Z took in a slow, deep breath. Were all alien superheroes naïve? "He probably didn't know that the car can fly," she mouthed before remembering that she couldn't speak. She frowned slightly, grabbing her legs so that she could cross them on her seat. "How and who is going to help us with whatever our abilities are?" The electronic voice on her phone spoke.

"obviously, we are going to train you. There are many people just like you three, who just end up with powers after events in their life. Some of them just wake up or were born with them, others are given powers. We have one girl who was created with powers as a lab rat." Rick explained, not looking at anything in particular. Samuel looked at the ground, frowning. "Bluebird."

"So, I have lots of experience training people like you, no matter what your story is. Even if I've never came across your power set, like yours Z, I still have plenty of ways of helping you to find control." There was a ring of mountains below and the car began to descend, shuttering and shaking. Samuel shifted in his seat. "I do not appreciate turbulence when in a vehicle." He commented quietly. "I will awaken Lukas after we land, I am quiet sure he too does not like turbulence while in a vehicle.

Z pursed her lips. She dropped her phone into her lap, her hands following after. She turned her head back to the window to watch their descent. All she could think was: if Rick trained superheroes, was he basically like Nick Fury? She wished sometimes that she could voice her opinions better than through an electronic voice. She leaned closer to the window, intently watching the ground as it grew closer to him.

The vehicle weaved between mountains until it stopped, hovering in the air before a mountain. Brand looked out the windshield, watching the mountain opening up, waiting to accept the plane/car. He watched, unamused. This was so stereotypical of heroes, secret hide out in the mountains.

Very original.

The winged SUV shot forward into the cave and landed. The wings collapsed and the doors opened. Samuel turned to Lukas and tapped him on the forehead. "Did you have a nice rest?" He asked softly and unbuckled the blonde's seat belt.

Lukas groaned, opening his eyes. "...huhhh?" He asked unintelligibly, leaning back. "What, where-?" He started before he screamed as he fell backwards out of the car and onto the cave's floor. Samuael squeaked and held his hands out, barely catching Lukas with his telekinesis before he hit his head against the stone. "Apologies! Apologies, forgive me!"

Brand rolled his eyes and got out of the car, looking around. The place was huge, but besides that, pretty unimpressive. Everything looked like out of a sci-fi movie. Everything was metal and technology, very expensive looking. "Hmm, what an eye sore." He complained with a shrug.

Z frowned as Lukas screamed and stumbled out of the car. She shrugged her bags onto her shoulder while glancing around. Brand was right; the place was sorta drab. She turned her attention to Lukas, signing with one hand, "Are you ok?"

((Imma just throw ace in here))

A doorway opened along one of the walls, and a short man with bright ginger hair and heavily littered with freckles. The most prominent aspect of him was the green sweater and sleek metal legs that matched the aesthetic of the hideout. "It's not an eye sore, it's practical," he snapped, walking over to the car/plane with his arms crossed. The bright lights overhead reflected off his round, owl-like glasses to make it hard to see his eyes. "Rick?" He questioned, looking at the car.

"I'm-" Lukas started before hearing a new voice. Samuel set the German boy onto the ground and hopped out of the car, giggling. He ran past Ace, calling some sort of greeting, before disappearing into the hallway. Lukas got to his feet, looking at the boy with glasses. Brand stood next to his friend, watching Ace. "Hello," The red head greeted, holding his hand out for a handshake, "I'm Brand, this is Lukas, and this is Z." He introduced.

Ace flashed a smile at Samuel as he ran past, then the smile dropped as quickly as it had come. He looked up at the three with a look that was smooth and emotionless as granite. He looked down at the hand, but gingerly took the handshake anyways. "Doctor Kingslee," he introduced himself, obviously avoiding using his first name. The doctor part was hard to believe due to the ginger appearing so young.
Z grinned at the young man with the look that Brand or Lukas may recognize as her "I'm going to make him mine" look. She had a particular fondness for ginger, which may be noticed by the many times she's attempted to flirt with Brand. But, of course, she flirted almost everyone.

Rick finnally got out of the SUV after Ace kinda sorta introduced himself. He shook his head at the short boy, looking at him over the hood of the car. "Now, now, Dr. Ace, is that anyway to introduce yourself to the fresh meat?" He teased, taunting him. Brand was wondering how serious this guy was going to be with training. How much time was going to be dealing with childish teasing rather than learning how to use his powers?

Ace's freckled face tightened with annoyance. What a way to keep the ambiance of professionalism. He closed his eyes for a moment and took a deep breath in. "So, you three are my new test subjects?" He asked, rhetorically. He already knew that they were. It was always interesting for Rick to bring him new people to test on.
Z's smug grin widen. Oh, this one was interesting. She tapped Brand's shoulder and signed, "Ask him if he has any powers."

