The sun was shining and a calm breeze blew through the air of Pikor, a small town in RaptorLand. The citizens all kept a close relationship with each other, mainly by not letting the town grow out of control through intense industrialization. The conservativeness created an overall feeling of tranquility and peace. A woman and her son moved through the town’s central square. “Oh, did you remember to pick up the tomatoes for the soup, Brian?” the woman asked. “Yeah, mom,” the 15 year old boy replied. He picked three ripe tomatoes out of his bag and showed them to her. She smiled. Brian Margerson led a fairly typical life. Only he and his mother lived in their small apartment on the outskirts of the town. Brian’s father had passed away when he was a little boy. After shopping, Brian and his mom went back to their apartment. Another boy was waiting there for them. “Brian!” he called out. “What’s up, Chase?” Brian greeted. “Not much,” Chase replied, “Just seeing if you wanted to go shoot some hoops with the guys.” “Mom?” Brian asked. “Sure, go ahead,” Brian’s mom said, “Just be back in time for supper.” “Okay,” Brian said. He left his mother and went with Chase. “So, how’s the day been so far?” Chase asked. “Boring,” Brian answered, “Just shopping with my mom.” “Fun,” Chase commented. They walked through Rasberry Park to get to the basketball courts. “Man, don’t you wish this town could have more stuff going on sometimes?” Chase complained. Brian shrugged and said, “I guess it could be a little livelier, but the way it is now is kind of peaceful.” “I guess,” Chase said, “But still, I’d love to go live in a big city like Eggerton or better yet, Fourside.” “Fourside’s all the way in Eagleland,” Brian said. “I know,” Chase said, “But I’d still like to go there.” “Just to try and find those four people I bet,” Brian commented. “Well, that would be just an added bonus,” Chase said, “From what my older brother said, they were really the coolest kids back in their day.” “Saving the world gets you a lot of coolness points I guess,” Brian said. “You don’t seem to care that much,” Chase realized. “Well, it’s just some important part of history,” Brian said, “Yeah it was real important but so were other things. I mean, we weren’t even alive when it happened.” “Man and I’d think you would want to at least meet them more than anyone with those powers of yours.” “Shut up!” Brian hissed. Chase backed down. “Sorry,” he mumbled, “I guess I did say that kind of loud.” Brian looked around, but he didn’t see anyone staring at them so he figured nobody heard. “It’s cool,” Brian said, “I just… don’t really want to be public about it.” “I get that,” Chase said. Brian had first realized his psychic powers when he was a little boy. It was shortly after his father had passed away. He was sitting in the backyard playing with his toys when suddenly one of them caught on fire. His mother had blamed it on the strong sun that day but when Brian accidentally cooked a frozen steak, they realized there was a lot more to it than that. Since then, Brian had gone off on his own in the forest near Pikor to work with his new powers and see if he could develop them. He was able to execute a perfect PSI Fire Alpha. He has suspected he can do a PSI Fire Beta but has not tried for fear that he may burn something down. Along with his fire powers, Brian could also summon the power of lightning with PSI Thunder Alpha, and he was able to heal things and absorb any nearby psychic power with PSI Magnet Alpha. He has only shared his gift with his best friend, Chase, after years of keeping it a secret. Chase has been loyal to Brian and hasn’t said a word to anybody. Brian just always feared that his powers may make him an outcast, even though he knows some may appreciate it seeing as three of the four legendary heroes also had PSI powers. As Brian thought about his years of developing his powers, he and Chase arrived at the basketball courts. “Hey, where’s everyone going?” Chase called out noticing everyone running off. “Didn’t you hear it?” one boy asked. “Hear what?” Chase asked. “There was some loud screeching sound coming from the mountains,” he informed him, “Everyone’s going to see if there’s something going on over there.” “Weird,” Chase said, “Wanna check it out, Brian?” Brian was about to answer when suddenly he felt a strange feeling inside of him. He had never felt it before but it drew his attention towards the center of town. He stared in that direction and wondered what this feeling meant. “Hello?” Chase called, “Earth to Brian?” “Sorry,” Brian said, “Sure, let’s go check it out.” “Cool,” Chase said. They took off after the rest of the guys. Brian quickly glanced back towards the center of town and then ran after Chase.

