The Savior: Memoirs of Benjamin Fury [Archive]

Onlyne

03-10-2008, 01:29 AM

Episode 1: Day of Reckoning
Part 1

The alarm clock blared at 5:45am. I got up out of bed to turn off the alarm clock across the room, then crawled back into bed. Then, as usual, i hear the familiar knock on the door, by my mom.

"BOY IF YOU DONT GET YOUR ARSE UP AND GET READY FOR SCHOOL, IM GETTING THE BUCKET."

That was my true alarm clock. "Alright mom, im up, im up!!"

I jumped up and opened the door. "Just let me do my excercises and i'll be right out."

"Okay but you better hurry up," she said aggresively.

I closed the door in exhaustion and began my exercises. I started out by doing 10 push ups and 20 sit ups. Then i did 2 minutes of jogging in place. Yeah i know i was a winnie but that wasnt gonna last long. When i was done i went to the bathroom and took my daily shower and did everything else that a morning person would do.

When i was done i went into my room and got dressed. When i was done, i looked at the clock. 6:50. "crap," i said silently and got my bookbag and headed downstairs. My mom, Monica Fury, was probably the coolest mom that a person could have. She was strict but when we had fun, boy, did we have fun.

At the time i was just a 14 year old african american kid who lived with his mom and grandfather, Jake Fury. He served in the army back during World War 2 and i thought that was pretty awesome. Whenever i needed advice on anything, i could always count on him to help me out.

As i walked into the kitchen i said, "Mom we're already late, i'll just skip breakfast and go on."

"Okay, get in the car, i'll be there in a minute."

I did as i was told and a few minutes after leaving and entering the car, she followed behind. She started up the car and i was well on my way to my high school, Fairbrook High.

As we rode down the streets of Kingdom City, I couldnt help but think something was off today. I didnt know what it could be, but i was definetly picking up some wierd vibes. I decided to ignore it and enjoy the ride.

I lived a pretty long ways from school so it took a while to get there. As we pulled up into the school drop off, i looked at my watch. 7:20am. I was late.

"Im gonna have to go into the cafeteria," i told my mom.

"Why?"

"Because if we're late, the teachers lock their doors and we have to go straight to the cafeteria and do something stupid until the period is over."

"Well thats kinda stupid."

"Yeah i know, its some rule Mr. Grimm invented."

I got out of the car, at the stop and turned back to my mom.

"Im sure it wont be that bad," she reassured me.

"Whatever you say mom," i replied.

We said our replies and i headed into the school. The hallways were empty and everyone seemed to have made it to wherever they were trying to be. I made my way to the cafeteria. When i arrived i saw that there were at least 20 students who had probably had the same problem as me. I took my seat over at one of the tables.

Then he entered. Mister King of the Underworld himself. Edward Grimm. I believe his time in the marines got his head all twisted around and some where along the line he started to hate, despise, and loath all teenagers. Especially me. Oh he hated me. I dont know why. I wasnt a bad person. I did what i was told every once in a while. He couldnt have been racist. But for whatever reason, he didnt like me, so i didnt like him. He walked into the room wearing his usual casual/dress type clothes. He had extremely black hair and had black eyeliner under his eyes which gave him a very gothic look. He entered the room with his 2 assosciate administrators who were just as annoying. He walked into the middle of the cafeteria.

"Alright you criminals. You guys know why you're here, right?" he asked as if he really cared.

"Because your school sucks," said a voice at one of the individual tables. It was Larry Ficus, the local trouble maker. He wasnt mean, just rebellious. He was always a person known to get in to alot of trouble.

"You're suspended, Mr. Bailey, please escort Mr. Ficus to my office please," Mr. Grimm said in one breath.

Mr. Bailey, the big beasty african american administrator, grabbed the boy by the shirt and yanked him up so fast, i thought he was gonna throw him across the cafeteria. But he didnt. Instead he dragged him out of the place.

"No, you all are here," he continued. "Because you cant get to class on time. You are here because you all care about your own personal lives more than your own education. You are here because you all are criminals."

I felt i needed to clear my throat so i did. Mr. Grimm turned to me.

"Oh so i see we have some saints in here among the unwilling," he said.

"What?" i asked. "No i was just trying to"-

"SHUT UP, I DIDNT ASK YOU TO SAY ANYTHING!!"

I kept my mouth closed. If you had heard how his loud voice rang throughout the cafeteria, you would have too.

"Do you think you are a criminal, Mr. Fury?" he asked me in his normal voice.

"No," i replied.

"Thats detention, Mr. Fury."

"But i just answered your question with a truthful answer!"

"I didnt tell you to answer my question with a truthful answer."

"What?" i said confused. "You didnt tell me to answer at all."

"Thats right Mr. Fury, you didnt have to answer at all but since you did you earned yourself a detention."

Yeah, this guy was definetly out to get me.

"Now, since the lot of you have gotten yourselves into this mess," he said in his usual loud voice, "i want you to write me a 5 page essay on the importance of getting to class on time."

The entire cafeteria groaned at these words.

"HEY!!!" he yelled. The cafeteria grew dead quiet. "SHUT UP AND GET TO WORK!!!"

Everyone scrambled to get a paper and pencil out. I, however, took my time. There was no way of writing a 5 page essay for something that bland. I'd have to pretty much say the same things over and over. Which is what i did.

