The Balance #2: Rationale 

The file which Domesday attempted to steal was a listing of classified weapons storage sites.  These sites are scattered throughout the northern Midwest.  A small secret organization has infiltrated these sites; Domesday apparently tried to infiltrate them in turn.  

Ellipsis, intrigued by the robbery attempt, easily accesses the files himself by reading the access codes from a faculty member's mind.  He finds evidence that these files were mailed to a certain address outside the town of Saginaw, Michigan.
He is mildly alarmed.  His first instinct is to let the U.S. Army deal with it, and stay out of it.  
However, he can't be sure they'll even notice.  If they're not, it might be his life that has to pay for it.  
Perhaps he should investigate in person, but with his recently acquired sprained ankle he would be quite vulnerable.  Instead, he sends his mind out further than ever before, to Saginaw 60 miles away.  Investigating psionically, he gets no more than the approximate location of the major compound of the secret group.  With reservations he calls Gonzo, Tim and Laura together.  Perhaps one or two of them may accompany him to investigate the organization.  

Relations between the four of them are distant, to say the least.  Laura Greene is finding herself bound together with unbelievers, which the Bible commands against (II Corinthians 6:14); she's not sure why she's there, but being asked by Ellipsis had something to do with it.  Captain Gonzo thinks Laura Greene is cute but airheaded, and thinks Tim and Ellipsis are weird; he's playing hero for the fun of it.  The Mighty Tim disregards Laura Greene and Gonzo as particularly obnoxious Mundanes, and doesn't know what to make of Ellipsis.  Is he like an Elephant Man?  His mask certainly is.  Superheroing is not much like he figured.  But what the hell... it'll be fun to see what happens.  

Ellipsis catches mental impressions of all this.  Personally, he's only associating with them because they might afford him some protection in combat, but he's wondering why he's bothering trying to balance these - humans.  Maybe he should protect himself with martial arts instead...
Mike Roberts volunteers for combat first: "Ho ho!  Another task for the avenging power of Mighty Tim!"   Bob Brannigan has a rude comment followed by: “If he can do it, so can I.” Laura then offers to help.  Stephen suggests she make herself some kind of costume to hide her identity first.  They meet a day later.  
Laura needs a heroic name, but can think of none offhand.  The Mighty Tim, having recently encountered a certain mace weapon in his sparring, calls her Morningstar.  (Her life might be different if her parents had named her after a weapon - how about Landmine Greene?) 
But Laura likes the name Morningstar: the Morning Star is the hope of all Christ's believers, according to Revelations (2:28).  Ellipsis then begins to arrange their transport to the base they are to investigate, but Tim teleports them instead.  (Ellipsis mutters to himself, 'Of course...·) 

The secret organization is headed by a woman of uncertain background.  She began life as an accessory to small men with small ambitions.  Her ambitions were larger though; she came to dominate her men - at first.  But that was not good enough; soon she no longer needed a figurehead.  She no longer remained behind the scenes, but achieved direct control over her own criminal gang, using the alias “Dominatra”.  
Competing gangs, knowing her recent past, gave her no respect.  Though they formed no alliances against her, all saw a chance to acquire a competitor, and all worked against her.  Her organization barely held its own.  Her only chance to get anywhere was to go outside the bounds - to infiltrate the military, for example.  Her organization did.  Now they might just get even with the competition.  

Initially the hero team infiltrates the base successfully, but they are discovered and drawn into battle against the organization and their female leader, Dominatra (who happens to be on an investigation tour).  

She arranges an ambush for the • As they walk into an intersection, her gunmen surround them on three sides.  She invites them to surrender.  
Mighty Tim thinks, Ha! He teleports behind Dominatra and strikes her from behind with his quarterstaff.  So what if it's not heroic? 
Dominatra takes his blow and turns to face him.  She's amused.  
Mighty Tim thinks, Oh, shit: next target! He plows through the gunmen instead.  

Ellipsis says to Morningstar, “Force field".  She has no idea what a force field is, until Ellipsis rams the knowledge into her brain.  Morningstar responds, “...oh”, as she uses her power stone to erect a field of repulsion around her, Ellipsis, and Captain 60nzo.  
Captain Gonzo says, "Time to fight these assholes!"  He jumps straight at the force field.  Ellipsis expects him to bounce off and land within.  Instead, he goes through at double speed!  He plows into one bank of gunmen.  Ellipsis begins to exert his will upon the next bank to make them desist from their assault.  
Dominatra, among the third bank, is amazingly resistant to their abilities.  She gets one blow against the Mighty Tim (who has had his fill of gunmen for the moment) as he strikes her from all sides.  She decks him.  
All her gunmen are subdued, though.  She faces the heroes alone.  
Dominatra defiantly shouts at them, 'You think you have me?  She hefts Mighty Tim by his cape, and places a knife at his throat.  
Ellipsis must think.  Would a normal human respond to his will before he can slash another? Even so, is this woman a normal human? 

Before he derives an answer, Captain Gonzo throws a piece of debris at her face.  She has to deflect it with her knife hand.  As she does, he attacks.  She drops Mighty Tim.  
Morningstar thinks: Have to get him out of there!  He suddenly is yanked back to her! 
Gonzo gets a good hit in.  Dominatra falls back, and says, “...How dare you?” She grabs Captain Gonzo's wrist, and throws him back - at Ellipsis.  Ellipsis, with his sprained ankle, cannot dodge quickly enough.  As Gonzo’s body slams into a wall he falls unconscious.
Morningstar doesn't want to hit anyone - even Dominatra - with a force bolt.  But when Ellipsis is hit, she does.
But Dominatra stands against this attack.  She throws a chunk of concrete at Morningstar.  She tries to 
repulse it, but it grazes her.  	.  
Captain Gonzo returns to the fight.  He engages Dominatra for two or three minutes.  
The gunmen gradually revive.  But so does Mighty Tim.  He teleports each one away.  
Dominatra finally gets an opening against Captain Gonzo, and pulls her knife.  But she can't move it! Morningstar, again on her feet, is holding it back.  
Dominatra decides, Enough! She jumps back.  Before the heroes can follow her, she disappears.  
The heroes sweep through the base.  (Morningstar telekinetically carries Ellipsis until he recovers.)  They cause Dominatra to abandon the base.  

Epilogues: 

(1) Dominatra has just been denied her major stockpile for advanced weapons.  Her organization will take losses from government scrutiny, but will survive.  However, her immediate plan to secretly use the weapons against the competition is now delayed.  If she ever gets the chance, she'll make the heroes pay for that.  

(2) After the team returns home Captain Gonzo tells Mighty Tim his ass was grass till Gonzo saved it.  Mighty Tim then challenges Captain Gonzo to a duel.  Gonzo enthusiastically agrees to fight him.  

(3) Ellipsis ponders to himself: The fact that he had allies (this time) saved him from those he would oppose.  However, he has no surety that these allies will stand by him in future.  Especially not Captain Gonzo and the Mighty Tim.  As for Morningstar: he is not familiar with the ways of other people, but she seems quite ready to do anything he wishes - almost too ready, considering her fundamentalist Christian background.  Is she becoming mentally dependent upon him?