Here's the next chapter! Thanks to ECHO-173 for help editing.

After about an hour, Virus calmed down and the Louds were gathered. Lincoln had to threaten Vorus with an air horn if they didn't calm down and that managed to work and make them stop.

Lynn: Okay, so this is how it started... While you were asleep...

*Three Days Ago*

It was the dead of night, and Lynn was inside her room.

Lynn: (narrating to herself) Freaks and gangs are taking over my city. How long before those freaks hurt somebody close to me like my friends, my sisters, or my parents? (puts on a hockey goalie glove and pads) I'm not waiting around to find out. All my life, I knew I was meant for something greater. (football cleats and the armor pads) This is my calling, my destiny. A true warrior has gotta be prepared.

Lynn grabs a golf bag full of hockey sticks, baseball bats, both wood & metal, golf clubs, etc. The sporty Loud pulls out a baseball bat, then puts on a football helmet with a hockey mask instead of the normal face protector.

Lynn: Huh? Who do you- Who do you think you are, a supervillain? Bring it, punk!

The sporty Loud began twirling her bat like a baton.

Lynn: Scum-sucking, mutated freaks of the world, prepare to meet... Uhh... Hm. What should my hero's name be? Lynn-Sanity? No. Anybody who knows me will draw that back to me. Ooooo! How about MVP!! Or How About-

Luna: Oi! Whoever is yelling at 10 pm! SHUT UP!!!

*Present*

Luna: So that's what I was hearing. (chuckles) You were giving yourself a hype speech!

The sporty Loud blushed and scowled at her older sister as she continued to laugh.

Luna: Sorry, it's just, that was probably the lamest thing I've ever heard!

Lincoln: All those years of taunting really slipped didn't they?

*Past*

Out in the nightlife of the city, two young punks were running down the streets behind an old lady. One distracted and startled the lady while the other quickly snatched her purse. The two punks then jumped the fence to the park and made a mad dash through the bushes. Suddenly, a hockey puck came flying from the darkness and smacked the leading punk, causing the second to trip over him.

Punk 1: Uggghhh. What the hell was that?

The two punks were alerted by the sound of skates rolling down the street

Lynn: That was a crime, you buncha purse snatching pubes.

*Present*

Luna: Pubes? That's the best you thought of?

Lynn: Hey, I was new to being a hero!

Inferno: Sounded fine to me.

*Past*

Lynn: (draws a hockey stick from her bag) And this... Is uhhh... The penalty.

Lincoln (Present): Lame.

Lynn (Present): You're lame!

The sporty Loud splashes the first punk across the face with the stick. Leaving a hash mark and knocking out a tooth.

Lynn: Two minutes for Slashing.

Lynn hooks the second punk's leg and trips him when he tries to get up.

Lynn: Two minutes for Hooking.

The sporty Loud then uses the blade of the hockey stick to jab the first punk in the gut.

Lynn: Five minutes for Spearing.

Lynn then jabs the second punk with the butt end of her hockey stick, straight to the throat.

Lynn: Five minutes for Butt-Ending. And let's not forget my personal favorite, two minutes for High-sticking.

The sporty Loud then raised her hockey stick over her head and bashed both punks across the face with the flat side of her stick. As the two punks collapsed to the ground, Lynn grabbed the purse.

Lynn: That's 16 minutes in the penalty box, but for you, that'll be a steep fine or several months in jail.

Lynn skated past the punks, hitting them both in the balls with her stick as she passed.

*Present*

Lynn: So, yeah, I totally smashed those punks.

Lincoln: Oh, I don't doubt that. But what I do doubt is whether or not you gave the old lady her purse back.

Lynn: (realizes she forgot to return the purse) Uhhh...

Lincoln: And what about making sure the punks were picked up by the cops?

Lynn: (realizes she also never called the cops) W-wellllll...

Lincoln: Did you even make sure that the punks were out in the open for the cops to find when the old lady called for them... Did you even make sure they're still alive? Did you leave them with possible concussions that could be life-threatening?

Lynn: (she had left the punks in the dark park at midnight) ...... M-Moving on...!

Lincoln: They got away with the purse, didn't they?

