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[center][b]Zac Wilson[/b] | [b]Aubrey Adkins[/b] | [b]Veronica Arthur[/b][/center]
Zac did a quick search around the small corridor to which his and the two girls’ cell were attached. However, Zac did not see any other captives in the vicinity: only the two girls and himself. Therefore, once Zac completed his search, he led Aubrey and Veronica to the far side of the corridor until they reached a door. 

On the other side of that door was a large chamber that was filled with machinery, which no doubt dealt with the meta-human serum. On the far right was a large sunken section of the room, which might have served as a retention pond if any of the machinery happened to malfunction and flood the room.

However, Zac was surprised to see who was present in that room and even more surprised by what they were doing. It was the four men who kidnapped both himself and Kelly and took them to Lost Haven. Without the timely intervention by the meta-human commonly called Icon, who knows what would have happened in that burning warehouse.

Eventually, the fire-based ‘man-in-black’ spotted Zac and the other two girls (he did not recognize the girls). As he approached the girls and Zac, Zac clutched his fists, forcing the obsidian-colored claws to protrude out of his knuckles. When he saw Zac’s aggression, the ‘man-in-black’ threw up his hands as if he was trying to convey that he was not there to harm either Zac or the two girls.

“Hold your horses! While we might not be allies in any way or fashion, we do have mutual goals.” When the ‘m-i-b’ saw confusion creep into Zac’s expression, he attempted to make himself clearer. 

“Okay, so we use to be employed with this crazy doctor dude who runs his experiments here. But once he left us out to dry in the law courts and once we discovered his plan to give everyone powers, we knew we had to do something. I mean, if everyone had powers, were would we fit into society? We make a living off using our powers for hire. If the market becomes oversaturated with metas, how are we supposed to compete?”

Suddenly, a large, bulky man, whom Zac had seen before, Bruno being his name, emerged from the pit that dominated the right side of the room. Once he had reached the top, he ripped the ladder from the wall, allowing it to tumble down to the bottom of the sunken area.

“I’ve completed damming up the retention area, Red” the mountain of a man said. And the other two m-i-b’s did likewise, reporting the completion of his individual task. Once the four black-clad mercenaries had gathered together, the fire-based merc, Red, formed a ‘hand pistol’ and, when he pressed his thumb against his index finger, he launched three bursts of fire towards a set of machinery on the left side of the room, causing a green-colored liquid to gush out all over the floor. Then Red blasted a hole in the ceiling, creating an escape route for his team.

“Oh, and if you’re wondering how we’re not currently in jail right now, as I assume you are, when you are paid big money to get dirty jobs done, you can pay big time lawyers to get your wrist slapped.” 

The wind-based ‘m-i-b’ created a vortex that steadily lifted the four black-clad mercenaries from the ground. Once they exited through the hole in the ceiling, a dirt-like substance began to cover up the hole. Immediately after this, the dirt seemed to harden due to an intense concentration of head was being applied to it.

“What jerks,” Veronica said, “They could have at least took us out of here.”

“I wouldn’t trust those guys as far as I could throw them. I feel much better that they are gone, to be honest.” Zac replied, knowing how poorly they treated both himself and Kelly.

“You all probably should have gone with them.” A familiar voice said, although there was something strange about that voice, as it was entirely monotonic. When Zac turned around, he saw Kelly standing behind them, unsure how she was able to sneak up on the three of them. She was wearing her old costume, or one that looked like it because she would have outgrown the last one due to her height change. Once he saw Kelly’s old costume, Zac now knew that he was probably wearing a replica of his own costume. Therefore, he felt more calm that whoever kidnapped them did not break into their house again.

“Kelly, I’m so glad we found you! Do you know the way out of this freakish place?” Zac asked his girlfriend. However, he was not going to like the response he would get.

“I’m sorry,” Kelly said in a monotonic voice, “Kelly’s not here right now. Only the Wasp is.” She picked Zac up by his neck and hurled him toward Aubrey and Veronica, knocking them down like bowling pins.