Now that Mark and Amy had the opportunity to get each other's stories and some answers, they regrouped with the others to plan out their next move in regards to taking down Wilford Warfstache and getting their friends back. They re-entered the room where Jack, Kathryn, Bob and Wade were chatting amongst themselves while the detective was now safely tied up. "Hey, everything good?" Jack met the two as they walked up.

"Yea" Mark nodded with a smile. "Sorry about all that" he gestured back to the detective.

"It's fine, probably would've been the same way" he assured. "So...." he turned his attention to Amy.

"Uh, she's-"

"I'm an alien" Amy cut him off, already feeling comfortable enough to clue these guys in. Jack gave her a shocked and very questioning look.

"Yea, it's true" Kathryn nodded, knowing Amy was going to tell them.

Jack glanced between the two ladies with his previous expression growing more and more. "Wait, like a..."

"Like an actual space alien, yes" she giggled.

"Wait, um" Bob chimed in. "What's going on here?"

"We'll...explain later" Mark awkwardly waved it off. "For now, we need to know what we're gonna do next" he noted.

"Right" Kathy clapped her hands. "Well the photos me and Amy took, along with some of the other stuff we gathered, are pretty compelling enough to shine some light on Warfstache" she stated. "However, getting these out there without getting ourselves killed is another story"

"Is there any way we can?" Jack asked.

"I may know someone who can help us out" she nodded. "It's a bit of a long shot, but it may get us somewhere"

"What about the detective?" Wade asked, the others glancing at the man who was sitting in his chair, wrapped up in Jack's webbing.

"Yea, what we're doing is considered an offence" Bob stated, being the one who went to law school, he knew these sorta things.

"Well, technically we didn't kidnap him, we're keeping him safe and once we expose the Colonel and let everyone know that he caused what happened to him and the manor, he'll be discredited and arrested, so it won't matter" Mark stated. "So I guess we could let him go with no worries"

"Except one" Jack countered. "He may not even be alive by that time"

"I know, that's why I was also gonna say we should hold that off until we've made some progress" he added.

"Alright, I think that'll work" Bob agreed.

"I agree" wade followed.

"Same here" Jack stated.

"Me too" Amy also.

"Ok, I'll go ahead and get in touch with him and see what happens" Kathryn stated.

"Alright, in the meantime, I think all we can do now is just wait it out and watch over Abe and each other" Mark stated.

"Yea and I think you guys should get as much rest as you can" wade noted. "You four have had a longer past few days then we have"

"Isn't that the truth" Jack laughed.

"Yea and it's not over yet, we should get some sleep while we have the chance" Mark stated.

"We may not get anywhere until tomorrow, so you three are good for now" Kathy informed.

"Sounds good" Mark nodded. "Let us know as soon as you hear something"

"Will do" she smiled.

Luckily for them, the place had some rooms that people used to sleep in, and not many of those things got cleared out when the place closed. It was definitely a good place to hide out and break away from the world, or even something some friends could mess around in or even make something new out of it.

"That was great work today guys, you should be proud" Mark complimented as they walked towards the rooms.

"Thanx Mark" Jack smiled.

"You should be too, you were great today" Amy stated.

"We all were" Jack backed up. "You know, maybe when this is over, we could turn this place into like our superhero headquarters" he grinned.

"That could be arranged" Mark chuckled and the two laughed with him. But suddenly, Jack got a little wobbly while feeling light headed.

"Whoo man, I think I need to sleep more then anything now" he stated and Mark giggled.

"Alright, go catch some Z's, you've earned it" he patted him on the shoulder.

"Alright, you too bro" he gave Mark a light jab to the shoulder. "Amy" he nodded towards the blonde with a slight look of amazement, probably still shocked from the earlier news.

"Goodnight Jack" she smiled back before he went to his room. "I think he's still pretty shocked"

"Tell you the truth, I am too" he laughed softly and so did Amy. "I guess you just don't really...fit the typical description of an extraterrestrial" he shrugged.

Amy slightly turned her head with suspicious eyes. "Was that ur way of telling me I look pretty to you?" she asked curiously.

