A New Age, A New Team
Chapter 43: Darkness Filled With Secrets

Poseidon (Sean) was heavily breathing as he stared at Rush (Ashley) for a moment. His brown eyes glanced over at Rage (Sam) who was sitting next to Clutch (Noah), who seemed to be unconscious. I need to get my team out of here… We're not alone. He thought and then turned his attention back towards Rush when he heard the familiar sound of crashing waves coming closer towards him.

He placed his hands out in front of him and shot a wave out to counteract the oncoming wave. The loud clap of water echoed throughout the warehouse as the hydro powers collided against one another. Both men concentrated harder, which made the streams push back and forth between them as they desperately battled for the upper hand. They were both burned from the previous hits of harsh water across their bodies, but they both were continuing to fight.

I have to protect my team, Poseidon thought through clenched teeth as he pressed all his might into his powers, and a surge of water pushed through Rush's wave and crashed into him.

Even though Poseidon was weak, he turned around and took off running towards Rage and Clutch as fast as he could. Clutch was his right wing man, and Rage was Spitfire's (Grace) right wing woman. They both were to take over in case of the event in which neither Spitfire or Poseidon could take charge over the team. They both had fought with one another millions of time, but when it came to protecting the team and fighting for them, both Rage and Clutch were a deadly pairing.

BAM

Poseidon flew across the room and crashed into a pile of wooden crates that shattered upon impact. His skin burned from the lashing wave that swarmed around his body, and then slowly subsided away from him.

"Where the hell do ya think ya goin?" The thick Texas accent of Rush said angrily as he stormed closer towards Poseidon.

"There's someone else here," Poseidon tried to plead to Rush, "we have to get out of here."

"Is that ya cheap accuse for givin' in?" Rush chuckled as he held his hands out in front of him. "Admit it, ya givin' up. Admit it."

Poseidon's brown eyes narrowed, "You're so dense. You're endangering everyone!" He shouted in his thick Australian accent as he placed his hands on the ground to push himself up.

"Ya excuse gets worse and worse," Rush smirked before shooting a wave straight into Poseidon's chest.

Poseidon gasped as the clap of water crashed into his chest and knocked the wind out of him. The water filled his mouth and nose, but luckily he could breath through the water as he gasped against the force of the wave. He grunted and a wave pushed off from the ground and straight into Rush, which flung him backwards and away from Poseidon.

"You don't listen," Poseidon huffed as he slowly stood up from the pile of shattered wooden crates and wiped the wet splinters of wood off of his body. He stared at Rush, who was sitting on the ground and beginning to slowly stand up.

"Ya pathetic," Rush huffed as he slowly stood up.

"Actually I think you would be the pathetic one in this case," Poseidon shrugged, "and if you won't listen then I'll force you to." He grunted before stomping on the ground, which made it begin to shake. The cement below Rush cracked and a large wave pushed up under his feet and then turned upside down and crashed him into the ground as hard as possible.

Poseidon sighed as he stared at the two large holes in the floor from the wave and then began to walk over to Rage and Clutch. "What happened?" He asked as he walked closer and closer.

Rage looked up at Poseidon and sighed, "I don't know," she shook her head as she kept her composure.

Poseidon looked down at Rage and sighed. She always was one of the strongest and hardest people on the team to get close to, so she never let anyone see her when she was hurting and when she was she just looked lost… And that's exactly how she looked as she sat next to Clutch's side. "What happened?" He repeated.

"He tackled me and when I looked on his back there was that needle stick out of him," She said as she gestured her head towards the needle on the ground.

Poseidon stared at the needle and then whispered, "We're not alone." He sighed. "We need to get him out of here."

Rage slowly stood up and slowly cracked her fingers, which were slowly morphing into claws, "He was protecting me," she sighed as her hazel-green eyes flashed yellow and her irises became slits but the rest of her body hadn't transformed, "I'm getting revenge on the sick bastard." She growled.

Poseidon slowly looked around at everyone who was oblivious towards the unconscious member on the ground and was continuing to fight each other. "Rage, this isn't the time," Poseidon sighed.

Rage's yellow eyes looked around in the shadows and then she spoke with determination and calmly, "I'm staying."

Rush slowly began to standup from the rumble of concrete that he crashed into and then looked over at Poseidon, who was standing near Rage and his green eyes looked down at the unconscious Clutch on the ground. What the hell? He thought as he pulled himself out of the hole and then wiped the debris off of him.

He glanced about and saw that everyone was going about their business in fighting everyone else, but there was something strange in the air. Something isn't right… He glanced back over at Poseidon and the glint of something in the shattered crates caught his eye. He turned and looked at the shattered crates, where he had pushed Poseidon into earlier.

He quietly walked over towards the crates and crotched down next to it, and in a shattered piece of wood, an injection needle was sticking out of it. Rush turned around and looked up into the darkness of the ceiling of the warehouse and gasped. We aren't alone in here…