AN: I have to tell you the next chapters will be inspired by Marvel (because I am a big marvel fan yoho!)

Guest: Thank you so much for your comforting words! Believe me that really picked up my mood! And yes, I'm very thankful for the wonderful writers here! (I read the Synlet section before I made this story... and I was slightly disappointed by the lack of synlet but also satisfied by the great writers lol)

So here it is!

But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

- Pompeii, Bastille

"You do know that nobody should ever recognize us." Cara said to the group.
"Wear this." Alfred said, handling Violet a pair of shades and Antonette a baseball cap. He turned to Cara, who already has her hoodie on. "No need for that." she said.
They boarded off the plane and walked around. "We should split up." Violet said. It was the best way they could round up the place.
"I'll go with Violet, you and Cara could go around." Antonette told them.
"Okay. Here." Alfred handed them walkie talkie.
"What is this? 80s?" Cara chuckled, looking at the walkie talkie.
"This is much better than phones. Believe me." Alfred argued.
"Okay, let's go."

Metal clanking can be heard from the lab. He was having a hard time to focus, but he had to. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and stared at the blueprint he made. Once you finish that crap, we can get out of here. Any ideas?
"None... Yet."
Good. I'll have to hold to your 'yet' promise.
"Shut up. Just trust me.."
Oh, you do have a plan.
"Yeah."
At the room far away, Omega and Morning Star looked at the inventor. The masked villain kept his eyes on him. "We're almost done, Omega." he said.
The redhead looked at him. "You trust him not to make any mistakes?" she asked.
"I trust him not to try." he replied. "Because if he does. The consequence would be heavier."
Omega looked at the screen. A scar running from her forehead to her cheek can be seen because of the light of the screen. It was something she acquired when doing her operation in Ukraine. A super gave her that scar. It was her reminder of how she hates the supers.
"You have to go to California, am I right?" Morning Star interrupted her.
"Yes. Anything else you want me to do?"
"Nothing."
She left the room.

Antonette kept her eyes on her feet. Violet looked around. It was almost midday when they reached the place. There were lots of people around.
Violet pulled out her walkie talkie and contact Alfred. "Shouldn't we go to Red Archer's house and warn him?"
"Already did that." Cara replied. "Red Archer said he'd be ready if anything happens."
"Most of them says that." Alfred replied.
Antonette watched the streets as they passed by. No signs of Morning Star minions, she thinks.
"Where will Red Archer's son be today?" Antonette asked.
"At his school. Which is a few blocks away." Violet replied.
And then there was a loud explosion.
"Guys, did you hear that?!" Violet said, grabbing Antonette as they walked towards it.
"It's on the FREUD Building, it's where Red Archer is working during the day!" Cara replied.
Then there was another explosion not far away.
Crap. "Guys, head for the school!" Cara instructed. "Me and Alfred are on our way."
Violet and Antonette hurried to the school and when they reached the place it was a chaos.
"That's too many, Vi!" Antonette said upon seeing the battalion of guards.
"We need to save his son and get one of them." she argued.
Alfred and Cara were already there. "They'd go looking for James Wilkin. We need to find the boy." Alfred said. And within the smokes and debris that were falling, Alfred saw Omega.
"She's here."
Cara turned to see her.
"Cara, go find James. I'll buy you some time." Alfred said. He gave her the walkie talkie.
"What? I'm not leaving you here!" she said.
"The three of you should go looking for him. I'll stall them." Alfred said. "Go!"

