Aftermath

The team arrived at LION base and ran inside. "Medic! We need a medic here!" Artemis called to them.
The medical team ran out to see what the commotion was and they saw the condition Stronghold was. "Give him to us! We'll put him in the vita tank." A doctor said. The LION Organization's vita tanks utilized a combination of medicinal liquids and nano-machines to heal just about any injury that a patient had, both internal and external.
Emma worked on the computers to set the vita tank as he was being prepped for it. His costume was taken off and they saw just how badly injured he really was. Black and blue bruises covered his chest, stomach and face and there bloody cuts all over his body. On his chest, his legs, his arms, his face and on his back, with an especially bloody cut on his back. He had broken bones inside and cracked ribs. His hands were bloody and bruised from the constant fighting and usage of the brass knuckles. There were even burn marks on his body. "Matthew...God, what did you go through down there?" Flannery asked.
Dinah was silent, just holding a hand as Emma finished prepping the vita chamber. The doctors carefully lifted him up and placed him inside the vita chamber and they pulled down the breathing mask and put it on his face and hooked him up before closing it back up. "We're ready."
Emma turned it on and the vita tank filled up with the glowing blue liquid, the nanomachines already working to cover his body and fix up his internal and external wounds.
With Dinah keeping an eye on him, Sable filled Mary and Sophia in on the prison. From what Stronghold had told them, there was an army of psychopaths down there and there were also various criminal lunatics in different locations around the city.

Minutes later, LION Soldiers and Agent Song had been dispatched to Exodus City. A team was sent down into the prison and others were sent to round up the beaten criminal lunatics that the Justice Patrol had beaten.

Mary Crossenberg herself went down as well and marched through the cells, backhanding a random psychotic who tried to grab her so hard she broke his jaw and continued on, heading right to the monitor room.

Chef was helping The Gentleman out down hallways when they both got slammed by a shockwave that smacked them into a wall and knocked them both out. "Targets secured." Song said.

Arriving at the monitor room, Mary sat down and worked with the computer, hacking through his security with ease. She smiled and copied all of the information down on a disc. She contacted Sophia. "Mary to base. I have a list of all his friends and contacts."


 At LION.

Stronghold's eyes slowly opened. He blinked a few times until his vision cleared. He was underwater apparently and he felt something crawling all over him. The crawling sensation seceeded as he water drained. Once it gone, the mask on his face pulled itself off and a door opened up in front of him. He looked around. "Wha...what the...where am I?"
A team of doctors gave him a sheet to wear and lead him into another room where there were scrubs laid out for him.
He had just finished getting his green pants on when Dinah walked in. She blushed slightly.
"DINAH! Hey!" He ran over and hugged her. "Ummm....where am I?"
"LION Base. We had you in a vita tank." She said as she hugged him back.
"Vita Tank?"
"It's kinda complicated but it fixed you right up."
Matthew paused for a moment and backed up, looking at himself. "Now that you mention it...all the wounds are gone...I feel like a million bucks!"
"Yeah, they work like a charm. You know....I was...really worried about you."
"I appreciate it....and thanks for saving me Dinah."
"It was nothing." She smiled.
The two stared at each other for a few brief seconds before they started to lean forward, their lips inches apart.
"Hey man how you feeling?" Dude asked as he walked in.
They sighed. "Hello Dude." Matthew waved as he got his shirt on.
"Woah...ummm...am I interrupting?"
"Now why would you think that?" Dinah asked as the others walked in.
"Hey guys, we get him?"
"Oh yeah, we got him." Flannery said. "Beat him to hell and locked him up in a cell. LION rounded up the others already and they're getting ready to go after his viewers."
"Viewers? What?"
"Yeah....there psycho's watching the whole thing on camera's. He had an entire network behind him. LION informed the heroes and they're taking them down now." Carmella summed up.
"The heroes...you mean....as in the big leagues?"
"That's right. Captain Justice, Union Jack, Lightspeed, all of them. We exposed the criminal network and they're taking them down." Sable said.
"Woah.......that's freaking awesome!"
"Right?"
"So...uh, Sally and them?"
"On their way here now. We got them all fixed up at Halworth's."
"Alright, cool, cool....one last question."
"Your costume is being fixed up as we speak."
"And that settles that."
"Come on, I'll give you a tour of the base." Dinah said and pulled him along with her. Matthew slipped some shoes on and followed her.

"Really? No way, four ninja's at once?" Matthew laughed.
"Totally. If they had sent, I don't know, maybe eight or so, I might have actually had trouble." Dinah joked.
"You're amazing, you know that?" Matthew asked. "I've had my powers so long I'd almost forgotten how hard it can be to fight without-"
"And you still wiped the floor with everything down there and inspired a trio of civilians to take up arms and fight against their kidnappers. The powers make you super strong, the costume has some tricks, but it's the man, you, that makes the hero. Never tell yourself anything different."
Matthew smiled. "Thanks, Dinah." The two held each other's hands as they continued the tour.

Sally, Jim and Chandra were escorted in by Sophia Cynaburg. "Sh-she's huge..." Was all Sally could say as she saw the musclebound blonde. She laughed. "Thanks. Right this way."

They found the Justice Patrol sitting around a table laughing and eating pizza and drinking soda. They had changed out of their costumes and were hanging out in street clothes.
Matthew looked up at them and waved. "Is-is that?"
Jim recognized Carmella. "That's them!"

They walked over. "Excuse us, can we sit here?" Chandra asked.

Matthew smiled. "Go right ahead, as far as I'm concerned, you're one of us anyway."
They sat down. "You're...just a kid."
"Teenager to be specific." Matthew pointed out as he sipped the soda.
 "So....Stronghold...ummm..."
"Hey, it's cool, you can call me Matthew. Guys, this is Sally, Jim and Chandra."
"Matthew told us about you, you guys are pretty badass for someone with no training." Flannery said.
"Thank you again. All of you, for saving us and for everything you do for the city." Sally said to them. "You're heroes. Superheroes, all of you."
Sable raised her drink. "Cheers."
The civilians got some drinks for themselves and raised their drinks with the heroes, toasting with them. "Cheers!"