The bell rang for second period, and i had finished my essay and turned it in to Mr. Bailey. Second period was my favorite. Its the one where i get to hang out with one of my favorite teachers, Mr. Zone. Michael Zone was a pretty mysterious person in his own way, but he was also very friendly towards the students. Alot of the times, he would make fun of our generation of pop culture and style and make us realize how crazy our generation really is. He taught 9th grade science and it was his first year at Fairbrook High. He was pretty young too; probably in his 20's.

As i walked into the classroom, i realized i was one of the first ones in.

"Hey Mr. Zone, what are we doing today?" i asked him as i entered.

"Hey Ben, we're just doing a review game to help you guys out with your next projects."

As much as i hate anything involving school at home, Mr. Zone's projects were always incredibly fun and entertaining. Not to mention satisfying. I took my seat in the 3rd row near the window. I took out my textbook so i could finish last nights homework. I never did homework at home unless it was something that i felt was gonna take a long time and needed some thought put into it. As the students began to fill the classroom, i began to relax a little.

Then suddenly my textbook was closed shut and thrown across the room. I looked up to see who had thrown it. It was Joe Buttz, the school bully. Yeah you read right, his name was Joe B-U-T-T-Z. But no one ever got the chance to make fun of him for it. If they did they would get there little talkative arses kicked hard. He was pretty much a sadist and got pleasure out of causing people pain and misery.

The person who he threw the book to, was Samuel Stewart. This guy used to be my best friend but something happened along the line and we lost any kind of friendship we would ever have. He started out as a very friendly guy and he never bothered anyone. I guess somewhere along the line he started hanging with the wrong crowd. Eventually he turned goth, and started doing drugs and we just couldnt stay on the same path anymore. I guess in his grievance of losing me as his best friend, he tortured me to deal with it. Now he was officially my high school rival.

"Come on guys, stop playing," i said as i got out of my seat to and crawled over the desks to get my book back. Samuel quickly threw the book back to Joe who caught it, and before i even had a chance to turn around he quickly through it at my back. I was pretty tall for my age and that made me unstable so i pretty much fell like a falling elm. I fell over the desk, hit my face on the metal leg of it, and flipped hard on my back. I could hear the laughter of the students in the classroom. I had my eyes closed but finally opened them to see that Mr. Zone was trying to help me up. When i got up and walked back over to my desk.

"Alright guys, funs over," he said to the class. "Today we're gonna be doing a review game on your next class project."

Everyone began to groan.

"Come on guys this one is gonna be fun, or else we wouldnt be having a review game."

We spent the rest of the class period playing the game which was alot of fun. As always Joe and Sam didnt participate though it seemed like they realize what fun we were having and seemed kinda anxious. I guess its hard being a rebel sometimes. When the class period was near its end, Mr. Zone began assigning us our projects. Mine was on Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity.

Once we all had our assignments, the bell rang for lunch. Once everyone left the class, i had packed up all of my things and was about to leave myself, until i was stopped by Mr. Zone.

"You might need a little bit of help with your project," he told me.

"Uh actually i could just look it up on the net," i said.

"Dont bother, i want you to find this book," he gave me a sheet of paper with the name of the book on it. "Its gonna be at the Kingdom City Public Library. It will have everything you need and more, guaranteed to get you an A."

"Thanx Mr. Zone," I said enthusiastically and left the classroom.

I didnt know it then but that project was my ticket to the rest of my life.

GoldPhoenixRanger

03-10-2008, 01:40 AM

The Saviors Back! Sweet!

-GPR

Shadow Dragonzord

03-10-2008, 01:40 AM

hey offwhite its good to have the savior back

keep up the good work

Onlyne

03-12-2008, 05:35 AM

Episode 1: Day of Reckoning
Part 2

Terrence Narrow. My very best friend and associate. We've been hanging out since we were 10 years old and still we were nearly inseperable. He wasnt all that smart but he always had my back. He was actually smart in his own way because he would let his mind wander in alot of ways and that was one of the main reasons why we were such great friends.

I sat in the outside Plaza beside the cafeteria waiting for him with my other friend, Kim Fujikaze. She was an asian girl who didnt always hang out with us, but when she did we had a blast. We just started to get to know each other earlier that year.

We spotted Terrence walking up with his usual skateboard style, his spikey blonde hair, Cargo Jeans, and non-name brand shirt with a wierd crossed-like symbol on it.

"Wassup guys," he said enthusiastically. "Guess what ive got."

"What?" we asked.

"FUNYUNS!!!!!!" he said loudly holding up a bag of fun onion rings.

He sat down at the wooden table that we were at.

"You know i dont understand why they only put half of the funyuns in the bag," he said opening it. "All that wasted space. Someone should get sued."

"What do you mean?" asked Kim.

"I mean there's so much space, why not just fill the bag all the way. I mean i didnt buy it to get half of the funyuns, if i did that i would have gotten a second bag."

"Well why didnt you do that?" i asked.

"Do what?"

"Buy 2 bags."

"Why would i do that, i have a perfectly good bag right here."

"Terrence shut your dumbarse up."

Okay maybe Terrence wasnt smart at all, but still we were great friends.

"So how was you guys' day so far," asked Kim.

"Eh, Sam and Joe've been hassling me again and i got detention for no reason from Mr. Grimm," i said in a sigh.

"Wow tough day, im sure it will get better," she replied. "How about you Terrence?"

"I got detention for pulling the fire alarm."

"I didnt hear an alarm go off," i said.

"Thats cause you were in the cafeteria," he said.

"It works there too."

"Yeah come to think of it, i didnt hear one either," said Kim.

