[center][h2]Mid-Day, two days before the Capture the Flag event[/h2][/center]

[i][center][color=cyan]Ghost[/color], [color=deeppink]Supernova[/color], Dynectro[/center][/i]

It was just after classes at the academy, and many of the students were still buzzing around the campus. Most of them were eating, meeting up with friends, or using one of the many facilities the academy had to offer. Even more people were signing up for the Capture the Flag tournament, hoping that the would be chosen to compete in front of the thousands fans. Kane and Meleena had already signed up, using Kane's powers to sneak to the front of the line so they didn't have to wait. Although, it seemed like Angel had no interest in joining, and he never went to sign his name up. It certainly wasn't for everyone, but such an opportunity didn't come up often. What did come up often, however, were emergencies.

The three students felt their phone vibrating and ringing, almost like an alarm as a large notification plastered the screen. The notification read "EMERGENCY: A rank mission, report to the transportation depot ASAP. Your suit and weapons have already been accounted for, you must immediately drop whatever you're doing and head to the depot for transportation and debriefing."

It only tool the three students a mere few minutes to get their, however, Kane was the first, followed by Angel and Meleena. They were quickly huddled into a jet, strapping on their suits and equipment within a moment's notice before the jet suddenly took off in a blink of an eye. After a few moments the three superheroes huddled around the cockpit, while a staff member stood at the head of a holographic table. Images of a city were displayed, but it looked like people were running. There were small fires, broken building, and what seemed like a decent amount of robots. This city was being run down.

"It is believed that a powered individual like yourselves with the power over machinery has started terrorizing the town. He's not well known in our data books, but it's suspected that he is working for somebody bigger than himself, based on some data we've gathered over the last few days. We called you three at last minute because you guys were available and had the talents and skills necessary for this mission. Ghost will lead your three man squad. Your mission is to fight of the robots terrorizing the town, save and protect the civilians, and capture the culprit alive. We need to investigate him to get to the bottom of this investigation. Saving people is your number one priority, and kill him if you absolutely have to, but do not let him get away. This is a matter of life and death."

After the debriefing, the back of the jet opened a few hundred feet over the town. "Good luck, This is your drop." Kane didn't even bother grabbing a parachute, standing at the edge. He turned around and gave a salute. [color=cyan]"See you down there guys."[/color] as he immediately fell out of the jet, quickly falling to the earth. [color=deeppink]"God dammit Kane."[/color] Supernova muttered, flipping her hood over her head. She gracefully dove out of the jet, making a bee line for where Ghost was landing. 

"You might want to get a move on." the instructor laughed, slapping Angel's back. "This is an emergency situation, but try not to be so nervous. This is what you train for. Just go out there and do your best."

Angel made the mistake of having his gaze follow his teammates as they leaped off the jet. It was bad down there, really bad. At the instructor's words, he only nodded before jumping after them. Upon the heroes' arrival, a horde of nearby seemingly-sentient machines turned its attention towards them and lunged at them. Landing beside the other two, Dynectro immediately shed his parachute and instinctively struck their first group of attackers with multiple lightning bolts at once, causing them to crumple to the ground either from overload or the external damage taken. He involuntarily flinched at the racket his opening attack had made.

"Sorry, should have warned you to cover your ears," he remarked to his team.

The angular humanoid machines seemed to pick up on sound, and even more were scrambling towards the team of heroes. Well, at least they were drawing them away from civilians. Dynectro drew his silver long sword and flicked a switch as he swung it, allowing it to expand into a ten-foot whip which cut another mob of robots to pieces. As the three moved along the street of the town taking the aggressive machines out, it nearly slipped Dynectro's mind that they were there to identify the source of the attack and apprehend him. He figured that the robots were moving away from their source, and the fact that they were going against the flow meant that they were heading in the right direction.

Sure enough, a figure in a blue circuit-patterned suit of armor was soon spotted zipping over low-rise buildings. It moved with the fluidity of a real human being, and it was therefore safe to assume that there was actually one in there.

Dynectro quickly brought it to his teammates' attention. "Over there, in that direction!"

Upon entering the city, Ghost had managed to land first, using his phasing ability to not take the brutal force of landing without a parachute. He surveyed the area, seeing as multiple armed robots has taken a liking to destroying buildings. Just a few moments later, a loud whistling sound could be heard as a bright streak of red descended from the sky. Supernova landed in typical superhero fashion, causing a red shock wave that cleared out about a dozen of them. 

