In the fictional town of Wellholt, Ohio live 8 typical American teenagers, at least they believe so. In reality they are from the planet Elorien. When they were just infants, 9 of them were sent off of planet Lorien, in order to be safe when the planet was overrun by the marauding Mogadorians, who killed all the other Eloriens. Each of the nine was assigned a "protector" warrior, who posed as their parents for 17 years, the eight are all on Earth, but each has no idea the whereabouts of the other eight. As the 8 approach adulthood the Mogadorians are out to find and kill the nine in order.