized.

"It's ok, I'll go get it," Andros said, running towards where the ball had landed. Karone played around with her ponytail, and waited for her older brother to come back.

"Hello little girl," Karone turned over towards the voice and let out a scream. An evil looking monster stood before her, and grabbed her by the arm. "You are coming with me…" the thing cackled evilly. Andros came back and saw the monster attacking his little sister. Focusing on the ball, he made it shoot towards it's head, and he dropped Karone's arm. Andros ran towards Karone and pulled her to her feet. They started to run for home, when Andros felt a tug on his arm, and he was yanked back.

"Andros!" Karone screamed, as he was pulled back. She ran towards the monster.

"Run home Karone!" Andros managed to call out, as green light dawned over them before disappearing. Karone ran to where they were, and fell to her knees, sobs wracking her body. Meanwhile in the clearing, Andros' best friend Zhane went towards where Andros and his little sister was supposed to be. He didn't notice Karone crying, and walked over to her.

"Hi Karone," the eight year old said, walking over to her. "Where's Andros?" Karone bawled when he asked her that, and Zhane wondered what he said wrong. "Karone…what's wrong?" he asked, and she just turned to Zhane and started to cry on the older boy's shoulder. Zhane didn't know what to do for Karone, and he just simply wrapped his arms around her. Zhane knew that if it was something bad, that he should just tell his own mother, or Karone's. Sending a telepathic signal towards Karone and Andros' house. Kara and Lamont instantly heard it, and ran towards where Zhane and Karone were.

"Zhane…what's going on?" Kara asked, kneeling down next to him and Karone.

"I don't know…" Zhane said, as Karone pushed her face tighter into his shoulder. "I was just walking over to where Karone and Andros were supposed to be playing…but Karone started to cry," Zhane explained. Lamont pulled Karone away from Zhane, and put Karone onto his lap. Kara put a hand on Karone's shoulder, "What's going on Karone?" Kara asked in a soothing voice.

"A mon-monster…took Andros away," Karone cried out. Kara and Lamont looked in shock at their daughter.

"Wha-what?" Lamont asked.

"I accidentally threw the ball too hard, and Andros went to go grab it…" Karone hiccupped. "And a monster tried to grab me, but Andros saved me…but the monster sent him away," Karone sobbed.

"Sweetie…your imaginiation was just getting the best of you," Kara started, but Karone shook her head vehemently.

"You got to go save him!" Karone shouted at her parents. "That mon-monster took him away!" Lamont made some shushing noises, and gently took Karone's hand.

"We are going to go look for him ok?" Lamont whispered softly. He picked up their daughter, and he turned to Zhane. "Are your parents home?" he questioned, as they started to walk towards his house.

"Yeah…" Zhane said, and in a matter of minutes they were at Zhane's house. Zhane's parents looked up and instantly worry clouded their faces.

"Zhane…please try to take Karone up to your room…" Zhane nodded, and Karone latched her arm onto Zhane's as they went up to his room. Karone stayed silent, as tears streamed down her face. Zhane could hear his parents and Karone's talking downstairs, but right now, all he was paying attention to was Karone. She numbly sat down on the floor, pulling her knees to her chin. Zhane sat down next to her, and they stayed silent for a while. Zhane once again heard his parent's voices floating up to his room, but they were still talking with Kara and Lamont. Zhane knew Karone could hear them too.

"They don't believe that a monster took him away," she whimpered.

"I believe you," Zhane murmured, and she looked up at him, eyes gleaming with hope.

"Really?" Zhane nodded, and she wrapped her arms around him. "Thank you," Karone whispered. Zhane held her for a little bit, but he pulled away, trying to hear what his parents were telling Karone's. "What are you doing?" she squeaked.

"Trying to hear what our parents are talking about…" Zhane said, then he frowned. He wanted to see what his parents were talking about, but didn't want to have Karone listen to it. "Karone…I'll go see what our parents are talking about," Zhane said gently.

"I want to go too," Karone whispered. Zhane sighed, but knew that he couldn't stop her from going. He opened up his door, and they slowly crept down the stairs. They looked and saw Zhane's father Kinser on a computer. Tarah was at his side, with Kara and Lamont huddling in at the corner. As their parents were silently talking, Kara felt Karone near her, and she saw Zhane and Karone looking up from above.

"When are you going to go save Andros?" Karone asked, teary eyed once again.

"Karone…Zhane, go back upstairs," Lamont, said gently. "We will be up there to explain everything in a little while," When they made no move to go back to the room, Lamont hardened his tone a little bit, "Now," Zhane sighed, and grabbed Karone's shoulder and led her back upstairs.

30 minutes later

The two pairs of parents had no idea what to tell their children. Dark Specter had kidnapped Andros, and they had no idea how to save Andros. They had called the proper authorities, but they weren't strong enough to go up against Dark Specter's forces. "What should we tell them…I mean we can't just go in and tell my daughter, and our son's best friend that he was kidnapped by Dark Specter?" Kara said, eyes puffy from crying.

"Kara…that may be the only thing to do," Kinser said gently. "If we tell our children lies, they will find out about them eventually…" None of them liked the fact that they had to go tell the hard truth to their kids. They shouldn't even be involved in this kind of things, and yet, here they were. They walked into Zhane's room, and saw Karone fast asleep on Zhane's bed, and saw Zhane dozing off on the floor.

"Mom…Dad…" Zhane murmured. "What's going on?" he asked. Karone stirred and sat up. "Did you find a way to get Andros back?" Zhane questioned.

"No…" Kara admitted. "We talked to the police…and they are looking for your brother Karone…" Karone started to cry once again, and Lamont held his little girl.

"The best thing we can do is just to wait, and keep our spirits up. We'll have Andros back with us soon…" Lamont said lightly, but didn't believe a word he said. Karone knew that her Daddy was just trying to keep her out of it so she wouldn't get hurt, and she would just have to accept that as it is…but there was no way she was going to be able to get any sleep after seeing her brother getting kidnapped.