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Kevin's POV

What the heck was happening? I'm sure everyone else was thinking the same thing I was. Andie died then came back… again. Okay, I guess in our work that's not very hard to believe. But what in the world caused her to just die? I mean, last time it was a big wound. Kaylie stabbed her in this old factory not very far from our house. Nick took her there after he went all bad. I mean Andie looked horrible but not enough to just have her drop dead. As Andie dozed back off when she began to breathe again. I turned to Joe kneeled beside her.

"What was that?" I asked.

"I-I don't know," he said confused, "She was fine at first then all of a sudden she said she couldn't breathe." So it wasn't a wound in particular.

"We'll figure it out," I said, "But in the mean time you should go to bed. I'll stay with Andie until Nick comes back."

"I'm staying too," said Joe. I nodded. I was too tired to argue with him and he was probably as well. Everyone eventually but unwillingly excused themselves back to bed. I sat next to Joe and stared at Andie.

"You think this has something to do with the telepathic downstairs?" I asked. Joe sighed and nodded. It did make sense. I mean, maybe if he concentrated on just someone in particular he could do anything he wanted.

"Why do you think he's not doing it to Kaylie?" I asked.

"Well, I think its cause she still has her powers," said Joe.

"W-what?" said Kevin, "You mean when she lost control?"

"I mean in general. Andie said that she wasn't ever getting better."

"Did she know about it?"

"I don't think so," Joe said. I nodded. We sat there for a while until we heard a door shut. I turned my head to see Nick standing there.

"Are you guys okay?" he asked. I guess he'd have to know sooner or later.

"Nick, Andie stopped breathing," I said. Nick stormed over to Andie panicked.

"She's okay," said Joe, "She's just sleeping."

"What happened?" Nick asked urgently.

"We're not sure," said Joe, "She was fine until she just… I don't know."

"Okay we'll figure this out soon. You guys should go to sleep," said Nick. I could tell Joe didn't want to leave and neither did I but we had to give them time alone. He needed to just work things out with her. I nodded and Joe and I left.

We sure had a long day ahead of us.

Kali's POV

I couldn't believe what just happened. It was crazy. I didn't even know Andie was back let alone dead… again. I mean I guess this is a typical thing based on the fact we're spies but it's all too much sometimes. Peter snuck into my room after we left Andie, Kevin, and Joe alone. I think I loved him. We sat in bed and stared at the dark ceiling.

"This isn't right," I said.

"Hmmm?" he asked. He was obviously tired.

"We're just kids Peter," I said, "I mean has anyone at school noticed we were gone again?"

"Probably," said Peter, "I guess this is just a tough job. But you know something?"

"What," I said.

"We could always quit," said Peter.

"I guess you're right," I said, "But wouldn't we be letting everybody down?"
"Maybe," he said, "But we're just kids." I nodded. He was right. I tried to think about what it would be like to never have become spies in the first place. That would've been a mistake. I would've never met Joe, Nick, and Kevin. I flashed back to that same day.

It was when I first joined the team. Mr. Jonas brought me in a conference room with three boys inside. One was taller with dark curly hair, brown eyes. The other had even darker curly hair. He was about the same height as the other with the same eye color. The last boy appeared to be the youngest. He had a curly head of dark brown hair, brown eyes. They all looked very similar; not just the three boys but the three boys and Mr. Jonas.

"Kali," he said, "I'd like you to meet my sons. This is Kevin, Joe, and Nick. Boys this is Kali."

"Hey," I said.

"Hey," they all said in unison. They were really into looking around the room like they were in some sort of movie.

"Um, Mr. Jonas, is there something you want to tell me?" I asked.

"Actually, yes," he said, "My sons have blackmailed me into joining our little industry. And I was-"

"You were hoping I would show them the ropes," I stated.

"It'd be nice," he said, "I would myself but I am very busy."

So I did and we've been inseparable ever since. We went on missions together and eventually began to hang out in school. Nick was my age so we were in almost every class together. We would always do funny stuff. Joe and Kevin were like the other brothers I never had. They all were. Those were the good times I guess… it wasn't so hard.

