[OP: "Amsterdam"--Imagine Dragons]

"Everything okay out here?" Rumi interrupted them before Jinu could say anything else.

They all jumped.

"Oh, sure, we're talking about hell and purgatory," Morph said.

The look on her face was classic.

"Why?" she said.

"Real life is the price we pay for our sins," Mystique said. "That's my life in a nutshell."

"Honey, you are really, really cynical sometimes," Morph said. "Where is that hopeful attitude?"

"I think I lost it when the man we just did a big miracle for didn't even thank us," Mystique said. "What is the point of doing anything for anyone?"

She walked past Rumi and into the tower.

"Raven gets a little sensitive about her work," Morph said to them. 

"She seemed fine a second ago." Jinu was confused.

"She always does, but then she's not," Morph said. "You know the feeling, right? I'd better talk to her... Uh, are you all ready to go?"

"Whenever you are," Rumi said. "Do you need a second though?"

"We might, yeah," Morph said.

He followed after Mystique.

Rumi cleared her throat awkwardly. "I guess...uh...they're still getting used to this. Sometimes it feels like they're in training for whatever their job is."

Jinu sighed. "Yeah..."

Awkward pause.

"So are you not...okay with this?" Rumi gestured around. "Because honestly, we didn't even know what would happen exactly...but...we thought we should try."

"It's not as if I'm mad at you for doing it," Jinu said. "I just...I don't know what to do...what to say? The last thing I did was..."

"Pretty...noble, actually," Rumi said quietly.

"I mean before that." Jinu had skipped over that part in his mind. "I remember all of it..." He put his chin in his hands. "Like a nightmare."

"Hey, it's fine now," Rumi said. "We fixed everything...sort of... I mean, the city was saved. Gwi-Ma has been quiet all week at least...so...ultimately no harm done."

"No harm done?" Jinu repeated like she was crazy.

"That wasn't already..." Rumi allowed. "But...dwelling on the past isn't going to help anything."

"How are you so calm about that?" Jinu demanded.

"I don't know, I'm not sure what I am right now," Rumi said oddly. "I just...at least it didn't all end tragically."

Jinu straightened, and then he suddenly said in a different tone, "You still have patterns."

He hadn't noticed when they'd said it before (too distracted), and it had been dark enough in the tower so that they were not visible, with the room lights on, but out here in the sunlight, they were obvious.

Rumi touched her face. "Oh...yeah... I know...they faded, they changed colors, but they haven't disappeared...but the mentors think it's probably not a bad thing."

"They spread..." Jinu noted.

"I'm...kind of okay with them now." Rumi fingered her wrist. "No one else cares... though...explaining it as body paint might not hold up if it doesn't fade completely, but, it'll be fine... Mira and Zoey don't care. My voice is fine, so...maybe they're just...there..."

"I don't have any now..." Jinu mused. "So why...?"

"I think that probably has to do with regenerating your entire form... Mine was just the patterns." Rumi glanced at her hands. "I'm trying to figure out what it all means. If it's because I was only half demon...or...we're actually calling it something else now. I'm a 'mutant'. Apparently." She made air quotes.

"Like Morph and Mystique?" Jinu was confused.

"Yeah... Oh, they told you that? Hey, why didn't you ever tell me you talked to them?" Rumi frowned.

"You never told me you did either." Jinu had a good comeback. "I didn't think it was worth mentioning. It wasn't like I was listening to them anyway."

"Same, I guess... I was just bouncing ideas off them anyway...but this feels a little less crazy..." Rumi looked to the side. "I guess it's better than being a monster. I think it's just their way of trying to be accepting."

"If that's how they show acceptance..." 

"Better than Celine," Rumi muttered.

"Than who?"

"My...mentor... We had a huge falling out." Rumi ran her hand over her hair more. "Long story, but...I don't think she's going to be okay with any of this." Gesturing around. "Or that I'm going to tell her, even... I feel like everything I ever learned was flawed...and now the only source of answers I have are two shape-shifting mutants, one of whom has to be the most rude person I have ever met, and the other is the weirdest, but I guess the important part is that they're helping."

