Welcome to the third chapter of the Wave, with - as the title suggests - a big surprise for the Med. But before we go to that new chapter, first I'll respond to the review:

BTRlover1122: Oh, an invention makes much more sense... and I should mention English isn't my first language, so thanks for pointing out that mistake. If Horace is 3005 (or 3006) years old, he should be born around 990 BC, which is for me already enough explanation for his educational level. And thanks for the review!

Enjoy!

-Writer207

When Kaz headed towards the Domain, Oliver had decided to go to the Mighty Med already. Kaz had – as usual – noticed Oliver was stressing, but he lied to him it was because he thought he failed his test. He had no idea why he lied to his best friend, but there was no fooling Kaz when he was thinking about Skylar. So, in fact, even if Oliver lied about thinking about Skylar, Kaz would know. Still, it's not so good to lie to his best friend.

He tried not to think about that when he went to the janitor's closet and into the Mighty Med. Even though they had saved everyone's powers just a week ago, nobody had ever bothered to thank them, except for Snowstorm. Oliver didn't really care about that – they saved lives every day and almost never were thanked – but Kaz made a really big point out of it. He recalled Kaz saying them not thanking them is just a sign they simply didn't dare to thank the two greatest Normos in the world.

He went to stand behind one of the desks, looking at his task list. He didn't focus completely, though. His mind kept wandering off to Skylar and the reasons why she didn't go to school. Kaz did give some reasons, but that didn't mean they were true. For now, he believed she was just avoiding this place because it might be time to leave Earth and resume her duties as a hero after a year without her amazing powers. Maybe she couldn't bear going there, knowing she had to leave all of that behind to go back home. Goodbye was always the hardest when you've really grown to like someone on that hostile planet you're stranded on.

When he looked up, Skylar was there. She walked in, looking beautiful like always. She smiled at Oliver, and he smiled back. It almost hurt too much to see her in her possibly last days on this planet before the only connection to her would be the comic books and this hospital. He hoped she would visit, though, even with that healing factor of her.

"Hey Oliver! How's it going?" she asked. And he shrugged.

"Same old, same old. I'm very sure I failed my science test," he replied, "Anyways, while I was studying, we noticed you haven't been going to school last week, and we were wondering why you're not coming anymore." Skylar looked as if she was sorry, as if she was holding some information she wouldn't share with the others.

"You're not keeping secrets, are you?" Oliver asked, and Skylar quickly shook her head.

"I would never keep anything from you!" Skylar said, and Oliver nodded. What was he thinking? Off course Skylar would keep no secrets from them! They've been friends for more than a year! They beat many villains together, along with the Annihilator – even though she did most of it with that villain. Sure they wouldn't keep secrets from each other.

Skylar looked around, looking for someone, until she turned her head back to Oliver, "Where's Kaz?" Oliver shrugged.

"He went to the Domain first. I don't know why, but it's probably not that important." He said and right at that moment, Kaz walked in with a comic book. Oliver knew it had to be a comic book, because his best friend didn't even look up while walking in this superhero hospital. He almost just walked past them, but he did look up when Oliver shouted his name in his ear.

"Oh, there you are," Kaz said, "Look at this!" He showed Oliver the cover of the comic book he was holding. Oliver looked at it, and immediately recognized the leader of the Super-Secret Heroes in Hiding on the cover. He looked up at Kaz when he realized he did not recognize this cover, nor could he remember reading this one comic book.

"You have a new Optimo comic book? Where did you get it?"

"First: it's not new, it's quite old," Kaz said, "and I got this from Gus. Did you know he's running the Domain now and that there are only twenty copies of this comic book?" Kaz put it away, and then looked at Skylar. "Say, how are you actually doing? We haven't seen you at school for a week." Skylar looked uncomfortable again, but soon this expression faded from her face.

"Oh, since my powers are working just fine and I'm leaving when Horace has finished with the tests, I gotta go back to Caldera and I won't be able to go to school here anymore. I'll come back one of these days to tie up some loose ends, but that's it." She sounded genuinely sorry, but both boys knew there was no other way.

