David/Mercury POV:

Hello Mercury, that is what you call yourself right? Interesting really, the Roman god of thieves, is it not? Although it does suit your abilities, I have heard about you and you are a great thief. I wish to employ your service. You see, something of mine has been stolen, They were plans for a cure for cancer. And now someone has stolen them and plans to make the cure and take the credit for making it. But the person who took them has no idea how to make it and I am afraid that person will mess the cure out and give it to thousands of people and make them more ill. I am enlisting your help and I want you to steal them back. My name is Minerva, if you wish to accept my offer go to the city of Portland, Oregon and the address I will send to you in three days. I wish you luck Mr. Mercury and remember I will pay you a big sum of money if you desire.

This person had just said the magic words, a big sum of money. Honestly, you could get me to do anything by just saying that you will pay me a lot of money. And this person knows it. She also knows that I have special abilities. I wonder... Does she know that I can evaporate into the air? Not a lot of people know, and they are people that have powers like me and I have worked with. And that means there are only three people who could have told this person. I stand up and grab my pistols. I go to my shooting range.

"Watch out Diana, Venus and Apollo. I know one of you three has told this person about me." I say.

I turn around and fire three shots. I look and in each picture there is a bullet hole in their forehead. One in Diana's, one in Venus' and one in Apollo's. I can see I haven't lost my touch. I laugh. Not one of them has a chance against me when I find out that one of them has told the girl about what I can do.

Where did she say for me to go again? Portland, Oregon? Not too far from here I suppose. I'll just steal back the cure for the girl and I'll just torture her into telling me who told him about me. Well, that sounds fun. I laugh. I guess I should start practicing how to torture.

Celestina/Diana POV:

I punch them in the face, once, then twice. They are all bloodied up. I feel somewhat sorry for them. Well, they should've have paid back my boss. Then suddenly, I see something foggy. It's me standing with the guy in my hands bloodied. And there is someone with a gun behind me. I snap back into reality and I whip around to see a six foot burly guy with a gun pointed directly at me. The fogginess returns and it shows me the guy and I see that he has no other weapons. It also shows that he has a wound on his left arm, right on the shoulder. I come back to reality again and I know what to do. I drop the guy and race towards the six foot guy. He shoots the gun and it hits me and bounces off like it was a tiny pebble. The guy is gaping and I take advantage of it. He tries to hit me with the gun, but I grab it and throw it. I never really like guns anyway. He hits me chest but I feel nothing. I duck down and grab his legs. He falls like a tree. Then I jump and I land on his left shoulder.

"Stop! I just wanted to give you this letter! My boss told me to bring a gun just in case something crazy like this happens." He reaches into his pocket. He pulls out a manila envelope and hand sit to me. He stands up and runs away to his car. I don't know if I should open it, but my foresight hasn't told me anything dangerous this envelope and my foresight always warns me. I open it, slowly. There are some pictures of me fighting people. There is one of me fighting four guys with knives. And there was another picture of me in a gunfight. Where did this person get these photos? At the bottom of the pile, there is a letter.

Diana, I am impressed with your skills. You have taken down the biggest and strongest people at your young age of 23 and you have received barely any formal training and you're only 5'3. You are the best hit woman that I ever heard. I always wondered why you never wear protective wear. Is it because you cannot be hurt by anything? And you never seem to tire. And you always seem to know where every danger is. Why is that? Is it because you have a lot of special abilities? Yes, I do know that you have powers. And I would like to recruit you for a job. I need a hitter and would be perfect. I have made this cure for cancer and someone has stolen it. I want you and three other people to help me. Please come to Portland, Oregon in America in three days so we can meet and discuss this further. I will send you the address when you get there. Also, my name is Minerva and I'm sure that you will make the right decision.

I stare at the letter and I'm wondering how this Minerva person know I have powers. I focus on my foresight. I have mastered it and now I am able to see if there is any foreseeable danger in any of my decisions or around me. A hazy cloud blocks my vision. I see something but it is not clear. I come back to my senses. And I have a pounding headache now. I don't know, perhaps I should go. I need to see who this person is and how do they know I have powers.

Esther/Venus POV:

I walk into the address this Minerva sent me. It is an apartment in the secluded part of Portland. As I approach the building, a cold wind blows. I do not understand why is it so very cold here, Israel is very warm and I like it that way. I rush into the building. Apollo told me to go to apartment 312. I look at the directory and see that it is on the third floor. I step into the elevator.

