Everyone stared at the front door as if it grew a face and started singing about cookies. It was as if they thought the door was harmful and couldn't risk looking away or it would do something dangerous.

But all there was, was a knock on the other side of the door that drove them all crazy.

Star wasn't sure if she should open it, or just leave the scared looking girl outside alone, with Generation: Doomsday probably hunting her down and zombies trying to devour her. Or perhaps she was a zombie…

Not possible, she was too human. There were only two logical explanations.

1. She was from Generation Doomsday, or…

2. She was a superhuman that was turned into a human and has escaped/was never found by Generation Doomsday.

"I think we should let her in…." Star said quietly, but loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Are you nuts!" Beck yelled. "She could be armed and dangerous! That's like, suicidal!" He concluded. "But what if she isn't? And besides, there's one of her and eleven of us! We can handle ourselves." Star retorted and she opened the door.

The unknown girl ran in without a word, almost falling down the stairs in the process. But, on the last three steps, she tripped over her on feet and fell to her knees.

Star jumped off the side of the stairs and ran over to her, helping her to her feet.

"Are you okay?" Avalon asked as she approached the girl as well. "N-No!" She was crying.

"What happened?" Star asked. "it- it was- was the…WAAAAAAH!"

""….""

"Sweetie, I'm not sure what 'WAH' is. Could you try to speak English, please? …..Just asking…" Avalon suggested.

Star and Avalon looked at each other and at the others strangely before turning back to the girl.

"What's your name?" Lola asked as she ran over to the girl. "My name is Yuki Harishanto." She said through her sobs.

Her hair was a lovely shade of violet and was down to her back with medium bangs. Her eyes were a light shade of Brilliant Lavender and her lashes were long and dark.

She was wearing a dark red tang top, a black and white check-pattern tie, fishnet gloves that came up to her elbows, and black baggy pants with deep crimson converse.

She stood to her feet and wiped the tears from her eyes. "Please, please help me! I don't know where to go!" She begged. "It's alright! We'll help you! Just…sit down and we'll figure some things out, okay?" Star said with a calming voice, leading Yuki to the couch. She sat down and continued to wipe her wet cheeks with the palm of her hands.

Star ran off to the kitchen and returned a few minutes later with a glass of water. She handed the water to Yuki who mumbled a small 'thank you' and took small sips at a time.

"What happened, Yuki?" Brick surprisingly asked, dragging Blossom to the couch across from the three girls. Blossom stared at him as if she was worried. He never seemed like the concerned type, but he's been different ever since they started dating.

"I woke up in some weird place, with all these strange people staring at me and telling me that I belong to their side. They said that I no long have any freewill and I was like their little puppet on strings. I was scared, because they told me that I didn't have powers and that the littlest things could kill me, and that if I didn't follow their commands, they would be one of the little things that would kill me…." Yuki explained. She was shaking and slightly spilling the water that was in her cup. "That's terrible!" Nestle exclaimed and knelt down beside her. Some time between Yuki's little speech, everyone had found a comfortable place to sit or stand to listen to her in curiosity.

She started crying again, only more quietly than last time.

"They had me strapped to this metal table, tied up like I was some kinda animal or something! I don't know how I managed to, but when they all left the room, I broke out and fled from that place. I ran and ran, looking for some small place to crawl and hide in… And I saw the little tiny door, and it was unlocked, so I crawled inside, stumbled through the darkness and found this place." She said, occasionally sniffing and sobbing. Blaine gave her a look, a nasty one. She noticed it and turned away, not wanting to look at him.

If looks could kill….

"What did they say to you, exactly?" Avalon asked. "Like, did they tell you any important and/or useful information? Like who they were, where you were, or what they called themselves or anything like that?" She added.

"Well, I did over hear them talking… One of them, they all addressed him as their leader, or by Jonah P., but that's all I know about-" "Wait!" Avalon interrupted. "Jonah P.? Jonah P-Palker?" She asked. Her voice shook when she said his last name.

"I-I really don't know. They never said his full name…Why?" Avalon turned to face Blaine, who looked at Yuki and grunted with distaste.

"I'm pretty sure that his name is what you think it is…You seem to know a lot about what's going on…" Yuki murmured under her breath. "Are you aware of the zombies?" Blaine spat nonchalantly. "ZOMBIES! There are zombies here!" Yuki panicked.

"Yes, there are, Yuki." Star said, glaring daggers at Blaine. "They aren't really, zombies per se, they are more like the humans that survived the blast somehow, but they've absorbed enough of the radiation to reconstruct their molecular functions and their DNA, making them a lot less human." She explained, soon after, nudging Blaine in the arm. Hard.

"OW!" He groaned loudly like a child.

"Avalon…?" A small voice called. Everyone went quiet and looked to the direction of the voice. "Who is Jonah Palker?" It was Boomer. His curiosity often got the better of him. He couldn't hold a question back if his life depended on it.

"It was a long story." Boomer's face brightened. "I like stories!" He said. "Such a naïve little child…" Avalon thought with a sad smile and sighed.

