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Laura Smith, better known as the super fast hero Boom, was an impatient woman. Even before she got her powers, she had a habit of tapping her foot. The habit used to be benign and easily ignored; now that she could move her foot at hundreds of thousands of miles per hour, her drumming sounded more akin to a hurricane. [color=6ecff6]"L- Boom. You're doing it again."[/color] Thunderbolt nudged his younger sister with his elbow, giving her a look of exasperation. [color=f26522]"Sorry."[/color] She apologized. Not two moments later, however, her foot was at it again. [color=6ecff6]"Could you not?!"[/color] He growled. [color=f26522]"I'm just...look. I can't just stand around here waiting when I know that people are dying. I'd feel much better if we were, at the very least, doing [i]something [/i] to help. God, I feel useless."[/color] Laura held her arms close to her chest. Thunderbolt recognized the subtle look of anguish and guilt on his sibling's face; he knew her well. Better than she knew herself, sometimes. Harvey placed a comforting arm around the girl and offered her a consolatory smile. [color=6ecff6]"Everything's going to be fine. Icon'll be here any moment-"[/color]

As if on cue, the Blue Boy Scout appeared, with a woman Harvey couldn't identify at his side. Laura stood on the tips of her toes and pulled Harvey closer to her. [color=f26522]"That's Lady Liberty! I used to watch her cartoon when I was a kid."[/color] Laura explained. Her excitement was infectious.[color=6ecff6] "Oh yeah, I remember; you used to talk about that stupid show all the time."[/color] Boom scrunched her nose up, taking mild offense to the claim that her favorite show as a child was stupid. [color=f26522]"Whatever. I least I didn't play with dolls-"[/color] Harvey's defense was immediate and passionate. [color=6ecff6]"-Action figures!"[/color] He protested. [color=f26522]"You can call a jar of piss granny's peach tea all you like. It's still a jar of piss."[/color] Laura spat back. The two noticed that they had attracted unwanted attention with their childish arguing and quickly put a stop to it.

Boom gave Icon an awkward wave and a slight smile as he approached the rest of the group. [color=6ecff6]"Stoic boy scout or badass with an attitude? Decisions, decisions."[/color] Thunderbolt muttered. Unfortunately for his rib cage, Laura heard the taunt loud and clear. [color=6ecff6]"Ow!"[/color] Laura seemed a little more than peeved that her "skip the introductions" had been entirely ignored as everyone made their way around the room and mingled for what felt like an eternity. She couldn't help but sigh with relief as War-Pulse stepped up to the front of the room and introduced himself. The odd voice coming from his pocket was a bit disconcerting, but Laura got over it once she realized that this 'Warden' fellow was the real brains of the operation. 

The mercenary's knowledge was useful. Pulse's informant gave a basic rundown of the goons they were likely to encounter. The speedsters watched the holographic camera footage with interest; Harvey and Laura studied the movements of their future enemies with trained efficiency. Thunderbolt seemed particularly observant when the first assailant, the Spider-Girl hybrid, appeared. [color=f26522]The toxins might be a problem.[/color] Laura vividly recalled her fight with the man known only as the Gray Owl, and how a mere human had managed to take Boom down with his poisons. The Shark Man wouldn't be much trouble. A single Umbraxis-killing punch to his nose would likely drop him judging by the footage playing in front of them. Effigy was the wild card among the gang. If it could take on multiple powers at once, the team was done for. But if someone without powers, such as Vigilante, engaged it, the fight would be over in short order. [color=6ecff6]"White Witch should be able to handle the Silver Sorceress."[/color] Thunderbolt interjected. He was obviously confident in the relative stranger's abilities.

The rest of Warden's information caused the room to go silent and stark white. Boom had heard him loud and clear the first time; but she chose to swallow her impulsive response. There had to have been more context to that, right? The man she'd met earlier didn't seem like the type to attempt genocide. But it turned out that Laura was wrong. There wasn't missing vital information. War Pulse had tried to poison Lost Haven. This city. [i]Her[/i] city. When Iron Knight finally spoke, his words almost stung more than Warden's confession.

