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Watts eyed Belladonna for a moment, before nodding at her. She was the only one of them who was still a child, really. The subtle implication of her words - that she must have spent time in camps like these - broke his heart. Being a parent made him a more empathetic person. Belladonna was someone's child. He couldn't imagine - he didn't even dare to think of - Leda and Stephen being stuck in some horrid place like this, yearning for scraps of food. For a brief second, he could understand why Longshot kept on trying to help and save these people. But it faded as quickly as it came, replaced with irritation and annoyance that their guide wasn't even that great at getting out of Mojo's kingdom and staying out.

They had named Stephen after his maternal grandfather. Leda, however, had been named after a spartan queen. The myth ran that she had been seduced by Zeus in the form of a swan. She gave birth to his daughter, the most beautiful woman in the world who would spark the Trojan War. That name had been his wife's idea. Watts had wanted to call his daughter Penelope after his own mother. With a shudder, Watts realized he had been getting misty eyed, thinking about his children and he needed to refocus on the present. "The last time you escaped, how long until they came here?" Watts asked. He didn't care that Longshot had been captured three days ago. He wanted to know how long it took Mojo to come look here in the first place. It didn't make sense to him that this wouldn't be the first place Mojo would check.

Arthur decided to help with establishing a perimeter. He found it touching, Elara's insistence that they could inspire these people and lead them against Mojo. However, he wasn't certain if it would work. Rebellions were great ideas, yet they just didn't seem to happen all that often. He followed the directions that Longshot had indicated, heading to one of the lookout perches. His eyes were rather sharp - they had to be, as he was an archer.

He scrambled up the ladder and made his way out onto the open perch. Unfortunately, he didn't see much of anything at all. It just set him more on edge. What if Mojo was cloaking himself, deceiving their senses? What could they do? And when would Spiral show?

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It brought a lot of memories back. Both good and bad. Bella wasn't one to reminisce really. Her past defined her, but it was her that made the decisions that paved her future. Camps like this were an unfortunate part of life. People would look at them with pity, anger, sadness. Some would offer help and aid, an attempt to get these people out of this place, into homes, trying to find them jobs, only to realize that they were better off back at the camp, surrounded by people who accepted them and didn't try to "fix" them. Or there was the other side, the ones fighting to shut this down, to send these people scattering elsewhere, into deeper holes, into jails and prisons, and more often than not, into early graves.

She remembered a time she was close to 13 when she hung around. Being a young girl going through her own shit, surrounded by people, it toughened her up more than anything. There was danger, but it was also what made her live.

She didn't much pity Longshot, but she could see where these people, at least, deserved help. She could feel eyes on her and watched Watts glance at her. He was a father, she remembered. He had to be going through a lot. Out of everyone here, Watts was the one person she didn't mind being around.

She scanned the perimeter, following her own path to determine if they would be safe. She would defend these people as best she could, even in her current body.

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"Last time it took him three days or so to come around here. Pretty sure he's in no rush to catch people... He essentially in his mind has all the time in the world," Longshot answered Watts question, before turning to look towards Elara and Evelyn. "Why do you think I'm still here? I try to get them to fight back, but it usually ends poorly, typically us getting caught by Mojo yet again. It's a never ending cycle. I've tried to get them to a ship to take them to Earth too, but that ends just as badly. Most of them aren't fighters, or anything like that. And Mojo doesn't consider this group "his people" the group that he rules over. Things aren't the best here for humans and never has been."

"...That kind of sucks, and horrible," Andrew commented, shaking his head slightly. That was not a good thing, that much he did know. If Longshot, someone these people knew and probably trusted, had a hard time getting these people off world, then what chance did they have at doing the exact same thing? He wasn't even too sure if they could even get a few of them to head off world with them. They weren't even a hundred percent sure how they were going to get back to Earth at this point.

"I'm gonna see what else is around here," Sapphire commented, before wandering away from the others who were still there. Surprisingly there were quite a few different vantage points where one could see everything that was going on. She ended up heading up to one of the little perches, glancing out in the area around her to see if she could spot anything of note, but she didn't see anything within sight that could potentially cause them any sort of problems.

"It also is very difficult to slip anything past Mojo, he sees just about everything that occurs on this planet, though he doesn't actually have eyes in this part of the city. Usually due to the fact that he actually wants it to be a surprise what sort of resistance his soldiers face when he sends them here," a familiar voice spoke out loud, as a figure stepped out of the shadows, revealing Spiral.

