Author's Note: I am glad people are enjoying this story. Really sorry it took so long but I've had a lot of personal issues that I don't want to bore you guys with but I'm back. To all the readers, thanks and feel free to leave reviews because I could use the feedback.

UPDATE: In case you aren't aware, I have been making some minor changes to episodes. Nothing drastic, just fixing grammar and continuity errors. Also might be adding new bits or possibly adding some new jokes or quirky bits of dialogue that might sound better, at least I hope so. Gonna do my best to exorcise Dan Schneider from here. If stuff slips, I apologize.

Also, if it seems I don't know scientific terms and that I'm flying by the seat of my pants, I am. I try to do research to appear to know what I'm writing. I hope that doesn't hurt the reading experience for anyone.

Disclaimer: As I've said before, I don't own anything that wasn't created by me. That includes any characters, places or items created by the creators (Lord knows I wish I did for the sake of certain individuals). Also I'm going to be using a piece of dialogue from certain media so if you could figure where it's from, that's who the credit belongs to.

That all said, onward to Episode Three!

•••

"I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones

Enough to make my systems blow

Welcome to the new age, to the new age

Welcome to the new age, to the new age"

- Imagine Dragons "Radioactive"

•••

Cassie pulls her car into the street her apartment was with Freddie riding in the passenger's side and Gabe riding in the back. They had been held up by traffic and it took them an hour to get there. "I could've made it faster on foot." Freddie stated impatiently.

"And how could we possibly explain you going all Wally West to the other people waiting in traffic?" Cassie replied.

"He can't go THAT fast... Steve Rogers fast maybe." Gabe stated.

"Are we talking Captain America or the Six Million Dollar Man?" Cassie asked.

"Does Freddie look like we rebuilt him 'cause we had the technology?" Gabe joked.

Cassie shakes her head mildly amused as she rounds the corner and sees a police barricade blocking off her street. "Oh no." She uttered with a twinge of fear in her voice.

The boys look around and see police tape around Luzoni's. Cassie parks her car on the side of the street close to the barricade but Freddie gets out before she stops completely. "Benson, wait!" Gabe called out.

"Go after him, make sure he doesn't do anything impulsive." Cassie called out. Gabe does so as Cassie looks around. She finds Pete Sawyer standing behind the other side of the police barricade. "Pete!"

Pete looks up and is glad to see her. "Cassie!"

Cassie makes her way over to him. "Do you know what happened?"

"Not much. When I got here, an ambulance was taking Mr Luzoni to the hospital." Pete told her.

"How is he?" She asked. "Was he hurt?"

"I didn't get a chance to ask." Pete stated as Gabe and Freddie ran over to Cassie.

"The police aren't telling us anything." Freddie reported.

"I think they know about as much as we do." Gabe replied. "I mean about what happened, I think Benson and I are smarter than half of these Keystone cops."

"Ease up on that superiority complex, Real Genius. You're among people with combat training and assault weapons, you might end up eating a billy club to the teeth if ya don't watch your language." Cassie warned.

Pete points at Freddie's direction with his head. "Is this Freddie?"

"Yeah, it is." Cassie said as she made the proper introductions. "Pete, this is my nephew Fredward Benson and his roommate Gabriel Morgan. Freddie, Gabe, this is my friend Pete Sawyer. He lives in my building."

"Good to meet you both." Pete said. "Wish we were meeting under better circumstances."

"So do we, Mr Sawyer." Freddie said softly.

"No need for the formalities. Just call me 'Pete'." Pete said in a friendly manner.

As he said this, the coroner wheels out a body bag on a gurney. Freddie looks past the barricade and sees Detective Victor Flores coming out of Luzoni's with Millie's Pearphone that was inside a plastic evidence bag. He looks quite upset as he turns and finds Freddie on the other side of the barricade. Victor strides towards Freddie and the others with a look of resolve on his face.

"Please tell me you're here to tell me you know where my daughter is?" Victor asked.

"Actually I'm here because I was hoping that Millie was safe with you and this all was a bad dream." Gabe said bluntly.

"Do you know who did this?" Freddie asked calmly but with urgency.

"I am not allowed to discuss the details of a police investigation with a civilian." Victor stated.

"And yet you did me the common courtesy of telling me Dahl escaped." Cassie mentioned, perturbed by the detective's attitude.

"This is different, Cassandra." Victor reminds her.

"Do not pull that crap on me, Victor. She's their friend. They have a right to know." Cassie seethed.

"Was Professor Dahl behind this?" Freddie asked to get a word in on the conversation.

"I don't think you're in any position to be asking questions, son." Victor said bitterly.

"Millie is my friend. I don't care about how you feel about me. What do I care about what happens to her so don't tell me I am in no position to ask questions regarding MY friend!" Freddie replied with strong conviction in his voice. Cassie and Gabe watch this with concern that Freddie will lose control of his powers in front of the small crowd of people. "Was Emil Dahl responsible for this?"

Victor stares back at Freddie, seeing the fire in his eyes. "We believe Dahl may be behind this attack. What I want with my daughter I'm not entirely sure. I can assure you that we will do everything in our power to find her and bring her home."

Freddie nods. "Is there anything I could do to help?"

"There is. When was the last time you saw my daughter?" Victor asked.

"Over an hour ago, Cassie had taken us out for dinner and I dropped her off at the entrance of the subway." Freddie explained. "She called me almost a half an hour and told me she got attacked on the subway... by Dahl. She told me she had gotten away but-"

"Dahl caught up to her afterwards." Victor said calmly. "Thank you for the information."

"If there's anything else we can do to help, name it." Cassie told him.

"That won't be necessary. Thank you." Victor said, giving Freddie a quick look of contempt which Freddie saw.

"You can't just have us sit back and do nothing." Freddie stated. "Maybe we could-"

"The only thing you all are going to do is let the NYPD handle this and YOU are going to stay as far away from this as possible. Understand?" He replied with forceful authority.

Freddie glares at Victor. "Yeah, I got it."

Victor walks back to the crime scene as Freddie stares at the ground and kicks a piece of broken cement which goes sailing half a block away. He then walks back to Cassie's car.

Cassie moves over to Freddie and places a gentle hand on his shoulder. "Freddie?"

"Just take me back to the dorm." Freddie said, not looking at her.

"Kiddo, I-" Cassie began.

Freddie looks back at her but strangely there weren't tears in his eyes, there is a glowing electric blue energy sparking from them. Almost like literal fire in his eyes.

"Please." Freddie pleaded with her.

Cassie turns to Gabe who was seeing this too. More importantly, so was Pete who oddly didn't even flinch at the sight of this. "Okay." She said softly.

•••

Millie began to come to and she looked around to get her bearings. She sees that she is in a dank and dingy room that had been turned into a makeshift laboratory where the sound of dripping water can be heard. She goes to get up and leave but finds herself handcuffed to a metal pole attached to the wall.

"Help me!" Millie screamed. "HELP ME!"

"Scream all you want, Millicent." A grainy metallic sounding voice called from the shadows. "It won't do you any good. You can scream until your lungs bleed and not a soul in the world would hear you."

The figure steps out of the shadows. It was Professor Emil Dahl. In name only. He barely resembled a man - his human skin in his forearms looked as if it had been peeling away and replacing it was a metallic hide. The patches of metal on his skin had become bigger with the majority of the skin on his being the same metal skin peeling away his human skin. The hair on his head was falling away in patches as were portions of his scalp with the metal skin gleaming through.

Millie stares in horror at the sight of this and whimpers in terror. "Please- please don't kill me."

"Oh no. No, no, no, no no no." Dahl hissed, getting close to her face, causing Millie to let out a small yelp. "You're no good to me dead."

"What do you mean?" Millie asked, terror in her voice.

"Did you know my favorite hobby is fishing?" He told her. "When I fish, I always prefer using live bait."

"Bait?" She soon realized what he meant. "To lure Freddie?"

"Right you are, Millicent." Dahl replied with a vile grin on his face.

"Why? He didn't do anything to you!" Millie yelled. "Sure, he did push you into the energy field which turned gave you a real bad skin condition-"

"My dear, this isn't about vengeance." Dahl told her. "It's purely for science. This is a hypothesis but I surmise that what has happened to me is happening to Mr Benson, am I right?"

"Sort of. He's more pleasant to look at than you are." Millie said snidely.

Dahl quickly grabs her by the neck and squeezes tightly. "You had better hold your tongue, little girl. You remaining alive isn't a mandate, merely a formality."

Millie gasps for air and Dahl lets go of her neck. She coughs and catches her breath as Dahl continues talking.

"As I was saying, I believe your friend has become something like myself. Something beyond human." Dahl stated. "I also theorize that Mr Benson is a man of honor and won't rest until he comes to rescue you. Frankly, I'm counting on it."

He pulls back a plastic blue tarp off a large object to reveal a surgical table with restraints on it and an electrical measurement device.

"Oh my God." Millie chokes out.

"When he's distracted trying to save you, I'll beat him until he's unconscious, strap him to that table and see what makes him... tick." Dahl explained to the petrified young woman "Once I am finished, I'll dispose of the two of you... violently."

"I thought you weren't after revenge." Millie replied.

"Well, that'll just be a nice little bonus, won't it?" Dahl told her.

Millie gulps, she saw the look in his eyes. He wasn't joking.

•••

Back at their dorm at the St George, Freddie sat on the edge of his bed and staring intensely at the wall. He wasn't sure what he should be doing. All he could think about was Millie and the nightmare she was going through. He felt responsible for what was happening to her. He should've stayed with her, he could've kept her safe.

