S2 EP4: A Shape-Shifter and a Bloodsucker

It all started a few days after I beat the Enforcers and saved Mayor Lincoln. In an alley, a homeless dude was digging through the garbage, looking for nothing in particular.

Homeless guy: "The haul is looking pretty weak today. Damn, was hoping to at least find some new shoes or something." He hopped out of the dumpster and started walking out of the alley, only to walk into a swarm of flies.

Homeless guy: "Huh?" He looked down and saw that the flies were swarming around a decaying body, which he stepped on by accident, "AHHHHHHHH!" He hopped over the body and took off running.

Later on that day...

Kyrie: "Dude, this is the fifth time you've bailed on us this week. What's going on?" I was on the phone with him as I was crouched on top of a building in my costume, looking at a particular apartment.

Trey: "Nothing's up, dude, I've just been busy with my classes and shit. Besides, I figured you and CC would want some alone time to be all kissy and I really don't need to see you guys play tonsil hockey." I lifted up my goggles and turned my eyes into UltraTreez ones, using my X-Ray vision to look through the walls of the apartment.

Kyrie: "Tonsil hockey? What are you, in fifth grade? Besides, if you'd let me set you up with one of my old girls, you could be locking lips with someone too." I rolled my eyes.

Trey: "Sorry Ky, but I'm not interested in your sloppy seconds." I suddenly saw movement inside the apartment and stood up, making my eyes normal, "I gotta go, man. I'll see you later." I hung up the phone and placed it inside my backpack that I had next to me, then leaped off the building.

Inside the apartment, a guy was going through the owner's stuff, looking for valuables. He was wearing an all white jumpsuit with a hood and had his face painted like a skull. He continued looking through the drawers and cabinets.

Skull guy: "Jackpot!" He held up a collection of diamond watches. Unfortunately for him, they were levitated out of his hands by an unknown force. He turned around and saw me leaning on the door frame as Ventrilosquid. I used my telekinesis to place the watches on the table next to me.

Ventrilosquid: "Seriously, Ghost? This is like the eighth house you've hit this week. What did I tell you about taking things that don't belong to you?" Ghost is a cat burglar that has the power to become intangible. Instead of trying to take over the city, he uses his powers to rob people's houses. I've been on his trail for a while now but he's been a bitch to catch.

Ghost: "I'm starting to think you're stalking me, Arsenal, you always seem to be around every time I pull a job. You must really like getting your teeth kicked in." He charged at me and jumped up, doing an aerial flip and spin kicking me in the jaw. I flew back into the living room and rolled out of the way before Ghost could slam his fist into my face. I stood up and roundhouse kicked at him, but he blocked it with his forearm and punched me in the gut, making me stumble back a bit. I used my powers and launched a log from the fireplace at him, but he phased right through it as he jumped up and Superman punched me in the face, then followed up with two more jabs to my face. I stumbled back, disoriented and he spartan kicked me in the chest, sending me crashing into the TV.

Ventrilosquid: "Hope whoever lives here has the warranty on that." I looked up just in time to duck under one of Ghost's punches, then sweep kicked his legs from under him, sending him tumbling to the ground. I slapped my symbol and lifted Ghost up as Rath.

Rath: "LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHING, GHOST THE META-HUMAN CAT BURGLAR THAT RATH CAN'T SEEM TO CATCH! STOP BEING SO HARD TO CATCH!" He phased out of my grip, then slid under my legs and kicked me in the back, sending me flying into the couch. I recovered and charged at him, nailing him in the face with one of my punches, then slammed him over the head with both my fists. He fell to the floor, where I kicked him in the stomach. He crashed into the window, which broke it and set off the burglar alarm.

Ghost: "Nice job, kitty cat, the cops will be here any minute." He started to take off but I slapped my symbol and became Fleet, then pulled out one of my blasters and shot him in the back, knocking him to the ground.

Fleet: "And you're gonna be here when they pop up. It's over, Ghos-" I was cut off by my symbol playing an alarm, which I programmed it to do when I was late for class, "Not now." I looked down at the symbol, giving Ghost an opportunity to kick me off of him and phase out the door. I groaned.

Fleet: "Son of a bitch, how does he keep getting away?" I heard sirens coming from outside the door, meaning the cops were outside, "I should probably shake a leg too before this turns into another thing I get blamed for."

I slapped my symbol and after a flash of red light, I phased through the ceiling as Ghostfreak, right before the cops burst in. I flew back up to the building that I left my backpack on, then grabbed it and slapped my symbol again. I transformed into Biohazard and flew off toward the university.

I got there and flew into a broom closet through a window, slapping my symbol and reverting to normal, then getting my costume off. Today I'm wearing regular blue jeans and a Novas University hoodie that I got from the campus store. I exited the broom closet quietly and started walking in the direction of my classroom.

Trey: "Good going, Sergauson, you let the bad guy get away AGAIN and Kyrie thinks you don't wanna hang out with him and CC." I sighed. Keeping everything a secret from the guys has been nothing short of lame, but Fury said that it'd be a catastrophe if anyone found out I'm an alien, meaning Ky and CC wouldn't accept me anyway. They'd also be in a shit ton of danger if they knew my secret. I know all of this but I also know that not having anyone to talk to about this stuff is really starting to bug me.

I opened the door to my Law Enforcement class, seeing that the professor, Mr. Wells, had already started teaching.

Mr. Wells: "Nice of you to join us, Trey." I smiled sheepishly at him and took my seat next to a cute Argentinian-American girl with light blue hair.

Trey: "Hey, Lola." She smiled at me and handed me the attendance sheet to sign, which I did.

Lola: "Hi, Trey. Late as usual, I see." I shrugged and she shook her head, smiling, "Luckily, Wells hasn't said anything important yet. Not that he ever does." We both snickered at that.

Mr. Wells: "Hm, not only are you late to class, Mr. Sergauson, but now you are distracting Ms. Pacini. Productive start to the afternoon, eh?" The class laughed at that and I playfully rolled my eyes as Mr. Wells continued, "Now class, instead of my usual lecture today, we'll be taking a field trip into the city."

Guy student: "What for?"

Mr. Wells: "Glad you asked. You see, a body was recently discovered earlier today and we are all going to watch the police and forensic team investigate the crime scene." I raised an eyebrow. I didn't know about a body. That means somebody was killed.

Trey: "Do you know how the victim died?" Lola giggled.

Lola: "That's what we're going to find out, genius." I chuckled at that.

Mr. Wells: "If there are no further questions, we'll head out to the shuttle." With that, we all got up and headed out the door.

Meanwhile, in an underground bunker that was under the City Hall building, two guys were talking. They were both incredibly pale, one looking about a decade older than the other one. They both had silver eyes.

Older guy: "That girl has really done it now, Paris, she's surely exposed us this time." Paris, the younger one, shook his head.

Paris: "Edgar, it is your fault for turning her in the first place. Nobody told you to be a sick bastard." Edgar smirked at him.

Edgar: "You surely cannot blame me for my actions, my son. The girl was there and you know how I feel about girls of her appearance. Turning her was not my intention."

Paris: "Nonetheless, what she has done puts us in jeopardy. If we do not find a solution for her, we will surely perish and all of our planning will be for not."

Edgar: "You are right, Paris. Let me think.." He thought about it for a minute, "I have got it! We will simply continue to deny her the nourishment that we all need. We both know how she feels about hunting, what she did recently was a very desperate act of instinct. She will surely die."

Paris: "Edgar, you are brilliant. Let this be a lesson to you about turning immature girls. Come, the sun has been up for a good amount of time and I can feel the slumber overtaking me." With that, they walked into different rooms.

Back with me. My class and I had hopped off the shuttle and were waiting for Mr. Wells to tell us what to do next.

Mr. Wells: "Alright everyone, the police and forensics team are over there in that alley. We are only here to observe and learn so do not get in the way more than I know you all will." We all laughed and started walking over to the alley. I tried to get over there before everyone else so I could investigate but Lola came skipping in front of me.

Lola: "Whoa, speedy, what's your hurry? Got a dead body fetish?" She giggled at her own joke and I shook my head, smiling.

Trey: "No, Smurf head. I just wanna see what's going on. Can't afford to not get a good grade on this upcoming test." I nodded to myself. I'm getting pretty good at making up excuses for my heroics. Lola looked worried.

