(A/N): Man…a lot of you love this love triangle thing. You drama-addicted freaks. Haha, just kidding. I'm one.
"Dude, you did it that quick?" Tyler said as he let Julian, Renegade, and Donovan into his apartment.
"Yeah." Donovan said in an obvious tone. Tyler rolled his eyes before walking over to his computer. He sat down in the chair before typing in a bunch of things in.
"So this will tell us his exact location?" Julian asked as a map popped up on Tyler's computer.
"Yeah…and the location is 3492 N Jackson Ave. Dude…he lives in a penthouse!" Tyler said as Renegade rolled his eyes.
"Probably pays for it with the money he steals." Renegade said as he wrote down the location. "Let's go guys." He said as Julian and Donovan followed him out the door. Black was walking through the campus whistling to himself as he checked the messages he received during class. Suddenly he stumbled over something almost falling.
"Babe! C'mon! I said not to prank me between classes." Black exclaimed as he looked behind him to see no one. He raised his eyebrow as he turned around to see anyone around him. He shrugged his shoulders before continuing to walk. He saw something sparkle outside the corner of his eye. He looked down to see a yellow stone lying on the ground. He picked it up to see it connected to a black rope and there was a symbol in the center of the stone. It was a line with a curled end and the other end with an arrow. It had three slashes through it and a dot. Black looked at it confused when something clicked in his head.
"Oh my God! It's like one of those necklaces! I got to show someone this!" He said as he started to run through the campus looking around for someone. He spotted Cat walking while reading a book and ran towards her.
"Cat! Cat! Cat!" Black yelled as Cat looked up from her book.
"Black?" Cat asked confused as Black put his hands on his knees and tried to regain his breath.
"Found. Ground. Stone. You." He panted as Cat looked at him confused. Black sighed and held out the stone.
"Happiness?" She said as Black looked up at her confused.
"What?" Black asked as Cat shrugged her shoulders.
"It means happiness. The symbol on the stone." Cat said simply as Black stood up straight.
"You know the symbols?" Black asked as Cat shrugged her shoulders.
"Yeah…I have two stones. One's not really mine." Cat said as Black looked at her.
"So if this is happiness…what's yours?" Black asked slowly as Cat pulled hers out of her shirt. It was a light pink that had a "p" like shape with three dots in the corners and loop.
"It means hope." Cat said as Black nodded slowly. "I had it for a long time now, but when I was with the Avengers I had to wear their stones. They all mean death." Cat said putting the necklace back into her shirt.
"Does anyone else have one?" Black asked as he put his around his neck.
"Shade and Lilac. Shade's is friendship and Lilac's is love." Cat said as Black nodded to himself.
"Happiness." He said pointing to himself. "Hope." He said pointing to Cat. "Love and friendship." He said marking on his fingers. "How many are there?" He asked as Cat started walking as he followed.
"Ten. Including ours and the Avengers." Cat said as Black nodded.
"What are they exactly?" He asked as Cat sighed.
"I really don't know myself. This is the most I know. You know, from my ancestor and all." She said with a shrug of her shoulders as Black stopped her.
"Wait, what?" Black asked as Cat looked at him.
"You haven't met yours, haven't you?" Cat asked as Black shook his head. "Well…it's not like your relative. It's the person who had your stone before you. My person's name is Arianna. They're kind of like a ghost." Cat said as Black's eyes widened. "But they're not scary! They're there to help." Cat said quickly.
"This is confusing." Black said rubbing his head.
"You'll get use to it." Cat said patting his shoulder before walking into her class. Black looked around when he noticed he was inside. He sighed before walking off to his class. Rafael fazed into the living room of his apartment to see Alana had fallen asleep on the couch. He smiled softly to himself as he placed his bag on the chair. He saw a red light out of the corner of his eye. He looked all over himself before spotting a tiny mechanism with a red light. His eyes widened when he realized it was a tracking device.
"Shit." Rafael said throwing his jacket on the ground. He walked over to Alana and shook her awake. "Alana." He said as Alana rubbed her eyes.
"Rafael?" Alana said sitting up on the couch.
"He's coming for you." Rafael said emotionlessly. Alana looked at him confused before she realized what he meant. She looked down sadly as he sat on the couch next to her.
"How do you know?" Alana asked quietly as Rafael put his hand on top of hers.
"He placed a tracker on me while I was at school. He probably already knows where to find you." Rafael said as Alana looked up at him.
"Well…I guess this it." She said as Rafael held her hand.
"Alana…I want you to know-"He was interrupted when they heard the door being kicked open.
"Alana!" Renegade's voice sounded as Rafael pulled his hand away from hers and stood up from the couch. "Andrews." Renegade growled when he entered the living room. Rafael clenched his fists as he glared at Renegade.