Lynn: Moving! On! I was doing good, no supervillains were popping up. Just some punks here and there. Underground has been silent for a while since you raided their place.

Lincoln: Just because you didn't see them doesn't mean they weren't out there. They could have been in another part of the city.

Virus: Get to the part where you found Inferno!

Lincoln: Virus wants you to speed it up.

Lynn: I will. I will. It really started after the second day. I was beating some wannabe biker gang.

Lincoln: What did the biker gang do exactly?

Lynn: They started shaking the small family store down the street.

Luna: That stand with the cute little homemade cookie sandwiches?

Lynn: Yeah, that one. Anyway, I was beating them-

Lincoln: And they didn't just pull out a gun and shoot you?

Lynn: They did but they really bad aim... one of them shot their own in the leg.

*Two Days Ago*

Out on the streets, a group of female bikers on motorcycles, choppers to be specific. The Biker Leader looked back, her face was messed up from a fight she was in. That fight, being with Lynn.

Fem Biker Leader: Is she following us?!

Fem Biker 1: No! I think we lost-

Fem Biker 2: She'd be dead if Cassidy could aim! AND NOT HIT OUR OWN GIRLS!!!

Fem Biker 3: She hit me in the face with a puck, I wasn't seeing straight.

Fem Biker 2: You shot one of us BEFORE SHE HIT YOU THE FACE! Now We need to get Kate to the doctor!

Fem Biker 4: (On the back of Fem Biker 2's bike) OH GOD! MY PART-TIME ICE SKATING CAREER IS RUINED!

Fem Biker 3: Sorry, Kate! I-I'll pay for it!

Fem Biker 4: YOU BETTER YOU BI-!

Lynn: YOU ALL WILL BE NEEDING THE DOCTOR!!!

Lynn suddenly came flying down the street straight ahead of the bikers, having taken several shortcuts to catch up AND cut the bikers off, hitting the biker boss in the neck with a clothesline. This caused a domino effect, the leader hit the two girls behind her, those two tripped up the four behind them, and so on and so forth. The Fem Biker, Kate, ended up getting launched like a catapult and sent flying into a store window.

Kate: OH GOD! THERE IS GLASS IN MY ARMS! IT IS SO DEEP! MY OTHER PART-TIME PING PONG CAREER IS RUINED!

*Present*

Lynn: Probably the highlight of my first two nights. I mean I made a bunch of bikers fall over and sent one flying!!

Virus suddenly sprouted a mechanical spider leg, this time with claws like a robot's arm, and proceeded to grab Lynn by the throat and strangle the life out of her.

Virus: GET. TO. THE. PART. WERE. YOU. FOUND. INFERNO!!!

Lincoln: LYNN! GET TO THE PART OF INFERNO! You don't see me or Virus bragging about what we do every night!

Virus: You know damn well I would do that if they could hear me.

Lynn: I just want to--

Lincoln: Lynn, we want to talk about Inferno, you can get back to what you've been doing for the past three days another time when we want to talk about it! And did you kill those bikers, there is no way, not one didn't die from that trap.

Lynn: I checked... Before leaving and lucky for me not one died! Somehow...? I think it was their protective gear. It was pretty effective. Anyway, after all that I was just relaxing after stopping the biker gang and having some dinner when...

*Past*

Lynn was on top of a roof with some food, before even taking the first bite she saw a truck driving down the street. The side of the truck read, "LisCorp.". But that wasn't what caught Lynn's attention, it was three motorcycles, this time it was three suited people also from LisCorp on custom LisCorp electric motorcycles, following it and firing laser rifle bolts at the sides of the tires.

Lynn: HERO TIME SUCKERS!

Lincoln/Virus (Present): COPYRIGHT!/LAME!

Lynn managed to get down in time as one of the armed men fired at the tires making the truck stop and when they approached the driver seat they aimed at it with intent to kill but were stopped as a hockey puck was launched into their head.

Lynn: Woah! No killing on my streets!

LisCorp. Guard 1: What the heck!