I wonder how this Minerva girl knows I have powers. I have only told three people that I have powers. I ponder on that thought for a second. I gasp. One of them must have told her. They know what I truly look like. The elevator opens and I walk down the hallway until I reach room 312. The one who told Minerva must be behind the door. I should change my appearance just in case. I focus on reality and I bend it to create an illusion. I pull out my mirror and I see myself turning from a young Israeli to a 40 year old white woman.

I check my side to see if my knives are still there. You never know when you need them. They come in handy when your jig is up.

I remember one time in Moscow while I was an "old woman" who was married to a multi-millionaire, I was in my room changing and he caught me there and saw my true form. He was enraged and called his body guards. I ran out of the room with two big burly Russians with guns at my back. I threw my knives square in their chests.

Oh Moscow, I loved it. When I was his wife, I used so much of his money. Actually, before I was about to clean out the guy's bank account, I heard the person in front of me curse. I saw that all his money was being cleaned out. I smile a little. I know that there is a hacker nearby. I see a little café and I know a lot hackers love coffee and hacking. I walk over there. I see most people are on their computers. I don't have time to check them all out. I look around and see a secluded young British guy with glasses in the corner. I walk over and see he is typing rapidly. I pass by behind him and glance at his screen and see that there is a lot of code written on the screen. I knew it. He is a hacker.

"I do not think that is a novel you are working on. Da?" I said with a thick Russian accent.

"Listen here, lady." He glances at me. "I do not know who you are and I do not know what you do. And I do not care if you were a spy before and that you could torture me in how many ways. All I care is that you should know that you should leave before things get ugly. You get it? Babushka?"

"I am not a spy, but a simple thief just like you." I smile at him. "And you should care what I can do." I sit down beside him.

"If you are not a spy," He looks at me suspiciously. "What are you?"

"I told you a thief, well a con-artist but I have some special skills. You may have heard of me. My name is Venus." He is unfazed by it. Usually, when people hear my name, especially when they are a criminal, they are impressed. I am well known in the criminal universe. I am the best grifter ever.

"I heard that the great Venus was a little younger than you. Are you sure that you are right in the mind?" He smiles.

"Wow, you're rude, but you called me great so I will let that slide. And yes Venus is younger."

"Wait, I thought you said you were Venus." He interrupted.

"Yes, I am. Let me explain. And this time, do not interrupt me." This little bastard needs to learn some lessons. "I am Venus but this is not my true form." I relax my brain and let the illusion drop. He gasps. My work here is done.

"Wow, no wonder you are a great grifter. So good luck in getting that old man's fortune." He chuckles.

"How do you know that I am with that old bag?"

"Same reason that you can transform in an old bag. I have powers too. Perhaps you've heard of me? Apollo?"

"Really? What is a hacker like you doing here in Moscow robbing ATMs? You could do so much more than that."

"I like to play it safe, my dear. Unlike you obviously. You love taking risks, don't you?" He says in a cute accent. Why are all British people charming?

"Yes, I love it playing it big." I smile a little. "By the way, what kind of powers do you have?"

"Oh, I have a big capacity in my head. I cannot forget anything." He looks into my eyes. "Or anyone." I get lost in those big cute eyes. But I focus back into reality.

"Oh honey, that is hardly a superpower."

"Now it is your turn to stop interrupting." He grins like a goof. That bastard.

"Fine, go ahead. Bastard." He laughs heartily.

"I can also see the future, like a prophet."

"You are funny, from what I can tell. You are the least bit holy. Prophet... Ummm. What is your name?"

"Say please dearie." He is the most annoying person I have ever met. But he's pretty cute. Brown hair, big brown eyes, big dimples and a little bit of a stubble. And his annoyingly cute accent and smile. I swear, I might just fall for him.

"Apollo." He says, startling me out of my daydream. "Also, I should tell you my prophecies are not that clear. For example, I knew I would meet a great person today but I did not know what they would look like or what they do. But the fact I can read minds makes up for it." He winks. I gasp. "So you think I'm cute and that I have an annoyingly cute accent?"

"No! Why on Earth would I think that?!? You are disgusting!" I exclaim. I can't believe he read minds. He could have the decency to tell me.

"I did tell you. I just did." Damn, stop reading my mind! "I do not think so, you are one of the most interesting people I have ever met."

"Oh, really? Well, since you can read my mind and I can't read yours. I think it is fair for me to know whether or not you think I am cute." I grin.

"Well, why don't you come up to my apartment with me? I'll let you know up there." He grins at me. He packs up and starts walking to a building.

"Sure, is there anything else you will let me know about you up there?" I flirt a little. He is cute. I wouldn't mind spending some time with him.

"Oh really? You wouldn't mind?" He gazes back at me. Oh fuckery, I forgot that he can read my thoughts.

"You should really stop doing that."