I looked at the clock. It was four in the morning. I was going to have to get some sleep if we were going to deal with the four or five dangerous people downstairs with unusual abilities and the second mission assigned to us. If we didn't save the president of J.O.N.A.S' daughter, then we'd be dead. We'd have to split up and do everything at once.

There was another problem at hand though. One we couldn't necessarily solve. Andie and Claire would want to contribute to this mission. I know Nick would never let Andie leave that room. She'd be held there hostage if he had to. I mean he cared for her that much. Kevin would definitely do the same for Claire. I drifted off to sleep soon after, unable to see what came next.

John's POV

"What's going on?" asked Jenn, "Where are we going?" Jenn and I were in my car, driving to J.O.N.A.S.

"We're going to save her," I said.

"How?" she asked, "I don't understand. Who were those people anyway?"

"There names are Ace, Byron, Jason, and Max. They came here to kidnap you."
"W-what?!" she exclaimed, "I don't even know them. W-why would they want me?"

"They don't… we just thought they did," I replied.

"We? Who's we?" she asked.

"Joe, Nick, Kevin, Kali, Claire, Peter, Andie, and I," I said, "We're from this agency called J.O.N.A.S. We're spies, Jenn. The four boys you saw came from our rival agency, Division. They are horrible people. They kidnap and turn human beings into these experiments. When our agency cleaned them out, they escaped the building."

"This is a lot to take in," she said.

"Tell me about it," I said. The car screeched to a stop. We were here. I was risking our secret to a girl who hated most of us. This was definitely a mistake. But if it was the only way we would save my friends.

I silently got out of the car and she followed. I suppose after this is all over I could erase her memory… or at least this memory. I mean I suppose I owed her a thanks. She made Andie hate Nick's guts. But that just made her unhappy. I looked around to make sure no one was watching us. By the look of how late it was… no one was there probably.

When we went inside, the place was dark. I was searching for a light when Jenn already found one and snapped it on.

"Thanks," I said.

"Yeah," she said, "So why are we here?"

"Well," I replied, "I'm going to try to find where the rest of our team is staying."

"What do you mean?" she said, "Where did they go?"

"They went to New York for another mission," I said.

"Oh," Jenn said. She sounded funny though; like she was hiding something. I turned around to face her. She was staring at me in a confused way. "What?"

"Nothing," I said. I had to shake this off. I was being ridiculous. I turned towards a computer and began to look up our teams' file. I scrolled and scrolled until I actually found it.

"I found it, Jenn," I laughed.

"Is that so," said a familiar voice. It wasn't Jenn. I jerked around to see the one and only.

"Come quietly or your girlfriend dies," said Jenn. I was so confused. How couldn't I see this coming? What were they on to?
Well, the answer was soon to come.

Jason's POV

I should've known that Max would hurt Andie through his mind. I just thought that if he was losing his abilities that he wouldn't be strong enough. I would have to bring that up tomorrow. But he was hooked up to Nick's system so he couldn't do anything now. I'll make sure he doesn't do anything to her. I knew that soon his powers would be gone for sure.

I thought it was kind that Kaylie wanted to stay with us; just to supervise. I began to search the room for things we need. I opened up a cabinet by the door to see some blankets and pillows. Luckily there was enough for all of us. I began to lay them on the floor. I would stay up a little bit to watch over Max in case something happened to go wrong.

"What are you doing?" asked Kaylie as I sat in an old rusty chair by Max.

"I'm going to stay up to watch him," I said, "I don't trust him."

"Yeah, then let me stay up," she said, "You've done enough."

"Not really," I said, "I almost got your sister killed."

"Listen, I'm not going to argue with you about how much we've hurt my sister. But you've watched over her and didn't hurt her at all. It's my turn to return the favor." I was about to protest when my feet began to move. My eyes snapped to Max who was still out cold. It was Kaylie.

"I thought your powers were gone," I said.

"So did I," she replied, "I wasn't being cured at all."

"Wow," I said, "How can you tell?"

