60. Revenge of the L-Crew

The Louds in their hero suits stood around the monitor as Martha scanned the city. "Anything yet?" Lori asked.

"Nothing yet." Martha answered while continuing her scanning.

"He's gotta be somewhere." Lynn said. Suddenly Martha's scanner goes off.

"I have found him." Martha said. "He is downtown."

"Good. Thanks Martha." Lori said before turning to her siblings who had hungry looks on their faces. "Alright. It's payback time!"

Meanwhile in downtown Royal Woods Replicate is walking out of the bar. "No sign of Jax." He thought. "Maybe he decided to stay in his cell for good."

He then starts to walk off when he feels like he's not alone. He stops and looks around and sees nothing. He shrugs his shoulder before jumping up to a nearby building and lands on it. He looks up and sees that it's getting cloudy. "Looks like rain." He growls. Suddenly a bird flies down from the clouds and makes its way to the building. "Looks like company." However, his smile then fades when the bird suddenly starts to fly faster and he is then rammed by a mountain goat sending him sliding back. Replicate gets back and is suddenly hit by a fireball to the face followed by a kick to the back.

"That was just for kicks!" A familiar voice puns.

"L-Crew." Replicate growls. However before he can say anything, Amplifier suddenly appears from a nearby electrical wire and hits him with a roundhouse kick sending him sliding towards the edge of the building.

"So the tables have turned." Replicate said as his flashes and the electricity surges through his body.

"You attacked us!" Speed Queen said as she punches Replicate in the face and gives him a roundhouse kick to the face. "Now we're returning the favor."

Replicate falls backwards off the building to the ground and lands on his feet. As soon as he lands, he a raindrop and sees it's starting to rain. "So i guess the weatherman was right." He growls when he's suddenly hit by a right hand from Parkour followed a crystal hammer shot from Crystal Princess.

"How did that feel?" Parkour taunted.

"I felt worst." Replicate said.

"Then it will get a lot worst!" Multiple Girl said as she and seven of her clones.

Multiple Girl and her clones all attack Replicate, two of the clones perform the clothesline on Replicate knocking him down, as clone 5 curb stomps on Replicate's chest. Then clone 1 and 4 grab Replicate and throw him towards a dumpster.

Replicate lets out a groan and tries to stand up. Suddenly, the dumpster begins to float in the air. He looks around and sees Prodigy with a hand in the air and a smirk on her face. She then lowers her hand causing the dumpster to come crashing down only for Replicate to roll out of the way. He grabs a tree to help himself stand up only to get smacked by a branch. Replicate looks and sees the tree moving and swinging it's branches at him. Replicate sees Greenthumb behind the tree standing up and moving her hands to control the branches. Replicate dodges the branches only to get blindsided by Black Ice hitting him with a ice bat.

"Had enough yet?" Black Ice asks.

"No." Replicate growls. "I've only just started." Suddenly the rest of the L-Crew walk up and surround him. "So this is how you want to do it? All of you? Let me ask you something. What makes you think that this time will end differently?"

"Simple. Feel your head." Crystal Princess answered. Replicate raising his hand to his head and rubs it against his forehead. He mainly felt water from the rain until he felt something different. He pulls his hand down and sees it's red.

"First blood." Replicate said with an impressed tone. "Things just got interesting. Let's continue, shall we."

Both Crystal Princess and Black Ice both nod and form ice blades and crystal tomahawks. "Show ya what you got." Crystal Princess smirked.

Replicate takes a defensive stance with his fists now sparking with electricity. "Bring it." He said. Black Ice and Crystal Princess charged forwards and swung their crystal and ice weapons at Replicate who successfully avoided them only to narrowly dodge a fireball thrown by Firecracker. Amplifier and Multiple Girl then advance towards Replicate and start throwing multiple punches at Replicate while he tried to block them.

"What's wrong dude? Having trouble?" Amplifier mocked.

Replicate growls at that and blocks Amplifier's punch and counter attacks, but Amplifier zaps into a street light. "Son of a bitch!" He growls.

