- Heroic Workout.

Angelica looked at herself in the room's full body mirror; no matter how long she did it, the outfit still freaked her out, and not just because reminded her Shego's.

"I'm not using this stuff in public." Angelica groaned as removing the outfit's mask and then exited the room, finding Chuckie and Tommy at the corridor, both of them with similar clothing, fitting each boy's color; Chuckie's was black and orange, and Tommy's black and indigo, both boys with their face uncovered, except for a pair of protective goggles Chuckie wore, him still feeling uncomfortable with his eyes uncovered.

"Couldn't stand the mask, uh?" Angelica said matter-of-factly.

"Yes; maybe I'll modify them later for more comfort." Chuckie shrugged as the trio walked through the corridor.

"Don't need to, Chuckie; we're not doing the superhero stuff, remember? The suits are very resistant, and will give us some protection during training, but I'm not crazy about using this in public either." Tommy pointed as they finally entered the tower's training room, a very large one, where Team Go was already waiting for them.

"Hey, guys… uh, why aren't you using your masks?" Hego asked.

"We don't see the reason, Hego," Tommy, like the blue hero said the previous day, omitted the 'Mister' when talking to him, "I mean, we'll be in here and nobody will see us."

"True, but it wouldn't hurt if using the masks to get used to them; remember, if you need using your powers at your hometown, will need to be masked to protect your identities." Hego explained, "But, well, if you feel comfortable that way, we'll omit the masks here."

"Ah, well, I like that idea…"

"Mego, you are keeping the mask, and so the twins and I; that rule is just for them." Hego pointed, making his brother to groan in annoyance. "Okay, let's start; I modified the obstacle course for your power, Angelica, so can use it alongside the boys."

The threesome looked at the course, that looked a lot like a stereotypical army movie's, with ropes, fences, climbing wall, and stuff like that, but it also had some loops and tubes hanging from the ceiling, the obstacles Angelica would work with instead of the little fences Tommy and Chuckie had to jump.

Hego motioned the trio to move at the start line, them looking at the course ahead of them, while Mego stood next to them, holding a whistle, while the twins placed at strategic sites to look at the threesome when running.

Mego whistled, and the trio started; despite Chuckie tripping a couple of times, he actually did a good job with the first obstacles, just like his companions. When arriving at the wall, Angelica used her flying ability while the boys climbed the old fashioned way.

"Come on, turtles, can do better than that!" Angelica teased the boys standing from the top of the wall.

"Cut that, Angelica, and start flying over and around those obstacles!" Hego said to the girl while pointing at the tubes and loops. "And when doing the last one, go back to ground level!"

Angelica mockingly saluted the blue man, and started doing as ordered, passing through the loops and using the tubes as a trapeze, advancing while doing some complicated moves she had seen at the circus.

"She is good." A Wego stared at the blonde, his brother chuckling at his silly grin.

Meanwhile, Tommy and Chuckie had reached the wall's top, and the Pickles boy started descending the traditional way while the geek got an idea.

"Oh, well… this can happen by accident, so better train it on purpose." Chuckie gulped before jumping from the wall, landing on his feet and rolling, like Ron and KP had taught him, surprising himself when noticing he did it well and without hurting at all.

"Well done, Chuckie!" Tommy, still at a good height, congratulated his friend, and, when descending a little more, jumped like he did it, with similar results, and then ran to try catching Chuckie and Angelica, who had descended and was now a little ahead of the geek, but not for long, since Chuckie was running at her side a few seconds later.

"Want to make it a race, Angelica?"

"Nope; it's only a race if you have a chance of losing. You really think can beat me?"

"Maybe."

"Must be nice being that naïve," Angelica chuckled while using her power to lower her weight, therefore improving her speed, plus her aerial lungs allowed fast running without panting. However, Chuckie's orange glow restored his energy continuously plus he had been exercising more than her, so could equal the blonde's speed even when they reached the next obstacle, the classical tires on the floor.

Tommy, on the other hand, couldn't help but shaking his head in disbelief while running; it was ironic that him, who usually was among his gang's fastest runners, now was losing to a girl who skipped gym on a regular basis and his klutzy pal. The boy then looked at the obstacles ahead of them, realizing the coming fences were metallic ones.

