A/N: Plot twist! Please, read and review. Reviews help remind me that there are people reading and that keeps me on track! Also, I know what happens here isn't exactly what happens in the comics, but what DOES happen in the comics will eventually happen, so don't worry, if any of you are Marvel Comic fans!


The gravity kid smashed the quinjet into the ground, sinking it lower and lower. Aftershock sent electric pulses at the three newcomers, one of them catching Eliza in the hip. She gave a cry and fell on her knees, grabbing the burn at her side. She was angry now. Boy was she angry.

Her eyes went silver as suddenly a large rock left the ground and propelled itself towards Aftershock. It struck her square in the chest, knocking the wind out of her. Eliza's eyes began to shift to a red color as flames shot out from her outstretched palms and flew towards the electric girl.

Ember swooped in and absorbed the fire. He sent a shot right back at her and hit Eliza in the arm. She shouted in surprise but used her magic to cool the wound right away. Clint, ever watchful, shot an arrow at Ember and with a flash of blue eyes, Eliza turned it into ice.

Tony continued to pepper Singularity with pulses, most of them bounding off some invisible shield around him. Ember, now less powerful than usual, tried desperately to reheat himself as the ice spread up his side. Natasha tried to riddle Aftershock with bullets but the girl was too quick. All of a sudden though, everything changed.

In one single moment, Aftershock's strongest pulse of energy was redirected by Cap's shield and deflected at Singularity. At the same moment, the mysterious fourth Bastard of Evil appeared and as he began to fade his team away, Natasha hit him with a few bullets. That broke his concentration, and suddenly Singularity fell, quite solidly to the ground, unconscious, while the rest of his team disappeared. The Avengers all ran over to him and Natasha bound his arms with some black cord. Suddenly he began to regain consciousness. Clint, Tony, and Eliza all held out their weapons (or hands, in her case) at him.

"Where the hell…," he groaned in confusion, "Who are you?"

"The Avengers," Steve replied coldly.

"The Av- oh no. Oh no no no. I KNEW we shouldn't have gone with him. I told them it was a bad idea from the beginning, but did they listen? No. Why would they listen to me? I'm only the smart one."

They watched as he rambled on and on, wondering what the hell he was talking about.

"Slow down, kid, what's going on," Tony stopped him.

"Hey, your guess is as good as mine. Last thing I remember is being shown inside some sort of lab," he shrugged, "The name's Devin Touhy, by the way."

Devin shook his tied hands in confusion and all of a sudden the rocks surrounding them began to float.

"HOLY SHIT, WHAT THE HELL?"

Eliza rolled her eyes, "You seriously expect us to believe that?"

"Well, can't you check, Liz," Clint pointed out.

"Oh," Eliza nodded, "Yeah."

She closed her eyes and focused all her attention on Singularity- on Devin. She "entered" his mind, poked around in his memories. What he was saying was the truth, there was little doubt. But she found something like a shadow over his mind, something that wasn't supposed to be in there.

"He's telling the truth," she nodded, though she looked at him in suspicion.

"Where are Jason and Danielle," Devin asked in confusion, glancing around as if trying to catch a glimpse of them.

"Aftershock and Ember both got away," Steve told him.

"Wait… who?"

"You really don't remember anything, do you," Tony asked in surprise.

He shook his head, "If something's happened to Jay and Dannie…"

"I might be able to restore some of the memories," Eliza piped up from where she had retreated back.

"Do it then," Devin nodded.

Eliza walked over and knelt beside him. She placed her hand on his shoulder and closed her eyes. Slowly Devin's began to close as well. The Avengers watched silently as a look of pain crossed Eliza's features. She gripped his shoulder harder and gritted her teeth.

Eliza watched a flash of memories before her. The emotions were strained. Pain. Anger. Betrayal. Power. She saw a strange machine. Then sparks. A strange light began emanating. Then it went black.

She broke apart with a cry as she fell backwards. She panted hard, trying to catch her breath. Trading memories like that was a particularly taxing experience, especially when she had to block him from gaining access to her own memories.

"Oh… oh my god. What did I do," Devin gasped for breath, his memory restored, "I… I killed people."

All around them, the Avengers saw rubble floating and shaking. They had to calm this kid down before he let go over the control of his gravity powers.

"Hey, kid, calm down. Listen, you've got to stay in control," Clint told him, "We'll take you back to Tony's tower and you'll be safe there until we figure out what's going on."

The other Avengers stared at him in surprise. That hadn't been agreed upon by anyone else. Clint merely shrugged. What else were they supposed to do?

With a quick glance at Tony and Steve, Natasha undid the ties around Devin's wrists. She and Steve helped him stand up and steadied him. He had a large burn on his chest from where Aftershock's bolt had struck him but other than this he was relatively unharmed.

"If you can still fly," Tony said, "I'll show you back to the Tower the quick way since our quinjet is broken."

Devin made a face, "If it's all the same to you, I'd rather not do any flying or using my… gravity powers… at all."

Clint pulled out his small radio transmitter and called to Fury.

"Fury," he said.

"Agent Barton, report."

"Sir, Singularity is now in our care. He was struck by a blast from Aftershock and was released from some kind of mind control. White has made sure he's telling the truth. We need a quinjet to take us back to Stark Tower so we can start unraveling this riddle."

"Repeat that, Barton. Singularity is now an ally?"

"Yes sir. He's a teenager by the name of Devin Touhy. At the moment he's scared, confused, and ashamed. Eliza restored his memories of the past several days."

"Fine, but I'm coming in to check him out. I'll dispatch a quinjet to your location immediately."

"Aye, sir."

Clint walked back over to the little group, "Fury's sending a quinjet. He's agreed to leave you in our care, Devin, but he's going to meet us at Stark Tower to check you out for himself."

The boy nodded, though he had little idea of who the archer was talking about. All there was to do now was sit. And wait.