90. The Art of the Phantom

In Ronnie Anne's room, both Sid and Ronnie Anne are hanging out. "So I heard that you guys helped out Nuke?" Sid asked.

"Can we change the subject, please? I'm sick of hearing that. So how are you liking Royal Woods?" Ronnie Anne asked.

"I like it here, we don't have to throw sardines at the door when we get out. Some of the places are pretty cool. I miss our usual secret pad. But the cherry on top, the L-Crew are celebrities and my best friend is one of them!" Sid explained.

"Well, Surge is still not as well known as everyone else." Ronnie Anne admitted. "But I'll get there."

"So cool," Sid said. "So what L-Crew team is working today?" Ronnie Anne pulls out her phone and looks up the schedule Lori sent her.

"Let's see. It looks like it's Leni, Luan, Lincoln, Lana, Lola and Lily." Ronnie Anne said. "And I think Lincoln is filling in for Lynn who had practice today."

"Anything going on in Royal Woods or no?" Sid asked.

"Not that I know of, besides trying to capture the Terror Crew, Xander and Helios." Ronnie Anne said.

"Any need for the L-Angels?" Sid asked hopefully. Ronnie Anne thinks about it and shrugs.

"Honestly I'm not sure." Ronnie Anne admitted. "But I heard Leni has your suits ready so why don't you go and try them on."

"That's a great idea!" Sid said. "I get my own costume! I should go now!" Sid said before running out the window and climbing out.

"Quit going out my window!" Ronnie Anne called after her.

Sid entered the base and sees Haiku, Stella, Tabby and Paige already at the base. "You girls got the message too?" Sid asked.

"I ran all the way here when I got the message." said Tabby.

"And as soon as she arrived she passed out." Haiku said in her usual monotone causing Tabby to blush a little. Sid then feels a nudge on her back. She turns around and sees Tongri behind her.

"Tongri!" Sid cheered as she hugged the large cat's head. "How's it going, big guy? Oh, I've missed you so much!" Tongi growls in content and lies down on his side allowing Sid to stroke him. "Good tiger."

"Wow. Sid really former a bond between Tongri." Paige said.

"Well her mom works at the Royal Woods zoo. She's used to her animals in her own house." Stella explained.

"Your such a good tiger." Sid cooed. "They're just jealous." The other four roll their eyes.

"Oh good, you guys are here." The five turn to see Luan. "Leni has your costumes ready but she only wants to see you one at a time and since Sid seems preoccupied which one of you want to go first?"

"As leader of this team, I'll go first." Stella offered.

"Alright follow me." Luan said as she and Stella walk into another room.

"I wonder what the suits will look like?" Paige asked.

"They'll probably be awesome!" Sid said from where she was petting Tongri.

"Totally agree with you on that luv." Tabby said. "Hope it's as rocking as Luna's."

"As long we don't have matching uniforms. I think we need some variety in the uniforms." said Paige.

"As long they're not pink." said Haiku.

"I hope mine has animal designs on it." Sid said. "That'd be cool."

"I want my design to be like Tracer. But I don't want to be sued by Blizzard." Paige said.

"I hope my design is based off the Shinigami." Haiku said as the rest of the girls looked at her. She sighed and gave her reply. "They're the Gods of death. You know like grim reapers."

"Oh." The girls say in unison.

"Wonder what's taking Stella so long?" Tabby asked. Soon Leni came up.

"Ladies, introducing Sharpshot." Leni said.

"Sharpshot?" Paige questioned.

"It's my name code name." Stella said as she exited the room and revealed that's wearing a black t-shirt, black pants, black running shoes, a pair of fingerless gloves with a red star on each glove, a black mask over her eyes and on her back is her Quiver and bow.

"So that's her suit?" Paige asked.

"It looks cool." Tabby replied.

"It looks amazing!" Sid exclaimed jumping to her feet and rushing to Stella. She then walks around her looking her up and down. "So cool."

"Thanks." Stella said rubbing the back of her head. "It's gonna take some getting used too but it's comfortable at least."

"It looks like is." Haiku said. "I want to go next."

"Sure." Leni said. "Step into my office." Haiku nods and follows Leni to the other room.

"Man, that looks so cool!" Paige said. "Too bad we can't Customize our gear like an RPG."

"Twenty bucks says Sid's outfit will look like the outfits from that Cats musical." Tabby said.

"Shut up." Sid grumbled. "The movie sucked and ruined the musical for me!"

"Oh yeah, I forgot that there was a movie. Sir Ian McKellan deserves better than this." said Tabby.

"Wait Magneto was in that movie?" Stella questioned.

"Sadly yes." Tabby sighed.

"Man he deserved better." Paige said. On cue, Cliff walks by dragging a poster for said movie. "Um, Cliff what are you doing?" Cliff drops the poster before answering.

"Oh, I got this poster for the Cats movie." Cliff replied. "Watched it, hated it and now I'm gonna burn it."

"Hey Cliff you ready?" Lincoln called from outside.

"Be there shortly!" Cliff called back. "As a cat that movie offended me. This is how I deal with it." He picks up the poster and drags it outside.

"The pets are weird." Paige said.

"I heard that!" Cliff shouted.

Then Leni walked out of the room. "Presenting Reaper!" Leni said.

"Reaper?" Stella asked.

"Haiku wanted a code name too." Leni replied.

Haiku walks out wearing a black bodysuit with a cloak with a hood and on her eyes was a black mask. On her hands, she had black gloves with pictures of skulls on them. And on her back under the cloak's cape was her scythe.

"I've never been so happy." Haiku said though she wasn't smiling. The girls look at her face trying to get a read on her.

"Trust me. She's happy." Leni said. "So who's next?" Paige, Tabby and Sid exchange a glance before Paige stepped up.

"I'll go." She said.

Paige follows Leni into the same room. "Man you look like you can strike fear into our enemies." Sid said.

"I know and I feel like a dark comic book character." said Haiku.

"Love the cape luv." Tabby said lifting the cape. "Really adds to the reaper vibe you got going on."

"Thanks. I thought it was a nice touch." Haiku said. "Though Leni for some reason kept muttering 'no capes'."

"It's probably nothing." Sid said right before Tongri padded up next to her and nosed her arm onto his head. "Heh, you're playful today."

"What kind of tiger is Tongri anyway?" Tabby asked.

"By the looks of it a Siberian tiger." Sid replied. "I seen some of them back in Great Lakes City. They're also dangerous tigers."

"Yeah but he's acting so tame and almost like a house cat." Stella said. "He doesn't seem dangerous."

"Then you guys haven't seen Tongri in fights." The girls turn to see Lana playing with Hops. "Tongri crazy tough. You should've seen the slash marks he left on Xander in their last fight. Not to mention he and Petty tried to fight a supercharged Squatch and held his own. Tongri ain't no pushover. Though it's amazing that's he's taking such a liking to Sid." This catches everyone's attention.

"Why's that?" Haiku asked.

"Well, Tongri isn't really one to trust people right away." Lana explained. "I mean he warmed up to Petty, Soothsayer and Mr. Cuddles quickly because they took care of him. But it took a few days to warm up to the rest of us. Every time we approached him he'd always growl at us. When he did eventually warm-up, it was like he was a giant kitten. But I can't say I'm surprised. Tongri's first encounter with people resulted in him turning into a walking tiger monster." Sid looked down at Tongri who was still nuzzling Sid's side. Before she can say anything, Leni walks out.

"Ladies and tiger. I present Gamer!" Leni announced.

Paige walks out of the room wearing a dark gold coloured suit with white stripes on the side, white combat boots, dark gold and white fingerless gloves, and yellow-tinted goggles. "Wow, you look like that guy who beated that mutant cyborg character." Stella said.

"That was Cable." Paige replied. "But yeah I look like a cross between that character and Tracer from Overwatch."

"Me next!" Tabby exclaimed.

Tabby follows Leni to the other room while the others marveled at her costume. "Your costume is pretty cool." Haiku said.

"Definitely what I wanted." Paige said. She looked over at Sid who was looking a little down as she petted Tongri. "Hey Sid you ok?" Sid looks up and just flashes a smile.

"Totally!" Sid said. "I'm fine. Your costume looks amazing! I can't wait for my turn!"

"Sid, are you sure you're ok?" Stella asked. "You don't look excited while petting Tongri."

"No everything is fine and awesome!" Sid replied.

Tongri looks up at her and puts his head underneath Sid and tosses her onto his back. "That's new." Lana said. "Never seen him do that before."

"Whoa. I'm on the back of a tiger." Sid said before a wide smile forms on her face. "I'm on the back of a siberian tiger! This is amazing!" Tongri then begins running with Sid on his back who laughing excitedly. "Ride Tongri ride! Faster faster!" Tongri then runs outside where Tongri begins to pick up speed. As she's riding on his back, she saw Cliff and Lincoln burning posters, Lola doing some target practice and Petty rearranging the crates outside while Soothsayer told him where to put them. "Wow. This is just amazing." She leans down to stroke his neck. "You did this to cheer me up didn't you?" Tongri nods. "Thanks. You know, you and I are a lot more alike than I thought. You were made a monster which forced you to be alone for who knows how long. Me? I've just had problems just fitting in." Tongri let's out a sympathetic growl. "I wish I could understand you. But I'm glad with your nuzzlings. C'mon. Let's get back inside and see if Tabby is done."

