Kihonne: First off, I'd like to say Happy Belated Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians! Hope it was a great holiday for you guys! Second of all, who else is ready for 'Heroes', the second-to-last chapter of the Power of Seven? It's definitely going to be action-packed, so let's get onto it as quickly as we can! But first, it's shoutout time!

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Algernon23: It has been a while since that part was introduced to the story. Honestly, I'd forgotten about for a while too, so I figure it's been too long for anyone to even try to put it together, so don't feel bad. And yeah, I know right? Part of me can't wait to write that final chapter, but the other part of me wants me to try and extend this a whole season despite being out of ideas just to be able to write more for these characters. It's definitely going to be a sad day.

LabGirl2001: I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I hope you enjoy this chapter just as much!

Foreverlondon66: As I mentioned to Astronema2345, the lack of ideas wasn't the only reason I was choosing not to write the story – I simply don't have time to work on another writing project at this time. As for Kaz's news, you're just going to have to keep reading to find out.

SzymonS: Well, his name literally translates to "silver", so I thought it would be a waste if I didn't give him the ability to control regular metals or precious metals. So yes, he does have the same powers as Magneto. I'm so glad you enjoy how I wrote his character! Honestly, I just don't feel like having them all fight together would work out very well. Writing-wise, it would be chaotic trying to write a single battle that was 15 VS 5, and I guarantee you that the end product would just end up confusing people. Plot-wise, fighting multiple people doesn't necessarily work in the team's favor, especially in an underground base that has limited room. One on one would keep their focus from being divided and allow them to move around without being crowded. I'm so glad you enjoyed the series so much! What you said was very touching, so thank you so much! I'm glad you're looking forward to Legacies. Now, you mentioned a spinoff with the same name as an original? I wasn't entirely sure what you were trying to say there – I'm sure it's just the language barrier though. Were you referring to the final chapter of the story and the new upcoming story both being called End of an Era? If so, that was by design. I thought the stories would compliment each other, though I will explain more in the next chapter about what the new story will be about.

Bennyweirlover17: Thank you so much! I'm glad you're excited! I hope you enjoy the chapter!

GU3ST: This gave me a laugh! I hope you enjoy the chapter!

MayLeaf2001: I'm so glad you liked it! I agree, it is bittersweet. I can't believe that this is basically the end of the story, after five years of writing for these characters. Sure, it's not actually THE end, because I'm still going to be working with their kids, but it's still definitely AN end, and I'm definitely going to miss this. Thank you so much for your kind words – please know that I enjoy hearing from you, reviews or PMs, just as much as you enjoy reading my stories. Seriously, I know I'm not supposed to pick favorites, but you have no idea how much I look forward to your reviews. I'm so glad I've been able to take your mind off rough days in the past, but I really hope you know how much you, and all the other reviewers have done that for me. Writing for you guys is an absolute pleasure – having such a committed relationship with all of you guys is just a perk of the writing. Anyway, as for the rest of your review…Yeah, Jessica is definitely going to have to earn their trust back now, but at least she's trying. Miles too, though he doesn't have nearly as much to prove as she does. AJ…poor kid. I've really put him through the ringer, haven't I? Don't worry, he may not have the easiest time now, but he'll be okay in the end. I'm glad you liked how I included the artifact – I thought it would be an interesting twist with it. And yeah, Rani's definitely going to want that book back, that's for sure. We are going to see a bit of Emily and Noah in Legacies. I've always been fond of showcasing sibling / sibling-like relationships, and Legacies is definitely going to be Family-genre story. There are about 4 sibling / sibling-like relationships that I plan on working with in Legacies, so you're definitely going to get your fill of that, I promise. As for whether or not Emily has powers, like you said, you're definitely going to have to wait for Legacies to see who has abilities, and how some of them may have gotten them. I'm so glad you're excited for the chapter, even if Rani, Liam, and Lily aren't the ones fighting Argento. I do agree that they'd be able to take him down a lot easier, but it would be a shame if I didn't have the team's most powerful witch face off against the woman who literally brought back the dead. I may not be focusing on them as much as I would like, but Rani is definitely going to be able to show her stuff. Same with Liam and Lily. Thank you for pointing out the mistakes though – it can get confusing when working with this number of characters, so I probably just got Alivia and Skylar mixed up when writing that final scene. That's fixed now. Please don't apologize for a short review or a late one – your reviews are an amazing length (as much as I love all reviews, yours is so much better than just 1 or 2 word reviews) and I actually enjoy getting them the same day I'm supposed to post. I usually end up doing these review responses right before posting, so it's not like you're being inconvenient, and it's nice to see a review from you when I wake up in the morning. It's a good way to start a Monday. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter!

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Kihonne: Anyway, on with the chapter!

Dani: Kihonne doesn't own Mighty Med, Lab Rats, or Elite Force. She only owns me, this story, all OCs, and anything else you don't recognize.