"Real question: If you hate sharing so much, why tell them anything?" 

"They figured most of it out on their own," Rumi confessed. "I caved in and admitted it after that. I thought they would judge me, but they didn't. They told me that they got the same thing at home--people think they're freaks...monsters...cursed...everything. Even try to kill them for it. I guess it didn't feel like being exposed because they felt like we were the same. Once one person found out, it didn't seem as weird to have other people know..."

"Yeah, they're the only people I've ever told the truth to other than you..." Jinu admitted also. "And...they acted like it was normal... Crazy."

"Mystique told me some of the stuff she's done. I could...see why she'd feel like she has a lot in common with you," Rumi ventured. "But she's...proof you can change, I guess. I actually felt more like I related to Morph's story, since he told me he got turned against his friends against his will mostly...but he still chose to hide it and try to deal with it alone."

"What are the odds of two people with the ability to shape-shift, and two backstories perfectly matched to ours, showing up randomly?" Jinu wondered.

"If they were sent here for that specific reason, I guess the odds are good...but, aside from that, it makes no sense at all," Rumi said. "We thought they worked for Gwi-Ma at first, but they helped us win that final fight. Still, they aren't like us either--they're not Hunters...so I guess they must be telling the truth."

"There are other possibilities between those two things." Jinu was more concerned than her, for obvious reasons.

But then he reflected. "I guess there's no way I'd know though. Maybe they're being honest."

"Are you okay with looking for the other Saja Boys?" Rumi finally got to the real topic. "I can...see how that would be...awkward."

"Awkward? I think the real problem is that the last thing they all saw me do was betray them," Jinu said. "I might make your case a lot worse if they see me...and if they even can act outside of Gwi-Ma's will."

"Plus side, though, if they saw you, they'd have to know something strange was going on with us. Otherwise, they'd just think we were there to kill them."

"You're sure you're not going to kill them anyway? Mira didn't seem like she was changing her mind."

"She agreed to wait till we've at least tried to see if they're still reachable," Rumi said. "But, Zoey might have some ulterior motives for supporting it... She loves a good mystery."

Then, realizing what she just said, she added, "I mean...the intrigue kind."

That finally got a very weak chuckle from Jinu.

Rumi then chuckled too, awkwardly.

"Are you two coming or not?" Zoey opened the door just then. "Oh...did I interrupt something?"

"No!" they both said, in the same awkward tone.

"We were just waiting for you," Rumi said.

"I've been sitting in the living room for 5 minutes straight," Zoey said. "Mira too... Morph said you guys were talking."

"No, wait, he was talking to Raven," Rumi said. "We were giving them space, Zoey, not the other way around."

"Whatever." Zoey didn't buy it, obviously.

Jinu couldn't believe that Zoey could already be acting like this after he'd just...come out of limbo...

Didn't she have any sense of how bizarre this was?

But he was to learn that this was pretty typical Zoey adjustment time.

* * *

A short time later they were on the train.

Morph was taking the chance to re-read some passages from The Great Divorce to seek inspiration.

Jinu hadn't ridden on a train before...and felt kind of sick, on top of already being on edge.

Mira was no help. She'd given him a look when they'd gotten on that said he'd better not come within 4 feet of her.

So he sat in the corner of the bench, with Rumi and Zoey on the same side, while the other three were across from them.

Mira had a magazine up to disguise her identity further.

Zoey was playing on her phone.

Mystique just was staring at the windows.

Rumi kept looking at the roof like she thought demons might come out of it...which was understandable.

"Here's an interesting passage--" Morph turned to Mystique. "See, chapter 8? 'Don't you remember on earth there were things too hot to touch with your finger but you could drink them all right? Shame is like that. If you accept it--If you drink the cup to the bottom--you will find it very nourishing, but try to do anything else with it and it scalds'."

