In a Desert Somewhere

After being lead to a car, led into a glowing yellow skyscraper, which was very out of place in the harsh desert, Chase was released by his two captors in a room at the top of the building. Their first mistake was not restraining him in any way. The room was the same glowing yellow as the exterior of the building.

The one with the raven hair said, "Sorry for the weapon. My friend can be a little bit overzealous."

"Well it seemed like the fastest way to get him here at the time." The one with the freckles replied.

"Get rid of it."

"Fine." the one with the sandy hair tossed the gun aside and as soon as it hit the floor it started to flicker before vanishing into nothingness.

"It was fake." the other one said to Chase. "I'm sorry for us bringing you here like this...you're...you...are..kinda just here because we need help from someone and the only way to make sure we get it is by taking you. Again, I'm really sorry."

"Well that makes everything perfectly fine." Chase said.

"Sarcasm." the one with the sandy hair complained. "That's my thing"

"Where am I?" Chase asked.

"You're in my reality."

"My name is Graham and his name is Taylor." the one with the dark hair said. "We're just going to keep you here for a while. All we need you to do is-"

"Do whatever you say?" Chase asked.

"Um...well..." Graham started.

"Yeah, pretty much." Taylor said.

"Well, that's not happening." Chase said, assuming a fighting stance.

Graham looked slightly disappointing as he hung his head and said, "Do your thing."

Taylor held his hands up, four inches apart from each other and a glowing yellow cube appeared between them. He pinched the edges and started tweaking it. In a second the cube was a triangle and four manacles appeared from the floor out of nowhere and flying upward to attach themselves to Chase's arms and legs, pulling him back ten feet to the nearest wall.

"Sorry." Graham said.

"Don't be." Taylor said. "We're closer than ever to our goal, you should be excited."

"I'm worried doing this isn't the right way to go about this." Graham said.

"But we don't have any other option."

"We need to be careful. We've never done this before."

"Don't worry, this is my world."

"You guys are bionic." Chase said.

"No, what I just did was completely normal." Taylor said, voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Don't be so mean." Graham said, turning around to exit the room. "Just get everything ready for our guests."

"Yes, sir." Taylor said before the door closed. Taylor approached Chase and with a flick of his wrist the restraints extended. "Hand me your phone so I can tell your dad to save you." Chase reached into his pocket and pulled it out. When he handed it to Taylor he went into his contacts and dialed a number. When there was an answer he said. "Hello, sir. I think I might have something you want...that's exactly what I wanted you to say...I'll leave the line on so you can trace this call." Taylor created a new cube and turned it into a two-dimensional pentagon, creating a table and a comfy chair.


Donald & Cindy's Perspective

When everyone exited the jeep outside of the skyscraper they split into two groups at the exit: Adam and Bree in one and Donald and Cindy in the other.

"Why were you so adamant about the two of us checking the top floor first?" Donald asked, a little winded after climbing twenty flights.

"Because the princess is always in the highest room in the tallest tower." Cindy said. "You okay? Need a break?"

"I'd be better if you didn't make me climb all the way up here for the sake of an insult."

"I'm not stupid. We're here so we can sweep from top to bottom while they do the opposite. We're finally at the top."

"Thirty flights." Donald was hyperventilating. "Seems like more."

"I think it's just you." Cindy pulled her escrima sticks from her boots as she led the way into the hallway which turned out to be empty, just like everything they'd seen so far. "Now let's get to kicking in doors already."


Adam & Bree's Perspective

"Where is everyone?" Bree wondered aloud. "Six floors and nobody? What if he's not here?"

"He is." someone behind them said. They turned around and saw a guy with raven-colored hair standing at an intersection in the hall. "Follow me and I''ll take you to him." his body started to emit smoke that turned into five other silhouettes. The smoke turned into five separate versions of himself, leaving six in total. The man and his clones split up, three going down one hallway and three down the other.

"What happened?" Bree asked.

"Doesn't matter. We need to split up." Adam said.

"Agreed. If any of them are really leading us to Chase we can't risk missing the chance of finding him faster." Bree said. "Be careful."

"I will."

They each chose a hall and followed the copies.


Donald & Cindy's Perspective

The last door Cindy opened was the jackpot. She called Donald over and he saw it. Chase was on the floor and a yard a way from him two men were standing. One was standing still, seemingly lost in thought and the other had a floating box between his hands, pinching and pulling it.

"Hope you two can handle the heat." Cindy said, her hands catching fire. "Actually, I don't." She pushed her hands forward and a huge blast of blue fire surged forward. When it dissipated nothing had happened.

"Now that that's out of your system let's speak." the one with the glowing box said. "My name's Taylor and my friend here is Graham. And I'd like to tell you a bit about us."

"Taylor," Graham said. "I'm downstairs and I need a little help."

"On it."

"I'm leading two bios to Drogon. I'm also getting the mole ready. And I'm seeing Taylor Swift in concert. Next time you see me ask how it was."

"Did he say what I thought he said?." Davenport asked Cindy.

Taylor started twisting his cube for ten seconds before it turned into several large octagons. He touched each of them and they turned into dust.

"Did you see that?" Davenport asked Cindy.

