Season One Episode 11: Diamond Lens

## Synopsis for "Diamond Lens"

### Vella's Arrival

At L.U.C.I., they receive word from NASA and the government about a strange ship orbiting the planet in geosynchronous orbit. All government organizations are only aware of this, preventing chaos to the public and they question the ship's motivations.

### Kimbrianna's Intel on the Octet Hydra

About a day or more later on a Thursday afternoon, the Mortals are relaxing and hanging out at the motel while Nick is in another room. As they converse, Kimbrianna brings up the topic about the Octet and complains to the team that the Octet are still out there. She explains to the team that although Ethan and Lonnie are no longer a problem, there are others who have taken their places. That it is similar to a hydra: if you remove one, they can easily replace it. She also explains that they were scavenging and continuing their operations even after their old bases were raided, but Scarlette points out that since L.U.C.I. took control of them, the Octet have been quiet. Nick states that Drakaina has been watching the mayor, and things have been peaceful, and that they continue to engage in minor activities with the Octet, but it's nothing she can't handle. Either way, Kaliyah thinks they should take this into consideration since Drakaina or the Mayor either might not know everything or might not be sharing everything. Scarlette then suggests they go out to clear their heads away from the Octet. They all agree and after Kimbrianna asks Nick, he approves.

### Nick's Identity

The next morning, Paragon recalls and questions the other assassins about the house they went to a while ago. She then computer searches the address to the house and discovers that the homeowner is Nick and that he is employed by G.I.L.T.. She is also able to use his phone number as a tracker to track him down. Relying more on her own suspicions, unlike the other assassins, her plan is to follow him from his workplace to wherever he is hiding in order to determine whether or not he is an enemy, but will be accompanied by Revnnon's spy, Rocky.

### Paragon watching Nick

At Nick's workplace, Paragon watches from a car in the parking lot with Rocky; she is outside of her assassin attire as civilian Sabrina Damon, wearing a white sweater and blue jeans.

### The Mortals Hanging Out

After school, the Mortals hangout as planned, and are walking through an amusement park, similar to a fair and is located behind a mall. They then walk inside the mall where Joey and Ayo go in search of food due to their fast metabolism. Kaliyah and Scarlette wait outside the restaurant while Joey and Ayo order their food. Ayo is unable to decide between two of the multiple options, so Joey places his order first. After getting his food, Joey mocks Ayo by displaying his plate and asking, "Still don't know what you want?" Ayo immediately orders the same meal, much to the rest of the team's amusement. Later, they return to their homes, with Ayo dropping everyone off at the motel except Scarlette, leaving with her to, first drop her off, and then return home. As they leave the motel though, Paragon from a car in the parking lot with Rocky; she is outside of her assassin attire as civilian Sabrina Damon, wearing a white sweater and blue jeans, watching Ayo and Scarlette leave since they're already there spying on Nick, following him from work.

She and Rocky then watch over the room until 2 a.m., discovering that Kaliyah and Kimbrianna must have some relation to Nick, given that they went into the same motel room when they returned from school and have consistently stayed in the same room to sleep. Needing more information, Sabrina then disables her focused durability, activating her sensitivity to electrical impulses. Getting closer to the room, Sabrina can feel a normal human impulse (Nick), a faint human impulse (Joey), an extreme human impulse (Kimbrianna) and a high foreign energy impulse that is similar to Revnnon's (Kaliyah). She also hacks their technology such as phones and laptops for later use, storing the collected data into her gauntlets with just a scan from a distance. She then returns to the car to sleep while her abilities are passively focused on the few Mortals' impulses.

### Learning of the Mortals

The next morning, on Friday, Sabrina follows Nick to a high school, where he drops off two girls whose names she does not yet know: Kaliyah and Kimbrianna. She is confused as to where Joey is, wondering if she really felt a faint impulse or if it was nothing. Sabrina then attempts to learn more about them, since she already knows Nick's workplace and motel room. She looks into the information from the technology she's hacked into for more information, learning nothing from their phones, but a lot more from their computers, such as notes on Kaliyah's techno-organics and fighting skills, Joey's water based abilities, The Woman in Black's strengths and White Blur's strengths as well, but nothing on White Blur's identity, other than the name "White Shadow"; and nothing on Kimbrianna, since her abilities are new. Their names are also not on there, as they are listed by their code names, which Joey doesn't currently have, being listed as "Codename: Unavailable". She also discovers files on all members of the World Protectors, including Drakaina. Sabrina is initially confused and suggests that Drakaina may be an enemy spy, but doesn't mention it to Rocky. After seeing the King of Clubs, Magna, Scelesto, and to her surprise, the Unseen Knight, whom she believed to be a myth, she reconsiders, keeps her suspicions to herself and wishes to keep an eye on Drakaina. Needing to find out who White Shadow really is and more on what the Octet are up against, Sabrina and Rocky will continue to follow the Mortals to school.

