Light's back dragged across the ground as Browbeat carried him by the ankle. While Browbeat made sure not to speak while he carried him, Light did everything in his power to strike up a conversation with Browbeat.

"Bro, bro bro bro, bro bro! Brah. Bro. Bro brah, brah bro. Broooooooo."

Nothing fazed him. Really, there was no need for him to talk to Light. He wasn't going to risk revealing unwanted information by being nice to Light. No, Browbeat was treating him like any other villain. Light had attacked him, and now he was literally getting dragged to jail.

"Bro buddy," Light said being carried across the junkyard. "Brah bro, buddy pal. Bro cop, good cop, bro homes, bro home!"

Light, through sheer ignorance, wasn't at all concerned about the predicament he'd caught himself in. He attacked Browbeat yelling 'I challenge you, frenemy or foe!', and launched a ball of light in Browbeat's direction. Browbeat was largely on patrol to test the upper limits of his powers. To his pleasant surprise, Light's "ka-me-ha-me-ha" (as he shouted) did not penetrate his telekinetic barrier.

To both their surprise, none of Light's attacks harmed him. It was easy for Browbeat to grab Light, and grapple him in a way to prevent him from shifting away from him. Apparently, his Menton limit was that he couldn't shift out of person's grasp. Light was unfazed.

"Brooooooooooooooooooooooooo."

Browbeat stayed quiet. He'd told Light the name he'd chosen, and Light was having a thrill making wordplay with it. He didn't let it get to him. Maybe Light was trying to undermine his name, make him feel insecure through some sort of psychological warfare. Browbeat was better than that. Nothing fazed him. Ever.

"Going for the strong silent type I see. I can respect that." Light let his arms drag as the junkyard's garbage rubbed against his arms. He was outside wearing sweatpants, a t-shirt, and his half cracked mask. It was plainly obvious Light had attacked Browbeat through unplanned circumstances. "But you gotta make sure the few times you do talk are badass, or else you'll just be forgotten like some sort of side character."

"Being forgotten is the least of my concerns." Browbeat said monotoned.

"See? Quotable line, right there. You're already cool in my books."

Browbeat was certain Light was trying to garner sympathy from him. Either that, or his persona online was as legitimate offline. Either way, nothing Light said truly mattered to him. Light had attacked him, Light was a villain, and now he was going to jail.

A mountain of bugs scurried in front of Browbeat, causing him to stop in his path. He didn't flinch as the bugs piled up in front of him and formed a human-like figure. Light, however, quickly fell into panic from the ground. "Oh dear God, it's Spawnchild! Lord have mercy! Oh Heavenly Father I repent for my sins! Browbeat, send me to the birdcage! Don't let the bugs touch me!"

"Are you a villain, or hero?" Browbeat asked the bugs. Although it was hard to separate theories from facts online, the bug person did attack the Losers whom were villains, but that never specifically meant someone was a hero either.

"Hero." The bug pile hissed, "I've never seen you before. Hero, or villain?" The bugs buzzing that would've made it difficult to hear if Browbeat weren't so close. While Light was frantically trying to shake off Browbeat's grasp, Browbeat was completely calm.

"Hero." He answered. He thought about the possibility that bug person was lying to get his guard down, but Browbeat guessed that his shield could protect him from bugs as well. No harm in being honest this time.

The pile of bugs collapsed to the ground like water. Another cape revealed herself a short distance away from behind a garbage pile. She had a dark skin tone, with a mickey mouse helmet and emblem on her chest. It contrasted the warrior-like attire style that carried the metal gauntlets on her wrists and legs. "Ah yes," Mouse Protector announced herself, "another ally in our crusade for heroism. And what is this?"

Mouse Protector pointed to Light. "It appears the infamous villain in peril has been captured by the newest cape in town. Such a boon shall surely be awarded once the PRT gets their hands on you. And what is your name, newly discovered hero?"

"Browbeat," he answered, unimpressed by Mouse Protector's monologue.

"Ah yes, a true bro the brows the browest of brows to bro hero bros like a true bro."