The two walked back inside, just when Leni exits the room. "I present to you. Cherry Bomb." Leni said.

"Cherry Bomb?" Paige questioned.

"I have no idea why Tabby calls herself that?" Leni shrugged.

Tabby walked out wearing a dark purple suit with a darker shade purple jacket with spikes on the shoulders over it. She had black leather gloves with spikes on them. She also had black boots and sunglasses. On her back was her axe. "For your information, Cherry Bomb was a song title." She said. "But I'm liking this look."

"Yeah. You're so cool you wear your sunglasses indoors." Sid jokes. "And it's my turn!" She climbed off of Tongri before running off after Leni. Once she's gone, Stella turns to her friends.

"Ok something is wrong with Sid." She says.

"Oh good." Tabby said. "I thought I was the only one who noticed. Something is definitely bugging her. She's been like that since she heard about what happened to Tongri all those years ago."

"It's like she's hiding something." Paige said.

"You think she's dying?" Haiku asked which she got glares at the rest of the girls. "What?"

"I think it's something else and we need to figure out what it is." Stella said.

"Well she was happy when she got here and extremely hyperactive as usual." Paige said. "Then Lana told us that sad story about Tongri and caused to get upset. Maybe she's upset because she loves animals and she's upset Tongri went through all that."

"No I think it extends deeper than that." Tabby said. "But I do think it has something to do with Tongri's story."

"But what I wonder?" Haiku said. Before anyone could continue, Leni came out.

"Alright girls. Presenting Beast!" Leni announced.

"Beast? Well she does like being Wolverine." Stella said.

Sid stepped out of the room, wearing a silver one piece suit with her battle claws on her wrists, silver gloves and boots, and a silver mask over her upper face that resembles a wolf.

"Ok that looks badass!" Tabby stated.

"Thanks bub." Sid said in a gruff voice before giggling. "This suit is so cool."

"Yeah we look so cool." Paige said. Soon, Soothsayer comes in from outside followed by Petty.

"Ah greetings girls." Soothsayer greeted. "It's good too see you all."

"Same to you Soothsayer." Haiku said.

"Might I say your costumes look quite nice." Soothsayer said.

"Thanks." The girls said in unison.

"Clyde has arrived with news." Soothsayer said. On cue Clyde comes in.

"Hey guys." Clyde said. His eyes rest on Haiku and a blush forms on his face. "Oh hey Haiku. Your costume looks nice."

"Thanks." Haiku blushed. "We even have codenames for ourselves. I am known as Reaper."

"That's cool." Clyde said. "Where's Luan?"

"Right here." Luan said. "What's up?"

"Art museum robbery in Hazeltuckey." Clyde said. "Officials are requesting the L-Crew on site."

"A crime committed outside of Royal Woods? Alright we're on the case." said Luan. "Just as soon the rest of the gang shows up."

"There must be priceless art down." Stella said.

"Which is why we need to go now." Luan said. "Lincoln and Lola! We got a mission so let's suit up!" Lincoln and Lola come running in.

"What's up?" Lincoln asked.

"Art museum robbery in Hazeltuckey." Luan told them. "Officials in there have requested our assistance."

"Let's go." Lola said.

"OK here's the plan." Luan said. "We're gonna do two teams. The L-Crew will be one team and handle the outside stuff while the L-Angels will do the behind the scenes. You five sneak into the museum and finds some evidence of what went down."

"Sounds like a plan." said Stella. "But how are we gonna get here. Luan you don't even have your driver's license."

Everyone thinks about and Sid suddenly turns her attention to Tongri. "How many people can Tongri carry?" She asks. Everyone looks at her surprised but see she's serious. "I mean Tongri is bigger than most siberian tigers plus from what Lana told me, he's a lot stronger too."

"That is true." Soothsayer said stroking his beard. "Tongri is magically enhanced which means his strength, speed, stamina and senses are increased. But I don't know if Tongri is up for it. Perhaps we should ask him."

"Yeah sure. I'll call Cliff and we'll have him ask." Lincoln said.

"No need." Soothsayer told him. "I know a spell that will give Tongri the temporary ability to speak. However it will be only temporary. Twenty-four hours at most. I've used it a few times. I need someone to talk too when Mr. Cuddles is busy."

"Then What are we waiting for?! I want to hear Tongri talk!" Sid said.

"Do it Soothsayer." Luan said as Soothsayer nodded.

"So it shall be." Soothsayer replied.

However he doesn't do anything. "Um you aren't doing anything." Lola said as she brought Lily over.

"Oh I need his permission." Soothsayer told them. "He's not a fan of magic." He looks down at the large feline. "May I?" Tongri nods and Soothsayer waves his staff over him. Tongri glows and once the light vanishes, he shivers.

"Man I always hate that." Tongri said. "The feeling of magic just surrounding me just sends a shiver down my spine. I don't like it."

"I know my friend but you agreed to it." Soothsayer reminds him.

"Well it doesn't mean I like it." Tongri said as he ran a paw over his ear. "Magic just left a bad taste in my mouth thanks Izahr. I swear if I see him again I'll tear him to shreds." He then turns around and sees everyone staring at him funny. "What?"

"It feels weird hearing you speak for the first time." Lola said.

"And it'll be the last time once the spell wears off." said Tongri.

"We have a question to ask you." Lincoln said.

"I know." Tongri said as he licked a paw. "You want to know if I can carry five twelve year olds on my back to the next city over." He runs his paw over his ear.

"Can you?" Leni asked. Tongri thinks about it and sighs.

"Easily." Tongri answers. "However you need to find a way for them to get around in the future. I ain't a taxi."

"We'll keep that in mind." Soothsayer promised. "Perhaps Mr. Cuddles could find something in the junkyard."

"I'll go later." Mr. Cuddles said. "But you should head out."

"Right." Luan said. "Let's suit up!"

The L-Crew and L-Angels are coursing their way through Hazeltuckey, Firecracker and Wildgirl (In hawk form) are flying, Ms. Appear is riding on her force field construct hoverboard while holding Greenthumb, Multiple Girl and Crystal Princess are on Multiple Girl's go-kart, while the L-Angels are riding on Tongri.

"Ok L-Angels. You girls are gonna go I'm a different direction. We're gonna gonna go to the front." Ms. Appear said.

"Ok we'll take the vents to get in." Stella said.

"Let's go!" Sid said. She was sitting in the front while the others were sitting behind her. She leans over to where she was by Tongri's head. "How you holding up?"

"Don't worry about me." Tongri assured her. "This is nothing."

"OK but don't overwork yourself." Sid told him. As both teams continued on, the art museum started to come into view.

"There it is." Ms. Appear announced. "Tongri split off and head to the back of the museum." Tongri nods and heads into an alleyway. The L-Crew head straight to the museum. When they get there, they're immediately approached by a detective. He was a African American man wearing a sports coat over a dress shirt with a tie. He also had on slacks.

"L-Crew." The detective greeted. "I'm detective Samson. Pleasure to meet you." He extended a hand to Ms. Appear who shakes it.

"Same here." Ms. Appear said. She motioned for her team to canvas the area. Once they leave, she turns back to the detective. "So what we got?"

"Last night the art museum was robbed last night, oddly enough there were no fingerprints so far." Samson replied. "My guess either he burned his fingerprints or he was wearing gloves."

"Man that's nuts." Ms. Appear said. "What else you got?"

"We do have a suspect in custody." Samson said. "Security guard. Video shows him walking in front of every camera with paintings in his hands. However strangely enough when we arrived, he had only one painting on him but there are six missing."

"So possibly an accomplice." Ms. Appear said. "What his boss think?"

"He can't believe that any of his guys would do it." Samson said. "Especially since this one is two weeks from retirement."

"Oh that cliche." Ms. Appear said. "Where is he?"

"He's under custody at the local police station." Samson said.

"Alright we'll talk to him later." Ms. Appear told him. "If you don't mind we're gonna look around here outside for any signs of where the paintings are."

"Sure thing. Just make they're in one piece, they're priceless." Samson said.

"We'll be careful." said Ms. Appear.

Wildgirl as a bloodhound was sniffing the ground for any possible trace of the paintings but found nothing. However she did find something. "Hmm. Gasoline? There was a vehicle here! Big but not too big. So not a delivery truck. Maybe a van? Perhaps. But I can't tell which way it went." She begins sniffing again. Nearby, Firecracker is searching around for any possible spot that the paintings could've been hidden for later. But nothing. As he was searching, he saw a man wearing a short sleeved dress shirt with slack and dress shoes. He had bright orange hair that was combed over and a orange goatee. He was leaning on a nearby building watching the crime scene. Curious, Firecracker approached him.

"Um, can I help you with something?" Firecracker asked.

"Hello there lad." The man said with a thick Irish accent. "Don't mind me. Just a watching."

"Oh ok." Firecracker said. "Shame this place got robbed huh?" The man nods.

"Yeah real shame fella." He says. "You trust the guards to protect the place and they end up stealing from it. Real shame lad. Real shame."

"Yeah. Well if you see or hear anything let us know." Firecracker told him.

"Will do lad." The man said as he walked away.

"Nice guy." Firecracker commented as he continued his search.

