Squadron Supreme
A few weeks before Legacy Control was officially established, it went after Nighthawk's son who had been in a Montana juvenile detention he could've escaped any time. When LC came around the juvie he staged a riot by manipulating inmates, it quickly grew so big that he escape unnoticed.
After his escape he established the identity of Connor Washington, unrelated to his father's Kyle Richmond identity. He found himself in Clintdale, Nebraska where he met Henry Nelson the son of Hyperion. Henry revealed himself when while in normal clothes he saved Connor from men pursuing him and flew Connor to safety.
After they landed Connor quickly got himself together, "That was amazing. Those men were with Legacy Control. They take us legacies just because our parents are supervillains. You're father must Hyperion, he fought against the Avengers. You know, we should join forces. We could, you know to fight for guys like us. What do you say?"
Henry answered "That's a lot to take in."
Connor said "Those guys go after kids like us because our parents are supervillains. Did you choose to be Hyperion's son? Did you?"
Henry said "No. I didn't but."
Connor said "Those guys will come after you anyway. Just because Hyperion is a bad guy, they label you a bad guy. It's not your fault he's your dad. I want us to join forces. We can help other kids of supervillains, other legacies. What do you say?"
Henry answered "I'm in, who'd turn down being a hero?"
Connor said "Hero, I didn't think of that. Let's try to survive first. Thing is you can't go home, you're on their radar."
Henry excitedly said "Wait I can't go home, really? I kind of hated that place. Why do you think I was flying around in the first place?"
Connor said "Alright then. What's your name?"
Henry said "You want my name?"
Connor said "I need something to call you, should be your name."
Henry said "In that case Henry Nelson."
Connor said "Call me Connor, Connor Washington."
Henry said "I'll join you if you help me show the world we're not the bad guys."
Connor said "You got a deal but you have to help me find out who my villain parent is."
Henry said "Deal. You're really smart, might wanna hide that."
Connor said "Okay. Let's go somewhere public before LC shoots us."
Henry said "How public we talking?"
Connor said "Big city, plenty of people. Where LC can't shoot us with the big guns, that sorta thing. Stay high when you fly, don't need to start a panic with your powers. OK?"
Henry said "Okay." He flew Connor to the city of Lincoln, landing in an abandoned district. They nabbed some clothes, and Connor got some money from a street magician who dared anyone to figure out his trick by figuring it out in two seconds.
They went to a coffee shop where Connor charmed the barista with a sob story about a drunk abusive dad and jobless kind mom who stole beer money to give them money for food. She agreed to give them half price food so they could keep some money which wasn't enough anyway. Henry inquired about a shelter. The waitress recommended one Justin Hammer had opened out of a former factory, she told him to go there before home to get a spot. When she finished they sat down in a back booth.
Once seated Connor said "Good idea with the shelter, I bet humanitarian Justin Hammer's shelter will be glad to host two kids who are scared to go home." His voice was filled with sarcasm calling Halo a humanitarian. "As for our next move,"
Henry said "I already thought about that, I say we form a team." The waitress brought the food over.
She grabbed a napkin and jotted down two sets of numbers, she told them "Call if you need help, the top one's the shelter's number."
Henry said "You mean give this to our mom, we don't have phones. We will," He looked for her name tag, "Cindy." She walked off, they ate as they talked.
Henry continued "Together we can be a force of good, a real hero team. Did Hyperion ever work on a team? We won't use our parents names, obviously."
Connor said "Yeah, Hyperion worked on a team called the Squadron Supreme. His teammates were Nighthawk, Zarda, Speed Demon, Doctor Spectrum and Nuke. I think I might be Nighthawk's son. Anything else?"
Henry said "We need their gear."
Connor said "Alright, what were you thinking?"
Henry said "That's as far as I got but we need the team before anything."
Connor said "You're right. We need to track them down. And you need a new identity."
Henry said "New identity?"
Connor said "A new name for starters."
Henry asked "What were you think?"
Connor said "Maybe Hayden or Harry. Last name is all you."
Henry said "I don't like Harry. How about Hayden Keith? Or Dylan Harper?"
Connor said "Ask our teammates when we find them. If you're done we should go, check the shelter. First test your charm on the barista, if you're charming that'll be an asset to us."
Henry asked "Which name do I use?"
Connor said "Hayden Keith, if we're gonna be brothers I'm not a Harper."
Henry said "Okay."
Connor said "Go."
Hayden went up, after a few minutes Connor joined him. Connor said "Hey bro, let's go check out that shelter." He turned to Cindy, "It was great to meet you."
As they left Connor told Hayden "We really should go to the shelter. Charity is better than shoplifting."
As they started walking down the street, Hayden said "What?" in a surprised tone.
Connor said "We can get free stuff from the shelter."
"I meant the other thing."
"What about it? It's either theft or charity. That's all I'm saying."
"Oh, right."
They went to the shelter, Hayden put on the charms sticking to their sob story. He even mentioned Cindy as the one who recommended the place. Connor asked them to help not go back to their dad, the Halo people agreed to help.
The boys stole supplies from the shelter, Connor pickpocketed Hammer employees while they were at it then they left. Connor taught Hayden tricks, explaining how he got from Montana to Nebraska undetected. On their travels they fought Legacy Control, helping others escape and Connor told legacies how to escape the United States.
When they met Jack Sanders, the son of Speed Demon, he was fighting Legacy Control like it was some kind of child's game, though he'd recently come out a coma. The duo stopped Jack, easy in street clothes not uniforms.
