'Uh, hi, Julie here, uh, things got little cryptic in the last episode...'
On the rooftop, A-Bomb, Julie, Kaede, Aquagirl and Blue Beetle, as all of them were facing Randy, who was now wearing a new costume and was now called Red X, who was standing on top of the roof stairs.
A-Bomb just stared at Red X, looking confused, "Randy... What are you doing..?" He asked Red X, wanting an answer.
Red X then shrugged as he then jumped off the stairs and did a front flip, as he then landed on the ground, as he kept looking at the teen heroes.
"I've got a new outlook on my career; you guys are now lookin' at the new me!" Red X proclaimed, sounding smug.
"What are you talking about?" Kaede asked, not sure on what Red X was going with this.
"I've been talking about my career choices with Taskmaster, and I see more clearly now." Red X told them,
Julie gasped in shock, as she looked widen eyed, at hearing that he was with Taskmaster.
"Randy, what happened, what did you do?" A-Bomb said to Red X, now really wanting to know what happened,
"I did what I should've done sooner; Taskmaster is the way to go." Red X told them, as he closes his eyes and chuckled a bit, "… Y'know, I forgot how much fun it is being the bad guy!" Red X mentioned, sounding smug, as he opens his eyes, giving a brooding stare.
And then, Red X lifted up both his hands and aimed his palms at them, revealing red Xs on both palms, and then, a blast of energy fires from the Xs on his palms, in the shape of an X, as they travel towards them, as Julie, Kaede, Aquagirl and A-Bomb shatter.
But Blue Beetle steps forward and his right arm changes into his arm cannon, as he quickly aimed it at the in-coming Xs, Beetle fires and the cannon shot collides with the Xs, annihilating each other in mid-air, Beetle then starts firing a barrage of cannon fire, this sends Red X jumping all over the roof, until he launches himself high into the air, as he fires X's from both palms and forces Blue Beetle to run for cover.
But then Aquagirl takes his place in the fight, as she charges towards Red X, at full speed, to attack, as she leaps up at him, but The Red X fires off another scarlet cross that becomes liquid as it flies; connecting with Aquagirl's face like a glob of mud, it carries her back down to the roof. When she lands and was unable to pull herself free of the gluey mess, as she struggled to get free, to no avail.
As Aquagirl was trying to get free, Red X lands near her, as he crouches back to look at Aquagirl, "Don't take it personally, babe, it's just business." Red X told Aquagirl, as she was glaring daggers at the traitor.
But then, Blue Beetle flies in with his jetpack, while Kaede was on the ground, sprinting, as Beetle fires his arm cannons and Kaede tosses shurikens at Red X, nimbly avoids both the shots and the shurikens, until Keade lean up and flies over Red X's head, as she lands in-front of him, stopping him, as Blue Beetle lands behind him.
Then Beetle then runs in, as he held up his right fist and tosses it at Red X, but he quickly evades his head to the right and dodges his fist, as he then tosses his other fist, as Red X dodges it again, only this time, he grabs his left arm and pulled Beetle in, for Red X to deliver a powerful right knee to the stomach, knocking some wind out of him, only to then let go of his arm and then jumps up, to perform a spinning roundhouse-kick to face, knocking Blue Beetle away.
Kaede then charges in, as Red X quickly turned and Kaede begin to toss barrages of jabs and strikes at Red X, but he quickly blocked each punch and blow with only his right arm, managing to keep up with the speed and reflexes Kaede was using, Kaede then tosses a right jab, but Red X manages to catch it in his right hand and leaps up and plants both feet on his stomach, kicking her back, away from him.
Red X then turned an sees Blue Beetle, back up and was charging in, as his hands were transformed into hammers, Red X also noticed that Kaede was back on her feet, as she sprints in, as she then leans up and tucked her right leg in, to prepare for a kick, but just after Kaede sprang her leg out, Red X quickly duck, and her leg goes above him, and kicks Beetle in the face, by accident, knocking him off his feet and to the ground.
Kaede lands on the ground, looking shocked at what she just did, but then, other X was fired and pastes itself across her mouth, catching her off-guard, as her eyes were opened, as she tried as she might, she cannot tear it away and a another X was fired and of them connects and ties her up like a giant rubber band causing her to topples over.
With Blue Beetle, Kaede and Aquagirl all incapacitated Red X was in the clear,
But Red X turned and saw A-Bomb and Julie, as they were standing before the masked villain, with conflicted but serious expression on their faces.
"If you really joined Taskmaster, then your dressed for the part, you look like the spitting image of Taskmaster…" A-Bomb told Red X, as he scowls at him.
"I know it might hurt that I became evil again, but… You guys just need to trust me…" Red X told A-Bomb and Julie, sounding calm.
But Julie got angry at being told that, as she gritted her teeth as she then charges at Red X, with his fists clenched, as she then tosses her right fist at Red X, as he quickly steps back, dodging, as she then tossed her left fist at him, but he ducked down, dodging as he then leans upward.
In mid-air, Red X reaches his right hand into his belt and took out a blaster, as he quickly took aim at Julie, and then fired a small orb like thing, but when it flies down and reaches Julie, it then expanded, and on touching it, Julie gets absorbs into it, trapping her in a large, spherical force field.
