Chapter 10

Authors note: Well, I hate to say it but this story is almost done. I want to thank all who reviewed and all who may review in the future. I'm just going to let you read this one and there is fighting in it too. I hope you enjoy. I don't....*Sobs so badly she can't even write* own *still sobbing* MARTIN MYSTERY!!!

Teams Leaders and Team Break Down :

Team Canada

Leader: Martin Mystery

Team Members: Diana, Java, Marvin

Team England

Leader: James Rodney- Red Hair, brown eyes comes from England. (Arrogant)

Team Mate: Christopher – Black hair, 5'5, brown eyes, muscular (Average)

Team Mate: Jake – Blue hair, 5'9, blue eyes, muscular (intelligent and strategist)

Team Russia

Team Leader: Cassy Bruschcoda – Brown hair (Curly) , blue eyes and sarcastic)

Team: Natalia (Brown hair, grey eyes) , Natasha (Green eyes, blonde hair) (Both are like their leader)

Team USA 1 – L.A

Team Leader: Jimmy - African American, comes from L.A, Red hair (dyed, afro) , brown eyes (Polite)

Team: Janice (Raven hair, green eyes, quiet and has a strong will) Jane (Same but has more muscle stregth) (Both have short hair, bubbly and energic)

Team USA 2 – Texas

Team Leader: J.D Henderson – Black hair, hazel eyes, 6 ft (Hair is curly and short)(Prankster)

Team: Drake (Green eyes, spike hair that is dyed blue, green and black, confidant and intelligent) and Stephan (Blue eyes, brown hair short and spiked and has an attitude)

Team Japan

Team Leader: Kimiko (Kimi for short) Black hair, brown eyes, pink hair (Dyed ) (blunt)

Team: Anzu (Black hair, black eyes, quiet, female) , Judai (Brunette, black eyes, loud, protective Male) , Toshi (Black eyes, Dyed green and purple hair, sunglasses, strategist Male) and Tomoe (Black hair, green left eye, blue right eye and is a skilled fighter MALE)

Team France

Team Leader: Mimi Rodez –Short red hair, green eyes, spunky and cultured

Team: Rose (Blonde hair, brown eyes. Strong and acts as support), Alec (Male, blue eyes, long blonde hair tied with red ribbon, strong and strategist)

Chapter 10

Diana woke up to the sound of screaming and the sight of Marvin, Isaac and a very reluctant James trying to hold down her screaming step-brother. She scrambled up and rushed to try and help as he thrashed around on the bed. His screams of pain added to the screams of fear that could only come from a nightmare. Diana moved to hold down his legs and Isaac, who Diana now noticed, was wearing a mask to cover his face was holding his torso down. Aside from Mimi, Diana, M.O.M, Billy, and evidently Martin were the only ones who knew the teen behind the mask was Isaac. Martin kicked with such force that it sent Diana flying back to the floor. His body was being pumped full of adrenaline that it provided enough strength to keep four, now three, people holding him down with such force that they too were being thrown around but managing to keep hold on him. Martin finally stilled under the blankets and it was a relief for those who had to hold him down. Diana stood up with a helping hand from Marvin. Isaac caught this action from the corner of his eye and turned to face Martin who was now opening his golden-brown eyes. Diana sighed in relief and smiled as she watched him stir and slowly come to awareness.

Martin muttered barely audible words. Everything around him was foggy and he had trouble pinpointing who the blobs were. In a moment of panic he crawled towards the head of the bed, terrified it might be Venasso again, come to taunt him with his mothers' image once more. Everyone that had crowded around the bed moved back to give him some space. He rubbed his eyes to get rid of the foggy view he was currently experiencing. He blinked rapidly and felt a dull throb in his back. He was laying on something warm and he was covered up, he appreciated it. Things started to clear up and the first face he saw was a teen wearing a blue mask with silver white hair. Martin knew who this was only because of the hair. He tried to speak but his voice cracked and it was raw.

