63. Aroma strikes back

*Flashback- 10 1/2 years ago*

Flint Michigan

Rain fell as a figure ran through the streets wearing a cloak. Not far behind her were a few dozen men chasing after her with lovestruck looks on their faces.

"Leave me alone!" The figure shouted at the men before tripping on a rock which causes the figure's hood to fall off to reveal a nineteen year old girl with long red hair. She turned her head to see the men were getting closer.

"Come back milady!" The men shouted in unison. However before the men could reach her, a van drives up in between her and the men and stops. The side door opens to reveal two men. One wearing a trenchcoat and fedora while the other one wore a jumpsuit and had red hair.

"Get in!" The man in the trenchcoat shouted. The girl doesn't hesitate and jumps in allowing the two men two close the doors. The man then turns to another man in the driver's seat who was wearing a jean vest. "Jax get us out of here!"

You got it." said Jax and hits the gas and the van drives off.

"Are you ok?" The trenchcoat man asked.

"Yeah." The woman said. "I think so." She looks around the van and sees other occupants in there besides the three. She saw an older woman with blonde and brown hair. In the front seat, she was shocked to see lizard man sitting in the passenger seat. "Is that a giant lizard?"

"Yeah. Name's Camo." The lizard said. "Yo Tom, you sure Randy is gonna be ok with this? Bringing a kid?"

"It's better than being chased by those men outside." Tom said.

"So what happened back there?" Jax asked.

"I don't want to talk about it!" The woman said.

"Relaxing darling, you're safe now." The older woman comforted the young woman. "Just talk else everything that happened."

"I'm still not sure." The young woman said. "I mean, i don't even know you guys."

"Fair enough." The older woman said. "I'm Erin. The guy in the jumpsuit is Renso, the guy in the trenchcoat is Tom, the guy driving is Jax and the lizard is Camo. So who might you be?" The girl hesitates before answering.

"I'm Rachel." The girl answers.

"Good now we know each other." Renso said. "Now why were those guys chasing you?"

"It's because of this scent that I have." Rachael said.

"Scent?" Camo asked.

"This scent comes from my body putting men in trance that makes them go crazy over me." Rachel said. "I don't know how or when it happened? But's a cursed!"

"It ain't a curse if you can control it." Jax said. "I mean we're like you."

"Really? What can you guys do?" Rachel asked.

"I can control the elements like fire, water, earth, air and all that." said Jax.

"I can stretch my body." Renso said.

"I can grow and shrink myself to any size." Erin tells her.

"I can turn into people." Camo said.

"What do you mean?" Rachel asked.

Camo decided to show Rachael a demonstration and changes into Rachael. "What do you think?" Camo asked which sounded like Rachael.

"That's weird." Rachel answered before turning to Tom. "What about you?"

"I can copy the powers of other metas and use them as if they were my own." Tom said.

"That's cool I guess." Rachel said. "So what are you gonna do with me now?" The five exchange glances as if unsure how to answer.

"We gotta ask Randy." Tom answered.

"I mean do we have too?" Renso asked.

"We don't just let anyone in our group." Tom said.

"Who's Randy?" Rachael asked.

"Our boss." Erin said.

"Oh." Rachel said.

"We could use her Tom." Jax said. "Her powers could be useful and I think Erin is might like another lady on the team."

"You know it ain't our decision, Jax." Tom warned. "But I can't disagree with the fact that we could use her."

"But does she want in?" Camo asked. The five turned and looked at the nineteen year old.

"Oh me?" Rachel asked.

"Yeah." Tom said. "We give you two choices. If you want in on the team we'll take you to Randy and talk him into letting you in. If you don't, we'll drop off somewhere and we'll be out of your hair. Your call."

Rachael thinks about it, she can either stay with random strangers that has powers like her or stop the van, leave and be chased by lovestruck men again. "I'll stay." Rachael said.

"Ok then." Tom said before holding out his hand. "Welcome to the team." Blushing, Rachel shakes the hand.

"Thanks." Rachel said.

*End flashback*

Present day-The Dungeon

Aroma woke up with a groan. She sat up and stretched before sitting back down on her bed. No matter how long she was in prison she'd never get used to it. Granted that it's only been a few months since she was incarcerated, it didn't mean she was used to it. She then thought back to good old days when she ran with the team. Her mind then pictured one specific individual that brought a scowl to her face.

"Rest assured Replicate, I'll find you and take back what is mine." Aroma growled. She then hears footsteps coming from outside her cell. She looks out and sees Climate being escorted to his cell. "I take it solitary is over?" Climate turned to her and saw he still was sporting the black eye.

"Yeah, it was nothing more but another jail cell." Climate said. "So what did I miss?"

"Amplifier came here." said Aroma.

"Oh yeah?" Climate said. "Let me guess, she went to talk to that monster at the end of the hall?" The guards then push Climate into his cell and close it before walking away.

