Luke smiled as he left DC 5 with Kyle still in it. He looked at the shape of the machine and its wolf like theme. He vaguely remembers that JCD powers, he didn't stick around longer enough to find out more. In fact, he didn't stick around long enough to find out anything. The defenders dismissed him after the Lionheart fiasco, saying that he can eventually get in with his life and try and catch up on the 15 years that he lost. He gracefully accepted and on he went with his own adventure.

His own adventure! Luke laughed at that phrase. The other Jungle Force defenders couldn't hear or see him so they didn't hear the psychotic laughter but Kyle definitely would have. He'll explain to the teenager later. His own adventure! More like Charles's adventure! He was the one who dictated where I went on my holiday. Dictated is a strong word… more like massively hinted. Despite not knowing much about the JCD gems, he sure went through a hell of a journey to find them. He should have known though, he had known Charles long enough to know that nothing was ever that simple.

"Well of course you have the JCD gems." Luke argued, "Charles told me you did."

"And what exactly did he say?"

"That the Oracle had them." Luke replied.

"A Oracle or The Oracle"

"I don't know." Luke replied then scanned through his mind to the conversation he had with Charles, "The Oracle but isn't that you?"

"Oh no dear boy. There are many Oracles. I am only one, a trainee as it were. You want her."

"Her?"

"She lives in a Temple, not far from here, near where the first ever defenders lived."

"Handsomeville?"

"If that where they lived then yes. The Oracle is there and she has the gems and the questions you wish to ask, she will know but whether she will tell you is a different question."

Luke nodded and bid this Oracle farewell before stepping outside and walking towards the train station.

"Luke!"

Luke blinked and looked towards the shouting; he turned to his left and saw Zoey looking at him slightly concerned. Well, this is a great first impression as a mentor, "Sorry Zoey, have you been there long?"

"Depends what you mean by long." Zoey stated, "Drake pressed something on DC 1 and now there are lights flashing and what sounds like a hard drive starting up."

Sighing, Luke followed Zoey to DC 1. Not even Kookaburra was a troublesome as this…maybe because he was banned from using any technology unless under supervision. He should probably do the same to Drake by the sounds of it then again, he was the red defender; successor to Jack, that must mean something, if he had the same personality as Kook; he would have been the green defender but saying that, Josh was the green defender but had a similar personality to Jack. What was James thinking when he picked the boys and the defender colours. Speaking of colours, Luke didn't realise that there was a pink defender!

"Well, this must be the temple." Luke muttered to himself.

He slowing walked into the temple, taking in the ancient sights of the place. He continued forwards and wandered into an even bigger room. Sitting on the floor was person and in front of that person was a small box. Suddenly, there eyes opened. Luke jumped back in surprise.

"Do not be afraid child. I know why you're here." She spoke.

"Are you the oracle?" He asked slowly walking in.

"I am and you are Luke Johnson." She said opening her eyes and standing up, "I believe Charles sent you."

"He did, he wanted me to collect them." He explained.

"Of course and do you know what they are?" The oracle said holding a small black box.

"I knew of their power but I don't know what there for." Luke admitted.

"Do you want me to tell you why?" The oracle asked and Luke nodded, "It all stated back to an old Prophecy, what's in this box can complete it."

"What is the prophecy?" Luke asked.

"That I cannot tell you." She stated giving Luke the box, "But tell Charles this. They have reunited."

Luke nodded and left. After calling Charles and quickly briefing him about the gems. Cautiously, Luke opened the box and saw the gems. The first thing he noticed were the colours, a very unusual set of colours, they would look very odd altogether but seeing as he couldn't do anything about that he got back into his car and travelled back to Pearl Canyon.

"I told you not to lean on that button Drake." Amy exclaimed as Luke entered DC 1, "Now we're probably going to crash into the ceiling."

"I didn't know it was the on switch, I assumed that was in the cockpit with controls!" Drake argued back.

"Don't worry, we won't be flying anywhere." Luke stated, "You've just turned on the computer."

Drake raised his eyebrows at Amy, who shook her head in response. Luke tapped away at the computerised table that Drake had accidently leaned on and activated. It reminded Luke that maybe he should sort out the computer and get the wide search scanner started up however when he was going to turn off the computer, Luke came across some blueprints.

"Huh." He muttered to himself while looking around the room, "So that's why it's so big."

