Disclaimer: I own the guys that are stupid enough to go against the Sons of Ipswich and you have never heard of before. And the owner of the bar.

Back in the club, Reid sat fanning himself with three napkins with numbers on them. It would have been four if Caleb hadn't scared one of them away. "Where is Tyler?" Caleb asked. "He's taking a lot longer to get our drinks then he should have."

The three of them leaned over to glance at the bar and saw Tyler nowhere near it. "That doesn't seem right," Pogue added.

"No, it doesn't," Reid replied, standing from his seat.

He turned to walk toward the bar, with Caleb and Pogue in tow, when a hand on his chest stopped his progress. "Just the person we were looking for," he hissed.

Reid looked at him and quickly remembered who he was. His small head, big neck, and wide shoulders were hard to forget, but the three standing behind him were unfamiliar to him. "Look, if you want your money back, you got to play me and my partner for it. Speaking of which, we can have a rematch later, I have to find out where he is," Reid said pushing his way through the four man wall.

"Oh, we know where he is," he replied.

Reid spun around so quickly that Caleb and Pogue almost didn't see it happen. "Where is he?" he hissed. He let his anger get the best of him and he felt his eyes turning black. The only thing keeping him under control was Caleb and Pogue holding him back. "I swear to God, if you hurt him."

"What the hell are you gonna do about it, freshman?"

"If you think that I'm gonna be afraid of some upperclassmen dicks like yourselves, you're wrong."

"Look, we don't want any trouble," Caleb said, stepping between Reid and the other hothead. "Just tell us where we can find out friend and we'll leave."

"But this is just so much more fun. Tormenting you little freshmen. Showing you guys where your real place in this school is."

"Hey!" a voice yelled over all of the music and the conversations in the bar. The seven guys in the center looked at the man behind the counter. "I already told Brennan, Luis. I don't want any trouble in here."

"Fine with us, Jax," Lou said walking toward the exit.

The three Sons of Ipswich were about to follow when Jax spoke up again. "Hey, blondie!"

Reid looked at the bar owner. "What do you want?" Jax held out a twenty-dollar bill and waited for Reid to take it. "What's this for?"

"Your friend paid for some drinks. He didn't get them because of those jerkoffs right there."

"Keep it. We'll be back and you can owe them to us later."

Reid walked off in the direction that Luis and his people left through. As soon as he exited the bar, he was greeted with the same four man wall. A fifth person came around and walked up to Reid. "So, are you going to give me back the money you stole from me?" Brennan asked.

"Won, not stole," Reid corrected. "And you'd have to play me and my partner for it. But I don't like taking money from people twice in a night."

"Reid," Caleb whispered. "Cool it."

"I don't think that you're partner is up for playing right now anyway," Brennan replied.

The wall broke open, and behind them was Tyler kneeling with a hand around his waist. Caleb and Pogue's reactions were quicker than Reid's this time as they grabbed him before he lunged at Brennan. "What the hell did you do to him?"

"Nothing," Lou said.

"Tyler, you all right?" Reid asked.

"Yeah, Reid," Tyler replied. "About time you showed up," he said, trying to sound funny, but a hint of pain was still heard in his voice.

Reid heard it and the anger inside of him grew. "Which one of you guys did it?"

"Did what?" Brennan said, a little shaken seeing the rage in Reid's eyes.

"Who hurt him?"

"We didn't touch him," Lou said.

Behind the five upperclassmen, Tyler saw that all of the attention was turned away from him and toward Reid. He thought that this was his chance to get him and his friends out of there. He concentrated all of his power and his eyes instantly turned black. He focused on the five lights illuminating the alley and one by one shut them off.

Caleb, Pogue, and Reid felt Tyler using and realized that he had caused the distraction. They pushed through the four guys to get to Tyler and got him before hauling it out of the alley.

Tyler groaned as they ran toward the opening of the alley while Reid used his powers to open and shut the door leading back into the bar, hoping that they were stupid enough to think that they ran back inside. Luckily, they were.

