Shadows Lingering//A Glaze AU//Sequel to 'A Superhero's Heart'

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Garroth and Blaze's bodies were rushed to the lab right after landing. Waiting there was the team and Elizabeth, hoping that Blaze's call was not that serious. Unfortunately, their hopes were foiled once they came through the doors. Aphmau gasped, seeing how gruesome Blaze looked while Garroth's skin looked as white as snow. She couldn't believe that this was happening. Blaze had gotten himself in dangerous situations before and always got out of it. So seeing him in this state crushed her world.

"Travis,", Elizabeth said, getting right to work; "how long will it take to charge that relic with your prototype?"

The white-haired man bit his lip, doubting his machine now more than ever. Katelyn had to interject, protecting her boyfriend's pride; "Give him ten minutes. We'll figure out something."

"Make it five,", Elizabeth ordered, fixing her suit before looking down at her watch. "I'm going to the control deck to keep an eye on Teony and Laurance's progress. Aphmau, would you like to join me?"

Aphmau, for the first time in her whole career, said no. "Laurance needs Garroth and Blaze. So the best way for me to help him is to help here."

Washer smirked and nodded, taking her leave respectively with some of her guards. Aphmau then put all her focus back on the team. "Okay everyone! Scaleswind needs us! So get those gears moving!"

Everyone then scrambled to their jobs, typing in commands in their computers for the machine. Aphmau looked to see Garroth's relic on a podium inside the testing room. She prayed that this would work...
While that was going on, she left Katleyn and Travis to go see Dante who was assisting the nurses and doctors with the two heroes in any way he could.

"How's their condition?", She asked,

"Dead,", Dante said, bluntly. He didn't want to sugar coat it. He wasn't in the right mental state to do that. "This better work."

"Okay, give me a little power!", Travis' voice came over the chaos. The team all began their protocol, typing in the commands. Three lasers aimed at the cross relic, firing at it. Sparks flew and the lights flickered for a moment. Seeing that all the data was safe, Katelyn demanded; "More!"

The lasers got brighter, electricity shooting from the sides. Aphmau couldn't believe how much was already going into it. She watched a close-up on one off the screens, seeing how the small details on the pendant were slowly melting down. That worried her. What if it was too much?

"A little more! We're at 250 million volts!", A man announced.

"Travis, Katelyn! What if-"

Katelyn looked back at Aphmau with a sympathetic look. It was then the two girls realized that they had no idea what the outcome was going to be. They just had to hope.
Meanwhile, the Doctors were performing defibrillation on Garroth, deciding that Blaze was basically a lost cause due to the blood lost.

"Clear!", One said, activating the defibrillators.

The blonde's body jump but, his heart rate did not start. Dante's though was racing. He was a researcher at a university. He never signed up for something like this. Looking at Blaze was even worse...

"290 million volts!", Someone shouted. "Everyone take cover!"

Travis and Katleyn watched as the dial kept going up and up. Once it reached the last million, everyone took cover under desks and waited. The testing room lit up like fireworks as the lasers reached maximum charge. Once it grew dark again, everyone slowly retreated out from under their ever so safe hiding places. Travis, out of the four that were there, looked first. The others' heart sank when they heard;