Hey, sorry If Harper's death was a little too much for you, but I am hoping you like this story. Not much I can say, but ask you to read my other story, "Weirdest day ever", which is a fic I am really excited about. So, here we go.

A/N: Shoppers Food Warehouse is a popular is a popular Grocery store in Washington DC and Baltimore area. I didn't know the store wasn't anywhere outside of that until I moved.

Chapter 4

Justin, Alex, and Max found themselves outside of "Shoppers Food Warehouse" after Justin had cast the spell. They were on the sidewalk, and took some time to look at their surroundings. The store was medium sized, and, of course, had signs on the windows talking about savings. They looked in the parking lot, to see a bunch of cars parked. To the right of them, they saw a Bank of America. On the left, they saw some restaurants (such as Taco bell, Papa Johns, etc). Justin was the first to speak.

"Alright, we are here," he said. "Now where are we going to go?"

Indeed, they probably would have needed to think that one through. They were in an unfamiliar surrounding, with no where to go. They had to survive without their parents, no job, and little money. They had to find their full powers, and try to stay alive. Not an easy task. They had no house and no transportation. They were stumped.

Meanwhile, back in New York

New York was not all that great after the three young wizards left. Actually, that's an understatement. In just three hours, the city that never sleeps was lifeless. Streets were a mess, cars were turned over, houses were destroyed, schools were demolished, and power lines were down. There was not a single part of the city that didn't look bad. And that was just the city. All of New York was practically dead. Yet, no one in that state had died yet (not from someone physically killing them, anyway).

Off the coast of the Caribbean

All the people who lived in New York were taken to an underwater secret base (it was hidden by magic, so no one knew where to find it). There were thousands of people hauled into the base. They were carried by what looked like normal airplanes, and disappeared out of sight. No one suspected a thing, because it disappeared in a place on one could find it. Yet, even though Hondo had everyone, he felt he was missing some things…

"Guards," he said, fiercely. "We have 2 problems; first, I don't have my full power, as if the sacrifice never happened."

Jerry and Theresa happened to be walking by when they heard that. Two guards held their hands behind their backs. They tried to listen to the whole conversation, but where hurried along, unable to make out their conversation, but they somehow felt like they knew what it was. They where more focused, however, on whatever lay ahead of them. They didn't know if they would die, or if somehow, they would be saved. It was a scary feeling not knowing what was going to happen. Dread filled their minds, and they knew that they had sent their kids on a dangerous mission.

"This could be the biggest mistake of my life, or what's left of it," Theresa said, as soon as they were thrown into there cells, trying to avoid tearing up right there. "They're my babies, and could get killed in the mist of all this; I could never live with myself if something happened to them."

Right there, Theresa began crying into Jerry's arm. He had to comfort her, as he was having trouble with this himself. However, he knew they had made the right decision. It wasn't something he was totally ready to go through with, but he knew it was their only option. It had to work.

"Theresa, I'm sorry, but you realize we have no choice," he said, trying to calm her down. "We have to trust them, because if they fail, not only do they die, but we all die; we have to have faith."

Theresa looked up at her husband, and realized he was right. She figured that herself, but had a hard time believing her own thoughts, knowing this was going on. But she had to do it.

"Alright, attention please," said a voice from out of nowhere. They all turned to see a guard in front of them, who looked as human as everyone else. It was a black man, who was real tall (almost 7 ft) and looked real strong. He had a real mean voice, as if he were a drill sergeant. He finally spoke.

"I have good news and bad news," he said. "Good news is that you all won't be killed…"

Everyone cut him off and started celebrating. People were going crazy. It was worse than a football stadium. People from all over New York were jumping, shouting, and doing everything possible to sound excited. However, they all froze in shock as soon as he said the next 3 letter word…

"Yet," he said. No one dared spoke after that in fear. "Bad news, your only line of defense will be soon be gone, along with any hope you have of surviving."

Jerry and Theresa gasped! They were close to finding their children! THEIR babies! It was soon going to be all over…

"As soon as we figure out what happened to that line," the guard said, lowering his voice, yet everyone could find them.

"WHAT, you're telling me that your master is super powerful, and could wipe out the entire world," Theresa said laughing. "And yet, he can't find our wizard kids, Alex, Justin, and Max Russo."

And as soon as she said that, she realized her mistake. Everyone that knew their three kids, but didn't know that they were wizards, started gasping.

"Oops," she said, very quietly. She then tried to make up for her mistake. "Ok, when I said wizards, I meant…"

"Save it, yes they are wizards," the guard said. "They can do magic and what not, and are in search of full powers to take Hondo down; now lady, why don't you tell me where they are, if you treasure your own life."

"I treasure my kid's life before my own," Theresa said, angrily. She couldn't believe they thought she would give away they're location.

"Oh, you better," he said, with a sword in his hand. He raised it, and Theresa closed her eyes, prepared to die. Jerry was about to go over to defend her, when someone interrupted them.

"Wait, don't kill the woman," said the voice. They turned over to see Hondo, though he looked a bit weak. He was very scary in appearance (think of the scariest thing you have ever seen, and multiply it by 10) and intimidated a lot of the people in there.

"Don't kill her," he said. "Because we might need her later."

The guard looked confused, but nevertheless, agreed. Even though Hondo was weak, the guard knew he was still more powerful than him, and didn't want to disagree.

"I don't get it," Jerry said, confused. "If Hondo is back and has his full power, why doesn't he destroy us now?"

"Because, he doesn't have his full power," the guard said. "Something went wrong when we were sacrificing someone, and now he will remain powerless until…"

"Stop it," Hondo cut him off, giving him a look that said 'you're dead for this' (only 10x scarier). "That is all we need to say, goodnight."

