As Aline was telling all this with Hiro, she suddenly realized something: "You know, I've been having this... weird little adventure of mine for months by now, but you're the first one I meet, who's not even involved with this, to whom I'm actually talking about all this."

"Well..." Hiro didn't know what to say to this, "... I suppose it helps somehow, just to have a listening ear. That flying man I met didn't even want to know about me or my powers, almost as if he wants to hide that he has special powers. You seem to be the only one who can actually understand this."

Aline smiled: "Try and tell that to Oliver now."

"If he doesn't want to talk, you can't force him either." Hiro replied, "If I force myself to much to use my powers, and I don't know where or when I'll end up. Who knows what'll happen if you force him."

Suddenly Hiro looked up in pure happiness. He got up, about to shout "Ando", but then he realized that wouldn't be right, for many reasons.

"What's the matter?" Aline asked.

"I thought I saw my friend there, but..." Hiro moaned, "... it was somebody else."

"You two must be real close." Aline remarked.

"Well..." Hiro hesitated, "We have our differences every once in a while, but at least he was the one person I could always turn to."

"That's also why he was the first person you talked about your powers?" Aline asked.

"Yes!" Hiro almost sounded angry, "He may not ever believe me, but at least he wouldn't make me look like a fool in front of others."

"It must be hard for you to have a fight with him."

Hiro sighed: "Yes..."

"I'm sure things will work out." Aline assured him, "Such things always do, especially when you don't think they would."

"What makes you so sure?" Hiro asked.

"One reason, because you're both in a foreign country." Aline answered, "You're both somewhere not one of you have been before. That's exactly the reason you two need each other. Once that Ando realizes that, I'm sure he'll be back."

"He is taking his time then." Hiro whined.

"Such things always take down, especially if he's as stubborn as you are."

Hiro turned to her indignant: "What's that mean?!"

Aline laughed out loud: "You're an easy one!"

Hiro still appeared angry, but Aline thought he will calm down soon enough. He did, as he sat down again. That's when another thought occurred to him: "So where's Christina now?"

Aline thought she had already told him everything, but since he asks her this, she remembered she hadn't, so she replied: "She's at the hotel, resting. We've had a long day."

"What have you two been doing all day then?" Hiro wondered.

Aline sighed, but answered anyway: "It's all because of Jonas."

There was a name Aline hadn't mentioned before, since Hiro asked: "Who's that?"

"A high school bully, who found himself so much better than Oliver."

"I hate it when people think that of themselves." Hiro sounded angry as he said that.

"You're not the only one." Aline said, "There was a time that Oliver didn't even care about what that Jonas had to say or think about him anymore, so when he was calling him names, Oliver just ignored him."

"He could just do that?" Hiro was surprised.

"Yes." Aline sighed, "But Jonas didn't want to be ignored, so he attacked Oliver. As a punishment for his actions, he got institutionalized. That day was even the first time Oliver used his powers, even when he wasn't aware of it himself."

"Really?" this shocked Hiro.

Aline nodded: "But I don't think Jonas sees it that way. During his stay at the institution, his grudge against Oliver only grew bigger and bigger. And now that he has escaped, he will not stop until he has killed Oliver."

"Why?" Hiro wondered, "Whatever happened to him, he had it coming!"

"Not to him." Aline moaned, "Even if somebody explained to him how wrong what he did really was, he's still somehow find his way to blame an easy target like Oliver."

"And where is he now?" Hiro asked.

Aline looked down as she replied: "Here..."