Author's notes: I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get this chapter finished. I'd hoped to have had it done by the second week in May, but this definitely is a bit past then. At least it's now done, even though I kinda rushed it towards the end. Partly because I wanted this finished and partly because I'm working on it late. Though, I think another reason for it taking so long is because I didn't have as clear a picture of what I wanted to happen here as I do with the next chapter. So, hopefully that chapter won't take as long. At least once I'm back from going out of state for about a week and a half for my sister's wedding. But I do intend to have this finished by mid-July at the very latest. At least this chapter is a little longer than the past few have been!

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Felix shook his head as he came to. Whatever happened, happened too fast for him to have really known what was going on. Felix lifts himself up and slowly makes his way outside, where he can see in the dimming light of dusk. What he sees shocks him. The entire town that they were working in had become ruins. Or at least a demolition yard. The upside is that there didn't seem to be any buildings on fire, so he knew that he didn't have to worry about that. Just a bunch of collapsed buildings and walls with gaping holes in them.

As he moves out of the caved-in building he had woken up in however, he realizes that something is seriously wrong about what's happening. Or at least happened in a few cases. First he's walking on his own, without any support or ANYTHING. Second, he's a lot taller than he remembers.

He slowly looks behind him and just stares at the equine body that now extends from his waist. He probably should have been more shocked than he is, but having seen Kim as a centaur seems to have dulled the surprise a little. Especially since he already knew that a person could be turned into something like this, even though he didn't think that it would happen to him.

Felix moves slowly around the town, careful of some of the debris that had appeared from whatever attacked. A few others were appearing, also centaurs now, Felix noted. Without asking, he began systematically checking every building to see if anyone was hurt or trapped. Fortunately, no one seemed to have been seriously hurt, but no one in the town had been spared from having been turned into a centaur.

While Felix would like to work with the people who lived in the village, they didn't seem to want to have anything to do with him or those he came with. So, he left them to their own devices once he was sure that they were fine. He just went back to the group he had been with originally. Three other guys and three girls.

"Hey, what should we do?" one of the guys that came with Felix asked.

"We should just go home. Maybe they'll know what they can do about this," another, Austin, suggested. Referring to what was on everyone's mind

"I say we wait to see what the Mexican government will do. I'm sure that because we're US citizens, they'll help us get home faster than we could walking..." another, Andy, trailed off for a moment before quickly finishing. "or whatever."

"We should first decide who we look at as our leader here," someone else stated. Alice was the only one that Felix didn't seem to get along with. Mostly because she didn't seem to want to get along with him. As whenever he tried to be friendly, she always was just as cold to him as she was to everyone else. And Felix knew that by 'leader' and 'decide' she meant her.

Felix was sure that she'd even get on Shego's nerves. Partly because he'd heard from Ron about Shego's brothers and was sure that she'd be on the same level of being annoying as they would, if not more so.

"Okay, then Felix is our leader," the first one stated, Gary.

"What!? We haven't even voted or anything!" Alice shrieked.

"We all know that Felix would win anyway," one of the girls, Kristen commented.

Felix wasn't sure what to do about this development. Yeah, he'd helped Kim out on some of her missions in the past, but he never had to be in charge and make the decisions. And while he'd been the class Valedictorian, that didn't require him to be in a leadership position. This definitely wasn't something that he was prepared for. But, he did feel good that everyone trusted him to make a good decision. Minus Alice, of course, but he didn't think that she'd vote for anyone but herself, regardless of who else was there. That at least helped him feel that he'd be was probably a good choice.

Although, he kinda wondered what Monique would say about this whole sitch here. Especially him being a centaur now. And he was confident that she'd still like him as a centaur, because he knew that she wouldn't let him go. That and he saw how she acted around Kim after she became a centaur. But, it did raise an interesting question about how they'd have kids, if that would be possible now. He was sure that in the mythology of centaurs, they could have children with humans, but this really wasn't a mythological setting. So while it helps with knowing what to think of himself now as, it didn't helped much beyond that.