Then he felt someone behind him and he smirked. "Same old Ms. Appear." Replicate said and grabs Ms. Appear but she wasn't there. Replicate was stunned by the fact he doesn't have Ms. Appear in his grasp.

"Not so predictable anymore!" Ms. Appear's voice shouted but she was nowhere to be seen. But she lands a bunch of kicks and punches towards Replicate, and he tried to block the hits, but it was no use.

"Need to find a way to find Ms. Appear." Replicate thought.

"Getting frustrated?" Ms. Appear taunted. Replicate growls and then sees an outline within the rain and smiles. He then reached his arm out and grab something which is revealed to be Ms. Appear. "Shit!"

"Ms. Appear! Language!" Speed Queen scolds.

"We're rated T it's fine." Firecracker said while everyone gives him a weird look.

"Found you." Replicate said. He the tosses her up and spin kicks her. However, Replicate has no time to recover because Wildgirl goes wolf and jumps on his back where she bites his shoulder. "Fuck!"

Replicate tries to shake off Wildgirl off his back, even slamming her to a wall. "Get off of me!" Replicate shouted and managed to throw Wildgirl off of him and breathed heavily. "These kids. They're not the same like the other times I faced against them."

"You can say that!" Speed Queen said as she sped towards him and hits him with a jump kick. Replicate catches her leg but Speed Queen spins which knocks Replicate off his feet. "How'd you like that?"

"That all you got?" Replicate growled. He then quickly jumps to his feet and throws a right hand but Speed Queen dodges. Replicate lets out a growl and throws several punches at Speed Queen but she continuously dodges them.

"I think you're getting slow." Speed Queen smirked

"Then maybe I need to speed up." Replicate said. His eyes flash and he smirks. "Let's try this again." The two speed off and meet in the center where Replicate throws several body shots while Speed Queen hits a uppercut. The two speed off again and appear in another part of the street where Speed Queen tries to hit a spin kick but Replicate ducks and attempts a knee strike but Speed Queen avoids. The two then speed off again but before they can meet again, Replicate doesn't notice Black Ice freezing the ground causing Replicate to slide across the ice straight into two right hands from Amplifier and Ms. Appear, knocking him off his feet.

"Next time think dude." Amplifier smirked.

"Or else it would slip your mind." Ms. Appear chuckled.

"You're starting to piss me off." Replicate growled. Unknown to Replicate, the ground beneath him was starting to crack and several vine come crashing upwards from the ground, taking Replicate by surprise as he's hoisted into the air. On the ground Greenthumb is controlling the vines by moving her hands which causes the vines to shake Replicate around. She then releases her hold and the vine releases Replicate. However it sends him flying away leaving the L-Crew alone.

"Huh. Greenthumb sent him flying." Parkour comments.

"Yeah." Crystal Princess said. "Just like that." The L-Crew then stand there in silence staring in the direction that Replicate was sent flying.

"Yeah I'm not done with him." Firecracker said. "Let's go fight some more."

"Agreed." The girls said in unison before running after Replicate.

Unknown to Replicate and the L-Crew they were being watched from the shadows. "So these must be the heroes called the L-Crew?" Said a voice that sounded like a girl.

She looks towards the direction that Replicate was launched and heads in that direction. Once she gets to the location, she saw Replicate trying to get back to his feet. "And that must be Replicate." She said. As she looked the scene she heard more voices and saw the L-Crew heading towards Replicate. "They seem to be battling each other and Replicate is fighting all eleven of them by himself. Maybe he is the one. I will watch this fight closely." She went back deeper into the shadows.

Replicate prepared himself as he saw the L-Crew charge towards him. Firecracker and Parkour launch themselves towards him with right hands but Replicate catches their fists. However he didn't see Black Ice with her ice gauntlets and she hits him in the stomach causing Replicate to let out a grunt of pain. He had no time to recover though because Crystal Princess ran up with her crystal club and hit him in the head causing him to stumble back and release Firecracker and Parkour. He looked up and saw that Amplifier was flying upwards into the clouds and stared after her in confusion.

