Manhattan, New York
Kai Miyagusuku, Hiro Nakamura, & Mao Jahana
Kai was one one knee with both hands on the floor panting and breathing heavily. Hiro leanded back against one of the walls with his katana relaxed on the right shoulder. Mao just blinked as if she was witnessing Hiro and Kai spar for just a few minutes. Now, she saw that Kai was getting tired.
"What just happened?" Mao asked as she rose to her feet.
"Oh, I freeze time," Hiro explained to Mao. Mao turned to face Kai, who nodded in agreement with Hiro.
"He froze time while you two trained?" Mao asked.
"Yeah, he did," Kai answered as he struggled to stand on his two feet. He would lean back against the wall to catch his breath. While Kai managed to absorb the ability of superhuman strength, he did not have the superhuman endurance to last extremely long sessions.
"Wouldn't you be frozen?" Mao asked a bit skeptical.
Kai shook his head, "No. Actually, I'd still be able to move." He would then turn to Hiro, "Hiro, can you?"
Hiro nodded as he closed his eyes to concentrate. Time was frozen as Kai and Hiro walked around the room. Everything in the room was completely frozen in time. Mao was completely frozen in time as well. With Mao frozen in time, Kai would walk to her. He would reach into Mao's purse and pull out a pen. With the pen, Kai would scribble on her face.
"Kai, that's mean," Hiro scolded. He then added, "Heroes aren't supposed to do that!"
"It's only good fun," Kai said. He would then walk over to Hiro. "Can you unfreeze time now?"
Hiro turned to face Kai, "Why don't you try it? Good training for hero..."
Kai took a deep breath and closed his eyes and did like Hiro did. He would attempt to put his focus and concentration on bending time and space just like Hiro did. Taking a deep breath, Kai tried it.
Soon, time unfroze itself by Kai's willpower.
Mao was unfrozen from time and noticed that Kai stood on the opposite end of the room with Hiro. She blinked and jumped back a bit.
"Kai, what just happened?!"
"I freeze time," Hiro answered as he faced Mao, "Kai unfreeze time."
Mao was panting a bit hard completely shocked at what Hiro had just told her. Her nervous eyes shifted towards Kai, "You unfroze time?"
Kai nodded, "Yeah. You might want to take a look in the mirror."
Quickly, Mao would reach into her purse and pull out a portable mirror. She would see that Kai had scribbled on her face. Mao's mood changed from nervousness to aggravation.
"Kai... Tell me that you didn't scribble on my face..." Mao growled as she saw Kai's penmanship all over her face.
"I told Kai that heroes don't do that," Hiro explained.
Mao nodded, "I know... But Kai's not that kind of hero." She would grab a tube of lipstick from her purse and throw it at Kai out of anger and aggravation.
"Whoa!" Kai yelled as he saw the thing of lipstick flying at him at full force. Instinctively, Kai would put Hiro's power to good use again. Instead of freezing time, Kai would focus on slowing time down. The tube of lipstick would slowly fly at Kai. Hiro was watching Kai closely.
At the tube of lipstick got close enough, Kai would grab it with his left hand. He would casually walk towards Mao and place it back into her hand. Then, he would walk to another wall in the room. Kai would turn to Hiro, who would give him a nod.
"Here goes," Kai said taking a deep breath and closing his eyes. "Here goes..." he said once again putting his focus and concentration into that ability. Kai would speed up time back to it's normality.
"Where'd he go?" Mao asked. She then noticed that the tube of lipstick was back her hand. "It's back in my hand?" Her eyes shifted around the room and saw Kai leaning against another wall in the backroom. Mao let out a sigh, "You know, you're enjoying this way too much..."
"I'm sorry, I couldn't resist," Kai said apologetically.
Mao let out another deep sigh. She then looked at her watch, "Kai, it's getting late. We should head back..."
Kai nodded, "Yeah, you're right." He then turned to Hiro, "It was an honor meeting you, Hiro."
