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    The girl with the silver hair leapt forward, pointing her hand towards the four kids. Suddenly, a powerful gust of wind knocked Evan, Synista, and Morgan off their feet. Lanis pointed his left arm at the girl, hoping a concussion missile would take her out, when suddenly, a huge created of rock wrapped around Lanis and threw him into the roof of the bus.
     Morgan flew through the air, slamming into the wall of the bus. She was already tired from using her power of object animation, and the landing didn't help very much. She could faintly hear Synista beginning her healing spell. Looking up from where she lay, Viris suddenly came eyes to eyes with one of the girls. She had blue hair, and her eyes where a deep and mesmorizing. She could feel somthing, in her head. The girl's eyes flashed, and a wretching was felt within Morgan's head, but she couldn't feel it, she was already unconscious.
     Synis finished her spell, and her wounds and bruises faded. Morgan had collapsed after she and the blue-haired girl had locked gazes, and Lanis was being held against the bus' roof by the arm of the earth man.
    
"Hey! Let go!" cried Synista, quickly calling upon her memory to crate the desired spell effect of sleep. The rock-man turned to look at Synista, before falling to the ground, asleep. A strange and powerful current of air could be felt, coming out of nowhere. Small objects began to be lifted and spun around the silver-haired girl. They began cutting deep into the flesh of Synista and Evan. The boy stood, despite the objects slicing into his flesh, and he began wallking towards her. As soon as he was withinarms distance, he grabbed the girl. Electricity flew from his grasp. The silver-haired girl screamed in pain, before falling to the ground. Evan, obviously drained of strength, collapsed on the ground.
     Lanis looked up, getting his bearings, and raised his right arm. He let loose his energy web, and let the stringy material wrap around the water-girl. She cried out in alarm, her powers getting drained, to the point that her energies were useless. Lanis walked over and lifted the web. He then picked up the metallic casing, and the silver-haired girl lying on the ground, and pressed a button on his wrist-pad. Suddenly, his motorcycle came speeding to the side of the bus. Lanis hopped on, and dragged the three humanoid figures along.
     Corey walked through the Creek, slowly walking along with his two friends, Andrea and Evan. Corey was really hoping the girl enjoyed the trip, he really liked her. Soon, Corey felt the shift of the dimensional fields, and he felt his body using the teleportation spell Forge had placed there years ago.
     Suddenly, a huge distortion could be felt. It was like his body was on fire, and then, just as quickly as it had begun, it stopped. Looking around, Corey notcied the change in scenery, good. The transportation worked.
     A shadow fell over the three kids, and Andrea screamed. Turning and looking up, Corey saw a huge, gigantic, glowing-green slug. It shot a stream of acid which just barely missed Andrea, it stopped just inches in front of her face. Corey turned to the two of them, and they looked at him with sudden interest. Corey realized, the two of them had never seen him use his powers.
    
"Go! get out of here!" called Corey. Andrea and Evan look at the slug, and begin running. The slug turns its attention to the young boy, who closed his eyes. It fires another stream of acid, which squirts onto an invisible barrier of mental force. Suddenly, the side bank begins to quiver, and hundreds of pounds of rock and dirt slam into the slug. The slug's natural acids melt the stone at it hits, yet Corey uses his power to slam into the slug psionically, the force of his thoughts damaging the outside body of the monster.
     The monster quivers in pain, and it sprays acid everywhere, Corey stopping the streams coming at him, but suddenly a large tree-branch above snaps off, the acid eroding the fibers, and a trunk fell, trapping Corey beneath. As the boy struggled to get his concentration back into form, there was suddenly a crackling of electricity in the sky. Looking up, Corey caught a glimpse of Andrea carrying Evan, flying straight towards the slug. As soon as they got close enough, Evan let loose an enormous amount of electricity, which surged through the slug. The monster screamed, before suddenly vanishing.
     Corey levitates the trunk off of himself, before glaring at Andrea and Evan.
    
"What are you doing!? I told you to get out of here, I told you to go! Why did you stay behind, what if the monster didn't leave? You two put yourselves in a huge amount of danger, and you placed my safety on the line. The two of you could have tried to go and find Lanis, or your other friends, but you went against my orders, and almost got hurt. Now, what do you have to say for yourselves?" cried Corey, looking feircely at the two. He suddenly looked into Andrea's eyes. They were tearing up, and his heart almost fell apart.
    
"We. . . . .we were trying to save you. I couldn't....I....I love you, alright!? I couldn't let you get hurt!" screamed Digit, tears now pouring down her face. Corey rushed forward and caugh her before she fell, her head resting on his shoulder. Her sobs now verbal. Corey held her, and told her he loved her also. The two spread apart and looked into each other's eyes. They drew close, and kissed.

     Lanis awoke the next morning with a start. There was a pounding on his door. Lifting himself from bed, he walked over and opened the door. There, stood the principal with Evan, Andrea, Synista, Morgan, and Mateyo. They all looked troubled.
    
"Corey is missing. He left last night, talking about a phone-call he recieved. He traveled north, no...south, wait..he went somewhere, but he's been gone for three days. This realy isn't like him, he has never, even missed a day of school unless he got sick, but he's not in his dorm room. Please, I need you to find him in good health. Be careful!"  the principal walked away, shaking his head. Lanis looked at the rest of the group and sighed.
    
"Synista. You and Mateyo stay here. Andrea, you Evan and Morgan travel south. I'll take his trail north, and we'll see what we find." Without waiting for an answer, the youg man walked away from the group, heading towards the road where he could hop on his MC and go looking for his friend.

     Andrea flew through the sky while Morgan and Evan rode their bikes. Andrea flew high, and spotted a large building in the distance. Flying low, she reported what she saw to the others. Morgan began riding faster, hoping to find her friend at the building, when suddenly, Evan and Andrea veered off course to the right. Morgan slowed to a stop and turned to see Evan lying in a ditch at the side of the road, holding his bleeding forhead.
    
"What was that? Why did you do that?" asked Morgan, helping Evan to his feet.
    
"I. . . .I'm not sure. I thought the road turned, but I guess it was just a hallucination. I'm okay though. . ." Evan shook his head and the two continued riding. As they neared the building, they noticed it was an old abandoned warehouse. There was an old shack in back. Nodding to themselves, the two went to the back. Opening the doors, they noticed a large figure on the ground. Evan used his electrical charge to light the room. It was a boy, Samoan. He was rather large, maybe a year older than Evan, and he was badly hurt.

     Lanis began traveling when suddenly, he noticed his radar go off. Corey was to the south, or at least his trail was. After about ten minutes, he came to a large warehouse. The power-signal led inside. As he entered, he heard movement to the right. There was a flight of stairs. Soon, he came upon a door. Opening it, he found a table with Corey sitting at it. Lanis' radar stopped working.
    
"Hello, Lanis. How have you been lately? Actually, I could tell, no reason to answer. You have been looking for me? Well guess what? I don't want to be found." said Corey, smirking at Lanis. Lanis suddenly felt startled.
    
"I, what do you mean? I have to take you back! The school needs you." said Lanis, putting his hands out to Corey. Suddenly, Lanis went flying across the room, slamming into the wall. Corey floated above him and looked down.
   
"Well, all I have to say to that, is 'You have to catch me first'!"  and with that, Corey kicked the boy already on the ground. Enhanced by his telekinetic powers, Corey caused Lanis to slam into the opposite wall. "Why, Lanis? Why are you fighting? What are you fighting for? For me? For yourself? Why not just give in? Why not join me?" asked Corey, extending his hand to Lanis.
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