"So this is Camp Hula Hoku." I said, gesturing around, now that we had brought everyone back to camp. Will of course wouldn't get the tour he was in the infirmary, getting some well deserved rest. Genny was here though.

    "Justin you should give them the tour." Azmus pushed.

    "Hang a second, isn't that Hawaiian for-" The boy who's name I learned was Dylan started until he was interrupted.

    "Can the tour wait?" The darker skinned girl with sparkly hair asked, Gratuity, "I want to see my brother."

    I bit my lip. Things were starting to get out of hand. Theo took over from there.

"I can help you find your brother, anyone who wants a tour before bedtime can go with Justin." He compromised.

Gratuity instantly followed Theo as he disappeared into his tent.

I was counting heads, when someone tugged my shirt. I looked down to see the little brown haired girl again.

"Is your name Justin?" She asked, folding her arms.

I crouched down to be closer to eye level with her. "That's me, what's your name little one?"

She frowned. "You don't know? What's your power then?"

"Uh, well I can do this." I said, taking her hand, and turning invisible.

She blinked at where I used to be, but she could obviously still feel me holding her hand.

"Well I can fly, and know things. My name's Josie."

    She flapped her small wings, which I hadn't seen until now. They were a pale purple color, and resembled mine, only healthier. She hovered a few feet into the air unsteadily.

    "Impressive. Do you wanna see the place?" I asked her.

    She nodded, and I took them around the place really quick. Everyone got settled and I noticed Dylan had formed what looked like a small clique with Azmus, and Icie.

    It was really late in the night when Will was healed enough to walk around. I was sleeping when Sabine  tapped my shoulder lightly. She was staring at me with her strangely shiny wide awake eyes.

    "Hey Justin, You need to wake up, Theo wants us."

    I stared at for a few seconds. It had to be near five in the morning. It was pitch black and I couldn't see anything but her eyes, which were reflecting what little light shone from the moon.

    "Right, okay." I mumbled, falling out of the hammock.

    She helped me up and led me through the maze of tents. I could barely process any thought, much less see, thank goodness for her night vision.

    There was a small dim light illuminating the faces of Theo, Will, Genny, Tyler, Sabine, Dylan, and Gratuity. Everyone was looking pretty tired.

    "Sorry for waking you all up so early." He started. "I don't want to worry the younger kids with this. You need to tell me all you know about the Lab, I need to know who you saw, anything."

    "There's a woman who works there named Lucy Green, she's human, one of her associates is James Worthington, he's presumedly immortal and has been alive for a long time." Will started.

    Theo nodded. "The higher branches are living organisms, but if they need some dirty work done there's plenty of androids that can handle simple tasks."

    "Most of the scientists are human though." I put in, remembering some information from our little trip.

         "There was someone else." Genny gasped, "I didn't see their face very clearly, but they weren't Worthington or Green."

    "A man." Dylan spoke up, I barely noticed he was there, he seemed to be making an obvious effort to stay in the shadows.

    "There was another man." His voice cracked. "He was there because of me, he was testing a chemical that would make me loose control of mind when I uh, changed."

"How do you know it was specifically for you?" Tyler asked him, both of them tense.

Dylan didn't meet anyone's eyes. "He was my uncle."

There was a pained silence for a few moments before he spoke up again. "Theo, I'm not going to stay when the sun rises. I'll be back for dinner but I rather people didn't stare."

    Theo nodded and didn't ask him any questions. "Genny, did you see anything that would further explain this chemical to me?"

    I watched as Will clenched his hand around her arm. Genny glanced at Dylan quickly and shrugged. "I know the effects can be, uh, sometimes fatal to those around."

    There was another tense awkward silence, when Will spoke up.

    "There's another, uh, girl who works there. I nearly forgot. Her name was Casey Jones-"

    "Does she have red hair, and blue eyes?" Theo asked suddenly, there was a strange look on his face. It wasn't the heavily burdened hero look I usually saw, he looked very hopeful.

    Will faltered. "Uh, yeah, but-"

    "Is she okay?" He asked, cutting him off.

    Will glanced around like he was looking for help. "I'm sorry Theo but she's dead."

    He turned around from the light and leaned against the wall, his dark hair falling over his face but I'm sure I saw something shining there.

    "What do you mean?" He asked calmly, or at least he sounded calm.

    "They turned her body into a cyborg. She has no memories of anything." Will's wings were drooped and he wouldn't look at anyone.

    Theo took a shaky breath and turned back to face us. His eyes were moist. Sabine put a hand on his shoulder, even thought she was so short compared to him, the gesture was appreciated.

    "I knew her before she died." Will said, trying to offer some words of comfort. "I looked up to her a lot."

    "She was my sister." Theo replied shakily.

There was another tense silence as I swallowed a huge stone in my throat. I wanted to say something. It was something I had come to realize in the last few minutes.

"We have to stop this." I commanded. "I can't go back to my uncle until we've shut down the Lab once and for all. They won't hurt anyone ever again on my watch."

"I agree with that." Tyler said.

"I agree with Tyler." Gratuity commented.

One by one each person mumbled their solidarity until only Theo was left.

"We need a leader." I offered, he looked me right in the eye.

He ran a hand through his hair. "Okay. You need a leader, I'm game, but I'm not leading all of us alone. Justin can be co-leader."

I paused for moment trying to take in what he was offering. I'm mean sure I was getting pretty poetic for five AM but hold up a minute. Then of course I realized how my chest felt like it was on fire, I wanted to do this.

"Alright, alright. I accept." We shook hands.

"That's it then. You can all go back to bed if you wish. Will, I would like to talk to you for a bit."

I knew he wanted to know more about his sister. I can imagine if I had a sister I'd be pretty worried about her all the time. It must be devastating. My limbs ached as I climbed back into my hammock that morning.

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Has anyone noticed
How protective Theo is of Sabine

And how Sabine has night vision

Just like Casey

Isn't that interesting