"What is she up too?" Replicate asked.

Amplifier flew up to the right spot and smirked. "Time to put on a show." Amplifier smirked as she closed her eyes. When she opens her eyes, they glowed a light purple colour. With that they electricity surged through her body as the clouds blackened around her.

Then a bolt of purple lightning comes down towards Replicate, but he uses Speed Queen's Speed to dodge the bolt. "Was that Amplifier's?" Replicate asked.

"This must be Luna's new attack." Firecracker said stunned by his older sister's new attack.

Then there are five thunderbolts attempt to hit Replicate but he keeps dodging the bolts until he got struck in the back. "Fear Thor's wrath!" Amplifier shouted.

Replicate gets up with a growl as he is hit with another powerful electric blast from the clouds. Replicate growls and gets back to his feet. Amplifier comes back down and lands beside her siblings and smirks. "That all you have?" He asks. He then takes off his trench coat and throws it to the side followed by him ripping off his already ripped shirt causing the he female members of the L-Crew to blush. "Cause now it's time to have fun." He looks at Parkour and his eyes flash. "Let's go!"

"What is it with these girls and shirtless guys." Lincoln asked the readers.

Replicate charges forward and hits dual elbows to Parkour and Firecracker. He then turns around and hits Ms. Appear with a left hook followed by a right hand to Amplifier. Speed Queen then speeds forward and begins to circle him. Replicate lets out a growl and punches the ground which causes Speed Queen to lose her footing and walk into an uppercut that sends her flying. Black Ice tries to sneak up on Replicate but he senses her and hits her with a kick. Prodigy launches several cars at Replicate who punches them away before turning his attention to Prodigy herself.

"So I guess it will be brains vs brawn now." Prodigy said as she wiped the raindrops off her glasses. "I hope you realize that i have several new trips up my sleeve."

"And I hope you realize I don't care." Replicate said. He hears a puddle splash and he turns to see Multiple Girl walking up from the other side with Greenthumb crawling up beside Prodigy. "What is this now Prodigy? Certainly not still brains vs brawn."

"Well you work with what you have." Prodigy said.

"I have what I need." Said Replicate.

"And so do I." Multiple Girl said she cloned herself into eight.

"Bring it." Replicate said.

The eight clones all charge towards Replicate but Replicate managed to push them all back. Multiple Girl and clone 6 both glare at Replicate and jumped in the air and both kick him in the face. Replicate quickly gets back up just as clone 5 charges him to deliver a punch. Replicate gets back up and counters with a roundhouse kick to clone 5.

Clone 3 and 4 both got in defense for what Replicate was going to do, so Replicate rips a street light out of the ground and swings it towards the two clones, but luckily they got out of the way. Clone 6 and 7 both hit Replicate with a clothesline but he quickly recovers and sweeps one of the clones off their feet and then punches her in the gut sending her flying towards a truck.

"That all?" Replicate asked. He then looked at Multiple Girl and her clones and realized something. "There's one missing."

"Hey Prodigy! Was that a good enough distraction?" Multiple Girl asked. Replicate turned and saw a giant plant stalk with Prodigy, Greenthumb and the Multiple Girl clone standing on it.

"Indeed it was elder sister." Prodigy said. She turns to the clone. "Ready?"

"Ready!" The clone smirked as Replicate stood his ground.

"Now go!" Prodigy ordered as Greenthumb lowered her hand to send one of the stalks forward. The clone then leaped up on the other stalk and rode it towards Replicate. Once the stalk got close, she jumped off and hit a jump kick to Replicate who barely blocked it before hitting her with a back fist. Prodigy and Greenthumb shared a glance before nodding. Prodigy then jumped off the stalk and started to levitate in the air. Prodigy smiles and raises her hands to raise up everything that wasn't connected to the ground into the air. She then shoots her hands forward launching everything at Replicate while Greenthumb waved her hand sending the stalk towards Replicate who just growls.