"I see where Shine gets her odd metaphors and long speeches from," was Mystique's comment.

Rumi glanced over at Morph. "Isn't shame the bad thing? Isn't that what makes the...you know what?"

"I was thinking of that," Morph said. "But I think I see what Lewis was getting at... If you accept that you have shame, or things to be ashamed of, and embrace that fact, it will take the sting out of it, but if you fight it, or deny it, or romanticize it, even, like I've known people to do...it hurts you."

"That reminds me of something Shine told me about her father," Mystique said. "Though it reminded me of myself also... That he is someone who revels in misery. He admits to doing wrong only so he can be more miserable and make everyone else miserable with him because they pity him...but he never accepts his sin enough to really find peace."

"I don't think you should accept sin." Zoey looked up. "That sounds wrong."

"I don't meant accept it as part of you," Mystique said. "I meant that you will do it, that you have done it... Then you can learn from it. I denied what I did was wrong for so long, I forgot to ask myself if I felt sorry for it. Until Kurt revealed to me that I did."

"Kurt?" Zoey repeated.

"My son." Mystique looked down.

"The worst of denying your shame is that it's not just about you," Morph said. "When I hid from mine, it hurt everyone around me too. And Shine's father, she told us all about him... He made her miserable for most of her childhood."

Mira looked up. "Just because he felt bad about himself?"

"Mira, sometimes people weaponize their own guilt," Morph said. "Sometimes, someone can know they're wrong, and even they can hate themselves for it...but they will never change. Some part of them likes hating themselves more than they like the idea of ever letting it go. I think that self hatred is still a form of control and selfishness."

Jinu looked very uncomfortable there.

"Maybe this isn't the best time for this conversation," Rumi suggested. "Though...it is interesting."

"I didn't mean to make anyone feel bad," Morph said apologetically. "I'm thinking of myself here, really."

"How can anyone like hating themselves?" Mira looked at her magazine, but she wasn't reading it. "Wouldn't that be two opposite emotions?"

"Hatred is a mindset more than an emotion sometimes," Mystique commented. "You can hate everything you do but still be unable to stop doing it. I would know."

"Are you linking this to the Saja Boys in some way?" Zoey asked.

"Not sure," Morph said. "Just crazy how this book really sounds so much like what we've seen here. Shine always knows exactly what to send to help. That is her gift."

"You guys talk about her so much," Rumi said. "She must mean a lot to you... She sounds amazing."

"We can't help it." Mystique leaned back. "That's our only source of ideas for what we're doing. And her words have a way of staying with you anyway. I'm sure you would like her if you met her. This kind of soul-threatening mess is just her kind of thing. And Wally would be willing to help anyone with anything. Though, I don't see that he's as devoted to the spiritual side of it as her."

"Someone has to be the relatable one," Morph said. "If they were both like that all the time, my head would never stop spinning when they talk. I like Wally a lot also. He's the kind of guy who never hesitates to help anybody, for any reason. And he doesn't care if you're bad or good. The X-men have tried to be like that, but we get hung up on our resentments of people too."

"Perhaps he finds it easier to be kind to everyone because people like him and he's not seen as a freak," Mystique said.

"I'm sure some people think he is..." Morph shook his head. "No matter what the reason for having powers is, someone will not like you. He just doesn't care."

"If I were treated like a freak just for having different DNA, I'd be resentful too," Mira said, still from behind her magazine.

"So can I ask...if Shine is the smart one, is Wally the...kind one?" Zoey asked. "I mean, what are their roles? Are they the same as yours?"

"I don't know that we're really that much alike," Morph said. "I mean, sure, Wally and I are both the funny ones, but other than that, we're very different. I'm into tech and show biz. He's more into lab stuff and sports and just hanging out with friends. Plus, he's got super speed, not shape-shifting. Mystique and Shine might both be the more serious and analytical people, but that's where the similarities end, I think."