Light blinked at her, "I'm sorry, I'm having some really weird deja vu right now."

A girl in a light-brownish bodysuit followed behind her. She fell behind Mouse Protector like a shy kid hiding behind a teacher. Light raised an eyebrow, "wait, are you Spawnchild?"

"No," Taylor said thickly. "The internet kind of gave me that name."

Light's eyebrow's scrunched together, they couldn't see his mouth gaping underneath his mask. "Wait, you're satan girl? Christ, you're not scary, you're the kind of girl I'd ask out on a date."

Taylor took a step back and blinked beneath her mask. Mouse Protector was amused! Mouse Protector commented, "stop trying to seduce the heroine. She's out of your league."

Before Taylor could say anything, Light gave off a sigh. "Okay, okay, but seriously though, what's your cape name?"

Taylor swallowed. Would it come off as pathetic if I said I didn't have a cape name? "She doesn't have one yet," Mouse Protector answered for her. "We're thinking insectoid, Beetle borg, or Pincer princess!"

"Needs to be neighbourhood friendly," Browbeat added. "It's basic psychology. If she's a hero, it needs to be inviting, not intimidating. Try Bugbro."

"Ha!" Light pointed at Browbeat from the ground, "every time you open your mouth I love you more!"

"But I'm not a bro…" Taylor said quietly.

"That's sexist," Light commented.

"Beatbug." Browbeat said.

"Queen bee," Light said. "And bee as in bug, not the letter."

"I've got it!" Mouse Protector yelled, "Wasp whisperer! Whistling away whilst whispering wicked winds with waltzing wasps everywhere!"

"Monarch."

"Stinger."

"Webber."

Taylor took out her notepad. She made sure write down her favorite names as the three of them yelled titles over each other.

XXX

Mouse Protector handcuffed Light before she could forget. (I love the Menton effect!)'The handcuffs were PRT standard model, meant to prevent changers from escaping. The three heroes sat on the ground facing each other. Light sat a few feet away from them, grumbling that he wasn't a part of the conversation.

"We're looking for someone," Bug girl said to Browbeat. "A kid was kidnapped by the ABB."

"With a ransom note," Mouse Protector added, "possibly a crime of passion..."

Light looked up at them, "the ABB? Are you sure?"

"Thinkers say so," Mouse Protector said. "Also, you are really bad at practicing your right to remain silent."

Light scooted closer to them. "Er, if it's the ABB, I think I can help. My team stakes out ABB businesses at least twice a week. If someone was kidnapped, we can find out."

"Stakeout?" Taylor asked, "I've never seen you guys fight the ABB online."

"Yeah, we don't put that on camera. The E88 hate us, but humiliating Lung online is suicide. Better they think we only screw with the E88, so that they'll never come after us."

"Speaking of which," Mouse Protector mentioned, "any chance you could tone down the racist comments? People think it's weird that I like your show."

"No can do," Light said. "I'm caramel colored, and I take full advantage of the racially confused sweetness."

Mouse Protector squinted at him. Light continued, "anyway. Me and my team stake out prostitution rings that are on the edges of town. At least once a week, we'll catch the ABB trying to ship some kidnapped teenagers to farms outside the city. Whenever we see that, we give an anonymous tip to the PRT so that they can stop it. Nine out of ten times they show up before the girls are shipped off. One out of ten times… We orchestrate an 'accident', to prevent them from getting shipped off anyway."

Taylor blinked beneath her mask. "You guys do that? Why?"

Light shrugged, "spare time, I guess."

Mouse Protector patted her buggy helper on the head. "The longer you're in the game, the more you'll see things aren't so black and white."

Light commented, "it's true, sometimes we come out khaki colored." Mouse Protector scrunched her lips. He continued, "I consider myself a delicious brown donut, with a sugary coating of powder that gives me just the right amount of all around sweetness."

Mouse Protector's mouth gaped open, "do you ever hear the things you're saying?"