"Hey, why I'm not using my powers too?" Tommy said to himself, and then shot an electromagnetic beam at the fences; instead of trying to attract them, he allowed himself to be pulled. As a result, the boy got a major impulse and, for a few seconds, he practically flew, passing next to his companions and then getting ahead of them.

Angelica and Chuckie, surprised by Tommy's display, made a dash to catch him, and soon the three were at the last obstacles, finishing the course practically at the same time.

"Excellent job, kids!" Hego congratulated them as approaching while checking his chronometer, "You actually bested Mego's time."

"WHAT?" The violet hero gasped in disbelief.

"Not your current one, bro, but the best you used to have." Hego quickly cleared yet Mego doubted he was being totally honest; meanwhile, the Wegos high-fived the trio, one of them trying to flirt with Angelica yet being rejected as always.

"Can you guys at least tell me how to tell you two apart?" Angelica glared at the twins.

"Okay, the boy with the dumb eyes is the one trying to hit on you. I just think you're pretty but not that much." A Wego cleared while the other blushed.

"Alright, let's pass to next exercise." Hego said in his usual leader-like tone. "Had you guys played dodgeball?"

"Yeah… and don't like it." Chuckie rolled his eyes.

"Sorry to hear it, but that's exactly what's next." Hego pointed at two large sacks. "You guys will try running one side of the room to the other while the twins throw you all those balls. Try to either evade the balls or catch them to throw back at the Wegos."

The trio got in position while the Wegos multiplied, each one holding a ball; at the end, there were about thirty of them.

"I've had nightmares like this." Chuckie gulped.

"I'm the one who should be worried; rubber is electricity-resistant." Tommy said as looking at the red heroes.

"Maybe should had flirted back." Angelica said when looking at the clones; some of them still had the goofy eyes, but the others had a mischievous grin, obviously not caring about their target being a girl.

"I'm almost sorry for these kids… almost." Mego said to himself, a little smile appearing on his face. He was particularly good at this game, his shrinking ability being quite useful to avoid the balls.

"And… go!" Hego gave the signal and the trio started running, the Wegos throwing their balls almost immediately.

Tommy realized that, despite his electromagnetic power couldn't deflect the balls, as he already knew would happen, the electric shots were still useful to blast them away, while Chuckie used his newly found agility to avoid practically all the balls with relative ease; Angelica had some troubles to escape the attacks, but her fast changes of height and speed helped her advance through the balls' avalanche, plus her aerial point of view proved a valuable asset to prevent her companions from balls they couldn't see on time.

"Hey, Angelica, if I can hit you, will date me?" A Wego yelled at her, and, without waiting for an answer, threw his ball against her when the girl was at a low height. Angelica was taken back by the question, so didn't see the ball until it was a few feet away from her face, but it didn't collide because Chuckie jumped to catch it.

"Sorry, but when she says 'No', means it!" Chuckie threw back the ball, hitting the attacking Wego square at the chest. Angelica gave a fast smile to the geek before catching a ball another clone threw at him, and then threw it back, hitting him as well. A few seconds later, the trio had reached the contrary wall.

"Didn't see that coming," Mego thought out loud.

"Neither did us," the hit Wegos chorused as rubbing the place where the balls impacted.

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After the trio rested for a while, Hego decided it was time for heavy working out, so guided them to the gym. Hego focused on Tommy while the Wegos helped Chuckie and Angelica; Mego, who wasn't that interested, left to the kitchen for a light snack.

"Now, Tommy, want you to lift this weight." Hego pointed at a large weight in front of the boy, "Exactly one ton; there's a place in Chicago that makes these ones especially for me."

"Uh… don't need a crane to move this?"

"You'll do it with your powers, kid." Hego chuckled.

"I know, but… until now, had only moved small objects. This is like… lifting a van!"

"Well, I'm not asking you to carry it out of the tower; just try lifting it a few inches. If doing it, then we'll start working on moving the weight."

Tommy took a deep breath and nodded at the blue man. The boy's hand started glowing, and he focused all his power on the weight, and, for almost a minute, nothing happened, but eventually the weight shook, and, finally, after almost two minutes, Tommy lifted it around ten inches over the floor.

