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"Cara, I may have found something," TIM stated. "Putting it on the screen now."

Cara watched the screen. "What is this?"

TIM was playing video surveillance of John and Charlotte walking out of the subway station and heading toward Central Park.

"It appears that Ultra has increased their efforts in capturing John. Notice the hot dog vendor on the left."

TIM replayed the video. Cara kept an eye on the vendor this time. As John and Charlotte walked by, she could see the vendor recognize John and then grab his cell phone to make a call. It was a quick call and, shortly thereafter, the vendor closed up his cart and followed John and Charlotte.

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Back in Central Park, Charlie helped John get to his feet.

"John, what's going on?" Charlotte was worried. "It's Ultra, isn't it?"

"Yes, Charlie," he sadly responded. "They are here."

With his injury, John knew teleporting was definitely out of the question. Now, they just had to find a safe place where Charlotte could teleport out and Cara or Russell could teleport in and help him.

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The three agents who were following them stopped when they realized John and Charlotte had disappeared. They were about 30 feet away and had been distracted by a couple of teenagers showing off their skateboarding moves.

"Are there any teleport signatures from this location within the last 10 minutes," Agent Jones radioed Ultra Headquarters. After a few moments he received a response. "Right, okay." He turned to the other two.

"They are still in the area and must be near by. HQ is sending more agents to establish a perimeter.

"Simmons, you proceed around the North side of the park. Miller, you take the South side. I'll go in from here to see if I can spot them."

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John thought for sure they would be captured once they fell over the edge, but since no one was coming, it gave them an opportunity to get away.

He quickly assessed their surroundings and noticed a huge rock, more like a boulder, with bushes bordering it a few feet away. It was just what they needed, a temporary shelter.

"Charlie, do you see that boulder just over there?" John pointed toward the rock.

"Yes."

"We need to get to it as quickly as possible. You go ahead and run over and duck down behind those bushes."

"Okay," Charlie said then took off running.

She was quick and John didn't see anybody take notice of her. He tried to run, but had to stop after a few steps. The movement caused a shooting pain through his arm.

Charlie was watching him through the bushes and made a move to help him. He noticed it and shook his head no.

~ "Stay there, I'll be right over" ~ John sent to her.

~ "Are you sure?" ~ Charlie responded.

~ "Yes." ~ John insisted. ~ "Actually, you're out of sight, go ahead and get back to the Lair." ~

~ "No, I won't leave until you are safe too" ~ Charlie defiantly replied.

~ "Charlie ..." ~ He started to say and looked up. He saw the determination in her face and sighed.

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Agent Jones made his way over to the edge of the park. As he looked around, he noticed the grass was tamped down a bit in one section, as if someone had recently disturbed it. He went right to that section of grass and carefully made his way down the steep incline. Once he reached the bottom, he looked around and spotted John.

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John started to walk over to where Charlie was hiding. The pain was still radiating through his arm, but wasn't as bad as when he tried to run. He felt he should be able to make it over to the bushes.

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Back in the Lair, Cara tried to put together a plan to help John and Charlie.

~ "Russell, get in here, now!" ~ Cara sent.

~ "Where are you?" ~ Russell replied.

~ "Where am I usually?" ~

~ "Hey, I want nothing to do with you and John ..." ~

~ "We don't have time for this, Russell." ~ Cara interrupted. ~ "John and Charlie are in danger. Ultra is pursuing them as we speak." ~

Russell teleported into TIM's room immediately.

"What's the plan, boss?" he said urgently, as he approached Cara.