"Now I'm intrigued." Replicate said. He then jumps up and starts jumping from item to item while avoiding the stalk. Seeing him getting closer, Prodigy tries to avoid him but he keeps getting closer to her. "Your done Prodigy!" However, before he can grab her a large black shape comes crashing into him sending them both to the ground with a thud. Replicate lets out a growl and looks to see Wildgirl as a gorilla with Crystal Princess sitting on her shoulders. "You two again. Let's see if you do better this time."

Crystal Princess then waved her hands and crystal gauntlets form on Wildgirl's fists.

"This again." Replicate said. "Very well then."

"I can assure you that the result will be different." Crystal Princess said before looking down at Wildgirl. "Let's get him!" Wildgirl let's out a bellow and beats her chest before charging forward. She throws a right hand with Replicate throwing one as well. The two fist collide in the middle.

"You don't learn do you?" Replicate said. He looks at Wildgirl's fist expecting the crystal to start cracking but the crystal is in one piece. "What?"

"My crystals are now much harder Replicate." Crystal Princess tells him. "Let him have it Wildgirl!" Wildgirl throws her other hand and hits Replicate head on. She then throws a right hand followed by a left jab. Replicate stumbles from the impact and glares at the two.

"Maybe it's time for a change in strategy." Replicate says before looking at Crystal Princess. His eyes flash and he covers his arms in crystals. "Let's see who's crystals are harder."

"Have faith your in your crystals Lola." Crystal Princess whispered to herself. She then covers herself into a Crystal Armor and glares. "Bring it grandpa!"

Crystal Princess jumps off of Wildgirl with two crystal hammers. Replicate takes a swing but Crystal Princess ducks and hits him in the side with her hammer. She then hits him in the back of the leg causing Replicate to drop to a knee. Wildgirl then charges up and hits Replicate with a crystal gorilla fist that sends him sliding back. Replicate recovers only to see Crystal Princess jumping towards him with her hammer. He quickly roundhouse kicks her out of the air before turning his attention to Wildgirl. Wildgirl charged forward and throws a punch but Replicate dodges and hits her in the side which causes her to let out a howl of pain.

"That seemed to hurt more than it should've." Replicate noted.

"Damn it." Wildgirl grunted. "That hurt."

Replicate slowly approaches Wildgirl with a crystal club forming in his right hand. "Same old trick, same old outcome." said Replicate.

However, he senses coming up from behind and quickly creates two crystal blades. He then quickly turns around where his blades meet Black Ice's ice swords.

"You will not harm her anymore!" Black Ice growls. "You ok Wildgirl?"

"Yeah. He just hit the spot where my scar is." Wildgirl groans.

"Go and regroup." Black Ice told her. "I'll handle this." Wildgirl nods and turns into a bird to fly off. Black Ice then turns to where she is locked in a struggle with Replicate. The two then separate. "Bet you weren't expecting this were you?"

"Honestly. No. This is what I was hoping for." Replicate responds. "So are you going to fight me alone or do you have help?"

"I can face you without my brother and sisters." Black Ice while an ice axe and shield formed in her hands.

"Lets test that theory shall we." Replicate said. Black Ice leaps up and swings her axe at Replicate who blocks it. He then goes to slash her with his blade but Black Ice blocks it with her shield. "You've improved."

"Yes I did and even learned a few tricks," Black Ice said and icicles formed around the two and aimed towards Replicate, then at Black Ice's command she fires the icicles at Replicate.

The sudden impact stirred up some dust which caused Black Ice to not know if she hit her target. The dust then settles and to her surprise she sees Replicate in crystal armor and the icicles sticking out of the armor.

"That was too close for my liking." Replicate said before hitting Black Ice with an uppercut sending her flying. "I'll admit it was a nice trick, but sadly I don't feel like getting impaled." He begins to walk towards the down Black Ice when Amplifier teleports in front of him. "Amplifier, don't think I'll go easy on you just because you're dating my daughter."