"Yeah! That's the spirit, kid!" Hego cheered up the boy, "Now, try keeping that effort!"

Tommy started sweating yet the weight was still over the floor, and actually raised a few feet. Chuckie and Angelica, who were running at the treadmills, stopped to see him, and, along with the Wegos, started cheering for Tommy as well. Finally, Tommy dropped the weight with a loud 'thud', almost five minutes after he first moved it, the kid falling on one knee.

"Easy, Tommy… you did it great! Now, rest for a moment," Hego placed a hand on the boy's shoulder.

"Sure… no objection," Tommy nodded at the man before standing up and going to a close bench to catch his breath and drink some water.

Meanwhile, Chuckie and Angelica returned to their routine. The Wegos set the bench pressing machines to the same weight they could move, thinking it would be enough for the girl and the geek; they got proved wrong almost immediately, as the duo practically made no effort.

"Maybe… should increase the weight a little bit," A Wego pointed as doing it. Since both Angelica and Chuckie kept doing it without tiring, the twins kept increasing the weight until it was around 150 pounds, more than twice the weight of either the blonde or the geek, so they could have a decent workout.

"Wow… you're eating your spinach, Finster!" Angelica, through clenched teeth, commented to the boy, who was sweating as well.

"And you… how much can lift?"

"I'm just realizing…" Angelica responded; actually, since she was using her power to make the weights' lighter, the girl thought she could lift even more, but, since still was a little hesitant about using this trick (mainly because it was Shego the one suggesting it), kept it on a low level, so her body wasn't even glowing enough to be noticeable.

Once Tommy rested a little bit, he continued with his weight-lifting training, now moving smaller ones; after doing it with the huge one, the others were actually easy to manipulate, to the point he could juggle with almost 600 pounds of metal with a minor effort, Hego looking at him the whole time except when checking the other two's progress as well.

The session lasted for about an hour, when Hego decided it was enough, and, besides, it was almost lunch time. The trio followed Team Go out of the gym, but Angelica stopped and gave a look at the weights.

"Coming, Angelica?" Chuckie asked her, him and the girl the last ones at the gym.

"In a moment… we're showering before lunch, right?"

"Yeah; the twins said you have a private shower."

"Well… that Shego lady obviously wanted some privacy." Angelica chuckled nervously, "Can do a favor to me, and… reserve a place at the table between you and Tommy? Want to avoid those photocopiers as much as possible."

"Sure, no problem," Chuckie chuckled slightly, his goofy grin succeeding in relaxing the girl, as usual.

The geek exited the gym, leaving the girl alone; Angelica then approached a large weight bar, around 400 pounds or more, and her yellow glow covered her body. The girl hesitated for a few seconds, but eventually grabbed the bar, and lifted it effortlessly over her head, grinning widely after a couple of seconds.

"Call me Supergirl and give a movie contract!"

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After lunch, and once the trio relaxed a little and called home (and Angelica called Kim to complain about the outfits), Hego called them back to the gym, this time for a battle practice. Unlike Kim and Ron, who used a simple mat for that, Team Go had a professional-sized ring, with mats around, and, like the weights, it was modified and reinforced to stand Hego's strength. The blue hero was particularly eager to start this part of the training, since, after Shego left, the only ones who used the ring on a regular basis were the twins; before that, Hego and his sister used to spar regularly, and, even if lacking the female's technique, Hego's strength made him a good enough opponent once he got over the whole 'not hitting a lady' rule, one that had to be skipped when either fighting a female villain or sparring.

"Okay, let's see… Angelica, you'll go first against Wego." Hego gave his brothers a good look, "And I mean the one who isn't infatuated."

A Wego groaned in annoyance while the other chuckled slightly.

"After that… Chuckie, you'll train with Mego." Hego said; the geek gulped while Mego, who had joined for this session, arched an eyebrow at his brother.

"Oh, I get it; I'm going against the less powerful of the bunch, uh?" Mego complained before looking at Chuckie, "Don't expect me to be soft with you, kid, because criminals will not."

