But That's Not Really The End

"Well are all the civilians ready to return to their homes?" General Hawk asked after the battle. They were at a nearby base where they could get proper medical treatment.

"Not exactly," Scarlet held the baby tiger girl in her arms. "We seem to have a few more patients."

"I'm afraid I have some bad news," Link sighed. "The antidote doesn't effect her. Or any of the other children. For some reason, the venomization has permanently attached to the DNA of anyone 16 and under."

"So there's no cure?" Scarlet asked.

"I'm afraid not," Link said. "And any attempt to try it again might kill them. They're all mutants now."

"How many?" Hawk asked.

"85," Link sighed. "Of those we recovered."

"At least 33 people are still missing," Duke said. "No doubt taken to other Cobra bases."

"That sloth guy disappeared during the commotion," Roadblock said. "Hard to believe a sloth could run so fast."

"What will happen to the kids?" Scarlet asked.

"I've already spoken with some of the town leaders," Link said. "Fortunately they don't blame us and they've agreed to keep the kids a secret. The towns are isolated enough so that they can grow up in peace."

"It's when they become adults that's got me worried," Hawk frowned.

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The Present:

"So that's why they didn't mention the kids in the movie," Wavedancer said. "Now it makes sense!"

"So there's been a whole bunch of mutant kids running around all this time?" Toad asked.

"Yes, most of them have been in hiding back in their home towns with their families," Hawk said. "However the Soviet Union immediately took all their children into custody when they were returned."

"No doubt to be part of a super solider program," Avalanche growled.

"Even when the Soviet Union broke up a lot of those kids still ended up in the care of whoever was in charge or some general. From what we've heard, a lot of those kids are now officers or spies for the current government," Hawk told them. "Some of them just managed to 'disappear' somehow. It's rumored that a few of them are mercenaries."

"No wonder there are so many mutant kids popping up now," The Scarlet Witch thought aloud. "Between Cobra and all the other governments secretly working on mutations…"

"If the public ever found out about that, there'd be a panic," Hawk said. "And the kids we've been hiding would be the target of witchhunts."

"Or Cobra," Wavedancer frowned. "Like me and my family."

"So now do you kids see why we can't tell the public the entire truth?" Hawk asked.

"Yeah," Blob nodded. "If people knew I slept with the Baroness I'd be scarred for life."

"Boy did I pick the wrong week to give up drinking," Hawk moaned.

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Somewhere in a Cobra Base…

"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT MAN! I HAVE HAD IT!" The Baroness slammed the door to the lab.

"Trouble in paradise again?" Mindbender sighed.

"I have had it with Destro!" The Baroness snapped. "Mindbender remember that little vial I asked you to hold onto?"

"Look I told you I'd replace your mocha cappuchino ice cream smoothie by the end of the day," Mindbender said.

"Not that one!" The Baroness snapped. "Remember you acquired some of Venomous Maximus' genetic material before he turned back into that GI Joker?"

"Third one from the right in the freezer," Mindbender sighed. "I still remember how hard it was to get that sample. Why do you want it?"

"You know they say a good man is hard to find," The Baroness grinned as she looked at the vial. "So why not make one?"

Definitely not the end! Will there be a sequel or something? Who knows? He he…