When Tuesday had rolled around Jeremy and the others met Roderick in the training program again, this time they were each given a separate task that they had to do. "Yumi, you see that pyramid-shaped stone?" Roderick asked, she nodded, "Your task is to keep yourself floating above the point of that stone for as long as you can, and with your ability of Telekinesis I don't think that should be any difficult task?"

Then he looked at Odd and pointed to a floating triangle in the sky, "Okay Odd, that task is for you…when you get on that triangle, a bunch of targets will appear…using your foresight try to predict where the next target is going to appear. Sounds easy, right? Well then how about I tell you that that thing will start tipping from side to side, so not only will you have to predict the targets…but which way that thing will tilt."

Last he looked at Ulrick and said, " This Challenge I've saved for you Ulrick, and it's just as tough as the ones your friends were given." He then pointed to a bunch of stone pillars, "Yours is similar to Odd's as far as targets are concerned…the only differences are that the targets will try to evade your attack, and if you try to use 'Triplicate' they'll start attacking you. And if that isn't enough of a challenge, the pillars when you land on them will teeter and break off their base. So it is a good idea not to stay on one of those for too long. Okay, that's all I have to say…let's get the show on the road."

About a minute into the training Yumi, Odd, and Ulrick started to realize how difficult these challenges were. Apart from trying to aim at the targets, the triangles' sides had been cut into balance beam widths. And when that thing shifted Odd was almost sure he was going to fall off. He kept thinking to himself, "Just remember everything Roderick told you the first time and you'll survive this."

Yumi was doing marginally well, but the mental strain this put on her was almost too much. She was sure that any moment she would either have to catapult herself away from the stone or collapse right on it.

Ulrick felt he was on the verge of breaking down, not only was hitting the target near impossible…but the longest he could stay on one of the pillars was seven seconds. So to keep moving was a smart thing to do.

Roderick watched them; they all seemed to be struggling at their task. But they were meeting his expectations at a fair pace. Yumi was the first to submit to the strain, she generated one great blast to throw herself from the stone. Roderick walked over to the stone; he ran his finger through a crack that the blast had created, then looked at Yumi. Roderick didn't show whether he was disappointed or not. Odd was next, he slid off the edge of one of the sides…but not before destroying his seventh target. Ulrick lasted the longest, he had destroyed a lot of targets, but finally slipped off one of the pillars and hit the ground hard.

After that Roderick asked them to gather around, Roderick looked at them and said, "Okay, after this I think you are making progress, you're meeting my expectations at a below average pace…but I wasn't expecting for you guys to become pros at any of this over the course of the weekend, can any of you figure out what meaning your task might be?" They all shrugged and Roderick continued, "Yumi, yours was to show that Devian will push you passed your physical limits…to the point where you would have keeled over. Odd, yours was to show that Devian would try and throw you off your balance…to defeat Devian you'll need to keep your hand-eye coordination, and your reaction time sharp. Because lose your balance, and Devian will have you right where he wants you."

He finally turned to Ulrick and said, "Yours was to show you that Devian will not allow you to stay in one spot for very long, it's seriously critical to keep your speed and agility in constant use when against him…I want you all to learn these things because when I feel your finally ready for Devian I expect you to use these lessons to their fullest."

OUTSIDE THE FACTORY:

Roderick looked at them again and said, "Next lesson is this Saturday, now I know you would probably hate to waste your weekend on me and all of this, but remember…LEGION doesn't take vacations."

Roderick then looked at Jeremy, by what he (Roderick) could see something was troubling him (Jeremy). He walked towards Jeremy and asked Jeremy what was bugging him, Jeremy replied, "It's nothing."

"Sometimes a little nothing can lead to a whole lot of something, now what's bothering the smart kid…come on, I promise I won't tell anyone else." Roderick said, Jeremy then pulled a folded piece of paper out of his pocket.

"Somebody has been leaving me letters like this." Jeremy answered, handing Roderick the letter. Roderick looked at it and said, "Looks by this somebody has feelings for you Jeremy." Jeremy then took out another three letters and said, "And that's not all, these were also on my door…at first I thought it was just someone's mean little joke, but when they kept coming I realized how serious this was."

