A New Age, A New Team

Chapter 14: Sparks Fly

"Are you sure we're at the right place?" Natalie, also known as Miracle, asked in her London accent, as she slowly pushed back the hood of her cloak to reveal her wavy blonde shoulder length hair.

"Yes. I'm sure." Mary-Lynn said in her southern bell accent before, also known as Aphrodite, sighing in frustration as she too pushed back the hood of her cloak. Mary-Lynn's blonde curls bounced up and down slightly as they were released from underneath the hood of her cloak. Her naturally violet colored eyes glanced around the abandon warehouse that they stood in front of in disgust. She glanced down at the small piece of paper in her hand and then looked back at the building one last time. "Unfortunately I'm sure."

Natalie's silver eyes glanced around the dusty old warehouse and sighed. "I was afraid you were going to say that." She sighed as she walked over to the door and opened it.

The two young girls leaned forward to look inside the dark warehouse that had absolutely no light in it whatsoever. The only form of light within the eerie warehouse was the small amount of light that came in through the dusty skylights above on the ceiling.

"After you." Natalie nodded to Mary-Lynn.

"Scared?" Mary-Lynn smirked to Natalie in a challenging way as she walked into the dark warehouse with confidence.

"No," Natalie smirked back to Mary-Lynn when she walked up and stood by her side. "Just thought you'd like to go first." Actually, just in case this was a trap of some kind. You're power isn't as effective as mine is in battle.

"Well thank you." Mary-Lynn nodded to Natalie with a hint of a devious smile playing on her red lips.

The two girls looked around the warehouse for a few moments. They both strained their eyes to look into the darkness as if they were looking for someone.

"He did say to meet him here right?" Natalie asked in frustration.

"Yes."

"He's late." Natalie huffed.

"Give him time Natalie." Mary-Lynn said softly. "He'll show… Besides, patience is a virtue."

Orion Paradox, who was also known as Sparks, sat quietly on top of an old wooden crate, which was piled high in the abandon warehouse in which Mary-Lynn and Natalie has entered. His legs were crossed so that he was sitting Indian style on top of the crate, and his hands rested in his lap, while he had his eyes closed. His mind concentrated on the air that flowed into his body, and the air that he forced out. His breathes were long and deep as he shut his sense of sight off and relied completely on smell and hearing. "Took you two long enough." He said calmly from within the shadows.

Mary-Lynn and Natalie quickly started looking around to see him, but neither one of them could find him.

"Where are you?" Mary-Lynn asked.

"Patience Mary-Lynn." Natalie said in a mocking tone. "Remember? Patience is a virtue." She smirked at the southern bell, who just glared back at her.

Orion slowly stood up on top of the wooden crate with his eyes closed and then once he was fully standing he opened his yellow eyes to stare down at the two girls in cloak down below. He quietly flipped down from crate to crate until he landed on the floor. "I'm in front of you." Both girls stared forwards into the darkness and saw nothing… However, when Orion finally walked out from the shadows both girls gasped in surprise at him. "Did I scare you?" Orion smirked as he stopped right in front of the two girls. He stood much taller then both girls, but neither one of the girls were intimidated.

"No." Natalie said coldly as she stared into Orion's yellow eyes with her silver eyes.

"Good." Orion gave a cheeky smile to Natalie and then glanced at Mary-Lynn. "You called me, so what do you want?" He said very business like.

"My name is Mary-Lynn and this is Natalie."

"Orion." Orion said bluntly.

"Let's cut the crap… We want to hire you." Mary-Lynn said coldly.

Well then. Isn't she Miss Demanding. "For what?"

"Does it matter?"

"Maybe." Yes.

Natalie looked back and forth between Orion and Mary-Lynn and the asked and answered question in a random way. "We need you in helping with a heist we're going to pull off." Natalie interjected.

"Natalie." Mary-Lynn gasped.

"Now you have my attention." Orion smirked. "How many others involved?"

"Four others." Natalie quickly said.

"A heist with seven people. Tricky stuff." Orion shrugged. "Any dangers?"

"The only danger would be X² if they found out about it." Natalie said softly, but still with confidence.

"But they shouldn't find out about it." Mary-Lynn finished.

That means I'd be going against Hecate… and Linx. "I have to think about this." Orion said softly as he turned around and started to head back into the shadows.

Both Natalie and Mary-Lynn exchanged looks. "Stop him." Natalie whispered to Mary-Lynn.

"How?"

"You're the mutant with the pheromone powers, remember? Use them."

Mary-Lynn took a step forward. "Wait." She softly said as she used her power to lace her voice in a pheromone to attract Orion back to her.

Orion stopped in his tracks and looked over his shoulder at her, "Yes?"

"We'll pay you."

"I'm listening." Orion said with a smirk as he fully turned around, but he stayed where he was standing as he folded his arms on his chest.

"Name your price."

Orion smirked devilishly, "It's a lot."

"We'll pay."

I'm sorry Hecate and Linx. "Then you have yourself a deal.

Both Natalie and Mary-Lynn started to get the same devious smile on their faces as they looked at Orion. "Perfect." Mary-Lynn smirked.

"However…" Orion said calmly.

"Yes?" Natalie smirked.

"I get paid up front."

"Fine." Mary-Lynn smirked. "How much do you want?"

"Five hundred thousand."

"No." Mary-Lynn said coldly.