"What's so big?" Kyle asked entering DC 1 and looking around trying to understand what Luke was on about.

"According to these blueprints, all the other DCs are meant to fit in here.

"How are we going to get a rescue craft, rocket, monitoring craft and a submarine in here?" Amy asked, "I mean the room is big but physically how are we going to get them in here?"

"Who knows?" Josh replied.

Before Luke could elaborate further, his phone started beeping. It was a tuneful beep- da, da, dada, da, da. The new mentor swiped his phone off the desk and looked at the screen. Kyle had come over and looked at the phone.

"Someone's nearby." Luke announced as Kyle entered DC 1 and peered over the screen, "It can't be Ivar or Neri, it's only be a few hours since we last saw them."

"It could be Arthur or Harvey." Drake replied.

"Harvey? He's with them?" Luke asked surprised, he knew his once friend had a bad streak but he didn't think it would go down to this.

"Yeah, remind we to fill you in later." Kyle replied, "We have a lot to discuss."

The defenders left DC 1 and the basement and ran through the streets trying to locate the intruder, Kyle still had Luke's phone and was following the dot on the map which was hard to do when running around but after a few minutes of running, they'd found the street.

"Oh great, just our luck." Josh stated as they saw, who it was.

"Why is it always Harvey?" Zoey asked annoyed.

"Doesn't matter." Amy replied, "We should take him now."

"Jungle Gems! Let History Unfold!" Kyle shouted.

"Yellow Gorilla!"

"Blue Elephant!"

"Red Monkey!"

"Green Giraffe!"

"Pink Hyena!"

"Oh great. More gems." Harvey muttered, "Seriously, who is supplying them?"

The defenders were getting closer and closer so Harvey, after rolling his eyes, slowly walked towards them. He couldn't be bothered with a battle today, that's not why he was here. Zoey jumped forward first, trying to perform a high kick. He spun around and kicked her before she could kick him causing her to fly backwards through the air and land with a bump on the ground. Seconds later, she powered down due to the attack.

"He's gotten more powerful." Josh stated.

"Looks like what Ivar get Neri, he's sharing around." Kyle replied back after they abruptly stopped and Zoey came back to join them holding her arm, "Zoey sit this out."

She took a step back as Josh took his turn. Seeing as a high kick didn't work, he went for a good old fashioned punch…well double punch. He lasted longer than Zoey as he ducked after a surprise attack from Harvey but somehow he failed to see the next attack and skidded backwards along the road and powered down.

"Ow." Josh replied as he stopped skidding and lay on the floor, "That hurt."

"I'll go next." Drake replied, whether it was arrogance or bravery was in doubt but no one stopped him as he ran towards Harvey, who had caught on with the attacks and just straight out pushed Drake to the ground. Slowly, the red defender stood up wobbling but collapse in a heap after his legs failed him and powered down as well.

Harvey didn't even wait for Amy to come forward; he snuck up behind both the blue and yellow defenders, while they were checking on their team, and grabbed her. He also pushed her but she fell into Kyle, who caught her. Once stabilised, she turned 180 degrees only to be faced with Harvey who threw her over to her other friends, powering down in the process.

"I think that's the quickest we've all powered down." She noted as she slowly sat up.

By this time, Kyle was already fighting Harvey by throwing punches (and failing) and kicking (but still failing) until Harvey sighed, had enough and grabbed Kyle with both arms causing him to stop fighting. Realising that he wasn't nothing was going to happen soon, he powered down as well.

"Good idea." Harvey said letting go of his grip slightly, "Especially after what I told you."

"Oh please, everything that comes out of your mouth is a lie." Kyle replied, "Why should I believe you?"

"You shouldn't." Harvey said truthfully, "But there's still hope and maybe us villains aren't as deceitful as you expect."

With that Harvey let go of Kyle and walked away but the yellow defender wasn't going to let him go so easily.

"Kyle!" Amy shouted. It immediately caught Kyle's attention; Amy never shouted, she was too kind to, "Leave it. Please."

Kyle looked over at Harvey walking away, tormenting him. He knew information; information which was invaluable. They could win so easily and he could be so sure. The yellow defender looked back at Amy. Both of her hands were on his shoulders, stopping him from moving further. He looked into her eyes. There was panic there and fear. So much had changed within a day and they were all at un- rest and they were all far away from home. It was only a matter of time before on of their parents called and demanded where they were.

"Fine." Kyle replied, "We'll leave it. He'll be back anyway."

