Chapter 23: You are NOT a Killer!

Meanwhile, back on Earth, in the city of Danville...

In the city of Danville, Zack was walking towards the Murphy house with Melissa walking alongside him.

"I hope Milo's okay, Melissa." Zack said Milo's other friend.

"So do I." Melissa said. "I called his cell and he wasn't responding."

"I did the same and no response." Zack said. "So I called his house and there was no answer."

"Really?" The girl said. "Didn't Dr. D answer it?"

"No," The boy said. "Come to think of it. I haven't seen or heard anything from Milo or his family in a week."

Hearing that caused Melissa's eyes to go wide in surprise.

"Come to think of it, I haven't either."

Hearing this, caused the two to stop almost instantly.

"Wait, so if you didn't hear from him..." Zack began.

"And you didn't hear from him, then that must mean..." Melissa continued.

"SOMETHING BAD MUST HAVE HAPPENED TO MILO!" The two shouted in unison.

With that out in the open, the two immediately ran as fast as they could to the Murphy residence.

Back in space...

Milo was in his room, bawling his eyes out as what happened at the coliseum took a toll on his well being.

"Why did I kill her? I didn't mean to kill her? What's wrong with me?" Milo kept asking himself as the the words such as 'murderer' and 'killer' echoed through his mind.

He heard the door to his family's room slide open, but at this point, he just didn't care to look up and see who it is.

"Milo! We found you!" The jinx heard Sara as he felt being embraced by his older sister.

He wanted to push her away and even tried to, only for Sara to tighten her grip around him a little bit.

"L-Let go of me, please." Milo pleaded weakly.

"You know that's not going to happen." Sara whispered in his as he gently stroked her brother's hair.

Milo calmed down a bit as his mother spoke. "Milo, I know this is a stupid question, but are you okay, sweetie?"

"No..." Milo said as he embraced Sara a bit. "I'm a murderer. I-I killed someone."

"Milo..." Martin said. "Yes you killed someone son, but there's a difference between being a murderer and acting in self defense and killing that green lady was the self defense one."

Sara then chimed in. "Yeah, if it wasn't for you. Dominator would've killed me and Lincoln. What you did was an act of self defense."

"I know but I still feel awful about it and... really, really, scared." Milo confessed.

"Of your powers?" Martin asked.

"Well y-yeah." Milo said as he wiped the tears his eyes. "Mostly, because of what I might do to you guys and everyone else. I mean what if I accidentally vaporize you guys or Lincoln or Dan and Chris or anyone else in my vicinity! That's what I'm most afraid of. I was already scared of Murphy's Law but now I'm afraid of these NEW powers too. I'm even more of a danger to everyone around me now with them." He stated before breaking down into a sobbing session once again.

Sara, Martin and Bridgette were surprised that the boy who was the most optimistic and often saw his "condition" as an adventure was now sobbing on the floor with his older sister embracing him.

Martin and Bridgette decided to embraced their son as well in an attempt to cheer him up.

"Milo, I'm sorry that you had to be the one to do the deed but you have to understand that none of us see you as a killer." Martin began. And I'm sure that Lincoln, Dan, Chris and everyone else don't either.

"Y... You don't?" Milo said.

"Of course not." Bridgette said. "We see you as a kid who was forced into a situation beyond his control and had to make a choice that he didn't want to make."

Milo thought about for a bit and in his mind, he knew that his family was right. He had to make a choice back at the coliseum and in the end, he made the right choice when he blew Dominator to pieces.

"I guess you're right." Milo said as he embraced his family tightly. "I guess I need to learn how to control this power. It's a part of me now."

Noticing that he calmed down, his family let go of the fellow member.

"I know this is out of nowhere but I have to ask you guys something." Milo said as he got serious. "It's really important."

The three nodded as the Milo asked his question. "When me and Lincoln were fighting Dominator back in the arena. Lincoln told me something bizarre."

"What did he said?" Sara asked.

"He asked if he saw another version of me inside of me." Milo answered. "He found out about it when Jasper had him on the ropes during their fight, when he blacked out from the blood loss he saw another version of himself within his mind. That's what gave him the strength to overcome the big bully."

"So, you're asking if we have seen a version of ourselves in our minds?" Bridgette asked.

"Well basically, yeah." Milo said.

"I think I get what you're saying son." Martin said, making his son, his daughter, and his wife look at him in confusion. "When me, your mom, Dan and Chris were fighting that blue alien, a voice in my head was telling me what he was going to do and how to counter it."

"Really?" The three asked in unison.

"Yeah, not only that but time seemed to slow down as he was charging at me." Martin explained. "I wonder if you girls and Dan and Chris have that version inside your minds."

"Well, I guess we're going to find out soon, now won't we?" Sara said as she sat down on the floor.

Realizing what she want them to do, the rest of Sara's family sat down in a circle and held their hands.

"Here we go!" Milo said as he closed his eyes and focused his mind, with the rest of his family following suit soon after.

Inside the conjoined minds of the Murphy family, all the Murphy family could see was darkness.

"I don't see anything, Milo." Sara said.

"Wait for it." Milo responded.

Suddenly, a light purple, light blue, light orange and light green filled the mind area, causing the four to cover their eyes...

When they reopened them, they saw the different colored versions of themselves in the light's place.

"Hello Sara," The light blue version of the teen girl greeted. "I'm your inspirational power."

"I'm your time slowing ability, Martin." The light green version of the man said.

"And I'm your reality warping power, Bridgette." The light orange version of the woman said.

"It's a pleasure to meet all of you at last." The light purple version of Milo greeted.

"If you heard from Lincoln then we'll just ask you right now."

"What's that?" Sara asked.

"If you want to reach your full potential, we ask that you merge with us." Sara's other half said. "In exchange, you all need to train your bodies to handle your powers."

Martin, Sara, and Bridgette all looked at each other for a bit before coming to a decision.

"Alright, I'll do it." Martin said as he took his other half's hand.

"If it means getting back to Earth, then let's do this thing!" Sara declared as she took her other counterpart's hand.

"Okay, I'm in." Bridgette said as she took her other self's hand.

"Now focus your minds." Milo said as he took the other Milo's hand and closed his eyes.

Back in the real world, everyone opened their eyes.

"Looks like it worked." Martin said.

"Well, we're going to have find out when we face Zing again, now won't we?" Milo said.

Now that Milo has come to terms with the fact that he has killed Lord Dominator in self defense, and has helped his family fuse with their mindscape selves in order to help master their new abilities, what will happen now?

But will it be enough to escape from Emperor Zing?

What will happen when Zack and Melissa discover that the Murphy family is missing?

Find out next time on... "The Exiles"!

AN: Okay this chapter was a bit rushed, but I choose to squeeze out just one more chapter for this month, so I figured "Hey, why not?".