First Domino to Fall

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Halfway to the Phantom's home and Terrell altered directions.

"Location change," Terrell gave her somewhat of an answer.

Sahara continued to follow.

From the moment the Phantom omega and Sahara approached a tall shiny building, both were able to pick up the tense atmosphere. Terrell's expression didn't change, Sahara, however, couldn't help but bite her lip. She spotted two boarders who stood in the shadows, waiting, and grimly nodded to Terrell as he boarded by.

Another was standing near the door of the building. Two more sat up on a wall across from the building, board beside them as they kept a lookout. Both made a move to follow. A wave from Terrell assured they stayed put.

Terrell jumped from his board and Sahara followed, eyeing the place she'd never been to before. She followed Terrell who nodded at the other guy by the door before pulling it open and heading in.

The moment they passed through Sahara was once again greeted by a sparkling clean interior. Rows of floating chairs stood to either side of the room. In these various chairs were several guys who looked pretty beat up. One winced as he gingerly tried to touch his split lip. Another clutched a limp arm while staring into space, while yet another took up three chairs as he pressed a hand to his forehead and groaned every few minutes. There were more. None of the injured looked like they'd been on the winning end of whatever scuffle they'd gotten into.

Despite the injuries, the moment the boys became aware of Terrell's presence, they rushed to get to their feet.

"Stay," Terrell's one word made them freeze in mid-attempt.

"Ouch!" the yell came from behind a closed door.

Terrell headed to it. Sahara followed, looking around at the injured Phantoms.

Without knocking, Terrell pushed the door open.

A smaller room was revealed. Inside it was several beds, curtains, and what looked like a lot of equipment. On one of the beds sat a boy to whom a woman in a white coat and ponytail was tending. She viciously slapped the boy's arm. "Stop being such a baby," she scolded.

"Doctors?" Sahara asked.

"Vets," came the reply from a familiar voice.

Turning, Sahara found Sven was sitting in a chair, calmly watching the boy get patched up. Next to him was Roman, gaze somber.

"Cool!" a squeal sounded from somewhere.

"Not that one!"

Crash!

"Ah...sorry?" it sounded suspiciously like Naomi.

"Don't worry about it. We'll just charge it to your bill," a female voice answered.

"Another?" Noah's voice sounded exasperated.

"Dude! You can't hit a child!" Marcus boomed.

Terrell ran a hand through his hair. "What's going on?"

The lady tending to the injured turned her head at the sound of his voice. "Anna!" she called. "Guess who's here!" With that, she turned back to the boy she was patching up.

What sounded like a scuffle occurred in the room next door. "Move!" a voice demanded. A woman dove into the room, almost tripping over herself. She tried to run a hand over her brown hair to look more presentable and less flustered – her red face gave her away.

"Terrell!" she was more than overjoyed. "Are you hear for a checkup?" Her gaze wasn't all too subtle as it darted to the abs covered by his shirt.

Sahara couldn't help but bristle. She automatically moved closer to her boyfriend. Terrell responded by putting an arm around her.

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