A New Age, A New Team
Chapter 32: Unknown Prayer

"Jamal?" Cerebro's mechanical voice echoed over the speaker system in the medical wing.

"Yes Cerebro?" Jamal asked as he checked over Aurora's monitors.

"The team has left on a mission," Jamal turned his attention away from the monitors, "Chaos broke into a science lab."

"Thank you Cerebro."

"Yes Jamal." Cerebro clicked off the speaker system.

Jamal set his clipboard on the edge of Satine's bed and closed his brown eyes while his hands were on either side of the clipboard, "Even though everyone in this era has lost faith in you, I haven't," He quietly said to an unknown person listening. "I don't know who you are, what is right and what is wrong, I just believe you. I have faith." He sighed as his fingers curled around the sheets for a minute. "Please keep them safe," he whispered as he opened his eyes to look at Aurora, "and her too."

Grace and Sean stood in front of everyone in the large area in the back of the car with seats for the members to sit on. "Here's the deal," Sean started, "we need to be uniform about who takes who."

"So listen up and listen good," Grace added, "As you know there are certain main members of Chaos: Sonic, Aphrodite, Rush, Diamond, Miracle, and Shocker." As she spoke, holograms of each members of Chaos appeared before X².

"However this time they have two new members," Sean sighed, "Shadow Runner and Sparks."

Hecate and Linx looked at the hologram of Sparks as it appeared in betrayal. "He works for them…" Hecate hissed under her breath to Linx. Linx just stared at him for a minute and felt her heart grow hard at the thought of him working for them. "Linx and I want Sparks." Hecate said bitterly.

"You can't just call who you want," Grace reminded Hecate.

"Give us Sparks," Hecate stared with her deep blue eyes, "we have a score to settle with him."

Linx looked up at Grace and Sean and sighed, "Give us Sparks." She said half-heartedly.

"Fine." Sean nodded. "The detectors of the building have picked up activity from all the members except Shadow Runner, which is good because that's one less person to take care of."

"So here are the teams," Grace quickly said as they approached closer and closer towards the science lab. "Noah, Tonya and Seth are a team and taking Diamond and Shocker. Diamond can manifest diamonds and project them, while Shocker can manipulate electricity."

Tonya smirked, "Can I take the fellow Brit and the other two can take Shocker?"

"That's up to your team." Grace sighed.

Tonya looked over at Noah and Seth, who both shrugged. "Great."

"You'll need these Tonya in order not to be hurt by Diamond's powers," Sean said as he handed her arm cuffs to protect her forearms. Tonya grabbed the metal arm cuffs and strapped them around her forearms quietly.

"Hecate and Gabe will go after Miracle. Miracle can absorb any - and I mean any - disease and transfer it to whomever she pleases." Sean said strictly to Hecate and Gabe, who glanced at one another before nodding.

"Linx and Hiro are taking Sonic, who is Chaos' leader. He can send sonic blasts out through his hands."

"Understood." Hiro nodded before glancing over at Linx who had just finished taking a deep breath in with her eyes closed.

Linx opened her eyes and looked at Hecate for a moment, who's dark blue eyes burned with passionate hatred. "Hecate?"

"Yeah?" She sighed.

"I still have a feeling that we should be listening to Sparks."

"What?" Hecate snapped as she looked at Linx, which made her long platinum hair sway. "After betraying us for Chaos, you still want to trust him?"

Linx sighed, "I just have a feeling that we should."

Hecate shook her head and sighed, "Fine. I'll take care of him."

Linx sighed again and closed her different colored eyes for a moment, "I'll help you… Besides, you'll probably tear him to pieces, literally."

Hecate smirked, "I don't think you can stop me from doing that."

Linx smirked back, "I bet I could give you a run for your money."

"We'll see."

Linx nodded her head and glanced over at Hiro for a moment in silence. What is he hiding? She thought quietly, and then tore her stare away from him when he glanced back at her.

"Jazmine you're going to be with me and we're going after Aphrodite," Grace sighed as she walked over to sit by Jazmine.

"And Lindsey and Dawn you two are with me," Sean smiled as he walked over to them. "Unfortunately, Dawn since you're a new member we can't risk having something happen to you so Lindsey will mostly watch out for you, but Lindsey I need your attention also."

"Whatever," Lindsey nodded. "I'm there."

"Good." Sean nodded as he looked over at Tonya who was tightening the straps on the cuffs across from him. "Here," he offered as he struck the cuff guards a couple times to see if they would shift and then tightened them probably.

"Thanks," Tonya nodded as she pulled her black dreadlocked hair back into a ponytail.

"Anytime." Sean nodded with a smile before returning to his seat next to Dawn.