"Julie!" A-Bomb yelled out in shock,
While Julie, inside, she sees that this force field was the same type of force field that Chrome Dome used when he trapped them.
Red X lands on the ground, as he then turned and saw A-Bomb, as he leaped out to tackle him, but Red X quickly reacted and aimed his blaster at him, firing an orb, hitting A-Bomb, and then expanding, trapping him inside, as he gets pushed back, as the orb rolled around a bit.
A-Bomb franticly looked around, trying to find a way out, but there weren't any.
Red X then walked over to his trapped, former allies, "I know that you'll hate me, but still, you are just gonna have to trust me." Red X told A-Bomb and Julie, while each of them was glaring daggers at him.
Red X then turned and looked up, as he sees a camera-bot, floating in the air, as Red X looked directly at it.
"Gonna need some pick up." Red X told the camera-bot,
At an unknown location, in a darken room, with monitors everywhere, and sitting in-front of one monitor that had a live image of Red X, was Taskmaster, as he was sitting in-front of the monitor, watching his new apprentice's fight.
And then, the room's doors opens and walking in was Mistral, as she wasn't wearing her jumpsuit and was wearing a black silk nightgown with shoulder straps.
Mistral was walking towards Taskmaster,
"What are you doing?" Taskmaster said, as he knew Mistral was in the room, as he haven't strayed his sights on the monitors.
Mistral smiled seductively, as she reaches Taskmaster, as she leans down and puts her arms over both Taskmaster's shoulders and hugs Taskmaster. "I wanted to get more comfortable..." Mistral said, as she ran her arms around Taskmaster's chest.
But Taskmaster doesn't even notice her, as he kept observing the monitors. "I'm busy..." Taskmaster told her, in a serious tone of voice.
Mistral then had a little sad face, as she rubbed her hands on Taskmaster's chest plate, "When are you not..(?) I offer myself to you and you don't even take the time to accept it; I can help you relax in more ways than one..." She said, as Mistral now had a flirty smile on her face, as she moved her hands upward, towards Taskmaster's shoulders, wanting to message them.
But Taskmaster stands up, pulling Mistral's arms off him, as her arms dropped to the back of the chair, as she had a bored and annoyed look on her face, as Taskmaster walked over to a monitor and stared at it, as it had another image of Red X, from a difference angle.
Mistral was now sitting on the chair, as she was sitting sideways with her legs on the left arm rest and rested her back against the right, as she spins the chair to face Taskmaster.
"Have Croc and Felix sent to Jump City, and have someone retrieve Cinderblock." Taskmaster told Mistral, as he kept observing his monitors.
Mistral had a annoyed look on her face, as she watches him look at Red X through the monitor. "Why are you so concerned about them? They're nothing but minor annoyances, mere pebbles attempting to fight mountains," Mistral said to Taskmaster, talking about S.P.D.
Taskmaster then turned around to face Mistral, "The one thing that you have to learn, Mistral, you shouldn't underestimate the youth of today; they can strive to surprise you." The skull-mask wearing man told her, telling not to underestimate them, they may be children but they are not a threat to be taken lightly.
Mistral then adjusts herself to the sitting position, as she looked at Taskmaster, as he kept looking at the monitors.
Meanwhile, back in Jump City, in the middle of a road, where there was a ton of smashed up and destroyed cars everywhere, there stood Kaikaina and Agent Venom, as the two of them were fighting Whiplash.
Kaikaina and Venom were pacing as they were tried, while Whiplash was swinging his energy whips around, as he wasn't tried and ready for more fighting.
"We all know the outcome here; its better if you just come over, nice and quietly… Or not, I actually much like to take you by force." Whiplash told Kaikaina, as he looked at her.
But Kaikaina then combines her twin blasters together, making them her assault rifle as she took aim, while Venom clenches his fists, ready to fight.
Kaikaina started to fire at Whiplash, shooting her rifle at him, as he quickly ran around, evading and dodging the rifle fire, while Agent Venom then actives his shoulder missiles launchers and fires them, Whiplash then leaps up and swings his right whip upward, as they slashes the missiles in mid-air, which causes them to exploded.
Whiplash lands on the ground, as Venom charges in, as he was shooting black webs out his wrists, but Whiplash slashes the webs to pieces with his whips, as he was charging in as well, as Venom then tosses his right fist at him, but Whiplash quickly shifted his head to the right, dodging, Venom then tosses his left fist, only to have Whiplash shift his head to the left, dodging.
Then, Whiplash shifter and spun his body around, as he kicked his right leg out and kicks Agent Venom across the face, with great speed and power, which knocks Venom off his feet, as he spun around a bit before hitting the ground.
Kaikaina then sprints in, firing her assault rifle at Whiplash, who quickly blocks some fire with his whips, before quickly back-flipping away from her, as she kept shooting, until she stops and Whiplash blocks a couple with his left whip.
Kaikaina then slings her rifle on her back, as she charges in and then leaps up and she then swings her right leg at Whiplash, managing to deliver a kick to the side of his head, as she lands on her feet, Kaikaina then jumps up, to deliver a spinning left kick, but Whiplash quickly retracts his whips into his robotic hands, as he quickly lifted up his right forearm and blocks her kick.