"Finding nothing here." Multiple Girl said as her clones looked around.

"Yeah we ain't finding nothing." Ms. Appear said. "Alright we're gonna head to the police station to interview the guard." She presses a button on her watch. "Stella, we're headed to the station. You investigate inside. Remember stay out of sight."

"Will do." Stella responded. The L-Angels were behind the museum with Tongri lying nearby. "OK girls, we're going in." She pulls the vent off before turning to Tongri. "We'll be back."

"Be careful in there." Tongri said. "I'll wait for you."

"Right." Stella said. The girls then crawl into the vent and make their way into the museum. "OK guys only codenames from here on out. Got it?"

"You got it Stella. I mean Sharpshot." Gamer said.

"I don't know how John McCain does it?" Beast said as she crawled through the vent.

"This isn't a movie Beast." Cherry Bomb replied. "Then again, some of our friends are superheroes and we're in another town finding clues for a robbery."

"These vents are nice." Reaper said. "I'll have to tell Lucy about these later."

"Guys focus." Sharpshot ordered. "There should be another vent coming up where we can drop in."

"It's up ahead." Reaper said. Sharpshot sees it and approaches it. She makes sure nobody is in there and tries to push it open.

"Guys it's stuck." Sharpshot said.

"Try one of your arrows." Gamer suggested. "One of your trick arrows should work." Sharpshot reaches into her quiver and starts pulling out arrows.

"Let's see. Boxing glove arrow, explosive arrows, cheese arrows? Why do I have arrows for cheese?" Sharpshot questioned.

"Ooh we can use that for nachos later." Beast said.

"Later. Ok, um, whirlwind arrow, magnet arrow. Wait. That could work." Sharpshot said. She then grabs the arrow and slides it through the vent. She holds it by the screws and they start to come out. After she's got all four out she pushed the vent off. "Bingo! Let's go!"

The L-Angels dropped down from the vent and looked around. "Ok let's look for clues." Sharpshot said. "Report of you find anything."

"Right." They say in unison.

"Also don't break anything." Sharpshot added. The girls split up and start looking for evidence concerning the thefts. Gamer uses a light on her blasters to scan the walls for fingerprints.

"Hmm, well there are fingerprints but they belong to the security guard in custody." Gamer said. "But why is it that the prints are all over the wall?" Beast crawls on the floor trying to find any clues when she comes across a trail of muddy prints.

"Huh. Muddy prints." Beast observed. She presses a button on one of her gauntlets which scans a footprint. After some analyzing it comes back to the same shoe the guard was wearing. "And comes back to the guard. But if he was trying to successfully steal paintings, why wouldn't he to avoid making footprints. Something isn't right." In another part of the museum, Reaper is searching when she comes across the security office.

"Guys I found the security office." Reaper said. "Maybe we can get video."

"Right. We're on our way." Sharpshot said. Moments later, Reaper was joined by the rest of the Angels. "Nice setup. Gamer can you access it?"

"I'll give it a shot." Gamer said before sitting on the chair.

Gamer began to access the security camera footage. "It has to be after the museum closed." said Sharpshot.

"Well of course." Gamer replied.

"You sure you know what you're doing?" Reaper asked.

"Of course I don't!" Gamer exclaimed. "I'm an eleven year old girl trying to hack into security camera footage of an art museum. So i don't know entirely what I'm oh cool I'm in."

"Rocking mate." Cherry Bomb said. "Try rewinding." Gamer nods and starts rewinding the footage to the night before. "Stop it right there." Gamer stops rewinding and pressed play. The five gather around and watch as the security guard walked around the museum. Every once in a while he'd walk by again carrying a painting. They switched to a different camera and they see the same thing.

"Well the evidence is pretty damning." Beast said. "But there's something i don't get."

"What is it?" Reaper asked.

"Well he's a security guard." Beast said. "He'd know where all the cameras are but in both footages we watched, it's like he's deliberately walking in front of the cameras. It's almost like he wanted to be caught."

"Unless. He's a red herring!" Cherry Bomb said and every one just looked at her. "The guard was set up."

"Now it makes sense." Beast said.

"But who set him up though?" Reaper asked.

"We need more info." Sharpshot said before pressing a button on her watch. "Hey Ms. Appear. We believe the guard was set up. Try to get more info from the him."

"Right. Will do." Ms. Appear said. She and her team were at the police station preparing to talk to the guard. "Alright so how should we do this? Good cop bad cop?"

"Works for me." Firecracker replied. "So who want to work with Crystal Princess and be good cop?"

"Wait why is Crystal Princess bad cop?" Wildgirl complained.

"Because she's Crystal Princess." Firecracker said. "We both know bad cop is her specialty. You think you can do better?" Wildgirl thinks about it and shakes her head. "That's what I thought. So who's being good cop?"

"Multiple Girl seems like the right choice." Ms. Appear replied.

"What now?" Multiple Girl asked.

"That's a horrible idea." Everyone says in unison with Greenthumb nodding in agreement.

"Ok how about we have both twins go in." Ms. Appear said. "Wildgirl will be able to control Crystal Princess if she gets too into it."

"Works for me." Wildgirl said. "Let's do this." The twins fist bump and head into the interrogation room while the rest of the team watch the monitors.

Wildgirl walked up to the old guard. "Ok sir, what's your name?" Wildgirl asked.

"My name is Roy, Roy Kennedy." The guard replied.

"Roy we have a few questions to ask you." Wildgirl said.

"I didn't steal those paintings i swear." Roy said. "You have to believe me."

"Roy we really want to believe you but you haven't given the police any real good info." Wildgirl said. "Just tell me the truth and we can get you out of here."

"I don't know what you want me to tell you." Roy said. The twins exchange a glance.

"My turn?" Crystal Princess asked.

"Your turn." Wildgirl responded.

Crystal Princess walked up to Roy, then she jumped on the table and grabbed Roy by the shirt. "Listen to me and listen to me good! Your face is on video where you're stealing the paintings. Was it an inside job or something?!" Crystal Princess shouted.

"I told you I didn't do it!" Roy exclaimed.

"Don't lie to me! We have evidence that show you stealing the paintings!" Crystal Princess shouted. "So talk bub!"

"I don't remember!" Roy cried. "Last thing I remember was escorting a man out of the museum! He didn't realize it was closing time so I took him to the entrance! Everything after that is a blur!"

"That's What they all say." Crystal Princess glared at the old guard.

"No I'm serious i remember nothing!" Roy said. Crystal Princess sighs and let's go of his shirt. She and Wildgirl exit the interrogation room to rejoin the others.

"So believe it or not I believe him." Crystal Princess said. "He doesn't remember anything that happened before the thefts."

"Maybe the Angels were right." Wildgirl said. "Maybe Roy was set up by someone else."

"OK but how do we figure out who set him up?" Multiple Girl asked. "Do we ask someone?"

"If you're looking to talk to someone about this crime, you should try the Godfather of Michigan." Detective Samson said from his desk. "The guy knows about all the criminals in the city because he has his men keep tabs on everyone. He might be able to help you. Plus it's his daughter's wedding so he's entitled to doing one favor per person."

"Well it was only a matter of time before we met with a Godfather of some sort." Firecracker said.

"We cross that off the superhero bucket list." said Ms. Appear. "Seriously, where is wedding reception at?"

"I believe the wedding reception is at Royal Woods Spa." Detective Samson replied.

"Is that the place that we got kicked out of?" Multiple Girl whispered.

"Yeah." Firecracker responded. "So we should head out?"

"Yeah." Ms. Appear replied. They start walking out and Ms. Appear pressed a button on her watch. "Angels we got a lead that we're following up on. I want you five to be on standby until I say otherwise. Don't worry your job isn't done yet."

"Right." Sharpshot said before turning to her team who were now outside on the roof of a nearby building with Tongri. "Well it looks like we wait for now."

"Well that's lame." Gamer groaned. "So what do we do till we get the call?"

"Why don't you five try to get to know each other?" Tongri suggested from where he was getting his ears scratched by Beast. "Never hurts to know your allies better. A little to the left please." Beast moves her hand slightly to the left and Tongri let's out a content purr. "There it is."

"Good idea Tongri." said Sharpshot. "Who would like to start?"

"I'll start." Gamer volunteered. "My name is Paige Brady, I love video games and I really want to go to E3, that and compete in a gamer tournament. But I wasn't always a gamer you know and love."

"You weren't?" Cherry Bomb said.

"No, my older sister and I used to be best friends, we used to go to the movies, play mini golf, but our favorite thing to do is to go the arcade. Then she got recruited into the Marines, and when she left I felt alone, the only time I see her is when she's on leave. But I fear she would die in battle and I would never see her again. I live with that fear everyday and the other thing that distracts me is video games. But I avoid the games like Call of duty to avoid the thought of my dead sister." Gamer said.

"That's rough." Sharpshot said. "I can't imagine what it's like being terrified of the thought of your older sister dying overseas."

"Yeah it's tough." Gamer admitted. "I mean she video calls once in a while but it's not as nice as the real thing. Video calls can't hold you when you have a bad nightmare."

"I think I know what you're going through." Reaper said. "I'm Haiku Michaels. I like poems and reading in the dark. I love Halloween and the dark arts. But I wasn't always like that."

"Really?" Beast questions.

