Sabrina took a seat next to Alec, "yo."

Alec rolled his eyes. "You know you're annoying, right?"

"Excuse me?"

"You're an Undersider now? Seriously? You only joined us after we moved in. There's no difference if you joined either team now."

Sabrina shrugged. "Technically, they said that I should spy on you guys. But since I don't know how to do that, I'm just getting paid to hang out with you guys."

"They're paying you for this!?"

Rachel came into the unit with another set of dogs. At first, she was hard-pressed to resist their home. But after being shown the amount of space her dogs would get, Rachel decided it was better for her dogs to live there.

Sabrina said, "need help with that?"

"Fuck off."

"Got it," Sabrina raised her hands in defense, gesturing that she wouldn't stand in her way.

Brian entered the room next. He brought the last of his boxing gear and placed them on the floor, completing the move-in process to the new apartment. Lisa came out from her room and hung up the phone, "and the Losers are back in business! I told you it would work out. The boss says he's glad to sponsor an extra team, they'll owe us big time for this one."

Sabrina shot her a dirty look. As Lisa noticed it, Sabrina turned away. "So what's next on the list? Your boss had better have some master plan now that he has two teams under his belt."

Lisa answered, "all in favor of robbing a bank, say 'I'."

"I", Alec said.

"Nay," Brian responded. "We've been over this before. Banks aren't worth the risks and costs. The casino heist was a disaster, I can't imagine how bad a bank robbery might get."

"I can," Sabrina mentioned. "I can imagine a dozen things going wrong as we speak. Vivan would probably free the hostages, Aryana would seduce the bank teller. Emily would offer gift baskets to the guards, and Edwin would sing sonic the hedgehog while Robert breakdances on the vault floor. Trust me when I say this, there are probably a thousand ways to fuck it up, and my team would try them all."

Alec squinted at her, "who's side are you on?"

"I'm just trying to be real here."

Lisa rolled her eyes. Rachel stepped back to the living room and sat on the floor. Her dogs Angelica and Brutus walked next to her, leaning against her as they spoke. "Who the fuck cares? They fuck it up, we can fix it."

"Exactly," Lisa said. "At the end of the day, they also stay true to their word. If we need a job done, I know they'll pull through."

"No," Brian said. "The PRT are out for them now. Out for all of us. We can't keep pushing our luck like last time."

Lisa asked, "how about we put it to a vote?"

"No," Brian said in a sterner tone. "What I say goes, and unless there's a good reason for this, we're not robbing a back for next to nothing."

Lisa opened her mouth, but then closed it as Sabrina grinned. She turned her head and asked, "what's so funny?"

"Nothing," Sabrina said grinning. "Honestly though, I find it funny how Aryana figured you out so quick."

She raised an eyebrow, "excuse me?"

"Ah, nothing. Let's just say there's a reason we wear Lisa lie detectors on us." Sabrina raised up her wristwatch.

Brian asked, "you have a lie detector?"

Sabrina shook her head. "Not a lie detector, just a Lisa lie detector. Specifically for Lisa and no one else." She pressed a button on it. "Say something Lisa, anything."

Lisa crossed her arms, "I don't want to."

The watch responded with a recording of Aryana's voice: "OH MY FUCKING GOD, SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU LYING BITCH."

Lisa squinted at her, "you guys have a tinker watch for that!?"

The watch answered with another recording: "SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU STUPID BITCH."

"I am not stupid!"

"STUPID."

Lisa gritted her teeth. Alec said, "Lisa, you're arguing with a watch right now."

Lisa waved her hand, "just turn it off."

The watch went on: "DONT LISTEN TO THAT STUPID-"

She set the watch to mute. Alec pointed towards her, "see? She's just here to mess with us."

Brian shook his head, "she'd rather go on heists with us than with the Losers. I can live with that. What she does outside of missions is none of our business."

Sabrina mentioned, "I can almost feel the feminism seeping from you."

Brian raised an eyebrow. Alec said, "you hang out with Vivan too much."

"Tell me about it," Sabrina texted the other team through her phone.

Lisa took a seat next to them. "Alright, so what happened?"

She raised an eyebrow, "excuse me?"

"You joined us because you wanted to spend less time with Vivan. Why?"

Sabrina's eyes widened. Alec said, "Christ, something happened? Did he dump you?"

