"Are you guys sure about this?" Charlie asked as he wrapped Riley's arm in this weird blue fabric. As Charlie wound the fabric around Riley's pale arm, he continued to talk. "I mean I would just hate to see you get hurt."

Riley laughed and raised an eyebrow with a skeptical look on her face. "Just me? Or everyone?" she asked with a laugh.

Charlie's face immediately turned a bright red as he began to stutter his words. "Um. I-" He shook his head and continued wrapping. "Here," he finished. "The fabric should bond with your skin and-"

"Charlie," Riley interrupted as she lifted his chin. Charlie stared deep into her brown eyes, and her into his green eyes. "You're holding back. I can feel it."

Charlie pulled away from Riley's touch and shook his head. "No I'm not." Charlie sat in a rolling chair and pushed himself away towards his work station behind him. "I'm just trying to do my job Riley." He looked back at her and sighed. "I want to keep you safe is all."

Riley's raven locks moved swiftly around her round face as she shook her head in disbelief. "Quit lying Charlie! I can feel you literally holding your breath around me. Just tell me what you're thinking." The clack of her shoes hitting the ground echoed in the room as she stood and walked behind Charlie. "Charlie," Riley began softly. "What's going on?"

The room was silent as Charlie stood from his chair and walked over to his computer. "As I was saying," he whispered. "The fabric should bond with your skin. The material will-"

Riley placed her small hand on Charlie's shoulder. "Charlie," she whispered. "Look at me," she ordered. "Please," she begged.

Riley wrapped her hand around his bicep and turned him towards her. They were not even a foot apart. "I care about you Riley," Charlie confessed.

"And I care about you too."

Charlie shook his head. "No. As in the way Maya cares about Josh."

Riley laughed and nodded her head. "I know. I can feel it."

"What do you mean?" Charlie asked, perplexed.

"Its not a power of mine. Just something called a woman's intuition," Riley answered while smiling. "I care about you in that way too. I like you- a lot," she admitted.

Charlie smiled and pressed his forehead against Riley's. "Cool," he answered sheepishly.

Riley laughed. "I guess me and Maya have a thing for normal guys."

Charlie smiled slightly and hugged Riley. "Yeah," he said nervously. "Normal."

"You want to go to Prom?" Josh asked in disbelief.

Maya nodded her head while she feigned eagerness. "Of course! Its a rite of passage. And I look different from the way I did a few months ago so who will really notice?"

Josh leaned back in his car seat and stared at Maya skeptically. "No way. I don't believe you. You're not telling me something."

Maya cursed underneath her breath and rubbed her hands down her jeans. "Josh come on. I need you to trust that I actually want to go to Prom." She reached out and grabbed his hand. "I want to go out with you. In public."

"And I do too. I just really don't want that guy to come back and find you. It looked like you were in some real trouble before," Josh informed.

"Look, I appreciate that you care Josh, but I can take care of myself alright?" Maya leaned over to Josh and kissed his cheek. "I'll see you later. Remember me, you and prom Saturday night. I'll meet you there at eight."

Saturday Morning

The group of four's footsteps echoed throughout the loud facility as they were all anxious about tonight. They walked towards Charlie and Farkle and released deep sighs that they didn't even realize they were holding. "Tonight's the night," Zay breathed. "We're really facing Parker aren't we?"

Lucas nodded and rubbed a nervous hand behind his neck. "Yeah we are, but I think we're ready. Maya was right before, we can't keep running."

Riley nodded her head and walked over to Charlie and held his hand. "Totally. Doing this has allowed us to actually get to know people."

Lucas and Zay looked at Riley and Charlie's intertwined hands and rolled their eyes. "I swear we give them an ounce of freedom and both Maya and Riley get boyfriends," Zay complained.

"I mean you both could always go out and meet someone instead of playing Macho Man," Maya teased.

Lucas rolled his eyes. "Enough. We have to get ready." he turned towards Farkle. "You got the suits?"

Farkle nodded and pulled out a rolling rack of clothes. "Of course. Its always good to be prepared for an epic showdown." He pulled off the suits and handed them to Zay and Lucas. "Charlie and I designed the fabric so that your energy is absorbed. That way if either of you ice up or flame up, your clothes wont turn to ash or crack like ice."

