...I ran. There were too many of them. It was about five thousand to one. I couldn't handle them all, not even with the four rings. Mostly because I didn't know how to channel the power. They never told me how. "Please, protect me." I whispered and tried to create a forcefield. I took a minute, but I finally created one. Instead of one solid color, it swirled with violet, indigo, blue and green. I sat on the ground, trying to think of a way to defeat them. The silver people started pounding and beating on the forcefield. Come on, take a deep breath, just think.

And then it hit me: Every one is counting on me. The whole world is counting on me. If I don't defeat them, they're going to take over the planet. I couldn't do this. I can't concentrate when they're trying to kill me. "J'ONN!" I screamed. I needed help, I couldn't do this on my own.

"Andi, I know you're scared, but you've got to relax." He said into my head.

"I can't relax, J'onn I can't beat them!"

"Yes you can. You are Andrea Hojem, you can do anything."

"I can't even channel the rings."

"You made the forcefield, didn't you? You can do this." J'onn was always helping me like this.

"How did you-"

"CNN is there."

"You're kidding."

"No."

"How did they get here?"

"Who knows, they're just there. Now breathe." I took a deep breath. "Focus on what you want the rings to do, and then make it happen. If you need me, just call me, and I'll be right there. Well, at least in here."

I took another deep breath. "Okay, I can do this." Closing my eyes, I quickly thought about what to do. When I snapped them open, I thought, "Get out of here, J'onn. You're not going to like what I'm about to do."

"Just get it done." Then he left. I brought my hands together, like I was praying, and concentrated. All of a sudden, the orb glowed bright white and the silver people backed off to see what was going on. I burst from the orb and stood completely engulfed in the four different colors. I stared at the army in front of me, and they stared right back.

They yelled first and charged. I yelled back and ran straight at them.

I sat up from my cot breathing heavily. First it was Mrs. State, now it was the War. I just can't catch a break, can I? I started hitting the side of my head. "Get out, get out."

All of a sudden, I was hit with a pillow. "Shut up!" Wade yelled at me. "Do you know how long it's been since I've gotten a good night's sleep?"

"Sorry, I'm just going to take a walk." I got up from my bed and threw the pillow back at Wade before I left the cell. I wandered down to the hospital wing where Lance was and I went to the side of his bed. Poor guy, he looked so pale. I took a seat next to his bed, and just watched him for a little bit. "Lance? Lance can you hear me?"

No movement.

"Lance wake up. Lance." I gently touched his hand. "Common cowboy wake up."

"He can't hear you." Stryker said at the door.

"And why should I trust you?" If glares could kill, Stryker would be dead. "You're fucking tests made him like this."

"Things take time Andi. We just have to be patient."

"It's been two weeks Stryker! I'm tired of being patient! He should have woken up by now."

He was shaking his head. "Science is not exact, it's just guesses."

"Don't give me excuses. The one thing I can't stand is people not taking responsibility for their actions."

Stryker let what I said sink in for just a second before he said, "Why don't you take a little break? Go home for the weekend?"

"Don't bribe me."

"It's not a bribe."

"Don't lie to me."

"I'm not lying." He smirked slightly but then swallowed it. "I'll make you a deal: You go home, be with your family and I will call you if Lance so much as twitches his hand. Deal?"

"Promise?"

He nodded and held out his hand. "Promise."

Reluctantly, I shook it. "I'm taking Wade with me."

"Fine, he needs a vacation just as much as you do."

"'Scuse me." I whispered and I teleported back to my bed. And just to piss him off, I threw my pillow at him, "Wake up Wade!"

"Andi I swear to God-"

"Shut up Winston. We're going on vacation."

Wade shot up in surprise. "Vacation?"

I nodded. "Yup."

"When?"

"Tomorrow."

"Where're we going?"

"Dakota."

"The state?"

"The city."

"There's a city?"

"Yup."

"What's there?"

"My house."

"Oh." His hopes were just brought down.

"What? My current city of residence not good enough for you?"

"No, it's just...I was hoping for someplace more," He thought for a quick second. "Energetic."

"Like New Orleans?"

His eyes brightened. "Yes!"

I shook my head. "No."

"Aw, come on!"

"You know, you are a grown man. You could push that little button on your belt, and you might just end up in New Orleans."

"All that little button does is get me into trouble. Can't you just drop me off and come back for me?"

"Like I'd really leave you alone in a town full of bordellos. I would never be able to find you." He whined at me. Wade actually whined at me. "I'll make you a deal, okay? We go to my house, eat a nice dinner, spend the night, and just recharge. Then we make a quick stop at New Orleans, let you loose your life savings, and then we head to Westchester, New York."

"What's there?"

"Just someplace I've got to visit."

We sat in silence for a few minutes before Stryker showed himself in the doorway. "Can I see you two for a minute?"

"Sure." We both got up from our beds, and followed him down the hall to one of the more secure cells.

From it came loud shouts, "Ah swear to God that ah'm gonna beat y'all as soon as ah get outta here!"

Stryker just smirked when I looked at him with question. "She's a POW of sorts. Fred found her snooping around outside earlier."

"What'd you want us for?" Wade asked.

"A little experiment."

"I don't think much of your experiments Stryker." I hissed at him.

"Neither do I." I've known Wade for two weeks now, and already I've gotten him to trust me with no questions asked. "You tell us exactly what you want us to do or we walk."

Stryker just stared at Wade. He had never talked back like that before. "I just want to see who would win: Young Andi versus our prisoner."

"So what am I here for?"

"You're here to keep everything under control, just in case things get a little out of hand. Is that okay with you?" Oh great, I thought, he's going to sick Victor on Wade.

"Whatever." He pushed past Stryker and I followed him into the cell. The girl backed up against the wall as the two of us entered and stared at us with angry eyes.

She didn't even say a word before she jumped me and tackled me to the ground. I rolled us so that she was now on the bottom and she started to scratch at my face with her gloved hands. With my hand, I grabbed her two fast paced ones and with my right hand, I forced her head to the ground. When my hand met her forehead, my memories started to flood through my head starting with my most recent. But I wasn't just seeing my memories, I was seeing hers too. What was going on? Who was that guy with the back and red eyes?

And then I saw Johnny. "No." She was not going to see those. "That's private!" I finally let go of her and collapsed off to the side.

Wade was right at my side as soon s he threw the girl back into the room and shut the door. "Andi? Andi come on, look at me." He cradled me in his lap. "You're okay. You're okay." He was practically hysterical. This was absolutely not Wade Wilson.

"Wade-" Stryker tried to say.

"Just leave us the fuck alone!" He shouted as he picked me up and carried me away. He laid me down on my bed, ripped my pillow case from my pillow and started to tend to these cuts and gashes that had appeared as the girl and I continued to stay in skin to skin contact.

"Wade,"

"I'm right here."

"You know Stryker is going to kill you, right?" He laughed and I chuckled along with him.

"I'll deal with him later. You just worry about healing yourself up." What am I doing?! Wade thought as he made sure that I stayed laying down, What happened to fearless emotionless Wade Wilson who's only love was killing? He met a girl, one of the voices in the back of his head said to him. Not just any girl though, the other one said, he met Andi.