Date: 04/05/2013

Time: 23:50 (11:50 PM)

Will and Mike took their time getting back to base, stopping a few more crimes as they passed. Well, Will did anyway. Mike was constantly trying to convince him to hurry up. By the time the pair returned, the other three teens on the team were discussing the nights events in the main room.

"Hey guys," Will greeted. "How'd it go?" the other three all looked at him with such confusion on their face that he knew he had missed something important. "What?"

"When did you two leave the east side?" Kate asked.

"Sunrise, maybe 40 minutes ago." Will paused and decided to clarify. "We took our time getting back."

"Did you ever look at a clock on the way back?" Kate prompted.

"No, why?"

"It's only midnight, yet you say you left at sunrise?" She paused a minute, but Will didn't know how to respond, so she continued. "Take a look at this…" the group approached the television and flicked to a news broadcast on channel 8.

"The glow seems to be radiating from the Manhattan Power plant," it began. "Sources are unclear of the cause, but several reports of a humanoid figure inside have been made in the last hour. More to come on this fast breaking story."

"Well, guess we know where we're headed…" Michael said.

"Please tell me we're heading away from the burning power plant?" Rachel asked.

"Why are you afraid? We do stuff like this every night…" Michael inquired.

"Because they converted to Nuclear last week," Will replied sullenly. A look of shock came over his friend's face.

"Isn't that asking for trouble?" Kate asked quizzically. "I mean, Terrorists love New York enough already without a massive bull's eye stuck on the map…"

"Don't ask why. I don't think the workers even know, I'm just relaying the facts," Will stated.

"Well, that humanoid thing they were talking about, it seems to be doing fine…" Michael pointed out.

"Humanoid, not necessarily human. And I'd bet my life that it has some kind of radiation based power, or heat at the very least. None of us do… The only one who could get close is you Mike and possibly Sarah…"

"Why me?"

"Your suit is armored, unlike ours, and I'm not quite positive what properties Sarah's suit possesses. I don't even know if it can handle heat…"

Mike nodded. It was hard to argue with that logic. It made sense really. But the fact that his friends couldn't be there to back him up was troubling.

"I better head in then. Make sure it's safe." Will only nodded in response to that, before assuring them he would do everything he could to get back up for him as soon as possible.

"I'll run some tests on Sarah's suit, if she's willing. Then I'll get to work on radiation-proofing the suits. Something tells me this won't be the last time we need them."