Wes led the way through the thick jungle. Basil glanced back at Matt and Cooper who were trailing at the back talking to each other. He couldn't get over how much a like they were. They both had a relaxed and friendly attitude, loved baseball, about the same height and hair color, and the scariest part was they both had a katana as a weapon! He wondered if Cooper was a time adoptive because he could see him as Matt's biological brother. That got him to look down at the ground. Did he have any biological siblings? Dad never told him what happened to his birth parents after his first encounter with the moon. Suddenly he felt all alone in the entire universe. The only person that understood him wasn't even a human! Is this how the moon feels? Always being out shined by the sun and only able to be seen at certain times. Alone expect for the far away stars behind it. He was used to solitude and being left in his thoughts. That's how he always was. Was he meant to always be alone in his separate space? Basil knows how much his parents love him by the way they stand up for him but he could see it in the subtle expression when people mention him. A glance, an untimed shift in transferring weight over to the other foot, a quick breath. He was a moon in a crowd of suns. Something caught the corner of his eye. He looked to the side to see a man in a white dress shirt and a purple tie loosely tied around his neck, and black pants and dress shoes. His hair was a dusted blonde. He had a look of sympathy in his eyes. But as soon as he took the next step he was gone. Basil came to a full stop and looked at where the man stood. His stop was so abrupt Rease ran into him.

"Hey why did you stop like that?" He demanded. Basil turned to him like he completely forgotten everyone else.

"Did you see that?" He asked. Rease gave him a confused look.

"See what?" Wes asked noticing everyone had stopped.

"There was someone standing over there." Basil looked back at the spot where he was standing. Of course he wasn't there.

"No one's there." Silvia commented.

"He was only there for a second. But he was there!" Basil said.

"Maybe your eyes were playing tricks on you. You know seeing something that looks like a human but it was really just a tree and/or a formation that looked like human." Cooper suggested.

"I know what I saw! He was there!" He defended. Matt looked taken back by his shouting. He was never one to shout, he was always the one stopping the shouting.

"Alright, alright let's try to calm down a bit." Matt patted the air.

"You believe me don't you Matt?" He asked calm again. Matt looked down at the ground then lifted his head to answer but Rease beat him to it.

"You were just seeing things! No one was there! End of story! Seriously how are you one of us?!" Rease shouted. How are you one of us? The story of his life. It was worse than being called a freak or monster. At least he wouldn't be alone if he was one of those. He wasn't anything, he was all alone. Basil took a step back then bolted past Wes.

"Basil!" Matt shouted out to him. Then took off running after him.

"If you keep going straight you'll hit the base of the mountain!" Wes called after them. Basil ignored them both and just kept running. He kept running after his sides started burning and revolted. He wasn't mad with Rease, how could he when he was telling the truth. Basil didn't understand why it hurt him so bad this time. He always known that's how people felt about him. His birth parents felt enough that way to try to kill him. Why would it be any different now? Basil tilted his head even lower and sped up. Eventually he was forced to stop. But not by the pain in his sides, those had gone numb a long time ago, but by the quaking his lungs threatening to push the tears over the edge. The ground under his feet were no longer the dirt floor of the jungle but the hard rock of the mountain. He had run apart way up the mountain and never notice. Now he strolled upwards holding his arms, still feeling the tears wanting to come out but he kept them in. Seeing a large standing rock he sat down under it just feeling the air around him. He wrapped his knees up in his arms and hid his face. Basil didn't know how long he sat there but it felt like a long time when he heard a strange sound. It sounded like shifting then falling rock. He perk his head up to see if he could spot the source of the sound. Nothing. He got up then looked completely around till he heard a cry for help farther up the mountain. Basil ran up as fast as he could trying to find the source. Then he found it. Someone about his age was hanging from the side of steep, narrow cliff.

"Hang on!" Basil shouted running to help. The path to get there was narrow but he had to help so he inched along the ledge. As soon as he reached a deep recess in the cliff where near where the person was hanging he dropped on his stomach and extended a hand but he was just out of reach.

"Try to slide over and I'll grab your wrist!" Basil instructed. The boy slowly shuffled over to him. As soon as he was in reach he grabbed his wrist. And good thing to because the moment his grip latched on the earth from under the boy's hands broke. The boy stared downward at the long drop and had a look of panic on his face. Basil dropped his other arm down.

"Give me your other hand and I'll help pull you up!" He explained. The boy swung his arm to grab his wrist. He had a terrified look on his face. Basil grunted as he slowly managed to pull him up to safety. The boy paddled his feet and managed to gain a little traction to help the last bit. They flopped safely in the recess panting.

"Are you alright?" Basil asked once his breath was back. The boy nodded gratefully,

"Thanks to you!"

"How did you even get there?" He asked, then he noticed the ring on his finger. It was different from the other Guardians but it wasn't like Matt's either. This one looked really nice. The center was a circle with a blue gem center. From the way he was seeing it, it looked like there might be something engraved inside the stone but he couldn't be sure. It had a strange design on the band that reminded him of leafs and their stems. The boy looked a little embarrassed when he asked.

"Truthfully I don't really know. All I really remember is walking to school then suddenly appearing in this strange space where I heard two voices. They told me it was time for me to take the team as the boss. Then this ring appeared and was sent to the top of this mountain." He looked down at the ring on his finger and continued. "When I was walking down the ground under me broke and sent me over the edge. You must think I'm crazy." Basil couldn't believe it. This guy was the head, the boss of the Elements! He seemed ordinary enough. He had light brown hair and wore an orange and white jacket with dark grey cargo pants and orange and white shoes.

"Not at all. In fact the same thing more or less happened to me. The name's Basil Burnish." He stood up and offered him a hand up.

"Kayson." The stranger took his hand.