Lola: "Test?! Oh Dios mio, I can't afford to fail either, I already failed this class once." She looked pretty distraught.

Trey: "I could help you study, girly, I have a 92 in this class." She looked at me with a huge smile on her face.

Lola: "For real? Trey, tu hermosa criatura, you're a life saver!" We got to the crime scene and saw that a shit ton of cops were there.

Trey: "Can't speak Spanish, Lola, remember?" She blushed and apologized as I leaned down to examine the body.

Lola: "Hey, we can do something else before we study. If you want, I mean." I looked up at her, eyebrow raised.

Trey: "What did you have in mind?" She looked at her feet.

Lola: "Well, there's this club called 20 and Below that just opened up and I was thinking we could go shake our booties before you help me ace this test." I thought about it.

CoCo is slobbing all over Kyrie now so having someone for myself would be cool and Lola's really cute and cool. But there's also the fact that I can't tell anyone I'm Arsenal. I'd have to lie to her constantly and a relationship shouldn't be built from lies. One date couldn't hurt, though.

Trey: "Sure, cutie, that sounds awesome. Tonight at 8?" She squealed and nodded.

Lola: "Awesome! Now, what's up with this body?" I looked down at the corpse but before I could do anything, I was pushed out of the way by a cop.

Officer: "All Novas University students should remain at least a few steps back from the crime scene. We do not need a bunch of college kids getting in the way." I rolled my eyes. I had to see what was going on.

Trey (mumbling): "Alright new eye-changing power, do your thing." I put my sunglasses on and turned my eyes into Braniac ones, starting a full scan on the corpse. As I scanned, a ton of biological information about the victim showed up as holograms but one piece of information stuck out.

Trey (thinking): "This poor dude's body has been completely drained of blood. And there are teeth marks on his neck. This might not be just a random murder, this could be a meta." I turned my eyes normal and took my sunglasses off, turning to Lola.

Lola: "You find anything, Mr. 92?" I shook my head.

Trey: "Nothing worth mentioning. Hey, I'm gonna skip the rest of this snooze-fest. See you later?" She nodded and kissed my cheek, making me blush. I heard her giggle as I walked off.

That night, I was in my bedroom at my place, looking in the mirror. I wasn't wearing anything but a tank top and boxers.

Trey: "Okay, what does a superhero wear on a date?" I turned my legs into Fasttrack ones and zoomed over to my closet. I zoomed back out wearing the suit and tie that I wore to the wedding, "Nah, too formal."

I zoomed back in again and came out in a simple white T shirt and cargo shorts.

Trey: "Nah, too lazy." I zoomed back in one more time and came out in my red Nike sweatsuit and a black headband. I smiled at myself in the mirror and nodded, "There we go." I made my legs normal and sat on the bed to look at my phone. I had used Grey Matter to give it a police scanner app so I know when a crime is taking place. I had searched the city records for any meta-humans that drain blood from people but so far, nothing.

I was interrupted from my search by my phone ringing.

Trey: "Speak on it."

CoCo: "Hey, hero boy. What's crackalackin'?" I laughed.

Trey: "Nothing much, CC, just finished getting ready to go hang out with Lola."

CoCo: "Lola Pacini, that blue-haired girl in my Psych class? She's pretty cute. You guys dating?"

Trey: "No! I just offered to help her study for our Law Enforcement test and she invited me out to this new club." She gasped.

CoCo: "You don't mean 20 and Below?" I raised an eyebrow.

Trey: "Uh, yeah. Why?"

CoCo: "Trey, that club is fuck city. Everybody who goes there together ends up hooking up. Me and Ky went just the other-"

Trey: "LALALALALALALA, I'm not listening! I'm hearing everything else except what you're saying, right now!" I heard her giggle.

CoCo: "Okay, okay. But if Lola invited you there, she may be trying to get some." I thought about it. I hadn't 'done it' with anyone since Charity and it was pretty awesome. I'm not against it, but it does come with a lot of complications.

My doorbell rung as I was thinking.

Trey: "CC, that's Lola. I'll see you and Ky tomorrow, kay?"

CoCo: "Okay, Trey. Use protection." I rolled my eyes as I hung up and turned my legs into Fasttrack ones again and zoomed to my door, turning them back to normal when I got there. I opened it, revealing Lola. She was wearing a light blue shirt with a black skirt, black heels, and a black jacket. She smiled at me.

Lola: "Hey, Trey, ready to go?" I nodded and walked out of the door, closing and locking it as I did. We walked down the stairs and headed toward the club.

Back down in the underground bunker, a girl opened her eyes. She had dark black hair that was tied up in a messy bun, brown eyes and was wearing an over-sized T shirt, shorts and no shoes. She yawned and got up out of bed, stretching as she did.

Girl: "Wonder if Edgar and Paris are still here, they usually leave once the sun goes down." She exited the room and walked down the hallway toward the main room. When she got there, she noticed that Edgar was sitting in a recliner, reading a newspaper. He didn't even look up.

Edgar: "Ellie, nice of you to join us. Sleep well." The girl, Ellie, rolled her eyes and sat on the couch.

Ellie: "I slept the same as you and Paris did, dead to the world. Where is Paris, anyway?" As she said that, Paris came zooming in at inhuman speed, carrying packets of blood. He dropped them in front of Edgar, who grinned and put his newspaper down.

Edgar: "Ah, you've got them. Good job." He and Paris each started opening the blood packets and drinking them. Ellie's mouth started to water.

Ellie: "Are we feeding? A little early but I am not complaining." She started to grab one of the packets, but Paris pushed her back with inhuman strength, sending her flying back onto the couch, "Hey, what gives?"

Edgar downed another packet and smirked at Ellie.

Edgar: "Ellie, Paris and I have decided to cut you off from the feeding supply." Her eyes got wide.

Ellie: "WHAT?! But, how am I supposed to live? You both know as well as I do that nothing can sustain us except for blood."

Paris: "You should have thought about that before you decided to kill that man, the other night. You have become too much of a liability." Ellie scowled.

Ellie: "But you two kill people all the time!"

Edgar: "We hunt with precision, grace, stealth. What you did could very well have exposed us and our entire species, not to mention put our plan in jeopardy."

Ellie: "So what am I supposed to do?" Edgar and Paris both smirked.

Paris: "Learn to fend for yourself, for once." Ellie snarled and zoomed off at inhuman speed.

Back with Lola and I, we were having a pretty awesome time at 20 and Below. We danced a lot, talked and ate. Right now, I'm STILL eating.

Lola: "I don't understand how you stay so skinny with as much as you eat, dude." I was currently scarfing down a huge plate of nachos. I swallowed and smiled at her.

Trey: "I have a really high metabolism, keeps me slender. Plus I have my ways of staying active." I finished up my food and drink, then gave Lola my full attention. When I looked at her, I saw that she was already looking at me.

Trey: "You okay?" She nodded slowly, smiling at me. I suddenly realized what was happening and said, "You, uh, wanna head back to my place?"

Lola: "Thought you'd never ask." I took her hand and lead her out of the club, then we started walking in the direction of my apartment.

Trey: "We'll be there soon, Smurf head, I know a shortcut." She nodded as I led her down an alley that would get us back to my place quicker. As we walked, I thought about what was going on.

I hope I'm making the right choice with Lola, here. She's obviously expecting to have sex when we get back to my place and I want to too, but what happens after that? Do we start dating? Is that even a good idea? This dating this was a whole lot easier when I didn't spend half of my time in a mask.

Lola: "You alright, Trey?" I shook myself out of my thoughts and smiled at her.

Trey: "Yeah I'm cool. Are you...cool?" She nodded.

Lola: "Yeah I'm okay." Her eyes suddenly got wide, "TREY, WATCH OUT!"

Before I could react, I grabbed by some kind of claw and pulled back into the shadows. I struggled against its grip, only to be slammed against a brick wall. I looked up at what grabbed me, seeing some kind of demonic girl with cat eyes and fangs. She snarled at me.

Trey: "Whoa, can you say halitosis?" She suddenly bit my neck, making me scream in pain and drop to my knees. The demon girl stumbled back.

Demon girl: "Gross, what are you?" My eyes glowed red and I quickly got my costume on.