"Never!" He smiles like the Cheshire Cat. "You are really interesting." Yeah, I could really fall for him. "And I could fall for you too."

"You are the worst." I say.

"But you love it." He enters the building and heads down a hallway. He enters it without looking back at me. He is so weird. "I heard that!" He shouts at me. It's true I don't know why he is complaining, it's true. I follow him into his apartment. It's big and there's a lot of junk food in the living room.

"How are you not 500 pounds?" I yell to him, wherever he is.

"Because I exercise as well. Why else am I fit as a fiddle?" I can hear him chuckle. "You're so silly." He appears and all he has on is his boxers.

"I do see that you work out." I grin. He has nicely toned abs.

"I can tell you like what you see." He laughs.

"Stop reading my mind!" I am so irritated.

"I don't have to read your mind. The way you were looking at me said more than enough that you look be all over this body."

"You are not wrong that I want to be all over your body." I drop my bag and jump him. I kiss him as he strips me of my jacket. We go on the bed and continue to kiss. I think I found my new lover.

"Oh really?" I shake my head and laugh.

"Yes really." And that night we did things, things that are only between Apollo and I.

A loud crash came from the room. I forgot that I was standing in front of it. I miss Apollo. I loved him. Then I had to leave Russia because the guy I was scamming found out I was not who he thought I was. Then him, Diana, Mercury and I had a job together. That was so long ago and I haven't seen him since. I actually miss him.

I knock on the door. A young red-headed girl opens the door.

"My name is Minerva. The one who needs your help." She spoke in a thick Russian accent. "Why don't you come in. There are people here who want to see you." She smiles. People? I thought there would be only one traitor. Does that mean all of them betrayed me? I walk into the living room. I gasp.

"Hi there, dearie. Miss me? I heard that you have and to tell you the truth, I missed you too. I felt like I had a heart attack when you left." Apollo said to me as he sat on a couch with Diana and Mercury.

Apollo/Charlie POV:

I am sitting on Minerva's couch with Mercury and Diana. Diana is just sitting there listening to music. I wonder what she's thinking. A traitor like her must be thinking something. She never really liked me even when we worked together. She hated that I could tell the future better than she ever could. She must've told Minerva about my powers. Although, something is fishy about Minerva. Ever since I got here, none of my prophetic powers have worked. And I tried reading Minerva, Diana and Mercury's mind but nothing has come up about who told Minerva about our powers. It is as if something is blocking my powers. My vast knowledge is intact though.

The doorbell rings. Who could it be now? Minerva did say that one other person is coming. I wonder, is it Venus? I hope so. Just as I thought of her, I heard a familiar voice in my head say "I miss Apollo. I loved him. Then I had to leave Russia because the guy I was scamming found out I was not who he thought I was. Then him, Diana, Mercury and I had a job together. That was so long ago and I haven't seen him since. I actually miss him." Could it be? Could it be her? I honestly hope so.

"Oh goodie! Our special visitor is here!!!" Mercury practically screams. I swear he is insane. I don't think he told Minerva about our powers. He is so scared about others discovering that he has powers. Also, he would have nothing to gain from telling anybody about us. He is just lonely. When I first met him, he seemed like he just wanted the money, he said so himself. Then, I read his mind. He was practically giddy with joy when he found out there were others like him. I remember him saying, "Friends! Finally! There are people out there who understand me!" I actually felt quite sorry for him. I always remembered to be kind to him. He had a bad childhood. Poor thing. I hear a sharp gasp from the hallway. I look up and see it is Venus. I smile. I feel like I've been risen to the Heavens.

"Hi there, dearie. Miss me? I heard that you have and to tell you the truth, I missed you too. I felt like I had a heart attack when you left." I say. Venus briskly walks up to me and gives me a cold hard slap on the cheek.

"How can you say that you miss me?!? When I left, you went around chasing other girls!" She screams at me. I look into her eyes and I can see that she is hurt.

"I'm sorry, I did miss you. And believe me, I want to spend the rest of my life with you! But I had to get married. I messed with a crime boss' daughther by accident and he would've killed me if I hadn't married his daughther! I had nowhere else to go! What else could I do? Thank God she didn't want kids. I loved you when I said "I do." And when we had sex I thought of the night in Moscow. I loved you then and I still love you now. Please forgive me Esther. There'll be none of her no more. We can run away after this job." I plead. She doesn't know how much I cried for her on the kitchen floor. She looks at me like she has found something dear to her.

"I hate you." She says softly.

"But-"

"Wait, let me finish." She interrupts me. "I hate you, because you can say anything and I'll fall for you all over again. It's not fair. Is it?" She chuckles and I see she has some tears. I stand up and wipe them off.

