What do two young super-powered teenagers do after saving the city together? They … try and go back to living their lives? It sounds so simple and quaint, and yet when Cloak and Dagger returns for Season 2 on April 4 with a two-hour premiere, Tandy (Olivia Holt) and Tyrone (Aubrey Joseph) are attempting to do just that. Don't forget, though they may have saved an entire city from destruction, they're still just teenagers.

That's why Season 2 begins with Tandy and Tyrone facing their new normal and trying to put the past behind them. For one, that means going home to the place she had run away from long ago, seeing her family history in a new light. For another, that means leaving behind everything he knows to hide from the police because of a murder he didn't commit. They're both trying to move on from the trauma of Season 1 in whatever ways they can.

But what happens when Tandy and Tyrone are faced with an even more sinister enemy that's been hiding in the shadows of the city they call home their entire lives? Will they team up once more to tackle a problem that's more institutionalized than they realize, or will they go it alone?

Collider visited the New Orleans-based set of Marvel's Freeform drama during production on Cloak and Dagger Season 2 to get the scoop on how much these fledgling superheroes have learned from their past, what they'll be facing this Season and a potential new ally or enemy that has quite the comic book backstory behind her. Check out everything the showrunner and stars revealed below.

Trading Places

As fans saw by the end of the first season's finale, Tandy and Tyrone have essentially traded lives because of everything that happened on the series so far. Tandy started off season 1 living in the church, doing anything she could to survive, stealing and doing drugs and pushing everyone away. Now, she's back home with her mom. On the flip side, Tyrone started off with the perfect life: a wealthy, loving family, top grades, impressive basketball career. He's now wanted for murder (all a set-up by a corrupt cop) and is living in that same church Tandy used to call home.

"It's new for them, it's something that they're very unfamiliar with," Holt tells Collider over the phone, as she was unavailable for interviews on set. "Both of them went through a lot last season. They struggled through ups and downs, and this season they're struggling, but for a good reason. They're both trying and putting the effort in to do their best and to really understand their powers and how to cope with them and also how to use them and what to use them for."

For Tandy, that means helping to clear Tyrone's name, even if he's not asking for help. "Tandy is trying to protect Tyrone in as many ways that she can and vice versa," Holt says. "I think both of them are just lucky to be alive at this point and the journey that they go on this season is next level. The things that they go through and the circumstances and situations that they get put in and the way that they handle them is pretty spectacular. And I'm interested to see how people react to it because we're seeing different sides of Tandy and Tyrone this season."

Tyrone having to give up his life and live in hiding is definitely going to take a toll on the young teen.

"It's lonely for him. He kind of feels like he's going insane at this point," Joseph says in between takes on set. "That just brings in different aspects of the show too because you see Tyrone out of his element, the first episode, which is different for us to see. Tyrone is someone who tries to have everything together and tries to be perfect so it's funny that even though he's living in the church, all his clothes are folded and everything is neatly put into place. But it's been crazy for him not being able to see his parents. That teaches him a lot about himself as well."

But just because he's wanted for murder by every cop in New Orleans, that doesn't mean Tyrone is staying inside the safety of the church … even if that's what Tandy may think he's doing.

"I feel like he has an advantage at this point: he's basically controlled the whole teleporting thing," Joseph says. "So he can be anywhere he wants at any time. That gives him a different level of confidence. But he also knows that obviously there's still a whole police department out there looking for him. He tries to stay out of daylight as much as possible, but he still feels this obligation to save the city."

That's why, at least in the beginning of season 2 viewers will "definitely see him going out on his own and trying to stop gang violence and things like that," according to Joseph.

And despite Tandy and Tyrone's flipped circumstances, executive producer Joe Pokaski promises that these are still the same people fans fell in love with back in season 1. "They continue to be complex characters, and they continue to be like all of us, people who lie to our friends sometimes," Pokaski says. "That's where we started them and we do kind of an emotional Gift of the Magi story with them that's really a cool way of restarting them."

Though their lives may be separated right now, they'll always be connected. That doesn't mean they'll always get along, however, and some drama could be brewing. "Tandy and Tyrone often either have each other's backs 100 percent or have each other's backs less than 100 percent," Pokaski teases. "The most important part of the series and hopefully I get to do 10 seasons of is that every season, we strengthen and scare that bond a little."

More Than Vigilantes, More Than Friends?

