Michael slipped away, taking in the scene of the camp. Jason watched over Addilyn, concern for his girlfriend obvious in his face and stance. Ribs was near Amika, always smiling, always making jokes to try and make her happy. Alex was in the van, along with the little kids. Everything seemed... okay. Yet, Michael knew it wasn't. Something big was coming.

Immediately she looked up, her eyes snapping into attention. Her green orbs found another set of pale, pale green eyes on the other side of the bridge. The urge to blast her grandfather to bits was overpowering but she kept it all down. What was the point of doing that when it would only end in yet another man hunt? By the most powerful witches of the century no less. So no, Addilyn didn't blast her grandfather to bits.

Instead she said, "everyone come on. We're crossing now." Her voice stayed level and calm, a tiny bit of anger contained in her tightly controlled voice.

Brax saw the other man appear across the bridge and immediately his hand went to his hidden knife. He might need it. Zane gravitated towards his friends. They didn't know the real danger they were in and Zane couldn't do anything about it.

Destan smiled, his bright eyes hopeful. "Well okay then, sounds good to me!" Sure he was pretty sure he was going to be awful at this, but he could try. The car started up and Destan nestled down in his seat. He didn't like cars.

Jason took his place near Addilyn, to be within reach of her in the event she needed something. He could faintly hear their minds, but the distance and strong mental barriers kept him from seeing their plans. He glanced over at the van. There's were children in there... once this was over, and they were safe, Jason wanted to swear of crime and this stupid, dangerous life. He was done with it all.

This was a bad idea, and Kaitlyn knew it.

Addilyn knew deep down that this was a terrible, terrible idea. Something was going to happen soon. Something that could change her fate. She ignored it though, she was always focused on the path ahead. Worry about what happened would come after. Right now, she was to busy building up her walls.

As she did this, she walked, footsteps bouncing off the stone bridge. The river churning beneath them. It was pretty cold, though not as bad as New York.

Not as bad as home.

There were 5 people with Jolon, Zane knew that for sure. Who they were, he did not know. He'd never been to Mexico, mostly because of the horror stories from the witch world that came out of here. All Jolon's doing of course. Zane was just ready for this to be over. He was tired of all this fighting.

better or for worse. There would be no more waiting to be attacked, at least by Addilyn's crazy grandpa. Jason hoped things would turn out okay, and would try his best to make things turn in their favor, but he had to be ready for the danger that awaited them.

All Jason had was his hope, and the people beside him.

Jolon was smiling when she made it over with her friends. His hands were behind his back, clasped together. It was just his way of showing off that he didn't need his hands to break someone's mind.

"Well, we really should stop meeting with so much tension in the air Addilyn. It is not good for anyone's skin." Jolon's smile was brilliant but his eyes were cold and dead, like a shark's.

Addilyn glared at him, her eyes filled with a deep hatred. "I could literally not care less about skin. Anyone's skin. I do not care for looks and I know you don't either. What do you need Jolon?"

Her grandfather smirked, a soft chuckle ripped from his lips. "I've always liked how you just get straight to the point Addilyn. It makes everything much easier. First thing, your uncle wanted to see you." The words didn't register till Addilyn actually saw her uncle. His dark brown hair wildly curly and his eyes a lighter blue.

A tremor racked her body and she stumbled back. Horrible, horrible memories entered Addilyn's mind. She was scared of her uncle. He had been her trainer and closest confidant till he messed up an now he terrified Addilyn. He scared her more than anybody. Her strong walls suddenly tumbled and she stumbled backwards.

Amika had been staying strong but Addilyn's terror worried Amika. Her own mental walls dropped and she stepped forwards toward Addilyn. "Addilyn are you oka-" she stopped her sentence mid way as a scream of agony was ripped from her throat. She collapsed in her spot as pain raced through her head. Addilyn turned towards Amika as the fear left her a was replaced by worry.

Ami was clutching her head and screaming, tears racing down her face. Zane and Brax sat next to her, Al gently trying to help her calm down. The big brute worried for his friends.

"Stop it!" Addilyn turned back around to her grandfather and uncle and released sharp needles onto their skin. Her grandfather frowned and stopped. Amika collapsing into the fetal position and her friends jumped back. Quick to give her space.

Jolon flicked his hand over his cheek and his finger returned with blood. "As Addilyn's friends, I believe it is time you understand that she is much more dangerous than she appears. She has been trained to manipulate and murder anyone. I know it may sound fake but she truly is dangerous to you. I worry for you regs safety, as you are the most at risk. I can protect you all though. From Addilyn and people like her. All you have to do is join me." Jolon's voice was sickly sweet and Brax quickly replied. His voice shaking with rage.

"No one will accept your offer Jolon, so you can take it and shove it up-" Zane intruded just in time to save Jolon from harsh words. "We will never join you Jolon. Get the hell away from us." Zane looked like he was about to kill Jolon. His blue eyes fiery.

When Amika fell, Jason stayed where he was, keeping a hawk eyed glare on these chaos makers. Nothing good would come of them. Ribs immediately went to Amika his hands fluttering, not knowing how he could help. When she stopped screaming he inched back, but kept his eyes glued on her. Jason noticed this all. He hurt for his friend, and wanted to help, but someone needed to stay on guard.

When Jolon began spewing lies, Jason bit his tongue and made himself nod. This was his chance. It was inevitable that Addilyn and Jolon would fight. He had faith that Addilyn would win, and after that, his advisors would need to be taken care of. Jason wished he had time to tell everyone his plan, but he couldn't, instead, he forced bitter words past his lips, "Trained to murder and kill?"

