LbN: I know I'm a day late, sorry! I went to Sea World, no excuses :D. Hope you like the chapter!

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Reid and Tyler sat quietly in the boys' meeting place. They both looked up when they heard voices, and the click! of heels coming down the spiral staircase. Caleb and Pogue had, of course, told Kate and Sarah the truth about the Sons of Ipswich, but this was the first time that they had come into the warlocks' underground hideout. Tyler had tried valiantly to get rid of some of the cobwebs and dust. He didn't need them freaking out before they even told them about Chase. Both Kate and Sarah had developed an extreme fear of spiders after the last run in with the Fifth, as they now referred to Chase.

Pogue was the first to make it down the stairs, followed closely by Kate, Sarah, and Caleb. They sat around the stone circle and looked at Reid and Tyler.

"Well?" Pogue said, "Is it really Chase?"

"Unless there's another random Son of Ipswich running around, I'd say yes," Reid sighed.

"It was him," Tyler added, "I'd know that self-satisfied grin anywhere…"

"Then we need to figure out what he's here for," Caleb said.

"I'm pretty sure it's not going to be good," Kate rolled her eyes.

The others chuckled a bit, but the tension in the room did not decrease. Tyler used, and pulled a book from one of the three shelves that lined a back wall. The candles flickered a little more brightly as he held it in the air by magic. He was about to flip though a couple more pages when Reid said,

"Tyler," in a choked voice.

"Oh, sorry Reid, I forgot," he said, reaching toward the book. One of the things Reid discovered, after he stopped using a lot, was that it was hard to be in close proximity to the guys if they were using heavily. Tyler had been holding the book, and turning pages, all with magic. Sustaining something that could be done manually was making Reid really uncomfortable.

"You okay man?" Pogue asked the blonde.

"Yeah," Reid said, "Just, try to keep it to a minimum…I have a feeling we're all going to have to start using really soon."

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"Let me see the book you're reading," Reid said, holding his hand out. Tyler tossed it to him.

"There's nothing in there," Tyler said, "I looked. Even translated it myself."

"That might be why you didn't find anything," Reid laughed. Tyler chucked a pen at him.

It hovered in mid air. They stared at it.

"Did you do that?" Tyler asked Reid, who shook his head.

"I did," said a voice from the other side of the room.

Reid and Tyler spun around. Out of pure instinct, both of them formed spheres of magic to hurl at Chase.

"Caleb had his and his father's power, and he still couldn't beat me," Chase said, "So put those away; you haven't even ascended yet."

The two other boys looked at each other for a split second, then threw their spheres together and heaved the new one at Chase anyway. He caught it and put it gently on the ground. Then he stepped on it.

The force that passed through the room hit the boys and sent them flying to the ceiling.

"What…what do you want, Chase?" Reed choked. Being engulfed in magic after six months of magical detox was a very, very unpleasant feeling.

Chase wasn't paying attention. He was staring up at Tyler like he had never seen him before. He made a pulling motion with his hand and Tyler went crashing to the floor.

"Baby Boy," Chase chuckled, "Isn't that what they call you?"

Tyler coughed violently and tried to stand. Chase made a pressing motion with his hand in the air above Tyler.

"Stay down," he said quietly.

"What do you want Chase?" Reid asked loudly; mostly to distract the Fifth from his friend.

"Chase?" the warlock asked, "My name is Hagen."

"Fuck you!" Tyler yelled from the ground. The pressure on his back increased.

"No thank you," Chase laughed, "Would you like to get up now? I'll let you alone, if you ask."

"Let him up Chase!" Reid struggled from the ceiling.

"Let's pretend, for a second, that I am this 'Chase' person you're talking about," he said, pushing down on the air above Tyler again, "Changing my name to Hagen would, presumably, mean that I wanted to be called that, yes?"

"Hagen," Tyler choked, barely audible, "please, let me up."

The Fifth let his arms fall. Tyler went limp on the ground and Reid fell from the ceiling. Ignoring the pain in his knees, he scrambled over to where Tyler was choking for air. He helped the brunette to a sitting position, and then turned to glare at Chase, or Hagen, as he suspected he would now have to call him.

"So what?" he snarled at the other blonde, "You came back just to fuck with us and make us call you Hagen?"

"Well, actually I came back to kill Caleb and see if Pogue would be…more persuadable."

"Pogue would never will you his power," Tyler gasped, "He'd die the right way- leaving you with the same amount."

"Oh, Pogue and Caleb don't have to worry," Hagen said, "Something's just caught my attention, and I'd rather like to finish my year at Spenser. However, as a point of interest, if I were you, I'd remember the name Hagen. No more of this 'Chase' shit. I'll be seeing you around."

With that, the Fifth walked calmly out of the door. As soon as he was gone, Reid abandoned his spot beside Tyler, ran to the bathroom, and threw up.

"Aw, damn it," Tyler said. Getting unsteadily to his feet, he walked over to the bathroom sink. He wet one of the towels and put it on the back of Reid's neck as the boy continued to heave. Tyler left him to his vomiting and went to call Caleb…

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"No way!" Sarah said, poking Caleb in the stomach, "Brad Pitt shot him, that's why Mel Gibson's ghost was haunting their cabin."

"I'm telling you, he was after the daughter. He wanted real revenge, not just to spook him," Caleb said; privately thinking that that was probably what Chase wanted too.

Just then, his phone rang.

"Hey Tyler," he said, "You guys okay?"

"Well," Tyler said, "Reid's heaving in the bathroom, and I almost got crushed to death."

"Excuse me??"

"Chase turned up in our room. Oh, and by the way, call him Hagen if you value breathing."

Caleb mouthed "Chase" to Sarah as they made their way to his car.

"What did he want?" Caleb asked.

"To kill you and Pogue, but apparently he's changed his mind."

"Ummm…"

"No idea why," Tyler said, "just be careful coming home, alright? I'm gonna see if Reid's okay."

"Yeah," Caleb said, "We'll stop by when we get back to the dorm. I'll call Mom and tell her I'm staying with you guys tonight."

"'kay, see you in a bit."

Caleb hung up.

"Are they okay?" Sarah asked.

"They are now. Reid's in bad shape, though; he hasn't used in such a long time, whatever Chase, who we now have to call Hagen, did to him messed him up. Let's go."

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"Mother of god," Pogue said as he walked into the room.

Clean up and spray air freshener though Tyler had, the room still smelled like vomit. Reid was currently passed out on his bed.

"You don't think Cha—"

"Hagen!" Tyler said.

"Right, you don't think he put a spell on him?" Pogue asked.

"Nah, I checked."

"You shouldn't use that much," Pogue said.

"I know, but I wanted to know if he'd be okay."

"I know."

"Caleb said they'd be over in a minute. Why don't you go get Kate? We'll make it a…well, party isn't the best word, but you know what I mean."

"Alright, see you in a bit."

LbN: Just so there's no confusion, Hagen=Chase. From here on out, he'll be called Hagen. Hope you liked it! Reviews are much appreciated!!