A sickening thought hit him there, the possibility that Dahl already killed Millie. A knot formed in his stomach at the terrible theory that had fallen upon him.

While Freddie remained in pensive thought, Gabe walks into the dorm and shuts the door behind him. He sat on his own bed and remained quiet for a moment until he spoke up. "Are you okay?"

"I'm honestly getting sick of people asking me that." Freddie said, not looking at Gabe.

There was another moment of silence which Gabe felt he needed to break again. "It wasn't your fault."

"Did you see the look on Detective Flores' face?" Freddie asked.

"I did." Gabe replied.

Freddie scoffs. "Then you know that's not true."

"He's worried about his daughter. We're all worried." Gabe told his roommate. "There was no way you could've known this was going to happen."

"You probably could have." Freddie replied as Gabe looked confused. "You're like the Superhero Encyclopedia, you obviously saw this coming, right?"

"And I've learned a thing or two from reading comics." Gabe told him. "One of them being that with great power comes... a ton of weird crap you are not prepared to deal with."

Freddie cracks a smile. "So that's your 'veiled' attempt at making me feel better?"

"Did it work?" Gabe asked.

Freddie stared at him and said. "Kinda."

"I'm scared too." Gabe replied. "Before all that stuff that happened between our parents, Millie was the closest thing I ever had to a best friend. She couldn't have cared less that my trust fund was eight figures. She means the world to me and I want her back as badly as you do."

"It's just- I have all this power literally coursing through me and I've never felt so powerless." Freddie explained. "I'm totally clueless about what to do."

"You think Peter Parker knew what to do when he got his powers?" Gabe replied.

"No, it took his uncle DYING for him to realize it." Freddie joked as Gabe gave him a look.

"Don't joke about that. That wound still cuts deep, man. Least you didn't mention Gwen Stacy. That's a really deep wound." Gabe quips as Freddie laughs but stops when his eyes furrow. "What?"

"You're getting an email." Freddie stated when Gabe's phone chimes.

Gabe grabs his phone and reads the screen. He looks up at Freddie and says "That's seriously getting creepy now."

Freddie manages a weak smile as Gabe begins to read the email. "Who's it from?"

"You mean you don't know?" Gabe asked as he began to look at the message.

"The IP address is too encrypted. Could be just spam." Freddie said with a shrug.

"It's not spam." Gabe said darkly as he finished reading the e-mail. He looks up at him. "You already know what it says, don't you?"

Freddie swallows hard. "I was really hoping it was a joke."

Gabe looks back the email which reads:

'You want the girl, come get her.'

The two friends look back at each other. Freddie balls his fists in anger which are sparking with electrical energy. His right fist was clenched so tightly that a trickle of blood dripped from his fist.

•••

Cassie stood by the window of her apartment, looking across the street from Luzoni's which was still surrounded by police tape. She still couldn't believe this happened right across the street from her home. To people she knows.

"So..." Pete's voice broke her train of thought. Cassie turns around to face Pete who was sitting on her couch. "I came to your apartment like you asked me to. You said you would explain to me what happened out there."

Cassie looks down at the floor. "It's kind of hard to explain."

"Try me." Pete replied frankly. "Are you going to tell me why Freddie's eyes were glowing like that?"

Cassie lets out a deep breath ."Do you want the truth or a long winded rigmarole as I desperately try to come up with a believable version of the truth?"

"I would prefer the whole truth if you don't mind." Pete stated.

Cassie looks seriously at Pete. "I need to know if I can trust you. I mean REALLY trust you. I am betraying someone else's trust in keeping their secret. I need to know what I tell you to stay with you and never leave this room. Can. I. Trust. You?"

Pete stares back at Cassie and nods. "You have my word."

"Hope he doesn't hate me for this." Cassie bites her lip and looks at him. "You remember the accident that put Freddie in the hospital?"

"Got struck by lightning, right?" He said, nodding.

Cassie takes a deep breath. "Somehow... that accident did something to him. Changed him."

"What are you saying?" Pete uttered with an amused smile. "Are you saying your nephew gained special powers from that lightning strike?"

"Yes. That's exactly what I'm saying." Cassie stated with grim calm which caused Pete's grin to fade.

"You're serious?" He stated as she sat down next to him on the couch. "Is he okay?"

"Physically he is. Mentally? I'm not too sure." Cassie said, with a soberness in her posture. "I've spent the last three days training him. Teaching him how to harness this newfound power. Showing him that he has the strength to overcome what it is he's going to be facing."

"What do you think he's going to face?" Pete asked.

"To be perfectly honest… I don't even know but what I do know is that it's not going to be pretty." Cassie replied. "I just don't want him to lose himself in these newfound powers. I-I want to protect him." She laughs at herself. "I sound pretty stupid, don't I?"

Pete shakes his head. "Not at all." He sighs. "Does all this have to do with that girl who was kidnapped?"

"Millie." Cassie said sadly. "Her name is Millie Flores. She's become friends with Freddie and was there when he got his powers. Which is probably the reason she was kidnapped."

Pete lets all this sink in as Cassie stares at him. She wasn't sure what he might say or do until he let out a sigh and said something that astounded her. "You're going to need some help."

Cassie looks at him flabbergasted. "Is this you offering?"

Pete simply said. "It is."

Cassie cracks a small smile until her Pearphone rings. She checks the caller ID and looks back at Pete. "It's Freddie. I have to take this."

"Go ahead." He reassures her.

Cassie gets up off the couch and answers. "Hey, what's going on?" She listens but is overwhelmed by what she was hearing. "Wait, wait, slow down. What happened?" After a pause, she spoke up as her face blanched. "Oh. Oh no. I'll meet you guys down there. Don't tell him anything until I get there. Okay, see you in a bit."

She hangs up as Pete gets up from the couch. "What's going on?"

"Gabe got an email from Millie's kidnapper. He and Freddie are headed to Victor's precinct now." Cassie replied.

"Let's go." Pete said as he tosses Cassie her jacket and puts on his own jacket. She stares at him incredulously. "I told you I want to help. This sort of constitutes that."

Cassie nods as she puts on her jacket. "Looks like it's gonna be a long night. Hope you don't get sick of me."

Pete chuckles as they head out of her apartment.

•••

Freddie paces outside the building of Victor's police precinct as Gabe watches him pace until he's had enough. "Benson?" Freddie stops and turns to Gabe. "You keep that up and you're going to end up wearing a path into the sidewalk."

"Right, sorry." Freddie said but regretted saying that last word. "Millie told me to stop doing that."

"Doing what?" Gabe asked.

"Saying 'sorry', she told me that before she got on the subway." Freddie replied with a seriousness in his voice. "I feel like I've been saying that word so much that the word has lost all meaning. I only hope that wasn't her last request."

"We're gonna get her back, man." Gabe told him. "You just have to believe that, too."

Freddie hears a car pull up and sees Cassie and Pete get out of Black Beauty. "What's this?"

"You guys remember Pete, right?" Cassie said nervously.

"Yeah, it has been less than a few hours since we met him." Gabe stated. "We aren't goldfish, Cass."

"What's he doing here?" Freddie asked with an eyebrow raised.

"I'm here to help." Pete told him.

Freddie glances at him then at Cassie who tries to avert his gaze. "Just a sec." He grabs Cassie by the arm and pulls her a little further from Gabe and Pete who stare at each other perplexed.

"So..." Gabe began as Pete gave him an uncomfortable gaze.

"What is he doing here?" Freddie asked.

"Okay, ouch!" Cassie replied in pain which caused her to pull her arm away from his grasp. "What is your damage?"

"Don't change the subject. What is he doing here?" Freddie asked frustrated.

"Pete is here to help." Cassie replied.

"Why would he-" Freddie soon realizes what is going on. "You told him, didn't you?" He asked his aunt in a hushed tone.

"He saw your eyes glowing, what did you want me to tell him?" Cassie replied.

"It took you all but four days to reveal my secret to a random stranger?" He asked frantically.

"No, not random. Pete's a friend." She said to him.

Freddie shakes his head and realizes. "You like him, don't you? And don't say you don't because the look on your face is SO transparent."

Cassie sucks in air. "And if I do, what does that have to do with anything? He's a good guy, we can trust him."

"Come on!" Freddie stated in frustration.

"Okay, don't believe me but fact of the matter is that I told him and he believed me." She retorts. "He could've easily ran out of the room and called the men in white to take me away. And he didn't, he offered to help. Least we can do is give him the benefit of the doubt."

"No, you can do that." Freddie told her. "What I will do is keep an eye on him and if he does turn out to be a not such an upstanding guy, I'll have the right to tell you 'I told you so'."

"You do that then." Cassie replied.

"I will." He sneered.

"Good." Cassie snapped.

"Fine!" Freddie yelled as he stomped into the building with Cassie in tow while Gabe and Pete looked at each other.

"What just happened?" Pete asked.

"Not sure but all I can say is 'Welcome to the Team, Petey'." Gabe replied as they follow Freddie and Cassie inside the building

•••

The four of them walk into the precinct where they find Victor Flores sitting at his desk as he's about to leave for the night.

Freddie and Cassie turn to face Gabe and Pete. "You guys stay here while we go talk to Detective Flores." Freddie said to them.

Gabe nods as Pete looks at Cassie who motions for him to do as Freddie instructed. The two relatives walk towards Victor who was putting on his coat.

"Detective, we have some information we need to show you." Freddie told him.

"Can't it wait till morning?" Victor asked in a tired voice.

"Do you want to find your daughter?" Cassie asked.

"Yes but I have stretched every avenue to find her." Victor replied. "Unless you have the holy grail of clues, I'm calling it a night."