Mark could feel the red rising up in his face as he tried to keep his breath under control. "I mean....ur not....not pretty, you are..." Amy had to cover her mouth to stop the laughter from escaping her lips. Now Mark needed a way to recover from his little embarrassment. "Say, uh...when this is over, if it's...not too big a deal for you, maybe we could....um-"

"Yes, I would love to" she smiled, knowing he needed some help on this.

Mark was a little shocked that he actually got that response. "Uh, ok then" he smiled and sighed in relief.

"Sounds great" she smiled.

"Yea" he giggled and she chuckled. There was a brief pause between the two before she continued. "Well, goodnight Mark"

"Goodnight Amy" he smiled as the two just traded glances before parting ways to their rooms.

X

The next morning, the group met back up in the same, large and empty room as they did yesterday. Abraham, of course, was glaring at Mark as he came in. "I can't believe you would actually betray me like this" he stated as Mark walked by, catching his attention. "After everything I did for you, what you asked me to do"

"I didn't ask you to do anything" he argued quietly, so he wouldn't disturb the others. "And don't pretend like you didn't have any of ur own selfish reasons of doing whatchu did" he added, the detective having nothing except that death stare to respond. "Just sit there and shut up, before I lose my cool again" he warned before going towards the others.

The group met each other in a circle in the center of the room and greeted each other. "Hey everybody, do we have any good-wait, where's Jack?" Mark suddenly noticed the Irishman wasn't among them.

"Uh, I'll go check on him" Wade stated and made his way to Jack's room.

"Anyway, any good news?" Mark continued.

"Yes" Kathryn happily answered. "I got in touch with my friend, he works for the local paper and has connections to the F.B.I." she stated. "He says he'll meet with us whenever we're ready"

"Ok great" Mark nodded. "I think we should go ahead and grab everything we have on the Colonel and head over there" he stated and everybody seemed to agree.

"He's still sleeping" wade called as he returned. "He just said he had a rough night last night"

"Alright, just let him sleep" Mark instructed. "Is everybody else good?" he asked and everybody nodded and said yes. "Alright, Bob, Wade, you two stay here with Jack and Abe. Any problems, wake up Jack and give us a call" he instructed. "Me and Amy will give Kathy a safe escort"

"Aww, my heroes" Kathryn joked, making Mark smirk and Amy giggle.

"Ok, we'll be here" Bob nodded.

"Alright, let's go, we'll see you guys soon" he smiled and the three began to get everything they needed and head off.

X

Meanwhile, while they were out, Jack was still sleeping in his room, having a nightmare. He screamed as he shot up from his bed, panting and covered in a thin layer of sweat. He cursed as he rubbed his temple and moved outta bed. He couldn't believe how surreal that dream was, he hasn't had one like that since......before his attack. It didn't matter now, he just needed to wash his face, try to relax and regroup with the others.

He headed to the bathroom and turned the faucet on to release the water. He put his palm under the running stream until water was pouring out and splashed it all over his face. Then he turned the faucet off and dried himself off with the cloth, before he faced back up and looked into the mirror. "Baaahhh!" he screamed and jumped back as he saw what he thought was his reflection, but it was wearing a dark hoodie and it's eyes were completely blackened.

But then, in that split second, his reflection went back to normal. Jack tried to calm himself down and figure out what the hell just happened. It couldn't be what he thought it was, that was impossible. He was pretty sure it was just the nightmare, he thought maybe if he got on his computer for a little bit, that would help. He opened up the laptop that was brought to him by the others and began to just look up whatever videos he could find.

For the first few minutes, everything seemed pretty normal. But then, the screen started glitching and fizzing up. "Oh come on" Jack grunted, smacking the computer on the side to try and get it to work right, but not too hard so he wouldn't break it. But suddenly, a face started emerging on the screen. It looked like Jack, but there was no way it could've been him, not with that look he had.

Jack was petrified as he watched the appearance being made before him in horror. As much as Jack hated to admit it, as much as he wanted to believe it wasn't true, he knew what was happening. He knew exactly what he was looking at, he knew who this was. "Ha ha ha, did you miss me?"

"Aaaaaahhhhhhhh!"

