Lisa was literally dragged into this. Aryana took her by the hand pulled her out of the base as soon as the footage started playing. Without saying a word, Aryana sang the Batman theme song as Brian and Alec watched her get dragged away.

Lisa was given time to put on her mask, Aryana had her broken half mask on, with a Sherlock Holmes coat she stole from a nearby thrift shop. While Tattletale glanced over to the spot Sabrina was filmed at, Rush casually ate a bag of chips as they investigated.

"Try mind reading the floor," Rush took a bite out of on of her cheetos.

Tattletale grumbled, "stop telling me how to use my powers..."

"Sidekicks need to be told what to do," Rush paused for a moment, "hehe, like most women."

Lisa squinted at her, "how is it that my IQ drops whenever you're around?"

"I tend to ruin everything I touch."

While Rush was making her own commentary from the side, Tattletale analyzed the warehouse's iron pillars to where she was shackled.

At the Docks

Twelve hours ago

Fallen won't leave the city until the heat comes off

We still have time to find her, Tattletale thought to herself. She knew it was wrong, but a part of Tattletale blamed herself for what had happened to her. Purity was desperate for E88 approval, and although Tattletale didn't expect her to move forward with this plan, she knew it was a possibility. She did nothing to stop Purity or Coil from moving forward with it, and it might as well have been her own fault for what Sabrina went through.

"You know," Rush said chewing at one of her Cheetos, "you'd make a really cute sidekick, but you should try wearing a skimpier costume. Throw your enemies off with your fine ass." Rush winked obnoxiously in Tattletale's direction.

Tattletale rubbed at her forehead. "How... the hell is it that you even survived this long?"

"God loves us."

"No," Tattletale grumbled, "you're literally proof that God does and doesn't exist. Only God could allow someone as idiotic as you to survive, yet there literally can't be a God if someone like you and your brother have survived this long!"

Rush threw her head back laughing, "you have no idea how true that is!" Rush floated towards Tattletale and placed a hand on her shoulder, "so genius, did you get what we need?"

Tattletale sighed, "yeah, let's just get this over with."

With a smile, Rush yelled, "oh my, I sure hope that no one ambushes us. Two defenseless hormonal teenagers with minimal sexual protection." Rush yelled louder, "because we are totally defenseless, and now would be a perfect time to spring a trap on us!"

Tattletale covered her face in shame. Pride was something that couldn't be retained around the Losers.

Purity, Kaiser, Hookwolf, and Krieg stepped out from the second floor of the warehouse office room. They stared down at Rush and Tattletale from the steel railing above them. "Undersiders," Krieg pointed out, "working for the Losers now? You know, the E88 could use a smart girl like yourself."

"She's not stupid," Rush said in a plain tone to him. "No one wants to join a team that can get beaten by a bunch of losers."

Krieg gritted his teeth. Purity said, "that old deal still stands, if you take it."

Tattletale interjected, "do you wanna know the real reason she said no? It wasn't because she's a sociopath that likes humiliating you guys for the fun of it, she just knew you that couldn't follow through. How could you guarantee the end of hate crime, when the gang literally stays united by it? The E88 are rotten to the core, and Rush saw it but not you."

Hookwolf and Krieg glared at Purity. Purity glared back at Tattletale. Tattletale never wanted Rune to get hurt, and calling Purity out was her petty revenge for it. Tattletale said, "how about better deal. The Losers will stop attacking you guys, on the condition to stop getting kids involved."

Rush glared at her. Tattletale continued, "go ahead and keep doing that racist stuff you all love to do, just one condition; no more kids dragged into it. Stay away from schools, and don't attack minority kids. That's doable, and you'd both get a truce worth trying."

"She has a soft spot for kids," Krieg commented.

Rush asked, "can I also ask Kaiser to suck my dick? I think I deserve that, since he's always on his knees trying to kill me."

Tattletale back glared at her, and Kaiser yelled, "no deal. She's humiliated the E88 for the last time, we will not let her live free in this city."

Rush patted Tattletale on the head, "here's a better deal, how I about I suck Hookwolf's dick for free. Not getting paid would technically make me a slave, and I'd finally get a taste of some of that German meat I've always wanted. It's a win win."

The four E88 leaders stared at her. Tattletale shouted, "for fuck's sake Rush, do you ever think when you talk?"

"I tend to faze in and out-"

"Stop." Tattletale yelled, "just, for the love of God, think before you talk."