"You sure you want to tell them?" Cherry Bomb asked already knowing what she was gonna say.

"Yes. We need to have trust." Reaper said. "I used to actually be like Sid. Happy, easy-going. But it was because of my older brother. He always made happy. Weather it'd be with his jokes or just having fun, he always made me happy. But then he moved out to go too college a couple states over. After he left I felt lost and fell into a depression. After reading a magazine that had some people dressed as goths in it, I made it my style and I became who I am today. When I showed my family they were shocked but they accepted it. Hell when my brother video called me he told me he liked the look. That it felt like me. But I still miss him."

"That's really sad to hear." said Sharpshot.

"I know what it feels like to deal with change." Cherry Bomb sighed. "My name is Tabitha Prince, I love rock and roll music, playing with my axe and going to concerts. I was introduced into rock and roll by my old man and he was a stage hand for this old band I never heard of, I even got this British accent from my dad. But over time my parents started fighting, I always used rock music to drown out the yelling. Then one day they got divorced."

"Ouch." Sharpshot replied. "How did you take the news?"

"Not great. I listened to sad music for weeks. My dad moved into a crappy apartment and weekend custody rights. I do want my parents to get back together, but sadly my mom started dating again. His name is Patrick, he's this historian at the museum and he's so boring! He tells me boring facts and makes us watch documentaries instead of good movies!" Cherry Bomb said. "But it's only a matter of time until they get engaged. He'll be the must boring stepdad in the history of stepdads!"

"Have you talked to your mom about it?" Gamer asked.

"Yeah. She knows I'm not happy but she wants me to try and give him a chance." Cherry Bomb said. "I really want to give a shot and try to like him but he makes it so hard. I wish my folks would get back together."

"I know that feeling in a way." Sharpshot said. "I'm Stella Ortega and I'm from Detroit. Was there my whole life until my dad got transferred and we had to move here. I'm not gonna lie, I didn't want to come here. I just wanted to stay in Detroit where all my friends were but, I had no choice but to come here. I'm not gonna lie I kinda resented my dad for a while because of it. But I've kinda warmed up to this place after I met Lincoln. So while I do miss my old home, this place is nice."

"At least you had friends before you moved here." Beast said which got the attention of the other girls.

"I thought you were friends with Ronnie Anne back in Great Lakes City?" Sharpshot asked.

"We were friends. It's just that whenever she was in Great Lakes City, we have fun and do sleepovers. But when summer's over, it was hard for me to make new friends at my old school. They feel me weird because of my animal facts and sounds. But I do invite someone over, not only do I have to avoid the crazy cats. They run away due to some of the animals my mom brings home." Beast explained.

"Must've been hard huh luv?" Cherry Bomb said. "Trying to fit in with people but only failing to do so."

"Yeah it was rough." Beast admitted. "I had a few friends but not a lot. They were the only ones who were willing to hang out with me."

"Did you had a lot in common?" Sharpshot asked.

"They we're into skateboarding, which I didn't mind. But they weren't fans of K-pop." said Beast.

"But you still got along?" Haiku asked and Beast nodded.

"Yeah. They were great." Beast said. "I know I seemed a little pushy when we first met but I really wanted you guys to be my friends. But when I heard about Tongri's life, that brought back some bad memories."

"So that's why you were upset." Sharpshot said before turning to Tongri. "Is that why you did all that stuff with her? To cheer her up?" Tongri nods.

"Her and I are almost the same." Tongri said. "I didn't want her to feel upset so I did what I could to make her smile. But now I see that I have more in common with all of you. But with a slight difference. I have my happy ending. You'll get yours too."

"No need." Beast said. "I got mine already." The girls all smile and do a group hug.

The L-Crew have reached the Royal Woods spa. "Ok this is gonna be different from our last visit. We're gonna go in and get some answers from the Godfather." said Firecracker.

"Right and I'll do all the talking. The rest of you guys will behave on your best behavior." Ms. Appear said.

"Whoa whoa whoa." Crystal Princess said. "You'll do the talking? Please. I've seen several mob movies so I should do the talking."

"Look you both do the talking." Firecracker groaned. "Let's just find the room the Godfather is in and do the thing." They walk around until they find a door with two guards in front of it. The L-Crew exchange a glance and cautiously approach the door.

"If things start to go south, you and Wildgirl clear a path out while Multiple Girl and Greenthumb back us up here." Ms. Appear whispered to Firecracker who nods. The approach the guards who get their weapons ready.

"We wish to speak to the Godfather." Crystal Princess said respectfully. The guards exchanged a glance before one holds up a finger. He heads inside the room and closes the door behind him. After a few seconds the guard comes back.

"The Godfather will see you now." The guard said. "Come with me."

The L-Crew follows the guard where they see an overweight man with tan skin, short grey hair, wearing a black tuxedo with a red rose. "The L-Crew. What brings you here? On the day on my daughter's wedding?" The Godfather asked. "I can only make one favor."

Crystal Princess steps forward towards the Godfather. "Oh Godfather. We are humbled that allow us to seek an audience with you." She says. "May I?"

"You may." The Godfather replied. He holds out his hand and Crystal Princess kisses his ring.

"Now Godfather we need your help." Ms. Appear said respectfully. "We need help finding a art thief. He broke into a museum but there's no evidence of him doing it. Just video of the guard stealing the paintings but the guard has no memory. Please can you help us?"

"I can because I know who did it." Godfather says.

"You do? Who?" Firecracker asked.

"The man you seek is named Phantom." The Godfather replied.

"Phantom? Like Meta human with ghost powers?" Ms. Appear asked.

"More or less." Godfather said. "Phantom has a unique ability to take over people's bodies by looking them in the eye. It doesn't matter how big or how small or if they're male or female. He can take over their bodies with ease."

"That would explain how we only see the guard on the video." Firecracker said.

"And why the guards don't remember any of it because Phantom was in control." Wildgirl added.

"Precisely." Godfather said. "However, I partially blame myself for this. Phantom used to be one of my enforcers. I took him in, treated him like family and he betrayed me. So I got rid of him and kicked him out of my family. However it's only a matter of time till he seeks revenge. He is extremely dangerous. He is wanted in several states as well as his home country of Ireland." At this Firecracker suddenly paled, a horror stricken appeared on his face.

"Did you say he's from Ireland?" Firecracker choked out and the Godfather nodded. Firecracker then let's out a whimper.

"Um, Firecracker what's up?" Ms. Appear asked.

"I think I saw him earlier." Firecracker choked out.

"You saw him!?" Ms. Appear asked.

"Yeah, but he didn't use his power on me. I hope." Firecracker replied.

"The last thing we won't is another mind control Firecracker." Wildgirl said.

"I thought he was just a concerned citizen." Firecracker said before pulling at his hair. "Gah! I should've known something was up when he mentioned the security guards stealing the art! They hadn't mentioned it yet to the press! And because of me he was able to just walk away!"

"Can't blame you on that bro." Wildgirl said with a shrug. "Nobody knew what he looked like because he's taking over bodies. But what's his next move though?"

"That I don't know." The Godfather admitted. "But I know someone who would. However getting the information won't be easy."

"Who?" Multiple Girl asked.

"His name is Tobias Goldstein, also known as Cheat." The Godfather replied.

"Cheat?" Crystal Princess repeated.

"Yes. He's a meta human that also happens to be a street gambler." Godfather told them. "However you gotta play his game to get information."

"Right." Ms. Appear said. "I'll be right back." She steps out into the hallway and presses a button on her watch. "Angels, I have your mission. I need you to find a street gambler named Tobias Goldstein aka Cheat. He possibly has information to find the real thief, a meta called Phantom. Let me know when you got info."

"You got it." Sharpshot said. She turns to her team who were lounging around the roof. "Alright we got a mission. Need to find a street gambler called Cheat to find an art thief called Phantom." Everyone stare at her with wide eyes before blinking in unison.

"Sounds simple enough." Beast said before hopping onto Tongri's back. "Let's ride! Um, where are we going?"

"Good question." Sharpshot said. She presses a button on her watch. "Hey Clyde you there?"

"Yeah I'm here." Clyde replied. "What's up?"

"We're trying to find this metahuman named Cheat, who knows where the art their Phantom." said Sharpshot.

"So we need to find a Metahuman to find another Metahuman?" Clyde asked. "Sounds like a challenge."

"Yeah so mind giving us an idea where Cheat is?" Sharpshot asked. "If it helps he's a street gambler."

"Hold on a second." Clyde said. "Let's see. Well there have been past reports of street gamblers gathering in a old abandoned grocery store. Cheat might be there."

"Thanks Clyde." Sharpshot said before hanging up. "Let's go ladies and tiger."

When the Angels arrived at the abandoned grocery store, they could definitely tell that it wasn't completely abandoned. When they entered they saw several men gathered around a table. However one man stood out. His back was to him and was wearing a black top hat as well as a purple long sleeve buttoned up dress shirt and slacks. They saw all the men around the table throw their cards down in frustration as the man they were watching collected his winnings.

"You think that's our guy?" Gamer asked.

"Only one way to find out." Sharpshot said. They head to the table followed closely by Tongri. As they approached, the men around the table retreated except the one they wanted to speak who was currently shuffling cards with his hat covering his eyes. "You Tobias Goldstein?" The man stops shuffling, but doesn't look up.