Kaikaina then lands on her feet, as she then tosses a right punch at him, only for him to shift his hand to the left and dodges, Kaikaina then tosses her left fist, but Whiplash catches it in his right claw-like hand, and he then spun his body around and tosses Kaikaina aside, as she tumbles in the ground a bit.
Kaikaina was laying on her back as she was stirring a bit, until she looked ahead and saw Whiplash, mid-air and had his right energy whip out, as he swings it, striking it down at Kaikaina, she sees this and flicked her head back to the side, as she braces herself, but the whip didn't strike her, Kaikaina then pans her head to look ahead, and to her shock, she sees Agent Venom, as he was standing over her, as the whip was around his neck, as he took the whip and used himself to shield Kaikaina.
Then, Whiplash lands on the ground, as he then grabbed on to his right whip with his left hand and then pulled on it, which pulls Venom off his feet and towards him, as Whiplash swings Venom off the ground and gets swung over Whiplash's head, as Venom comes down and gets smashes into an empty car.
Kaikaina quickly gets back up on her feet, as she looked at Venom, "Flash!" She yelled in shock,
Agent Venom was laying on his back, on top of the smashed up car, as he laid unconscious, as the whip around his neck unties itself and retracted back into Whiplash's right hand.
Whiplash turned to look at Kaikaina, as she got angry and charges at Whiplash, as she unslung her rifle and she was shooting Whiplash, who was blocking all rifle fire with his left whip, but then Whiplash swings his whip upward at Kaikaina, but she held her rifle up to block the whip, but unfortunately the whip slices her rifle in half.
Kaikaina looked at her slices in half rifle, she looked ahead and saw Whiplash, as he swings his whip again, hitting and knocking the one half of the rifle out of Kaikaina's right hand and then swing his whip again and knocks the other half out of her left hand.
Then Whiplash quickly swings his whip at Kaikaina, as it hits her and ties itself around Kaikaina, restraining her, as she struggles to get free, to no avail.
Whiplash looked at wrapped up Kaikaina, "I did offer to do this more peacefully…" Whiplash told Kaikaina, darkly.
An hour later, it was now dark out, standing in the streets, outside of an apartment building; Ava and Casey were standing by the building's stoop.
Casey was smiling excitedly, as he looked at Ava, "That was the most awesomest fight ever! I was total boss!" Casey said, trying to calm down after he and Ava fought against Cinderblock.
Ava had a deadpan look on her face as her nose was gone, as she had her arms crosses. "Yes, Casey, I heard you the last 56 times you've mentioned…" She told him, annoyed, as she rolled her eyes.
Casey then looked at Ava, with a smug look on his face, "So does all your study sessions go like this (?)" He joked,
Ava's nose comes back, as she gave Casey a sly smile, "More offence then you think…" She mentioned,
Casey chuckled a bit, as he looked at Ava, "If stuff like that happens from tutoring from you, I'll actually be happy for our next tutoring session!" He said, as he's willing to go to tutoring, if it means he gets to fight more bad guys like Cinderblock.
But Ava then shook her head and puts on a serious expression, as she looked at Casey, "Casey, whatever that thing was, it was really dangerous, it would be for the best if you just forget what happen today." Ava explained to Casey, wanting him to distances for what happen, and thus, keeping him from danger.
But Casey shook his head, "No way! I'm never gonna forget what happened today, cuz' I know that there's some bad guys that need some skulls cracked!" He told Ava, as he smiled.
Ava then takes a step forward, un-crossing her arms and putting her right index finger in Casey's chest, as she glares at Casey. "Casey, I'm serious, you don't know what you're gonna get yourself into!" Ava told Casey, not wanting him to have ideas about be some kind of vigilante.
Casey shrugged his shoulders as he had a cocky smile, "Too late, I'm totally gettin' into it!" He told her,
Ava was about to say something, but her watch started beeping, which gets her attention, as she then looked at Casey, "Look, Casey, I need to go… I'll… see you at school, and I don't want to hear about any more about this." Ava told him, as she needs to go.
Casey crosses his arms as she smiled at her, "Hey, actually can wait for our next session." He said,
Ava was about to walk away, but she stopped as she remembered something, "Oh, yeah, that reminds me…" Ava said,
As she quickly delivers a fast and powerful punch, hitting Casey square in the stomach, knocking a lot of wind out of him, causing him to drop to his knees, as he clenches his stomach with his arms, with a look of pain on his face.
Ava had a serious look on her face, "That's for calling me 'Sweetheart'!" Ava told Casey, as she really didn't like being called Sweetheart.
Ava then began to walk off, leaving Casey on his knees, as he was clenching his stomach as he watches Ava walk off.
Casey then had a bit of a impressed look on his face, he used to think Ava was just a bookworm, but after what happen today, he sees that there's more to Ava then he thought.
Meanwhile, in an unknown location,
Metabee was laying on the ground, with his eyes closed, until he slowly stirs and wakes up, as he lifted himself up and he looked around, as he saw that he was inside a force field, as he quickly gets up and looked around, confused on how he got here.
Metabee then turned and saw, outside the force field, was Dish, as she stares at the trapped Medabot, with an uncaring look in her eyes.