Before Hiro could answer, someone opened the door to the back room. Quickly, all three of them turned their direction towards the entrance way.
David and Lewis had entered the room.
"David? Lewis?" Kai asked.
"Molly tracked you for us," David explained. He then turned to face Hiro, "Who is your new friend?"
Hiro didn't hesitate to introduce himself, "I am Hiro Nakamura." He would give a bow to both David and Lewis. Out of respect, Lewis would bow to Hiro in return. David merely gave Hiro the casual nod.
"Hiro was training me..." Kai explained. He then added, "Hiro has an ability, too."
David raised an eyebrow at what Kai had just said to him. "He has an ability, too?"
Mao nodded, "Yeah... Hiro does... And Kai has that ability, too."
"This I gotta' hear," Lewis said joining the conversation. "What is Hiro's power?"
"I can bend time and space!" Hiro answered gleefully.
"Bend time and space?" Lewis asked.
"Hiro can freeze time, slow down time, speed up time, time travel, and teleport," Kai explained.
Lewis blinked at Kai's explanation, "I think it's better you show me."
Kai turned to face Hiro, "Hiro... Can you show them?"
Hiro nodded as he closed his eyes and concentrated. Everybody in the room except for Kai and Hiro were now frozen in time. Kai would point Hiro to Lewis.
"Hiro, take Lewis' shades and put them on," Kai said.
Hiro nodded as he ran over to Lewis and grabbed his shades. He would place them over his own eyes. From there, Hiro would move back to his previous position in the room. Closing his eyes, Hiro would unfreeze time.
Time was moving back to normal.
Lewis looked around and saw nothing different, "Hey, I don't see anything different! What kind of joke is this?!"
"Look at what Hiro is wearing," Kai said.
Lewis' eyes shifted over to Hiro. He saw that Hiro was wearing his shades. "My shades?! How did you?" The man was in disbelief at what had just happened.
David looked at Lewis' eyes and then to Hiro who wore Lewis' shades. "Kai, did he really freeze time?" he asked. The man had a very serious time of voice.
"Yeah, he did," Kai answered.
"Can I have my shades back?" Lewis asked.
Kai nodded, "Sure." Taking a deep breath, Kai would close his eyes and concentrate. Upon opening his eyes, Kai managed to freeze time. He would turn to Hiro, who applauded him.
"Good, you know freeze time now," Hiro complimented. He would take the shades off his eyes and toss them to Kai, who would catch them.
Catching the shades in his right hand, Kai would walk back over to Lewis. He would place the shades back on Lewis before returning to his spot. Closing his eyes once again, Kai would focus and concentrate on unfreezing time. Reopening his eyes, Kai would see that time was unfrozen again.
Lewis noticed that he had his shades back.
"Who did that?"
Hiro turned his direction towards Kai.
Lewis blinked in disbelief, "You froze time?"
"We can talk about how Kai can manipulate time and space another day," David said to Lewis. He would then turn to face Kai, "Kai, we have a mission. Red Shield agents have sighted a nest of Chiropterans in a shipping yard that once belonged to Cinq Fleches... Saya's still in hibernation and you're our best chance due to your abilities."
Mao turned to face David, "But Kai's still learning how to use them!"
David gave a nod, "I know. But, we don't have a choice in the matter."
"I go with you," Hiro offered.
Kai shook his head, "No... You did more than your fair share of help, I don't want to bring you into this... Like you said, a hero's duty..." He would turn to face David, "Yeah, I guess this is the best way to hone my abilities."
"But-"
"Kai's right," David said to Hiro. He would turn to face Hiro, "I know you mean well… But there are things you should not expose yourself too. We'll take it from here. I thank you for training Kai."
David then turned to face Kai.
"Kai, the vehicle's outside," David said.
Kai shook his head, "Let me try…teleporting…"
"Teleporting?" David asked.
Kai nodded, "Yeah… Hiro can do it… Since I have his power, I should be able to do it too."
"Kai, you don't have the location…" David said.
Kai would use the ability of telepathy absorbed from Matt Parkman to read David's mind, "I got the location by reading your mind just now."
