The Adventures of the

God Squad

Episode 50 "A New Enemy"

Part 1

Ever since the accident with the experiment which led to the Misfits, even though I had ordered the project and research locked down, I always thought that perhaps I should give them another chance at their work with the formula. Perhaps if I gave them enough time, then perhaps their formula could give a person the power of their choice, but it would not be allowed to used as a product or be released into the public, but would be only a military protocol thing. I called for all the scientists who led the research in the performance enhancer formula an asked them if they could create what I wanted and if they could create an antidote. There answer?

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"We are not sure, only time will tell, but we thank you for giving us another chance, and this time we promise to tell you everything." They said. "I will give 2 years to create the formula of choice and an antidote to it, and I will provide you all with whatever resources you need to complete your work. But if it a rare item that you require for an experiment that has a lower chance of success than failing, then you will have to make do with what I give you" I told them. I deactivated the hologram signal and the room went dark. I walked out of the room and as the door opened, Anna was standing in front of me with her arms legs crossed and tapping her left foot. "You're not seriously going to allow them to continue their work after what they've done, are you?" she asked.

"Great. Some of the poison that she had still stayed in. Great!" I thought. "Anna, we agreed that before they actually do any of the experiments, have to run a test through the computer to see if it will work and if it doesn't work in the first 5 tries then they have to cancel the test. I'm going to keep a very close eye on them this time." I told her. I'm still not comfortable with this, but if you want to do it, I'm not going to stand in your way" she said walking away unhappy. I knew that my wife wasn't pleased with me letting my scientists continue the tests, but I had already learned, that you can't make everyone happy all the time.

Time went on as the scientists worked their best to modify the formula so that a person could choose whatever powers that they wanted (within the limits of what the formula could produce). The formula could only produce one power per person and no additional powers could be injected or certain side-effects would accrue (you don't want to know, so don't ask). After a few months, my lab boys told me that they had figured out an antidote for the formula, the name now changed to formula-X. This time we would inject formula-X into 4 mice and then see if the antidote would work. We injected the mice and then gave them the antidote. We scanned the mice and the antidote had worked! Now they could start working on making formula-X multi-choice.

I congratulated the scientists for their success and gave each of them a reward for their accomplishment and if they could succeed in our goal for formula for formula, each of them would receive a Nobel prize for their revolutionary creation. They thanked me and got back to work. Me, my wife and the gang sat down for dinner and afterwards went for a competitive game of tennis. Finally we all went down to the pub for a drink. We toasted the scientists for success in their work and for a great day. Finally I asked everyone to come with me to the council room for a discussion. "Who here supports and feels confident in the scientists and their work as of now?" I asked them. Out of my ten friends and wife 7 of them said they were confident: Jordan, Joseph, Noah, Estera, Justyn, Jo-Anne, and Peter, but the others said that they didn't trust these experiments and that it should stop immediately. Every member had their say in the matter, and so I took each into thought. Because of the majority of vote and better reasons, I decided that the testing would continue, but Anna was not happy at all. She came up to me and asked "Why are you giving those men another chance after they lied to you? What have they done to deserve a second round?" I replied "Everyone deserves a second chance. Look at the story of Jonah, the people of Nineveh didn't deserve another chance at all, but God says that everyone deserves one, no matter what they have done in the past. Whenever we do something wrong or incompletely, we want to try again, and that' why I'm giving them this second shot, for them to learn to be truthful and more careful." She knew that I was right, then bowed and nodded her head in agreement. "Anna. Trust me. I know what I'm doing." I told her smiling and pulling her close.

After a whole year, the scientists had wonderful news for me. "Sir, Sir! We have created formula-X's powers to able to be chosen! We have done it!" they shouted ecstatically and celebrated. I was overjoyed to hear those words. "Meet me in the trophy room now! I have a reward for each of you." I said de-activating the hologram. When we all met in the trophy room and I called for the 10 scientists to stand in a straight line. Each of them received a Nobel prize for their revolutionary scientific discovery and were given hundreds of thousands of dollars, their own personal lab, supplies and work space, along being sponsored by me for the rest of their lives ($1,000,000,000 a month to spend from my sponsorship each). I asked them to show me formula-X in action. We asked for 4 students to volunteer for the procedure. One of them chose to have the power to regenerate and being able to heal any wound or injury. Another wanted the power to control the weather, the next wanted to have phasing ability so she was able to walk through anything. Another one of them wanted to be able to change their skin to diamond skin and the last wanted super speed and flight. The scientists formulated for formula-X to do what the students wanted and the trial commenced. The students began to scream like in the last test, but after a while they calmed down and were calm. We unlocked them and took them to the testing chambers for them to try out their new powers. The results were fantastic! Each of the students had just the powers they wanted and there were no side-effects. I congratulated all the scientists and made them known as some of the best scientists ever to live!

I contacted the Misfits if maybe they would like some more company "You guys got room for 4 more?" I asked them. "What do you mean sir?" they asked. I explained what had happened and they said that they would gladly accept the 4 students and their new powers. The one who had the power of flight was called Aaron and his nickname was "Air Blitz". The one with diamond skin was called Emma and her nickname was "Emma Crystal". The one who asked for regeneration ability was called Bob and his nickname was "No-Dead Bob". The one who asked for ability to control the weather was called Beatrice and her nickname was "Cumulonimbus". The one who wanted the power to walk through anything was called Serena and her nickname was "Ghost".

Now the Misfits had 9 heroes instead of just 4, but it turned out that the new members didn't really get along with the Misfits and this was a problem I was stuck with. The Misfits called to me and complained that the new heroes were selfish and just plain annoying and that they wanted them moved. "Guys, it can't be that bad, but if that's how you guys feel, then I'll come over tomorrow and do an inspection, but don't tell them I'm coming." I replied. "Thank you sir, we really appreciate this" they thanked me. "Guys, call me Yvan, I might be the most powerful man in Slugterra, but I'm still your friend" I replied smiling as I deactivated the hologram.