"Wouldn't count on it dude." Amplifier retorts. "However, Sam is kinda hoping that we pound you so i aim to please. Now let's see what happens when electricity hits wet crystals."

Replicate looks at his crystals and sees that they're wet. "Crap." He growled.

Amplifier charged her fists with electricity and smirks.

"Let's see how much you can feel under that armor." Amplifier said. She then flies forward and tries to hit him with electric charged punch but Replicate get his arm up to block it. However he winces a little.

"Is that pain I hear from Replicate?" Black Ice wondered.

"You won't win!" Replicate shouted as he throws a punch but Amplifier avoids it.

Amplifier smirks at Replicate's missed punch. Replicate tries to punch again, but Amplifier dodges the punch again. "Guess again dude." said Amplifier.

Replicate let's out a shout of frustration and starts shooting crystals at Amplifier who dodges them with ease. "Is that all you're going to do is fly around?" He shouted. "I thought you wanted to test your skills?"

"Your not wrong man." Amplifier told him. "I do want to test my skills and let's see of the Rocker's Roar can destroy crystals!" She charges up her power and then lets out a mighty scream that hits Replicate head on who tries to withstand it. Once Amplifier finishes her attack, she sees the crystal armor is no longer on his body and Replicate was on one knee. She hears several footsteps coming up and sees that her siblings have joined her.

"Had enough yet Replicate?" Speed Queen asked. "You think you still have enough in you to keep going?" Replicate looks at them and smiles.

"I know I do." Replicate tells them. He looks at Firecracker and his eyes flash. He then goes full flame. "Prepare to meet the same demise as last time L-Crew!"

"What do we do now?!" Parkour asked. "He's too hot to land a punch!"

"You got any ideas Prodigy?!" Black Ice asked

Prodigy thinks for a second and then gets an idea. "Siblings, I have an idea!" She said before explaining through a mind link.

"Your done!" Replicate shouted before unleashing a fiery explosion that engulfed the eleven members of the L-Crew. Once the fire disappears, Replicate drops too a knee. "You've lost again." However once the smoke clears, he's shocked to see the L-Crew still standing. "How?"

"A little something i like to call a forcefield." Ms. Appear answered.

"Should have known." Replicate growled.

"Now it's our turn." Firecracker smirked.

"I will not be beaten by children!" Replicate growled.

"We aren't just children." Speed Queen said. Suddenly, the L-Crew are surrounded by auras shaped like their spirit animals. "We're the L-Crew." She then speeds forward and does a jumping knee. Multiple Girl clones herself into three and her two clones launched her into the air where she hit a diving kick. Replicate stumbles back and is then hit by and electric charged fist from Amplifier followed by a kick to the back from Ms. Appear. Replicate stumbles right into an uppercut from Parkour and a double foot stomp from Firecracker. As he falls to the ground, Black Ice hits him with an ice hammer which knocks him to the ground. Replicate gets back up but is slashed by tiger claws by Wildgirl followed being hit in the back by Crystal Princess and her crystal club. Prodigy then lifts him up and smashes him into the ground where is then slammed hard by Greenthumb's plant stalks. Once the stalk disappears, the L-Crew slowly approach the down Replicate.

"Did we get him?" Wildgirl asks. Replicate then stands up again and L-Crew get into fighting stances. Replicate then smiles at them.

"You win." He says before falling forward with a thud.

"Woo hoo!" Parkour cheered.

"Finally! We beated Replicate!" Crystal Princess said.

"We finally did it!" Firecracker cheered. He then raises his hand. "Up top!" The girls proceeded to high-five him and they continued to celebrate.

"Um, should we at least get him out if here and patch him up?" Multiple Girl asked. "I mean he already know where our base is and it's the least we can do for him."

"Fair enough. Plus according to Amplifier he knows who we are so it couldn't hurt." Speed Queen said. "Alright let's get him back to base."

