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son is a very good trainer for them. He’s got an impressive past of his own.”
    “He got caught.”
    “Well, there is that,” Pan admits.  “But he still has a strong foundation.  I merely plan on adding to it during the camp, of course.”
    “And the reason my grandson is joining you?” Grandpa Superior asks, placing a hand on my shoulder.
    “Sunny and Adanna plan on going to work in the forests scattered throughout the world,” Pan says.  “Seeing as he’ll be living out in the woods a lot, I thought this trip might help in his training.”
    “Where are we going, anyway?” I ask.
    “Texas,” Pan says with a perfectly bland look on his face.  I stare at him in shock, wondering why we need to go all the way to–
    “That’s South Branch’s territory, isn’t it?” Max asks, appearing behind us.  “Why are we going all the way there?”
    “I thought it would be more interesting to take you away from everything you’re familiar with,” Pan says.  “Now load up, please, we need to start out now if we plan on getting there by morning.”
    “What happens in the morning?” Jack asks, picking up his pack.
    “You start building your war bases, of course,” Pan says.  “It was a pleasure meeting you, Superior.  I will take care of your grandson as if he were my own child.”
    Yeah, but his daughter can kick my butt in a fist fight on a regular basis, so I really doubt that treatment includes the comforts of home.  “But my stuff is–“ I start out.
    “Mom told me to bring it along,” Jack says, motioning to the bag tossed to the side.  “Let’s go.”
    “Um... see ya, Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, Dad, Zoe,” I call over my shoulder, waving at them as I grab the bag and race for the RV.  “I’ll try not to die!”
    “He’s got some high aspirations there, doesn’t he?” I hear Dad say as I head inside.  This RV is nice.  There are bunks lining the walls which Jack walks over to and folds up.  There’s a small kitchen past that, complete with a stove, and there’s a computer area.  Before I can blink, Max pushes a few buttons and comfortable looking padded metal seats come out of the floor.
    “So…” I say, looking at the three.  “Who gets top bunk?”
    “Not Jack,” Max and Ace say without a second of hesitation.  “He weighs too much,” Ace adds.  “Even if he DID build half the thing, we still don’t trust him not to capsize the bunks.”
    “I’m a svelte four fifty, thank you,” Jack says dryly.
    “How do you even move?” I ask him, staring at him a bit incredulously.
    “Super strength, it came with the package deal.”
    You know, I’m starting to think there’s a connection between these three that I hadn’t seen before.  In fact they drop down in the chairs as if they’ve already settled who sits where.  It leaves me looking around for a place to sit--and staring blankly at the little boy peeking out from under Jack’s chair.  When did he get under that?  With his speed and hide-and-seek abilities, who knows?
    “So where are we going?” Jack asks, completely oblivious to the big blue eyes peeking out between his legs.  “Some sort of forest, right?”
    “Texas,” I say absently, heading for him.  He jerks back in shock as I get down on my hands and knees in front of him.
    “What in the--”
    “Cubby?” I say softly, holding out a hand.  “Come on out, buddy.”
    The other three go perfectly still, not even breathing.  I ignore them as Cubby slowly takes my hand and crawls out from under the metal chair.  “Hey, man,” I say, sitting down on the ground and grinning at him.  He gives me a shy smile back and promptly crawls onto my lap.  He’s staring up at the three with huge blue eyes full of worry.  “You might be a super villain-to-be, but these guys are scary, huh?” I ask him.
    He looks up at me and nods slightly.  “Don’t worry, they just play the bad guys on TV, I promise,” I tell him, patting his ‘fro.  Yes,