(A/N): Life sucks…
"Put the brat in the back!" Ethan ordered as Nicky threw a bonded Aiden in the backseat of Ethan's Escalade. Aiden shifted around trying to free himself from the rope. He managed to sit up and he glared at Nicky calling upon his powers. Nicky's howling laughter filled the car as Aiden look down at himself confused.
"Don't try punk. We put a power restraint bracelet on you!" Nicky exclaimed before howling in laughter again. Ethan punched Nicky in the arm and glared at him.
"Will you shut up! God…I can't believe I have to work with you on this." Ethan said in annoyance as Nicky growled at him. Aiden collapsed on his side as he tried to wiggle his hand under his ropes. He could feel his phone in his pocket and pressed a button on the side of it.
"Tell me where he is!" Flash yelled into Zeke's face as Zeke just glared at him. Flash's phone started to go off with a beeping sound the same time as Ivy's.
'Flash! It's Aiden. He set off the tracking device on his phone.' Lauren thought in his mind as Flash threw Zeke on the ground.
"Let's go." Flash said emotionlessly as the group followed them. "You guys go home. This has nothing to do with you." He said as they all looked determined
"No way! Aiden is apart of our family just as much as you are." Tsunami said as Hydro nodded.
"I'm not letting you down cuz." Bolt said stepping forward.
"We're in this together, partner. Amigos pero vida." Wilmer said putting his arm around Flash. Flash sighed as looked around the group.
"Ok, we have to get a plan together, and quick." Flash said as they all gathered together. Ethan carried Aiden and threw him into a small metal closet.
"Enjoy your stay." Ethan said cynically closing the door on Aiden. Aiden wiggled his way up against the wall to be able to sit up. He shook his head repeatedly to get off the cloth around his mouth. He was successful, but sighed when he realized he didn't have the strength to break free from the ropes. He slammed his head on the wall and groaned. Suddenly the door opened and the light blinded him.
"Why hello there." The menacing voice of Mason said as Aiden glared up at him. "Enjoying yourself?" Mason asked as Aiden growled. "Oo…fearsome." Mason said sarcastically. Mason turned around and Ethan and Zeke pulled Aiden out and slammed on the floor. "You know, since I'm in such a good mood. I won't kill you." Mason said as Aiden looked up at the hedgehog. "Make him suffer." Mason said with a sickening smirk as Nicky's laugh rang through the room.
"Ok, Cat can get us in. I'm predicting one or two of them will keep guard while the rest of them hang around the main room." Flash said as they hid in a bunch of bushes in front of the Avengers headquarters. "Who wants to take them out?" Flash asked.
"Hold on." Hydro said flipping down his sunglasses. The X-Ray vision activated in them and he peered into the base. He could see Katie sitting by the entrance looking bored out of her mind. "It's just Katie." Hydro said as Tsunami smirked.
"Remind me to thank Winter for those glasses." Tsunami said as Hydro flipped them back on his head.
"I'll take her." Chrissy said as she dug her nails into Bolt's arm.
"Um…ow!" Bolt said as Chrissy let go and looked at him apologetically.
"Sorry." She said as Bolt smirked.
"Nah…it's kind of hot to see you jealous." Bolt said as Chrissy rolled her eyes.
"Nicky, Ethan, and Zeke will all be there. I'm not sure what they'll be doing, but Mason will be sending them at us." Flash said as everybody nodded.
"Let me have Ethan." Lazarus growled as Flash nodded.
"Me too." Rafael said as everybody looked at him confused. "I have some beef with this guy." Rafael said as they shrugged their shoulders.
"Ok, Rafael and Lazarus are going to take on Ethan. Who wants Nicky?" Flash asked.
"I'll take him on." Lorgo said as he stepped forward.
"Me too." Wilmer said as Flash nodded towards him.
"We'll take on Zeke." Garrett said motioning towards Onyx and himself. Flash nodded as Cat held Garrett's hand.
"The rest of you help when needed, but otherwise looked for Aiden. I have Mason." Flash said as Julian put a hand on his shoulder.
"You can't do this by yourself, Flash. He's strong. Even I need help." Julian said as Flash shrugged his hand off.
"No. This is my fight." Flash said as he clenched his hand into a fist. Everybody looked at each other warily. Cat used her old to slid open the door and Chrissy soon tackled Katie to the ground.
"Bitch!" Katie screeched as they wrestled on the ground. Katie kicked her off and sent her flying in the air. Chrissy flipped in the air and landed gracefully on the ground. Everybody ran past them – Bolt ran rather slowly – as Chrissy charged Katie. Katie touched the steel wall and her body became steel metal. Chrissy ran against her and flipped back before knocking her back with a sonic wave.
"How does it feel to see the guy you 'love' married?" Chrissy taunted as Katie turned back to normal and glared at Chrissy. She turned invisible and Chrissy spun in a spiral sending a giant wave around her. She heard a loud thump and saw Katie fading from invisible to normal as she rubbed her head. Chrissy charged her, but Katie quickly got up and tackled Chrissy to the ground. She touched the concrete floor and her fist became all concrete. She swung at Chrissy, but Chrissy ducked and pushed Katie off of her. Chrissy knocked her into the wall with a wave. Katie slammed into the wall and slid to the floor. She growled as she touched a laser pointer on the desk.