Metabee puts his hands on the force field, looking a Dish with confusion, "Hey, what's going on, how'd I get here?" He asked confused on what was going on.
Dish stared at him, as she chuckled a bit, "It's doesn't take a genius to know that you're caged like a bird." Dish told Metabee, in a mocking tone of voice.
Metabee looked even more confused, as then, the sound of a machine door opening was heard, as Metabee and Dish turned to see.
Now entering the room was A-Bomb and Julie, as the two of them were sitting trapped inside force fields, as they were on a large hovering platform, being pushed by Killer Croc, with Felix walking behind him.
They stopped near Metabee's force field, as Croc then lifted up Julie's force field and places it on the floor, next to Metabee, while Felix held a remote in his right hand, as he presses a button on it with his thumb, which causes A-Bomb's force field to hover off the platform and float down to the floor, next to Julie.
A-Bomb was giving death glares at Felix, while he had his arms crossed. "What's this all about, Felix?" A-Bomb said, demanding to know what was going on, and why they were brought to thus unknown location.
"That's something you should be asking the person who caught you." The sound of Red X's voice was heard, as everyone turned and saw the former hero enter the room, walking in to them.
Red X looked at Felix and Croc, as Croc was growling as he was staring daggers at Red X, "Why don't you guys get yourselves a soda, I'll talk to them about what's going on." Red X told Felix and Croc, while, Dish walked out of the room.
"I don't take orders from you!" Felix told Red X, as the fully armoured guy pointed his right index finger at Red X.
Red X then crosses his arms, as he chuckled, "Well, with my position of being Taskmaster's apprentice, his protégé, I outrank all of you, so how about you just get outta here and let the big kids talk… Or I could just have a talk with Taskmaster, explaining about how you can't follow orders from a superior..?" Red X told Felix, threatening him.
Felix stared at Red X, just wanting to do nothing but beat Red X to a pulp, but knew that Taskmaster would shove him in an airlock and plunge him into the depths of space.
Felix reframes and walked passed Red X, aggressively hitting his right shoulder with his, as he leaves the room, while Croc follow, while giving Red X a threating growl, as he gritted and showed off his sharp teeth, as the mutant crocodile leaves.
With them gone and out of the room, Red X then grabs on to his mask and takes it off, revealing his face to A-Bomb, Julie and Metabee.
At seeing Randy's face, Metabee was shocked at seeing him, "Randy!?" He yelled, in total shock,
A-Bomb glared daggers at the traitor, "You better pray we don't get outta here…" He threated Randy, as he puts his fists up against the force field.
Metabee turned to look at Julie, who was standing the center of her force field, with her arms crossed, as she was scowling at Randy. "What's going on..?" Metabee asked Julie, as he's getting more and more confused,
"Randy's gone over to Taskmaster." Julie told Metabee, as she narrowed her eyes at Randy,
Metabee was shock at being told of Randy betraying them and going bad again,
Randy looked at them, with a look of concern, "Look, I know that it looks bad, and I know you guys are really gonna hate me after this, but you just have to trust me." Randy told them, in a calm tone of voice, as he looked at them.
Julie had a disgusted look on her face, as she was angered by those words, how could he just tell them to trust him, after he abducted them and brought them to an unknown place, with Taskmaster and the Syndicate here.
Randy had a calm look on his face, as he was about to leave the room, "Kai should be here soon, and all that's left is Ava, after you're all together, the real fun starts…" Randy told them, as he begins to walk away, leaving the room.
While A-Bomb, Julie and Metabee were all just left there, watching Randy as he left, with hatred now fuelling the trapped heroes.
Meanwhile, at the Triskelion Island, in the SHED,
"HE WHAT!?" Ava yelled out, in a huge outburst of shock and anger.
In the living room area, Jaime was standing near the couch, while Aquagirl was sitting on the floor, with her back up against the foot of the couch, with Kaede seated on the couch, behind Aquagirl, as she was clipping the red gunk out of a Aquagirl's hair, while Kaede whose face still have that big red X plastered across it.
Jaime looked at Ava, as he had his arms crossed, "That's what happened; Randy took Rick and Julie but just left us there." Jaime tells Ava, explaining of what happened after the fight with Red X.
While Kaede was carefully cutting the red gunk out of Aquagirl's hair, Aquagirl looked up at, as she pointed her left index finger at the coffee table, as there were two S.H.I.E.L.D. watches sitting on it.
"Randy took A-Bomb and Julie's watches and left them there, obviously to keep them from calling for help." Aquagirl mentioned,
But then, Kaede puts the scissors down, as she points her right index finger at the red X over her mouth, as she tried to talk, but only came out as muffles.
Jaime walked over to her, as his right arm then gets covered with his suit, as he grabs on to the tip of the X, "Hold still..." He told her,
While Aquagirl's eyes goes Blank White Eyes, as her nose disappears, as she looked worried and scared, as she braces for the inevitable, then, Jaime rips the X off with one swift jerk, Aquagirl screamed in sympathetic pain.
Kaede now had a vivid red imprint had been left on her face, and she holds her lips pressed together as two ghostly images of her pop out to either side and scream through gritted teeth. They recede after a moment, as she then puts on a straight face. "Ow." She said, in a monotone voice, as that hurt.