"That's the idea, Mego." The blue man then looked at Tommy, "You'll train with me, and don't worry about using your powers; our suits are very resistant ones, and one of our foes has electric powers, so can stand some voltage."

"Yeah, Kim and Ron told us about that Electronique lady," Tommy said before getting a thoughtful expression, "Do you have footage of her, or a file, by the way? I can always study that to improve myself."

"Uh… yeah, good idea!" Hego said, a little stunned, "Why never thought about that?"

"Because of your over-muscled head," Mego mumbled but his comment was unheard by everyone else as Angelica flew at one of the ring's corners while her sparring opponent jumped at the other one.

"You're not making silly comments or try putting those hands on places wouldn't be, right?" Angelica arched an eyebrow at Wego, who shook his head while cracking his knuckles.

"Nope, just little old-fashioned fighting; hope you don't cry." The red hero joked, earning himself a little glare from the blonde.

Hego gave the signal and the combatants lost no time, charging at each other. Wego threw a punch against Angelica but she avoided it with relative easiness; the boy then tried kicking her legs but, again, she avoided the attack, this time by doing a little flip-back jump. Wego got a stunned look, but then, remembering the girl's display at the obstacle course, realized he needed to be a little tougher to catch her.

"Okay, let's see if you can escape from this." Wego jumped over Angelica but the girl caught his wrists and made a fast spin, throwing her opponent the other side of the ring; the girl was actually impressed since she did it without using her power to lighten the boy, just her balance and previous training. The boy stood up and got a boxing position that the girl mimicked, getting into a punching exchange she won by giving him a strong blow at the chest, sending her opponent to the canvas, the girl practically untouched because of her blocking and dodging moves.

"Oh, please… can you stop playing with her?" Mego said to his brother as he slowly stood up again, "Wendell is the one who likes her, so you can attack full force!"

"Can it, okay?" Wego said to the purple hero before looking back at Angelica and getting some distance from her, "That was just for testing; now, let's see how you do it against many foes at once."

The moment he ended talking, Wego cloned himself six times and circled the blonde, who got a fight stance; if he was using his powers then she could as well.

The clones started attacking the girl, who activated her yellow glow to levitate a few inches and move at high speed, jumping, dodging, and kicking and punching back all her attackers. After a few seconds and many hits, the Wegos made a more coordinated attack, two of them faking a charge while another one grabbed Angelica from behind. The girl tried to get rid of him but the rest of the clones jumped over her as well, piling over the blonde.

"If you want giving up, just say 'Uncle'," the seven Wegos chorused in a mocking tone that was short lived, as they got stunned looks and started elevating, a bright yellow glow covering them. Then, when they were about seven feet over the ring, Angelica made a fast spinning move, throwing them down, stunning her opponents; Wego absorbed back his clones to recover from the impact, this being the chance Angelica was waiting for to body slam the boy, and then get him in a painful judo grapple.

"If you want giving up, just say 'Uncle' or 'I give up, oh Supreme Queen of the Known Universe'," Angelica teased her prey as tightening her grapple.

"Un-uncle, uncle!" Wego cried in pain, ending the fight.

Angelica released the boy and raised her fists in victory while laughing loudly, Tommy and Chuckie cheering for her while Hego gave the girl an impressed look, the other Wego a fond one, and Mego a disbelieving one.

"Is my imagination, or this girl's laughter is more evil than most villains?" Mego groaned as rubbing his temples.

"That was embarrassing." The defeated Wego rubbed his side and then offered his hand to the girl, "Nice job; next time I'll be smarter."

"You can try." Angelica shook hands with the red boy and gave him a little smile before flying down, right next to Tommy and Chuckie.

"Angelica, that was amazing!"

"As everything I do, I know." Angelica replied in her usual superiority tone but this time Tommy didn't care.

"But that was beyond great, Angie! You had become pretty strong!" Chuckie said while touching her arm, "I mean, you practically lifted seven times your own weight!"

"Hey, I've always carried with you, and that can be way harder," Angelica joked, "but… thanks for the compliments, guys."

"You deserve them, young lady." Hego joined the trio and then looked back at Wego, who was jumping down the ring next to him, "And you did it fine too, brother; just don't get so overconfident next time. Okay, let's continue; Chuckie and Mego, you are next."