"Gabe got an email from-" Freddie began.

"An email? You expect me to put all my hopes in finding my daughter on an email?" Victor asked incredulously.

"Vic, I've found out about certain people with less." Cassie replied.

"I'm a police detective, not a discount gumshoe who uses her skills to find out if some celebutante's husband is having an affair with the dog walker." He said in an insulting manner. "You're not going to convince me that the two of you and the rest of the Scooby gang are going to have what I need to find my daughter?"

Cassie glares at him. "If I didn't already have a wrap sheet, I wouldn't have a problem dropping you right here and now!"

Freddie stares at his aunt. "Do you have a criminal record?"

"Let's just say I have spent some time in juvenile detention but that's a story for another day." Cassie replied. "Vic, let us help you find Millie."

"Cassandra, I'm already skating on extremely thin ice in this department for unrelated infractions. I can't go around chasing dead ends with a reformed juvenile offender, her dangerous nephew and the less than trustworthy company they keep." Victor stated as he looked over at Gabe then stared at Cassie. "You take this clue and use your investigative skills. When you have to find solid evidence so I can find Millie, get back to me. However, don't drag me into this until then. Do I make myself clear?"

Cassie glares at him and with gritted teeth says "Crystal."

Cassie and Freddie allow Victor to pass between them and he leaves. Gabe and Pete walk over to them.

"I take it didn't go well." Pete replied.

"Nope." Freddie replied.

"Now what?" Gabe asked.

"We're going to use that email and find Millie ourselves." Cassie stated.

"By going above the law?" Pete asked.

"Do you think that's a good idea?" Gabe questioned.

"We offered to help Detective Flores... twice." Freddie stated as they also walked out of the building as well. "Think it's time we do things our way."

"And that means?" Gabe asked.

"Tonight we use that email to track down Dahl." Freddie said. "Tomorrow night, we will get Millie back."

•••

Millie was now alone in the lab, trying to see if there was a way she could escape. She hears the sound of a train but she couldn't make out if the makeshift laboratory was underground in the subway tunnels or near a train yard.

She pulls on the handcuffs tightly to see if she could use all the strength she could muster to break them. It was a dumb idea but as they say 'desperate times call for desperate measures'. As she tried pulling on the handcuffs, the pipe she was handcuffed to began to budge. The pipe was old and rusted, it's condition was weak which could prove fruitful in a chance to escape.

Millie's hopes were dashed as she hears the sound of approaching footsteps. She sits back down where she was while Emil Dahl returns with a convenience store bag filled with supplies.

"Did you miss me?" He replied in a voice that chilled Millie to her core.

"What kept you?" She asked, feigning interest.

"I needed some supplies." He said as he pulled out something from the bag and he tossed it at Millie. "I brought you nourishment."

Millie saw that it was a can of Wahoo Punch and a pack of Fat Cakes. "Why do you care if I'm hungry or thirsty?" She asked as she grabs the food and drink.

"Well I can't let you starve to death or dehydrate before Mr Benson arrives." Dahl replied. "After I get what I want, I could care less what happens to either of you."

Millie took a drink and asked. "Am I free to ask questions?"

"That all depends, what do you wish to know?" Dahl said as he began working on his devices.

"What happened to you?" Millie asked. "I'm not talking about the accident on the roof. We all know what happened there. I'm talking about why you are SO obsessed with your experiments?"

There was a moment where Dahl stopped what he was doing. "What do you want to do, Millicent?"

"You answer my question with a question?" Millie asked as she chewed a bit of Fat Cake.

"I am a scientist." He told her. "What do you aspire to be?"

Millie stares at him, letting out a deep sigh. "I wanna help people."

"I want to help people as well. Lot of us want to help." He replied. "I want to figure out how the world works. How the universe works, why things are the way they are and what I can do to change that."

"How does murdering people factor into this?" She inquired.

"Well as they say, you can't make an omelet without cracking a few skulls." He replied. "Or something to that effect."

"Do you have a family?" Millie asked, taking another sip. "Parents? Siblings? Wife? Kids?"

Dahl stares back at her. "Is this your idea of stalling?"

"No, I'm trying to understand what makes you go from a man of science to... Well, a monster." She replied.

He stares back at her. "My parents died when I was very young, no siblings. I was adopted by an Austrian genetics professor and his long suffering wife Ava. The only person who truly loved me. I had a wife named Katya, and a son, Ivan. She left me because I was too busy with my work and took Ivan with her. Now, are we done with pointless conversion?"

Millie remained quiet as Dahl continued his work. She did feel a small amount of pity for him but she still hoped that Freddie kicked his metallic butt.

•••

Back at the dorm, Gabe sat on a desk in front of his Pearbook while Freddie lay on his bed. He uses the palm of his left hand to rub his forehead as if he had a headache.

Gabe looks at Freddie and said "I'd ask if you were okay but I have a feeling you'd probably throttle me."

Freddie smirks at his roommate as he dozes off. A familiar voice wakes him "Not the best time to be taking a nap, Freduardo." He looks up and sees Sam sitting next to him, wearing the clothes she wore the night of the lock-in. The night she kissed him the second time. Or third, never figured out that whole 'Melanie' fiasco. A small smile forms but quickly fades.

"You aren't real." Freddie said simply. "This is all in my head."

"Yeah, it's not like I'm some all-knowing facet of your personality stalking you in your dreams or anything." Dream Sam replied.

"At this point, I'd even buy that explanation." He stated, rubbing his eyes.

A grin appears on Dream Sam's face but it fades as she bluntly tells him. "You're not gonna beat him. Not with brute force alone."

Freddie sits up and looks at her. "Am I going to be able to beat him?"

"Can't tell you that. I'd be ruining the surprise." Dream Sam told him. "Wanna know the deal? You gotta use that egghead brain of yours plus your superpowers to beat him."

"Got any pointers?" Freddie asked.

Dream Sam simply said "Crush him like a soda can."

Freddie states back at her confused as he hears another voice.

"Benson? Benson, wake up."

Freddie looks up and sees Gabe still on the computer. He sits up and rubs his eyes. "What's up? You found something?"

"Oh yeah." Gabe told him as Freddie quickly gets up off the bed.

"What'd you find?" Freddie asked eagerly.

"You told me that the IP address was encrypted, right?" Gabe said.

"Yeah, it was hard to pinpoint an exact location." Freddie replied.

"Because the email was sent using a signal router that any novice hacker could use to mask their location. It uses multiple hot spots within a ten mile radius." Gabe explained.

"That narrows it down." Freddie said sarcastically. "That gives Dahl a lot of ground to cover. Even with my hacking skills, no way that I could pinpoint an exact location."

"Well lucky for you that your roommate is the King of the Hackers, well Crown Prince." Gabe gloated. "I was able to triangulate the signal and narrow down to a few possible locations from a ten mile radius to two."

Freddie states at the computer screen. "Gotcha ya."

•••

The next morning, Cassie and Pete were in front of a tunnel in an old train yard. Cassie wore her tan leather jacket, a tight black top, black jeans and brown cowboy boots. Pete was wearing a black long sleeved T-shirt, dark blue jeans and black work boots. Each of them had a flashlight in their hands.

"Is this the last location?" Pete asked.

"Yeah, Freddie told me to call him if we found anything." Cassie said as they examined the tunnel entrance. "I feel like we're not going to find anything and I don't know how he's going to take the news."

"You giving up already?" Pete joked as Cassie turned towards him.

"I'm not giving up until we find her. If that means chasing a white rabbit down a hole in order to find Millie, so be it." Cassie stated as she held up a flashlight.

"Well let's hope we don't lose our heads then." Pete retorts as he pulls out his flashlight.

Cassie smiles as they enter the tunnel entrance. They shine their flashlights in the darkened tunnel as their footsteps echo inside. "If I were a deranged homicidal scientist, where would I hide?" Cassie uttered as they rounded a corner. Pete looks down then quickly grabs Cassie and they land on their backs. "What are you do-"

Pete points his light at where Cassie was about to go and shows her the tripwire she was about to snap. "Ever heard the phrase 'look before you leap'?"

"Don't rub it in." She quips as he helps her to her feet. "Thanks."

"Anytime." He said as Cassie pulled a small knife strapped to her boot. She cuts the wire and safely defuses the trap - four nail guns fire multiple shots of nails in the space Cassie was about to step in.

After the trap finishes firing, Pete said. "I'm thinking that Dahl is here."

"Him or a band of homeless marauders." Cassie said as they looked around.

The two of them try to go further down the tunnel when they are ambushed by four disheveled looking homeless men. They were each holding makeshift weapons - two by fours with nails hammered into them, metal pipes and one even had a hammer in his hands.

Pete looks at Cassie. "You know it's your fault for saying that?"

"What are you people doing here?" The ringleader asked, he was the one holding the hammer.

"We're looking for someone." Cassie told the men.

"Well ya found someone, sweet cheeks!" The homeless man holding a pipe said.

"We don't want any trouble." Pete told them.

"Should've thought about that before you invaded our tunnel." One of the other homeless men said, who was holding the two by four.

They attack Cassie and Pete who tried their best to disarm their attackers without seriously injuring them. They easily dispatch the two holding the pipes but the man holding the two by four tries striking Pete with his weapon but Pete knocks the weapon out of his hand and tackles him to the ground.

The ringleader goes to bash Pete's head with the hammer but Cassie grabs him and delivers a hard right hook across his jaw. He stumbles and tries to hit Cassie with his hammer but she counters this by throwing her knife at him which lands in his arm. He reels back in pain and Cassie tackles him and quickly yanks the knife out of his shoulder then holds it to his throat.

