For starters, I want to apologize for the long awaited update. I lost a loved one and I haven't had the urge to write since she died. Anyways, I still hope you're enjoying the story, I should have a regular update schedule from here on out. One chapter a week until I'm finished with it, which will probably be three more chapters.

Disclaimer: I don't own this.

Let's get right into it! Enjoy!!

Mike woke up, scanning the room making sure there weren't any stragglers watching over him. It had been a week since the whole 'mind control' debacle, and Mike still hadn't made it up to his friends for letting them down in battle. He decided that once he was able to move around without having to struggle too much with pain, he would help his friends out. He got out of bed and grabbed his scooter, his friends felt he would enjoy it much more than the crutches, and in he definitely did. 'Okay, now to start breakfast, hopefully I don't mess that up too.' Mike had begun thinking to himself that he wasn't worth being on the team, and the only way he'd be an asset would be helping around the compound, since he couldn't help fight nighloks yet.

He quietly made his way to the kitchen, shocked to find Ji already in there enjoying a bowl of oats. "What brings you here this early Mentor? I thought you normally meditated at this hour?"

"Well, Mike, I got up earlier than usual, so now I'm eating breakfast, any more questions?" Mentor asked, slightly annoyed.

'Do he get up on the wrong side of the bed or what? Maybe I am useless, I can't even tell when someone is upset.' Mike berated himself, knowing he should have thought about his words before speaking. So Mike continued his trek, and started cooking breakfast for the rest of the team. He made pancakes, with fruit of course, knowing Kevin, he'd probably have a conniption fit about eating a healthy breakfast. So just for Kevin, he made a perfect batch of eggs and organic bacon. Soon, the rest of the team trickled in, surprised to see Mike awake, and cooking breakfast no less.

"Well look at that! He can wake up early." Kevin snickered. "You can do some things right at least, these eggs are perfect!"

"Mike, these pancakes are delicious, thanks for making breakfast," Emily smiled, a blush forming on her face, "maybe you could make them more often."

Mike looked exasperated, 'is that the only thing they think I'm good at? Maybe it is useless to try and prove myself, it's not gonna work.' "Yeah. On a different note, I was wondering if I could start my training again? I feel like I'm dragging the team down."

"Mike, I know you want to, but you're still too injured, in a week, you'll be up to it, but until you can move around without the scooters, then I'm sorry." Jayden said. Jayden knew how much Mike wanted to join them. "You can, however, come outside and work in symbol power and watch us work if you want to feel involved and not like a couch potato."

Mike immediately perked up at this, "Definitely!"

Mike was sitting on a stool in front of a blank canvas with his brush and ink. He kept getting distracted by Emi-the fighting. They had all improved in some manner, while he was still stuck not being able to help them at all.

Jayden must have noticed him being distracted because the next thing Mike knew, Jayden was right next to him.

"AH! Sorry Jayden, you scared me for a second." Mike said wheezing.

"You're okay, but seriously, dude, you should work on your symbol power, we both know it needs a little work." Jayden dredged on.

"Yeah, you're right." Mike said. 'I knew he thought I was useless.' He thought.

So Mike stopped watching the fights and worked on his vine rope. He wanted to be able to help catch a monster if possible, and this would help big time, he didn't want to be a burden on the team anymore. Mike kept working for hours, it wasn't until he saw the others going back inside did he notice it was already time for lunch. 'I can show them what my work has done, hopefully they'll be impressed.'

"Hey guys, I've got something to show you! It should help us beat those nighlok much faster!" Mike raced in excitedly.

"Ok, show us!" Emily was very excited to see whatever Mike wanted to show them.

The next thing they all knew, Mike had summoned a thick vine, and wrapped it around a chair tightly, and lifted the chair off the ground.

"Wow! Mike, that's incredible!" They all said simultaneously.

'Maybe I'm not useless after all.' Mike thought.

"See, Mike, hard work pays off, now let's go get something to eat, I think Mentor made turkey sandwiches." Kevin states.

"Yeah, then we can go back to training, we need to work just as hard as Mike just did, then we can all be a good addition to this team." Emily was excited to learn something like Mike just did.

And that's it, it a little shorter than usual, but I hope y'all enjoy it, the next chapter will be up next week!