"Depends." The man said in a low smooth voice. "Do i owe you money?" The girls look at each other confused.

"I don't think so." Cherry Bomb answered. The man smirks and flicks his hat so that his eyes were showing and one thing the girls noticed was his eyes were red.

"Then Tobias Goldstein I be." The man said.

We're the L-Angels. We need information on where the Phantom will strike next." Sharpshot said.

"So it's information that you girls seek huh?" Cheat asked. "It's not free you know. You need to beat me at my own game."

"In cards?" Gamer asked.

"Correct, I'll wager the information, for your pet tiger." Cheat said.

"Hell no!" Beast exclaimed while hugging Tongri. "Tongri is not some prize!"

"I guess you want no information." Cheat replied.

"Do you think this is a game mate?" Cherry Bomb growled.

"Actually I do." Cheat replied. "This whole good vs evil thing is just a large game to me. A game I wish to play. Now what side I'm on depends on how you play. But you never let me explain the rules. You draw one card. Depending on what card you draw, will decide if i help you or not. If you draw cards two through ten, I win and I will not help you and I get what you wager. But if you get a ace, a jack, a queen or a king you win the game and I give you whatever you want. Assistance, information, you want it you name it. Then we have the joker cards. If you draw one of them, you decide what way you want to go. So will you play?" The girls look at each other and huddle up.

"I don't like this guy." Beast said. "He literally just told us he has no allegiance so how do we know he's not gonna sell us out?"

"Gotta agree with Beast on this one." Gamer said. "This guy terrifies me."

"He's giving a back stabbing vibe to me." Cherry Bomb said.

"We don't have a choice. We have to play his game to get the information." Sharpshot said, but she received a disapproving look from Beast. "Look Beast, I know you formed a special bond with Tongri. But we don't have much of a choice here. It's either find and stop Phantom or let another innocent person take the blame."

"Fine." Beast sighed in anger. "But if we lose and Petty gets upset about why we lost Tongri, it's on you."

"Don't I get a say in this?" Tongri asked.

"Um, right." Gamer said. "Tongri is the one being wagered."

"Just do it." Tongri growled.

"Right." Sharpshot said before they break the huddle. "We'll play your game." Cheat smile and holds out a spread of cards.

"Take your pick." Cheat said.

"Pick carefully." Reaper warned. Sharpshot eyes up the cards and tries to determine which card was best. She moved her hand over the cards trying to pick one. With a sigh she grabbed a card and slowly pulled it out. She flipped it over and let out a sigh of relief. She then showed Cheat the card.

"The Queen of Hearts." Cheat said sounding impressed. "A lucky pick. I'm yours for the next few hours."

"Alright. Tell us where Phantom will strike next and don't skip on the details." Sharpshot told Cheat.

"Very well." Cheat said. "Word has it Phantom is gonna strike the Royal Woods Art museum tonight. After that he plans on leaving town so tonight is your only chance to get him."

"How do you know?" Reaper asked.

"Simple. I know more than you think." Cheat said leaning forward out of the shadows so the L-Angels could clearly see his face. He had fair skin and a small mustache with a small beard on his chin. "I know you five came into this new world by accident but now are making the best of your situation. I know that the L-Crew are mostly consisted of eleven siblings who got their powers in an accident or perhaps it was destiny? I know that the L-Crew have several allies including a biker, a cyborg, a shadow inducer, a rubber monster, a wizard and a talking teddy bear. I know more than you think." He then leans back into the shadows. The L-Angels exchange an uneasy glance and start to leave when Cheat stops them. "Before you go. I want you to deliver a message to the L-Crew. Tell them I look forward to meeting them because I can assure you that we will meet again."

"We'll give them the message." said Sharpshot as she, the other L-Angels and Tongri began to leave Cheat's sights and location.

"So how does this guy know about the L-Crew's allies, even the ones he wouldn't know?" Beast asked.

"Nevermind that. We have bigger problems on our plate." Sharpshot said as she tapped her watch to communicate with Ms. Appear. "Ms. Appear. We found out that the Phantom will strike at the Royal Woods art museum and after that he'll leave town tonight."

"Damn it." Ms. Appear responded. "We're miles away. By the time we get there he'll be gone. OK you five are gonna have to distract him. If it helps get Petty. You can't let him leave!"

"Right." Sharpshot said before hanging up. "Girls we're fighting a meta."

"Wait you sure about this?" Beast asked.

"Yeah this is like an expert level for me." Gamer replied.

"The L-Crew are too far from their location. We're not gonna let an innocent person get thrown in jail for a crime they didn't commit." said Sharpshot.

"Besides we'll have Tongri and Petty with us." Cherry Bomb added. "We can do this!"

"Right." Sharpshot said. "We'll have Soothsayer teleport Petty to the museum when we get there." They all climb onto Tongri. "We need to get there fast."

"Hang on!" Tongri told them before running off.

When they're neared the museum they saw the door wide open. "Cheat was right!" Beast said. "Phantom's already here." Suddenly Petty appears in front of them. "And now so is Petty."

"Petty here!" Petty announced. Tongri stops in front and the girls climb off.

"We gotta get in there!" Gamer shouted. They all run into the museum where they see a guard pulling down paintings while ignoring the one Lincoln made. "Oof. Not even looking at Lincoln's."

"Yeah he's not gonna like that." Reaper said.

"Nope but it's now or never." Sharpshot said. "Hey you! Drop the paintings." The guard stops and turn to face them.

"OH uh hello." The guard said with a slight accent. "It's after hours so you'll have to leave."

"Cut the crap Phantom." Gamer said. "We know it's you. You ain't fooling anymore." The guard scowls and then smiled.

"So ye figured it out?" The guard said. His eyes glow and an Astral projection of a man separated from him. The man was wearing a short sleeved dress shirt with slack and dress shoes. He had bright orange hair that was combed over and a orange goatee.

"So you're Phantom." Cherry Bomb growled as she readied her axe.

"That is correct my dear." Phantom said. "I was excepting the L-Crew to arrive."

"We're the L-Angels. We'll be the ones to stop you until the L-Crew arrives." Beast said.

"You wee girls, pink monster and tiger?" Phantom questioned and laughed.

"Well when you put like that it sounds ridiculous." Gamer said preparing her blasters. "But we're gonna ask you nicely to surrender. You're outnumbered."

"I can see that lass." Phantom said. "But I'm not intimidated. An Irishman never backs down from a fight!"

"It's gonna be game over for you!" Gamer said as she aimed her blasters at Phantom.

"Then come get some." Phantom challenges. Beast unsheathed her claws and rushed at him. Once she got close she tried to swipe at him but he avoided it with ease before kicking her in the back.

Gamer aims her blasters at Phantom and opens fire on the thief. But he dodges Gamer's shots. "Hold still punk!" Gamer grunted.

"I'm good lass." Phantom said. He rushed her while avoiding her blaster fire. He then jumps over Gamer and sweep kicks her. Reaper and Cherry Bomb charge at him from two different sides with their weapons. Once close they swing their weapons at him but Phantom jumps back causing the axe and scythe to clash.

"This mate is tough." Cherry Bomb said. Phantom then jumps over them and while in midair bangs Cherry Bomb's and Reaper's heads together.

"Ow." Reaper groaned. Phantom stands over them admiring his work when an arrow whizzed by his head.

"You like that?" Sharpshot shouted. "If yes, you'll like this. Petty get him!"

Petty charged towards Phantom, but Phantom dodges Petty's punches. But after the next punch, Phantom disappears. "Where Phantom?" Petty asked.

"Behind you!" Gamer shouted.

Petty turns around and sees Phantom. "You're a big fella aren't ya?" Phantom said. He then smiles. "Perfect."

"Petty don't look at his eyes!" Sharpshot shouted but it was too late. Phantom's eyes suddenly flash and Phantom becomes intangible and goes inside Petty's body. Petty twitches a little but then stops. Petty then straightens up before facing the L-Angels.

"Now this is a body I can work with." Phantom said with Petty's voice. "Big, strong and stupid. I have full control!"

"OH no this is bad!" Cherry Bomb said.

"Yeah! Petty has an accent now!" Beast said. This earned her several curious stares.

"He managed to take over Petty." Gamer said.

"All I need to do is to have my target to have eye contact with me, and I go intangible to enter the body to take control." Phantom explained. "I have full control here. Not the pink giant. But here's the kicker, once I leave the body, the other guy has no memory of my actions."

"That explains why the guards don't remember anything." Sharpshot said. "But we aren't gonna let you get away! Surround him!"

The L-Angels and Tongri all formed a circle around Phantom, then Tongri lunges onto Phantom's back and slashed him. Then Phantom grabs the tiger and throws him to the ground. Then Sharpshot and Gamer began firing everything they got on Phantom, even Sharpshot used sticky arrows on Phantom, exploding into a grey paste on Phantom's arms.

"Guys now!" Sharpshot ordered. Cherry Bomb runs forward and hits Phantom in the back while Reaper proceeds to jump up and hit Phantom in the chest with her scythe while Beast slashed Phantom's leg with her claws.

"You lasses are tough." Phantom said before freeing himself from the paste. "But now it's time for fun!"

"Keep your guard up girls!" Sharpshot shouted.

