The day before at 8 pm. Something of an online meeting was taking place. The security of the conversation was being guarded by Ken's bionics.

Ken: Good evening, all of you.

Rose: Evening Ken!

Tiffany: Evening Ken.

Ken: It would appear that Luke is late again.

Tiffany: He said he had to deliver some more pizza. He said he'll be here soon and that we can start without him.

Ken was on a computer while consistently using his bionics to search out any potential online spies and take them out.

Tiffany was on her phone and clipping her toenails.

Rose was flat on her stomach on her bed, looking at her own laptop.

Ken: (sighs) Alright. Shall we begin?

Tiffany: Yeah.

Tiffany took a deep breath.

Tiffany: Before we begin, I would like to apologise to you all.

Rose: Tiff...

Tiffany: I wanna apologise for being down today. I was acting like this one setback meant the end of the world. Like because of this, we should all just give up instead of trying to pull you all up. Like I was the only one who was upset. I'm sorry. I wasn't acting like a leader.

The atmosphere of the meeting suddenly changed.

Rose: Tiff... you...

Ken: Hmmm. Well, I didn't expect that response. In any case, it's all good, watchful leader. Nothing to worry about.

Rose: (sobbing) How can you take it like that, Ken? Tiff, I was so worried about you today.

Tiffany: Rose... I... Thank you all.

She let out a somewhat relieved breath.

Rose: Don't mention it.

Tiffany: Alright. On to the next topic. Ken! The agenda?

Ken: That would be Aloysius Wolfram and, of course, Maximillian Hunter.

Rose: Max?

Ken: Yes. Tiff and I just had a conversation about this earlier today. Max said he wanted to join the team, and given his abilities, I think he is worth considering.

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Rose: (girly squeal) Really?

Ken: Well...

Tiffany: We can save that discussion for after we deal with Aloysius Wolfram.

Rose: Awwwww. Ok. But wait... you know. I saw him today.

Tiffany: You what?

Rose: Uh huh. He was skateboarding, and he saved me from a fall.

Tiffany: Again?

Rose: Yeah. He's so cool, isn't he?

Tiffany: Hmmm.

Ken: It would appear that Mrs Hunter wasn't kidding. If he was healthy enough to skateboard, then perhaps he is genuinely better.

Tiffany: Yeah.

Another relieved sigh escaped Tiffany's mouth. Max was ok. That was a heavy weight off of her chest.

Tiffany: Alright. Let's start with Aloysius. Ken?

Ken: Powers include dark energy manipulation, extensive dark crystal manipulation, and, of course, just like his little sister, he's one tough cookie to knock down.

Tiffany: No kidding.

Tiffany loudly clipped another toe nail.

Tiffany: Anything else.

Ken: He would also seem to be quite a bit more intelligent than her.

Rose: And he's super strong, too!

Ken: Yes, and significantly stronger than his sister.

Tiffany: Hmph.

Ken: I have a question. Just how many siblings do you think she has, anyway?

Tiffany: Hopefully, just the one.

Rose: I also hope there's just one. He was super scary.

Ken: Naturally. I did, however, notice that he lacked psychic powers. Dark blasts of energy, yes. But no psychic powers.

Tiffany: What does that mean?

Rose: Yeah, what?

Ken: It simply means that each sibling would appear to have a unique power. One, crystal manipulation, and the other, psychic powers.

Rose gulped.

Rose: Noooooooooooooooo. I thought we were gonna go on like there were only two of them.

Ken: You and I both know that that assumption is unwise, Rose.

Rose: Mmmmmmmm. I really, really, really hope theres just two of them.

Tiffany: Yeah, me too.

Ken: In any case, as for the next topic, weaknesses. I'd say that there are no truly specific ones.

Rose: What about Max?

Ken: Irrelevant. The amount of electrical energy Max used was so absurd that considering that to be a weakness would be irresponsible.

Rose: Huh. He was that powerful?

Ken: Yes. Especially that final blow. If Aloysius had not protected himself, he might have died.

Rose: No way!

Tiffany: Hmmm.

Ken: That being sai...

Luke: Yo!

Rose: Luke!

Tiffany: You made it.

Ken: Well, better late than never, I always say.

Luke: Great to hear from you, too, Ken.

Rose: Evening Luke!

Luke: Evening Rose.

Tiffany: Are you done with the pizzas?

Luke: No. Still got a lot of work to do today. In fact, I'm still driving to deliver some pizzas. So you guys just keep going. I'll pay attention.

Luke kept his phone on and placed it on his phone holder.

Ken: Alright. I'll send you a recording of what you haven't heard, as per usual.

Luke: Great. Thanks.

Ken: Alright then. As I was saying, the only one real weakness I can see is Luke.

Luke: Huh.

Ken: When Luke struck Wolfram, he did massive damage to his outer crystal shell. Even more than Max did before he went berserk.

Rose: Really?

Ken: Yes.

Rose: Wow, Luke. You're super strong.

Luke: Heh. Thanks.

Tiffany: So, Luke, is our answer to Wolfram?

Ken: It would seem so.

Rose: And Max.

Tiffany: Ugh. I suppose now we could have that discussion about Max.