Third Gen Of Heroes (1x1 with sheepy.)

[sheepy.]

Nico’s eyes flickered over to him but he made no other movement. “That...” that almost sounds tempting he thought. “I figured you guys wouldn’t want me...I’m just a big target for anyone hero, vigilant and especially villains.” He said, “what if people get hurt simply because I exist?”

Marion nodded, “help the boys take Nicholas back.” She said, “I’ll go find the rest.” She approaches Katie and Zoey, “Zoey. Where’s the other team?” She asked.

[~NatureSword~]

Alex shrugged a little,"No one gets hurts simply because you exist. That's not how things work. Sure, there might be some people on the team that might take a bit to trust you, but you might be surprised at how many will accept you with no questions asked. As heroes and the children of heroes, we've always got targets on our backs, but we look out for one another and help each other out." He said before looking at him and holding out his hand to him,"What do you say?" He asked.

Zoe looked at Marion,"Alex was still inside the building last I saw, fighting someone, but she was no twin. Nico is in there too." She reported before sighing a little,"Tithander is with Sonia in the bioship..... She got hurt pretty badly. Like, really bad." She said slowly.

[sheepy.]

Nico looked to the offered hand and then back to Alex’s face searching for any kind of deception in his face. Am I really going to do this? the thought echoed around in his head before he simply took the offered hand, “sounds like a second chance.” He said not even noticing the single tear that ran down his face.

Marion frowned, “that’s not good...but if She’s in the bioship she’ll be fine. We need to make sure Alex is okay though. Think you can find him?”

[~NatureSword~]

Alex gave him a smile before helping him up to his feet,"Everyone deserves a second chance." He said, noticing the tear, but decided not to say anything about it,"Come on. Let's get out of here." He said.

Zoe nodded slowly,"I just hope we weren't too late with getting Shade to her." She said before giving another nod, firmer then the last,"Yeah, as long as he's still in the last room I saw him in, it should be a piece of cake." She said, putting her goggles on before running back to the building.

[sheepy.]

Nico gave a nod, “yeah let’s...I hate the cold.” He said giving one last glance at the missing floor, “we’ll have to find another way out. Luckily I think I still remember my way around.” He sighed heavily before leading the way through the halls.

[~NatureSword~]

Alex nodded his head before quietly following him, looking around as they went.

Zoe zipped her way to the one room, yelping a little as she almost fell inside the bottomless pit, but managed to catch herself. She took a second to catch her breath before frowning a bit, but soon noticed the grappling cables on the other side of the room. She nodded slightly to herself before she continued to walk through the halls,"Alex! Can you hear me? Nico!" She called.

[sheepy.]

Nico continued down the hallways in silence only stopping when he heard something in the distance, “sounds like your teammates are looking for you.” He said as Zoe’s voice echoed through the maze of ice. “Come on, we’re almost where Callus split us up.” He said leading him down the hallway that He and Callus fought through, the walls were lined with deep cuts and spikes of ice from the two metas fighting with no one holding back. “Ignore the mess.” He muttered.

[~NatureSword~]

Alex nodded in agreement, also hearing the voice,"Yeah. Probably Zoe, by the sounds of it." He said. He looked around at the damaged halls before nodding slightly to Nico's words,"I kind of figured as much." He said.

Zoe continued walking down the halls,"Man, ever tunnel looks the same. How do people know where they're going around here?" She asked no one in particular, not realizing that she had found herself back to the spot the team got split up from.

[sheepy.]

Nico lead him down the hallways until they eventually met Zoe. “Now let’s get out of this place and somewhere warmer.” Nico said as the left the ice maze base and they began their way home.

[~NatureSword~]

(And a Time Skip!)

(Island: Socotra)
Somewhere off the coast of Yemen in the Arabian Sea, deep within an island, a hooded figure move along in a clearing on the island. He was holding a large stick and dragging in the ground to create a magic circle. This circle was used for a ritual that could only be done on full moons. But when it was strongest was when there was a meteor shower, which there was tonight. In the circle was a crescent moon, creating another circle and a star in the middle with ancient lettering all between the star and moon. He then drew two straight lines through it and a small circle at the end of each one, each facing a different direction. In the one to the East was a bowl full of sand from Persia. To the west was a bowl with water from the Persian Gulf. To the South was a white maryam flower. And to the North were the long, black hairs of his victim. The face of the hooded man faced toward the setting sun, revealing a demon like mask. He waited. Waited for the sun to just start disappearing into the land. Then, it happened. He started to chant in Arabic and continued to do so until the sun had almost completely set. It was the last line that he spoke in English,"May the first star she see fall from the heavens bring upon this slow and painful death." At the last word he spoke, the sun had gone out of sight and the circle began to glow.

Persia put her book down on the bed as she glanced at her clock. 11:48 is what it said. 'Where has the time flown? It's almost two hours past my bedtime. But, I'm still not all that tired.' She thought. Persia climbed out of her bed and quietly opened one of the doors that led to her balcony. She walked over to the railing and looked up at the starry sky. Before she knew it, a flash of blue and white shot across the sky, though in her eyes it moved a lot slower. Then she saw another one, and another one, and they were faster then the first,"Wow. A meteor shower." She whispered to herself. Then, thinking of an idea, Persia quickly ran back into her room and then came out with a pillow and blanket. She put the pillow on the ground and then laid down with the blanket on top. She laid there watching the meteors fall from the sky, and soon her eyes were so heavy, Persia fell asleep on the balcony at exactly midnight.

The next morning:
6 weeks has past since the mission to take down Nicholas in the Antarctic tundra. Sonia smiled softly to herself as she walked along the sidewalk, back to the house. She had been off of the team during her time in recovery. She had been taking things easy and would only do what she could handle and what her body could handle, taking on a bit more every few days (not to say that she didn't try to push herself a couple times). She still had to be careful with her wound now and not over exhort it, but for the most part she was back to full motion. And after so long, she was ready to get back into training and seeing the rest of the team at the cave. Sonia smiled with a little giggle as she went up the path and into the house, wondering if the guys were up yet.