Paradox Storyline

The story of the Heroes of Arcadia is one with many twists and turns. It has been said that a proper story starts with the beginning, but this story isn't exactly a proper story...
==Building a Team==
For those who would become the Heroes of Arcadia, everything began in the gymnasium of Saint Claire's Catholic School one day after school. Braende Rein and Phoebe McAllister, two lifelong friends, were meeting up at the end of Braende's cheerleading practice when a chase came through the school. Braende had manifested the power to create and control fire several weeks prior, and the two friends had looked into a few of the stranger happenings in the school since then. When Braende and Phoebe joined the chase, they joined Kata in helping to fight off a brute who displayed some very unusual abilities, his limbs stretching across the room to strike. They discovered the brute was called Journey, a servant of a terrible man known as Walker.
When Kata realized that Braende had human+, he brought her and Phoebe back to A.E.G.I.S., where the Director reluctantly offered them a job.
Kata and Braende (who took on the codename Blaze) would be placed on Team Paladin, under the leadership of a more experienced special agent named Christie Atler (codename Paladin). Together, the team went out to help capture a powerless agent of Walker's, a member of city council named Thorton.
The team underwent some trials and tribulations as they grew. They received often-cryptic advice from A.E.G.I.S.' prisoner, Doctor Sayre, but they had more success than failure. However, Paladin became more and more reluctant to lead on missions. She felt that she could better perform her duties outside of the leadership role. The Director, it seemed, agreed with her, and reorganized them to form Crisis Team, with each member of the team able to function independently or in tandem with other members, with particular teams chosen for particular missions which matched their skillsets.