"Wally is the one who is simple and easy to understand," Mystique said. "Everyone is comfortable around him almost immediately. Shine is the firebrand. She is always making people angry and stumping them with her mind games and riddles and ability to turn any conversation into a strategic break down."

"Sounds like she's a lot to handle," Zoey said. "Wally sounds great though."

"Both of them are the most compassionate people you'd ever meet," Morph said. "We're not doing them justice, honestly... You'd have to see it for yourself. But, if we can imitate them a little bit, we'd be doing some good, so I guess that's why we're talking about them, sorry... We're trying to get into the way they think. That's what we do...we copy people." He gestured widely.

"No, no, that makes sense. Get in the zone." Zoey put her hand to her head like she was visualizing. "So what would they be doing right now?"

"Knowing them, either talking about stupid movies or having some deep theological teaching moment," Mystique said. "There is no in-between with those two, ever."

"So what you were just doing." Rumi summed it up.

Morph paused. "Oh...hey, we were doing that. But I think it was because Shine sent us the book for this situation. I'm not that smart... She puts this stuff together in her mind."

"I assume she's read the books?" Mira said finally. "Isn't that her just using her previous knowledge that you don't have?"

"Hmm, she does do that, but it's more she makes connections." Mystique made a hand gesture to go with that. "Ones that you'd never see, but they seem obvious once she does it. Things that we're missing... We've tried, but we're just not as good at it...but she refused to tell us anything more than the most basic information, since it has to be 'our mission'." She sighed. "She wants us to learn for ourselves."

"Sounds about right," Rumi said. "Some things can't be taught with just words, you know."

"You sound old," Morph said.

She frowned.

"I'm just kidding," Morph said. "Though, you're way too young to be offended by that."

"I'm not that young..." Rumi said, a bit annoyed. "You're just old."

"I'm seriously going to lose it the next time someone calls me old." Morph frowned.

"Okay, Boomer," Zoey said infuriatingly.

"You know, you young whipper snappers, in my day we talked to the elderly with respect," Morph spoke in a cracked, old man tone, but without changing his form this time, since there were other people on the train.

Mira had to choke back a laugh at that, and Zoey covered her mouth to keep from laughing too loudly.

Rumi just rolled her eyes.

The train stopped right after that, to Jinu's relief.

"You okay there?" Zoey asked when he nearly tripped coming off of it.

"Uh...fine..." He didn't want to admit he was shaky.

"Bro comes back to life and acts like it's just another Tuesday," Zoey told Mira.

"It's not Tuesday," Mira said.

"Guess that expression got lost to translation..." Zoey muttered. "So...uh...M&M, what are we looking for?"

"M&M?" Mystique said.

"Short for your names, you know? Since they both start with M?" Zoey said. "Sorry, Mystique is kinda a mouth full... Do you like Raven better?"

"Most people just call me Mystique."

"Do you ever shorten it?" Zoey asked.

"Especially since that is a weird thing to call someone in public," Mira added.

"Wally calls her Misty," Morph offered.

"I hate that nickname," Mystique said.

"Really? I think it sounds cool," Zoey said. "Isn't that like...a famous athlete?"

"Misty would work for a short name," Mira said, not caring if it annoyed her. "If you don't like Raven."

"Whatever." Mystique didn't care enough to argue about it... She'd given up bothering with Wally ages ago.

"But you didn't answer her question," Rumi said. "What are we even looking for?"

"Hm, well, not really sure," Morph said. "Jinu, you said they never talk... Any idea where they'd hang around?"

"If they weren't causing trouble, then I never saw them do much," Jinu said.

"And we're sticking to the theory that they're actually humans?" Mira said. "Doesn't sound promising."

 Morph held up a magnifying glass that 100% was just his mutation. "We have to leave no stone unturned."

"I'm still not on board with this idea," Mira reminded him. "Just here to make sure they don't kill you."

