Kihonne: Alright guys, I'm back with another chapter. Awesome! But before we get onto the story, it's shoutout time!

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Dirtkid123: Yes, I did do that. I'm glad you want more. Enjoy the chapter.

Guest Yay: You're welcome, and don't worry – you will hear the story behind Sebastian's father. It will be an interesting one. And as for our power couple, never say never. They're going to be forced to deal with each other sooner or later.

Labgirl2001: I'm glad you think so. You're right – Roxy was always the smarter one of the sisters. Well, maybe not smarter one, but she had a lot more common sense and street smarts than Vivyanna. I figured that if anyone could at least try to see both sides of the story, it would be her. As for doing something completely and utterly stupid…well, I'm afraid a couple of them might…

Candycanelila: Yes, they are a little hypocritical. I hope you enjoy the chapter.

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Kihonne: Anyway, on with the story!

Leo: Kihonne doesn't own lab rats. She only owns her OCs, this story, and anything else you don't recognize.

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Leo's POV

MISSION CREEK, CALIFORNIA

"Home sweet home." I mused, stepping off the plane. It'd been a long flight from New York, one that took most of the day, and I was finally glad to be off the plane. Even if it meant coming back home.

I hadn't come to Mission Creek since Maybank's goons had kidnapped Adam, Bree, and Chase all those years ago. I had left along with my mom and Mr. Davenport, knowing that there would be no coming back here. I never intended to return, but here I was.

"It's nice here." Roxy mentioned, standing next to me, her bag held over her shoulder. "A little warm for my liking, but nice."

"Well, not all of us are cryokinetics, Ice Queen." I joked. She laughed lightly, smiling. "Seriously though, you don't like the heat?"

"Nah. California's never been my dream home." She shrugged. "My mom though…she was born here. Not here here, but somewhere in California."

"Really?" I looked at her, surprised. She nodded.

"Yeah. Vivy always wanted to move out here. Said she'd take up surfing." Roxanna sighed sadly. I nodded in understanding. With the whole 5 year anniversary thing, everyone was remembering the old days. Before Vivyanna, Bree, and Marcus left. Before Adam, Mr. Davenport, and S-1 died. Before we moved to New York. Those few months we had between leaving the Facility and Maybank's attack on the city were the happiest any of us ever had.

Not that things weren't happy now. Though our group had shrunk in the past years, we were all still okay. Alex was enjoying his last year in high school, Chase was mission leader of a government division, Roxy was his second in command, I was dating the girl of my dreams, and it had been ages since Rhyder had a apocalyptic vision. So things were good.

"C'mon guys." Chase started walking towards the exit of the airport. "We should get to the hotel room."

"He's in a bad mood." Alex commented, walking up behind us even as Rhyder ran to catch up with Chase.

"Yeah, well he didn't want to come back here." I shrugged, not exactly blaming him. "Not to mention, the memorial this morning."

"Right. We're not going to have to watch the rerun, are we? Aren't they playing it somewhere in town tonight?" Alex groaned.

"Don't worry – we'll probably be too busy to see any of it." Watching the memorial the first time was hard, let alone a second time. "C'mon. Before Chase blows a gasket."

The hotel wasn't far from the hotel, but it was long enough that I did get the chance to show Roxy some of the sights. The mall, the school I went to, even my favorite restaurant. She seemed to enjoy it, grinning at the sight of the restaurant. She always did like Mexican food.

"Alright, so what's the plan?" Alex asked as we settled in. We were sharing rooms, sorta. Chase and Rhyder got one room, while Roxy, Alex, and I got the other. So, as per usual, I was on the couch. I didn't mind much – some of these hotel couches were pretty comfortable.

"Rhyder and I will go to the military base and talk to the commander there." Chase decided. "Leo and Roxanna, I want you to go around town, check it out. Stop at the sheriff's office, see if there's been any kind of commotion."

"What kind of commotion?" Roxy questioned, frowning.

"Break-ins, thefts, any suspicious activity what-so-ever. Anything that would have happened over the past 10 months, because that's when the attacks started happening." Chase explained.

"We're on it." I assured him. Alex frowned.

"What about me?" He asked. Chase smirked.

"Go to the mall, talk to some of the people your age." Chase advised. "I've learned from experience that teenagers tend to hear some of the more juicy stuff."

"Juicy stuff?" Alex repeated. Roxy nodded.

"Yeah. If there's been any weird strangers in town, and if anyone's got some 'special talents'. Adults that support Specials are usually have some pretty tight lips about it, but kids tend to let some things slip, especially when they're hanging with their friends." She explained. Alex nodded.

"Sounds fun." He agreed. Chase nodded.

"I want everyone back here by 1900 hours, alright?" He confirmed. "Alright, get to work."

Roxanna's POV

MISSION CREEK, CALIFORNIA

"So, what have we got?" I asked, walking down the street with Leo.

"Um, a few break-ins, a few instances of shop-lifting, but nothing that seems truly noteworthy." He sighed, going through the papers we'd collected. There wasn't much there, and we could have memorized it easy, but we figured that Chase would appreciate the hard copies. "As for the town, it seems like most of the residents have been here a while, nothing to suggest that they're Specials. And if they are, they're pretty damn good at hiding it."

