Norman and Scorch had reached the airport an hour ago. They purchased plane tickets and had boarded the plane. Norman took the window seat and buckled up. He peeked outside the window and could see a view of the airfield. He looked at Scorch and noticed he was staring off into space.

"I watched the press conference. Is that what really happened?” Scorch asked, staring at the passengers entering the plane.

“Yeah. Most of it.” Norman replied.

“Even the possession part?”

“Yes.”

“So, Behemoth was just some crazy person possessing an innocent man?”

“That's the short version, yeah.”

“How’s he taking freedom?”

“He hides in the Agency. He feels bad about everything. When he was possessed , he could still see and hear everything around him. He told us about his attempts to break free, but after a while... he gave up.” Norman said, remembering Tauren's stories.

“So where’s the possessor?”

“Classified.”

“Of course.” Scorch said, rolling his eyes.

They stopped talking for a few minutes and sat in there seats as the plane moved. Norman looked out the window and watched the plane drive to the airfield. The two of them stared blankly outside the window and watched the plane lift off. After a little turbulence, the plane flew smoothly in the clouds. Norman looked back at Scorch and noticed he was staring at the screen in the seat in front of him.

“Anything else you’d like to share on the way?” Norman asked. Scorch ignored him and watched the tv. Norman narrowed his eyes and scoffed.

"You know I don't have to be here?" Norman said. Scorch stopped watching tv and glared at Norman.

“It was at night. I was held at gunpoint by some kid and I gave him burns. Then I flew away. That enough?” Scorch asked.

“There has to be something else. You’re not telling me everything are you?” Norman asked, raising an eyebrow. Scorch glared at Norman with intense eyes. Norman looked into them and could see a flame in them. Not wanting to fight he backed down and sat back into his seat, staring at the window. He heard Scorch sigh in annoyance followed by his voice.

“It was the same night I was robbed.”

Scorch flew across the night sky. He flew above the clouds so nobody on the ground could see him. He stopped flying and hovered above the clouds. He floated there and closed his eyes.

“You never should’ve left him, Dodge.” He thought in his head. He remembered saying it like it was yesterday. He clenched his hands as he remembered the last time he ever saw Dodge. He remembered what Behemoth had offered him.

“How would you like to have power of your own?” Behemoth asked. Scorch wished he didn’t take Behemoths offer. He wished it had been somebody else. But it was him.

Scorch knew there was nobody in Neo’s gang that was better than him. He was the best shot and the best brawler in the gang. When new recruits joined Neo’s gang it was up to him to train them.

This was how he met Dodge for the first time. Scorch hated him the moment he saw him. An idiot with a ego the size of a mountain. Scorch remembered beating up Dodge every morning in their training sessions.

When he finally learned how to fight. Scorch felt nothing. Not even pride. He stared at Dodge with hatred. If it wasn’t the cops that’d kill him. It would’ve been him. He didn’t know what Neo saw inside him, but when the time comes that he’d mess up. He’d want to be there to see him.

Then his mistake happened. Scorch remembered what Dodge did. That was when things became clearer. Dodge had more similarities to him than he thought. On the night he learned Dodge gave away the money to some poor family. Scorch declined the offer to kill him in the abandoned warehouse out of respect. A decision that unknowingly saved his life.

That was when Behemoth arrived. The night that followed was likely gonna stay with him for the rest of his life. From the first time he saw his firy form to his near death experience in the water.

Now when he thinks of Dodge, regret fills his head. Ever since he found out he was dead, he thought of the what if’s? What if Dodge didn’t die? What if Dodge got through to him? What if he never joined Neo’s gang?

He scoffed at that one. If he hadn’t have joined Neo he would’ve joined another gang. Revenge had followed him then. A flash of his previous life played in his life. He was the happiest man in the world. With a beautiful wife and a beautiful home. Then it all drifted away.

Scorch opened his eyes and dropped his concentration when rising out of the clouds in the distance was smoke. He stared at the rising smoke and slowly floated towards it. He floated above the smoke and listened. He could hear police sirens, fire trucks spraying water, and ambulances blaring. He poked his head through the clouds and saw a house covered in flames. He stared at the burning house and watched the firefighters fail to stop the fire.

He shook his head at the sight of their failure. That house was definitely a lost cause with those firefighters. Scorch went back above the clouds and sighed. He clenched his fists and prepared to leave. As was about to leave, he heard a woman’s scream come from below. He stopped what he was doing and peeked out of the clouds.

“My baby is still in there!” She exclaimed, as paramedics took her away. Scorch looked at the burning house and could hear a baby crying. His eyes widened through the flames. A firefighter tried to enter through the door, but was stopped by wood collapsing onto him. Scorch knew the firefighters wouldn’t be able to save the baby with the condition the house was in. He contemplated going down there, but hesitated.

Scorch shrugged it off and bolted through the clouds and flew to the back of the house. He flew down to the backyard without any witnesses and landed in the firy garden. He got up and walked through the flames. The fire that covered the entire backyard had no effect on him.

He stared at the glass door that kept him from entering the house and punched it. The glass broke instantly, allowing him to walk in the burning house.

Scorch looked around the burning house and saw stairs that led to the second floor. He stared at the wooden stairs and saw that they collapsed into a closet underneath. He listened for the baby and could still hear its crying. He flared up and flew up the stairs in an instant.

On the second floor, he passed by the flames that burned the carpet and punched through door after door. He reached the last door in the house and noticed the fire hadn’t reached that side of the house yet. He walked out of the flames and concentrated. Within a second , Scorch had turned into his human self.

He turned the door knob and opened the door. The room was partially covered in smoke, but was mostly untouched by the fire. The walls were aquamarine colored with every letter in the alphabet taped on the wall. On the other side of the room was a crib holding the crying baby inside. Above the crib were letters that spelled out, Peach.

He rushed on over to the baby and quickly grabbed her out of the crib. Scorch held on to her gently and tried to stop the crying. He shooshed the baby as he shook her around.

“It’s okay. It’s okay.” He said, succeeding in calming her down. Scorch looked out the door and stared into the burning hallway. The fire was spreading to the room with smoke coming in fast.