[color=cyan]"Alright, let's wait for Dynectro before we..."[/color] and Ghost was cut off as Nova was having a great time making heaps of scrap metal. Just then, Dynectro came down and was suddenly shooting lightning bolts at the nearest robots. This caused him to instinctual phase, so that his ear drums wouldn't bleed and he wouldn't be half blind from all the nonsense. 

[color=cyan]"God dammit you two... just clear them out and try to apprehend the target. Please don't kill anybody while you're at it? We're supposed to be [i]saving[/i] them."[/color] he said, just as Nova sent a larger robot careening into the distance and exploding. while the fight went on, Nova was wildly breaking machine after machine like a blender, while Ghost went around getting civilians out of danger and saving people. Between Dynectro and Nova, it was a matter of time before the majority of the robots were cut down, and the culprit had been spotted.
 
[color=deeppink]"I'm on it."[/color] Supernova shouted, and she sent a shockwave at her feet to propel her into the air. The man in the blue circuit suit had little time to react before a young woman in a black and red suit dropped kicked him in the ribs at high speeds. The man was sent rolling across the rooftop, groaning as his body skidded across the rooftop and flew out across the street. Supernova caught up to the man in mid-air, using her powers to shoot her into the sky right above him. She took both her hands, lacing her fingers and putting them high above her head before slamming them into the culprit's chest. A bright flash of red and a large shock wave erupted. sending him into the street and creating a sizable crater with a sickening [i]BOOM[/i].

Supernova landed next to the man, brushing off her suit as Ghost unphased right next to her. Dynectro was just coming over and finishing the last of the robots. [color=cyan]"It's over, just give up and come with us. We can do this the easy way or the hard way."[/color] Ghost said, bringing out a pair of state-of-the-art handcuffs. Without any robots, beaten badly, and surrounded, he was as good as done.

"Oh I feel the same way." the villain said, half of his suit torn to shreds, and probably having some broken bones. However, his suit seemed to shield him enough from the blows as he waved his hand in a weird motion. Suddenly screams could be heard, as multiple robots sprang up from the ground and started attacking the civilians. One in particular dug up a hole underneath the two heroes, sending them falling several feet. The villain started to run away, and it seemed like Dynectro was the only one close enough to get him. 

[color=Cyan]"We're fine, just grab the robot guy. We'll save the civilians. Don't let him get away"[/color] Dynectro could hear over his earpiece, as Ghost and Supernova appeared to phase through the ground next to the new swarm of robots.

Dynectro jumped back, startled as the ground right next to him caved in, taking his teammates with it. He immediately rushed over to the pit to check on them and was relieved to hear Ghost telling him that they were alright. At the older boy’s instruction, he nodded and dashed after the technopath, leaping over debris and wrecked vehicles. However, they were quickly approaching a massive cloud of smoke that had engulfed the street ahead – a product of the destruction of a nearby establishment. It would provide the perpetrator cover, and Dynectro could not have that. He swung his metallic weapon forward, successful coiling it around the technopath and proceeded to pull him back towards himself. It was common for captives to resist only slightly, with the pain inflicted by the blades of the whip discouraging them to do so.

The thought of sending a current down the whip to stun him did cross Dynectro’s mind. It would definitely make things easier for him and his team, but no, he could not risk killing this man when there was still a chance to bring him in alive. He did not have much time to ponder over it, however, for the sight of neon red snapped him back into action. It happened way too fast. The compact laser weapon that the technopath had suddenly produced from the cuff of his sleeve sliced cleanly through the metal restraining him, right after which its beam shifted towards the electrokinetic who ducked out of its way just in time. Using Dynectro’s momentary shift of focus as an opportunity to escape, he then darted into the smoke. Without thinking, Dynectro bolted right in after him, but such an action was unavailing, as one was basically blind once they entered the cloud of dust and ash. Once the smoke cleared, the villain was nowhere to be seen, and it seemed pretty clear by then that Dynectro had lost him.

The words of Ghost and their instructor specifically saying not to let the perpetrator get away started to creep into his mind. Unbelievable. They were counting on him to do this one thing, and he screwed it up big time. If only he had attempted that stun, even killing him would have been better than letting him escape, but it was too late for that. Dynectro thought that he had him, but who was to know what the man literally had up his sleeve? There was no way he would have known, was there?

It was not long before he could hear Ghost and Nova coming up from behind. Taking a deep breath, he mentally prepared himself for the onslaught his own teammates were about to unleash on him as he turned to face them.

“I’m sorry. H- He got away…”