Parallel Universe

The group knew little about Luke from before they had met him, but they did know that he grew up in an orphanage until he was 14 when he finally found a foster family, and Big Joe had remembered wherer the only orphanage in town was located. Both Joes flew ahead to see what was there in this world, bringing Greyson and Lex with them. Greyson, so that he could see everything going on inside and outside the buildings and Lex, because it doesn't hurt to have someone really strong at your side. They did not need Greyson's superior vision in order to see where Luke was. From several miles away a building was glowing. It wasn't a solid glow; it was slowly shifting colours while randomly fading and brightening as if someone was struggling to keep the light going. "Put us down here!" shouted Greyson, about 200m away from the glowing building. "Then fly back and bring Kendra and Marcie. Who knows what powers might turn up to be useful here." The Joe's set down Greyson and Lex and took of to grab the others. Greyson and Lex advanced on the building. Looking inside using his infrared vision, Greyson could see one heat signature huddled in the center of the room. Surrounding him were many cold, lifeless bodies. Something was odd about them though; they were arranged far too neatly. That's when Lex shouted, "This ain't no orphanage, this is one of them places where they keep dead people!" "A mortuary," responded Greyson, with a sigh of relief. "So Luke didn't kill these people... they were already dead." The others landed right behind them. "Wow, I could get used to that!" exclaimed Kendra, giving a wink to Big Joe, who was setting her down. She turned her gaze to Greyson, "Any idea what's going on in there?" "Luke is huddled on the floor. It looks like he is doing everything in his power to control what is happening to him, but he isn't succeeding all that much." "We have to get in there and save him!" cried Marcie. She was 17, about 12 years younger than Luke, and she looked up to him like the older brother she never had. She ran towards the door. "Marcie stop!" the group screamed in unison, but she wasn't listening. They all went after her. They were in this together and did not want to see another member die. The glow had a bit of heat to it, but it was pleasant. The front door was locked, but Lex had no trouble bypassing that small roadblock. Greyson led the way to Luke and when they found him, they all stopped and stared. Surrounding Luke were nine doorways, like the one Harrison had created to send them here. Each doorway led to a different world. Some worlds looked very similar to this one, while one was a dense forest and another was a barren wasteland. One led to an orphanage where several small children were peering through the doorway at the man on the floor. Luke was in the middle of the room, crying and shaking as if he was carrying an object far too heavy for him to carry. Marcie stepped up to him and touched his shoulder. "I understand, Luke," she whispered. "You've been alone your entire life. You spent years in an orphanage, your foster parents never really seemed to care for you, you could never fit in at school or at work, and now you are in a new world where you are unique and alone again." Luke looked at her as she kept talking, his crying subsided. "But you aren't alone, Luke. I am here with you, and I care about you so much! Before I met you, I was lost and afraid. My family was killed by Harrison's men and I felt that I had no hope. But then you showed up, shrouded in legend, like a knight in shining armor, and led us into battle to stop Harrison. You saved me." Luke stopped shaking and stared at Marcie. The portals all disappeared. "Really? That is how you see me?" "You saved all of us," cried Marcie. "Kendra and the Joes had all fled their jobs and their lives in order to get away from Harrison. Lex was depressed and was considering suicide before he met our group. Greyson has a wife and three children, hiding away while he was out looking for a way to put an end to Harrison's reign. Sorry for reading your thoughts guys, I didn't mean to..." Luke stood up and made the shape of a rectangle with his hand and a portal appeared with the orphanage on the other side. "Let's go home and finish things then." They all stepped through the portal, back into their own world... ...There was no fighting going on outside, only confusion. Kendra stepped up in front of the group and asked what was happening. "The Master is dead. The police are no longer under his control." explained a tall man at the front of the group. "We are discussing what to do now..." In the following days, they established a new government where Kendra took over as the new leader, with Big Joe at her side. Greyson went back to his family. The other four agreed to travel to the other worlds, as a team, and learn more about the world(s) that seem to hold so many mysteries.