He tried to think of a way out of the house, but his mind was drawing blanks. Scorch looked at his free hand and thought of an idea. He thought about the times he changed form inside buildings, without starting a fire. He knew he could control his flames, if he lowered his temperature enough. The only problem was that he didn’t have that much practice in it. He put the baby back in the crib and stood far away from the crib. He concentrated and quickly ignited in flames. Staring at his now enflamed body, he focused his powers and attempted to lower his temperature.

Scorch concentrated as hard as he could. Scorchs flames around his body slowly began to weaken. The once tall fires that lined his shoulders were the size of candles. His hands had hardened up and became solid. The fire that engulfed his head had shrunk to the edge of his skull. The floor he stood on stopped burning from his feet. He opened his eyes and looked at his body. He touched the aquamarine walls and saw he wasn’t burning it at all.

Scorch smiled at his victory and approached the crib again. At the sight of Scorchs presence.and started crying again. He realized he was scaring her and quickly focused again. The small fire that lit up his skull started to recede like a flower in bloom. His touched his face and realized it was human. The baby stopped crying when seeing Scorchs face.

He gave her a smile and hesitantly put his hands around her. When he realized he wasn’t burning her with his hands he quickly grabbed her. He held onto her with his hands and walked to the door. The fires had caught up with him, as they began to burn the door infront of him. He kicked the door off its hinges with his leg and stared at the fire infront of him.

He slowly pushed on and walked through the flames. He stood in the front of the stairs and slowly ignited his legs. He lifted him and the baby off the floor and flew down to the bottom floor. He landed on the floor softly and slowly pushed on. The smoke was dense and black. Scorch knew she wouldn’t be able to handle this at her age. He approached the back door and noticed it was blocked by wood that had collapsed from the second floor. He looked around the burning house and realized he would have to take the front door. He turned around and stared at the giant flames that stood between him and the exit. With nowhere else to go he ran through the flames with the baby in his grip. The two of them rushed out of the fire without burning and approached the exit.

The mother stared at her house with tears falling down her face. She fell on her knees and stared at the burning house. She knew there was no way her baby could be alive and broke down completely. She covered the back of her head and dropped her head onto the ground. The firefighters stared at her with sympathy. Sadness had filled their faces at their failure to save the baby. They had stopped the fire from spreading, but the house was a lost cause.

A firefighter closest to the house stared at the grief stricken mother until he heard a sound from the front door. He looked at the door and could make out a figure coming out the door. He stopped what he was doing and warned the firefighters.

“Look!” He exclaimed.

Everyone, including the mother, looked at the front door in disbelief. A man with no burns in sight walked out the house carrying with him a baby. The mother bolted from her position and rushed towards the man. She stared at him and gently grabbed her baby off his hands, too shocked to say anything. She cried as she held her baby in her arms. Scorch stared at the mother and smiled. Paramedics approached him and the mother and quickly got them out of the front yard.

Norman stared at Scorch with amazement as he finished his story. He couldn’t believe Scorch had saved a baby from a burning building.

“They took me and the mother to the hospital in separate ambulances. I flew away before they saw me. I didn’t need to hear it to know she was thankful.”

“A day later, the local news reported that a mystery man saved a baby from a burning building unscathed. They had no idea it was me. A week after that, I met Prion. That’s probably how he found me.”

“It sounds like you were on track to reforming yourself.” Norman said.

“So, why did you agree to help him?” Norman asked.

“Redemption.”

“You wanted redemption?” Norman asked. Scorch nodded his head and started talking.

“I already told you how bad I felt after the incident. I thought helping him find others like Dodge, would redeem me.”

“I can’t believe I fell for it.” Scorch said.

“Hey, don’t put yourself down like that. You had no idea what he was doing.” Norman said, trying to cheer him up.

“But if I did Mirror and the Uniques he experimented on would still be alive.”

“It doesn’t matter. All that does is taking him down.” Norman said, solemnly.

“You’re right. I can’t let her sacrifice mean nothing. I have to stop him. For them.” Scorch said. Norman nodded his head in agreement.

“So, when we get there. How many Uniques will be waiting for you to return?”

“4. Rivet, Astro Platinum, Blue Tempo, and Spectre.”

“What can they do?” Norman asked. Scorch raised an eye at the question.

“You came to me to help, so I need to know who I’m working with.” Norman justified. Scorch rolled his eyes and answered.

“Rivet can turn into whatever metal he touches, Blue Tempo can fire lasers out of his hands, and Spectre can see and move through walls. Not to mention turn invisible.”

“Wow. Wait, what about Astro Platinum?” Norman asked.

“That one, I don’t know. He was one of the last Uniques I found but he refused to show me his power. He said he didn’t want to hurt me.”

“Must be scary.” Norman said, thinking of what it could be.

“Yeah, when me and Mirror picked him up at his city. We heard reports of minor earthquakes around the city. But that’s all I know.”

“Thanks.” Norman said.

“That better have been everything. I’m going to sleep.” Scorch said, reclining in the seat.

“That’s all I need to know.” Norman said. Scorch closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep in minutes. Norman pulled out headphones out of a pocket infront of his seat and watched tv on the screen infront of him. Staring out the window, he hoped things would be okay.

Bonbon followed Ronin out of the Agency and entered the parking garage. Ronin and Bright stood in the parking lot talking. Bright was worried about Ronin and tried to cheer him up. Bonbon exited out the elevator and approached the two of them. Ronin looked up at Bonbon and quickly covered his face.

“What’s going on here?” Bonbon asked.

“It’s nothing.” Ronin said, trying to hide his anger. Bright her arm on his shoulder to comfort him and told Bonbon what was going on.

“The government wants Tauren transferred to the military in three days.” Bright said.

“What?” Bonbon exclaimed.

“What purpose would Tauren have in the military?”

“To assure the public that they don’t have to be scared of him. But mostly because his skills can be useful if put on the field.” Bright said.

“Well we can’t let that happen. Tauren can’t even stay a Minotaur for than 10 minutes before freaking out.”