Then, the alarm blared and a hero who needed medical attention immediately was rolled in. that hero happened to be NeoCortex, who looked very beaten up. Oliver immediately took his concern for the man – it's the least he could do since he almost killed him.

"NeoCortex, what's wrong?" Oliver asked, and NeoCortex' eyes widened when he saw Kaz and Oliver coming closer.

"Oh no," he said, "Something bad always happens when I get treated by you two guys!" Oliver sighed, but Kaz misunderstood what the psychic hero was saying. He thought NeoCortex meant the doctor working at the hospital.

"First of all, it's doctor You-two-guys," Kaz said, "and she's already treating those two guys!" He pointed at the other side of the lobby, where doctor You-two-guys was treating two heroes. NeoCortex sighed – if this was the best help he could get in a short time, the Normos had to do.

"Fine! I was attacked by Spark Plug and the Silver Shield."

"What?" Kaz reacted, "They're superheroes, why would they attack you? Did you roll your eyes and sigh at everyone?" then, the hero did the exact same thing Kaz just described – he rolled with his eyes and sighed.

"I do not!" he said in his defense, "Anyway, I read their minds right before Spark plug shorted out my powers. They're both working for the Annihilator now."

"Oh no!" Oliver said, "Do you know what this means?" Oliver asked, and immediately got a response from his best friend.

"Your Spark Plug movie needs a quick rewrite?" Kaz suggested.

"No!" Oliver reacted and he explained everything to Kaz, "Spark Plug and the Silver Shield were both at Mighty Med yesterday. Maybe there's a mole here who's secretly working with the Annihilator and turning superheroes evil!"

"Some people!" Skylar exclaimed, "Shame on them! Shame. On. them."

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The Mighty Med was in a mighty mess no three hours later. Alan suddenly can turn other people in turtles, agent Blaylock has been turned in a statue and NeoCortex was turned evil without knowing who it was. Despite the trap Oliver and Kaz had placed, they could not record who it was because it bugged up. This made them believe Wi-Fi could be a suspect, even though he still was in his USB-prison. Hopefully.

And Oliver had become cautious. There was nobody he could trust, except the few people who would never betray him. That is why he wouldn't dare to blame Kaz – one, he was always close to Oliver and second, he loves superheroes enough not to make them evil. And Oliver would've known if his best friend suddenly was evil. Another person he dared to trust was Skylar Storm, yet not as much as he dared to trust Kaz. Skylar would most certainly try to find a way to make sure the heroes turned good again and would desperately try to find out who was making them evil and making them work for the Annihilator. He also dared not talk about this situation until they were in an environment where they could talk in private without anyone important spying on them, like school or at home.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Kaz asked Oliver when they were about to go home. Oliver looked at Kaz.

"What's wrong? Kaz, did you pay attention? Blaylock is a statue, there's someone running around turning heroes evil and we lost one of the most important heroes to them, too!" Oliver sighed "I just wished we could catch that person who made NeoCortex evil." Kaz put his hand on Oliver's shoulder.

"Oh, c'mon, it can't be that bad. Okay, they might have NeoCortex now, but we've got at least a hundred other heroes who still are good guys. They can totally overpower that small group of newborn villains."

"That's what I'm worrying about," Oliver said, "We don't know who the mole is. It can be anyone who comes here frequently enough. And about the heroes… who knows how many the Annihilator has under his control. Promise me not to trust anyone with this, okay? If we talk about it and the mole is close by, we're doomed."

"No problem!" Kaz said, "I'm not telling anyone." They continued their way to the lobby, when suddenly the alarm blared and some guards ran past them, to the lobby, where the next villain had found its way into the main lobby of the superhero hospital. Kaz and Oliver slowed down, so they wouldn't have to walk straight into the big fight between guards and the villain. They did notice the lack of shouts and they also found it strange Skylar ran to them instead of just fighting the villain herself. With her powers, she would easily take him down, whoever it was.