"Here," Diana tipped some water down his throat. He didn't look up as he drank and closed his eyes, grateful for something in his throat. Diana smiled and sat down on the bed. Martin continued to stare at the masked teen. Isaac put a hand to his lips saying to keep his identity a secret and Martin, as much as he wanted to spill he knew Isaac would probably kill him if he shouted it out. Martin looked around the room, Mimi and her team members were staring at him and James was standing against the wall, staring at him with an emotion Martin couldn't recognize. "Martin?"

"Huh?" He turned his head to the voice and his memories of everything that happened in the room came flooding back. His eyes widened and he sat up ignoring the burning pain in his back. He looked around the room again. M.O.M was sitting on a chair by the computer, Diana was sitting on his bed, Marvin was staring at him with a smile, and Billy was hovering by Martin with a tear in the corner of his eye. Martin moved along the bed, his mind running a million miles a minute. "This isn't real," he muttered, "It can't be." He held his head in his hands. "If it was real…no, it's a trick. This is all a trick." He pulled at the sheets turning a shade paler than he had been before. "It's a dream. It has to be a dream…"

"Martin…" Diana touched his shoulder but he flinched away, determined to wake up. He moved away from his step-sister, determined that she wasn't real. He moved his head between his knees and bit his lip to stop the scream his back caused. M.O.M's face remained impassive as she moved the chair and stood up. She too had seen the video footage and found that her anger, though it didn't show right now, had increased.

"Marty…it's us. What you saw wasn't us. It was Venasso pretending to be us." Billy looked at Martin with a pleading hope laced in his voice. "Please believe us."

"It can't be…" Martin saw Diana being killed. Saw her neck being snapped, saw Marvin's spine broken, saw Billy crushed, and saw M.O.M get shot right in front of him. He saw the pain in their eyes heard their pleas to save him even though he couldn't because he didn't remember. He watched as they screamed, blamed him, told him it was his fault they were dead. He could see the blood, his memory dissolving into the dream he had been seeing for weeks. The blood surrounded him like a pool, coming up to drown him because he deserved it. "No…" he muttered, "Not this again…" He tried to get away and a door appeared in front of him, soaked in blood. He reached a shaky hand to pull the knob open. His hand slipped as he pulled the door open. He fell down into a dark hole; falling endlessly until he came to a rough landing. He groaned and stood up, looking around. He saw cave drawings of old creatures that had faced, captured and placed into a safer area. All of sudden everything spun around him, a harsh voice laughed and he screamed in agony as his whole body burned.

He was staring around the room looking at the worried expressions from Diana, Marvin and Billy, shocked ones from Mimi's team and James, while M.O.M and Isaac looked emotion free trying to remain calm. He looked at his hands; relief flooded him as he saw no blood covering them. His wide eyes glanced around the room once more and closed his eyes.

"Martin?" Diana spoke softly and touched his shoulder again. He didn't flinch away but looked at her hesitantly.

"You're real, aren't you?" He touched her shoulder and squeezed. He shook his head trying to make it real, maybe if he believed it was it would be. "What do you do when I call you a book worm?" He looked into her eyes.

"Hit you with a book." She grinned and hugged him, something they rarely did. He felt the warmth and let it comfort him.

"Show me proof," he muttered, "I…I need to know…" Diana shook her head.

"Martin, I don't think you should." Marvin spoke up staring at the teen in the mask. Something about him irritated Marvin. The way he looked at Diana bothered him. Isaac stared back at Marvin with a cool gaze.

"Let him," Isaac spoke up, "If I had been in that position I think I would want proof too but I assure you everyone in this room is real." Isaac walked over to the bed and helped Martin stand up when he noticed that Martin tried to do it himself. He walked Martin to the computer chair M.O.M vacated and pulled the file up. Martin watched as the video footage played. Horrible memories replayed in front of his eyes and pain laced through his body as he remembered every cut and every attack. He closed his eyes and winced as Venasso dug her claws into his spine, blood spilling out momentarily. He gripped the table hard as he felt the pain in his back flare up. Diana moved to turn off the video but Isaac stopped her. Martin stopped the video for a moment and shook his head, silently asking to allow him to continue. When the feed came to the part where he witnessed Diana and the others…Martin sucked in a breath and tried to calm down. He watched as the man who had killed everyone brought in another body and, as he faintly studied the video he noticed that one of Diana's hands turned from scaly green to skin colour just as she entered looking frightened.

