Caine Soren sat in a leather chair, drumming his fingers on the arm. His eyes were fixed on the floor just ahead of him and a scowl was set upon his face. His hair was just long enough to trail into his eyes, which he brushed away irritably. He stood up and paced the room restlessly and then stopped to look out of the window. His reflection stared back at him from the darkness. It was a dark night, one of the many that he experienced because of sleepless nights. Things weren't getting any better. His situation was as bad as it had been before. No food...no power. No control. Nothing. Only a few people who followed him. Followed him out of fear. Caine was about to throw something across the room out of anger when he was stopped by the door opening behind him. He didn't turn to look but waited for his visitor to address him. "Aren't you going to say hello?" Said Diana.

"No." Growled Caine.

"Fine, be like that. But you were the one who asked me to come."

"Diana can you just-" Caine sighed, sounding tired.

"So, what's this plan of yours, fearless leader?"

"I don't know! Just...just shut up for a minute, won't you?"

"Someone got up on the wrong side of bed this morning." Said Diana coming up next to Caine.

"Diana-"

"Sorry," said Diana, holding up her hands "but you asked me to come. I could be doing other things right now. Like sleeping, maybe? That's what normal people do at this time of night, Caine. Sleep." Caine walked back to the chair and sat down, holding his head in his hands. "Diana, if I could sleep, I would. Do you think, if I had a choice, I'd be awake right now, thinking about how to keep myself alive?" Diana didn't say anything back so he carried on "I thought I had a plan. But I don't. It's useless. So, go back to bed if you want. I don't care what you do to be honest, Diana. But, I just need a break from all this."

Diana stood awkwardly for a moment and then said "Caine," a little more gently than she usually did "you're not going to get anywhere just sitting here all night. Go to bed and-"

"I'm not going to get any sleep. If I do, it'll be tainted with horrible dreams of...of..."

"You mean nightmares?" Said Diana, the side of her mouth twitching.

"Whatever you want to call them. Dreams, nightmares...visions, they're horrible."

"Dreams are when they're nice, nightmares on the other hand-"

"Right now, you're being a nightmare."

"Just trying to help." Said Diana shrugging her shoulders.

"In a scary know it all, Astrid the genius sort of way." There was a knock at the door. Not the door of the room but the front door. The loud noise echoed throughout the building and when it had stopped, dead silence was left behind. Caine's eyes met Diana's and they didn't say anything for a minute. "Who do you think that is?" Said Diana, looking away.

"I don't know, but whoever it is, is going to be sorry if it's not important." Said Caine, getting up.

"You're actually going to open it?" Said Diana, incredulously, following Caine down the stairs.

"Why not? Whoever's there is hardly going to hurt me." Caine laughed humourlessly "they could try, but they wouldn't actually get to the point of hurting me." Caine undid the bolt on the door and opened it to see a girl standing there. She looked about 14 with long brown hair and blue eyes, she had a sweet face that would have been prettier had she been eating enough. But...she didn't look as bad as some people did. She was a bit on the skinny side but not so much that she looked starved. "Who are you and what do you want?" Said Caine coldly. He was in a bad mood and couldn't be bothered dealing with anyone.

"I'm sorry to bother you-"

"You will be if this isn't important." Snapped Caine

"But I was just wondering if I could stay here...at least for the night?" It took a moment for the words to sink in. Why would this girl want to stay here? She wasn't on Caine's side or he'd know who she was and if she was on Sam's...then why was she here? Diana rescued him from an awkward silence by saying "Why would you need to stay here? Haven't you got a home?"

"I did have one but...I can't stay there anymore. I lived in the forest since the FAYZ but now there are too many creatures and animals around there and it's too dangerous. If I can't stay it doesn't matter."

"So, you don't know what's been going on?" Said Caine

"Yes but I just kept out of it. I'm not on anyone's side if that's what you're thinking."

"You're going to have to pick sides soon though," said Diana, as if talking to a child.

"But you're not on one, are you?" Said the girl.

"Excuse me?" asked Diana, a little confused.

"You're on your own side, even if you do stay here." Diana's eyes widened a little, how did the girl know what she'd said? She shook it off, thinking it must have gone around somehow. Caine had been watching the girl the whole time and thought I wonder if she has any powers...if she could be useful. I'd ask Diana to read her but...I don't want her suspecting anything's wrong. The girl's face hardened and said "is that how you want to play then, Soren?"

"What?" Said Caine.

"Want to use me, do you? Well you've got another think coming because I don't take kindly to being used." Caine stared at the girl who had just spoken his thoughts out loud, Diana was looking at him, confused. "I've not picked a side yet, I thought it might be alright over here, but if you're going to take that attitude then I might just leave and join Sam and his army. You'd be sorry then, Caine. You don't want me as an enemy."

"What the-" began Caine.

"So, do you want me, or not? If you say yes, I'll let Diana here read my power level if that's what you want. But I'm only going to stay if I'm not used. You start using me Caine, and I'm out."

Caine shook his head, as if trying to sort out all the things that were going on in his head. "Diana, can you-" She nodded and the girl held out her hand. A small smile crept upon her lips as Diana took her hand. The look on Diana's face was a picture, that's for sure. She dropped the girl's hand as if it was red hot and stared in disbelief. "What?" Said Caine

"She has powers." Said Diana, swallowing.

"I think that's quite obvious, Diana. How strong is she?"

"That's the thing...she's a four bar."