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Blaine waited to see what Anatoly would do. He spotted the mysticker that he peeled from Stark's back, That's a pretty cool-looking mysticker... he thought, I kinda want one like it..

Osiris met Anatoly's eyes just before Skulltap activated. Anatoly saw only the pain of betrayal.
Then Skulltap activated. Osiris' metal arm vanished instantly, and Osiris himself fell back, stumbling, his eyes wide. His hands grasped at empty air.
Stark grinned savagely. "Thanks, guy," he said as his stepped forward. He stabbed his sword straight into Osiris' gut.
Osiris screamed. It wasn't a scream of pain; it was a scream of raw terror. He looked at the blade in his stomach and began to pant, on the verge of a breakdown. His next reaction was shocking.
He reached down, past the sword, past the blood, to his pocket. He pulled out his phone, hit the center button, and then threw it away as hard as he could. He reached into his dress vest, into the inner pocket, and pulled out a single Mysticker, shaped like a gate. He slapped it on his chest and activated it by stabbing a finger right into the center of it.
10.
Osiris froze. He looked down, his gaze slipping past the sticker and down to the sword. He opened his mouth, and a spray of blood came out. Then his eyes caught the sticker.
"Oh no," he whispered.
He spun to Anna, then Blaine. "Listen, there's help coming. I called them. Hurry and get away before you get hurt. I'm...I'm going away for a while. This Mysticker is going to transport me somewhere far away. When I can, I'll return. Until then, you need to stay alive, and out of conflict with people like Stark. Remember, focus, and always remember your goal, because if you don't-"
Fwoop.
He was gone. Stark's sword hung on the open air, dripping blood onto the cement. Stark roared in anger.
"He escaped! NO!" He turned around, glaring at the Blazers, but he had heard Osiris' words as well.
"I can't take all of the Guardians on yet," he said. He turned to Anatoly. "You. Come with me, and I can teach you how to really use that sticker, and others as well. Let's go." He turned and began to walk quickly off. If Anatoly followed, then his training would begin. If not, then he was at the mercy of the Guardians for what he had done.

Anatoly froze for a moment, but when he really thought about it, his real choice had been made several seconds ago.

"You and me, big guy," he muttered, looking at the Skulltap Mysticker he had just peeled off of his face. He walked after Stark. "Tell Osiris I'm sorry but that I... that I've had enough," he called back. "I expect when we next meet, we may be enemies. I regret this, but such is how life tends to be. Good luck... but not too good luck, I don't feel like dying." He turned away. He couldn't bear to feel their gazes because seeing the hurt and betrayal in their eyes burned more than if he were feeling it himself. He put all his willpower into not looking back at them. He couldn't. I'm sorry, he mouthed once more, and turned away for the last time.

Emma was nearing the end of the hall when she saw Anatoly's figure in the distance. "Anatoly, what happened back there?" she asked in a dull voice, still disappointed at herself that she had run away like she was told, when it was CLEARLY a test.

When Anatoly left the sight of the others, Stark grabbed his wrist and activated a Mysticker of the same type as Osiris, transporting them.
"This is my HQ," he said. They stood in a large warehouse. Partitions had been built to divide it into about a dozen rooms, each bigger than an entire floor of Anatoly's old living establishment.
"Pick a room that's not taken and meet me back here in 10 minutes," Stark said, turning away.

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Several Guardians appeared. One approached Blaine. "What happened here?" she asked in an urgent voice.

Emma nodded and followed after Blaine, looking back at Anatoly as they walked away. All of a sudden, they were transported to a different place, startling Emma a bit. She gripped her wakeboard to her side as she listened to Stark inform them of their sleeping dorms. Before Emma could go choose her room though, she watched as Blaine was approached by one of the seven mysterious people that had just appeared.

((Uhh, Aphro? You might want to reread what went down, you seem to be a bit confused...))

The woman reeled back, wide-eyed. "Osiris? Defeated? No...not by Stark..." She turned to the other Guardians and they began to whisper together. After a few minutes, she came back to Blaine.
"Very well. You will come with us to our headquarters. Tomorrow you begin training." Her voice sounded curiously strained. She turned and began to walk, the other Guardians following suit.