"Oh.....I must have dreamed it," he said. "Hey why wont those stupid kids give the trix rabbit any trix?"

"Woah where did that come from?" i asked.

"Im just concerned. I mean he's never gonna be a kid and never will be so why not show him sympathy and give him some?"

"Because then it wouldnt have such a good marketing campaign. Besides he needs to stop fooling around and eat the damned trix when he gets them."

"Yeah i guess you're right."

The bell rang for third period.

"Come on," I told them. "Time for Ms. Leary's health class."

We left our wooden table and went straight to the 9th grade trailers that resided in the back of the school between it and the football field.

"Hey ive been thinking," Terrence said.

"I told you about doing that," i said.

"Would Bruce Banner turn into the hulk if he were constipated?"

"Sometimes i wonder what goes on in that vessel on your shoulders," i said.

"No seriously though, I mean he turns into the hulk from anger or increased amounts of stress. Constipation counts as stress to me."

"Only a guy like you would think of that," said Kim. "Thats why the hulk is an airhead, and She-Hulk is smart. Its all about Girl-Power!"

"Girl Power is a myth," i said to her. "We never knew if it existed or not. Boy Power existed for a while until jail sex was invented, but at least it existed."

"Point proven," said Kim.

We kept walking and entered the trailer farthest to the right of the field. It was Ms. Leary's health class. Ms. Leary was an alright teacher but she was powerfully boring. On the upside she was really nice and she let us bring electronics into her classroom alot. I was making decent grades in her class.

We took our seats next to each other in the back of the classroom and waited for the other students to come in and get settled. I took out my MP3 player and started listening to it as the class started.

This was the class I had with this girl, Jessica Scott. Boy oh boy, Jessica Scott. She was one of the main reasons why i still dealt with high school. I had a massive crush on her throughout most of my middle school years. But i was shy and stupid. I would die if i even tried to ask her out. I was a nerd and she was the highlight of the school. I was totally out of my league. But at least I had my imagination. Woah that didnt come out right. Oh well. Alot of the time I would just stare at her from afar. She was eye candy for me, so it never got old. She was gonna play a big part in my future, but for now she was just a high school crush.

I didnt pay attention very much in Mr. Leary's class but thanks to Kim, she would help me and Terrence out as far as notes and hard work went. Studying was easy for us and we did pretty well on tests so we both managed to get decent grades.

Half way into the class was when it got interesting. It was thursday so everyone was pretty much winding down for the end of the week. This class was awesome because on friday's we always watched movies. Right then though, no one was really paying much attention. Suddenly the door opened, and in walked Mr. Grimm and his 2 Administrators. He didnt even give us a courtesy knock; he just walked on in. Everyone, especially me, scrambled to put their electronics away, or risk having them taken.

"Here comes you-know-who," i whispered to Terrence.

"Who, Voldemort?"

"No, you halflife, Grimm!"

He slowly walked into the front of the classroom.

"Sorry to interupt your lesson, Ms. Leary, we just want to do a quick search of the students," he said.

Oh great. Any chances of not having my MP3 taken were quickly knocked away. The Administrators walked around the room.

"Take out your cell phones," said Mr. Love, the slightly obese administrator. He was gonna check to see if anyone had their's on. If they did, the administrators could take them.

I took out my Motorola Tracfone and layed it down on the table. Terrence and Kim pulled out theirs too.

Mr. Grimm and the administrators walked around the room and surveyed the phones. Some people scrambled to turn their phones off but the administrators caught them and confiscated them. They put them in a small cardboard box.

Mr. Love walked by our desks. He picked up Kim's phone and put it down. It obviously wasnt on. He then went over to Terrence's phone. He took the phone, walked up to the cardboard box and put it in there. His was on.

I wasnt too worried because my phone wasnt on. Mr. Grimm walked over to my desk and picked up my phone. He was about to put it down when Mr. Love said "His was on."

"What?" i replied in suprise. "I didnt have it on, it was off the whole time."

There was a short silence.

"It was on," said Mr. Love firmly.

Mr. Grimm took the phone and said,"Thats another saturday's detention for lying, Mr. Fury." He then walked away and discarded the phone into the box.

"This is BS man," i said under my breath.

"Alright time to check, everything else," said Mr. Grimm.

Mr. Bailey pulled out a hand held Metal Detector and began checking the students' bodies and backpacks. Long story short, i had my MP3 taken, headphones and all. The whole process took about an hour.

"Thank you for your cooperation," said Mr. Grimm. "We'll leave you all back to your studies. "

With that, he turned back around and left the room. Not to long afterward, the bell rang. We had just wasted an hour of our lives with that crap. We left the trailers and walked across the campus and into the building for our next class. Kim didnt have our next class, which was History, so that was our last chance to talk that day.

"That just inst fair," she said furiously. "These "quick searches" are nothing but having your privacy invaded. It would be alright if someone had lost something and people needed to be searched to have it returned to them, but doing it for no reason out of no where like that just isnt fair."

"I know what you mean," i said. "But i dont think thats always the case. Sometimes i wonder if they're just out to get me."

"What makes you think that?"

"You saw how they took my phone for no reason. That wasnt fair at all."

"Well you shouldnt have had it on," she said.

"I didnt!"

"Sure you didnt," she said sarcastically. "You never do anything."

"I dont do anything and you know it," I argued.

"Whatever Ben. The point is there's no reason to do these searches in the first place. Its not fair to the students and its a violation of personal space."

