div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;" align="center"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"No Second Chances/span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Come on! We need to help them!" cried Jess, an arrow already on the string. She pointed to a large military style building sitting below us. From our cliff side position, I could see two groups of people fighting each other. The smaller group wore colourful costumes, and they seemed to easily take the advantage. I shrugged and rolled my eyes./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""I'm pretty sure the Avengers will survive without us" I replied, watching the scene play out below us. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"A garage door on the side of the building suddenly opened. I leaned forward to see what it was. The larger group of people, Hydra agents, backed away from the door and the Avengers as something came out of the door./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"A black rocky creature roared and claws sprung out from its fists. I almost fell of the cliff when I saw what it was. It was something I had desperately hoped never to see again: /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Project Delta./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"My team gathered around me as I stood. A long legged, black-garbed figure dropped from a tree to my left./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Take that back?" Aidan asked, straightening up from his dramatic tree jumping. I turned around just in time to see Project delta send Hawkeye, the archer, fly into a nearby spruce. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"I turned to look at my team. Jess already had an arrow ready, Caleb was checking energy readings from the building, Hannah had her wings out, Alexa had her daggers, Sara was making it snow and Rachel looked rearing to go. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Fine." I sighed. "Aidan, take Caleb down. Sara, take Alexa, Rachel, and Jess down slowly" I cautioned. "Hannah, you'll take me down. Aidan, Caleb, Hannah and I will go after Delta. Hannah, you'll be providing protection for Caleb while he figures out the correct frequency. Aidan and I will provide distraction in the meanwhile. The rest of you, get rid of those hydra agents."/span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"The team nodded and ran off in the respective groups. Hannah picked me up under my arms and I surrounded us both in a bubble of protection. It made the ride much smoother if she wasn't constantly swerving to avoid enemy shots. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"We arrived on the scene seconds later. Hannah let me go before my feet had touched the ground so I got running starts. I raced towards Project Delta. Its back was turned to me so I shot some bolts of lightning it its general attention. I quickly looked to my left and spotted Aidan running alongside me two twin pistols in his hands. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Project Delta turned around and roared. Aidan and I quickly halted, and I threw up a shield just as Delta shot his poison quills at us. They bounced harmlessly off the shield before sizzling on the grass. I gulped. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Aidan distracted the monster, riddling it with bullets that merely bounced off his thick skin I quickly began pulling energy from some specific sources. The batteries stored in my utility belt, the emergency generator inside the building, and the power lines beneath the ground. Little ribbons of pure energy floated aimlessly towards my hands. I pulled harder and the strands became thick like rope. After a minute, I had taken all the energy I needed. I let go of the excess energy. I pushed all of the stored up energy in my body into my hands and began squeezing in into a tight ball. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Melanie! The frequency is 22 hertz! "Caleb yelled through my ear comm. I nodded. Aidan moved away from distracting Delta, and I rushed at the monster. I threw the ball at him and it stuck on his skin. I somersaulted away from his claws and then lightly touched the energy again, adding just a bit so it would be at the right frequency. I quickly dove away then threw up an area wide shield over everyone, including those who were fighting the hydra agents and the Avengers. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"I made it to the side of the building before collapsing. There was nowhere else I could draw energy from without endangering the mission or any other people. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Aidan quickly ran over, his hair messy from running circles around Delta. He was quickly followed by Rachel and Jess. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Jess reached a hand down. I quickly grabbed it and she pulled me up. Captain America slowed his jog and stopped beside us, Iron Man gently landing beside him. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Rachel ignored them, tossing me a pack of 10 D batteries wrapped with a rubber band. I quickly pulled the energy from them, disintegrating the batteries. My breathing slowed and my head stopped spinning. I threw her back the rubber band and offered a weak smile./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Aidan turned to face Iron Man and Cap. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Can we help you with something?" He asked, a snarl on his face. I glared at him/span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Aidan, is something wrong?" I asked, confused. He gestured to the rest of the team standing a ways off…and they were surrounded by the other Avengers. I sighed and turned to cap./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Is there a reason you aren't allowing my team to leave?" I questioned, crossing my arms. The Captain nodded./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""When an unknown group of teenage Meta's defeats a creature that not even Hulk can smash, it's something we'd like to look into." He deadpanned./span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;" /div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""When a Canadian governmental agency gets 'looked into' by a team of super vigilantes, it's something Alpha force is going to look into." I retorted./span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;" /div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Stark, you told me that they were just a bunch of Meta teens." Cap questioned/span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;" /div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""That's what my research said." Stark retorted./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Your research sucks." Jess commented./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Yeah, well your skills are lame compared to Hawkeye's" He retorted back./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Well, your skills are lame compared to Caleb's" She replied gesturing to our shocked teammate. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Yeah well-"/span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""-Enough, both of you!" I cried out, frustrated. Everyone turned and looked at me. "For goodness sakes, we just saved your hides! The least you could do would let us go without a fight." /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;" /div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"I felt our comms turn on, the mechanical voice stating that we needed to return to base. It meant trouble. