Hellooooo my faithful fans! Welcome to the second installment to my Phantom series! This story is going to be packed with tons of suspense and twists, and more Willet fluff! This is going to be a great ride and I can't wait for it to get started ;) Hope you enjoy and keep up the great reviews!

To anyone who is new, PLEASE read Phantom: Harnessing Potential FIRST! You will be so lost and confused! This first chapter refers to stuff from that story and it's important you know who characters are. And it's an awesome story, if I do say so myself. You'll love it. Check that out first, then come back to this one ;)

Well, onto awesomeness!

~EmK/EmmerzK

P.S. Hope you like the title font! I thought this was all kinda boring, so I thought I'd spruce it up a bit ;) Hehe

Phantom: The Hidden Remnant

Chapter 1: Missing Information

The roaring plane landed and gradually pulled up to the walkway for passengers to exit the plane. Wilbur and Violet Robinson stood at the fifty foot high glass window inside the terminal, waiting for their friends to exit the plane.

Snow flurried across the land, creating a beautiful atmosphere. However, the beauty didn't prevent them from having to bundle against the twenty degree weather—Wilbur was wearing a thick black leather jacket and jeans and Violet wore a warm knitted hat and gloves with her brown suede jacket, dark green skinny jeans and tan boots.

Soon enough passengers began exiting the plane and Violet began bouncing on her toes in excitement. Wilbur grinned at her inability to hold still. Finally their best friends, Kevin and Shannon, walked out of the walkway and into the terminal. Both of their faces lit up when they saw the Robinsons.

Shannon squealed and ran to Violet, leaving her new husband behind, "Ahh Vi! I'm so glad you guys came!" The young women hugged and laughed as the two guys also hugged. The girls exchanged hugs with the two other guys as well, and the group walked to the baggage return, Kevin and Shannon relaying everything they saw on their honeymoon to Hawaii.

"Wil, we're going there next." Violet presently announced, holding Wilbur's hand.

"Been there, done that, babe." Wilbur smirked.

Violet rolled her eyes to Shannon as Kevin retrieved the bags. "The perks of being married to a millionaire—he's been everywhere!"

Wilbur brought the back of her hand to his lips and kissed her fingers before replying, "Not everywhere."

Violet yanked her hand away with a playful smirk, "Oh stop it." He merely shrugged his eyebrows at her in return.

"I miss Hawaii already—the warmth, the food, the ocean, the warmth, the sun, the warmth." Kevin mused.

"Yeah…" Wilbur nodded wistfully. "It definitely needs to warm up here soon. Can't take much more of this."

"Agreed." Violet rubbed her hands together as they prepared to walk outside.

The two couples quickly made their way to the vehicles since the wind was starting to pick up. "Is it okay to fly or are they warning against it?" Kevin asked after loading the baggage in the truck of his and Shannon's car.

Wilbur replied, "They're saying it's fine, but my dad warned against it. The companies are saying the flying mechanisms can take it, but coming from the man who invented it, he said he'd rather you didn't."

"Good enough for me." Kevin smiled, holding out a fist. Wilbur accepted the fist bump in goodbye before Kevin hopped in the car and started it up. Shannon and Violet gave each other a hug goodbye before Shannon hopped in with Kevin.

Kevin rolled down the window before pulling away, "Oh, and thanks for keeping watch over everything while we were gone."

"No problem!" Violet smiled.

"See you later!" Wilbur gave a short wave as they left.

Wilbur reached down and interlocked his cold fingers with Violet's as they walked to their car a few aisles away. Violet frowned, "Wow, your hands are really cold." She brought his hand to her lips and began blowing on them.

Glancing around first, he replied, "It's the plasma—doesn't like the cold." With a short smirk, he added, "However, I think my lips are colder though."

A gloved finger landed on his lips firmly before he could move closer—his eyes met hers and his smirk matched hers. In fake patience and with an eyebrow raised, she asked, "What is it with you today?"

Wilbur reached up and held her hand that was still in front of her face. Slowly removing it, he smiled at her gingerly, "I just love you."

A visible, bright red tone came to her cheeks in the cold, windy air and she breathed a laugh. Shaking her head she pulled him towards the car. "Come on, you—I'm cold."

Wilbur laughed and opened her car door. He closed it behind her before running around to the driver's side and hopping in. He started the car and began driving home—the Robinson mansion. The couple hadn't yet moved out; they had decided to live in the mansion with the rest of the family for a while until they felt it was time to get their own place.

