Looking for a Hero

22. Lost a Hero: Part 3

"Hello, Coach. I think I have a solution for you," Ojo asked.

Ojo punched in the code to unlock Reena Moreno's ice case.

"I just need some help," Ojo said.

Reena blinked open her eyes as she gazed at the younger girl. She might have been "asleep" but the drugs that were used kept her integrated with the intelligence system. It was like a door. It would be opened by either direction.

She saw how much she missed in her year and three months gone. She could see the difference in her team and what was happening with the kids below. Their powers had gotten stronger, but their control was slipping.

"I know you want out of here, and to do that I think it's time to initiate the take over," Ojo continued.

"What do you need me to do?" Reena asked.

Her breath hoarse from disuse.

"I need your skills on finding weaknesses. We need to build a robot army," Ojo said.

"You know someone tried that years ago, and it failed."

"But this time your team won't have you."

***
Reena was a glorified hacker, but she wasn't a Tech wizard like Tech-No, so she struggled with the building part of these creations. It did help that her building partners had tentacles and were used to this type of technology. She laid out the plans for them to follow through perfectly. She was gonna take out her entire team as quick as possible.

First she knew that the creatures had to be super strong. Crushing Low, Miracle Guy, nor Sharkboy would be able to destroy them. Even Shark frenzy couldn't save them.

She knew they had to be be non conductive. Red Lightning Fury couldn't just break their circuits.

She knew they had to be impervious to heat and lava. Lavagirl couldn't just melt them at will.

They also had to be coiled together tightly. Crimson Legend could blow them up to sky high, but if the mechanisms allowed for the redistribution of that energy, then there was a chance it wouldn't have time to blow up. It was a risky move. Olgard had the best option all those years ago, but this was what she was working with now.

Unlike his creatures, these couldn't have a hive mind. They needed to think and be able to adapt to the different counter strikes by the Heroes.

She had to make them super fast. Blinding Fast couldn't outrun them if she worked it right. Their tentacles could stop his speed. Adaptability was the name of the game.

They had super radars that could scan at ultra gamma ray interference. In essence, Invisi Girl couldn't hide from them either.

It would be too thick for Vox's voice to break through too, and it would fly on its own. She couldn't manipulate the location at all.

She made sure the coils were protective so that Marcus's swords wouldn't be able to slice them open. Nor would he be able to move them about. They would be made of a mixture between metal and plastic to counteract his magnetic abilities.

They would be near impossible to destroy by her team.

"These are coming along nicely," Ojo said.

Reena turned around to look at her.

"And once I'm done. A deal is a deal. I go home back to Marcus and back to Missy."

"You would betray your own team for them?" Ojo asked curiously.

"I would do anything for them. Wouldn't you for your mother? Or she, you?"

"You know."

"Granada is your actual mother. I bet she would do whatever it took to get back to you," Reena said, "Because I promise you I'm gonna do whatever it takes to get back to them."

Ojo smiled but left her to continue working.

***
Reena collapsed on the ground from exhaustion. She had been working nonstop to create an army big enough for these aliens.

She missed her daughter's birthday again. She turned eleven recently. She missed her wedding anniversary twice. She missed Marcus's birthday. She missed Anita's. She even worked through her own.

She created over a hundred scouting alien ships. Plus a thousand more regular ships. These were the ones truly equipped to take down the Heroics team. The scouts would just back a punch she was sure could knock out Miracle Guy.

"Good work," Ojo congratulated.

"I'm done right. I go home," Reena looked at her tiredly.

"Of course," Ojo nodded.

A big claw shot of the floor and wrapped around Reena.

"Wait! A deal is a deal!"

The claw dragged Reena back to her cell.

"A deal is a deal. I just didn't say when," Ojo deadpanned.

"No! Let me go! Marcus! Missy! No! Don't do this!"

Reena was forced back into her casing and the cryonic freezing began to start. They weren't even gonna connect her to the main frame this time. She wasn't even gonna be able to know what was going on.

"I'm sorry for the miscommunication, Coach," Ojo spoke before leaving.

They had the Takeover to start now.

The one thing none of the aliens knew was that Reena had created a self destruct mechanism inside every single robot.