Kihonne: Hey guys. Sorry again about forgetting to let you know about the late update, but I think this chapter will make up for it. I know a lot of you were disappointed by the lack of action in the last chapter, so I made sure to include a fight scene in this one. But before we move onto the chapter, it's shoutout time!

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LabGirl2001: Oh, you're watching that too? I didn't think I'd like it – it's not the kind of show I usually watch – but dang, it's amazing. You weren't the only one who was expecting a lot of action – not sure why though – but the reason I didn't include any was because I wanted to focus more on setting up the story than rushing into things too quickly. I honest believe it would have seemed badly done if I had forced the fight scene into the chapter. As for Spotlight, well tragedy affects everyone differently. He lost a lot of the people he cared about – it's natural for him to be a lot more hesitant. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter.

AwesomnessSeaweedBrain: I'm glad you liked it so much! As for Alan, I never confirmed him to be dead. He simply just never accessed the superhero network, giving the illusion that he had died. Dani, Skylar, Kaz, and Oliver will be pretty surprised to find out, that's for sure. Anyway, enjoy the chapter.

Algernon23: Lily and Alivia are very similar, though, once you get to know Lily a bit more, you'll find that their reasons for diving straight in aren't the same. As for Spotlight, yeah, he's going to be a bit more cautious now. You weren't the only one who was expecting more action, though I'm glad you liked what I had. The reason I didn't include any was because I wanted to focus more on setting up the story than rushing into things too quickly. I honest believe it would have seemed badly done if I had forced the fight scene into the chapter. As for why this is in the Elite Force category rather than the Mighty Med one was for a couple reasons. One, because Crossbow isn't the only character from Elite Force that will be making an appearance, and two, because it took place after Mighty Med. Plus, I felt the story had more of an Elite Force vibe to it than Mighty Med, due to how much darker this story is than anything Mighty Med ever really got into. Anyway, I'm glad you liked the chapter, and I hope you like this one too.

MayLeaf2001: Well, I'm glad you liked it, despite the fact that it didn't have much action in it. I have to admit, I was surprised by the number of people who were expecting action right off the bat, but the reason I didn't include any was because I wanted to focus more on setting up the story than rushing into things too quickly. I honest believe it would have seemed badly done if I had forced the fight scene into the chapter. Yes, Jaime is gone. I'm afraid she really is dead, and she's probably not coming. To be honest, the original set up for this story had an arc in which she returned from the dead, briefly, but that was more about giving Alivia some closure than bringing back the hero. Anyway, I'm glad you liked it, and I hope you like this chapter too.

GU3ST: I'm glad you liked it so much! Please enjoy this one too!

EliteForce12: I'm really glad you liked it! I'm especially glad you liked the characters so much, as this is going to be more a character driven story than a plot driven one. Oh, and thank you for being so understanding about school, and for the good luck wishes. I really hope you like the chapter!

Guest: You are absolutely right – becoming a hero takes time. To be fair, it has been (in their timeline) about nine months since Mighty Med was destroyed, so I'm sure he's been working on it, but he does have a long way to go. That will be explored more throughout the story. As for Lily and Liam, I'm afraid they aren't the couple I had in mind. But, nevertheless, I hope you enjoy the chapter.

AlienGhostWizard14: I'm really glad you liked it, and that Alan and Liam are alive. I hope you enjoy this chapter too.

SzymonS: I'm glad you liked it, and Liam. I hope you enjoy this chapter too.

Amazingchichi747: Thanks for being so supportive, and for the well wishes. I hope you enjoy the chapter.

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Kihonne: And on with the chapter!

Melody: Kihonne doesn't own Mighty Med, or Elite Force. She only owns myself, Alivia, any other OCs in the chapter, this story, and anything else you don't recognize.

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Lily's POV

"…and then we found Alan in Lancaster." Alivia continued, giving me a full rundown on how she'd begun forming this team of hers. I listened idly, only half paying attention. My real focus was on the cityscape in front of us as we drove into the city. I'd never been to Seattle before – it was beautiful, though I figured I might be the only one who noticed. In the back seat, Liam and Alan were arguing, something about which one of them was the more powerful one, while Angela was giving Barry tips on his shooting. He was a newer hero, I had discovered, having barely had the name Arciere for more than a couple of months. "Lily?"

"Huh?" I looked back at Alivia, who gave me a knowing smirk. "Sorry, what were you saying?"