Violet watched the winter wonderland pass by as they drove. Everything was white—the sky, the ground, vehicles they passed or that flew above, store fronts, sidewalks, absolutely everything.

She looked over at her husband driving and couldn't help but smile. Just like the first day she met him, her heart felt warmer every time she looked at him. His right arm was resting on the center console, his hand hanging off the edge, so she reached up and held it with her own. A smile came to his face at the touch, but he kept his eyes on the snowy road.

"Wil?"

"Hm?"

Violet paused, hoping the question wouldn't seem weird. "Do you think this will ever end?" His eyebrows went down in confusion, so she elaborated, "Like… the newlywed feeling?"

"Oh." Wilbur chuckled.

Violet continued, "Like, they always say it does. I mean, couples can't and won't be all "lovey-dovey" forever."

Wilbur kept smiling and watching the road, but squeezed her hand when he said, "I'm sure the newlywed feeling will go away at least to an extent. But not the happiness I feel knowing that I have you." He looked over at her with a loving smile, glancing back at the road every few seconds.

Warmness felt her cheeks again and she smiled, satisfied with his answer. "I'd kiss you right now, but sadly you're driving."

"Heh yeah, wouldn't want to get distracted now would we?" He smirked, looking back at the road.

Just to humor and tease him, Violet leaned over and planted a kiss on his cheek. When she pulled back, he wrapped an arm around her shoulders with a playful smirk and kept her close. Violet giggled and he looked over at her again.

However, just when he did, Violet saw a small, dark figure run across the road right in front of the car.

"BRAKE!" she gasped, eyes wide.

Wilbur's eyes lit up instantly and he slammed on the brakes. The car slid a few feet but stopped just in front of the figure—the couple could only thank the heavens no drivers were behind them.

The couple both panted, trying to catch their breath from the impending terror. Wilbur forced his sixth sense to fade and his eyes turned to normal so the figure in front of the vehicle didn't see anything. Placing a hand on Vi's shoulder, he asked calmly, "You alright?"

Violet shakily nodded, "Yeah… it just scared me."

Looking in front of the car, the couple then realized that they knew the figure standing calmly in front of the vehicle. However it took them a few moments considering it was a German Shepherd. The only tell-tale sign of who it was was his bold green collar, the name K9 engraved on the golden chain.

Wilbur sighed heavily. "Conner." The super merely stood there, staring back at them, obviously waiting for them to get out.

"Do we change?" Violet asked.

Wilbur thought for a moment but decided against it. "Not yet."

He opened his car door and got out; Violet quickly hopped out and they both walked up to the super, now sitting in the middle of the road and scratching an ear. Violet looked behind their car and there was still no one on the road behind them or passing from the other direction. It was close to seven at night—people had probably all gone home to get out of the nasty weather.

Still, Wilbur approached him cautiously, in case they were being watched. No one could know that he knew K9's identity. Crouching down, he gently patted the super's head for the sake of being casual, even though he knew that Conner hated being pet. He merely sat there, staring at his face, and didn't fidget—it was a sign to stop petting him when he began fidgeting.

Finally though, he reached up a paw and pushed Wilbur's hand away, making Wilbur smile a little. But K9 then bit the sleeve of his jacket and began pulling him in the direction of the ditch.

"What? What do you want?" Wilbur asked in confusion. K9 let go of his sleeve, gave a short whine and bounded off into the ditch. He ran close to ten feet away and stopped, looking back at him quizzically. When neither super on the road with empty vehicle moved, both utterly confused, K9 barked loudly.

Wilbur sighed. "Alright alright, hold on." He turned on his heel with Violet and got back in the car. Both pushed their super suit buttons and soon were Phantom and Invisigirl. It was obvious something was up and K9 needed their help—but the situation was so dire he couldn't change form to explain. When time was of the essence, he was known to stay in dog-form and grab a police officer or another super by the sleeve and drag them off to the scene.

"What about the car?" Violet asked.

Wilbur shrugged, "Guess we leave it. I'll turn on the emergency lights so people go around it. Let's go."

When the two supers got out of the car, K9 was still waiting for them in the snow beyond the ditch. He barked again loudly as if to say "Hurry up".

"Relax, we're coming!" Phantom sighed. They caught up to K9 and they followed him farther into the snow. Beyond the ditch was a small abandoned shack that had been empty for years and due to its location being in the outskirts of TodayLand, it was never demolished. Thick woods were beyond the small house and K9 led them straight to it.

