Alan sat a few feet from the microwave, watching his hot pockets slowly rotate inside. Epsilon said he had twenty minutes to go back and get the last kid who wasn't in the cafe. Suddenly a realization occurred to Alan, the twenty minute deadline started around sixteen minutes ago. "[color=Turquoise]Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit![/color]" He jumped up from his chair and ran towards the room where Epsilon had placed the portal. A humming filled the underground facility as Alan picked up speed, faster than was possible for any human. Within the seconds he was running through the portal, a inky black shadow spread across the back wall of the back of the sleeping quarters. Instantly the cool damp air of the underground facility was replaced by the dry Arizona heat. He didn't break stride as the ground beneath his feet went from concrete to sand. The straggling meta was supposedly in the parking lot of some mall. After a few more seconds of running he was combing the city for a shopping mall. He didn't have to look for very long. Within moments of reaching the western part of the city he could sense a very powerful metahuman. [i][color=Turquoise]Phi must still be in the mall, where the hell is this kid?[/color][/i] Phi made it hard to feel other metas, but after focusing a bit he could pick out the kid walking up the parking lot towards the mall. Alan adjusted his trajectory and raced towards the kid. In one smooth motion he threw the kid over his shoulder and back towards the portal that would take him home. 

Alan bolted out of the portal and into the sleeping quarters, and raced back towards the microwave without dropping the young man slung over his shoulder. On the way he grabbed a chair for the boy to steady himself in after they stopped. Everyone reacted differently to moving at this rate of speed for the first time. Best case scenario he'd just need to sit down for a few minutes, worst case scenario Alan would be cleaning vomit off the floor. He slowed as he approached the corner of the mess hall that contained the microwave, still not even close to being finished with his hot pockets. The second chair was placed next to his and the kid was gently lowered atop it. "[color=Turquoise]Sorry about not being able to warn you that you were about to be snatched up. If you had moved any when I came in to grab you then your neck probably would have snapped.[/color]" Alan looked at the boy closely for the first time. His long brown hair was a complete mess from the ride, his eyes slowly adjusting to the lower light levels. The kid had some sparse facial hair on his lip and chin, he couldn't have been older than 19. 20 tops. "[color=Turquoise]My name's Alan, but you can call me Delta. If you would have made it inside that mall then your brains would have decorated the floor. Don't worry, its chill here. Epsilon grabbed a few more metas your age, so while he's tending to them you're stuck with me. So...what's your name? Oh, and do you want one of these when they're done?[/color]" Alan motioned to the microwave, its soft buzzing filling the mess hall while he waited for the boy's response.