LisCorp. Guard 2: Stand down civilian! This is a private matter-

Lynn didn't listen as she threw a baseball that had some screws and wires sticking out of it and when it came into contact with the third LisCorp. Guard. When the ball connected, he was stunned with electricity then Lynn threw her bat at them making them lose their gun. She then charged them tackled them to the ground and wrestled for a second before getting them in a full Nelson lock.

Lynn: HA! Take that, bad guys!

LisCorp. Guard 2: Bad guys?! We work for LisCorp. We were transporting this truck when it was hijacked an hour ago by-

???: RRRAAAAAHHH!!!

Lynn forced the guard to roll with her as they both got out of the way of a sudden and powerful slam attack. The attacker was a large hammerhead shark man, wearing a large coat and jeans.

The LisCorp. Guard had got back up and picked up his weapon and aimed it but was stopped by one of the attackers, a humanoid fox man, wearing a brown coat and khaki shorts, who stabbed the guard in the side with his claws.

LisCorp. Guard 2: AGH! (drops to the ground, holding his fresh wound) I knew I should take that job at Sable International.

The guard was then knocked out by a Vulture woman landing on his chest and then stepping on his neck.

Vulture Lady: Any last words before I break your neck?

LisCorp. Guard 2: (choking) You know, some people are into this.

Before the guard's life could be ended, Lynn came flying in and drop-kicked the Vulture woman away, she readied a bat to swing when it was intercepted by the shark man. This was when Lynn got a good look at all three of them.

Shark Man: Aw look, this kid thinks she's a threat, that's adorable-- (Gets kicked in the face) HEY! NO, BAD HUMAN! BAD! (Grabs Lynn and slams her to the side of the truck) Now get back up and say you're sorry!... Human?... Huuuman? Huh, I guess this is why my Fox said I couldn't have a dog.

Fox Man: Enough! We need to get the package- (gets hit in the muzzle with a baseball) GAH!!!

The three look to see Lynn, still awake, one arm dislocated, and eyes full of rage.

Shark Man: I thought I killed you? Guess I'm still getting used to throwing people like ragdolls, Haha, I should just bite your head off.

Lynn: (panting) Haaaa... What? No... Monologue of why or... Huuhh... Who are you guys?

Fox Man: Why would we tell you anything? Plus Shark here isn't that stupid-

Hammerhead: We're the Freaks of the Lab! Mutants are given powers by a corporation to evolve the human race and we're the result! I'm Hammerhead, he's Fox-Blade, and she's Lady Vulture! And we're going to show the world that all Mutants, natural or not, are not something that you normies can just-

Fox-Blade: Hammerhead SHUT UP!

Lady Vulture: Fox is nice to Hammer, it isn't his fault that he wants to be dramatic.

Hammerhead: It was my major before we ended up like this.

Fox-Blade: I get it that you're a theater kid but please, don't go around saying who we are.

Lynn: Why are you attacking these guys?

Happerhead: Oh, we robbed this truck because it is the same company that made us, and inside of it is--

Fox-Blade: (starts hitting Hammerhead) SHUT!!! UP!!!

Lady Vulture: Fox, be nice to Hammerhead, he's just dumb sometimes.

While the three argued, Lynn acted like she was falling to one knee before putting her phone under the truck. She then used this to fake losing consciousness, falling over, and going limp.

Hammerhead: Oh, she's out cold... We win! Duhn-duhn-duhn-duhn, duhn duhn, duhn-da-duhn!

Lady Vulture: Final Fantasy? Really?

Hammerhead: I won't defend myself over good music.

Fox-Blade: Let's just make sure she's down for good.

Fox-Blade approached Lynn, claws ready to cut her, but then his fox ears heard the sounds of police sirens, a lot of sirens. Fox-Blade scoffed, they couldn't take on too many cops, and with their appearance, they'd shoot first and ask questions later.

Fox-Blade: How fast can you change the- (Sees that the tire is replaced) Okay that was too fast Hammer.

Hammerhead: I am skilled in many crafts... expert driving, Also, LisCorp tires are known for being super easy to replace.

The Freaks of the Lab then entered the truck and drove off, when they were out of sight Lynn got back up and started to chase them, she could get to them on foot so she took one of the motorcycles and drove after them just far enough that they wouldn't see her. Lynn got back to her feet, trudging herself over to an alley to get out of sight.