"That's enough!" Cassie told him as the ringleader gasps in pain. "We didn't come for a fight. We're just looking for a friend. You can either behave and I will pull my knife from your neck or I will slice your throat open, it's your choice."

The first two Cassie and Pete took down slowly to get to their feet. They go to attack Cassie but the ringleader speaks up. "No! These ones are harmless."

The homeless men stop as Pete helps the homeless man he tackled to his feet.

"Harmless? She put a knife in your body." One of his friends said as Cassie got off the ringleader and he got to his feet.

"I've taken worse, Jess." The ringleader replied. "She would have thrown it somewhere much worse if she wanted to really hurt me."

Jesse, the one Pete tussled with, nods in agreement.

"You handled yourself pretty good, girlie. I'm Walt, this is my crew - Jesse, Yoyo, Ed and Badger." The ringleader introduced.

"I'm Cassie, this is my friend Pete." Cassie said as Pete went over to stand next to Cassie.

"You said you're looking for a friend?" Walt replied.

"Yes. We think she got taken down here against her will." Cassie stated.

"We didn't take anybody!" Yoyo shouts.

"We weren't saying that it was any of you." Pete said. "He's tall, might be wearing a hood or a lab coat."

The last part caught the men's attention. "Got metal arms and metal patches on his face?" Jesse described.

Cassie's eyes widened in surprise. "You've seen him?"

"Oh yeah." Jesse said.

"This tunnel used to full of people like us. Most just seeking shelter." Walt told them. "A few days ago, that man came through. Scared off the ones were lucky enough to escape with their lives. Me and my men stayed behind in hopes we could chase him out of here ourselves. Back when there were nine of us."

"Did you see him with a girl? Average height, long black hair, pretty?" Cassie asked.

"I did." Badger said. "Last night I saw him drag that girl down here. She was real pretty, looked like my sister." A look of sadness fell on Badger's face.

"That's our friend Millie." Cassie said with a look of relief. "Was she okay?"

"Scared out her wits but she seemed fine." Badger replied.

"We need to get that freak out of here before he kills anymore of my people." Walt replied.

"Don't worry, we'll get him out of here." Cassie reassured. "Disarm all your booby traps and get out of the tunnel before sundown. We'll make sure he won't hurt anyone else again. I can guarantee you that you'll have your home back by sunrise tomorrow morning."

Walt nods in understanding. "You heard the lady, that's an order."

The men head deep into the tunnel as Cassie and Pete go to leave.

"Hey!" Jesse's voice called, which caused Cassie and Pete to turn. "You guys cops?"

Cassie simply smiles and says. "Nope."

"We're the good guys." Pete stated which caused Cassie to stare at him quickly and they made their way out of the tunnel.

•••

Freddie and Gabe were walking to their next class when Freddie stopped. Gabe looks at him. "Cassie calling you?" Gabe already knew Freddie's powers were working in full force when Freddie's phone rings.

Freddie smirks as he answers his phone. "Cassie, what's up?"

"Our fact-finding mission paid off." Cassie told him.

"You found her?" Freddie asked as Gabe became excited.

"Not exactly but it's an extremely strong lead. Pete and I took quite a beating in order to get it." Cassie told him. "What's next?"

"Go back to your apartment, we'll go there after classes are finished. Have to get some stuff first." Freddie stated.

"You sure you want to do this?" Cassie asked.

"Five thousand percent sure." Freddie replied.

"Percentages don't go that high. Thought you were smarter than that." Cassie joked.

"Just go home." Freddie said an annoyed tone as he hung up.

"They find Millie?" Gabe asked.

"Not exactly but it's a strong lead." Freddie replied. "We're getting her back tonight."

"Getting who back?"

Freddie and Gabe turn around and find Jane Louis walking up to them.

"Jane, hey." Freddie greeted her.

"I feel like you're avoiding me." Jane said.

"I've just had a lot of stuff I'm dealing with." Freddie told her.

"I know." Jane replied. "I heard about what happened to your friend Millie. Have you heard any news?"

"Nothing yet." Gabe said.

"But you said you were getting her back." Jane questioned.

"Um well, what I meant was-" Freddie began.

"He meant that the police might have found something that could help find her." Gabe said. "Benson's just being cautiously optimistic. Isn't that right, Freddie?"

Freddie stares at his friend with amazement. "Yeah."

"All right. While you're waiting to hear any news, why don't you and I go somewhere. You still owe me a date, you know." Jane said.

"I-I do, it's just I have plans. I have to help my aunt fix her laptop. She isn't very good with computer hardware." Freddie told her.

Jane sighs, sounding disappointed. "Starting to make a girl feel like you aren't interested."

"It's really important. If it weren't, I'd cancel and hang out with you." Freddie replied nervously.

Jane smiles. "That's sweet but I actually already had plans. I just wanted to see if you MIGHT be free."

Freddie grins. "So you were going to toy with me?"

Jane grins "Like a cat with a mouse. You've been giving me the run around for the past few days. I figured that turnabout was fair game."

"That seems fair." Freddie said with a smile.

Gabe walks over to him. "We gotta get to class, man."

"Guess I've better get going." Freddie began.

"You're starting to become quite elusive, Mr Benson." She jokes. "But sooner or later, I'm gonna catch ya."

"Looking forward to it." Freddie said as she walked away.

Gabe smiles as he pats Freddie on the back. "And you say I'M the ladies man. That was smooth."

"Speaking of smooth, nice save." Freddie replied.

"Well, somebody's gotta keep your cover straight." Gabe said. "Who else than the Superhero Encyclopedia."

Freddie laughs as they walk off.

•••

Millie watches in disgust as Dahl peels off more of the human skin on his scalp. He hears a noise and goes to inspect it. She looks up at the pipe and begins to pull on her handcuffs. With one swift pull, she gets free and runs as fast.

Dahl rushes back into the room and finds Millie is gone.

Millie ran down a narrow hallway as fast as she could but stops when she ended up in a tunnel. She hops down and tries to find the way out.

At that moment, Millie runs into someone. She screams, thinking Dahl has caught her, but it was Badger - a member of Walt's crew.

"It's okay. I ain't gonna hurt you." Badger replied to calm down a still screaming Millie. "You Millie?"

Millie calms down after hearing her name. "How did you know my name?"

"Some friends of yours were here awhile ago." Badger told her. "I'll take you to my friends and we'll-"

Unexpectedly, a steel fist burst through Badger's chest and some of his blood splatters on Millie's clothes.

The fist is pulled out of the body and Badger falls into a heap in between Millie and an enraged Dahl. Millie tries to run but Dahl grabs her from the back of her neck.

"You bad, bad girl. Look what you made me do." Dahl said.

Millie yelps in pain as Dahl drags her back to the lab.

From around the corner, Walt watches the scene with a glare and rushes away.

•••

Back at Cassie's apartment, Cassie was treating a small gash on his forearm. "That Jesse guy got you good." Cassie said as she applied antiseptic spray on his wound. Pete grits his teeth as he makes a pained expression. Cassie winces due to embarrassment. "Sorry."

"Don't worry. It's fine. Could've been worse." Pete replied. Cassie smiles as she finishes patching him up. "That Walt guy did have a point, you definitely can hold your own in a fight."

Cassie grins "I don't like to brag... usually. I'm just a girl who can take care of herself."

"And yet here you are, playing nursemaid." Pete replied.

"Never said I didn't have a soft side." Cassie said as there was a knock at the door. "But I'm no Florence Nightingale. Might need to treat that wound if I did a terrible job."

Cassie walks to the door as Pete rolls down his sleeve. She opens the door and finds Gabe standing at the door with a bag draped over his shoulder and carrying a black heavy duty briefcase in his left hand. He looks over at the pair with interest.

"Am I interrupting something?" Gabe asked as he walked inside.

"Nothing you need to concern yourself about." Cassie said as she closed the door. "Where's Freddie?"

"Back at the dorm, he had to pick up a few things." Gabe stated as he set his bag on the coffee table. "He said you guys found a lead?"

"We did, this may be the place Dahl is holding Millie." Cassie replied.

"Took quite a beating to do so." Pete replied.

Gabe sets down the briefcase next to the couch and begins pulling out his equipment from his bag including a laptop and a headset.

"Tell me that you tried talking Freddie out of this." Cassie wondered.

"I don't get you." Gabe stated. "A few days ago, you were all gung-ho for training him to use his powers. Now you DON'T want him to use his powers to help get Millie back?"

"It's not that, I just don't want to see him get hurt." Cassie explained.

"This from the woman who spent those training days kicking the crap out of him." Gabe stated.

"We were sparring and honestly, I was being gentle compared to other people out there who will try to knock his block off." Cassie exclaimed. "You want him to go out there and play superhero but this isn't fun and games or a work of fiction. This is the real world and people get hurt, okay? People die."

Gabe swallows hard but he stares back at her. "It's Freddie's decision. I think you should respect it."

Cassie bites her lip as Pete gives a supportive glance. "I do. I only hope he's ready for it."

•••

Freddie was digging through his side of the closet. He grabbed a long sleeved black V-neck shirt, a pair of black on black Chuck Taylors, a black hoodie, a dark blue bandana and some black pants.

He goes towards his bed looking under the bed for something but instead finds the leather bag Cassie gave him. The leather bag that belonged to his father.

Freddie had been reluctant to look inside the bag long before the accident. Guess this was the best time as any to work up the nerve. He slowly unzips the bag and looks inside where find certain strange objects - a government issued ID badge with his father's name on it, four discs with a strange symbol that resembled the number six, a photograph of an infant and a sealed envelope with a letter inside.