"I thought we went through this," she said, "If they were my powers would be gone. Now all I'll be is a freak." I sighed as she looked away. She was trying to stay strong. For who? Us? We are bad guys. I took her hand and she looked at me.

"You were never a freak," I said, "You're just lost and easily controlled." She chuckled lightly. I let my hand drop. I was getting a strange feeling in my gut. Something I've never felt in a long time was coming back. It almost felt pleasurable.

"I'm staying up," Kaylie said, "You need to sleep." I surrendered with a nod. I couldn't fight someone like her off. Besides, I was exhausted.

"Okay," I said, "But if anything happens… anything… you better wake me up."

"No promises," she chimed. I laughed and eventually joined Ace and Byron in the far corner.

"Woah," said Byron, "I know this is an inappropriate time to say this but she was definitely digging you."

"Go to sleep," I laughed. Why was I laughing?

"Jason?" asked Bryon.

"Yeah?" I replied.

"That time I broke Andie's arm… I was under Max's power."

"W-what?" I said, "Why didn't you say anything. Max always said he would never use his powers on us."

"Well, as you can see he's not really one of us anymore," said Ace, "And I do believe Bryon. I think if Byron had the choice of eating a live animal then hurting an innocent he would eat the animal."

"Nice example," I said sarcastically. I believe Byron too. It's not hard to believe Max would betray us… not anymore.

Soon everyone was asleep even Kaylie. I laughed as I got up to lay her where I was sleeping. I was pretty restless now. I was still thinking of that feeling that erupted in me. It's hard to explain. It was more than a happy feeling… it was so warm and deep. Was it love? I stared at Kaylie sleeping. I smiled and sat in the old rusty chair.

I think it was.

Andie's POV

I wondered why I all of sudden couldn't breathe. It was like my brain told myself to not breathe. It was something I had experienced before from Max… great. He could've probably killed me when I fell asleep unwillingly. Why didn't he? He wore me out anyway. I guess that was why I felt even worse than I did before. He was silently hurting me. It was clever of him. I started to stir and everything I just said ran through my mind at once.

I couldn't move. Someone had their arms wrapped around me. Nick's breathing was smooth and slow in my ear. I smiled. I felt warm inside. I missed that feeling so much. I didn't want to wake him up. I wanted to just hear his breathing. He was probably exhausted. I sighed. This was my fault. I felt like I wasn't helping with anything. I had to do something for him.

I was sad when his breath cut short and he was definitely awake. I shut my eyes. I didn't want to say anything. I just wanted him to hold me here right now until it was necessary to get up.

"Andie," he whispered, "I know you're awake." I sighed and opened my eyes. He lightly chuckled, amused from my reaction. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," I said, "I'm sorry about that whole thing with the not breathing."

"You're sorry?" he asked, "Why?"

"Because I'm a wreck and I'm getting in the way of what you're suppose to do. He held on to me tighter.

"I don't care," he said, "I'm happy if you're alive."

"I'm happy if you exist," I said.

"Well," he laughed, "It looks like we have easy expectations."

"Yeah," I said, "I guess I made things a little harder."

"Nonsense," he said, "You didn't grab me and throw me in a janitor's closet."

"I'm glad you did," I said, "I should've listened Nick."

"Maybe," he said, "But then again it was nice to see you mad."

"What?" I asked confused, "Y-you-"

"Andie, you're always so nice and so happy after everything that happened to you. I guess it was good see that maybe you have other emotions… that you're human." I laughed and he laughed with me. "That sounded stupid."

"No, it didn't," I teased, "I mean I could stop being happy and-"

"No, no, no," Nick chuckled, "I love it." He kissed my ear as I blushed a deep red.
"What time is it?" I asked. It was still dark. It then occurred to me that I wasn't in the same room I was in before. Nick quickly turned away from me then turned back, rewrapping his arms around me.

"About six," he said.

"It's dark," I said, "Where are we?"

"Haha, we're in another room. I didn't want you to be disturbed."

"Thanks," I said taking his hand and kissing it. Then I thought a little bit. "Are you going to lock me in this room so I don't go anywhere dangerous."