"James!" Violet called from the crowd. "James Wilkin!"
Antonette saw the brunette boy near hiding near the vending machine. "James!"
"James! It's me. Violet Parr." Violet said as she tried to calm the boy down. "We need to get you out of here. Okay? Come with me."
The boy held on Violet as they made way through the crowd. "Antonette, get him to a safe place. You can phase through the crowd." Violet instructed.
"But Vi!"
"Get him out of here!"
Omega tapped her earpiece. "Have you found the boy?"
"Not yet, Ma'am."
"Find him!"
When she was going to turn around, a fist slammed on her cheeks. She fell on the ground and groaned at the impact. Her green eyes turned to see who it is.
"Alfred Robbins." she smirked. "Nice to see you here."
Alfred didn't say another word instead he lunged towards her. Omega, ready to attack, kicked her way up to his shoulder and strangled him. Omega grabbed a steel 16 inch metal on her back and tried to strangle him. Alfred slowly turned to his metal form as he grabbed Omega and threw her aside.
"You're not gonna stay super forever." she grinned. She took out a gun and shoot Alfred, which sent him flying a few feet away.
"Losers." she muttered.

Antonette phased through the crowd and she almost screamed when she saw Omega. Her grip on James's hand tightened.
"Let's go!" she told him and ran another way. Omega ran after them.
Violet, on the other hand, was handling things on her own. She created a large forcefield that would block the guards. But it won't last long.
"Cara! Where are you?"
"On my way." She replied.
A beam slowly hit the guards. It's Cara.
"Where's Antonette?"
"I told him to take James."
"We need to follow her."

Antonette was holding James when she felt the kid let her go. "James!"
She looked and saw Omega grabbing him.
"Fun time's over, kid." she snapped.
"Let me go!"
Omega put a collar on James which made the kid slowly faint. Three guards slowly emerged behind her.
"Say goodbye." she grinned. Antonette was about to run to the side when Omega shot her. Omega grinned and turned to the guards. A beam hit Omega and she fell to the side. The guards turned to see Cara and Violet.
Omega stood back up and handed James to one of the guards. "Take him to the ship. And go." she sneered.
"You have to pass us before you take that kid anywhere." Cara snapped.
"So be it." she said before pulling out her gun.
"Violet!" Cara shouted.
Violet put up a forcefield but it was too late.
The two of them hit the ground.
Cara grunted and looked up to see them leaving. She fumbled in her pocket and quickly ran. She grabbed James' hand, but Omega pulled her away and threw her off.
Cara hit the wall and she saw Omega running off.

"I strictly told you not to harm them!" Morning Star jolted to his seat.
"And I did not." she argued.
"They're still alive, Morning Star." she muttered. "Why do we even bother to keep them alive?"
"Because if the inventor knows that you've killed them, he won't finish what he started!" he roared. "Don't worry. When he's finished, you can enjoy slitting their throats." he said, slowly turning his face to the screen. "He's almost done."

Violet blinked a few times before she could clearly see what happened. She could hear voices. Shouts.
"Violet!"
She could hear someone calling her.
"Violet!" she turned her head to see Alfred, shaking her.
"Wake up, Violet!"
"What happened?"
"Omega escaped. She took James with him."
"Darn, we came here for nothing." Antonette mumbled.
"Not really." Cara said, gently massaging her head. "I put a tracker on James' hoodie."
"Why didn't you do that before?" Antonette argued.
"Because I thought we could save the boy." Cara snapped. "Let's go back to the jet."

"So.. He's somewhere in Canada?" That's what the tracker said.
Cara pushed some buttons in and entered their destination, but Violet stopped her.
"Don't. We need to get there by foot. They'll notice the jet even with a stealth mode." she said. "Drop us to the nearest place. Then we'd walk."
Cara nodded.
"Metis. Any updates?" Alfred asked.
"Yes, sir. I found Morning Star's base." she said. "It would be an underground base on Victoria Island."
"So, what's the plan?" Antonette asked.
"Violet would go looking for Buddy since she's the one who's capable of being invisible." Cara said.
"Who told you you're going to plan?" Antonette asked.
"Ann, Cara's the one who made sure we'll find the place I'm sure she knows what she's doing." Violet interrupted.
"Okay? So... Antonette, you and Violet go to the security room and make sure me and Alfred can get in. After that, Violet can go look for Buddy." she said. "Alfred and me will clear the way for Violet and we'll try to find the kids."
"Sounds fine to me." Alfred said.
"Let's do this."

