Z pressed her lips together as all the heroes left the room other than the stern ginger. Slowly, the shadow people and dark man dissipated and her surroundings returned to normal for her. She slowly walked over to Brand, reaching out and touching his arm, wide grey eyes looking up at him.
Ace gave a small nod to the alien boy before he floated away with Dessie. He blew out a breath, taking his arms and resting them behind his head. "Grab your stuff," he instructed them. Without saying another word, he spun around on his metal heel to make his way towards the exit. He didn't stop until he was on the other side to see if they were following him.

Brand moved away from Z's touch, walking over to where he left his backpack and picked it up, following Ace with out a word. Lukas glanced at Brand, and then to Z. He picked up his duffel bag, walking past Z. "I think he's just a little frustrated, it has been a long day." He whispered to her before following Brand.

Z nodded in agreement, following next to Lukas. She felt her powers came easily to her due to having experience in her skill set. She had summoned Papa Legba at a young age to kill people, after all. But no one knew that other than her parents.
Ace led the three through a small hallway that opened up into a living-room sort of with a living room on one side and a large, high-tech computer set up on the other. There was a door set along the side with the computer, which appeared to be Ace's little corner from the clue of the identical glasses he was wearing placed on the oddly neat table top. The ginger pushed open the door on his side of the room to reveal a laboratory of sorts with medical equipment and other sorts of odds and ends.
"Set your stuff anywhere, and someone sit in that chair," Ace commanded, gesturing towards a chair surrounded by the most equipment.

With out hesistation, Brand left his bag against the wall and sat down in the chair. Lukas watched him, frowning. Usually, the now purple-eyed young man was the cautious one out of the three. "What are you going to do?" The blonde asked Ace, putting his bag next to Brand's.

Ace picked up a small round disk about the size of his palm off the table nearest him and dropped it onto the ground in front of him. "Simply medical observations," he responded, a large, green holoscreen glowed in front of him, projected by the disk. Everything was in Russian, so no one in the room could read what he was typing in. "I know Samuel can heal, but I need this for tests. Properly monitor your powers and such. Like you." He pointed towards Lukas. "You produce too much friction for your shoes to handle, that's why it's hard for you to stop. I'm going to need to engineer some type of fabric that's resistant."
The medical equipment around Brand come to life and started their work. There was a machine to measure his sight, the length of basically everything; one scanned his limbs and head. As the machines worked, data was rapidly being produced on the holoscreen in front of Ace, his hazel eyes watching it intently.
Z plopped her stuff down on the ground and she crossed her legs, sitting next to it. She watched the machines do their work with her eyebrows raised.

Brand let the machines do what they did with out any resistance. It was basically a given that Lukas was going to freak out when it was his turn. Brand waited for the machines to stop making noises. "Can I go now?" He asked in a lazy tone, his eyes watching Ace.

Ace didn't hear him at first, as he was frowning at what was on the screen. "Hm?" He hummed, glancing at Brand. "Oh, yeah, sure, whatever." He collected his data from Brand and pushed it into a file on his screen. Then, he pointed to the chair, saying, "Next."
Z looked at Brand than to Lukas before standing up to sit in the chair. She went through the procedure with ease, not caring too much about what was happening. When she was done, she gestured towards the chair while looking at Lukas.

Brand had left the room right away, not even caring if any of them said anything to stop him. Of course, he had no idea where he was or where he was going, but he just had to walk.

He was feeling upset that he hadn't seen his powers, but he wasn't happy either. Why could Lukas and Z use them right away? What was he doing wrong? Was Samuel the wrong one? Did the alien see potential for powers, but not the powers themselves?

Lukas eyed the chair, frowning. "Yooooooou can't be serious, right?" He asked, talking a step back, holding his hands up. "Ahaha, I mean, Samuel has already checked me out and you know I need special shoes, so why else do I need to be scanned?" He asked, shoving his hands into his pockets.