"Pretty much." Aroma said. "Don't know what they talked about and don't care." Her voice trailed off and it didn't go unnoticed by Climate.

"You're thinking about him aren't you?" Climate asked out of nowhere.

"No I'm not thinking of him!" Aroma lied.

"Don't lie to me Aroma." Climate said. "You weren't a very good liar."

"I can't get him out of my head." Aroma growled. "Especially after what he did to me."

"Technically you started it." Climate said. "So what are you going to do about it? You're kinda locked up last time I checked."

"I'm working on escaping." Aroma said.

"Good luck we're powerless in the Dungeon." Climate scoffed.

"Oh my dear Jax. I'm never completely powerless." Aroma said before dropping to her knees and letting out a wail before lying down on ground. A few seconds later a few guards ran up.

"What's going on?" One guard demanded.

"I think she passed out." Climate said understanding her plan. The guards begin to try and wake her but to no luck.

"Get a medic." The guard ordered one of the guards.

Then Aroma opened her eyes then grabbed the guard in a leg lock and throws him towards the wall. "See you later Climate." said Aroma and exited her cell.

"Clever girl." Climate said. On the boardwalk in the prison, Aroma made her way to the exit when several guards come out.

"Don't let her escape!" The lead guard ordered.

"Try and stop me boys." Aroma challenged. She then breaks into a run and jumps into the air to perform a dive kick to a guard. Another guard swings a stun stick at her but she catches it in her hand and knees the guard in the face. Aroma then runs towards a wall and jumps off it followed by a kick to a guard's face. "Anyone else?"

Another guard charges towards Aroma but she jumps over the guard and strikes the guard in the back. "Get the tasers!" Another guard shouted.

Aroma sees four guards with tasers charging towards her and groans. She grabs two stun sticks and swings them knocking away the taser wires that were fired before hitting all four guards with the stun sticks.

"Sorry boys. But I got got plans tonight." Aroma said as she grabs a keycard from one of the guards to access the door.

She then runs out the door to the exit of the prison. "I'm coming for you Replicate."

At the L-Crew base, the Louds, pets, Sam, Clyde, Santiagos, Soothsayer, Mr. Cuddles and Petty were gathered around the T.V. watching the news.

"This is Jenny Snart with breaking news." Jenny said. "Last night Rachel Carmine aka Aroma escaped from the Dungeon. We now send you to Catherine Mulligan who is live at the Dungeon. Catherine."

"Thanks Jenny." Catherine said inside the Dungeon. "As you can see I'm in the Dungeon, where the Metahumans are being held, the men hypnotizing metahuman has escaped from her prison." Then she walks up to one of the guards that Aroma fought. "Sir How did this happen?

"She has hand to hand combat skills. We didn't expected her to have those skills as well." The guard said.

"As you can see, Aroma injured several guards but luckily there were no casualties during the escape." Catherine reported. "Now as many remember Aroma is one of the meta humans that the L-Crew put away several months ago and one can only imagine what she is capable of. Back to you Jenny."

"Thanks Catherine." Jenny said. "We'll keep you updated as more info comes in. Next up, we'll look back at Firecracker's rampage a few months back."

"Can they please cancel that segment." Lincoln groaned. "That was months ago."

"Um Linc, you're overlooking the bigger picture." Lori said. "Aroma is on the loose and no doubt she won't be as easy to take down especially if she was only going easy on us last time."

"Oh I can't wait to see her again!" Leni squealed. "I wonder if she has a new outfit?"

They all gave Leni a look except for Soothsayer and Mr. Cuddles for they don't know much about Aroma.

"Not to mention, that Lincoln could get under Aroma's control again." said Lynn.

"I was gonna suggest we put a cloth spin on his nose but that won't strike fear in our enemies." Clyde said.

"Who Aroma?" Petty asked.

"Someone you don't want to meet big guy." Luna answered. "She has the power to control men by unleashing a strange smell."

"It is weird that we beat pretty good last time but all of a sudden she's beating up guards like they're nothing." Luan points out.

"Either she was holding back or she learned some new moves while behind bars." Ronnie Anne said.

"Fat chance I say prison toughens you up." Lynn said.

"So How did you kids beat Aroma the first time?" Mr. Cuddles asked.

"I turned her into a skunk and sprayed her." Lana answered.

"Unorthodox but effective I assume." Soothsayer said. "Perhaps you should go out and find her before she something. From your descriptions, she can control men with ease so that makes possibilities endless for her."

"Agreed." Lori said. "We'll head into the city and split up to cover more ground. If you find her, don't engage. Radio in your location and we'll come to you."

"Right." The Louds say in unison.

"I recommend that Petty stay behind." Lisa said. "While he has shown promise, he's not ready to go out yet."

