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Jane smiled. He was glad of that fact, as long as they weren't all as hard hitting as this one. "Hopefully they won't hit me so hard." He joked, his gentle laugh returning. "But it IS good to know his voice. If I know just that, I might be able to learn more about him." His eyes were obviously sparkling in the excitement in the moment. If he could at least know his last name, or his father- that would be a miracle, awesome.

With everyone out doing their own things, Amaya sighed, and went off to the hot springs. While it was a secret base that was hidden from Dreamer's Industries, the base still had their own little luxuries.

She got to the hot springs and looked about to make sure no one else was there before stripping off her clothes. As she stepped in, Amaya's hair moved to reveal a long, nasty scar across her back. It was from when she lost her siblings, and she hated to think about it.

After the girl had slipped into the water, she sunk in enough to let the water rise up to her mouth. With her eyes closed, Amaya let the steam rise around her as she just took notice of the energies and tried to relax.

After making it out of the destroyed building and making sure the girl he was carrying was alright, Gabriel took his time going back to the base. He had been completely disturbed by the voice in the building. Who WAS that guy? he thought, as he slowly made his way on the long path home. What could he have meant? These and a million other questions were running through his mind as he entered the base and went back to his room.

Nobody was in the hallway or in his room when Gabriel had made it back. It didn't surprise him. Plus he was too tired and overwhelmed to care. He laid back on his bunk, staring at the ceiling he had just become familiar with not too long ago. The room was completely silent, save for the florescent lights buzzing in the background. He would have to find Nico soon; she seemed pretty distraught during the mission. But for now, he rested. His eyes slowly closed, and the white ceiling and buzzing lights slowly dissolved away.

In his dreams, Gabriel saw darkness. No, now he was running, running through the endless back. Racing, panting, sprinting, jumping. While he ran, he heard voices. They started out as whispers, then grew to shouts. Jane, Nico, Amaya, all talking, shouting, pleading, crying about things Gabriel didn't understand. Then he saw faces. Nico's face, turned sideways towards him, tears falling down her cheek. Jane glaring at him, furious, shouting words that were muffled and without distinction. Amaya whispering close to him. Then suddenly, a bright light. He was in a room, it felt familiar. He could feel cold hardwood floors beneath his warm feet. He could see a sun setting slowly in a large window on his right. Cicadas sang slowly in the background. In front of him was a doorway with a man standing in it. He couldn't see his face, but he felt the man's eyes staring at him, and for a time Gabriel stared back. Then, the man slowly turned from him, turned to walk out of the doorway. For some reason, Gabriel didn't want the man to leave. He reached out in an effort to keep him with him just for a while....

The doorway disappeared, along with the man. The sun blackened and the floors disolved. Gabriel was falling, back into the darkness, back into the unknown, and there was nothing he could do.

Gabriel woke up panting and sweating. He was still staring up at the blank white ceiling. What was that all about?? he thought, as he reached over to the nightstand to take a long drink of water. He laid back on the bed again, trying to see the dream in his head again. A man...? Voices? A face....? He sat for a long while, trying to piece together the remnants of thought. Finally resigning from the mystery, he looked over at the empty cot opposite him. Nico hadn't come back yet. He looked at the clock on the nightstand. It had been four hours since he had gotten back. Gabriel slowly got up, changed into a fresh outfit of the same type, and went out into the facility.

Kitchen first. He went in to find it empty. He grabbed an apple from the fruits basket and, taking large bites from it as he walked, continued his search. The training room was equally deserted. He walked down hallway after hallway, looking Nico particularly, or anyone else he knew. Finally, he remembered the computer room. Finished with his apple he shot it into a garbage can and walked swiftly towards his destination.

The computer room was completely dark, save the soft glow from the LCD monitors. The scene was completely different from the one he had saw earlier. The few people that were there chose to work in cold silence, tapping frantically at their keyboards. He walked to Nico's station. Sure enough, there she was, adding her own contribution to the symphony of tikking and takking around her. She hadn't noticed him walk in.

"Hey Nico," Gabriel said, soft enough not to break the silence of the room but loud enough to make sure that she had heard him. "What're you up to?"

Grabbing a rolling chair in the corner, Gabriel sat down next to her console. "Yeah, something like that," he said, staring off into the corner. He sat for a long moment in silence. "So, I've been meaning to ask you, where and when did you learn to work with computers? Is it something we all have to learn for the job, or something you picked up on your own?"

Gabriel followed suit by leaning back in his chair as well, suddenly noticing the comfort of the chair. He could probably fall asleep in the room if he really wanted to.

"That's really cool!" he said with a smile, looking back at Nico. Her dark eyes stared back at him softly in the darkness. "I never really helped anyone with my abilities.. Hell, I learned martial arts as a hobby!..." He looked towards the desk and noticed a rollerball pen. Lifting his fingers, he made it levitate. "I discovered my OTHER power by accident. I was scared to use them in public. I secretly honed them at night, picking up more and more objects, seeing how far i could go... Twiddling his fingers, he pulled the cap off of the pen, unscrewed the head, pulled the spring and the top mechanism apart and made them all circle around in front of him. "I guess the benefit of working here is that they want you to perfect your talents for them, huh? He put the pen back together in midair and, taking it with his hand, leaned forward and placed it behind Nico's right ear. He stood close to her, staring back at her for another moment. She has brown eyes...

Noticing how long he had been standing, Gabriel quickly slid back into his seat, clearing his throat awkwardly. "So we hit 'em hard today, huh?"

Gabriel's face suddenly felt really hot. Suddenly, the screensaver on the monitor next to him was of particular interest. "O-Ooh, that's, uh, really deep," he said. "It's hard to imagine crashing more bases like that. I crashed open a room with about a dozen tests subject in them. I'm pretty sure they all got out though. He suddenly saw the little again, crying, crouched in the corner of that dark, musty room. "I have to save as many as I can. I'll never forgive myself if I don't...."