Later, Lynn limped into the apartment, going to her room, she propped her dislocated arm on her bed and lined up her shoulder.

Lynn: Alright, Lynn... Just like your first day in Hockey... And football... and your third day of baseball... and soccer-- Wow, I was really reckless as a kid...

Lynn put her jacket sleeve in her mouth before making a swift jerking motion and popping her shoulder back into its socket. She didn't utter a single scream, aside from a small grunt of pain.

*Present*

Luna: Wait a minute, I think I remember that night, I could have sworn I heard you scream a little.

Lynn: No I didn't... okay so I may have screamed a little, I'm not used to popping my sockets back in on my own.

Lincoln: Okay so a quick review, you went out at night and beat up some punks and bikers, and not long after you fought some mutants who were created in a lab and got the crap beaten out of you, right?

Lynn: Yep.

Lucy: But how did you find them??

Lynn: Phone tracker... Also, they broke my phone.

Virus: Damn... hey ask her how it felt to have the crap beaten out of her, it sounds funny to me.

Lincoln: Virus, Shh!

Virus: They! Can Not! Hear me!

Lincoln: No, but I can. Wait... Whose phone did you use to track yours?

*Yesterday*

Lynn silently rolled through the streets, using Lincoln's phone to track down her phone, made very clear by the number of superhero decals on the back.

*Present*

Lincoln stared at Lynn with a dead-eyed look. He then made a gauntlet and slugged Lynn in the arm.

Lynn: (rubbing her arm) I deserve that... But I did bring it back in one piece.

*Past*

Lynn came to an abandoned and destroyed water treatment facility, the sign read, "McCain Waters". Lynn then pulled out a plastic bag of various items as she entered the facility through the loading docks, it was clear something came through due to some tire marks on the ground that looked fresh.

Lynn had to sneak around, she may not be the brightest tool in the shed but she knew that stealth had to be the best way to get in without being seen. She saw the truck, it was heavily damaged with it having slash marks but when she made it to the back she saw it was ripped open and emptied out. She looked for her phone but couldn't find it, somehow it had to have fallen off somewhere in the facility.

She continued further until she saw an area that was lit up with lights and heard the Freaks of the Lab talking. Lynn hid behind some boxes and saw both Hammerhead and Lady Vulture looking over some sort of device that had a red tar-like substance inside of it, it was almost like blood mixed with tar.

Hammerhead: Is it weird that I really want to drink this stuff? Because I want to drink it.

Lady Vulture: Don't drink it! Besides, Boss wants it, and you know how much Jimmy-- I mean, Riptile, sigh.

Hammerhead: He still doesn't like his old name?

Lady Vulture: It's almost like the mutation changed him in more ways than one... He may have had anger issues but now it's getting worse, he went through more than five times the amount of mutations than us and sometimes I get scared when he snaps and--

Hammerhead: (Places a hand on Lady Vulture's shoulder) Hey, he still listens to you, and he loves you, we just need this and maybe by giving it to those Underground guys they can hook us up with stuff that'll help him and-.

???: (deep cajun accent) Hands off my girl Hammer.

Lynn noticed a large reptile figure step out of the shadows, he was just green wearing a leather vest, and she could tell that this guy was their boss because he was the biggest guy there.

???: And what was that you were saying about me?

Hammerhead: It was nothing Jimmy, we're just talking about the Under-- (Lizardman grabs them by the throat) GAH!

???: What'cha you call me?!

Hammerhead: (choking) I-I'm sorry Riptile! (Gets pushed to the ground)

Riptile: Damn straight!

Lady Vulture: Don't get mad at him!

Riptile: He disrespected me!

Lady Vulture took a step back, clearly afraid of Riptile who noticed her reaction.

Riptile: Carp, babe, I'm sorry I didn't mean to snap at you I swear.

Fox-Blade suddenly came into the area.

Fox-Blade: Boss, someone is here.

Riptile: How can you tell? (Catches something that Fox-Blade tossed to them) A phone?