"Sorry big guy." Luna said and then she whispers to Sam. "Make sure he doesn't follow."

"Sure thing." Sam replied.

"Alright let's suit up!" Lori shouts.

In the city, the L-Crew scoured the city looking for Aroma. Speed Queen ran through the streets but came up with nothing.

"Everyone report in." Speed Queen ordered. "I got nothing."

"Same here." Firecracker reported. "Also someone threw a can at me."

"Cause of Irate's rampage? Can't imagine why?" Parkour said. "Anyway she's not at my location."

"She's not at the mall." Amplifier said.

"I haven't seen her-wait." Multiple Girl said. "Guys there's a car moving very fast down the street and it's not stopping."

"That might be her." Speed Queen said. "Don't lose that car!"

"On it!" Multiple Girl shouted.

"Everyone head straight to Multiple Girl's location!" Speed Queen commanded. "We can't lose that car!"

Back with the car, Multiple Girl hit the gas on her go-cart to try to keep pace with the speeding car. "Can't lose that car!" Multiple Girl said. She chases the car down several streets until she is able to get next to the driver's side door. "Pull over please!" The driver doesn't respond and rams the car into Multiple Girl's go-kart. Multiple Girl lets out a growl and pushes a button to release spikes on her tires that she uses to destroy one of the wheels. The car then veers off the road and into a tree. Multiple Girl stops her go-kart and runs to the car to check on the driver. When she opens the door she sees a man sitting in the driver's seat but no Aroma. "Dang it. Um, mister do you know where Aroma is?"

"Why don't you turn around and find out." A voice said. Multiple Girl turns around where she is met with a kick to the face. When she looks up she sees Aroma in her cloak with her leather body suit underneath. "Hello Multiple Girl. Believe it or not it's nice to see you again. Out of all your team, you have at least some fashion sense."

"Aw thanks." said Multiple Girl. "But you're still a villain."

"Listen I love to stay and chat but i have business to attend to." Aroma said.

"Um, I kinda can't let you do that." Multiple Girl tells her. "I gotta take you back to jail."

"I'm not going back to the Dungeon." Aroma replied.

"Then we'll take you back there." Black Ice said.

Aroma turns around and sees that the rest of the L-Crew have arrived with Firecracker wearing a close pin on his nose. "Oh great. The less fashionable members of the L-Crew." Aroma groaned. "As much as I'd love to have fun with you today, i have some business to take care of now please step out of my way."

"Nope! We're taking you back to prison and we're not taking no for a answer." said Parkour.

"And you won't be controlling me this time!" Firecracker shouted almost sounding like Squidward.

"Then I'll do this the hard way!" Aroma said.

She then grabs Multiple Girl and throws her at the crowd where she crashes into Speed Queen and Ms. Appear. Parkour rushes forward and throws a right hand only for Aroma to dodge it and hit a sweep kick knocking Parkour off her feet. Amplifier tries to attack from behind but Aroma catches her arm and then kicks her in the face. Black Ice and Wildgirl charge towards her with Wildgirl as a polar bear and Black Ice riding on her back.

"You will go back to prison." Black Ice says.

Aroma glared at the two and responded. "No can do I have some plans to make."

"You have made a grave mistake." Black Ice said.

Black Ice forms a ice lance and swings at Aroma who leaps over it before landing on Wildgirl's back and knocking Black Ice off. She then backflips off of Wildgirl for where she's in front of her.

"Come and try your luck teddy." Aroma taunted. Wildgirl lets out a roar and swats at Aroma who rolls out of the way before leaping onto her shoulders and hitting Wildgirl's neck, forcing her back into human. "Pressure points. So useful when fighting bigger opponents."

Then Aroma is trapped in a ring of fire caused by Firecracker. "A ring of fire. Good thinking little bro." said Parkour.

"She's trapped now." Firecracker said.

"Oh am I?" Aroma said before leaping over the flames and onto the other side leaving Firecracker and Parkour dumbfounded.

"Well that's a first." Firecracker said. Aroma then kicks him in the face which knocks off the clothes pin. "Oh no."

"Oh yes." Aroma said. She then releases her aroma while Firecracker tries to prevent himself from smelling it.

"Don't smell. Don't smell." Firecracker said before a forcefield pops up around him. "Nice one Ms. Appear!"

"Don't mention it." Ms. Appear said.

"You children have gotten better since last time." Aroma said. "But then again I wasn't really trying last time. I had my nails done right before you showed up so i couldn't go all out."

"Totes understandable." Multiple Girl said. "But I must know, how do you get your hair so smooth and silky?"

"Oh it's easy." Aroma began.

"Multiple Girl stopping chatting about beauty tips!" Parkour shouted.

"Well I wanted smooth and silky hair." Multiple Girl said.