"We're watching the same thing." Cindy said. "And I'm going to stop the two of them before they do anything."

"You can't." Taylor said. "My bionics-yes, I have them-allow me to make anything I want and what I want right now is a wall to protect the two of us. But, unfortunately for you, someone you care about is here. Wanna make a deal?"

"What is it?" Davenport asked.

"We don't want our powers. And I know you can help with that little problem."

"So this is what you do to get my help?"

"What? Did you expect us to just go to your door and hope you were generous? I've did my research on you. You're egotistical and selfish. This is our shot at having normal lives again and nothing could be left to chance. And we know what you did to us."

"What did I do?"

"You thought you covered your tracks pretty well, didn't you? The scientists in that lab that did all those tests, the painful tests, the lack of control of our powers. Do you know how it feels to wake up with a bowling ball on your chest. Graham couldn't control the clones he made. They tried to get out and they were stopped...and he felt each of their pain. You did this to us."

"I have no idea what you're talking about, I-"

"How do you think we found you! The scientists that were experimenting on us always said they had to report to Davenport about all their findings."

"I think I know what's going on here. You see, I have a brother."


Adam & Bree's Perspective

Adam and Bree were led around for ten minutes-which Bree spent super-speeding after the clones only for them to vanish into smoke and soon be replaced by another copy whenever she touched them-when they ended up in the same place. It was a vast room with the ceiling, walls and floor made out of the same glowing yellow substance everything else was. Save for the ten copies of the man with brown hair there was nothing in the room but empty space.

"I'm really sorry I have to do this." The man said, regretfully. "But I promise Drogon won't hurt you...I think. Sorry." As soon as the word left his mouth all six copies of him vanished into smoke and a blindingly bright yellow orb of light appeared in the middle of the room. It grew and morphed, shifting into a giant and foreboding form. When it was done it was a glowing yellow dragon soaring around the gigantic room before landing soundlessly.

In a fraction of a second Adam and Bree sprang into action like a well-oiled combat machine and ran away as fast as they could. The second they reached the door it disappeared, leaving only a wall. Adam turned around and fired his heat vision but it went straight through the reptile and a mirror appeared in mid-air, reflecting the rays to their origin point. Adam screamed, raising his hands to cover his eyes. Bree ran as fast as she could and aimed a kick at the beast but she went straight through it as if it were nothing but air and she barely caught her footing before she crashed into the floor. When she looked at it in shock it struck out with its claws and sent her flying into the wall.

"Bree?" Adam exclaimed, blinking so fast his eyes appeared closed. The dragon's tail whipped at him and he grabbed it before the tail became intangible for a second prior to being wrapped around Adam's leg and throwing him into the floor. "How are we supposed to stop something that can hit us if we can't hit it."

When the answer to his question didn't come he realized that she wasn't conscious. She was only embedded in the wall with her eyes closed.


Cindy & Donald's Perspective

"So your evil twin brother is responsible for this?" Taylor said incredulously after Donald finished his explanation, a genuine smile forming on his face.

"It's not a lie." Cindy said. "I was in that lab too." She turned around and pulled her hair over her shoulder, revealing the bar code branded on the back of her neck.

"That proves nothing." Graham said, finally returning from his strange state. "You could just have been brainwashed into feeling loyal to him."

"Do you think that I could be loyal to anyone that did such awful things to so many people?"

"Your body can produce fire from nothing and you don't believe people can change things around in your mind?" Taylor asked. "In our training you were always the prodigy that never got in trouble and never even stepped a toe out of line so why not make you eternally loyal to them?"

"I can assure you I am acting of my own free will. My behavior allowed me a certain degree of confidence with our captors, like being left alone with my nurse during my medical examinations. I was able to incapacitate my nurse, use a hairpin she had to unlock my chains and switch outfits with her so I could walk out of the front door when her shift was over. Did you think it was just luck that your cuffs were unlocked when you were asleep? You were the patients on her list and I wanted to help you, a decision I'm beginning to lament."

"That was you?" Graham asked.

"Graham, I get that it makes some sense but what if she's lying?" Taylor said.

"I'm not. And if I'm lying let my flawless skin be ruined by sunburn and freckles." Cindy said with a shudder.

"Why are you guys saying this?" Taylor asked. He tipped his head toward Chase. "We already told you the price for freeing him."

"Well now that I know who you are and that you're not some random thugs I'll make you the same deal I made with Cindy. I can take out your chips and you'll lose your powers, freeing yourselves to return to your old lives...or you can do more. You can keep your powers and become a member of my team, my home and my family. You can help save innocent lives and prevent danger on a daily basis while I figure out a way to shut down my brother's operation, free everyone in his capture and make sure he suffers for everything he did."

"Do you think we're idiots?" Taylor scoffed.

"Taylor," Graham said, abandoning his usual timid demeanor for a more assertive one. "We need to talk. Now."

Taylor didn't say a word to argue before he waved his hand and the wall shielding the two of them started to glow brighter until it was impossible to see through it. Donald and Cindy heard nothing for the next minute but when the light faded the barrier protecting the two of them and the chains holding Chase to the wall disappeared. "We accept." Graham said with a smile.