My iPod rumbles again. It's not actually an iPod. It doesn't play any music and the earbuds are just for show. It's a gadget that Sandor put together in his lab. It's my Mogadorian detector. I call it my iMog.

That's another one of Sandor's rules for hiding in plain sight: always appear to be weaker than I actually am. Never push it.

My heart is breaking," she says. "I want to be strong for you right now but the thought of you leaving is killing me inside.

I don't know where you have to go or what you have to do, but I'll wait for you, John. Every bit of my heart belongs to you, whether you ask for it or not.

I don't like bullies. No one has a right to take or to hurt just because they can.

Strength, confidence, humility and love. Hector Ricardo's four tenets of life.

Sometimes you can hide just as effectively by sticking out.