"You'd think I'd do that," he said, "But I know you. You'd find a way out and I want to be next you every minute."

"R-really?" I said.

"Of course," he said, "Besides, your arms all wrapped up. I think you can handle a few things. Unless you're still hurt."

"No," I said shooting up out of the bed, "I'm okay." He laughed amusingly at me. I looked away blushing again. It was weird how I wasn't so used to him anymore. I loved that feeling kind of. He'll always be exciting to me.

"Are you sure," he teased, "You look like you could collapse at any minute." I laughed and walked to where I was just laying. "What's going to happen? I mean how are we going to deal with everything?" Then I thought of Max. "Oh God! Nick w-where's Jason and Kaylie?" He got on his feet to his face at mine.

"I stabilized Max," he said, "and Kaylie's safe. She's better but she insisted she stays with them just in case anything goes wrong. Honestly Andie you have to stop doubting my epic skills." I laughed.

"Well that gets that out of the way," I said, "But what about this other mission? Woah what is the mission? Is there anyone hurt-" Nick suddenly crushed his lips against mine. "Mm." Nick pulled away.

"I love you," he said.

"Wh-why?" I asked.

"Because, you're the same girl I met all cut up and bruised. You still had a light in you. You were so peaceful and…"

"A mess," I whispered. I looked down still not used to him. My face grew hot as I could feel his hands moving towards my face.

"Look at me," he said lifting my chin up. My eyes met his intensely. "You… were… beautiful." I didn't let him finish anything he was going to say. I kissed him long and good. After a few minutes I pulled away.

"I feel caught up now," I said. He laughed and leaned in to kiss my scar. Only when he saw it he jerked away.

"What did they do," he said angrily. I put my hand to the scar. Then I flashbacked to when Max re-opened it. I guess that was his "favorite" scar.

"It's nothing," I said. He looked at my scar then back up at my eyes.

"I'm never going to let anyone do this to you again," he said in apology, "If I have to-" I silenced him by putting my finger over his lips.

"I'm really happy to see you, Nick," I said. His anger quickly faded into guilt

"Me too," he said. We kissed again… and again until we went to meet everyone else.

Claire's POV

"Andie I'm so sorry I left you," I said for the hundredth time. Even though she told me to go, I knew I shouldn't have. Maybe she wouldn't have broken her arm and gotten so hurt if I let them take me too. She smiled at me. She looked pretty good for someone who was totally re-tortured. She pulled Nick's flannel shirt over her so no one could see how much blood she actually lost.

"Claire don't be ridiculous," she said, "You did the right thing. I wouldn't forgive myself if I let anyone hurt you." I threw my arms around her, hugging her tightly. She laughed and hugged back.

"So," began Joe, "How does it feel to die twice?" Andie laughed.

"Not so fun," she said, "But I think I know what did that."

"Actually," Nick began. He was behind her, his hands on her shoulders, "We had an idea about that too."

"Really?" she asked, "What is it because my idea was…Max." When she said Max Joe and Nick said that in unison with her. They all exchanged glances.

"I think we should pay the floor below us a visit," said Peter, "Besides I want to meet these losers."

"They're really not that bad," Andie said. Nick squeezed her shoulders. He definitely disagreed. Nobody noticed as they were walking out the door. I was following everyone else out but someone pulled me back. I turned around to face Kevin. The corners of my mouth turned up.

"Hey," he said, "Are you doing okay?" I smiled big and nodded. For some reason the small things, like Kevin asking me if I was okay, felt really good. I guess it was because everyone was going through a hard time, as if they were alone. It felt good to know that people did care. We all did.

"You're amazing Kevin," I said. He blushed and looked down. I pushed his face up my pushing my lips against his. He was perfect… everything about him was perfect.

"I-I'm quitting," he said. I pulled my face away from him.

"Quitting what?" I asked.

"J.O.N.A.S," he mumbled. I was more shocked than upset. When we were enemies, he really loved this job. Thinking about those times things were a lot easier. I didn't… want them to be easier. I liked it this way for only one reason: if things didn't change, I wouldn't be with Kevin. Who knows, maybe we would still be enemies. I shook the thought from my mind.