"How is that…" he pulled Diana's hand close and examined the skin. "It's not…but…" he looked at the video again. "I'm tired," he muttered in a defeated voice. Isaac and Marvin, not shocked by this anymore, but worried more than not, moved over to Martin and helped him up and moved him to the bed. He lay down and looked at M.O.M. "I remember," he muttered his eyes falling closed, "Cave with drawings, where the key…" M.O.M stared at Martin as he finally closed his eyes and fell asleep. She sat down; dizzy all of sudden, memories flooding her mind as they bounced off the walls of her mind like a repeating echo. Isaac stared at his mother in a worried sort of way but hiding so no one would suspect.

"What does he mean?" James asked in an arrogant voice. M.O.M snapped her eyes up at him and lowered his head, knowing he was stupid for talking like that to the head of the centre.

"It's confidential." M.O.M looked up at them, a cryptic look playing in her eyes. Isaac knew that look and wondered why she couldn't tell him. She looked at him and immediately felt something in him bubble up at the thought of her trying to protect him from something dangerous when he had already proven himself before. He looked again and that same look of concern directed at him was also directed to the blonde on the bed. Something big was defiantly happening and now everyone was in the middle. Martin was just as mysterious when he spoke about it as his mom which was strange.

"Please tell us," Diana begged, "I don't care if I get shipped off to the Arctic or whatever place you want to send me to. Martin is on this bed because he kept the secret and they wanted it so bad they were willing to break him!" Diana's voice was growing in pitch as she pleaded.

"I do mind," Isaac muttered so that no one heard him. The room was tense enough and Isaac didn't want to add more to it. Unfortunately for Isaac Marvin had heard. Isaac found himself shoved against a wall, Marvin holding him up by his collar.

"What did you mutter? You've been staring at Diana any chance you've had!" Marvin's temper grated on Isaac's nerves.

"Maybe you should keep your hands off her then." Isaac replied back coldly, "Incase you haven't noticed this is a mission, not a dating service." He removed Marvin's hands and walked away. Martin groaned during the commotion but didn't wake up.

"Well if you kept your eyes off her then I wouldn't have to!" Marvin smirked while standing against the wall. Isaac turned to face him; his blue eyes had gone icy cold as glared in Marvin's direction. Mimi and her team had fallen back into a corner, terrified of where this would lead. Diana looked furious at both males and M.O.M seemed to be lacking any of her calm attitude she had earlier.

"SHUT UP!" Diana screamed and both teens looked at her. "I'm not anyone's property and I have the right to accept help from whomever I chose!" She glared at them and neither teen moved from the spot they stood on. "Boys are such idiots!" Diana sat down on Martin's bed and bounced from the force. Martin let out a painful groan. She blushed and pulled the blanket up to Martin's chin. M.O.M didn't feel the need to speak; Diana's outburst had solved the problem. Marvin and Isaac didn't bother to speak to each other as they went to stand on opposite sides of the room.

"Now that I know what they're goal is a plan can be made. First everyone is going to get some sleep." M.O.M waited until every last teenager and Billy fell asleep. She looked over the footage again and sighed, letting some of her worry show. She put a finger to the corner of her eye, wondering why she was crying, or at least about to. She usually had better control over her emotions. She wiped the stray tear away and promised herself that after this Martin Mystery was taking a vacation, whether he wanted to or not. M.O.M prided herself on protecting all her agents but there was only so much one could do. To have the centre taken over had made her less than pleased but she was going to take it back and improve it.

"Mom what are you doing up?" M.O.M looked up and saw Isaac staring at her, mask removed for the moment. His blue eyes were tired but alert.

"Thinking," She looked at him, "Go back to sleep. I'll be sleeping in a minute." Isaac looked troubled for a moment but when she smiled at him he lie back down and fell asleep. She moved over to him and put the mask on his face. She then moved over to the computer and deleted the last four hours of footage from this room. Deleting anything of Martin telling them where the secret was and of Isaac's face. With his mask back on M.O.M crawled into her sleeping bag and fell asleep.