Hayden said "We should talk, speedster." He looked around carefully before floating.
Jack asked Connor "Can you do that?"
Connor replied "Not that I know of. What's your name?"
Jack said "Jack Sanders."
Connor said "Pick a new name, the last name is Keith."
Jack asked "What?"
Hayden said "It helps to hide when no one knows your name. Your dad is Speed Demon, mine is Hyperion. Mr. Funhouse is Nighthawk's son."
Connor said "How about Jason Keith?"
Jack said "Good name."
Hayden smiled "I think he likes you, Connor."
Jason asked "What's the deal with you two?"
Hayden told him "We're forming a team. Wanna join?"
Nervously Jack said "Sure?"
Connor said "Any terms? If you join us, do you want anything?"
Jack said "Just playtime."
Hayden said "Done."
After helping more legacies, they met Zarda's daughter Zoey Shelton. She was a beautiful powerhouse.
Hayden and Connor were clearly attracted to her, Connor pulled Hayden aside "We can't date right now, it's a bad idea."
Hayden replied "Agreed." They looked back to see Jason chatting Zoey up.
Jason said "They actually asked if I had any terms, anything I wanted for joining the team. I asked for playtime. If you join us, you could have something too. What do you want for joining our awesome super team, Z?"
Zoey said "I want no one to be singled out on our awesome team. I'm guessing I'll be the only girl so you know,"
Jason said "No I don't, but if that's what you want. You got it."
Connor said "You'll need to pick a new name, we use the last name Keith. Can't use your real name when you're running from federal agencies like Legacy Control."
Zoey said "Zendaya, it's a girl name and it starts with Z."
Hayden said "If you're sure then Zendaya it is."
Connor said "We already know your terms and we accept. Now let's get going before LC catches up."
They went to a bus stop, using pickpocketed money to pay for bus fare. Hayden came up with the lie that Jason was his little brother, he claimed Zendaya is his friend Connor's girlfriend. Everyone played along with the lie. They continued to help legacies escape the federal agents hunting them, Connor explaining how to flee the country. They saw Floyd Gaines, son of Nuke handling Legacy Control agents on his own like a pro.
Zendaya said "Nice job, handling those agents. Maybe you might like to join us. I'm Zendaya, my friends and I are,"
Floyd said "No thanks."
Jason said "At least hear her pitch, I taught her everything she knows." Floyd walked off.
Hayden said "Wait here."
He ran up to Floyd "You think you know how to handle Legacy Control, how to handle everything on your own. You're dead wrong, soon you'll just be dead. LC is using captured legacies, the one's they're supposed to contain, to catch free ones. We've been running around the country helping every legacy we can, pretending to be a family, pickpocketing to survive. That might not be you but we could definitely use your help. Whatever your terms, we can agree."
Floyd came back to the group, "My name is Floyd Gaines. I'm in but no one calls me Floyd."
Connor said "I was just going to ask you to pick a new name."
Jason said "How about Nick? Nick instead of Nuke."
Floyd said "Works for me. If you don't mind my asking, what are your names?"
Zendaya said "We don't use our real names. Call me Zendaya. You already met Hayden, funnyman is Jason. Our leader goes by Connor, anyone's guess if that's real or not."
Floyd said "Nice to meet you all. I'm not usually chatty."
Hayden said "I'm sure Jason can more than make up for that." Nick enjoyed helping legacies escape, not so big on the pickpocketing but plenty of talent for it.
Lastly they met Ben Simpson, son of Dr. Spectrum. Zendaya said "Hey, we were wondering if you'd join us. We help kids escape Legacy Control."
Ben said "Stop, of course I'd like to join. How did you know I'm a legacy?"
Connor explained "We've been at this for a while, practice makes perfect."
Ben said "Of course. I'm Ben by the way."
Jason said "You need a new name, we go by Keith for a last name."
Ben said "Bryan then."
Jason asked "Any conditions? We're a team so we have to ask new members."
Bryan said "I'm a scientist, I'd like to continue that after we end LC."
Hayden said "Great." They swung by a shelter in a nearby city to get showers and clean clothes. They used the story of not wanting to go home claiming to be step-siblings.
On the subway after that, Connor said "I have an idea on where to go from here."
Hayden joked "Francis County." He picked a random place on the wall map.
Connor said "We have our team together, we should free the kids LC wrongfully arrested."
Bryan said 'That's a great idea. How?"
Connor said "Get me to a computer, I'll find us somewhere to go."
Jason asked "We don't have to stay with you by the computer, do we?"
Connor said "No, one or two kids at a computer isn't suspicious but 6 is."
Hayden asked "Who goes where?"
Connor replied "Bryan with me, the rest of you have powers. We'll need a way to contact each other."
Jason said "Pick me."
Connor said "Good idea but if Bryan's with me, you'll be with someone else."
Bryan said "Simple solution, Jason takes a phone and you call him with the library phone. We are going to a library, right?"
Connor answered "Right. Looks like we have a plan." The train slowed, "We get off here."
They all filed out and split up into pairs. Nick went with Zendaya, Jason with Hayden, Bryan with Connor. Bryan and Connor went to the library while the others toured the town, having a powerhouse in each outside pair was an accident but still a good idea. Connor hacked into the Legacy Control system, and quickly took a list of locations.
Bryan leaked the list and Connor left to tell Jason where to go. With Jason acting as transport and as his own hero they hit many Legacy Control bases, freeing the captive kids. They'd all heard Connor explain escaping the US, after getting out of the building they talked the legacies through it and told them to split up into smaller groups.