"Why?" I asked.

"Claire, we're kids going to college next year," said Kevin, "If we're in college… away from home, how will we deal with this?" I didn't have an answer for him, "We have to choose."

This would change everything again. I mean, I don't think anyone would take it bad… except for Joe and Nick. Those brothers being separated was like a shark in the desert… impossible. It would be hard for them to not live together anymore. I mean, as long as I was with Kevin I was happy but there were just so many other people to think about. I nodded.

"You're right," said hoarsely, "We do have to choose."

"You took that better than I thought," he said, "Claire, I want you to come with me."

"I-I know," I stuttered, "I just don't know what the others would say."

"I know," he replied worried, "I'll figure something out. But if I asked you to come with me with no strings attached, would you go?"

"Kevin," I sighed, "Wherever you go… I follow. You know I'll go with you." He smiled and nodded.

"Okay," he chuckled, "But we'll have to work this through first before we bring it up to anyone."

"Right," I said. He nodded and I nodded. I leaned in to kiss him then turned around and walked out the door. This wasn't going to be easy.

Joe's POV

I was the last one out of the room… and I heard every single word. Kevin wanted to quit J.O.N.A.S? I mean we've always talked about it as a distant possibility but he sounded so legit. I mean what would happen if he did leave? Would we be able to handle things alone? Would he be safe if he tried to move on? I think he was happy when he was with Claire. That did make sense. And eventually we all had to go to college. The thing that made me sad was he thought… he though Nick and I would be upset. Why would he think that? He knows we'd support him through any decision he makes whether it was right or wrong.

A hand rested on my shoulder. I turned around to see Andie examining my expression.

"Hey," she said, "Are you okay?"

"Me?" I asked pretending to be oblivious to what I just heard, "Yeah. I'm fine. Why?"

"Really?" she said, "Because you seem… I don't know. It just seems like something's bothering you."

"There's not," I said trying to be as normal as possible.

"Okay," she chimed still a little suspicious. She turned around and began to walk away.

"Andie?" I called. She turned around.

"Yeah?"

"It's," I began then sighed, "It's really good to see you." Andie smiled and nodded.

"It's good to see you, Joe," she said then turned around. Why didn't I tell her?

***

"Hey," said one of the fugitives. From his picture I remember him as Jason, the element controller. He was the one who protected Andie. I'd acknowledge him for that later, "I'm glad you're here. Max just woke up. We're trying to figure out what's going on." I nodded and walked in the room.

Max was on a steel table, hooked up to this machine. He was awake and very amused by what was happening. I already knew he would be hard to deal with, depending on what we were trying to get out of him.

"So what's going on?" I asked. Jason, the only one who heard me because he was next to me was the first to answer.

"There's something he's not telling us," he began, "His brain waves on the monitor right there can sense he's lying."

"What did he say?" I asked.

"He said we got him and he gives up," said Andie.

"Well that's an obvious lie," I said.

"But his waves went haywire," said Nick, "Something's definitely about to happen."

"You don't know anything," Max laughed.

"We're going to do some test," said Kali. Andie looked down. The talk about tests on people wasn't he favorite topic even for someone like Max. Nick and her would probably work on this other mission with some of us.

"So what's the plan," asked Jason, "I mean, of course Ace, Byron, and I will stay back here."

"So will I," said Kaylie. I didn't realize she was right next to Andie. They were right. If any of them were seen, we might have some trouble.

"I'll stay here, too," said Kali, "Andie taught me how to make someone tell the truth… with or without force."

"Scary," said Max sarcastically.

"Well, I think it's best if I stay back too," said Peter. He wanted to be with Kali who'd blame him? Not me.

"So it looks like it's Claire, Kevin, Joe, Andie, and I going on this other mission," said Nick, "We'll get you two caught up." He was inferring to Andie and Claire who still knew nothing about this mission.

