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Daniel got a change of clothes out for his cousin Rebeca, and let her change. "You look a bit older since I last saw you. How long has it been?"

"Almost a year" Daniel told her, looking towards the exit. "Did he treat you okay?"

"He told me everything. He knows what you have been up to" she told him, looking at Daniel. "As well as his own story. Daniel, are you okay?"

"Only some minor scrapes and bruises. Nothing broken I am pretty sure".

"That is not what I mean and you know it" she told him, having finished changing. She went over to him. "You have been having nightmares again. I can tell it. About the night they died..."

----Three years ago, Ross House----

A 12 year old Daniel Ross and his 14 year old cousin had decided to camp out in the living room watching a movie. It had cowboys fighting industrial looking robots. It was one of Daniel's favorites. He had just taken a bath, and was still fairly wet. Rebeca threw a pillow at him. "You know, it would be nice if you didn't hog all the hot water".

"Then don't hog all the towels" Daniel replied, smiling from his sleeping bag. "That way, I can dry off. Among other things".

"You started this" she shot back. Daniel denied this, claiming she started it. The two continued to say each other was wrong before Daniel's father came down. "What is it this time?"

"Dad, tell her she started it!" Daniel mentioned.

"How about both of yo..." he started, only something then happened. Something torn through the skies, and all of a sudden in his dad's place there was this Rip in space. It had pulled him through. His mother came down to see what was going on, only to get pulled in as well.

Daniel and Rebeca were pulled in two different directions. Daniel was actually feeling the pull of all the Rips, he could feel their energy and their power trying to pull him into themselves. He was perfectly in the middle of two Rips, being pulled equally by both. He and Rebeca held onto each other for dear life, as they felt like they were getting torn limb from limb.

When they woke up again, it was over. Daniel's parents were gone, just like Rebeca's, and neither one of them trusted Social Services and the Government. Not with all the shit that had been going on. It was only hours later did Daniel discover his power.

----At the Present----

"I am fine. I do remember the night though. I remember, you and me were bickering over the bathroom".

"Oh yeah. I stole the towels..."

"I KNEW IT!" Daniel exclaimed with a half smile.

"Oh shut up Danny. Stop diverting the subject. You need help" Rebeca told him, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"I cant. I have to keep off the radar now more then ever. SOLO has me in his sights, and considering what I am wrapped up in I cant risk that" Daniel told her, leading her up the stairs into the city. "Its too risky".

"Then let me help you..." she told him.

"Maybe. First, let me get us into a hotel. I still have some safehouses in the city that no one could possibly know about" he told her, leading them towards the hotel.

What he didn't know was that someone was following him. Someone bad.