David blinked, "You just did?"
Next, Kai would use the ability of electronic data transception he had absorbed from Hana Gittelman. He would access the world wide web of information and get the location of the Cinq Fleches warehouse via satellite images and photos. With the powers of eidetic memory, the images would be stored in Kai's brain.
Kai breathed a bit hard as he was still learning how to hone in on those powers.
"I got it," Kai said. He would quickly run over to get his shoes, socks, and shirt. Placing the articles of clothing back on, Kai would close his eyes and concentrate on the location.
"Wait. Don't forget these… All paid for," Mr. Claremont said as he entered the room.
Kai opened his eyes and saw Mr. Claremont enter with the set of Chinese butterfly swords.
"Catch," the man said tossing the pair of swords to Kai.
"Thanks," Kai said catching the pair of butterfly swords with his left hand. "Here goes…" he said taking a deep breath.
"Call me when you get there," David instructed.
With his eyes closed, Kai would concentrate on that single location. Kai would disappear from the room.
"This is way too much for me," Lewis said taking a deep breath. "This job gets weirder and weirder for me…"
"Now all we have to do is-" David was about to say as his cell phone went off. He would answer the phone, "Kai?"
"I'm there… At the front of the warehouse…"
Kai would "hang" up.
"Kai? Kai?! We have to hurry… Kai's going to engage them by himself," David said.
Manhattan, New York
Kai Miyagusuku
Kai appeared out from nowhere standing in front of the Cinq Fleches warehouse that David had told him about. He looked around and saw that he managed to teleport from the back room at Jittetsu Arms to the Cinq Fleches warehouse.
"They're in that warehouse alright," said George who appeared behind Kai.
"Dad?" Kai asked as he turned around to face George, who applauded him.
"You did a good job of teleporting, Kai. I'm glad to see that you're getting a hang of those powers. But you're still learning how to use them," George explained.
"Brother, don't get too ahead of yourself," said Riku who also appeared next to George. "Don't overdo it…"
Kai nodded, "I'll try not to."
"You may have the abilities but you're near a Chevalier's level, yet," Solomon said. He would continue, "You're still learning how to use two abilities at once."
Kai nodded, "Right."
"Be careful, Kai," George instructed.
Kai would give a nod and turn his face towards the front doors of the warehouse. Without hesitating, Kai would run towards the front doors of the old warehouse. There was a shackle lock with chains all around to keep people from entering.
"Here goes," Kai said to himself. Grabbing the shackle lock, Kai would use the power of superhuman strength absorbed from Niki Sanders and destroy it. From there, Kai would toss the destroyed lock aside and pull the chains off and open the doors.
Despite having absorbed all of these powers, Kai was still nervous about fighting all of these Chiropterans. Normally, he would have Saya to depend on. The Chiropterans were created from Diva's blood. Saya's blood would make them crystallize and vice-versa.
Kai had no idea how effective his abilities would be when fighting the Chiropterans without Saya to assist.
Taking a deep breath, Kai would use the ability of night-vision that he absorbed from one of those agents. It was like seeing black and white. The place was infested with Chiropterans. This warehouse was like a nesting ground for them.
Looking downwards, Kai could see the dehydrated corpses of their victims. It made Kai think about this one woman named Reimi that ended up like one of those victims when her boyfriend, Forest, got transformed into one of those things.
"A nesting ground… But why aren't the numbers going down?" Kai asked himself.
"C'mon Kai, you have to think!"
Kai thought about rushing in head first. But since Kai didn't have the ability of spontaneous regeneration, he couldn't take those things head-on without taking risks.
Looking around, Kai saw that there were at least nine to twelve Chiropterans inside. Without Saya, Kai would have a hard time taking on at least one let alone twelve of those things. He remembered that he could severely wound Chiropterans. But, they would have to go on a feeding frenzy to fully recover.
Kai saw the light switch on his right side. He would deactivate his night vision.