"So?" said Terrence. "You're doing nothing but complaining when you could be trying to do something about it."

"For once in your life, you're right T," she said. "Im gonna write a letter."

"Good idea, write a letter, and i'll help you write it," i said sarcastically. "Here's one, D for Do something better!"

She sighed and began to walk away. "You guys are retards, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Alright see ya," we said as we began to walk to Mr. Lee's History class.

We walked into his classroom and took our seats. Unfortunately, this was the class that i had with Joe Buttz. When the class was settled and the late bell rung, the class had started. Mr. Lee walked into the front of the classroom.

"Alright class, warm up's on the board, get it done," he said in a bored voice. "Im going to the bathroom. Dont do anything that would get you in trouble, because then i'll get in trouble, and you'll get more homework."

He then walked out of the room and we were alone. I watched Joe walk over to our tables from across the room.

"Whats up arsehole," he said to me as he sat down.

"Leave us alone, Joe," i said.

"Whatcha gonna do if i dont?"

"Im gonna kick your arse," said Terrence jumping out of his seat.

"You're not gonna do anything, punk, or else you wanna be laying on your back!"

There was a silence in the room as everyone stared at the two.

"Thats what i thought," Joe said.

"You're pathetic, Joe, just go back to your punkarse friends and leave us alone."

"Or what you're gonna get your stupid crackhead mom to come up here and fight me?"

That threw Terrence over the edge. He a punch at Joe, but Joe blocked it and punched him in the nose, sending him sprawling to the floor.

I jumped up and punched Joe in the nose. I thought i had the same effect on him that he had done to Terrence but before i could realize he had recovered, He gave me a powerful jab to the left cheek. My glasses flew off my face. I could feel the heat gathering up inside me as i angrily sent another blow to Joe's face. But he blocked it. Before i could realize again, i felt another blow, this time to the right cheek. Blood trickled down my chin and the anger inside me had increased ten fold. I sent 2 blows to his face and he backed up. I reared back for another blow but i was too slow and was punched in the ribs. He then jumped forward, grabbed me by the chest, and threw me halfway across the room. I did a backflip across a desk and landed on the floor on my stomach.

"HEY HEY HEY!" i heard a voice say from the doors. It was Mr. Grimm. He had come into the room, grabbed Joe and pulled him away. Before that, Joe had been going to town on Terrence's face. Joe tried to break away and did. He tried to throw a punch at Mr. Grimm but before he even got the chance to rear back, he was already on the table being held at the neck by him. Mr. Grimm was a phenominal fighter.

"Stop struggling or you're gonna get hurt!" he yelled in his deep voice.

Joe was done. The fight was over. I could hear Mr. Grimm's footsteps come near me. Instead of wondering if i was okay, he said "Get up, Get up, now!" and yanked me up by the arm.

"What happened?"

"It was all Joe, he came over to where we were sitting and started bothering us and he instantly started fighting."

"Joe come with me," he said walking to the door. Joe slowly got up from the desk. "HURRY UP!" Joe moved a little bit faster to the doorway. Mr. Grimm jaked him up and pulled him out of the room.

I walked over to the desk where Terrence was now sitting catering to his busted lip. I wiped the blood from my mouth as well.

"You alright man," i asked.

"Yeah I think so."

See, Terrence's mother and father were in love for a while, but once they had him things changed. Terrence's father, George Narrow got a small business started and their relationship grew nill. Eventually they were divorced with Terrence living with his mother. Without the family distractions, George's business bloomed and eventually became the biggest financial business in the state. The biggest building in Kingdom City is the Narrow Building, which is owned by him. As for Terrence's mom, she became addicted to cocaine and neglected Terrence. Eventually child services came and took Terrence out of her care at the age of 5. He was supposed to live with his dad but he wouldnt take custody of him, at risk of jeprodizing his business, so he was in an orphanage for 5 years. Terrence then went to live with his grandmother who lived in the same neighborhood as ours. Thats when he met the Furies. He was a great friend and we were always loyal to each other no matter what.

"Its gonna be alright dude," i told him.

"Yeah whatever," he said quickly and walked out of the room.

Mr. Lee walked back into the room and saw the rearranged desks.

"Didnt i tell yall not to get into trouble. Your arses are getting extra homework tonight."

Onlyne

03-12-2008, 05:36 AM

Episode 1: Day of Reckoning
Part 3

I walked out of the classroom as the bell rung. It was the end of the day. I tried looking for Terrence but i figured he wouldnt want to talk anyway after what had happened. I decided to leave him alone.

On my way outside of the building, i turned a corner and accidently bumped into Jessica Scott causing her to drop her textbooks.

"Oh my bad," i said as i reached down to pick them up for her.

"Its okay, im clumsy, it happens to me alot," she said.

"Yeah same here," i said nervously.

After a while of akward silence, i decided to go. I just walked away; didnt say bye or anything. I felt so bad after that. I started to turn back around and say "See ya" but I saw that she was already gone. I messed that up pretty badily. Plus my lip was still bloody so i probably didnt look very atractive. Way to go, Ben.

I walked out of the school and waited for my grandfather, Jake Fury's car to show up. My mom wasnt able to pick me up in the day because she worked as a secretary for George Narrow at Narrow Industries. So it was always my grandpa.

I watched his car pull up near me, and i got in.

"How was school?" He asked. "You alright man?"

"No, not really grandpa," i said.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"No im alright, i can deal with it."

"Alright, im here when you need me," he said.