"Er, I wouldn't use that term..." Lukas replied, shrugging. Brand read Z's hands and looked to Ace. "She's wondering what your powers are." He bluntly stated. There was some laughing in the hallway as Samuel came in, holding the hands of two women.

"See, we have some newcomers!" the child exclaimed, smiling brightly. The taller woman who walked at Samuel's pace nodded, smiling back at him. "Yes, honey, I see that." She replied. She had skin that was even darker than Rick's. She had dozens, maybe even hundreds, of tiny, dark braids coming out of her head that were put up neatly into a high, side pony tail. Toward's the base of her head, the braids were a pinkish-purple color. Brand knew her face was covered in lots of makeup, but she made it look so natural. Her big, glossy lips matched the color of her colored braids. Her eyelashes were thick and long. Her eyes were big and dark. The woman was tall with a slightly muscular build. She was very, very beautiful.

The other woman, however, was not even close to beautiful. She walked with them, reluctantly, but allowed Samuel drag her along. Brand didn't need any signs to tell him who this was, it couldn't be anyone else other than the Bluebird. She wasn't in uniform, but her huge blue wings and monsterish eyes gave her away. Her long, waist-length hair was messily put together into a loose braid. The whites of her small eyes were black, but the irises were an unnaturally ultramarine color. She had a round nose sitting above an upper black lip. her bottom lip was the color of her skin, not a normal pinkish tone that it should have been. Her face was twisted up into a disapproving look, as if she smelled something disgusted. "Why the f*** do I need to be here? Look at those barbecue-sticks, they ain't gonna last long!" She growled.

Samuel looked back at her. "Ashe, please be nice! They may prove to be our comrades!" He asked, letting go of his friend's hands. Ashe looked down at the boy. She stood only about a foot taller than he did, so she didn't have much looking down to do. The model like girl walked over to Ace, looking at the new trio with glee. "How you making nice with the recruits?" She asked, smiling, giving the newbies an excited little wave. "I hope you're not scaring them too bad, yet!"

Ace moved his eyes between Brand and Z. He knew how to read sign language but thought it would be fun to indulge in them seeming he was unknowing. "Unfortunately, no. Well," he answered, crossing his arms. "Other than having an extremely high IQ, no." He turned his head around at the sound of laughter, watching the three walk into the hanger. No matter what was happening around, he maintained his solid 'poker' face.
Z had of starstruck when the model of a woman walked in. She grinned widely, signing out "So pretty!" whether someone was reading her hands or not. She didn't concern herself too much with the muscular woman's comment, she was too busy gaping at the other's beauty to notice it.
Ace glanced to Dessie. "If I wanted to scare them myself, I would get Lacy to come in here," he stated blandly. "They'll be fine. For now." The short ginger seemed to be holding a bit of a resentment to the three, or rather it seemed like by his tone of voice. Maybe even a little pity thrown in.

The dark-skinned woman giggled at Ace's comment and then looked to the three. "You can call me Dessie!" She chirped, putting her hands behind her back and smiling at them. "But you might know me as Iridescent Girl, but even then I still go by Dessie." She explained, winking. "I'm sure you all know who she is over there." Dessie commented, gesturing to the unmasked Bluebird. Ashe was shouting a river of profanity, trying to get Samuel to back off. Samuel was explaing that swearing was very rude and she may be offending the new recruits. Ashe continued with what she was doing. Dessie rolled her eyes, scoffing with a smile and looked back to the others. "Well, I guess I'll leave you to Rick and Ace here, good luck!"

Z returned Dessie's chipper wave with one of her own. She inteoduced herself, as well, by pointing towards herself and tracing a Z in the air. Once the gorgeous lady wished them good luck, she turned her attention to Ashe, who was cursing up a storm. Reminded her of her dad.
Ace didn't even register that Ashe was cursing so much. He, himself, cursed a lot. "You three are the result of the explosion?" He asked, not really caring whether or not they answered. "What did Samuel say you have? I need an assessment."

"I have psychic energy, he has speed, she has the power of voodoo." Brand explained quickly, looking at Z and Lukas. Lukas's eyes were wide as he continued to soak all the information in. He noticed that Z was watching everyone, not seeming like she was really paying attention either. "...they might need a couple minutes to pull themselves together before we start."

Dessie reached into her pocket, pulling out a small crystal pin. She threw it up into the air and was surrounded by a cloud of sparkles. When it cleared, she was a completely different person. She wore a complex orange, fushia, gold, and baby blue outfit. There were iridescent jewels and sparkles scattered all around the outfit. "Come on, let's watch and see what happens! she said, lifting her feet up into the air and levitating, sparkling raining down from her floating body.