Sabrina's face turned red, "no, that didn't happen. Just, um…." She stood up and headed towards the door, "I gotta go."

Sabrina touched the knob, but her hand fell limp as she touched the handle. Alec's hand was raised when he spoke, "back up, Vivan rejected you? Do you know how sad that is?"

Sabrina stood by the door wholly embarrassed. "Drop it. Not like, my arm. But drop the subject? Nothing happened, alright. Just forget it."

Lisa murmured to herself, "honestly, I can't figure out what happened. It had to be pretty bad if you can't even say it."

The Lisa lie detector watch lit up again: "FINALLY, THE BITCH SPEAKS THE TRUTH!"

Sabrina growled down at the watch, "I thought I muted you!"

Brian stepped forward and opened the door for her, "leave her alone guys. If she's joining our team, don't bully her. Go tell the Losers we'll be up there soon. We can meet with them after Uber and Leet are settled."

Sabrina nodded thankfully and left the room. Lisa and Alec sat back on the couch with their arms crossed, "what happened?"

XXX

Edwin opened up a control panel from their unit. Holographic boards appeared around him from the living room tv screen. "Holy fucking shit, what the hell did you guys do?"

"Sorry," Aryana said twiddling her thumbs.

"I made backup inventions that would last you months, and you blew it all up in a single night? Just… How?"

"I said I was sorry."

Edwin groaned out, "well cripes, now I gotta reset everything. Both manually and automatically. It's really been a month since we were gone?"

Aryana nodded, "the portal business is still booming. Cranium vets them and I just sign off their names. I've said yes to all the applicants she greenlit, so at least that's still growing."

Edwin murmured, "by any chance, did Blasto get a portal lab?"

She raised an eyebrow, "I can't remember. Why? Is Blasto bad?"

"Yeah, he told me once he was cloning Endbringers."

Aryana's eyes widened. Edwin let out a sigh. He closed the panels and sat back on the couch, "it's not any worse than what I've made, so… Whatever."

He was clearly exhausted. A month is a long time for tinkers. It seemed like their shenanigans had set him back by several months from when he'd been frozen. Edwin didn't say anything more, he just sat on the couch, forcing himself to relax.

"I'm not tinkering today. I'll do some shit tomorrow."

Aisha appeared next to him. She poked him on the forehead, "holy crap, it's really Leet!"

Edwin jumped back in place, "what the hell?" Aisha waved hi to him. Edwin turned to Aryana and said, "who's the black girl?"

"That's racist," both of them said together.

"Not this again." Edwin stood up from the couch. Robert, Emily, and Vivan stepped back into the room. They came out from Leet's bedroom, or rather, the access point to Leet's dimensional lab.

Robert said, "Edwin, this is Aisha. Apparently, they adopted her while we were gone."

Edwin rubbed at his eyebrow, "oh sweet Jesus fucking christ. Another one? Why does this keep happening to me?"

Vivan said, "actually, she's not an official member. We still have to vote her in."

Edwin looked over at Aryana, who nodded in agreement. "Wait, I actually get a say this time?"

Aryana said, "I made it clear to her. She's a probationary member until you guys came back. Now that you're here, we all have to vote her in."

Aisha commented, "which is bullshit. Spitfire and Rune got in just by making a video. I had to wait for you guys to come back. Its racist if you ask me."

Vivan commented, "oiy, she has a point. If we don't take her, we're worse than the E88."

Vivan fist-bumped Aisha. Both of them together said, "black power."

Robert said, "you were literally shouting white power the day after I got bombed."

"I don't discriminate." Vivan turned to Edwin, "also, I think it's fucked up that you condone slavery."

"How the fuck do I condone slavery?"

"Your Pokeballs can literally catch people!"

"...Wait, those can catch people?"

Aryana pulled Vivan and Emily aside while Robert pulled Edwin in to form a huddle. They whispered among themselves in the living room while Aisha was left out. Aryana said, "seriously, I don't wanna invite a kid into our group. She's way too young for that stuff."

Emily rebutted, "but most capes start out young. You started when you were fourteen, and Vivan is fifteen. It wouldn't be fair to draw a line just for her."

Aryana looked back and Aisha and asked, "Hey kid, how old are you?"

Aisha blinked back at her. "Four…. Fifteen?"

"Are you sure? You look twelve."

Aisha yelled back, "I'm thirteen!"

