"Really?" Taylor asked, interested. "That would explain what happened at the petrol station."
"Hey can you heal my poor footy?" Ripples asked, diving down to Avie's eye level.
"N-no."
"I can." Jess spoke up.
"Oh goody. It got ripped off and it's all her fault." Ripples pointed an accusing finger at Z, who rolled her eyes.
"I should be able to do it." Jess assured him.
Jess touched his leg with her hand and a moment later Ripples had his foot back and he was declaring his allegiance to Jess for the rest of his life.
"Where's Isaac?" Z asked.
They looked around.
"I don't know." Taylor and Jess said at the same time.
"He went out." Rocky said.
"I thought I told you people to -"
"Relax. The rest of the team is keeping an eye out."
"For the Hansons or the vampire?"
"You-you know, I asked the same thing." Oscar commented.
"Argh I cannot believe this!" Z exploded. "Do you have any idea what's at stake here? Isaac may have five powers. Five powers! Do you know what that means?"
"The... the Gift?" Trinity asked, wide-eyed.
"The Gift?" Walker inquired.
"Three powers is the norm. Occasionally people have four. If they have five or more, it means they have the Gift. The ability to-to accumulate powers." Oscar explained after giving a low whistle. "Getting new powers takes years, and Isaac may never have more than maybe... six in his lifetime, but the Gift... it's extremely rare."
"The Goblin is looking for a... powerful, ahh, anomaly to father her child." Z put in.
Oscar started laughing.
"What's so funny?" Rocky demanded. "This is incredibly serious. If that woman ever has a powerful being on her side..."
"That woman will never have a child to-to anyone who-who doesn't have Frog." Oscar replied, trying to stifle his giggles. "I've studied what's become of her DNA structure. Even if she does end up pregnant, that child - or children, since frogs had multiple births - will not survive."
"That doesn't change what her plans are right now. And knowing that is not going to stop her from getting to Isaac." Z remarked, picking up her phone. "Drat these stupid idiots! No one knows how to follow instructions any more. I'm warning you, if they're after that vampire I will personally grind them into dust."
On that, Z left to talk on the phone. No doubt to make sure they knew where Isaac was and, if they weren't, to go off at them.