Morning came quickly and Isaac woke up with a surprise. His mask had been replaced and when he went to go and delete the image of him without his mask he was pleasantly surprised to find it gone. 'She works quickly.' He smiled at his mother who was just waking up. Marvin was next followed by Diana who apparently wasn't speaking to either Isaac or Marvin. Both missed her speaking to them but didn't bother to try and go up to her for fear of her wrath. Mimi and her team, along with James were asleep and didn't look like they were getting up anytime soon. Isaac looked over to the blonde on the bed and found him staring at everyone waking up.

"He's coming." Martin spoke with an empty voice. "He's coming soon." M.O.M stood up quickly and walked over to the door. She typed in a few codes while keeping the keypad hidden from view. She woke Billy up, who apparently wasn't a morning type of guy.

"What?" he mumbled. Billy took one look in M.O.M's eyes and got back into his hover chair.

"Stay behind, look after everyone else." M.O.M gave Billy a point blank stare as if daring him to defy her. He wouldn't dare and she knew it. "Marvin get Martin ready to leave, Diana make sure everything is packed." She looked at Isaac, "I don't need to tell you what to do." Isaac nodded and started to help Diana pack. His hand brushed hers for a second and despite being angry with him she blushed. Marvin didn't miss this and growled under his breath as he pulled a centre shirt out of a drawer and put it on Martin. The teen groaned and looked at M.O.M knowing what was going to happen. Marvin couldn't place the emotion set behind his eyes as he helped Martin sit up. The teen screamed in pain but the others didn't seem to wake up.

"They'll be okay," Isaac told Diana when she gave a worried look in their direction, "They'll wake up when we leave and Billy will protect them, won't you." It wasn't a question. Billy smiled in Diana and Isaac's direction and was typing something furiously on his keypad. A door opened and Martin looked at it with apprehension.

"It's him," Martin whispered against Marvin's shoulder. Marvin had no idea what he was talking about. "Diana, throw away your bag." She tossed it aside when she caught the look in his eyes. Her bag started to glow a horrible blood red colour and floated in the middle of the room. Isaac stuffed the bag in a containment unit. Diana didn't understand why that happened until she realized she stuffed the piece of black material into her bag some time ago. "It's him." Martin said again and Diana seemed to realize.

"No…you can't mean him, can you?" M.O.M nodded gravely and shook her. Diana's eyes widened in fear as she stared at the open portal, "he'll be waiting then."

Isaac had no idea what they were talking about but if his mom wanted him to come along for the ride he would. He looked at Martin who was positioned against Marvin's back, his head resting against Marvin's shoulder.

"Can you walk?" Martin nodded.

"Yes," Martin replied to Isaac's question, "But I don't know for how long." Martin seemed to have pushed back anything he might be feeling from the previous hours. Isaac couldn't hear the happy tone of voice that Martin usually had, even in the most dangerous of situations.

"Who are you talking about Martin?" Marvin wanted to know so he could be prepared.

"Gatekeeper."

Marvin looked at Diana, "Who is this Gatekeeper?" Diana didn't say anything else as the group stepped through the portal and disappeared. Mimi, Rose, Alec and James all woke up and looked around.

"Hey!" James yelled, "Where did everyone else go?!" Billy looked at James. "They ran away and left us to deal with the damage! Cowards!" James stumbled back as Ganthar slapped him. James hit the wall looking terrified at Billy. The look in the alien's eyes warned James not to speak again.

"We were left here to defend the centre while M.O.M, Marvin, Martin, Diana and the masked man are going to take care of the one who caused all of this." Billy looked at the group, "Be prepared, this room only has so much protection left." Billy as Ganthar looked at the door waiting for something horrible to walk in.

