[Guys, I'm so sorry, I forgot to add Ella in my last chapter! I knew I was missing someone, but I couldn't remember. But I know now, so I apologize for me just casually slipping her into the story in this chapter, but she is important. Thanks!]

I walk back to my room- by myself. I don't know really how to deal with this. I bet Marina could probably help me, but considering the fact that I don't want to share my feelings with anyone. I think about what happened last time with Maddy, and even though I'm pretty sure that Addie isn't a Mogadorian spy, there are other risks to be taking here. I don't want her to die, and I don't think I could live through that again.

Someone knocks on the door, assuming its John or someone, and I run my hand through my hair and hesitate before opening the door. Why am I nervous about losing this girl already? I've barely spoken to her. This cannot be good.

I finally go to open the door, and find Six outside.

"Nine, what was going on down there? With the new girl, it looked like you were mad at her, then you were scared of her, then you wanted to get into her pants right there. She got a pretty weird vibe from you." Crap. I never thought about how I really acted down there. She probably thinks I'm a total freak and wouldn't come near me even in a life or death situation

I clear my throat before replying. "I, uh- I mean... she was really pretty." I look down, feeling my face burning. I can sense Six smiling.

"Wow," She makes a whistling noise, that usually I would make to bug John or Eight. "So thats why you acted like a total freak. Well come back down and talk to her, and maybe you can fix things before she gets with Eight." I shoot her a look, and she smiles. "Come on."

I follow Six back down the stairs, to where everyone has gathered back up. I realize I was the only one who left, and now it's awkward. I scan over everyone. Addie is currently talking to Sam and Sarah, the other people she can relate to. John, Eight, and Marina are all talking together, and Sam's dad is just kind of awkwardly fidgeting. Me and Six join the group.

"Alright, we are all here, lets go." Says John, clapping his hands together. Everyone starts to walk onto the sidewalk, when I hold them all up.

"Hold up, Johnny boy, where are we going exactly?" I tilt my head to look at him.

"Uh, we wanna go get something to eat. This isn't like your fancy ass penthouse anymore, where we can just order everything. We are actually going to have to do stuff." He waves his arm for me to catch up, but I plant my feet and cross my arms.

"What if we run into Mogs?" I ask him. And he laughs.

"Really? Lets do a head count. We have 6 Garde, 3 super badass allies, and 1 super tech genius. I think we will be good if anyone tries and comes for us." We are lucky that there is almost nobody at this dead end part of the city. Nobody can hear what we are talking about. Hopefully.

"Alright, but me and Eight get to lead the way. Since we have been exploring a lot since you guys have been gone." I stand proud, and grab Eight arm and pull him up to the front of the pack with me.

"Where to?" Eight asks towards me. "You usually lead the way anyways when we go out."

I lead our team to a pizza place a few blocks away. Its beginning to become night when we arrive, late evening. The sky is a purpleish blue, and you can see the stars tonight. It's gonna be a hell of a walk out later.

The 10 of us are all crowded around one tiny table, with a bunch of chairs pulled up. We have Eight and Marina next to each other, Eight sometimes whispering something over to her which makes her laugh. Ella is next to Marina, and I'm next to her. Four is next to me, with Sarah beside him, and Six at her side. Addie is beside Her and Sam, who she seems to have bonded with the most for the few hours she has been there. I can feel my jealousy. And finally, Malcolm sits on the end next to Sam and Eight.

Everyone around the table listens to Four, Marina, Sam and Addie tell their story about what happened in Toronto. So apparently Addie had picked up attention from the government and Mogs after something she posted on a blog, which Malcolm found while surfing the web for stuff that could be useful to us. But Addie got captured by the mogs and was in Ducle when we were there, and she managed to escape when we destroyed the whole place. She made it to Toronto before they found her, where she had stocked up on guns and ammo in the states. Malcolm had somehow installed a tracker into her laptop, which she carried around with her. John, Marina, and Sam found her fighting off a shitton of Mogs and feds, and she was hurt pretty bad. It was probably good that our 2 healers went, or else she probably would have died from blood loss. After they finish, we decide to tell Addie a bit about ourselves. Eight starts.

"So, I'm number Eight. I lived in India until Marina, Six, Ella, and her Cepan found me." Eight looks over his shoulder, to check if anyone else is in the pizzeria with us, and to make sure that the cashier is gone into the back. Nobody is in sight. "I can also teleport, shapeshift, and I have telekinesis, like all the other Garde. That's how we got out of India, we teleported. But Ella's Cepan died there." Eight looks grim for a second. "Me, Marina, and Ella landed outside of Cape Town, and Six made it to New Mexico, where we were all trying to go. Then we regrouped after a few teleport tries, and fought at Ducle, and here we are!" Eight finishes with his arms up like he just finished a musical number. Addie smiles at him. "Glad you all made it."