"You're distracted." She observed, unoffended.

"It's been a long week." I replied with a shrug. It wasn't a lie – this was the 5th day of our drive to the city, and being stuck in a car with 3 guys for hours on end, well that wasn't my idea of fun. "I sure hope this hero is worth it."

"They all are." Alivia commented sharply, glancing at me briefly before turning her eyes back to the road. I rolled my eyes.

"That's not what I meant." I assured her. "I mean, how do we know they'll agree to join up? What if they're like Liam, and they're quitting being a hero?"

"I can hear you." Liam spoke up. I smirked, not turning around to look at him.

"You were meant to. Loosen up, Spotlight." I told him before looking back at Alivia. "Seriously though, for all we know she could be working with those guys who destroyed Mighty Med – what were their names again?"

"Roman and Riker, and I doubt it. Those two are situated in Centium City. I can't think of a reason they'd come out here." The Irish hero replied. She tucked her long bangs behind her ear. "And besides, I'm sure Dani and the others checked to make sure these guys were clean before giving me the list."

"Please, why should we trust those Normos?" Alan sneered. Alivia looked at him through the rearview mirror.

"Well, A, because they've saved more superheroes lives than you ever have, and B, you do know that they have powers now, right? I mean, you were there." She pointed out.

"They're still pathetic." Alan grumbled. I turned in my seat to look at him.

"Are you always this grumpy?" I questioned.

"Yes." Everyone but him answered.

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"Alright, so according to Dani, we're looking for a cryokinetic girl who lives somewhere in this city." Alivia announced once we parked the Jeep near the rendezvous point – apparently, the car was a graduation gift for Barry. Liam and I looked at her sharply.

"This is how you do things? You just search the city, with no real idea of what you're doing?" I questioned. Angela nodded.

"It's not like we have another choice." She pointed out. "It took us six days to find you guys."

"This is ridiculous." Liam muttered.

"Look, I've narrowed her usual stomping grounds to these blocks." Alivia showed us a map on her phone, circling a small portion of the city with her finger. Well, small on the map. In reality, it was probably 20 blocks or so. "It's simple. We split up, stick to this area, and keep an eye out. If the intel is correct, she'll be doing rounds, so one of us will eventually run into her."

"Eventually being the key word." Liam commented.

"No one said this would be easy, man." Barry commented. He gestured at the map. "Look, Crossbow and I will take this part, you and Alan take this one, and Geminus and Scarlet Ace take this one."

"Fine." Liam sighed.

"Have fun." I sang teasingly as he and Alan trudged off towards their section of the city, neither of them looking particularly pleased with the arrangement. Though I'd never really known Alan before – I usually managed to avoid getting hurt in battles, so I'd only been to Mighty Med a few times – I knew by reputation he wasn't the easiest to get along with.

"Try and keep up." Angela told Barry, a smirk on her face. She nodded at us, then headed off towards her end of the city. Barry jogged after her. I smiled.

"They seem close." I commented as Alivia and I walked through the street, heading towards our section. The sun was quickly setting on the horizon – it would be dark within the hour. Alivia glanced at me, then caught onto what I meant, and chuckled.

"Not that kind of close. I don't know about Crossbow, but Arciere's got a thing for a girl in his hometown." She told me. "Not that he'd admit it, of course. Why? You think he's cute or something, or has Spotlight already claimed you as his own?"

I laughed. "Neither. They're not exactly my type." I shrugged. "So, how many heroes do we plan on getting like this? I mean, there's got to be a more efficient way to do this."

"If you've got an idea, I'd like to hear it. Right now, this girl's the last one – the list my friends gave me was pretty inconclusive, but there are rumors about an electrokinetic in Australia." Alivia explained.

"Surge?" I guessed. We'd known each other well when we both started out, but we'd grown apart over the years. Still, I hadn't seen his real name – Ricky Barbara – among the dead.

"It's possible." She agreed. She sighed. "Now, enough chitchat. We've got work to do."

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The time on my phone read 1:26 AM, and despite Alivia's optimism, we still hadn't had any sign of any other superpowered beings.

"Look, maybe we should call it a night." I suggested. She sighed irritably, clearly not liking my idea. "Look, I'm all for making our team bigger, but this is looking for a needle in a haystack. We should come up with a better plan."