Ava had a look of disbelief and also anger… lots and lots of anger, at being told that Randy had betrayed them again and had kidnapped A-Bomb and Julie.
Then, now entering the SHED, Flash was limping in, as he was badly hurt, while Cyandog, holding on to his left leg, to make sure he doesn't lose his balance and fall over.
Ava, Jaime, Kaede and Aquagirl all saw Flash come in, and saw that he was hurt; Jaime looked shocked as he quickly ran over to Flash, to put his right arm under his shoulder, to help towards the couch.
"Flash, you OK?" Jaime asked, looked worried,
"What happened?" Kaede asked, as well.
Flash makes to the couch and sits down on it, as he takes a breath before he looked at everyone, with a concerned look. "Somebody jumped Kai and me, some whip-swingin' cyborg, called himself Whiplash, he took Kai!" Flash told them, telling them what happened.
Cyandog looked up at everyone, "Metabee's gone too." He added, about Metabee's disappearance.
Ava had a serious look on her face, hearing that her team had been captured and now being held by Taskmaster, and not only that, Randy was now working for him now. As Randy could have taken Jaime, Kaede and Aquagirl but he didn't, she knew that A-Bomb, Julie, Kaikaina and herself are the ones Taskmaster wants, and with her being the last one, she had to use that to her advantage if she need to find her friends.
Ava turned too looked at them, "I'm going off on my own." She told them, as she gave them a serious look.
Flash, Jaime, Kaede, Aqaugirl and Cyandog all looked shock at hearing Ava say she was going to go off on her own, when Taskmaster is sending his lackeys to catch them.
But then Kaede had a serious look on her face, "Well, in that case, we'll come with you," She said, as Cyandog and Aquagirl nodded, as they all wanted to come with Ava, to help find A-Bomb, Julie, Kaikaina and Metabee.
Ava then gave them a serious scowl, "No you're not, if all of us are captured that who knows what Taskmaster will do to the city. You're the city's last line of defence for whatever Taskmaster throws at you," Ava told them, as she tied her hair into a ponytail.
As she then pressed a button on her watch. As her clothes changed into her White Tiger costume, as she then puts her mask on.
White Tiger then gave everyone a serious glare, as she then turned and walked away, exiting the SHED,
Leaving them there, as they watched her go,
Meanwhile, in the unknown location, walking down a long hallway, Randy was walking, with his mask back on, as he was walking down the hall.
But as Red X was walking, he passes a corner to another hall, and leaning her right shoulder against the wall, was Nico Robin, as Red X walked passed, as pushes herself off, as she walked out and looked at Red X.
"I hear your now going by Red X," Robin said, as Red X stopped quickly, as he turned and sees Robin,
"Robin..! S'up girl..!" Red X said, as he had a cool look in his eyes, as he sounded proud and full of himself.
Robin crosses her arms, as she looked at Red X, "You seem to be a getting comfortable with your sudden alliance with us." Robin said, as she had a calculating expression on her face, as she looked at him.
Red X crosses his arms, as he chuckled a bit, "I'll get even more comfortable if you and I had a private sparring match…" He said, flirty with Robin,
Robin then had a bit of an amused smile on her face, as she looked at Red X, "I was surprised when you decided to join us, and given your hatred towards Taskmaster, its sounds like an opportunity for assassination…" Robin said, as she had a good strong feeling that the reason he joined them, is to kill Taskmaster.
Red X then uncrosses his arms, as he now had a serious look in his eyes, "Don't sell me short, I do hate Taskmaster, but I see that I'm meant to be the bad guy, I'm done playing Saturday morning superhero, and those guys I was rollin' with were nothing more than a bunch of egocentric, goody-two-shoes, who thought they were better than me. No offence but quit talkin' to me like you know me, you don't know what it's like to have your trust in your team be shattered like glass."
Robin now had a cold look on her face, as she looked at Red X, as she did knew what it felt like, thinking of Washington as a perfect example
"Now if you'll excuse me, I've got one last 'friend' to get." Red X told Robin, as he turned around and walked away,
Leaving Robin standing there, with a serious and cold expression on her face, as she watches Red X walk away,
Meanwhile, in the monitoring room, Taskmaster was sitting in his chair, as he looked at one monitor that had A-Bomb, Julie, Metabee and now Kaikaina, in their force field prisons.
But then, the door opens, and walking into the room was Felix, as he looked at Taskmaster,
"Well, we've got nearly all of them, what'd you plan on doing to them." Felix asked, wanting to know why Taskmaster has planned for the imprisoned team S.P.D.
Taskmaster then turned his chair to look at Felix, "Once we get White Tiger, then we'll dispose of them." He told, sounding cold and brooding.
Felix then steps forward and pointed his right index finger at the monitor, "Hello, they're still alive! Just do it now, don't give them a chance!" Felix told Taskmaster, sounding impatient, wanting to kill team S.P.D. right here and right now, so they don't get a chance.
"They're not going to have a chance to escape, but I'm giving my apprentice the test to capture his former allies, and once he retrieves White Tiger, then we will be giving the gift of killing S.P.D. once and for all." Taskmaster told Felix, explaining the mission he gave Red X, and what they were going to do when all of S.P.D. is in their hold.
