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[center][b]Kelly Brown[/b] | [b]Jeanette Forestier[/b] | [b]Samantha Kadowsky[/b] | [b]Zac Wilson[/b][/center]
	Swirling winds battered Washington Park while any bystanders who unfortunate enough to have been caught in the storm were scrambling to make their escape. However, what was bizarre about this weather was that the wind storm was isolated only to the immediate vicinity of the park, while the rest of Albany was not affected at all. If this was not enough to freak the park-goers out, a visual distortion of the area caused by a magical portal made some even question their sanity, especially when three costumed metahumans leapt out from the portal.  

	“Wow! Using these portals would make being a superhero [i]so much[/i] easier,” Sammy admitted as she slithered out of the magical portal.

	[color=khaki]“You [i]have[/i] to be the one who changed. Otherwise, you would remember using these portals before,”[/color] Kelly speculated.

	“But Zac does not remember, either!” Sammy protested, placing her hands on her hips that dissolved into her serpentine tail. “Does that mean he changed, too?”

	[color=peru]“Can we please focus on the task at hand?”[/color]

	The two women dropped the subject at once and turned their attention to the epicenter of the bizarre windstorm, struggling against the winds as they approached. At its center, there stood a woman clad in a silver dress. Her hair was tossed about by the winds that she was commanding. When she sensed the heroes’ presence, the woman raised one arm above her head and she clenched her hand into a fist, causing the winds to die down and become calm once more.

	“Finally,” the Silver Sorceress declared as she spun around to face the three metahumans. “You sorry excuses for heroes were taking such a long time to get here that I started to believe you would not show up.”

	However, when she caught sight of the heroes, the Silver Sorceress was momentarily shocked to discover that the two ladies of the group had different costumes and powers. Nevertheless, this unexpected sight did not phase the sorceress for long. She immediately cracked a smile once she comprehended what she had just seen.

	“Having an early midlife crisis, ladies?” The Silver Sorceress taunted Kelly and Sammy.

	[color=khaki]“How did you get your powers back?”[/color] Kelly snapped back at the Silver Sorceress’s snide remark.

	“How cute,” the Silver Sorceress continued in her sarcastic tone, “You really think that I could lose my powers? People can lock me up and sedate me, but [b]no one[/b] can take my powers.”

	[color=khaki]“I wouldn’t say impossible.”[/color] Kelly extended her arm out with an open palm facing up. A flame suddenly flared up in her palm, although it did not seem to burn her hand. It flickered about until Kelly clinched her fist close, extinguishing the fire in the process.

	“I guess they should start calling you the Scarlet Sorceress, since you’re obviously copying my style.”

	However, before the Silver Sorceress and the three heroes could toss any more insults at one another, they all heard wings beating against the air overhead as a blue-haired girl landed next to Zac, Kelly, and Sammy. Her face was partially covered by blue masquerade mask. She also wore a light blue hoodie sweatshirt with the sleeves cut off and dark blue shorts, the bottom of which had a few tear marks where her feet talons had accidentally scratched the fabric of the pants. Her hair was even trimmed short as a pixie cut, presumably because it would be more aerodynamic during than long hair.

	“Sorry I’m late! That wind prevented me from flying until now,” Jean apologized, not yet noticing that Kelly and Sammy were appeared differently. “And forgive the outfit. I don’t quite have the budget to get something custom made look your guys’ costumes.”

	After she spoke, Jean then realized that something had changed about Kelly and Sammy and she was kicking herself for not spotting it sooner. She was about ready to say something about it, but she saw Zac shaking his head from side to side, signaling that she should not say a word about it.

	“So, who’s this gal anyway?” Jean quickly turned to a different sort of question, especially since she had never seen the Silver Sorceress before.

	[color=peru]“She’s one of the villains who were involved with that dome crisis a few months ago.”[/color]

	[color=khaki]“And she is supposedly an ex to both of us.”[/color] Kelly interjected into Zac’s answer.

	“Wait? What?” Jean was puzzled by Kelly’s response. “I didn’t know you were into that.”

	[color=khaki]“I’m not,”[/color] Kelly retorted. [color=khaki]“She supposedly disguised herself as a guy when I dated him. The irony that this guy here had the guts to call Lyger gay.”[/color]

	[color=peru]“First, that was in high school,”[/color] Zac tried to defend himself after being pocked in the side by Kelly’s elbow. [color=peru]“Second, she could have only said that to get under our skin. Third, even if it were true, it should reflect on [i]her[/i] sexuality, not ours.”[/color]

	“SILENCE!” The Silver Sorceress yelled, after her patience had run thin from the useless prattling going on between the heroes. “I have a witch to catch in Las Vegas and I have no patience for any delays.”

	[color=peru]“Then why are you challenging us?”[/color] Zac demanded. [color=peru]“Why would your allies save us from the Hounds a few days ago just for you to target us?”[/color]

	“Diplodoc was always idealistic. He has a stigma against destroying his prized first creations. However, I do not have that same emotional attachment. To me, you all are just names on a long list of heroes with whom I have a score to settle. Now, shall we begin?”

	The Silver Sorceress lifted both of her arms above her head and chanted some words that were inaudible to the four heroes. Just as sudden as it had stopped, the wind storm began to pick up again, being even stronger than before. If the heroes had not braced themselves, the wind could have knocked them off their feet.

	“Now what?” Jean asked aloud, not intending that question for any particular person. Now that the gale storm had returned, she was essentially grounded.

	[color=khaki]“We just have to find a way to stop her.”[/color]