Hot Rod was surprised by the sudden assistance from the Flashbolt Acolyte, and hoped that by teaming up, they would be able to put up a good fight against Polaris. But he sooned noticed that Polaris was stronger than he had anticipated and his light shield was absorbing Hot Rod's attacks. It also appeared that Flashbolt wasn't doing much good either, and now they had to find some other way to counter attack the villain. 

Unfortunantly, Polaris had sent a blast of light right in Hot Rod's direction and it had happened so suddenly that he didn't have time to avoid it. It hit him direction in the chest, luckily, his aura and suit took most of the hit, but the sheer force of the beam made Hot Rod flying across the room and crashed into the wall. His head smacked against the wall very hard and Hot Rod slump to the ground as he was on the verge of losing consciousness. His last thoughts before he blacked out were, [i]Damn it! Thank God almighty that the camera's weren't here to see this[/i].

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Ocean Warrior didn't respond to anyone comments because of Pariah calling them to go on another mission. So soon? he thought to himself, this Pariah guy sure did love pushing his teams to their limits. He didn't mind going back out into the field, but he was concerned that his teammates may have a problem with it. When the mission was given and they boarded the aircraft to go to their destination, Ocean Warrior was curious to see what type of situation they were dealing with. When they were there, he heard Pariah's instructions and began to enter the building.

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St Francis did not fly in the aircraft with the other heroes, he instead flew on his griffon and followed close behind the vehicle. Once they got to their destination, he landed swiftly and decided to follow Ocean Warrior into the place where the hostages were..