"And we appreciate that," Morph said, amiably.

Mira had expected him to complain and was surprised.

No one else commented at all.

"But I think we can handle ourselves." Mystique patted her side where her gun would be if it was visible most of the time.

"Should we spread out and look?" Rumi suggested. "Only thing is, if they see any of us, they will run. Except maybe for..." She looked at Jinu.

He looked uneasy. "But I'm supposed to be dead. Won't they think I'm a ghost?"

"That's not that different from a demon," Zoey said. "Maybe they wouldn't question it... They're spaced out a lot, right?"

Jinu sighed.

"Then we'll go with Jinu," Morph said. "And you girls tail us. That way if there is trouble, you can jump in and stop it. We'll disguise ourselves as civilians."

He stepped behind a rack of clothes along a booth and shifted.

"How are we going to remember what you look like if you keep changing it?" Mira complained.

"Telltale sign--" Morph pointed to his collar. "I tend to keep the same color around here in each form, unless it's to fully impersonate someone else. Keeps things simpler."

He nodded. "Let's go."

Jinu followed him.

Mystique trailed after them.

The girls waited and then walked at a distance from them.

"How are you both so chill about this?" Mira asked. "They literally tried to kill us... If we find them, I should just skewer them immediately."

"Aren't you the least bit curious about what they could be?" Rumi said.

"What if Gwi-Ma made them against their will?" Zoey said. "We should at least be sure before we attack, right?"

"I just think this theory is too good to be true," Mira said. "Not all demons can just be enslaved humans."

"No...but finding out that some of them are changes everything we thought about them," Rumi said. "And I keep thinking...Celine must have suspected it... She...couldn't have just...not thought of it in 20 years..."

"Are you...gonna call her?" Zoey asked.

"I don't know... I don't want to." Rumi frowned. "Yet, I'm dying to know now...if there was more about my parents I didn't know about."

"Your dad?" Zoey guessed. "You think he was like Jinu?"

"It has to be it," Rumi said. "What else makes sense?"

"Wait...you think he was human once, or that he also wanted out?" Mira said.

"Both," Rumi said. "Maybe...or just the first one. I mean...uh...how else am I possible?"

Awkward pause.

"That does make more sense," Zoey said. "And is...really, really sad if the second one is also true. Since...he didn't succeed then."

"He could have, and Gwi-Ma could have killed him," Rumi said. "I spent all this time resenting my father as some kind of monster, and what if he wasn't one? What if he got taken out for trying to defy Gwi-Ma? It's possible."

"But unlikely," Mira said. "Jinu only made that choice at the last second...and he was really being pushed with the fate of the world and...you...at stake. Without that pressure, would anyone have resisted Gwi-Ma if they went that far to make a deal with him?"

"You can't know that, Mira," Rumi said.

"And you can't know it wasn't that way," Mira said. "You can't take one person and make them a rule for everyone else. I'm still not sure I trust Jinu."

"After what he did?" Rumi said. "What else could he do?"

"One act of heroism doesn't make up for getting all those people killed," Mira said. "And how did he become a demon at all? You never told us..."

The mutants had told her, but it bothered her that Rumi had not wanted to.

Rumi had known that Mira would be the worst person to hear that story. Abandoning family was not the type of thing she would have sympathized with, not for those reasons.

"Okay, let's just focus on finding them," Zoey said quickly. "Then we'll figure this out one step at a time."

Mira didn't like this... They had just got back to things being normal before this... Every time they got Jinu involved, things got messy again.

She might be unfair to blame Jinu for this, since it was really more of their own differing viewpoints that was the source of it, but it was easier to blame the new factor than to look at the old ones squarely and admit them.

* * *

Morph, Mystique, and Jinu kept an eye out for anything new.

"You doing okay right now?" Morph asked him.

