The sun was setting when Nero woke up. Next to him was Victoria curled up and looking like she was in pain. He reached out to her but she didn't respond. "Vi?" he asked. The tent flap opened up and there stood Cole with his little sister.

"Good, you're up" he said. "I want to see what new powers you got"

Nero looked at him and said "I gave the Core to Jess. I don't have any new ones."

"Nero your sister is an amplifier. When you activated it, it transferred the energy to you and her. I don't know what you have, but Jessica's new power is quite impressive. Your little sister can split herself into different locations. The most we tried was four but I believe she can do more. She's basically Schrodinger's Cat realized. She can be everywhere and nowhere. It's one hell of a power and I believe this will make a difference for us"

Nero just looked at him with wide eyes, and then looked at Jess. "That's incredible, but first what's wrong with Vi? And how do I find out what powers I have?"

Cole just looked at him. "Victoria's fine, she's recovering from her blast core. And you'll figure it out by practicing. Come, let's go". So with that he let Cole lead him away from the camp while Jess stayed to watch over Victoria. When they were far enough away Cole stopped and started explaining to Nero how to figure out what he could do.

"Just focus on your powers and find what feels new. I know you're hurting all over, but we don't have time for kid gloves." Nero just nodded. So he summoned his shadows and looked inward. Something felt new all right. With the sun setting and night starting to overtake everything. Everything that was in shadow, Nero could sense. He could see as far as he wanted to as long as it was in the shadows. Then he let himself go and let his new power take control. He looked down at himself and realized he couldn't see his body. So I can turn invisible. This is going to fun.

So he snuck around Cole who was trying to find out where he went, turned visible again and tapped Cole on his shoulder. He laughed at the surprise on his face.

"So, you can turn invisible. Things just keep getting better. Feel anything else?"

"I think so." Nero confirmed and stuck his hands out, almost like his body knew what to do. He turned his palms up and almost as if he was lifting something heavy, the shadows surrounding the area started to rise up and take form. As if Nero was a sculptor and the shadows were is clay, the pillars of darkness took shape. Five vaguely humanoid figures stood with them. Cole turned to Nero impressed, and then saw that Nero's eyes were pitch black,

Nero raised his hand and pointed at a boulder and hissed "Attack". The creatures were at the rock before Cole could even blink, and tore into the boulder with a ferocity that rendered it dust and pebbles within a minute. Once their task was finished, they vanished. Nero fell to his knees, weak from exertion.

"You okay kid?" Cole asked. Nero nodded. "Well we can stop here if you want or you can see what other powers you may have. By the way what were those things?"

Nero shrugged. "I don't have a name for them. I could call them Nothings but I'm too tired to think up a name. And I think I have one more trick." With that he summoned a pillar of shadows right underneath him so it launched him into the air. Once air born, he squeezed his shoulder blades and wings formed. With the wings out he could glide fro a little while but he couldn't fly. Once he had figured out how to control it, he informed Cole he was going to bed. Once he got to his tent he curled around Victoria, who looked like she was no longer in pain. He buried his face in her neck and passed out.

(slight) Lemon

"Nero. Nero wake up shug" Nero just let out a grunt and rolled over. He was sore as hell. Everything on his upper body hurt and he had a killer headache. "Come on I want you see what I can do!" He sat up and looked at Victoria. She looked so happy to have new techniques and he savored that happiness on her face. That and she was wearing nothing but his jacket.

"You gonna be training like that?" he said as he winked at her. She blushed a bit and climbed into his lap and kissed him. He put his hands on her hips and pushed his jacket off of her and leaned forward so she was on her back. He took in the sight, long alabaster legs, and a small scar where she had been shot to the left of her belly button, and on her ribcage was a flower she had coerced a tattooist to give her for her sister. She was beautiful and he couldn't believe he was lucky enough for her to have his heart.

He took his shirt off and quickly threw his jeans off and leaned to kiss her again. Then he started to kiss down her neck to her breast then lower. The next thing he knew he was on his back and she was on top with his wrists bound with a strip of light. She laughed at his puzzled expression "Not this time mister. This time it's my turn"

He couldn't deny her and besides, it was pretty hot that she was dominating him.

He lay there content and watched her get ready. When she turned around, she had a new tattoo on her back. "When did you get those?" he asked

She turned and smiled. "A few days ago when I was checking out the city. I persuaded an artist to give me them for free" she giggled.

He nodded. "So why the angel wings?" he asked.

"Well that's my new power. I can fly," she chirped happily. "So they were fitting"

He laughed, "So you are my angel". She smiled at his pun.

"Come on we have to some reconnaissance on how many conduits are in the city."

"How can we tell?"

"Cole gave me this wonderful little gift that allows me to see the conduit gene" He turned his head to the side. Then shrugged and put his clothes on and followed her to the city.