Felix then took off his helmet, revealing his disfigured face, as he looked at Taskmaster with annoyance and frustration, "You're putting too much trust in PJ Boy, he maybe in a new costume but he's still the same hero from before!" Felix told Taskmaster,
"I trust him as far as I can blast him, but, he shows a rare cunning that I find… Interesting…" Taskmaster told Felix as he stands up and begins to walk away, walking passed Felix.
"But showing what you're building to him was a poor move on your part, Tasky." Felix told Taskmaster, coldly, as he looked at Taskmaster with his good right eye and his bad, lid-less left eye.
Taskmaster stopped walking as he turned his head to the left to look at him, "The plan will still continue, un-evaded." He told him, as the skill-masked man kept walking, leaving the room.
While Felix turned and looked at the monitor that had S.P.D. on it,
Meanwhile, in the room, holding team S.P.D., as the team of teen heroes were talking among themselves,
"… And that's what happened." A-Bomb finished explaining to Kaikaina and Metabee about Randy's betrayal, as he was sitting down in his force field.
Metabee had a hurt and angered look in his eyes, "So, he not the Ninja anymore, he's Red X now." He said, now getting the gist of all of this.
"Aw, man, he's even got a cool bad guy name now…" Kaikaina mentioned, sounding hurt.
Julie was standing up in her force field, as she had her arms crossed, as she had a serious look on her face. "I still can't believe this is happening." She said, as it was a lot to take in with Randy going bad again and joining Taskmaster.
"Ohh, Randy's gone over to the dark side… AGAIN!" Kaikaina yelled out in terror,
"You already said that." Metabee told Kaikaina, as she already said that when Randy possessed by the Symbiote.
Kaikaina then turned to look at Metabee, "Yeah, but I felt like it was underused for that fact that Randy didn't really go evil." She explained,
Julie then turned too looked at A-Bomb, "So, now what are we gonna do?" She asked him,
A-Bomb then turned to look at Julie, "Well, we can't do anything in these fish bowls, doesn't help that this place has to have tons of security cameras everywhere. But with Ava being the only one who's not captured, we're gonna have fate that she can find us." A-Bomb explained to his teammates,
A few hours later, back in Jump City, it was now night,
White Tiger was running across rooftops, and then jumping off them to another, she was sprinting across rooftop to rooftop, before she jumps to the rooftop, where A-Bomb and Julie were captured.
Tiger scanned around the area, as she sees some of the red glob that was used on Aquagirl, by Red X, on the ground, she walked over to glob, as she knees down and inspects the red glob, before she turned and sees the framework of support beams erected on the roof.
"What's new Pussycat (!)" The sound of a familiar voice was heard, which quickly gets Tiger's attention, as she stands up and turned around and sees Red X and Taskmaster, standing before her.
White Tiger narrowed her eyes and glared at Red X, "So, it is true, you really are stupid enough to go bad again, Ninja…" Tiger told Red X, coldly insulting.
"It's Red X now, the Ninja was just holdin' me back from my real self." Red X told White Tiger, as he crosses his arms.
White Tiger glares at the skull-masked villains, as she quickly sharpens her claws, ready for a fight.
Red X then cranks his neck a bit, as he readies himself for a fight,
"Show me your ruthlessness in battle, my apprentice." Taskmaster told Red X, as he steps back,
White Tiger and Red X glares at each other, until they charges at one another, as they try a few times to hit each other. Backing up a bit, Red X dodges a couple of Tiger's claw strikes; he avoided more blows and then landing a right kick that tumbles Tiger several yards, almost to the edge but only for her to quickly drive her claws into the ground, to stop herself from going over.
She gets to his feet and goes on the offensive, forcing Red X to back around a corner while dodging a left, battle axe kick. Red X avoids and dodges Tiger's slashes and then nails her with another kick, then rushes in to attempt a follow-up hit. Back and forth they went, neither connecting with the other until a white right fist is caught in a black left hand. Then Red X drives his elbow into White Tiger's solar plexus, knocking the wind out of her.
White Tiger gets pushed back as her feet get dragged backwards, Tiger gains her footing back, as she quickly leaps upward and lands on one of the upper beams and hurls herself back downward to start the brawl all over again. Back and forth they go once more; this time, it ends when Tiger lands a flying straight right slash that hits Red X in the chest, leaving huge claw tears in his costume and knocks him back, while the Red X slides to the edge. From behind Red X, White Tiger strides up.
As she was glaring down at Red X, with a look of anger, "You've actually become everything you hated… So sad…" She told him.
But then, from the side, Taskmaster delivers a powerful right kick, hitting her and sending her tumbling at a distance,
Let herself upright, and runs toward it. A huge leap carries him closer, but Taskmaster hits him broadside with a flying kick, the two lands facing each other.
Taskmaster stared down at Tiger, "I'm curious to see how you handle in a real fight." He told Tiger, as he prepared himself.
Then, Taskmaster rushes, leaps up and does a midair backflip leading into a roundhouse kick that sends White Tiger reeling. The melee moves across the floor, with each landing blows in turn, and Taskmaster plants another steel boot across Tiger's chest. Scowling in rage, she gets her head clear and the two spars again until Taskmaster catches Tiger's right claw in his left hand.