"So what do you say, oh fearless leader?" Gary asked.

Felix smiled in spite of himself. "I think-" he started before he was cut off.

"You're our leader," Austin informed him with a wink, "so when we ask you what we should do, you tell us what to do. Not what you think."

"Yeah!" a few of the others agreed.

Felix sighed, still smiling. "Okay, fine. We'll wait here for the government to come and see what they want us to do. We're still citizens of the United States, so they'll probably want us out of their country as quickly as they can get us. And if we wait, then we'll be able to get home faster."

Felix noticed Alice glaring at him. And the intensity of her glare let him know immediately that's what she wanted them to do, because she hated for others to either beat her to saying what she wanted to say or give directions when she wanted to be in charge; which was all the time. So it really didn't make any difference to Felix that she was glaring at him.

Soon they dispersed to get their stuff packed so they could leave whenever government officials came to survey what had happened. Because there was no way that this happened without them knowing about it happening. They probably didn't know about it beforehand, but they'd either have to be blind or incredibly stupid to know that this happened and not take a look or anything.

As Felix turned to go and get his stuff packed one of the girls that came with them made her way over to Felix. He wasn't sure why she remained silent during the exchange, especially with how she often spoke up about pretty much everything most of the time, but he assumed that it had to do with how sudden of a change it was and she probably wasn't sure what to say. He was sure that he was wrong, but he couldn't be sure right now. Especially since while he was often popular, he didn't have that many close friends. His closest friends were Kim and Monique, and had included Ron as well, but other than those three, he wasn't close to any of his friends. Which was quite a few at this point.

"Hey Felix!" the girl, Jenny called towards him, her pace at a light, if a little clumsy, trot.

"Yeah?" Felix asked when she got over to him.

"I was wondering if you were available now," Jenny started.

Felix didn't wait to let her finish what she was saying. He'd already told her when they left for this trip that he was still with Monique. And now the only thing that's changed has been the fact that he's now a centaur. Which he understands is probably why Jenny thinks that he might now be available. However, he knows that just letting her finish her statement would only encourage her, and he knows that it would be cruel to do that to her only to tell her that it's not going to happen. Aside from the fact that he really doesn't want to encourage her anyway. With how there was just something about her that made him just not interested in her that way.

"Sorry, but I'm still with Monique," Felix said and put up a hand to keep Jenny from trying to counter his statement. "I'm sure that you think that she might not want me now that..." Felix trailed off for a moment trying to think of how to say what he wanted to say, "...this has happened, but I know that it won't matter to her."

"How?" Jenny asked. "It's not like she's seen one before."

Felix couldn't help but chuckle at that.

"What?" Jenny demanded, scowling at him.

"Actually, her friend Kim was turned into one before we left," Felix answered, still chuckling in spite of himself.

Jenny just stared at him. "What?" she whispered, eyes wide in shock.

"Kim was turned into a centaur before we left, and there's evidence that Shego also was turned into one as well."

Jenny's mouth seemed to try and form words, but nothing seemed to come out at first. "How?" Jenny finally managed, even though Felix was sure that she wanted to say more.

"It happened while she was on a mission. There was some sort of ray that was being tested and when a villain came to try to steal it, they were turned into centaurs," Felix answered, not really sure how much he should tell her. Partly because he didn't know if Kim cared if he shared that information and partly because he wasn't sure if Global Justice cared either. But, he couldn't help but wonder if it mattered seeing as how the entire group that he came with had been turned into centaurs; as well as the entire village they were currently in.

Jenny's face had definitely fallen. Felix felt bad about making her feel bad, but he knew that it couldn't be helped with how much of a fan she was of Kim's and how he told her what happened. He just knew that he couldn't have gotten away with not telling her and having her not try and make him her boyfriend, which was he best reason for him to not hold that information from her.