Fox-Blade: There was this phone under the truck, (smells the air) I can smell-

Lynn took out a dog whistle from the bag and immediately blew. Fox-Blade immediately reacted, screaming like a person, but also whining like a canine.

Fox-Blade: AAAHHH-AAAHHH-AAHHH-AAHHH!!!

Fox-Blade ran around the room, slamming his head against everything in the room around him until Riptile grabbed him.

Riptile: The hell is wrong with you?!

Fox-Blade didn't respond, he only continued to scream and whine.

Hammerhead: I've seen him like this before, it's a dog whistle! It had to be that girl from the other night!

Lady Vulture: Meaning she's nearby! His wounds couldn't have healed!

Riptile: (breaks the phone) Find her!

Hammerhead: I'm on it! (Sniffs the air and smells the blood) Oh... (Eyes glow red) I love that smell so much now~

In the shadows, Lynn had cut open an IV bag of blood, the donor's name was listed as her own. Hammerhead charged in the direction of the blood.

Hammerhead: AH! She used a blood bag?! Where is she now-- (Slips on something) OW, my fins... She also lubed the floor here... what a bi-- (Lynn jumped on his face) OW!

Lynn: Hi.

Lynn jammed two small air cans into Hammerhead's gills, opening the values and letting the compressed air out, but nothing happened.

Hammerhead: What, did you think I can't close my gills all the way when I want to? I can close them as tight as I want! (Throws Lynn off of him)

Lynn: (lands safely) But what about the pressure?

Hammerhead: Huh?

Hammerhead noticed that the air cans were still in his gills, rapidly building up pressure.

Hammerhead: Oh, crap...

Hammerhead could tell either he opens his gills and lets air into them or the air blows his gills off. He had shut his gills too tight for him to pull them out.

Hammerhead: This is gonna hurt.

Hammerhead opened his gills, forcing air, he coughed and gagged before collapsing to the ground as air filled his gills. Lady Vulture then flew towards Lynn who dodged out of the way of her charge. She had something for this flying chicken and that was her custom baseballs, when Lady Vulture came back for a second swing at her, Lynn charged and slid down to get below the bird with the ball she had been tossed above her and crashing into Lady Vulture, it was mixed with batteries to shock anyone it hits and did that to the bird, shocking them and making her crash into some boxes.

Riptile: BABE!

Fox-Blade: (stands back up) Don't worry, boss, I got-

Lynn suddenly threw several glass vials, Fox-Blade's nostrils were filled with a foul odor, causing him to fall over, foaming at the mouth. Riptile waved his hand in his face as he also smelled it.

Riptile: Wooo! Smells worse than the bayou in summer... Now then, my turn to kill you, Cheri.

Lynn: Not my name.

Riptile: It means dear, and I rightly don't care, you come into my home, hurt my lovely bird, and make my boys look like idiots!

Suddenly, Riptile began to turn invisible. Lynn immediately took notice of this and looked around, before keeping on the move to not get caught off guard. Skating around the building while trying to keep away from her invisible foe.

Lynn: Crocodiles can't camo!!

Riptile: (echoing voice) I've also got some different lizards in me! I can do more than bite! I can hide in plain sight, regenerate faster than even that guy with the metal claws, my tongue can cut through metal, and I can do this!

Riptile suddenly appeared in front of Lynn, blood dripping from his eyes before they were shot out like a bullet almost hitting Lynn.

Riptile: I can shoot blood from my eyes with the pressure of a water cutter designed for metal like that one guy from the X-Men... but he can shoot lasers.

Lynn: That is just gross!

The lizard villain then fired more blood from his eyes, Lynn barely managed to dodge it, but it took out one of her skates. Now unable to control herself, Lynn was wide open for a clothesline from Riptile as he immediately closed the distance. Lynn's mask was knocked off her face as she tumbled across the ground.

Lynn: GUUUHHCK!!!

Riptile: Well, it was NOT nice knowing you, I will make sure to leave your head near a police station so they will ID you and tell your family that you're dead, Chari.

Lynn: That... is... not my name! (Throws her bat right at Riptile)

Riptile: (catches and looks at Lynn's bat) A Hoseiken Seiko Bat? Tell me, you didn't pay cash money for this.

