Hi again, and welcome to chapter eleven: heroes vs. victims! There's gonna be a battle in this chapter, so I already apologize if it's not clear or if it sucks. But first the reviews, and then you can read this chapter:

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I almost couldn't believe my ears when they told me I could go on that mission! Finally he was giving me some freedom! I guess Horace finally decided that I could still fight crime, even without my powers.

Kaz: Horace was only afraid of Jordan and thus made you Atomic's partner on that so-called mission, that's all!

Skylar: You weren't there, and it was spontaneously! Anyway, the cap and I quickly got over to the crime scene, arriving just in time for one of the biggest fights of my life.

He was being the odd man out. The people around him ran away from the place he had to go to. Where he would be completely silent, the others would scream as loud as possible. He was calm, they panicked. And, above all, they were scared. Scared for the two exceptional robbers at the bank, who resembled Tecton and Solar Flare, and who might as well be Tecton and Solar Flare thanks to their little performance on those cops.

He knew they were very real, and those people just ran from the things they didn't understand; they probably didn't even want to understand why two comic book characters were robbing a bank. The news is talking about robbers who tried to stay incognito by stealing those costumes.

Kaz smirked. Those idiots weren't even close to the truth as he was. Most witnesses were gone, but only one cop was there, and Kaz almost laughed out loud when the man noticed one kid was walking towards the crime scene instead of going away and save himself. He kept his gun pointed at Tecton and turned his head towards Kaz.

"Get out of here!" he shouted, panic clearly audible in his voice, "Y-You're not safe! Go away!" Kaz simply blocked out the screams and walked closer and closer, until he stopped. Tecton flew towards the police officer and hit the poor man in the stomach. He flew backwards and landed up at the other side of the street, in a tree. He wasn't moving, but so were the other cops spread on the street close to the bank. Some of them were still breathing, but others were dead.

Tecton landed, and Kaz walked over to them, as did Solar Flare. Kaz smiled. "Hey, how's it going?" And the two heroes welcomed Kaz at the bank they were robbing. He then looked behind him and only then noticed the many police officers on the ground, none of them moving. "You were holding back, right? Please tell me you were holding back." Tecton looked over Kaz's shoulder and only then noticed the mess he'd made.

"Don't worry, they're fine! … I hope." Tecton scratched his throat, "So, you know what to do, right?"

Kaz nodded, getting a camera out of his pocket. "Yep! I know exactly what to do." Kaz was talking about standing under the shadow of a tree and capture everything on that camera, which was connected to the screens in Megahertz's old abandoned factory so their two bosses could watch without getting caught in the cross-fire or arrested. After all, the three knew they were pawns of a bigger project they all supported in their own way. Tecton wanted to beat up the good guys, Solar Flare hated the way she was treated by that Diaz and Kaz just liked to hurt people. No changing that, for the three of them – that's just how they were, that's their personality and that's something that couldn't be changed.

"Get ready," Solar Flare said – Kaz 's eyes widened since this was the first time she spoke – and then looked up at the sky. "I think they're coming."

Alan was in his room at the Med – yes, he and Horace lived there in case of emergencies – thinking about his uncle and whatever he was hiding. It's not like he had plans or anything, so he had all the time in the world to think, guess and discover.

He already was making two lists: one with topics Horace was clear about (like bridges, drama, etc.) and the things he hardly ever talked about with Alan. In the end, one of them was short and the other one was very long. The shortest was, luckily, the one with the things Horace almost never talked about. On top of that list, was 'family'. The only relatives he knew about were his Normo father and his uncle Timeline. He actually had to find out Timeline was family before Horace would actually give in and confirm what Alan discovered. The only other word on that list was cars, for some weird reason.

So either Horace had gotten himself a car, or this was about family. Na, it couldn't possibly be bout family, because he would've just walked out, regardless of what he was doing. That must mean that Horace had a car! But he still thought it was strange to hide about having a car, and he wouldn't be worried if Alan didn't know about a car. Well, his uncle was a strange man, and even when he's lived with Horace ever since he could remember, the man still surprised his nephew from time to time.

