Jared

The time had evidently come as I felt myself forced to consciousness by an unseen power. I was inside some sort of container. I removed the tubes that had previously kept me asleep and began concentrating. A moment later and the box burst from surrounding me as I altered it's chemical makeup and bonded it to my body. It was time to take my true form.

I was being escorted by several people with magic, but a few minutes later and they were all dead. I walked out of the area and headed back to Rachel, though it would be a long walk.

*In a new underground lair*

Deothanos was seated on a throne. Jeff appeared before him.

"You have bad news," Deothanos looked displeased. "What is it?"

"Jared has escaped," Jeff told him. Deothanos didn't like avoiding the point and that is why Jeff simply spat it out.

Deothanos slammed his fist into the throne, "How did this happen?"

"We don't know," Jeff assured. "We had given him enough sedative to kill an elephant."

Realization dawned and Deothanos smiled, "That brilliant underestimated Alex. Even in death he continues to fight me. He is the only one who would know, not only how to awaken him but where he would be during the transfer."

"Are you saying he told someone?" Jeff didn't understand.

"No you fool," He shook his head. "Alex may be dead but his spirit and his powers can cross back over because of the close connection he has to Jared, his twin brother."

"But they hated each other," Jeff said.

Deothanos smirked, "I'm afraid that doesn't matter, but for the record that was my doing."

Jeff may have understood slightly but didn't say anything.

"Anything else Jeff?" He asked.

"Yes my master," Jeff gulped. "The virus..." He paused.

"Well spit it out," Deothanos commanded.

"A few dozen containers of the unstable virus were stolen from the labs by unknown people," Jeff warned.

"By unstable you mean?"

"I mean they are designed to remove magic as much as possible from the first generation of infected by mostly to affect the second generation and remove it completely. The overall design allows it to keep the increased speed and strength and so it would make the perfect workers." Jeff explained.

"But?"

"But they have not yet been calmed down, they mutate every few minutes, who knows what would happen if this got out into the public," Jeff exclaimed. "We have to stop this."

"You work on that Jeff," Deothanos agreed. "But first it's time to move my plans ahead of schedule. I need my enemies destroyed so I can concentrate on this virus."

"It will be done."