Suddenly an orange and black blur runs past them. The L-Angels see it's Tongri leaping onto Phantom who catches him.

"I'm gonna ask you to get out of my friend." Tongri growled. "He may be a big dumb monster but that big dumb monster happens to be a good friend! So get out of him!"

"Not happening fella!" Phantom said. He then proceeded to slam Tongri to the ground hard.

"Tongri!" Beast shouted. "You'll pay for that!"

Beast charged towards Phantom and tries to slash Phantom. But Phantom gives Beast a backhand slap knocking her down, as she gets back up, Beast looks at Phantom and growls. "I really hate animal abusers." Beast growled.

Then Beast gets back up and lunges towards Phantom's legs. "You little brat!" Phantom shouted as she stumbled to the ground.

Beast then slashed at Phantom's face temporarily blinding him. She then grabs Tongri and drags him away. "Are you ok?" Beast asks.

"Been through worst." Tongri replied. Phantom gets back to his feet and growls. "As long as he has Petty's body we won't beat him."

"You lasses are done!" Phantom shouted. He charged forward only to get grabbed by a vine and thrown away. The L-Angels turn to see the L-Crew arrived.

"Sorry we're late." Ms. Appear said. "We kinda got lost." They then see Phantom get back to his feet. "Whoa Petty's lost it!"

"You're gonna pay for that." Phantom growled.

"And he's got an accent!" Multiple Girl screamed. "So evil!"

"Guys that's not Petty!" Sharpshot said. "Well technically it is but it isn't. That's Phantom in control of Petty's body!"

"Phantom has taken control of Petty!?" Firecracker exclaimed.

"He just needs to make eye contact with you and he'll have your body." Sharpshot explained.

"I'm going through that again!" Firecracker stated as he ignited his fists.

"Also this is probably a bad time to mention it but Phantom kept ignoring Lincoln Loud's painting." Gamer said.

"Oh come on! That painting is pretty good!" Firecracker shouted as threw fireballs at Phantom.

Phantom dodged The fireballs. "Oh some painting that some kid made? That's barely gonna sell on the market!" Phantom said.

"But I mean really! It looks professional!" Firecracker argued as he shot more fireballs at Phantom.

"Not saying it's bad lad." Phantom said as he swatted a fireball away. "It's just not worth much." Firecracker let's out a shout and fires a massive fire blast at him. As it gets near, Phantom smirks and quickly leaves Petty's body leaving the rubber monster dazed and confused.

"Petty's head hurts." Petty groaned. "Um, how Petty get here?" He then sees the fire blast coming towards him. "Uh oh." He's then hit by the blast at full blast. Once the fire dissipates Petty falls to the ground. "Owie."

"Aw nuts." Firecracker said before turning to Phantom. "You're a real piece of work you know that." Phantom just laughs.

"Hey lad it's your fault I was able to get away with it the first time." Phantom said. "Nobody would expect a criminal to come back to the scene of the crime. I even mentioned the guards stealing the art which was something that wasn't public knowledge yet and you still suspected nothing."

"We'll still gonna stop you." Ms. Appear said.

"Like yeah!" Multiple Girl replied.

"I'd like to see you try!" Phantom challenges. He then turns to Firecracker. "Oh I lied lad. The painting sucks." Firecracker's eye twitches before he flies forward in a rage.

"Firecracker wait!" Beast shouted but it was too late. Once he was close enough Phantom's eyed flashed.

Phantom turns intangible just in time, right when Firecracker flies through. "What gives?" Wildgirl asked.

"Phantom needs to make eye contact to take control of his victim." Gamer explained. "I don't know what he'll do with another metahuman."

"Simple." Phantom replied with Firecracker's voice as he turned around. "I get two powers, both possession and fire powers."

"Ok even Danny Phantom would call B.S on that!" Reaper said.

"So now he's in control of Firecracker's body?" Crystal Princess asked nervously.

"That's right lass." Phantom replied before igniting his fists. "But now it's time to suffer." He flies forward at full speed and kicks Ms. Appear in the head before blasting Multiple Girl sending her flying into a wall. Crystal Princess swings her crystal hammer at Phantom who successfully avoids it with a backflip before hitting her with his fire breath. He then barely avoided a right hand from a gorilla form Wildgirl. "Would you like to try again lass?" Wildgirl let's out a bellow and charges towards Phantom. She then throws her massive fist at him but Phantom smiles and suddenly separated from Firecracker.

"Wait what just happened?" Firecracker asked before he's suddenly hit by Wildgirl's fist. "Why?"

"Oops." Wildgirl said sheepishly. She turned to Phantom who was just smiling. "You'll pay for that!" She then charges towards the Irish meta who's eyes flash. He turns intangible right when the fist connects. Wildgirl turns around to face the L-Crew and L-Angels with an evil smile on her face.

"Uh oh." Greenthumb said.

"That's right wee lass." Phantom said with Wildgirl's voice. "I'm in control now of your shapeshifter now!"

Phantom morphs into a wolf and charges towards Crystal Princess , she puts up a crystal barrier that blocked out Phantom's attack. Then Ms. Appear formed a forcefield construct of a bat, then whacks Phantom with the bat. But Phantom morphs in a grizzly bear and roars swipes his claws at Ms. Appear, but she puts a forcefield up to block the swipe. But Multiple Girl and two of her clones formed a plan. Both the clones gave the real Multiple Girl a boost as they threw her in the air and gave Phantom a kick right at the back of the head. Phantom stumbles back, as turned around and growls at Multiple Girl. But then some vines pop out of the ground and grabs Phantom's arms.

Both Cherry Bomb and Reaper both charge at Phantom and begin to slash him with their axe and scythe. But Phantom breaks free and swats Cherry Bomb and Reaper to the side. But then Gamer opens fire on Phantom. "Sorry Wildgirl!" Gamer shouted as she continued shooting.

Phantom roars in pain as the blasts hit him. Tongri and Beast then come up from behind and slash at his back. Phantom then goes rhino and charges the Multiple Girls. The two clones get hit but the original jumps onto Phantom's back. She then grabs his rhino ears and tries to turn the large creature around. Phantom heads towards a wall but Multiple Girl jumps off before crashing.

Then Phantom recovers from the crash and charges again at Multiple Girl, but Petty tackles Phantom, canceling the charge. "Nice work big guy!" Multiple Girl replied.

"You took over Petty's body." Petty growled before picking up Phantom's rhino body. "Me no like that!" He then proceeded to slam Phantom down several times which forced Phantom back to normal.

"Damn Petty what did I ever do to you?" Wildgirl groaned.

"Damn it!" Beast shouted. "Phantom must've left her body before Petty slammed Wildgirl!"

"We must stop him!" Reaper said.

"Before anyone else gets possessed." Gamer said.

"But how?" Cherry Bomb asked as she watched Phantom dodge a swing with Crystal Princess's crystal hammer before hitting a spin kick.

"Maybe I have an arrow that can help." Sharpshot suggested. "Cover me." The other four nod and take positions around her. "OK what do I have? EMP arrow, multiple arrows arrow, shrinking arrow, crackers arrow? Well I now know what's going with cheese arrow. Electric arrow? Maybe that could work. He goes intangible then I shoot the arrow shocking him which could stun him enough to lay a hit on him. But we need to get him to go intangible. We're gonna have to bait him. Reaper, go tell Ms. Appear about our plan. Beast and Cherry Bomb i need to to divert Phantom's attention. Gamer you're with me. Got it?"

"Got it." The L-Angels replied. "

"Good, let's do this team!" Sharpshot said.

The Angels split into their groups and did their assignments. Reaper headed towards Ms. Appear who was still trying to recover from getting hit by Phantom's rhino form. She quickly gets to her side.

"You ok?" Reaper asked.

"I've been through worse." Ms. Appear groaned.

"Sharpshot has a plan, she's gonna hit Phantom with a electric arrow when he goes intangible. Beast and Cherry Bomb are going to get his attention." Reaper said.

"Right." Ms. Appear said. "In fact I might be able to give you a little help. You guys get him into position and I'll bait him into going intangible."

"Sounds good." Reaper said. "Go get into position."

"You got it." Ms. Appear said as she runs off. "Hey Phantom. Let me ask you something! Do you have the luck of the Irish!"

"You mocking me lass? You mocking the Irish?" Phantom shouted.

"No just you." Ms. Appear said.

"You'll regret the day you mocked the Phantom!" Phantom shouted.

"Then do something about it!" Beast shouted. "Bet you won't!"

"He probably won't." Cherry Bomb said with a smirk. "Everyone knows that the Irish are cowards!" That did it. Phantom let's out a shout and rushes towards the three of them. Once he got close he turned his body intangible and went to take over Ms. Appear's body. However, unknown to Phantom, Gamer and Sharpshot were in position in the rafters with Gamer looking through the scope of her blaster.

"And take the shot now!" Gamer shouted. Sharpshot release the string on her bow sending the electric arrow towards Phantom. "Crap it's gonna be short!" Crystal Princess seeing this quickly shoots a crystal at the arrow to help it get to it's target. Once it reached Phantom it activated, electrocuting Phantom who shouted in pain.

"Thanks." Sharpshot said to Crystal Princess.

"Don't mention it." Crystal Princess replied.