But, as she was walking away, she turned back, her face suddenly bright again. While he should be glad that she wasn't depressed now, he couldn't help but feel like he should just run and not look back with how she was smiling at him. "If we get back and everyone says that centaurs shouldn't marry humans, would you give me a chance then?"

Felix had no idea about where that came from, and while it was plausible that it could happen, he just couldn't think of what made her think that.

"Well?" she demanded, snapping Felix out of his thoughts.

"Huh? Oh, yeah. Yeah!" Felix agreed, not really sure why he was agreeing to that. After all, there were laws about women getting married to other women in the US, but that didn't stop some of them from getting together like that, so he wasn't sure why that'd be with centaurs and humans, but he guessed that it was probably the best thing to say, since he couldn't think of anything else to say about it. Besides, he was sure that she probably wasn't going to let it go this time unless he at least gave her a possibility that he might hook up with her, even if it was an extreme long shot. Very extreme.

After Felix finished packing up all of his stuff from the ruined building he had been staying in, he looked over at his wheelchair. He smiled to himself, knowing that he wouldn't be confined to that again. While he'd been handicapped, or crippled as he secretly had preferred to think of it as, before he could remember, it still felt good to be free of the confines of his wheelchair. Even one so high tech as the one he had at home. And while he couldn't move it around while sitting in it, he knew that he'd still take it with him. He wasn't really sure why, but he reasoned that it was because of the sentimental attachment to it. Yeah, he often grew frustrated and upset at his condition when he was alone and the wheelchair would only be a reminder of that, but at the same time, he just couldn't let go of that part of his life. It had been such a part of him that it felt like he'd be leaving an arm or a leg behind if he didn't take the wheelchair with him.

But, the problem with taking it was that he wasn't sure how to carry it. Maybe he could take it by tying it to his equine portion, but then he'd need help, and he wasn't sure if he wanted to ask for help for this particular item. So what he did was pulled out some rope from his duffel bag after folding his wheelchair up and tying it to his back. His human one. While it was a little uncomfortable, it wasn't a real bother, so he didn't think about it that much.

As he looked around, he noticed the other guys had already finished packing their stuff and had moved out. As he made his way outside, he saw the rest of his group together. But, they weren't calm. Apparently something had happened. So, Felix carefully trotted over to where everyone was clustered around something. Which Felix could see, as he got closer, was a short wave radio.

When he squeezed in the group, he could hear what was being stated on the radio.

"-has declared that all centaurs within Mexican borders are property of the Mexican government. In total that make three countries so far that have decided what they're going to do about the strange attacks. We promise to keep you informed about the situation as we learn more."

Another voice then came on talking about the weather. "What's that about?" Felix asked, not sure why someone had a short wave radio with them on this trip.

"I was looking into joining Global Justice eventually, and when my dad heard about it, he gave me this old one, which he told me I could mess around with. I just forgot about it until we were packing and I saw it," Gary answered.

"So, what does that mean?" Andy asked, voicing a question that Felix had been thinking of since he first started listening to the radio.

"I can't be sure, but I think it basically means we better get out of here before the Mexican government comes in," Gary replied.

"Oh come on! They'll know that we aren't theirs. We're US citizens!" Alice snapped.

"But, the announcement was that all centaurs in the Mexican borders. Which we're in," Felix pointed out. "Besides, whether we're wrong for assuming that, I'd rather not find out we're wrong the hard way."

Again Alice was outvoted. But at least she wasn't being a pain about it as she usually was. Felix wondered if it was because she didn't want to find out that she was wrong as well.

So, while there wasn't any sign of the Mexican government that was undoubtedly heading towards that village, they quickly left so they could hopefully see their homes again. Felix thought briefly about going to see if the local townsfolk would be interested in going with them, but given their reaction to them after the transformation, he didn't think that they'd be very willing to go with them. But that was part of life, even though he had worked with Kim on helping people, he knew that he couldn't help everyone. Especially those who didn't want help.