"But that doesn't matter right now!" Parkour argued. While they were arguing, four cop cars pull up and eight male officers step out and point their guns at Aroma.

"Freeze! Put your hands where we can see them Aroma." An officer ordered. "You are under arrest!"

"Perfect." Aroma said before releasing her aroma and taking control of the cops. "Now do you all still want to arrest me?"

"No we would never arrest you." a cop said.

"Excellent. Now take take of the L-Crew for me." said Aroma.

"Yes milady." The cops say in unison before running to attack the L-Crew.

"Have fun children." Aroma said. "Now, I have some business to attend to." She gets into a cop car and drives off.

"We can't hurt the cops!" Firecracker said.

"Yeah I know. But I don't think we have a choice." said Speed Queen.

"Alright. Let's beat them with our fists." Crystal Princess said.

"For Queen Aroma!" The cops shout in unison before charging forward.

"For Morgan Freeman!" Ms. Appear shouts causing everyone to look at her funny. "What? They shouted something so I did the same." The rest of the siblings look at each other before shrugging.

"For Morgan Freeman!" They shout in unison.

In the cop car, Aroma thought back to her fight with the L-Crew. "It's been a while since I've used my fighting skills." She said to herself. "And I didn't even break a nail. I still remembered when I first learned to fight."

*Flashback-10 years ago*

Houston, Texas

Rachel landed on the ground hard with a thud. She sees a shadow looming over her and looked to see Jax looking down at her with smile and she could tell he was trying very hard not to laugh.

"So how was that?" Rachel groaned.

"Well you've certainly mastered the getting knocked down on your ass part." Jax joked as he held out a hand. Rachel rolled her eyes and excepted the hand. Once she stood up, she saw the rest of team ringside with Camo perched on the ring post. The team was trying to teach Rachel some more advanced fighting moves and so far had no luck. They were currently practicing judo.

"I think you lasted longer this time." Renso said while trying to hold back a laugh.

"Nope. She lasted less time than last time." Camo said.

"I'll last longer than." Rachael said.

"Or less." Jax smirked.

"Rachel, all you had to do was throw Jax over your shoulder." Tom said. "It's not that hard."

"What do you think I'm trying to do!?" Rachael asked with a sarcastic tone.

"If you were trying you would've done it by now." Tom said.

"Calm down boys." Erin said. "Maybe you should show her Tom to make sure she actually gets it."

"Sure thing." Tom said and walked to Rachael.

"Go easy on her Tom." Jax said as Tom passed him with a chuckle.

"I think I can handle her." Tom said before he got to Rachel. "Ready?"

"I guess." Rachel answered.

"Begin!" Jax shouted as Tom and Rachael both charged at each other.

Rachel throws a right hand but Tom catches her arm and throws her over his shoulder. Rachel lets out a groan and sits up to see Jax, Renso and Camo laughing while Erin glared at them.

"That was even shorter than with Jax!" Renso said while laughing.

"Yeah, exactly what I was thinking!" Camo agreed.

"That's enough boys!" Erin said and three guys stopped laughing.

"You want to know what you're doing wrong?" Tom asked.

"What is it?" Rachael asked.

"You're rushing into it, leaving yourself open." Tom said. "When you're in a fight you run in blindly, especially against a more experienced opponent."

"I guess I never thought of it like that." Rachel said. "Mind if I try again?"

"Go ahead." Tom answered.

Both of them get back to their sides. "Begin!" Jax shouted.

Both Rachael and Tom charged at each other again, but right when Tom is about to grab Rachael, she grabs Tom's right arm and throws him over her shoulder.

Rachel then feels herself being lifted up and looks to see Renso and Jax lifting her onto their shoulders.

"That's how you do it!" Jax said. "You finally got it."

"Great job Rachael." Erin said.

"Thanks." Rachael said.

"And Tom lasted less time than you did!" Renso added.

"Speaking of which, Tom are you just gonna lie there?" Camo asked.

"Maybe. It's pretty comfortable down here." Tom answered before standing up right when Jax and Renso put Rachel back on the ground. "You did good."

"Thanks." Rachel said with a blush. "Thanks for teaching me."

"No problem." Tom said. "Now let's try something else."

*End flashback*

"Those days were so simple." Aroma said while wiping a single tear from her eye. "What I wouldn't give for those days to be back."

Meanwhile, the L-Crew gently defeated the cops and took them to the hospital.

"Great. Aroma got away." Parkour groaned as they walked out. "Now what?"

"Not sure." Prodigy answers. "However she seemed more focused this time and seemed to be in a hurry."

"Yeah. I noticed that too." Firecracker said. "But why? What is she after?"

"Not sure but I think our answers lies at the Dungeon." Speed Queen said.

At the Dungeon, the L-Crew were explaining the situation to Warden Brock. "I see." Brock said after they finished. "Now I don't know what she could be after, but maybe one of her old associates does."