"I feel a little better now," Jinu said. "It's not really that different from coming back from Gwi-Ma's realm...except that I'm not...one of his anymore. But the popping in and out of this world was already a thing I did, so...that part isn't that shocking."

"Yeah, same here," Morph said.

Jinu finally looked the slightest bit amused by that.

"There, I knew you had a sense of humor somewhere," Morph said.

"It's...been a long time since I found a lot of things funny," Jinu said, more somberly. "I don't know what to do now... Freedom like this wasn't what I thought was possible... I don't think the Hunters trust me either."

Mystique glanced back at them and saw Mira frowning.

"If it helps," she said, "Mira doesn't trust anyone very much. And you gave her a lot of reason."

"She'll come around eventually," Morph said. "She's like Logan...grumpy but a big softie deep down. Like a bulldog."

"And with sharp edges," Mystique added. "Though I've never seen that Mira can smell danger, but then, we don't know everything about her."

"Jokes? You're in a good mood," Morph said.

"I don't know about that. I'm just trying to act normal," Mystique spoke more tightly. "These people don't seem to realize they almost died a few days ago... I guess no one remembers it clearly."

"No, they don't remember what they saw at the show," Jinu mused. "Things get foggy with Gwi-Ma a lot...just the shame remains clear."

He paused suddenly.

They both stopped.

"What?" Morph asked.

"I thought I saw something..." Jinu looked to the side.

Mystique had a better eye than he did, and she looked around then and spotted someone ducking behind a rack of coats that was outside another of the small shops.

She moved that way but tried to look like she was peering at a table of trinkets next to it.

She saw the figure move and dash into the alley between the shop and the next shop.

She motioned at Morph and then took off after them.

Morph nodded at Jinu and ran after her.

Jinu went after them, not sure what else to do--and tripped over a loose rock on his way.

The three girls saw them move and took off but were too far back to see where they went when they had caught up. However, they saw the alley, so they turned that way anyway.

By then, of course, Mystique had already caught up to the person in question.

As she'd suspected when she saw their outline, it was Baby Saja.

He never spoke, but he still gave her the creeps.

"Found you," she said, when she outpaced him easily.

He couldn't seem to teleport...probably had to do with Gwi-Ma being silent right now.

Baby gave no sign of recognizing her. He would not have since she was in her disguise.

He just stared at her blankly.

Morph joined her then, and Jinu was behind him, though he was limping like he'd hurt himself.

"Baby?" he said.

Baby looked at him, and recognition seemed to dawn.

He got a dark look.

"Does he...ever talk?" Morph asked Jinu.

"Other than the rapping, no..." Jinu said. "Not sure he can. Except when he spoke to you maybe."

"Let's find out if he will again then." Mystique shifted to her blue form.

Baby's reaction was instant. He remembered she had a gun.

He backed up at once, and she grabbed him by his sweater before he could get that far away.

"Where are the other 3?" she demanded.

Silence.

The three Hunters came into the alley then, weapons ready...but seeing only one Saja Boy, they slowed down.

"You found one," Zoey said.

"He's not putting up a fight," Mystique said. "Not sure he knows what's happening at all, really."

She gave him a shake. "Wake up. Give some sign you can understand us, or the girls are going to destroy you right now, and you can join Gwi-Ma again in hell."

Baby blinked.

"Really?" he said, in a voice that really didn't match his appearance. "That's your best idea?"

Jinu flinched.

"So he can talk..." Rumi said, with a strange look. "Okay..."

"Then spill it." Mira held up her spear. "Where are the other 3 scumbags?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Baby said with the same dead-faced expression he usually had.

Mira glared.

"You know, they think that we want to hurt them," Morph said. "It wouldn't be very nice of him to his...uh...teammates, anyway. Do you guys have loyalty?"

"I don't know," Jinu said.

"Jinu doesn't," Baby said helpfully.

"Register that he at least can be petty." Mystique loosened her grip a little and shoved him away, but only into the wall. Then she used her foot to pin him to it.