Freddie flips the photo over and the back of it reads 'Fredward Benson- February 8th 1994'. He looks at the envelope which reads 'To My Son'.

A twinge of reluctance went through Freddie on whether to open it but he swallowed his pride and opened the letter. He begins to read the letter:

"Fredward,

I gather that if you are reading this, I am not in your life and I haven't been for most of your life. I don't think there is anything I could say to you that could excuse a father abandoning his son. What I can tell you is that I did this to protect you and your mother. My life is filled with danger and I have seen things that have broken stronger men. I could never live with myself if that life put you or anyone else I love at risk. I want to give you a better life but I realized that the only way I could do that is if I wasn't in it. I know that you'll become a man that will make me proud. Not because of me, but in spite of it. You just have to decide what kind of man you want to be, Freddie. Whoever that man is... he's going to change the world.

You are always in my heart.

Your father,

Leonard Sinclair Benson"

Tears formed in Freddie's eyes as he looks back at the letter. His eyes suddenly began to glow with electric blue energy. He closes his eyes and he opens them and the literal fire in his eyes has been replaced with figurative fire in his eyes.

He quickly but carefully puts the objects he found in the leather bag and placed it under the bed. He grabs what he had initially been looking for - a black duffel bag. He zips open the bag and loads the clothing he took out of the closet into the bag.

Freddie zips up the bag and he heads out the door, draping the bag strap over his shoulder. He looks back at his bed, seemingly to be looking at the letter that was in the bag. With his head held high, Freddie exits the room.

•••

Walt and his crew find the body of their friend Badger. They look sad at the loss of their friend. He motions for Ed and Yoyo to wrap Badger's body in a plastic tarp.

Jesse walks over to Walt. "Think this plan will work?"

Walt nods as Ed and Yoyo make their way out of the tunnel with Jesse leading the way.

Walt stares at the pool of blood on the ground and walks away.

•••

At Cassie's apartment, Cassie waits outside of her bathroom while Pete helps Gabe set up his equipment. Pete checks the briefcase but Gabe moves it with his leg. "Those aren't for you."

"What's in there?" Pete asked.

"Toys." Gabe simply said.

The door to Cassie's bathroom opens and Freddie steps out, wearing the clothing he loaded into the duffel bag. Cassie smirks at her nephew who notices.

"What?" Freddie asked.

"Trying hard to look like a ninja?" Cassie quips.

"Are you giving me permission to do this?" Freddie asked.

"I think you were going to do this whether I let you or not." Cassie replied. "I'm not your mother, Freddie. Just the substitute parental figure who cares whether or not you live through this."

"Having your blessing would mean a lot, though." Freddie told her.

Cassie smiles, touched at the sentiment "You have my blessing... But if you get killed, I'm telling."

Freddie grins as he glances at Gabe's briefcase. "What is that?"

Gabe grins mischievously. "I managed to score some gear for your mission." He opens the briefcase and reveals several different high tech gadgets inside. First he holds up a pair of what look like ordinary sunglasses. "These are the latest in state of the art military grade eye wear."

Freddie takes them from Gabe and holds them up. "Are they like night vision goggles?"

"That and they have several other functions - infrared, telescopic vision, thermal and electromagnetic detection. These babies are lightweight and made for covert ops." Gabe described.

"Are those things standard issue?" Pete asked.

"Nope, they're in the prototype phase." Gabe stated. "They've been in testing for weeks."

"Why doesn't that fill me with confidence." Cassie said to Gabe.

"Oh ye of little faith." Gabe said as he pulled out another piece of tech and threw it to Freddie who catches it instinctively.

"Wicked catch." Pete replied.

"I've had practice." Freddie said looking at the device which resembles a computerized wrist watch. "This a wrist communicator?"

"Do I look like Alpha 5?" He said as Freddie snickers but Pete and Cassie miss the joke. "Never mind. That is a portable computing device that'll allow me to deliver important information to you and can help relay information back to me that I can't get myself. It'll also have a powerful cryptograph program that'll allow you to hack into systems yourself in case the systems can only be accessed manually."

"Nice." Freddie said in an impressed tone as he puts on the wrist.

"And that's not all, I got one more thing." Gabe said, reaching into the briefcase and pulling out a small box.

"What's that?" Pete asked as Gabe opens the box where he reveals four small earpieces.

"These are the latest in two way communication. They have built in camouflage to allow for it to remain undetected by the naked eye." Gabe explained.

"Neat... but why four?" Cassie asked.

"Well, I figured that you might also want to make contact with Freddie while he's out there." Gabe stated.

"So instead one voice in my head, I'll have two." Freddie joked.

Cassie rolls her eyes. "Where'd you get all this?"

"You can thank dear old dad. These are all courtesy of Morgan Innovations." Gabe said proudly.

"You stole all these, didn't you?" Pete remarked with a smirk on his face.

Gabriel smiles like a Cheshire Cat. "I borrowed them. No one is gonna miss 'em especially if the boss' son was the one who took them."

Cassie shakes her as Freddie applies the earpiece in his right ear. "Nervous?"

"I'm not worried." Freddie said in an unconvincing manner as he put on the glasses Gabe gave him.

Gabe finishes setting up as Cassie and Pete look at him. "Everything is online and ready to go."

"Good. Freddie, I think you can-" Before Cassie could finish, the gang realized Freddie was gone. "Freddie?"

"Where'd he go?" Pete asked.

"I decided to skip the long winded speech and jump straight into the super heroics." Freddie's voice is heard from Gabe's computer.

"A little warning next time, kiddo." Cassie replied.

"Gabe, send me the coordinates to the location." Freddie is heard saying.

"It's pretty far from here to there. Sure you can make it there quickly on foot?" Pete asked.

"Enhanced speed should help." Freddie said. "Just hope my free running skills aren't rusty."

•••

Freddie is running down a back alley at incredibly fast speed. He was now wearing the hood over his head and the bandana to cover the bottom of his mouth.

Freddie sees a high fence in front of him and he rushes towards it. He uses his increased speed to leap up the fence and land on the top of the fence. The feat even surprises Freddie as he leaps down to the other side of the fence.

"Sweet!" Freddie enthusiastically stated.

With that, Freddie runs off.

•••

Detective Victor Flores sat on his desk, sifting through the Dahl case which was troubling him. How did this mentally unbalanced man become abnormally strong? Why did he take his daughter? Did this have anything to do with the Benson boy? There were so many questions and few answers.

Suddenly his cellphone rings which he quickly answers. "Flores."

"I have information regarding your daughter's kidnapping." A distorted voice is heard on the other end.

"Who is this?" Victor asked.

"Someone who wants to help." The voice told him.

"I'm probably insane for even entertaining this but I'm desperate." Victor said. "What do you know?"

"I have the location of where your daughter is." The voice told Victor.

"If this Emil Dahl-" Victor replied, gritting his teeth.

"No. I can assure you I am not Emil Dahl." The voice replied. "This is a person who wants to stop him as badly as you do."

"Who are you?" The detective asked, confusion etched on his face.

"Like I said, I am someone who wishes to help you." The voice said.

"Send me the location." Victor replied.

•••

Back at Cassie's apartment, Gabe was the voice talking to Victor Flores over the phone. He was using a vocal distortion software. "Once you have this location, I ask you to go there alone."

"I don't think I can do that." Victor's voice is heard asking.

Cassie and Pete listened to the conversation. Cassie more intently.

"I ask you to put your family before your job this once. It'll save your daughter's life." Gabe told Victor.

•••

"If you love your daughter, you need to go alone." Gabe's distorted voice stated.

"I'll go alone." Victor said as his phone chimes. He sees he has an encrypted email which had an address on it.

"It won't be easy but you will have help." Gabe replied. "Good luck."

"Wait, what help?" Victor asked but the line went dead. He grabs his gun and his coat then heads out.

•••

Gabe looks at Cassie and Pete. "It's done. Hope we did the right thing."

Cassie stares at him as she looks at Pete who placed something in his ear. She hands him something and he heads out of the apartment.

•••

At the entrance to the tunnel, Freddie walks towards the entrance. "I'm here. Guide me through this." Freddie said to Gabe through the two way earpiece. "I've got a feeling this is going to be like a winding labyrinth in there."

"Well, you're not wrong. This is an old subway tunnel but still functional in certain areas." Gabe replied. "I've dug up some blueprints for the tunnels."

"Good. Last thing I want is to run into a dead end." Freddie stated as he heard footsteps behind him. He quickly turns and holds his hands up, ready to fight.

Walt and his crew were behind him but they raise the hands in defense. "Whoa, take it easy!" Walt shouted.

Freddie lowers his hands. He clears his throat and deepens his voice slightly. "Who are you?"

"Name's Walt. I'm assuming you're a friend of Cassie's?" Walt asked.

"I am." Freddie said as he stares at the men with an uneasy demeanor. Something about these men didn't make him feel right. "Cassie, can you vouch for these guys?"

"They're okay." Cassie is heard on the earpiece.

"You were the ones who saw the girl we're looking for." Freddie asked.

Walt simply said. "Follow us."

"Just be careful." Cassie is heard saying in Freddie's earpiece.

Freddie apprehensively follows the men into the tunnel.

•••

Walt and his crew lead Freddie inside the passages of the tunnels. Freddie looks around the tunnel, not taking his eyes off the men. "How much further?" Freddie asked.

"Just ahead." Walt replied.

"Warn me if they're leading me into a trap." Freddie said softly to Gabe.

"No prob." Gabe's voice said but there was some interference.

Jesse stands next to Freddie "What's the deal with the mask? Playing Superman?"

