Luke stopped the van at a gas station to get a refill.

It was late. Very late.

Luke went to talk to the men at the gas station to pump gas into his van and to pay them.

Ken went into the gas station to buy them all some snacks. After all, they hadn't eaten since Timo's.

Rose remained with Max on her lap, attentively watching him.

Tiffany simply looked outside the window forlorningly.

Rose: It's alright, Tiff. It'll be fine.

Tiffany did not answer her.

Rose: I'm sure his parents will be fine with us. After all, we're his friends.

Tiffany still failed to give her a reply.

Rose: Tiff?

She still remained quiet.

Rose: Is something on your mind?

Tiffany still remained silent.

Rose used her psychic powers to give Tiffany the sensation of someone touching her shoulder.

Rose: Tiff?

She suddenly jolted up.

Tiffany: Oh, Rose. Sorry, I was thinking about something. Did you say something?

Rose: Yeah. Is everything ok? You seem gloomy.

Tiffany: I... I'm fine. Nothing to worry about.

Rose: Ok.

Rose gleefully took her word for it and got back to watching Max.

Tiffany wondered to herself as to how on earth she could tell Rose what was bothering her. It wasn't just Max that was bothering her, after all. A team leader always feels pain when he or she feels like he or she just failed.

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Luke: Alright, I'm back.

Luke hopped into the van and Ken as well with a sizeable bag of goodies.

Ken: I've got the food.

He threw them all a bag of chips and beef jerky, and they all began to eat it. It was a few moments before Ken started speaking.

Ken: So, I was searching on the internet about Max and his family while in the gas station.

Tiffany: Ken?

Ken: I know, I know. Looking up people's private lives is morally wrong. But I believe this case is an exception, after all... I've got some more news about Max.

Rose: More news?

Ken: Well, it may not be all that relevant to our situation...

Tiffany: Mmmmmmmmm.

Ken: .... but I figured I may as well tell you all.

Tiffany: Ok then. Out with it.

Luke started driving again. He backed out of the gas station and tried to enter the freeway.

Ken: It would just so happen that Max is the son of the famous actress, Julianne Hunter.

Luke: What!?

Rose: No way!

Tiffany: Huh!

They all stared in shock before making a sudden realisation.

Rose: Uhhh... wait. Who is Julianne Hunter anyway?

Luke: Yeah, the name rings a bell, but I don't know from where.

Tiffany: Yeah, same.

Ken: Well, we don't really know her all that well. That is perhaps because she hasn't been acting for the past ten or so years.

Rose: Huh!

Ken: According to reports from hardcore fans, after the death of her husband, she quit acting altogether and has since then kept a low profile with her only son, who remains "unnamed."

Tiffany: I see.

Ken: So, on the plus side, that is one less parent to worry about.

Rose: Ken!

Ken: What? It's the truth.

Rose: (tearfully) But that's so mean and insensitive!

Ken: (sighs) Yes, yes, I understand. But in any case, we do have less to worry about now.

Tiffany: I get it. That also means that we have one angry, emotional, and likely irrational mother who is probably scared of losing the only family she has left. And she is probably hunting us down.

Ken: Well, that is also true. And since they are family, the likelihood that she has the same powers is particularly high.

Rose gulped again.

Luke: So a super speeding electricity controlling alien mom is hunting us. Go figure.

Ken: And given the age difference, I wouldn't call it a stretch to say that she is very likely more powerful than him.

Tiffany: (seriously) Yeah...

Rose: So... what should we do?

Tiffany: Keep your guard up, everyone, and no matter what, if she does attack us, do not harm her.

They all nodded in response. After all, they owed him too much after all that had happened.

Rose: (thinking: Dont worry, Max, you'll be fine. We'll get you home soon, ok?)

Rose continued to observe Max as he simply breathed as they made the long and boring journey to Max's house.

Max remained completely unconscious. Like a fainted human.

Ken continued to scan Max from time to time.

Tiffany and Luke remained silent.