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Belial paused, staring at the child, his mind racing, his imagination running wild.
"You... can't be me." He sighed.

"But I am."

"No, you're not." Belial muttered, looking at his childhood and blinking slowly.

"You're not even a ghost of my past." He frowned.

The child walked closer, his wide eyes locked on Belial's. Belial stood upright, looking down on the child, his arms crossed sternly.

"And that begs the true question: Just who the <********> are you?" He snarled.

The child writhed and shifted, its molecules changing shape, re-forming bonds and moving slightly, forming what appeared to be a normal man, wearing a blue stealth suit.

"You're smarter than you look, Carlyle." The man grinned.

"Who are you?" Belial snapped, pulling back both hands, each a vague purple.

"Your powers are weak, Lazarus. You're barely alive. Don't do anything brash."

"Tell me who you are."

"Beh, whatever. I think he's much..." The girl began, hiccuping lightly half-way through her sentence.
"I think he's much bet-"
And with that she passed out entirely, slumping down in to the chair, a faint smile on her face.

"Morrigan."
"It's I, Seraphael. Don't turn around." The voice was coming from the backseat, and in the rear-view mirror there was nothing but darkness.
"There is a warehouse on the bay. Meet me there. We have much to discuss. Bring the girl."

And as suddenly as he had appeared, he was gone.

Danny seemed a little put off by the man's optimistic tone, but followed him anyway. The hole in his chest was almost closed up and the bleeding stopped completely. "Well, you seem to know what you're doing so I'll follow you. Better than being pushed around by the terrible two."

Seraphael smirked as the man bowed.
He closed his eyes and lowered his head, forcing a massive amount of energy out of his body.
When he opened his eyes again, both he and Azrael were stood atop a warehouse by the bay, looking out over the water.
"When Belial arrives, you must keep him from getting to me. Do you understand?"

Liz and Zack drove toward their destination on the long freeway, maintaining a constant speed around about 120 miles an hour. They probably would be in trouble at some point if they weren't driving what looked like a police car that Tinker and Ratchet had made some upgrades to.

The radio blinked on as it said, "Incoming transmission, general encryption enabled, all members have an open link."

"Narcosis here. So, what is this 'major thing' I've been hearing chatter about?" A man in his early thirties said with some disinterest.

"Well, we can't see it in too much definition yet," Zack said. "But it seems the report that Tinker gave us are accurate to there at least being something large floating in the air. To be honest I'm not sure what use we'll be if it decides to fall Trip."

"Seems like something for the real super powered people to be taking care of then?" The same man said.

"Artist reporting in guys," a female said. "Just because we lack the ability to do anything in a worst case scenario doesn't me we should not have people near the area in case something happens we can help with Trip."

"Since when were you our risk assessment manager Bookworm?" Narcosis said.

"Since I agreed with what she said," Tara's voice said over the radio. "Anyone else have an opinion about this?"

"Jashin and Nix here," said a young male voice. "We were wondering if more members shouldn't be sent. This sounds more major than some of the other things some of us are working on, or at least more pressing."

"Mech says he's with Nix on this," Narcosis said.

"Feral speaking," said and older female voice, around the same age as Tara's, but probably a bit younger. Spartan and Mystic have noted their agreement, as have Orion and Scope," she said. "However they are current tied up in operations and unable to speak according to Tinker and Ratchet. I also agree that we need to be watching this carefully and be ready to act. However nothing has happened as of yet and we cannot be dropping everything and have everyone rush to Fahrenheit. We may send one or two more, but the rest of you simply need to be ready to move out, nothing more."

"If we send anymore, I'll be the next to go," said Tara. "As I have stated before, there are possibly two people from my past involved directly with this event, each of who are very dangerous in their own rights. Together they are to be handled with extreme care."

"Who are these mystery persons then?" Asked Liz.

"They go by the names Seraphael and Belial. Belial real name is Lazarus Carlyle, but Seraphael still remains mostly a mystery to me, despite many years of contact in the past. Tinker will forward you files on them with everything we know, from powers to personal ticks. Read them carefully. I will be near in case of emergencies."

With that most of the lights signifying the members on the channel began blinking off one by one until Liz flicked off the radio.

The hanging mountain was much clearer now as the closed in on the city and Liz let down the throttle a little, bring the car back to safer speeds of 70 miles per hour as the highway began to curve in Fahrenheit's direction.

The two soon reached the basement, where a large car waited, the passenger and driver's doors open.
"Hop in, lad. We've some serious distance to cover." The Gentleman grinned.
"I think you may be a great asset to us. Let me explain our situation to you." He smiled warmly, climbing in to the car.