"Guys…" she began, looking at them, "Tecton's back." Oliver and Kaz stared at Skylar, not really understanding what Tecton was doing here. Unless… he escaped from Mighty Max!

Kaz, Oliver and Skylar ran down the hallway and came to the lobby, where Tecton was held down by five guards and Philip, who just had been promoted and now worked as a guard. Horace was standing at the side, ready to freeze Tecton. The hero wasn't doing anything offensive, nor was he doing anything that looked defensive. He just stood there, allowing the guards to keep him in check. And he also was trying to talk to them with a calm voice.

"… and if that isn't enough proof, you can always take off my glove. No, really, I'm not lying, you can bring Mesmera here and you can hypnotize me and I'll tell you I'm good." He didn't shout, he didn't yell. He just talked, even suggested something which could blow his cover.

"Wait!" Oliver shouted, having an idea after hearing Tecton say those words. "Let me take a look at him." Most staff members and guards were looking at him as if he was crazy, but they allowed it anyway. Tecton was only allowed to put out his arm and keep it straight – if he moved it, he'd be tasered by an enthusiastic Philip, who really loves his new job. Oliver (and Kaz) came closer, and when they were standing at a safe distance, Oliver removed the glove. The sign, that once had clearly been white, was now purple again.

It took the two Normos at least a whole minute to decide whether this sign was a fake or not. "It's real," Oliver eventually concluded, "It's no longer white, meaning he shouldn't be evil anymore." You could easily hear Oliver did not trust this situation, but others (as Kaz) were willing to believe a miracle had happened. Even Horace came closer, but not as close as Kaz and Oliver. You never knew.

"I wanna hear an explanation for your deeds," Horace said, "You get only one chance, or else you can spend the rest of your days in Mighty Max!" You heard the chief of staff hated to say these words. He'd rather have Tecton as a hero and not a villain, and if he was telling the truth, it was better than when he was lying.

Tecton began to talk. "Okay then. It started when I was fighting the Crimson Demon and his brothers. It was before Kaz and Oliver started to work here. After I locked them up in the lower dimension, I was ambushed by the Annihilator. He used my own powers against me and when I was laying on the ground, he turned me evil. He also had a free-lance sidekick, Experion, but he didn't need more than one of those, so I became a mole. I had to tell him everything I knew about everything I picked up and was important enough for him to know.

I hate being a mole, I really do. I still performed some good deeds, like fighting Megahertz and saving this place multiple times, but I still worked for the Annihilator. It was killing my good side from the inside out. The worst part is that I remember everything I've done and felt the previous year. I am sorry, Horace, I am truly sorry.

One of the worst things I had to do was my last task as his servant. I had to tamper with the other stolen powers in his lair, to make more evil heroes to command. Luckily, Skylar showed up and defeated me, so I was stopped and couldn't tamper with them. Because of her, the heroes who got their powers back aren't evil now.

I was sent to Mighty Max, and my good side – or what was left of it – began to scorn me. You don't belong in a cell, that voice said, you're a hero and they are no prisoners of the good guys. This is the part where I thank Megahertz for laughing at me. If he hadn't laughed, I wouldn't have felt humiliated and my good side wouldn't have won it from the bad side. I guess after all that time, the Annihilator's influence on me has worn off a bit. That is probably why my good side saved me."

"One more thing," Horace asked after he realized Tecton would say no more, "how did you get out of prison."

"Philip let me out," Tecton said, "I told him the story, too, and I showed him my mark. He believed it and set me free. Too bad the other guards didn't hear the story until now." He pointed at the five other men surrounding him. Horace still looked a bit suspicious, and he turned to Philip.

"Philip, is that true?" he asked and the guard nodded.

"Yes, sir," answered the man with the big head, "He was all those time in his cell and there is no way he has access to something to conceal a white mark with. So yes, it's true." Kaz and Oliver thought Philip really seemed to have more confidence now he was a guard and very important. Horace looked back at Tecton.

"I've heard enough. Tecton…" he grabbed Tecton's right hand and shook it, "Welcome back!"