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Kaz's POV

"This isn't working!" Dani shouted, snapping her head to the side to avoid getting blinded as the swarm of glass shards came flying towards her again. Skylar blasted them from where she stood, but only succeeded in getting rid of some of them - most of them were simply breaking up in to smaller, harder to see but no less dangerous, pieces. Dani followed suit, shooting a bolt of lightning at them, only to scowl when the attack did virtually nothing. She glanced at me helplessly. "This is why I don't like insulators!" She snapped.

I grimaced in agreement, raising my own hand to send a ball of fire towards the glass. But to my disappointment (though not my surprise), the glass flew out of the fire, undisturbed in their flight path.

"We have to take Carson out." I said to Skylar as she backed into the wall I was using to protect myself from the attacks. Dani was on the other side, none of us able to get into the hallway where Carson was controlling the glass from without making ourselves an easy target.

"No shit, Sherlock, but how do we propose we do that?" The Calderan challenged. "We can't even get in there to send a distance attack, let alone one close enough that his glass swarm won't be able to stop it."

"Well, what we're doing right now isn't working." I argued.

"Guys!" Dani cried, raising her hand to send sparks out at the glass that dared to come too close. Her powers may not be effective against the glass, but they were enough to defend herself. "Not the time!"

"Kaz." Skylar glanced at me, then nodded at the space in front of the hallway. Already having been thinking the same thing, I nodded and raised my hands, shooting out a continuous fiery burst from my hands. Skylar jumped behind the fire, completely hidden from Carson's line of sight, and sent a blast of plasma through the fire. Now, my fire may have slowed down the attack, but the sound of shattering glass in front of us proved that Skylar's attack still went through and hit the swarm head on. I doubted that the blast stopped it, but it certainly shrank the glass swarm at least a little.

"We need a better plan." Skylar stated. Dani sucked a breath in through her teeth.

"Well, I've got a plan, but it's not necessarily a good one." She mentioned. Skylar and I both looked at her expectantly, knowing that even a bad plan was better than what we had right now. "You guys remember the first time we fought Megahertz?"

"Oh God." Skylar muttered, remembering that fiasco.

"You remember how that didn't actually work, right? Tecton still had to save the day." I reminded Dani. She gave me a look. "No, it's a bad idea."

"Do you have anything better?" She retorted. I struggled to come up with an answer, but the truth was, I didn't have one. "It's all we've got, Kaz. Just be ready, okay?"

I sighed, not liking the plan one bit. "Be careful." I warned, lowering my hand and stopping the burst of fire. She nodded and gave me her signature 'I'm Dani and I think I'm immortal' smile before stepping right into the line of fire.

"Hey! Ugly!" She shouted, spreading her arms wide as she stepped into the hallway.

Jaden's POV

In the past few years, I'd faced bionic psychopaths, vengeful shapeshifters, and the most disturbing case of bad parenting that I'd ever seen, so I figured that Miles, Chase, and I would be able to handle Faith in a matter of minutes, then go to help the others. I was mistaken.

"Who builds a sonic blaster?" I shouted, hands clutching my ears as Faith's weapon sounded off. Miles and Chase were both doubled over as well, the latter having released his plasma bo in his desperation to protect his already sensitive ears.

No one answered me, though I couldn't be sure they had heard me in the first place. As Faith's weapon finally stopped sending sonic waves directly at us, she pulled out another weapon - an automatic Sig Sauer, if I wasn't mistaken - and aimed it at Chase.

Miles scrambled for his own weapon, one hand still clutching his head. Chase, on the other hand, was still struggling to recover from the sonic, his bionic ears making the attack so much worse on him than it was for us.

"Faith!" I shouted, trying to distract her away from Chase. I'd dropped my blaster when her sonic weapon went off, but right now, I was just hoping to keep her attention long enough for Miles to take her out. "Why are you doing this? We're family."

"Our blood doesn't make us family, Jaden. And our conquest is too important to be stopped by my cousin." She retorted, stopping just long enough to snap at me. I smiled a little.

"What about your ex?" I questioned. Before she could react, Miles flipped his blaster around in his hand and shot Faith in the knee. She went down, and I charged at her, intending to pin her down and cuff her from behind. Even injured, though, Faith was prepared for an attack, and twisted her torso at the last minute to slam her elbow into my crotch with all her might. I dropped to my knees in agony, clutching the area.

Thankfully, Chase had finally recovered and rejoined the fight, swinging his plasma bo staff around dangerously as he approached. Faith smirked, but refused to engage with him in a bo staff fight, instead turning her sonic blaster towards him. I pushed myself towards her, using my weight to bring her from her knees onto her back, but it wasn't until after she'd already pulled the trigger. The sonic waves went wild from their target and hit Miles instead, the concentrated power of the blast enough to send him into the air.

However, it did give Chase a chance to approach her, and at the last minute, I rolled off of her, giving him the room to attack. Using his telekinesis, he sent her sliding across the ground until she hit the wall behind her with a loud thud. "I don't want to have to hurt you, Faith. No one has died yet, and no one has to. Come quietly, and we'll see what we can do about getting you a lessened sentence."

To my surprise, Faith laughed at that. "Yeah...no thanks."