"Here goes nothing," Kai said under his breath as he flipped the switch. The lights inside the warehouse went on.
The Chiropterans looked around and saw the lights go on. Then they took a good look at Kai who stood at the doors. Each of them started to growl as they wanted to feast on Kai.
Without hesitating, Kai ran up to one of the metal containers and punched a hole through and would then punch another hole upwards. With two holes punched through the metal container, Kai would place one hand inside and place his right foot in the other one.
Kai would continue punching holes in the metal container in a vertical fashion and use them as a means to climb. Making his way to the top, Kai would look around and think about how he was going to take those things on.
Three Chiropterans were already on the second floor ledge. One of them would jump off the ledge and lunge at Kai.
"Whoa!" Kai exclaimed as he jumped back and stood at the edge of the metal container as the Chiropteran also stood on the crate. The Chiropteran was slowly closing in on Kai. "Here goes…" he said again.
Quickly, Kai would stick his right hand out. But there was no lightning coming out. There were only sparks and fizzles.
"What's going on? Where's the lightning?" Kai asked.
The Chiropteran would swing its left hand at Kai.
"No!" Kai exclaimed as he closed his eyes. He would end up teleporting outside the warehouse again.
Kai fell to his knees breathing heavily.
"What's going on? Why can't I control my powers?" Kai asked.
"You're not thinking clearly," said Kaito who appeared behind Kai. "You're too nervous. It makes it difficult to tap into those abilities."
"Alright… Have to think clearly," Kai said. Taking a few deep breaths, Kai's heart rate slowed down to normal. "You have to relax and think... You can't depend on Saya this time," he would say to himself.
That same Chiropteran would jump off the crate and charge right at Kai.
"I can't depend on Saya anymore… I have to depend on myself," Kai said. Now, he wasn't getting nervous. There was more determination in his voice. His eyes would narrow at the Chiropteran that was charging at him.
"Here goes again…"
Without hesitation, Kai would shoot his right palm forward. He knew exactly what he wanted to do. Instead of sparks and fizzles, blue bolts of lighting surged from Kai's hand. The bolts of lightning would envelope the Chiropteran.
The Chiropteran stopped in its tracks crying in pain as its skin started to burn and blacken along with catching fire.
Kai would close his hand into a fist and stop. He could see that the continuous bolts of electricity would cause the Chiropteran's body to blacken. Still, the Chiropteran would advance on Kai. This time, the movements were more slow and painful.
He would open up his right hand again and zap the Chiropteran with more bolts of electricity. The Chiropteran would stop moving in its tracks. Its body was completely blackened and incinerated. Kai had just found an alternative to fighting the Chiropterans without having to depend on the use of Saya's blood.
"Good, you got it!" George cheered on.
"Thanks," Kai replied to his father's spirit.
"Ahem, it's not time to celebrate yet. Kai still has plenty of work to do," said Karl's spirit.
"Oh yeah, that's right..." George said.
"You got more work to do, Kai," said Solomon's spirit.
Kai nodded and looked at the charred body of the Chiropteran that he had just incinerated with the power of electrokinesis. He might have well found an ability that could be used as an alternative to Saya's blood.
With that Chiropteran out of the way, Kai would run back inside the warehouse. He would confront the other Chiropterans nesting inside the abandoned Cinq Fleches warehouse. Stepping back inside the warehouse, the other Chiropterans were closing in on him.
"Alright... What to do... What to do..." Kai said to himself. He had to find a more effective way to take those things on. While Kai had all those abilities, he didn't have the speed, reflexes, or endurance that Saya or Haji possessed. Maybe Kai would eventually absorb those types of powers soon.
Kai had to think fast. He now knew that relentlessly using bolts of electricity would incinerate their bodies to the point where they cannot regenerate because the DNA is too damaged. Then it came to him, electromagnetism...
Focusing his thoughts on that ability, both of Kai's hands started to spark with electricity. Due to electromagnetic repulsion, Kai's feet started to levitate several inches off the ground. His eyes would shift from the left to right carefully watching as the Chiropterans slowly close in on him.