### Paragon spying on The Mortals

Days later, on a Monday, Nick wakes up to drop off Kaliyah and Kimbrianna at school before heading to work. After arriving, the girls are observed by Sabrina and Rocky from a car near the curb of the main road. In the car, Sabrina and Rocky do reconnaissance. Sabrina uses the drone while Rocky uses a camera, taking photographs of every person they see conversing with Kimbrianna, Joey, Scarlette or Kaliyah. Overtime, they get photos of many of their friends, one being Ayo, but since it would be a stretch to assume he is White Shadow, they simply add him to a list of suspects like the others. With Sabrina's abilities, she is able to scan the phones from the drone and receive their information, taking all phone numbers and adding them to a digital map, tracking them. However, they are able to narrow it down to four phone numbers because only those numbers have been to the motel address recently; they just don't have the identities of the phone users. With this information, Sabrina tells Rocky to call Revnnon. Rocky then informs Revnnon that they may have sufficient information to examine and they small talk over the situation. After the call, they leave the school.

### The Mortals still without intel on the Octet

At dawn, when Nick arrives at the motel, Joey, Kaliyah and Kimbrianna are there. Ayo and Scarlette are both at their respective homes. Nick inquires if there are any updates on the Octet or other crimes.

They have received no information regarding the Octet or any other criminal activity. Joey, Kaliyah and Kimbrianna talk, while the majority of the conversation consists of Joey's typical corniness and enthusiasm. Nick is just relaxing in another room, while they all wait to be updated on the Octet's activity.

### Monitoring Phone Numbers

At an Octet base, Octet enforcer Izo, Octet tech expert Revnnon and Octet security head Maestro meet with Octet lieutenant scout Paragon and Revnnon's spy Rocky. There, the phone numbers are monitored, with two numbers grouped together and two others in separate locations. Unbeknownst to them, the two separate numbers would be Ayo and Scarlette are at home, whereas Kaliyah and Kimbrianna are together at the motel. Maestro plans to make his move on a day when all of the Mortals will be in the same location in the evening. The plan is to go alone while Paragon, Revnnon and Rocky standby. Additionally, their plan is to capture and seize without turning the area into a warzone due to the presence of innocent bystanders and civilians. For now, they just wait.

### The Octet's Plan

Finally, after many days of monitoring the tracked phone numbers, one evening, the Octet discovers that the Mortals are at the motel except Nick. Maestro will go, and will have Paragon, Revnnon and Rocky on standby, as planned. After a briefing and reminder of the plan, they gear up and prepare for departure.

### Mortals vs the Maestro

The Octet make their move, ignoring Nick because the other Mortals are together while Nick is at G.I.L.T.. The Mortals are hanging out at the motel, conversing, while unaware of their upcoming ambush, despite Ayo and Kimbrianna's heightened senses; they are aware that the motel is filled with guests, so they do not suspect that any enemies are nearby.

Revnnon, Paragon and a small legion of Cyber Ninjas led by Maestro observe the Mortals from the woods, but Revnnon watches the Mortals on her tablet while Maestro is on the roof and prepares to attack. Maestro drops at the front door from the roof, raising suspicion to Ayo and Kimbrianna. Catching the Mortals off-guard by crashing through the window, Maestro promptly engages all in vicious hand-to-hand combat.

Maestro's augmented armor proves to be no match for the Mortals, despite their combined efforts. During the fight, Kaliyah manages to distract Maestro, thereby catching him off guard. Maestro, now off his game, charges Joey, who in response to his fear of being charged, punches him in the face, but the punch doesn't stop him and Maestro grabs Joey as if he were going to tackle him and slams him into the wall, despite Joey's attempts to fight back with punches. This prompts Joey to create a blade from his liquid suit and stab Maestro in the side. After Joey pulls out the blade, Kimbrianna manages to throw something at Maestro, followed by a double kick, while Joey slams something at his face, hooks and swings his arm around the back of his neck and then slams him. Joey continues to use his blade, ripping Maestro's armor apart, striking him with uppercuts with his bladeless hand, and when Maestro is on his knees, Joey knees Maestro in the face before slamming him to the ground as Maestro falls. As Maestro stands up uninjured due to his armor having taken all the damage, Tenebris knocks Maestro outside.

The Mortals, still inside the motel room, want to escape, but Paragon, Revnnon, Rocky and the cyber ninjas, all standing by in case Maestro needs backup, attack, ignoring Maestro's urge to take on the Mortals alone, due to his current situation. Seeing the Octet forces approaching, Maestro quickly moves and The Mortals, instead of running away due to the cyber ninjas' long ranged weaponry, retreat into the room for cover while the cyber ninjas surround the room, preparing to launch their assault on the Mortals. Ayo is without his White Shadow armor, Scarlette is suited up, Joey is always suited up, and Kimbrianna and Kaliyah are also still in their normal clothes.