Lucas nodded out of contentment and moved to change. Maya and Riley watched the boys begin to walk away and turned towards Charlie and Farkle. "And us?" they asked.

"Don't worry ladies. We've got you covered," Charlie smirked. He led the girls to another room where two beautiful dresses lie.

"Whoa," Maya breathed. "These are-"

"Beautiful," Riley finished.

Each dress was long and elegant. One a stunning maroon red with beautiful silver accents and the other a sexy black dress with enough simplicity to make your heart whole. Maya walked up to the black dress and Riley to the red one. "Riles," Maya began. "We're going to look good and kick some ass tonight."

Riley smiled and held the soft fabric of the dress in her hands. "You are very, very right about that my friend." Still stunned Riley called out Charlie's name. "Charlie!" she called. No answer. Riley frowned and turned around. He wasn't there. "Charlie?"

Charlie walked out into the main room of the facility and towards his workstation. His head was throbbing and so was his hand. Everything about him felt like it was stretching to the max. His muscles were so sore, like he had pulled something. "I'm fine," he whispered to himself. "I'm absolutely fine."

Saturday Night

Josh stood outside of the school anxiously awaiting for Maya to arrive. Mostly everyone else was inside by now so Josh was particularly nervous. Soon, his worries were taken away as he watched Maya climb out of a really nice car, and behind her another nice car. She took his breath away. Her usually wavy hair was straight and her short stature was elongated by her long black dress and black heels to match. Maya walked up to Josh and smiled before giving him a quick peck. "Hey," she greeted. "I hope you don't mind but my friends came along."

Maya turned back towards her friends as they all walked up towards her and Josh.

Zay and Lucas looked dapper in their black and white suits, each with their own smug looks to match their confidence. Farkle accompanied them too. Except he was wearing a dark blue suit with a matching bow tie. Finally, we had Charlie and Riley. The pair walked hand in hand as they stole the show. Riley's maroon dress complemented her skin tone nicely as she smiled at Charlie. Charlie, who decided to match his beautiful date wore a maroon red suit with a white shirt to match Riley.

Catching up with the group, they smiled as they saw Josh. "Well you guys sure know how to come in style," Josh laughed. "In we go."

As they walked into the Prom the core four's nerves began to grow immensely. Time went on and people began to slowly notice that they were there, but oddly enough didn't bombard them. So, they began to have fun. They danced and laughed and talked for hours. Later on, Riley and Maya excused themselves to go to the restroom. As Maya and Riley walked down the dimly lit hallway, Maya expressed her concerns. "I don't know what's going on but I feel like something should've happened already."

Riley nodded. "Yeah me too. Something doesn't feel right." She pushed her wavy hair back behind her ear and pressed down on it. "My communicator is working. I can hear everything I need to back in the gym. What about yours?"

Maya pressed her ear and didn't feel anything. "Shit," she cursed. "I think I left mine in the car. I'm gonna run and go get it. I'll be back okay?"

Riley nodded and continued to walk towards the restroom while Maya walked out the building. Riley walked down the hallway and searched for the restroom until she heard something odd behind her. She turned around and called out, "Hello? Anyone there? Charlie? Maya?" Riley frowned and walked very slowly. Making the least amount of sound as she could.

Suddenly, a large hand wrapped itself around Riley's mouth and grasped her tightly and lifted her up into the air. Riley kicked helplessly and did her best to scream, but couldn't due to her predicament. She twisted and turned and fought to the best of her abilities but couldn't move her arms to use her powers. Out of nowhere this long arm stretched from the beginning of the hallway and punched the mysterious figure that held Riley.

Riley fell to the ground and struggled to catch her breath. Gasping for air, she saw Charlie run towards her. "Charlie?" she asked in between breaths. Putting two and two together her eyes widened in surprise. "You did that didn't you?"

Charlie smiled sheepishly and helped her up. "I know. Are you okay?"

Riley nodded her head feverishly. "Yeah, yeah I'm fine. We have to find the others."

"Why?" Charlie asked.

Riley, still breathing heavily, looked up at this new found super with a look of fright in her eyes. "This is bigger than we thought." She stood straighter and took a deep breath. "Its time to fight the fight we've been waiting for."