Freedom Five Unity and an island of clones
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"Right. Sorry. You guys did great, I didn't even know you'd be in the area but I don't think we could have done it without you. At least not without a much harder fight. We think we've gotten everyone out of immediate danger. Wraith's working with the first response teams and Legacy's doing flyovers just in case the scans missed anyone trapped or injured, but do you want to meet the rest of the team?" 

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"Oooh, that sounds great!"

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"Sure... Hopefully, they won't mind that we are not exactly looking our best?" He has mostly cleaned himself up by now. And is also treating this as something akin to meeting new employers, even if they don't know if the cape thing will stick.

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"Eh, we're all a little rank after a fight. They'll understand." She leads the way to where two armored humanoid figures are resting in the lee of a demolished building. "Bunker, Absolute Zero - meet Henry and Gabe." 

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"They're Onyx and Obsidian now! Great names, huh?"

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"These are the visitors you mentioned?" Bunker's voice echoes oddly from a speaker at the "mouth" of his twelve-foot-tall suit. "Welcome to town, and thanks for the help." 

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"They're just a couple of kids," grumbles Absolute Zero, a smaller man in black armor with a glowing blue visor and palms. 

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"We are glad to be at service," Henry says deferentially.

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"Your town is much more interesting than where we are from," Gabe comments cheerfully. "Nice costume," he says of the glowing visor and palms.

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"It's not mine," replies Zero, a little sourly. 

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"Lighten up, Zero," Bunker booms. His suit turns slightly toward Gabe. "What my colleague means is, his suit is a loan from the government in exchange for his help fighting threats like the one you just helped us take down. Technically I'm government-funded too, but as a soldier rather than a...civilian contractor." 

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"Contractor, my ass. The pay's terrible. At least it beats being stuck in an icebox 24/7." 

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"I thought your island was plenty interesting," Unity tells Gabe loyally. 

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"You're free to live there. I will stick with the place with the fancy buildings, food and costumes."

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"Should I be offering to make a spare?" He ponders on the vague direction of Zero.

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"You can do that?" Zero exclaims, for once not affecting boredom. 

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"Not legally," Bunker retorts. "Government owns the IP, remember? I wouldn't recommend getting into a spat with Uncle Sam over military technology. The results would not be pretty." 

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"They said the same thing when I asked," Tachyon grumbles. "Stingy bureaucrats." 

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"The military has legitimate concerns about replicating sensitive technology -" 

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"Come on, guys, we just beat up a giant spook! Can we get a little team spirit?" 

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"Woo." Zero waves a finger in a half-hearted circle. 

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"Unity has a point, Absolute Zero," says a new voice. Another costumed fighter, the flying man earlier identified as Legacy, descends into the group's midst. "Everyone did a great job today. All the civilians are accounted for, and we've caught the woman responsible for summoning that thing. You should be proud." He turns to Henry and Gabe. "Tachyon filled me in over comms. Welcome to Megalopolis, Onyx and Obsidian. We're all glad for your help. Without it, there'd be a lot more damage and casualties from this fight." 

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"...Thank you?" Henry says, finding the praise a bit, much at this point. "Uh, it's a lovely place. We are glad we could help. And uh, sorry, Absolute Zero. But I would like not to break the local laws."

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"That's just peachy," grumbles Zero. 

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"Let us know if you'd like a lift back to HQ. Reporters and fans can get a little overexcited after a big fight. This place'll be swarmed soon." 

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