This was not a job for Addilyn.

"Kaitlyn!" Addilyn yelled for the healer, panic creeping its way into her voice. She couldn't lose another person she cared for to madness. The van stayed on but it was in park. The woman hopped out and locked it behind her. Destan had already shown he was about to bust out of the van after the scream and he would only cause more worry.

Kaitlyn ran for Amika, her eyes filled with worry. Addilyn scooted over as the doctor put a hand to Ami's forehead and closed her eyes. She suddenly took a deep breathe, "it's bad Addilyn. It's really bad." Addilyn glared, "I know that Kaitlyn. So do something about it." Her voice came out as a low growl as Kaitlyn sighed and closed her eyes again. Taking Addilyn's hand in her own, as she needed to borrow some of the stronger girl's power. Kaitlyn began a soft mumble of words of power. Her own gift working through Amika's injured, fragile brain.

Finally, Amika blinked awake from her semi-conscious state. Blood trickled out of her ears, staining her light hair a deep red. Slowly she sat up and Kaitlyn smiled softly. "She'll be good now. No quick movements though." Kaitlyn stood up, a bit dizzy. Then headed back to the van. Dang that had been tiring.

While all of this occurred, Jolon was talking to Jason. Spewing out edited past events. "Yes, I will admit I was the one who trained her. With the help of a few others of course, but soon she became rather uncontrollable. She was supposed to only hurt our enemies, and she did for awhile. But soon, she began to kill her own family. She even went off on her mother once. Her cousin Andrés has scars up and down his body specifically from Addilyn's fits. It was like she craved the pain she got from others. She is insane Jason. It is only a matter of time before she goes off on one of you, especially now that she is using her magic again. And let me tell you, her magic is the strongest of her generation."

Jolon said all of this sincerely.

The problem was, it was almost entirely true. Her mother, Andrés, and Salem. Whom she'd killed by complete accident on a day where her powers had gotten away from her.

"Don't forget her little friend Charlotte up North who was on her way to be one of the most powerful witches in America. Addilyn killed her little friend because she had a little bit of greed and wanted people to take her seriously. Addilyn killed her friend for wanting a little bit of power. Addilyn is dangerous Jason."

Jonas was right there. He reached out to Amika, keeping his voice low, "I can carry you, if you need." Even though he didn't have any magic, Jonas would do everything he could to protect the girl he-. Jonas blinked. The girl he loved. He loved Amika. Her smile, her playing with the dogs, her bravery, compassion, how... amazing she was. He loved her.

And he would protect her with everything he had.

A striking pain filled Jason's head. He felt as Amika's mind fractured and slip away. It hurt. It hurt so bad. It was hard to push it away, and block it out. Nothing showed on his face, other than a small wince, which could be taken as seeing his friend hurt.

Luckily, though, Jason's mind was impossible to read. Yes, it could be broken and destroyed, but his own mind reading abilities blocked anyone spying on his.

Jason apologized to everyone, especially Addi, Destan, and Ribs. He was about to fool the only people he had left.

He made a face of shock and horror, "No..." He whispered, though it was loud enough so Jolon and his group would hear, "Not.. not Addilyn..." He acted broken, like his heart was being ripped out, which wasn't hard to do, although it was for a different reason. He glanced in her direction, despair written across his features, and turned to Jolon once again, "She..." He took a step closer to them. No one noticed him. They were focused on Amika, "How do I help?" The words had to be forced out his throat. Oh god Addilyn would never forgive him, but... he had to. To protect the future witches from going through horrible things like Addilyn at the hands of his advisors.

Even if Jason didn't know he was doing it, Jonas saw it. He saw how Jason's hands were stiff, with his thumb tucked in. During their time in jail together, Jason always did that when he was lying, or guilty of something he felt bad about. He was playing Jolon. (like the cheap kazoo he is)

He was playing Jolon, and Jonas was the only one who knew.

So, she was taking a lot worse than possibly anyone else in the group. Her eyes flew up to Jonas. To be honest, his offer sounded pretty good. The headache hurt like hell and standing seemed impossible without at least a little help.

"Um, I wouldn't want you to have to carry me. It would probably be bad for your back or something. But uh...can you help me up? I-I don't think I could do it myself." Amika looked horribly embarrassed. This was not cool and she really hated the fact that she had been hurt with something you couldn't even see. It wasn't fair.

Addilyn was standing back up when she heard Jolon telling his usual edited truths. Yes, she'd done those things. All of which happened after a training lesson with him.

She turned back around just as she heard Jason's words. The words that confused her instead of anything else. She listened intently as Jason continued, slowly getting more and more confused.

"Wait...what?" Addilyn was speaking straight at Jason, even though his back was facing her. She didn't understand what he was saying. It didn't register in her head.

Jolon meanwhile, was communicating with Addilyn's uncle, the mind communication exposing what they were saying to Jason.

"Do you believe what he's saying? He shouldn't be giving in this easily. Especially after all that crap they went through getting here. The kiss after rescuing her in the lake should still be fresh in his mind." Asmodeus' sounded skeptical even over mind speech.

"Well, even if he is lying or whatever, he'll be easy enough to kill. Besides, kid didn't know about Addilyn killing that whole town, or her cousin, or the other cousin. He's in shock. Kid is realizing he could do a lot better than someone as violent and pathetic as Addilyn." Jolon looked obviously at Addilyn's uncle. He wasn't trying to hide the fact that they were talking. It wasn't like any mind readers were in the area anyways.

Plus, things were finally getting interesting. Addilyn was noticing Jason's words it seemed.