"I really have missed you, you know that?" I say as I wrap my arms around her and comfort her. I look at her and I lean in to kiss her. Then I hear someone clear their throat. I look up to see Minerva with a pissed off expression on her face.

"That was nice and all but can we get to business now?" She says with venom laced in her words.

"Really?" I hear Mercury say. "They were about to kiss! You couldn't wait five seconds?" He looks like steam is about to escape from his ears.

"For once, I agree with crazy over here." Diana pipes up. I didn't know she was a hopeless romantic. I laugh a little inside. "Let them have a few moments. I've wait for two hours for her to get here, I can wait a little longer."

"Fine." Minerva says. "I'll let you guys get settled. Venus your room is next to Diana's, but I'm guessing you won't need it. I'll just wait until dinner to explain to you the guys the details of the mission. Happy?"

"Very." I say with a sly smile on my face. "Come on Venus, I'll help you with your bags."

"And to where, exactly?" She smiles. That cocky bitch.

"Oh, you'll see dearie. And trust me, you'll like it too." I say.

"Hey, Apollo." I hear Diana say. "Here you go." She throws something at me and I catch it. It's a condom. I look over my shoulder and see that Mercury is there. His eyes widen. Then, finally, he busts up laughing on the floor.

"It's a condom!" He is such a child. His outburst causes Venus, Minerva and even Diana to laugh.

"Come on, Venus." I say as I pull her to my bedroom.

"Have fun you guys!" I hear Minerva say. I swear I'm surrounded with little kids.

"Hey!" I hear Diana yell. "Isn't Venus' room the other way?" She says, followed but an eruption of laughter form the living room and slight chuckle from Venus. I shake my head. I can't wait for this job to be over.

David/Mercury POV:

I am setting up my rig on the top Gensect waiting on Minerva's go so I can finally jump. If you have ever jumped off a building you know why I am so impatient. A screech interrupts my thoughts.

"Apollo. Fix these comms! They are so irritating." Minerva says in my head. She is in the building adjacent of us. She is the mastermind of this operation. At the dinner when she told us the plan, I realized that she is an excellent mastermind. She is good. Almost too good for a civilian who had their plans for a cure stolen. So I decided to snoop. I went into her room at night and looked to see if had any doctor-y stuff. She didn't. Then I realized she might be a researcher. And any good researcher always keeps notes about their research on them. She didn't have those either. I'm starting to think she isn't who she says she is. You know, if I didn't like stealing so much, I could be a detective. I like the sound of that, Detective David. Maybe, I'm not as crazy as everyone says I am.

"Ha! I'm not crazy."

"Really? Says the person who is talking to themselves." I hear Diana say in my head. Oh damn. I forgot that I have my earpiece in. Oops.

"I'm sorry guys. Just pondering a little." I say

"It's fine, just focus okay?" I hear Minerva say.

"Hey, I just had a thought." Diana says. "Why can't Mercury just go in there, be air, get the cure and get out?"

"Because the cure is protected in an air sealed room. And I can't teleport. I just evaporate in thin air. Just think of the Cheshire Cat." I hear someone chuckle.

"Yeah, that's you. Crazy and always smiling." Venus says.

"Yup!" I say proudly.

"Don't forget creepy and annoying." Diana says. The others laughed. I pretend to laugh. I can't believe that they laughed. That's hurtful. I'm not creepy am I? I might be annoying, but it's because I don't have any friends. Some friends they are. I weep a little on the roof. Cold and alone.

Celestina/Diana POV

I'm supposed to go up to the roof where Mercury is. I kinda feel bad for making fun of him, but he laughed so I guess he is fine. He's actually not that bad. He is annoying but you live with it. He's not the type of annoying where you wanna kill him. It's more like he's your little brother or something. I go up to the roof and see Mercury up there setting up his rig.

Hush, little baby, don't say a word.
Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird

And if that mockingbird won't sing,
Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring

I hear him singing. I swear he is crazy. I think after this he needs to be admitted to the psych ward in the hospital. I walk to him as he continues to sing. I remember that song. My father used to sing that to me as well. As I draw nearer, I realize that he is crying. Is that because of me? I take of my earpiece. I walk up to him and clear my throat. He looks up.

"Oh! Diana! How long have you been here?" He wipes his eyes. "You didn't hear anything did you?"

"Where's your earpiece?" I ask

"Oh, it's in my pocket. I needed, um... time to myself." He flusters out.

"Listen," I sigh. "I'm sorry for calling you annoying. I didn't mean it. You're a pretty cool guy. And I know you don't have that many friends. But, I'm glad that I can call myself your friend." He smiles a sad smile.