Hookwolf leaped towards them. His body morphed into a heavy cannon ball of spikes and metal. Rush took Tattletale by the hand and they teleported away.

They dropped in an empty garbage bin. "Fuuuuuck," Tattletale and Rush groaned.

"Why'd we teleport here?" Tattletale yelled, her ass falling directly on the metal.

Rush got up from next to her, "this place used to have soft garbage."

The place Tattletale and Rush landed was fairly close. There was a 'drop point' at the center of the city, somewhere Leet had planted beforehand. It was good for Tattletale to come along with her, because she could now give Coil all the locations of their 'checkpoints' to teleport at were, something Coil could utilize wisely.

"They empty this place on Mondays," Tattletale grumbled, "can't you think before you decide?"

"Not really."

Rush floated herself out of the trash bin before Tattletale climbed herself out. They both walked off their aches as they headed towards the docks. Rush said, "do me a favor, next time you wanna talk for me, at least be funny about it. It's not fun when they figure me out."

Tattletale sneered, "I get that you're trying to be chaotic to contradict Accord, but that doesn't work anymore. Maybe it worked running away from him, but not when you're in Brockton Bay. Not when you have to learn your place in the system that's already been established."

"I know that," Rush said in a plain tone. "I'm not trying to survive, I'm just trying to enjoy things before my time is up."

Her powers filled in more gaps;

Suicidal

"Oh," Tattletale said in a smaller tone.

Rush looked back at her with a frown. With a sigh Rush said, "I'm not trying to burn the world. I'm just acutely aware of how limited my options are. I don't want to leave my mark or leave a legacy in my wake, I just feel the need… The need to be separated, from everything I've been…"

Compensation? Balancing out the past? Rush couldn't couldn't put the precise words to it, but she knew why she was like this. She hoped Tattletale understood enough to accept that.

"Alright," Tattletale said. "I guess it's alright for other people to get hurt in the name of your soul searching."

Rush frowned, but knew better to argue with her. They walked the rest of the way in silence.

XXX

Present - At the Loser's Base

Brian and Alec left the entrance of the building. Vivan was at the entrance door's edge, hands in his pocket and staring at the ground. Brian said to him, "we're living, Vivan. We clearly came at a bad time, as soon as Rush and Lisa are done, we can get back in contact."

Vivan's eyes stared up at Brian not lifting his head from the ground. Vivan knew both their profiles, Brian had a sister, Alec had siblings. He asked, "what would you have done?"

"Excuse me?" Brian asked.

"If Sabrina was your sister, what would you have done?"

"She probably deserved it," Alec answered quickly, thinking about his own siblings.

Vivan's lips curled. Brian, surprised by the question, answered, "the same thing you guys are doing."

His chin lifted, and then fell back down again. Vivan said, "I had this theory, about triggers. That the reason we trigger, is because we feel powerless."

They'd both seen Vivan's 'origin' video before. No one was surprised Vivan hadn't told the full truth, but they were surprised by how much truth there was to it.

The origin video for Light had said he'd triggered after he watched his sister getting beaten up by gang members. Now he understood the full truth. He triggered after watching an online video of his sister getting beaten up by the Fallen, what he saw shook him enough to activate his powers.

Vivan continued, "but that's a little ironic, isn't it? Because powers are supposed to save you from something you need saving from, but when you have powers that can't save you, doesn't that make you feel even more weak than if you didn't have them at all?"

Brian stared down at Vivan. He really was short, but he was getting what Aryana saw in him. That goodness, he always kept in him despite being a villain. Showing his understanding Brian said, "like climbing a mountain, and realizing that the valley is steeper from where you are?"

"Yeah," Vivan said quietly, "exactly."

"Yeah, well that's something we have to live with. When we can't do much, we have to settle with doing everything we can."

"I don't think I can settle with that," Vivan said softly. "I know it's stupid, but I can't ever settle."

XXX

Present - The Abandoned docks

Rush stared down at the Fallen members, "impressive."

Gallant and Golem looked up. Rush was laying up in the air like she were sitting on an invisible couch. She had a Sherlock Holmes costume with a stitched handbag to the side. She was paying more attention to Golem than to the Fallen members. They were guarding the bodies. Large golems hugged each Fallen members as they waited patiently for the PRT to arrive.

"I'm not even surprised," Golem said staring at the presence of Rush.

