"Team Two is in position." Jacque's voice said over the communicator. Vladimir nodded in approval. "Good work Forceflow. Team One is in position as well. Remember the plan. Take out the target then contact Vortex for transportation. If you encounter any of the Misfits do not engage. Repeat: do not engage. Withdraw."

"Understood." Jacques acknowledged. "Team Two out."

"Out." Vladimir repeated as he turned off the communicator. He looked at the target ahead of him. Amira and Phelan were with him. "Let's do this." Vlad said simply, his fist glowing red with waiting to be released energy.

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"We've got a situation." Duke said as he walked into Misfit Manor. "We just got word that one of the supply convoys bringing new tanks and aircraft to the Pit is under attack! Use the Mass Device and get over there now!" He ordered.

"You got it!" Althea leaped up. "Misfits, lets go!" The Misfits transported to the coordinates Duke gave them. Right away they saw the problem.

"It's those jerks from Cobra!" Toad said as he pointed at Forceflow, Metatak, and Megawatt standing amid several wrecked and burning trucks and jeeps. The soldiers that were in them were either unconscious or were seeking cover behind the wreckage. They weren't Joes and were no match for mutants, especially since the best weaponry had been stored inside the trucks themselves, inaccessible during the fight itself.

"General Hawk is not going to like this." Angelica sighed. "More paperwork for him."

"I'll go help the soldiers!" Lina said as she spied a soldier lying unconscious near them.

"Seems they've upgraded their wardrobe." Pietro noted as he looked at the mutants. Indeed the three of them weren't wearing the typical Cobra uniforms they were wearing during their last encounter, but red uniforms with a white triangle.

"Those are the Hellions' uniforms!" Fred shouted in recognition. "That's who they are!"

"Hellions huh?" Althea said. "Let's go say hi. YO JOE!"

"YO JOE!" The other Misfits cried as they ran towards the Omega Hellions.

"Remember, don't let them split us up! Work together and take them down!" Althea advised as they ran. "The others are probably just hiding in wait to ambush us like last time!" The Omegas turned to the Misfits.

"Banzai!" Metatak yelled as he shifted his arms into blades and ran at the Misfits. Forceflow used his telekinesis to lift himself off the ground and fly towards them as well.

"Wait!" Megawatt cried. "We were supposed to—oh forget it." He sighed as he ran off after his teammates.

"Avalanche! Shake things up!" Althea instructed.

"Right!" Lance agreed as he sent a tremor towards the charging Metatak, forcing him back.

"What about him?" Toad asked of Forceflow who was still flying towards them.

"Wait for it." She told him, focusing her powers. "There's an underground stream. I feel it." Forceflow flew closer and closer and then…

"Gotcha!" Althea said as she sent a torrential geyser of water exploding from underneath Forceflow as he flew above it. In addition to being drenched and knocked off course, Althea focused and molded the water into a wave that she used to smack Forceflow down to the ground, knocking him out.

"I've got sparky!" Toad said as he spat a wad of slime at Megawatt. Megawatt only narrowly avoided it. Shooting out his tongue, Toad managed to wrap it around Megawatt's leg and pulled him to the ground.

Megawatt growled as he shook himself loose and managed to pin Toad's tongue underneath his foot. "Do you know what happens to a toad when it's struck by lightning?" Megawatt asked, power crackling from his fingertips. "The same thing that happens to everything else."

He launched his lightning straight at Toad, intent on barbecuing him. He would have too if Pietro had not run in front of the oncoming lightning with a mirror taken from one of the wrecked jeeps in his hands. The lightning ricocheted off the mirror and back towards Megawatt.

The Hellion yelled as he was struck by his own attack and toppled over backwards.

"Thanks Pietro." Toad said heavily as he wound his tongue back in his mouth. "That was close."

"I just didn't want to smell burning toad. The regular smell is bad enough!"

With two of the Hellions down, at least for the moment, Xi turned his attention to Metatak, who had managed to get in close to the Misfts. "I'll handle him!" Xi said as he took out his own blade. " Face me, warrior to warrior! " He called to Metatak in Japanese.

Metatak spat derisively, answering in the same tongue. " You are no warrior. You are a ninja: a cowardly assassin and spy! I am a samurai, the embodiment of bushido, of honor! You are the lowest of the low, descendent of the eta! " He said, naming the Japanese word for the lowest caste of feudal Japanese society, whose very name meant filth.

Incensed, Xi snarled and ran at Metatak, sword swinging. Sparks flew as their blades met. Swing and counter-swing, thrust and parry, the two fighters went at each other.

They broke apart for a moment, each of them panting heavily. Xi stared right into the face of Metatak who glared back. Metatak suddenly stiffened, then collapsed. Xi blinked and saw that Althea had taken him down from behind with a blow to the head.

"Sorry Xi, but we can't let our fights get personal like this. That's how they managed to get the better of us last time." Xi frowned, but nodded.

"You are correct." Xi said as he sheathed his weapon.

"These guys aren't so tough." Toad said as they dragged Megawatt and Forceflow over to where Metatak lay unconscious.

"Where are the other four? If they were going to spring a trap then I think they waited too long." Wanda said as she used her hex powers to temporarily de-power them. "And we're here in full force."

"I don't know." Althea admitted. "We should probably contact The Pit and see if they've got a bead on the other Hellions."

Lina flew up to them. "The soldiers will be okay, but we need to call the Pit to bring them back." Althea nodded.

"What are we going to do with these guys?" Fred asked, pointing to their captives. "Recruit them? Send them to jail?"

"Let's just settle with getting them back to base." Althea said. "We can worry about the rest…later?" She gaped as an all too familiar yellow and purple portal appeared on the ground underneath the Hellions. They fell into it and the portal closed up behind them.

"Darnit!" Toad said, punching his palm with his fist. "We had 'em right here!"

"Don't worry. We beat them once, we can do it again." Althea grinned, whatever doubts she may have had left over from their first battle had been thoroughly exorcised during this one. "Now let's get back to base and report on what happened: We came, we saw, we kicked butt!"