Katie sensed the tension in the room and communicated to Ned, "Let's just do what he says. Who knows what he'll do otherwise, and he seems to be the only one that can provide any answers for us. We can do this together."

          Charles was deep in sleep and Evan carefully carried his body into a wheelchair before positioning himself in the middle of the group. It was the first time Katie had established connections with 4 people at once, it was difficult but possible even without the NZone.

          "Just close your eyes and relax till I say otherwise"

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          "Shit, not yet" Evan muttered.

          Did he just say shit?! What is he doing? Ned flinched.

          "Ahh... looks like we need one more."

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          "Alright we're here. Sorry I'm also learning to use my abilities,"

          They opened their eyes and the view before them changed completely. Glass windows spanning from the ceiling to the marble floor showed a panoramic view of the night cityscape. The room was luxuriously furnished, a titanic 110-inch curved tv sat in the middle of the room, surrounded by maroon linen couches. The television zapped on and started to rotate as if to greet the guests.

          The room appeared to be tilted as Ned tried to find his balance while Katie ran and puked into the nearest bin. Charles still had his eyes closed, completely unaware of what was going on until the smart lights in the room brightened up to the maximum intensity and flashed his eyes.

          "AHHHHHHH" Charles screamed, finding himself sitting in a wheelchair in a totally new environment.

          "Come on, make yourselves at home. To tell you the truth, that was the first time I've ever translocated with anyone else, much less 3 others. Turned out much better than I expected" Evan went over to Katie and patted her shoulder.

          "Alright, I know everyone is disorientated and everyone's got a ton of questions. Just find a comfortable seat and... keep your minds open. It'll be a lot to take in, but just hear me out till the end.

          Let me introduce myself again. My name is actually Evan, and I have the ability to travel across space and time. There isn't much I can tell you about it because honestly, I haven't been able to use my abilities a lot. Before I came here, I was forbidden from time-traveling all my life and moving through space is no easy feat either. And my very first leap through time landed me here with you guys today in this timeline - well actually I arrived here about a year ago. I adopted the alias of Professor Lewin to make preparations, and engage you three.

          Which leads me to explain my appearance, after the time jump, I realised my body had degenerated to that of an old man. My actual age doesn't stray too far from yours. Yes, despite how I look I'm actually also a teenager. Fortunately, as I was preparing and training my skills in the past 2 months, my body began regaining its youth the better I got. "

          Charles had settled down and even he was interested in getting answers with regards to all the superpowered business. "So why us three?" Ned questioned, refusing to let down his guard.

          "You would never believe the importance you three have in the future. But it is the truth. You three will go on to become the leaders of the new world. You were the ones teaching me and countless others to use our gifts and how to live in this world that only gets more and more radical and erratic. And I'm here because... you... the future has gone terribly wrong. Our only hope is that all of you get a headstart on your development and become stronger faster, so that when the time comes, you'll be prepared. This is the prime time for your growth that can't be missed a second time. We've already started an entirely new course of history and now we have the ability to choose a better future for ourselves."

          "Great speech, but I just can't believe you. You look like an entirely different person! Not like I trusted the original Professor anyways. Even if you are indeed him, you better be ready to pay for frying my phone! And if the future really has gone to shit, we're the ones that are supposed to be able to change that?" Ned replied.

          "Do you not trust me, or do you just not trust yourself?" Evan asked as he reached towards his back pocket and pulled out a black object and pointed it at Katie.