The Mogadorians release Piken into the room, killing Maddy and her family. Her last words are begging Nine for help. Malcolm Goode Malcolm Goode is Samuel's father and one of the few people who knows about the Loric. He is said to be a Greeter: one of the nine people assigned to help the Loric start their lives on Earth. In Henri's Letter to Four, he says they went to Paradise, Ohio, looking for Malcolm. Malcolm disappeared, and Samuel believes aliens abducted him. In Search for Samuel, it is revealed that Malcolm was experimented on to extract information about the Loric, causing him to forget who and where he is. Adamus awakens Malcolm who becomes his mentor. They go to Paradise, Ohio to find Samuel. However, Samuel has joined the Loric cause and left with the Garde. Adamus suggests that they go to a secret government base in New Mexico. Sneaking into the government base, they find Samuel and set him free. Adamus sacrifices himself, so Malcolm and Samuel can escape. Due to his time as a Mog captive, Malcolm is suspected of giving information to the Mogs, but the informant is revealed to be Five. Four allows Ten to be captured to save Malcolm's life at the end of The Fall of Five. At the beginning of The Revenge of Seven, Malcolm is in an abandoned warehouse with Four, Adamus, Samuel, Bernie Kosar, Dust, Sarah, and the Chimaera rescued from Plum Island. He relocates with the others at Ashwood Estates and stays with the Chimaera. Mark James Mark James is the quarterback of the school football team and a bully. He is bitter when he sees his former girlfriend, Sarah, starting a friendship with Four. After Mark tries to hurt Four and Sarah while they are on a Halloween ride, Four defeats Mark and his friends, warning Mark to stop messing with them. Mark is sufficiently intimidated and a truce is made. Four saves Mark's dogs when his house burns down during a party. Mark discovers a video of Four saving Sarah and his two dogs from the fire and shows it to Henri. He then fights alongside Four against the Mogadorians. In The Power of Six, it is revealed that Mark adamantly denies that Four started the house fire and is willing to take the blame rather than place it on Four. At the beginning of The Revenge