Trey: "The guy who's about to punch you in the face, but you can call me Arsenal." I turned my right hand into a Biohazard smack hand, then socked her in the face, sending her flying back. I stumbled out of the shadows, my healing factor already starting to heal the bite wound. Lola ran up to me, obviously worried.

Lola: "Arsenal, that thing grabbed my date! Is he back there?" I shook my head.

Trey: "Your date is fine, you need to get out of here before that thing grabs you too." She nodded and ran off. I sighed, "So much for getting some tonight." I turned to the demon girl, who had just recovered and was snarling at me.

Demon girl: "Your blood...toxic. Never felt like this before." I slammed the watch and became Slapstrike.

Slapstrike: "Aw, I feel the same way. Not." I charged at her and tried to punch her but she caught my fist and kicked me in the stomach, making me stumble back. I flung a dumpster at her, nailing her and giving me a chance to leap up and slam her into the ground. She pushed me off with her sheer strength and came at me with her claws. I slapped my symbol and became Brainiac, then hopped back onto my metal spider legs and fired a beam from my forehead. It nailed her spot on and slammed her into the wall behind her. I tried to follow up but she crawled up the wall, then flipped off of it and slammed me over the head. I tumbled to the ground and slapped my symbol, becoming Flarecrow and blasting her with a flamethrower before she could follow up. She shrieked and stumbled back. I quickly slapped my symbol and became Cannonbolt, then rolled up and slammed straight into her, sending her flying. I rolled after her and slapped my symbol, reverting to normal when I got to her. She was lying on the ground.

Trey: "I need answers, Corpse Bride, so talk." She snarled at me and suddenly punched me in the stomach, then got up and started to run off.

Trey: "Oh no you don't." I turned my hand into a Frightmare one and was about to fire a chain at her, but my stomach suddenly started hurting like hell. It felt like knives were trying to carve their way out of my body. I dropped to my knees, my hand turning back to normal. I looked up, seeing the demon girl grow wings and fly off, "Seriously? I let the bad guy get away again?"

The pain finally stopped and I stood up, getting my costume off.

Trey: "I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that was the meta that killed that guy. Question is, why didn't I sense her aura?" I decided to head back to my place to think about it some more. When I got there, though, Lola was sitting on my doorstep. She jumped up when she saw me.

Lola: "TREY! I'm so glad you're okay, what happened?" I rubbed the back of my neck.

Trey: "I don't really know. Arsenal saved me before that monster chick could do anything. I'm lucky to be alive." She nodded then hugged me. I immediately hugged back. After the hug, she didn't let go, instead looking me in the eyes.

Lola: "Well I'm glad you're okay because if you were dead, I wouldn't be able to do this." Right after she said that, she kissed me. I wasn't surprised at all and kissed back. Before we ended up making out outside my house, I pulled away.

Trey: "You wanna take this inside?" She nodded eagerly. We started walking up the stairs.

Lola: "I'll try not to be too loud." She gave me a look and I smirked, closing the door behind us.

I was woken up the next day by a thumping in my ears. I quickly sat up in bed and looked around, not seeing anything.

Trey: "Um, okay?" The thumping continued and I realized that it was coming from next to me. I turned and saw Lola, sound asleep, wearing one of my shirts. I raised an eyebrow, "Is...is that her heartbeat I'm hearing?" That wasn't the only thing. I noticed I could hear EVERYTHING around me, car horns, people blowing their noses, everything. I got up out of bed, feeling overwhelmed. I'm used to my enhanced hearing but I can usually turn it on and off. Now, I can hear all this stuff and I'm not digging it.

I headed to the bathroom after picking out my outfit for the day and took care of my hygiene stuff, walking out 20 minutes later on my phone. I was wearing blue overalls under a red hoodie, black and white converse, and a black beanie loosely on my head. I looked up from my phone, seeing Lola sitting on my bed, wearing my Novas University hoodie along with some skinny jeans.

I smirked at her.

Trey: "Isn't that my hoodie?" She smirked back at me.

Lola: "Sure is. I didn't think you'd mind me borrowing it after all that fun we had, last night." I rolled my eyes, smiling as she continued "I've always liked your fashion sense, Trey. Very cool." I thanked her and looked at my phone again, seeing the time.

Trey: "I have to go talk to one of my professors about some bullshit, Lol, you wanna head to campus with me?" I suddenly heard her heartbeat speed up as she smiled at me.

Lola: "I'd love too! My class is in about 45 minutes anyway." She walked past me to get to her stuff and I caught a whiff of something. It smelled intoxicating, so much so that my mouth started to water and I felt my fangs start to come out. I covered my mouth, my eyes wide.

Trey: "What the fuck?" Lola poked her head back into my bedroom.

Lola: "You okay, dude?" I quickly nodded my head.

Trey: "Yep, let's go." I grabbed my backpack and followed her out the door.

Ellie's POV

It's 8 AM but for some reason, I haven't fallen into the deep sleep that my kind always does when the sun comes up.

I'm currently laying in my makeshift 'bed', looking at the ceiling with this weird feeling in my stomach. I was also thinking about my encounter with that boy. The one in the mask.

Ellie: "His blood, it wasn't like any type of blood that I've ever fed on before. It's almost like.." I was cut off by the feeling in my stomach turning into straight pain. Grunting and growling, I crawled out of my bed and over to a bucket that was in the corner of my room. When I got to it, I immediately threw up into it. It wasn't food that I threw up, though, it was some type of green glowing liquid.

Ellie: "What the-?" Edgar flitted in at that moment.

Edgar: "What is going on in here, girl?" He looked down and saw the bucket, then said, "What did you do?!" I was speechless, causing him to grab me by my neck and slam me into the wall.

Edgar: "Do not make me ask again, girl?!" I managed to squirm a little so I could breathe.

Ellie: "I went out and hunted like you said and found a boy to feed on. I think he was a meta-human or something because his...his limbs changed and he turned into this monster." Edgar dropped me and I landed on my knees.

Edgar: "A meta-human who turns into monsters? Was he wearing a mask?" I nodded.

Ellie: "Yes, for the most part." Edgar put his hand on his chin, seemingly thinking.

Edgar: "Elliasia, you may have had an encounter with the vigilante known as Arsenal." I looked at him.

Ellie: "The guy that defeated the Enforcers? Wow. But that doesn't explain why I'm throwing up."

Edgar: "I have fed upon meta-humans before and have experienced no ill-effects. The only time I have regurgitated was after feeding upon an animal." His eyes widened and he continued, "And you fed upon Arsenal, which made you regurgitate. Do you know what this means?"

I shook my head.

Edgar: "Arsenal is no meta-human. He isn't human at all!"

Ellie: "But if he isn't a meta-human, what is he?"

Edgar: "I am not sure, but you have proven to be very useful, Elliasia. I just have a few more questions for you; was Arsenal alone?" I shook my head.

Ellie: "No, he was with a girl. Blue hair, Spanish, I think." He nodded.

Edgar: "Very good. Last one, you said he wore a mask for the most part, which means there was a point in time where his face was exposed. What did he look like?" I opened my mouth to tell him, but the look on his face made me hesitate. He had a sinister smirk on his face and his eyes looked hungry.

Ellie: "Um, I don't see why that matters." He glared at me, his fangs becoming apparent.

Edgar: "What?!" I gulped.

Ellie: "He obviously wears a mask for a reason so I don't think he'd want multiple people knowing what he looks like." There was silence, and suddenly Edgar slapped me. I went flying and slammed into the wall next to me. I stood up and bared my fangs, hissing, only to be kneed in my stomach by Edgar.

Edgar: "YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE GIRL!" He swung his fist at me, but I ducked under it, only for him to punch me in the jaw, "I bless you with this gift and this is how you fucking repay me?! With loyalty to a being that would easily destroy you?!"

I glared at him, hate in my eyes.

Ellie: "Gift?! GIFT?! I NEVER WANTED TO BE LIKE THIS! You forced this upon me, you took me from my home all those years ago, YOU TURNED ME INTO A MONSTER!"I rushed at him, only for him to backhand me aside and smirk at me.

Edgar: "You bit him, did you not? That means you have a connection to him, meaning you can track him." I snarled at him.

Ellie: "So?"