"I wasn't expecting you to pop up so soon..."

"Yes well Mojo is already somewhat getting bored with the chase. So you might actually have a slight reprieve from him chasing after you, well, more of actively looking. If his soldiers see you they are required to try and apprehend you. Hello there Longshot, it has been a while," she responded, turning to look towards him.

"Yeah well, you tend to be Mojo's right hand woman and I'm kind of stuck in this place for the most part, so that's kind of understandable."

"True, that is very true... Anyway you all are probably wondering how you can get off world. Unfortunately I can't easily send you back the way you were brought here, considering the fact that Mojo has access to magic in some ways and could intercept the portal if he saw I was creating one off world without his permission. As for the problem given the fact that you are all trapped as young children... That is a bit of a problem considering he used technology to accomplish that. Getting back to the machine to reverse the process would not be an easy feat, however I can get you there. Getting out would be the problem. Though if you do not wish to do that, which mind you would probably be a bit quicker, I'm working on a way to reverse it by using magic, just might take me a little bit since otherwise if I fail at it you all could either be aged younger or turned into the elderly. Neither of which I take it would be a good thing. I also figured out what happened to the rest of the Sisterhood. They are here on Mojoworld, though I'm not entirely sure where."

"Guessing there is a really long story regarding all of this?"

"Yes, though there is most certainly not enough time to explain it. I'll tell you the story later."

As for those keeping an eye out on the perimeter, Arthur wouldn't see anything that would be concerning, however he'd be able to hear Spiral's voice back where the others were, and the same with Belladonna. Casey would be able to see the ship as it seemed to get somewhat closer to where they were, but luckily for them, it didn't seem to be constantly heading in their direction. So it shouldn't be too alarming, and just like the other two, she'd also be able to hear Spiral.

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Evelyn listened to Longshot as he started to answer her and Elara's questions, and shook her head slightly of course the people didn't really want to fight back, they were either to scared to stand up for themselves or they were content with the way they were right now. Which she couldn't really tell which right now. Sometimes you couldn't help everyone really unless they actually really did want the help as well, looking over at Longshot for a moment. "Then why don't we just go after him ourselves?" Evelyn asked, they all were capable in a fight even if they couldn't get help from the locals.

A few seconds later she heard Spiral's familiar voice and turned around to look at the woman as she came out of the shadows and approached them. And of course she dangled the promise further away from them again letting out a little bit of an annoyed sigh crossing her arms over her chest. "So we still have to do a little bit more work, lovely." Evelyn said shaking her head slightly she wanted to get back to her adult body as soon as possible. Though the mentioning of the Sisterhood being here just like they were she hoped that they were dealing with the same issue that they were right now.

Casey turned her head slightly looking back over where the others were as she could overhear Spiral who had finally made her appearance again. She was a little bit irritated that they couldn't be turned back to their adult bodies again, but she remained quiet for the most part turning her attention back towards the scenery before her. Seeing the ship getting closer now but it didn't seem to be actively searching for them which was probably a good thing as well.

Casey decided to make her way back towards the others, and tell them what she had found the ship in the distance was a little bit concerning but didn't look like it was a threat currently. "I saw a ship nearby looking like it's getting closer but looks like it isn't actively searching or anything right now." Casey said while looking over at Spiral once more, still not trusting the woman at all right now but she made her appearance again.

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Watts shook his head slightly, infuriated that someone without any work ethic at all had been the one to capture them and turn them into children. It made it all the more insulting. If Mojo was in no rush to capture them, maybe he was thinking of some way to turn this into a television program as well - tonight only at ABC Central, the wonder kids run loose in Mojoworld! Longshot's fatalistic viewpoint on the never ending cycle was heartbreaking. However, that didn't stop Watts from making a bit of an ass of himself with his next suggestion - "Why not give up then? The only way to break the cycle is to try something different. You can't save them, so save yourself."