Before any of us could react, she raised her gun, which I had failed to realize was still in her hands, and pulled the trigger.

Bree's POV

At the sight of the deadly pieces of metal, I sped into Alivia and Oliver, pushing them out of harm's way. The pieces of metal barely missed us, either burying themselves into the wall behind us, or flying through the open door.

"You really think we can be taken out by floor tiles?" One of Alivia's duplicates teased before it charged directly at the superhuman, while another one darted to the left, trying to hit him from the side. The third took the unconventional route, literally leaping at the wall only to push off it in his direction for extra power. Meanwhile, Oliver and I did our best to help - I sped towards Argento from a different angle, hoping that the four direct attackers would confuse him, while Oliver used his powers to create a number of large, frozen, stalactites in the ceiling above him.

Argento, however, wasn't having it. With the snap of his fingers, the metal paneling on the floor beneath me and two of Alivia's duplicates rippled like a wave, tripping us all up. I stumbled and was unable to slow down enough to stop my fall. Alivia's two duplicates tripped over the sudden wave in the floor, one falling on her knees while the other managed to keep going. Not that Argento could care less about not being able to stop the , for he used his powers to control the chair next to him. He threw it into the air, hitting the third duplicate with it so hard that she went flying into the Alivia that was still standing.

Meanwhile, Oliver finally dropped his stalactites, the base of the icy spikes now the size of basketballs.

Argento was waiting for it, however, the metal panels on the walls to the left and right flying over his head to prevent himself from being hit. The stalactites still did some damage, creating rather larger dents in the panels, but it wasn't enough to stop him.

"Is that truly the best your team has to offer?" Argento questioned, unamused. When none of us answered, he shook his head. "Naïve children and their unsupported optimism."

He raised one hand and twitched his fingers. That slight movement caused the metal to twist and shred itself again, giving him another three dozen weapons to use against us.

"Liv." Oliver said, glancing back at the redhead, but there was no need - Alivia had already merged back together with her duplicates, reducing the number of targets that Argento had to one. While her powers were usually very useful, but in a situation like this, it only made us more vulnerable to have too many fighting on our side. As much as I'd like to call the others to our sides, there wasn't much room in this security room anyway.

Argento went to attack us with the shards again, but this time, Oliver raised a wall of ice between us, giving us a brief reprieve from the attacks. He glanced back at us, breathless. "I hope the others are doing better than we are."

Jaden's POV

"Chase!" I shouted as my brother-in-law went down. Faith laughed in satisfaction, pushing herself to her feet with a gleeful smile. A second voice was screaming in my ear, Calla having evidently seen everything unfold from her monitors at the penthouse.

"Faith!" Miles shouted, shocked, even as he turned his weapon on her. She raised her hands slightly, the gun pointing upwards in her right hand. "Drop the gun."

"I can't believe you're on their side." She retorted, choosing not to do as he asked. "They're the enemy, Miles!"

"Jaden? Jaden, is he okay?" Calla demanded, voice on the verge of panic. I scrambled over to him, still being careful to keep Miles and Faith in eyeshot in case something else went wrong.

"Enemy? The only one here who wants to kill anybody is you! How does that not scream that you're on the wrong side?" Miles snapped, shaking his head at his crazy ex-girlfriend. He glanced back at me, not taking his weapon off of her. "How is he?"

"Chase, man, talk to me." I said, scrambling over to him. He didn't so much talk as he did groan, but hey, I'll take what I can get. Luckily, the bullet missed the important parts of his chest, instead going through his side. If he was really lucky, it may have even missed his liver, but for now, I was just glad that he was still alive. "He's still with us."

"Not sure...I want...to be..." Chase groaned again, hands wandering to the still-bleeding wound.

"Calla, he's alright. We haven't lost him yet." I promised my sister, one hand on my comm. I looked at Chase. "Can you stand?"

"Think so." He muttered, raising his head. I offered him my hand and pulled him to his feet. He swayed a little, but managed to keep standing. One hand was pressed to the wound, a pained grimace on his face.

"I've got her. You guys go find medical - it should be near the main entrance." Miles called over his shoulder.

"Oh, you've got me, do you?" Faith teased, clearly unimpressed. She played with the gun in her hand. "Please, we both know that you're not going to shoo-"

Miles didn't even hesitate before pulling the trigger of his blaster. Because she was already up against the wall, the blast hit Faith so hard her head rebounded against the metal paneling and she slid to the ground, unconscious.

"Enough people have suffered for this." He muttered, pulling out a pair of cuffs.

"Babe, I'm okay." Chase muttered. I glanced at him to see one hand pressed against his comm. He slowly lowered it, then looked back at Miles with a pained grimace. "Where did you say medical was?"

Calla's POV

"Oh my God." I pressed my hands together in front of my face, just touching my nose as I watched Jaden help Chase towards a section my blueprints had labeled as 'Med Bay'. I could feel my heart racing in my chest, the sounds of everyone's comms dulled in my ears as I reminded myself over and over again that he was alive.

