The door slammed, bringing Butters out of a deep sleep. He shot up, a large gasp escaping his chest. He looked wide eyed at Mysterion who stood angrily just inside the door. He glanced around the room in fear. " Where's Kyle?" he asked timidly.

"Chaos interrupted your little conversation earlier. How do I speak to him?" Mysterion said, his voice grim. Butters shook his head vigorously trying to clear all his screaming thoughts.

" I don't know," he cried. " I don't control it. He was crying now, his anxiety growing further. He didn't understand what was going on.

" Do you know who I am? Behind this mask?" he asked hoping that would bring out a gleeful Chaos. He watched as Butters face changed to a more saddened calm. His breath slowed and he looked calmly at Mysterion.

" We all know who you are, Kenny. We've known since Butters was thirteen. He has never told a soul; that's your secret to tell." Mysterion felt his heart begin to creep up into s throat. No one was supposed to know. He was supposed to be an unknown.

"Who are you?" Mysterion growled out. He hadn't expected to meet anot personality so soon. How did any of it even work? He wasn't even sure if it wa possible to have more than one personality. Trusting Kite was his only option.

" I'm Leopold. I'm the protector. I take over when Butters becomes frightened or overwhelmed," he said simply. He ran a hand up through his air and cringed. " I hate when Chaos does our hair. He uses way too much gel." Leopold looked at Kenny with a confident smirk. " Got a shower in this dump?"

Kenny bounced from foot to foot. He needed to calm down but couldn't find it in himself to do so. " I'll see what I can arrange. I'm planning on setting you all up somewhere safe anyway." Leopold grinned widely at him, his confidence overwhelming the room.

" You know, your friends have met me before," Leopold said with a grin, leaning back against the wall comfortably. " The last four months of senior year Butters was so stressed out that I was in control for a lot of it. I think everyone noticed the change in personality but thought he was just getting more mature. On graduation day i let him take back over. I'm not interested in being in control like Chaos is," Leopold said as he drifted of a little. " We are hungry," he added. His eyes drifted and zoned. Kenny eyed him with hesitation but kept silent. Then there were two blue, terrified eyes on him. " Mysterion?" Butters questioned. Kenny nodded and pulled back his hood.

" How did you figure out who I was when you were thirteen Butters?" Kenny asked softly as he pulled of his mask. Butters stared at him with wide eyes. Kenny reached a hand out and placed it on the scared boys knee. " I'm not angry, Butters. I'm really thankful that you kept it a secret for so long."

He watched as Butters physically relaxed. The small boy reached desperately and Kenny took his hand with a smile. " I saw you at Stark's Pond one night. I was out in the trees trying to hide from the punishments. You took your hood down. You looked so sad, so I left you alone, even though i was happy to see you alive."

Kenny sat back shocked. He remembered that night clearly. That was the night he had found his brother, bloodied and broken. The night his brother had died at the hands of his father. The day his mother and sister had been freed of his evil presence because he had been to busy playing superhero to stop him.

" The night my brother died," Kenny whispered. Butters nodded and placed a hand on Kenny's shoulder. Kenny shook his head to clear his thoughts and drew his hood back up. " We are having a place arranged for you to go. It's not prison, so don't worry."

Butters shrank back into the bed and pulled his knees up to his chest. Kenny cast him one last glance before closing the door behind him. Kyle leaned up against the wall and kicked up startled as the door closed with a slam.

" You should pay more attention to your surroundings, Kite. What if that had been Chaos escaping?' Mysterion scolded as they walked towards the control room Kyle rolled his eyes in annoyance. He was good at what he did, he didn't need a lecture.

" Does he know who you are?" Kyle asked, deciding to ignore the off handed lecture. Mysterion's steps faltered slightly but didn't stop. Kyle itched excitedly at the thought of finally knowing who Mysterion was. He wanted to thank the face behind the mask.

" Come help me set up the safe house." Was Mysterion's one and only answer