*So this story is in honor of my brother. Back in the day we used to make up stories all the time together, late at night when we were supposed to be sleeping. Almost anything we were watching at the time got thrown into the mix, making for some pretty awesome combos. At the time we didn't even know the word fanfiction, let alone thought about writing it down (though there were times I wished we had recorded cause they were so epic!). I think that is why I turned to this site, my brother and I haven't done a story in years now, the last time we did one he even thanked me for pushing us to do so many of them (I loved them and couldn't wait to do them, whereas he felt there was always time to do them later), since we no longer had time anymore he found the memories just as precious as I do. I know I have many open stories right now, but I really like sharing this one with you. It's partly based on one old theme we used a few times, and partly a new creation, but I lately have been feeling the sadness of missing this time with my brother more and this is my way of expressing it.

Bro, if you find this, thanks for the amazing nights, for the amazing battles we won, for our favorite superheroes forming a band together, for sharing my passion for storytelling, and for letting me always be the best characters XD This story is for you, when it's finished I will be showing it to you, hope you like it.

BTW I am terrible at writing accents, so forgive my attempts to do so.*

Vert Wheeler couldn't help shaking that something wasn't right. He looked around and tried to figure out what it was exactly that was bothering him. Sage entered just then, and seeing the troubled look on his face asked, "Is there something the matter Vert?" "Do you ever feel like you don't recognize yourself Sage? Like you honestly don't think the face in the mirror is yours, not the whole I can't seem to find myself thing."

"When I had lost my memories I felt that way I must admit. Why do you ask Vert?" Vert didn't answer her right away, he just stood silently looking at his reflection. Something glimmered in his eyes for a moment, but was gone in the next. He turned to Sage again and asked, "Will you do me a favor Sage? Scan me and see if you can find anything that shouldn't be there."

Sage gave him and odd look, but nodded her head in agreement. She had him lie on a table in the next room and started the process. "If you want me to be thorough, this may take some time." "Be as thorough as you can be please, I need to know." A couple of hours later, Sage had finished scanning Vert and had found something that she felt he must see. Calling him into the room that she had entered after having him lie on the table, she couldn't help wondering how she had missed this when she had scanned him at other times.

Course it was so tiny she almost hadn't caught it this time, good thing Vert had asked her to be so thorough. When he entered she said, "I did find something, right at the base of your skull. It looks to be both a cloaker and a memory suppressor. I can do surgery to get it out if you wish." Sage told them. "How long will that take?" he asked. "A couple of hours tops."

He stood there, thinking about what his next move should be, after a moment finally saying, "Let's wait until tomorrow then. I'll send the rest of Battle Force 5 on a training mission and pizza run, that should keep them away long enough to complete it. Let's keep this between ourselves until then." Sage nodded as he head out to join his teammates for a bit.

Vert looked over at Agura and wondered what would happen once his memories that were being suppressed came back to him. Was there someone waiting for him? He couldn't and wouldn't tell Agura how he felt and until after he got his memories back, it wouldn't be fair to her. Then he happened to think, what if I look so different after the change that none of these guys can accept me after this.

He sighed, hoping it wouldn't come to that. Agura heard the sigh and said, "What's up Vert?" He looked at her, pasting on a smile, hoping she wouldn't see through it as he said, "Not much Agura, I just can't help shaking the feeling that something has got to happen soon to break this calm." "Oh come on man, we have those Red Sentients and Blue Sentients getting along, what else is left for us to even do?" Stanford asked.

Vert smiled and said, "A good point Stanford, I probably am just over thinking things since that's how it's been for so long." "That iz true, but the probability of something happening now iz highly unlikely." said Tezz. "You heard the man, let's go get some za!" Zoom proclaimed. Everyone agreed and Sage waved to them as they rode off, at least she would have some quiet time to bone up on the human body before operating on Vert tomorrow.

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The next day, Vert sent the others out on a training exercise and pizza run as planned. Then Sage prepared him for operation. Right before he went under he said, "I believe in you Sage." For he could tell that she was stressed about doing this. She smiled at him and then as soon as he was out, got down to work. Several hours later she finished stitching up the wound, then left him to come around on his own, noticing the difference in how he looked as she walked out.

When the others got back, she told them that Vert wasn't feeling well and had gone to his room to rest. The others were as quiet as they could be for the rest of the day, before turning in themselves. Once they were all asleep, Sage went back to where she had left Vert and found him just coming around. "How are you feeling and do you remember me?" she asked him.

Vert looked up at her, blinking a few times as if to adjust his eyesight, then said, "Sage? I am feeling better than I have in months, to be honest. I take it you were successful?" "I was, would you like to see what you look like?" she asked. He nodded, before carefully sitting up, noticing that he wasn't wearing his red suit. In its place was a blue, white and orange racing suit, once that he vaguely recalled. As if she understood his questioning look, Sage said, "It may take some time for all your memories to come back to you."

"The cloaker and memory repressor where the most advanced thing I have ever seen, outside of our stuff I mean." Sage continued. She handed him a mirror she had fetched and he picked it up. The face looking back at him was more familiar then the one he had been seeing in the mirror for months now. And as he looked at himself, a hint of a memory came back, "Vert we need to talk." The man saying it was his … dad? Then who was the guy they had met in the realms?

"Sage, I think I need some time alone to think. I'm going to take the Saber out." Sage nodded and said, "Be careful Vert, if the others see you they might think you are a thief who is taking your car." Vert promised he would be careful and managed to successfully get out of the Hub without waking anyone. When he got to what he had come to think of as his thinking spot, he stopped and got out of the Saber.

He was atop one of the buttes that looked out over Handler's Corners, so he sat on the edge, his legs hanging out in open space. Who could have suppressed his memory and changed the way he looked and why? What purpose did it serve whoever it was that did it? Where they using him as an unsuspecting spy on Sage? If not what else could be the reason? And why was it taking his memories so long to come back. The only sure thing in his life right now was his time since he met Sage, so almost 6 months.

Before that, it could all be and was quite possibly was a lie. What about those that they knew in Handler's Corner? Did they have some sort of device that had invoked memories of him? Or were they with the ones who had done it to him? Sheriff Johnson he could maybe see, but Zeke was stretching that thought a bit far in Vert's mind. He stayed at his spot until the sun started to rise, then he headed back to the Hub with no more "new" memories and a lot of explaining to do to the others.

Upon arriving back, he found Sage the only one up. "Go get some rest Vert. Once the others have awaked, I will come and get you." She said. Vert decided to take her advice and went off to his room, still feeling a bit weak from the surgery, though Sage had done a remarkable job. Soon there was a hub of activity in the Hub. Sage waited until the others had started eating before going to get Vert.

She gently shook him awake, and when he did, she said, "It's time Vert." He sighed as he swung his legs off the bed and headed out of his room with Sage. When they arrived in the kitchen, everyone was too busy stuffing their faces at first to take notice, but Zoom suddenly looked up. His eyes widened, but because his mouth was full of food he couldn't say anything, so he tugged on Spinner's shirt.

Spinner turned towards him and said, "What Zoom?" a bit miffed that he had been caught mid bite into his egg sandwich. Zoom pointed at Sage and Vert, which by now he had all the others attention, so they all looked as one to where he was pointing. When they saw Sage calmly standing there with a stranger, they gasped. Agura felt like there was something familiar about him as Sherman asked, "Who are you?" The man smiled and said, "Don't you guys recognize me? Not that I would expect you to, I didn't. It's me, Vert."