Both of Kai's hands would generate arcs of electricity that would envelop at least three of the Chiropterans that closed in on him. Like the first Chiropteran, Kai wouldn't relent as he continued to pump all three of them with an endless burst of electricity. It wasn't meant to shock, it was meant to kill. Kai could hear the cries of agonizing pain from these Chiropterans.
Soon, the bodies of all three Chiropterans would be charred and incinerated beyond any means of regeneration. Kai would deactivate his ability and levitate back on the ground. As soon as Kai's feet touched the ground, another Chiropteran would leap at him.
Instinctively, Kai would close his eyes and slow down time. It would be slow motion for the Chiropteran that would lunge at Kai. He would execute a baseball slide from below and avoid the Chiropteran's leaping lunge attack. Soon, time would return back to normal as the Chiropteran would touch nothing but air. Before the Chiropteran could react, it was Kai's turn to attack.
Quickly, Kai would get back to his feet, turn around, and run at the Chiropteran. He would place his right hand on the back of the Chiropteran. Using focus and concentration, Kai would tap into another ability to use on the Chiropterans. Instead of using eletrokinesis, Kai would use Bob's power. Rapidly, the Chiropteran's body turned into gold. The Chiropteran cried in pain and tried to escape.
The escape attempt was futile at best due to the limbs turning into solid gold and the weight restricting its movement. Soon, the Chiropteran completely turned into gold.
"W-whoa…" Kai said a bit shocked at what just happened. Instinctively, Kai summoned up Bob's ability and turned the Chiropteran into gold… The body was no longer organic but a body made of solid gold.
He didn't have time to be shocked with a few more Chiropterans still needing to be killed off. Quickly, Kai would pull out his butterfly swords from the sheath and get to work. Another Chiropteran came at Kai swinging its right arm trying to slash at him.
Using his superhuman strength, Kai would circle to his left to avoid getting slashed and bring down his right sword and cut off its hand. The sharpness of the blade and Kai's superhuman strength were a lethal combination
The Chiropteran screamed and backed away a few steps. Blood spurted out where the hand used to be. A few seconds later, the wounded started to bubble and swell up some. Kai had to react quickly as possible. Then it had occurred to him, Kai had to do what Heracles did.
Using the metal of the butterfly sword, Kai would use it as a conductor. Both of his hands charged up with electricity. Quickly, Kai would direct arcs of electricity to the open wound that he made on the Chiropteran. He would quickly use the bolts of electricity to seal off the wound and prevent the Chiropteran from regenerating.
Kai's hard was pounding louder and faster. This fight was getting intense for him. It was the first time that Kai actually had the chance of defeating Chiropterans without having to depend on Saya for help.
Instead of getting nervous, Kai was getting excited. He could feel a rush of adrenaline surge through his entire body.
The Chiropteran whose hand Kai just cut off was screaming in pain. Now, it was extremely pissed and wanted Kai's blood. There was a lot of pent up rage Kai had for these things and towards Diva.
"I'm not Saya, but it's close enough," Kai said as he rushed forward. Quickly, he would swing both blades at the Chiropteran's chest making it bleed severely. In a matter of hours, Kai had become extremely proficient with the Chinese butterfly swords.
He would execute a spinning back kick with the right foot at the torso. However, Kai would use his acquired superhuman strength and make a hole through the torso and out the back end of the Chiropteran. Kai would quickly pull out his right foot and throw a hard roundhouse kick to the Chiropteran's head tearing it right off.
It would get extremely messy as blood would spew from the neck and from the head. Summoning up his powers of electrokinesis, Kai would use the bolts of electricity and seal up both wounds. That would cause the head to be unable to regenerate a new body and the body unable to regenerate a new head.
There were at least 3 to 6 Chiropterans left to go. Kai didn't exactly know how many were left. So far, Kai was doing a good job dealing with them. But as Kai was using all of these powers, he was starting to feel the mental and physical fatigue using too many at once.
