L-Force: Double Trouble

Chapter 1

A dark-haired, bright-eyed girl was sitting on a swing in Acme Park. It was quite dark. "It's almost midnight. What's taking so long?" She then sensed a presence moving behind her. She turned around, but she didn't see anyone there. "Hello?" She turned back. "Who's there?"

"It's dark out."

The girl gasped and whirled around, jumping off the swing in doing so.

A woman peeked out from behind a tree. "Should you still be here so late?"

"My mom's supposed to pick me up. I guess she's just taking a while."

The woman came into the light to reveal herself as Wake. "I don't think she'll be coming."

The girl back up. "You're wrong...I-I'm not supposed to be talking to people I don't know."

"Oh, but I'm not a person, I'm an Oasis." She cornered the girl. "So that's out of line."

The girl panicked, breathing heavily. "I better go."

Before she could leave, Wake backhanded her, knocking face-first into the ground. "Don't worry. You're not going to die tonight." The girl tried to run away, but Wake jumped on top of her. "You'll get much worse." She started choking her. "You can scream if you like." She Vamped out and started to attack...

"This is the best you could do?" Duck asked, dropping his bag onto the floor of the old hut.

Kyra scoffed. "Wait for it." She took out a key and unlocked a box to reveal one of those hand-print scanners. She let it scan her hand and the wall opened to reveal a keypad. She started typing out the code.

*beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep*...*beeeeeeppp*

The wall opened to reveal an elevator. Nathan started to go in, but she stopped him. "Ladies first."

Nathan scoffed. "Age before beauty."

Kyra stopped him again. "I am older."

"By 2 months! Big deal!"

Kyra scoffed. She walked in, followed by Lexi, Ace, Nathan, Rev, Tech, Duck, Zara, and Slam (who, I might add, made it just a bit difficult to stay in there safely until the doors closed and the thing expanded to let them in).

The elevator then opened in a dark hall which the team followed straight forward to a big room that was the lobby of their new hideout.

Kyra smiled and looked at the others (who were gazing in awe) over her shoulder. "You're welcome." She flipped her hair.

Zara smiled and dropped her bag on the floor. "If only Zack were here to see this." She then remembered her twin brother's condition and her smile faded.

Duck went over to her and patted her on the back, trying to calm her down.

"He's gonna wake up, you know," Kyra assured her friend.

"They said he wouldn't," Zara corrected.

"They said he might not," said Kyra, "He's strong, he'll get through it."

"So when are Arra, Byron...and the others getting here with the new recruits?" asked Lexi.

They heard the door reopening.

"I guess now," said Ace.

Darryl came in first. "Whoa!" he said upon noticing the hideout, "This place is huge. It'll certainly fit us."

"I know, right?" Kyra said as Arra came in, followed by Sandra and Jake, "So where are the new recruits?"

Lindy and Byron then came in with 3 kids about their age.

"Right here," said Lindy, "This is Valerie, Willis, Orion, and…where's Tree?"

"Hey! Wait for me!" A coyote girl pushed her way through them.

Tech stared at her, wide-eyed.

The girl looked at him. She had deep green eyes and her fur was about the same shade as his. She also had wavy brown hair pulled back in a ponytail. "Uh…hi. I'm Trinity Coyote, but you can call me Tree."

"I-I-I…" Tech stammered.

Trinity looked at Kyra. "Is there something wrong with him?"

"I ask myself that question about Nathan and Duck everyday," Kyra answered. She went over to Tech. "Tech! Wake up!"

Tech shook himself off. "What just happened?" He looked at Trinity again. "Heh-heh…pretty girl…"

Orion walked in front of Trinity. He was also a coyote and he looked exactly like Trinity except for, of course, the difference in gender and the fact that he had darker eyes. "Back off, Tech. She's my sister."

Trinity scoffed and pushed Orion out of the way. "I'm older, Ore. I think I can handle myself." She walked over to Tech. "Besides, he's a good guy."

"So what can you guys do?" Lexi asked.

Trinity half-smiled and sighed. "I can influence people and manipulate certain effects of reality."

"And I can read emotions and stars and stuff like that," Orion said.

Valerie smiled. She had dark hair that reached about halfway down her forearms and brown eyes. "And I can…" In one swift motion, she grew claws and swiped at the wall, scratching it. "Wolverine!" She giggled. "And…" She fell back. Instead of knocking into the wall, she fell through it, reappearing from the wall opposite it. "Boundary transportation." They all turned to see her coming toward them (some of them were shocked). "I can't phase through walls though, just walk into them and transport to the other side."

"Wow," Willis said. He had brownish-blonde (I should say dirty blonde but it was darker than that) hair and bluish-greenish-brown eyes. "But I'm still better." He bumped her back. She hissed at him, swiping her hand at him to remind him of what she was capable of. Willis scoffed. "I can manipulate light and energy."

"Wow," said Lindy, "We come up with the goodies."

"I wouldn't get too excited just yet," said Kyra, "While we have Witches and Warlocks—are any of you?" Trinity and Orion raised their hands. "Good. While we have Witches and Warlocks, the Dark Side has both and Vampires! Plus, we still don't know what this ritual is that they're working up to. And since we already have come up with nothing after all our studying and research, I don't think there's any chance we're finding out anytime soon." She sat down on her bag (the hideout was empty, no furniture yet) and put her elbow on her knee and chin in her hand.

"Oh, well, that's OK," Trinity said, "We can investigate some side stuff. Maybe a few unrelated murders, some regular Vampire patrol, or even that girl that was mauled in the park last night?"

Kyra looked at her. "The who that was what in the how last huh?"