--

Kim stared blankly at a grinning Joss. There was no way she was going to let Joss put that saddle on her. The last time had been very uncomfortable. That and after she thought that Joss was done putting it on and she let out the breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding, Joss had pulled the strap for the saddle even tighter. Out of everything, she had already been put through, this was definitely the worst since she became a centaur. Even the horseshoes weren't that bad. Even though the metal was a cherry red when it was placed on her hoof, it only felt pleasantly warm through her hoof. And while she didn't care for the feeling of nails being hammered into her hoof, it wasn't that bad.

But now working with this saddle was something entirely different. Especially with how it seemed Joss was enjoying this more than she really should.

"Come on, Kim!" Joss urged. "It's not like it's gonna to kill you!"

Kim backed up a few steps as Joss moved forward a few steps.

"You're not even tryin' to take it!" Joss complained before she used her secret weapon. "And here I thought you could do anything."

Kim scowled at Joss, because while she knew that Joss was just saying that to get to her, she knew that she wasn't going to back down from that. "Fine," Kim growled, dreading the feel of the saddle being put on.

The blanket Joss put on her equine back wasn't so bad. It definitely helped take away from the uncomfortableness of the saddle. The weight of the saddle was manageable. It just was when Joss started to put the strap going under her belly on that things started to get bad. And even after the strap was tight and Kim thought it was over, again, she let out the breath that she hadn't realized she was holding in. Which was when Joss tightened the belly strap again. Kim turned to glare at Joss.

"You're enjoying this far too much," Kim accused, scowling at Joss as best she could while Joss mounted her. Kim wondered if this was the whole part of her getting 'broken' or if this was just the start of the pain that was probably going to come with it.

"Well, you can't expect me to know how well you're doin' on gettin' better as a horse if I'm not with you," Joss answered, a little too smugly in Kim's opinion. But regardless, she still started walking around the pen. While she'd been finding out how fast she'd be able to go on her own, she wasn't completely ready to let Joss know that she'd been going out at night to train herself. Although, she was surprised at how well she could see at night. She could see a lot better than she could before she'd became a centaur. And because any side-effects that she had seemed to come more from being part horse, she was guessing that her better night-vision was due to her horse half as well. Even though it was more motion that she had an easier time detecting because she couldn't always tell what it was that she saw.

"Okay, lets get goin'!" Joss cried, kicking her heels into Kim's sides. Kim grunted a little from the impact and started picking up her speed into a trot. Mostly because she'd learned quickly that the trot was the most jarring to anyone riding on her back. But, the down side to that was that Joss had seemed to already have gotten over that while riding on her; likely from her experience with riding horses in general. So, it wasn't as satisfying as it had been the last time. And because of that, she just picked her speed up further, not caring if Joss started yelling at her that she was taking it too fast for herself; which she started to do. Primarily because this was how she was giving her cousin payback for the bit with the saddle.

And since Joss didn't have any reins to hold onto, she just held onto the horn of the saddle. While it wasn't what the horn had been designed to do, it certainly was proving to be quite effective; at least where Joss was concerned.

Kim smiled when she caught a little of what Joss was grumbling, "...shoulda found a way to put those reigns on you..."

This certainly was going to be fun; even though she was wondering if they'd suspect her if the shed where the saddles were kept suddenly caught on fire.

Although Kim wondered how Joss would react when she jumped the fence of the pen. Even though she hadn't tried that herself yet, she figured that it would at least get a reaction out of Joss that she might like right now. Which was the reason she was heading for the fence as she thought about it.

--

A couple days had passed since they'd left the village and Felix was wondering how long he had to have napped after they crossed the Mexican border to not realize how far they'd actually come on their way to the village they were at. While he knew that they couldn't travel near as fast as they could in a car or van, especially with how they were doing what they could to keep out of sight, it still seemed like they'd been going a lot farther than they should have had to.

