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Marco was walking back towards the hideout when he sensed not one but several Atomix nearby. "What the…" An explosion right next to him got him out of his stupor. Several F.B.I. helicopters were hovering above him, and from them, 2 figures dropped down. All of them were Atomix. "Hello, Marco. We went through quite a lot to find you. We could only sense your presence; you've always sucked at hiding your aura.

Marco cursed himself of his stupidity. He should have hidden his aura, but he was too busy thinking to do anything. Now he had to get himself out of this situation without giving away the other's locations, which meant that he could not retreat to the pier storage house they were using as a hideout. "Hello Ben."

Ben grimaced. "You know I don't like that name. For the last time, call me Begium. I despise my human name."

Marco snickered.

"What's so funny?"

"What kind of name is Begium? It sounds like something a 5-year old would say while trying to pronounce something on the periodic table."

"Shut up! It's cool!"

Marco was laughing at him at this point. "You think that name is cool? That's the saddest thing I've every heard."

Begium turned to his partner. "Solace, is my name lame?"

Solace nodded.

"You're supposed to agree with me god damn it! When Begium shouted, it was like being right next to a jackhammer without ear-plugs. Trees were uprooted, and few boulders collapsed into rubble.

Marco stopped laughing; things were getting serious. "I expected a bigger welcome party. Where is everyone?"

"You're powers are more of a defensive type then an offensive type; we are saving most of us for the other battles."

"You guys really shouldn't underestimate me. It will be the last thing you will ever do." Marco knew that he had to find some way to stop that guy's discordant sound waves. On top of that, he didn't even know what the other guy could do, and they probably had every bit of info on him. Taking them both on was suicidal.

"Are you a coward or something Begum?"

"And why… do you say that?"

"You have to have a partner and 2 attack helicopters just to take me on. You know, I don't think you're worth crap, Ben."

"Fuck you! I can take you on by myself!" He turned and hit Solace on the head. Solace fell to the ground, unconscious. Marco smirked. This guy was so predictable.

"Well then Ben, lets see if you are a coward or not."

Begium howled, and closed the gap between them in a single bound. He aimed a kick at Marco's head. Marco blocked the kick with his arm, grabbed his let with the same arm, and attempted to flip him onto his back. Begium managed to avoid this by twisting around, landing on his other foot and aimed a punch at Marco's crouch. Marco blocked with his other hand, but Begium used his momentum and jumped and aimed a kick at Marco's head, twisting his body with the kick. Marco turned into his yellow mist form and the kick passed through him. Marco then punched Begium in the chest. Begium went flying. He hit the ground hard. He sat up, spiting out some blood.

"Not bad. But now I'm going to get serious now. Begium took a deep breath.

Crovax was watching the battle from the attack helicopter. "Damn it! That idiot took down his own partner! I can't believe he fell for that!!" He took out a radio and turned it on. "Are you almost done setting up the trap?"

"The trap is in place sir. All we need to do is turn them on."

"Crovax grinned. "Do it."

Begium let out a high pitched screeching noise from his mouth. Marco clutched his ears, trying to block out that sound. He felt nauseous all of a sudden. He threw up on the ground. Begium took the opportunity and rushed Marco, delivering 3 punches and a kick in the crouch. Marco fell to the ground.

You like that Marco? I control sound frequencies with my voice. If you don't have sound-filtering equipment, you'll find yourself in world of hurt."

Marco sneered at Begium. He realized that he had to use that ability that he rarely used to get out of this situation. Begium was going to be so pissed at him. He turned his mist form, but find that he was being blown away. "What the hell?" He turned back into his normal form and gasped. The F.B.I. agents had set up giant battery-powered fans nearby and they were blowing towards him. Now Marco could not use his power without being blown out to sea. "Damn it!"

Incendo and the others were in the shipyard, wandering how Marco was doing in his battle.

"He must have engaged enemy units. Helen, when you were in town, how many of them could you detect?"

"Well, I sensed at lease 8 Atomix who are here. There are probably more here, but that's all I had time to sense before they sensed my presence."

"Did you make sure to hide your Aura on the way back?"

"Of course I did. They are probably still searching the city for me. "

"Good."

"Marco's must be dead by now." Raigon proclaimed. "He has a cool-looking power and all, but compared to the other Atomix his power is minimal.

Incendo turned to him "I think you are underestimating him. Because of his lack of ability, he has trained the hardest. In hand-to-hand combat, he's as good as I am. And he has one special perk that allows him to get out of most situations. "

"Should we help him?" Helen asked.

"No. That's what they want us to do. Get us all out there into a trap. Marco can handle himself. Incendo looked towards the door. "Come on Marco, don't let me down."