"K9, where are we going?" Invisigirl asked, trying to keep up with the other two supers in the deep snow. Snow was beginning to fall heavily now and it was a little hard to see. Phantom kept a close eye on her though, being able to see in the dark with his Night Vision.

K9 didn't respond, but only bounded forward another ten or fifteen feet before again turning around to make sure his companions were coming.

After trekking into the woods nearly a hundred feet, Phantom stopped and looked back. The line of the woods was barely visible, even with his Night Vision. Invisigirl stopped too and promptly asked, "What?"

Wilbur sighed, "I just don't get why he won't tell us what's-" A whine and dog pulling at his glove interrupted him. He pulled his wrist away and K9 growled roughly.

"Don't you growl at me. Tell me what's going on." Phantom crossed his arms.

K9 stomped a paw and looked further into the woods. He then looked back up at the couple with a serious look. Phantom sighed but calmly asked, "What is it? What's back there?"

"HELP!" A child's voice suddenly broke the silence.

K9 began whining and hopping around, before turning heel and booking it into the darkening woods.

"K9 wait!" Invisigirl called as she and Phantom ran straight into the woods after him and toward the child's voice.

"Please help me!" she desperately yelled again.

Phantom ran through a huge tree and called, "Keep calling!"

"I'm here!"

K9 continued sprinting until he disappeared from view around a fallen tree. Invisigirl ran around the mass of tree roots from the fallen oak, and Phantom leapt over the trunk with ease. But what they saw beyond it stopped them dead in their tracks.

A tiny small clearing surrounded by more oaks and other trees was in front of them. A single fire was glowing with small stones circling it, but three things made their skin go as cold as the winter air. First was the lack of their super friend, K9. He was nowhere to be seen and his tracks randomly stopped at the edge of the fire. Second was the tall man standing in front of the fire, dressed in all black with a thick black cape draped behind him. They couldn't see his face because his back was turned toward them, but K9's tracks ended right at the man's feet.

Last, but certainly not least, was the poor eight year old blonde who was tied to a tree on the other side of the clearing, her face stained with tears. She appeared to be unhurt but clearly terrified.

"Maddie Williams…" Phantom whispered, anger burning in his chest. Madison Holmes had actually been kidnapped a week prior, and supers and police forces alike across the state had been searching for her relentlessly. Whoever this psycho was had been keeping her here in the freezing cold.

The caped man finally raised his head and looked across the clearing at the little girl. "Don't worry," he said to her soothingly. "They have come to rescue you."

Phantom and Invisigirl cringed at the man's tone of voice—clearly mocking the child, but so subtle: subtle enough to get even under their skin.

Phantom gave a short nod to Invisigirl, who instantly went invisible. They'd have to play this really smart to find K9 and get Maddie out of here.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." The man spoke to her as she finished disappearing. "With all this snow, I'm afraid you won't be able to hide as easily." Invisigirl knew this already, but the fact that he knew one of her weakness, albeit minor, ticked her off. She stayed where she was standing for the moment, but didn't return to visibility.

"Who are you?" Phantom asked forcefully.

The man turned and showed his masked face—to Invisigirl it didn't make too much of a difference because the only light was behind the man, but Phantom observed his every detail. Dressed in all black with a black cape, mask, and hat, the man closely resembled Zorro in those old films his parents and grandparents watched when they were young. But this guy didn't seem to be the hero type.

"I'm Ganger." The man smirked.

Ganger. Ganger. Phantom wracked his brain. The name sounded slightly familiar… most likely a villain from someplace or other.

Phantom gestured to Maddie, still struggling to be free, "What did you think you would gain by kidnapping an innocent little girl?"

Ganger scoffed, "Well I got you two alone, didn't I?"

The moment paused and the two supers had to think. Phantom really started wishing K9 would come back… wherever he went. Or was sent…

Ganger continued, "Secluded area, only one around is a little girl who more than likely won't be believed when asked about what she has seen, no one around for close to a mile if anyone happens to drive by." The man smiled comically, "Perfect time and place for an attack, don't you think?"

"You're outnumbered." Phantom countered.

"Am I?" Ganger shot back.

Phantom was confused: if more villains were coming, he'd certainly feel their presences by now. So what was he talking about?

"Where's K9?" He decided to ask instead.

Ganger laughed out loud. "You really think your friend was here? You two are seriously easier to fool than I thought."

Phantom and Invisigirl, who had slowly advanced one step at a time in a wide circle toward Maddie, paused in surprise and shock. If that wasn't K9, Phantom thought, slowly catching on. Then…

Ganger's face broke into a smile. "Ah see? You're getting it."