Then, he turned back on the family matter. He came out of a family of heroes and healers, and the healer thing came from his Normo father's side. Boris is Timeline, Horace gave up being Freeze Frame to save the people who save the people instead of saving the people. So, if there was some sort of relative he didn't know about, being a hero/villain, it must be huge news; especially since Horace absolutely didn't want to talk about it. And if he/she was a hero/villain, he/she might be in one of the known hide-outs all around the city.

Alan stood up, and decided to go to any hide-out he remembered, to ask if a Diaz was there and find out if there were any surprise relatives.

She liked the feeling of the wind through her hair, the speed with which they were racing to the bank, and off course defying gravity had always felt great. Oh, Skylar had really missed flying around in the entire galaxy, and even had wanted to become sicker only to fly again. Too bad she was not flying herself, but Captain Atomic held her real tight, so she wouldn't fall down.

They hadn't said one word to each other, except for 'hi, ready for the mission? Yes I am.' When they had taken off to the bank, she had seen how Oliver and Jordan ran away, and she guessed they wanted to support them at the crime scene. She had wanted to tell them it was a bad idea to tag along, but they wouldn't hear her anymore as she and the captain flew away.

Meanwhile, Captain Atomic was busy with his own thoughts. There were a lot of differences with the past he lived in and the present he learned to live in. And one major difference was that the heroes nowadays had thoughts of robbing banks. He refused to believe they did it out of free will, and even if it would suck him into another worm hole, he would try his best to find out who is really behind the robberies and/or who was stupid enough to put them under mind control.

Eventually, the crime scene came in his view. He started to fly lower to the ground, until they were just racing a few feet above the asphalt. At some point, Skylar shouted something the captain almost didn't hear. "Drop me!" So he dropped her and they landed about ten meters away from Tecton and Solar Flare, who turned their heads as if they only noticed them just now.

"Well, well, look who we've got there!" Tecton said, "A hero without super powers and a hero who missed sixty years!" Both heroes kept an eye on the two heroes who tried to rob a bank, and their feelings were just hurt by one of the strongest there is. This was weird, because he usually attacked physically and wouldn't use words until the battle had ended. Neither of them wanted to hurt the two, whatever they were doing, but one look and Skylar and the captain knew their opponents wouldn't hold back, especially Tecton.

Before neither had the time to react, Solar Flare engaged in battle with the closest hero: Skylar Storm. Tecton would take care of Captain Atomic.

Solar Flare blasted fire balls at her opponent, who would avoid getting hit by doing backflips. After five of these balls, Skylar ran towards the woman and dealt a few hits, all of which were blocked. Head, stomach, right arm, left arm, head again, … Skylar grabbed the arm of Solar Flare so she could flip her, but she had to let go – the skin of the woman had felt like she put her hand in a corner (read: oven)!

"Silly girl! You can't touch me!" said Solar Flare.

"I don't need to touch you to win," Skylar said back to her, and they continued fighting.

Very close to the girls, the two men were also fighting. There was only one difference: you could clearly see that Solar Flare was winning, but when you watched the two men, you would have no idea who was winning, since they were equally matched. Both super strong, both almost invulnerable, and it would be almost impossible to find a winner, even if they fought a month. And they did not talk to each other. Tecton was fighting offensively, while the captain had almost no time to react thanks to the constant stream of blows. He blocked the blows the best he could, both with his arms and his yoyo. At some point, Captain Atomic saw the opportunity to slam his yoyo to the ground, creating a blast wave which made Tecton stumble a few feet away from the captain. Tecton, just a little dizzy, didn't see another blow coming. The yoyo came flying against his face, slightly hurting him. Then came another one. And a few more came, too. Now it was Tecton's time to defend and block. They kept coming until the captain was close enough to switch to hand-to-hand combat. Only then they played a fair game, in which none of them was constantly blocking or constantly hitting. It was an equal fight in which Kaz still couldn't see who was winning.