Spiral finally decided to make an appearance. Watts frowned deeply as she explained their choices. She didn't really have a way to get them out of Mojoworld at the moment. She could potentially have a magical remedy for their smallness - or they could go back and use Mojo's machine to fix it. Andrew was better off as a small child from what he figured, but the rest of them weren't. How could Watts be a good father to his children if he was stuck as a pipsqueak? And lastly, the people responsible for all of this in his opinion, the Sisterhood, were somewhere on Mojoworld. Casey came back, reporting a ship was nearby. "What if we offered Mojo a trade? We apprehend the Sisterhood and give them over to him, in exchange for us - minus Andrew - being made adults again and sent back to Earth." He didn't care if Mojo tortured the Sisterhood by making them his playthings. They deserved it.

Arthur hadn't seen much of anything from his perch, yet he was able to hear the conversation the others were having. The news that the Sisterhood were here, alive, made his blood boil. He hated Watts' suggestion of trading them with Mojo. The Sisterhood needed to burn in hell and suffer for their crimes... Arthur didn't want to show them even a single ounce of mercy. "Like hell are we letting the Sisterhood live," Arthur growled, rejoining the others. "They have failed this world - our world - and they deserve to rot in hell for that."

"I say we get to that machine, break out, and then go kill some Sisterhood scum," he said bluntly. He didn't care if it was beyond the appetite of those present. He had a chance again to avenge his father's death - a chance to write some wrongs and cross these names off of the List once and for all. If the others weren't going to help him, it didn't matter. He could kill the Sisterhood without their help, he was certain of it.

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Bella scanned the perimeter, keeping fresh eyes out for any danger. It was weird how protective she felt over a bunch of people she had never met. Even in her current state, she would take on anyone who wished these people harm. She was around this age too when it happened. Being a young girl in a hobo camp was often a danger in and of itself, but there were good people there too. She remembered this one woman who everyone thought was crazy. It turned out she just hated people in general and acted that way to be left alone. But she took care of Bella when no one else did.

So when she was murdered. Bella found out who did it and...

She was taken back to the present when she heard Spiral's voice. She returned to the others quickly, hearing everyone's take on the situation. "I'm down to take on the Sisterhood." She had been wanting to put her sword through them anyway and this only served her purpose more. The ship was also concerning, but if it wasn't actively targeting them it was best to leave it alone for now. Stirring up trouble for these people was not something she wanted to do.

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"Because I can't just leave these people, especially knowing what goes on around here. Not much I can do, but me being here and sometimes getting in the way of Mojo's people results in them more of focusing on catching me as opposed to them, I know, not ideal, but it helps them out a little bit, since I still can't get them out of here."

"Wait a minute, why would you want me still stuck as a kid?" Andrew asked Watts instantly, clearly confused by the entire thing. Since in his mind he was stuck as a kid too from what the others told him, so why would Watts want to keep him as a kid or whatever instead of an adult like he was supposed to be?

"Mojo won't accept that, if you went straight up to him odds are that you would end up caught and then stuck in a show with the Sisterhood as your enemies. However I can track the Sisterhood down to have you find them if you want to deal with them. What you do about them is your own choice, however since they are all still adults I suggest that you try to get to that machine unless you are fine waiting around for a few hours to potentially a few days as I create a magical solution."

"I'm all for the not waiting around and doing nothing. Since that sounds incredibly boring. Let's get back to normal, catch the Sisterhood and get the hell out of here!" Sapphire blurted out, all for getting off of the weird planet and back to Earth. "Seems like going to the machine would be the quickest way to solve our problems. Spiral, you mentioned getting in would be easier then getting out, but I mean, we'd be adults again and probably have an easier time fighting our way out if need be."

"That is true, but where the machine is isn't exactly a walk in the park to get to."

"Well, if I had to guess it's probably in his main headquarters, where he lives and where he controls everything revolving around his twisted TV shows," Longshot added, and Spiral nodded her head in agreement.

"Yes, it is, but luckily it isn't in the main central chamber where Mojo lives, but rather in one of the other rooms off of it. It would be easy to get in, I can simply transport you there. Unfortunately the entire building can tell when people enter, and how many at any given time, even if you are transported there by magic."

"...So there likely would be a lot of resistance regarding everything if we went there."

"Yes, Mojo's soldiers would be there within minutes."

"So... We could either right now go after the Sisterhood before actually becoming adults again and probably make fun of them if we take them out while being little kids, or we could go break into Mojo's place, get back to being adults and probably beat Mojo, then go after the Sisterhood... Either option does not sound like fun, but eh, whatever."