And that brings us to the hot button topic of where Tandy and Tyrone's relationship is heading in Season 2. As fans of the Cloak and Dagger comics know, the young superheroes are definitely more than friends in the source material, but the Freeform drama hasn't crossed that particular line yet. And while that option is still there, Pokaski warns that there's some conflict coming for the two of them, along with some moments that will make 'shippers very happy and upset at the same time.

"The biggest challenge this year was how do you get Tandy and Tyrone together and separate at certain points?" he teases. "This is a little spoilery, but they have a regular movie night. Wednesday nights they set up the projector in the church. It's lovely. And they really are as close to friends as they are but we also are reminded that everyone lies to their friends, and that they live in different worlds now."

Pokaski then drops this cryptic bomb: "And there will be certain things that I can't talk about." Hmmm, could there be a kiss coming this season? Not if you ask Joseph.

"I'm so in love with their friendship," he says when asked if Tandy and Tyrone could become something more this season. "There was a moment in their lives when they felt like they had no one and they met each other and had this connection that told them that there's finally one person out there that cares about me and cares enough to be my friend more than anything."

Joseph's favorite part of the series is how Tandy and Tyrone "can be exactly who we are."

"There's no boundaries, there's no baggage. It's just Tyrone and Tandy," he says. "I feel like that's perfect for right now. Obviously it's Cloak and Dagger so at some point we may see that [romance] but for right now I'm in love with their friendship mostly. Them being best friends is very cool to see."

And Holt agrees with her co-star. "I personally love the journey that they've gone on together and watching them develop this relationship as friends," she says. "Eventually, if they do get together, then it's going to be way more special and people are going to respect the fact that they took time to understand each other and understand what they can do together and watching a really unique friendship unfold. That'll be way more enhanced this season."

Their Powers Are Growing

Another aspect of Tandy and Tyrone that's "enhanced" this season? Their powers! Gone are the days where the newbie superheroes accidentally access their abilities. They've been practicing and can do so much more now to make Season 2 even more badass and action-packed with comic book-inspired set pieces than ever before.

"Season 2 is just on a whole new level of intensity," Holt says. "It's a lot heavier material, but we also bring a lot more heart and depth. There's lots of craziness happening and everybody has their own journey but we all come together at the very end because we get to see everybody show off what they can and can't do. They're not just teleporting and manifesting light daggers. They are really becoming a superhero duo and doing things together."

Joseph understands why Season 1 was about Tandy and Tyrone's origin story, but he's excited to really dig into what they can do as superheroes now that they've gone to hell and back together.

"Season 2, you get that from the first episode, just from the jump and it carries along through the season," he says. "We kind of earned it to give you that slow burn that takes you to a Season 2 that's just bigger and better. It's exactly what we want Tyrone and Tandy to be."

For Tyrone, deepening his understanding of his powers means exploring what his cloak can do. And after he sucked up Detective Connors (J.D. Evermore) into his cloak in the Season 1 finale, Tyrone knows he's only just scratched the surface of his abilities.

"It's going to be crazier than you expect," Joseph teases. "Being a fan of the comics myself, I was just waiting for that day where we can do that, bringing somebody into the cloak. So when we did that in Episode 10, I was like, 'Yes finally!' But it gets even crazier this season to a point where it's explored even deep[er]. And that's all I'm going to say because I'll get in trouble."

He laughs, then continues. "Both of their powers, they're really starting to get the hang of it," Joseph adds. "They're not perfect people, and they're not perfect superheroes. You see them become these badass superheroes but it still takes time. Obviously they're young and they are still learning but specifically for Ty, eight months in a church by yourself, it's a lot of time on your hands to practice your powers. I think it will be worth the wait to see that."

As for what happened to Connors after he went into Tyrone's cloak, expect to get some answers sooner than you think. "One of the biggest moments of Season 1 was in Episode 10, when you saw Connors go into whatever dimension that was, and in order for Connors to be back, he has to somehow escape that dimension," Joseph says of Evermore's confirmed return in Season 2. "So we'll see what happens."

Pokaski explains that as Tandy and Tyrone have grown into more mature and different people, that's why their powers are growing so quickly as well.

"We're going to change their powers a little," he says. "We've seen Connors go into the cloak, we have no idea where he ended up. But by the end of episode 3 or 4, we're going to get a sense of where he went. Someone else is going to go in there and pull him out."

But don't expect Cloak and Dagger to follow the mythology of the cloak from the comics exactly. "We're going to steal a lot from the comic, but we're actually going to mix it up so it's not cold and dark," Pokaski reveals. "It's a little more of an exploration of the human psyche. It's a little out of left field but in the best possible way with our cinematic language so it'll be a big part of Season 2, what you can do inside and outside of Tyrone's cloak."