"What the…" Chrissy murmured when Katie opened her eyes and blinded Chrissy with the bright red lights she had in her eyes. Chrissy grabbed her glasses from her shirt and used them to reflect the light away. Katei growled as her eyes returned to normal. She charged at Chrissy, but Chrissy leaned back and let Katie's arm swing over her. She launched a wave and sent Katie flying. Katie hit a beam and fell to the ground unconscious. Chrissy quickly ran to find the rest of the group. Flash wasted know time and busted right into the main room. Mason and the rest were there waiting for the group's arrival.
"Well…I was starting to think you weren't going to show up." Mason said as Flash glared at him.
"Give me my son!" Flash demanded his fists shaking in rage.
"Hmm…no." Mason said as Flash growled. Flash charged him at super speed and tackled him to the ground. The slid across the metallic floor as they fought. Ethan was going to grab Flash, but Rafael pulled him back.
"Aw…it's Rafy!" Ethan sneered as Rafael glared. "And you brought Lazi. How touching." Ethan said as Lazarus glared at him. "You two may have me outnumbered, but you're outmatched!" He said whipping out his katana. Zeke was running towards Mason, but the ground under him shook making him fall to his knees. He whipped around to see Onyx and Garrett charging him. He scoffed as he flipped back onto his feet.
"You're going to have to do better than that." Zeke said as the guys stopped in front of him.
"We plan on it." Garrett said blasting fire towards him. Nicky was standing between Lorgo and Wilmer as he shifted his eyes to the two. Lorgo sprouted vines from the ground and launched them at Nicky. Nicky jumped in the air and avoided the greenery. Wilmer shifted into a tiger and charged Nicky. Nicky landed on his feet and howled sending Wilmer flying in the air. Wilmer morphed back into himself and moved so his feet would hit the wall. He jumped off the wall and flipped back onto the ground. Nicky laughed as he charged at Lorgo. Lorgo let him get close to him before wrapping a vine around his legs. Nicky slammed into the floor and Lorgo raised the vines to lift him in the air. He slammed him back down on the floor, but Nicky howled towards Lorgo making him lose concentration to cover his ears.
"Face it! You have nothing against me!" Nicky hollered with his laughter ringing through the room.
"Ok…seriously getting annoyed with his laugh." Cherry said rubbing her temples. Zeke blasted Garrett back with some air, but Garrett quickly countered by stomping on the ground and creating a rock wall. Onyx stomped the ground making the wall break into different chunks. Garrett started launching them at Zeke as Zeke dodged them. Onyx shook the ground under Zeke making him lose balance and be hit with a rock. He went tumbling to the ground. Garrett summoned vines to wrap around his body and keep him on the floor. Zeke blew air to push him out of the vines. He landed back on his feet as Onyx and Garrett glared at him.
"Guys! We can't just stand here." Serenity said as they all looked at her. "Let's go find Aiden." Serenity said as the group took off.
"What is your problem with Ethan?" Lazarus asked as he dodged one of Ethan's swipes with his sword.
"We go way back." Ethan said jabbing his katana at Rafael, but having it deflected by his shield.
"Like how back?" Lazarus asked kicking Ethan in the face and the in the stomach.
"High school." Rafael said as he glared at the tiger. "He framed me of cocaine possession and had me kicked out one of the most prestigious high schools in America." Rafael said as he teleported behind Ethan and knocked him in the head and disarmed him of his katana. Rafael spun it around and pointed it at Ethan's neck.
"Aw…you wouldn't do that, Rafy." Ethan said as Rafael scoffed.
"Clearly, you don't know me." Rafael said poking the katana to his chest.
"But don't you want to know about your mom?" Ethan asked smirking.
"My mother is dead." Rafael gritted out as he glared at his foe.
"Or so you think. I happen to know she's very much alive." Ethan said as Rafael looked at him suspiciously. "She didn't die. Your father sent her away. Why? Because he didn't care. He was having an affair with your step-mother and being the well-known man he is he couldn't risk a scandal like that. So, he sent your mother away. Far away." Ethan said as Rafael stood back.
"Wait…Rafael Andrews. You're son of Jacob Andrews. Ambassador to Mobius." Lazarus said in shock as Rafael clenched his fist around the katana. He pointed at Ethan again as he glared at him.
"You tell me where my mother is." Rafael growled as Ethan knocked the sword out of his hand and pointed it at him.
"I rather keep it my little secret." Ethan said as Rafael growled angrily. Lazarus kicked Ethan in the face and Rafael knocked his katana out of his hand again. Lazarus knocked him out quickly as Rafael through his katana next to his body. He glared at the cold, steel floor as Lazarus put his hand on his shoulder.
"We'll find her." Lazarus said as Rafael nodded. Wilmer skidded across the floor as he glared at Nicky. He kept screeching at them not letting them get anywhere close to him.