“Starlight said she would try to negotiate.” Bright replied.

“That’s not all of it. The government wants to send Starlight Glimmer to represent the Earth for first contact with Equestria.” Bright explained.

“She can’t do that in her condition. She’s pr-“

“They know.” Ronin said, no longer hiding his anger.

“Which is why it won’t happen till after the baby’s born.” Ronin explained.

“But that’s a couple months from now.” Bonbon said.

“I know.” Ronin said.

“Why do they want to establish first contact now?”

“Tensions around the world are getting higher. Now that more and more Uniques are popping up, the public want answers. And if they want answers they ask their governments.” Bright explained.

“But not even they have the answers.” Ronin said.

“That’s why they’ve decided to establish first contact now.” Bright said. After twenty minutes of talking, the elevator opened back up. The three of them looked at the elevator and saw Deacon. He stared at Bonbon and talked to her.

“Norman’s leaving the city. Madame Glimmer already knows.”

“Norman’s leaving? Why?” Bonbon exclaimed.

“The airport along with Norman’s mystery caller.” Deacon said.

Norman and Scorch landed in Texas and left the building in a hurry. The two of them had entered a car dealership where Norman purchased a car on the spot. The car was a 2003 model of vehicle the agency used. Getting used to the controls wasn’t difficult for Norman because of his experience. The dealer left them outside with their new car. Norman and Scorch sat in the car and talked. Scorch was in the drivers seat much to Norman’s dismay.

Norman pulled out a map from the glove compartment and asked Scorch where to go.

“So, where’s your safehouse?”

“Outside of town. Only I know how to get there.”

“Is that why you took the drivers seat from me?” Norman asked. Scorch glared at Norman through the front mirror. Scorch ignited the engine and drove out of the dealership.

The two of them didn’t start any conversations in the car, choosing to remain quiet. Norman sat there in the passenger seat, staring out the window the whole way. He was secretly writing on the map with a marker. Norman didn’t fully trust Scorch even with everything he told him. In case things went bad at least he’d know the way to the airport. Scorch drove outside the city and entered farmland. The sun had fallen down and the moon had risen. Night time was upon them. Scorch slowed the car down as they drove through uneven dirt road.

“We’re here.” Scorch said. Norman stared out the window and saw a nice two story farmhouse. The exterior was a light blue with white windows and a white porch. Scorch honked the horn once and stopped the engine. Norman saw a light turn on through the window and immediately saw the door open up. Three people stood on the porch and stared at the car. Scorch got out of the vehicle and stared at them. He noticed only three of them were there.

Behind him he heard the dirt kick from footprints and immediately knew who it was.

“Spectre. I know you’re there.”

“You’ve got a lotta ’splainin to do, mate. Spectre said, behind Scorch. Scorch turned around and saw Spectre appearing out of thin air. Norman’s eyes widened at the mans sudden appearance outside. Spectre

“Where’ve ya been?” Spectre asked, looking in the car. He made eye contact with Norman and phased through the car window. Norman leaned back in surprise at the mans ability.

“Who the hell are you?” Spectre exclaimed. The three Uniques walked off the porch and approached Scorch.

“Who the hells this guy?” Spectre asked, phasing out of the car. The three Uniques stopped walking and stared at Norman with caution.

“It’s alright. He’s here to help us.” Scorch said. The three Uniques relaxed, but remained cautious towards Norman.

“How are they?”

“Blue started a fire with his lasers, Rivet’s got food cooking, and Astro started a damn quake.”

“He did?” Scorch asked in surprise.

“I don’t know what the hell he has, but he is freaking us all out.”

“I can hear you!” Astro exclaimed. Norman stared at him and noticed he was a teenager. A light purple skinned kid with red hair and light blue highlights on the edge of his hair.

Blue Tempo was blue skinned with grey hair. Spectre was golden skinned with silver hair. Rivets skin was as grey as steel with an even darker gray hair color.

Norman got out of the car and introduced himself.

“Hello, I’m Norman.” He waved.

“He’s gonna help us put an end to Prions experiments.”

“You mean this guys one of us?” Spectre asked, pointing at Norman with his thumb.

“No. He doesn’t have powers like us.”

“No powers? He doesn’t look like he’d help much.” Rivet commented, folding his arms.

“Trust me. He’ll help us.” Scorch said, walking up to the porch. He pushed the door open with his hand and went inside. The four Uniques and Norman walked into the house shortly after.

“So, what now?” Astro asked.

“Why don’t we introduce ourselves. Hi, mate, I’m Spectre. I would say to keep an eye on your pockets, ‘cept you're friends with Scorch. So, I’ll let you off easy.” He said, with a rough Australian accent. He put a hand out for Norman to shake who went in to shake his hand. Norman put his hand up to his and immediately phased through his hand. Spectre laughed immediately at the trick he did.

“Hehe. Sucker.” He grinned.

“Spectre was a professional pocket thief before I found him.”

“Ya ‘nd turnin into a ghost makes grabbing things a whole lot easier.” Spectre commented, phasing his hand through a book.

“Rivet worked as a chef in Oklahoma, Blue was a officer in Arizona, and Astro was ready to leave the orphanage in Houston.” Scorch said. The three Uniques waved and nodded when their names came up.

“And this is Norman. Special Agent Norman.” Scorch said, getting reactions out of them.

“You’re with the Agency?” Spectre asked, covering his jacket pockets.

“The same one that Prion was in.” Rivet said, tensing up.

“You brought an Agent to us, Scorch?” Blue exclaimed.

“He can be trusted.”

“How do you know? The last agent we trusted tried to kill us!”

“The scientist you met is not apart of the Agency.” Norman said.

“But he used to be.”

“How can you be sure that the Agency he’s from won’t do the same?” Astro asked. Scorch turned his head and stared at Norman, expecting him to answer.

“The Agency Im in has already made contact with other Uniques. In fact, we’ve recruited them in our ranks. Any type of studying on them is strictly on the field, with consent.” Norman explained.

“Other Uniques? What can they do?” Astro asked with curiosity.