Once the shock was over, Phantom drops to the ground and groans in pain. Both Sharpshot and Gamer aimed their arrow and blasters at him. "It's over Phantom. Your art stealing days are over." Sharpshot said.

"You think a little electricity will stop me, think again." Phantom panted. He gets back to his feet, stumbled a little but straightened up. "I ain't backing down yet."

"Well neither are we." Firecracker said as he ignited his fists. "You're going to the Dungeon."

"Lad, I've successfully avoided prison for ten years." Phantom said. "And I sure as hell not gonna break that streak now. So c'mon! Hit me with your best shot!"

Firecracker and Gamer both opened fire on Phantom, he managed to dodged some of the strikes, until a blast from Gamer hits him on the right side of his chest. "We need to take him down quickly." Gamer said.

"Right." Firecracker said. "Let's finish this!"

Phantom tried to use his power to take control of someone, but Sharpshot shoots a flash bang arrow at Phantom blinding him. "Damn it!" Phantom growled as he covered his eyes.

"Let's finish him!" Ms. Appear ordered. Greenthumb raised her hands and vines came out the ground and wrapped around Phantom before raising him up and slamming him to the ground. Once he gets up Crystal Princess runs up and hits him with a crystal mace followed by Wildgirl headbutting him as a mountain goat. Firecracker then flies in hits a fire fist on Phantom's jaw causing him to stumble into an uppercut from Multiple Girl. Petty then grabs Ms. Appear and throws her right at Phantom where she hits him with a hard right hook sending him sliding back. He let's out a groan and sees the L-Crew and L-Angels standing over him.

"I guess the luck of the Irish ran out." Phantom joked before passing out.

"We did it!" Beast cheered.

"His art stealing days are over!" Wildgirl shouted as she did a little victory dance.

"Even better, the guards here are not gonna take the blame." said Ms. Appear.

"And we beat a meta!" Gamer cheered.

"Good job girls." Ms. Appear said. "Why don't you five get out of here. We don't want people knowing about you yet."

"Right let's go." Sharpshot said before Reaper grabbed her.

"Stella, the message." Reaper reminded her. "The one from Cheat."

"Message? What message?" Firecracker asked.

"Well Cheat wants to meet you guys in person one day." Sharpshot said. "But he also about your other allies, and the fact that you guys are siblings."

"What?" Ms. Appear said. "Cheat knows about us?"

"He knows more than he should've." Gamer said as she crossed her arms. "The guy terrified me. It's like his red eyes were staring into my soul."

"You don't think he knows who we really are?" Firecracker asked.

"I don't think so. But he knows about us getting involved in this whole ordeal." Sharpshot said

"But he does know enough to make things worrying." Ms. Appear said. "Do you think he's a problem?"

"Not that I could tell." Cherry Bomb said. "From what I got from him he sees this whole thing as a game with his own set of rules. He's only a problem if his game makes him a problem."

"Then for now I say we just keep an eye open." Firecracker said. "Let's just give Phantom to the cops and head home."

Chief Haggar and several cop cars were waiting for them outside the museum. Two cops took Phantom to a prison transport while Haggar talked to the L-Crew. "Good job catching Phantom." He said. "He's a slippery devil. He's been given police the runaround in not just the states but Ireland as well. But now he's got a nice cell waiting for him. I'll be calling the other counties and tell them to release any guards accused of art theft."

"All in a day's work." said Ms. Appear. "But we had a little help."

"Another hero team I suppose?" Haggar asked while raising an eyebrow.

"You can say that." Wildgirl said as the L-Crew exchanged a knowing smile. Up on the building across from the museum, the L-Angels were sitting on the ledge eating the cheese and crackers from Stella's arrows.

"Oh that hit the spot." Sid said as she ate another piece of cheese. "Especially after a successful mission."

"Shame we don't get any credit." Paige said as she ate the piece of cheese.

"Probably for the best. We don't want the fame of the L-Crew." Stella said.

"Well not that kind of fame anyways." Haiku said as she ate a cracker. "If people knew about us, we really wouldn't be a recon team anymore."

"Yeah probably for the best." Tabby said. "I don't know about you mates but I'm ready to head home."

"Yeah same here." Stella said.

"See you guys tomorrow?" Sid asked.

"Totally." Tabby said while Haiku nodded. "Now let's get out of here."

When Tabby got home she saw Patrick sitting in the dining room reading a book. "Hello Tabitha." He greeted. Tabby rolled her eyes and went towards her room but Patrick stopped her. "Can we talk for a minute?" Tabby sighed and went to the table.

"Yeah? What is it?" Tabby grumbled.

"I know I can never replace your father and I'm not trying too but I know you aren't happy about this whole thing with me and your mother but I want to make it work. Now your mother is coming home late tonight so I'd figure we'd watch a movie. Got any requests?"

"No documentaries?" Tabby asked suspiciously.

"No documentaries." Patrick said. "I noticed that you fall asleep at those. But what movie do you want to watch?"

"School of Rock." Tabby replied.

"Heh. Of course." Patrick said with a chuckle. "Not gonna lie that's one of my favorite movies too. So shall we?" Tabby thinks about and smiles.

"Yeah why not." Tabby said. The two head into the living room.

"I'm home!" Paige called out. "Anybody here?" Nobody answered. "Guess nobody's home." Suddenly she's grabbed from behind. "Whoa what's going on?!"

"Say uncle and I'll let you go!" A woman's voice said but it was a voice Paige recognized.

"Gabby?" Paige gasped. Her attacker released her and she turned to see her twenty-one year old sister still in her military uniform with her blonde hair tied in a bun. Her older sister smiled at her and tears started to form in Paige's eyes. "Gabby!" She then rushes her sister and tackles her to the ground with the two sisters still in an embrace.

"Hey kid." Gabby said with a smile as she stroked her sister's hair. "Miss me?"

"I sure did!" Paige replied. "What are you going here?"

"I'm on leave from the Marines. Mom and dad are out on date night, which gives us the opportunity to have some sister time." said Gabby.

"Now that's awesome." said Paige. "You have so much catching up to do."

"I know I do." Gabby said. "And look what I grabbed on my way back." She reached behind her and pulled out the new Final Fantasy VII Remake game.

"You got it!?" Paige exclaimed. "I've been saving up my allowance for months just so I can buy it! You're the best sister ever!" She hugs her sister tighter.

"Glad you like it." Gabby said.

Stella walks into her house and sighs. "Hey mom, hey dad I'm home." said Stella.

"In the family room! How come you're late?" Her mother asked.

"I was hanging out with my friends!" Stella replied as she walked to the family room.

"That Lincoln kid or those other girls you hung out with?" Her father asked.

"The girls. You know Tabby, Paige, Haiku and Sid." Stella replied. "So what's up?"

"Stella we've been thinking about visiting Detroit next weekend." Her father said. "It is your grandmother's birthday next weekend after all."

"Seriously!" Stella exclaimed. "That'd be sick! Would i be able to see my friends while we're there?"

"Of course. You can catch up with them and have fun." said Stella's mother.

"This is so exciting. I can't wait for next weekend. I'm gonna go text Steph right now and tell them the good news!" Stella said as she ran upstairs to her room.

Haiku entered her home and sighed. "Back to my normal double life." Haiku said to herself.

"Haiku honey! Your brother is on video chat!" Haiku's mother called. Haiku heads into the living room to see her brother on video chat. He had long black hair and was wearing a varsity jacket.

"Hey Haiku long time no talk." Her brother said. Haiku gave him a small smile.

"Hello Sean." Haiku greeted. "It's good to see you."

"So how are things in Royal Woods. I heard there was an attack at the mall." Sean said.

"Yeah, there was a monster, but the L-Crew managed to kill it." Haiku said.

"That's good to hear." Sean said. "Hey I got good news little sis. I'm almost done with my second semester here at college so I'll be coming home soon. Probably next month."

"That'll be great that you'll be back in Royal Woods." Haiku said.

"Yeah it'll be great to see you again too Haiku." Sean said. "But all the time."

"I look forward to it." Haiku said.

Tongri stopped in front of Sid's house and crouched down allowing the girl to climb off. "Thanks for the lift." Sid said. "Hey can you still talk?"

"Not for much longer." Tongri replied. "Can't wait till the spell wears off. I hate magic. Doesn't matter who does it."

"I'm gonna miss hearing you talk." Sid said.

"Sorry to say Sid. But I rather not speak English." Tongri said. "Anyway I'll see you around." Tongri said as he ran off.

"Well it was fun while it lasted." Sid said before suddenly getting nudged from behind. She sees that Tongri came back.

"I need to say goodbye properly." Tongri said. Sid smiled and hugged his head before pressing her head to his.

"It was great talking to you." Sid said. "I'll miss hearing your voice."

"I know but we both know it's for the best." Tongri said. "I don't like magic i and I think it's better this way."

"Yeah you're right." Sid sighed.

"But that won't change anything between us, you got it?" Tongri said. "See you around." The two separate and Tongri gives her a quick lick before running off. Once he's gone, Sid sighs.

"Man I hope animal control don't get called about him." Sid said.

Sid then walked towards her house and entered the house. "Sid, is that you?!" Her mother Becca asked.

"Yeah mom it's me." Sid replied. "Just been out with some friends."