Revnnon doesn't fail to remind the cyber ninjas to refrain from shooting or causing harm to Kaliyah. The Mortals Tenebris and Kimbrianna quickly launch a counterattack, catching the cyber ninjas off guard; As the cyber ninjas entered the room with their weapons ready, Kimbrianna pushed the first cyber ninja's gun away while Tenebris proceeded with the assault.

Maestro rises to his feet and props himself up with the help of a car, observing as he regains his breath. All he can do is watch.

Kaliyah, taking the cyber ninja's gun, now possesses a firearm herself, which she employs to penetrate the window and eliminate several cyber ninjas. Outside, Revnnon stealthily approaches and takes cover behind the same wall where Kaliyah is in cover on the inside. Upon Kaliyah's second attempt at shooting, Revnnon swiftly retaliates by launching an attack, forcefully flipping her over the railing and subsequently exposing her in the open.

Kaliyah with a grudge and Revnnon with an appetite more of Kaliyah's power face off.

With Kaliyah no longer guarding the motel room with a firearm, the cyber ninjas are advancing towards the Mortals' motel room to launch an invasion.

Kimbrianna desires to proceed with the same strategy as before, but the cyber ninjas don't fall for it. The cyber ninjas remain still outdoors awaiting Paragon's, who stands in front of the cyber ninjas, command. Paragon taunts Kimbrianna by noting that Kaliyah is fighting Revnnon alone while outside alone. Paragon is prepared to dispatch the cyber ninjas to assist Revnnon while she is fighting alone, and she has no doubt that Kaliyah will be rendered helpless and a hostage.

A cyber ninja is struck in the head and immediately taken down by Kimbrianna, utilizing a pistol that The Mortals had brought with them to the motel room for general protection. The cyber ninjas are then directed by Paragon to commence fire upon the room. During the shootout, the cyber ninjas pause to reload, and Kimbrianna takes the opportunity to empty the magazine of her pistol on them. An enraged Paragon then charges toward the shattered window and assaults Kimbrianna.

The cyber ninjas go to help Paragon, and Kimbrianna tells The Mortals to take care of the cyber ninjas; that she's got Paragon. Paragon then moves the fight with Kimbrianna outside, rematching near the motel room.

As Joey, Ayo, and Scarlette prepare, Joey believes that Ayo should face whoever enters the room first and shouldn't take part without his armor. Ayo understands and agrees. They wait until the cyber ninjas get close to rush in to launch an attack. Together, Joey, Scarlette and Ayo fight back instead of facing one Cyber Ninja at a time.

The tight space of the motel room is giving The Mortals an advantage, as only a few cyber ninjas can go in.

Eventually, Joey and Tenebris are led outside to face the cyber ninjas, leaving Ayo inside.

Joey then closes the door, purposely putting his back against the wall, protecting the armorless Ayo, waiting for the cyber ninja to throw the first punch. Tenebris and Joey confront the approaching cyber ninjas and Rocky.

Joey uses his learned fighting skills from the facility, which include dodging the incoming punch while also grabbing it and throwing it against the wall with increased force, causing the cyber ninja's fist to be injured as a result. Then, Joey grabs him, knees him in the stomach, and tosses him aside. As more cyber ninjas approach, Joey is overpowered after being outnumbered by just two of them until he is saved by his friends and teammates. Joey is still on the ground when another Cyber Ninja attacks. Joey blocks an approaching blade from the right with a blade constructed from his liquid suit. He then grabs the leg of the left cyber ninja and sweeps him off his feet. Then, he grabs the cyber ninja whose blade is blocked by Joey and trips him over his leg, bringing both of them to the ground. He then viciously attacks the first the cyber ninja be brought down, causing the other to grab and hold him from behind. Then, Joey creates tendril spikes from his suit, killing the cyber ninja before resuming to take on the other opponent one on one.

Joey, exhausted, stays out of the fight and maintains his distance, feeling like a liability and helpless. Unfortunately, Maestro has regained his breath and strength and is currently approaching Joey with no distractions, that is, until Ayo forces him into battle while Joey is then forced to deal with Rocky instead.