Edgar: "So you are going to take me to him. Thanks to you, myself and my associate will know exactly where the vigilante lives." I stood up and rammed straight into him, knocking him back. After that, I flitted out the door, grabbing Edgar's sun protective jacket, then flitted out of the bunker to find shelter until night time.

Edgar: "Stupid girl, she's going to find Arsenal no doubt. If she gets him involved, it could spell trouble for what we are planning. PARIS!" He flitted in at the call of his name.

Paris: "Yes, father?"

Edgar: "Your cousin has affiliated herself with the enemy. She bit Arsenal, last night." Paris gasped.

Paris: "Arsenal as in, the meta-human?"

Edgar: "Meta-human isn't what he is but we will discuss that later. Right now, I need you to go pick something up for me. The girl took my anti-sun jacket but your tolerance should allow you to be in the sun for a longer period of time without burning to ash." Paris nodded.

Paris: "What am I going to get?" Edgar smirked, evily.

Edgar: "Something very important to our vigilante friend."

Trey's POV

I was in the back of the library on one of the computers, looking up anything in the city's database about meta-humans that drain blood and snap necks, with very little success. I was wearing my sunglasses because I had a splitting headache since waking up.

Trey: "Damn, still nothing. I thought using Brainiac to hack into the database would at least broaden my search but it didn't even give me the files about the bad guys I caught." I thought about that for a second, then shook my head. "I'll have to write that case down to deal with later. Gotta focus on this fucking demon girl who bites people."

I looked around to make sure no one was looking, then turned back to the computer. My eyes glowed red and my hands turned into XLR8 ones.

Trey: "Time to speed this search up a bit." I started typing at super speed and began breaking through to the city's firewalls. I was almost done when my new and very annoying ultra hearing picked up Kyrie, CoCo and Lola walking toward me and laughing. I quickly turned my hands back to normal just as they walked up.

Trey: "What's up, guys?" I smiled and nodded at Lola.

Kyrie: "Trey, we feel like we haven't seen you in six years. Where have you been?" I chuckled.

Trey: "Ky, we just went to the movies last week."

CoCo: "But that's like forever. I thought the three of us were gonna be the three amigos." Kyrie nodded his head in agreement. Lola coughed.

Lola: "Can you guys talk about this later por favor? I kinda wanna talk to Trey." Ky and CoCo looked at me. I nodded.

Trey: "Yeah guys, we'll hang out soon. Hey, I'm video chatting with my friend from back home soon. You wanna meet him?"

CoCo: "That sounds awesome, T. How bout it, Ky?" He nodded.

Kyrie: "Hell yeah. I wouldn't miss the chance to meet the guy who put up with this guy for 10 years." He playfully slugged me in the arm and I laughed.

Trey: "Awesome. See you guys later." I dapped up Kyrie and hugged CoCo before she dragged him off to go do whatever it is they do.

Lola: "Those two are cute." I looked at her, seeing that she was still looking in the direction that they walked in.

Trey: "When they're not all over each other, sure. What did you wanna talk about, by the way?"

Lola: "Nothing really. I just wanted to make sure we were both on the same page about last night." I nodded.

Trey: "Yeah..totally." Lola giggled.

Lola: "We are on two different pages, aren't we?"

Trey: "Yep." We laughed.

Lola: "Okay, chico tonto, I'll start." I gulped, dreading what she was about to say. She continued, "I think we should just be friends."

I blinked a few times.

Trey: "Seriously? But, didn't we have fun last night? You know, besides the monster girl trying to kill us." She giggled, nodding her head.

Lola: "Yeah, what we did last night was great and I want it to happen again. But it's obvious that you have way more going on than you're putting out there and I'm not trying to end up hurt, understand?" I sighed and nodded. Before I could respond though, I started to get that pain in my stomach again. I dropped to my knees, my eyes glowing red and my fangs coming out. Lola quickly got down to check on me.

Lola: "Trey, are you-" I cut her off by pushing her away, softly.

Trey: "Leave me alone!" I looked at her, my mouth watering as I saw her veins. "GO!"

Lola got up, looking really hurt, then backed toward the exit.

Lola: "Fine. When you want to be mature, come find me. Follar chico." She stormed out of the library after shooting me a dirty look. I wanted to go after her but I had to deal with whatever the hell is going on with me.

Before I could even concentrate on me, a locker came crashing through the library doors. I heard screams from students that were running away from something.

Trey: "What the hell?" I looked through the shattered doorway and my eyes widened when the demon girl from the other night!

Demon girl: "He's got to be here so he needs to appear right now before people start to get hurt. I'm talking about you, Arsenal." My eyes widened more and I ducked behind a bookcase.

Trey: "She came here looking for me. Of course, I let her see my face." I shook my head at myself then continued, "I should suit up and take her down before she actually starts hurting people." I held up my Delta-X to get my costume on but it flashed red.

Delta-X: "Foreign DNA species detected in host. Functions suspended until host's healing factor completes healing." I glared at the watch.

Trey: "You know, this stuff never happened before I moved here. Why is my luck now suddenly bad?!" My eyes glowed red and my hands turned into Feedback ones. "Good. My limb-changing still works. Gonna have to use my natural abilities this time. But first, I gotta find something to hide my face."

I dug through my backpack and found my black hoodie and sweatpants and a red bandana.

Trey: "Perfect." I turned my legs into Fasttrack ones and quickly changed into the hoodie and sweatpants, then turned my legs back to normal and pulled the hoodie strings until the hoodie was around my head. I put my sunglasses back on and tied the bandana around my face.

Trey: "Not bad for a quick job." I turned my hands and feet into Wildmutt ones and leaped up.

The demon girl rampaged through the library, slashing through tables and pushing down book shelves.

Demon girl: "Where is he?!" She pushed down another shelf that happened to have a girl and her friend under it. They screamed as the book shelf fell toward them. Before it crushed them, I slid underneath it and held it back up.

Trey: "How you guys doing?" They both smiled at me and took off. I tossed the book shelf aside and turned the demon girl. "You know, whoever said reading a book won't kill you has obviously never met you, lady."

The demon girl sighed in relief.

Demon girl: "Finally. I have been looking for you. What are you wearing?" I looked down at myself, then back at her.

Trey: "Look, you're attacking a school. I don't think you're in the position to be questioning me, lady." I turned my hands into Frightmare ones and used a chain to pull myself to her, kicking at her when I got to her. She blocked my kick with her forearm and pushed me back.

Demon girl: "I'm not here to fight you, Arsenal, I just want to talk." I rolled my eyes.

Trey: "You sure didn't seem so chatty when you were TAKING A BITE OUTTA MY NECK." I shot two chains out to latch around her arms, then whipped them, launching her into the library ceiling. I let go of the chains, turned my legs into Jet Stream ones, and flew into the demon girl, slamming her straight into the wall. She sighed, then snarled at me and headbutted me. I flew back but recovered quickly and turned my hands into Goku ones, letting off dozens of energy balls. She sprouted wings and flew around all of them, then charged at me and swung her fist. I weaved her punch, then spun around and turned my hand into a Biohazard smack hand and nailed her in the back of the head, sending her flying off to the right. I grew an Astrodactyl jetpack and blasted off toward her, then made that go away as I got to her, turned my hands into Igneo ones and slammed her to the floor with a rock hammer that I formed my hand into. She cratered to the floor and I hovered down with Heatblast hands. She recovered and charged at me and I held up my hand to fire a flamethrower, but she suddenly turned into a swarm of bats and flew above me, then turned back to normal, latched onto my head and flipped me over with her legs, cratering me into the floor and landing on top of me.

Demon girl: "Now will you listen to me?" I was about to say something but the watch suddenly beeped, meaning it was ready to go. I smirked.

Trey: "Yeah, no." I slammed the watch against the floor, transforming into Buzzshock and shocking her off me.

Buzzshock: "Finally back to full-" I was cut off by my eyes turning yellow, along with the symbol.

Delta-X: "Limited power available, resources being used to heal host of virus." I hovered to the ground, clutching my stomach.

Buzzshock: "Virus? What the hell is going on?" The demon girl walked up to me.

Demon girl: "Looking like you have to talk now." At that moment, the task force burst into the library.

Task force guy: "Hands on your head, both of you! I'll only ask once." I tried to get up but the pain was too intense.