Mego jumped at the ring a little bit more anxious than he would admit while Chuckie did it with obvious hesitance.

"Uh… if I escape at the middle of the fight, will need to do it again from the beginning?" The geek asked to nobody in particular.

"Don't worry, Chuckie, we're right behind you."

"I know, Tommy, but he's in front." Chuckie pointed at Mego, who was cracking his knuckles and doing some stretching exercises.

"Finster, calm down; true, you might get a few hits but nothing serious." Angelica's bossy tone changed to a calmer and more supportive one, "Besides, I know you'll do it well."

Chuckie sighed, feeling a little more confident yet not too much, and faced his much taller opponent, who wasn't exactly showing a friendly expression.

"And… begin!" Hego gave the signal, and Mego approached Chuckie, the geek paling slightly yet keeping his fighting stance.

Mego started with a hard slap Chuckie blocked, and then changed to a fist attack that got dodged. The violet hero decided to start using stronger attacks, throwing a various combination of kicks and punches against Chuckie, who kept yelling in fear but received no damage at all.

"Why are you yelling if not even touching you?" Mego snapped at him, "Are you mocking me?"

"No, I'm not… is just that…"

Mego thought this little speech would distract Chuckie long enough to receive a hit, and tried to punch his little opponent, but he reacted on time to dodge the fist and finally fought back by punching Mego's guts full strength. The violet hero flew a couple of feet back and fell over his back, stunned both by the surprise and the impact.

"I did that?" Chuckie shook his head in disbelief; when training with Kim and Ron, he usually relied on defensive maneuvers, and when throwing an attack the cheerleader and her boyfriend could block it all the times. True, he had also trained his punching with a sack, but never realized how hard he could really hit until now.

Mego, on the meantime, rubbed his belly while standing up, an obvious upset look on his face.

"So, you want playing rough, uh? Let's see if you like my power, kid!"

Mego's glow shrank him to Chuckie's size, which resulted an advantage since now could throw his attacks with a lot more accuracy yet still got blocked or dodged. When Chuckie tried hitting him again, Mego shrank to mouse size and jumped between the geek's legs, going back to normal and pushing his opponent on the process; Chuckie rolled on the mat and stood up almost immediately and right on time to avoid a kick.

"At what moment Finster became Jackie Chan?" Angelica wide opened her eyes in surprise and awe. "She never was like this with Ron and Kim!"

"Yes… but they didn't look that angry." Tommy pointed at the growling Mego, who kept changing his size every few seconds to try surprising the geek, a maneuver that wasn't helping at anything but keeping Chuckie in constant movement.

"Can you please stop moving so can beat you?" Mego growled in annoyance.

"That was sarcasm, right?" Chuckie asked friendly yet got a dashing fist he barely could avoid in reply, "Fine, no sarcasm, got it!"

Mego had enough of chasing Chuckie all around the ring, and besides was getting tired, so changed his strategy; the violet man faked an attack to make Chuckie cover his face, and then, in the split second the geek wasn't looking at him, Mego shrank to insect-size and jumped at him, recovering his regular size when touching the geek, pinning him against the mat.

"Ha! Who is in control now?" Mego laughed in victory before Chuckie reacted and grabbed him by the collar, so they started rolling at the mat until Chuckie caught Mego's legs in a wrestling move, a Figure Four Leg Lock; Mego cried in pain while struggling to escape, but it was useless; this move, that Ron taught Chuckie and Kim perfected, was particularly effective against larger opponents, since it caused a lot of pain at the knees and ankles with little chances to escape and a low risk for the one performing it if doing it correctly.

"Argh… I must… escape…" Mego said through clenched teeth. The Wegos, at ringside, glanced to each other before looking at their brother and chorusing.

"And why don't you simply shrink?"

Mego blushed in embarrassment (a very weird look considering his skin's tone) and used his brothers' suggestion, shrinking until was too small for Chuckie to handle, and then growing back to normal while rubbing his ankles.

"I'll need to take some X-rays after this." Mego growled before getting back his fight stance, barely giving Chuckie any time to stand up.

"That's enough, Mego." Hego said to his brother, "You two did a very good job."