"Look at me defeat them, Mason!" Nicky exclaimed as he looked around the room to look for his "friend". Wilmer smirked as an idea popped into his head.
"Well done, Nicky. Come here." Mason said as Nicky smiled a toothy grin as he walked over to Mason. When Nicky stood in front of his leader Mason grabbed the sides of his head and pushed his pressure point knocking him out. Lorgo looked at Mason confused, but soon smirked when he saw Mason form into Wilmer.
"Dude…go plan." Lorgo said as Wilmer smirked.
"It helps that he's stupider than a telephone poll." Wilmer said as Lorgo pushed Nicky's body by Ethan's. Zeke was using his air powers to fly through the air and Garrett did the same. They were fighting it out in the air as Onyx could only watch. Garrett blasted fire at Zeke as he dodged all the blasts or negate them. Garrett swooped down and launched Onyx into the air. Onyx latched onto Zeke's legs and flipped forward to kick him in the face. Zeke stumbled around in the air trying to get Onyx off his legs. Onyx flipped forward again and kicked his stomach and using it to jump off of him and land on the ground. Zeke, being disorientated, was not prepared when Garrett blasted him with water and froze him against the wall. He flicked a small rock at his head knocking him out.
"C'mon! We have to help the others find Aiden!" Lazarus called out.
"But, what about Flash?" Garrett asked.
"He didn't want us to help. And the sooner we find Aiden. The better." Lorgo said as they all took off down the hall. Lauren was followed by Ivy and Hydro as they used the locator to find Aiden.
"Fuck! His battery died or something. We can't find him." Laruen cursed as she shoved her phone in her pocket. "We just have to start checking everywhere like the others." Lauren said as they ran into different rooms. Garrett was walking down a hall checking all the open doorways when a closed door caught his eye. He walked over to it and noticed it was the custodian closet. He opened and out dropped an unconscious and badly beaten Aiden bound. Garrett gasped as he knelt down. He untied him and put him on his back. He hung limply against his shoulders as Garrett held back his tears. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed Lauren.
"Lauren…I found him. I'm heading back to the main room. We have to get him to a hospital. Fast!" Garrett yelled as he ran towards the main room. Mason was knocked back into the main room by Flash, but he quickly got on his feet. Mason started firing explosive dice at Flash, but Flash deflected them all back with lightening and charged through the smoke. He tackled Mason against the wall, but Mason flipped them around so Flash was against the wall. Mason punched Flash repeatedly as Flash tried to block his face.
"Face it. You can't beat me, Storm." Mason said throwing Flash against the floor and kicking him. Most of the group had arrived and gasped when they saw Flash on the ground and Mason beating him.
"Flash!" Garrett exclaimed as Flash looked up weakly. Flash could see his beaten son in Garrett's arms. He looked dead. Flash's eyes shot open wide and turned white. A ghostly, white aura surrounded him as his fur turned all white.
"Get Aiden to the hospital! All of you! Leave!" Hydro yelled as everybody started to leave. Some of the new members were looking worriedly at Flash as he got on his feet. "GET OUT NOW!" Hydro screamed as they all ran away. "Ivy…we have to go." Hydro said as Ivy looked sadly at her boyfriend.
"Mommy." Nessa said as Ivy looked at her daughter.
"Take Nessa out of here." Ivy said as Hydro looked at the small female. Flash had electricity surging around him and his hands. He blasted the wall behind Mason making a giant hole. "Now!" Ivy said as Hydro picked up Ivy and ran down the hall. Mason backed away from the super being as Ivy walked towards him. He slowly started to float in the air. Ivy grabbed his arm and his head whipped towards her. His white eyes full of rage glaring. Ivy pulled him towards her and hugged him as tears fell down her cheeks. Flash's eyes and fur went back to normal and Mason quickly disappeared.
"I couldn't protect him." Flash said shaking his head as tears fell from his eyes.
"He's going to be alright. He's going to the hospital." Ivy said as she hugged Flash.
"I should have been watching him." Flash said as he sobbed and collapsed on his knees. "He could have died because of me." Flash said as he shook his head. He had his hands in front of him as he squeezed his eyes shut and sobbed. Ivy bent down and hugged Flash.
"This isn't your fault." Ivy said as Flash just sobbed against her. "We couldn't have done anything to prevent this. They had this planned." Ivy said as Flash started to settle down. "Right now you have a daughter and son who need you." Ivy said as Flash looked up at her.
"I'm sorry, Ivy." Flash said as Ivy wiped his tears away. "I'll make a difference. I promise." Flash said as Ivy kissed him. Tsunami came into the room as the couple stood up.
"Why aren't you at the hospital?" Ivy asked as Tsunami looked at her brother.
"We have them back Flash. We have to be cautious again." Tsunami said as Flash's face hardened.
"I know." Flash said as Ivy held his hand.
"The Avengers know now and they can easily use this to their advantage. We're vulnerable in that state and can easily go down-"Flash cut off his sister with an annoyed look.
"I know Tsunami. Let's just go." Flash said as they all exited the room.
"Hmm…interesting." Ethan murmured as he sat up.
(A/N): Poor Aiden…dramaful and actiony chapter!