"With what I can do, I can't have anyone seeing my face." Freddie states. "And for the record, Superman doesn't wear a mask."

Jesse grins as he goes to stand next to Walt.

"Freddie, you're-" Gabe's voice said but the rest was garbled.

"What is it? What's wrong?" Freddie asked.

"This way!" Walt called.

Freddie catches up with the men. He sees them staring into a darkened room. "There's no one here."

"This is the last place we saw him." Jesse told Freddie.

"Freddie, it's-" Cassie said but was cut off by static.

Freddie slowly walks into the room. He senses something is wrong but before he could do anything about it, a heavy metal door slams in shut behind him. He rushes to get it open but it was stuck.

"Don't go in there! It's a trap!" Gabe yelled as the static cleared a bit.

"Yeah, I figured that." Freddie said through gritted teeth. He stares at the men. "What are you doing?"

"Baiting a trap." Walt told him. "I reckon you're the one that psycho has been looking for. We're gonna lure the bastard here and take him out ourselves."

Freddie glares at Walt. "You have no idea what you're dealing with."

"Is that a threat?" Walt asked.

"No. It's a warning. Now let me out of here or else." Freddie said spitefully. "See, THAT was a threat."

"Ooh, we're SO scared." Yoyo said sarcastically as his buddies laugh in amusement. "What are you gonna do to us, Bilbo?"

Without saying another word, Freddie put his fist through the metal door which stuns the men. He summons some lightning from his hand and shoots a mild voltage at the men who fall to the ground.

Freddie fires lightning at the hinges and the lock on the door then knocks it down with one hand as the men get to their feet. "Was there more to this or was this all you had planned out?" He quips.

"Get him!" Walt yelled as Jesse and Ed charge at Freddie but with a few quick left-right combination punches, he knocks Ed out and throws Jesse backwards.

Yoyo tackles Freddie to the ground but Freddie kicks him off and sends him flying hard against a wall.

Jesse gets to his feet and pulls out a switchblade.

Freddie sighs in annoyance as he simply fires a bolt of lightning at Jesse's armed hand which knocks the blade out of his hand and causes him to wail in pain. Jesse barely had time to fight back as Freddie applied a leg sweep takedown on him.

Walt sees Jesse's smoldering switchblade on the ground and picks it up as Freddie punches Jesse in the face for good measure then picks himself off the ground.

"Hey!" Walt yelled to get Freddie's attention. Walt throws the knife but is horrified at what he sees next - Freddie catching the blade of the knife with his bare right hand.

"This was fun but I have to save my friend so..." Freddie throws the knife at Walt's face but the handle of the knife smacks Walt hard in the face. He falls to his knees and grabs his nose in pain as Freddie quickly punches Walt hard in the face to knock him out. "Have a good night." Freddie walks past the heap of bodies. "Can't believe you actually vouched for these guys, Cass?"

"I never said I was a great judge of character." Cassie said with her voice sounding much clearer. "You all right?"

"Nothing I couldn't handle." Freddie said as he rounds a corner. "Guys, please tell me we're not going to have any more interference. Electrical or otherwise."

"You're good to go, Benson." Gabe said. "I'm picking a high electromagnetic pulse frequency within the tunnel."

"Sure you're not picking up my own EMP frequency?" Freddie asked as he looked around the passageways of the tunnels.

"I've been able to distinguish your EMP frequency from Dahl's. His is erratic while yours is more structured." Gabe explained. "I can try to pinpoint his exact location within the tunnel system but it'll be tough though."

"Basically we're playing a game of hot or cold." Cassie joked.

"All right, let's play." Freddie replied.

•••

Detective Victor Flores enters the tunnel, armed with his service gun and a flashlight.

He points his light around the tunnel as he hears a noise behind him. He points his gun at the noise only to realize it was only a rat scurrying off.

"I REALLY like it here." He said in a sardonic manner.

He continues walking forward.

•••

Walt and his crew still lay on the ground as a figure walks over to Walt who looks up with wide eyes. "N-no. It can't end like this!"

Jesse comes to and watches the scene. He sees the horrific figure of Emil Dahl standing over Walt. He debates whether to help and goes to try to help.

Dahl raises his metallic hand ."You value your life, walk away."

Jesse looks back at Walt and after a moment of thought. He runs off like a bat out of hell.

"Coward!" Walt screams. He tries to get up but Dahl holds him down with a gravitational force as Ed and Yoyo try to get up but they are also held downward well. Walt stares up a Dahl. "I hope that g-guy takes you down."

•••

Freddie continues walking down the tunnel m I going the right way?"

"Hold up. There's a huge spike in gravitational energy." Gabe stated.

"Dahl?" Freddie asked.

"More than likely." Gabe said.

"From where?" Freddie asked.

There was a pause until Gabe said. "Back where you came."

Suddenly there was loud screaming echoing through the tunnel.

Freddie ran back towards the screaming.

•••

Victor hears the screaming as well and he recognizes that it was his daughter's scream. Victor starts running towards it. Victor was the first to reach the area and finds the mangled bodies of the homeless men. He points his flashlight and finds Dahl who was digging through Walt's bloody and dismembered torso. Dahl looks up at Victor who was frightened and disgusted by the visage of Dahl.

Victor raises his gun but Dahl pins him against the wall. He uses gravity to cause Victor to point the gun at his own head.

Just as the gun was about to fire, Freddie rushes to the scene and shoots a bolt of lightning at Dahl which causes him to lose focus and drop Victor on the ground.

Dahl stares at Freddie, even concealed under all the dark clothing he still knew it was him. Freddie stared back at the man who was no longer a man. "Catch me if you can." Dahl runs off.

Freddie goes to chase after him but stops as he stares at Victor who is stunned at what he just witnessed. Without saying anything, Freddie takes off after Dahl.

Victor watches the super powered individuals head off, trying to find the breath that was knocked out of him.

•••

Dahl runs down some passageways and rushes back into the lab where an unconscious Millie lay strapped to the gurney with sensors taped to her head. She begins to slowly come to and realizes what was going on. She tries screaming but Dahl covers her mouth.

"Shhh! Your knight in shining armor is here to save you." Dahl said as Millie's eyes read a mixture of terror and hope. "Now you can scream."

•••

Freddie rushes down the tunnel, trying to find Dahl. "Am I going the right way?"

"Yeah, just keep going straight." Gabe told him.

"Now I know how Theseus felt." Freddie muttered under his breath.

"I'm thinking this is gonna be tougher than slaying a Minotaur." Gabe joked.

"Or cutting the head off a Gorgon." Cassie replied.

"That's Perseus." Gabe replied.

"Thought it be a better fit." Cassie stated. "Seeing as how Perseus was the son of Zeus-"

The chatter was interrupted by a high pitched bloodcurdling scream.

"Millie!" Freddie yelled.

Freddie ran faster but he realized that this was playing out like his dream where he ended up with a broken leg. He thought back to what the dream version of Sam Puckett told him.

"You're not gonna beat him. Not with brute force alone." Her voice echoed in his head. "You gotta use that egghead brain of yours."

Freddie stops, turns and goes the opposite direction.

"Benson, what are you doing?" Gabe shouted "You're going the wrong way!"

"No, just using my egghead brain." Freddie said as he ran. "I'm taking the long way."

•••

"Help!" Millie yelled although she was being forced to yell this by Dahl who was grabbing her by the back of the neck. "Freddie, I'm over here! Help me!"

Dahl was standing next to the entrance, anticipating Freddie's arrival. After a few moments, Dahl lets go of Millie who stopped screaming.

"Keep screaming!" Dahl demanded. "I'll fry your brain if you don't!"

"Freddie's not stupid. He knows this is a trap." Millie replied.

"He's still human and humans make mistakes." Dahl stated still waiting for Freddie to run in.

All of a sudden, the wall on the left of Dahl bursts open and the force of an electric blast knocks him off his feet. Millie shut her eyes to avoid any debris from the wall getting in her eyes. When the dust settles. Millie looks up and sees Freddie removes the bandana from his face. She smiles as he rushes over to her and begins to untie her.

"Are you okay?" Freddie asked as he struggled to remove the binds, his nerves causing his hands to quiver just slightly.

Millie nods as she looks behind her and screams. "Freddie, watch out!"

Freddie quickly looks up and sees Dahl charging at him but Freddie dodges his attack and punches him in the stomach. The attack has no effect on Dahl who grabs by the neck and throws him against a wall.

Millie looks terrified but realizes that Freddie had loosened the straps. She begins to free herself as she watches her friend fight her captor.

Freddie got to his feet as his hands spark with electrical energy.

A sinister smile appears on Dahl's face "Glad that my hypothesis was correct. You are like me."

"I'm nothing like you!" Freddie spat.

"Is that so?" Dahl replied and swirls of gravitonic energy emit from his hands. "Why won't you admit that we have left humanity behind. I have embraced it proudly. Why won't you?" He throws the energy at Freddie who barely deflects the blast and sends it at a wall, making a hole. "Impressive."

Freddie grits his teeth and unleashes a powerful bolt of lightning at Dahl that knocks him off his feet. "You've got no idea."

Millie manages to get free and removes the sensors from her head. She stares at Freddie "Is he dead?" Dahl begins to stir and she looks petrified. "I'll take that as a 'no'."

"Get out of here." Freddie told her.

"Freddie… he'll kill you." Millie replied, her voice quivering with worry for her friend.

"If you die, then all this was pointless!" Freddie shouted which caught her off guard, He then handed her his earpiece. "Gabe is on the other end. He'll lead you out. Your dad's here. Go find him and get out of here!"

"But-" Millie began.