"You have no idea how long I have waited for someone to say that. A long, long time ago, I had no friends. I was the kid who had a story no one would believe. I always cried in the corner where nobody sees." At this point, his eyes are all red and full of tears. He had such a hard life. I'm starting to tear up a little.

"And I would pray to God, 'Dear God, would you please? Send somebody here who would love me?' My foster parents didn't. No one at school did. But now, I have you guys. When I first met you guys, I instantly though in my head, 'Yay! I have friends now!' And I did. Our first job was the best. But then, we all split up. And I had nobody again. And now when I saw we were all in this job together, I thought you had told Minerva my secret about my powers. But now, I realize you didn't. Did you?"

"No I didn't. I thought you did." I say. He just poured out his heart to me. I didn't know how much we meant to him. When he finds out who told Minerva that he has powers better watch out. It's either Apollo or Venus. Wow, that'll crush Mercury.

"Well whoever did better watch out." He has a murderous laugh. "Thanks Diana." I realized that he might actually kill who told Minerva. I've seen him in action with a gun. And it's not pretty. He goes back to work singing a different song.

Eeny, meenie, minee, moes. Who will I kill? Nobody knows.

Esther/Venus POV:

I'm practicing my ugly janitor voice while I am waiting for Minerva to tell me to start. I have no idea why she is the mastermind. She is only a civilian. Although she is the one who employed us, so she must know what to do. I think... hopefully.

"Venus? Are you there?" I hear Minerva say.

"Yeah, I'm hear boss." I say in my gruff ugly janitor voice.

"Venus, is that you?" I hear Apollo say in shock. I smile a little. After all this time knowing Apollo. I can't believe that I can still surprise him with the little things.

"Yes, it is me." I say in my regular voice. "You like it? Perhaps I will use it next time we are in the same bed together." I feel bad for putting that image in his head. Although, I do love messing around with him.

"Okay, guys, enough fooling around. Let's get to business and break the law." Minerva says. Now that I like hearing. I grab ahold of the janitor's cart that Mercury got for me. I cast an illusion around me. I look into my mirror and see that I am an old pasty white man. Perfect. I walk into the building.

"Excuse me. Sir, may I see your staff badge?" A security guard asks me as I enter. Wow, security is tight around here. I extend my arm as slow as I can, like an old man would. I hold up my phone, but to the security guard's eyes, it is a badge with my picture and information. I made sure it looked like an official id. I even made Mercury steal one earlier so I could make sure. "Go ahead. Thank you, sir." I hate being called sir. Perhaps next time I could be a lady janitor. I walk to the elevators and push the button for the 14th floor. Where the cure is being held. I have to distract the guards at the safe door to buy Mercury and Diana enough time to sneak in through vents and get in there. I don't know what should I do to distract them. I was thinking either poor helpless janitor or maybe lost sexy lab tech. I look at the elevator and see that there is a camera there. I can't change my appearance here. The elevator stops. I look down the halls and see that there are the guards there. I can't change, so it'll have to be helpless janitor this time.

"Mercury, Diana? Are you guys ready?" I say into my comm. They need to hurry up because the only thing I can do here is change the trash can. That doesn't give them enough time to get here is they are up on the roof.

"We're here. We're in the vents ready to pounce." I hear Mercury say. Oh thank God. I wasn't sure if they had enough time. I walk over to the trash can near the guards. There are three of them. Hopefully, they all come to my aid. I pretend to trip and I fall.

"Ow! My hip! Help! Someone help!" I scream out in my janitor voice as loud as I can. I open my eyes and see two guards towering over me. Fuck. Where's the other one? Does he have a heart? Can he see that a fake old man needs help? I hope Diana and Mercury can get in there quickly. Please.

Charlie/Apollo POV:

I have eyes in the entire building. This is stupid. Venus needs help. I can't do much but I know that if the guards try to contact anybody for help that they'll find out that there isn't a Stewart Green as a janitor in their employee registry. And I can't put her in because I need a picture of the Stewart Green that she created and I don't have that. I hack into their power supply. I see that they're about to use the phone. I cut the line so they can't contact anybody. Then I remember that they have walkie talkies.

"Hey Mercury. Remember that little device I gave you?" I say into my comm.

"Yeah. Why?" He asks.

"Well, I need you to press that little button on the top. I big red one." I say. The device is supposed to send an invisible frequency that blocks the walkies' signal.

"Okay, there. It's on." I look at the cameras and see that the guards are frustrated at their walkies. I laugh a little.