Riptile then tosses the bat away from him, sending it somewhere else.

Riptile: Bitch please, also, I am saying "Dear" In cajun, you uncultured bi-- (Hears the sound of breaking glass) Huh?

Riptile looked to see that he had knocked over the table holding the container of blood-red tar-like goo. Breaking the glass and causing the goo to run out on the ground.

Riptile: Well as my great grampapy would say: ben merde j'ai fait une erreur.

Hammerhead: (Getting back up) What?

Fox-Blade: (Also getting back up) "Well crap, I made an error". It's French.

Hammerhead: I thought he was Cajun, not French.

Riptile: Mah mum's side is French and mah pa is Cajun.

Riptile then grabbed two metal bats from Lynn's back, taking the whole bag as well. Then the goop started to move on its own.

Riptile: Alright, you die Chari, after that, head goes to the police, and after that, I and my Amis will go on that date we've been plannin'. But first, to get this thing back in its jar. (to the goop) Alright now, don't make me use these.

Riptile pointed the metal bats at the goop as it moved closer.

Riptile: I warned ya.

Riptile then slammed the bats together making a loud ringing sound. Lynn noticed the goop reacted to the sound as Virus did, it was agonizing for it.

Lynn: (thinking) It's a Symbiote...

Suddenly the symbiote leaped at Riptile, who caught it with the bats. Riptile noticed that the symbiote was emitting heat.

Riptile: Feels like mah pa's hot gumbo. Get off!

Riptile then shot blood from his eyes, but upon hitting the symbiote, it began getting hotter, and it felt like it was getting stronger.

Riptile: The hell!?

Riptile had to release the bats and leap away from the symbiote and noticed that it was getting hot enough that it was melting the bats. The symbiote then noticed Lynn.

Lynn: Hey... Mind helping me get out of this? I know another good symbiote. He's a dickhead but he's good company.

The symbiote then leaped towards her and covered her, Riptile immediately leaped at Lynn but it was too late, she was covered head to toe in the symbiote. Riptile tried to slug the symbiote-covered Loud, but they had caught his fist with one hand.

???: Hello? Testing... Testing...

Lynn: I hear you. Can I know who you are?

???: Oh, darling, call me Inferno, tell me, how do you feel about wrecking the ugly mugs off of these pricks and breaking their bones? Oh and light some stuff on fire.

Lynn: Lady, you're speaking my language.

Riptile: Who the hell do you think you are?!

Inferno Lynn: We... are... Inferno.

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Inferno Lynn then punched Riptile in the gut with enough force to send him flying away from them. They then placed their hand on a nearby box and right on contact it started to burn up and burst into flames.

Inferno Lynn: Think fast.

Inferno Lynn then threw the burning box at Riptile, who barely managed to get the air back into his lungs and catch the blazing box.

Riptile: Putain de merde!!!

Hammerhead: What?!

Lady Vulture: (Getting back up) Holy fucking shit!

Riptile: What she said!

As Riptile tossed aside the burning box, Fox-Blade, Lady Vulture, and Hammerhead leaped at Inferno Lynn from behind. Fox-Blade stabbed IL with his claws, Lady Vulture dug her claws into Inferno Lynn's shoulders, and Hammerhead put his fists together and hit Lynn in the face with a double hammer fist.

Hammerhead: Got ya that ti- (Inferno Lynn gets hotter) Warm! Hot! Hot! BURNING!!!

Hammerhead takes his hands away, showing second-degree burns on both hands.

Fox-Blade: Let go and run away idiot!

Fox-Blade's fur suddenly catches fire from the heat.

Fox-Blade: AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

Lady Vulture: We need to get out of here!

Lady Vulture managed to leap away from Inferno Lynn but her feathers were a little burnt from the symbiote's heat.

Riptile: GGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRR! AH! Freaks of the Lab, get out of here! (Slams his hand on a button) We're flooding this bitch!

Loud Speakers: Warning, systems override, activating Flooding this place for insurance fraud protocol.

Lincoln: (present) I think Chandler told me about that. Another reason his family company lost a lot of money.