Buzzshock: "Looks like we'll have plenty of time to talk since we'll be sharing a cell." The demon girl looked at the task force, who all had their weapons pointed at us, then looked at me.

Demon girl: "If I get us out of this, you have to promise to hear me out." I suddenly reverted to normal and lied on my back in agony, nodding quickly.

Demon girl: "Okay, hold on." She picked me up and turned into her bat swarm, avoiding the task force's weapon fire. Then we flew out the door.

What we didn't see was Lola watching with the rest of the students.

Lola: "I hope Trey got out safely. Not that I should even care." She started walking off when Paris suddenly flitted in, wearing sunglasses.

Paris: "Lola Pacini?" Lola looked him up and down, then nodded.

Lola: "Yeah, what's it to you?" Paris smirked.

Paris: "You may want to cut down on the attitude, girl. Considering your boyfriend has got you in a lot of trouble." He hissed and bared his fangs. Lola's eyes got wide and she tried to step away from him but Paris flitted behind her before she could.

Lola: "Boyfriend? I don't know what you're talking about!" Paris snarled.

Paris: "You were out with Arsenal last night, were you not?"

Lola: "No, I was out with my friend, Trey. Arsenal only showed up when that monster girl attacked us...just like what happened just now." She had a look of realization on her face until Paris grabbed her by the wrist.

Paris: "Well let's give this Trey a call, shall we?" He flitted off with her screaming.

I woke up later that night, still wearing my hoodie and sweatpants. I quickly jumped up and looked around, seeing that I was back at my house.

Trey: "Alright so she didn't take me somewhere to bite my face off. I guess she can be trusted." I looked at the watch, noticing that it was completely black, meaning it was in shutdown mode. I groaned.

Trey: "Great. Whatever that demon girl's bite did to me, it fucked with the Delta-X. I should find her." As I said that, she emerged from the bathroom, stretching. She stopped when she noticed me.

Demon girl: "Oh, you're awake." I nodded and she continued, "I guess I owe you an explanation huh, Arsenal?"

I chuckled.

Trey: "I'd say so, yeah. But let's start with what you were doing in my bathroom." She looked at the floor.

Demon girl: "I...was sleeping. In the bathtub." I raised an eyebrow.

Trey: "Um, alright. I have more questions than that. Let's start with what the hell kind meta are you?" She was quiet for a second, then looked me in the eye.

Demon girl: "I'm...not a meta." That shocked me.

Trey: "What?!" She sighed.

Demon girl: "I wish I was a meta, believe me. Unfortunately, what I am is way worse."

Not a meta? That explains why I couldn't sense her aura when she grabbed me, I can only sense alien and meta-human auras. But if she's not a meta, what the hell is she?

Trey: "Alright so you're not a meta, explain the super strength and the flying. Oh, and the neck-biting." I decided to slowly take a step toward her, finally taking a good look at her. She was filthy. Her hair was dirty and knotted, her clothes had several dirt stains on them, her pale skin looked like ot hadn't touched water in months, and she wasn't wearing shoes. Despite all of that, she was still really pretty.

Demon girl: "I..I need blood. To live. It's the only thing that'll keep my cursed existence going. My 'powers' come from the same place my bloodlust does." I took another step toward her.

Trey: "You need it to live? I'm not exactly sure what you mean, dude. What exactly are you?" She was quiet for a second more.

Demon girl: "You...wouldn't understand." That pissed me off for some reason.

Trey: "Look, lady-"

Demon girl: "Ellie." I stopped.

Trey: "Huh?"

Demon girl: "My name is Ellie." I nodded.

Trey: "Look Ellie, I don't know what you're talking about, but what I do understand is that you've killed an innocent person. You also attacked me. Whatever reason you have for that will never excuse that." I took another step toward her, this time stepping right in front of her.

Ellie: "I do it because I have to, Arsenal. To survive."

Trey: "So other people have to die just so you can live? What kind of monster thinks that way?" This girl was seriously starting to confuse and piss me off, "Why did you even wanna talk to me, anyway? To show me that you're no fucking different from the other bad guys I've faced? You give off this impression of a scared girl but in reality, you're a monster!"

That seemed to piss her off because she snarled and slammed me into the wall at super speed.

Ellie: "Look who's fucking talking! Arsenal the 'meta-human'! Don't think you're fooling me, I've tasted your blood. I know that you are the farthest thing from human so don't lecture me about being a monster when you're damn near one, yourself!" I glared at her, my eyes glowing red and her eyes turning into cat eyes.

Trey: "I don't kill people for no reason." She screamed and backed away from me.

Ellie: "How many times do I have to tell you?! I do it because I have to, it's what I am!" She pushed me back against the wall and looked me in the eye again, "Arsenal, I need you to be me a little."

Right after she said that, she kissed me. My eyes got wide but I didn't struggle and everything went dark.

...

My eyes opened and I found myself in an old cottage.

Trey: "What the hell?"

Ellie's voice: "Can you hear me, Arsenal? I hope you can, I've never actually done this before." I looked around, not seeing her or anyone.

Trey: "Ellie? What's going on? If I wanted to visit the museum of old and tacky furniture, I would have said so."

Ellie's voice: "Are you seriously making jokes right now?" I shrugged.

Trey: "It's my thing, you get used to it. But seriously, where the hell am I?"

Ellie's voice: "In my mind. You see, I have this ability called cerebral telepathy, which lets me share my memories with anyone through contact. I kissed you in order to show you how I came to be what I am and why I must do what I do." I snapped my fingers.

Trey: "Gee, and here I thought you kissed me because you liked me."

Ellie's voice: "Now, Arsenal...time to be me a little." There was a flash of light and when it cleared, I saw a little girl with black hair, green eyes and an old-timey dress who couldn't have been more than 8 years old. She was sitting on the couch with her parents.

Trey: "Is that?..."

Ellie's voice: "Yes, that's me. Before I was turned. I was born in the year 1870 to my Mama and Papa, who never wanted anything but for me to be happy." When she stopped talking, Little Ellie and her parents started moving.

Little Ellie: "Mama, tell me again why Papa has to go away." I raised an eyebrow.

Ellie's Mom: "Ellie, your papa has been trusted to do a very special thing. He doesn't want to go but he has to."

Trey: "What is she talking about?"

Ellie's voice: "He was drafted into the army to fight in the Great War. Unfortunately, he never came back." I could hear the sadness in her voice.

Trey: "Ellie, I-"

Ellie's voice: "Save it." I sighed.

Ellie's Dad: "Listen, Ellie, I love you and your little brother very much and I would never leave you and your mama without someone strong to take care of you." Ellie's mom looked skeptical.

Ellie's Mom: "I thought we were going to talk about this later." He looked at her.

Ellie's Dad: "It's too late, he is already on the way."

Little Ellie: "Who's on the way, Papa?" I was asking the same thing. Before I could ask Ellie though, there was a knock at the door. I watched in anticipation as Ellie's dad went and opened the door, revealing a really pale dude wearing a suit. I peeked out he door and noticed it was nighttime.

Trey: "Who the fuck is that?"

Ellie's voice: "The cause of all my pain." I raised my eyebrow again and looked at the pale guy. There was something about him that seemed..off.

Ellie's Dad: "Ellie, this is your Uncle Edgar. He'll be staying with you, your Mama, and Oskar while I'm away." Edgar smirked and leaned down to Little Ellie's face.

Edgar: "Hello, little one. I'm sure we'll have lots of fun together." He grinned, revealing...fangs?! Little Ellie and I seemed to be the only ones that noticed though. My eyes got wide.

Trey: "Ellie...is he the one who?.."

Ellie's voice: "Turned me into a vampire? Yeah. But that's not all, we haven't even gotten to the bad part, yet." I thought about her words.

Trey: "Wait, vampire?! As in an actual vampire. That's what you are?" She didn't answer, which made me even more uneasy. Fury didn't say anything about there being vampires on this planet, just metas.

Little Ellie hid behind her mom, who glared at Edgar.

Ellie's Mom: "Do not overstay your welcome, Edgar." Edgar smirked at her.

Edgar: "Now now, is that any way to talk to the new head of the household?" I rolled my eyes. Suddenly, there was another flash of light and I was in a dark bedroom.

Trey: "Where am I, now?"