Ganger. Phantom sighed, trying to keep calm. He was a doppelganger: the ultimate shape-shifter—a super who can shape shift into any person, any creature, any item, even something as random as a fire hydrant. And with a doppelganger comes the ability to adapt to each super's senses, powers, and personalities.

Invisigirl swallowed. This is not good.

"So, I have one word for you, Phantom." Ganger smiled, crossing his arms. Phantom's ears began ringing suddenly and a chill went down his spine as he waited for the next word. "Run."

Run? Running from a fight wasn't exactly on a super's repertoire… But when Ganger began shape shifting into who knew who or what, Phantom began to back away. He suddenly had an idea.

"Invisigirl, get the girl and get her out of here!"

Before she could say a word, Phantom sprinted in the opposite direction, phased through the tree trunk and out of sight. She watched in horror as Ganger shape-shifted until he was standing tall in an orange and black suit with graying hair.

She covered her mouth to keep the name from escaping her lips. Magnum. He shifted into Magnum.

Ganger-turned-Magnum turned and smirked right at her (shocking her because she was still invisible) and he lifted into the air to chase Phantom in the darkened forest.

As soon as he disappeared, she turned and sprinted over to the little girl who was crying in fear. "Shh it's alright," Invisigirl showed herself and tried to calm the child. "I'm going to take you home, I promise."

After removing the ropes bonding the girl to the tree, she had a thought. Idiot, why didn't we think of this before? She quickly pulled out her homing device and pushed the Aid button. This would alert the rest of the team to tell them they were in trouble, and would alert the police of their location to send help also

She then noticed another Aid button had been pressed—Phantom's. She had to smile a little; always thinking on his toes. This is why she loved him.

Picking Maddie up in her arms, she turned and ran back toward the road. Phantom had thankfully thought to run in the opposite direction—he first ran back towards it when he left, but the homing device's tracking signal showed he veered a left.

Please come quickly! She thought hard, wishing that someone on the team was telepathic.

Xxx

Phantom sped through the woods as fast as he could, phasing through everything in his path. He tried to keep the sound of his breathing down, but when you've been running as hard as you can for nearly ten minutes, it becomes difficult to be quiet.

Another blast of White Lightning hit a trunk on his left and he yelped, diving through a few trees on his right. Why this moron was chasing him in the first place, but then had to shape shift into his deceased arch-nemesis on top of it, was beyond him.

He prepared a ball of Blue Fire in his hand. Placing his other hand over the ball, he muted the sound of the burning plasma; when he sensed "Magnum" closest, he leapt out from behind the tree and threw the orb at him.

The orb blasted the shape-shifter in the chest, making him fly back twenty feet and into a sturdy tree trunk. He fell and landed on the ground in a heap, and then was buried by the snow that followed. Phantom quickly prepared another huge ball of fire and aimed; Ganger-still-Magnum was slowly regaining his footing after having to unbury himself. His slow, tired movements showed he also didn't have the strength as most supers. He could've shifted into anyone with agility and endurance, but not only did he pick a powerful villain, he chose an old one.

The shape shifter finally stood and faced Phantom, noticeably panting.

"What do you want with me?" Phantom asked, holding his orb but ready to fire at a moment's notice. "What fight do I have with you?"

In Magnum's old but strong voice, and even in the right grouchy attitude the villain had always displayed, Ganger replied, "Maybe I'm just doing my job."

"And what's that?" Phantom pressed. "Who's employing you?"

"Ahh…" Ganger sighed with a slight chuckle. "Spoilers."

Phantom tightened his fingers around the flaming blue orb. "I will use this." He saw the fear flicker in the doppelganger's eyes as he glanced down at the flaming orb. "And you know I will because this is exactly how Magnum died. Don't dare think I'm bluffing either because I will do it."

Ganger sighed heavily and suddenly began changing form. As he did, his voice altered as he spoke, "The time will come for you to know who I work for and why. This was more of just a warning to watch your back and be careful who you trust." Phantom stared in confusion as Ganger turned out to be…Danny Worth. Also known as Jumper… he was currently sitting in jail, serving his time for his work with Magnum.

Ganger-as-Jumper continued, "You can't even trust the ones you trust most. So be careful. Now, lights out."

Then, with an agility and speed that he didn't see coming, Ganger transported to Phantom's right side and punched him right in the side of the head. The blow knocked Phantom out cold before he could do anything. He slumped to the ground unconscious but as he did, Ganger hadn't anticipated the blue orb that fell with him.