"Thanks." Chuckie sighed in relief and got a relaxed position, but Mego had other ideas.

"This doesn't end until I decide to!" Mego charged at the geek and grabbed him by the collar, scaring the geek, but he reacted anyway and judo-tossed the violet guy over his shoulder a little bit stronger than he wanted, throwing Mego over the ropes and out of the ring, landing face first.

"Uh! That hurt!" The Wegos chorused while shuddering, Hego, Tommy and Angelica dashing next to the fallen Mego to check his injuries.

"My nose… my thorax… my scapula…"

"Mego, you don't even know where's your scapula." Hego said to his brother as helping him stand up. "It seems' nothing serious; makes you glad I installed these mats around the ring, uh?"

"Sorry about that!" Chuckie jumped down the ring, a combination of fear and concern on his face.

"Sorry? You threw me like a rag doll!" Mego, ignoring the pain, snapped at the geek, who moved a few steps back until Angelica placed herself between them, glaring at Mego.

"It wasn't his fault, Mister-I-Bring-The-Donuts! The fight was already over!"

"Yes, what happened? It was just a sparring match!" Tommy joined his cousin, maybe not that angry but equally upset.

"They're right, Mego; you disobeyed a direct order and gave a bad example." Hego said as folding his arms, "Now, apologize to Chuckie."

"He's not even the twins' age!"

"Mego…"

The violet hero groaned and slapped his forehead before looking at Chuckie; the fact the boy who just kicked his butt was the same one cowering behind a girl and an 11 years-old kid didn't help his mood, but decided to obey Hego and softened his expression a little bit.

"I'm sorry… not used to be bested by a rookie."

"Apology accepted." Chuckie said nervously, Tommy and Angelica relaxing as well.

"Good; now, take a rest while we continue, okay?" Hego smiled at his brother, "And don't worry, I'll wash the dishes today."

"Thanks." Mego sighed as walking to the very same bench where Tommy rested previously that same day.

"Thanks for the support, guys." Chuckie whispered to Angelica and Tommy.

"No problem, Finster; yelling at you is my personal privilege." Angelica whispered back.

"Good fight, by the way," Tommy whispered as well, "hope can do it as well as you two."

"Tommy, we're next." Hego said to the boy as climbing at the ring, the boy saluting him and following the man a moment later.

"Good luck." Chuckie gave Tommy a thumbs-up while Angelica simply nodded at her cousin.

"Okay, Tommy," Hego said to the boy when they were both at the ring, "I'm not going to fight you with my super strength; have a good control so can do it with a regular man's, but still my glow gives me a good protection against damage so you can use your electricity without worrying about my safety."

Tommy sighed in relief; Hego was pretty tall and well built so even without super strength was far stronger than the boy. However, he was still a little worried about using his electric attacks, despite the man's words.

"And… begin!" Hego charged at Tommy and tried to grab him, but the boy avoided it by jumping aside, and then threw a fast electric charge at the blue hero, who barely felt it.

"Tommy, that doesn't even tickles!" Hego said, "You can increase the voltage a little bit."

Tommy looked at his hands in worry; the boy was using only a little more energy than the one needed to do his tickling and hair-standing trick, still afraid of hurting the man by accident. However, when noticing Hego was mostly unaffected, decided it wouldn't be so bad to increase the charge; Tommy's hands sparked with a slight intensity until reaching the level he used back at home to power up the microwave, and shot a little electric ball at Hego, who actually felt it.

"Whoa! Now, that's what I'm talking about. Remember that level, Tommy; if I can feel it with my superior resistance, then a regular guy would get shocked without receiving a major damage."

Tommy grinned slightly as his hands kept sparking, and got a fight stance, avoiding a slap from Hego and then punching him, using the idea Ron suggested once. The electric punch was very effective, forcing Hego back a few steps, but the man reacted quickly and grabbed Tommy in a wrestling move; however, Tommy escaped when his glow covered him full body, increasing the voltage a little more yet still far from a lethal level, so Hego had to drop him, Tommy receiving a minor hit when landing at the mat but nothing serious.

"Not bad, Tommy; we'll try testing your maximum voltage now." Hego's body got covered by his blue glow, "Use your full power!"

