" WE FOUND HER!" A big deep voice yelled, ripping me from my dreamless slumber. My eyes flew open, briefly noticing a large figure holding a flashlight that cut harshly through the early morning dark-that-was-sort-of-light. I stood up slowly and yawned, 4 other men joined him, each one holding a flashlight. I stretched and rubbed my eyes, noticing that the men were the same team as ever. They slowly approached me, a few of them setting their lights down on the concrete ground of the unfamiliar city.

" Hey, guys" I said with a grin. " Nice to see you, Mark, have you been working out? Hey, Tim, how's Martha? Simon, my man, loving the hair. Yo, Matt, you and that Steel City girl still a thing? Ah, dude, Dommy, was it a girl or boy? I heard Lisa had a kid." I addressed each of the men, all of them showing a hint of annoyance at my nonchalant attitude. " You would think after 3 years they would send a different team of guys, no offense, but this is getting too easy." One of the guys smiled.

" I'll send the message to boss." He said with fake sweetness. I grinned.

" Thanks, buddy. You guys are giving me the opportunity to show off my new tricks, I gained 2 more elements in the time I've been way." I said, proudly, watching their confident smiles disappear. " Oh, and I found out this city has superheroes! Though I haven't actually met them, I'll tie you guys up and give them a phone call so you guys can. Say hi for me." I said, touching the spiraling pattern that crawled from my left hand all the way to my shoulder. The guys backed away, intimidated. I removed my hand from my mark for a second and placed a finger on my cheek, tilting my head.

" You know, this looks a lot like you're about to commit a crime. 5 men in an alley, blocking the exit of a teenage girl. Of course, I am wearing only a too short tank top and jean shorts, so it probably looks more like underage prostitution than rape." I said in a sweet voice. " Of course, if I was a prostitute, I could probably afford shoes. And a shower, seriously you guys, I haven't bathed since 2 days before I escaped from the lab, unless you count swimming through lakes and rain." I said, babbling now.

The guys had confusion and hints of disgust on their faces. Tim looked highly uneasy. He cleared his throat and yelled. " Project #02192003! Come with us now, or be prepared for us to use force." He said, with authority dripping from the words.

I took a deep breath. " You know, I don't appreciate being called that and I haven't talked to anyone for 6 months, thanks to you guys being so bad at finding me, so shut up and let me talk. Any way, before I was so rudely interrupted, *cough cough* Tim, I was just going to start talking about maybe becoming a superhero, too. I have powers, so I probably could. Then I was thinking, since I control major and minor elements, I could be called; Elemental. Clever, right? Then I could go by Ellie. It's such a cute name, don't you think? Then I could have a secret identity, since Ellie is such a common na-"

" Just shut up already!" Dommy yelled.

"...Oh! I'm sorry were you talking to me? You didn't address me so I couldn't tell."

" Ok, 'Elemental', come with us and we won't have to kill you." Simon said.

I rolled my eyes." You say the same thing every time, besides I'm more likely to kill you."

" No way! We almost got you last time." Mark yelled.

" Yeah, right before I tied you up to the Abraham Lincoln statue."

Matt looked very, very annoyed. " Look, girls. You're all pretty, can we get on with the part where she kicks our asses into next Tuesday and Boss yells at us?"

I laughed.

" Matt knows what's up. I could skip that first part, even though I really wanted to show off my new powers...hmmmmm...yeah, I'll just beat you up." I said.

Hey, guys! Sorry about the cliff hanger and the short chapter. Please review or PM me. If you give me an idea I'll try my best to incorporate them. C-YA