Tattletale revealed herself from the shadows, in casual clothes but with her domino mask on. "I'm surprised," Gallant said staring at Tattletale. "Did they just recruit another member?"

Rush let out an obnoxious laugh, Tattletale snickered, "if anything, she's my sidekick."

"I'm her groupie," Rush said adding fire to her words, "she has some weird ass fetishes that need tickling."

Tattletale shook her head as Rush made a grotesque gesture with her hands. As disgusted as she was, Lisa didn't want to stoop to Rush's level. "You know what," Tattletale said flailing her hands up, "I don't even care anymore."

Rush began kicking at the air, Tattletale flicked her off. Gallant was quick to ignore Rush, he turned his attention to Tattletale instead. "Tattletale, member of the Undersiders… You're just a teenager, aren't you?"

Tattletale rolled her eyes, "oh boy, here we go again. I'm gonna stop you right there. Right now you're gonna give me the rundown of why I should join the Wards, and all the spectacular benefits that they all bring. I'll tell you right now that I don't need it. I probably know more about the program than you do, and I can tell you right now that I'm better off where I am now than with the Wards."

Gallent stared at her. Her parahuman online profile said she could read minds, the claim was written by Uber himself. If she could really read minds, all he could do was offer her his fullest honesty. "I want you to know, everything the Wards do, is to help people like us. And even if not everyone there cares for your well being, enough people do. So believe me when I say this, I care about your needs, and when I say you're safer as a Ward, I'm saying it because I value you as a person."

Being Genuine

Tattletale rolled her eyes. 'Be honest with her, and you'll be alright', was the advice written on her parahumans profile page. Gallant, in particular, had experience in speaking genuinely.

No wonder Glory Hole likes you, Tattletale thought to herself. Rush added, "he's right you know." She floated down to the ground, stepping close to Tattletale. "I know I'd take that offer if I had the chance."

"That's not happening," Tattletale said with a raised eyebrow.

"Then I guess you really are stupid."

Tattletale's eyes snapped into a glare. Gallant instantly felt the hostility, and intervened, "why are you both here?"

"Take a wild guess," Golem said pointing to Gressile and Rosie. Rush looked over to them. The Fallen members were 'attached' to a cargo crate with iron golems hugging them in place. It looked like they were being pulled into the ground, both were badly bruised up enough to not put up a fight until the PRT arrived.

Rush walked toward them, and stared at them in their Endbringer-like costumes. She recalled the time she'd been taken, and held hostage for a full month when their gang broke bones like she were a rag doll. They said she needed to be 'broken' before being brought in for marriage.

Gallant could feel the storm cloud of emotions brewing up over her head. It looked like a calm storm. Repressed fury, suppressed to stay within her control. The flexibility Rush had over her own emotions was strange, like she could change herself at the touch of a switch.

When Gallant had seen Rush the first time, it was like nothing was there, now it was like she was willfully releasing out pent up emotions. "Rush," Gallant said, "the PRT are going to arrest them, if you hurt them now, we'll arrest you too."

Rush said quietly to them, "how long is a month?" To which they eyed at her in confusion. Rush dug through her carrying bag looking for a tool to use.

"Rush," Gallant said approaching her, "if you do anything to hurt them, we will stop you."

She pulled out a sharpie. Uncapping the lid, she drew dick pictures on both of their faces. Gallent still saw the storm clouds over her head. They remained the same even as she smiled. She said, "vengeance is best served strange."

Rush put her sharpie away and returned to Tattletale, "Any clues, Sherlock sidekick?"

Tattletale stared at her. She'd just gained another clue about her:

Practicing Self Control

Tattletale nodded her head, "Panacea's house."

"Oh my," Rush said clasping her hand, "it's about time I paid her a visit."

Golem said, "hold on, we can't just let you guys visit her home. She's New Wave, that'd be crazy."

Gallant and Tattletale stayed quiet, Rush patted his head, "relax Browbeat's bro, me and Amy are actually tight friends. It's about time I visit her house."

Golem opened his mouth, but Gallant stopped him, "Golem, its fine. Victoria knows them, they can take care of themselves."

Golem raised an eyebrow underneath his mask. He looked at Rush and wondered how well connected she really is.

"Very connected," Tattletale teased. "She's surprisingly good at networking."

Golem tilted his head at her, fully convinced Tattletale was indeed a telepath.