Dateline: Sunday, April 26, 1981, 2:45 PM, Pacific Standard Time.

"Dash! What did you do with my cane?"

"Nothing!" he said in a tone of voice that said, "I'm not going to tell you!"

"If you don't tell me, I'm going to twist your arm!"
"You'll have to find me first!" he said, hobbling off like a jet.

Ashley chuckled. "Oh, I will!"

And she did, easily. All she had to do was look for thoughts of Kimberly Lavender. When she found Dash, she grabbed his arm with her telekinesis and twisted it behind his back.

"OW!" he screamed.

"Where's my cane?" Ashley asked.

"Why can't you just read my mind?"

"I can, but this is much more fun!"

Violet, who had overheard everything, stepped in to intervene. "Ashley! Let go of my brother!" She did. "Dash, get her cane and bring it here!" He did. "Now give it back to her and say you're sorry." He did. And then Violet changed her tone to a soft one.

"Dash, I am very disappointed in you! You should know better than to play practical jokes on the blind! You're a superhero, for crying out loud! And as for you, Ashley, you know it's wrong to use your powers for bulling! Now, I don't want to hear any more fighting, or I'm taking our next assignment alone, understand?"

"Yes, ma'am," Ashley and Dash said in unison.

Yep, just a typical Sunday afternoon at Alpha Force Headquarters. And it was this Sunday afternoon that this rag-tag team of immature supers would grow just a little more.

And it began with a knock on the apartment door.

"I'll get it!" hollered Dash, and he hopped on his good leg to the door. When he got there, he lost his balance and crashed right into the door. "Oof!" Fortunately, he tripped the doorknob and the door swung into the apartment slowly.

Standing outside was a tall, Hispanic male, wearing what looked like a homemade super suit, with a valentine shaped logo on the front, and a long, flowing cape in the back.

"Is this the headquarters of Alpha Force?" asked the stranger.

Violet was in her bedroom and heard the commotion that Dash was making. She emerged from her chamber and saw the man in the doorway. When she did, her heart felt like it was going to jump out of her chest. If it did, it would spill blood everywhere, and they would all have to scrub like there was no tomorrow, not to mention Alpha Force would lose her leader…uh, where was I? Oh, yeah, the Latino super. He was handsome.

"Yes, this is the Alpha Force headquarters, come in, make yourself at home, stay a while, like forever or something!" Or that's what Violet might have said, had she not been interrupted by Dash tackling her.

"Um, who's asking?" Dash asked from the floor.

"I am José Hernandez, but I am also called Heartthrob."

I'll bet you are, Violet thought to herself.

Dash got back on his good foot, and said, "Of course, you're the guy that Superdoc told us about. Well, you should know we don't let just anyone join Alpha Force."

"I understand, security measures. So what do I have to do?"

"Oh, nothing really," Dash said with a smirk. "You just have to climb to the top of this very apartment building and throw yourself to the ground. Then, if you survive, you have to…"

Violet was shocked and amazed at the horrific things that Dash was saying. Quickly, she intercepted him and taped his mouth shut, or something of that nature. "Please ignore my brother, he's, uh, not himself. He forgot to take his medication!" She said the last part of that through clenched teeth and glared at Dash.

"Hey, what's all the commotion?" asked Ashley as she emerged from Dash's bedroom.

"Oh, nothing, José just arrived, that's all."

"José? Oh, yeah, that Heartthrob guy, right?"

"Sí, that is me, and who are you?"

Ashley introduced herself and the rest of Alpha Force.

"And now comes the examination, to see if you are worthy to join the team."

"Examination?"

"Have you done any previous hero work?"

"Yes."

"Have you ever been arrested?"

"No."

"Have you ever been a super villain?"

"No."

"Is José Hernandez your real name?"

"Yes."

"How did you get your powers?"

"I was born with them, weren't you?"

"We'll ask the questions, okay?"

"Okay."

"Last question. Why do you want to join Alpha Force?"

"The NSA recommended that I join a super team to help me overcome my largest character flaw."

"And that would be…?"

"I am so overly confident, that I come across as a jackass."

I'll bet you do, Dash thought.

"Dash! That wasn't a very nice thing to think!"

"Ashley! Stay out of my private thoughts! I don't go reading your diary!"

"I don't have a diary, genius!"
"Will you two knock it off!" Violet screamed, "we have a guest who might become our new roommate! José, I am so sorry for the way my brother and my, um, Ashley have been behaving."

"That's okay, I'm used to it. My little sisters fight all the time."

"All right," said Violet. "Well, as leader of Alpha Force, I'm happy to say, welcome to the team!"

Dash and Ashley applauded politely.

"Thank you, Violet, and who knows? Maybe sometime in the future, you and I can be more than just teammates, if you know what I mean." José smirked and arched his eyebrows.

"Is he…?" asked Ashley.

"Yes, I do believe he is trying to put the moves on my sister," Dash admitted disappointedly.

"Oh, Dash," Violet said, "what wrong with your big sister having a little romance?"

"I'll tell you what's wrong with it…" but he was interrupted by the Alpha Phone, "as soon as I get that, okay?" And he hobbled over to answer it.

"Alpha Force, we have a situation down at the park. The Wicked Wichard is causing a scene, and he's calling you guys out."

"We'll be right there." He hung up and briefed the troops.

"Dash, you have to stay here; with that leg still in a cast, you'd do more harm than good."

"Fine, I wasn't going to come anyway, I've made other plans."

"All right, Alpha Force, it's showtime!"

(A/N: Just so you guys know it may be awhile before I can update again. I don't really have anything prepared for the upcoming battle sequence. Don't forget to review so I can see how I'm doing! Until then, I'll see you in the funny papers! meaningless pharse.)