After Amera had finally convinced her nurse to let her out of her sight for a while, she wandered around the facility in which they had stayed for the past few days. The passage in which she was walking was lined with glass on the outside, and the other side opened up into the foyer. In the foyer, there stood a massive redwood that stood the height of the building with a koi fountain wrapping gently around the trunk, while the wall of glass revealed the wonderful view of a snow capped forest in a valley of a mountain range. As she stood against the balustrade admiring the old redwood in the lobby, she suddenly realised she was hungry. She was made aware of that fact when a divine smell wafted past her. She knew it must've been coming from the cafeteria, so she followed the signboards pointing her in its direction. As soon as she saw the open doors, she stepped inside, only to be greeted by a waitress at the door.

"Afternoon ma'am. Table for one?" She asked.

"Yes, please. I'm starving." Amera answered in relief. As the waitress walked her to a table, she noticed Reed and Susan sitting at a table near the window. She almost greeted them, but she saw that they were arguing intensely over their lunch. Amera volunteered to sit as far away from them as possible so she wouldn't get involved. The waitress pulled out Amera's chair for her before she'd reached the table.

"Our lunch special, ma'am?" The waitress asked as Amera sat down.

"Yes please, I'd like that." Amera answered, without even knowing what it was. The waitress nodded and headed towards the kitchen. Amera stared out the window at the mountainside and saw a helicopter dropping two people out of it and onto the slope below. She smiled at the thought of doing that herself when she noticed a figure out of the corner of her eye. She turned her head halfway to see Victor heading towards her table. She noticed a large plaster over his eye and cheek, most probably covering a cut from the accident. He stopped just short of the chair opposite her, placing his hands on the back.

"Do you mind?" Victor asked, gesturing to the chair.

"Not at all Doctor, please have a seat." Amera answered hastily, gesturing for him to sit. Victor took his seat with a gracious nod, before staring at Amera intensely.

"About what happened on the ship…Reed and I are both tremendously regretful about the accident, and I speak for myself when I say that I'm sorry for the pain it must've caused. We must've simply miscalculated the time of the manifestation…" Victor explained in a remorseful tone, but his eyes were untouched by emotion.

"Please don't apologise, Doctor, I'm sure it was just an accident. After all, we were the first to do this experiment." Amera added quickly. Victor let out a deep sigh, starting out the window briefly before looking back to Amera.

"I saw in your file that you're to graduate next year from your studies, top of the class in fact. I was wondering; I might have a position for you to fill. You'd be working for Susan, of course; but you'd be the chief junior genetics researcher…"

"As flattering as your offer sounds Doctor, I'd prefer to go official and sign up for an internship at your company first before taking on that position you just offered me."

Victor stood with a smile and nodded to Amera.

"Very well. I hope to see your internship application soon, Miss Sigure." Victor nodded again and turned to leave. Amera sat back in her chair for a bit, deep in thought. If Victor was willing to offer her a position at this stage of her studies, was she right in turning him down? Turning down a position at Von Doom Industries? She shrugged and let the thought drift from her mind. She turned her head from where Victor had just been sitting, to the window next to her, when her eyes fell on Reed and Susan. Susan's head was…invisible. Amera leant to the side, only to see Susan's shirt still moving in the shape of what used to be her body.

"What the…" Amera stood up, ready to head over to their table. Susan then knocked over a glass, which Reed caught, well over a metre away from where he was sitting. Susan's head was visible again, and her face was frozen in shock. Reed and Susan paused for a moment, either to think or to flip out. Amera was about to head over to their table, when Johnny ran in the door, wearing nothing but a pink jacket around his waist. Amera paused, her mouth agape from all the surprises.

"Guys, you will not believe this…but I was on fire!" Johnny shouted excitedly.

"Oh my God, Johnny…we do not need to know the details…" Susan cringed and rolled her eyes. Johnny frowned at her and looked like he was about to blow a fuse.

"No, wait, you don't understand…I was actually on fire! I was skiing and then…I burst into flames!" Johnny explained, getting excited all over again. Susan and Reed's eyes looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets when they all turned to see Amera standing at her table.

"What?" Amera asked in shock, looking at her hands to see if anything was happening to her.

"Do you feel ok? You haven't shown any weird…symptoms yet?" Reed asked quickly.

"No…I don't feel any different, but I did just wake up."

Susan and Reed looked at each other and they must've caught onto each other's line of thinking. They both got up and headed out of the cafeteria at a speed. Amera followed them; Johnny eventually followed them as well. Amera was totally bewildered as to what was happening, but her head was already racing as to the numerous possibilities. They were starting to match the images she saw in the split second before she blacked out on the ship. She saw it for a brief second, but she'd always remember what it looked like. Susan turned invisible, Johnny burst into flames and Ben…she couldn't remember; he was behind her when it happened. They were walking towards Ben's room already, Amera and Johnny followed unquestioningly. Johnny tailed the three of them, still holding the pink jacket tightly around his waist with one hand, and clicking his fingers profusely on the other hand. Amera was about to tell him to stop when he shouted at them excitedly.

"Guys! Hey guys, look! Look!" Johnny jumped a little, showing the three of them the flame he had just ignited on the tip of his finger. Reed, Susan and Amera stood in awe as Johnny clicked his fingers once again and the flame disappeared.

"Ok, I know this is going to sound crazy, but I saw something like this happen on the ship. It was only for one second, but I saw something manifest in each of you before we blacked out; like we evolved for a moment. But Ben is the only one I didn't see…" Amera said as they still stood in the hallway. Susan's eyes went wide as she realised what Amera was talking about.

"I saw Ben. What Amera just described…I saw it happen to Ben." Susan said, in shock and concern. They hurried further down the hall to Ben's room, and Reed knocked loudly on the door, but no avail. Either Ben wasn't there or he didn't want to answer. Reed tried to open the door, but it was locked. Reed looked at the three of them and shrugged.

"Well, here goes nothing…" Reed put his hand on the floor and forced his hand into the minuscule gap under the door. Reed looked through the window, and then saw his hand in front of him, fully functioning.

"That's pretty gross…" Johnny gagged. Reed shook his head at him and unlocked Ben's door. As soon as Reed opened the door, there was a massive crash on the other side of the room. They ran to the broken window, to see a hulking figure running through the forest below.

"Damn! I think that was Ben!" Reed shouted more at himself than anyone.

"Don't worry Reed, I think he's going home." Amera stated, watching the massive figure disappear behind the trees.