Chapter 38

"Any word from Damian?" Storm asked as they enter the building where the Leader had made base. She didn't really like it, they should have had a more proper plan than doing a two pronged attack with Damian and Banner going in first. Maybe call the Professor and request some sort of back up, even if the Leader wasn't exactly the most dangerous foe they could face.

"No, he probably is dealing with some stupid bullshit trap designed by Sterns or some stupid dumbass hired by him." Betty said with a scoff; her crimson skin almost glowing, quite like her eyes were glowing, as she ripped a hole open in the wall for them to go through. "He might fashion himself a genius, but those two things are basically all that Sterns ever does. Not a single imaginative bone in that body, just a very big skull for his big head."

"This is actually very enjoyable." Hercules declared with a smile as he stepped through the newly made hole. "It has been such a long time since I traveled with fellow heroes. It's just like with Argonauts, and even better since none of you are my servants that might get kidnapped by a nymph and die because of their habitat being uninhabitable for you."

"That's a very specific reason." Valeria said with a raised eyebrow as she looked around the hall, looking like there were a million little equations going through her brain.

"It happens more often than you think. To people in general I mean, it happened only to one of my servants but it's still something to be wary about. Zeus knows that young Hylas could have lived longer if he had been more wary of the nymphs."

"Weird phrase considering your father is one of the least wary around nymphs, or women in general." Valeria said with a snort and got a laugh from Hercules, who seemed to find the dig against his father to be very much hilarious.

"I can smell him." The laughter was interrupted by Laura. "He is below us, and there is also a… dangerous smell near him."

"Dangerous? You mean a strong enemy?" Hercules asked with an air of anticipation.

"No, dangerous like… like poison. Not strong, just dangerous."

"Oh I hate that type." The son of Zeus declared with a huff. "Honorless knaves who do not have the courage to face their adversaries so they plot behind them. Hope friend Damian beats that one a lot." And then he punched a wall down and was sent back to them by an invisible force.

"Well, guess you lot are the ones Leader hired us to deal with." A voice came from the hole made by Hercules as a man with orange skin and yellow markings on his skin walked out of the hole. "Five minutes should be plenty to deal with you lot, am I right Vapor?"

"You are actually wrong Vector." Another voice came as green smoke started to rise from beneath them and then coalesced into the form of a woman levitating above the ground with green skin and smoke for hair. "It shouldn't take more than two."

"A nymph! Just when we were speaking of their kind!" Hercules shouted as he pointed at the green woman who blinked for a moment before a scowl appeared on her face.

"Who are you calling a nympho, you motherfu-" Her words would remain unsaid as suddenly a huge gust of wind struck in her back, sending her towards Storm where the winds suddenly coalesced around the gaseous life-form and sealed her inside a sphere around the size of a basketball.

"You have chosen the wrong enemy today." Storm declared as she used her powers to levitate the sphere above her and then glared at Vector with her eyes glowing white. "And so have you." And then sent a lightning bolt at the orange man.

"I don't believe I have." But the electrical attack simply dissipated as it hit the man's hand. "In fact, I believe that it is you who have chosen the wrong enemy today!" And then an orange beam of light erupted from the same hand, flying towards Storm who barely avoided the attack by using the winds to push herself out of the way; almost hitting a wall in the process.

Which had the less than pleasant effect of releasing Vapor from her wind imprisonment, which allowed her to attack the others with her gaseous form taking an orangish hue.

"Get away from the gas!" Betty yelled as she clapped her hands and caused a sonic boom that sent the gaseous attack and it's owner away, allowing them a chance to retreat and regroup while Vector was checking on Vapor.

"Do we know who these guys are?" Hercules asked as they entered and empty room, looking very much not happy about retreating.

"They are called Vapor and Vector. Vapor can assume the form of gas and manipulate the properties of the said gas while Vector can deflect forces, which is how he deflected Storm's attack and sent that beam of concussion force." Valeria said with a frown as she fiddled with some wires on her wrist armor. "They are part of a supervillain team called the U-Foes. The group also includes men called X-Ray and Ironclad, who can control and mimic radiation; and have super strength along with metal-like skin respectively. They got their powers in an incident similar to Fantastic Four."

"It's likely that the 'dangerous' smell Laura got was X-Ray, he's the most dangerous part of their group other than Vector and even that is arguable." Betty said with a sigh. "He shouldn't cause much of an issue to Damian."

"But the other two are an issue to us, at least Vector is." Storm said with a frown, not sure how exactly she was supposed to defeat an enemy that could 'deflect' all of their attacks. "And what about their last member? Should we be concerned about him?" She asked and then got an answer in the form of a very strong force shaking the building followed by a roar.

"I don't think we'll have to worry about that." Betty said with a smile.

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"Puny metal skin." Hulk grunted before spitting at the ground, right beside the unconscious form of the metal skinned man that thought he could defeat Hulk. Metal skin man thought wrong, cause Hulk strongest there is!

And now, Hulk had more pressing concerns.

"Save Jen! Kill Sterns!"

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