"I can't believe Faith shot him." AJ commented, glancing at me from where he was sitting next to the cot I'd had him bring down from Emily's room. I nodded silently, glancing between each of the screens in search of more casualties.

Oliver, Bree, and Alivia were holding their ground, just barely, against Argento. They were almost powerless against him, but thankfully, they seemed to be able to keep themselves from getting killed. It wasn't much, but it would have to do until the others could provide them backup.

Graham was doing surprisingly well against Taylor, Kieran, and Jessica. Perhaps it was because he'd gotten a couple of the agents who'd stayed behind to help him out. It didn't matter - even from here, I could see my friends slowly gaining ground on them. Still, one badly aimed shot on their part, or a lucky shot on Graham's side, would change the whole course of the fight.

Kaz, Dani, and Skylar were...well, up until a moment ago, they'd been doing just as badly as Alivia, Oliver, and Bree, but now...Well, I didn't know what Dani was thinking opening herself up to Carson's line of fire like that, but I knew it was stupid, likely to get her killed, and probably the best idea they could come up with given the circumstances.

I looked at Sienna's security screen last, knowing that AJ had barely taken his eyes off of it since Rani, Liam, and Lily had approached her. Liam, Lily, and Rani were all experience fighters, they should have been able to take a soccer mom down with ease, but Sienna was clearly using her advanced spell-knowledge to her advantage. I couldn't hear the words she was saying, but it was like she was in command of the entire room. Desk drawers were flying around like projectiles, pens and erasers like bullets. The lights were flickering, and it was all Rani could do to cast spells to cancel out Sienna's. But Sienna had a more powerful list of spells at her disposal, and Rani was tiring out fast. If she went down, Lily and Liam wouldn't be able to protect her and fight off Sienna at the same time.

"I wish there was something I could do." I muttered anxiously. I was trying to hide it for AJ's sake - he already had enough on his mind without having me freak out - but I was scared. I was terrified. I wasn't sure if Chase, Bree, Jaden, or any of the others were going to walk away from this.

"You're giving them heads up from here in case any more agents come." AJ pointed out. I shook my head.

"It's not enough. I'm useless from here." I rubbed my eyes, trying to hide the tears of frustration from showing. "I can't do anything - they might as well be alone in the dark."

"I'm sure they don't feel that way..." AJ mentioned, trying to cheer me up. I frowned, wheels spinning. "What?"

"They're alone in the dark." I repeated. He nodded, not following but knowing from experience that this tone meant I had an idea. I grabbed a comm and took a deep breath to steady myself. "Hey, Rani. Question for you: how far can your magic go?"

Kaz's POV

"Are you kidding me?" Carson stopped short, an amused smirk on his face. "Now what do you think you're doing?"

"Well," Dani shrugged, taking another step closer to Carson. From here, I could see her smirk growing, trying to look a lot more confident in her plan than I was sure she felt, "I figured, if I have to go out, I might as go out being as obnoxious as possible."

Carson raised an eyebrow at that. "If that's what you want." He replied, deciding not to care. I saw him raise his hand and twist his wrist until the glass swarm stopped. Then, he twitched his wrist and the swarm charged at her.

"Dee!" I shouted before shooting a ball of fire at her. At the same time, Skylar threw a plasma ball in the same direction. Dani dropped low, leaning so far back that, aside from the hands she was using to balance herself, she was practically horizontal. Skylar's plasma blast hit the glass swarm before it could hit Dani, causing it to shatter and scatter for a brief moment, just long enough for my fireball to break through and hit Carson in the chest. He stumbled back a few paces, letting out an angry cry of pain, but Dani didn't give him the chance to recover. She flipped over completely, then, without a second's hesitation, sent a blast of electricity his way.

Unfortunately, Carson recovered much quicker than we thought, and by time Dani's electrical blast reached him, he had moved the glass swarm, somehow still functional, in front of him to act as a shield. The lightning hit the tiny shards harmlessly, giving Carson a chance to recover completely. I went to fire again - now that Dani was in the hallway, but just close enough to the edge that Skylar and I could still attack without hurting her, I could hit him with the full force of my powers - but then, something unexpected happened.

The lights went out.

"What the hell?" Skylar demanded as the entire base suddenly went completely dark.

"I thought of another thing we could take advantage of. Give it a sec." Calla replied, her voice oddly cheerful in the comms despite the darkness. But just as she'd warned, a second later, my vision started to return. There was something wrong with it - though I could see everything, it was like everything was bathed in a golden, yellow glow. "Better?"

"How are you doing this?" Dani whispered.

"You can thank Rani for it later. Right now, kick ass." Calla replied.

"With pleasure." I muttered, turning towards Carson.

"What the hell did you freaks do?" He demanded. I could see the glass swarm sticking close to him as he swiveled his head, unsure of where the next attack would come from. Skylar motioned for Dani and Ito change our stances, and we did. Skylar took her place behind Carson, being careful to move as quietly as possibly, while Dani made as much noise as she could to keep his focus on her as she slowly moved to Carson's left.