The fruit market manager loaded up his truck with bushels of apples. He heard footsteps heavily approaching. He turned around and saw two men standing there staring at him. “Sorry, guys,” he said, “We’re closing early today.” He continued to load up his truck. The two men walked towards him and stood next to him. He stopped and looked at them again. “Look, we’ll be open again tomorrow,” he explained, “You can always come back then.” “Weak,” one of the men said. “Excuse me?” the manager asked. “Yes,” the other man replied, “He said that most of them were. We don’t have to expect any serious opposition in our mission.” “Good,” the first man said. “What are you two talking about?” the manager demanded. Without warning, the first man grabbed the manager by the shirt. “HEY!” the manager shouted, “Get your hands off me, you…” He glanced at the man’s hand. He saw a glimpse of some metal. “What...” he murmured, “Who are you?” The first man replied by throwing the manager into the door of the store. The glass shattered as the manager sailed into his store and crashed into a table full of peaches. The peaches rolled across the floor and out to the two men. One picked his foot up and stomped on the peach. “Subject terminated,” he remarked. The two men continued on their way.

Meanwhile, in the now flourishing city of Onett…

A small house in the heart of town was shaken by a terrible scream. “Honey! What is it?” A woman with long, blonde hair got out of bed and nervously walked into the bathroom. She splashed some cold water on her face and took a deep breath. A man came in after her. “Paula?” he asked, “What is it?” “I’m not sure, Ness,” Paula said, “But I had a very disturbing vision in my dream.” “Well, I can’t say I’m glad to hear something like that,” Ness said nervously, “The last time you had a bad dream the world was plunged into a fierce war.” “I know,” Paula said. “What did you see?” Ness asked. “I’m not exactly sure,” Paula admitted, “I saw a lot of people, and what looked like flashes of metal, and then nothing… Just darkness. Empty darkness. I’m not sure what it could mean.” “Mommy?” a small voice called out. Paula looked past Ness and saw a little boy walking in, rubbing his eyes. “Oh, I’m sorry, Christian,” she said, “Did I wake you?” “I heard a scream,” their six year old child replied. “Mommy just had a bad dream,” Paula said, “It’s nothing to worry about.” She exchanged a nervous glance with Ness as they both hoped that it really wasn’t anything to worry about.

Fourside… The largest city in Eagleland. Since Giygas’ defeat, the city has grown even more thanks to a generous donation made by Gelgerade Monotoli 15 years ago. Monotoli’s company was downsized and its focus was turned more towards bettering the city and the world.