Ace snapped his eyes towards Lukas. "I need recorded data so I can help you," he stated, pretty seriously. "Sit." He jabbed his finger towards the chair before returning his attention to the screen.
Z frowned at the young genius. Shaking her head, she stepped over to Lukas and gave him a friendly smile as she pulled him closer to the chair. Once she managed to get him into the chair, she pecked a kiss on his cheek and stepped away from the machines. She had before kissed her friends cheeks before, so it wasn't too odd. She was raised in a French inspired culture, after all.
Ace held his finger over the start button. "Fore-warning, if you try to get up, I will strap you to the chair," he put out, giving a sarcastic smile.

Lukas scowled, sitting down in the chair against his will. "I swear, I better get some really greasy American food after this." He complained, looking around nervously as the machine did it's work.

Ace pressed the start button to let the machines do their work. Slowly, as data was fed into the file, he frowned. He grabbed the green holo screen and brought it closer, adjusting his glasses as he did so. "Holy f*cking sh*t," he grumbled. He glanced over to Lukas then back to the screen. "How did you burn through two thousand calories and still be standing?" He let out a low hum.
"Go to the kitchen, now," he instructed. "There should be plenty of food in the fridge, Ashe eats a lot as it is." The machines stopped whirring and finished their business.
Z gave Lukas an encouraging little clap, smiling at him.

((maybe someone else other than ace should be leader now lol))

And just like that, Lukas was OUTTIE. He sprinted out of the room and down the hall, slamming into a metal wall because he still couldn't stop. He grumbled, backing away from the wall, looking around. He, somehow, did manage to make it to the kitchen. Ashe, Samuel, Dessie, and one other female, one that was younger than Ashe and Dessie but not as young as Samueal, sat at the island. She was in full uniform, but the speedster didn't recgonize her.

She had two redish-brown pig tails and masked eyes. She wore a black, white, and deep brown outfit that exposed an awful lot of skin. She was very, very short and as flat as a bored, but she still had curves. She was very muscular, but not nearly as muscular as Ashe. Lukas wanted to say that she was a middle schooler, but no middle schooler had that much muscle.

"What are you staring at?" The girl asked roughly. Lukas jumped, turning to the fridge, not saying anything. "Now, now, Sparrow, Lukas here did just run into a wall. He might had been recovering and just so happened to stare in your direction." Dessie explained, gesturing to the blonde. 'Sparrow' scowled, getting down from her seat. "I'm going to go talk to Ace 'bout the newbies." She explained, walking down the hall back to his lab. The leader of this team was officially Rick, but during missions Sparrow was the acting leader. She was the only one on the team with out any super powers or amazing abilities like a high IQ. She was just really, really good at fighting.

"So, one of them is a speedster, the other one is salty, so what does the girl do again?" Sparrow asked, leaning in the doorway, looking at Ace.

There was a faint call of 'Hey!' from someone on the other side of wall that Lukas ran into. There was a few stomping sounds and a door opening then slamming shut. A very tall, muscular and busty (like big breasts, wide hips) woman came swinging around the corner with a snarl of sharp fanged teeth and green eyes that resembled a snakes. "Who the he-" Starting to curse but saw Samuel and stopped herself short. "Who ran into the wall?" She looked directly at Lukas, being the odd one out. The woman was tan with chestnut curls that looked bedtussled, matching her rumpled attire of a teeshirt and shorts. "Who are you?" She asked, a little less threatening than her tone before.

Z was about to leave but Sparrow blocked the doorway. Ace glanced up to see their basically mission leader, murmuring out, "Oh, hey, Sparrow." He was transferring the data into his main computer system when the short girl asked her question. "Z, here, can do magic, basically," he answered in tone that made it clear he was only half listening.

Lukas shuttered, looking behind him very slowly at the new face. "A-ah, I'm...Lukas?" He squeaked, smiling weakly at the woman. His body was holding the refrigerator door open, his arms full of food. His face looked like he just watched someone kill a puppy. He slowly took a step back away from the fridge, afraid he was going to get yelled at.

"Pfft, magic?" Sparrow asked, looking Z over with masked eyes. She didn't look impressed. "Sounds a lil'...unreal. You know?" She commented bluntly, looking bored. She tilted her head, still studying Z. "Mind if you show me?" She asked, curious.