"Your girlfriend is safe Black." Rafael sneered as Renegade glared at him.
"You won't be for long." Renegade said as Alana stood up. Her eyes turned blue as she stared at Renegade. "Stop calming me down." Renegade said as he looked over at Alana.
"Let's leave. I don't want a fight to happen Renegade." Alana said as she continued to calm him down. Renegade looked over at Rafael before closing his eyes and sighing.
"Fine…let's go." Renegade said as Donovan and Julian groaned. Renegade rolled his eyes before grabbing Alana's hand. "Stay away." Renegade said glaring at Rafael. Alana looked at him sadly feeling the pain he was feeling, but also feeling her own. Rafael sighed when he was alone. He packed up all his necessities and fazed into his other apartment. He went back to the penthouse and continued to faze back and forth moving all his belongings. He fazed back when his penthouse was empty and grabbed his jacket. He ripped off the tracker and held it in his hand. He crushed it in his hand before throwing it on the ground and fazing away. Heartbroken and alone.
"Are you ok?" Renegade asked when they were out of the apartment building.
"Yeah, I'm fine. He didn't do anything to me." Alana responded. Renegade tilted her head up and looked at her eyes.
"You have no idea how afraid I was." Renegade said as Alana looked at him sadly.
"I knew you would come." Alana said. 'Why do you sound so disappointed?' She thought to herself as she frowned a bit. Renegade kissed her on the lips as she closed her eyes slowly. 'He's your one. You can't deny Renegade.' She thought to herself as she kissed Renegade. Renegade pulled away and hugged her.
"I missed you." He whispered as a tear fell from her eye.
"I missed you too." She replied. Renegade kissed her on her forehead before grabbing her hand and continuing to walk. She took another look at the apartment building before sighing sadly and following Renegade. Black came back to his apartment and collapsed on his bed exhausted from his classes. He started to close his eyes for a small nap when a voice boomed in the room.
"Taking a nap while you have homework to do? Shame." Black sat up quickly and looked around the room. "Over here!" The voice yelled as Black whipped around. Suddenly a translucent rabbit appeared. Black screamed as he fell off his bed. The rabbit hovered over him as he tilted his head. "You're really not coming off as smart as I thought you were." The rabbit said. The rabbit was dark brown with white circles around his pink eyes. He looked about twenty and had his ears tied back.
"Are you my ancestor?" Black asked looking up at the rabbit.
"The one and only. Isaac Herrington at your service." Isaac said sticking out his hand. Black reached for it, but his hand went right through it. Black gasped retracting his hand quickly as Isaac cracked up. "That will never get old." He said wiping an invisible tear from his eye.
"You're so funny." Black muttered sarcastically as Isaac smiled.
"It comes with the happiness stone. That's why I gave it to you." Isaac said floating over Black's bed with his arms behind his head.
"I am pretty funny." Black smirked as Isaac snorted.
"Ok Black-y." Isaac said as Black rolled his eyes. "I know you're probably chock-full of questions." Isaac said as Black jumped on his bed.
"Yes! What is the deal with this whole stone thing?!" Black said holding up his stone.
"Well…I can't really go into detail, but it all has to do with something." Isaac said as Black collapsed back on his bed.
"Why do I have one? Why does Cat? And Shade? And Lilac? What do the Avengers have to do with any of it?!" Black asked as Isaac shrugged his shoulders. Black groaned as he threw his hands over his face.
"Sorry bud, but I can't give everything away. Where's the suspense in that?" Isaac said with a shrug of his shoulders. Black just stared at him as Isaac sighed. "Fine, the whole weird alliance 'Avengers' or whatever only has one owner of the stone. That owner made copies for some weird reason." Isaac said as Black sat up.
"Who is it?" Black asked.
"I don't even know that." Isaac said as Black sighed. "I can tell you the ten different stones. They are: Friendship, Love, Hope, Happiness – the best one, Peace, Disorder, Knowledge, Empathy, Pride, and Death." Isaac said as Black listed them off on his fingers.
"Is Disorder and Death the bad ones?" Black asked as Isaac shook his head.
"Disorder is not a bad stone. Disorder keeps balance in the world. Death wasn't a bad one, but that all change a long time ago. Since the other stones are all pretty cheery the past owner of Death despised his role. He lashed out by using his powers of the stone and breaking every special bond that stone ever had with the others." Isaac explained as Black listened intently.
"So…all these stones are bonded to each other?" Black asked as Isaac nodded. "How did you die?" Black asked as Isaac sighed.
"I was shot in the back…by my brother." Isaac said as Black gaped at him. "Great example for backstabbing right?" Isaac replied sarcastically.