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Evelyn leaned herself up against a nearby wall as she listened to them as they all spoke, she looked over at Arthur who snapped a little bit wanting to kill the Sisterhood. She could understand wanting them all dead for everything that they have done, but if they left him trapped here as well then they wouldn't really have to deal with them and they'd have to deal with Mojo himself. "Id say leave them here and they can deal with mojo, to me being forced to star in one of his demented TV shows would be a fate worse than death with no way to get out." Evelyn said shrugging a little bit.

"But I am also fine with going after them anyway, but as an adult i'm not doing this as a kid." Evelyn told the others as she thought of a way to try and distract the guards while they try, and go for the machine to turn them back to normal looking over at Spiral and Longshot. "Could we make a distraction for the guards to go to another part of the building while we sneak in and get back to normal from the machine that way we have less interference?" She asked, hoping that the plan would work at least.

Casey listened in on the plan, she did like Evelyn's idea of causing a distraction of some kind while they could get in and use the machine to get them back to normal. "I think it could work maybe if someone provides a distraction of some kind to trick the guards." Casey said, and she really did want to take out The Sisterhood as soon as possible to.

And she didn't want to do it as a child either. Casey looked at Watts she wouldn't have minded if they could trade places with The Sisterhood and force them to stay here and have them do Mojo's bidding would be kind of entertaining as well. But Mojo would be smarter than that as well, as Spiral explained that he wouldn't do the deal either which was a little bit more than annoying.

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Arthur didn't relax at all, even as Belladonna agreed that taking down the Sisterhood was needed. Sapphire was in agreement as well, although Evelyn suggested just leaving them here to rot and Arthur's eye twitched. His father had been murdered. He didn't get a chance to live, a chance to escape and achieve happiness. The thread of his life had been cut short, his story left incomplete - so he was going to ensure that the very same thing happened to the Sisterhood. Blood demanded blood. This was the only reason Arthur had fought so hard on Krakoa, in order to ensure that vengeance was achieved.

"They have to die!" Arthur snapped. "It's not right that they would get to live out their days here while their victims are six feet under, robbed of their lives." At the very least, he agreed with Evelyn that they needed to do this as adults. They stood a far greater chance of subduing the Sisterhood if they were back to normal, rather than limited by these tiny, weak bodies. "Let's go to the machine, become adults again, and go. Enough talking. Let's move already," he complained.

All of the sudden, hunger pangs overtook Watts. He had been using the speed serum so often in the last... how long had it been? A day? A week? A month? More? He couldn't tell anymore. At any rate, his stomach felt like it was about to devour itself. He looked around quickly for something to eat, in order to regain his energy and feed his needy stomach, spying a box of graham crackers. He rushed on over and opened them up, shoveling the crackers into his mouth and swallowing as fast as he could. Speedsters had awful metabolisms in order to support their massive energy expenditures.

"You suffered severe brain damage. If you are aged to an adult again, I'm afraid that your brain wouldn't heal properly. You might be stuck in a coma," Watts explained to Andrew with a sigh. He knew well enough that the kid wasn't going to stop pestering him. "As for the plan... it's simple. Spiral can transport us into the facility. She can also transport a series of well placed bombs to serve as distractions for the guards. Magic isn't an issue with getting things in, it is with getting things out, and luckily, I'm a genius and can make a few bombs with just a few spare parts."

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Bella was all for tackling the Sisterhood immediately. It didn't matter if she was in her child's body or not. She could take them on easily, but it was the others that she was concerned about. Especially Arthur, who was vehement in his regard to them. She wasn't opposed to killing them, but he took it a step beyond. That anger, she recognized. It was what fueled her when she first started, when she first took a life. Now, it was settled.

She was also concerned about the people here. The innocents who didn't deserve the life fate dished out for them. "I suggest we tackle the problem immediately. The sooner we do, the sooner the problem gets solved. Whether I am in this body or not, I can do what needs to be done." That moment sunk in, that as a child she was a killer, trained to be one and deprived of a childhood. Did she miss it? No. But then again, what did she have to compare it to?

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"We can't just leave them here, honestly, since remember if we escaped from Mojo, whose to say that they won't either? No it's better to catch them if you ask me, since then they won't cause trouble here and we can deal with them ourselves," Sapphire responded to the comment from Evelyn and the outburst from Arthur. She wasn't going to flat out go against killing them since that likely was going to cause more arguing and fighting, but she was against killing them no matter what. If she had to stop Arthur from flat out killing them then she was going to.