Hego charged at Tommy, who obeyed the man's command and attacked with a major electric blast, sending him the other side of the ring. Hego stood up and attacked again, this time showing more determination, so Tommy used an equally strong shot; the blue man yelped in pain yet kept advancing. He was about to catch Tommy again when the boy used the same trick he performed at the obstacle course to allow his power pull him to a ring's corner at high speed, avoiding the man. Then, Tommy jumped at the ropes, his feet sparking to create an electromagnetic attraction between him and the steel cables inside the ropes' cushioned exterior, and started running on them, escaping capture from Hego even when he started moving the ropes to try ruining the boy's balance.

"Excellent use of your surrounds, Tommy," Hego said in excitement while still trying to grab Tommy. "Now, try using electromagnetism on an offensive way."

"Uh… can I use stuff from the gym?" Tommy asked Hego while standing on top of a corner's pole.

"Sure, no problem, boy!"

Tommy got a sly grin while looking around the ring; Hego then realized how many metallic objects were in the room.

"This can be a little hurtful." Hego rubbed his chin while getting a defensive stance.

Tommy shot his indigo/purple beams at the weights, attracting many medium weighed ones; he then threw them against Hego, who slapped and punched the projectiles away yet still receiving a few good hits.

"I'm actually enjoying this." Mego said to himself, grinning at the scene.

"I'm not powerful enough to move the heaviest weights," Tommy thought out loud before looking down at the ropes, "but this gives me an idea."

Tommy threw a beam at Hego, who avoided it without problems.

"Need to work on your aim, Tommy."

"I don't think so." The boy chuckled while Hego finally heard the weird noises behind him caused by the ropes moving like snakes. Before the blue man could react, Tommy made the ropes tie him, trapping Hego in a split second in a constriction-like grip.

"Very good, Tommy… okay, enough for today," Hego said to the boy, who cut his electromagnetic beam so the ropes stopped tightening the blue man.

"Sorry about the ring… guess got over-excited." Tommy said to Hego as jumping down the pole.

"It's okay; I used to repair it at least once a month. Can do it again," The man said as getting rid of the restrains. "Remember me to congratulate Possible; she did a good job training you guys."

"Yes, she and Ron are great." Tommy said as jumping down the ring, being congratulated by Angelica and Chuckie immediately.

"Destructive… nice touch, cousin," Angelica smirked playfully at him while Chuckie placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Yes, you almost turned this place upside down!"

"If ever does it, I'm not cleaning." Mego groaned, his good mood gone as fast as it came.

"Well, guess next part of the training will be cleaning this mess." Hego looked around, "Tommy, you move the heaviest stuff with your power and let the Wegos put everything in order while Chuckie and Angelica help them. I'll go for my equipment to repair the ring."

"Since I'm no longer needed, I'll be at my room." Mego stood up and left the gym, Angelica giving him a very unfriendly look.

"I'm starting to dislike his attitude," Angelica commented to Chuckie as they started moving a weight bar, which was pretty easy between them both. "Was I ever that… annoying?"

"Why you talk past tense?"

"Finster…"

"I'm joking… mostly. Sure, you can get on everybody's nerves once in a while, but, hey, one good thing about you is that you turn flaws into assets, like when facing Mego for overdoing the training thing. Maybe he's the same, and once gets used to us he'll be more friendly."

"Guess you're right." Angelica got her evil grin, "And actually learned something useful from this session."

"A new way to use your powers?" Tommy, overhearing the conversation, asked her.

"No, the name of the Wego who's always bothering me," Angelica then looked at the many clones carrying and ordering weights, "Hey, Wendell!"

"Yes?" Many excited clones turned at Angelica, ignoring their job and therefore dropping many weights or colliding with the other Wego's copies, the blonde chuckling at the scene and Chuckie and Tommy sighing in resignation.

"You're hopeless." Chuckie said to her.

"And proud of it, don't forget that."

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"Hey, cousin, Finster, you guys are still awake?" Angelica knocked the boys' room, her holding a few sheets of paper. Tommy opened the door a moment later, him already on his pajamas.

"Yes, we're getting ready to sleep, Angelica; need something?"