M.O.M and the others looked around. They were in the cave where everyone, that being, Martin, Diana, Java and M.O.M had met Gatekeeper in the first place. Martin told Marvin to put him down as he stood on his own, ignoring the incredible crippling pain running through his back and body. Martin and M.O.M led the way through tunnels and caverns. It took ten minutes to navigate through the tunnels when they came to a closed stone wall. Diana had no idea why they stopped here when M.O.M took out a knife and cut the palm of her hand. She placed it on the stone wall and it opened.

The cavern was fairly dark except for the faint glow coming from an alter up ahead. Martin looked at M.O.M. The raven haired woman made sure to move behind the group as Martin remained at the front. They reached the alter and looked at the strange markings carved into it. Martin took his own knife from his bag and ran it along the palm of his hand. He muttered some complicated words in Latin. He made another cut and muttered more words, this time in Japanese. The third time he cut his hand Diana hid her face.

"Blood of the sacrifice, blood given freely to restore and open an ancient gift," another cut to the palm of his hand, "With this final gift of blood take freely what you will and open the sealed door." He stepped back, dizzy from blood loss. Isaac caught Martin mid-fall as something glowing came out of the alter and floated in front of them. It zoomed in front of Martin and he reached out his arms. Diana shoved his hands down.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Martin smiled at her and took the orb into his hands. It shone so bright everyone had to close or cover their eyes. The orb was gone and Martin was staring at them with brilliant toxic green eyes. Martin started to bite his lip as Isaac lowered him to the ground. A seal was carving itself into Martin's back. By the end of it Martin was on his hands and knees, panting from the pain and energy that was released in performing a strange and horrible ceremony.

"What just happened?" Marvin asked looking at M.O.M.

"That orb has the ability to give the owner of it as much power as it can. With a snap of Agent Mystery's fingers he can control half the world right now without leaving this cave." Martin chuckled slightly.

"How come it has to be Martin?" Diana whispered bending down to look at her step-brothers face. A grim smile settled onto his lips and his toxic green eyes stared sadly at her.

"I found it," He whispered back, "It was a solo mission. Something only one person could do." Martin looked away, "The girl who was being controlled by it had been in its power so long that she lost her mind. She killed herself, right in front of me." He looked at the group as they helped him lean against the alter, "This thing in me numbs the pain."

"She killed herself." Diana looked horrified. Isaac just stared at Martin remaining calm and collected. "She then took something from her chest and shoved it into my hands. I had no idea what happened because it disappeared the next second. The seal carved itself into my back. I returned to the centre after that."

"Agent Mystery filled me in, Billy, Agent Mystery and I researched a way to seal it so that it would not remain in his body. The removal process was painful and, when we sealed it here, it required blood to act as a seal. Billy only knows how we removed the orb and his memory was erased permanently and it was taken off record that Billy knew anything of it." M.O.M looked at the group, "Your memories too will be erased if need be." Martin looked away, green eyes staring at the vast amount of carvings in the cavern.

"When you were away for a week and told us you were training…"

"That orb was being removed from my body." He looked at her, "It took a week to remove." He didn't bother to stand up when the cavern walls shook. Martin looked at M.O.M again and pointed to the arch way they had walked through.

"He'll be here in five minutes." M.O.M frowned and everyone who had a U-Watch prepared their own devices.

"Why do you need this white haired weirdo than?" Marvin looked at Isaac with an annoyed frown. Isaac glared at him and promptly punched Martin in the head.

"Aside from Martin, this young man is the only one who is actually going to able to do damage." Isaac looked at his mother and nodded. Martin stood up with a groan of pain and stood beside Isaac. Green eyes met blue and with the snap of his fingers M.O.M, Diana, and Marvin were trapped in a bubble of toxic green that nothing could break. Martin looked knowingly at M.O.M and the woman looked shocked at his expression. Her hands hung down at her side as she stared down at him. Diana beat at the orb furiously trying to break it and Marvin tried hacking at it with the eye-cutter or any other tool he could use. "There is no point," M.O.M looked at them, "They're on their own now and we won't be able to break this." 'Be careful,' she whispered in her mind.

