As they began to walk toward them, Kevin absorbed the cement floor and took out four of them. Then he turned around and took out two others. Suddenly, one of them grabbed Lea from behind. "Don't move or she'll suffer!" He threatened.
"Lea!"
"It's okay." Lea said.
"No, it's not!" Kevin said. "I left you like this before and I'm not going to do it again!" Suddenly, a pink energy beam knocked down one of the members. He turned out to see that they'd followed him.
"You okay, Kevin?" Gwen asked.
"I told you guys not to follow me!" Kevin pointed out. "How can you still trust me after all that?"
"Because we're all different now." Ben pointed out. "We're on the same team and we always help our friends out. We all make mistakes, the important thing is to learn from them."
"Nice speech, but can we focus on them?" Gwen pointed to a small group that was about to attack them. Ben transformed into Jetray and they all fired back. The group was doing a good job of fighting them off, when they were suddenly thrown back by a strong one.
"Nice try, but you won't get off that easily." He said. "I'll take care of the princess' friend first."
"Kevin!" Gwen called out.
"Kevin." Lea whispered. Suddenly, she started glowing like a prism. An aura of yellow, white, light blue, aqua green, pink, and purple surrounded her body. She allowed the energy to gather into her hand. "Aura Blast!" She fired the energy at the enemy, which made it disappear. The two that surrounded her were gone now, too.
Outside, Kevin introduced Lea to the others. "Lea, this is Ben and Gwen Tennyson."
"Hello." She said.
"It's an honor to meet you." Gwen said.
"He told us about what happened in the Null Void." Ben added. Lea was looking at them.
"I'm glad you made it out okay." Kevin said. "I thought you were a goner."
"After you left, I managed to knock out the other guards." Lea explained. "When the portal closed, I was lucky to find another one, but I had uninvited guests."
"We've been fighting together ever since we met up at the tracks." Kevin explained.
"I see." Lea said.
"You're not going to fight us, are you?" Gwen asked.
"No, I can tell that you are good people." Lea said. "And it looks like you've found you're way back to the right path. I must return to my home now. I'll see you around." She disappeared in a flash of light.
"We're glad you're okay, Kevin." Gwen said, hugging him.
"Yeah, but you guys could've gotten hurt."
"Hey, it's our job." Ben said. "How many times do we have to say we're a team?" They all walked off as a group.