"No? Well then I walk." Orion said calmly as he turned around and started to walk away.

"The most we'll pay is two hundred thousand."

Natalie leaned over to Mary-Lynn and whispered in her ear, "What are you doing?"

"Trust me." Mary-Lynn whispered back. "Two hundred thousand or we walk."

Orion stopped in his tracks and sighed. "Fine." He said as he turned around. "Two hundred thousand it is."

"I thought you'd see it our way." Mary-Lynn smirked as she reached inside her cloak and pulled out a small black box. "Your money."

Orion walked over to her and carefully took the box from her hand. He unlatched the sides and flipped the top open. He flipped through the stacks of hundreds before slipping the box under his arm. "You have yourself a deal Miss Mary-Lynn." Orion said as he held out his hand to her. Forgive me.

"It's Miss Walker." Mary-Lynn said coldly as she took Orion's hand and shook it.

"Fine Miss Walker, you officially have yourself to service of Sparks… What is it you want me to do?"

"Follow us." Natalie said calmly as both her and Mary-Lynn turned on their heels at the same time and walked out of the warehouse, with Orion walking closely behind them.

The tall Scottish boy known as Lucas Connelly (AKA Shocker), pulled up just a few feet from outside the Mansion and kicked down the kickstand of his black motorcycle. He pulled his matching black helmet off his hair to expose his brown, neatly kept hair, with hints of auburn in it. His brown eyes, which had flecks of gold in them, stared at the large cement walls that surrounded the Mansion and smirked. I don't know why they insist on these silly walls. Anyone can get over them. He thought as he swung his legs off his motorcycle and stood next to it. And that security system. Ha. That's so easy to get passed… Well it's show time.

He lifted the seat of his motorcycle up, pulled a grappling hook out, closed the seat, and then walked over to the cement wall. I have a few seconds to hook the wall, get over and unhook. He swung the grappling hook around a couple times before throwing it up against the wall. Once the hook as securely hooked, he quickly climbed up the rope, unhooked the grapple, and jumped onto the lawn. He paused for a moment to check if he had set off the alarms, and once he was sure he hadn't he casually walked across the lawn.

Lucas was about to step onto the pebble driveway that led up to the house when all of a sudden he was quickly stopped. "What the?" He said as he struggled to move forward. He looked down at his legs, which were covered in ice and stuck to the ground.

"What are you doing here?" A voice asked in a bitter tone.

Lucas struggled to look behind him and when he finally saw whom it was he sighed in relief. "I'm coming to see Sammy, what else?" He smirked.

A young man with shaggy dirty blonde hair, with a hoop earring through his left earlobe, walked around the side of Lucas and glared at him with his blue eyes. "You know you're not supposed to be on our property…"

"Can you unfreeze my legs now, Frosthead?"

"It's Frostbite, and no I won't unfreeze your legs."

"If you're expecting me to apologize about screwing up on your codename just to get my legs unfrozen–" Lucas took a deep breath in, focused his electricity energy on the ice and then shattered it, "–don't hold your breath… Now where's Sammy."

The young man froze his hands and his blue eyes stared down into Lucas' brown eyes. "You're part of Chaos–"

"Thank you Captain Obvious." Lucas interjected.

The young man glared in annoyance at Lucas. "So you're not going any closer to inside."

"Seth." A female voice said calmly, which made both men turn and see Sam walking out across the grounds towards them both. "Lucas doesn't ever go inside." She said calmly as she placed a soft hand on the young man (Seth) with frozen fists' shoulder. "Don't worry about. He'll be gone in a minute." Seth's blue eyes looked down into Sam's hazel-green eyes in protest. "I promise."

"Fine." Seth sighed in defeat and turned around. "Just be careful Sam." He whispered to Sam so that only she could hear him.

"I will be." She gave him a soft smile before Seth walked away; leaving Sam and Lucas alone on the grounds.

"So you always got guys watching your back?" Lucas teased Sam.

"What are you doing here Lucas?" Sam sighed softly.

"I came to see you Sammy… of course." Lucas smiled cheekily.

"Don't call me Sammy." Sam growled. She hated being called that and only Lucas called her that, which pissed her off.

"I'm sorry Sammy–Sam." Lucas quickly corrected himself. "Did I make you mad?" He asked softly as his brown eyes stared at her eyes.

Remember? He saved your life once. You owe him. Be nice. Sam reminded herself. "No Lucas." She said softly. "But I have to be going…" She said as she turned around to leave.

"Wait!" Lucas said as he grabbed Sam's wrist and turned her around. "Why? I was hoping to talk a little longer then a few moments. I mean I did disobey Sonic and get my legs frozen to talk to you." He smirked sweetly.

Sam couldn't help but give a small laugh at what he said. "I'm sorry Lucas, I have to meet people in the library to work on a report… I'm sorry." Sam said in remorse.

"It's alright." Lucas chuckled as he let go of her wrist. "I understand. Duties call." He shrugged as he turned around and started to walk away from Sam. "But one of these times Miss Wilder…" Lucas chuckled as he turned around to face her, but he continued to walk away from her. "I will talk to you longer then a few moments." He turned back around. "Mark my words." He shouted before disappearing back through the grounds.

Sam stood there alone on the grounds staring at where Lucas once stood. "Whatever you say Lucas." She whispered as she shook her head and walked back inside the mansion.