Once the pair arrived back at the basement, the others had already filled Luke in on what happened and how much of the Jr defenders story they knew. They all looked over to Kyle and Amy as they entered DC 1. To Kyle's surprise, Luke didn't pounce on him; he just let Kyle fill in the gaps of the story before letting Kyle leave to do his own thing. He tasked the others with figuring out how to get the others DCs on board before going after Kyle.

"So, what did Harvey whisper in your ear?" Luke asked stopping Kyle at the door of the basement.

"It doesn't matter, he was most likely lying." Kyle stated before continuing, "Anyway, I've moved on."

"Okay, now I'm intrigued. What did Harvey say?" Luke asked again, this time with a slight tone added.

"Fine, he told me that the Jr defenders were still alive! Happy!" Kyle exclaimed, "But after the stunt at the castle with Arthur, I doubt he told me the truth."

"He might have been." Luke replied, "There is still hope."

"Don't. James told me that they might be still alive and now you…I can't hold onto hope. It'll drive me mad. That's why I let them go. I need to move on as I said." Kyle explained to which Luke nodded understandingly.

"Don't worry about your team. I'll protect them so nothing like that happens again." Luke stated.

Charles had told him that his job was done and that he now was free from all defender duties, even to do with the Jr ones. Of course, he was sad that his friends had died but the Jr defenders would carry on and so will he. Charles had recommended visiting the USA. Luke shrugged in response when he first heard that idea but now, with a sense of freedom, he felt that he could do anything.

"Free of defender duties?" Luke questioned as he watched the Jungle Force defenders play cards on the table, "Yeah right."

Travelling around the USA was a great idea. He had of course saved enough money to do so, the defenders had given him thousands for him working with them and his heritance had come in handy as well. He had been to New York and Washington already; he was now on his way to the airport to purchase a plane ticket for the next available flight to anywhere. However, as he entered the airport, the news instantly caught his eye.

"An earthquake as rippled through Pearl Canyon this morning causing devastation throughout the town. Many are injured and some people are still trapped." The news reporter informed, "There has been no sign of the defenders."

Luke stared at the TV for a few seconds before running over to the check-in desk, "One ticket to Toronto please."

Once he got to Toronto, the news report claimed that Kyle and his team were already on sight and helping civilians. Luke was relieved but then the next story caught his eye, the hospital was full and there were many unnamed people there. He decided to travel to Pearl Canyon; the least he could do was help.

"I'm going out." Luke shouted to the Jungle Force Defenders, "I'll be back tomorrow morning. Sort out the DCs for me Kyle, get them into DC 1 and we'll take flight when I get back."

"You got it." Kyle replied, "Have a nice trip."

"I will." Luke replied faintly as Kyle walked off towards DC 5.

He turned around and walked out of the Canadian Defenders Hub Basement. On the way out, he heard something fluttering in the wind. He strutted over to the nearest window and found something white fluttering in it. He took it out of the window frame and turned it around. To his surprise, it was Kyle's photos of himself with the Jr defenders. Folding the photo in half, he placed it in his jean pocket and continued his journey to his parked car.

After finding his keys and unlocking the car, Luke sat in the driver's seat and started up his Sat Nav. He couldn't believe that these things were still around; they were very popular back in 2009. Luke typed in his destination and reversed the car.

"Calculating route to Pearl Canyon" The female Sat Nav replied. A 3 hour journey waited.

After arriving in Pearl Canyon and driving into the familiar building, Luke climbed out his black Audi and walked across the surprisingly small car park. The automatic doors greeted him with a cold but familiar smile. He walked over to reception and signed in, the receptionist smiled at him with her arm balanced on her cheek. It was obvious that she had a crush on Luke but now wasn't the right time for a relationship. He smiled back and continued to walk down the corridor. The new mentor didn't need to follow the signs, he had been here enough times to memorise the route. Eventually, he came to the correct door and taking a deep breathe he entered the room. The door squeaked open and slowly squeaked shut. Luke walked over to the occupied bed, the machines beeping at a steady rate; one of them showing heart rate and one of them showing blood pressure. He looked at the monitor for a second before sitting down on the bed; he glanced at the patient, sleeping away. Well, they had been in a coma nine months. The poor thing.

"So Zsa-Zsa Carter, had any interesting dreams?"

A/N: Who saw that one coming? Things are going to get interesting!