Ellie's voice: "The beginning of my suffering. You see, Arsenal, Papa was gone for longer than we all anticipated. In fact, that was the last time that I ever saw him."

Trey: "Seriously? Damn, I'm sorry, Ellie. I know what it's like to lose a dad."

Ellie's voice: "Your pity makes me feel no better. Anyway, this is now 9 years later. I had started to notice Edgar looking at me in a really weird way. It scared me and I brought it up to Mama, but she was so scared of Edgar that she dismissed it. I ignored it until this night." I looked and saw that Ellie was lying in bed, sound asleep. She looked the same as she does now, except cleaner.

Trey: "Ellie, what's going on here?" She didn't answer. Instead, the memory started playing.

Past Ellie was sound asleep, snoring lightly when her door opened quickly and something zoomed inside at super speed. My eyes got wide.

Trey: "Oh...oh, no." The figure swiftly moved over to Ellie's bed and climbed on top of her, revealing itself to be Edgar. Only, his face was in monster form. His eyes were cat eyes, his fangs were out and his skin was grey.

Edgar: "Wake up, my dear." Past Ellie opened her eyes and screamed when she saw him.

Past Ellie: "Uncle Edgar?! GET OFF ME!" She tried to struggle but Edgar pinned her arms down with one hand and started to unbotton her night gown with his other hand.

Edgar: "Hush, child. It will be over before you know it." He started feeling all over her body while she screamed. My eyes glowed red and my fangs came out.

Trey: "I'll kill him!"

Ellie's voice: "You are not really there, Arsenal, you can do nothing for me. Calm down." I sighed and put my fangs away. Suddenly, Past Ellie kicked Edgar in the groin, making him snarl at her.

Edgar: "INSOLENT GIRL!" That's when he took a bite out of her neck.

Past Ellie: "AHHHHHHH!" I watched in shock as her body twisted and turned at an inhuman speed.

Edgar: "Now look at what you made me do! Now I have to-" He was cut off by the door swinging open, revealing Ellie's mom.

Ellie's Mom: "Edgar?! What are you doing to Ellie?! Get off of her!" She ran at him, but Edgar zoomed at her and completely ripped her throat out, instantly killing her,

Trey: "Holy shit." Edgar turned back to Past Ellie, who had stopped moving.

Edgar: "Great, she's begun the turning process, can't snap her neck now. Oh well, I always wanted a companion." He laughed.

Ellie's voice: "That night was the last time I'd ever be human. When I woke up, I was this un-aging monster. I was forced to kill innocent people in order to survive, I had to hide from the sunlight, and worst of all, I had to depend on Edgar and his devil son in order to stay alive. So excuse me if I do not follow the same code of ethics that you do, vigilante." i hung my head.

Trey: "I'm...so sorry."

There was another flash of light and when it cleared, I was back at my house. Ellie stopped kissing me and looked me in the eyes. I sighed, "You don't have to call me Arsenal, my name is Trey. Trey Sergauson."

Ellie: "Alright, Trey Sergauson, what's the deal with you? There's no way you're a human and your powers are nothing I have ever seen before." I sighed. She let me see her past so telling her about mine is only fair.

Trey: "I'm an alien. A Doppelganger, to be exact." Her eyes got wide.

Ellie: "An alien? Like from another planet." I nodded. "Then why do you look human?"

Trey: "That...a long story." I proceeded to tell her everything. From being sent to the orphanage, to meeting Charity and Logan, to finding the Omnitrix and starting my hero career, to becoming a Doppelganger. When I was done, she was in awe.

Ellie: "So you saved the entire universe twice?!" I smiled and nodded.

Trey: "Yeah, I'm pretty awesome. At least, I was until I fucked up and left the Earth to the Skrulls."

Ellie: "So you messed up, so what? From what you've told me, you've been busting your ass for the universe for a while. One mistake doesn't make you any less of a hero." I looked at her, seeing that she was smiling. The first time I've seen her smile.

Trey: "Thanks, Ellie. For the record, you don't seem like a monster to me." I smiled back at her but she frowned and looked away. I was about to ask what was wrong but my phone suddenly rang. I looked at the caller ID and it was Lola.

Trey: "Sup, candy head?" Instead of Lola, I heard an evil chuckle. My eyes got wide.

Voice: "Hello. Trey, was it?" Ellie gave me a worried look. "Yes, we have someone here that is dying for you to come over and see her."

I gritted my teeth.

Trey: "Who is this? Where's Lola?"

Voice: "She's fine, for the time being. But she won't be if you don't do exactly what I say. Now I understand that you came into contact with Arsenal last night."

Trey: "Yeah. So?"

Voice: "So, Arsenal has come into contact with a girl that belongs to me and I would really like to have her back. So I'll tell you what, have Arsenal bring the girl to me and your little girlfriend will be just fine. Do we have a deal?" I looked at Ellie, who looked absolutely terrified. "I shall take your silence as confirmation. Oh and Trey, do tell Arsenal to hurry up." With that, the line went dead.

Ellie: "That was Edgar." I gave her a serious look.

Trey: "He has my friend, we have to go save her." She suddenly backed away from me.

Ellie: "NO! I just escaped from them, there is no way I'm willingly turning myself back over just to save a human!" I scowled at her.

Trey: "That human is my friend, Ellie! Not to mention she's an innocent person who WE got involved in this."

Ellie: "Trey, you don't understand. Edgar and Paris...they'll kill us both. Vampires are a whole different breed of strong and I don't think even you can handle them." I looked at the watch and it looked like it was ready to go. I quickly got my costume on and held my hand out to Ellie.

Trey: "Then come with me. The two of us should be more than enough to take them down." She looked at my hand then shook her head.

Ellie: "I..can't. I'm sorry." I sighed.

Trey: "Yeah, me too. I thought I saw some good in you but I guess I was wrong. At least tell me where they are."

Ellie: "In an underground bunker, underneath City Hall." I nodded and climbed out the window, then grew an Astrodactyl jetpack and took off.


Meanwhile, Lola was in the vampires' bunker, tied to a chair. She struggled to get out but to no avail.

Lola: "Mierda! This is what I get for trying to have fun with a nice boy. Now I'm gonna die." She looked around the room she was in, seeing a bunch of pods with tubes connected to them. "What exactly is going on here?"

Suddenly, Edgar flitted in and stood in front of her.

Edgar: "I have telephoned this Trey and it seems as though he's going to have Arsenal attempt a rescue."

Lola: "Great, you got what you wanted. Can I go, now?" Edgar laughed.

Edgar: "Afraid not, dear girl. You see, although I only had my son kidnap you in an effort to lure Arsenal and Ellie here, there is no way I can ever let you go. No no, you shall be added to the group." At that moment, I dropped in from the ceiling with Ironheart arms.

Trey: "Group, huh? Well I don't speak for the lady, but I'm pretty sure any group that has your ugly ass in it can't be good." Edgar turned around, smirking.

Edgar: "Arsenal, a pleasure to finally meet you. Where is the girl?" I shrugged.

Trey: "I wanted her to tag along but she was taking too long in the bathroom so I just left her. You know how girls are." I chuckled when I saw Lola roll her eyes.

Edgar: "A shame. Now I must kill you and the girl quicker than I previously planned." He suddenly snarled and charged at me, grabbing me by the neck and slamming me into the wall. I turned my feet into Biohazard punk busters and kicked him away from me, then started letting off replusor beams from my Ironheart hands. He easily dodged all of them, then charged and flip kicked me over the head, smashing me to the ground. Before he could follow up, I turned my hand into a Web Head one and shot webbing in his eyes, then got up and used a web line to fling him out the door. I quickly ran over to Lola and untied her.

Trey: "You need to get out of here now."

Lola: "Wait, I'm not the only one here!" My eyes got wide.

Trey: "What?!"

Lola: "These freaks have dozens of people locked up somewhere in here. I don't know what they plan on doing with them, but it has something to do with those pods." I nodded.

Trey: "Alright, I'll stop whatever it is that they're planning. But you seriously need to leave." She nodded and started toward the door, but she was kicked back by a blur. It stopped, revealing itself to be another vampire. I assumed this was Paris.

Paris: "Sorry, hero, but the girl stays. Can't have her going off and saying something about our plan to use the hostages as our own personal blood banks." I just stared at him.