Felix watched the sun go down. Alice had surprised him when she suggested that they only travel at night. With how most people would probably be asleep at that time, it'd also be easier to see a search party looking around. But it was irritating with how smug she was when everyone approved of that idea.

The short wave radio especially helped them avoid pursuits, with how once or twice they've received a broadcast giving updates about where the Mexican government was searching. And while they traveled mostly at night, they took turns keeping lookout, with how they knew the Mexicans were looking for them. Or at least a 'group of centaurs of about six or seven'; which meant that they fit the criteria perfectly and could very well mean them.

But the biggest problem that they were facing right now was the fact that they didn't have enough supplies to make it to the US border without help. Everyone agreed that they shouldn't try stealing anything from the people around, because for the biggest reasons was that they didn't want to advertise their presence, and they also didn't want to run the chance of being seen by anyone. At least anyone that wouldn't help them and right now they had to consider anyone who was in Mexico right now to be someone who would try to capture them rather than helping them get back home.

Felix had convinced others that they could forage a little for something edible, but mostly that wasn't helping in such a dry area. Especially with all the areas where things weren't so dry was already occupied by others; at least the few areas they'd come across. And finally, there was the fact that they had a very small amount of water left right now. While they'd been able to conserve most of it by traveling at night, they still used up a good amount of it, making it necessary for them to find some water that they could get, regardless of the risks involved, within the next couple nights. And even that would be pushing it quite a bit.

And all of these problems were Felix's main concern. All because everyone but Alice had voted him their leader. Irritating didn't begin to cover how he was feeling at the moment. Especially because he had no idea as to what he should begin to do about the problems anyway.

At least it was getting time for them to start moving again. Which meant that he'd be able to keep an eye out for any potential areas that might give him at least a temporary solution to some of their problems. At least without adding more to the list. And because he wanted to keep as much food as possible for everyone, Felix made it a point for him to only eat what they'd been able to forage. Which wasn't much, but at least he was able to get it down without a problem.

As he went around to wake everyone else up, one of the duties that was assigned the person who had last watch. He kept an eye out for any signs of where they should go. There didn't seem to be any lights in the sky, which let him know that helicopters weren't in this area right now. But that often changed if they weren't careful of spotting them early on.

Progress that night seemed pretty good. With how everyone seemed excited about the whole journey still. Felix wasn't sure how much longer that would last, but he was going to enjoy it while he could.

But he noticed something strange as false dawn was approaching. There seemed to be some lights in the sky like a helicopter was there, but it didn't seem to be moving in the same patterns as the couple that they'd seen before had been. It almost seemed like it was heading somewhere. And another strange part was that they couldn't hear any sounds from it. At the distance it was at, Felix knew that they should at least hear a faint noise of the blades whirling around. But there didn't seem to be any sound from it.

So, even though he knew that they should be finding a place to hide for the day right now, with him on first watch as well, he directed everyone to move in the direction that the flying object was moving in. Whatever it was, everyone agreed that it wasn't likely to be part of the Mexican government, and also not likely to be there with the permission of the government. Which meant that if it wasn't someone friendly, it also wasn't someone that they'd need to avoid altogether. As they might be able to get some supplies that they needed desperately. Even though Felix was the only one aware of how low they really were. One reason he suspected that everyone was still excited about the whole journey.

As it became lighter out, they were able to see the object that they were following was a hovercraft. One whose design wasn't one they recognized. Although, the insignia on the side that Kristen spotted briefly led them to believe that the hovercraft belonged to WEE. Even though most in the group didn't know what WEE was, they agreed that they should find out what a WEE base was doing there.

The only thing about it all that Felix wished was that they could have some way of contacting Global Justice about the base. But then again, if they had a way of contacting Global Justice, they'd already have done that in order to get out of there. Which just meant that they'd have to do what they needed to in order to find out what it was they'd decide to do in a bit.