"Old associates?" Speed Queen asked,

"I thought she worked alone?" Ms. Appear asked.

"We don't know who her old associates are though." Brock said.

"What about taking a look at her file?" Firecracker suggested

"Not a bad idea." Brock said. He walks to his computer and turns before typing something in. After a few minutes he found something. "Rachel Carmine aka Aroma. Former meta hunter. Let's see if she had any associates. Um, ok. So she had six associates. Two are MIA, one is deceased and the others-oh. Now that's interesting."

"What?" Multiple Girl asks.

"It says here that three of her associates are locked up in this prison." Brock told them. "Let's see who they are." He does some typing and then frowns. "You kids ain't gonna like it." He turns his computer around to show three mugshots on his computer. The L-Crew gasp.

"Jax." Parkour gasped.

"Camo." Prodigy whispers.

"Stretcher." Firecracker said. "Well that's just great isn't it? There's no way these guys are gonna talk to us."

"Maybe we can." said Speed Queen.

"Like how?" Multiple Girl asked.

"We're still gonna ask them?" Firecracker asked.

"No. We just gotta get one to talk." Speed Queen answered. "Now let's go over our options."

"Well Stretcher no doubt still holds a grudge over Firecracker making him stink and Black Ice freezing him." Parkour said. "Not to mention we ruined his heist at the manor."

"So he's out." Speed Queen said. "Next."

"Well Jax-" Firecracker started before Brock interrupted.

"Actually he's calling himself Climate now." Brock told him.

"Not gonna lie, awesome villain name." Firecracker said. "Anyways, Climate kinda has it out for us ever since we prevented him from killing Replicate and we might have embarrassed him by beating him down real good with our upgraded skills."

"Plus Jax is way more hardened now dudes." Amplifier informs them. "He brutally beat down several inmates who tried to kill him. He got out with only a black eye and a stab wound."

"So he's out." Speed Queen said. "Who does that leave us with?"

"So that leaves Camo." Parkour said.

"Yeah, Camo." said Speed Queen.

"Then let's go ask him." Firecracker said.

"Do you think he'd talk?" Ms. Appear asked Brock.

"Not sure." Brock admitted. "He's strong willed and quite stubborn."

"Well he's the only option we got right now." Prodigy pointed out. "Plus, I don't believe he's as ill tempered as his associates."

"Well what do we have here?" Camo said as he was brought in and led to a chair. "The almighty L-Crew. I'm shaking in my scales. What do you twerps want?"

"Some info on Aroma!" Speed Queen said. "We know that you, Stretcher and Climate worked with her."

"How did you know that?" Camp asked.

"We looked up her file." Wildgirl pointed out.

"Like you being a metahuman hunter." said Ms. Appear.

"And what's wrong with that?" Camo asked. "What's wrong with a few friends beating up metas together? Nothing that's what."

"Look we just want to find Aroma." Parkour growls. "Tell us what we want to know!"

"Well besides the fact that she can control with her scent?" Camo said.

"Anything but that!?" Parkour shouted.

"Ok, why should I tell you punks anything?" Camo asked. "What's in it for me?"

"We work on getting you a shorter sentence in here." Wildgirl answered. Camo thinks about it for a second before responding.

"Nope." He replied. "I only got five years in here. It ain't that long. Try again." Thr L-Crew quickly huddled up.

"Ok, this guy is better than we thought." Crystal Princess admitted.

"I thought he would be less of a challenge." Black Ice said.

"I don't suppose anyone else have any other ideas?" Prodigy asked.

"I got one follow my lead." said Firecracker. The. They all turned around to face Camo. "You have five years until your sentence? Well about that, that's not going to happen."

"What do you mean by that boy?" Camo asked.

"Well Warden Brock told me that some guys in lab cots came in and they're interested in you." Firecracker said.

"Why me? What do I have to offer?" Camo asked.

"Oh they want to see how your powers work and all that. But cutting you open and seeing what makes you tick." Firecracker explained.

"Wait what?!" Camo exclaimed.

"Oh yeah it's true." Ms. Appear added. "And worst part is that the military would find that useful."

"Why you little punks!" Camo hisses.

"But we can stop that from happening." Amplifier told him. "All you gotta do and tell us what we want dude. After that, we talk to the lab coat dudes and convince them to not dissect you." Camo thinks about it and sighs.

"What do you want to know?" He asks.

"Where's Aroma?" Speed Queen asks.

"I don't know." Camo answered.

"Ok, what's she after?" Firecracker asked.

"Kid you're asking the wrong question." Camo told him. "The question you should be asking is who is she after?"

"She's after someone?" Parkour asked.

"But Who is she after?" Wildgirl asked.

"She's after Replicate." Camo said.

"Replicate?" The L-Crew say in unison.

"Why is she after Replicate?" Multiple Girl asked.

