Kihonne: Alright, so I've got a new chapter for you all. I won't babble for too longer before the chapter. So, let's move straight onto shoutouts!
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LabGirl2001: Well, I'm so glad you liked the chapter! Sorry for the scare about Liv, but I guess it did encourage people to read both chapters. And hey, don't worry about missing a chapter here or there, I totally get it. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter.
SzymonS: Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the chapter, especially the parts with Alan and Rani. It is curious that just as Rani is starting to see the light, Dani is falling into the darkness. They will get to see each other sometime in the future, though. Do not worry. I'm glad you like her abilities. Anyway, I hope you like the chapter!
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Kihonne: Anyway, on with the chapter!
Rani: Kihonne doesn't own Mighty Med or Elite Force. She only owns this story, all of its OCs, and anything else you don't recognize.
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Rani's POV
"Gully?" I called softly. Something was wrong here – the two of us, alone, in what looked like a control room. Where were the guards? Why would they leave a prisoner in such an important-looking room?
My brother stood in front of a series of surveillance screens, each of them showing a different hallway of the facility. "Gully, what's going on?"
My brother turned to look at me and smiled. "Rani, good. You're here."/
"Uh, yeah." I nodded, confused. "Now c'mon. We need to go."
"No, I think I'm good." He replied, not taking his eyes off of the screens.
"You think you're…what?" I stared at him, completely bewildered. "Look, Gully, I know our last escape plan didn't go so well, but this time, we'll get out. It'll work out. I've got frien-a team who'll back us up."
"A team? You mean the team that just bailed on you?" He questioned. He gestured at the screens. "They're gone. I watched them go."
While I had to admit that that hurt a bit, I understood why they did. "We have to get out of here."
"No, we don't." Gully turned to me. There was a gleam in his eye that I hadn't noticed before. "Rani, Dr. Wrath will forgive you for running away. All you have to do is ask him to."
"Forgive…what are you talking about? We need to leave." I insisted.
"No, we don't. Stay, work for Dr. Wrath again. I've already spoken to him on your behalf. If you ask him for forgiveness, he will grant it." He assured me.
"You want me to beg for forgiveness?" I stared at him in shock. "He killed Chaz."
"That was unfortunate." He admitted.
"Unfortunate?" I repeated. "Gully, do you really think that he'll keep us around? We're disposable to him."
"No, I don't think we are." He shook his head. Suddenly, the door opened behind me and a pair of henchmen walked in, armed with some high-end, teched out weapons.
"I can't believe you're working with him after he killed your best friend." I shook my head in disbelief, too shocked to move even as one of the henchmen grabbed my arm. Gully turned away from me to look back at the screens.
"He wasn't my friend. He wouldn't have betrayed us if he was." He said simply as the henchmen began to pull me backwards.
Angela's POV
"You just left her there?" Lily demanded, staring at Alan with wide, angry eyes. "What the hell were you thinking?"
"That I couldn't beat them on my own!" Alan snapped back, just as angry. I sighed; this was an impossible situation.
"She wouldn't have even gone in there if you hadn't tried to play hero!" Lily argued, clearly upset.
"I didn't ask her to!" Alan retorted.
"Hey, hey! Let's just chill out for a moment, alright?" Melody stepped between the two of them. "What's done is done. All we can do is try and deal with it now, okay?"
"She's right." Alan agreed. "Why do you think I came straight back here? So we could figure out a rescue plan."
"Fine." Lily was clearly still upset with Alan, but she dropped the subject. "We need a better plan than before, otherwise no one's getting out of there."
"Well, I think that splitting up was a mistake." I commented. The others looked at me. "Look, if I've learned anything since Mighty Med was destroyed, it's that we work better together than going at it solo."
"So you think we should go in together, no splitting up?" Barry confirmed. I nodded. "I'm good with that."
"Yeah, same here, but one alteration. We grab Rani too." Liam added. Lily gave him a look, and opened her mouth to commented, but he cut her off. "We wouldn't have gotten this far without her, and with her magic, she's one hell of an asset."
"He's got a point." Melody agreed. "Look, we'll try to save her, but she might already be gone. That was her plan, right? To leave with her brother?"
"Alivia is our main priority." I declared. "If we can get Rani too, that'd be great, but Liv's our leader. She'd come back for us, we need to go back for her."
Alivia's POV
"Oh God." I groaned, rolling onto my knees and clutching my head. It was aching worse than that time Jaime and I broke into my father's liquor cabinet, and my whole body was shivering. Flashes of memories floated through my head, re-living the death of my duplicate over and over again.
"Hey." I startled backwards when a pair of hands touched my shoulder, looking up to see Rani standing above me. She stepped back, hands up. "Just me."
"Sorry." I mumbled, shoving myself to my feet. The room spun slightly and I placed my hand on the wall to steady myself. "Damn."
"You alright?" She asked, concerned. I shook my head, trying to clear it. I hated losing a duplicate – it felt like I was dying myself, only I survived that terrifying feeling. I glanced around the room, trying to get my bearings. There wasn't much to look at – just a plain, grey-walled room, about 8 feet by 8 feet, without even so much as a window. A single door, a heavy steel one that would be impossible for us to break, stood on the western wall.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I lied, knowing that I only needed a few hours to recover. "What happened? The last thing I remember was fighting with Alan."
"Well, I'm guessing you lost that fight, but I haven't seen Alan." Rani replied.
"He must have escaped." I decided. I nodded. "Good. What about you?" I glanced at her. She didn't look injured. "I thought you went after your brother."
"Turns out, he doesn't want to leave." Rani sighed, shaking her head with a frown on her face. "He's…he's working with Dr. Wrath. I don't understand how he could…after Chaz…"
"Some people can change, but some can't. I'm sorry your brother wasn't one of those people, Rani." I apologized. I was an only child, but I'd seen the kind of bond Oliver and Dani had always had. I could only imagine how hard this was for the former villain. "We have to get out of here."
"How?" Rani questioned. "We're in the basement, behind a locked door, with at least six guards out there. And you may say you're fine, but you don't look like you're up to taking them down."
"Well, we can't just stay here." I pointed out. "So we need to figure something out."
"I-" Before Rani could respond, the door to our little cell swung open and Riker stepped in, a cocky smirk on his face.
"Dr. Wrath would like a word." He commented smugly.
Kihonne: Alright guys, so just in case you missed the memo in The Power of Seven, I will be updating on the 1st of August rather than the 31st of July. I'm leaving town in a couple of hours, and won't be back until next Tuesday night, so you're just gonna have to wait an extra day for the next chapter. Anyway, until then, don't forget to review and I'll see you all next time!