"So you just connect these two wires here," Motormouth said. "And... ITS ALIVE! ITS ALIVE!"
"Melodrama much?" asked Cassie as she walked past. she sat at the counter. in all the setting up of the new headquarters for the team, there wasn't much for her to do. Jen and Jessica had super strength and were handling carrying heavy stuff... and light stuff... and when they felt playful other teammates. Jan and Motormouth were hooking up the tech bits. Jan was also handling the decor. Cassie felt a bit superfluous.
"So, do we have a name yet?" asked Motormouth as she pulled herself up from the floor. she grabbed a cloth and wiped the grease from her face. She was rather enjoying this world. it was a nice break from the universe-hopping. she was on a team now and hopefully she could find a guy... that wouldn't dump her for some bimbo-amazon... She took a breath. that wasn't what this was about. "You know a team name?"
"Actually when I went to SHIELD," Jen replied. "They assigned us 'The All-Winners Squad.'"
"Lame," Jessica replied.
"Unchallenged," agreed Cassie.
"I agree girls," Jen replied, "But we wanted to stay in the City and if we do, they get to name us... it was that or Fem-Azonians"
"You know," Jan smiled, "Suddenly 'All-Winners Squad' doesn't sound so bad."
"Not sure I count," Cassie said quietly.
"Why's that?" asked Jessica, setting down a box.
"Oh... well... the team I was on, we didn't even have a name..." Cassie stammered out. "We... we were just bunch of... of slingers... We had to break up a couple of weeks after we started... and hell, I died on my first mission... and then we just had to totally cave to Mephisto."
"Wait, wait, wait," Janet said. "You fought Mephisto?"
"You died?" Jennifer asked.
"You were on a team?" asked Motormouth. "Any guys?"
Cassie looked around at them. "Yes I was on a team, yeah I died... possibly still am dead, never did find out for sure, and I know a couple of guys... one died for real, one moved to L.A. and the last guy is a real prick I wouldn't set up my enemies with." she fidgeted. "We bombed the whole hero thing," she replied.
"If you faced Mephisto and came out alive," Janet said shaking her head. "You must have done something right."
"So, if you don't know about your status on life and death, then you probably don't know about how your powers work." Jen was thoughtful as she brought this up.
"Guilty," Cassie yeilded.
"There are a number of professionals who specialize in meta-medicine," Jen said. "I bet... yeah, we should take you to see the Night Nurse, she could probably find out whats up with you."
"Um... okay, but can we get off me," Cassie said, distinctly uncomfortable. "What about her," she pointed at Motormouth. "We don't even know her real name."
"Harley Davidson," she replied easily.
there was a stunned silence around the crowd. they were all waiting for her to let them know it was a joke.
"No, really," she affirmed. "My name is Harley Davidson."
"I've heard worse names," Jennifer thought aloud.
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