-CHAPTER FOUR - RECOVERY-

The Boltvengers landed at a small condo that seemed like it was in the middle of nowhere. The able-bodied Boltvengers helped unload the injured ones. Abe looked around.

"What is this place Johnny?" Abe asked.

"This is my vacation place. Figured it's somewhere safe." Johnny said.

"I hope Quartz is okay." Abe said after a silence.

"He's fine, why are you so worried about that?" Paper asked. Abe glared back at Paper.

"Are you serious? Did you seriously ask why I'm so worried about one of our teammates?" Abe said, losing his temper."

"Yeye, Billy can't control him forever. Then when his control fails, Quartz can beat him up." Paper laughed. His laughter was cut short when he was backhanded by Abe.

"Wo" Paper said in surprise. Abe glared at him.

"This is all just a game to you, isn't it?" Abe yelled. "One of us could die and you'd be okay with it because in the end, you only care about yourself."

Paper prepared to speak up, but then T.H.U.N.D.E.R spoke up.

"There has been an intruder detected in one of our facilities. Scans indicate that it is not Billy, Bay, or Quartz." T.H.U.N.D.E.R said.

"I'll get it! I just need a new sui-" Paper said before getting cut off by Abe.

"No you don't Paper. I'll handle this." Abe said. He pulled out his phone and called Kyle.

"Kyle, we have a non-Billy break-in inside one of our facilities. Can you check it out?" Abe asked.

"Got it. Then I need to get back to repairing my sink. This gives me a good chance to test that prototype jetpack." Kyle said. He hung up and Abe looked back over to Paper.

"You're a poopoo head." Paper said before walking off.

"What do you want from me!" Quartz demanded as his suit captor landed at Boltvengers tower. Billy just smiled and walked Quartz inside like an old friend.

"Oh I just need to borrow something from Paper." Billy explained as the walked to Paper's armor room. They approached Paper's armor assembler.

"I'm making a new body that will be invincible. I need you to help me." Billy explained.

"Fuck you! I'm not helping." Quartz said. A drone handed Billy the scepter which he used on Quartz.

"I wasn't asking." Billy said. The brainwashed Quartz started preparing the assembler while Billy's drones carried in vibranium. Quartz started loading the vibranium into the assembler. As the body was beginning construction, Billy crushed the head of the scepter, revealing a glowing brick. He places it where the forehead of his new body would be and smiles.

Back at Johnny's condo, the Boltvengers have mostly recovered. They were strategizing when Prox got a phone call from Kyle.

"Hey Prox, could you come pick me up please. And don't tell Abe that you're picking me up." Kyle said with annoyance. He hung up and Prox stood up.

"I'm gonna go on patrol. You people have fun." Prox said as she went to the jet.

"T.H.U.N.D.E.R, are you able to track Billy?" Paper asked.

"No, sir. But my systems seem unable to access our tower. I'm guessing they're at the tower." T.H.U.N.D.E.R said.

"Then that's where we need to go." Abe said. "How should we do this?"