"We used to work together." Camo admitted. "All of us."

"All of us?" Black Ice repeated. "Wait, Brock said that two of Aroma's associates were MIA. You don't think Replicate was one of her associates?"

"He could be I mean he just showed up when we met him." said Firecracker.

"But who was the other missing meta?" Crystal Princess asked.

"Who cares we need to find Replicate and I can't believe I'm saying this, save him." Speed Queen said.

"But why is she after Replicate?" Crystal Princess asked.

"It's a long story." Camo answered. "Back in the day we were a well oiled unit. Hunting down meta after meta to a point where we were running out of things to do. Then some things went down things weren't the same. We were constantly at each others' throats, arguing over almost everything. Replicate became distant and untrusted. It wasn't too bad but it was bad enough. But Aroma, she made it worse."

"How?" Wildgirl asks.

"You see we gave Aroma a rule." Camo said. "She wasn't allowed to use her powers on us." He then looks down at the table. "But she broke that rule and she broke it in the worst way possible."

*Flashback-4 years ago*

Tallahassee, Florida

Replicate walked into dining room of the hotel. They had been there for a few days now and it had been a nice change of scenery. For the first time in a while, Replicate felt relaxed. Didn't feel so stressed out. He looked around and saw the rest of his team minus Rachel already in there. Jax was reading the paper, Camo was perched on the counter with a bowl of cereal and Renso was at the table eating french toast. When Replicate entered, Renso looked up and glared at his leader.

Morning." Replicate said but no one answered back. "Ok then. Can I borrow the paper when you're finished Jax?"

"Whatever." Jax said,

"Why you in a good mood?" Camo asked but Replicate shrugs.

"Not sure. Why are you all in bad moods?" Replicate asked.

"Didn't sleep well last night." Jax admitted. "So I'm a little grumpy pal." He reaches behind him and tosses a plate at Replicate who catches it with ease. "Have some toast."

"Thanks." Replicate said before taking a bite of the toast. "So where's Rachel?"

"Still asleep is my guess." Jax shrugged.

"Or in the shower." Camo said.

"Morning boys." Rachael greeted.

They look up and see Rachel walk in wearing a white bathrobe with a smile on her face.

"Someone is in a good mood." Renso commented. "What's up with you?"

"Oh nothing." Rachel giggled. "Everything is just great."

"Oh really?" Camo said as he and Jax exchanged a look. "So there's no reason you're in a good mood?"

"Oh there is." Rachel told him. "Let's just say I found out something great last night. I'm pregnant!" At the announcement, Jax ripped the paper in half, Camo fell off the counter, Renso spit out his orange juice and Replicate choked on his toast.

"Boss is choking!" Camo said. "Renso!"

"Yeah yeah." Renso groaned before hitting Replicate in the back causing him to cough up his toast.

"You're pregnant?!" Replicate asked.

"Yes I am." Rachael said and showed a pregnancy test with a plus sign on it.

"She's not kidding." Camo said.

"So you're having a little bastard? Oh joy?" Jax replied sarcastically.

"Now Jax, my child isn't gonna be a bastard because the father will be around." Rachel said.

"Oh really?" Renso said. "And who's the lucky guy to be the father of your child?" Rachel smiles and looks at Replicate who's eyes widen.

"Congratulations Replicate." Rachel said. "You're gonna be a father." Replicate doesn't say anything and drops to a knee. Renso's eyes widen and Camo and Jax exchanged a shocked look before looking back at Rachel.

"Rachel, please don't tell me you did what we think you did." Jax said.

"Well if you're looking for a answer, then yes." Rachael said.

"Why?" Jax growled. "We all had an agreement that you wouldn't use your powers on us! Why the hell did you break the rule?"

"I just wanted one night, I didn't except to be carrying Replicate's child." Rachael said.

"You didn't think at all." Replicate said his voice laced with venom. "You didn't take into account that I had my own family at home and you chose to ruin it by satisfying your own needs." He gets up and starts to walk off. "Stay the hell away from me. Everyone start getting your stuff together. We leave at noon." He then walked out the door and slammed it behind him leaving the rest of the team alone.

"Well there goes any chance of mending fences." Jax said. He and Camo walk off to get their stuff together. Renso doesn't say anything but looks at her with sympathy before joining the others. Rachel sighs and places her hand on her stomach while Replicate's words echoed in her mine.

"I'm sorry Replicate."

*Flashback end*

"Things got worse from there." Camo said. "After the baby was born, it got harder to do missions and that kinda annoyed everyone a little bit. Especially when one of us had to babysit."

"So that's how Yoko broke up the band?" Amplifier aksed.

"What no? Aroma didn't cause the team to break up." said Camo. "That's a different story."

"Then why is she after Replicate?" Speed Queen asked. Camo then leans forward.

