Severe turned and saw a man and a woman walking up behind her. She saw Keyword holding a gun on Dr. Malta and used the opportunity to let Fantasy go and to see the man and woman. “Mother, Father?” she asked the people.
“Oh my darling Olivia, we’ve been looking for you for so many years.” the woman said and hugged Severe tightly.
“They told me that you were dead.” Severe said, tears building in her eyes and rolling down her cheeks.
“They lied to you to get you to come here so they could destroy you.” the man told her.
“I don’t know what to do.” Severe told them as she dropped to her knees and wept openly in her mothers arms.
“Turn them in to the authorities, killing them won’t bring you any true sense of justice.” the woman told her. “And after that, go on defending the city from people like them, protect others from suffering like you have.” she added.
Severe nodded and rose to her feet. “Thank you.” she said.
“You’re welcome baby. We’ll see you later.” the man said and hugged his daughter tightly before he and the woman left the room.
“Thanks Fantasy.” Severe said.
Fantasy walked up to her teammate and hugged her. “I hope it helped.” she said.
“It was just what I needed to hear.” she said and hugged her friend back.
Suddenly the building began to shake as several explosions detonated in the floors below them.
“Too bad you’re gonna die now.” Dr. Malta said with a chuckle.
“Says you.” Severe said and grabbed Fantasy, Keyword, and Dr. Malta up with her powers and blasted a hole to the outside of the building that she dragged all of them through.
As the group soared through the air and away from the building it exploded internally several more times and began to crumble to the ground.
“Looks like that’s the end of Malta.” Fantasy said with a smile.
Severe dropped Dr. Malta off with Longbow who took him to be processed before his trial was set up. Severe saluted the military enforcers and took off with Fantasy and Keyword back to the base.
“Well I’m just glad that all of this is over and we can go back to normal crime fighting for a while.” Hannah said after Severe and Fantasy had returned and shared their part of the story.
“About that,” Knight said. “I’ve been doing a lot of thinking since I lost my armor, by all accounts I should be dead, but I’m not. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m going to take some time off, try and find myself.” he said with a solemn face.
“Just like that?” Jesseca asked.
“You’ll all be fine, Hannah is more than capable of running things here.” he said and left the room to pack up his things.
“Don’t do this to me Nate.” Hannah said as she entered the his room.
“Oh come on Hannah, I know and you do too that you can run this team.” he said as he packed.
“I wasn’t talking about the team, I was talking about me.” she said. “I’m starting to fall for you.” she said quietly with a blush.
Knight looked up at her for a moment and then went back to his packing. “I’m sorry Hannah, but this is something I have to do.” he said as he grabbed his bag and pushed past her to leave. As the sun set on Paragon City, Dementia’s Knight made his way to the airport and Hannah Knowles lay on her bed crying while her teammates were left to wonder what would become of their team.
Three weeks had passed since Dementia’s Knight had left the team to “find himself” and things were getting worse. Darius had awoken from his coma and, at Sue’s request, they had left the team also to finally get married and start a life together. Severe had also decided to leave to find her parents or find where they were buried.
“So, who’s staying?” Hannah asked the remaining team members as they gathered in the meeting room.
“I pledged an oath to Knight, I’m not going anywhere.” Ataris said as he raised his hand.
Hannah nodded. “Thank you Ataris. I know I’m not going anywhere.” she added.
Elysa sat in the chair next to Hannah. The young ice controller had been battling with the realization that she was now mostly incontinent due to the injuries she’d sustained in the Malta ambush that she and Hannah had escaped. “If you stay, I stay.” she said quietly with a smile as she looked at Hannah.
Fantasy had put her feet up onto the table and was chewing her gum loudly. “You know I’m not going anywhere.” she said.
Flower Child smiled. She’d been nursing a broken hip for the last three weeks, but she knew that this was her home, and that she was needed. “I’m here with my family.” she said.
“If Hanako is in, so am I.” Electro-Cute said. Her arm and leg were still in a cast, but Hannah had told her she’d be back to a hundred percent in another week or so.
Jesseca sat next to the still child minded Brianna. She was in the process of braiding the girl’s hair when the rotation came around to her. “Umm, I’m staying but my first responsibility is to make sure that Brianna is safe.” she said. In the three weeks of caring for Brianna, Jesseca had grown quite fond of her, and was even beginning to feel like she was her little sister.
“I will help you all in any way possible.” Keyword said. Keyword had passed several tests to prove that he was really who he claimed to be, and had even helped Severe to get started in her search for her parents.
Drool had recovered fully from the experiments that Malta had done on him and was eager to return the favor to his new friends. “I’m here for you all as well.” he said.
“Thank you all very much for your loyalty.” Hannah said. “We need to recruit a few more members just in case a few of you change your mind.” she said.
Hannah slid a few file folders to the center of the table and started up a presentation on the screen on the table. “These are some potentials that I’ve found, I want you guys to go out and get them.” she said.
“First up, Carl and Sarah Madison.” Hannah said as two young children showed up on the screen. “Fifteen year old twins, they call themselves Slice and Dice.” she said.
“Which one is which?” Hanako asked.
“Carl uses a pair of swords and goes by Slice. Sarah has metallic claws that she wears and calls herself Dice. From their registration info they both posses untested regenerative abilities as well as heightened reflexes.” she said.