"Oh thank God!" Becca said with a sigh of relief. "I heard that there was a tiger loose in the city so I'm so relieved that you're ok."

"Yeah mom I'm fine." Sid assured her. "I heard that the L-Crew had a tiger so it was probably that one."

"Well with all the crime around i just want you to be careful." Becca said.

"I know mom." Sid replied. "You tell that to me and Adelaide."

"We're trying to look out for you girls" Sid's father called out from another room.

"Got it dad." said Sid as she walked upstairs to her room.

When she got up there she saw Ronnie Anne waiting for her. "Sup." She said.

"You came through my window didn't you?" Sid asked.

"You came through my window. Now it's my turn to give you a taste of your own medicine." Ronnie Anne said as Sid closed the door. "So I take it you spend the day in your own costume?"

"You can say that. Luan's team and the L-Angels were taking down this guy named Phantom." Sid replied.

"Ghost powers?" Ronnie Anne asked.

"Possession and the intangible, from my knowledge. But I got to know my teammates." said Sid.

"That's good." Ronnie Anne said as Sid sat next to her on the bed. "I heard you got to hang out with Tongri too."

"Yeah that was fun." Sid said. "It was nice hearing him talk though. Sucks that he hates magic."

"Well after what he's been through with Izahr I don't blame him." Ronnie Anne said. "I mean he was Izahr's servant for who knows how long, no doubt taken from his mother as a cub. Hell he's technically still a cub but that's besides the point. So you can't blame him for how he feels."

"You're telling me. But Phantom isn't the only Meta I've seen." Sid said. "There's this Metahuman named Cheat. He knows about the L-Crew."

"What?" Ronnie Anne gasped. "How can that be? The L-Crew have done everything they could to keep everything about them a secret yet you're telling me that there's a guy out there who knows everything about us?"

"Yeah." Sid said. "Guy was really freaking us out. Don't know if that has something to do with his powers or it's just who he is. He already told us we haven't seen the last of him and that we'd see him again. The guy was terrifying."

"Does he spy on us when we fight crime and do normal lives. How does he know?!" Ronnie Anne questioned.

"When we see him, we'll get the answers we need." said Sid.

"You serious?" Ronnie Anne asked.

"Yeah I don't know." Sid admitted. "But he definitely was freaky."

"Maybe, he knows." Ronnie Anne muttered.

"What you say?" Sid asked.

"Nothing." Ronnie Anne said. "I gotta go!" She then leaps out the window before flying away leaving Sid confused.

Phantom sat in the van while on his way to the Dungeon. "Go figure that my luck has ran out." Phantom sighed.

Over at the driver side, the two police officers were talking. "So my son is going to college." The police officer driving the van said.

"So what's he going to college for?" The other police officer asked.

"Jimmy wants to be an author and write murder mysteries." The driver replied.

"Oh will you lads keep it down over there." Phantom growled. "Trying to wallow in self-pity here."

"Sorry laddie but you're in no position to tell us what to do." The driver taunted. Suddenly the truck stops in its tracks.

"Um, what's going on?" The other officer asked.

"No clue." The driver replied. "I'm hitting the gas but we ain't moving."

"What the hell is going on?" The other officer asked.

Then the back door rips opens, revealing Squatch holding the van. "You Phantom?" Squatch asked.

"Of course I am. Who are you suppose to be?" Phantom asked.

"Your guardian angels." Nuke said. "Come with us and we'll get you a drink."

"You really know how to speak an Irishman's language." Phantom said before walking off the truck. Squatch then released the truck which speeds off, loses control and crashes. "I owe you lads one. So what do I owe ya?"

"Just you joining the Terror Crew." Nuke said.

"If it keeps me out of the Dungeon, then sign me up!" Phantom replied.

"Welcome to the Terror Crew." Nuke said.

"Now I hope you lads know I have personal issues that need to be dealt with." Phantom said.

"Oh we're well aware. In fact Johnny and Candyman are taking care of it as we speak." Squatch assured him.

Johnny Speed, Candyman and Zoya made their way through the Godfather's compound followed by two dozen of their dealers armed with assault rifles.

"Alright guys, the Godfather of Michigan lives there." said Johnny as he pointed at the compound.

"I bet he has some jewels in his room." One of the dealers said.

"Maybe he has some good paintings to sell." said one of the other dealers.

"That's more of a side mission gentlemen." Candyman told them. "See we need to make sure we show solidarity to our new friend Phantom if he agreed to join us that is. So we're here to take care of the Godfather." The dealers cheer and prepare to enter the compound. Zoya then runs to the front.

"So what do I do?" Zoya asked excitedly. Johnny chuckled at her enthusiasm and rubs her head.

"Stay close to either me or Candyman so you can see how it's done." Johnny told her. "And feel free to try to turn metal while we're at it."

"I'll try." Zoya nodded.

"I know you will." Johnny smiled at Zoya. "Candyman, any word from Nuke?"

"Yeah. Phantom has joined us." Candyman said. "So let's do him a favor and take care of his enemies."

"Good. Let's go boys! And Zoya." Johnny said as the arms dealers screamed yeah.

Johnny kicked the door down catching everyone one of the Godfather's men by surprise. The dealers then opened fire on the men. More of the Godfather's men came running down and started shooting back but the dealers outnumbered them and overwhelmed them. One got up close to Johnny and started firing at him up close. However when he stopped Johnny was fine. Johnny held out a closed hand opened it where all bullets that were fired fell to the ground.

"Impossible." The man said before Johnny thrust his hand through his chest and pulled it out.

"I'm Johnny Speed." Johnny said. "Nothing is impossible."

Two of the Godfather's men aimed their guns at the Candyman. The Candyman aimed his cane at the two and fired two darts at both of them, making them pass out. "Who can make the suns rise? Not you!" Candyman said as he stepped on the man's next. "Nor you." Candyman said to the last pasted out man's neck killing them both.

Meanwhile, Zoya stook close to her uncles while paying very close attention to their methods. "So are the one-liners necessary or optional?" She asked.

"It depends how you're feeling." Candyman responded. "Personally I believe it adds to my charm."

"Gotcha." Zoya said as she wrote it down. "Uncle Johnny how much should of uncle Candyman's advice should I take literally?" Johnny looked up from where he took out a guard and shrugged.

"Honestly it's either hit or miss." Johnny replied. "He's technically legally insane."

"He's not wrong." Candyman said.

The Terror Crew have reached the door of the Godfather's office. Zoya then coats her arms in metal and punches down the door. "What the hell is going on?!" The Godfather asked.

"Hello Godfather." Johnny said as he, Zoya, Candyman and a few arm dealers enter the office. "We're the Terror crew."

"I know who you are." The Godfather said.

"Then you know why we're here." Johnny said. "Zoya take notes." Zoya nods and pulls out her notebook. "Godfather you have been on top for a long long time. And now it's time for someone else to step up and take over. Now we didn't have much ambition to come down here and meet you face to face until we made a new friend who has a little bit of beef with you." Godfather's eyes widen.

"Phantom." Godfather gasped. "You've formed an alliance with Phantom?"

"Ding ding ding. We have a winner." Johnny said. "You see the Terror Crew are taking over this place. We're taking over this city. Not you, not Tetherby and sure as hell not the L-Crew. We're running the show now and we are getting together some new friends and Phantom and little Zoya here are apart of that plan. In fact it's just the beginning."

"Your cockiness will be your down fall. People like you are all talk. But in the end you're empire will fall." The Godfather said. "Hell another Metahuman will take you down."

Johnny looked at the Godfather and then started to vibrate his right hand and puts it through the Godfather's chest. The Godfather's breath was cut short and when Johnny takes his hand out and the Godfather falls face first on his desk.

"Let this be a lesson boys and Zoya. The Godfather of Michigan is dead. We are the future of Royal Woods! If anyone stand in our way we'll kill them!" Johnny said as the arms dealers cheered.

Zoya walked up to the desk and poked the now deceased Godfather with her pencil. "You really killed him." She said. "Can I go through his pockets?"

"Sure go ahead." Johnny said. Zoya goes through his pockets and finds his wallet which she tossed to Candyman. Candyman opens it to find quite a bit of money in it.

"Almost a thousand dollars in here." Candyman said. "I always heard that the Godfather had a safe full of money in here somewhere. Perhaps me and the men should go look for it."

"Be my guest." Johnny said. Candyman nods and motioned for the dealers to come with him. Johnny turned back to Zoya who was looking at the Godfather's hand. "You want the ring kid?" Zoya nods. "Help yourself. Consider it a souvenir on your first successful mission."

Zoya walked over to the Godfather's corpse and took the ring on his ring hand, the places it on her right hand. "Get to this Zoya. This is the beginning of the Terror Crew's takeover of Royal woods." Johnny said.

Smoke: Hey guys. It me Smoke. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. We've been wanting to do another L-Angels chapter for awhile. But before we sign off I have something to address. For starters Lily's rival being Zoya. Zachlor16 and I talked about this and we don't plan on doing that. First off, Lily has more experience than Zoya. That and also Zoya being beaten by a baby. To quote the King of Wakanda, we don't do that here. We didn't say assign rivals. Anyway, we have about 10 chapters to go to the 100 chapter. Better get pumped, anyway. That's it for me. I'm gonna go play some Final Fantasy 7 remake. Got anything to say zachlor?