They made their way back to the Hummer and stopped to catch their breath. Tyler gave the keys to Reid with a shaky hand. "Drive," Tyler said weakly.

"Not until you tell us who did this to you," Reid said adamantly.

"None of them," Tyler replied.

"Bullshit," Reid said. "Do you hear how weak you sound?"

"I'm serious, Reid. I just started feeling sick"

"What do you mean sick?" Pogue asked. "Like you spent too much time in the pool and just need to sleep, sick. Or ate something bad sick. Or…" his voice trailed off searching for another example.

"Or like it's a few weeks until your ascension, sick," Caleb finally said after much thought.

"Caleb?" Tyler asked.

"Let's just get you home, baby boy. Get you something to make you feel better," their leader replied not really wanting to hear whatever Tyler wanted to say.

"If it has to do with my ascension like you seem to think, Caleb, then nothing I take will help it."

Caleb helped Tyler into the passenger seat of the car then got in himself. Reid got into the driver's seat and Pogue got in behind him. Reid started the car and backed it out of the parking stall. "I liked this problem a lot more when I thought that one of those shitheads hit you," he said.

Tyler rolled his eyes. "Shut up. You just wanted an excuse to use your powers."

Reid slammed on the breaks causing everyone to jerk forward. "What the hell, Reid!" Pogue yelled.

"If I wanted to use my powers, there wouldn't be any excuse for it. And you getting hurt is not an excuse. Ever. It's a reason. I can't believe that you think that I'm that desperate to use that I'd use you getting hurt as an excuse."

"Reid, I didn't mean it like that," Tyler said, realizing that his words touched a nerve.

"Tyler. If whatever you're feeling right now does have to do with your ascension, I'd take you getting beat up over it any day."

"Why?" Tyler asked because his best friend was not making much sense.

Reid sighed loudly. "Because if you got beat up, we could take you to the hospital, or use our powers to kick someone's ass, or at least put you under the care of Kaize or something."

"Wow, thanks," Tyler said in disbelief that he would somehow bring Kaize into their conversation.

"But if it has to do with your ascension," Reid continued ignoring what Tyler had said, "we don't a damn clue about what to do. I mean, there is nothing written in the books about it. Nothing. We had no idea what to do when you got your powers and got sick. How will your body, and better yet, how will we handle you ascending."

"The same way we handle everything else," Caleb finally said after staying quiet for most of the conversation. "We'll find a way then get through it."

"Let's just not talk about it," Tyler stated. "We're not sure if it really has to do with me ascending. Let's not make any assumptions. For all we know, I could have ate something bad at lunch or swallowed too much chlorine. You guys worry too much."

Reid gripped the steering wheel so hard that his knuckles turned white. "You almost died when you got your powers, Tyler. And you wonder why we worry."

"We're not talking about this right now. Because I don't want to get into a fight with you. I know you're still riding on the adrenaline from the almost fight with Brennan. So, why don't we just head back to campus?"

"Sounds good," Pogue agreed.

"We're not going to just dismiss the fact that this could have to do with your ascension, baby boy," Caleb said, knowing that Tyler was trying to change the subject.

"I know, Caleb. But I wanna get out of here before Brennan and his groupies come looking for us and then you guys are gonna have to get a little more wrinkles on your pretty faces because you have to use your powers for me."

Reid finally let off the brakes and the car started moving again. "You don't think we can take them without our powers?" Reid challenged.

"Reid, the guy had no neck," Pogue stated.

"I could have taken him."

"Sure," Tyler sneered.

He put a smile on his face to hide how bad he was actually feeling. He didn't want his friends to worry so he put up a brave front, although he was certain that his friends could see right through it.

See, another chapter. I hope that it's getting interesting for you guys. So, I'm back in college, so the updates might and most likely will be random. So please hang in there. Thanks to all of you guys that are still reading. And also thanks for the review. Please review. Lil-Rock