X

"So, what all can you do?" Mark asked as he and Amy kept watch on the rooftop of the building Kathryn was in with her journalist friend.

"Um, I'm strong, not quite as strong as you are, but strong enough" she informed.

"Oooo, I'm stronger" he joked, them flexing his arms, making her giggle.

"Ok, I may not be as strong as you, but I don't need to be" she smirked.

"Oh?" he shot up his eyebrows curiously.

"I can also create energy blast, as you've seen" she added, almost arrogantly.

"I have" he nodded with a smirk.

"I can also fight pretty well, and I can like....create things" she finished.

Now Mark was really intrigued. "Create things? Like what kinda things?" he asked eagerly.

"Well, I can't like....create life or anything" she clarified. "I can like...." she was tryna figure out how to explain it. "Like, I can create energy-based force fields and shields" she finally noted.

"Oh, well that's pretty cool" Mark replied, really impressed.

"Yea, and if I want to, I can create certain objects by will" she added.

"Like Green Lantern?" Mark asked.

"No, not quite" she replied. "Like I can turn certain objects into something else and change them somehow" she stated. "I can create just some certain things, that's how I'm so good as an animator at the industries, and create like costumes or other nifty things"

"That's amazing" Mark grinned excitedly. "You think maybe you can help me and Jack with out costumes?" he asked curiously and nervously.

"Love to" she nodded.

"Great" he breathed out with a bright smile. "Oh, and how bout deflecting bullets? Can you do that?"

"I'm not bulletproof like you, but if I move fast enough, I can catch a bullet" she smiled.

"Cool, so ur also fast?" he questioned.

"Not like Jack, but faster then normal humans" she nodded again.

"Wow, that is all just so damn cool" he shook his head with a wide grin, making her chuckle.

"Glad ur enjoying this" she smiled.

"How could I not, ur amazing" he replied before even realizing what he just said, Amy blushing real hard at the response. Mark tried to come up with a way to recover. "Sorry if I'm bothering you with all of the questions and such"

"No no, it's fine" she quickly assured. "I'm glad to see you...find me so.... incredible" she smiled.

Mark couldn't help the little red that crept up into his own cheeks. "Um, ha" he tried to keep this going in a less awkward direction. "Ok, one more question and then I'll stop" he stated and Amy seemed eager for it. "Space, what's it like?" he asked, looking like a little kid on Christmas.

"It's beautiful" she gladly replied.

"Is it really?" he grinned.

"Yes, more then that actually" she added with a wide smile. Mark was almost laughing with excitement. "You seem to enjoy the part about space more then anything else I've said" she stated with intrigue.

"Yes, well, I've always loved space, I've always wanted to go" he stated with a smile. "It's just so cool to me, I love it"

"What is it about space that you love so much?" she asked, very curious about what about excited him this much.

Mark smiled at the answer he was about to give and couldn't wait to share it with her. "Well, that story goes back to my childhood, when I was about twelve" he began. "My parents recently got divorced and we didn't have a lot of money for video games, which I love playing, but he got me this game called Homeworld, and it's basically a game about space" he informed. "I loved it, I loved it number one because my dad had spent what little money he had to buy me this video game for me to enjoy, and number two it was great" he continued before adding how great the artwork, vastness and etc of it was and carried on. "Although, as wonderful as it was, twelve year old me didn't really appreciate it for what it was at that time. So I played it a couple more times and enjoyed it and then shelved it for later" he continued. "The next time I thought about it was about a week after my dad passed away. I was....I was still in shock, I hadn't let myself grief about it, and I took a day off from this dock job I had at the time because of how off I was and went to my mom's house and laid in her driveway, and I would just stare up and look at the stars. And I stayed there for hours and hours, I was just comforted by the emptiness of it. I wasn't looking for any answers and I wasn't looking for anything to shout at, I was just looking...up, cos I needed the silence, I needed the solace, I needed the solitude"

Amy was listening very intently as he went on, loving this story and being in awe at what he was telling her. "Then I had a thought, something I hadn't thought about since I was a child, I thought about that game" he continued and she smiled. "I really wanted to play it again, I didn't know why but I did"

"And you did" she pointed out.