“Good morning, Miss Monotoli,” the elevator attendant greeted. “Morning,” a young girl replied. “Going out for an early morning stroll before school?” the attendant asked. “Something like that,” the girl replied shortly. The elevator reached the first floor and the girl stepped off and headed out into the city. “Kayla!” a boy called. “Hey, Michael,” Kayla said with a smile, “How’s it going?” “Pretty good,” Michael said. Kayla Monotoli was 14 years old and the only child of her parents, Lydia and Jerry Monotoli. Her grandfather was Gelgerade Monotoli, famous for his sudden rise to power 20 years ago and how it was all a fraud, but luckily he helped rebuild the reputation of his family. Kayla and Michael walked down the street. “Hey,” Michael said, “I forgot to put my water in the fridge last night so it’s warm. Do you think you could…?” He held out his bottle of water. Kayla smiled. She held her hand out towards the bottle and closed her eyes. A freezing mist came out of her hand and chilled the bottle. She brought her hand away before it froze it. “Awesome,” Michael said, “Thanks.” “You probably left your bottle out on purpose,” Kayla said, “Just so you can see me do that.” “Hey, can’t help it if you’re way past cool,” Michael replied. Kayla laughed, “I guess you could put it that way. My parents are sort of freaked about it though, but our PR person says it could be good for business if a member of the great Monotoli family shares the same gift as the legends.” “It’s still so cool to think that your grandfather actually met them.” “He kidnapped that girl Paula is what he did,” Kayla said with a laugh. “Even better!” Michael exclaimed. “He would have been forced out of the city if he didn’t donate all that money,” Kayla commented. “You don’t think he had done any of that stuff on purpose, do you?” “No,” Kayla said, “He had little choice in the matter from what I’ve heard.” She lowered her voice, “There’s not much I can say, but to keep it simple there was some other force at work in Fourside at the time and it pretty much forced my grandfather into complying with its wishes.” “Wicked,” Michael said, “I wonder what it would have been like to live through those times.” “I’d rather take the way things are nowadays,” Kayla said, “I don’t think I would have really enjoyed it much.” Michael suddenly stopped. “What is that?” he asked and pointed to two cloaked figures hurrying down the opposite street. “Drug dealers probably,” Kayla commented. “No,” Michael said, “I saw something… different.” He began to follow them. “Michael!” Kayla hissed, “We need to get to school.” “School can wait,” he answered, “I want to see what they’re up to.” He took off after the two figures and Kayla reluctantly followed. They tracked them for ten blocks until the figures came to a halt and rushed into an old building. “That’s the old Jackie’s Café,” Michael said, “But that place has been shut down for years. I wonder what they’re doing in there?” “They probably are drug dealers,” Kayla said, “And what better place to use to do their business?” Michael walked up to the window. “Michael!” Kayla hissed. Michael peered inside. “Weird,” he said. “What is it?” Kayla asked. “There’s nobody inside,” Michael said. “How could that be?” Kayla wondered aloud. “I don’t know,” Michael said. He went to the door and opened it. Kayla walked up beside him and looked in. Just like Michael said, the place was abandoned. They slowly walked in and looked around. The tables and chairs were covered with dust. Cobwebs were in the corners of the walls. Michael walked over to the bar and looked around. “How could they just vanish like that?” he wondered, “There’s only one way out.” “Who knows,” Kayla said, disgusted, “But let’s just go. We’re going to be late for school.” “INTRUDERS!” a shrill voice shrieked. Kayla and Michael spun around and looked. A large, green monster with multiple legs and two long tentacles stood before them, hissing. Kayla let out a scream. “Fools!” came another voice. A man appeared and rushed towards Kayla. “Don’t you touch her!” Michael yelled. He grabbed a chair and swung with all his might. It broke against the man’s arm and he fell back. The green monster jumped back in surprise. The man quickly stood back up. “That wasn’t very nice,” he said. He advanced towards Michael and raised a menacing hand. “PSI Freeze Alpha!” Kayla shouted. A burst of freezing mist shot towards the man. He gasped in surprise and jumped out of the way just in time to avoid the blast. The mist hit a bar stool and froze it upon impact. “How interesting,” he commented, “You know the art of PSI.” Kayla took a nervous step backwards. The man took a step towards her. “Well, you know what they say. Fight fire with fire.” He raised his hand. Michael leapt at him. “Wait your turn!” the man yelled. He caught Michael in mid-air and hurled him across the room. Michael hit the wall. He cried out in pain and fell to the floor. “Michael!” Kayla gasped. She ran towards him. “Shield Gamma!” the man yelled. Kayla hit something in the air and fell backwards. “I think you need to only worry about yourself,” he said. “We’re wasting time, Georg,” the green monster said. “Oh, have a little patience, Elder Mook,” Georg replied, “It’s been years since I encountered a PSI wielder.” “No…” came a deep, hollow voice, “This ends now…” Georg spun around. Kayla looked towards the wall and gasped when it suddenly opened up. A tall, golden statue floated into the room. Kayla’s heart raced as she slowly stood up. “You’re not supposed to let any human see you!” Georg snapped. “I felt the PSI power,” the statue replied, “I had to see… and now I do. She’s no threat at all.” “But you still should not be seen!” Georg insisted. “Do not worry about that,” the statue said, “It will soon be rectified.” With that, it began to glow immensely until an intense bright light radiated from it. Kayla screamed as the force of the light threw her backwards and out the door. She sailed across the street and hit the ground hard. “Bring the boy,” she heard Georg say before she lost consciousness.