Marina goes next. "I'm number Seven, and you already know about my healing legacy. I can also breathe underwater and see in the dark. And telekinesis. I was in Spain at this religious orphanage when Ella showed up, and things started to change. I found out she was Number Ten, and the Mogs came and destroyed the place. They killed my Cepan and my best friend, and Six showed up to save the day. Then we went to India to find Eight." Addie doesn't say much this time, just kind of nods her head in awe.

Ella is next. "So, yeah. I'm Number Ten, and I don't have many legacies yet. I can change my age, and I'm working on my telekinesis. I think Marina pretty much covered my story." Ella looks up at Marina when she says this. Addie smiles again at Ella, the youngest Garde. "How did you get here?" Addie asks Ella. "Because Four- er, John told me that there was 9 of you to begin with on one ship...?"
Ella looks up. "Oh, I came in a different ship. My dad got me on with the family butler." Addie nods her head again.

It's my turn now. I need to not overthink this, and not freak this girl out.

"Yeah, I'm Number Nine. Ultimate badass of the Garde and team leader," I look over and John and Six, and they both trade looks and roll their eyes. Everyone laughs. Addie interrupts, "You sure? John seemed pretty badass with his fireball hands." Eight makes a kind of ooooing sound like its a challenge. I like this girl.
I give her my best smirk. "Like I said earlier, you haven't even seen me fight yet. I've got an anti gravity legacy, and telekinesis."
John clears his throat. "Aren't you forgetting a legacy?" I know I am. My ability to talk to animals seems kind of dumb and pointless right now though. I look back and John wide eyed, and give my head a small shake, which he laughs at.

"He can also talk to animals." John tells her for me, and she smiles.

"Wow, the ultimate badass can talk to puppies. Sick." The others laugh, but I don't know how to react. I just kind of stare at her, and she gives me another challenging look.
"Whatever." I mumble.

Since Addie already knew most about Four, he puts Sarah in the spotlight.

"Okay, since you already know I'm not Loric and stuff we can skip that, but John took me over with his sparkling personality and good looks, and we started dating. Not long after that I found out about his powers and stuff, and the Mogs came and kind of destroyed our school. I helped with that battle, Six was there too," She looks over at Six and nods. "and one of our wonderful friends who bullied John when he first started at our school and hes also my ex-boyfriend. And so John had to go find the rest of you, and I got captured and taken to Dulce. And voila, here we are." Addie claps her hands. "Wild story."

Next is Six. "Alright, I think the others kind of already told my story now, and I think you know Sam-" Six turns her head and jerks her thumb in Sam's direction, and he nods his head in response. "Malcolm, care to go?"

Malcolm pushes his glasses up on his nose before he speaks. "Well, there is a lot to know, I'll try and keep in brief. I was the greeter for the Loric when they first arrived on Earth. The Mogadorians found out about this, and took me as their captive. Then, after Number One was killed, they took her memories and transferred them into one of the general Mogadorian son's brain, which caused him to hate his own race, and he rebelled. He managed to get One's legacy, and he saved me. We escaped out, and went to Ducle together. I found Sam and we got out there, and I don't know what happened to him. I wish we could contact him somehow."

Addie looks thoughtful at this. "That's kind of cool how the Mog got Number One's legacy, and if they try to do it on any other Mogs do you think the same thing will happen?" Malcolm looks at her from under his glasses.
"I don't know. I think Number One had to give him his legacy, that it was a gift."
"Ah."

Everyone has told their stories now. All but one.

I cough. "So, Addie. Tell us your wonderful story, since we just poured out to you." I put my elbow on the table and rest my head on my hand, to make it look like im bored.

"Alright," She starts. "Where should I begin?"
I sigh, trying to make it look like I don't care at all, but I am in fact very interested in learning about this girls backstory. "How about, you choose?" I make a big show of yawning.

"Nine," hisses Marina. "Be polite." I give her a smirk, and look over at Addie. She looks kinda nervous, or pissed. A cross of both.

"Uh, alright." Her voice quivers. "I'm from Vancouver, Canada. We lived in the city. It was me, my mom and my brother. Dunno what happened to my Dad. I was always cooped up in our little apartment, so I always went out around the city. I had a few friends, but they were all pretty boring and always wanted to do organized things and never really wanted adventure. So I did it on my own. I went out at night one day, and saw some pretty creepy pale looking guys on my tail. I know now that they were Mogs, but didn't know then. Turns out I accidentally took a shortcut through one of their little campouts, but I just thought it was some homeless guy's stuff, because we lived in the dirty part of town. So they took me into captive, and then you guys burnt down the base. And here we are." She smiles without her teeth, looking kind of worried that her story wasn't good enough.
I clap my hands together. "What a nice story. I went to Vancouver when me and my Cepan were on the run. It was alright. We should be heading back now. It's dark, and we don't wanna run into some Mogs camp site. Chop chop people, let's get moving."