At the base, Replicate was sitting in medical area of the base while the L-Crew watched on with Soothsayer, Mr. Cuddles and the pets.

"That was quite the battle." Soothsayer complimented. "Your training showed."

"I know it has." Lana said.

"That guy had it coming since he stepped foot in this town!" Cliff said.

"And you kids showed him who's boss!" Charles replied.

"Soothsayer, is Replicate a bad guy?" Lola asked much to everyone's surprise. "I mean he hasn't done anything really bad but he still sees us as enemies."

"She has a point." Lucy said. "Replicate has been a mystery ever since we met him and that mystery always seems to get more mysterious."

"Yeah dudes." Luna agreed. "He's saved us several times but he still chooses to see us as the enemy."

"Replicate walks a very twisted path." Soothsayer answered. "Think of it as a line between good and evil. On one hand he will fight for the good of the people as in help rescue people from a burning building or filling in when you aren't around and getting into scuffles with villains. But on the other hand he chooses to be selfish and fight for his own needs. He tortured Bobby to get Berserker, ambushed you to finish what he started in the first battle. While the good outweighs the bad, there's no clear picture of what he is. Only time will tell."

"I think we should ask him." Luna asked.

"He won't give us an answer." said Walt,

"You won't know til you ask won't you?" Replicate said much to everyone's surprise. "If you have questions, ask. Or don't. I honestly don't care."

"We want to know why you attack us?" Lucy asked.

"Yeah are you good or evil?" Leni asked.

"I attack you because you amuse me." Replicate said before standing up with a grunt and walking to the doorway to the training area. He then leans on the frame while looking outside. "Or maybe it's that you fascinate me. I'm not entirely sure myself. For some reason i like fighting you. Maybe it's up hill battle of fighting eleven metas at once. I'm not sure entirely. But don't forget, you ambushed me this time. So you got lucky. As for good or evil, I'm not sure. I've always enjoyed walking the line that no one would dare cross. It's what I've done for ten years and I've never had anyone question it. I don't know what I am. All I know is that everything I do is for a reason. And those reasons aren't any of your business. Let me ask you something now. If you hadn't trained with the Eleven Masters and came after me, do you think you would've won? Or would it be a repeat?"

"He does have a point in the outcome." Lisa said. "But then again Lincoln would still be recovering from Irate's separation mentally."

"Yes and not even Sam could save you all from your demise." Replicate said.

"Maybe." Luna said. "But that doesn't mean we would go down easy. We would've learned from the last fight and would've planned for it dude!"

"So? What if I didn't use the fire explosion?" Replicate asked. "Did you think about that? Just because you plan for one ending doesn't mean you plan for all endings. Perhaps i annihilate you or you defeat me but barely. Would it be satisfying?" The Louds don't answer but look at each trying to think of an answer but nothing comes. Lori then walks up to Replicate.

"Why won't you be our ally?" Lori asked. "When we've teamed up those two times we worked well together. Why can't you work with us?" Replicate sighs.

"I work alone." Replicate said. "I don't do teams anymore. Besides, the eleven of you have your own code that you follow. I prefer my own. I appreciate the patching up but it was unnecessary." He begins to walk out but stops and turns around to face them. "Don't get comfortable with this victory. You've just tied the score and I'll be wanting a rematch in the future where I assure you, i will be stronger. Until we meet again L-Crew." He looks at Luna and his eyes flash. Then he's gone leaving the L-Crew in silence.

"I have mixed feelings about him." Luan said.

"Same here sis." Luna said.

"He's pretty complicated." Lola stated.

"But you kids beat him." Hops said. "Next time you fight him, you'll be ready."

"That's right." Lori said. "Now let's go celebrate!"

Replicate appeared inside his safehouse with a sigh. His body was still sore and his leg felt stiff but he was glad to be home.

"That could've gone better." Replicate said as he sat down and moved his shoulder around. "Those pills work wonders." He then felt like he wasn't alone in the house. "I know someone is here. Show yourself."