I smirked, looking at the confused villain as I stood no more than a few feet in front of him. "Hey, Carson." I called, creating a fireball in my hand, just in front of me. He reacted as expected, taking a shot for my stomach. I backed up just enough to avoid the hit, and Dani went in for her chance, slamming into him from the side. Once he was off kilter, Skylar took the final shot, shooting him in the head with the largest plasma ball I'd ever seen her create.

This attack knocked him out cold, his body hitting the ground with a soft thud. I knelt down next to check his pulse and to make sure he was really unconscious. "Good idea, Calla." I commented, smirking.

Bree's POV

"Calla, you're a genius." I complimented as our vision returned in the darkness.

"I see Calla Davenport has managed to get herself into our systems." Argento observed, standing in the darkness. I could see the metal shards twirling in the air, not moving anywhere, but ready to become impossibly fast projectiles at any moment. "She thinks she's quite clever, doesn't she? Sienna, would you please handle this?"

I didn't answer, instead watching as Oliver created a cryoball in his hands. I waited for Alivia to split up again and for her duplicates to get into position, before readying myself at the door. I waited for Oliver to nod as his signal – silent, so as to not alert Argento to our plans – then sped at the villain just as Alivia's duplicates charged and Oliver shot the cryoball. But the moment we moved, the ground beneath Argento disappeared and he fell through a black hole. All of Alivia's duplicates and I stopped just in time to avoid following him, then looked at the hole in confusion as it closed up again. "Where'd he go?" Alivia demanded.

"Rani, Liam, and Lily just lost Sienna too. Give me a - wait, there they are!" Calla proclaimed in our ears. "The conference area, in the main part of the base. Careful - he and Sienna are together now."

"Thanks." I reached for Oliver and Alivia, now down to one again, then sped them towards the section that Calla had mentioned.

To our disappointment, Sienna had figured out a way around Calla and Rani's little darkness scheme - bright blue orbs of light surrounded the area, not only providing Sienna and Argento with a perfect light source, but also adding an eerie feel to the room.

"Did you really think turning out the lights would stop us?" Argento questioned as Oliver, Alivia and I approached him.

"Face it, you've lost." Sienna told us. She glanced hesitantly at her father, then continued. "If you stand down, surrender, and tell us where AJ is, we won't have to kill you."

"First of all, no one is handing AJ back over to you. We all know better than to put a kid back in that kind of living situation." Alivia snapped, protective of the kid even though she herself had only known him for a couple of months. "And second of all, do you really expect us to believe that you won't kill us? You kidnapped our friends, sent a team of armed assailants to murder us in our home...why would we believe you?"

"That kind of living situation? You kidnapped my son!" Sienna snapped at us, furious.

"We saved him from you." Rani argued, slowly coming down the stairs. Liam and Lily were right behind her. All of them looked worse for wear, but I was reassured by the fact that I couldn't see any serious injuries from here. "He's a hell of a lot safer away from you."

Sienna glowered at her, but before she could retort, Argento stepped in.

"Enough." He said calmly. He looked at his daughter. "Sienna, I tire of this. Surely you have a spell that can end this quickly? We need to retrieve your brother from the children who managed to capture him."

"I don't think I have a spell than can just capture all of them." Sienna mentioned softly, watching us all warily.

"I did not say capture." Argento replied sternly. Sienna looked at him, hesitant. "Do it. We will retrieve Andrew once we are finished here."

Sienna sighed, obviously not liking it, but going along with his plan for AJ's sake.

"Exsugere caeli." She murmured, raising her hand towards the ceiling. Before I could turn and ask Rani what that spell was supposed to do, the air above our heads began to almost...twist. It was like when you drain a full tub, except that it was the air that was draining, swirling around a random point in the air as it evacuated the room. Already, I could feel my lungs fighting to breathe as the air became thinner and thinner. "Da Patrem caeli. Da mi caeli." Sienna continued, sucking in a deep breath.

I looked at the others, panicked as I tried to come up with a plan. But without being able to breathe, I knew I wouldn't be able to run at them, let alone fast enough to take Sienna out. One glance at the others told me that they were facing the same trouble.

Calla's POV

"Shit! Uh...I could...no..." I trailed off, unsure of what to do. This is why I hated magic - I couldn't just flip a switch and turn her off, or send a new code to change the spell's function. This was completely out of my ability to fix, and because of that, Chase and the others were going to die.

"Calla." AJ spoke up.

"What?" I demanded, not looking away from my screen.

"I have an idea." He continued. That got my attention. I spared him a quick glance before turning my attention back to the screen. Sienna's spell wasn't just affecting the room she and Argento were in - judging by the panicked looks on everyone's faces, it was also affecting the medical bay along with the upper offices.

"What is it, AJ?" I questioned desperately.

"You're just going to have to trust me." He told me, looking at me with wide, desperate eyes.

Bree's POV

I coughed and spluttered, trying desperately to catch a breath. Sienna wasn't looking at us, instead focusing intently on the ground. I didn't think she wanted to do this - I was pretty sure Argento was forcing her to - but it didn't matter. AJ was enough of a motivation for her to eliminate each and every one of us here and now.

