Sorry for the tardiness of this installment the holidays have been redonkulous for me and im guessing my fans too due to lack of reviews lol. Anyway this one will be a little darker but nothing too bad. So as is my tradition *cracks knuckles* let's get rollin.

TN tower

Firestar knocked on the door to the towers evidence room for the fifth time that day, Barooke had been in there for a week now. No one knew what he had been doing or what had him spooked as he seemed when he did come out of the room. All the girls tried to figure out what was going on, but between his time in the evidence room and his mornings spent upgrading his cars. The Untouchables had decided to go on hiatus as well leaving the rest of the team with mediocre criminals. Barooke was like a maelstrom in Harlow's room after the big event. He destroyed it under the pretense of looking for clues but really he was just destroying every last trace of the betrayal that had just occurred. As Firestar clubbed on the door she heard a sharp voice coming from the .

"Star go away I'm working" he shouted through the door and Star just kept knocking. The door whooshed open, Barooke looked like a mess his hair was greasy his outfit was disorderly his eyes had bags from sleep deprivation. "What do you want" he almost growled at Star causing her to back away.

"You need to get out of this room" she scolded him. He glared at her through his sleepless eyes. "You can glare at me all you want but either you come out of this room or I'm dragging your ass out" she crossed her arms to make the statement definite.

He grumbled as the door shut behind him. He followed her to the main room and just as Firestar sat down she heard a door slide shut behind her. Barooke had gone to the garage his other safe haven. She threw up her hands in exhaustion and walked to Tecna's room. She banged on the door and Tecna appeared in her pajamas, her hair was tussled and she looked like she had just woken up.

"Tag you're it" Star said and stormed off not giving Tecna enough time to respond. Tecna just followed the girl down the hall with her eyes. Firestar and Tecna were the only ones that could somewhat get to the heart of their rocky leader. Snow and Starling both tried but Barooke was in a particularly nasty mood and threw them out of his room. None of the older girls wanted Artemis to experience Barooke and his attitude so they left her out of it. Still in her pajamas Tecna stomped down to the garage and found Barooke under his car undoubtedly readjusting something he had adjusted a thousand times. She stormed over to him and lifted the car into the air glaring at Barooke the entire time.

"Why do you think you get to pout just because your friend turned out to be evil" Barooke looked like he was going to say something but Tecna quickly put her hand up to silence him. "We care about you….some of us more than others, and this is how you treat us I thought we were your family" at this she saw the hurt look that crossed Barooke's face and figured she had done enough so she placed his car back on the ground and left him without another word.

As the door closed Barooke realized that all her words were true he had been a bit of a dick but he had to find out who this other person was. He feared who it could be; he didn't want the team to deal with it if he could deal with it on his own. He also didn't want to lose the people he had grown so fond of. As he walked back upstairs he contemplated what he was going to say to his team to make up for his rash behavior. He reached the common room and hit the button for a team meeting. As the group assembled he sat at the head of the table and waited for everyone to be seated.

"So guys I realize I have been a bit…" he paused looking for the right word

"Of a dick" chimed in Firestar

"Na more of an ass" said Tecna

"You didn't get thrown out on your ass did you Tecna" Snow said still sour about what happened to her and her sister.

As everyone argued of what exactly it was Barooke had been like he finally had enough. "Ok guys I get it, but I did it for good reason I think I know who Razor was working for" As the group waited for an answer they saw the hesitation on their leaders face and all told him that he could trust them. "It is a demon from my past…and no im not speaking metaphorically it is quite literally a demon from my past… his name is Abyss and hes the reason my parents are no longer around" at this Barooke sank his head and looked sullen.

The others tried to console him but it was to no avail. Barooke stood up and was just about to leave when he heard a voice he never wanted to hear again.

"Well now that you know a little bit about me let me introduce myself" the words seemed to be coming from everywhere a figure detached itself from the shadows on the wall. He wore a pitch black suit and a top hat. His eyes were blood red and there was a striking resemblance to Barooke in the new mans facial features.

As he appeared Barooke charged him and was quickly blow back by a shadow ball to the chest. The blast left him incapacitated.

"well well well look at my little boy all grown up" he turned to the girls and looked them over "you've been keeping good company too I see" he winked at Firestar and she grimaced.

As Barooke pulled himself out of the wall he growled at the man "You are not my father you are just the ass who killed him, so now you walk around in his skin" With this he punched the demon in the face and it was his turn to fly back and hit the wall, he pulled himself out easily enough and brushed his suit off.

"Though I do love these reunions I do think I've overstayed my welcome" with a tip of his hat he was gone. The others stood in shock at the events that had just unfolded. Barooke looked at all of them and gave a crooked smile

"Told you guys he was a dick" with that he sat down in the chair and iced his shoulder.

The next day

Tecna had spent most of the day revamping the security systems so that the incidents that happened yesterday couldn't happen again. She didn't see Barooke approach her from behind so when he tapped her on the shoulder he got a face full of taser to the face. After he woke up Tecna apologized and scolded him all at the same time.

"I was just trying to thank you for getting me out of my slump" he gave her a sly smile and started to blush.

She blushed profusely and stammered over the words of your welcome. She found herself trying to be anywhere but where she was right then.

"Well im planning a little trip on my own for a while and want to let you know something before I go" He stood up and looked directly into her eyes at this point

"What on earth do you mean you're leaving the gr…" she didn't get to finish her sentence because at this point Barooke had her in his arms and was kissing her like his life depended on it. The kiss lasted for what felt like an eternity and when it finally broke she couldn't remember what she was saying.

"Take care of everyone while I'm gone" and with that he was gone.

DUN DUN DUN… figured id leave you guys with a cliffhanger this time eh…when it comes to the romance I wanted to be about as subtle as a freight train…the more romantic stuff comes later…if you guys really are getting bored with the story let me know I have been working on other things but I put most my attention on this because you guys are reading this XD so lemme know what you think and as always happy readings .