They get up top and head straight for the quickest exit, the rear door. But they don’t get far. Chris can feel an intense power coming up. His father and Simon push them to get outside, in case the warehouse comes crashing down. The cool night air chills them when they get outside, but the fresh air smells so good. Something in the warehouse explodes, the sound of rending metal fills the area. Making Chris and the others cringe. The lift was most likely blow apart so Tetra could escape.The power Chris felt gets closer to the surface when the warehouse buckles and heaves, the windows lining the top part near the roof blow out. Everyone covers their heads from the raining gss chunk, even though Chris and his dad keep safe with a little air power. Blowing the gss aside. A child’s scream echoes out. Tetra is definitely pissed. “Ariel! You and Melissa head to the front of the warehouse! Maybe that limo is parked there! Take Seth and get him to the hospital. We‘ll meet you there.” Larry yells over the crashing and banging from inside the warehouse. “And take these too, very important.” Him and Simon hand over the disks.“Good luck, hun.” Ariel says and kisses him. With the help of Melissa, the mothers move as fast as they can roll Seth in the stretcher along the far side of the parking lot. The security light on the side of the building flickering wildly. A sharp increase of power stops them. A moment ter the rear wall of the warehouse explodes out. Sheet metal and cinder bow out at twisted angles. Debris powdering the area with dust and small chunks. The bigger chunks blocking their path.“Okay, guys. Let’s finish this.” Larry tells the others. The six of them enter the building through the huge hole. Tetra next to the hole where the lift was. The lift itself lying upside down across the hole from him. Tetra babbles something incoherent, which no one seems to understand.“Transtion! Baby wants his bottle!” Jerry taunts. Leave it up to Jerry to make light of a serious situation. But Tetra seems to understand, and babbles some more and stomps the ground, then throws two big balls of fire there way. They dive for cover as the balls hit where they were standing the heat from them almost as bad as the fsh from earlier. Tetra continues to throw more fire balls around the room. Then starts jumping up and down.“Maybe he needs changed!” Jerry adds more commentary. “Jerry!” Elle scolds him for his comedy.But he may have a point. Chris has seen kids throwing a tantrum, they fight and carry on till they run out of steam. Hmm…“Hey, Tetra! You’ve been a bad boy, better go back down and have daddy to spank you!”Elle gives him the most shocked look. “Chris?!” Tetra screams at them and stomps the ground. The ground shakes as a result.“Chris? What are you doing?” His dad asks, just as shocked as Elle.Jackson manages to use his powers to deflect another fireball. “He’s throwing a tantrum. I’m getting him worked up, so he’ll wear himself out quicker.”“I get it. He is still just a child. Mentally younger. He should wear out soon.” Simon adds.More fireballs, more dodging and deflecting. “I’m with ya Chris. Hey, Tetra! Daddy loves us best!” Jackson yells to him.“Ya. Did you poop your pants, Tetra? You stink!” Jerry continues.“Little boys who poop there pants, don’t get any new toys!” Chris goes on. Tetra grabs his head like he’s in pain. Then the ground begins to heave.“Outside, everyone!” Larry shouts.They all back away to the back of the building to the rge grassy area behind. The tall fence surrounding them hiding the events from casual on lookers, luckily. But Chris was sure people would come running soon, hearing the ruckus that Tetra was causing. The warehouse bows out then back in. Like the chest of someone breathing heavy. It bows a couple more times until the stress on the frame can’t hold any longer, and it all comes down straight down. Everyone winces and covers their ears. The sound of the metal rending and twisting was almost too much.Nothing but silence follows. “Well that was, uh…” Jackson says.“Did he just…get himself killed?” Chris asks.“Hell of a temper tantrum.” Jerry says. A small voice is heard, just then. Some rubble scraps against other rubble, some metal against metal. Then the group see Tetra crawl out from under some of the buildings sheet metal siding. He has a cut along his face. Pretty bad one it looks like with all the blood running down his face.The wind starts picking up, along with Tetra’s power. “Uh, maybe we should go now?” Jerry asks.“No. We have to stop him. If we don’t, he’ll follow us and cause damage to the rest of the city.” Larry tells them. The wind picks up more, making them take a step back. The area around Tetra is shoved aside by a violent outburst of air power. But the smaller loose rumble and wreckage lifts up into a different current. A swirling wind rises, surrounding the child. They swirl up around violently, forming a vicious looking mini-tornado. The sharp sound of the buildings wreckage banging and cnging in the torrent making Chris’ ears sting. Chris sets ready with the rest of his friends and dad.“Chris. Let’s see if we can counter the direction of his winds. Jerry. See if you can take out the dirt and rocks from it. Simon, if you get a chance, bst him.” Larry instructs. Everyone agrees.Tetra begins walking toward them, the torrent following along. “What do you want Jackson and me to do?” Elle asks.“If you get a chance, hit him.” Larry tells them.Elle was scared. Not just for them, but for Tetra. And a little sad. Tetra was just a little boy. And she was sure he was just going on instinct. Whatever kind of image training the Director put him through, it messed him up. She steps back with Jackson. “Be careful Chris.”He gives her a thumbs up and a confident smile.They begin. Larry and Chris run and fnk Tetra and concentrate on the air currents. Jerry stands next to their dad and starts pulling the rocks and earth debris from the torrent, but as he pulls some out, Tetra repces it with more from the warehouse. Her father sets with his hands to his side, ready to bst the kid, but can’t till he gets a clear shot. “Jackson! We gotta help somehow!” Elle yells over the insane noise.“I know! But how can we. He has nothing combustible, and there’s no water around!”There might be in some… She gets down on her knees and feels the ground. She feels a hint of water in the ground. “Jerry! Come here!” She yells over the noise of the swirling disaster. “Yeah?! What is it?!”“Can you pull up the water from down in the ground here?! It may be a water line.” Elle tells him.He shrugs and uses his powers to dig a pit to check, the dirt flying to either side of the whole. Sure enough, about four feet down was a water line. “Can you break the line?” As she asks Jerry to break the pipe Larry and Chris are tossed into the fence on either side of the tornado. “Hurry, Jerry!”Jerry makes a rock and starts pounding on the pipe. When it busts Jerry, Jackson and Jerry are sprayed with water. But they don’t care.“You got a pn, Elle?!” Jackson asks. “Yeah, saw it on TV! Call Chris and his dad over here, hurry!”As Jackson goes and yells for them. Elle pulls up and big ball of water.“Elle?” Chris yells.She throws the ball of water at the torrent. It is exploded and added to the vortex. “Jackson, heat up the water in the torrent. Chris, Mr. Talvert, can you two make a high and low pressure system in the tornado?” Tetra screams again, getting closer. The group’s running out of room.“You mean to make a lightning storm?! Don’t you?!” Larry says with a smile.“Yeah! With all that metal swirling with it! Zap!”“Good job, Elle!” Larry tells her. “Come on, Chris!” They all do their part. Elle continues to add moisture to the tornado. She hopes this works. If this doesn’t…they may have to make a run for it.Then Elle feels the hairs on the back of her neck tingle. Was it working?She could feel the powers of them all working. The vortex grows dark as she watches it, light from the security lights glistening off the water and metal. Making it twinkle like a distorted, deranged disco ball. She sees a spark. Then another one. “Keep going, Chris!” She hears Mr. Talvert yell to his son.Please keep it going. She wants to go home, take a shower, have her mom’s breakfast. And she wants everyone to be there too. Especially Chris. A series of thunderous booms rock her ears. She covers them as they continue. She can still hear them, boom, boom, boom. The st one though is followed by a scream. It was Tetra.They did it. But not before the demented tornado explodes.