A/N this is the group's experiences after the separation.

Chapter 7

"Ugh," Paige groaned as she began to regain, "Where am I?

She slowly got up and looked around. The sphere was gone and she was in a field surrounded by mountains and trees that were smaller than her waist.

"What a weird place, Russ!" no response, "Sean!" still nothing, "Dan!" no noises could be heard except the soft rustling of a nearby bush.

She cautiously walked towards it preparing herself for whatever might jump out at her. When she reached the bush there was nothing behind it, just the wind. She sighed, a sigh of relief that there was nothing harmful but also a sigh of disappointment as if she wanted something to keep her company.

"What am I going to do now?" she asked herself and before she could think of an answer saw noticed a person running towards her from afar.

"Who's that," she wondered.

After what seemed like an eternity the figure was close enough to see it was human and probably around her age too. The kid stopped in front of her and started panting. He was wearing a leather jacket with a white T-shirt underneath and black jeans. He had brown hair and a scar running down his face.

"H…e…l…l…o," he said out-of-breath.

"Who are you?" Paige asked.

"I am…Chris."

"Oh," she said, "Where are we?"

"Yes this is the Eternal Plain," Chris answered, "If we go back the way I came we will get to Vangit, my hometown."

They started walking and kept talking the whole way. It seemed like only minutes that they reached the outskirts of Vangit.

"Here we are, Vangit, know for its…its…hmm I guess there's nothing special about it," He broke out laughing, "oh well it's still my home."

"O…k," Paige said as she saw some clouds start forming, "Uh oh, it's going to rain soon and I don't have anywhere to stay out of it."

"Why don't you come to my place you look hungry," he proposed, "I have plenty of food."

"That'd be great, thanks," she was glad to have a place out of the rain to go.

Chris led her to a small house with only three rooms, a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen/living area.

"I know, I know, it doesn't look like much but its better then being outside isn't it?"

"Yeah I wasn't complaining."

"So, are you hungry?"

"I'm a little hungry."

"I've got some hamburgers, how's that sound?"

"Mmm, I love hamburgers."

Chris started cooking the burgers as Paige continued to look around. It took about 15 minutes to cook the burgers but they were finally done. Chris and Paige sat down in front of his television.

"Scientists are puzzled by a strange glowing sphere in the Vangit sewers," said the news reporter.

Paige gasped, another sphere, what do I do, I can't fight it. I also need that stone Russ has.

"What's wrong?" Chris asked sympathetically.

"What? Oh, uh, nothing, nothing I'm fine."

"Come on, it doesn't take a genius to know something is wrong."

"I know what that sphere is," she said and pointed at the TV

"You do? What is it?"

"It's the guardian of the sound piece and I have to defeat it…," her voice started quivering.

"Oh," Chris was stunned at the information he received, "Well I'll help you,"

"Ok!" she yelled out, "Let's go."

"Ok hold on," He disappeared into the bedroom and came out with two daggers, sheathed on his arms, with the handles near his hands, "Ok let's go."

The two walked out and noticed the manhole cover and hopped down it. They started walking on the walkway until they found the sphere.

"Get ready," Paige warned.

"I know," Chris said and whipped his hands down, making the daggers fall out of their sheaths but as they fell past his hands he caught they and held them readily. Paige closed her eyes and concentrated, "PSI Blade Alpha!" two glowing daggers started forming on her arms until they were solid, and she was ready too.

Sounds. All Dan could hear where a bunch of faint noises. He floated in a lake of his existence, only being aware that he was alive. Alive! He's alive! He tried to reach out but failed. The peacefulness was disturbed by noises in the distant.

"Hello!" He shouted, "Who's there?"

His voice was only in his mind and was heard by no one. 'Where am I?' All his stuff was gone and he floated in an eternal darkness. All of a sudden something rattled the world and the darkness turned a blinding white light.

"Ugh," Dan said, this time, out loud.

"He's coming to," A voice told someone.

"Wonderful."

Dan slowly opened his eyes trying to adjust to the light. When he did he saw a room of doctors. He must have been in a hospital bed. A small tube was going into his arm. When he tried to get up his muscles didn't let him.

"Wow," The nearest doctor warned, "Take it slowly."

"Where am I?" Dan asked, "How long have I been here?"

"You are in the town of Tratica," The doctor answered, "and you've been here for a day when Sara found you unconscious in there room."

Ouch! Dan felt a sharp pain in his head, "Oww, why does my head hurt."

"You flew through a window," The doctor laughed, "Oh I'm Dr. Macleod."

I tried to get up again and managed to sit up, a couple of the nurses gasped at that.

"He recovered so quickly," One said.

"My inventions repaired my cell damage quickly."

"You seem fine," Dr. Macleod reported, "you are free to go."

"Thanks," Dan said and proceeded in getting up, "Hey wait where's my gear."

"Oh you mean the stuff that was found near you?" One of the nurses asked.

"Yeah, is it here?"

"It's all right here," she handed me my stuff.

"All of it?"

"Yes it was all found and brought here," She said with a smile.

"Thanks."