"If that's what you wish." A voice and a little girl comes out behind the cupboard, she is about nine years old, wearing a blue dress, fair skin, blonde hair that reached her neck, black shoes, white socks.

"A little girl?" Replicate questioned. "Are you lost?"

"No. I'm exactly where i need to be." The girl said. Replicate slowly approached her and glares down at her.

"Who are you?" Replicate growled but the girl wasn't intimidated.

"My name is Alice." The girl said. "And I'm a meta just like you." This caught Replicate's attention.

"Really? What can you do?" He asked.

"I can create illusions." Alice said. "They can be real for the people looking."

"You're kidding right?" Replicate said.

"Look behind you." said Alice. Replicate turned around and sees Beserker behind him.

"Da hell!" Replicate said before taking a fighting stance but Alice steps up.

"Relax big guy." Alice said. "It's just an illusion. Not the real thing." The Berserker illusion then vanishes. "See, all gone." Replicate lowers his fists but keeps his guard up.

"Why are you here?" Replicate growled.

"I heard about you." Alice said.

"And?" Replicate asked.

"That you are one of the few level ten metas in the city as well as one of the most dangerous." Alice said. "And you're one of the few guys to defeat the L-Crew single handily."

"You must've not seen the recent news then." Replicate said. "Now what do you want?"

"I need your help." Alice told him. "And you're the only one who can."

"What about the L-Crew?" Replicate asked. "Wouldn't you prefer them?"

"Please, i don't want someone who plays by the rules." Alice scoffs. "I prefer someone who is more rule breaking." Replicate looks at her and sighs.

"What exactly do you need help with?" Replicate asked.

"My father disappeared before I was born." Alice explained. "At first i didn't think about it because i didn't know him, but now the more I thought about it the more i think that him going missing has something to do with Tetherby. While i don't know for sure, i just know he had something to do with it."

Replicate shakes his head. "Sorry kid, not happening." He told her. "Like I told the L-Crew, i work alone." He then begins to push her out.

"Wait hold on!" Alice said. "Please just think about it!"

"No." Replicate said bluntly. "And nothing you say will change my mind." He continues to push her out when Alice remembers something.

"Wait! What if I told you that Tetherby financed the facility that ruined your team!" Alice said. Replicate stops pushing her.

"You do?" Replicate asked.

"Yes I know what happened. But if you don't want me around that's fine." Alice said as she placed her hand on the doorknob.

"No, you can stay." Replicate stopped her. "Now tell me everything."

"Glad you see it my way." Alice said as she pulled out backpack and put it on the table. She then reached in and pulled out a folder. "The attack on the government facility was all over the internet. But here's the kicker, it wasn't a government facility at all. It was a research facility that was funded by Tetherby Industries." She hands Replicate the folder who takes it. He opens it and sees article clippings printed from the internet. There were several headlines including 'Metas Attack Facility', 'Facility Attacked!', and 'Metas? Dangerous or Not?'. Each headline made Replicate more angry as he read on.

"Wait. Andrew wasn't in charge at the time." Replicate realized. "His old man was. And your nine years old right?" Alice nods. "He would also be in charge back then. William Tetherby was up to something and it involved metas. As for your old man, I'm not sure. Perhaps he knew something and Tetherby got rid of him." He closes the folder and turns to Alice. "Ok kid. Seems like we have a common enemy. But let me make this clear: we aren't a team or partners. We're just looking for answers together. But we're doing it my way. That's the only way I'll help you. Do i make myself clear?"

"Yes I understand." said Alice.

"Alright then." said Replicate. "Now let's begin our search."

Zachlor16: What up guys? Hope you enjoyed the fight and yes Alice is the new character and the person who was watching in the shadows. She is our newest antihero. Now her relationship with Replicate will be rather interesting and different. But she will be returning and yes she has illusion powers and yes she's based off Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Except she's more hardass and not as naive. Anyways next chapter we will be introducing a new villain and this is a villain we've wanted to do for a long time so look forward to that. So anyways hope you and see you next time.