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Charlotte was tapping her finger intently to the music pulsing all around her as she listened to Demetri explain. Her attention grew when he show them a hologram showing all of 8-Bit City, which included multi-colored dots. Supposedly the smaller blue blips were just people, and the yellow or orange were people who have seen the Phenomenas. Red were the actually causes of the Phenomena... or- which single this group out as some sort of trouble-making freaks- her, and the couple others surrounding her. She blinked and scooted up to sit on the edge of her seat. This was getting interesting.

Xavier and Demetri had begun to show their annoyance for the little Morris, who had taken a very protective liking to Nym Valentine.

Demetri began to speak of the voice which had, in some way or another, caused their powers to show and increase. Charlotte remembered the night before... how a deep, strange voice had whispered from behind her thoughts and taken a hold of her fear and changed it into determination. To fight. To win.

Will you fight?

The voice echoed through her limbs and made her shiver.

Yes!

And then that burning energy had made her bones feel like fire. The shift, then heat of battle and the excitement of sinking her fangs and claws into the Chimera's neck. Pain hurt, but it seemed like a scratch compared to what it really was.

Preston asked an interesting question- Had Demetri Maverick stopped time that night?

“Nah. It wasn’t me." He answered. "But you managed to stir something in my head Preston. Those of you around last night, just as the time stopped in the district. Do any of you remember seeing another person walking through the crowd?”

Charlotte took a second to think- that night seemed like so long ago now. She racked her memory for hope of seeing blood red eyes...

"Wait," She looked up at Demetri. "During the time stop, I got on a dumpster and looked around- that's when I met Xavier and Preston. But I saw a few other people moving to. I remember seeing Jayx and I think Nym. There must have been one or two more, and I remember seeing a man that seemed kind of out of place. I didn't see his face, though." Charlotte realized that probably didn't help at all. She could have just seen anyone.