Cam didn't want to let go of Heather's hand, but he knew that if he didn't she would make him. He could see it in her eyes that she was embarrassed by her tears and was trying to stop.
"Heather" he whispered, prompting her to look him in the eye. "It's ok, you have every right to cry," he told her.
"Later" she sniffled and he looked at her almost disappointed, about to insist that she didn't have to wait until she was alone to show her feelings, when she added a whispered "please."
That Cam understood meant that she didn't mean she wanted to be alone, it meant that she wanted to deal with the problem at hand and maybe find a solution in the process.
Nodding Cam began to make work of the lock on the cell door and had it opened in no time. Once it was open he rushed into the cell and tried to get down beside Heather but she was already on her feet, drying her tears and shaking her head. She looked past him over to the other boys and Cam knew what that meant, he had a lot of explaining to do. He walked over to the three alone while Heather approached her sister, secretly he wondered who was facing the harder conversation.
"Guys listen-" he began nervously but Mark cut him off.
"Save it Cam," he said harshly, staring him down with a death glare. Instantly Cam shut his mouth and the other two boys looked at Mark; as it was evident in his eyes that he was going to continue. "I still don't know whose side you're on, but I do know that you would never take away Heather's powers. One wrong move and I WILL make you regret it, but for now I'm going to trust Heather and HOPE that you were lied to" he stated clearly and Cam nodded, understanding that Mark probably didn't trust him at all, not that he could blame him.
"What about you guys?" He asked, turning his attention away from Mark and onto Tony and Zach.
Zach was first to speak; it almost hurt the others to see it written all over the younger boy's face how much he was suffering from the rift between his sisters. It was easy to tell that he didn't know what to believe, but he did know one thing.
"Chloe is your and Emily's friend, and you're the ones who hurt us. I'll believe you," he admitted.
"Same" Tony agreed.
"Emily" Heather said in a nervous whisper as she approached her sister. Emily hesitantly turned her head to look at Heather who was lowering herself to the ground. "Em I am sorry that I didn't see how lonely you were, I know I should have. But next time please just talk to me." She begged, her voice shaking with the tears in her eyes.
"It's just… We used to be best friends and then once you started saving the world..." Emily trailed off; she knew that there was no excuse for what she had done to her sister.
"But Emily I wasn't happy then. I lived each day terrified that I was going to hurt somebody, my anger was constant and my powers were nothing but cruel reminder. Ever since I started saving the world I've been happy, and my powers have been my biggest strength." She explained but she saw that her words only upset her sister more.
"Are you TRYING to make me feel worse?" Emily asked through her tears, while Heather had nearly stopped crying Emily was still balling her eyes out.
"No" Heather said, her tears beginning to resurface "I'm just trying to make you understand-" she tried to explain.
"Make me understand what?!" Emily snapped, "That I'm the worst sister in the world? That I destroyed part of you?" She demanded desperately.
Heather wouldn't show it now, but her heart broke a little more when Emily said destroyed.
"I'm trying to make you understand that it was a part of me," she said "but taking it isn't going to fix anything" she clarified, her tears had all but returned and had a voice not interrupted them she may have started crying again.
"Emily" Tony's voice said, both of the girls looked behind Heather to realize the boys standing behind them. "This isn't entirely your fault. Chloe manipulated you; she saw a weakness and struck. Just like she did with Cam and Zach," he said but Emily looked as though she still blamed herself completely. The actions and desires were hers; Chloe only prompted her to act on them. "She wanted us to fight each other, when we should've been fighting her" he said and with a nod Emily wiped her tears and agreed.
"You're still fighting?" She asked, turning to Heather who nodded solemnly. "Then" she began as she got to her feet "I'm on your side," she declared with a small smile. Heather also grinned in disbelief as she stood up and Emily faced the rest of the team. "Just to be clear I knew nothing about this take over the world thing, but I do know how to take care of Chloe," she announced.
"So what's the plan?" Zach questioned as he, Cam, and Mark quietly made their way through one of the many hidden passageways in Superior's castle.
As he crawled Cam was scrolling through some sort of file on the holographic screen of his wrist computer, one of his latest inventions he had created with the help of Wade.
"Chloe told me she was working for Monkey Fist but according to his record, although he is free, he's in prison," Cam explained.
"So what? They're staging a prison break?" Mark questioned
"Maybe but that seems to be more of Chloe's department, not something Superior and Dementor would need to team up for" Cam said.
"Well Dementor's into control, Superior's into magic, and Monkey Fist is into power. Villains usually have a theme with their plans and Chloe tried defeating us by getting inside our heads, sounds like a mind control plan to me" Zach thought aloud right before letting out an "oof" as Mark and Cam stopped abruptly and he bumped right into Cam. "What's the deal?" He questioned in annoyance as the older boys stared down at him.
"What?" He asked but Mark just held up his Kimmunicator and radioed Heather.
"Don't bother interrogating Chloe, Zach figured out the plan," he told her.
"Uh... ok. Tell him I say good job" Heather replied, slightly confused but none the less happy to have one less problem to worry about.
She, Tony and Emily were also making use of Superior's 'secret' hallways while they looked for Chloe, Emily was leading the way since she was sure she knew where to find the girl.
"So Chloe is a synthodrone?" Toy questioned, only for Heather and Emily to each roll their eyes.
"No, she's a human who was created in a lab" Emily said but Tony still didn't understand how that could be possible.
"Dementor stole my dad's synthodrone technology and created Chloe, but since it's ridiculously easy to destroy a synthodrone Superior used his magic to make her human" Heather explained.
"Unfortunately for Dementor he programed her with artificial intelligence beforehand so when Superior made her human she became exactly that, the intelligence gave way to emotions" Emily added.
"Unfortunate for Dementor and his partners but fortunate for everyone else, including Chloe. She's working for him out of obligation and programming, but if she has emotion she has a chance of breaking that" Heather said
"Sounds like a slim chance" Tony commented but Heather frowned
"Still a chance" she said hopefully.
Hey again SO sorry for the late update! I recently started working a lot more hours and have had a lot going on with school so i haven't had a lot of time to write. I also had writers block with this chapter but hopefully you like it and there is more to come.
P.S. I'm actually on the fence on whether or not Heather is going to get her powers back and would love to hear from anyone with an opinion on that!