"Good technique," Taskmaster told White Tiger,
And then he bends Tiger's arm sharply at the elbow; and the sound of her bones grinding against each other as she yells in pain. Taskmaster turns and tosses her, sending the Tiger skidding across the floor. As she gets woozily to her feet,
Taskmaster stared at her, "Good but not good enough…" He told Tiger,
But once she gets her head clear, White Tiger yells out pure fury her throat, as she charges across the floor, launching herself into the air, but Taskmaster's steel-gloved right fist whistles out and punches Tiger in the stomach, knocking a lot of wind out of her, as she had stunned countenance in her eyes.
Tiger hangs in the air for a moment, supported by the fist that has just stopped her cold, and then slowly collapses to the ground.
With Tiger laying on her front, as she was trying to get back up, but due to her now being in great pain from that punch, she only collapses back to the ground.
Taskmaster stared down at White Tiger, as Red X walked over to him, as he looked at Tiger, but then, from out of nowhere, Taskmaster delivers a left punch, hitting Red X in the face, which knocks him of his feet and he falls to the ground.
Red X sat up, as he was rubbing his chin with his right hand, as he looked up at Taskmaster, with him standing before him.
"I expect my subordinates to show no weakness, no mercy to any enemy, never let them see weakness." Taskmaster told Red X, in an angered and serious tone of voice.
Red X slowly gets back up, as he looked at Taskmaster, with a cold look in his eyes,
"Contain her." Taskmaster order Red X as he walked away.
Red X walked over to White Tiger, as he knees down and removed her watch and tosses it aside, and then takes out his blaster from his belt and aimed it at her, firing it and hits a force field, as it expands and contains her inside.
Red X then puts his right hand against the force field, as he stared at White Tiger, "Av, I know you're gonna stop at nothing to hurt him horribly, but you just need to trust me." He told her,
A few hours later, at the unknown location,
In the room, holding A-Bomb, Julie, Kaikaina and Metabee, the team was sitting in their force fields, as they were bored out of their minds.
But then, the doors open, which gets everyone's attention, as they see, entering the room, was Nico Robin, as she was walking towards the imprisoned S.P.D.
Robin walked over to A-Bomb, who gave her a cold glare,
"What are you doin' here, come to mock (?)" A-Bomb said to Robin, coldly.
"I'm not really the one for mocking; I'm more of the 'Squeeze you until you cry out information' type." Robin mentioned, as she crosses her arms, as she looked at the imprisoned teens.
"We don't have anything to say, especially to you!" Julie told Robin, as she glares daggers at her.
"I didn't come to see you for information, but only to have a good understanding of Ninja's betrayal." Robin told them, wanting an explanation on Randy's push to join Taskmaster.
Metabee shoot his head, as he crosses his arms, "There's nothing to tell, he got all huffy when he found out that we were lookin' for Taskmaster and didn't include him…" Metabee told Robin, as he had a grim look in his eyes.
Robin now had a bit of a suspicious and more curious look on her face. "Something like that hardly sounds like good motivation..?" She mentioned, not convinced that not being included is a good drive for betrayal.
"Ninja wanted, outta all of us, to find Taskmaster and take him down, we didn't tell him about it was cause we weren't sure about him being on something this important, went he found out, he was really mad." A-Bomb explained to Robin, as he looked glaring coldly at the woman.
Robin had a more intrigued expression, "And if I recall, this isn't the first time he turned because of you…" She said, as that comment grabbed the team's attention, surprised that she knew about Randy's previous alliance with Mandarin, as no one but them and S.H.I.E.L.D. knew about that.
And then, the doors open, which gets everyone's attention, as they turned and sees, entering the room, was Taskmaster and Red X, and behind them was White Tiger, as she was in her force field, as it was on a hover platform.
A-Bomb, Julie, Kaikaina and Metabee were all shock to see Tiger, now finally being captured, as her force field elevated and moves over to theirs, being placed next to Metabee and Julie's.
Taskmaster looks at Robin, who turned to face, him, as she gave him a straight face. "What are you doing here?" Taskmaster asked one of his lieutenants.
"I was just attempting to gain information from them, I was just leaving." Robin tells Taskmaster, as she walked passed him, leaving the room.
Red X then looked at his trapped, former teammates, all now completed with White Tiger. "And Tiger makes five!" Red X said, sounding amused.
Julie, Metabee and Kaikaina got angry at Red X, as they were just doing nothing but stare daggers at him, while A-Bomb and White Tiger was standing up in their force fields, giving Red X a cold glare.
"Alright, Red X, you've got all of us, so what are you planning, killing us off, one by one while the rest of us are forced to watch (?)" Tiger said, with poison in her tone of voice, as she crosses her arms and scowls at Red X.
Red X had a calm look in his eyes, as he crosses his arms, "Oh nah, I've talked it out with Taskmaster, and we both agreed that will give you guys the chance to free yourselves, with a… let's just say, 'Display'." Red X explained to them,
A-Bomb raised up his right eyebrow, as he had a suspicious look, "What 'Display'?" He said, wanting to know what Red X meant by that.