My grandfather, Jake Fury, is one of the greatest influences of my young life. He was a soldier in World War 2 and i considered him a hero for it. When ever i needed help with something he would lone advice. But only if i wanted it. Right then, i didnt.

"I have a project due in a couple of weeks so im gonna need to go by the library to get the book i need."

"Do you know what you're gonna get?" he asked.

"Yeah."

"Well you're gonna have to get your library card for your mom," he replied. "We'll stop by Narrow Towers to get it from her."

We left the school and continued on down the road to downtown Kingdom City where Narrow Towers was. The ride there wasnt very long, just kinda boring. When we got there, he parked the car in the parking lot.

"I'll wait for ya," he said.

"Thanks, I'll be right back."

I got out of the car and walked into the immensely tall building and entered. The inside was huge, much like a big city hospital waiting room. I walked up to the front desk.

"Can i help you," said the woman behind the desk.

"Yeah, Im looking for Monica Fury, she's the secretary for George Narrow."

The woman typed some stuff on her computer and confirmed her presence.

"Yeah she's on the 8th floor of the building," she said enthusiastically.

"Thanx," i said and walked to the near by elevator. I pressed up on it and waited for it to come down, then got in and pressed 8. As i went up, i noticed how unusually long it was taking to get up there. Each floor took about 30 seconds to get through. It was making me slightly anxious. When it finally got to the 8th floor, I exited and saw that i was near the office room. I opened the door to it to find my mom sitting in the middle of the room filing some papers.

"Hey mom," i said.

"Hey baby, what do you need?"

"Ive got a project due in a few weeks so i need the library card to check out a book on the sources i need."

"Okay," she answered. "What is your project on?"

Before i could answer a man walked out of the room. He was tall, about 6' 11'' and he was as built as Arnold Swartzennegar in his glory days. He wore a gleaming black and white suit that signified that he was the boss of this industry. I knew who he was. He was George Narrow.

"Hi, and who might you be," he asked politely.

"Oh this is my son, Ben Fury," my mom answered.

"Nice to meet you, Ben," he said holding out his hand to shake.

"Likewise," i said slightly glaring at him. I didnt shake his hand either. This was the man who abandoned my best friend in a time of need so of course im not gonna shake his hand.

"Do you know of a boy named Terrence," I asked.

"Im afraid im not familiar with that name."

"You should be, you're the one that named him," I said slightly raising my voice.

"Excuse me?"

"Im sorry but i think its time for him to leave," my mom said fake laughing.

"Terrence Narrow is my best friend. You abandoned him and now you cant even remember who he is? YOU'RE PATHETIC."

"Terrence, take the card and go!" she whispered thrusting the card into my chest.

I took it furiously and said, "Have a nice day" before storming out of the roomleaving a confused look on his face. I left the door slightly open to hear the after conversation.

"You have a very......lovely son," he said.

"Yeah well, sometimes he can be a handful," she said fake laughing again.

"Yeah well i may be able to reason with him a little bit if you let me talk to him for a while," he said.

"I dont know, he's shy, he doesnt usually like company around his house unless its......his friends."

"Well maybe i'll get to know him better, by getting to know you a little better," he said in a romantic voice.

"What are you saying, Mr. Narrow?"

"Im saying would you like to go out tomorrow night?"

"Oh, sure I would love to," she said.

"Great, I'll pick you up at around 8?"

"Sure."

I couldnt bare to hear any more from this freak. How could my mom get the hots for this guy? A better question, why would a guy like him want to get the hots for my mom? No way i wanted any person like him being a father figure to me. He should be spending his time being a father figure to Terrence. My grandpa was all i needed for a father. But i couldnt worry about that now. I had to keep my mind on the task at hand.

I took the elevator to the ground floor and got into my grandpa's car.

"Got it," i said buckling up.

"Good. Lets roll."

'Lets roll?' That was an abnormal phrase. But for my grandpa to say it, it was pretty cool.

We pulled from out of the parking lot and into the street. We rode behind alot of traffic which was going pretty slow so there was no rush. Thats when i heard this strange sound. It was almost like a voice. It made this "YYEEOOWWNN" sound like it was imitating a race car. Except it was a more violent sound like someone was forcing it out of there mouth. It was really creepy because it had a type of echo that came after it.

"Did you hear that?" I asked my grandpa.

"Yeah," he said.

I looked forward and saw the people in the taxi ahead of us get out of the car and the people in front of us do the same. They all seemed to have a look of terror in their eyes. And thats when i saw it. It was coming so fast i didnt have the feeling in my body to move. Luckily my grandfather put me back into action. I jumped out of the car because another car was headed right toward ours. Flying through the air i might add. I got out just in time to have glass spray all over my back. I looked back at our crushed car and saw the car right on top of it. A few seconds delay and we'd both be dead or seriously injured by now. My grandpa poked his head from behind the car. I could see that he was alright.

I looked for what had caused the destruction only to see more cars flying towards us. I started to run down the sidewalk dodging them as they came crashing down near me. I nearly fell from one because it was so close. Glass from it came across my eye leaving a bad scratch near it. I tried to look back again and i saw a large black shadow under the overpass where the cars were coming from. It was like seeing it changed its motives because as soon as i looked at it, it thrusted forward through all of the cars and headed toward me.

I started to back up but felt a car that had been thrown infront of me. I watched the black shadow as it krept closer and closer to me. When it was right in front of me, it stopped. In my suprise, a face jumped out of the shadow. It scared me incredibly. It was like looking into the face of a satan. The face then intruded back into the shadow, and the wave of darkness slowly moved through my body, passed it, and decomposed right there behind me.

