Patton, still carrying Emily, walked down the path back towards their house in the middle of nowhere. He wishes he could give Emily a normal life, out in the town with other people. But it is too dangerous, for them. If Dee ever found them... it could be less than ideal. If anyone ever found out about Patton's... abilities... they would be done for.

"Papa?" Emily asked. "Are you okay?" It's only then does Patton realizes that he has stopped walking. He was so lost in thought.

"Yes, sweetheart," Patton said. He kept walking. Soon he stopped again he quickly put Emily down and pulled up the sleeve of his shirt. There the scar sat. The scar binding him to Dee, to his kind. Emily looked up at him. She was used to this because he did it a lot. She knew what to do.

Emily walked over and hugged Patton's leg snapping him out of this trance. He picked up Emily and hugged her tight.

Patton had no idea what he would do if he ever lost her.

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Virgil heard the explosion before he saw it. He was in town doing his daily run for supplies and to see what was up with the town. Mostly because the base was in the middle of nowhere. It felt good to get out. He was always nervous that one of the guards would recognize him. After the explosion though, he was ready to get back to the base. Logan and the team will want to know what happened. They must've heard it. Stay calm. He reminded himself. What would Lo do? Stay calm. Walk over towards the crowd and blend in. Don't talk to anyone. Don't look at anyone. Keep your head down. Listen for some information that could be helpful.

"They set some guys house on fire..." One person said.

"I heard...Said it was because he wouldn't cooperate with the king..." Another replied.

That was all Virgil needed. Get back to the base. He thought as he moved out of the crowd. But, he accidentally bumped into someone.

"WATCH IT!" They shouted. Then he saw it. The badge on the man's shirt that signified a guard. Crap! The guard grabbed his arm and said, "You'll pay for that." He then pulled out a dagger from his pocket.

"N-no," Virgil said quietly. "P-please it was a-an accident."

"Too late," the guard said as he ran the dagger down Virgil's arm creating a huge gash. "Don't mess with the guards." Then he let Virgil go. Virgil fell to the ground and used his sleeve to cover up his arm. I have to get back. Now!

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Patton sat on the park bench with his head in his hands. How could this have happened? He thought back to what had just happened.

Emily walked inside to start the cookies and heard a ticking noise in the oven, so Patton went over to check it out. He saw it was a bomb so he told Emily to get out of the house. He ran around to the back to get in the shed to grab his box. Once he did he walked around to the front to get Emily but heard screaming. He ran over to the source of the sound and saw Emily being carried away by two guards.

"He warned you," one said. Then started to walk away with Emily.

"Papa!" Emily had screamed.

"It will be okay kiddo!" Patton yelled back.

"I love you!" That's all Patton heard before falling to his knees.

Now he was sitting on a park bench wonder what to do. He looked up and saw the box lying on the ground in front of him. He had placed it there when he got to the park bench. A box! I let my daughter get kidnapped for a box! Patton thought these things over and over. Finally, he picked up the box and opened it. Inside was a small bracelet that lit up blue when Patton touched it. This was the source of his abilities. He reminded himself that this was important. But he knew deep down that he should have grabbed Emily first.

"Excuse me sir?" a voice pulled him from his thoughts. A little boy no older than 9 stood in front of him. Another little boy stood next to him. He looked younger than the other one. Maybe 5 or 6. The first boy reminded him of Emily. Emily was 9.

The first boy had big brown eyes and brown hair that was neatly combed. The second boy also had brown eyes and his hair was black and messy.

"Sir?" the second boy asked.

"Yeah?" Patton replied looking back down at the ground. The kids didn't answer. "Hey, kiddos why don't you just go home?"

"Uhh, okay," the first boy said. "I just thought...well you looked sad and I wanted to see if you were okay." The first boy said sweetly.

"Oh," Patton said looking at the kids. Patton wiped away the tears covering his face and stood. "I'm fine, now why don't I take you home?"

"Okay, but I don't think our dad will like it," the second boy said quietly.

"What?" Patton asked crouching down next to the kids. But the first boy had made up his mind he liked Patton and wanted him to take them home. This time he didn't care what his dad thought. He wanted to be friends with him.

"He said, okay!" the little boy said to Patton. Then sticking out his hand he said, "I'm Thomas! What's your name?" Patton took the little boy's hand and replied,

"Patton."

"Nice to meet you, sir, I mean Patton," Thomas said as they started walking towards the woods. The other boy looked nervous but said,

"My name is Jak."

"Nice to meet you," Patton replied following Thomas into the woods. Jak followed close to Thomas. Wrapping his arms around Thomas's.

"It's okay Jak," Thomas said squeezing Jak close to him. "Dad won't be super mad." Jak smiled and hugged Thomas tighter. They walked further into the woods.

"You live in the woods, Kiddos?" Patton asked nervously.

"Yeah," Thomas said. Then looking down at Jak he said, "Our dad says it is safer out here where no one can find us," Huh? Patton thought. Maybe I'm not the only one who needs to keep their little ones safe. They keep walking and eventually get to a huge building. What is this place?

"You live here?" Patton asked. The first boy just nodded. Thomas walked up to the door and knocked 3 times, then 2 times, then 3 times again. The door slowly opened and Thomas ad Jak walked inside. Thomas then moistened for Patton to follow them. He walked inside and saw a set of spiral stairs leading up to somewhere. He didn't even notice as the door closed behind him.