One of the children look back at me and he smiles. And for a minute I thought I saw the sharp piranha like teeth of a Vat-born Mogadorian. I decide to wave it off, but I watch them closely. I walk over to Nine who is talking to this girl.

"Hey, Nine dude get over here Emily texted you. Yeah I checked the text for you she told you she is free on Saturday. Your welcome."

"I can't stand people like you, you jackass!" Nine got slapped. I bust out laughing as she walks away. The boy and his family follow.

"Come on dude, you jerk."

"You know as well as i do that there is not time for that right now. We know where Ella is, we need to go."

"I know but you could have let me get her numb-"

The glass from the doors of the hotel break in a burst of fire sending shards of glass in every direction. Red and yellow light blind me temporarily as I struggle to shelter nine with my legacy. Then everything goes silent. Smoke rises from something, but I can't see what. I get up pulling nine up with me. Shards of glass that i wasn't able to stop with telekinesis splinter my legs, most only flesh wounds but two deep cuts on my thigh and knee. Nine has only one, but on the right side of his chest and the shard is as big as the blade of a dagger. Nine reaches for the glass and pulls it out only making the cut deeper. Mariana runs in as Malcome runs over to an unconscious Sam. All three are cut up bruised and look like they were close to the explosion. Then i see the distinctive parts of a Ferrari lying across the parking lot.

"Four! Six is on the ground she isn't moving you have to help!" Seven runs out the door towards the back of the lot.

I was about to run out too when I saw something in the back of the lobby. Nine sees it too and motions to get to cover. We hide behind the desk or what's left of it when we hear footsteps and a buzzing sound.

"Shit dude they found us." Nine reaches in his pocket and pulls out a long thin metal tube, activating it as it turns into a 6 foot long pipe staff. I call up my lumen and focus all my energy into a growing ball of fire, and we wait. 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 20, 30, silence. Then all at once guns explode into fire lighting up the desk. S

"Go!" Nine cuts open the body of the first Mog he sees with his staff. He instantley turns to when he starts up he doesn't stop. I hurl the fire ball at the biggest mog in the group and rush the team. Fire erupts in the palms of my hands I press my burning hand to the mog's neck and the other to his friends heart their eyes turn black and both fall motionless. Nine cuts through the last mog, we look at each other and run out of the lobby. We immediately see seven over six trying desperately to wake her. Sam is still on the ground but now awake. Nine and I sprint over to seven and six when we see her put her hands on sixes chest and close her eyes in concentration. The tips of her fingers turn a very light blue. Something I have never noticed about her legacy. We approach slowly but get close enough to see what the deal is. After a few minutes I motion to Nine to leave seven and come with me back to the lobby. I walk in to the two mog's that I burnt shaking very slightly but shaking on the floor. We go over and kneel down beside them. Eyes pick black. Nine starts to say something when we hear foot steps again, we pull the bodies behind the desk with us and prep for what's to come when the two black eyed mogs stand up and start to shoot in the way of the footsteps. I hear the poof of mogs as they turn to ash then all at once silence once more. The mogs stand there in position like there is another attack coming. Then the one on the right bursts into ashes followed by the left one. Nine and I are alone.

"I'll go out and check all clear."

"I'll come to those were the last of them let's go check on Six" We walk out one again toward seven. I kneel down by six and shake her slightly. She shoots up almost hitting me with her head.

"We gotta go, now." She stands up and runs over to the car opens the driver door and jumps in. We all stare at each other in confusion. She brings the car around to pick us up, she tosses me the key and climbs in the passenger side. Assuming whatever she is talking about is important I start the engine. The others get in the back.

"Where is Addamus?"

"They got him Four, I couldn't save him there was ugh heavy fire on me. I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault Mariana, and chances are that we know where he is. We find Ella we find Adam."

I drive over and pick up Sam and Malcome. We leave. We don't even worry about directions. The only thing on our minds right now is find Ella, get Adam, and kill every last one of the Mogs.

I'm not alone anymore. Just yesterday they brought another person in. Only today he's with me in my cell. But he's a Mog. I don't understand that part. He is in the same shackles and cuffs as I am, though he is shackled very heavily around the ankles. So much so zhe could almost swing from the chains.

"Where am I, who are you, why are you here?"

"I am Ella, Number Ten, one of the garde. You are in one of your people's prisons. I am here because I am dangerous. What I want to know is why you are here." I tell him all of this telepathically so he would have no doubts I was who I said I was. He looks around and then at me.

"I am not who you think I am, I know who you are now the others are on there way here to help you which is good news for both of us. I am number Three, Ella. I was a mog I was one of them but no more. I have legacies, I've met your friends. I will help you."

"Three is dead you know that. You're one of them. You have no power."

"I do Ella I do. That is why they shackled me so heavily. They are afraid of us Ella they thought that they got us with 5 but they didn't. Now that you have me we will win. They know us as a threat now. We are here because we could be useful to the Mogadorian an cause. We cannot join. They will destroy this planet as they have destroyed yours. They will not stop until they have conquered all life out there. You know this. I am Addamus, Number Three, I will help you."

"Ok Addamus, I believe you. I trust you. Now all we need is 5. And We'll have ourselves a team here. So, what's the escape plan?"