And with that, Hondo and that guard left them in their cells, speechless at everything they had just heard. No one could say a word, as words alone could not express what they had all just heard. However, one thing was lingering through both Theresa and Jerry's minds.

'What went wrong when they were sacrificing Harper?'

Back in Maryland, around 11:00 PM

The kids were wandering aimlessly on the streets, completely unaware of what was happening to their friends, family, and people they didn't even know. They were unable figure out what was going on, and it was getting pretty late. Problem is, they didn't know where to go.

"Uh, guys," Max said, sounding confused, as usual. "Why are we still walking?'

"Because Max," Justin said, shaking his head. "We have no place to stay."

"Yes we do," Max said. "While you guys were talking upstairs, dad told me that he rented a house down here for this occasion."

Justin and Alex both stood their, with their mouths hanging open. They stood in silence for several minutes. Finally, Justin spoke.

"Max, we've been walking around the place for 8 hours," Justin said, trying to stay calm.

"And all this time, you knew we had a place to go," Alex said, trying to stay calm as well.

"I thought you guys knew," Max said, sounding surprised.

"How are we supposed to know, if we were upstairs, and didn't hear dad talking to you," Justin said, really trying to suppress his anger.

"I don't know, you're the smart one," Max said.

Justin and Alex were really mad then, but it took all Justin had to calm himself down. He wasn't really in the mood, and was real tired.

"Ok, guys," he said. "I'll try to stay calm; Max, lead the way."

Unfortunately, it took them almost 3 hours to get to the house, because they were so tired, and had to walk up a lot of hills. They finally arrived at the house, were Max was able to take out the keys, and he tried to unlock the door…and he failed.

"Oh man, this door is hard to open," Max said, trying his hardest to open the door.

"Uh Max, what should the house look like," Justin asked.

"Oh, it's painted white, like this," Max said, pointing to the house.

"Dude, that house is painted green," Justin said. "Light green."

"Oh, I was never good with my ABC's," Max responded, as both Justin and Alex sighed.

They finally arrived at the house. It was a fairly old house, with three bedrooms for them all of them to sleep in. Yet, it felt comfortable.

"See, that didn't take long at all," Max said, thinking it was no problem.

"Yeah, not long at all," Alex said, with a smirk on her face, one that gave Max the creeps. Justin had the same look.

"Let's get him," Justin said. And with that, they took off after Max, who was running for his life. Even though they were tired beyond measures, they still gave Max a good chase. After about an hour (it was 3:00; they had been there for 12 hours) they finally went to bed. But Alex couldn't sleep. She had a lot on her mind. Her real parents, the death of her best friend, the fact that they had to save the world, whatever happened to her adoptive parents…it was all to much to take in. When she finally did fall asleep, she woke up about an hour later, sweating and panting from her dream…more like a nightmare. She dreamed that they had failed… Hondo beat them up and took they're powers. It was over. It felt so real.

She could feel everyone's emotions when they realized there was no hope left. It was so sad, and she couldn't even bare to fall asleep, for fear that she would have the exact same dream. Yet she was so tired. She needed to sleep because they would be searching the next day for their powers…Justin said so. Even though she never liked listening to Justin, and absolutely hated hard work, she knew she was in no position to argue; they needed to do it, or else their whole family would suffer. They would get up a little later than he was planning, but they would move almost immediately. She was scared for the road that lay ahead of them.

She decided she would rather sleep with someone… such as Justin (shocker). She really didn't want to show this side to him; she had already cried her heart out yesterday, and wanted to feel like herself again. However, there was no way she was getting to sleep like this. She needed help. So surely, but steadily, she made her way to Justin's room, and knocked on his door.

"Who is it," Justin said, wide awake. He obviously had trouble sleeping too.

"It's me, Alex," She said, with a low voice. Justin got up, and opened the door.

"Why are you here," Justin asked, nervously. Alex had never been so nervous in her life, but felt this was the only way.

"I can't sleep," she said, with tears in her eyes, staring at her eyes. She really didn't want to be crying again, but her tears went against her. She continued. "Can I sleep with you?"

Justin was taken aback by this question. This was quite unusual for Alex's behavior, and they hadn't slept together for a long time (unless you count the time they slept together while looking for the stone of dreams, but they were forced to). After taking a long look at her, and realizing he himself had trouble sleeping, he finally agreed.
"Okay, you come in," he said. Alex walked in, feeling happy. Justin himself was happy. They got into bed together, and fell asleep almost immediately. It was as if Alex and Justin being in each other's presence helped calm them down. Alex, unconsciously, wrapped her arms around Justin. Justin did the same, as they both fell into a deep sleep.

8 hours later

They stayed like this for 8 hours, smiling, and content with each other However, they both woke up to the sound of laughter. They both got up to hear Max, Rolling on the floor and laughing (literally) at the sight of Alex and Justin.

"Max, what are you doing in here," Justin asked, trying to be angry, but trying to keep himself from blushing (which he failed to do).

"The question is, what is Alex doing in here, with her arms wrapped around you," Max said, trying to keep himself from laughing again. "And why were your arms around her."

Neither Alex nor Justin could hide their blush then. It was the most embarrassing moment of their lives.

"Look Max, we can explain," Alex started to say, but was cut off by the door bell.

"Now, why would someone come here," Justin asked. Alex decided to go check at the door. She opened it, and was surprised at what she saw before her.

"OH MY GOSH," Alex said, seeing who was at the door.

To Be Continued

Who could be at the door? What lies in store for these young heroes? You'll figure that out later. This is probably the longest chapter I've done for this story, so I hope you enjoy it. Please review! Peace!