"I'm sorry, man." Black said as Isaac waved it off.
"It's all good. I've had years to cope." Isaac said as Black smiled slightly. "Well, my times up. I'm going to have to go, but don't worry I'll be back!" He said before disappearing.
"This is going to be weird." Black said collapsing on his bed.
"Very weird." Isaac's voice whispered before he chuckled. Black rolled his eyes with a slight smile on his face.
"Finally! What took you so long?!" Serenity yelled as she sat at a table with Conner, Ginger, and Derek.
"I was getting my friend's girlfriend back." Julian said as he pulled out a chair.
"You got Alana back?" Conner questioned as Julian nodded. Everybody sighed in relief as Serenity crossed something off on a piece of paper.
"So…what's this little leadership meeting about?" Julian asked as Serenity rolled her eyes.
"Well…with the whole Alana thing out of the way we have Spring Break to discuss." Serenity said as Julian cheered.
"Yes! Let's call up the folks!" Julian said as Serenity pulled out her cell phone. She put it on speaker as the phone rang.
"Hey Serenity!" Amy's voice answered cheerfully.
"Hey mom…you're on speaker. Ginger, Derek, Julian, and Conner are here." Serenity said.
"Hey guys!" Amy said as they all greeted her. "So, what's this about?" Amy asked as Serenity put her phone on the table.
"Spring Break." Serenity said.
"Yeah! Where are we going to this year Ames? Rome? Paris? The Caribbean?" Julian asked as Amy laughed.
"No…I was sure Brice would have told you guys." She said as they all looked at each other confused.
"No…why would he know?" Ginger said as they heard Todd's laughter from the background.
"Oh no! My dad's laughing. That can't be good." Julian said as Conner rolled his eyes.
"Well children…we're going to Angel Island!" Amy exclaimed as all their mouths dropped.
"WHAT?!" They all yelled except Derek.
"What?" Amy said as Serenity groaned.
"Mom, we can visit Angel Island anytime. Why do we have to go during break?" Serenity asked as they heard Amy huff.
"Because Chrissy and Stephan plan to get married at the end of Spring Break and we can't be on the other side of the world." Amy said as they all gaped at each other.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on for a second. Chrissy is getting married at the end of Spring Break? But they just got engaged!" Conner exclaimed.
"They found that this was the only time that everybody could be together." Amy said as Julian groaned.
"But really? Angel Island?" Derek said speaking for the first time.
"We haven't been there for years! You guys were twelve! It's time we visit again. It's final." Amy said as they all sighed. "Bye!" Amy said hanging up.
"I'm going to kill Brice." Julian said as Conner got up.
"I'm with you." Conner said as Serenity just shook her head. Alana was lying in her bed as she stared up at the ceiling and thought about everything that had happen. A small bang startled her as she sat up. She crawled over to her window and opened the blinds. She gasped when she saw Rafael sitting on the tree branch outside her room.
"Good evening sunshine." Rafael said as he swung one of his legs.
"Rafael! What are you doing here?" Alana asked as Rafael fazed away. Alana whipped around to see him fazing into her room.
"I had to see you." Rafael said as Alana's eyes turned pink. "C'mon." Rafael said as he extended his hand. "Trust me." Rafael said looking her dead in the eye.
"Alana?" Alana her name being called by Renegade. Rafael sighed as he glared at the closed door. "Alana!" Renegade yelled when he opened to door to see Alana grab Rafael's hand and both of them fazing away. They both appeared on the beach they had been on before. Alana smiled as she felt familiar breeze and warmth. Rafael wrapped his arms around Alana's waist and hugged her close to his body. Alana wrapped her arms around his neck as she rested her head on his chest.
"Alana…" Rafael whispered against her ear as she pulled away slightly. "I have never felt this way about anyone else." Rafael said as Alana looked up at him. "I like you Alana. I really like you." Rafael said as he intertwined their fingers. Amber, Chrissy, AJ, Onyx, Brice, and Flash were all walking through the parking lot together since they all finished their night classes.
"Angel Island?! Are you kidding me?" Amber exclaimed as Brice shrugged his shoulders.
"It's not too bad. It's pretty fun actually." Brice said as Flash groaned.
"I wanted to go to Australia." Flash muttered crossing his arms. Everybody laughed when they were all hit in the back of the head. They all collapsed to the asphalt as the figure stood above them smirking darkly.
"Say goodbye to yourself." The figure said holding a glowing red object as their bodies started glowing the same color. The glow from their bodies flashed and then warped into the glowing object the figure was holding. The figure laughed darkly as he walked away leaving their unconscious bodies behind.
(A/N) Cliffhangers! Don't cha love them? Cat's symbol and Black's symbol are on my homepage.