"I was only 6 years old at the time… He was 7. My mom was close friends with his mom, and I was friends with him…"


-Flashback-

"Hey, cry-baby, suck it up! It was just a tiny hit on the head. No big deal!" The other boys laughed. "Why don't you go take that little boo-boo to your mommy? Little sissy! Ha ha ha ha!" The other boys laughed again. A young girl, Charlotte Anholt, sat on the floor, crying. The boys had thrown a soccer ball at her for being near what they called, 'their field'. She had been chasing after the butterfly that landed on her lap while she sat on the park bench reading. It landed on a flower; the most beautiful flower she had ever seen. But after she plucked it from the ground, she dropped it, because the ball hit her.

She fell to the concrete floor, just inches away from the soft grass, head first, getting a cut on the far left side of her forehead. Her mom and her friend weren't far, but they weren't close enough to hear her cries. Too busy talking and laughing away, they didn't notice.

The mean boys left, leaving her alone on the pavement.

Until he came…

The son of her mom's best friend. He saw everything. The butterfly, the flower, the ball and the bullies. He grabbed the flower and handed it to her, wiping the tears from her eyes with a smile. "They're just meanies! You're not a cry-baby, you're just…sensitive." He assured her. She smiled and he helped her up. "Thank you!" She smiled even wider. "No problem! Your head is bleeding, here!" He put bandage over the wound. "All better! My daddy told me to always carry these things, just in case. I guess he was right." He said. Charlotte giggled. "I'm Charlotte. And I've seen you before, you're my mommy's friend's son! But I don't really know your name… What is it?"

He extended his hand with a grin.

"My name is Jonah."

-End Flashback-


"We played everyday after that. He would always come over, or I would go to his house, we'd just do crazy kid stuff." Avalon continued with her memories. "But, when I turned 7, I developed super human abilities- I still don't know how or why- and so did he when he turned 8. Suddenly, we got even closer, spending more time together. Until that day…" She slowly looked down to her feet, looking more upset than ever.


-Flashback-

Jonah ran towards Charlotte, tears streaming out of his eyes. He shoved her lightly. "I can't believe you did that! You know how I feel about it! You hurt my feelings, Charlotte! And I don't like that!" He shoved her again.

"I'm sorry! I was finally making friends…You know that nobody liked me, and now they do, but they only want me to be friends with them if I tell them secrets about you. I never knew! I just wanted a friend… I was finally making friends…" She cried.

"But, you pinkie-promised that you wouldn't tell Stephanie that I liked her. And now she must hate me! And what kinda of friend wants you to be their friend if you do mean things? That doesn't make any sense! And now Stephanie isn't my friend, Charlotte!" He yelled, making Charlotte afraid.

"I didn't mean to!" She yelled back. "But you did! And I hope you feel good, because you made three new friends. Too bad you just lost one." Charlotte's eyes widened at the last sentence. A lake of tears ran down her cheeks.

"Jonah? NO!" She pleaded. "I don't like you anymore, Charlotte! Go away! You aren't my friend anymore!" Jonah cried and ran away. "I hate you!" He shouted to her.

- End Flashback-


"Those mean girls at my school ditched me that same day… I was such a fool for doing that to Jonah… Letting his biggest secret escape and ruining his childhood! What kind of friend was I?" Avalon pouted.

"12 years later, the explosion took place. I've never seen Jonah since then. But I had a really bad feeling that he was the leader of the team that was against me…" Avalon concluded.

"Wow… who knew..?" Butch said nervously, earning him a smack in his head from his girlfriend.

"I… I gotta go, guys. Yuki is welcome to stay here. Star, try to get as much information out of Yuki as you can. We need to figure out what she knows so we can help her." Avalon limped away to her room.

"That must be really hard on her." Yuki commented. "I know. But I have to follow orders so, what else did you hear them saying?" Star asked. "Um, they called me the new member of Generation: Doomsday, and they told me that I was supposed to fight against this other team, uh, Team Chemical X Minus." The group gasped.

"I'm not sure if Generation: Doomsday is evil, or if Chemical X Minus is but-" Blaine cut her off. "We're the good guys. They are evil." Blaine exclaimed rudely, making it clear that he was insulted.

"Blaine! Calm down!" Lola shushed him. "You've been acting so bitter as soon as she ran in, and she hasn't done anything to you! So just, chill!" She shouted. "I don't trust her, she is too suspicious… I'm not getting good vibes…" He slurred, glaring at Yuki even more.

"I can't believe you!" Star cried. "Stop paying attention to him, Lola. And stop paying attention to Yuki, Blaine. Maybe that'll work better!" Star then turned to Yuki. "I'm sorry about those two…"

"It's okay, It's fine. I can handle it." She replied. "Great."

"Now, I think you deserve a break." Star continued. "Um….Uh…Who wants food?" Star asked nervously, clasping her hands tightly together with a smile.

"I DO!" Butch cried.

Everyone sighed.


YAY! This is a pretty long chapter. It's longer than my usual. But I did say I'd try to make them longer, did I not? Well anyway, thanks for reading, and thanks for reviewing!

BYE