"Damn..." Kai said as he started to breath heavily. His body was starting to feel the toll of using one too many powers. "I can't stop here..." Kai said to himself.
The other Chiropterans could see that Kai was getting exhausted from using his abilities. The final four started to close in on Kai. As soon as Kai passed out, they would feast on his body. Shaking his head, Kai tried to snap out of it. He didn't want to end up their next meal.
"No... I refuse to die..." Kai protested under his breath.
He would sheath both of his Chinese butterfly swords. One of them quickly charged at Kai only to be incinerated by bolts of electricity coming out from the boy's fingertips. The Chiropteran cried in pain as its body was completely incinerated beyond genetic repair.
But that had also drained Kai's energy. He could feel himself becoming more exhausted by each passing minute. Seven down, three more to go.
Another Chiropteran charged at Kai from his right.
"Damn!" Kai shouted out as he quickly placed his right hand and placed it on the Chiropteran's arm. By instinct, Kai used his acquired ability of cryokinesis. Using his focus, Kai froze the left arm of the Chiropteran that was attacking him. In a matter of seconds, the left arm was completely frozen with the Chiropteran screaming in pain. But, it wasn't over yet as Kai continued freezing the Chiropteran's body.
Half the body was frozen. Kai tried to finish the job but another Chiropteran came at him from his left. He had to quit what he was doing and focus on the other Chiropteran. With his left hand, Kai released several bolts of electricity from his fingers and directed it towards the Chiropteran. In a matter of seconds, the Chiropteran's body was incinerated right before Kai's eyes.
He would move his body and throw a hard left punch at the frozen half of the other Chiropteran's body. That half shattered instantaneously. What's left of the Chiropteran moaned in pain. It was laying on the floor helpless without most of its body. That thing would probably die of hunger eventually.
Kai turned around and saw that the other Chiropteran was "gone." It was now missing.
"Damn, where'd it go?"
Looking up, Kai saw the Chiropteran leap off from one of the metal crates and slash him across the chest.
"Gaaaahhhh!" Kai screamed as he staggered back. It was the first injury that he had sustained in this fight with the Chiropterans. Unfortunately, Kai didn't have the powers of cellular regeneration at his disposal. He would have to heal the natural way. Getting slashed by the Chiropteran had hurt.
Now, Kai wanted to hurt that thing in return.
"I'll show you..." Kai muttered in anger. He rushed towards the Chiropteran and threw a hard right punch. The fist went through and made a hole in the Chiropteran's chest causing the monster to scream in pain. "Now, I'm going to make you suffer," Kai said with a more vindictive tone.
He remembered Mao telling him how he absorbed the ability of PH Manipulation. Kai exactly knew what he wanted to do. After thinking about it, Kai would use the powers to change the PH level of the Chiropteran's blood. The blood started to transform into something more acidic.
Kai looked up and saw that the Chiropteran was screaming and crying in pain. The new acidic blood started to bubble out from the Chiropteran's flesh. Soon, the flesh of the Chiropteran started to dissolve as well. Then Kai had stopped and pulled his hand out from the hole he made in the Chiropteran's chest.
Shaking his head, Kai started to wonder how and why did he start to become more vindictive.
"No, this isn't me," Kai said under his breath. He then remembered something, it wasn't their fault for being like this. "I-I'm sorry..." Kai said apologetically to the Chiropteran he had just given a slow and painful death to. The Chiropteran's body started to dissolve into a puddle of liquid.
Kai remembered that they became this way because of the Delta-67 substance that was derived from Diva's blood.
"I'm sorry..."
Kai staggered back and walked off from the scene. However, the loss of blood had just gotten to Kai as he fell to his knees. His vision was blackening. He could hear footsteps enter the warehouse as they got closer and closer. Before Kai could do anything, he collapsed face first on the floor. His vision was getting blurry as a tall man walked towards him.
"Let's get you patched up," said the man that walked up to him. He didn't sound American. The man sounded English.
Kai tried to respond but couldn't. It was a combination of loss of blood and using one too many powers.