"I want each of you to beg, get down on your knees and beg for your lives, and you'll all be free to go, give me some closure by humiliating yourselves… like how you humiliated me… Making me feel like I'm not good enough, even after all I did to try and gain back your trust, you still saw me as a bad guy, so that's what I am, from now on and forever." Red X told them,
A-Bomb, Tiger, Julie, Kaikaina and Metabee were all shocked and angered, that he was telling them that he wanted them to beg for their lives, to degrade and humiliate themselves for his amusement. This angered them to a whole new level,
Metabee pounded his fists against his force field, in total anger. "You're really grindin' my gear!" Metabee yelled, in anger.
"If you actually want us to beg like dogs, just to get your kicks, then the hero we knew really is gone for good!" Julie told Red X, looking hurt and angry, now fully believing that Randy and The Ninja are gone, as now; there was nothing but Red X.
Taskmaster then steps forward and looks at the trapped and angered team S.P.D. "I see that you reject my apprentice's offer for freedom, I guess this means we can kill them." Taskmaster said, as he turned too looked at Red X.
As Red X nodded, as he had a dark scowl in his eyes, as he looked at them, "Yeah, can't say that I did give you a chance, but no, you're all just too proud for that (!)" He told A-Bomb, Julie, White Tiger, Kaikaina and Metabee, in a dark tone of voice.
"Prepare yourself, my apprentice, as you will have the honour of executing your former teammates yourself, as a, initiation to my factor." Taskmaster told Red X, as he turned and walked towards the door, leaving to room.
With Taskmaster gone, Red X then grabbed his mask with his right hand and pulled it off, and he looked at the team, with a calm but serious look on his face.
"I hate you…" Tiger told Randy, scowling at him.
"We all do…" Kaikaina added, in a cold tone of voice.
Randy sees A-Bomb, Metabee, Tiger, Kaikaina and Julie, all giving him nothing but dead glares, "Guys, I know that it bad right now, but you just need to trust me…" Randy told them, as he turned and walked to the door, as he puts his mask back on.
While A-Bomb, Tiger, Julie, Kaikaina and Metabee all just watches him go, leaving the room.
He keeps telling them to trust him, but to what avail.
Meanwhile, but at the Triskelion Island, in the SHED,
In the living area, Kaede was sitting on the couch, as she was holding Chomp in her arms, as he look glum as he was starting to miss Julie, while Flash and Aquagirl was sitting next to them.
Standing at the coffee table, was Cyandog, as he was pressing some buttons on A-Bomb's watch.
Walking out of the kitchen was Jaime, holding a soda can in his right hand, as he had a worried and concerned look.
"Av's been gone forever; she's not answering her watch." Jaime said, as he walked over to the couch, looking at everyone, worried.
"I can only think of the worst and just know Ava's been captured." Aquagirl mentioned, looking really concerned.
Flash shook his head in frustration, as he stands up, "Grr, one of us should've gone with her, then maybe she would've-" He was saying, but Jaime puts his left hand on Flash's right shoulder, stopping him from talking, as he turned to look at him, over his shoulder.
Kaede looked at Flash, "That isn't how Ava does things, she never asks anyone to help her with anything that could hurt them, she would never put her friends in danger and she knows that perfectly." The ninja girl explained, as she held on to Chomp.
Aquagirl then looked down and sees Cyandog, as he was now standing on the coffee table, still pressing random buttons on A-Bomb's watch. "Cyandog, you shouldn't be playing with that, that's sensitive equipment." She told him.
"I'm not playing, there's just a small blinking light going off and I'm just trying to see what it is." Cyandog said, as he held up the watch in his right hand, showing that there is a small blinking light going off on the screen.
Cyandog then continued pressing random button, until he presses one button and then, a holo-screen appears, startling him, as he lets go of the watch and falls backwards, off the coffee table, and hitting the floor.
The watch lands on the table, as the holo-screen was still on, as it had five red dots on a coordinate map in it.
This gets everyone's attention, while Cyandog gets back up and looks with them, as Jaime, Flash, Kaede, Aquagirl and Cyandog all leaned in and looks at the holo-map.
Each of them looked surprised and also confused on what this was, but in a way, they knew that the five red dots represented A-Bomb, White Tiger, Julie, Kaikaina and Metabee, is was lock-on to some kind of device that pin-pointed their location.
Jaime, Flash, Kaede, Aquagirl and Cyandog now had a map and a way to find team S.P.D.
(Authors notes - may be a little short and not as much action, but love how this one turned out, keep an eye out for part 3. Please favourite, comment and review, thank you)
(I do not own any rights to the characters I have just used; they are characters from their own respected franchises)
Randy Cunningham/Red X - Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja/Teen Titans
A-Bomb - Hulk And The Agents Of SMASH
Ava Ayala/White Tiger - Ultimate Spider-man
Julie Hayward - Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Kaikaina Grif - Red Vs. Blue
Metabee - Medabots
Blue Beetle/Jaime Reyes - Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Aquagirl - Young Justice
Kaede Nagase - Negima!?
Flash Thompson/Agent Venom - Ultimate Spider-man
Cyandog - Medabots
Casey Jones - TMNT 2012
Taskmaster - Ultimate Spider-man
Nico Robin - One Piece
Mistral - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Whiplash - Iron Man: Armored Adventures
Dish - Duck Dodgers
Felix - Red Vs. Blue
Killer Croc - The Batman (2007)