Trey: "You mean like you just did, dude?" He thought about it for a second, then snarled and before I could blink, he had punched me in the stomach, sending me flying through the wall and out into the main room. I lifted up my mask and spit out blood, then put it back down and turned my hands into Scorch ones. As Paris charged at me, I shot fire rings at him, but he dodged each one and roundhouse kicked me in the jaw. I stumbled back and Edgar slashed me across the chest with his claws, ripping my suit.

Trey: "Seriously? Do you know how much it costs to get these superhero costumes repaired?" I turned my arms into Diamondhead ones, then turned them into shards and charged at Edgar. I slashed at him, but he dodged each one and socked me in the jaw, knocking back into Paris, who grabbed me by the neck and slammed me into the ground by my face. I managed to turn my hands into Goop ones, then shot out my arms at Paris, pushing him away from me. I stood up in time to dodge Edgar, then turned my hands into KaBoom ones and started shooting explosives at him. They exploded on impact, knocking Edgar back, but he recovered quickly and kicked me in the gut. I flew back and he turned into bats, flew over to where I was going to land, then turned back to normal and slashed me across the face, ripping the side of my mask and making me spit out more blood. I tried to recover, but Paris zoomed over and kneed me in the gut, making me drop down to my knees.

Paris: "This is the vigilante that we're all supposed to be afraid of? HA! I see nothing to fear." I glared at him.

Trey: "You guys are so lucky I can't transform, right now." Paris smirked and leaned down.

Paris: "I think it's time we shut you up." After that, he bit my neck.

Edgar: "Paris, you fool! He's not a human!" Paris looked back at him.

Paris: "WHAT?!" I started rolling around in pain as my eyes shifted from red to cat eyes and back to red. The watch also started to glow.

Trey: "AHHHHHHH!" Edgar zoomed over and picked me up by my throat.

Edgar: "This is one case that you should've avoided, boy. Now you shall die here." He prepared his claws to finish me and I closed my eyes, waiting for death. Suddenly, something pulled Edgar away from me and I fell to the ground. I opened my eyes and saw Ellie!

Ellie: "Sorry, Uncle, I'm not going to let you take anymore lives." I managed to smile.

Trey: "You...came." She smiled back.

Ellie: "I'm done being a monster." She turned to Edgar and Paris, who were glaring at her. "Let Arsenal and those people go. It's over."

Edgar chuckled.

Edgar: "What, now that you've spent a few hours with the vigilante, you all of a sudden think you can stand up to me?"

Ellie: "I should've done this a long time ago!" She grew her wings and charged at them slashing her claws at Paris, who dodged and kicked her back. She recovered and kicked Paris across the head, sending him flying back into the wall. She snarled at Edgar and charged at him, but he ducked under her attack easily and nailed her in the gut, sending her crashing into the wall behind her. The bunker started to crumble.

Trey: "This place is coming down, I need to save the hostages." I tried to get up but the pain was too intense and I fell back down. "Okay, so much for that." Just then, Lola popped out from behind a corner.

Lola: "Arsenal! Hold on, I'm gonna pull you away from this." She grabbed my arms and dragged me away from the fight, right as Paris crashed into the ground. I smiled a bit.

Trey: "Go Ellie." Lola pulled me around a corned and looked at me.

Lola: "Alright, what do we do?" My eyes suddenly glowed red and my fangs popped out as I snarled and clutched my stomach.

Trey: "I...I need you to find the hostages and free them, okay? You have about 5 minutes before this place comes down completely." She nodded.

Lola: "What about you?" The watch started to glow and beep even more now.

Trey: "I'll be fine. Just go!" She got up and ran off. I looked at the watch.

Delta-X: "MALFUNCTION! MALFUNCTION! HOST DNA CORRUPT BEYOND REPAIR, HEALING FACTOR ENHANCED TO COUNTERACT CORRUPTION!" I raised my eyebrow at the watch when suddenly my body released a powerful flash of red light.

Trey: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" When the light cleared, the pain was gone and the watch detached from my wrist and fell on the ground and my costume dissolved back into my body.

Trey: "That can't be good." My phone suddenly rang and before I could answer, a hologram of Azmuth appeared.

Azmuth: "Trey Sergauson, what is going on?! I am monitoring your body chemistry from here and everything has changed."

Trey: "What do you mean?"

Azmuth: "I mean, everything is back to the way it was before you left Earth, you are no longer in danger of your Doppelganger DNA overwhelming and killing you. What happened?" I thought about it. The two bites from Ellie and Paris must have stabilized my DNA!

Trey: "Wait, before I left Earth? So that means..." My eyes glowed red and when I looked at my wrist, my Ultimatrix muscle was back! I smirked. "Oh, hell yeah!"

Azmuth: "Trey! Trey, what is happening?" I was about to answer, when a piece of the ceiling came flying at me, barely giving me enough time to dodge. I peeked around the corner and saw Ellie on the ground with Edgar and Paris standing over her.

Trey: "Azmuth, I'll call you right back." I hung up and glowed red.

Ellie coughed up blood and tried to stand up, only to be backhanded by Edgar.

Edgar: "Foolish, stupid little girl. We could've had everything. Instead, you decide to defy us and side with the hero. Look at where that has gotten you."

Paris: "Father, I say we rip her throat out like we did her brother." Edgar smirked.

Edgar: "Excellent idea, my son." He turned to Ellie. "Goodbye, dear niece." Ellie didn't even respond. She closed her eyes and prepared for death.

Voice: "Hey buddy, I think you dropped this." After they heard that, Edgar was nailed by the ceiling piece and slammed into the wall. Ellie and Paris looked up, seeing me as UltraTreez. I charged at Paris and went Kickin Hawk, then drop kicked him away from Ellie, then helped her up.

Kickin Hawk: "You alright?" She nodded.

Ellie: "You're looking well." I smirked.

Kickin Hawk: "What can I say? I'm a fast healer. Now, go help Lola get all the hostages out of here. And hurry, the sun will be up soon." She nodded and zoomed off. I turned back to Edgar and Paris, who were just getting up.

Edgar: "So you survived. No matter, all you've done is give us another chance to kill you. Attack, my son!" He and Paris charged at me but I went XLR8 and zoomed away from tthem, then bounced off a wall and went Biohazard, then nailed them both with boo-yah blasters, slamming them into the wall.

Biohazard: "Remember when I said you guys were lucky I couldn't transform? Well, that luck has run out." I flew at them and nailed Paris with a smack hand, then turned around, became Flarecrow, and sent a huge fireball to Edgar's face. His face burned to a crisp and I jumped up and became Fangface, then howled a huge sonic howl at him, cratering him into the ground. Paris charged at me and swung, nailing me in the face and making me stumble back. Before he could follow up, I went Ghostfreak and phased into the ground, then phased back in behind him and went Blamurai. I pulled out my swords and slashed him on both sides of his face, then jumped back and went Spidermonkey, then shot a web line out to pull him up to me, going Fourarms and slamming him back down when he got close. He recovered and started shooting bats at me, but I went Web Head and dodged all of them then shot out a few web lines to fling the bats back at him. They nailed him spot on, distracting him long enough for me to become Chromastone and nail him with a rainbow beam, sending him flying through the bunker walls and outside onto the street. I flew out after him. He recovered and launched a car at me, but I glowed, flying under the car as Stinkfly, then became Lodestar and used my powers to launch the car back at him. Before he could dodge, I became Igneo and had rocks form around his feet so he couldn't move, meaning the car slammed straight into him. I transformed into Darkflame and slammed straight down onto his body, then shot out a black flamethrower at him, completely burning his body to a crisp. Then I flew up and became Ultimate Cannonbolt and slammed straight back into his body. I rolled off of him and became Tundra, then froze him to the street. Edgar suddenly flew at me and slammed me into the side of a building.

Tundra: "You really have a choking fetish, don't you?" He snarled.

Edgar: "What are you?! How are you so strong?!" I smirked and became Makeshift, then waved at him and phased through the building. He looked around for me, only to be grabbed by some chains and hung from a light pole. I jumped down as Frightmare and socked him in the jaw.

Frightmare: "What's wrong, Dracula? Not used to feeling so weak?" I became Spykeback and plunged a spike into his stomach, making him scream in pain.