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After the unfortunate event, we had to take a bus to the library from what happened to our car. Good thing we had insurance. My grandpa took the bus on home while i stayed at the library; he trusted me to come home alright. Before hand, paramedics patched up my eye. They told me that it would most likely cause a scar but i didnt care. A scar over my eye would make me look pretty cool.

As i entered the Kingdom City Public Library, i walked up to the front desk to ask the woman about the book.

"Uh do you have any check-ins for a book called," i started, then looked at the paper Mr. Zone gave me, "'Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity'".

She searched it up on her computer. "Yeah there's one in the back shelf at the back of the library."

The library was incredibly huge so it was gonna take a while to get back there. When i did, i searched the shelf dry but still couldnt find the book. I started to go back and ask her of the exact location but then i came across a book. It had no words on the cover but when i looked at the inside, it had the title that i was looking for. I figured that the cover must have been plastic and taken off of when first used. I opened the book and skimmed through it to see if it was the book i needed. Thats when i noticed a small crusty piece of paper in the back that must have been used as a book mark. I unfolded the paper and discovered that it was a map of the library.

There was a drawing of a circle at the area where i was and above it were the words "YOU ARE HERE" and at another part of the map was aan arrow pointing to an area with the words "GO HERE" over it. I didnt think it was directed to me but it was so interesting i couldnt keep my mind off of it. I decided to keep the book beside me and check this place out before leaving.

I followed the map to the back of the library where i saw a door leading to a staff room. I knew that if someone found me in there i would be in bigger trouble than i could imagine but curiosity was overwhelming my fear of getting in trouble so i scanned around to check and see if anyone had noticed me, then i entered the room. It was small and lounge like, like a teacher's lounge. Of course it was deserted but from what it said on the map, i was getting closer. The path led to a door which, once walking to the location, found that it was leading to the basement. I was a little hesitant at this point realizing that if i came out and someone was in this room, i'd be done for. I decided to take that chance, and went into the basement.

The place was damp, and the boiler supplied the library with heat and/or cold air through the vents. This place was about the size of an average classroom. I looked at the map, and saw that i was as close as i was gonna get to where it was directing. I looked around but saw nothing that could tell me where i was supposed to go next. I tried to search around the dark room for some clues but i seemed to have no leeds.

Thats when i saw it. It was only there for a second but i definetly saw it. I looked around for it again but all i saw was blackness. I tried to move my body to see if it had any effect on it and thats when i saw it again. It was a little blue glare. I was able to trace the source of this glare and I managed to spot a little blue rock sitting beside the boiler. I walked to it and found that it was an actual crystal. A crystal that was bound to be worth alot. I started to put it in my pocket but thats when the glare grew. I looked at my body for something that could have been illuminating light but i saw nothing. I looked around the room and saw there was nothing that gave off light either. So why was this crystal glaring at me?

Thats when it happened. The crystal began to glow so bright that i had to shield my eyes. I tried to drop it on the ground but it seemed to be stuck to my hands. As the glow grew brighter and brighter, its vibration did too and soon it was effecting the entire room. It seemed to reach the peak of this intensity and then all of a sudden it stopped. It was incredibly abrupt. I found that i was on my hands and knees on the concrete floor. I felt the blood in my body shake violently as my adrenaline level slowly declined.

I heard rain drops around me and opened my eyes to find myself in an alleyway. It was dark, presumably around midnight and a thunderstorm was going on above my head. I began to walk out of the alleyway into the street when i was approached by a young girl in a night gown. Her appearance startled me, causing me to jump nearly into a garbage can. When the girl spoke it was soft and innocent.

"Hello," she said. "Whats your name?"

"Ben," I muttered. "What are you doing out here in the rain? Where are your parents?"

"I dont have any parents."

"Well everyone has parents."

"Are you by any chance a human?" she asked, the smile wiped off of her face.

"Yeah arent you?" i said a little suspicious at her question.

"No" was her simple answer. She just stood there staring at me with a blank face. Its kinda creepy to have a little girl like that stare at you for minutes at a time. I was afraid to make the slightest movement but i knew that i had to if i were to get out of this place.

As soon as i did, one of the most traumatizing things in my life happened then and there; the girl made a face to scream but nothing came from her mouth. Instead her eyelids stretched back to her temples, cheeks going up to where her eyes should have been, and her teeth growing razor sharp. Her hair went wild and i could see it changing shape; it was transforming into the form of octopus tentacles. Her fingers grew foot long and her fingernails grew even longer. She then grew taller also, almost to 7 feet. This girl was transforming into some kind of creature. I turned around and sprinted for the end of the alleyway.

"I have to keep running," i said to myself. I was forcing myself to go faster. The creature chased me out of the alleyway and into the streets of this so called city. The rain was pounding by now but that wouldnt stop me. Nothing could do that but a brick wall. And even that would have a tough time because i was charging.

The streets were abandoned and the streetlights were out so it was nearly pitch black, but i kept running. I ran in the middle of the street. At least that way if anyone in the buildings saw me, they could maybe help me out of this predicament.

The creature continued to chase me down its streets and i continued to run. I was beginning to grow tired and i didnt know how much longer i could keep going. I reached down and picked up a rock and chucked it at the creature but it absorbed the blow and kept coming at full speed. I decided to keep my head straight and not focus on the abomination behind me.