"I did" he nodded and went on about how his dad used to store things and how there was an entire section of video games he bought for him. "...and it wasn't until I pulled that game from the shelf, and looked at this entire catalogue of his life, when I realized just how much...I missed him" he informed and Amy could've sworn she felt tears forming in her eyes. "So I broke down and I was crying and uh and uh I was crying" he added and she laughed. "And so I opened the game and I played it, and I loved it. I loved everything about it and I was grown up enough to appreciate it and how big it was out there" he pointed up to the sky. "And after I finally got done with my sixteen straight hours of gaming and crying in my step mom's basement, I went out and I looked up, and it didn't seem empty anymore. It was everything, I understood how vast it really was and how big it was and how small...I am. That was when I realized....I had to let my dad go, and I gained an appreciation for something bigger then myself" he finished.

Amy was completely left in awe at what Mark had just told her, it truly was amazing. "And I guess, in a way, that's what draws me to you so much" he included, now Amy couldn't stop the tears from breaking away. She quickly wiped away the watery streaks from her cheeks, and then an idea popped in her head.

"Can I....show you something?" she asked a little nervously.

"Absolutely" he answered.

She stepped forward and got right up to Mark, making him furrow his eyebrows, not knowing what she was planning. She stopped right in front of him, gave him a quick, loving and trusting look, and then held out her hands for him to take. He hesitantly placed his hands in her's, then realized she had an energized force field around them, and they began to rise. They kept rising faster and faster and getting higher and higher, Mark not having the slightest clue on what was happening, but knew he could trust her. It wasn't long before they managed to reach the clouds.

Mark was starting to get a little freaked once they went past the clouds, but what happened next took his breath away. They were rising away from the earth, and going into outer space. He honestly could not believe what was happening, he was in actual outer space, the place he had always wanted to go to but never thought possible, surrounded by nothing but the field, the Earth, the stars, and Amy herself. It was everything he had imagined, everything he had wanted it to be. As far as greatest life experiences go, this was definitely in the top three.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Amy asked, smiling at Mark's reaction.

Mark was still wide eyed and breathless as he re-met her gaze. "It is, thankyou" he breathed out in response with an open-mouth grin.

"Of course" she smiled back, glad that she actually did this for him and had this effect on him.

They began to lower back down to the earth, and within a matter of minutes, they were back on the rooftop. Mark and Amy were still smiling, but had no words as they just stared at each other. Mark couldn't help but glance down at Amy's lips, and she couldn't resist but do the same. Being in the moment, and not having any reason or thought to hold them back, the two leaned in and connected their lips. The kiss was quickly deepened and grew more and more as the two put every bit of emotion they had in that moment into the kiss. It was as if they've been waiting to do this since they met, and now it was happening, and this day and being with each other was certainly the best they have ever had or been in.

X

Bob could've sworn he heard some strange noises coming from Jack's room, and went to go investigate. As he got closer and closer to the room, the noises were becoming more and more clear. They sounded mostly like Jack himself, maybe struggling in pain or something. Bob hurried to the Irishman's room as fast as he could and opened the door.

What he saw, was Jack rolling and squirming around on his bed, grunting, groaning, pulling at his hair, and eyes squeezed shut. "Jack? Are you ok?" Bob asked. But a second after he asked, Jack stopped with the motions, looked at Bob and just laughed in the most sinister, demonic way that Bob ever heard, not even believing it was coming from Jack.

Suddenly, as Bob tried to figure out what was happening, Jack suddenly rushed past him, knocking him away from the doorway and onto the floor. Bob got up on his elbows and looked up to find where he went, but it was too late, he was gone.

X

Mark and Amy eventually had to pull away from each other for air, panting as they stared into each other's eyes. "Wow" Mark breathed out.

"Wow" Amy agreed. "That was one experience I never had before" she stated with a wide smile, causing Mark to reflect her expression.

Before he could come up with something clever to say back, Jack suddenly rushed in and knocked him away with a super sonic punch to the side of his jaw, sending him flying away into the next building and the force knocking down Amy. "Jack! What the hell are you doing?!" she demanded in a threatening tone, but Jack just turned to her with a wide, evil and mischievous grin. She didn't know what was happening to him, but that look alone was enough to know that this wasn't Jack.