"Very well." Alivia raised her hand to her ear and activated the communication device we all had. "Hey, guys, you find anything?"

To our surprise, the only response we got was static. "Arciere? Spotlight? Crossbow?" Alivia furrowed her brow in confusion.

"Anyone there?" I demanded, turning on my comm set. I frowned. It had been an hour since we last checked in; anything could have happened between then and now. "Hello?"

"Hey, you're a psychic, right?" Alivia looked at me. I sighed.

"I'm a telekinetic with a touch of clairvoyance." I corrected. "I could track them, I suppose, but I'd need something of theirs to use." I gestured at the device in my ear. "Don't these have GPS?"

"Probably, but I have no idea how to use it." She replied. I looked at her. "I failed computer science in high school, okay?"

"Let's just head to one of their last known locations, alright?" I suggested. She shrugged. "Geminus, chill. They're probably getting bad reception. I mean, how much trouble could they have gotten into already?"

Barry's POV

"Seriously?" I demanded, leaping backwards as a ball of blue fire shot past my head. Angela didn't respond, instead shooting another arrow at the villain, only for it to be burned away as the fire surrounding the monster grew larger. I stood back to back with her, facing the second of the two villains that had ambushed us."I mean, seriously? Demons?"

Two human-like creatures, one with deep blue colored skin and the other with pale, white skin, glared at us. Angela had recognized them instantly – she'd called him Blue Demon and White Demon– and the villains had just grinned. Both of them were pyrokinetic, like the superhero Solar Flare, but both were going for blood. I barely managed to pull an arrow out of the quiver that hung from my side when another fire ball was shot, this one white and hotter still, blasted at my hand. I pulled the limb away, shaking it to try and kill the flames that burst from it. Thank God I was wearing gloves.

"Drop!" Angela shouted, mere seconds before another fireball flew over my head.

"Okay, that's it." I muttered. "Cover me!"

I bolted to the side, ducking and rolling to the side to avoid another blast of fire. "Hey!" Angela shouted, shooting a plasma arrow at White Demon's head, before spinning around to shoot another two at Blue Demon. It was incredible, if I were to be honest, the way she could hold off two villains on her own, without much of a warning. She was clearly skilled at this, one of the reasons I asked her to help me with my training.

While the two Demons were occupied, I quickly scaled a fire escape to get a better vantage point. I pulled an arrow from my quiver, fiddled with the mechanical end of it, then took aim at the villains. I frowned in concentration, wanting to make sure that Angela was out of harm's way. Then, once I was sure of my shot, I released the arrow.

I watched as it soared through the air, towards White Demon. He spun around and raised one hand, clearly planning on disintegrating it with his fire, but before he could, it exploded on its own. The fragments burst away from each other, revealing a strong, thin wire net that crashed into his legs and tied themselves around the limbs. Angela took advantage of his shock and spun around, slamming her foot into his stomach. He hit the ground, writhing in pain.

Angela turned on her heel, clearly intending on taking out Blue Demon now that the odds were a little more in our favor, but before she could, he was blasted from the shadows. I didn't have the best view of it, but from here it looked like a white mist had hit him, but this mist was powerful enough to knock him to the ground.

Confused, and concerned that another villain had entered the scene, I leapt over the railing, landing hard on the ground below. I raced over to Angela, who was staring at Blue Demon. That 'mist' I'd seen had frozen him over, the villain lying on the ground, unmoving. "You killed him! What kind of hero kills?" White Demon demanded.

A girl, no older than sixteen years old, stepped out of the shadows. She was pale skinned, with long, platinum blonde hair, and very pale blue eyes. She wore a light blue, sleeveless shirt and pants, along with boots and gloves, only a couple of shades darker. She gave White Demon an icy look. "He's fine. Now stop whining or you're next." She growled,

He shut his mouth, forming a tight line across his face. The girl looked at us, a curious frown on her face. "Who the hell are you?"

"We could ask you the same question." Angela retorted, just as the sound of footsteps caught our attention. Looking over my shoulder, I saw Alivia, Lily, Alan, and Liam running towards us.

"I take it you guys got ambushed by one of the Demons too?" Liam questioned.

"Two." Angela replied, jerking her head at the two downed villains. "You?"

"We dealt with Crimson Demon. They had Matt Demon." Liam explained.

"Who is a lot tougher than you'd expect." Lily added, wiping away a little blood than dripped from a cut on her lip. She looked at the cryokinetic who'd helped us. "Who's this?"

