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Kyle

The small motel room was sparsely furnished with two large beds and a small television set on top of a dull and misshapen nightstand. The room's décor was finished off with a wooden rocking chair that seemed ready to collapse underneath its own weight. They had all entered and instantly claimed bits and pieces of the room. Their exhaustion was strong and there was little worry about where they would sleep. He, Ben, and Cesar settled quietly into bits of one bed, and Katie, Ali, and Dawn lay on the other bed. Between the two beds, Ricky found a spot on the floor and let himself collapse onto it. Jennifer took up a spot at the floor at the foot of the girl's bed. Valentine sat authoritatively on the chair. They were all quickly asleep.

Kyle found himself in a premonition that night. He stood at the bottom of a set of stairs, once more in a body that wasn't his. The light around him was dim and he heard something. "Hello? Hello. My name is Alex." Kyle looked around and saw that there were two others with him. A boy and a girl, both close to 5 feet tall. The boy was talking, but his voice seemed to echo and repeat itself in the air around him. He continued, "If you can hear this we need your help. I am part of a group of kids who are being experimented on. The Shop! They're the…" Suddenly interrupting the boy was a slamming door behind them. From it came a man in a white lab coat. His face was sweaty and he breathed heavily as he ran towards them. Kyle and the other two made their way up the stairs.

The man caught up with them halfway up the stairs. His arm reached out and grabbed onto the boy's leg. The boy shouted out, "No!" Kyle felt his body turn suddenly and he threw his hand outward. A shiny glare appeared in between the man and the boy. They continued upward and the boy tried to finish talking. "We're being kept here! Help!" They got to the top and opened a weathered door. Unfortunately, right behind them came more lab technicians. Past the door they found what looked like the inside of an old house. The windows were boarded up, but through them came small shafts of light. The girl ran towards the door. Behind the came the rest of the lab techs. Kyle saw himself move towards the girl with the boy. The girl turned to stare at the men coming towards them. She grabbed at her head and the air became cold. Kyle moved his arms and the glare appeared around them. It was a sort of shield. Outside of it the air became cold. The windows became frosted on the inside. The men backed up. The girl took her hands off her hands and the room went back to normal. Then she moved them back as if forcing the energy out. The air became hazy now and the men began to sweat. The frost melted and the windows cracked and fell apart. The men ran for the door and left. Kyle got rid of the force field and the girl put her arms back down. They slowly walked out to the door that had closed behind the men. The boy opened the door and the light from outside was blinding. Kyle woke up facing the same brightness.

The lights in the motel room had gone on and Valentine was staring at the small television. Everyone was slowly getting up and as Kyle's eyes fell on the screen he saw the kids from his premonition. He caught the last few lines of the news report.

"As you would imagine, officials are looking into this very seriously. From what they have learned from the kids, this is part of an organization known as The Shop. We will be keeping you up-to-date as this story unravels itself."

Kyle stared at the screen. Around him the others had the same thoughts. What did this mean for them? Valentine spoke up. "Well, this is something we did not see coming, but the Shop couldn't have kept this quiet much longer."

"So are we going all the way to Montana?" Katie asked.

"We have to," Valentine answered. "If Charlie finds out you know she'll be heading for there too. We have to make sure that this is as controlled as possible." Nothing more about the situation came back on and they all went back to sleep. The next day they had to start for Montana.

Britney

As they walked through the streets of San Francisco she felt an odd creeping sense. A thought was tugging at her. Parker was walking to her left and she kept thinking about something he had said earlier in the day. She thought for a long time before saying anything.

"Parker?" she asked.

"Yeah," she heard him say in his tenor voice. She was quiet for a while longer before continuing.

"Parker, do you want to go off on your own?" She finally asked. Her voice was tight and forced. Her eyes were blinking faster than normal. She did her best to keep her face without emotion. If he wanted to go off on his own, she wouldn't be an anchor to him.

"Off on my own?" Parker asked in confusion. "Why?"

Britney took a deep breath and answered, "Back in the lab, when Kyle asked if we wanted to go with him, you said you worked better by yourself." They had stopped walking by now and were standing in the middle of a busy sidewalk.

Parker waited a while before answering. "I do work better alone, but that doesn't mean I want to be alone. Britney, we've been through this from the beginning. I'm not going to leave you now."

Britney smiled; glad to know that Parker didn't want to go on without her. She didn't know if she would have been fine alone. Then she asked, "So where are we going?"

Parker answered, "I'm not sure. I think we should just keep walking for a while. It's been a long time since we've had a chance to do nothing." They started again and Britney felt an odd sense of happiness. They had a lot to think about, but she was glad that for at least a while they would have some peace.

Zach

His mind had changed. Or rather, he took up space in a different part of his mind. Everything became distorted, filtered until only darkened versions of life remained. There was a different feel to everything and he made his decisions more rashly. Otherwise he wouldn't be here, hiding in a car headed for Montana. That's where it was all happening. He had been following Harvey and Will and saw them meet up with another group. He had heard about what happened in Montana, it was all anybody seemed to talk about, and when he found out that Will was heading there with his new friends he had to get there too. He had to do something.

He told himself that he was only going to make sure that Harvey and Will didn't cause trouble, but inside, in that new part of his mind, he knew that he was going to do something rash. It wasn't fair that Will could go around with no remorse. He and Harvey had escaped unscathed and Zach was going to change that. The trip was a long one, and as he went from car to car, hiding in the backs of trucks, and finding people willing to give him rides, he felt himself become more and more isolated from everything. He knew no one except for Harvey and Will.

By the time that Helena, Montana was a few miles away, he was walking. He no longer looked for company. He stayed to himself and kept on. He had no idea how far away Will and the others were, now, but he didn't care. Reason wasn't driving him anymore, only a focused rage. Nothing else could get through his mind. He walked quickly, with determination, and as he looked forward seeing the sign that marked the city limit he smiled. He started clenching and unclenching his hands and from his palms came bursts of light. As he walked past the posting, he flung his arm out and a ball of hot white light flew out, it hit the sign and left a scorched circle across the front. Zach walked into the city, revenge bubbling through his thoughts.