"Yeah, I know." I grumbled. The entire day had been a waste, on our end at least. The police station had no information for us, nor did any of the citizens that we spoke to. I glanced at my watch. "Chase wants us back at the hotel in an hour." I mentioned.

"Great. Then we have time to grab some dinner." Leo grinned, leading me down a different street. I could see that Mexican place we passed on our way down to the hotel. I gave him a look.

"We could just grab a bite at the hotel. Room service and all." I replied. He shook his head.

"No, we're going out to eat. Like normal people do." He insisted, not slowing down in the slightest.

"We're in the middle of a job, Leo!" I exclaimed in exasperation. "And you want us to…to go on a date?"

"We've done it before." He pointed out. I sighed.

"Yeah, but…" Even I knew I didn't have a defense against that. And besides, it had been a while since we got to sit down and have dinner. "Fine, a quick bite."

"Awesome." Leo grinned, taking my hand and pulling me towards the building.

"You know, your brother is going to kill us if he finds out we're doing this." I complained as we entered the restaurant.

"If he finds out we're taking a break, or if he finds out we're dating?" Leo questioned, nodding at the waitress as we sat down at a booth. She handed us menus and walked away to help another customer.

"Both." I replied. Ever since the others left, Chase had considered relationships a distraction, had considered the entire dating thing too emotional to bother with. Now, he never told us we couldn't date. He would never actually forbid it, but we all tended to keep our relationships hidden, just to avoid any confrontations about it. We didn't want to get lectured on how this would affect our working relationship and such. Not to mention, if the guys found out that Leo and I were actually going out, we'd never hear the end of it. I was pretty sure that Alex had been making bets with Rhyder as to when I would finally say yes to Leo and I didn't want to give him the satisfaction. I was surprised how long we'd been able to keep this a secret for, though.

"Yeah, he's probably lose it. But we'll have to tell him eventually, if this ever becomes…" Leo broke off. I chuckled.

"If this ever becomes serious, you mean?" I laughed lightly. "It's been a year, Leo. Consider that I've never had a relationship last more than three months, yeah I think it's serious."

"Roxy." Leo said.

"Look, if you don't want to tell Chase, I'm cool with it." I assured him. "But-"

"Roxy." He interrupted me. I frowned, confused.

"What?" I asked, realizing that he was no longer looking at me. He nodded at something behind me and I slowly turned around to get a glimpse of what was going on. At first, I didn't see it – there were so many people in the restaurant, it was hard to pick one out. Then I caught sight of her.

Vivyanna.

Rhyder's POV

MISSION CREEK, CALIFORNIA

"That was interesting." I commented, looking over the files the military officer had handed us. Chase and I were sitting in our hotel room, going through the files while we waited for Alex, Leo, and Roxanna to show up.

"Yeah. Who could steal that many explosives and not get caught until morning?" Chase shook his head. "I swear, the security in some of these places…"

"Hey, it's hard to be completely secure against Specials. We of all people should know that." I commented, going through the security photos. Those thieves had almost gotten away completely unseen too. All we had was a blurry picture containing two different people. It was blurry and hard to make out, but one, presumably a woman, had long black hair and the other, a man with short brown hair and a square-ish shaped head. "I have no idea who these guys are."

"I know." Chase shook his head and sighed. "And the way they got in there, freaky much."

"Wait, how'd they get in there?" I looked at him. He raised an eyebrow. "Dude, not everyone can absorb information as fast as you can."

"It was like…the door melted in front of them, then turned back into steel the second they were outside again." He shook his head, sighing. "I've never seen anything like it."

"Hell, I don't even think comic book villains can do crap like that." I agreed, wincing. Damn, all this work was giving me a head ache.

"Well, I hope Alex, Leo, and Roxanna got something useful." Chase grumbled, sitting back on his bed. I began to pace, hoping that physical movement would distract me from the pain in my head.

"Even if they didn't, the photo's still helpful. Now we have a vague idea of what some of them look like, and we know at least one of them can melt things…then un-melt them." I commented, rubbing my temples.

"There's got to be a better term for that…" Chase commented. I chuckled, glancing at him before walking to the other side of the room.

"You're the super genius. Anyway, they should be back-" I broke off, gasping as a my vision changed. Damn it, I should have known my headaches were leading to a vision. They always did.

Alex sat on the ground, staring upwards in absolute horror. The kid was injured, cradling his arm with a bloody gash on his forehead. Someone stood above him, someone dangerous but unseen.

Then I saw myself, lying on the ground, unconscious or worse, with Roxanna standing above me. She was breathing and shaking badly from the effort of standing, looking like she'd just been through hell and back twice. She was facing off against a dark haired girl, someone I'd never seen before.

Then there was Vivyanna, standing tall with her head held high. There was pain in her eyes, but conviction as she raised her hand, flames sparking off it. "I can't believe I ever loved you." She whispered, her voice quiet but steady. Then, she threw the fire ball, igniting an unidentified person standing in front of her.

I gasped, my eyes fluttering open. I was on the ground, my head hurting much more than before, and Chase kneeling above me. But all I could think about was those images, those terrible images. God, Vivyanna. What did you do?

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Kihonne: The story would not be complete without a vision from the future, now would it? Anyway, what did you guys think? Of Leo and Roxy? Of the vision? Anyway, next week the group tries to figure out what to do next. I'll be updating on the 1st of September. See you all then! Oh, and don't forget to review!