"Well, remember I told Kim about these suits we have to wear?" Angelica, who was still using the yellow and black outfit, pointed at her self, "She told her friend Monique, and she designed these ones for us. The girl has talent; just look at the one she thought for me."

Chuckie, on his pajamas as well, walked to the door and looked at the designs.

"These can actually work." Chuckie commented. "Monique is a fashion designer?"

"No, but she wants becoming one someday, and, curiously, she also likes wrestling, so she made the designs thinking about fighter suits."

"Hego showed me the storage room where he keeps the clothing for the outfits." Tommy said as looking back at the designs.

"Think he'll allow me tailoring these suits for us? It will give me something to do at 3 a.m. besides training." Chuckie asked his friend.

"We'll ask him tomorrow." Tommy yawned, "Okay, time to retire… I'm exhausted."

"More like discharged, cousin." Angelica joked, "But yes, I'm a little tired too. Good night, dorks; oh, and Finster, after you wake up, try not making too much noise because, unlike you, I need my beauty sleep."

"Did you just call him good-looking?" Tommy smirked at her cousin, making both her and Chuckie to blush.

"In his dreams," Angelica said in a dull tone and then waved bye and left to her room, but decided to make a little detour at the kitchen. Something sweet would calm down her nerves, at least enough to sleep at Shego's room without fearing for her life, at happened the previous night.

The blonde finished her milk and cookies, and dropped the glass and dish at the sink, still thinking about the day's events. Despite how much they trained (after the sparring, they went back to weight-lifting and other heavy exercises), it hadn't been that bad, but the girl was still worried about Shego, and Mego's temper wasn't helping at all.

"Can you please stop walking so we can talk?"

Angelica heard Hego's voice at the corridor; the man's tone wasn't harsh but still was very far from his usual friendly one. The girl kept silence as Mego replied.

"So you can tell me I had been a good team member but still are kicking me out?"

"I'm not kicking anyone out!"

"Yeah, right… I know how you think, brother! The moment those kids finish their 'training', they'll get in, and the violet guy with the useless power gets the boot!"

"But you're not useless! You keep telling us how great the violet power is!"

"And it is, but you never believe me! And just because that geeky kid was lucky enough to catch me off guard once you surely got the wrong idea of him being better than me!"

"That's your problem? Mego, your power is more suited for defensive maneuvers; you got caught off guard because found yourself playing the attacker instead of the defendant. No big, just need to work on more offensive moves…"

"To help train that carrot-top and give him my spot at the team, right? And the way you praise that Pickles boy… want to make him second in command? And surely, having that girl on the team helps filling for Shego's position! How are you going to call them? Tomgo, Ango and Chongo?"

"If Finster hears the last one, he'll surely quit." Angelica thought.

"I actually like those ones…"

"Hego, are you even listening yourself? Want to make them part of the team, and that's not going to work!"

"Well, if you keep being so harsh with them, surely!"

"You had never considered me a real team member, Hego, but, believe it or not, I like being here! Sorry if being mean with the kids, but I'm defending my place!"

"You don't need to! Look, they all have a great potential, and can make Team Go the greatest hero team ever if we do it well. Once they see how great a super-heroic life can be, and how strong they'll become under our tutelage, they'll surely ask us to be part of the team… and since you're the second oldest, they'll follow you."

"You mean it?" Mego's tone changed to a slightly happy one.

"Yes, I do."

"Well… okay, I'll try, but better not make me spar with them; might lose control and fight dirty again."

"No problem; glad we could clear this issue."

"And… I can order them, right?"

"Maybe, when they officially join us," the brothers' voices became more distant as they walked away.

Angelica left her hiding place, and flew to her room. The girl closed the door, and sat at the bed, her brain working at full capacity.

"Shego… she was saying the truth." Angelica thought out loud. The eldest Go brothers' conversation got replayed several times on her head, as well as Shego's words, and everything that had happened to her, Tommy, and Chuckie since getting their powers.

After almost an hour of hard thinking, the girl got an uneasy smile yet her eyes brightened with malice. The girl ran to the suitcase where she kept the communicator the villainess gave to her, and pushed a button, whispering at it a moment later.

"The offer is still on?"