Ridge Rescue

"So Michael how did you get over here?" Tony wondered.

"Well, after I left my house, I decided to go to the Hospital for Injured Supers to fix up my leg and get myself all healed. After that, I remembered that his base was all the way in Colorado. So I quickly went over there, using my Wind Swords."

"So you flew here? I thought you would. . . WHOA!" said a surprised Invisigirl.

Finally, after following the footprints in the snow for several minutes, they came to the edge of the cliff. The four teens looked down over the edge. It was a very, very long way down.

"Whoa." awed Tony.

"You guys don't want to fall off this thing." reminded Valor. "If you do, don't worry about it. You'll have a very long time to say your prayers, goodbyes, and everything else.

"WATCH OUT VALOR!" screamed Vigor. He gave him a little shove. Valor was now balancing for his life on the edge. "Saved your life." joked Vigor, pulling him back to safety. Tony, Inivisigirl and Vigor all laughed uncontrollably.

"Very funny." Valor sarcastically said. "Next time any of you fall of this thing, see if I'll rescue you guys.

"Okay," said Invisigirl, wiping away her tears, "how are we going to get across? Any of you guys got any idea? Michael. . .Michael?"

Invisigirl looked around but no sign of her brother. She later saw him observing a very big tree. Everyone went up to him.

"Connor, how far is it from this tree to the other side?" asked Valor.

Vigor took out his plasma gun. He aimed it at the other side and fired a yellow strip with lines and numbers on it. It was measuring tape. Once it got to the other side, Vigor looked at the measuring tape.

"About fifty feet." he replied.

And the tree?" requested Valor.

Vigor smiled. He knew where he was going. Once again, he fired another yellow strip to the top of the tree. The edge of it clung on to the top. He turned toward Valor.

"It'll work." he grinned, retracting the measuring tape.

He gave a grin toward Valor. He smiled back. After that, Valor took out his V Sword. He brought it back and gave one huge swipe to the tree. Valor's swipe at the tree was enough to send it crashing down. The collapsed tree created a bridge for everyone to cross. Tony was the first to get on to the tree bridge. He slowly stated to cross it. Suddenly, the four teenagers heard gun fire. Startlingly, SWAT soldiers came storming out of the forest. They began to open fire on the teens. Quickly, Invisigirl was able to put up a force field just in time. The bullets ricocheted off the field, sending them in all directions.

"TONY, GO, GO!" roared Invisigirl. "AND HURRY."

Tony nodded and started to dash cautiously, but quickly to the other side. Some of the troops began to fire their SMGs at Tony. Fortunately, Invisigirl was able to put up two separate force field. One to shield herself, Valor, and Vigor, and another to block the bullets that were fired at Tony. Though it was energy consuming and painful, she kept both fields up. At last, Tony was safely on the other side and out of harm's way. Back on the other side, Vigor drew both his plasma guns and discharged some laser saw blades to the soldiers.

"VI, GO ON." commanded Valor, using his V Sword to block the bullets.

Invisigirl nodded. Keeping herself protected with her field, she started to cross. Slowly, but conservatively, she moved carefully across. While many SWAT troops fired at her, other fired at Valor and Vigor. Valor blocked the bullets with his V Sword. Vigor fired a red laser like shield with one plasma gun, and with the other, he continued to fire laser saw discs. After about two minutes, Invisigirl reached the other side. Back where Valor and Vigor are, the two tried arduously not to get killed. But with the lack of a force field, things started to get harder.

"MICHAEL, GO ON I'LL CATCH UP." Vigor shouted over the noise of bullets.

Valor nodded. After he deflected the last set of bullets fired at him, he immediately sprinted across the tree, on to the other side. Everyone gave a sigh of relief but soon later realized that Vigor was still on the other side. Going toward him, Vigor proceed in shielding himself from the bullets and firing saw discs at the troops. Slowly, he stepped on to the tree and started to cross while defending and attacking with his guns.

"He's getting away. Bring out the big guns." commanded a SWAT troop.

At that moment, the soldier replaced their SMGs with heavy rocket launchers. They fired the rockets to the other side. A swarm of rockets and missiles can toward Tony, Invisigirl and Valor. Quickly, Invisigirl puts up a force field to protect herself and the other boys from the explosions. A bombardment of missiles impacted on to the force field, creating many explosions. The impact sent an agonizing jolt of pain to Invisigirl. In addition, it decreased an abundant amount energy from. Afterwards, after the smoke cleared, the teenaged heroine collapsed to the floor, clenching her stomach. However, not only were the rockets fired at the three teens on the other side, but it was also shot at the tree that served as a bridge for the Supers to cross. As a result, the missiles destroyed the base of the tree on the other side, sending Vigor to plummet in to the vast area of the open ledge. Luckily, he shot out a cable from his plasma gun. That cable was shot at a peace of the rocky ridge, serving as a rope.

"CONNOR!" gasped a surprised Tony.

"Don't worry, I'm okay." He turned and saw the troops were aiming their rocket launchers at him. "For now." he began to panic.

"What do we do? What do we do?" repeatedly inquired Invisigirl, panicking.

Valor looked at Vigor over the edge, the looked at his sister and Tony. As he transformed his hands into two Earth Swords, he turned towards Invisigirl. "Vi. . . take care of Tony. If more rockets come, put a force field around him. I'm gonna give Connor a little help." he said, thrusting his two Earth Swords in to the rock ledge. Valor quickly descended the cliff. He made his way toward Vigor. He reached him just in time. Suddenly, the SWAT troops fired more rockets. "Connor, hang on." With that, Valor pulled back his Earth Sword and forced it into the rock. All of the sudden, the rocky part that Vigor clung on to with his plasma gun began to isolate from it's base. "Vi, now!"

"Okay." she said, putting up a force field encapsulating the separated piece of rock Vigor held on to. Carefully, she levitated Vigor up to safety. Valor started to climb back to the top.

"MICHAEL, WATCH OUT!" shouted Invisigirl.

Valor turned to see a swarm of rockets coming his way. The closer rockets got, the more terrified he looked. Finally, at the last possible second, Valor jumps off the peak and out of the way. The explosion created was massive, and deafening.

"MICHAEL!" yelled Tony, afraid something happened to him.

Invisigirl, Vigor and Tony all looked over the edge for any sign of Valor. After the smoke cleared, they didn't see any indication showing Valor being alive. Afterwards, more rockets came firing at them. Quickly, the other three teens got up and ran as fast as they could into the forest, leaving a very big explosion behind them.

After running for about a minute or so, Vigor, Invisigirl, and Tony came to a halt, panting excessively. Then, Invisigirl sunk to her knees, covered her face with her hands, and started to weep. She felt like she had lost something more than a brother. Tony and Vigor all tried to comfort her. Suddenly, out of the sky, Valor came plummeting down right in front of them. He landed in the soft, cold snow. Slowly, he got up to his feet, reverting his Wind Swords back to his hand. Everyone was taken aback by this. Later, after brushing off the snow off his body, Invisigirl lunged herself into Valor's arms.

"Michael! Your alive!" she proclaimed, squeezing him tightly.

"Ack. . . Vi. . . you are choking me." Valor gagged. She relaxed her squeeze.

"Oops, sorry."

Why did you save me?" wondered Vigor. "After all the times I teased, taunt, mock, and humiliate you, why did you do it?"

"Hey, we might be adversaries, but we're more than that. We are comrades. We're teammates. . . we are friends." replied Valor.

Vigor smiled, and Valor smiled back. After many years of fighting and bickering, Valor and Vigor were friends once again.