Dateline: Friday, April 24, 1981, 6:08 PM, Pacific Daylight Time.

Ashley usually wasn't bothered by her handicap, except for occasions when she would have given anything to experience sight. But at that very moment, for the very first time in her life, she was glad she was blind. Ashley hoped beyond all hope that this "Herr Cannon" or whoever hadn't reached her house, because she knew her mother and father were still inside.

Violet was surprised, which in this town means, "caught unprepared". She had conveniently forgotten to bring her super suit along. Thinking quickly, she called up Dash on her radio-watch.

"Rocket, this is Python, come in, over."

"Go ahead, Python."

"We have a situation in the Eastwood Valley, get over here and bring my suit, over."

"Roger that, be there in a jiffy, Rocket out."

In 2 seconds, literally, Rocket showed up in full costume, with Python's suit in tow.

"What took you so long?" Violet asked as she dressed up.

"I forgot to take out the garbage this morning," he explained.

"I must admit, blue does look good on you," commented Python. "Now, Ashley you stay here, my brother and I are going to take care of this monster."

"While what?" Ashley asked, "I stand idly by and hear the death screams of my friends and neighbors? I don't think so!"

"Well, what exactly do you plan to do about it? How can you fight an enemy you can't see?" Rocket asked her.

"I can track this guy's position telepathically," she said.

"Really? Well, in that case, I don't see why you shouldn't…"

"Say no more!" And with that, Blind Tracy stepped out of the car and rushed over to where Herr Cannon was. Python exchanged glances with Rocket, and the two chased after their potential teammate, ready for battle.

"Take this, you stuck up Suburbians!" Herr Cannon bellowed. He fired his weapon and wiped out another cracker-box style house. The noise was deafening, and Blind Tracy was dazed. Herr Cannon didn't notice the new super behind him until the original A-Forcers caught up.

"Stop, in the name of the law!" Rocket yelled.

Herr Cannon spun around. "Well, well, well, if it isn't the A team!"

"That's Alpha Force to you, pal!"

"Whatever," he mumbled. "If you're thinking you can stop me by drowning my powder like you did last time, you have another thing coming! You see I've developed a unique powder horn that is 100 percent waterproof! So even if you decide to…Hey!" Herr Cannon was floating in mid-air, no surprise to Python and Rocket. "What's going on?"

"Oh, how rude of me not to introduce you to our newest member!" Python said very snidely. "Blind Tracy, this is Herr Cannon, our arch-nemesis. Herr Cannon, this is Blind Tracy, our new telekinetic member."

Upon hearing this, Blind Tracy got very excited. "You really mean it?" she asked. "I'm Alpha Force material?" However, she forgot what she was doing and dropped Herr Cannon. He landed on his arm.

"OW!" he screamed at the top of his lungs. "I think I broke something!"

"Well," Rocket said, "I guess our work here is done." The three supers quietly sneaked back to the car.

"WAIT!" Blind Tracy exclaimed. "My house! Did Herr Cannon destroy it?"

"I don't know," said Python, "which house is yours?"

Blind Tracy told her.

"Let me see," Rocket offered. He ran over to where Ashley said she lived. When he came back, he didn't say anything

"Well?"

Rocket somberly shook his head. Though Blind Tracy couldn't see his face, she read his mind and saw what had happened.

"No!" Ashley dropped down to her knees and started weeping. What else could she do? She had just become the world's first super-orphan. Violet and Dash each put a hand on her. They both felt like crying too. "What am I going to do now?" Ashley wailed.

"From the looks of things, I'd say that you're our responsibility now," Violet said.

Ashley suddenly stopped crying and started seething. "I'm going to make that son of a bitch pay for killing my parents, that's what I'm going to do!" she vowed.

"Okay, chill out, revenge never solved anything," Violet remarked. "We're going to get Herr Cannon, but we're going to get him together, as a team, because that's what Alpha Force does!"

"Oh, shoot!" Dash exclaimed, "We have to get back home! Kim is supposed to pick me up in 45 minutes!"

"Who's Kim?" asked Ashley.

Dash's face turned beet-red. "Well, ah, she's, uh, hey, wait a minute! Why are you asking if you can simply read my mind and find out?"

"Hmm, not a bad idea, Dash!" Ashley smirked in a way that told Dash he had been tricked. He quickly tried to think of anything and everything except his girlfriend. "That's not going to help, Speedo!"

"Leave him alone, Ashley," Violet scolded. "My brother hates when people get involved in his 'personal life'."

"Can we please just drop this and just…go home, please?"

"Okay, Mr. Touchy," Ashley retorted as the now three-strong Alpha Force piled back into the 1980 Camry. "Hey, what's for dinner?"

"Dash, are you staying for dinner, or were you planing to eat out with Miss Lavender?" asked Violet.

"I think it would be wise of you not to make dinner for me tonight," he answered.

"Of course not," Ashley mumbled under her breath, "he's going to fill up on Kimberly-loaf!"

Meanwhile, Herr Cannon got up and noticed that Alpha Force was gone. Smiling and feeling very sure of himself, he tried to resume his destructive plot. However, he was stopped dead in his tracks by the searing pain in his right arm. It was then that he realized that Alpha Force had beaten him once again.

"This is NOT the end!" Herr Cannon hollered at the air. "I will heal! I will return! I will prevail! I will be victorious! You'll see! You'll all see!"

(A/N: What did you think? Let me know, please! BTW, I'm looking for any experts on 80's pop culture whose vast knowledge could very well improve my story. Drop me a line if you want to enlighten me, you know how! Chapter 16 in the works!)