Thats when out of no where, a bright light flashed above me. I wasnt gonna stop to look at it, or risk being beaten to death or eaten or whatever that thing was gonna do to me. I had to keep running. As i turned around to look at it, while still running of course, i got a better view of what it was. It was a helicopter. I could see the Gun turrets on the sides of it as it prepared to blast at the disgusting creature.

The bullets plowed into its soft skin causing it to shield itself with its tentacles. For a second i thought i was home free and i would finally be getting some answers. Just for a second. The creature, now madder than ever,wrapped its long tentacles around the bars on the side of the helicopter and pulled it to the ground. Its blades spun wildly as they scraped against the concrete. The creature then hurled the entire copter into a near by building. The explosion was so great that i had to shield my eyes. Realizing it was pointless standing there with my savior lying in ruins, i turned back around and continued to run.

But instead of hearing the footsteps of the creature chasing me again, it was substituted by gunshots. I turned around to see 3 figures walking out of the rubble with machine guns in their hands, shooting at the creature. The figures were heavily armored, almost like a Halo character. Their guns were different too; they shot out energy bullets instead of regular ones. It all seemed so science fiction like at the time, but i knew better. This was real life.

The creature fled into another nearby alleyway.

"Stay here and protect the boy," said one soldier to another. "Give him this, and teach him how to use it."

He gave him a medium-sized bracelet with an oval like device attached to it. As the other 2 soldiers chased the creature into the ally way, the soldier assigned to protect me, threw the bracelet at me.

"Put it on," he said.

I glanced into the alleyway to see the creature climbing up the fire escape stairs with the soldiers behind it. I then picked up the bracelet and clamped it on. It was warm and comfortable, as if it were meant for me.

"If nobody's around to save you, press the buttons on the side at the same time."

I looked at the bracelet and saw 2 buttons on either sides of the oval device.

"What will it do?" I asked.

"Everything," he answered.

I thought that was something a little deep to be saying in a time like this so i decided to try it out. I put my fingers around the 2 buttons and pressed. Nothing happened.

"DONT DO IT YET!" the soldier yelled. "Wait till you need to. Besides it wont work until its accessed your DNA first."

I looked back down at the watch and saw that it was blank and dark as if it were an inactive toy. I heard a horrifying scream coming from the top of the building. I looked up to see one of the soldiers falling from the top to his death. It was a horrible thing to see after contimplating on other things. The kind of thing that puts you back into reality. I watched the man fall to the concrete head first breaking his neck fatally and then move no more. I then saw the creature lung another soldier over the side of the building this time thrusting him into the opposite one. He hit it with a crash and fell to the ground.

The creature then, jumped from the building and landed right beside the first fallen soldier. He slowly crept toward me.

"NOW KID NOW!"

I pressed the 2 buttons but still nothing happened. I looked at the bracelet. It was still dark. I guess it was still processing my DNA. I fell on my butt and tried to scoot away from the oncoming monstrosity. I felt that this was it. This was the last thing i would see before my end. What a horrible way to die.....

And with my arms stretched out on the concrete, rain pounding in my face, the creature inches from me, I heard a sound. It was a faint beep of confirmation. I looked back at the bracelet to see that it was glowing blue around the rim and in the core. I knew that it was my one and only chance to save my skin. I through my left hand infront of me and pressed the 2 buttons. I closed my eyes as the creature prepared to strike....

Suddenly a wave of confidence came over me in an instant. I felt warm and comfort when just seconds ago i was cold and afraid. And finally i felt a metal object cover all parts of my body almost like armor. I opened my eyes and looked at the monster. It was feet from me on the ground fending for itself. I looked down at my body and couldnt believe what i saw.

I was covered in blue and yellow armor from head to toe. There were 3 glowing circles on my chest in the shape of an upside down triangle. On the 2 top circles i saw gold around the rim and on my shoulders there were golden spikes. My arm was covered in black armor except for on the back of the forearms where there was gold plateing and glowing circles on my fists. On my waist was a golden belt while my legs were black and my feet were covered in golden boots. I felt my face and could feel my mouth but nothing else. I was wearing some kind of helmet over my head. I looked through some kind of visor-like instrument that was covering my eyes. In the screen flashed the words "Greetings, Dr. Benjamin Fury!" This warm welcome into this awesome structure gave me confidence like ive never felt before. I got up off of my back and stood infront of the creature who was now also on its feet.

I was not afraid anymore. I knew i could take this thing on with my bare armored hands. The creature charged with its sharp nails in my direction. As soon as it tried to stick into me, the nails shattered like glass. At instinct i grabbed the creatures arm and plunged my other arm into its stomach. It staggered backwards still standing. I felt its blood between my fingers.

"Good kid," said the soldier. "Now use a Genesis Wave."

"A what now?" i said as the creature crept toward me.

"GENESIS WAVE NOW!"

"GENESIS WAVE!" i screamed. Without my direction, my arms moved in front of me and made a tremendous clap motion. At once, a powerful wave of energy came from the sonic boom and zoomed past the creature completely obliterating it into meer ashes which turned to mud as the pounding rain moisted it into nothingness.

As quickly as the wave of confidence and this so-called genesis wave had come, so did a wave of exhaustion. Immediately i felt as if i couldnt stand and fell to my knees. I tried to hold myself up with my arms but found that they were weak too and fell to the ground. With the last bit of energy i had left i managed to see what happened next. A helicarrier appeared from behind one of the ruined buildings and landed in the middle of the ruckage from the destroyed building. Several soldiers jumped out from it and ran in my direction. I felt the suit deteriorate off of my body and i felt myself in my normal clothes. With the last bit of energy i had left gone, i slowly slipped into darkness.