[color=f26522]"WHAT?!"[/color] Boom practically screamed. "You want to talk about terrorists? There's one right in front of you. I knew you were a shitty hero but you can't possibly be this comfortable working with a man who tried to [i]kill us all.[/i]"

[color=6ecff6]"Boom! Don't-"[/color] Harvey attempted to ebb Laura's rage. He soon found her talking over him, her anger all the more apparent. [color=f26522]"How about you use your damn brain for a second, T. He poisoned the city's water supply. If that had worked, he'd have killed everyone we ever cared about. Brook, Eric, Mom and Dad? They'd all be dead. Six feet under along with millions of other people; men, women and children, all dead all so he could make a couple of bucks. Doesn't that sound wrong to you? Doesn't that go against your precious moral code, at least a little bit?" [/color] Laura turned on her heels and shoved an incriminating finger into Trent's face.[color=f26522] "You are just as bad as the people we're going after. You tried to inact genocide on a bunch of civilians. And you have the nerve to come back to my city after what you tried to do? Fuck you."[/color]

Boom disappeared in a flash of blue light. [color=6ecff6]"You've got to be kidding me."[/color] Thunderbolt moaned. He turned to the rest of the team and placed his hand on the back of his head. [color=6ecff6]"She'll be back. I think."[/color]

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Laura glided to halt at the end of the bridge, next to a sign informing drivers that they were now leaving Lost Haven. She pulled a nondescript black device from one of her costume's few pockets and put it up to her ear. [color=f26522]"This is Boom."[/color] She said with the slightest quiver in her voice. She was greeted by the familiar accented voice of her most recent contact.

“[color=00aeef]Right. Where to bloody start. So you wouldn’t happen to know a Pub on the Docks of Little Sicily by the name of Finnegans? There, was a little incident[/color] --” As Eva talked Dickens tugged on the back of her hoodie trying to get her attention. “[color=00aeef]Stop that. I, sorry that’s part of my pro.. DON’T YOU DARE[/color]!” Dickens had been shoving a corpse over to Eva in it’s attempt to share it’s bounty with her. With an audible sigh Eva continued. ”[color=00aeef]Okay before I get interrupted again Finnegans was, destroyed. You remember that, thing the monster from earlier. I guess it has, imprinted on me or something. I don’t fucking know anymore. There’s just too much crazy going on in my life. I came here to kinda establish myself, as a hero you know. ‘Stop the Pax Metahumana’ Arthur said. Be a hero he said. Find out why my friends were killed he said. I’m a girl with a magical sword, okay. I don’t know what I’m doing let alone how to find this Pax guy[/color].”

Boom blinked twice, surprise plastered on her face. [color=f26522] Okay. Not what I was expecting.[/color] She grumbled internally. Laura had been hoping that someone needed their ass kicked; but alas, the English foreigner had other, more bizarre problems. [color=f26522]"Uhhmm."[/color] She stammered. [color=f26522]"Yeah, I've heard of the place. Dad always told me to steer clear of that place. It was trouble. Probably a good thing its gone, honestly. Uhhh, I don't know how to help you with your...monster problem...But hey, don't get your knickers in a twist (or whatever the hell they say across the pond); I've got some 'friends' trying to track down Pax Metahumana. In fact, they're planning their assault right now. I could take you there- But.."[/color] Laura paused, sinking her teeth into her bottom lip. 

[color=f26522]"They're teaming up with a mercenary who tried to poison all of Lost Haven. The fucking fuckwad tried to fucking kill us all. Motherfucker."[/color] Boom paused once more. [color=f26522]"Sorry. Not a good day. I'll pick you up and take you there if that's what you want."[/color]

[color=00aeef]"Uh, sure."[/color]

Before Eva knew it, she had been whisked away in a cloud of dust by a bright light. Moments later, before the poor girl could even process what was happening, she was standing in front of Arthur's Tower in the center of Sherman Square. [color=f26522]"You alright?"[/color] Laura asked, feeling guilty that she hadn't given Eva any warning before grabbing her at mach 250. If it weren't for the ever enigmatic lightning effect, Eva would've been paste. Luckily all she'd likely be suffering from was minor nausea. [color=f26522]"Go on ahead. the Elevator's pretty clearly marked. I'm uh, gonna stay out here. Clear my head a bit, ya know?"[/color] With that, the speedster zoomed off to the roof to sulk.