"Okay leave it there in the vent. Thanks Mercury." I say. I see that a guard is heading for the elevator. Nope, not today. I push a button and I turned off the elevators power. I look at the guards on the other floors. They are oblivious to the fact that their fellow men are struggling.

"Okay, Apollo. Can the guards get out and will anybody check up on them?" I jump a little. I forgot that Minerva was next to me. She is such a creepy person. And the fact that she knows how to conduct criminal operations does not put me at ease. But, I can deal with it. After this, Venus and I will go around the world stealing stuff. Venus has acquired a taste for art theft. We'll probably steal that more than anything else.

"No, no one will come up there. They already did their rounds, so nobody will be checking up on them until their shift is over and that isn't 'til 2:30" I say.

"Perfect." Minerva says. "Okay, Diana I want you to knock out all three guards while Mercury breaks into the room. Got it?"

"Yes'm." I hear Mercury say before I hear insane laughter and a loud crash. I turn on my speakers so I can hear what is going on in the room. "Hi there, guards. Put your hands up if you want to live." Mercury laughs, or rather cackles, before he pulls out his pistols. I swear if he harms Venus... Then out of nowhere, Diana comes up from behind the two guards hovering above Venus and punches one square in the jaw while kicking another one in the gut. She grabs the guy and body slams him down to the floor. Both are unconscious. The third guard has pulled his gun on Mercury and grabbed by the neck. He has his gun to Mercury's head.

"Don't try anything!" he shouts. "Or else I'll kill your friend!" He screams at Diana.

"Oh really?" She glides past the two unconscious guards and stalks toward the third one. "I don't think you have the guts."

"Oh yeah?" He pulls the trigger. The bullet hits the wall. He looks and he sees that Mercury isn't there anymore, that he evaporated in to the air seconds before he pulled the trigger. He aims it at her. He fires, once...twice...three times. All the bullets rebounded off of her. She smiled a crazy smile. Just like Mercury does. I think she has spent a little too much time with him. She grabs his gun and she spins around to get it out of his hands and she hits him with the butt of it on his temple. He's out cold. Venus stands up and transforms into her original self. Mercury appears right beside her.

"Oh yay! They're all unconscious!" He jumps with joy. "You did it Celestina!" He runs to her and hugs her. My jaw drops to the floor. What did those two do up on the roof? Usually, if anyone, especially Mercury, hugs Diana she'd beat them up. But now, she's just standing there, not caring. And he knows he real name? Only I know her real name and that's because I read her mind. I told her one day and she almost lost it. She told me that she would hunt me down and kill me if she found out that I told anybody her real name. She was not kidding. She hates her real name, especially when someone else says it. I always wondered what would happen if someone she hates, like Mercury, would say her name. Now it's come true and it is nothing like I expected. I thought there would be a bloodbath.

"Okay, enough celebration Mercury. You still have to break in." Minerva says.

"Okie-dokie!" He skips to the door. I swear he is a little kid inside that 26 year old body.

"Umm... Boss? This is a passcode lock. I thought you said it was a handprint scanner." Mercury says.

"What? It isn't?!? I thought it said it was." Minerva basically screams. "How many digits is it? Do you know?"

"Mmm... I think it's eight." He says.

"Eight..." Minerva hums a little. "Apollo can you crack that?" She asks me.

"Sure, but I'd have to be in the building to do it." I look through my bag of tech. I sort through it until I find my passcode breaker. I go back to my monitor and zoom in on the lock. "Hey, Mercury. Do you have a screwdriver?"

"Yessir." He says.

"Can you unscrew that panel below the lock." I say.

"Sure thi-"

"Wait!" Minerva interrupts. "Diana , I want you to do that. Mercury, I want you to go back to the roof and get Apollo and I. I want to be able to be there when you open the door and get the cure." I look into Minerva's eyes. Something about them seems darker, like her soul isn't there anymore. As if she was drained of life.

David/Mercury POV:

I jump off the roof once again. Yahoo!!! I made it so the rig would stop me three feet before I hit the ground. If you have ever done bungee jumping you know what I'm talking about. It's such a thrill. I abruptly stop.

"Hi, Mercury. Are you ready?" Minerva asks.

"Yeah, but I can only take one person at a time." I say.

"Me first, I need to be there when they open it." Minerva says. Wow, she's really desperate to get this cure back. I take her and I give her a harness to put on. She puts it on rather quickly for someone who has never committed a crime in their life. I hook her up to the wire and we go up. After about five minutes of awkward silence, we made it to the rooftop.

"Okay, go down the stairs and you'll see a vent at the bottom of the first flight of stairs. It looks closed. It's not. Open and go straight. No turns. Go until you see the room. You'll know when you're there." I say to her.