"You heard what I said! GO!" Freddie yelled.

Millie nods and she runs out of the lab. Dahl sees her leaving and looks at Freddie with devilish glee. "Thought she'd never leave." He fires a surge of energy at Freddie which knocks him backwards. "Now I get to have you all to myself."

Freddie stares back at Dahl. He gets to his feet and his hands glow with electric energy.

Freddie charges at Dahl and punches him hard in the face but rears back in pain. The punch had little effect on Dahl who punches him in the face and sends him crashing on the table full of lab equipment and causes his high tech glasses to fall off his face.

"Is that all you got, boy?" Dahl asked in an arrogant manner.

Freddie looks back at Dahl. Blood began to drip from a deep gash just a bit below his hair line and a small trickle of blood came from the corner of his mouth. He wipes the blood from his mouth and gets to his feet.

"I'm just getting started." Freddie said confidently with a tinge of pain in his voice.

Playtime's over.

•••

Millie runs down a tunnel on wobbly legs, struggling to get the earpiece to work. After stumbling over her feet, she gets the device to work. "Gabe, can you hear me?"

"Millie?" Gabe answered frantically. "Is that you?"

"Yeah, it's me." Millie replied, breathing a sigh of relief.

Gabe sounded relieved. "I have never been so happy to hear your voice, Mills."

"Aw, didn't think you'd care." She said with a sarcastic tone.

"Way to kill the mood, Mills." Gabe joked.

"Where's Freddie?" Cassie is heard saying.

"Cassie?" Millie asked.

"Is he with you?" Cassie asked with concern in her voice.

Millie didn't know what to tell her but she had to say it "He stayed behind to fight Dahl." She could hear the fear in Cassie's voice. "He told me you guys could lead me out of here."

"Your dad is there." Cassie said, doing her best to hide her terror.

"Did he come with Freddie?" Millie asked as she continued walking.

"No, we sent him over there. He doesn't know we were the ones who sent him though." Cassie told her. "We'll explain all this later. Right now, we need to get you guys out of there in one piece."

Millie rounds the corner and sees her dad leaning on a wall. He was still recovering from Dahl's gravity attack. "Dad? Dad!"

Victor looks up and sees a sight he never thought he'd see - his daughter. "Millie!"

Millie runs over to him and checks if he has any injuries. "Are you okay?"

"I think he just knocked the wind out of me." Victor said as he touched his daughter's face gently. "I never thought I'd see you again."

Millie's eyes well up and she hugs him. He groans in pain. "Oh. Sorry." She begins to help him to his feet. "Let's get out of here."

"Just follow my directions, Millie." Gabe told her through the earpiece. "I'll lead out of here."

•••

Back in the lab, Freddie lays face down on the ground. His exposed hands were raw, cut up and bloody.

Everything that wasn't nailed down was either scattered around the room or was in pieces. Most of the florescent lights in the room flicker as one of the lights hangs down from the ceiling, hanging on by the thread but the wire snaps and falls down.

Freddie manages to roll out of the way with lightning fast reflexes. He breathes heavily as he tries to get to his feet but falls down on his left knee and catches himself with his right arm to keep from falling down.

Freddie slowly got to his feet, his body racked with sheer agony. He grabs his ribs with his left arm and lets out a few deep breaths. He may have cracked some ribs or maybe even collapsed a lung.

Dahl stands a few feet away from Freddie. He laughed maniacally in a low tone in his voice that sounded completely off.

"Are you ready to give up?" Dahl asked. "Or do you wish to continue this foolish and pointless experiment at chivalry?"

Freddie lifted his head high. Defiantly, he refused to give up without uttering a single word.

"Why are you so eager to die, Mr Benson?" Dahl asked with peaked curiosity.

"If I have to die in order to stop you, that's the price I am willing to pay." Freddie said as he held back the pain in his voice.

"Admirable words... Coming from a dead man." Dahl said. He holds out his hands and waves of magnetic energy swirl around him. "It's a shame, you could've been my scientific breakthrough. Now you'll have to settle for being a smear on the wall."

Freddie watched as Dahl prepared for Dahl to fire his attack as the conversation with the dream version of Sam played back in his head.

"Got any pointers?"

"Crush him like a soda can."

He looks around and sees the crushed can of Wahoo Punch Millie had been drinking and an idea pops into his head.

Dahl fires his attack only to have Freddie use electrical energy to deflect the gravity attack. The two super powered individuals stood evenly matched as the energy from their attacks didn't give way.

Freddie then began to push the energy with all the strength he had to push back Dahl's energy. Dahl did his best to push back at the energy only to have Freddie push harder. Now most of the energy was now engulfing Dahl as his metallic skin began to sink into his flesh muscle tissue and he was bleeding dark brown blood from the cracks in his skin. He screams in agony as rest of his metal skin cracked and had become bent like it was being crushed by a compactor.

With one last heave, Freddie let loose a powerful bolt of lightning into Dahl which sent the already doomed scientist through a wall.

After a moment, Freddie breathes deeply as if trying to catch his breath. He slowly walks towards Dahl but he falls to his knees due to being weakened by pain. He gasps in pain as he realizes that Dahl wasn't moving, not breathing. Dahl was dead.

A part of Freddie was relieved that this monster couldn't hurt anyone else but there was a small part of him that hoped it wouldn't end like this. That he could've found another way but he had chosen not to.

Freddie saw the high tech glasses he had been given near him. There wasn't a scratch on them. He grabs them and slowly gets to his feet then limps out of the battle worn makeshift laboratory.

•••

The energy from this released an electromagnetic pulse through New York City. Most of the city was affected by the pulse - even the lights in Time Square flickered for a brief moment.

It also affected Cassie's neighborhood as she and Gabe sat in the dark.

"What happened?" Cassie asked.

"Don't know. Some kind of power surge?" Gabe asked as he tried to get his equipment back on.

"What could've-" Cassie began until she realized what might've happened. "You don't think Freddie could've done this, do you?"

Gabe looks back at her as the power starts coming back and his equipment begins to turn on. "I'm not sure of anything anymore."

Cassie stares at him as she looks at her cellphone. "Lucky my phone still works. Try to get the com links back online. I'll try using my phone." Gabe nods as he goes to work. She taps on the screen and makes a call. "Pick up the phone, Pete."

•••

Millie and her dad exited out of the entrance to the tunnel with Millie helping her dad out. "How did you manage to get free?" Victor managed to ask.

Millie fakes a puzzled expression as she tries to find her dad's car. "What do you mean?"

Victor looks at his daughter "How did you get away from Dahl?"

"I don't know. It all happened so fast." Millie replied as she finds the car and begins to lead him to it.

"You saw him too, didn't you?" Victor asked while Millie searched for his car keys. "That masked man in the hood?"

Millie didn't know what to say until she came clean. "I did. H-he saved my life."

Victor sighs "Yeah, me too."

Millie gives him a small smile, unlocking the car with his keys. "Come on, I'm taking you to a hospital." She places him into the passenger side and gently adjusts him in his seat as she shuts the door. She looks out back at the tunnel, hoping to see Freddie was okay but she didn't see him. "Freddie, please, PLEASE be okay."

•••

Pete was driving in Cassie's car, close to the train yard. All of a sudden, his cellphone rings and he answers. "Cassie?"

"Thank god you finally picked up." Cassie stated. "Where are you?"

"About five miles from the train yard. I would've gotten there sooner but there was this power outage a while ago. Slowed down traffic from a slow grind to a screeching halt." Pete explained. "The radio said it was some kind of power surge. It happened to you guys too?"

"Yeah, the reason why the com links went dead." Cassie replied. "I think-"

"Is Freddie responsible? I figured as much." Pete stated.

"Not intentionally... I don't think so." Cassie said "Just get there as quickly as you can."

"I'll do my best." Pete assured her "Granted, it's not like he's going to fall out of the sky."

Suddenly, a figure jumped from above and landed in front of the car. Pete instinctively hit the brakes and saw who had jumped in front of the car - it was Freddie, bloody and bruised. The teen stares at Pete with a look of panic that switches to relief until he passes out from the strain his body had been through.

"What happened? Are you all right?" Cassie asked in an anxious sounding manner.

"I'm fine." Pete said as he quickly got out of the car and goes to check on Freddie, still holding on to the phone. He gets a good look at Freddie and sees the shape he was in. "Jesus Christ, kid."

"Pete? Pete, what's wrong?" Cassie asked, panicking.

"Good news is I found Freddie, or I should say that he found me." Pete said as he went to check his pulse.

"I'm going to guess that there's some bad news that's going to follow that." Cassie replied, covering her fear with humor.

"Kid is in bad shape." Pete said grimly. "I need to get him to a hospital."

"No!" Cassie said adamantly.

"No?" Pete asked quizzically.

"Bring him back to my apartment as quickly as you can." Cassie ordered.

"I don't think Band-Aids and antiseptic are going to cut it, Cass." Pete stated. "He looks like he might have internal injuries."

"Just bring him back here. I know what to do." She said. "But don't bring him in through the front entrance. Take the back entrance."

"Fine." Pete relents and hangs up the phone. He gently helps Freddie off the pavement and places him in the passenger side of the car. Freddie was fading in and out of consciousness, muttering Millie's name but it turns into him uttering Sam's name. "Hang in there, kid. Going to get you some help." He closes the car door as he gets into the car and drives off like a bat out of hell.

•••

Cassie hangs up the phone as Gabe stares at her in disbelief. "What?"

"Why did you tell Pete not to take Freddie to the hospital?" He asked her quizzically. "You're not scared that his mom is gonna find out because if you are, you are just as nuts as she is if you think you can take care of this yourself."