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Back to the Goose !" Jess said, leaving a very confused Iron Man. /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;" /div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""That's our Jet" I explained. "Look, I'm sorry, but we've been called back to base, so you and Jess will have to finish this later." /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;" /div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Tony sighed. "Okay, but later." Jess nodded. My team did not look very happy at all as we trudged back to where the Goose was hidden in the woods./span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: x-small;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"No one was looking forward to being back at base./span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"br /spanspan lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"I was in Trouble./span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;" /div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;" /div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Come on! We need to help them!" cried Jess, an arrow already on the string. She pointed to a large military style building sitting below us. From our cliff side position, I could see two groups of people fighting each other. The smaller group wore colourful costumes, and they seemed to easily take the advantage. I shrugged and rolled my eyes./span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""I'm pretty sure the Avengers will survive without us" I replied, watching the scene play out below us. /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"A garage door on the side of the building suddenly opened. I leaned forward to see what it was. The larger group of people, Hydra agents, backed away from the door and the Avengers as something came out of the door./span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"A black rocky creature roared and claws sprung out from its fists. I almost fell of the cliff when I saw what it was. It was something I had desperately hoped never to see again: /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Project Delta./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"My team gathered around me as I stood. A long legged, black-garbed figure dropped from a tree to my left./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Take that back?" Aidan asked, straightening up from his dramatic tree jumping. I turned around just in time to see Project delta send Hawkeye, the archer, fly into a nearby spruce. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"I turned to look at my team. Jess already had an arrow ready, Caleb was checking energy readings from the building, Hannah had her wings out, Alexa had her daggers, Sara was making it snow and Rachel looked rearing to go. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Fine." I sighed. "Aidan, take Caleb down. Sara, take Alexa, Rachel, and Jess down slowly" I cautioned. "Hannah, you'll take me down. Aidan, Caleb, Hannah and I will go after Delta. Hannah, you'll be providing protection for Caleb while he figures out the correct frequency. Aidan and I will provide distraction in the meanwhile. The rest of you, get rid of those hydra agents."/span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"The team nodded and ran off in the respective groups. Hannah picked me up under my arms and I surrounded us both in a bubble of protection. It made the ride much smoother if she wasn't constantly swerving to avoid enemy shots. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"We arrived on the scene seconds later. Hannah let me go before my feet had touched the ground so I got running starts. I raced towards Project Delta. Its back was turned to me so I shot some bolts of lightning it its general attention. I quickly looked to my left and spotted Aidan running alongside me two twin pistols in his hands. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Project Delta turned around and roared. Aidan and I quickly halted, and I threw up a shield just as Delta shot his poison quills at us. They bounced harmlessly off the shield before sizzling on the grass. I gulped. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Aidan distracted the monster, riddling it with bullets that merely bounced off his thick skin I quickly began pulling energy from some specific sources. The batteries stored in my utility belt, the emergency generator inside the building, and the power lines beneath the ground. Little ribbons of pure energy floated aimlessly towards my hands. I pulled harder and the strands became thick like rope. After a minute, I had taken all the energy I needed. I let go of the excess energy. I pushed all of the stored up energy in my body into my hands and began squeezing in into a tight ball. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Melanie! The frequency is 22 hertz! "Caleb yelled through my ear comm. I nodded. Aidan moved away from distracting Delta, and I rushed at the monster. I threw the ball at him and it stuck on his skin. I somersaulted away from his claws and then lightly touched the energy again, adding just a bit so it would be at the right frequency. I quickly dove away then threw up an area wide shield over everyone, including those who were fighting the hydra agents and the Avengers. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"I made it to the side of the building before collapsing. There was nowhere else I could draw energy from without endangering the mission or any other people. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Aidan quickly ran over, his hair messy from running circles around Delta. He was quickly followed by Rachel and Jess. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Jess reached a hand down. I quickly grabbed it and she pulled me up. Captain America slowed his jog and stopped beside us, Iron Man gently landing beside him. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Rachel ignored them, tossing me a pack of 10 D batteries wrapped with a rubber band. I quickly pulled the energy from them, disintegrating the batteries. My breathing slowed and my head stopped spinning. I threw her back the rubber band and offered a weak smile./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Aidan turned to face Iron Man and Cap. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Can we help you with something?" He asked, a snarl on his face. I glared at him/span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Aidan, is something wrong?" I asked, confused. He gestured to the rest of the team standing a ways off…and they were surrounded by the other Avengers. I sighed and turned to cap./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Is there a reason you aren't allowing my team to leave?" I questioned, crossing my arms. The Captain nodded./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""When an unknown group of teenage Meta's defeats a creature that not even Hulk can smash, it's something we'd like to look into." He deadpanned./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""When a Canadian governmental agency gets 'looked into' by a team of super vigilantes, it's something Alpha force is going to look into." I retorted./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Stark, you told me that they were just a bunch of Meta teens." Cap questioned/span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""That's what my research said." Stark retorted./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Your research sucks." Jess commented./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Yeah, well your skills are lame compared to Hawkeye's" He retorted back./span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Well, your skills are lame compared to Caleb's" She replied gesturing to our shocked teammate. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Yeah well-"/span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""-Enough, both of you!" I cried out, frustrated. Everyone turned and looked at me. "For goodness sakes, we just saved your hides! The least you could do would let us go without a fight." /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;" /div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"I felt our comms turn on, the mechanical voice stating that we needed to return to base. It meant trouble. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""Back to the Goose !" Jess said, leaving a very confused Iron Man. /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;""That's our Jet" I explained. "Look, I'm sorry, but we've been called back to base, so you and Jess will have to finish this later." /span/div
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div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"Tony sighed. "Okay, but later." Jess nodded. My team did not look very happy at all as we trudged back to where the Goose was hidden in the woods./span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: x-small;" /span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"No one was looking forward to being back at base./span/div
div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; text-indent: 36pt;"span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"br /spanspan lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"I was in Trouble./span/div
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