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Alex hung by shakenium handcuffs in a shakenium cage, made immobile as their captors were sitting in front of them, five feet away just in case. All A tier heroes. They had taken a nap, because they were just waiting for Morgan to give the word. Their phone was in one of the hero’s hands. Silverwing, maybe? Some cheesy name like that.
Now they were awake, looking at all of the people in front of them, eyebrow raised. “So, what’s the play now? You’ve got me…” They looked up at their hands, then at the group. “Mostly immobile. Did you actually design finger-cuffs so that I couldn’t snap? You know the Eternity area won’t hold me now so-”
“Quiet, villain!” Alex rolled their eyes. Of course Chad was there.
“I look forward to taking your arms again, Chad. Your sibling likes using all the parts from them to build drones to annoy you.”
The hero stepped forward just as Alex’s phone started playing Jenny . His eyes widened and he looked at the phone. “Is that song supposed to be about-”
“Oh, come Chad.” They stretched their shoulders a bit, looked around. “Did all of you wonder why it was so easy to catch me?” The fire alarm started blaring and Alex was suddenly unchained in front of the group, holding their hand out for their phone. “My partner needed a good distraction.”
All of the heroes looked frozen and they rolled their eyes, snapping their fingers so that their phone appeared in their hands and half the heroes lost theirs. “Morgan. Are you out?” They nodded, using their free hand to pull off Chad’s arms and brutally murder other heroes, smiling. So many creative ways to do that. “It sounds like it worked. All the physical records are ruined, I take it?” They nodded, looked around at the few heroes that were left. “Good. Good. I’ll be home before you. You promised we’d have a proper meal when we got back and a full night’s sleep. I didn’t forget. I’m thinking salad.”
The heroes could hear the complaining on the other end before Alex snapped and was back at the flat. They had kept the finger cuffs along with Chad’s arms, but left the two shakenium limbs on the table for their partner before heading to the kitchen. The cuffs could be turned into a part of their villain costume, a reminder to the heroes he let survive for now the time they let the heroes catch them and still won.
Alex was humming while they prepped dinner, salad with toppings that would make Morgan actually - begrudgingly - enjoy it. Morgan came into the flat smelling of smoke and lightly soot-stained. Paused and looked at Alex. “Dude, you’re still covered in blood. Did you really just wash your hands before making dinner?”
“Oh.” They looked down, then at Morgan, and snapped so both were clean. “Go pick out a movie. I’m almost done with dinner. And there’s a present for you on the table!”
“Chad’s arms? Again? I’m starting to have an excess of parts.” They could tell Morgan was smiling, happy with the gift. “Thanks for helping out, by the way! I don’t know that I could have gotten into the FA’s records room without getting caught if they didn’t have a big catch like you. They almost always have an A tier hero on duty guarding it.”
“Did you make sure all their records on your sidekick training were burned first?” Alex asked.
“That was the main reason for me to do this, so yeah. Everything else was bonus. Did you have fun?”
Alex brought two bowls into the living room, handing one to Morgan before sitting down next to them. “I did. They made these tiny little shakenium finger-cuffs to try and get me not to use my power by snapping.”
Morgan laughed, taking a bite of the food because they were distracted finding where they had been in the Great British Bake Off. They clearly forgot that Alex was making salad because there were no complaints about how healthy it was. “They don’t know by now that’s just you being dramatic? Honestly, on them.”
“Dramatic?” Alex huffed, even though it was completely true. “I’d never. Oh! We haven’t seen that episode!”
Morgan pressed play then leaned back, shoulder brushing Alex’s. “You know you have more than a flair for the dramatic, don’t make a scene. It’ll just prove my point.”
Alex laughed, taking a bite as well. It was a well-balanced salad. “Whatever, it was worth getting a healthy meal and a full night’s sleep for you.”
Morgan just realized what they were eating and scrunched their nose. “Unfortunately, I’ll hold up my end of the bargain.”
“You’d better,” Alex said in the same tone that no one else survived to remember. Morgan laughed. “Now shush, Mary Berry is talking.”