Roderick then gave a look of annoyance and said, "You mean somebody tapes these to your door and you don't even hear them?" Jeremy nodded and said, "This person either does this when I'm still asleep, or when I'm not in my room."

Then Roderick snapped his fingers and said, "You know what I'm going to do, I'm going to stake out the hallway leading to your room…and don't worry about me being caught by anybody, I've got a pair of moccasins that'll make sure no one catches me."

THE DORM HALLS…9 PM:

Roderick was as good as his word, sure by this time he was to remain in his room…but to catch Jeremy's admirer in the act, he'd have to break a few rules. He waited peeking around the corner every once in awhile, by 10:44 Roderick started to nod off. "Gee, I hope this girl shows up soon, I don't know how long I'm going to last…Wait if I remember I have some ginseng tablets in my pocket, I'll just take one of them and that should help me out." Roderick reached into his pants pocket and there they were, he'd almost forgotten about them. He quickly took one out and popped it in his mouth.

By Midnight Roderick was about to call it in, he helped himself up. "Well this was a waist of my time…I hope you catch her someday Jeremy, because I gave it a go and look what I came up with." He thought to himself, then he heard it…it was faint, but there. The sound of tape, he looked back over the corner and saw a shadowy figure taping a note to Jeremy's door. Roderick rounded the corner and whispered loudly, "Hey, isn't it a little late for you to be snooping about the halls?"

The shadowy figure turned and ran, "You picked a really bad moment to run from me little girl." Roderick whispered to himself as he took off in pursuit. Despite the girls' efforts to get away, Roderick managed to grab hold of her hair. But when she swatted him he only got a small bundle of the strands, and she managed to gain some distance again. Roderick once again took off in pursuit, this time he was able to see something reflective on her wrist, as far as he could tell it was a bracelet. That was the last thing Roderick could make out before the girl turned and went down another hallway, Roderick on the other hand slammed into the wall.

Roderick decided that was enough chasing for tonight, he quietly walked back to his room with the hair in hand. He would look at it tomorrow morning.

The following day Roderick met Jeremy in the cafeteria, "Saw your admirer last night Jeremy, she got away from me…but not before I could grab a bit of her hair." He took the blond strands out of his trench coat pocket and put them on the table, "And that's not all, I saw a bracelet…by what I can guess it was either made of silver or steel, my guess is silver. My advice is look for a girl with blond hair and a silver bracelet."

LATER THAT DAY…AT LEGION HEADQUARTERS:

"Sabrina open up, don't think I don't know what you've been up to for the last few days. I checked the security tapes, I know you've been sneaking out late at night!" Michel yelled, banging on the door that led into Sabrina's room. "Sabrina…I'm not angry, I'm just concerned…as your older brother, it is my duty to protect you from harm. Sabrina as your older sibling I order you to open this door!"

Sabrina opened up and said, "Go away, you wouldn't understand."

She started to close the door, but Michel caught it and said in a bluffing tone: "Try me."

Sabrina brought the door back and said, "I've been sneaking out to give these to…to…to somebody I like, okay. I'm sorry I've been sneaking out late, but it was the only time I knew I wouldn't get caught by anybody."

Michel then showed an expression of understanding, "Ah yes, il giovane amore…in other words, young love. Don't think I wouldn't understand Sabrina, I was in love a few times myself at your age. Though they were just minor crushes, I felt the same way."

He looked at the newly made notes, his only response was: "A few of these are a bit personal from a males' point of view Sabrina, all I can ask is who's the person getting these?"

Sabrina looked at her brother for a moment and replied, "A kid who goes to my school, his name's Jeremy…from what I've heard he's supposed to be some sort of PC whiz. He might know computers better than you even."

Michel looked at her and with a vain grin on his face said, "No body's knows more about computers than me, and being one of the two heirs to a Software Company I thought you'd realize that."

Then Michel snapped his fingers and said, "I just had an idea, I could talk to your principal about taking a school field trip to tour the family Software Company. Then I could meet this Jeremy myself."

Michel quickly left the room, thinking to himself: "And if this kid has as much skill with computers as I think he does he could be a very attainable resource to me."