Prepare for Mayhem

The tagline for this season says it all: "Season 2 will be Mayhem." Just as fans speculated by the end of the Season 1 finale, Detective Brigid O'Reilly (Emma Lahana) is undergoing a little evolution of her own after she was shot by Connors, exposed to the dark energy called the Terror and emerged from the water with glowing green eyes. But just how much has O'Reilly turned into the Marvel antihero Mayhem? The stars and showrunner are keeping pretty mum, but their constant comparisons to Black Panther's controversial and beloved villain Killmonger (played by Michael B. Jordan) make it clear that she's going to ruffle some feathers.

"That relationship with O'Reilly was important for him [and] even myself," Joseph says of Tyrone's bond with her. "Even though there has been a lot of situations where there have been this idea of a corrupt cop in America which definitely happens, there are so many good cops out there that really go to work and risk their lives every day. O'Reilly is that for Tyrone, for a young black man [who] especially wants to see that. And to see someone that actually cares so much about him was huge for him."

That's why O'Reilly's transformation in Season 2 is likely going to hit Tyrone the hardest.

"It's crazy because of what happened in Episode 10, which they keep telling me about something called Mayhem or something like that," Joseph says with a little smile. "Brigid is a little freaked out and she loses her intensity and we see Tyrone go from this kid who was backseat to Tandy sometimes because she has such a strong personality and he's so shy and just really cares for other people, he kind of takes on this role of a protector and really has to man up and mature and kind of protect O'Reilly and Tandy. It's going to be cool to see that relationship with O'Reilly, the roles rehearsing."

And while Lahana is careful not to even say the name Mayhem, nervous that Marvel is listening to her every word, she does reveal that Brigid is having a tough time adjusting to her new reality in Season 2.

"She's now a shooting victim, a lot of time I don't think you think of that because she's a highly-trained detective but at the end of day, she's a shooting victim so now she's dealing with PTSD," Lahana says. "She's not really coping with it the best way. She's using pills, she's very shaky and jumpy which doesn't make for a very effective cop."

Again, no mention of the name Mayhem, but Lahana then did say this: "She's got that going on and then she's got this duality as well and this dark side that she can't really ignore anymore that's maybe taking over certain aspects of her life." Sure sounds a lot like Mayhem, huh?

Comic book fans know that O'Reilly's alter ego is the antihero Mayhem after the detective died and was reborn with powers. She can release a green, venomous gas from her pores that can paralyze people. She uses her sharp talon-like fingernails to scratch her enemies so that the gas enters their bloodstreams. She's not exactly a supervillain, and has worked with both Cloak and Dagger in the comics to bring criminals to justice. But she doesn't exactly follow the same code of ethics as superheroes either (think: murder. Lots and lots of murder). Cloak and Dagger will likely follow the same general story from the comics for Mayhem, but of course, there's no guarantee on where the story is going.

"There's definitely a focus on her fingernails," Lahana teases. "Sometimes we do things that are in comics. Sometimes we don't. Sometimes we do. You will see things in the show that you've read in the comics."

Pokaski thankfully elaborated a little more on the show's version of Mayhem … while still remaining pretty cagey, of course.

"What we try to do is make sure we're leaning into the strengths of the story we're telling, we're leaning into the strengths of the actors we have," he says. "I cannot speak highly enough about what Emma Lahana can do. All I can say is that we've got high hopes for Mayhem and we keep setting these crazy bars and she keeps leaping over them. A lot of the things that the Mayhem character does, we're going to surprise the crap out of you."

And as is usually the case with Cloak and Dagger, the series it taking a more realistic approach to the antihero than the comics did.

"[She's] definitely grounded emotionally but there are some irresistible elements of Mayhem we couldn't help but check out," Pokaski adds. "Even when you look at the first shot of Emma in the first season, we're on her fingernails, [so] fingernails are going to be a big deal. We had a lot of fun working it out with Emma as to how her fingernails reflected what kind of mood she was in. But we always want our villains relatable. And we want to keep our villains as human beings as well. I think it just makes it more interesting and then the arguments feel real instead of, 'Let's destroy the city.'"

As for whether or not Mayhem will become Cloak and Dagger's big bad? "You're going to watch Season 2 to find out," Pokaski says with a laugh.

Cloak and Dagger returns with a two-hour premiere on Thursday, April 4 at 8 p.m. on Freeform.