The woman narrowed her eyes at the German boy, pursing her lips. She slowly padded over to him and plucked a canister out of the fridge. "Hands off the yogurts, they're mine," she growled. Her expression suddenly changed to a calm smile. "And we're cool." She snorted a laugh at his terrified look, walking past him to join the others at the table. "How many rookies we got?" She questioned whoever willing to answer.

Z shrugged, nodding slightly. It was still a bit unbelievable to her. But she gave an uneasy look at the request, not sure if she could do anything spectacular. She placed her bags on the ground, looking at one bag in particular. She reached down and pulled something out of her bag. She held a brass, coiled snake with rubies for it's eyes. She bit down onto her thumb until blood oozed from bite. She rubbed the snake's head with a droplet of blood, and instantly the brass snake came to life by slithering around her finger. The little snake flicked out it's tongue then slithered to her other hand, the brass skin slowly peeling off to reveal real green scale. Z gestured to the snake with eyebrows raised at Sparrow.

"Three." Ashe replied, eating some cold pizza. Samuel was eating a Dixie cup of ice cream. He, of course, was hold his spoon backwards. Dessie was just watching Samuel, giggling at his childish mistake. "And they're all really annoying, 'specially this one." She added, gesturing to Lukas. Dessie elbowed Ashe in the side. Lukas laughed nervously, cautiously taking a seat at the table next to Dessie.

Sparrow still wasn't impressed, but she left without saying anything rude. She really didn't take to strangers very well.

Z shrugged uncaringly. She didn't need the approval of an unknown hero about something she's had years of experience with. She collected her bags again and left the lab. She easily found the kitchen by following the smell of food, smiling when she saw the others. She almost instantly recognized how nervous Lukas was, but he was always nervous.
Lacy laughed, rolling her eyes. "Don't mind Ashe, goldielocks," she told Lukas, waving away Ashe's rude words. "She has a habit of saying what's on her mind." She walked over to a drawer to find a spoon for her yogurt.

Lukas blinked at the nickname, but felt comfortable enough to shove some carrots into his mouth. He noticed Z coming into the kitchen. He swallowed his carrots and smiled at her. "hey, come sit with us! I'm just enjoying some hazing." He joked. Dessie laughed at the joke, Samuel cocked his head. "Please, what is...'hazing'?" He asked anyone. No one answered him.

Ashe looked at Lacy. "Hey, arntch'ya 'possed to be on babysitting duty with Ace?" She asked, finishing her chilled pizza. She swallowed loudly and threw the plate into the sink like it was a Frisbee. Both Samuel and Lukas jumped at the loud noise of a glass plate landing in a metal sink.

Z silently laughed at his joke. She walked over to stand behind Lukas and rest her head on his shoulder since she short enough not to lean down. She didn't feel like sitting down. She would've answered Samuel's question if she could speak and he didn't read sign language.
Lacy stuck out her forked tongue at the question. She didn't jump at the sound of the dish landing in the sink. "I had a 'busy' night last night and I was catching up on my sleep," she answered, smiling at Ashe. "Ace wanted first go anyways; for testing obviously." She dug into the yogurt cup and took a happy bite. She gave no other context as to how her night was 'busy', but the older people in the room would understand. She held no shame for it either.

Ashe scowled at Lacy's answer, Dessie sat there, her plump, glossy lips squeezed together as she blushed. Lukas looked around. "hey, where's Brand?" He asked. Samuel looked up, tilting his head. "He is not present." He answered, not understanding what Lukas was getting at.

"No, hun, that's not what he means." Dessie said to the alien, giggling. Samuel blushed, his pointer finger touching his bottom lip. "Oh, the 'oopsie' of flowers." He quoted, going back to his ice cream. Ashe snorted at this kid's attempt.

As if on cue, both Rick and Brand entered the kitchen. "I have a mission for you." He said to the room. "'cept speedy gonzalos, you're staying here and watching." Lukas sighed with relief, Brand walked over to where his best friends where, not saying anything.

"Chiron, Viper, and Iridescent Girl, I want you three to take Brand and Z out to patrol Dallas. There's some weird activity down there and I want you to check things out." Rick explained, crossing his arms. "Show the noobs the ropes, it shouldn't be anything too exciting."