~ a year later ~

Gage: Hi!! I'm your new roommate!! *grins at Faz*

Faz: O-oh! Hi. My name is-

Gage: I know! It's Faz! My dad is your mentor!

Faz: Oh! *smiles* Your Gage!

Gage: *salutes* Yep! Gage Camila at your service! Well actually, forget the name Gage Camila! My name is Raccoon boy!

Faz: Oh so you have raccoon abilities?

Gage: *rubs the back of his neck* Well yes and no. My weapon is a bat! *holds up a metal bat*

Faz: O-oh?

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Faz: He's human.

John: Yeah...

Faz: And you're letting him be a superhero?

John: Sidekick. Sidekick's don't have powers.

Faz: but he can communicate with animals.

John: Yeah, but that's about it.

Faz: So?? He can be like aqua man!

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Jerry: *yanks the door off with his tentacles and beams at the diamond on display* Come to mommy~

John: *bursts through the wall* Stop right there! You.. weird tentacle thing?

Faz: *steps in front of him* Officially known as Black Squid!! Rival of my older brother.

Jerry: *crosses his arms* Is my knight in shining blue superhero armor out of commission or something?

Faz: He's off duty. *raises an eyebrow* Didn't he tell you? *takes out his bear claws*

Jerry: Ooh~ The wittle little bear has claws!! *wraps his tentacles around the both of them* Too bad you aren't my target goal! *throws them out in a dumpster and takes the diamond, crawling out*

Faz: Hey!-

John: *jumps out and helps him out* Target goal??

Faz: *looks at where Jerry left* He has this weird thing with my brother- it's really complicated- NOW THROW ME!!

John: *grabs him and throws him after Jerry*

Faz: *lands on the rooftop and chases him*

Jerry: *jumps across the rooftops with elegance* You know, for such a small guy, you don't give up so easily.

Faz: *runs at him and slashes him* Funny, huh?

Jerry: *protects himself with his tentacles* you wanna know what my family calls me?

Faz: Not really. *bites into his tentacle shield and rips them off*

Jerry: *grunts and kicks him off, pinning him to an air conditioner and whispers in his ear* They call me.. Black demon.

Faz: *eyes widen* h-how do you...

Jerry: *chuckles before shoving him off the rooftop* That's for me to know...

Faz: *watches him as he falls*

Jerry: and for you to find out

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Faz: *jolts awake* Huh- what-

John: *grabs him* Woah! Woah! Easy, you took a serious blow to your head.

Faz: *looks at him and starts tearing up*

John: *frowns* What happened?

Faz: *starts crying and curls himself up into a ball*

John: Faz?

Faz: *hiccups and shakes his head, wiping his face*

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I just wanted to introduce Gage, he won't be part of the story yet.