“Superspeed, telekinesis, weather manipulation, all of that.”

“Sounds neat.” Spectre said.

“Alright, enough with the chatting. We need to discuss what we’re going to do next.” Scorch said, pulling out a piece of paper with a drawing. Norman stared at the paper and realized it was a hand-drawn map of the inside of a building.

“This is the inside of the facility Prion held us in. It’s terrible, but it’s the best we can do.” Scorch said.

“It’s fine.” Norman said, placing his hand under his chin. He looked at the map and stared at it for half an hour. The Uniques had gathered to the living room to eat what Rivet made with the stove. Norman stayed in the kitchen, thinking up a plan. When he finally thought of what to do, a smile formed in his face.

Scorch and the Uniques just finished up eating when Norman walked into the living room. They all turned their heads to see Norman holding up the paper map with a satisfied grin.

“I have a plan. It’s risky, but it may work.”

“Let’s hear it.”

“First we drive there.”

Norman and the Uniques hid in the bushes staring at the huge trainyard in front of them. Norman scouted the place out with binoculars. The outside was empty with nobody in sight. Fences surrounded the trainyard, preventing them from getting in.

“We stealthily enter the building.” Norman said.

Norman thought it was strange that nobody was guarding the outside until Spectre set him straight. Norman’s eyes widened when Spectre broke out of hiding and walked to the fence. He rubbed the back of his neck on the way, slumping a bit. Spectre reached the fence and looked around, seeing nobody. He stared at the group and raised his hands up. Norman facepalmed at Spectres arrogance. Scorch rolled his eyes and stood up. The group followed him down the hill towards the fence and followed through with the plan.

“Then, Spectre will enter the trainyard and tell us when the coast is clear.” Norman said.

Spectre phased through the fence and peeked his head through the side door. He looked through the hallway and saw nobody around. He looked down and saw a table below him with an unopened soda can on it. He stuck his hand through the wall and quickly grabbed it. He stopped peeking and walked back through the fence. The group raised an eye at the soda he brought with him.

“All clear.” He said, opening the soda can.

“Scorch will melt the fence and wall enough for the rest of us to go through and sneak in.”

“Won’t have to. Spectre can phase us through objects as well.” Scorch interrupted.

“Okay, So Spectre will phase us through the wall and into the building.” Norman said.

“Hold on, this might be a bit tingly.” Spectre said. The group grabbed a part of Spectre and held on to him. He walked into the fence and phased through it. The group felt the fence pass through them with out any issue. Then they passed through the wall and felt extremely uncomfortable. The group let go of Spectre and leaned on the wall. All of them feeling like they lost their breath.

“Starts to feel uncomfortable the thicker the material I phase through. Shoulda warned ya.”

“You think?” Astro said.

“After we enter the trainyard. Spectre will turn invisible and unlock whatever door we come across.” Norman said. The group snuck through the building with zero encounters with Prion or his partners. They stopped their advance at a locked door that Scorch tried to open. The group all stared at Spectre who was finishing his soda. He stopped drinking and threw the empty bottle aside and cracked his knuckles. He phased through the door and unlocked on the other side, continuing their advance.

“After we enter the main hallway we find Prions location and end his experiments.”

“There’s just one problem.” Blue Tempo said.

“What’s that?” Norman asked.

“Freezer Burn. He’s the Unique working with Prion. He watches the security cameras.” Scorch explained.

“There’s cameras all over this part of the trainyard. If he sees us then he’ll automatically trigger the alarms.” Blue pointed out.

“And we can’t destroy them or else they’ll know we’re there.” Scorch said.

“I’ll take care of it.” Astro said, getting the group to look his way.

“I... know more about my powers than I’ve been letting on.” He said.

“I can mess with technology.”

“Really?” Norman asked.

“It’s one of the things I can do.” Astro. Norman and Scorch exchanged glances and stared at Astro.

The group reached the corner of another hallway and stopped. This was the hallway that had the first security camera. Astro moved up to the front of the group and crouched beside Norman and Scorch.

“I can mess with the camera, but I need to see it.”

“I gotcha, mate.” Spectre said, grabbing Astros shoulder. The group watches as Spectre vanished along with Astro.

“Woah. Can you guys see me?” Astro said.

“You’re still next to us, right?” Rivet asked. Astro took that as a yes and leaned over the corridor. He raised his hand at the camera and could see the space around his hand become blurry. Within seconds, he felt the camera with his hand and turned it off.

“It’s okay.” Astro said. Spectre let go and became visible. Astro stood up and walked in plain view of the camera. When the alarms didn’t trigger, the group breathed a sigh of relief.

“What’d you do?” Spectre asked.

“I messed with the cameras frequencies and turned them off.”

“Nice.” Blue Tempo said, nodding his head.

“Hey, wait a second.” Scorch exclaimed.

“You can turn people invisible?”

“If they touch me, yeah.” Spectre answered.

“Then what was the point of making Astro turn the cameras off if you can make us all invisible?” Scorch complained. Everybody realized it and stared at Spectre. Spectre raised his hands in confusion and nervously laughed.

“After Astro deals with the cameras, we’ll have reached our destination.” Norman said, finishing his plan.

“Any questions?” Norman asked.

“What if we find his partners before we reach the destination?” Rivet asked.

“We’re screwed.” Norman said.

“Any other questions.”

“Yeah. What’ll we do?” Rivet asked, pointing at him and Blue.

“You two will be helping me and Scorch capture Prion.”

“Woah. Woah. Who said we’d be capturing him?” Blue Tempo asked.

“Norman, if we go through with this plan I’m not gonna hesitate killing him.”

“We’re not gonna kill him. We’re gonna capture him and put him in custody where the Agency will deal with him with whatever they please.” Norman said, solemnly. The group exchanged glances and decided not to fight his plan.

“Sounds like a great plan. Let’s do it.” Spectre said, getting up from the couch.

“How are we getting there?” Spectre asked.

“The car.” Scorch answered.

“Now we’re stuck at the other problem.” Norman said.

“What problem?”