“Next is a thirty four year old ex Marine, Derrek Elswick goes by the name Arsenal. He is a master of both armed and unarmed combat, and appears to be invulnerable.” she said as a picture of a gray haired man came up on the screen replacing the blonde twins.
“Twenty Two year old Elizabeth Fierro is a marine biologist with the ability to control water in all of it’s forms. She goes by the code name Tidal Wave.” Hannah said as she pointed to the young woman that was now on the screen.
“And finally we have a Mr. John Parson A.K.A. Metalicious. John is a Forty year old engineer with the ability to turn his skin to metal.” Hannah said. The screen showed a large black man and then went dark afterward. “I want these people added to the roster today guys.” she said.
The team rose from their seats and grabbed a file folder on their way out, eager to meet these new heroes and see what they had to offer the team.
“Hold still please.” Hannah told Elysa as she wiped her diaper area clean with a wet wipe.
Elysa stopped squirming and lay still, her face red with shame.
“What’s wrong honey?” Hannah asked as she powdered her sister and taped a fresh diaper into place.
“It’s just weird. I chose to play around with diapers because I thought they were fun, and now that I have to wear them, I don’t want them.” Elysa said.
Hannah sat her sister up and hugged her. “It’ll be ok ‘Lysa.” she said.
“I don’t want to be called that ever again.” Elysa said. “And I want all of this baby stuff out of here.” she added.
Hannah frowned. “Whatever you say sis.” she told her.
Three weeks had passed since Dementia’s Knight had left the team to “find himself” and things were getting worse. Darius had awoken from his coma and, at Sue’s request, they had left the team also to finally get married and start a life together. Severe had also decided to leave to find her parents or find where they were buried.
“So, who’s staying?” Hannah asked the remaining team members as they gathered in the meeting room.
“I pledged an oath to Knight, I’m not going anywhere.” Ataris said as he raised his hand.
Hannah nodded. “Thank you Ataris. I know I’m not going anywhere.” she added.
Elysa sat in the chair next to Hannah. The young ice controller had been battling with the realization that she was now mostly incontinent due to the injuries she’d sustained in the Malta ambush that she and Hannah had escaped. “If you stay, I stay.” she said quietly with a smile as she looked at Hannah.
Fantasy had put her feet up onto the table and was chewing her gum loudly. “You know I’m not going anywhere.” she said.
Flower Child smiled. She’d been nursing a broken hip for the last three weeks, but she knew that this was her home, and that she was needed. “I’m here with my family.” she said.
“If Hanako is in, so am I.” Electro-Cute said. Her arm and leg were still in a cast, but Hannah had told her she’d be back to a hundred percent in another week or so.
Jesseca sat next to the still child minded Brianna. She was in the process of braiding the girl’s hair when the rotation came around to her. “Umm, I’m staying but my first responsibility is to make sure that Brianna is safe.” she said. In the three weeks of caring for Brianna, Jesseca had grown quite fond of her, and was even beginning to feel like she was her little sister.
“I will help you all in any way possible.” Keyword said. Keyword had passed several tests to prove that he was really who he claimed to be, and had even helped Severe to get started in her search for her parents.
Drool had recovered fully from the experiments that Malta had done on him and was eager to return the favor to his new friends. “I’m here for you all as well.” he said.
“Thank you all very much for your loyalty.” Hannah said. “We need to recruit a few more members just in case a few of you change your mind.” she said.
Hannah slid a few file folders to the center of the table and started up a presentation on the screen on the table. “These are some potentials that I’ve found, I want you guys to go out and get them.” she said.
“First up, Carl and Sarah Madison.” Hannah said as two young children showed up on the screen. “Fifteen year old twins, they call themselves Slice and Dice.” she said.
“Which one is which?” Hanako asked.
“Carl uses a pair of swords and goes by Slice. Sarah has metallic claws that she wears and calls herself Dice. From their registration info they both posses untested regenerative abilities as well as heightened reflexes.” she said.
“Next is a thirty four year old ex Marine, Derrek Elswick goes by the name Arsenal. He is a master of both armed and unarmed combat, and appears to be invulnerable.” she said as a picture of a gray haired man came up on the screen replacing the blonde twins.
“Twenty Two year old Elizabeth Fierro is a marine biologist with the ability to control water in all of it’s forms. She goes by the code name Tidal Wave.” Hannah said as she pointed to the young woman that was now on the screen.
“And finally we have a Mr. John Parson A.K.A. Metalicious. John is a Forty year old engineer with the ability to turn his skin to metal.” Hannah said. The screen showed a large black man and then went dark afterward. “I want these people added to the roster today guys.” she said.
The team rose from their seats and grabbed a file folder on their way out, eager to meet these new heroes and see what they had to offer the team.
“Hold still please.” Hannah told Elysa as she wiped her diaper area clean with a wet wipe.
Elysa stopped squirming and lay still, her face red with shame.
“What’s wrong honey?” Hannah asked as she powdered her sister and taped a fresh diaper into place.
“It’s just weird. I chose to play around with diapers because I thought they were fun, and now that I have to wear them, I don’t want them.” Elysa said.
Hannah sat her sister up and hugged her. “It’ll be ok ‘Lysa.” she said.
“I don’t want to be called that ever again.” Elysa said. “And I want all of this baby stuff out of here.” she added.
Hannah frowned. “Whatever you say sis.” she told her.