"Melody Robins, AKA Frostbite." Alivia smiled, answering before the girl could. 'Frostbite' looked at her sharply, suspicious, though I would be too if some random stranger just identified me by both my civilian name and my hero alias. "We've been looking for you."

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"Seriously? You're reforming the League?" Melody questioned, almost bemused. It had been almost twenty minutes since Alivia had left to meet up with her contact from UPSEI – a prison specially made for beings like the Demon Brothers – and we were explaining to Frostbite our mission. "All by yourselves?"

"You think it's a bad idea?" I challenged. She looked at me.

"Well, between all of us, there's only seven of us. Not to mention, you're not that much older than me." She pointed out. Well, I suppose she had a point – Liam was the oldest, and he was only 20. "And I think I've been doing just fine on my own."

"And who helped you take out the Demon Brothers?" Alan challenged.

"You think they're the only villains I'm tracking?" Melody retorted.

"Yeah?" Alivia walked up then. She leaned against the wall of the building. "Like who?"

Melody hesitated. "Dr. Wrath." She eventually admitted. The others exchanged looks, confused, but I wasn't sure why.

"Dr. Wrath is dead. Has been for a couple of years now." Alivia commented. Melody shook her head.

"Not anymore." She replied, certain. "I'm sure you heard of how a few of his assistants tried to revive him last year."

"We were there. We stopped them." Liam added. She nodded.

"So, I hear. But one of them finally managed it." She insisted. "A few months ago, I caught wind of him on the streets, causing his usual mayhem. Except now, he's supposedly working with a couple of partners. I don't know who, but they're big and they're bad."

"I haven't heard any of this." Lily commented, frowning. She looked at Alivia. "You?"

"Nothing. Where'd you get your information?" Alivia questioned.

"I have a source." Melody replied coolly.

"You care to be more specific?" I questioned.

"It's an anonymous source." She clarified. "You don't need to know."

"Look, we can help each other." Alivia offered. "If you're taking on people as dangerous as Dr. Wrath, then you're going to need all the backup you can get, and we could use another member. What do you say?"

Melody thought about it. "Alright. I'm in."

"Welcome aboard." Angela nodded at her.

"So, Dr. Wrath." Liam looked at us. "Obviously, we have to take him out. Where do we start?"

"My source." Melody decided. "A former pupil of Dr. Wrath's whom he betrayed. We're supposed to meet at Julio's Pizzeria on third at noon."

"Alone?" Alan questioned. "Yeah, that's smart. It's definitely not a trap."

"I didn't ask for your input." Melody commented. She looked at the rest of us. "But I didn't specify that I'd be alone."

"Some of us will come with you." I offered. Alivia nodded in agreement, but Melody looked pretty hesitant.

"I don't think that's a good idea." She said. She sighed before explaining. "The only reason she agreed to talk to me is because I'm new at being a hero. I only took on the Frostbite persona after my aunt was killed, so I've never given her any reason to dislike me. You on the other hand…"

"Oh, come on. How much could she hate us already?" Lily questioned.

"Well, if she's met Alan…" Angela joked, earning a glare from the boy.

"Lily's got a point." Alivia agreed. Melody hesitated again. "Who is this girl?"

Alivia's POV

"For the record, I hate this." Liam muttered, even as he followed me and Melody into the café. I ignored, having already anticipated his opinion on the matter. Instead, I focused on the café itself. Despite Melody's reassurances that this was the real deal, I was highly suspicious of it being a trap. The location itself didn't help; the café was dark and fairly empty, making this the perfect place for an ambush.

"There she is." Melody told us, leading us to a booth at the back. A tall, eighteen-year-old girl was sitting there, stirring a cup of coffee. Her dark, shoulder length hair fell in front of her face, hiding her dark colored eyes from view. Judging by her clothes – a midnight blue hoodie and denim jeans – she was trying to keep a low profile. She looked up as we approached, eyes widening slightly when she saw Liam and I.

"Rani." I greeted coolly. "It's been a long time."

Kihonne: Alright, so let me know what you guys thought. I introduced you to Melody Robins, AKA Frostbite, and reintroduced you to the devious Rani Shore. They're going to make things interesting, especially the latter, so let me know what you guys thought. And don't forget, I'm going to have a special update on Monday, so stay tuned!