“There are six of us and only four seats.” Norman said. Everybody in the group glared at each other, not wanting to lose a seat. In the end, Scorch and Norman sat in the front seats while Rivet, Astro, and Blue Tempo squeezed in the back seats. Spectre unfortunately, sat in the trunk.

In the trainyard a shadowy figure stalked the halls. It walked around corridor after corridor until it saw a small wooden table. It stared at the table and smiled. Its soda was missing and he knew what that meant. Within an instant his body plummeted down on to the floor. Its human form disappearing into a flat black shape. The black shape on the floor travelled with great speed through the halls. It stopped again when it saw the soda can on the floor. The shadow rose up from the ground, it’s human figure visible on the wall. It raised a hand with sharp claw-like fingers and snatched it off the ground. A sinister smile formed on his face.

The group had reached their destination. The group entered a room that had once been their beds. Norman looked at the room with curiosity. The walls were white and the carpet was tan. The entire room was bunk beds with a single tv hanged on the wall.

“So, where’s the door?” Norman asked.

“The hall to the left. That’s where he’s keeping them.” Scorch said.

“Anyone else find it odd that we haven’t found Prion or his buddies?” Spectre said, laying in his bed. River leaned on the wall next to the door, his shadow visible on the wall from the hallway light.

“Prion should be in his lab and Freezer Burn should be operating the cameras.” Scorch answered.

“But whatta ‘bout the third guy?” Spectre asked. Norman turned around to face the group and in the corner of his vision saw Rivets shadow move on its own. He focused on the shadow and could see two eye holes and a sinister smile on its head. He realized that the shadows arms were slowly reaching Rivets neck.

“Rivet, look out!” Norman exclaimed, pointing at the shadow. Rivet moved off the wall and turned his head. He stared at the shadow that was about to kill him and gasped. The shadow quickly vanished, realizing its cover was blown.

“Holy shit!“ Blue Tempo exclaimed. The alarms in the trainyard immediately triggered. The halls lit up in red, from the alarm on the ceiling.

Scorch ran out of the room and bolted towards the lab. Norman saw him leave and tried to catch up with him. Scorchs lit up in flames as he let his anger flow through him.

“Scorch, wait!” Norman exclaimed. Scorch didn’t listen and fired a plume of lava at the door, melting it off the hinges.

Norman and the group rushed to the hallway and stopped in their tracks when they saw a lone figure blocking the path to Scorch.

“Freezer Burn.” Blue Tempo said, raising his fists. The group stood in front of Norman and raised their fists as well. Freezer glared at the group and clenched his fists. Ice forming around his hands. Norman pushed his way through the front and stood firmly. He pulled out his gun and hoped for the best.

Freezers glares ended when a hand suddenly appeared to his right and punched him in the jaw. The hand made impact and knocked him to the wall on the left. Spectre held his hand and spun around in pain.

“Ahh shit. That’ll hurt.” He said. He stopped spinning and stared at the group who had stood there in surprise.

“Come on now, get ‘im!” He yelled. Spectre looked at Freezer in time to see a wave of ice hit him in the stomach.

“Oof!” He groaned, ice propelling him to a wall. He braced for impact and phased through the wall. The ice exploded into stalagmites on the wall, freezing it.

Blue Tempo moved through the front and fired a red laser through his hand. Freezer raised his hands and fired ice to counter the laser. The laser hit the ice, causing water to drip to the floor. Norman watched as the ice started to overtake the laser. Blue Tempo shouted as he held on to his hand. Rivet snuck back into the room and felt the metal supporting the bunk beds. They gripped the support and concentrated. His hand began to solidify and harden.

Norman fired shots towards Freezer, who quickly formed an ice wall to block the bullets. Blue Tempo dropped his hand and fell to the floor in exhaustion. Spectre appeared behind Blue and caught him before he could touch the floor.

“I gotcha, mate.” He said, dragging Blue into the room.

“I hope ya have a plan for him.” Spectre said, entering the room. He bumped into something hard and turned his head. He saw the hulking figure looking down at him and smiled.

“That’ll work.”

Norman and Astro stared at each other and thought of a plan.

“You can affect frequencies, right?” Norman asked.

“Yeah.”

“I have an idea.” Norman said, telling Astro what to do. He listened to the plan and grinned he stood up and raised his hand at Freezer. Freezer approached the two and heard a ringing in his ears. The ringing grew louder as he approached them. Freezer stopped walking and screamed, putting his hands over his ears.

“Keep it going.” Norman said.

“Excuse me.” Rivet said, pushing Norman to the side. Norman and Astro stared at Rivet as he walked by.

Freezer made eye contact with Rivet and saw his huge metal body. He endured the pain and let one arm loose and fired a wave of ice at Rivet. Rivet tensed up and punched through the ice with ease. Freezer screamed from the ringing and backed away from Rivet. He blasted Rivet with ice to no avail. Freezer let loose a final wave of ice before Rivet grabbed him by the neck with his metal hand. He fired ice with both hands before getting punched in the forehead by his metal fist. Freezer was knocked unconscious immediately.

“Didja win?” Spectre asked, poking his head through the wall.

“Nice job, kid.” Norman said, moving forward.

“Thanks.” Astro said, watching Norman leave.

During the fight, Scorch barged in the lab and looked around the room furiously. He stared at the floor and saw the many bodybags in disgust. He looked up and saw Prion in the middle of the room working on something on the table. Scorchs fire flared up at the sight of him.

“Prion.” He gritted.

“Hello, Scorch.” Prion said, solemnly. Keeping his back facing Scorch.

“I’m here to stop you.” Scorch said.

“I know you are.” Prion said, fixated on whatever he was doing. Scorch glared at him and walked forward.

“Oh, I wouldn’t move from your position.” Prion said.

“And why not?” Scorch, getting closer to Prion.

“Because...” Prion said, moving away from the table. He turned to face Scorch and subtly grinned. Scorch stared at the table and stopped moving. Beside the table was a respirator and a heart monitor displaying a stable heartbeat. He gasped when he realized who it was.