Before she could answer, Gabe's Pearphone rings. "You should probably get that."

Gabe rolls his eyes and answers his phone. "Hello?"

"Gabe? It's me." Millie's voice said.

"Millie, hey! You're okay?" He asked as Cassie listened.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I took my dad to the hospital." She stated.

"Is he okay?" Gabe asked.

"The doctor said he's got a dislocated shoulder but I know it could've been worse if it hadn't been for Freddie." Millie said as she sighs. "Have you heard from him? Is he-"

"Yeah, Cassie's neighbor Pete found him." He said. Before Millie could ask, he responds with, "It's a long story."

"I wouldn't mind hearing it." She said, her voice shaking. "Could you please come here? I could really use a friend right now."

Gabe smiles "Just give me the address and I'll be right there as soon as I can."

Millie gave him the address as Cassie smiles at this.

•••

Half an hour later, Cassie was pacing around her apartment as she anxiously awaited Pete's arrival. Suddenly, there was a manic knocking at her door. She rushes to the door and opens it as Pete brings in a severely beaten Freddie inside.

"Put him on the couch." Cassie told him as she closed the door.

Pete gingerly puts Freddie on the couch. Cassie got a good look at her nephew and she lets out a gasp. "Where's Gabe?"

"He went to the hospital to be with Millie." Cassie replied.

"Is she all right?" He asked.

"She's fine, all things considered. Her dad was injured by Dahl but he's gonna be fine." Cassie told him.

Pete looks back at Freddie "I still think I should've taken him to the hospital. He looks like he's been through hell."

"Which is what I was afraid of. But don't worry, I got this." Cassie said as she sat on the coffee table next to Freddie. "Promise me that what you're about to see won't freak out."

Pete nods and watches as Cassie places her hands over Freddie's chest. His eyes widen as her hands glow with a pale blue light. Cassie breathes deeply as Freddie's wounds begin to heal.

[Soundtrack Note: '30,000 Feet' by Ben Rector plays]

All of a sudden, Freddie snaps awake and he breathes in deeply. He looks at his surroundings "Wh-what happened?"

"Easy, kiddo." Cassie told him as he looks down and sees her glowing hands as the glow fades.

"How did you-"

"Let's just say you aren't the only one with tricks up their sleeves." Cassie said.

Freddie stares back at them with a bit of a smile. He looked at his hands that were still stained with his blood but the wounds had healed.

Cassie goes to get up but she gets a bit light-headed and stumbles. Pete rushes over and helps Cassie stay on her feet. "I'm- I'm okay. Just give me a sec." She sits down on the edge of her coffee table.

Freddie sits up and stares at his aunt, holding her hand. Both sharing a smile.

•••

Millie was leaning on a wall in the waiting room, waiting for her father. She also anxiously waited for Gabe to hear any news he had on Freddie. She owed him everything for saving her from that mad scientist. Gabe said that they found him but she had no idea if he was hurt or worse.

Millie hears approaching footsteps and looks up to see Gabe standing next to her. "Well, aren't you a sight for sore eyes." He said to his friend.

Millie lets out a sigh "Shut up, okay." She hugs him tenderly, saying sweetly. "Just shut up."

Gabe hugs her back, he was happy to his good friend. Alive and well. They share a quiet moment when Millie pulls away and stares at him.

"How's Freddie? You told me they found him. Is he all right?" Millie asked.

"Yeah, I just heard from Pete. He told me that he's gonna be okay." Gabe said to Millie.

Millie breathes a sigh of relief. "Freddie saved my life. I owe him a debt I can never repay."

"Trust me, Benson isn't the type of guy who is going to be looking to collect." Gabe said with a smile.

Millie grins. "So... this Pete guy is Cassie's neighbor?"

"Yeah, he seems like an okay guy." He said. "He knows." Millie looks taken aback. "Cassie told him."

"The guy must be smoking hot." She replied mischievously.

"And what makes you draw that conclusion?" Gabe asked.

"Because only a guy with chiseled good looks could break Cassie's vow of silence." Millie surmised.

Gabe grins. "No comment."

"I'll take that as a yes." Millie said with a smile.

Gabe beams brightly. "Nice to see you didn't lose your spirit." Millie lets out a small laugh. He looks seriously at her. "I'm really glad you're safe. I don't…. I don't know what I would've done if something had happened to you. If I lost you. I don't wanna lose you again."

Millie began to tear up and she hugged him again.

From around a corner, Victor Flores enters the waiting area and sees Millie hugging Gabe. Victor stares at this intensely, he didn't like this one bit.

[Soundtrack Note: Song fades into the next scene]

•••

Freddie sat on the couch, holding the high tech glasses in his hands. Cassie and Pete stood in the room as they had listened to something important. "It took all the strength I had to do it. I just- I didn't want to be the one to kill him. I knew I was the only one who could stop him. I just didn't want to be the one to kill him. Sounds stupid, I know."

Cassie sighs "Sounds like you knew that if you did it that there'd be no going back."

Freddie sat in silence and let out a deep sigh.

"I know it seems pointless to ask this after the fact but why did you feel it was your responsibility to stop him?" Pete asked.

"Because I created him. I helped him with that Tesla coil that created that energy storm and I was the one who pushed him into that energy field. All me." Freddie explained.

"But you weren't responsible for everything Dahl did. He did all those horrible things under his own volition." Cassie stated.

"She's right. We reap what we sow, kid." Pete said in agreement.

"I'm just glad it's over." Cassie stated as she sees Freddie's face and bears a look of anxiety. "It is over, right? Freddie?"

Pete senses the tension building in the room. "I'll let the two of you talk. See you in the morning, Cassie?"

Cassie turns to him and nods as Pete exits the apartment. She slowly gets up and begins to pace a bit until she turns to face her nephew. "You aren't seriously entertaining the idea of becoming a superhero!"

"No." He said nervously but looked down. "Maybe. I don't know."

"Have you forgotten what happened already? You almost got yourself killed, Freddie!" Cassie stated.

"Well if I get hurt, I'll just have you giving me your healing touch and I'll be good as new." Freddie said sarcastically. Cassie stares at him. "Why didn't you tell me you had powers too?"

Cassie lets out a deep sigh. "It's not exactly information I let slip."

"You mean how you let my secret slip?" Freddie asked.

"Do not change the subject, Fredward!" Cassie snapped. "I promised your mother I'd keep you safe. I'm not going to send you back to her in a box!"

Freddie saw the look of fear and rage on her face. "I'm sorry. I love you but I'm sorry."

Cassie saw the sincerity in his demeanor and relaxed her shoulder are the tension between them died down. "So you really want to do this?"

Freddie nods "I do."

"Why?" She asked.

"Because I want to make a difference." Freddie said frankly. "There are terrible people out there and I want to make sure they don't hurt anyone else. "

"You can't be held responsible for what other people do, Freddie." Cassie stated. "This kind of thing, it's life and death. You'll stumble. You'll fail."

"I know." Freddie said softly. "But I know what it's like. If anyone understands failure, its me."

Cassie takes a breath. "Seems to me like I can't talk you out of it, can I?"

Freddie shakes his head. "Nope."

Cassie walks towards him and takes his hand. "Okay, I'll support you in whatever you do but I'm not always going to be there to be your personal safety net."

Freddie smiles as he hugs her. She smiles as he speaks. "Tell me, can someone come back from that? You know, after killing someone?"

Cassie pulls away and looks into his eyes with a warm smile. "Only someone with great strength and tenacity can come back from this. Tonight you've proven you have that. I'm just not talking about physical strength but the strength of your heart. You've had that strength inside you all along."

Freddie smiles brightly. "I just don't know where to go from here? What should my next step be?"

"Well, for starters, what do you want to be called?" Cassie asked.

Freddie stares at his aunt, biting his lip. He had some idea.

•••

Pete was inside his apartment. It looked like Cassie's place, only it had little to no furniture. He was sitting on a chair in front of a table in the kitchen when his Pearphone rings. He checks the caller ID and lets out a deep sigh. He then answers the phone.

"Yeah?" Pete said, sounding aggravated as he listens to the voice on the other end. "Don't worry, the kid's alive. He even took down the guy I told you about." He listens to the voice speak. "I don't think he had much of a choice. It was either him or that murdering psychopath." Again he listens as he rubs the bridge of his nose. "He feels bad about it too. I don't blame 'em. Remember my first." And he listens to the voice speak again. "Don't worry about a thing. I'll make sure the kid stays off their radar." He listens to the voice once more. "Cassie, too. I know, she's... something special. I'll keep you posted. I promise I'll keep 'em safe. Have a good night."

Pete hangs up the phone. He seems guilty about something as he sets the phone down on the table.

•••

Cast

Fredward 'Freddie Benson - Nathan Kress

Cassandra 'Cassie' Sinclair - Melissa Archer

Millicent 'Millie' Flores - Ashley Argota

Gabriel 'Gabe' Morgan - Landon Liboiron

Peter 'Pete' Sawyer - Charlie Hunnam

Jane Louis - Vanessa Morgan

•••

And that's episode three, I hope that everyone enjoyed it.

Now I need a little bit of help. Tell me what kind of superhero mannerisms should Freddie adopt as his alter ego? Should he be stoic and badass like Batman? Quippy and talkative like Spider-Man? Badass and troubled like Oliver Queen on Arrow? Should I blend some of those traits together? I've got some ideas but I just want an opinion on that.

Update: For those who haven't noticed, I have gone back to do some minor changes to the story. Nothing completely major, just fixing some story continuity and adding some bits to make it more enjoyable. Hope you guys like it.