She was flexible enough to do this easily and still be out of his reach.

"Misty has way more skills than we gave her credit for." Zoey was impressed. "Just how good are you?"

"Let's just say you're lucky I've never really tried to fight you." Mystique folded her arms while still keeping Baby pinned. The agility it took to do that was impressive.

"Is it weird I kinda want to fight her now and find out?" Zoey asked.

"Zoey, focus." Rumi snapped her fingers. "Saja...right in front of us. Look...Baby...or whatever your real name is...we just want to talk, okay?"

Baby didn't budge.

"You're not surprised to see me alive?" Jinu said.

"How do I know if you really died or not?" Baby said dryly. "It looked like it, but everything looked strange that night. I thought Gwi-Ma consumed you, but maybe he only transported you."

"No, he didn't...but my soul didn't die, I guess..." Jinu wasn't sure what to tell him if he was still linked to Gwi-Ma. "Are you...still...a demon also?"

Baby's eyes glowed yellow. "Did you expect that to change?"

"I think I liked this better when he didn't talk." Mira frowned. "He's annoying."

"Same to you." Baby looked away from her coldly. 

"Do you still hear Gwi-Ma's voice?" Jinu asked. "Or...did you ever?"

"Don't we all?" Baby said, blandly. "Does this conversation have a point? If you're going to kill me, kill me. I don't want to talk to any of you."

"We're not planning to kill you," Morph said. "We just want to know what you 4 are up to."

"Like are you draining anyone's souls?" Mira demanded.

"I don't know that we really did that..." Baby sounded bored. "I could try maybe..." He glanced at Mystique. "Want me to?"

"Touch me and you will regret that in whichever afterlife you end up in," Mystique said, trying to hide that she was a little off put by the threat, though she didn't think it was really possible, but...him trying didn't sound like a good idea either.

"We don't go to the afterlife, fake demon--we go into that limbo..." Baby said. 

"If you took her soul, wouldn't she also go there?" Zoey questioned. "Wait...is there a difference between your limbo and ours?"

Baby didn't answer.

"I don't think he knows," Jinu said. "That sounds high profile for one of us... I don't think he is going to tell us anything. But if he's here, the other 3 aren't far away. They were always together."

"Were they friends, then, in the demon... realm?" Rumi said.

"No one is really friends down there," Jinu said. "They're only allies out of necessity. They don't like anyone else... What's to like? But they were around each other all the time."

Mystique moved Baby away from the wall. "One of you, hang onto him--and don't let him bite  you."

Morph grabbed him by his collar.

Mystique then turned into a monkey roughly the same size as her and scrambled up the side of the building using a drainpipe.

"Starting to get envy for shape-shifting powers," Zoey said.

"Zoey, we can do that ourselves," Mira said.

"But...not like that..." Zoey said.

Mystique then changed back to her human disguise once she was on the roof and looked around.

She spotted two taller figures in garish colors who she thought might be Abby and Romance. They were around the street slightly, ducking into shop entryways.

So they knew enough to know they should avoid being seen.

She motioned at Morph and then pointed down the street.

"They're down there?" Mira turned.

"Wait, Mira," Morph said. "Let me try something."

He took Baby, who made no verbal protest to this, and dragged him out of the alley and onto the open street.

Mystique watched.

Abby and Romance didn't seem to be worried about his whereabouts, but when he appeared out of the alley a few blocks ahead of them, they did spot him.

Baby looked nonplussed.

Mystique nodded at Morph.

Morph then made a show of taking Baby by his arms again and pulling him toward the alley.

Abby and Romance ran that direction at once.

Funny that no one seemed to recognize them... Was it that they were trying to blend in? Or had people just...forgotten the Saja Boys? Maybe the fad was over.

Maybe without Gwi-Ma's power boosting their lure, they were not as charismatic.

Of course, when they reached the alley, they found all 3 Hunters, and Jinu, standing there, looking surprised to see them just barge in like that.