"I see you're still getting used to your powers, boy," the man said as he grabbed a barely conscious Kai by the arms. He would hoist Kai up and place him over his shoulder and walk off from the scene. "That was a nasty cut that thing gave you across the chest."
As the man left the front doors of the warehouse while carrying Kai, David, Lewis, Mohinder, and a group of Red Shield agents entered the warehouse. For some reason, neither of them had noticed the man walk out the warehouse let alone walk out carrying Kai who was slowly losing consciousness.
"Holy smokes!" Lewis exclaimed. He stopped in his tracks as he saw the work Kai had done with those Chiropterans. Several Chiropterans were incinerated while another one was turned into gold. "David, look this this!"
"But where's Kai?" David asked. He kept a stern look on his face. Inside, David was just as shocked as Lewis was.
From the rooftop of the warehouse, Diva's spirit was watching from above.
"You're getting too powerful for your own good, boy," Diva said.
Okinawa, Okinawa
Noah Bennet & The Haitian
It was a long flight for both Noah and the Haitian. But they had a meeting to make. From all the way to New York on a series of non-stop flights, the two of them had found themselves on the front steps of the Miyagusuku Family Grave where Saya was currently undergoing her long hibernation.
Noah had the feeling that Haji could be a dangerous and formidable fighter. He had the Haitian activate his ability and hopefully that could keep Haji from going on the offensive. It was a long walk up the stone steps. Noah looked to his left and his right observing the tropical environment.
After ten minutes, the two of them had made it to the top of the steps. There, Haji, Saya's Chevalier was standing. He was waiting for them.
"Are you Haji?" Noah asked.
Haji kept a calm look on his face and faced Noah, "Yes. I am Haji. Who are you?"
"My name is Noah Bennet," Noah introduced himself. He knew what Haji was capable of. Luckily, he had the Haitian at his side.
"You're not Matt Parkman," Haji said.
Noah nodded, "We're from the same group. Matt's back in New York and the two of us were sent instead."
Haji observed Noah Bennet. In a sense, Noah Bennet was just like David. But Haji didn't know of the organization that Red Shield had aligned itself with. He wanted to test Noah's skills but felt something funny.
For some reason, Haji could feel himself feeling like an actual human. He could feel his abilities as a Chevalier dwindling.
"What's going on?" Haji asked as he was feeling a bit funny. He then turned to face the Haitian who just stared at him. "You… You're responsible for this…"
"My partner here has the ability to manipulate the brain," Noah explained. He added, "When he's around, you can't use your abilities as a Chevalier unless he permits it."
Haji could feel his cello case getting heavier. He was a bit enraged at what was going on. Looking at the Haitian, Haji knew that this man could be perceived as a major threat.
"We're not here to fight. We came to take you and Saya back to New York. Like it or not, there are Chiropterans still out there. I don't know much about those things; but, Saya's our only hope. Your friend Kai's fighting them all by himself. But, he can't take them all on. Using those many abilities is taking its toll on Kai's mind and body… He needs the time to hone in those abilities," Noah explained.
"Kai…" Haji said.
He remembered when Kai first exhibited all of these powers, "Yes… I remember."
"I understand you want to protect Saya. I have a family myself. My daughter Claire is very special just like Kai and Saya. And I'd do anything to protect my family," Noah said to Haji.
In a sense, Saya was like family to Haji. Kai was like family to Saya.
"I read the reports. Saya was forced out of her hibernation and went into a berserk rage. But we have people with the ability to get Saya to snap out of it," Noah added.
Haji remembered Matt Parkman and just saw first hand the ability of the Haitian.
"That man, the telepath," Haji said.
"Yes, we have a plan to bring Saya out of hibernation and keep her from going berserk," Noah said.
"Very well, I shall assist you," Haji said.
"Is she in there?" Noah asked.
"Yes," Haji answered. "How is Kai?"
"From what I have heard, he's acquired more powers… But you can see for yourself when you and Saya see him," Noah answered.