"Seb!" Duke calls, his sprint towards the man coming to a pause several meters away,

"Duke" Sebastian calls from just meters away, the call returns Duke's legs to him, he steps forward once more, embracing the the ex DEALERS leader, and more importantly, a big brother,

"Welcome home man" Duke states, "how do you feel?" Duke questions, their conversation steady as battle rages on around them,

"Different, unchained" he replies, closing his scared eye, opening it after several seconds of squeezing hard and it mirrors his right, the advancement had healed him, he wills his eyes to return to normal, morphing them back by simple exercision of will.

Duke exhales, countless questions racing in tandum, but...,

(They'll have to wait, right now...),

"We have work to do" he states turning his sights to Dexter, his only guard the driver, and still Abel's diminutive twin, and the MERCHANTS head shows no fear.

"Well Isn't this a sight?" Dexter questions with an objectively condecending smile, "family, back together, the promise child, finding his way back home, to his people" Dexter continues, "it would make a fantastic movie" he continues shaking his head, "you know the thing about movies and real life is..., Well, that" he states raising is chin towards the incoming vehicles, the raging sound bringing the rapidly declining conflict to a pause.

The vehicle at the lead comes to a halt, exiting it is a hulking six feet two teen in a fitted grey suit, notably, a golden carved button pin, it's design in three spirals, each with an end shooting out to connect the whole. Behind him six more members, quite easily identifiable as special members, lining each of their chest is a silver identical to their leader's gold.

"It seems things have turned out just as we expected" the leader states,

"Who're you?" Duke questions, for a while Harden gives no reply,

"Where is he?" He states eventually,

"Who?" Warden follows,

"Ethan Raine".

Sometime during the desperate fight against their ex leader Raven had regained his legs, staggering to his feet he rummages through bodies searching for a phone, the first few are password protected causing him to discard them in favour of another, another minute plus of searching and by heavens luck he finds one, punching in Konan's number ringing him,

"Who's th..."

"Konan" Raven groans,

"Raven!, I'll send guys to pull you guys out, i'll come g...",

"Konan!" He interrupts, "get the guys out, i have to see this through, what's the status update" he croacks,

"We've got intruders incoming" Konan replies defeatedly, Raven fights the sinking feeling in his git as he inquires again,

"Hostiles?", A short pause follows,

"Two to three, though we might be lucky, i think that's the same for MERCHANTS" Konan replies,

"I see, the enemy of my enemy huh" Raven replies, getting comfortable by laying his back on the pile of unconscious bodies he'd heaped together,

"Exactly, it all depends on...",

"What they want" Raven completes, (and if we can give it to them) the two ponder in silence.

"'Ethan Raine'? Are we supposed to know who that is?" Duke questions,

"I'm sure at least one of you does" their leader replies,

"I do" Dexter states raising his hand, "he's on his way" he follows with a smile,

"So you're their leader, this plan is objectively idiotic, could've been a lot easier if you'd just used your intelligence" the tall lean muscled teen in glasses states, to his comments, Dexter gives a smile,

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"In the mean time, where is Raven Voss" the leader inquires, immediately noticing the shift in the four behind Dexter,

"You waltz in here like a lost puppy looking for it's owner, who the hell are you?" Duke questions,

"Someone who's far above your level" an average heighted teen with braided hair and many piercings he states,

"Who brought their little brother here?" Warden sneers, the executive blurs his fist striking Warden who stares at him with a questioning gaze,

"What the hell was that?" He turns to ask Duke, "did a mosquito bite me?" He grins causing the remaining three to burst into chuckles,

"You're dead!",

"Enough!" Harden calls, a masked teen in a similarly black hoodie with the hood up blurs pulling his fellow executive back,

(He's fast!) Warden mules with analysing eyes,

(I didn't even see him move!) Duke ponders,

(My advancement level) Nathan mules,

(ATTUNEMENT at least) Sebastian analyses.

While watching the tension filled interaction Raven gives Konan another call,

"Have you pulled them out?" He questions,

"Yeah, we're pulling out our boys and allies right now" Konan replies.

"It seems like the battle hasn't finished, you missed a man" the masked teens voice comes distorted, he blurs towards Raven's familiar face,

(IT'S YOU!) He grins when a shilouette beside him forces him to blur back in haste,

"It always has to be the hard way with you young ones" he replied simply re-morphing his eyes back, in an instant Duke and co can feel and visibly see the tensions rise,

(Now we're the ones with a gun, but if my thoughts are correct very soon that'll be him) he ponders glancing at Dexter, (he wouldn't call that 'Ethan Raine' here if he wasn't at least powerful enough to beat a ZONE level advancement) Duke deduces.

"I see, so he's the source of your confidence" their red haired leader states, "fine, we'll wait" he states,

"Change of plans" Duke states, "what business do you have with this 'Ethan Raine'" he continues,

"A personal matter",

"Then maybe we can help each other" Duke replies,

(The enemy of my enemy huh) the red head smiles,

"Duke wade i presume, I'm Harden Haste" he states, stretching his hand out, Duke takes it giving him a firm shake when Raven blurs to Nathan's side,

"You good man?" Nathan questions,

"Alive" Raven croaks visibly exhausted, a staunch accomplishment for any Shifter, especially of his level.

"You must be him, the infamous Raven Voss, a little different from the pictures though",

"That one's a name sake" Raven replies, (whose currently chained to my apartment wall),

{I still think that's idiotic, chaining a living terminator to a cardboard paper wall, i'm shocked the wall can even take it} Silver states,

(You're not wrong, i'm rich, but i don't have any money, can't move yet),

{Your mother owns Voss industries kid, i don't know why you find it hard to ask, but remember, it's 'YOURS', when it's time, she'll be passing it over to 'YOU'" Silver states emphatically,

(You're right) Raven replies, "I'm not Voss" he states,

"So you're saying you just both happen to have the same name?" Harden questions,

"Same first name" Raven replies,

"And what's your last name?" Harden inquires,

"Young" he replies instinctively,

"Raven young, i see" Harden concedes despite his doubts, Sebastian's presence a deterance, silence reigns just as the roar of a supercar's blasting engine engulfs the area,

(He's here) Dexter grins,

(He's here) Raven mules,

(Mr popular himself) Duke ponders.

The car comes to a stretching halt, exiting the car is a tall perfectly muscled young man with hair and shades.

(He dyed it again?),

{At his advancement?, He could morph martian if he wanted, the hair is nothing, even your friend there, can only be classified as human very loosely} Silver replies.

"It seems I'm late to the party, pardon my tardiness" Kevin smiles.

"Now, what comes next" Jhon muses, watching delightedly at the interaction.