"I phase in and out when I'm talking." Light turned to Browbeat. "Anyway, I have a com channel in my mask, can you pull it off so I can call my sister? She's better at detective work than I am."

"It's a trap." Browbeat said factually. "I'm not calling your teammates to come save you."

"We're not stupid," Bug girl said plainly. "You're just trying to avoid arrest."

Light stared at bug girl. "Trust me, none of us are stupid enough to pick a fight with you."

"I'm fine with this," Mouse Protector said to everyone's surprise. "Way I see it, if you guys give info on the ABB anyway, better to get help officially than anonymously."

"But…" Bug girl relented. "I'm sorry, but working with villains… I'm not so sure."

"This is more common than you know," Mouse Protector spoke in a mentor-like tone. "Even though television likes to portray the good fight as good versus evil, you'll see that it's better to work with good villains to take out the worst villains. It's why Endbringer truces exist."

Browbeat looked at Light. "He could just abandon us as soon as his teammates come. How can we trust this isn't a trap?"

"You can't," Mouse Protector answered casually. "So we just have to have faith that they'll help us in this case."

Browbeat and Taylor exchanged glances. Light eyed across the three of them. After an exchanging of nods, Browbeat pulled off Light's mask. He smiled, a smile identical to Rush. The two younger heroes were surprised by how comfortable he was with showing them his true face.

Browbeat pressed a small button on the inside of the mask. "Also," Light warned Mouse Protector, "keep the puns on minimum. Rush hates puns."

Taylor stared at Light in disbelief. Mouse Protector grinned deviously, "duly noted."

The sound of a dial up connection groaned out from his mask. Rush answered on the other side. "I hate you."

The three heroes blinked as they heard Rush's voice. She was on speaker. Light let out a sigh, "it was an accident."

"It's Sunday, the lord's day. I planned on smoking today."

Light retorted, "I thought the Lord's day was your drinking day."

"It's both." Rush let out a sigh, "I never get time away from the team. And the one time I get the day off, you get arrested."

"How'd she know?" Taylor asked.

Light whispered, "we have a rule. When it's her day off, only call her if I'm getting arrested." Light returned to speaking to Rush, "I kind of need your help with something."

"Should I bring the dildo cannon?"

"Er, no. You see, they're looking for a kid who got kidnapped by the ABB."

Rush sighed, "lemme guess, since we stakeout ABB rings, they want us to help find her?"

"Exactly."

"All because you have an asian fetish."

Light paled. He looked at the three heroes, eying him curiously. Light yelled, "for the last time, I don't have an asian fetish!"

Rush countered, "you're the reason we stakeout for asian teenagers. It's pretty obvious you have a fetish."

"Oh God no," Light groaned, "can't a man save lives without having ulterior motives?"

"I wouldn't," Rush said, "I'm still surprised you didn't ask the girl from the Korean restaurant out. It was obvious she wanted to suck your D."

Light wasn't sure how to respond. "You're being stupid again."

They all knew she was referring to the Korean teenager he'd been speaking to in the last hostage situation. Light had been talking to her for almost half the episode, easily making her laugh while keeping her within arm's reach distance. Mouse Protector said, "she was pretty flirty. I actually thought you asked her out off camera."

Light asked, "she was flirty? No she wasn't, she was just being nice."

Browbeat commented, "she laughed at everything you were saying in an exaggerated way. The body language was plainly obvious. I thought she was already your girlfriend."

Light argued, "she just… Had a great sense of humor."

"Yeah," Taylor said, "I'm surprised you didn't notice. I only watched the first few minutes of that video, it was pretty obvious she was into you."

Light's mouth shrunk, "goddamnit, why can't I notice these things?"

Rush answered, "it's because you're a friendly person, and just assume everyone else is too."

Light said, "can we get back on topic? Rush, help me find this kid."

"Fine, fine." Rush said with a sigh, "meet me at the stakeout where we met two weeks ago, when we ran away from Oni Lee. Remember that?"

"Yeah."

"Good. Also, Light?"

"Yeah?"

"It's not the worst fetish to have." She hung up.