Alright my loyal friends this is part one of the climax, next chapter will be the final fight for this story, with one or two more chapters after this. Hope you enjoy.

"Nice try, Doreen," Predator complimented as SG tried to hit him with a jump kick. Predator's response was to attempt a sweeping kick to take out his friend's legs. Needless to say, the squirrel hero merely jumped over the attack with her natural agility and landed a powerful kick to her friends back. "That one actually hurt," Predator said with a slight pained voice that made SG lower her guard.

"Andy, if I hurt your back, I think we should stop. I mean, you've only been out of the hospital for two days, aren't you afraid of hurting your back again?" SG asked with both a concerned voice and a concerned look on her usually chipper face.

"Nonsense," Andrew rebuked as he launched a grappling hook at his friend, which she easily dodged. "I might be a little sore, but I've got to get back into shape. Who knows how long it will be till we are called to action? I'd rather be prepared for when that time comes," Andrew said as he threw a right hook at his friend.

"I'm getting tired of jumping over your attacks," Doreen said in a joking tone. However, Andrew had been wanting her to jump. With the reflexes of a viper, he quickly launched the grappling hook from his left gauntlet and snagged the airborne heroine in her stomach. With a sharp pull, she was quickly pulled back towards the ground. Andrew followed up by delivering a left hook into her gut when she was in range, causing the squirrel hero to hunch over. Clearly, she had gotten the wind knocked out of her.

"That should make you stay on the ground." Andrew said as he threw another right hook at the hero. However, Doreen quickly recovered from her injured state and caught his armored right fist with surprising strength, Doreen smirked and delivered a jump kick to the armored hero's jaw, which sent Andrew flying back. "I give, Doreen," Andrew groaned softly as he sat up, rubbing his sore jaw. While his nanobots had healed his wounds, his jaw still ached a lot.

Doreen walked over and helped the armored hero to his feet. "Sorry," she apologized. "I totally forgot about that jaw of yours."

"That's alright," Andrew replied.


-Meanwhile-

Omeran looked around her small cell in the Academy. She had no way of knowing for sure, but her gut told her that help was on the way. (Soon,) she thought. (Soon, you will regret keeping me here.) There was a soft clattering noise behind her. The pale woman didn't react, but she knew what it meant. "How did you get in here?" She asked.

"I hacked the motion sensors," a familiar voice replied. "Hold still," the voice added. Omeran held still, and she felt a burst of cold on her wrists. She sharply moved her arms forward, breaking the cuffs and causing her pain in her healing shoulder. "Sorry about that," the figure apologized as he broke the cuffs off Omeran's feet. "What do you say about us getting out of here?" He asked.

"It is never that easy, Chill," Omeran replied.


-Meanwhile-

"Andrew…" Doreen began, looking nervously at the ground to hide her flushed face. "There's something I wanted to talk to you about…"

"What is it?" Andrew asked, wondering what could be causing Doreen to act the way she was.

The squirrel heroine sighed softly. "Andrew…" She started. Before she could finish, the alarm went off. [INTRUDER ALERT IN PRISON LEVEL! INTRUDER ALERT IN PRISON LEVEL!] The alarm blared. "Never mind! It can wait!" Doreen said hurriedly.

Andrew wondered what Doreen wanted to talk about, but he agreed with her. "Let's continue it later," he replied as he ran down the hallway. He ran toward the prison level, and he wasn't surprised to see two figures in the hallway. "Why am I not surprised?" He asked.

"Well, you know what they say: what goes around comes around," Chill replied, settling into a combat stance.

"You're playing for the wrong side," Andrew warned, settling into his own combat stance.

"Thanks for the tip, coach," Omeran replied with finely honed sarcasm. She looked at the group of heroes gathering behind Predator and Squirrel Girl, and she saw an all-too-familiar figure. "Time for a rematch," she said, looking at Power Man.

"I agree," Chill replied. "Hey, Andrew. What do ya say we settle this like gentlemen? Just the two of us,"

"I agree," Predator replied, walking forward.

The armored hero followed Chill Blaine into a side room, which was frozen shut from the inside, ensuring outside interference wouldn't be an issue. "Try to give me a challenge," Omeran said, taunting the remaining heroes. "Don't hold back."

Edited by Darkest Nightmare's Dread