Andrew gave Watts a bit of a weird look. "...I mean, if I'm not even supposed to be conscious or something, then what's wrong with just putting things back the way they are supposed to be? Not to mention if I'm supposed to be an adult, then I don't want to get stuck as a kid or something. Since that would essentially take away like, 20 years of my life that I'd have to live again, even if I don't fully remember it."

"Explosives would serve as a decent diversion to lure them away from your location." Spiral commented to Watts.

"Not sure if you can find anything around here that would be useful in making them, but be my guest if you want to see what you can find to create them. Anything you find you are welcome to use."

"Calm down a little bit, we can't just go racing in without a plan, seriously, you need to calm down a little bit there," Sapphire said, looking over at Arthur now, "Look, I get it, you really want to take them down already, but you can't take them down if we're all dead!" It was a bit annoying that he thought it was going to be so easy or something. "Didn't you hear her? We'd be essentially attacked by an army or something in minutes, so we have to be careful!"

"I can help make the explosives too or something," Andrew offered somewhat, looking around at the others. Despite the way Watts somewhat was treating him, he did actually know a lot of things, just not all of them typically memories. Just random knowledge facts and how to build things revolving around electronics and engineering. He knew what he was doing, partially anyway, so odds were he wouldn't accidentally blow himself up.

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Evelyn turned to look at Arthur who snapped at her demanding vengeance for whatever the Sisterhood had done to him, she wasn't sure what his history was with them in the first place, she knew everyone else on the team but Arthur just came out of nowhere when they entered the Sisterhood Base. "What is your personal vendetta against them anyway? Not disagreeing with you they have done some very bad things that much if obvious, but what did they do to you?" Evelyn asked, it was something that she thought would be useful and could try and understand him as well.

"Alright then, we make some bombs and set them off, how many do you think would be needed?" Evelyn asked looking at Spiral and Longshot since they have been here longer then they have and probably had a better layout of the facility that the device that could change them back. Evelyn stared at Watts and then Andrew, she didn't like the idea of having Andrew remain as a kid forever that much she knew as well and he didn't want to spend another couple of years redoing pretty much everything. "I'm with Andrew he should also get back to normal, it is ultimately his life and his choice to." Evelyn told him.

Casey listened in as she looked over at the others, before raising her hand. "I am good with explosives as well." Casey said, though she had been mostly used as a weapon for the corporation that saved her life before joining Serval. Casey was good at causing the most damage as possible, and she was pretty good with weapons as well.

She watched as Watts went over and started to chow down on some food that was on a nearby table she wasn't sure why he was suddenly so hungry, she hadn't eaten much either from what she remembered as well but she wasn't hungry at the moment. She wanted to take out the Sisterhood just as much as the rest of them as well to.

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Watts' left eye twitched, hearing Andrew say that being trapped in a coma was just the way things were supposed to be. He refused to accept that. They had a workable solution to the Andrew Problem - just allow him to age normally as a boy, going through puberty and life again without the risk of death due to what the Sisterhood had done to him. "You don't remember your life. Your brain injuries were extensive. Unless we can have a guarantee that aging you to an adult again won't place you in a coma, then you'll have to deal with it and grow up like every other child. I'll adopt you and school you." His hands were shaking with rage and Watts desperately wanted to throw something at Andrew out of anger - and then Evelyn since she agreed with him.

"Evelyn he won't GET BACK TO NORMAL! IF WE TURN HIM BACK INTO AN ADULT, WE MIGHT AS WELL SAVE THE FUCKING ELECTRICITY AND PUT A BULLET IN HIS SKULL!" Watts snapped. His body started to vibrate quickly. He hadn't taken another hit of the speed serum, but there was still some left in his body and Watts' image blurred. He couldn't believe how everyone was just okay with the lunacy of this idea. They had done all of this to get Andrew back, they had mourned and grieved for him, and now they were just going to give up and let a coma snuff out the Cupcake Eater?

Arthur was staying out of the fight between the two other boys. One, he didn't really want to get involved. Two, Evelyn had asked him a question and Sapphire was accusing him of being stupid. He knew that they had to be careful. Unlike Watts however, Arthur's method of expressing anger wasn't to blow up and scream. No, he preferred to settle things with his fists. "My father was Harrison Snow," Arthur answered, his voice rough yet steady. "The Sisterhood killed him and tried to kill me. I was marooned on a living island called Krakoa for years. I would have been better off dead. But I'm alive, and my father is dead, and they owe me a debt. They're going to die."