We get back to Skylar and Solar Flare. Skylar had started to use hand-to-hand combat to ultimately defeat Solar Flare, as she knew the woman liked to fight from a distance by shooting fireballs at her opponents instead of real fighting. So, naturally, Skylar was gaining the upper hand without getting burned. Solar Flare tried to fire something at her, but Skylar was just too quick.

Then, Skylar took a step back and then suddenly couldn't stand anymore. She tried to get up, but her left ankle hurt so much. She had sprained her ankle, one little detail which could decide who would win the battle. Solar Flare, now seeing that Skylar Storm had a sprained ankle, took her chance. "You're not so tough now, are you?" she said, while she conjured the flames, and aimed her hands at the helpless Skylar Storm. The hero looked at her partner, but realized she wouldn't be helped by the captain, who now seemed to wrestle with Tecton.

But help always came when you least expected it, or it didn't come at all. This time, the former is correct. Someone pushed Solar Flare to the side, and she fell unconscious. There was a reason why she stayed in the hospital, and she still was sort of weak, so when the young man pushed her to the ground, she stayed down. Skylar looked up at her savior.

"Oliver?" Oliver nodded with a smile and he tried to help her get up, noticing the sprained ankle. Skylar saw Oliver looking at the ankle, "You'll fix that, right?" she asked him, and he nodded again while he brought her to Jordan. She was texting someone – it could be Gus or someone else, it might also be Kaz, but Skylar guessed Jordan texted Gus to keep him updated on the battle while he bored himself with chemistry.

"Off course I can." He responded and got her to Jordan, who just finished texting and realized that Skylar didn't come out of the battle unharmed. The focus returned to Tecton and Captain Atomic, and now it was very clear who was winning: Tecton. The captain lay on the ground and desperately tried to keep Tecton's fists away from his body. He didn't really look good. He might have major bruised everywhere on his body, and bleed dripped out of his nose. Oliver absentmindedly ran to the hero, and before he could reach them, a voice could be heard.

"Retreat!" Oliver stopped, as did Tecton. He smirked and walked away from the 'ones who ruined his fun', towards Solar Flare. Without saying a word, he picked her up and then turned to Skylar Storm. In the meantime, Oliver reached Captain Atomic and tried to figure out how bad he was injured. He had a bleeding nose, one black eye and apparently a lot of bruises, since everywhere he touched the arms and legs, the captain would moan in pain. Tecton smirked, while he also grabbed the bag with money and gold pieces which was almost forgotten.

"It seems like we have to leave you for now. But don't worry – we'll be back." And he flew away with the bag of money in his hand and Solar Flare held real tight with his other hand. When the two heroes were gone, the peace returned and Jordan and Skylar came over to the captain and Oliver.

"I've contacted the Mighty Med. They'll be here soon to pick you up. Jordan, we have to go to school when the Med has picked them up." Jordan nodded, and Skylar started to talk.

"There was something weird with them," she had noticed, "it seemed like they were having fun doing this. Solar Flare enjoyed seeing me suffer." Oliver nodded. From what he's seen, the two heroes had acted like they normally would, but this time seemed to enjoy hurting their friends and beating them up. Any sane hero would never attack their friends, not even when they were blackmailed.

"That's strange," Jordan remarked, "I liked what happened here, because it's so cool, but isn't it weird the two of them acted like they had been doing this since the beginning of their career?" Jordan had a point. They indeed did well on their very first robbery, almost as if they had been doing it quite some time. But why draw the attention to the robbery and kill a few cops instead of doing it all in secret and killing nobody? Then, Oliver reminded himself of something he had to share with the group.

"One more thing. I though Kaz shouted 'retreat'."