"Okay. She rushes to the stairs. She is an odd person. And that is coming from me. She knows how to mastermind a crime, hook up a harness, and other stuff. I'm kinda scared. I head back and I jump over the building.

Apollo and I are in the vents. I grabbed him as quickly as I could. I rush because I want to find out why Minerva wants this cure so bad. I don't have a good feeling about her. I wanna get there as quickly as I can. I evaporate into the and I take Apollo with me. We appear in the room. Apollo takes out this strange device from his bag. It looks like a calculator with a strange plug coming out of the top. He takes out the panel and hooks it up. A lot of numbers are shown and eventually it breaks the ten digit passcode. Wow, I want one of those. Imagine all the money I could take. I smile a little. That sounds nice. After this I want to travel the world and steal with Diana. I could also help her with her contract killing. I feel my guns at my side. That sounds nice.

"Minerva, do you want to do the honors?" Apollo asks. Quietly, but quickly Minerva walks up to the door and pushes it open. The door reveals a tiny room with a pedestal and a briefcase on it. She grabs it. No alarms trigger. Thank God. I think Apollo disarm all of them.

"I want to thank you all for helping get this cure." She looks rather happy. Well, that's good. "I also have to say that I will not be paying you guys." She smiles. What? After all we've gone through. I grab my guns. Then I hear a shot fired. But they are not from my gun. I look down. I didn't feel it at first, but then a sharp pain hits my guts. I fall to the ground. I feel cold.

"No! No! No!" Diana screams. She runs to my side.

"Why? Why did you shoot him?" Venus screams. She also runs over and tears her shirt to try to close the wound.

"I'll kill you!" Diana screams. She stands up and stalks toward Minerva.

"I don't think so. You're not the only one with powers." She extends her arm. Then Diana falls to the floor screaming. She looks like she's in agony.

"One sec, Venus. I'll try to evaporate it away." I put my hand over the wound and I concentrate. It's not working. Why?

"I wouldn't try, Mercury. Your powers don't work. I can also block other people's powers." She says. "Well, it looks like I should leave now. Tata." She leaves without another word. I see Apollo standing there. Then, he sees me and gasps.

"Guys, go. Don't worry about me. I stand up and then walk around a little." All of a sudden the alarm blares and guards bust down the door. "Run! Leave me! Find Minerva!" I yell to them and I pull out my guns.

"No! Never!" Diana yells. I use whatever strength I have left to evaporate them to the roof. I have to face that this is the end. I look at the guards. Hush little baby, don't you cry... They all fire at me. Once... then twice... then I see white...

Celestina/Diana POV:

Oh my... I'm going to kill him! He teleported all of us out of the room and to the roof. I run back down the stairs until a forceful hand grabs me and stops me. I look up and see Apollo. How dare he have the nerve to stop me. I have to back and save Mercury.

"Diana, If you back there." He says to me in dark voice. "Then, you are disrespecting Mercury's final wishes. He specifically told us to leave him and find Minerva. If you go back. That's like spitting on his grave." I stare at him. Then I finally break down crying. Hot, wet tears stream down my face. I have killed people before and I never felt a thing. But, when a friend dies? That's horrible. Friends are the family that you choose. Why him? Why Mercury? All he ever wanted was to have friends. I feel arms wrap around me.

"Shhh. Breathe Diana." I hear Venus say. "He's still here with us. In spirit. It's like he evaporated into the air, like usual." She is trying to comfort me. It's not working, I'm still a mess. Usually, I have a calm composure.

"But..." I say while still sobbing. "He- He's not coming back."

"You don't know that. Maybe he will. Just hope and pray to God he comes back. Who knows, like I said, He could be in the air right now. His was power was to be able to evaporate into the air. Maybe he can come back but you have to do something." I look at her. I wipe my tears and stop crying. She is right. Maybe he could come back. Hopefully...

"Okay." I jump right up, almost causing Diana to fall. "I'm sorry." I help her up. I have to find Minerva and make her pay for what she has done. Okay, I need to find some clarity. What do I need to do? I have to avenge Mercury's death. And I have to find that bitch Minerva and kill her. No, killing her requires kindness. I'll just torture her. Now, where would I go if I am stealing a cure and running from three super powered thieves?

"Apollo, did Minerva leave anything in the room?" I ask him.

"Yes. I think she left some her supplies." Before he finished his sentence, I bumped into Apollo and I grabbed Mercury's harness and ran off the roof. Watch out Minerva. I'm coming. I make sure that the gun at my side is still there. I stole it from Apollo when I bumped into him. I've always hated guns. Now I hate them more because they took a friend away from me. But, this time, I'll make an exception to get revenge.