"You ever hear the phrase Hell know no fury like a woman scorned?" Camo asked.

Aroma pulled up in front of house. She turned to it with a hard look on her face before getting out of the cop car.

"What do you mean?" Wildgirl asked nervously.

"Replicate left us a few years ago." Camo said. "But he took something. Something special to Aroma."

Aroma made her way to the house with a purpose and with her gaze never leaving the house. No thought except revenge was on her mind as she neared her target.

"What did he take?" Multiple Girl asked. Camo motions for them to come closer. The L-Crew lean in and Camo looks around to make sure the guards weren't listening.

"He took Aroma's child."

At his safehouse Replicate went through the file on Professor Johnson off the harddrive.

"Assistant head scientist, one of the most experienced scientists in Tetherby industries." Replicate read. "Maybe he does know something." He then hears a knock on his door causing him to groan. "I moved outside the city to avoid unwanted visitors." He heads to the door and goes to open it when the door suddenly opens inward, hitting Replicate in the head. "What the hell!?"

"Hello Replicate."

Replicate looked at the doorway and is shocked to see. "Aroma?" Replicate asked.

"Miss me?" Aroma asked as she entered Replicate's safe house.

"How did you find the location of my safe house?" Replicate asked.

"Visited a real estate agency and took control of one of the workers." Aroma answered. "He told me exactly where you were." Before Replicate could say anything, Aroma charged towards him and hits a thrust kick that Replicate could barely block. Aroma follows it up with several haymakers but Replicate blocks them. Aroma then throws a right hand but Replicate catches it with his arm and twists back. Replicate then uses his another arm to grab her and slammed her to the ground. He then tries to pin her down.

"Why are you here?" Replicate demanded. Aroma then gets a leg in and pushes him off of her. She then does a kip up.

"You know why!" Aroma shouted. "Where is he!" She then tries to hit several kicks on Replicate who barely blocks him before landing a roundhouse kick on the side of his head causing him to stumble into the kitchen counter.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Replicate growls. Before pushing off the counter and backing into Aroma.

"Liar!" Aroma screams before grabbing a chair and hitting Replicate in the head with it. "Where is he? Where's Simon!?"

"Somewhere safe! Away from you." Replicate said.

"Where is he?!" Aroma asked again while kicking Replicate in the neck and holding her feet on his neck. "Now I'll ask you again where is Simon?"

"Like I said." Replicate said. "Far away from you!"

"Time to us my secret weapon on you." said Aroma. That's when Replicate grabs a frying pan and smacks Aroma with it, causing her to release her grip on Replicate.

Replicate drops to the ground and heads towards a cupboard and pulls out a gas mask and puts it on his face.

"Not gonna work now." Replicate said.

"I don't need it." Aroma said. She goes for a spin kick but Replicate avoids it. Replicate goes for a left but Aroma ducks under it and then hits a flip kick that knocks off the gas mask.

"Damn it!" Replicate cursed. "Waste of money." Aroma then jumps off the table and kicks Replicate into the counter. Replicate goes for a left hook but Aroma blocks it and and slams it onto the counter before grabbing a knife and stabbing Replicate in the shoulder causing him to scream in pain. "Damn it!"

"Now tell me. Where the hell is Simon!?" Aroma asked again. "I'll go to every foster home and find him!"

Replicate pushes her off him knocking Aroma to the ground. Replicate then pulls the knife out of his shoulder. "He's somewhere safe." He answered. "Somewhere you'll never find them." He begins to make his way towards her when he hears sniffing. "What?" He looks down at her and sees Aroma sobbing.

"Why did you take him?" Aroma asked. "Didn't you trust me enough to raise him? When he was born, for the first time in forever I forgot I was different, forgot all about the issues the five of us were having. And what do you do? You take Simon from me. Why? Why did you take him?"

"I didn't think he'd be safe with all the missions we went on." Replicate answers a little taken back by the sudden change in mood.

"Did you think that i wouldn't have retired?" Aroma shouted causing Replicate to flinch a little. "A little before you left i was going to retire and live a normal life even if I had to be a single mother but no, you ruined it."

"Rachel I-" Replicate started only to be interrupted when his front door flies off and hits Aroma in the face knocking her out. Replicate looks over and sees the L-Crew in the doorway.

"L-Crew have arrived." Parkour said.

"I never thought I would be happy to see you kids." Replicate said. "How did you find me?"

"We talked to Camo and he gave us your location." Speed Queen said.

"Should have known." Replicate said.

"He also says hi." Wildgirl said. They then see the bleeding from Replicate's shoulder.

"You appear to be injured." Prodigy said.

"I'm fine." Replicate said before walking over to Aroma's body and lifting the door off her. "Take her out of here and back to the Dungeon."

"Do you want help fixing up your place?" Amplifier asked.