At least Calla wasn't here. She had Noah with her, he would be okay. Even if Jaden and I weren't, he would be, and that was what mattered.

"Bree!" I could hear my sister-in-law screaming in my ear, but it was hard to focus on her words. Between the roaring of the air rushing from the room and the heavy beatings of my own heart, I could barely hear anything. "Bree! Listen to me! Hit the alarm!"

The alarm...?

"The alarm, Bree! It's the only idea we've got! You've got to hit it!" Calla continued. I didn't understand what that would do, or if it would even do anything at all, but it wasn't like any more options.

I stumbled over to the alarm button, hidden behind a glass case. I imagined that this was intended to be used for fires or perhaps intrusions like ours. How this would help us was beyond my understanding, but all I could do was trust Calla and hope it worked out in our favor.

I slammed my fist into the glass with all my might and watched as the glass shards flew into the hole that Sienna was draining our air into. Then I hit the alarm and prayed.

"Mom!" Instead of some loud, blaring alarm, it was AJ's voice that came out of the speakers in the corners of the room. "Mom, stop! Please! They're my friends."

"AJ?" Sienna looked up at her son's voice. She looked around, as if expecting him to be there. "Honey, where are you? Where did they take you?"

"Somewhere safe, but Mom, you have to stop." AJ pleaded with her. "They're good people, and they don't deserve to die for Grandpa's little grudge match."

"Show a little respect, Andrew." Argento snarled. I coughed, sinking to my knees as my vision started to blur. This wasn't good.

"Please, Mom. Don't kill them. Don't become like him." AJ begged.

"I'm trying to protect you! They're not as good as you think, honey. For goodness sake's, one of them helped kill your uncle!"

"No, Bridget killed Uncle Carson. Dani couldn't stop her, true, but it was Bridget who killed him." AJ paused before continuing. "Do you know how she became a villain, Mom? How she became one of the most feared people on this planet? Grandpa threatened her children, and all she wanted was to protect them. But she went too far. You still have a chance to be better than her."

I saw the others struggling to stay conscious now too, and I prayed that something AJ was saying would get through to Sienna.

"AJ..." Sienna trailed off.

"Please, Mom. Don't be like her. I don't want this kind of protecting, okay?" I could hear AJ's voice wavering as he became more and more emotional. "All I want is my mom."

And then, just as I thought I was going to pass out, I felt air returning to my lungs. Looking up, through the slowly receding black dots, I saw Sienna lower her hands from the hole that was slowly growing smaller and smaller.

"Sienna!" Argento snapped, turning on his daughter. She shook her head, backing away from him.

"Bridget Short stole my family from me. She took my father, my brother...but if helping you get revenge means becoming like her, I can't be on your side."

"You insolent brat!" Argento snapped, raising his hand. A piece of the metal paneling shot upwards to hit her in the face, knocking her down on the ground.

"Hey!" Rani snapped, raising her hands. Liam joined her, and together they blasted the metal tile with a twisted blast of pure light and pitch black shadows.

Oliver smirked and raised his own hand, sending a cryoblast towards the metal manipulator. He blocked it with another slab of metal before using another three metal tiles to black incoming attacks from Kaz, Dani, and Skylar, who had entered the room shortly after Sienna had released her spell.

"Oh, I like this plan!" Jessica called, entering with Kieran and Taylor at her heels. She aimed her weapon at Argento and sent a powerful purple blast at his head. It was, of course, blocked by another metal tile, but that didn't stop her from continuously firing.

"I see we're all getting in on this action?" Chase teased as he, Jaden, and Miles joined us at last. Jaden and Miles turned their weapons on Argento, only for their attacks to be blocked at well.

"You okay?" I questioned, noticing how Chase was holding his side.

"Looks worse than it is." He assured me.

"But you're still going to go to Mighty Med after this to get it checked out." Calla added, not leaving room in her tone for argument. Chase chuckled, then sucked in a breath when the movement pulled on his injury.

"Yes, dear." He promised. He looked at Alivia, Lily, Kieran, Taylor, and I, the only ones without blasting powers or weapons. "Charge?" He suggested, smirking.

"Charge!" Alivia grinned and ran in towards Argento. He tried to block her off, but with half of us keeping his focus divided by trying to blast him and half of us directly attacking him, it was impossible for him to fend all of us off at once.

In the end, it was Taylor who got the first shot in - a sharp kick to the groin, as revenge for keeping her and Kieran locked up for so long - and one by one, we each got a blow in. I got the final attack, Chase using his plasma bo staff to force Argento up against the wall before stepping back to allow me to speed punch him. The hit was so strongly boosted by the speeds I was moving at that it knocked him clean out, his body hitting the ground with a satisfying bang.

"Well, that was...fun." Kaz commented, smirking triumphantly. I looked back at him, then at Sienna, who was still sitting on the ground. She was watching Argento with wary eyes, one hand on her bruised chin, before she pointedly looked away. I looked away from her at Alivia and Chase.