Water began rushing out of several water filter systems. Hammerhead grabbed Fox-Blade while Riptile grabbed Lady Vulture, he held her in the bridle style with care.

Riptile: (To Lady Vulture) Don't worry Amis, I'll get us out of here. (To Inferno Lynn) For you! The next time we meet, I'll kill you and your family!

Hammerhead: Anyone feeling a warm spot?

Fox-Blade: THAT BETTER BE FROM THE SYMBIOTE LADY!!!

Riptile and the other Freaks of the Lab then sawm out of the room as it was starting to flood with Inferno Lynn leaping up to get close to the ceiling and punched a hole through it to get out of the building. After getting away from the building she landed on a power pole and watched the place flood then turned to the rest of the city seeing it with her new symbiote.

Inferno: Whoa, this place is sooo... bright... let's light it all on fire!

Lynn: Wait what- NO!

Lincoln: (Present) Oh, so yours also has a serious problem too, like Virus and his violent attitude.

Virus: (Present) Give it a second.

Inferno: (suddenly calm) Huh? Oh, sorry, still coming down from the adrenalin. I guess a proper introduction is in order. I'm Inferno, I'm a symbiote from The Hive.

Lynn: I could guess that from the other Symbiote.

Inferno: I see. Well, sorry about that whole "burning the town" thing. My power is Damage Empowerment. The more hits I take, the harder I hit back, and the hotter my body becomes.

Lynn: Nice! Like that one blonde lady from that 3D YouTube show. (yawns) Damn, I'm tired...

Inferno: I call that Burn-Out. You'll be getting tired when a battle ends or if you don't take damage for a while.

Lynn: Damn... I need to get home now and sleep...

*Present*

Lynn: After a good sleep and college, here we are.

Virus: Good, now that we know the how. DIE!!!

Virus sprouted more mechanical legs and tried to attack Inferno. Lincoln had to mentally restrain the killer symbiote from doing anything he shouldn't be doing.

Lincoln: Virus, that symbiote is bonded with my sister!

Virus: Yeah but it's Lynn, no one's gonna miss her!

Lincoln: VIRUS!

Lynn: Was he always like this?

Inferno: Pretty much. Only, without the weapons, you will not believe how many of our own kind he has slaughtered in cold blood, both figuratively and very literally, but he has nothing to worry about, I left the hive too, mainly because I accidentally killed a high ranking member of the hive by accident.

Lynn: Explain, please? How did you accidentally kill a high-ranking member of your hive?

Inferno: A weakness we share is fire, some of us are immune to it while others aren't so lucky, a symbiote named Rot tried to stage me so I burned him a little... maybe a little too much.

Lynn: Virus, she isn't with the hive, and she did save my life so maybe just let her stay with us? Who knows, maybe she'll help out once in a while.

Lincoln: She has a point Virus, she is in just as much trouble with the hive as you are. We can let her stay here. (Mostly to Lynn) But she isn't helping out, neither are you, Lynn. And don't ask why, you know why. You thought you could play Hero for kicks but you almost died, TWICE!

Lynn: Ah, come on! At least show me how to be a hero! You can train me like sports practice!

Inferno: What's a hero?

Luna: C'mon bro, she doesn't understand, plus you need help once and a while so she can help out when you aren't around.

Lincoln thought about this for a minute, they had a point. He couldn't argue with their logic and maybe a little help would be nice.

Lincoln: Alright, I'll let you help and teach you to become a hero under five rules. Rule 1: No revealing your secret identity, do that and everyone we know becomes a target for our enemies. Rule 2: No killing, no matter who or what it is, we need to stay on the moral high ground. Rule 3: Don't talk to your symbiote out loud. That's just like saying, "Hey! I have a voice in my head and might need a check-up!" Rule 4: When I tell you to do something, follow it to the letter. Rule 5: No sponsorship acceptions!

Lynn: Alright, I understand. Man, this is awesome!

Lucy: By the way, what happened to the Freaks of the Lab? Did they get away?

Lynn: Yeah, but also I did learn about LisaCorp. It's been around recently but no one knows who is running it. When I first saw it I thought about Lisa, but it couldn't be her, she's too young to run a business... right?... Right?