Aryana dipped back into the group huddle, "she's thirteen, that's still pretty young."

Robert said, "I was twelve when I started caping. It can still work."

Aryana argued, "yeah, but you were Ward. They kept you safe. I don't think we can adopt a second kid to babysit. No offense Vivan."

"None taken," Vivan replied. "But are Wards really better though? Robert told me those guys are just as clueless as we are."

Robert nodded, "they are, don't think for a second they wouldn't take advantage of her the moment they get the chance."

Aryana asked, "but wouldn't she be safer with them? They have the resources of a country, they sure as hell wouldn't be as reckless as we are."

Emily said, "but her powers are strong. I can imagine them sending her on more dangerous missions because of it. With us, at the very least, we won't make her do anything she can't handle."

Edwin mentioned, "Aryana, you're giving way too much credit to the PRT. I've ran through their security systems. They're held together by bubblegum and duct tape. The Wards aren't exactly a shining example of how to handle child soldiers."

Aryana cursed beneath her breath. Aisha crossed her arms from behind and said, "and if you guys don't take me, I'm joining another villain team."

Aryana ignored her, "sure thing kid, I'm sure the E88 would love you."

"I'm serious," Aisha growled, "I'm not being a hero. If you guys don't take me, plenty of other villains will."

Aryana frowned. Vivan poked her on the shoulder, "you've said it before, people don't work well when they're in places they hate. Putting her in the Wards might hurt her abilities."

"Yeah," Robert agreed, "the Wards also have a whole nother level of red tape. I could imagine her running away the moment things got too tough."

Aryana looked over at Emily and Edwin. Edwin said, "We could really use the powers. I could make a few things to keep her safe."

Emily added, "I think she really would like it with us more than the Wards. In the long run, she'll appreciate it."

Aryana let out a deep breathe, "I hate democracy."

Aryana backed away from the huddle walked up to Aisha. "Okay, ground rules. You're a member now. Not probationary, not limited contract member, but real, actual member like the rest of us."

Aisha grinned. The Losers were a group she'd been following for months, it was almost like a dream come true. Aryana continued, "but, there are some ground rules. Rules for all of us that fans never get to hear."

She pointed at Vivan, "Vivan is the mascot. But since you're younger than him, you both get that role now. What that means is that you both have to listen to the rest of us. That means no being reckless on the field, and retreating the moment any of us say so."

Aisha said, "that sounds like slavery."

Vivan raised his thumbs up, "it is."

Aryana raised another finger up, "also, we're all required to listen to you. But that's only outside of missions. What that means is, during missions you don't get a say, but outside of missions you can give any input you can think of for our next mission. Your opinion matters, but you're still too inexperienced to be calling the shots during a mission."

"Alright, that's fair," Aisha said rolling her eyes. She was already getting bored of them. She hadn't realized they had ground rules before. She had assumed they were inherently reckless.

Aryana added, "and rule three. You have to tell us all of your secrets. No matter what."

Aisha cocked her head back, "excuse me?"

"We won't use it against you. But after me and Vivan almost got our team killed, we can't let secrets bite us in the back anymore. So when we ask you about your family, school, or feelings, you have to tell us the best you can. We keep our garbage in the open so that it doesn't drive us apart later. The last thing we need is for us all to break apart because of some miscommunication."

Aisha's mouth scrunched. The team was becoming less cool as they talked, "fine. I already told you my trigger. Anything else you need to know?"

Aryana rubbed at her chin, "maybe something about your family. But we can talk about that another time."

Aryana walked closer and gave her a hug, "God your adorable. I've always wanted a sister."

Aryana's hug was tight, but Aisha didn't stop her. She liked the embrace, it was a feeling she hadn't felt in a long time. "Thanks for having me," she murmured as she held her tight.

Vivan commented, "I suddenly feel neglected."

Emily said, "that'll probably happen a lot from now on."

There was a knock on the apartment door. Robert went over to greet their guests. "Come on," Robert said gesturing for them to enter, "come meet our newest member."

Aisha stepped back from Aryana and stared at the other team. It was the Undersiders, out of costume and in casual attire. Her eyes gaped at the sight of Brian.

Aisha's jaw dropped open. After thinking back from the Casino heist, she quickly realized which Undersider Brian was. She yelled out, "whaaaaat the fuuuuuuuck!?"