"No." Replicate answers without looking at them. "I can do it myself. Just take Aroma and go."

"We'll take her back." said Speed Queen.

The L-Crew drove through the city taking Aroma to the police station. "Did Replicate seem off to you when we got there?" Firecracker asked.

"Now that you mention it, he did." Speed Queen answered. "Usually he looks at us when he talks to us but he didn't."

"Maybe he was in pain." Multiple Girl suggested. "He was stabbed."

"Maybe." Speed Queen said. "But it's so weird that Replicate took Aroma's son like that. I thought we knew him enough but we still know nothing."

"True but as we left i felt a strong wave of emotion come off of Replicate." Prodigy said. "It was part of my training and i felt an interesting emotion coming off him. Something I hadn't expected."

"What?" Parkour asked.

"Guilt."

Back at the house, Replicate with a bandage on his shoulder was working putting his door back on. He thought back to Aroma's words as they echoed in his mind. The words brought back something that Replicate thought he buried years ago. A feeling he hadn't felt in so long. Guilt. "First Jax, then Rachel. Two have come for payback and two have failed. I never thought I'd see the day I would fight the people i considered friends. But i knew it inevitable. I just wish there was another way."

At the Dungeon, Aroma now back in an orange jumpsuit was being escorted to her cell. As soon as she went in and the door shut, she turned and saw Camo sitting on the floor of his cell looking at her.

"Any serious injuries?" The lizard asked. "I only ask because we saw what Jax came in with after he fought Replicate and the L-Crew and I just want to make sure you weren't hurt to bad."

"Just a frying pan and a door to the head . But I stabbed a knife in his shoulder." said Aroma. "But I'm glad you were concern about my safety."

"You stabbed Replicate in the shoulder? Damn Aroma that was pretty gutsy." said Climate.

"You found out where Simon is?" Camo asked.

"No, I didn't. The L-Crew knocked me out before I found out his location." said Aroma.

"Is the kid at least safe?" Stretcher asked.

"Yeah. Replicate said he was somewhere safe." Aroma said. "I just want to know how the L-Crew found me." Three metas exchange a glance before Climate sighed.

"Camo told them." Climate answered. "L-Crew showed up wanting answers. Camo wouldn't give them any until they got into his head. Told him that some lab coats wanted to cut him open and see what makes him tick." Aroma turns to Camo who looked down in shame.

"Are you ok?" Aroma asked.

"No, I was scared!" Camo shouted. "I was scared that the government was gonna cut me up and kill me! But until I found it it was a lie clamed me down and I was bested by 11 kids."

"I'll give those kids credit." Climate said. "They're good. Shame they're on the same side as Replicate."

"Yeah shame." Stretcher said. "Well I'm hitting the hay."

"Same here." Climate says.

"Ditto." Camo said before lying down. Soon the prison was filled with snoring. However, Aroma was still awake. She wasn't ready. So she got up and looked out her cell window where she saw there was a full moon.

"Well what do you know?" Aroma exclaimed. "A full moon. Just like the one that was out when i first showed up in Michigan."

*Flashback-7 months ago*

Detroit, Michigan

Rachel wandered the street until she reached the city. She had been moving around for a few months since the team broke up trying to find Replicate and Simon but no luck. When she reached the city entrance, she found a sign that said 'Detroit' on it.

"Detroit. Replicate mentioned he was from Michigan." Rachel said. "Maybe he came here."

Rachael enters the city to begin her search.

As she begins searching, several motorcycles pull up beside her. The head cyclist pulls down his shades a looks at her slyly.

"Hey there hot stuff. How would you like to take a ride on my hog?" The head cyclist asked as he reved up the engine.

"I don't have time to do that." said c'mon babe." The biker said. "How about a ride?" Annoyed with the guy, Rachel turns to face him.

"How about you just give me the bike and we can both be on our way." Rachel suggested.

"Sure thing." The lead cyclist said and got off the bike.

"Thanks." Rachael said as she got on the bike, took the helmet off the cyclist's head and drives off.

After a few seconds she hears the sound of several more motorcycle engines coming behind her. She turns to see the bikers following her.

"Take us with you milady!" The bikers shout in unison. Seeing that they were under her control, Rachel smiles.

"Maybe my powers will be useful." Rachel said. "But I'm going to use them for me and me alone. And I'm going to get my son back. Soon the city will feel the wrath of Siren." She thinks about it and shakes her head. "No, they will soon bow to Aroma. Replicate, I'm coming for you!"

*End flashback*

"And I will get you Replicate and I will take my son back." Aroma said. "And that's a promise."

Zachlor16: Hey guys. So that's Aroma and yes she is Simon's mother. Crazy right? So we're not entirely sure what we're doing next chapter. We'll think of something. So we will do Stretcher at some point in the future we just don't know when. So until next time.

Smoke: Please review and all that.