When it smashed into the snow, the orb blew sky high, knocking the shape shifter off his feet and away from Phantom. He hit the ground hard on his back, which knocked the air out of him. Nearly a minute later, he sat up and inhaled deeply. Phantom still lay where he left him, unconscious.

"Whew… That was rough…" He mused to himself as he stood.

A female voice suddenly called through the woods, "Phantom!"

Ganger smirked, glad he hadn't changed form yet. What an easy escape. "Guess that's my cue." And with that, he disappeared just as supers began filling the woods.

Xxx

Wilbur slurped his hot coffee in the lobby of his offices in Robinson Industries the next day, gingerly rubbing his right eyebrow. That blow from Ganger thankfully didn't bruise, yet, but gave him a nice cut on his eyebrow. He had three stitches with a small white bandage over-top, and sadly none of his employees knew yet; they'd surely be asking.

As if on cue, two workers walked in presently.

"Hey boss," one man greeted him, the other waving.

Wilbur turned and smiled, "Hey Jeff, Marty."

"Whoa!" Jeff exclaimed, stepping forward to get a closer look at his boss' face. "What happened to you?"

Wilbur winced, Time to lie. He always hated lying; well, once he grew mature enough to stop anyway. "Wasn't paying attention to where I was going. Ran into a door." He replied with a sheepish expression.

"Yikes." Marty smirked. "Hit it that hard, huh?"

"Guess so." Wilbur shrugged. Their attention was diverted when the blonde female news anchor on the television screen switched over to a Breaking News story covering the return of Maddie Williams. The anchor rejoiced that the child had been found a few miles outside TodayLand by Invisigirl, and happily announced that she was back home, safe and sound, with her family. However, the criminal, or criminals, responsible for her disappearance were still on the loose. A number was given to call for help if any new information popped up anywhere.

Jeff gave a low whistle. "Thank goodness they found her. Poor kid, out in the cold for nearly a week."

Wilbur and Marty nodded in agreement. Wilbur hid his true feelings, but he was really worried about the whole thing. It seemed that Ganger kidnapped Maddie and used her to divert him, and other supers, into a lair, basically. But was that really the whole story? He resisted the urge to scoff—probably not.

He again had to hide his thoughts and feelings when Invisigirl was shown on camera across from the anchor, both women sitting in identical red love seats. Violet had told him that she had been asked to be on the news to speak on her saving Maddie.

"Invisigirl, thank you so much for joining us," The anchor gushed. "It really is an honor to have such a popular and amazing super here with us."

Layer on the icing why don't you? Wilbur thought sarcastically.

Invisigirl smiled and nodded, lightly waving a shimmery purple, gloved hand, "It's great to be here."

"Tell me, how did you find Maddie Williams in the forest? What drew you to that conclusion that she could be there?"

Invisigirl smiled, "Well the police and super forces have been looking for her everywhere and hadn't been successful yet. I thought I'd take a look around outside the city, but I honestly had no idea if I'd find her or not. I guess I was just lucky to be the one who found her."

"Such devotion to the people of Todayland to even go out of the city! We really are in-debted to you-" the anchor continued.

If only they knew the whole story, or their news coverage would be exploding right now. Wilbur chuckled to himself.

The women kept talking, the anchor asking various dumb questions and Invisigirl answering with fluffy answers about luck. Wilbur became distracted when Marty broke the silence, "Ya know, for a super she isn't bad to look at."

Wilbur gritted his teeth, but kept a straight face and chugged the rest of his coffee. It's gonna be double-duty in the brick yards if you don't quit checking out my wif-

"Couldn't agree more, pal. A lot of the female supers are pretty attractive, but I'd say she comes pretty close to the top." Jeff nodded.

Wilbur couldn't take it anymore. Walking away towards his desk, he said, "Alright, I believe you both have business presentations to be preparing for my father?" He faced them with an eye-brow raised.

Both men's faces tightened in fear. "Yeah…" Marty nodded, Jeff heading to his desk immediately. "Should probably finish getting ready for that."

As both men scurried to their respective areas in the office, Wilbur muttered to himself in irritation, "Yeah probably." Glancing at the white coffee cup in his hand with the red Robinson Industries logo on it, he frowned. Moving a few fingers away from their current position, he saw that in his frustration at the men a few moments ago, he had actually started burning the cup. Thankfully he had had more control than that—would've scared his employees to death when the cup suddenly shattered in his hand.