At last, Buddy's finished. Four huge guns. Something felt wrong in him as he stared at it.
The door opened and Buddy turned to see Omega and Morning Star walking in.
"You're finished. Good." Morning Star said. Buddy could see the smirk behind that mask.
"Let's test it."
The words made Buddy's blue eyes big.
A couple of guards dragged a boy, brunette and 10 years old into the room.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"Going to test if your dear invention does work." Morning Star said.
The boy was trembling. He's thin and innocent. Fragile.
"It's just a kid." Buddy snapped.
"Do you prefer to use your dearly beloved girlfriend as a subject?" Morning Star told him.
Buddy backed away, but he gave Morning Star a deathly glare.
"Omega." Morning Star pointed the gun.
Omega operated the gun. Few more seconds, the gun created a blue electric light. And as soon as it had enough energy, it blasted on the kid.
The boy fell on the floor.
Omega turned to Morning Star, who in return, tilted his head to the boy. She moved towards the boy and grabbed her metal steel, pushing a small button to pull out the blades.
The boy look at her in terror.
"Hey!" Buddy tried to interfere, but Morning Star turned to him.
The boy backed away until he was leaning his back flat on the wall. Omega was about to stake him when he raised his hand to use his powers.
Nothing. There was nothing. Omega stopped and smirked, turning her head to Morning Star.
"W-where... are.. Where are my powers?" the boy asked as tears started to well in his eyes.
"It worked." Morning Star nodded, pleased with the result. He turned to Buddy.
"We made a deal. I do your crap and you let me go." he sneered.
"Of course, Pine. I'll arrange an aircraft to send you back tomorrow." he said before snapping his fingers. The guards took away the wailing boy and Omega and Morning Star followed them.

Few hours later.
Victoria Island

Alfred fixed his jacket and wore his bonnet as they prepare to walk out of the jet. Cara and Violet have been already outside.
Antonette put up the stealth mode and joined them.
"We should be getting ready for Christmas." Alfred joked.
"We still have like 15 days, right?" Antonette smiled.
"This is the worst Christmas ever." Cara replied.
The four of them laid on the big pile of snow as they looked at the base.
"We can sneak in the ventilation." Cara said. "It's 20 feet west."
The four walked carefully and Alfred made sure nobody was following them, also clearing their footsteps.
"We need to break it." Antonette whispered.
"Let me." Alfred moved forward and tore the wires like paper. "Get in."
Antonette and Violet moved. "We will wait your signal here, Antonette. You have to tell us when you've already cleared the security room."
"Okay." Violet said.
"Don't get caught." Alfred said.
"If you ever get caught, keep the radio open so we can hear what's happening." Cara instructed.
"Okay."
"Go."

Buddy stared at the door, anytime now the guard would take him out.
Are you ready, Buddy?
"Yeah."
Good.
The door opened and the guard looked at him.
"Let's go." he told him.
Buddy followed him, but as soon as he turned around, Buddy pulled out his tazer, the one who made out of the scraps, and tazed him.
"What the hell?!" the other guard said before pointing the gun at Buddy. But Buddy was quick, he pulled out the metal stick and hit the guard with it.
He grabbed their guns and made way to the other room.
"Holy." the guard from the security room muttered. He grabbed the radio and was about to alert the others when. THUD!
"Not so fast, ugly." Antonette muttered and pushed him off his seat.
"Let's see. Your boyfriend's going somewhere." Antonette told Violet as they stared at the screen.
"Where are you going, Buddy?

