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E. 10. "Beware of Green" (5/10)

"That was the most epic, yet challenging fights I've ever had."

Kale lowers his glass of water from his lips. He turns to his left to look at his friend.

The two roommates are sitting on the sofa in the living room. Reid is staring at the wall on the other side of the room with awe.

"Pat..." Kale mutters. "...he's...gone..."

Reid breaks from his trance and turns to him with bewilderment. "Gone? Like as in dead?"

Kale clears his throat. "Gone as in MIA." He places his glass of water on the coffee table. "Carter never told me where he was. He just said he was safe. Most likely safe on his terms."

Alertness immediately springs up in Reid's expression as he straightens up. "We've gotta find him!"

Kale eyes him with a hint of fear while picking up his glass of water again. "With Carter around like this?" He takes a sip of it and swallows. "No way, he's gonna choke me again! I don't ever wanna go through that again!" He plunks the glass back on the coffee table. "We have to defeat him THEN we can get Pat."

"How do we defeat him though?" Reid shrugs with his hands out toward him. "He's got magic as powers...even I had a hard time holding him back." He relaxes his position.

Kale leans over in deep thought, placing his forearms on his lap. "I think we need more people to help us..."

"'More people'?"

Kale turns his head up to look at him. "Yeah." He nods. "The more powers, the better. And I know just whom to contact."

Kale and Reid are now sitting at the dining table with the dining room's light shining over them. Joined by them are the three familiar teenage power players: Kailer Yamamoto, Brett Howden, and Jake Oettinger.

"Let me decipher your mishap," Kailer starts off with an index finger in the air. "So Hart has possessed Patrick and is using his body to fulfill his desire for beauty and adoration and has extremely potent magic."

From across the table, Kale slowly nods his head in anxiety. "Yeah..."

"Dang," Brett comments with disgust. "So no sign of Pat?"

"Nope." Reid shakes his head with pursed lips. "He's gone berserk. But that's because it's actually Carter!"

"Maybe Pat's in Carter's body?" Jake suggests, scratching his head.

"Wherever that'd be." Kale rolls his eyes. "He should've come home by now."

Reid peers at each of the power players. "So where's Carter's body?"

"That is the least of our worries!" Kailer throws his hands in the air, redirecting the conversation's path. "We have the task to defeat Carter before he does another assault to not only ruin Patrick, but also any of us." He peers across the table to gaze at the two roommates. "He still does not take a liking to you men, am I correct?"

"If he shows love by choking me, then yeah," Kale replies mirthlessly.

Reid's eyes fly open as his hands shoot to his hair. "He's going to destroy us." He tugs at his hair in distraught. "He knows we caught on to his act of replacing Pat and he doesn't want us to uncover him even more." He lets go of his hair and turns to Kale. "That must've been why he attacked us."

Brett nods his head with a slight frown. "Makes sense."

"So how do we go about defeating him?" Kale turns to the three with worry.

Kailer eyes him while drumming his fingers on the table. "What can he do exactly?"

"Ummm..." He scratches his stubble-lined jawline. "...he can choke me."