[u]Within the Cell of Solitude [/u]
“We’ve been dealing with genetics for quite a while now” Carter said with a small chuckle as he made his way towards the door. Although he was a little curious in the way Ranae said she should be thanking him, he decided to let it be for now for all he knew she could be talking about how her powers have been aiding her in her role as a vigilante but from past experience with Cameron, Carter knew that he shouldn’t fully mark her statement off as something trivial. That was a mistake he wouldn’t make again. 

Raising his hand to return a knock, Carter stopped midway as Ranae spoke again. Turning around, the man gave a nod towards Ranae. Carter admired her strong personality which would be useful for the Gen Charlies if they ever got into a tight squeeze. Even though they barely knew each other, seeing the group start to form a team-like relationship with each other so early on was something he knew would be beneficial. “Well let’s hope a situation doesn’t get too far causing your death because that would be unfortunate. Going along with whatever path a person choses isn’t always the wisest thing, remember that Ranae because I rather not see you on the other side of justice and what is right.” Carter said before turning his attention towards the others. “Remember this, just because you all have been given powers beyond what is humanly possible you are not exempt to the rules. Don’t let your powers consume and corrupt you because I have seen it happen and I rather not see someone in the third generation of Supers follow the same path as the prior two.”

Turning back towards the door, Carter returned three knocks. Although there was a camera that showed the inside the cell for the security outside the cell, the knocking was an added layer of precaution when the door was open to make sure things were under control before opening the cell door. Shortly after his knocks, he could hear clicking as the internal locks in the door opened and the door slowly opened.

“Did Annie send you down before I called becau—” Carter started to say before he recognized the man that entered the door and quickly tensed up.

“Speechless? Hey man, I didn’t know you’d missed us this much.” The man said walking up to Carter. “Hey Josiah, Mr. C missed us.”

“Shut up Garret.” Josiah said following Garret into the cell. “Can’t you act serious for once?” He said as he looked at the four in the cell. It would take two trips to bring all four with Daniel’s help, a third trip to bring Garret as well. As long as the cell door was open he would be able to jump in and out of the cell with ease, which was if Garret could keep Carter and any security personnel that came to the cell busy.

“You guys don’t want to do this, trust me. Do you really want to start up another incident?” Carter said keeping himself between them and the Gen Charlies. Without Team Bravo with him and guessing that the security stationed outside the cell was taken care of, he knew he was outmatched. 

“No can do Mr. C, you wouldn’t belie—“ 

“Seriously, shut up Garret.” Daniel said as he entered the cell. “

Placing his hands in his pockets, Carter glanced behind him at the four within the cell. “Ranae I hope your promise is true because you all will need to stick together through what is going to happen.”

“Siding with Pearson again? When are you going to learn Carter—” Josiah said before suddenly disappearing with Daniel. “You are on the wrong side.” Josiah said reappearing behind Carter and close the closest two Charlies before disappearing again, this time along with the two.

 At Josiah’s sudden appearance, Carter quickly tried to make his way towards the man as he pulled out his gun but before he could get far, an arm suddenly stretched out and wrapped around the front of his body while another hand reached for the gun as Carter was pulled back.“Sorry Mr. C. I can’t let you get in the way.” Garret said with arms extended across the cell towards the man before retracting his arms slightly to bring Carter besides him. 
 
“Hey, let him go.” A new voice said behind Garret. Turning around, Garret saw a young man in his mid-twenties with a gun pointing at him. Behind him, he could hear the sound of footsteps quickly making their way towards them.

“Oh god, you called backup didn’t you?” Garret said directing his question at Carter. 

“Of course” Carter said motioning towards the pocket his hand was in earlier. As he did so, Josiah and Daniel appeared again, taking only about ten seconds since their disappearance before returning to the cell. Jumping towards the final two, Josiah quickly grabbed each in each of his hand while Daniel was holding him on his shoulder. From the yelling, Josiah knew he didn’t have much time before things started to heat up and quickly jumped back to the van.

“Your new assistant is quite a gutsy fellow, especially for someone that hasn’t been around Supers for very long Mr. C? “ Garret said as he pulled Carter in front of him to use as a shield. He hoped that Josiah would hurry up because although he was able to stretch, he was far from being bulletproof. “Hey kid, why don’t you back off,” Garret said loud enough so that Richard could hear. “I have a gun and Mr. C here. You know, doing something crazy here wouldn’t be wise.” 

“Do you even know how to shoot a gun?” Josiah said as he appeared to hear Garret’s comment.

“Of course I do.” Garret said as he released Carter grabbed onto Josiah.

“Then you knew that the safety was on?” Josiah said before the two disappeared.

Regaining his balance after Garret released him, Carter looked around empty cell. “You have to be kidding me.” The man said shaking his head.

“Don’t worry boss, Pearson is tracking them down right now. You missed it while you were down here but Tia found a van with other Gen Charlies. We’ve talked him into letting Aaron and Ben go with them and by now they should be there in about five minutes.” Richard said as he returned his gun to its holster. 

[u]Within the Sandy Van[/u]

Jenna was still a bit perplexed about the situation the second time the man named Josiah came. Sure, moving metal was strange but people suddenly disappearing seemed even more bizarre to her. As the man tried to grab her, Jenna tried to get away but he was too quick and within a span of a blink she found herself not in the cell but something moving. As the man released her and disappeared again, Jenna fell back, unaccustomed to the moving vehicle after being in the cell for who knows how long. “Sand?” Jenna mumbled picking up a handful of sand from the floor of the van before she turned her gaze around her. Startled at the sudden realization of random people around her, she wondered if they were teamed up with Josiah and the rest of his team. However, none of them were trying to grab her and tie her up or something similar to that so she wondered if they were people like her and the rest of the people within the cell. “Who are you guys?” Jenna asked as she tried to stand up but finding herself quickly losing balance, opted to sit down at the closest seat as she tried to find a familiar face from the cell within the group.