Samuel giggled and flew up next to her, sitting in the air, mimicking Dessie. Ashe rolled her eyes, scowling. "This isn't over, kid." She muttered to the alien before moving over to the wall. She shifted her wings so her back was to the wall, her arms crossed. She started the group down, looking pissed.

"Well, get used to being unexpected," Ace told them, pulling back the sleeve of his green sweater to reveal a high tech looking wrist band. He pressed a button and the car/plane was lowered into the floor with a platform replacing the space. "Let's begin," the ginger said, cracking a smile with a soft malicious intent. He clicked something on his wrist and three featureless forms materialized next to him.
"I want to see if you can do anything," Ace stated. "Try anything you want, this things can't hurt you. At the moment, anyways."
Z looked at the forms and frowned. To her, the lights seemed to flicker, but in reality they were fine, and the tall man with skin the darkest skin appeared next to a dummy. The shadowy people formed, surrounding her, but she didn't react as harshly as she had before. She seemed more confused than anything.

Brand took a step back. Out of the three of them, he was the only one who hadn't displayed his powers yet.

Well, besides the color of his eyes turning purple.

"I got this." Lukas said, running forward. His feet began to move faster, until they were blurring together. He sprinted through one of the forums, but kept going. He gasped, turning himself around, trying to slow his feet. He concentrated too much on slowing his feet and ended up tripping, which caused him to fall and slam his face against the floor.

Samuel's mouth opened and started to move forward. Ashe held a wing out, blocking him. "Let 'em be. They can't be babied by you every time they get a boo-boo." She muttered, folding her wing back in.

Ace's thick brows were raised as he watched Lukas sprint forward at an incredible speed. His amazement turned to amusement, snorting as the blond tripped and fell. "That one's going to hurt," he chuckled, turning back to face the other two. He waited expectedly for them to attempt something.
Z was still staring at the dangerous man that haunted her vision. He kept gesturing towards the dummy but said nothing. She furrowed her brows before becoming frustrated and giving in. She pointed towards her then towards the dummy to attempt to get some answer from whoever the ghost man was. When she pointed towards the dummy, thick shadows that appeared to be hands molded from the ground to begin sliding up in the air and wrap around the dummy's ankle. Z was startled by this, retreating her hands to clasp against her chest.
Ace had a bona fide look of surprise on his face. "That's a first," he commented under his breath. Well, it wasn't the weirdest thing he's seen concerning magical stuff, his partner-in-crime-fighting could do some freaky stuff with the right tools.

Brand looked to the others. How were they doing that. He frowned, looking at his hands. He honestly didn't feel any different than he did this morning, just his eyes looked different. "I really don't know how to do this." He admitted, holding his hands outs towards the last target. He swatted his hands out. Nothing happened. He gave a couple punches. Nothing happened. "This is stupid." He muttered, shoving his hands into his pocket, giving up.

Lukas sat up, rubbing his nose. His nose was bleeding, but at least it wasn't broken. He pinched the bridge, looking around. His green eyes landed on Brand, noticing that he was just standing there. His eyes changed to Z. He watched the shadows to their work, his jaw unhinging in shock.

Z looked towards Brand, sticking out her bottom lip slightly at seeing him frustrated. She still held her hands close to her chest and didn't intend on moving them until the small crowd of shadowy people that surrounded her disappeared. She opened her mouth to say something, momentarily forgetting she couldn't speak, but all that came out was a soft, barely audible squeak. She stopped herself short before she really hurt her throat, there was a small twang of pain, and signed with one hand to Brand, "In time."
Ace blew out a long breath. "Eti troye beznadezhny*," he grumbled to himself. "As fun as that was, I think that's all the assessment I need for the time being." He clicked on his wrist band and the dummies disappeared.
"Now, if you don't mind, I would like to run a few standard tests, medical things mostly, to get a synopsis of your well-being and the like," He asked them, replacing his expressive look to the stone cold look.

*Эти трое безнадежны

Brand stood there, not looking at Lukas, Z, or anyone else. Samuel looked at Ashe with pleading puppy dog eyes. Dessie also looked at Ashe with wide eyes. Ashe groaned, rolling her eyes. "Fine, fineee." She complained, pushing away from the wall and walked towards the exit of the room.

Samuel zipped away from his airy perch over towards Lukas with glowing hands. Lukas looked up and allowed the little boy to heal him. He watched as Dessie put her feet onto the ground and walked over. "We'll let you sweeties be for that part." She said, putting her hand on Samuel's shoulders as she stood behind him. "Come on, hun, let's go see what lunch is going to be." the Magic girl suggested as her forum melted away, the jewel pin in her pocket.

Samuel nodded, looking to Ace. "If you requiring my assistance, I will be located in the kitchen!" He said, grinning, before taking Dessie's hand and they left, him floating next to Dessie.