He walked around his desk and sat down, throwing the empty cup inside a desk drawer and closing it firmly. Will have to take care of that later.

Wilbur logged into his laptop and began looking through his work planner to see what his father needed him to do today. Basically his job was to do whatever Cornelius didn't have time for—working on more inventions, critiquing employees on their work, replacing old employees, hiring new employees, organizing, etc. etc. The work never ended really. Every morning Cornelius would send his son and Violet, obviously Wilbur's secretary/assistant, a list of things to be done via email.

Wilbur scanned the list and tried to organize in his mind what would be the most logical task to accomplish first, but again, his mind began to wander back to the previous day.

He had only been unconscious in the snow for a few minutes. When he came to Multiplicity, Cynder and Titan were looming over him. They helped him up, asked what happened and where Invisigirl was—he didn't know, but they soon found her on the highway with police officers and Maddie Williams safe and on her way to the hospital.

Once finished giving the police an altered, but mostly accurate report (some details they decided to keep confidential), the team of supers decided to rendezvous at their hideout to talk about the whole evening's events.

Violet and Wilbur explained everything from top to bottom, and even had Kevin and Shannon on Skype as they explained, so they would also be informed (being tired from their trip home, they were excused from the meeting in present form). The team was very alarmed during the discussion—the fact that they had to deal with a Doppelganger was very alarming. But so many questions came to light the more they talked, so eventually everyone decided to call it a night and keep their eyes open for more clues.

So here he was, at work the next morning, unable to concentrate. So many questions flowed through his mind about Ganger, his intentions, why was Maddie connected, if there was a reason besides using her as a diversion to get the supers out, why did he want to attack Phantom and Invisigirl, specifically Phantom, who was he working for…so many questions.

He must've looked completely stressed out because when Cornelius walked in and stopped in mid-stride in the center of the room, Wilbur looked up in surprise.

"Oh. Hey."

"Hey…" Cornelius frowned, slowly stepping forward. "You alright?"

Wilbur sighed heavily, stacking up a few papers and filing them away. "Yeah. Just kinda stressed." He closed the cabinet drawer and gently rubbed his stitches, a habit that he was slowly but surely growing accustomed to.

Cornelius' frown didn't lessen. When Violet and Wilbur got home the night before, very late, the latter with stitches and both looking a bit banged up, he and Franny insisted they tell what had happened. The couple seemed more psychologically injured—they both looked pretty freaked out from the incident, and having to explain it for the third time since it had happened a few hours before tired them out. Franny quickly rushed them off to bed without hearing a single complaint from the adult, married couple.

Cornelius sat at the edge of his son's desk and flicked him in the side of the head with his pencil. "Ow," Wilbur frowned at his dad and rubbed the spot under his dark hair. "What was that for?"

"Relax," his father smiled. "You'll figure it out."

"I know, but it's not that, dad." Wilbur looked passed his father before continuing. The few employees in the office couldn't possibly hear them, but he still spoke in a low voice. "I just…I have that weird feeling that something is up. Like I'm in a big game of chess: my opponent's individual moves aren't huge at first, but they're leading up to this massive attack that's going to… to end the game." Wilbur frowned at his hands resting on his desk, then looked back up at his dad. "Know what I mean?"

Cornelius sighed through his nose and slowly nodded, "Yes, but how do you know it's something as big as last time?"

"Because I can feel it." Wilbur pressed intently. "I don't know how or when or why, but something's going to happen. I just know."

Cornelius pursed his lips and slowly stood, "Well you better be extra careful, then."

Wilbur nodded in agreement with a deep frown. Cornelius smiled, and wacked his son's shoulder before walking away, "You'll be fine."

Walking past the offices toward the door, Cornelius called, "Marty, Jeff; your presentation is on in two hours!"

Wilbur chuckled when he saw Marty and Jeff, each in his own individual cells, cower in fear. Every employee, even himself, had to go through a project presentation if they wanted to be on a building or research team. This was their big break—they had a right to be nervous. Heck, it was his dad and even he was nervous through his presentation!

Sadly though, the nervousness he felt then was merely petty. It was nothing compared to the nervousness he honestly felt growing inside him.

Well I hope this is suspenseful enough for a first chapter! I got it pretty action-packed for a first chapter, I thought, so I hope it satisfied :) Please leave me some reviews, okay? I get off school in 20 days (eep!) so I hopefully can get some writing done through the summer :) Thanks guys!

~EmK/EmmerzK