Lincoln: I mean... out of all of us, she is the smart one... but she wouldn't run a business like that would she?

*****

Elsewhere in a dime-dark room, a figure was in front of a monitor that showed tonnes of data including some on the symbiote Inferno and on the Freaks of the Lab. However, none of the angles for the cameras had Lynn in them.

???: Your failure to both recapture the subjects and take back MY symbiote has been most unpleasing Dr. Rico

"Dr. Rico": Please, miss, I understand that we had some issues but the drone did find out where they were and that the symbiote has bonded with someone, we don't know who but it is a perfect match unlike the last three who burned to ash.

???: Excuses, if this host is perfect then capture them, in time we'll make a deal with Sable, we can have them capture the symbiotes and keep damage control at a minimum, S.H.I.E.L.D. has already been on our backs once in the last year so we need to wait until the city needs help.

Dr. Rico: I understand, miss.

???: Royal Lakes City Number 323,358. A new host has been chosen for the symbiote, the host is unknown. Will ready a drone for further study.

The screens switched to Virus Lincoln out on patrol, in each video, they noticed the cameras and zipped away.

???: Continued study of Symbiote, Virus. Despite multiple tries to contact him through the police, Virus has largely ignored our offers. Dr. Rico have there been any progress with the replicas of Programmable Matter?

Dr. Rico: We have seen a major increase, we have managed to make simple objects with our own but we haven't made any complex machines such as laser weapons or vehicles.

???: (points to VL making gauntlets) Can we do that?

Dr. Rico: .... N-No... No, ma'am. If I may, we can use my project Anubis I can release it, and the--

???: Dr. Rico your Project Anubis nearly killed half our research staff after it ignored all commands, we are not here to kill people. We're not making weapons that could--

Dr. Rico: IT IS NOT A WEAPON! ANUBIS IS MEANT TO BE EVOLUTION! IT IS SYNTHETIC LIFE! (*Wrrrrrr!*) Oh, I-I-I'm so sorry miss I didn't mean to snap I swear.

Behind Dr. Rico was a massive robot, staring down Dr. Rico with large green lights for its eyes and a green laser pointer aimed at his back.

???: Stand down, Todd. He's calmed himself. Dr. Rico, remember to remain composed at all times. Todd will destroy any threat to me without remorse or hesitation. Your Project Anubis will do nothing but kill endlessly, because as we both know. Symbiotes are very unpredictable. We will not continue this conversation today. I have a lot of things to take care of.

Suddenly, a video came on beside the figure, it was of an aging blonde woman's face.

???: Lisa, dinner time! Hurry home before Lola steals your dessert!

"Lisa": Coming maternal unit! (to Dr. Rico) Well? Go on! You have work to do! Get the new host and Virus, I want them both. Do not fail me, Dr. Rico.

Dr. Rico: Yes ma'am. (Cuts feed) By any means... but first I need more intel. (hits several buttons) Computer, connect to the listed Mercs-For-Hires... except Deadpool, cross that lunatic out! Prioritize search for experts in Symbiote or Alien Capture.

Computer: Understood... I have found the top recommendations, subject names: Taskmaster. Beetle. Bullseye. The Prowler. Batroc the Leaper.

Dr. Rico: (looks at the file for Taskmaster and Prowler) Looks good... (sees the price) Oooo... High-priced, place both on maybe. (looks at Batroc) Nope. (looks at Beetle and Bullseye) Hmm... Tempting... But destructive habits would be a major problem. (Look over an unnamed file.) Computer, who is this one?

Computer: Designations are Nightmare. This mercenary is registered for having Symbiotes of their own.

Dr. Rico: Looks good, clearly has experience with Symbiotes, and is fairly priced. Computer, hire this Merc.

Computer: Understood, order will take a week or two to process.

Dr. Rico: Perfect... Now then, how about we find a way to get Sable involved but how will we get them to do that?... I mean, if a Symbiote went on a rampage through the city and if the Underground gets a little more powerful then... Who to say we can't get Sable to side with us... And if more villains in the city can cause a little more damage. This looks good to me.

To Be Continued...

That's all for this chapter, I hope you enjoyed it!