Water Phoenix

It Shouldn't Hurt... Much...

"I knew I forgot to tell you something!" I smile slyly. "This is Bruce Wayne aka Batman, my cousin. This is Clark Kent aka Superman and this is Jack Napier aka the Joker." I smile cheekily and look back at my cousin who, mind you, is red in the face with anger. Behind him Clark and Jack death glare me into next week.

"This is our cue to leave." I grab Jacob's arm and drag him to the elevator which has finally arrived. I press the buttons for the lab floor and the elevator whizzes downwards, leaving them behind.

"So... Where are we going?" Jacob breaks the silence. I turn to him and smirk.

"To get your powers." The elevator dings and we step out into a huge room filled with computers and test tables that look like tanning beds. I walk over to a test table and press esc on the key board of the laptop next to it. Jacob stands next to me, star struck, as men and wemon in lab coats rush around helping other Villians and Heroes.

"Is that the Hulk?!" Jacob asks excitedly. I look over to see my friend, Bruce Banner, putting some of his tests into a bomb proof case and continue working in his small corner. The corner is filled with computers stacked to the roof showing digital scans of the Hulk and Bruce, himself.

"Yes." I answer amused at Jacob's excitement.

"Is that Doctor Doom?!" He asks again. I look at where he is pointing and see Doctor Doom arguing about the existence of his doctorate with a man in a lab coat.

"Yes." I chuckle, as I scan the room and finally see who I wanted.

"Is that Antman?!" Jacob's voice turns to a higher pitch as Antman aka Henry Pym walking over to us in a white lab coat.

"Hello Pheonix." Henry hugs me then holds my sholders looking me up and down.

"Hey Henry."

"Last time I saw you, you were twelve and being pulled into a police van to be taken to prison after we beat you." He talks about a battle the Avengers and I had.

"That was five years and many crimes ago. I escaped again and this time, I was wondering if you could help me out?" I smile innocently up at the tall man. He sighs disapprovingly but smiles at me.

"What can I do for you?" He backs up a bit to look at Jacob then back to me.

"This is Jacob. He is my side kick, Black Mist. I would like him to get some powers." I explain before Henry lies Jacob on the testing bed.

"What powers?" He straps Jacob in.

"Like the Sandman but a black mist and shadows, hence the name." Henry turns back to me.

"You know that you have to find a way to explain this. You can't say anything about HQ." Henry goes over the biggest rule in history again.

"I know, I know." I wave him off and he waits for my idea. "Freak oil spill next to radiation near the jail caused by me?" I suggest. Henry shrugs and lowers the lid of the test table slowly.

"This shouldn't hurt." He reassures Jacob.

"Much." I mumble as the machine turns itself on, Henry typing away that the keyboard.