"Before I begin the story, my full name is Elliot L. Shane, or Eli or short. Anyways, I always did have someone after them, but every time someone got too close to the truth, we would always move. Every other year, we would move. In fact, I never fully unpacked ever, because I knew that we would move again."

"That's so sad though," Trixie said.

"Yeah. No kid should have to live with that burden," Kord agreed.

Eli smiled and then frowned.

"Will said you guys had powers. What are they?"

"Pronto, whom you haven't met yet, has Earth. I have Air," Kord said.

"I have Fire, as you know," Will said with a smile.

"And I have Water and Healing," Trixie said while Eli nodded, "what power or powers do you have?

"That's for me to know and you to find out," Eli said with a smile.

"Can't we guess?"

"If you want. I'll say this though: mom had healing and earth, dad had water and air, and Uncle Jimmo had fire."

"Don't you mean 'has'? Mom has? Uncle Jimmo has?" Will asked.

"No. Had, they had."

"Has! It's has! I know dad's dead, but mom and Uncle Jimmo aren't!"

"And that's where you're wrong, Will!"

Everyone got quiet. Will widened his eyes as did Eli, but there was a difference in why. Will's was from shock and Eli's was from shock and sadness.

"What do you mean by 'you're wrong', Eli?" Will whispered, eyes softening.

"I'm so sorry. I wasn't there in time. I didn't save them. I wasn't fast… fast…" Eli started to breathe faster. Will's eyes widened before he encircled him into a hug.

"Eli, I'm not mad. A little sad that they're gone, but I don't blame you. You didn't know it would happen. We'll talk about this later, but I need you to calm down."

Eli tried to breathe slower, but he just resulted in coughing. Will rubbed his back and placed his chin on top of his head. Eli nuzzled the bottom of his jaw before sneezing. He tried pulling away, but Will held fast.

"Just relax, Eli. I'm not going anywhere. Nor are the others."

Will nodded at the other two to get in the hug too.

"Will's right. We won't go anywhere unless you want us to," Trixie stated while looking at Will for approval. He simply nodded.

"Yep. Whether you like it or not, you're stuck with us. Pronto too, when he gets here," Kord said.

"When who gets here?"

Kord and Trixie looked up at the door to see someone walking in. Will turned his body in a way so his back was to the person and Eli was hidden out of sight.

"Pronto! Uh, hi! I thought you had more testing to do," Kord said.

"Ohhoho, I do. But Pronto goes back tomorrow to finish testing," the new voice said.

While the other three were talking, Eli whimpered slightly and Will turned his head slightly toward him.

"Who is he? The guy that's here now," Eli whispered.

"Pronto. He talks in third person a lot," Will told him.

Eli nodded. Will then turned his head to Pronto.

"So, what did Pronto miss?"

"Uh, nothing much. How many more tests do you have to redo?" Will asked.

"Hmm… let me think…"

It got quiet for a moment and Eli felt his stomach roll.

'This,' he thought, 'is probably not going to end well.'

"I got it! I did three today, and I had ten in total, so now I have seven more!"

"Seven?! Pronto! How long were you putting this all off?!" Trixie yelled.

"Ehhe… I don't remember."

Eli swallowed the saliva in his mouth. It was getting harder to keep quiet.

The bickering went on and on when Will sighed. Quietly, of course.

"Come on," Will whispered in his ear, "let's get you to bed."

Eli shook his head and whispered back no, not yet at Will's questioning noise. Unfortunately, Pronto heard the commotion and walked over.

"Okay, now Pronto knows something's up," Pronto said which made Will tense his body, "now, what are you hiding from me?"

Eli shuddered at the hiss that Pronto made when talking. It made him think of that afternoon when he went home.

~FLASHBACK~

He was about to run away when he felt a hand cover his mouth. He immediately widened his eyes and stayed stiff.

"Good lad. Now, where is Eli Shane?" the person hissed in his ear.

The man let his hand go from Eli's face but kept a firm grip on his body.

"I… I don't know…" Eli stuttered.

The man sneered.

"You better not know. Or I WILL hunt you down."

~FLASHBACK END~

Eli let out a small gasp of pain as his power level spiked. That hurt, that had really hurt. He also felt his fever jump as well. He closed his eyes and leaned his forehead on Will's clavicle and sternum. He felt his older brother flinch slightly. A hand that wasn't human touched his arm. Eli jerked back and hit his elbow on something wet.

"Ow! That hurt!"

Eli opened his eyes and saw a mole-like creature. He then realized why he was an earthbender. He opened his mouth to say something when Will beat him to it.

"I'm sorry that I was hiding him from you. This is my younger brother Eli. Eli, this is Pronto," Will said.

Eli nodded before swallowing more saliva.

"Sorry I hit you, Pronto," he whispered.

"Bah, Pronto the Magnificent forgives you."

Eli resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Just the thought of moving made him want to throw up again. He did see Trixie and Kord do it, though.

Eli watched as Pronto went to the couch to play video games, Kord went to the garage to do… well, he wasn't sure, and Trixie going to the computer to upload something, he wasn't sure here either. Will gently lifted his head and looked him in the eyes.

"Eli, you've met Pronto. Let's get you upstairs to the bedroom so you can rest," Will urged lightly.

He shook his head again, but not as quickly as the first time. Will frowned. He thought about something when realization dawned on him.

"The reason you don't want to move is that moving makes you feel dizzy, isn't it?"

Eli nodded. He was afraid of talking because he wasn't sure if words were the only thing that would come out. Pronto suddenly got up off the couch really quickly and threw down the controller. The loud snap from the controller hitting the floor made Eli jump and hit Will's chin, which jolted his head. He fell to his knees with a gasp.

"Eli? What's wrong?" Will asked.

"I… I think I'm going to be sick," he whispered back.

Will picked him up and led him up the stairs to the bathroom. Eli knelt down in front of the toilet and heaved. Gentle hands rubbed his back and shoulder blades. A couple of minutes later, he coughed and realized that he didn't vomit any stomach contents; it was just stringy bile.

"You good?" Will asked.

Eli nodded and began to stand up. Will helped him out by grabbing hold of his arm and pulling him to his feet. A couple of minutes later, he was in clean pajamas and in his bed. He fell asleep before his head touched the pillow.