Buddy walked towards the long hall and finally found the room he was looking for. Morning Star's room.
He peeked and to his luck, he wasn't there.
He immediately walked to the screens. "No. Not here." he grumbled. And he kept looking for a computer. A laptop, maybe. On the side of his eyes, he noticed a door. He never noticed that before. Buddy walked towards it and opened. Empty. He's not there. But inside there was a large computer set.
On the screen was a flashing 'OPERATION ARMAGEDDON'. Buddy looked through the files. He saw the blueprint he made for the gun. And as he read through it, his eyes widened.
"They're gonna use the satellites." he thought to himself. Morning Star will target ALL supers around the globe. "International chaos." he mumbled.
He clicked on the file and it revealed every super Morning Star will target. Everyone.
Buddy closed the program, but one thing caught his attention. Another program called 'OPERATION SERAPH'. He clicked it and looked through the files.
He swallowed hard.
"This is every super kid in America."
Ages range 15 below.
James Wilkin. Captured. Alexandria Cortes. Captured. Monica Louise. Captured. John Wickston. Captured. Letha Norway. Captured.
Buddy typed one name with his trembling fingers.
Dashiell Robert Parr, on progress.
"Oh crap." he thought.
"I see you found your way to his room." Omega grinned. Buddy turned around and grabbed his gun.
"I should've killed you after you made that gun." she said. "Right now, I have all the reasons to."
She pulled out her metal stick and moved towards Buddy. Buddy shot her few times but missed.
Darn it.
Omega kicked the gun away from his hand and punched him down. She set his foot on his chest. "Say goodbye." she grinned.
"Goodbye!" a voice called and Omega was hit, dropped down on the floor unconscious.
"Violet?!"
"Buddy!" she said, looking down to him.
"Why the hell did you come?!"
"Because nobody would save you." she argued.
"I told you in the video not to go looking for me."
"There's no time, we have to go." she said, grabbing him.

"Guys, the path's clear. Hurry." Antonette said over the radio.
Alfred and Cara made their way inside. "Antonette, do you know where the kids are?"
"Let's see." she said as she turn her chair to the computer and the screen. "Which room?"
The screen flashes and Antonette kept looking.
"Oh God." she muttered.
"What?"
"You have to get out. Don't go looking for the kids."
"Why?"
"They're taking them somewhere else and we can't fight them."
And before Cara could reply, there was a loud siren that sounded throughout the base.
"What is that?!"
"The alarm?!"
"Antonette, get out of there now!"

"How?"
"Omega must be awake by now." Buddy muttered before grabbing Violet's hand and running fast.
"Antonette, where are you?"
"Headed for the jet. Get out of there now!"
"Where's Cara and Alfred?"
"They'll be out soon!"
"There they are!" Buddy said.
The four reunited and looked around. "We need to find an escape route." Alfred said.
"Too late." Cara snapped. Guards flooded behind them.
"Oh f-"
They became shooting. Violet opened up a shield while Alfred turned to his metal form, shielding Cara from the bullets.
Cara readied the KF-13. She began shooting the guards.
"We have to go now!"

"What happened?" Morning Star asked Omega.
"There's been an infiltration. We need to evacuate the facility."
"The children are already in the craft. We just need to move the guns." he said. "Leave them be. But if they interfere. Kill them."

The four ran towards the ventilation where they came.
"We have to stop Omega and Morning Star." Buddy said.
"We can't do it, right now." Cara said.
They managed to get out of the base but the guards are still following them.
"Make sure that all the guns are inside." Omega instructed. She saw the four running away. "Keep going." she grinned.
"Ah!"
"Buddy!" Violet turned to see Omega.
"Omega, don't." Morning Star said in the earpiece. "We have much better things to do."
The woman gritted her teeth and turned around, signaling the guards.
Buddy stood up and pulled his gun, aiming it at her.
But Omega knew what he was about to do. She pulled out her own gun and shot Buddy.
Violet's eyes widened and she moved fast. She moved fast and went infront of Buddy, putting up her shield.
But the whole shield cracked.
And all of them saw the blue electrifying light shot at Violet.
"VIOLET!"