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47 Duped

Allen's idea of tracking Max by the Plumbers badge was a good idea but he needed to stop second guessing himself and he needed to realize that he had to out think an enemy, and using their own tactics against them was a good way to do it. But Jen was a step ahead of them as she clicked the door closed behind Pierce with the controller in her pocket. It was kinda fun messing with them like this. Definitely cathartic and that was probably something she'd have to talk to Camille about later but for now she had a role to play.

"Looking for this?" She asked holding up Max's badge. She smiled wickedly as Pierce looked at her cautiously. He stowed his own badge, a good move, he'd need both hands free to fight her. The crackling lights were caused by a device in her pocket too, it was more for effect than anything else but it was fun. Jen shifted into Goop and attacked. Pierce evaded and landed a few feet away looking conflicted.

"Whatever's controlling you Jen you need to fight it!" So Pierce wasn't buying into Manny's theory that Ethan's death had driven her over the edge. Jen could play with that, it was mean but that was kind of the point of playing the villain. She staggered as if confused and saw hope blossom in Pierce's eyes.

"Help me! Pierce! I… I can't control myself! You're my only hope." The hope in Pierce's eyes turned to determination, couldn't have that, Jen was supposed to be the big bad guy. But he fell for it hook line and sinker, lowering his fighting stance and stepping far too close to an enemy combatant.

"How can I help?" She spat a glob of goop into his face and he staggered backward trying to pull it off as she laughed as insanely as she could. He pulled his face free.

" 'How can I help'" She mocked and laughed again spinning around him, covering him with Goop, cutting off his air supply. She wouldn't hurt him, not really. She'd been given full permission to knock the team around until unconsciousness but no farther, not that she would have gone father. But Pierce proved a bit more resourceful than she was counting on. He used one of his spikes, fired from an elbow, to knock Goop's gravitational device out of range. Jen splattered to the floor and grumbled as the device returned to her and Pierce took off up a structure. His mistake though she melted through the bolts holding it up.

"Timber!" She called out as the structure tumbled to the floor. Pierce leapt free at the last second and rolled to his feet at the last second taking off at a run down the hall away from Jen. She transformed back to herself with a flash of light and laughed after him. "You can run but you can't hide!" She'd let him sweat for a while. She had three other Plumber's kids to torment. The ear piece in her ear beeped to life as she slipped into one of the hidden hatches.

"You might be enjoying this a little bit too much Kiddo." She rolled her eyes as she made her way to the opposite side of the station.

"You told me make it realistic. Every bad guy I've gone up against enjoys the fight just a bit too much. Vilgax, Animo. Come on I'm just going with the examples I've seen." She could practically hear Grandpa Max rolling his eyes.

"Alright just be careful we don't want any of you actually getting hurt." She nodded and clicked the earpiece off again as she activated a door sending Manny the wrong way after Hellen. Using Rath again felt a little bittersweet but fighting Manny was fun. He always had something to prove and had wanted to fight her since they'd met to do just that. She was a little concerned about the amount of damage they'd managed to do to the room but it was still nice to fight someone who could keep up with her for the most part. Then he had to go and push the wrong button.

"Just cause you can't handle what happened to Ethan…" She roared over the end of his sentence and got down to some Sirius butt kicking. Both literally and figuratively. She roared at him again as he passed out. She transformed back into herself and left quickly lest she do more damage to the Tetramand. Pierce joined back up with Hellen as she managed to rouse Manny. Pierce was finally taking charge. But now she had to deal with Allen. This one she wasn't looking forward to. Allen was a sweet kid who'd already been through a lot. Jen had never gotten to pay back Manny or Hellen for kidnapping Kevin the first time they met or actually fight Pierce without having to throw the fight to get what she wanted. Those fights had been easier. Allen though he'd never done anything to warrant a butt kicking but it had to be done, so she snuck up on him in the hydroponics lab. She'd always been really good at walking silent as a ghost, ever since getting Ghostfreak back anyway. He nearly shrieked as he came nose to nose with her, she wasn't even transformed yet. But he was the boy had serious confidence issues.

"Jen!" He stumbled backward as she stepped forward, slowly purposefully.

"Where are the others Allen?" A sort of test of her own in a single question, scared though he was, intimidated and outmatched he needed to be able to hold under pressure and not give up his team no matter what.

"I'm not sure." A decent answer, though the truth. He could have lied and sent her on a wild goose chase after his more confident team mates. But he didn't, scared though he was he made no move to betray his friends.

"That's too bad." She said, meaning the opposite. She twirled the dial on the Omnitrix. "You should have stuck with them." Actual solid advice as she went Big Chill and attacked. When they all worked together to corner her she grinned and realized her mistake immediately. A cornered bad guy didn't grin. But she was still Big Chill and had an advantage. She cackled for effect and sank through the floor. They were doing better than she'd given them credit for. She made her way to the bridge and sat in the chair waiting, sure they wouldn't be able to see her from the doorway.