Theo and Charlie are both laying in their beds, confused. The confession of the Phoenix Exam being delayed hitting them. Sage pulls out his fingers from Charlie’s fingers in shock, ‘’So, that monster is the one that delayed the exam?’’

‘’Don’t you have ears, you idiot? That thing destroyed the Phoenix Key!’’ Charlie slaps Sage, ‘’Alright, man. I get it.’’ Sage rubs his cheek. Theo is also in shock, ‘’So…what do we do now?’’

‘’We have to prepare for the upcoming battles ahead.’’ Stella puts the phone in her pocket, ‘’What we must do is make sure the Root Burners are out of the picture, so things can proceed smoothly. Otherwise…we will risk delaying the exam to year.’’

James touches her shoulder, sighing, ‘’Stella, we got this all sorted out. You can leave. Stop worrying about us, we could things already sorted out.’’

‘’Already sorted out?’’ Stella asks, mockingly. ‘’You let those villains escape, and you got things sorted out?!’’ She taps his nose, ‘’Oh, James cutie. You were always like this. Ever since we started dating,’’ She twirls around, continuing, ‘’You said I got this place all sorted out, but in reality, nothing was. So, why don’t you shut that mouth of yours and listen to my pitch?’’ She pushes him away, leaving James in shock, ‘’Is this about dating Catalina?’’

Sage and Charlie both say in unison, ‘’So the rumors were true.’’ Theo turns his head slowly to Chloe who is clenching her jaw, ‘’So— ‘’

He gets cut off when Chloe slaps him, ‘’That’s a rumor! It’s fake! Oh, sorry!’’

‘’Since you failed for the first time in years to stop the Root Burners. I will be the one who will help you improve.’’ Stella walks around the room, ‘’And by improving, I mean, having all sort of support items, being able to catch those villains and tie them at once. That’s where my inventory comes in.’’ Stella pulls out a toolbox with lots of materials. ‘’Judging from what you told me about what you need in the future. I made these inventions to aid you.’’

‘’Wait. You guys said what you wanted?’’ Theo asks, rubbing his cheek. ‘’Yeah. It was last year, but it’s not too late to ask.’’ Chloe tells him. ‘’You just need to tell her what you want.’’

Theo thinks, ‘’What do I want? What have I dreamed of having?’’

Stella walks to Charlie, holding a large black shiny fire gun, ‘’You said you wanted a fire gun, right. Well, it was tough to make. But I got it sorted out.’’

Charlie is shocked, his eyes awed, ‘’Oh. My. God. You really did make it.’’ He touches it softly, ‘’I can’t believe it.’’

‘’I had a tough time on figuring how to use it. But there are these buttons you have to put on your chest to connect your firepower to the gun. Got it?’’ Stella says stern.

Charlie turns the gun around and sees the buttons, thinking. He touches one of them but then looks at her, ‘’You know what?’’ He flips the gun to his right hand, ‘’I don’t need these buttons. Because whenever I touch an object with my hands, the fire ignites.’’

Charlie touches the gun, putting all his focus on it. He closes his eyes and takes a slow deep breath, he exhales, and suddenly. His arms are surrounded with fire, and his gun ignites, the orange lights switching on, ‘’Oh, this is gonna be fun.’’

‘’But Charlie.’’

Charlie turns around and sees Theo talking to him, ‘’Aren’t you good at long range attacks? Why do you need something like that when your hands are able to reach far?’’

Charlie stares at him for a second and sighs, ‘’I know. But the thing is, when I use fireballs from my arms a lot, they start aching. I want to be able to store fireballs in somewhere, so that when the time comes, I make use of them. Plus, I can now be able to release 20-30 fireballs at once.’’

Theo nods, ‘’Right. But are you gonna be making fireballs?’’ Charlie shakes his head, ‘’Nope. Right now, there are already fireballs inside the gun. Remember when I said I touch something and then it ignites? That’s where fire continues to pass through--’’ He stops talking, ‘’Wait a damn minute.’’ He shouts at him, ‘’Why the hell am I explaining this crap to you? Are you 5 years old or what?’’

‘’Calm down, Charlie.’’ Sage touches him.

Theo thinks, ‘’Interesting.’’

Stella walks to Chloe and gives her a golden watch, ‘’And you said you wanted a weather watch so you can know what weather it is? Well, here it is.’’