Dan walked out, actually he limped slightly, the door and out into the street. Looking around, he saw buildings lining the road and people walking around. To his right, he saw a girl running towards him. He thought she was just running but she stopped in front of him.

"Hi…" The girl said. She had obviously run for a while because she was out of breath.

"Hi?" Dan said wondering who she was.

"You're the person that was in the hospital yesterday right?"

"Yeah, they said I flew through a window."

"So it was you," she said, "I'm Sara you flew into my window."

"Oh…Umm…I guess I should say sorry for breaking your window."

"What? Why?" Sara asked, "You flew into a window," She laughed, "I'm more worried about finding out if you were alright and I can see you are, but you got to work on your steering."

"Yup, I'm fine, but what do you mean steering?" Dan informed her.

"Wow, you sure recovered fast." She was struck with awe, Dan, with confusion.

"Right…anyways, umm…bye."

"Wait," Sara said as if to want something, "where are you going?"

"I don't know. I don't even know where this is."

"Hmm…I got it. I'll be your guide."

"Why do you want to lead me around?"

"I've got nothing better to do."

"Okay whatever lead away."

Sara led me around the town showing me everything. Something told me liked showing people around. I pulled out my GPS and turned it on. A satellite started scanning the earth to find the GPS.

"What the heck!" I exclaimed, as the GPS started flashing "NO SIGNAL"

"What's wrong?" Sara had spun around to face me.

"My GPS says no signal, where is this place?"

Sara suddenly looked distressed, "You aren't from here?…uh…I have to go now bye!"

"Hey wait…!" She was gone, "Something funny is going on,"

Dan decided to get a bird's eye view of the town. Dan put on this jetpack and turned on the jetpack but nothing happened. "It must be broken." He got out his tool kit, and modified it to fit on his legs. "I hope this works." He turned it on, and it hummed, telling him it was working. "Ok not for a test." He bent his legs and jumped, the jetpack instantly shot a burst out, and Dan was launched into the air.

"Ahh!" Dan saw something so startling he almost lost control, "What is that?"

He saw a glowing light about 5 kilometers away. As he started falling again the jetpack shot a burst again to stop his decent.

"Ok it works, but it's not really a jetpack anymore, more a jump-pack, hmm…but not really a pack, oh well, jump-pack it is."

He bent his legs and jumped towards the light, he shot up into the air again, after about 2 seconds a couple of people with wings stopped in front of him.

"Halt!" One said.

Since it wasn't a jetpack anymore he couldn't stop, "Ahh!" He collided with on of the guards and both started falling, Dan faster, because he was more aerodynamic, no wings. The jump-pack stopped him at the ground, and he noticed the guard was still falling.

"I've got to catch him." He stood under where the guard was going to land, and saw the other guard coming, but he know the other guard wouldn't reach the first in time.

"Got to time this right…" Just before the guard landed on him, Dan jumped, the force of his jump countered the speed of the guards descend.

Dan could see that the glowing light was one of the spheres and he had to get to it.

"You are an outsider, why would you save one of us?"

"One of whom…?" Dan was confused. Sure the guard looked different, wings and all, but what did he mean by outsider?

"You came from the outside why would you save him?"

"I…uh…I…" Dan could think of a reason he just did.

"Stop it father!" someone behind him said.

"Sara, go home," the guard said.

"Father he isn't who you think," Sara argued, "He was sent here by an evil power, he didn't do anything."

"He may be dangerous."

"But he might not be dangerous."

"How can you be sure?"

"I just can."

"Umm…may I…say something?" Dan asked.

"Why was he heading for the sphere?" Sara's father asked.

"I was…" Dan tried to say.

"I don't know but he didn't mean any harm."

"EXCUSE ME!" Dan shouted as loud as he could, "If you need to know I am on a mission to get the eight sound stone pieces from the spheres so my friends and I can defeat an evil conqueror named Gigyas."

"Oh," Sara said.

"Oh," Her father replied, "we are trying to get the sound stone out of the sphere but it attacks us, can you help?"

"Sure!" Dan was glad he didn't have to fight them.

"I'm coming," Sara said almost immediately, "You may need help and I'm pretty strong."

"Alright I could use a hand, come on!" Dan jumped off into the air and pulled out his energy rifle, his friend Jeff had always been better at naming his inventions. Dan looked down to see a pair of wings appear out of Sara's back.

"Wow," Dan whispered in awe.

Sara pulled out a bow and prepared for battle.

Pain. Something hard kicked Russ's side and he sprung up.

"So you finally got up. It's about time!" a female voice yelled at him.

"Oww," Russ's groggy voice complained, "Where am I, Who are you?"

"You're in the town of Uoshia my name is Kate," she answered, "Now get up before someone sees you lying there."

"Oh," Russ struggled to get up and managed to for a few seconds until he got dizzy and started to fall over. He noticed the female voice belonged to a girl that had very long brown hair, it almost hit the ground. She was a little shorter than Russ and wore a green T-shirt and skirt.

"Good," Kate said as she caught him, "Come on I'll support you but try to walk.

They began slowly walking to Kate's house.

"How'd I get here? Right, Psi Separation."