"Isaac," Martin looked at him, "Thanks for the help." Isaac stared at an entirely new Martin. Sure there was that brave behaviour Martin had when protecting others but there was something else there, behind those eyes. There was knowledge that had not been their previously. Martin pointed to the door and in floated Gatekeeper, dark and tattered hood with what looked like a scythe in his hand. The dark eyes looked at Martin and Isaac with strange satisfaction then, in a quick movement the drawings on the caverns came to life. They moved to attack but Martin, with the movement of a superhuman managed to trap each one in a green orb. Isaac watched Martin for moment and then concentrated. Gatekeeper looked at Isaac, seeing no threat moved toward Martin and threw him into the wall. He cringed but smirked when Gatekeeper was impaled by energy erupting from the ground. His dark eyes turned to Martin who shook his head and then looked at Isaac.

"YOU!" He bellowed.

"Me." Isaac replied and manipulated the energy around him into a sword. Gatekeeper looked horrified and turned his attention to Martin. His hands enclosed around the blondes neck, chocking him but as he did so he noticed his hand burning. Martin kicked him off and Gatekeeper flew toward Isaac so fast he did not have the movement to maneuver away. The sword struck him through his cloak and he was shocked to find that he was bleeding. Martin looked at him and walked toward him.

"What did you do to me?" Gatekeeper demanded.

"Took away your ability to get out of things by just disappearing, sure you had a physical form before but now your just another supernatural creature. " Martin looked dangerous at the moment, his green eyes glowing. "I won't let you get this power; I don't intend to keep it long." Martin looked at Isaac.

"Why did you want it?" Isaac looked at Gatekeeper, cold blue eyes sending a chill up his robed body.

"Just like her, aren't you?" Gatekeeper smirked, "No you're just a bit different. I wouldn't play with a fire you can't face." He looked at Martin again, "You think you're so powerful," Gatekeeper, in a surprise action, shoved his hand through Martin's chest and felt for the orb. Martin chocked and spluttered as Gatekeeper dug around inside his chest. Isaac acted quickly and pulled out his sword. Gatekeeper moaned in pain but kept his hand in Martin's chest. "Surrender your power boy," He looked at Martin, "You may have beaten me twice but I'm winning this war."

"Not if I can help it." Isaac manipulated the energy around him and impaled Gatekeeper again shoving his sword in at the same time. Martin, at this moment muttered some words in Latin and Gatekeeper screamed in pure agony as he watched his hands turn into ash. The backlash of energy sent Isaac, Martin and Gatekeeper flying in three different directions. Martin slammed hard into the wall hitting his head. He slumped to the floor staring at the blurry figures of Gatekeeper and Isaac. Isaac managed to roll in the energy wave but he too slammed into the wall, his left shoulder taking most of the damage. Gatekeeper lay twitching on the floor as his body turned into ash slowly. The energy wave also sent the orb the others were in crashing to the floor. It was a much softer landing but it did leave them dazed. They were still trapped in orb as they watched the rest of Gatekeepers body disappear.

"I'm not done. I'll be back" Diana let out a squeak of fear and orb dissolved around them. M.O.M rushed to check on Isaac, Diana to Martin and Marvin went to check on the evidence Gatekeeper left behind. The tattered robes lay empty on the cavern floor. Diana let a cry of shock. M.O.M helped Isaac up and gave him back his mask. It had fallen to the floor when he rolled to reduce the damage. He replaced it and they walked over to Martin to find his hand glowing green. He took the green orb out of his chest and dropped it to the floor. It shattered and dissolved.

"It's broken beyond repair. It won't come back." Martin smiled at the group and passed out. Diana felt tears run down her eyes again.

"Why didn't you let us-"

"To protect everyone," M.O.M told the girl, "He didn't want anyone to get hurt." M.O.M looked at Isaac, "You both did well. If it wasn't for the fact that you two worked together Gatekeeper might still be around." M.O.M pressed a button on her watch. A portal opened and she guided Isaac through, then Diana, Marvin came through next carrying an unconscious and very injured Martin mystery. Isaac muttered something about a dislocated shoulder on the way in and Diana started to talk to him and asked if it hurt. Marvin growled in annoyance and stared at the damage to the centre.

TBA…