"And the snakes?" asks Hery Quantos, looking at the two years old kid playing with Axel.

"Walker did operated him before giving him back to me. It seems impossible to me, but I guess he grown liking the kid. Or, he had his secret motivations. In any case his serpent DNA keeps him rejecting me, and my serpent-eagle genetic splicing" responds Edulcore, pensive.

"You mean he doesn't love you?"

"Well, in this weeks he has become more tied to me... I guess it's the first time he feel what a real father is... he had always changed nurses... never becoming really accustomed to a single person caring for him... But still, he can't sustain a close vicinity... contact... with me. And he never talks."

"And the powers?"

"No manifestations of powers whatsoever. I never saw him levitate like in that picture you showed me in Mandelovia, Henry".

"Strange... maybe Walker has found a way to put the metagene back to dormancy..." wonders Quantos.

"I don't know... well, I will bring eddie back for the analysis later, Doc. Now it's time I meet the guys. I suppose I will have to ask Chance for re-admission, first..."

"You don't know, Ed?"

"What?"

"Things have changed a lot... with the war... you see, Kris... has died in Mandelovia."

Ed's eyes widens. "What? Henry, I am very sorry... he was like a son for you..."

"And you best friend, here, Ed... I know..."

"How did he die?"

"As an hero.. saving the team... and maybe the whole Mandelovia."

"I wouldn't have though anything less" says Euro, a sad smile on his face. "The others? All well?"

"More or less. Mick and Shirley have married... but Mick is in a mental hospital, now..."

"What?"

"It seems Mxy was just a creation of his mind... of his extra powerful metagene. He snapped in Antarctic... but Velo and Shirley convinced him to seek help. Also, Velo and Tobias have left the team, Danny's has returned, Phil has brought his girlfriend, Griss has stepped back on supporting staff for personal matters and we have three new member, an ex boxer, a sort of pirate and one that claims to be an alien".

"Brianna?"

Quantos smiles. "Brianna is fine and more confident about herself and her powers day by day".

Ed takes the son on his back. "Good" says smiling, and leaves the lab, looking for his old and new comrades.