"So, who's calling UPSEI this time?" I asked.

Bree's POV

"Davenport's sending the jet for you guys." I announced, walking back in from the hall. Kieran and Taylor were sitting on the ground in front of the couch, playing with Noah. "It should be here in a few hours. I warn you though - Katherine, Rio, and Logan are all going to be on it."

"Rio's going to kill us." Kieran mentioned to his girlfriend. Taylor laughed in agreement.

"That's certainly an understatement." She agreed.

"Well, maybe they can stay for dinner. That'll hopefully buy you some time before your demise." Calla teased, walking back down the stairs from Emily's nursery. I could still see her moving a little stiffly, but as nearly a week had passed since Emily's birth, she was moving a lot more comfortably than the day she'd come home from the hospital.

"Do you have enough? No one wants to impose." Taylor told her.

Calla shook her head. "Nah, we've got plenty. After all, we didn't know that you guys weren't staying until after already put it in the oven."

"Sorry about that, but you know how it goes - one emergency is followed by another." Lily apologized as Alivia and Rani dropped their bags on the ground by the door. Lily turned to us. "Thank you so much for everything you guys have done for us."

"Seriously. You guys probably saved our lives." Liam added, shoving his hands in his pockets.

"Any time." Skylar assured them. She looked around, noticing that we were missing a few guys. "Where are Kaz, Dani, Chase, and AJ? They should say goodbye."

"Well, Kaz is upstairs, saying goodbye to Dani, I think." Oliver explained, a small smile on his face. I knew that Dani had already talked to him about her decision to stay with the New League of Heroes after all of this, and while he accepted it, he was definitely sad to see her go. "And I think Chase and AJ are upstairs too. Chase said he wanted to show AJ something."

"I'll go get them." Jaden offered, kissing me on the cheek before heading up the stairs.

Kaz's POV

"Hey, I think we should maybe talk." I started, coming into Dani's room. She was standing by her bed, folding clothes to put in her bag. She glanced at me as I came in, lifted her head a little, but didn't look at me.

"I...Do we have to?" She asked slowly. I frowned.

"Is there a reason we can't?" I questioned, confused. She sighed and sat down on the bed, looking up at me with her big, beautiful eyes.

"Because I think I know how this ends. And I don't want it to end." She murmured. I shook my head, amused.

"The last time I checked, Lily was the only psychic we knew." I replied, smirking. She gave me a look.

"Kaz, I'm not coming back." She told me seriously, her voice strained a little. "Look, I love you, and I love Ollie, and the rest of the team, but the League is my home now. It's where I belong."

"I know. I wasn't going to try and convince you to leave." I promised. She raised her head, surprised. "I mean, I was going to try to convince you to take a vacation..."

"A vacation." She repeated, as if the word were foreign to her. I chuckled and sat down on the bed next to her.

"I mean, I'm pretty sure we deserve it." I pointed out. "And besides, something occurred to me: we can both FLY, and yet we still haven't gone to Europe yet. Didn't you want to see Paris?"

"I mean, yes, but we're superheroes - we can't just up and leave." Dani pointed out, turning to me.

"The League's got enough heroes on the payroll now that we actually can. And with Argento being in prison, it's going to take time for the villain world to recover enough to prepare yet another superhero apocalypse, so I think we should enjoy it while we can."

"I'll have to talk to Liv..." Dani sighed, smiling a little at the idea. I grinned, knowing that Alivia would definitely approve of the idea. Then Dani's smile faded. "But then what? Do you...do you want to try long distance? It worked for Bree and Jaden."

"Hell no, I'm not doing long distance - it never works out long term." I pointed out. Dani crossed her arms.

"Then what do you expect us to do? I'm not rejoining the Force, Kaz." She stated, frustrated. I smiled.

"I know. Which is why I'm joining the League." I told her. She stared at me for a full minute, shocked.

"What?" Was all she could say. I laughed.

"I'm joining the New League of Heroes." I repeated myself. Her eyes widened, lit up like it was Christmas. "Look, the Elite Force is great and all, but I think we all know that we're all kinda moving on with our lives. And I already worked it out with Alivia and-"

Dani didn't even give me the chance to finish before she grabbed me on either side of my face and pulled me in for a kiss.

Jaden's POV

"So, what do you think?" I heard Chase say as I approached the last bedroom, the one that used to belong to Mr. Davenport. Looking inside, I saw that all of Davenport's old furniture had been removed, and replaced with something more befitting of a teenager. There was a blue queen-sized bed, a desk with numerous devices on it, and a number of posters of both scientists and rock bands on the bedroom walls.

"It's...it's cool." AJ replied, dropping his backpack on the bed. Chase nodded, crossing his arms.

"I mean, you can change anything you'd like about it. I kinda just guessed at what you would like. And we can go grab your stuff from your mom's tomorrow to make it feel more like home." He continued. AJ nodded, looking around.

"Can I get a TV in here?" He questioned hopefully. Chase smiled, glad that AJ was taking an interest in the room.

