Chapter 14 cont'd

Sparks, Sedna, Flicker, Blaze, Solara, Dash, and Chase all sat quietly within the Watchtower Base. Chloe and Oliver paced nervously across the floor. "What do we do with them?" Oliver had asked for the third time. Clark and Kara had sped in just then.

"How's Laura?" Chloe asked immediately. "She's fine. She's resting now." Clark replied. "Did she give any reason for freaking out like that, and destroying Rowland Chemicals' buildings?" Oliver grilled. "She says that she overdosed on Loracite." Kara added. "I'm not so sure."

This was an important criticism of Gold Wing by her best friend. "Hmmm. Clark, what do you suggest?" Oliver was still looking for answers. "I can keep Laura by my house for observation." Clark volunteered as Chloe snickered. "I bet you will." She playfully sniped.

"The MHX children will have to go back to Geneseo." Clark decided, after ignoring Chloe's jab. "But we don't want to go back." Little Sedna whined. "Terre, Strife Havoc, Bear, and Raptor are mean to us." Clark rubbed his square jaw. "What about the rest of you kids? Do you want to go back?" Oliver questioned. "Well, all our stuff is there." Dash said, logically.

"We can come back and visit when Laura feels better, right?" Solara half pleaded. "Sure, you kids are always welcome here." Chloe said sincerely. She hated to lose track of such potentially powerful individuals. It was obvious that no one was prepared to handle them.

"Okay, we'll take them back." Oliver concluded. "Aww!" Blaze protested loudly. "Uh, Ollie, you'd better rethink that." Chloe warned. "Huh?" Oliver gawked at his new girlfriend. "Think about it. You and I are defenseless against the MHX kids, should they choose to be rude."

Oliver caught Chloe's veiled warning. "Kara and Clark can see the children home." She added. "Okay kids, let's go." Kara forced a smile. Dash was right behind her, and Blaze immediately sidled up to Clark. "We should drive them back. It would be less conspicuous." Clark said.

"No flights, eh Kal?" Kara needled her cousin. "No, not just yet." Clark deflected. The whining MHX kids picked up their sparse souvenirs and piled into Laura's Aunt Wanda's van. Clark and Kara sat up front, as the children sprawled together in the back uncomfortably. The ride could be as much as a few hours. This would try everyone's patience.

Back at Watchtower, Oliver had convened another meeting of his fledgling superheroes league. "This is a potentially devastating problem, my friends." Oliver began. "The twenty five surviving MHX kids could literally take over the world, without proper guidance."

Chloe gulped, as she realized the magnitude of the problem. "Can we get to them first, before anyone else?" Courtney asked. "They seemed to be attached to Gold Wing, viewing her like a big sister, but that bond probably wouldn't be enough to control them." Chloe reasoned.

"We'd need to experiment on the kids, and see if there's some kind of natural way to limit or eliminate their supernatural powers." Hawkman suggested. "I've gotten some quick DNA swipes from the kids." Chloe informed them. "I've sent them ahead to Dr. Hamilton."

"It's a long shot, but it appears to be the only one we have." Oliver explained. "We're really in it this time." He continued. "Rowland Chemicals, LuthorCorp, our American government, and possibly even foreign governments would love to get their hands on these kids."

"What can we do?" Canary asked worriedly. "Maybe if we each took responsibility for some MHX kids, you know, take them under our wings, so to speak, we could keep them on the straight and narrow." Chloe suggested.

"In theory, that could work…" Oliver contributed. "But how many of us are ready for parenthood?" Unfortunately, he was met by a deafening silence. By now, Clark, Kara, and the MHX kids were well on their way to Geneseo.