“Mirror!” Scorch exclaimed, approaching her body. He looked at her face through the oxygen mask on her face. The rest of her body was covered by a blanket, preventing him from seeing whatever Prion had done.

“What did you do to her?” Scorch demanded.

“She’s a fine specimen, Scorch. Her ability to create portals instantaneously is extraordinary.”

“What did you do?” Scorch demanded, loudly.

“I studied her power. I put her in a coma and performed autopsy on her. I harvested her blood and DNA. Then when I finished, I regenerated her body back to normal. Don’t worry, everything in her is fine.”

“You’re a monster.”

“No, Scorch. I’m a scientist. My job is to study the unknown. I’ve learned so much from my experiments and my own powers.”

“Let me tell you what I’ve learned for example.” Prion said, grabbing his notepad. He tossed it over to Scorch, who promptly grabbed it. He looked at the notepad and read it, not understanding what this was.

“Did you know their powers are rooted in their DNA?”

“When a person becomes Unique an extra thread of DNA is formed inside. This means that their power is genetic and could be passed down to offspring. Even you.” Prion said. Scorch was about to correct him but was stopped by Prion.

“I know you told me your powers were given to you. That is why I took a sample of your DNA while you were sleeping. You said you got your powers before the incident. However, the incident brought forth a change. Your powers are rooted in your DNA. They are part of you now. Hence why your powers are also genetic.” Prion.

“But the most amazing part is. The incident affected everyone’s DNA. I studied a body from a normal person and found the same DNA growing in them as well. And more surprising, it was from their parent. We were affected on such a scale by the incident that even the offspring who were born before the incident will eventually gain the parents power.”

“Why are you telling me all this?” Scorch asked, flipping through the pages of notes.

“I felt it necessary to explain my reasons for these experiments to you. My ability to heal and hurt has allowed me to further my studies. I’ve learned to heal permanent wounds and erase several imperfections in the body. But I’ve also learned to inflict damage to the body. You’ve seen the experiments on my computer.”

“I’m going to stop you.”

“I know you’ll try that is why I must do this.” Prion said, raising a hand towards Mirrors body. Scorch watched as her heart began to beat rapidly on the monitor.

“No. What are you doing?” Scorch said, mouth gaping.

“Ive just given her a very fatal disease. There’s a cure on my desk over there. It’s colored yellow.” He pointed. Scorch looked at where he pointed and rushed towards the desk. He opened up a drawer and saw the syringes inside. He looked through the syringes and found the right color. He grabbed it and quickly rushed over to Mirror. He injected in shoulder and stared at the heart monitor. He breathed a sigh of relief when her heartbeat stabilized. He looked up and saw Prion was no where to be seen.

Prion left his lab in a door he had kept hidden Incase of emergency’s. As he walked, his shadow on the wall began to move on its own. Prion reached an elevator and stood inside. The shadow left the wall and shifted to the floor. Prion watched as the shadow rose up from the floor carrying Freezer. Prion raised an eye at the unconscious Unique and spoke with the shadow.

“What happened?” He asked, solemnly.

“Rivet domed him, he’s got a major concussion.”

“I can fix that. Did they see you?”

“Yes. The agent did. How did you know Scorch would get the Agency to help?”

“He stole the data about the Agency from my computer. It was obvious, he’d give it back to them and ask for help.”

“But why was it him they sent?”

“Recognize him?”

“It’s Norman. I knew him from the Agency.”

“Interesting. I recognize the name from my time in the Agency as well.” Prion said. The elevator opened up, revealing a small train.

“Come. We must escape.”

Norman entered the room in a rush and saw the many bodybags on the floor. He looked up and stared at the woman restrained to the table in shock. He saw Scorch remove a syringe off her shoulder and heard him sigh in relief.

“Scorch, is that?”

“It’s Mirror.” He answered, putting a hand on her face. He smiled at her and brushed her hair. A train horn echoed through the building. Scorch stood up and looked out the window. He saw the train leave the station towards the mesa hills. The morning sun reflecting off the top of the train.

The rest of the group entered the lab and saw the body bags. Their mouths dropped in shock when they saw Mirror on the table.

“I’ve got to stop that train.” Scorch said, clenching his fists.

“And how’re you gonna do that?” Spectre asked. Norman grabbed Spectres arm and held on. Spectre looked at Norman with confusion, then his other arm was grabbed by Scorch.

“Take us down.” They both ordered.

“Ya know what. I’m not sure I’m cut out for this.”

“Do it.” They both ordered. Scorch stared at the rest of the Uniques and spoke.

“Take care of her.” He said.

“Ugh. I’m going back to pickpocketing when this is done.” Spectre said, phasing the three of them through the floor. Within seconds they reached the bottom of the trainyard and entered the garage. Norman looked around for a car for him to get in, but there was none around. He saw Scorch approach him in his flame form.

“Grab on.” Scorch said, giving his hand to Norman.

“Is this safe?” Norman asked, hesitating holding on to Scorchs flaming hand.

“100%.” Scorch assured him. Norman sighed and grabbed on. Scorch grabbed Norman’s shoulders and flew up into the sky. Norman closed his eyes in fear of how high he was. Scorch and Norman reached the train in record speed, flying above it. Norman opened his eyes and stared at the train. There were three carts attached to the train by hooks.

“I’m dropping you on top of the train.” Scorch said.

“What!” Norman exclaimed. Before Norman could protest, Scorch let go of him. Norman shouted Scorchs name as he fell on top of the train. Hitting the train roof with a thud, he groaned as he attempted to stand. He felt the wind hit him at fast speeds and felt the urge to close his eyes. Inside the train, Prion sat in a booth relaxing.

“We’ve got company.”

Norman looked up at Scorch and saw him fly to the front of the train. Norman crawled over to the edge of the train and grabbed on the ledge. He slowly dropped his body down, staring at the ground. He could see the tracks under his feet and gulped. Positioning himself above the door, he let go of the ledge and grabbed the door handle. The door immediately flew open from the speed. He held on to dear life as he tried to enter the train.

His feet touched the door frame and thought of an idea. He gripped the door and propelled himself inside the train.