"Now, let's go." This group didn't strike him as the sort that used plans anyways, but they already had one - explosives could be set up to clear an escape for them. They already had several people volunteering to make them. Arthur wanted to get his real body back, he wanted to kill Madalyne Pyror and her goons, and he was finally going to put his father's spirit to rest.

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"Wait, you're telling me that Snow had a kid? Well that's news to me, but trust me, I get the whole wanting revenge thing, alright? So let's get going but no rushing in head first!"

"Perhaps instead of standing there arguing you actually see about constructing the explosives so that we can see about heading into Mojo's lair of sorts." Spiral commented, not really all too amused it sounded like by the arguing and yelling that was occurring around them.

Sapphire turned her attention towards Watts after his outburst, and rolled her eyes, "Watts, calm down alright? We can deal with that bridge when we come to it, but first we've got the need for things that blow up, so if you don't mind actual starting to work on the thing that you said you would do, that would be fantastic and we can get the hell out of here and figure the rest out on the way or something."

Andrew wasn't really paying attention much to what most of the others were saying, the words were more or less just swirling about in his mind. The one whose voice stood out the most was Watts, and he looked at him, his head was really starting to pound as he started remembering a few things (despite what Watts seemed to think) and what he remembered, well, it wasn't exactly a good thing. Actually, it was a pretty bad memory one could argue. "...If you cared about me, and it sounds like you kind of do or something... Then why the hell did it not pop up until after the damn splicer ended up exploding!" he snapped almost glaring really at Watts.

"I mean, it didn't seem to pop up until after you probably thought I was dead, so why does it matter? The thing exploded in my hand and I barely managed to fix things so I wasn't killed, but ended up getting stuck to maybe an inch tall from the whole thing, I did that, me. Why the hell should I listen to a word you say? You boss people around, it's what you do, but what happens if someone doesn't want to do what you ask? You can't exactly tell me what to do, I do know what I'm doing and I may not remember everything, but I do remember some things, so why don't you just leave me alone and let me make my own choices!" He started messing somewhat with the weapon that he had been handed before and started popping it apart, "I'm going to go do something useful and turn this into an explosive," he added, before he turned around and walked away from the group and started going through a few spare parts of scrap metal that there was lying around and found a spot to sit down as he dismantled the blaster.

"...I didn't expect that sort of reaction to come from him," Sapphire commented somewhat, not all too sure how Watts was going to feel about the entire outburst that just happened. It was really weird on so many different levels. "...So uh, anyone else have any ideas as to what we do once we get in there after the bombs go off, since it might be harder to get out or something as mentioned before..." she said, trying to change the subject or whatever. "Since if we have more of a plan, then we have a direction at least for when everything obviously decides to go to hell."

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Bella had already made the decision that the Sisterhood would perish, she didn't need convincing otherwise, but it was interesting that those with her had differing opinions. To think how life would be different if she hadn't been raised to kill without question. To have a "normal" upbringing, if one could call it that. She wasn't normal by any stretch of the word. Arthur made his opinion known and Bella could hardly blame him for wanting justice. Wasn't she the same?

Watts had made his opinion known also, screaming about how if thy aged Andrew up it was possible his brain injuries would catch up and be worse for him, but the alternative was also damning. Letting Andrew grow up normally meant that he would have to do it all over again, even if he didn't remember. Shouldn't that be a decision he made himself? She felt...something for Watts. Pity? Sadness? She wasn't quite sure, but she wanted to both shake him and hug him. And she was NOT a hugger.

Still, all would be for naught if they didn't do anything. "We'll have to use what we have at our disposal then. I suggest a frontal assault since the bombs would make our presence known if they aren't already prepared. I'll guard the rear, in any case." She was not a demolition expert. She would let the others tackle that. She would just stop anyone who tried to prevent them.

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Evelyn turned to stare at Watts as he suddenly turned and snapped at her, she didn't move really or show any emotion towards his outburst in front of her. Though she could see him shaking, it was ultimately Andrew's choice whether or not he wanted to remain as a child or go back to his original age before the explosion. "All i'll say is this, it's really Andrew's choice he is technically an adult just in a kids body." Evelyn said shaking her head slightly at Watts and sighed a little bit before she turned towards Arthur as he answered her question why he wanted the Sisterhood all dead.