"Sounds fine to me," said Kevin. I nodded in agreement. Looks like we were splitting up. Not a bad idea, right? No… that was certainly wrong.

Peter's POV

Joe, Nick, Kevin, Claire, and Andie had left a few minutes after to make sure we were all settled in for our long day. I mean what they were doing was probably a little more dangerous unless Max happened to gain his will to use his powers. Isn't that weird? Powers? I mean before, words used in J.O.N.A.S would be more like: secret codes, databases, ransoms. I mean I don't have a specific preference but I guess we've just been a little in over our heads.

Everyone would move in out of the room frequently. Each of us would try things with Max but nothing seemed to work. I would become frustrated and storm out of the room. Kali took me upstairs alone.

"Baby, you can't let him get to you like that," she said in a calming tone.

"I know," I said, "I know it's just he's making me so mad."

"Look," she sighed, "you can get mad but you can't let him see it. It just makes him think he's winning and it simply amuses him."

"You're right," I said placing my hands on her waist, "Sorry." She laughed and kissed me. All of that frustration went away in a matter of minutes.

It was a few hours later when I was down there alone with him again. He seemed to be fascinated by something. I was a little freaked out. He was staring… at me.

"What," I said frustrated.

"Nothing," he said, "I was just curious…" What was he getting at.

"What?" I asked. It was worth a shot. Maybe if I got him talking I could get on to something.

"Answer me this," said Max, "When you were bad… did you like it?" I sighed. He was probably going to try some reverse-psychology on me, to make me miss being bad.

"I suppose at the time," I said, "What are you getting at?"

"Why don't you like it anymore?" he asked.

"Because a world without Kali is a world I can't live in," I blurted frustrated again. Crap, crap, crap, crap. I thought. What did I just do?

"Is that so," he said, "Kali… that one you seem to enjoy a lot?"

"That's not your business," I spat at him.

"She's something else," he said, "it would be a shame to lose her wouldn't it… I mean she's so pretty." That did it. I went over to him and slammed my hand on the steel table, leaving a very unbelievable dent.

"What the hell do you have planned?!" I yelled. Max was laughing hard. He was insane.

"I'll tell you in time, Peter," he said, "But now you'll just have enjoy the time you have with your girlfriend while it lasts. Someone you know is about to betray you." My eyes grew wide. He laughed more as I left the room, locking the door behind me.

Nick's POV

"Okay," I said walking upstairs with Andie, Joe, Kevin, and Claire, "This mission is quite simple. This woman, Sarah, kidnapped the President's daughter. They sent three agents in previously but they were caught."

"How much of a threat is she?" Andie asked. She didn't see me slightly smile. I loved when she got wrapped up in work.

"Pretty bad apparently," I replied, "She has a few assistances. Large and muscular. Nothing we can't handle with a little time."

"We don't know much more," said Joe, "Mr. President here didn't give us much time to research but we know the location. It's worth a shot. We can't let Dad lose his job."

"I agree," said Andie, "If we have each other we could probably get through this." Claire nodded, agreeing with everything she said. We all looked at each other for a while, examining everyone's expressions. This was something we would have to be very careful about. One thing was sure: if we messed up even once, we might have to pay with our lives.

"Well," said Joe, "Kevin how about you help me downstairs." Kevin nodded and Claire followed. I guess that was by instinct. I looked at Andie. We were alone now. I shuddered: maybe even the last time.

"So," I said, "Are you up for this?" Andie nodded very sure about her decision. I pulled her into a hug.

"We're making it through this," she said, "I know that for a fact."

"You haven't disappointed me yet," I chuckled, "So I believe you." We pulled away and held hands.

"Let's do this," she said taking a deep breath. I nodded.

"Let's do this," I repeated. And we were off. We were off, expecting nothing out of the ordinary. We were expecting some big guys attempting to beat us. We were expecting the other agents and the girl to be there. What we didn't expect was what really came.

Yay! I'm pretty sure I got EVERY character in there except for Jenn, Byron, Ace, and Max. But you'll definitely see their point of view(s) as soon as things begin to unfold! Thanks for R&R-ing! 3