It was just after dawn that they got close enough to the base to see any of the defenses as well as a few WEE agents milling around the base. There seemed to be two guards behind the fence that blocked access from the one side that you could get into from the ground. The gate also seemed to have a guard; but he seemed to be sleeping and the other guards didn't seem to care, as they were obviously not watching as they should be, with their backs to the fence. Only one agent seemed to be doing anything at all, which was moving boxes onto the hovercraft, parked in the middle of a landing space in the base.

After studying the base for a few minutes, Felix backed away, motioning everyone to follow him. Which everyone did except for Alice. Alice just stayed where she was watching the base. It seemed she hadn't realized everyone else had moved away or that she was thinking of doing something else. So, Felix turned around again, to tug on Alice's arm. She glared at him as she turned to leave as well. It seemed that she still was holding a grudge against Felix. Not that he really cared; especially with how he knew that he wouldn't be able to keep everyone in the world that he meets in life from holding a grudge with him. It was just something that had to be dealt with when it came up.

By the time Felix caught up with everyone, they'd found a place that seemed good enough for them to get a little rest. Felix estimated that the best time for them to attack the base would be at the heat of the day when the guards would likely be asleep or paying even less attention because of how hot it was. Besides, he was sure that if they made it to the hovercraft, they'd be able to get out of Mexico a lot faster. And piloting it would be easy; provided that the controls were the same as the one he remembered seeing his mother work on just before they moved to Middleton.

--

Kim sighed. Between working with Joss and secretly on her own at night, she was starting to really feel the effects of trying so hard. At least she knew that she'd be in top condition, but she thought that maybe it'd be best if she slowed down a little. Especially with how she didn't want to be exhausted when they found any information about Shego. While she might not be at the top of her game then, she'd at least have the strength to do what she could to save Shego. At least she was getting a little more used to the belly strap on the saddle being unexpectedly tightened.

It seemed like no matter how often she had a saddle put on, she always didn't expect that last tug on it. Even after reading up and learning that that was the proper way of putting a saddle on, it still seemed like it shouldn't have to take that with her. After all, it wasn't like she was a horse. She was part human! So she should be able to get it on without it taking that extra tug. But, even when she tried to avoid it, it happened and she could tell that, even then, that last tug tightened the saddle a little more. It was beyond aggravating for her. However, she was now confident that she was really starting to get used to her equine body. But, she still wondered how long it'd be before they found Shego.

Not a day went by that she didn't wonder if they'd be able to make it to Shego before WEE did whatever it was that they were planning on with her. There wasn't anything she could do about that right now, even though it really vexed her to admit it. And even though she didn't like to admit it, she always seemed to wake up to find that she had been crying again in her sleep.

Although, aside from all that, she was also starting to experiment more with her body, such as what it could take as opposed to when it was completely human. And she was surprised to find that she rather enjoyed some of the stuff that horses ate regularly. Even more than some of the foods that she'd had when she was human.

Kim stopped herself in thought at that last one. She suddenly realized that she was no longer thinking of herself in a centaur body, but rather as a centaur. It was a little unnerving to her to realize this. Especially since she was still hoping that GJ would find a way to return her back the way she was. She really wasn't sure of what to make of that, but she knew that it was probably something that she should think about in more depth later. Right now, she had some training to do. And it seemed like Joss was a pretty strong-willed taskmaster.

--

As the sun got higher and into the early afternoon, Felix made his way past their lookout and cautiously crept along the rough terrain to look at the base. As he expected, the guards appeared to be even lazier than what he'd seen earlier. So, he knew that the time to strike was almost there. First he'd need to get everyone up and ration out the last of their supplies. Even if they didn't get anymore from the base, so long as they either captured the hovercraft or the main part of the base; preferably the hovercraft because of how much smaller it was and had the least amount on chance that there'd be more agents on it than he'd seen, it wouldn't matter so much with the supplies with how they'd then be able to get out of Mexico entirely.

After getting everyone ready to attack the base and securing their packs, he led the way to the base.