Spykeback: "Well that's how you make innocent people feel when you kill them and use them as food. That's how you made Ellie feel when you took her from her family!" I glowed yellow and became Prometheus, then nailed him with a powerful radioactive ki blast. He went flying into the air, where I flew up and grabbed him by his leg so he was dangling upside down. I looked and saw the sun was starting to rise.

Edgar: "NO! Arsenal, I'll die!" I just looked at him.

Prometheus: "And you expect me to care about your life when you've killed who knows how many people? I should let you and your son burn." I hovered there for a few more seconds, then dropped Edgar, letting him crash into the street. I landed and my eyes turned black as I transformed into Genocide. I grabbed Edgar and roared in his face.

Genocide: "Listen to me and listen good, vampire! If I catch wind that you've killed ANYBODY else, there will be nowhere in the universe that you will be able to hide from me. You think you're so scary, you have no idea how scary I am. Now GO! And never come near Ellie again." I dropped him and he grabbed Paris before zooming off to find shelter from the sun. I roared, then reverted to normal. I was in my normal clothes and not my costume.

Trey: "Man, it's good to be back at full power. Fuck that watch."

Lola: "Trey!" She came running up to me. "I'm so glad you're okay!"

I raised my eyebrow at her.

Trey: "Of course I am, why wouldn't I be?" She gave me a look.

Lola: "Chico tonto, I know you're Arsenal. I'm not stupid." I sighed.

Trey: "How'd you find out?"

Lola: "That vampire calls you and Arsenal shows up to save me. I'd have to be a complete fool to not realize it. Don't worry, your secret is safe with me." I smiled and she hugged me. "Thank you for saving me."

Trey: "No problem. Where's Ellie?"

Lola: "The vampire girl? After we freed the hostages, she vanished. I have no clue where she went." I thought about it.

Trey: "Lola, we'll talk later. I have to go do something." I made sure nobody was around, then jumped up and became Jet Stream and flew off.

...

Later that night, I landed on top of my apartment building as Jetray and reverted to normal. Just like I thought, Ellie was there. I came and sat next to her on the edge.

Trey: "I thought you'd be here."

Ellie: "Sorry if I'm putting your secret ID at risk, I kinda have nowhere else to go." i shrugged.

Trey: "It's cool. Thanks for coming to help save Lola, by the way, I know that couldn't have been easy for you." She smiled at me.

Ellie: "Thank you for saving me, Trey." I shrugged.

Trey: "I beat bad guys, it's what I do." She shook her head.

Ellie: "No, not that. Before I met you, I was convinced that there was nothing left for me except for killing and misery. In the short time that I've known you, you've shown me that my life doesn't have to be a curse. You've actually given me a will to live again. And for that, I thank you." She hugged me and I gladly hugged back. "I guess I should get going now. The bunker's been destroyed along with City Hall so I need somewhere else to stay."

I smirked.

Trey: "Yeah, about that." I picked her up and turned my feet into Godspeed ones, then zoomed into my apartment, stopping at the door that used to lead to the closet.

Ellie: "Trey, what's this about?" I put her down and turned my legs normal.

Trey: "Open it and see for yourself." She raised her eyebrow but proceeded to open the door, gasping at what she saw. Instead of a closet, it was a huge, windowless room with a queen-sized bed, white carpet, a huge LED sign that said 'ELLIE' and most importantly, hundreds of blood packets that were kept cool inside of a fridge with a transparent door.

Ellie: "Trey...what is this?" I smiled at her.

Trey: "I figured that you wouldn't want to spend the rest of your immortal life on the streets so I used my Void Matter form to build you a room, here. You get somewhere to stay and I get a friend that understands what it's like to not age. It's a win-win."

Ellie: "What about the blood packets? Where'd those come from?" I shrugged.

Trey: "I swiped them from the hospital. They have thousands of them, they won't miss them. This way, we don't have to worry about you killing anyone to survive." After I said that, Ellie hugged me.

Ellie: "Thank you, Trey. This is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me." I nodded.

Trey: "Hey, us non-humans have to stick together. Oh yeah, I also sent a sample of your blood back to my brother on Earth and he's gonna work on a cure for you." Her eyes got wide.

Ellie: "Seriously?" I nodded.

Trey: "Probably won't be able to fully cure you, unfortunately, so you'll probably still have your powers. But at the very least, it'll remove your blood lust." She nodded. At that moment, the video chat sphere flew over. "That should be him, now. Accept video call."

The sphere beeped and a hologram of Logan appeared.

Trey: "Sup, bro!"

Logan: "Hey, Treez. I assume this is Ellie." I nodded.

Ellie: "So this is the famous Overdrive that Trey told me about. Gotta say, I thought you'd be more muscular." He rolled his eyes and I snickered.

Logan: "You got yourself a good one, bro, she's a jokester like you." Ellie and I looked at each other, then blushed.

Trey: "Shut up." Logan snickered.

Logan: "Well, I have good news and bad news."

Trey: "What's the good news?"

Logan: "I can create an antidote to cure Ellie."

Trey: "Great, and the bad news?"

Logan: "The bad news is that it won't work."

Trey and Ellie: "What?"

Ellie: "How does that even make sense?"

Logan: "Maybe I should elaborate. Creating an antidote to the disease that afflicts Ellie is easy. Unfortunately, since her DNA is heavily mutated, she doesn't haven enough mortal DNA to base off of. The cure degrades too quickly. It needs a restorative element-"

Trey: "Logan, we don't all speak geek." Ellie snickered.

Logan: "Fine. I need some kind of reforming enzyme, without it, it breaks down before it can cure anything. Finding a suitable enzyme is the only problem."

Trey: "Ok, how do we fix this problem?"

Logan: "I would need a sample of blood that is similar to her DNA. By that I mean, I need a sample of blood that is covered in the Ectoplasmic substance that Ellie has."

Trey: So you're saying that unless we can use Count Chocula's DNA, we're outta luck."

Logan: "I'm afraid so. Wait! I have an idea. Trey, we could always try 'her' DNA?"

Trey: "Who? Oh! I don't know man. Do you think it will work?"

Logan: "I mean she IS an evolved Hellspawn."

Ellie: "Who are you talking about?"

Logan: "Charity. A teammate and sibling of ours. She's in a coma currently, but that's a long story. I will try and see if it will work. Give me a few weeks. This'll take a while. I'll report back if I've made progress."

Trey: "Alright, take care Logan."

Logan: "You too, Treez. It was nice meeting you Ellie!"

Ellie: "Bye!" After we hung up, Ellie looked at me.

Trey: "What?"

Ellie: "You in the mood for more cerebral telepathy?" I was confused for a second until I realized what she meant. We went in her room and closed the door.

The end


That's it, guys. Holy shit, that was a bitch to finish. I decided to do away with the whole limiter and Delta-X thing because I feel as though Trey's Doppelganger powers and ability to transform without a watch are what makes his character different from others. He'll still have his secret identity, but it'll go back to how it was before his identity was revealed to Earth. Also, what do you guys think of Ellie? I thought she'd be an interesting addition to the story and having a character with a really tragic past is a nice change of pace. Oh and her and Trey aren't dating or anything yet, they have a unique relationship that'll be explored more later. Next chapter will be a Logan and Ben chapter and it'll also start to build up to the REAL big bad of the season. So stay tuned.

One more thing before we sign off. I don't know if you guys remember, but I had some problems with a fellow writer on the site who goes by the name of Dragonwarrior20. Long story short, he's a weirdo who tried to break apart one of my friendships and after I stopped being his friend, he went on to talk all kinds of shit about me and even sent one of his readers to harass me through private messages. I blocked him and went on with my life. Now, years later, he decided to mention me in his Gwen 10 story, calling me unoriginal and saying I was using him for ideas, I want you all to know that he's a complete joke. Since I've known that guy, he's been weird, obsessive and a huge pervert and that's evident by his stories. He has me blocked so I can't contact him so I'm going to tell him right now to keep my name out of his mouth. I usually don't judge other people's work but this dude's story is so trash that he has to mention my name in order to salvage any bit of clout and attention. He's a complete fuckboy and nothing he says should ever be taken seriously. Now that I've gotten that off my chest, I'm not going to mention him or his trash ass, pornographic stories ever again.

That's it guys. See you next time. Peace!