Amy fired an energy blast at her attacker, but he quickly sped off to dodge the attack. Amy shot back to her feet in ready, only for the possessed Irishman to come running back with a punch. Amy stumbled back a little from the impact, but was able to block the next attacks that came, before following up with her own assault. She connected with a punch to the ribs, then a couple to the face and then a side kick that knocked him back. However, he was still very conscious and ready to fight.

She tried to hit him with another energy blast, but he dodged that too. She turned to find him on a large metal part of the vent he ripped off with his septic webs before jumping off of it and pulled it with him so he could kick it at the alien and throw her off. She hit the vent with an energy blast and sent Jack flying over to the next building, crashing and rolling on the rooftop. He gained his senses in time, with an angry look, to see Amy flying up and getting closer. He sped off before she could continue her attack. She hovered and turned to find out where he had gone, only to see him swing into a kick, knocking her on the rooftop.

He then released the web to fly right at her, perhaps with the intention to finish her off, but was knocked away to the building across the street by Mark. "Stay with Kathryn! I'll handle him!" he ordered.

"Be careful!" she called back as he flew to where Jack landed.

Mark landed on the same rooftop as Jack did while he stuggled to make it back to his feet. "Jack, what're doing?! What's wrong with you?!" he shouted, but only received a grin in return. Jack then started speeding around and unloading with a series of non-stop running punches and kicks, definitely giving Mark a run for his money. Before he gained too much of an advantage on him, Mark ducked the last punch and countered with one of his own to the sternum and sent Jack crashing into the wall. Although, despite leaving a dent in that wall, Jack quickly retaliated by grabbing a hard trash can with his web and swinged it at the hero to throw him off. Then speeding around before stopping, reaching his arm out, and sending a wave of electricity that knocked Mark of the building.

Jack chuckled to himself as he jumped off the roof and was getting ready to swing away and make sure he was dead, but was quickly snatched up by Mark before getting thrown back on the rooftop, leaving another huge dent in the building. Mark hovered down and kept Jack pinned down so he couldn't speed away and kept him safely secured. "Jack, look at me! I'm ur friend, Mark" he tried to reason with him as he struggled in his grasp. "I know ur in there, whatever's going on with you, you can fight it, I know you can" he faithfully encouraged, but Jack just kept struggling and growling. "I know you Jack, you've made it through countless hard times. I helped you through those times and you helped me. I know you can do it again, you can do it, come on" he continued and Jack seemed to be struggling more with himself rather then against Mark.

Finally, Jack's squirming began to slow down, and then he screamed as some dark and electric rays shot from his body, making Mark jump back to avoid touching whatever that was. Once that weird thing left Jack's body, he regained his own senses in time to look up and see the rays forming an entity, an entity that looked exactly like Jack and hovered above him with an angry death stare.

"This isn't over, I will return!" the entity warned before he disappeared.

Mark and Jack were both panting and attempting to recover from their shock before Jack started feeling the wounds if the attack, groaning as he moved. "Easy, easy" Mark quickly came to his aid. "You took some nasty hits, you need to rest up a little" he noted as Jack stayed on all fours and continued to regain his breath. "My God, Jack what was that thing?" Mark asked, still in shock and disbelief.

Jack just gave him a worried look, knowing what that was but not sure if Mark would believe, or even want to. Jack had so many thoughts going through his head, as well as Mark, but now Jack knew it was happening, he knew it was time to tell someone, figure this out and find a way to stop that thing once and for all. "That's the thing that murdered my family and left me for dead" he answered.

Now Mark was in even more shock then before, not knowing how to respond. He didn't know what was going on, what that thing was or how any of this could be happening, but he knew now that Jack needed his help more then ever, and he would hafta do whatever it takes to help him deal with this, and stop that creature.

A/N: Hey readers! I hope u enjoyed this chapter that had a few twist to it. Sorry if it was a little prolonging and I know I used the same Mark's story of loving space so much but I figured it would work. Stay tuned for more, because it's only gonna escalate even more from this point, believe you me. So Thankyou all so much, comment, vote, follow, and have a nice day/night.