"What?" Kate asked, "Psi Separation?"

"Yeah that's the last thing I remember," Russ began, "A kid named Crius used Psi Separation on us and then I woke up here."

"Hmm, I wondered how you got here," Kate said.

"I have to go," Russ said, "I have to find the eight pieces of the sound stone song."

"You what?" she blurted out, "I think I know where one is."

"You do?" he asked, "How?"

"I found this glowing sphere that said it is guarding the sound stone."

"You have to show me where it is."

"Alright," she said and disappeared into the back room and came out with a staff, "Let's go."

Russ walked out the door following Kate and the two companions started off out into the countryside.

"So, why do you need to get the sound stones?" Kate said, breaking the silence.

"If I play all 8 at once I might be able to defeat Gigyas."

"Oh," Kate is still puzzled about something but didn't ask anything else.

"Here it is," Kate said after they had walked for a while.

"So it's in this cave?" Russ asked.

"Yeah, the sphere is inside."

"Ok thanks," Russ said, "I guess I should say bye."

"Why?" Kate asked, "I'm not going back."

"What you can't come with me."

"Why can't I?"

"Umm…I don't know," Russ answered, "Why do you want to."

"My life is boring," she began, "I want some excitement, I want to travel, and something tells me if I go with you I'll get to."

"Well I could use some help so you're gratefully welcomed to my group."

"Group?" she said quizzically, "You were the only one that landed here."

"I know, but I have three other friends," he started, "we just go separated."

"Oh, well let's go."

They walked into the cave. It is dark and humid.

"I can't see a thing," Kate noted.

"P…S…I…Flash!" Russ yelled and a glowing orb formed in his hand, "There."

Kate laughed, "I guess that works."

They continued walking in silence until they saw the sphere. It is across a large gap and the only way across is a narrow path that looked very dangerous to cross. Russ looked over the edge to see how far down it is.

"Eee," he said, "looks pretty far."

"Then don't fall."

"Ha, ha very funny."

"No I'm serious; if you fall I can't catch you."

"Oh," he said.

They slowly inched their way across the narrow bridge towards the sphere.

"…w...ke...p...ean….wa.e.u." A voice spoke to Sean. Someone shook his shoulder, and forced him back into consciousness, "Wake up Sean!" The voice was suddenly clear and as Sean slowly opened his eyes he saw Brian, Dan's friend.

"Brian?"

"Thank goodness you woke up."

"What are you doing here?"

"…I go to school here…with Dan…in Winters."

"We're in Winters?"

"Yeah, but why are YOU here?"

"I don't know…," Sean though for a moment, "PSI Separation. That's right. We are looking for the sound stones."

"What are the sound stones?"

"They're little spherical shaped stones about this big." Sean estimated the size of Russ' and tried to show it.

"Oh. I haven't seen one. I have seen a glowing sphere about twenty times that size, though."

"What, you have?" Sean got up, surprised he could.

"I'll show you, if you'd like."

"Please."

"Okay, but it's dangerous so I got to grab some stuff."

"Heh, you're as bad as Dan with all your gadgets."

Brian ran off, for about 5 minutes. When he returned Sean could hear a slight metallic whining sound as Brian walked.

"What's that noise?"

Brian pulled up his pant-leg partially, "I make these. They enhance my running speed, and jump height, watch." Brain burst off running faster than Sean had ever seen someone run. Then he stopped, flexed his legs, and shot off in the air, and came down perfectly.

"…cool."

"That's all you grabbed?"

"No, I also got these," Brian opened his jacket to reveal two extremely modified desert eagles and tons of ammo; "I have PSI powers, or more specifically, time powers."

"…cool. I use fire, and burn things."

"Nice. I can make small fluxes in time; I use that to shoot super fast by speeding up time for the gun and me. Let's go."

Brian and Sean started off towards the cave Brian said he saw the sphere in.

"Look out." A crocodile that was standing on its hide legs.

"This is a good opportunity to show you my PSI powers, Brian."

"No, let me."

"Oh, okay, have at it."

"Don't do anything! PSI FLUX ALPHA!" Brian opened fire on the crocodile.

Sean looked over at him and saw a black purple aura smoking of Brian. Brian's hands were moving so fast Sean could only see a blur.

"Uh, Brian, you're not shooting." The gun wasn't making any noise and the crocodile.

The croc was dangerously close now. An extremely loud noise came from Brian, or his guns. A solid line of bullets came out of his guns and hit the croc. Instead of puncturing the creature they merely hit it with force and vanished. After the onslaught, the croc ran off.

"What were those?"

"Those, my friend, were normal bullets."

"But they didn't puncture the croc."

"I used my time powers to pull them back before they did, see." Brian pushed the clip release button, and Sean could see that all the bullets were back in the clip.

"Cool!"

"Let's go."

They continued onward through the cave until they saw a large cavern. They stood beside the entrance and peeked inside.

"That's it."

"Okay I'll grab my better guns." Brian reached into his jacket and pulled out two 8 cm, and new ammo clips, "Armour piercing bullets."

They slowly walked into the room, towards their goal.

A/N I hope you enjoyed this chapter.