To avoid making too much noise, they walked towards the base. Even though they wanted to run to the base, if the guards were asleep, there was no sense in waking them up with the sounds of them running. Especially with how their hooves made a lot more noise than their feet had when they were human. And they didn't have a way to muffle the sound either.

When they arrived at the gate, Felix just walked around the arm of the gate slowly, so he wouldn't wake up the guard on watch. At least before they were in position to keep him from alerting the other WEE agents.

Once he was tied up, the made a beeline for the hovercraft. Felix was a little surprised at the ease of their operation. While he had somewhat expected it, the base being out in the middle of nowhere, in a desert type environment, it still felt like it should be harder. Maybe it was just that this was listed as a 'low priority' base, but he still wondered if it should have been harder than it really seemed to be.

The first snag they had was when they boarded the hovercraft, there was a WEE agent with a working radio. Even though they'd stowed their packs and other items they'd taken with them, it was a little surprising to see that there was someone on the craft that hadn't yet taken notice of them with how empty it was before they got on. While it didn't seem like he'd seen them yet, he did seem to be in a conversation with someone else on the other end. Probably not talking about things work related, but Felix couldn't tell with him too far away from them to make out what he was saying. However, Felix decided that the risk of alerting the base was worth it if they could at least get the hovercraft under their control.

So, after charging at the agent and quickly subduing him, Felix scanned the controls. The layout wasn't what he expected, but he knew he didn't have time to hesitate for too long. So he started pushing a few buttons that looked like they'd do what he wanted. After all, taking off was the easy part. Landing would be the really dangerous stunt. Although, maybe GJ would be able to get someone else on the hovercraft who was trained in operating it.

At least taking off seemed to be pretty easy. And flying it didn't seem to difficult either. The biggest problem to his plan was that he'd forgotten to calculate the Mexican government in. So he found himself trying to dodge their planes fire, which came up about a minute after he was out of sight of the WEE base moving as fast as the craft seemed to go.

At least they haven't used missiles yet, Felix told himself. Because while the armor of the hovercraft seemed to be holding against the rain of bullets, he was sure that it wouldn't be able to withstand anything heavier. But they were moving a lot faster than he thought they would. He just wondered if he'd be able to talk his way out of any hostile action from the US, seeing as how he was making a beeline for where he thought the US was. And it wasn't like they weren't going at a lazy pace. They were certainly moving fast towards the US.

Felix was able to see the boarder of the US, where he saw what he expected would likely be there, Or at least part of it. There was some law enforcement that he could make out. Which was when an explosion wracked the whole hovercraft. Which made sense if there wasn't a military base close enough to send any military personnel.

It took Felix a moment to realize that the controls were out of his hands and they were starting to dip towards the ground. Fortunately Felix had kept the craft low, but a crash landing was always quite bumpy regardless. And as they landed, Felix wasn't sure if they'd be able to walk out of there or if they'd have to be carried. He wouldn't mind being carried, but that was only if they stopped moving on US soil. Which he seriously doubted would happen. With how far they had yet to go before being in the US, Felix doubted that they'd make it that far. Which meant that they'd probably need to run to avoid becoming property of the Mexican government, but Felix wasn't going to count out their chances currently. Expect the unexpected and all that, he told himself as he braced himself for the impact that he knew was coming.

But as it turned out, as Felix came to, the hovercraft had apparently skidded to a stop on the border of the two countries. Which just barely put him and friends on US soil.

As GJ doctors looked at his wounds, he overheard someone saying something about what they found on the hovercraft. Felix considered looking for a moment, then decided against it. It really wasn't something that he felt he should see. Right now all he cared about was going home and taking it easy for a little bit.

"This seems to be what they'd been using to turn all those people into centaurs," One agent reported.

A pause, which Felix took to mean that the agent was reporting in on a phone or something.

"Yeah, we've begun scanning the on board computer. We'll let you know when we get something worthwhile."

At that point, the voice faded in the distance and Felix turned his attention back to what the doctors were doing and hopefully learn when he'd be able to get sent home.