He celebrated his victory in his head as he stood up. Only to be pushed back out the train by the shadow. He shouted as he grabbed the door frame with his hands. He struggled to hold on to the train and clenched his teeth. Norman looked inside the train and saw the shadowy figure walk up to him, revealing his human form.

Norman looked up at him in shock. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Looking down at him was a black skinned man with green eyes and jet black hair.

“Hello, Norman.”

“Yo- you.. you’re supposed to be dead.”

“I know.” He said. He looked outside and saw how fast the train was going.

“Don’t find me, Norman. I won’t be as merciful.” He said, pushing him off with his magic.

“Nooo!” Norman shouted, falling to the ground with a thud.

Above the train, Scorch flared up and kamikaze’d into the train. He tore through the metallic roof and landed inside with a thud. Scorch looked up and saw Prion, Freezer, and the shadowy figure staring at him.

“Scorch, its been a pleasure.” Prion said. The shadowy figure enveloped the them and disappeared. Scorch looked around and saw mines and c4 all around the train. Realizing too late that the train was a bomb.

Norman watched the train explode into a huge cloud of smoke from the tracks. He felt the heat all the way from his spot and closed his eyes. He heard a tiny explosion from the train and saw a human shape fly uncontrollably to the ground. He saw Scorchs body crash on the dirt, making a crater.

“Scorch!” Norman shouted. He stood up and winced at the pain in his leg. He limped over to the crater formed by Scorch. He looked down the crater and saw Scorch on the bottom in his human form, completely unscathed.

Norman slid down into the crater and crouched down to Scorch. Scorch groaned and lifted his head.

“It was a trap. He rigged it to explode.” Scorch said, standing up.

“You okay?”

“I’m fine. You?” Scorch asked.

“My leg hurts and I’m kinda hungry.” He answered, jokingly. Scorch laughed and helped Norman out of the crater. The two of them slowly walked to the trainyard and caught up with the Uniques. They stared at the two of them with amazement. They saw the explosion from the trainyard and couldn’t believe they were alive.

Police and paramedics arrived at the trainyard thirty minutes later. Norman and the Uniques were transported in the same ambulance while Scorch and Mirror were taken to a different ambulance. Scorch refused to leave her side.

Norman, Scorch, and the Uniques sat in the waiting room of the hospital. As they sat there, the doors opened. Norman looked up and saw Starlight, Bonbon, and a human Tauren. Tauren stopped when he saw Scorch sitting on the seat next to Norman. Scorch looked up from his seat and made eye contact with Tauren.

“So, you’re not evil?” Scorch asked. Tauren stood there for a few seconds before shaking his head, no.

“Then you’re fine by me.” Scorch said, leaning back into his seat. Taurens eyes raised at his response before smiling. Bonbon rushed over to Norman and hugged him.

“Ow ow ow ow, watch the leg.” Norman said, grinning. Bonbon relieved the pressure on his leg and continued hugging him.

“You scared me.”

“I know and I’m sorry.” Norman answered, hugging her back. He thought back to his encounter on the train and hesitated telling her. He was about to say something before Starlight walked up to him.

“What happened here?” Starlight asked.

“Scorch contacted me at the Agency. He wanted my help to stop Dr. Prion.

“Prion? What was he doing?” Starlight exclaimed.

“He tricked Scorch into helping him find Uniques so he could experiment on them with his own powers. When he found out, Mirror created a portal and got Scorch and these guys out of there.” Norman said, glancing at the Uniques. The Uniques all waved at Starlight, except Spectre. He was too busy drinking a soda.

“What’s gonna happen to us?” Astro asked, the other Uniques in the room nodded their heads in agreement.

“Well, you have two choices. Come to Canterlot and help us protect others like you or go home.” Starlight said.

“What if we go home?” Blue Tempo asked.

“We’ll make sure nobody knows your powers, leave a couple agents with you for a few days, and live a life of secrecy.” She answered.

“Well, I’m off.” Spectre said, getting up.

“What? You’re leaving?” Astro asked.

“Look, its been great knowing ya guys, but I still have things to do back at my place.” Spectre said.

“Will we ever see you again?” Norman asked.

“Maybe. If ‘ya know where to look or when I’m not invisible.” Spectre said, disappearing. The agents in the room stared at the spot where Spectre had been in astonishment. Starlight composed herself and looked at the Uniques.

“And you three?” She asked. The three Uniques exchanged glances and huddled together in their seats. They could get the three of them talking things out in their huddle. The broke the huddle and stared at Starlight with a serious expression.

“We’ll go with you to Canterlot, but we want to make things clear.”

“Go on?” Starlight asked, covering her arms.

“This isn’t gonna be Prion all over again?” Blue Tempo asked.

“Never in a million years.” She said, shaking her head.

“If we go, will we be safe?” Astro asked.

“If you stay inside the Agency, yes. However, I can’t guarantee your safety if you help us on missions.” Starlight answered, truthfully. The three Uniques exchanged looks and nodded their heads.

“We’ll come with you.”

“Wonderful.” Starlight said, flashing a smile. Her smile dropped when the door opened again. Walking in the room was a maroon skinned man in a black suit and sunglasses. A bowler hat covering the top of his red hair. On the side of his suit was a badge, Norman recognized the badge belonged to the FBI.

“Madame Glimmer. Agents.” He nodded, acknowledging their presence.

“Director Canyon. I thought you would see me in three days.” Starlight nodded, narrowing her eyes.

“What’s going on?” Norman asked .

“There’s been a change of plans.” Canyon said, walking over to Tauren.

“You must be the alien. Tauren.”

“I am.” Tauren answered.

“If you’re here to take Tauren, then it’s not happening.” Starlight said, solemnly.

“Yeah. No ones taking T anywhere.” Deacon said, backing Starlight up. Canyon removed his glasses and stared at Deacon for a second before putting them back on.

“On the contrary, Madame, I’m not here for him.” Canyon stated.

“What?” Deacon said in confusion.

“But I thought you wanted Tauren?” Bonbon asked.