In the midst of a battle with Revnnon, Kaliyah is pushed against a car and thrown to the ground by Revnnon. Revnnon puts her in a chokehold and attempts to absorb her energy, but Kaliyah takes her arms and flips Revnnon over her shoulder, sending Revnnon crashing to the ground on her back. While getting up, Revnnon draws out a knife. While they fight, Kaliyah does everything she can to defend herself as the furious battle continues throughout the parking lot of the motel. Revnnon begins wildly slashing at Kaliyah in an attempt to kill her. However, both quickly prove themselves almost equally matched in combat as neither could land a final hit against the other as a result of Revnnon's intense offensive martial arts experience and Kaliyah's speed and reflexes. Revnnon is still unable to land the deadly blow and is soon disarmed, forcing the pair to resort to hand to hand combat. As their battle escalates, Kaliyah manages to get some defensive blows in against Revnnon before kicking her up against a nearby parked car and attempting to finish the fight by landing a hard strike against her. Revnnon strikes back and Kaliyah finds that the longer the fight goes on, the more aggressive Revnnon becomes as she is seemingly incapable of allowing her target to live. Finally, Kaliyah manages to get behind Revnnon and shoot her in the back, rendering her incapacitated as she limps away from the battlefield in search of cover.

Nick arrives at the hotel and observes the conflict as he stops. Instinctively thinking of his daughter Kimbrianna, Nick runs over a few cyber ninjas and rushes to the motel, where he sees Kimbrianna and Paragon engaged in combat in the lobby, having moved from the exterior to the lobby. Nick arrives in a car while Paragon has Kimbrianna pinned, surprising Paragon with his presence and giving Kimbrianna the advantage. As Nick aims a pistol at her, Paragon aims back and suddenly Nick is hit with a noticeable transparent energy blast that doesn't project from her gauntlet, but disperses in front of Nick's chest, knocking him back. She resumes her fight with Kimbrianna and defeats her. Kimbrianna is once again bruised up, but she was able to charge Paragon's gauntlets with electricity. Paragon is about to fire a fatal shot from her gauntlet, but the electric charge that Kimbrianna injected into her gauntlets remains. The explosion of the gauntlets causes Paragon's arm to flip upwards and shoot upwards, causing the ceiling to collapse. Paragon is rendered unconscious by the explosion. Kimbrianna uses all of her strength to prevent Nick and herself from being crushed by the building.

In Joey's situation, Rocky is relentlessly attacking, forcing him to move backwards and do everything possible to defend himself. Knowing he'll be fine and that he wouldn't be in this situation if it weren't for his abilities, Joey attacks with ignorance because of his ability to heal right away, getting stabbed by Rocky and then disarming him. Rocky ducks, evading an aggressive and frustrated hook punch from Joey, and rolls to retrieve his blade before returning to the blade fight and inflicting numerous cuts on Joey, which do nothing because of his healing capabilities. In the intensity and heat of battle, Joey accidentally slashes Rocky in the chest and then, getting rid of the blade, knocks Rocky out with increased density in his fists. Joey then quickly begins assisting Tenebris against the small legion of Cyber Ninjas by transforming into water and slipping back into his glasses when reappearing behind each Cyber Ninja, eliminating them.

Ayo and Maestro are currently locked in a stalemate, but Maestro appears to be more skilled, as it appears that it's only a matter of time before he gains the upper hand even though Ayo is trying to take advantage of the damage Joey did to Maestro's armor, despite Ayo not having armor himself. Tenebris, out of nowhere, then suddenly punches Maestro in the face, cracking his helmet and stunning him.

Monica's team, many other agents and cops then arrive, responding to a call from the other motel guests. Revnnon escapes the battlefield, looks back and leaves the area. Joey, Tenebris and Kaliyah are taken into custody. Everyone, including the L.U.C.I. agents, are unaware of Kimbrianna and Nick's situation, while Ayo hides away and tries to escape, appearing as a random civilian.

### A Random Quest from Strange Sights and Visitors

Later, Joey, Kaliyah and Tenebris are interrogated by Monica, her team and their district captain at the L.U.C.I. precinct. Rocky and Maestro are in a separate interrogation room as numerous cyber ninjas are unmasked and arrested. Monica asks Joey about the situation, to which he responds by stating that they were attacked; ambushed. He informs them that these were the same individuals who attacked Nick's residence, which explains why they were staying at the motel. In addition, he informs them that these are the same individuals who worked with Ethan, Lonnie and Adrian, all of whom they have arrested in the past, as well as the previously injured: Rocky and Maestro. Joey, attempting to maintain his innocence, claims that the shadowy organization may have discovered that he knew about them and knew they he had been feeding information about them to White Shadow, Tenebris, Kaliyah, Kimbrianna, Nick and L.U.C.I., and therefore may have attacked him for that reason.

At the same time, L.U.C.I. learns about the ship they detected earlier has arrived in the city. Vella, the alien Cosmic Assassin Queen, receives a translation of where she is landing so that she can communicate with the locals. Then, the citizens of the Dallas area see the enormous mothership, but are surprised when the power goes out in the entire city and Vella broadcasts a message through all electronics such as phones. The Mayor and Drakaina are watching it as well. Vella claims that there is a power in the city that she seeks, but she wishes to preserve peace while she does so.

**Next Episode**