As far as she knew Harrison Snow didn't have any kids, but then again she didn't really know him all that well either but now she did understand why he wanted to kill them all. She'd probably would have done the same as well if a group of people did end up killing her family and stranding her on a deserted island. Evelyn looked at Belladonna for a moment suggesting a frontal assault, it was a good idea in theory if they had more people, but they needed to play smarter though turning to Spiral. "Is there a way to blind him as it were without directly confronting him at first, if we can do that then taking him down would be easier if we had the element of surprise his eyes cant be everywhere completely at once."

Casey looked towards the other they were all more or less just arguing over and over again what to do with Andrew, though she felt it wasn't really her place to say anything about it, it was ultimately his choice whether or not to remain a kid or go back. She wasn't a medical professional at all really so if they changed him back Casey wasn't sure if that would hurt Andrew or not. She decided to go and do what she was good with and that was making some explosives.

Casey started to search around the hobo camp, her eyes focused on a nearby crate and opened it seeing all that you could ever want to make several bombs. Casey lifted it up and made her way back over towards Andrew and sat down next to him opening up the box to reveal what she had found and she started to get to work on the bomb making while occasionally looking back over towards the others while she worked.

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Arthur nodded curtly at Sapphire. "My mother was his CFO," he told her plainly. Harrison Snow had had an affair with the CFO of his company, something that comprised a great deal of the office gossip among the higher level executives. His mother's husband was unaware that Arthur wasn't his child, with only Snow, his mother, and an attorney aware of the fact. Arthur himself hadn't known when the Sisterhood tried to kill him, marooning him on the horrible island of Krakoa. It was only after he escaped that he found out his true parentage and how the Sisterhood had known - he had been written into Harrison Snow's will. With his father dead, Serval Industries was legally Arthur's - the only problem was that Arthur had been declared dead years ago.

Watts' eyes widened a bit, hearing Arthur's mention that his mother had been Harrison Snow's CFO. It was eerily similar to Watts' own childhood but in reverse. He too had been the product of an affair, only his father was the CFO of a weapons company and his mother was just a young intern. His step-dad, a news anchor in Seattle, had been more of a real dad to him than his birth father had ever been. Watts didn't say a word to Arthur however. He was about to go make explosives as Sapphire had strongly suggested, only for Andrew to explode at him in turn, accusing Watts of not actually caring about him.

His child's body betrayed him, as tears welled up in his eyes. "You think I didn't care about you?!" he screamed. "...You're right. Why would I care? Go blow yourself up to kingdom come, it doesn't matter. You just want to go back into a coma and die!" Watts snapped, before rushing off at superspeed. He worked as fast as he could, relying on several of his doctoral degrees as he constructed six bombs. The people here didn't want him around, that was fine. He had to make it back home. He had to be there for Stephen and Leda. They needed him - Serval didn't. He then sped back on over with the bombs, his eyes a bit red and his face was contorted by anger. "Here. Six bombs. If you blow yourself up, don't come crying to me about it. Spiral can transport these to where they need to go."

Arthur was contemplating what they could do. "The bombs will serve as a distraction. We don't need to worry about getting in - Spiral can get us to the machine directly. Once the bombs activate, they'll know we're in the building, so we want to have those bombs go off after we've used the machine. Spiral, how long will it be until Mojo notices we're using the machine? However long that is, that's when the bombs need to go off to draw his troops and create a diversion. From there, we stay in one group and fight our way on out to a rendez-vous point where Spiral can transport us away."

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"Well your story just got a bit more interesting," Sapphire couldn't help but comment, looking over at Arthur. The guy had just admitted to the fact that apparently Snow had an affair with someone else high up in the company, and that resulted in Arthur. Not to mention it made her wonder what exactly had happened, or why someone would want the guy dead, but then again, if you wanted to take over someone's company, then making sure that there were no surviving people who could potentially inherit it seemed pretty high on the list.

"If you are all done yelling and screaming at one another, then perhaps you might want to try preparing yourself, since now that I have all of the explosive devices I'm going to transport them in, and then transport the rest of you there," Spiral said as Andrew also handed over the explosive he had made, more or less ignoring the other people around him now. He was just staring at the ground and had his hands in his pockets at the moment.

