A teenage boy screamed in agony, it was 4:32am, his birthday, his 18th birthday.

3 other boys were with him, one 18 the other two 17.

As the pain subsided and the agony ended the last thing Pogue Perry saw before blacking out was the concerned look on his friend's faces.

As the truth of coming of age, the truth of the agony, as he saw what it was really like, Reid Garwin grew all the more nervous (although he would never admit it) of turning 18 in a month. Reid, Tyler and Caleb surrounded Pogue and watched as their friend stirred and began to come around.

"You ok man?" Caleb asked in his low and somewhat husky voice. Pogue looked up, his normally deep brown eyes were a black abyss. Gasping slightly he replied. "Yeah, I think so". Something in his chest burned and with a yelp he accidentally blasted the other three boys towards the wall.

Caleb and Reid slammed against the wall though Tyler managed to catch himself in mid air just before he hit the wall.

"Damn! Sorry!" Pogue managed to choke out between breaths.

"Don't worry about it, but still, you know, OUCH!" Reid replied, speaking for the first time.

As Tyler Simms touched his feet down and walked over to Pogue, all four boys felt it, a strong surge inside them, someone was Using. Staring at each other in great confusion they knew it had not been any of them that had Used. Someone else was Using the Power.

It was Reid who broke the silence, "Chase? Do you think he's……" he trailed off. No that was not possible, Caleb had killed Chase almost a year ago, or he thought he had at any rate.

"No it can't have been, he's…..dead" Caleb relayed Reid's thoughts aloud, more to himself then anyone.

"You said they never found a body" Pogue noted.

"That's correct".

"If you're alright Pogue, I gotta go, Mother wants me back soon and I want to get a few hours sleep.

Pogue nodded.

"Ty, c'mon you're my ride home"

"Coming Reid"

"Well hurry it up then Baby Boy"

Reid, Pogue and occasionally Caleb always jokingly called Tyler 'Baby Boy' as he was the softest of the Sons of Ipswich and never kissed a girl, let alone have a girlfriend.

To Tyler's car

"Move over"

"What? But it's MY car!"

"Yeah and I'm saying I want to drive"
"Reid!"
"Can it Baby Boy!"

Grumbling, Tyler moved into the passenger seat, allowing Reid to slide into the driver's side.

"Geez, grow some balls Tyler" he murmured, loud enough for Tyler to hear, Tyler just glared at Reid then turned away.

5 Minutes later

"Reid, slow down"

"Aww is wittle Tywer afwaid of the cops?"

"No REID! Watch the road!"

"Whoa!"

Reid slammed on the brakes, his eyes became black and the car came to a screeching halt, right in front of a tree.

"Damn, Ty I'm sorry, fuck, I didn't mean to! I didn't realize how fast I was going!"

"Well pay more attention!" An angry Tyler yelled at his best friend. Reid climbed out of the hummer, by some coincidence they had ended up right in front of the Garwin manor, as Tyler got back in the driver's seat and drove away without so much as a goodbye.

A bewildered Reid Garwin stared after him, Tyler rarely got that pissed off, least of all with Reid who was his best friend. The blonde 17 year old shrugged it off however, though he still hoped Ty would forgive him enough to pick him up later that morning, he didn't wanna have to Use to get to the dorms, Caleb would bite off his head at that.

Spring break had ended and school started that day. Reid, Tyler, Pogue and Caleb along with many other students needed to return to the dorms at Spencer.