Chapter 5

"awww, what have i done now?" Jason innocently queried,

"How the hell did you survive?" David changed his tone from one of fear to one of complete anger

"Didn't you listen, i have powers too, although, I have to say yours were much more spectacular, I've never seen anything like it"

"You've changed your tone since this morning" David continued with a hint of confusion in his tone,

"Well, people can change, you've proved that yourself," Jason sounded much more friendly

"What was with the treatment, the torture," David harshly reminded him, "The betrayal,"

"The stress of being hunted down and driven from my home hardly made me a bundle of laughs. Mik was just sympathetic, he didn't even know half of why..."

"Your parents?" David persisted

"The first to find out, and the first to make me feel like shit" Jason shouted, obviously hurt by the memories "they rang the police when i was at school, when i got home I was arrested."

"and yet..." David hinted,

"I blew up the police car, and the officers, then returned home and burnt the house."

"Hang on, you blew up the car,"

"yes,"

"with you still inside it??!"

"Yes," Jason confirmed

"Ok, I'm guessing since you burnt your house, and I'm guessing your parents with it?" Jason nodded "Your power has something to do with fire?"

"I can create and manipulate fire, and withstand extreme heat. I can fly, propelling fire from my hands and feet, although having gotten mud all over my feet on the campsite, it baked when i flew over,"

David snorted, trying desperately not to laugh

"yeh, shut up," Jason started to chuckle with him, Siobhan just smiled sweetly, waiting for the boys to finish

"I'd forgive you just for that!" David couldn't contain himself any longer, and exploded into a fit of laughter, joined by both his guests.

"God this job's fun" Siobhan giggled

"ooo," David realised, "now I've found you, what do we do now?"

"Find more mutants?" Siobhan suggested

"Then sort out the mess Althea created" Jason concluded

"So you know about her too" David asked interestingly

"we both do, and Coral and Jem," Jason informed

"Erm," Siobhan suddenly sounded a little afraid "Before we start, there's one more enemy you two need to know about"