Jack's heart raced. No. No he couldn't. Not them. They didn't deserve to be hurt just because of him, not Steven. He was so young, just a little boy.

He was about to respond but then everything changed. The world blacked out and he was plunged into something that was akin to an enforced sleep. He couldn't wake from it, and he couldn't shake it. Hours out of it, almost comatose as his body lay on the couch in the Hub, surrounded by worried team members.

Hours, and then he woke.