"Sweet, I'm all for the whole getting back to normal thing as quickly as possible," Sapphire chimed in.

"I will catch up with you all soon once I transport you there, I need to ensure that Mojo does not arise suspicion of my aiding you. It will be simple enough, get to the machine quickly, I will see about transporting you directly to the room, and try to figure out how to use it properly," she continued, before all of the explosive devices suddenly vanished from where they were. Spiral focused for a moment, before a glint of purple appeared in her eyes, before she started moving her hands again. "The devices have been activated and set off, now quickly before your window disappears. As for how long it will take, you have about 30 minutes at most before he notices, as the explosions should disrupt his sensors for a while in order to allow you to enter, especially given your group's aptitude for making several explosives rather quickly. The number of them should help with the disruption."

With those last words, there was a flash of purple light, and the group would find themselves in a rather large room that luckily for them appeared to be empty for the moment. They'd be able to hear a few explosions coming from elsewhere in the building, and they seemed to be somewhat faraway. Within the room was a large machine of sorts in front of them, it seemed to have almost an enclosed chamber of sorts as a part of it, and there was a computer nearby that seemed to control the machine.

"Huh, wonder how this thing works," Andrew finally spoke up, going over to the computer and started trying to figure out how the thing worked.

"I suggest we figure out what to do quickly, since if what Spiral says is true, the explosives won't keep them from coming after us for very long. So here's the question, who wants to be the first guinea pig?"

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Arthur's story, as Sapphire had said, was more interesting. And it made sense as to just how deep his anger was. Bella could only agree with his point of view. She also understood Andrew's plight and how Watts was feeling. She wanted to ensure it would all be all right, but she couldn't promise that. There was danger in any plan. She only felt like it would all go downhill anyway so she may as well charge in headfirst and get it done quickly. Stealth had never really worked up until this point.

"I can go first. I'm expendable." She could use her powers to protect herself to an extent, but even then there was danger. But she wouldn't stand idly by anymore. She was done with all of this. "Just tell me what needs to be done and I'll do it. I'm tired of standing around and talking. Let's take action." She figured out of everyone, she stood just as likely a chance at completing this, even though she knew very little about explosives. They went boom and destroyed things easily and that was all she needed to consider.

Watts might not like it though. But Watts didn't have a choice in the matter. He would have to deal with it.

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"Step aside," Watts told Andrew curtly. Spiral had teleported them to the room containing Mojo's age manipulating contraption. He didn't wait for Andrew to move out of the way, refusing to even look at him. His eyes were still a bit red, from crying or maybe just from overuse of the speed serum. Watts cracked his knuckles before getting to work. Luckily, he had three doctorate degrees - bioengineering, mechanical engineering, and chemistry - so he made short work of figuring the machine out. "Belladonna, you are not going first," he then added as an aside.

Watts' fingers flew across the keyboard as he got the machine readied. He set it to activate once someone stepped inside of the chamber and Watts looked around the room, avoiding Andrew's eyes yet again. "Back in a flash," he said cockily. Watts stepped into the contraption and it began to light up, a strange whirring sound emanating from it. To Watts, he felt like he was being stretched out like taffy and tickled and simultaneously mauled by a bear. It was a dizzying and painful procedure, but when the chamber opened, he was a man again. He looked every inch the 47 year old father of two that he was.

"I'll go next," Arthur volunteered. He'd stand a better chance at avenging his father if he were 27 years old again. "I should be 27," he then added, figuring that Watts had no idea what the proper age to restore him to was. Watts nodded, adjusting the parameters of the machine. Arthur stepped inside of the chamber and it closed around him. It felt like he was being torn apart atom by atom and reassembled. He couldn't help but howl and scream in pain as his body was reformed. By the time it was over, he felt like he had been boiled alive in a deep frier.

He stumbled out of the machine once it opened again, his skin looking a little red and irritated, but he was 27 years old again - and ripped. He was absolutely shredded. His clothing somehow had adjusted to fit him at this size, which was a mercy, as he didn't want to be stuck in the nude in front of all of these people. Arthur pulled his hood down, covering his brown eyes. He felt exposed without it.

"... The procedure may not be safe for Andrew. There's a fifty percent chance that it will cause brain death," Watts said, trying to keep his voice even and steady, as if the idea of Andrew dying didn't bother him at all.