‘’Thanks.’’ Chloe gets the watch and ties it on her hands. ‘’Wait, Chloe.’’ Chloe turns to Theo, ‘’Why are you getting a watch?’’

‘’So, that I know how the weather is. You see, my thunder depends on the weather. If it’s cloudy or rainy it becomes stronger, if it’s sunny or clear it’s low. So, I need to know how it is outside, so that I can train my strikes.’’ Chloe smiles.

Theo nods. Stella walks to Sage and gives him a black glove with buttons, ‘’You said you wanted to improve your metal?’’

‘’Oh, you got it, baby girl!’’ Sage raises a thumbs up. Stella stares at him, coldly, ‘’Don’t call me that ever again.’’

Sage grabs the glove grinning, he then looks at the glove, ‘’I think I want to try this outside. Because, it might hurt you guys. The metal is gonna affect the walls, and I mean a lot.’’

Stella is already walking away, ‘’Whatever. I don’t care.’’ Charlie turns to Sage, ‘’We should have a fight one day.’’

‘’Hey, Sage. What’s the metal glove for?’’ Theo asks. Charlie turns to him, ‘’Why are you asking everyone questions. What about your strands of hair, where are they?!’’

‘’Don’t be dumb. He lost them, and we failed to get them back.’’ Chloe looks at him. ‘’Oh, yesterday? That doesn’t change the fact that I was sleeping in this room. I want to go back to my dorms! I don’t remember anything here.’’ Charlie shouts at her.

‘’Oh, about the glove? Well. I use it so I can get a lot of people at once.’’ Sage smirks as he turns it on, ‘’Whoa, Wait. That was a mistake!’’

His feet turn into large metal boots, his arms turn into large metal, and his face gets covered in metal. Eyes blue, ‘’I don’t know if I’m a cyborg or a person right now. Either way, this is so cool!’’

Theo is stunned, ‘’That’s amazing.’’ ‘’I know right?!’’ Sage shouts. Stella walks to James, ‘’And you, cutie. You said you wanted a jetpack, right?’’

‘’Yes. That’s what I said.’’ James blushes. Stella pulls out a jetpack and gives him, ‘’Here you go, I spent time making it.’’ James touches the jetpack and puts it behind his back, ‘’Finally, I can fly again.’’

‘’Wait, fly?’’ Theo asks. James looks at him, ‘’Yeah. I used to use mist to fly or glide in the air, but I discovered what Alex did with that web, he damaged my mist. Making me unable to release it. So, I will use this in hopes I can fly again.’’ He adjusts it.

Stella walks to Theo, ‘’So, you’re the newbie, huh?’’ Theo looks up, waving his hands shyly, ‘’Hi.’’

‘’Tell me, what support gear do you want?’’ Stella asks him. ‘’Support gear?’’ Theo thinks, he hesitates, and then he looks at her, ‘’You know when I use my blue energy. It causes heavy backlash to my body. So, I was thinking, if I want to take care of my body while also advancing my parkour. Can I have jet boots and gloves?’’

Stella’s eyes widen, ‘’Jet boots and gloves…Okay. So, the gloves must be able to circulate energy and…Alright.’’ She sighs, ‘’Come back to me in 4 weeks. I will prepare them for you. In the meantime.’’ She pulls out two rocket boots from her toolbox, ‘’I’m still refining the design. But this might help.’’

Theo nods, ‘’Right.’’ He grabs the boots and thinks, smiling, ‘’So some inventions from sci-fi moves do exist in real life. Cool, Cool, Cool.’’

Stella walks, ‘’That creepy purple-haired girl said she wanted nothing. But I think she wanted something’’ She pulls out a small black pad, ‘’It’s a Shadow Multiplier, I guess? I give up on reading people’s heads. Anyway, where is that girl?’’

Everyone shares looks and realizes something. ‘’Wait.’’ Chloe says shocked.

‘’Don’t tell me did she…go alone?’’ James is also terrified. He turns to Sage and Chloe, ‘’Sage and Chloe. Protect Theo and Charlie. Me and Stella will go rescue her.’’

‘’Right.’’ Stella nods. They start running, Sage shouts, ‘’Wait, you guys. You can’t go like that! What about— ‘’

‘’No, I get it.’’ Chloe cuts him off, ‘’They are trying to avoid a situation like last time.’’

‘’Oh, right.’’ Sage nods disappointed. Heavy silence lingers in the room.

‘’This isn’t a good week for us, I guess.’’ Charlie sighs.