"So why did we bring him into the carrier again?"

"Sam, shut it."

"I'm serious, Ava. Why?"

"Because we did. Shut up!"

"That's not an answe-"

A boy hit the ground with a clang. He wore a gold helmet that covered the upper part of his face, with a big red star on the front and white eyes. He also wore a black suit, with golden buttons on the suit with glovern.

Three other people, three male, one female, watched him fall. A buff, African-American male said, "Sorry. It had to be done."

The other males, one a Korean-looking kid with blonde hair; the other in a red and costume with black spiderweb pattern that covered the whole body and a black spider insignia on the chest, and the female, who wore a white jumpsuit that covered the whole body, turned away.

Behind them sat a medical table. On it lay a boy around fourteen, wearing a t-shirt, jeans, and a motorcycle jacket. He wore a watch with a strange, blue-and-black hourglass pattern.

The girl called Ava glanced at the watch. "Peter, what's that? Why is it glowing?"

She was right. The watch pulsated with a purple light.

The boy in the red-and-black costume also looked at it. "No idea." He turned to the Korean kid. "Do you have any knowledge of this device, Daniel?" It seemed only right to call him that.

"None," Daniel responded.

Then Sam woke up.

The boy leapt to his feet and looked around. Upon seeing the watch, he shouted, "Mine!" and lunged for it.

A shield erupted from the watch and Sam knocked his head on it, making him fall unconscious again. The shield dissipated and a green beam shot from the watch face.

UNKNOWN DNA, the watch beeped. SCANNING...

Ava, Peter, Daniel , and Luke watched in interest.

The scan soon competed. UNKNOWN DNA ACQUIRED, the watch beeped, as the beam disappeared. Then the watch face popped up.

The boy awoke and glanced around, before starting at Sam. "Why is there a kid wearing a bucket lying across my stomach?" he asked.

Ava snorted. "His name is Nova."

"The kid is pretty spot-on," Peter corrected with a chuckle.

The teenager apparently took Peter, Ava, Daniel, and Lule as enemies, so he pushed Sam off and slammed a hand onto his watch.

A flash of green light filled the room, and everyone covered their eyes.

Then the light cleared, and a creature unlike any other stood, crouched, on the table where a boy had just laid.