Illusion 7

Author's note: yes I got this idea after watching Zoom, and x-men. I know it shows sorry can't help it. Technically Raferty is Tim Allen's character and a professor X type character.

Caleb watched Sarah go up the stairs in concern. It shocked him that she would go to Rafferty for support instead of him. It also kind of hurt him. He cared about Sarah if there was something she was upset about he should be comforting her not some strange guy. He glanced at the stairs she had vanished up and Raferty saw his gaze.

"Go ahead, go check on her" said Raferty after about the third time he did it. "Are you sure?' asked Caleb. "Go, the others can fill you in", said Raferty he made a shooing motion with his hand. Caleb took the offer for what it was and climbed the stairs.

He reached the top and opened the door to Raferty's office cautiously. He couldn't see Sarah anywhere. "Sarah?' he said softly calling her name. "Caleb?' came the answering sniffle. It came from behind the desk but no one was there. "Sarah where are you?' he asked. She faded back into view. "Sorry sometimes I do it when I'm upset" said Sarah. She was sitting on the floor next to the desk.

Caleb sat down next to her. "Are you all right?" he asked. "Yeah, I'll be fine just old memories I'd rather not deal with yet" said Sarah "do you want to talk about it?' he said. She smiled, he really was a sweetheart.

"I, ah not really" said Sarah

"That's ok, I just wanted you to know I'm here for you if you do" said Caleb. "Thank you, I appreciate that," said Sarah. "Will you tell me what's really going on here?" said Caleb."Yeah sure" said Sarah. " They brought us, all of us here to be heroes," said Sarah giving him an ironic look when she said it. He laughed, "you've got to be kidding?' said Caleb "no, I'm not, I know it sounds comic book but it's the truth" said Sarah

"Yeah but what about the ageing thing we can't use all that much or we'll be checking into a retired heroes home" said Caleb "Raferty a genetics one of the best in the world believe it or not and he's working on that" said Sarah

Caleb leaned his head on the wall in frustration. "I'm sorry I know they weren't supposed to know that's why I kept trying to avoid talking about it," said Sarah "I thought you were just upset about Chase" said Caleb. "I was but I was also trying to keep you out of this" said Sarah. "And if you had?" said Caleb. "Then when they called be back you wouldn't have seen me again," said Sarah.

"I wouldn't want that," said Caleb "thanks that sweet," said Sarah. "So how did you end up here?' he asked. Sarah bit her lip and looked down, then sighed before answering. "I was in a plane crash and I survived" said Sarah "a plane crash, why would that make you special?" said Caleb "cause it was a 747 and there were no other survivors except me" said Sarah. "Whoa! That's harsh" said Caleb "I walked away without a scratch Caleb, or at least not a physical one," said Sarah.

Caleb looked at his lap "the nightmares?" he said "yeah, I can still hear them screaming sometimes" said Sarah. Caleb put his arms around her and held her close. "Is that why you do this?" said Caleb. "Yeah I know it sounds silly but the idea is sound" said Sarah "even if there methods aren't," said Caleb. "I know sometimes it sucks but would you have said yes if someone like say Raferty came up and asked you to be a super hero?' said Sarah. "No not really and I doubt the boys will either" said Caleb "I know and I'm sorry about that but right now we don't have a choice" said Sarah

"And if we did what would you do?' said Caleb "I don't know I never really thought about it until I went to Spencer's" said Sarah "and met me?" he said with a smile she blushed crimson and started to fade from view. He grabbed her arm to stop her; the part of her arm that was fading also made his hand fade too. "Sarah?" said Caleb he sounded alarmed. Sarah came back quickly "what?" she said, "I was vanishing too" said Caleb. "Oh sorry" said Sarah. "Sarah how did you control that at Spencer's?" said Caleb.

"I had an electronic device that blocked my powers, that's one of the reasons Chase caught me so easy, god that's embarrassing" said Sarah Caleb chuckled. She smacked his arm playfully."Hey!, seriously though don't feel bad we all got taken in" said Caleb "and you almost got killed because of me" said Sarah.

He held her out and looked her in the eyes. "That's not your fault, it was his" said Caleb. "Yes but at least he did do something good" said Sarah. Caleb frowned now confused by her statement. "What was that?' he asked.

"Well if I hadn't gone there for him I would have never met you," said Sarah. He smiled at the statement that made him feel special. "Well in that case I should have thanked him before I killed him" said Caleb."Ha ha very funny, but you didn't know remember" said Sarah.

"No I didn't but if I had I would have taken you as far away from this as I could" said Caleb. "That's sweet but they would find us," said Sarah. "I know but it would take them a while," said Caleb "doubt it they put tracking devices in us" said Sarah. Where?" said Caleb he was frowning at her.

She pushed back his sleeve and pointed to a new scar on his upper arm. "They usually put it in an existing scar but you probably didn't have one" said Sarah. He traced over the pink spot on his arm. "How did you know?" he asked. Sarah pulled up her own sleeve she no longer had a scar there, matter of fact she didn't scar at all.

"I take it you don't scar either?" said Caleb "no, not really, and a rarely get sick too" said Sarah. "Lucky bitch, I had the flu last year and blew up furniture whenever I sneezed" said Caleb. Sarah started laughing at him. "Its not funny I got in so much trouble, I thought I'd be grounded forever" said Caleb "you in trouble?" scoffed Sarah "yeah why is that so hard to believe?" he said teasingly

"Because your like totally a good guy like boy scout good" said Sarah "I am not and I got in plenty of trouble as a kid" said Caleb."Yeah but I bet you were a boy scout" said Sarah. He frowned at her, she was grinning at him and he couldn't hold on to the mock anger at all. "All right you got me, but the others were boy scouts too" said Caleb in self-defense.

"Your kidding, I'd believe Tyler maybe but not Reid or Pogue," said Sarah. "Oh really?" said Caleb "I'll have to tell them you said that" he teased. "Don't you dare" she said smacking his arm "and you want to know something even funnier?" said Caleb "what?" said Sarah with a giggle. "Pogue's mom was the den mother," said Caleb. Sarah started rolling with laughter. "Oh man I'd love to see photos of that, I bet you guys were cute in those uniforms," she teased.

He laughed "hey I made the Spencer uniform look good" said Caleb "yeah and that's saying a lot, considering a supermodel would be hard pressed to look good in those" said Sarah "oh I don't know my girlfriend made it look good with those gorgeous legs of hers" said Caleb. "Oh stop I did not, oh wait you better be talking about me right?' said Sarah. He couldn't tell if she was still teasing or not cause she said it serious. "I am, don't worry," he said. "I know, I'm just teasing," said Sarah.

He shoved her and she started to laugh again. "So are you going to show me the bad boy side of you any time soon" said Sarah. She was teasing him again he was certain this time. Or he thought she was until she leaned closer and climbed onto his lap. "Ah huh, maybe I will right now" he said and kissed her. "Not on my floor you won't" said Raferty's voice. Sarah quickly climbed off of Caleb's lap

"Sarah dear if you must shag your boyfriend do so in your apartment" said Raferty. Sarah was turning bright red. "Now if you two are through I need you downstairs," said Raferty. He was smiling at Sarah seemingly oblivious to her embarrassment. He went back through the door with a grin on his face. Caleb chuckled at her open mouthed look