“That was the plan. However, after this mornings train explosion and the recovery of very important information the government has decided to change their minds.” Canyon explained, showing blatant dissatisfaction. He walked over to Norman, who stared at him in a lost.

“So you’re Scorch?” Canyon said.

“Yes?” Scorch said.

“Hmph. If it were up to me I’d have you in jail for the rest of your life. Fortunately for you the government thinks otherwise.” Canyon said, pulling out a file from his suit. He handed it over to Scorch who grabbed it with curiosity.

“What is this?”

“An ultimatum. Immediate transfer to the military at top rank. You help us and we’ll wipe away your crimes against humanity during your time with Neo.”

“And if I refuse?”

“Then I have orders to hunt you down the next time you show your face.” Canyon said, glaring through his glasses.

“So, I don’t really have a choice do I?”

“No.” Canyon said, slightly grinning. Scorch glared at him and stood up, getting up to his face.

“I want more.”

“I can’t make that happen.”

“You’ll make it happen.” Scorch glared. Canyon stared at Scorchs eyes and for a split second saw fire. He relented and submitted to his demands.

“What do you want?” Canyon grumbled.

“I’m not leaving until Mirror is fully recovered. Second, I want protection given to Mirror. Agents, money, a new life. Third, I want a home built for the two of us. And last, I’m working alone till I say otherwise. Got that?” Scorch said, holding his glare. Canyon groaned and scratched his neck.

“Fine.”

“Good.” Scorch said. He grabbed a pen from Canyon and signed the file. He gave it back to Canyon and sat back down. Canyon put the file in his suit and walked away.

“Good day, Madame.” He said, lifting his hat respectfully. He opened the door and left the hospital room.

“I was getting transferred?” Tauren asked in surprise.

“They wanted you to get out more. And they wanted to use your magic for missions.” Starlight explained.

“At least your staying with us, big guy.” Deacon smiled.

“Not entirely.”

“Huh?” Deacon asked.

“They have one thing right about you. It’s that you don’t leave the Agency unless it’s important. So from now on, you’re living in a home. My home.” Starlight said.

“With Ronin and the kids?” Bonbon asked. Starlight looked at her and nodded.

“Starlight, I don’t think that’s a good ide-“ Tauren warned.

“This isn’t up for debate.” Starlight said, interrupting Tauren.

“You can’t stay in the Agency and constantly sulk in the corner. You need this, Tauren.” Starlight said.

“The Madame’s right, Tauren. You can’t exactly sleep comfortably in the back of the Agency cars.” Deacon said. Tauren looked at the Agents and eventually gave in.

“Alright.”

“Good, we have a guest room in my house. You’ll be sleeping there.” Starlight said.

“Yes, ma’am.”

Scorch watched and listened to the whole things and chuckled. He shook his head and rolled his eyes. Then a nurse opened the other hospital door and called out for Scorch and Norman.

“She’s awake.”

Scorch immediately got out of his seat and rushed through the door. Norman walked to Scorch and caught up. He reached the door right on time to see Scorch and Mirror hugging each other, tears falling from their eyes. Norman stood there at the door, giving them a moment.

“I thought I lost you.” Scorch smiled.

“I thought I would never see you again.” Mirror smiled.

“Are the others, okay?”

“Their fine, their here. Spectre already left.”

“I never thought I’d be this happy ever again.” Scorch said, staring into her eyes.

“I never thought I would meet someone like you.” She said, wrapping her arms around him.

“I don’t want to lose you, again.” Scorch said. Mirror pulled closer to him and kissed him on the lips. Scorchs eyes widened in surprise. He closed his eyes and pulled her closer. She broke the kiss and smiled.

“You never will.”

Norman bumped into the door and walked in. Scorch and Mirror looked at him with happiness. Mirrors smile faltered when she remembered Prion.

“Did you stop him?”

“He got away.”

“The Agency will find him. You have my word.” Norman assured them.

“Thank you. For helping me. We may not have stopped him, but you helped save Mirror.”

“Your welcome, Scorch.”

“Scorched.”

“Huh?”

“It’s Scorched. Scorched Sunset. Not a lot of people know my full name.” Scorch admitted. Norman smiled and nodded, recognizing the honor bestowed upon him.

“Not a lot of people know mine.” Norman admitted. Scorch raised an eye and nodded.

“Oliver Range.” Norman said. Scorch recognized the honor bestowed upon him and nodded. Norman left the room and entered the waiting room. Deacon and Bonbon sat beside each other. They looked at Norman and got up.

“Where’s Starlight?”

“They left. We told them we’d catch up.” Bonbon explained.

Norman looked at Bonbon and frowned. She caught his frown and walked up to him.

“What’s wrong?” Bonbon said with worry.

“I saw him, Bonbon.”

“Saw who?” Bonbon asked.

“I saw your father.”

“Sombra?” Bonbon said with surprise. Her eyes bulged from what she heard. Deacon couldn’t believe it himself. Norman had a tough time with this too. The three of them stood there in silence. To shocked to move.

In the distance, Sombra stared at the damaged remains of the train through binoculars. He could see police and agents investigating the rubble. Ahead, he saw the trainyard. He could see the police pulling out body after body from the building. They had no idea, him and Prion were here.

“Are we clear?” Prion asked. Sombra put away the binoculars and stood up from his spot in the grass.

“We’re clear.” Sombra answered.

“How’s Freezer Burn?” He asked, looking at Freezers body

“He’ll be fine, I healed the spot he was hit and wiped away his concussion.”

“Where are we going now?”

“I’ve thought about it for a while and I see that I can’t delay it any longer.” Prion said, holding his chin. He turned around and looked at Sombra.

“If we want to figure out the answers to this so-called, magic. We’ll have to study it at ground zero. We’re going to Canterlot. I have a contact there who’ll be needing your skill set, Sombra.”

“Who?” He asked.

Author's Note

What a twist. I’ll be explaining this revelation and what happened next chapter. I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter. I didn’t expect it to be this long. Sorry for the delay, I’ve got real life things going on that need to be done. Please leave a comment if I made any Grammar mistakes, Spelling mistakes, or Errors.