Esther/Venus POV:

I watched in horror as Diana jumped of the roof. I ran over to the edge and looked down to her gliding down. I realized that she had grabbed Mercury's harness. Thank God. I thought she had tried to kill herself.

"We have to stop her!" Apollo says to me.

"Why? I say let her beat Minerva." Why should he stop her from avenging Mercury? He was a good soul and now he is gone.

"You don't understand!" He's practically screaming now. "She took my gun! And knowing her, she won't just kill her. She will torture her. No one deserves that from Diana. She knows more than 25 ways to torture you with a toothpick! Imagine her with a gun." Oh my... All hell will break loose when she finds Minerva. I run down the stairs. Apollo follows me down. We can't take the elevator because Apollo has disabled them. Minerva better pray to God that we find her before Diana does.

We finally reach the bottom. I see that some guards are still there. I bend the focus on the light and bend it so that the guards will only see flies and not us.

"Walk slowly and quietly okay?" I whisper to Apollo. We creep across the lobby and open the door quickly and run out. We go across the street and Apollo leads me up to the room where base was at. We run down the hallway and I see that the door is already open. I bound into the room and see Diana holding a gun to Minerva's head. Minerva already has two shots to her leg and she is bleeding out.

"Diana calm down. Don't do anything rash. Okay?" I say to her calmly.

"No! She deserves this! She cheated us out of our money and played us for fools. More importantly she killed Mercury! I took away her abilities. Now she can't stop me from doing anything." She cackles. She sounds like she is going crazy. I focus on the light and bend it so it looks like I'm still standing. I slowly move over to Diana.

"Diana, Venus is right. Don't do anything you won't regret." Apollo says to Diana. Then, all of a sudden I take Minerva out of Diana's hands. Then Apollo tackles Diana. She releases the gun and cries. Thank God it's all over.

Charlie/Apollo POV

I held Diana while she cried. I knew that Minerva deserved to suffer, but I don't want that to be on her hands and she'll regret it later.

"Hush little baby, don't say a word..." I hear Diana softly singing. I've heard that song before. I heard Mercury singing that on the roof before he took out his comm. He was a little cuckoo in the head, but Mercury was a good guy. All he ever wanted was to have friends.

"What should we do with her?" Venus points to Minerva who is all bloody and short of breathe in the corner.

"Leave her with the cure. The police will find her. I'll make sure of it." I say. I'll put out an alarm here so they'll check it out." I say. I help Diana up and she wipes her tears. We walk down and out of the building and putting this whole thing behind us.

It's been a month since the whole Minerva and Mercury incident. Actually it is the David incident. We agreed to stop using our criminal names. Minerva is now in the city jail and suffering. The police found her twenty minutes after we left. I heard that she attempted to kill herself while in the hospital. Celestina is back up on her feet. She is now in search of other people with powers the same or close enough to David's. What Esther said could be true. We were born with these powers. Who knows what we could do with them? So far she has tracked down three people who seem to have the same power as him. Esther and I are now in retirement. We will never steal again. After this, we now know that we don't know what will happen. Maybe next time it will be Esther who dies. And I don't want to lose her again. I just got her back. We are expecting a call from Celestina soon. She is supposed to be landing in Korea soon, David's homeland and hopefully to out more about him. My phone rings.

"Esther! Come here! It's Celestina!" I yell to her in the kitchen. She's making lunch.

"I'm coming! Don't get your panties in a twist!" I answer Esther's call.

"Hello? Charlie? Is that you?" She answers.

"Yeah! South Korea looks so nice! I just got out of the terminal twenty minutes ago and I'm meeting this guy who has the same powers as David!" She sounds so happy.

"Okay, just be careful okay?" Esther walks in and sits down next to me.

"Hi Celest." She says.

"Esther! I missed you so much. How are you? Are you good? Do you have a baby yet?" Esther smiles. I like this new version of Celestina.

"I missed you too. I am well and no we do not have a baby yet. We're praying." We really want a baby soon.

"Oh! I'm here. I see the guy. I have to meet him." I hear a door open and slam. I'm getting a stomachache right about now. I don't know why. I rarely ever get them and the last time I got one was when Mercury was about to die...

"Hi, my name's..." I hear a gunshot ring out, then the sound of someone falling to the ground. Someone picks up the phone. Esther gasps.

"Hello, is this Apollo and Venus?" Esther is now clutching onto me tightly.

"Yes." I say cautiously.

"You don't need to know my name. But you need to know that I never want to hear of you two again. I killed off your friend here as warning. Keep searching for a way to bring us back and you will get it." He hangs up and I am scared. We should have never become thieves.