"Talk to Skylar - I think she's moving into Oliver's room sometime this week, and I'm sure she'll let you have the TV that was in her old room." He told the kid. I knocked on the door, not wanting to be caught eavesdropping.

"Hey guys. I think Rani, Lily, Liam, and Alivia are leaving now. They wanted to say goodbye." I mentioned, stepping in so they could see me.

"Alright." AJ shrugged, heading past me to go downstairs. I looked at Chase.

"How's he doing?" I asked, concerned. Chase frowned.

"Honestly, I'm not sure. I think he's doing better than we expected, but for all I know he could be internalizing it." He replied, shoving his hands in his pockets. "We're going to keep an eye on him, though. Give him someone to talk to if he needs it, keep him on track and stuff."

I nodded. "How long do you guys have custody?" I inquired, following him out of the room.

"Well, Sienna signed papers giving him to us until the trial, which won't be for a few months. After that...well, it'll depend on what her sentence is, but it's probably going to be a few years."

"And you guys are okay with this? I mean, you're brand new to the parenting business." I pointed out. Chase chuckled nervously, nodding in agreement.

"It is going to take some figuring out." He admitted before stopping at the girls' room. He knocked on the door. "Dani, Kaz, you guys coming to say goodbye or not?"

"Fine." A very dramatic sigh came from the room. Chase smirked and looked at me.

"And besides, I've been dealing with them for years. How much harder can a teenager and a baby be than a bunch of adolescent superheroes?" He mentioned.

Kaz's POV

"Hey, man. I brought desert." I declared, walking out onto the veranda with a couple of plates of cherry pie in my hands. Oliver took a piece gratefully before turning back to look at the skyline. "So, I think we should talk..."

"If it's about you leaving to join the New League of Heroes, I already know." Oliver mentioned. I stared at him, surprised. "I overheard you and Alivia talking a week ago. Was wondering when you were going to tell me."

"To be fair, I just told Dani before dinner. You're like the second person I told, aside from when I asked Alivia if I could." I defended myself. Oliver shrugged.

"I'm not mad." He assured me. I nodded slowly and leaned against the wall next to him. "It is going to be weird not having you guys here, though."

"Believe me, it's going to be weird not having you around too." I agreed. I glanced at him. "But dude, we're going to visit, you know. So often that you'll get sick of us."

"I doubt that." Oliver chuckled. He was quiet for a moment. "I'm happy for you guys. You know that right? I know I wasn't always the happiest about my best friend dating my sister, but I am happy for you two."

"We know, man." I patted his shoulder, reassuring him. "And you've got Skylar, which is pretty awesome. You guys going to get an apartment around here?"

"Well, the penthouse is filling up pretty fast." Oliver mentioned, looking over his shoulder at AJ and Emily, the two newest residents of the penthouse. "But nah, I have other plans."

"Yeah?" I looked at him, waiting. He smiled and looked at me.

"So, Horace wants to open another Mighty Med 2.0. He'd been talking about it before the first one was destroyed - it's just inconvenient for all the intergalactic heroes to have to come to Earth every time they're hurt." He explained.

"Especially since the ambulances can't exactly travel through space." I remembered. He nodded.

"Exactly. So, he wants to open another one on another planet, and he wants me to run it." Oliver continued proudly.

"Dude, that's awesome!" I grinned. Oliver had been in charge of our Mighty Med 2.0. before I'd gone and changed the timeline - he would be amazing at running another one. "Any idea which planet?"

"A few places were mentioned for locations. Caldera's among them." He continued. I opened my mouth to say how perfect that would be for Skylar, but then it hit me just where Caldera was.

"And here I thought I was going too far away." I mentioned. He bumped his shoulder with mine.

"Hey, it's not that far - Calla's going to be sending the League new wormhole transporters soon. And I'm not leaving yet - we still need funding just to build the place." Oliver reasoned.

"Still. I can't believe how fast things are changing." I said, shaking my head.

"Yeah." Oliver nodded. He smiled and looked at me. "But not everything changes."

"Such as?" I challenged, curious. He smirked and turned towards the door.

"Hey! Dee!" He called. A moment later, Dani's head poked through the door.

"Yeah, Ollie?" She asked. He waved for her to join us. She smiled in confusion, but headed out onto the veranda. Ollie put his arms around us and pulled us close.

"One last commemorative fake photo?" Oliver suggested. Dani and I both smiled at the same time. My girlfriend raised her hand as if holding a camera.

"Say superheroes." She teased before pretending to press the button.

"Superheroes." I grinned.

Xxx

Kihonne: Not going to lie, I wasn't entirely sure how to end the chapter, but I think it's fitting. Anyway, what did you guys think? Good, bad? Somewhere in between? Seriously, please review! This is the last time I'm going to be able to do review responses for this story, so please!

Anyway, next Monday, on the 15th of October, will be the story's final chapter (boo!), End of an Era. Now, the few of you who have been on my profile may have noticed that I've added another story to the series, in between the Power of Seven and Legacies, under the same name. I plan on explaining more about that in the last author's note of the next chapter, so please stay tuned! I think you're really going to like it.

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