Onlyne

03-13-2008, 03:18 AM

Episode 1: Day of Reckoning
Part 4

There was a vibrative feeling under me. I opened my eyes and saw where i was. I was in a small compartment, almost like a bedroom. I was laying on what seemed to be a bed but the rest of the room was empty. The cieling, walls, even the floor was all dark metal. There was no actual light inside the room; the only light i saw was coming from the windows. I looked outside and saw that it was still raining and it was pitch black so seeing what was out there was pretty much out of the question.

The vibration grew slightly but then receded. I got up and began to walk forward. I kept my hands infront of me to make sure i didnt bump into a wall. I reached the other side of the room and felt for some kind of door handle.

Suddenly the door slid open fast and i fell on my butt in suprise. Standing in front of me was the soldier who had pressed a button on the other side to open the door. I reckognized that he was the same soldier who gave me the bracelet.

"Oh sorry sir," he said holding out a hand to help me up.

"Sir?" i asked. "Why are you calling me 'sir'?"

"Just trying to show respect, sir," he said bowing down. He moved out of the way to let me pass and i did. Wierd. Why would he call me sir. If anything, I should be calling him sir for saving my life. I walked into a hallway and into what seemed to be a cockpit area. I looked outside of the window ahead and saw a light coming down over what looked like a city being blocked out by small shadows that signified rain. I could see that i was in that helicarrier that came earlier when i passed out. In the cockpit were 6 soldiers: 1 piloting the helicarrier, 2 standing and talkin, 1 tending to another injured soldier in a little bed compartment and the other in the opposite bed compartment still. I figured it was the one who broke his neck from the fall. He must have been dead. Poor guy.

"There he is," said one of the soldiers who were talking. The other walked up to me and asked, "Are you Benjamin Fury?"

"Yeah," i said.

He held out a hand for me to take. "Its nice to finally meet you," he said.

"What do you mean," i said shaking his hand.

"We're all here because of you," he said. "You're gonna help us save the universe."

Whoa. "What? How?"

"You'll find out when we get to headquarters. Have a seat."

He directed me to one of the chairs, in the center of the room where i guessed the crew members sat. I took my seat and i had to ask him a question that had been bothing me ever since i got there. "Where am i?"

"You're in Kingdom City," he said. "70 years after your time."

Whoa that shut me up. We rode in silence for about 10 minutes and i let what he said sink in.

"Just wait until we get to headquarters," he said, sensing my shock. "It will all make sense when we get there."

I decided to take his word for it and waited until we got to this headquarters before asking all the questions. The cockpit was dark and the only light came from the pilot's area. Buttons flashed and the steering wheel glew a nice radiant blue just like my bracelet.

The bracelet. I looked down and saw that it was still there, blank like it was before. If we got into trouble again, i didnt think i would have gotten myself out of it like before. It should have already processed my DNA by now. I decided to ask that question whenever we got to the headquarters.

Soon the helicarrier stopped in its place. The vibration still occured but the vehicle had completely stopped. Soon it started to descend and closer observation told me that it was going to land in a nearby field. The helicarrier continued to descend and once the ground was visible i knew it was almost time to get out. But then something happened that i didnt expect. The helicarrier continued to descend. I got up out of my seat and leaned closer to the window to see that the ground had opened up for us to descend into some kind of underground fortress. It dipped below the ground and continuted to sink until i was no longer able to see the sky. After about 5 minutes of endless sinking, We finally came to a stop and the soldiers inside prepared to disboard the helicarrier.

I stood there hesitating, wondering whether I should follow. One of the soldiers came back and said. "Come on, sir, you dont wanna be late for your meeting."

I decided to follow. Whatever this meeting thing was, Im sure it involved me, seeing as i was there. I followed the soldier outside and was amazed by what i saw.

I was in an immense cavern with all sorts of technological devices on the ceiling and the walls. I was on a platform and ahead of me and the soldier was a mechanical door. As i walked up to it , it automatically opened and i entered. Inside, was a smaller cavern that held even more devices and a narrow walkway led to the center of the room where a hologram projector was being displayed on a table in the middle. In the room were a group of people who were seated around the table and one who stood in front of it addressing the people.

The man turned around as I entered the room.

"We've found him sir," the soldier beside me said to him.

"Good. You are dismissed," he said.

I stood facing the man. He looked to be in his 50s or 60s. He was definetly in shape and something told me, he had probably been through alot in his lifetime.

"You're probably wondering why you're here," he said.

"Yes i am," i said. "Are you gonna tell me."

"Yes," he started. "You are familiar with the story of Adam and Eve, correct?"

"Yeah who isnt?"

"Many people, in these times. But most people arent able to study that subject. Anyway, when Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge they gave birth to an entity of being known only as Sin. Now Sin started out as an entity smaller than an atom, but grew exponentially as the centuries progressed. By the time that Jesus died on the cross for the sins of everyone that ever existed or will exist, Sin had taken on a physical form as an army of evil known as the Razakin. This army is as far away from Satan as you could get and they are rivals as far as evil goes. But when Jesus died on the cross, all sin was transported to a Limbo area which quickly became the Razakin World or The War Zone. But as sin grows on earth afterwords, the Razakin army and strength increase as well. Soon the Limbo world wasnt able to take anymore growth, and unleashed the Razakin into our world."

"The Razakin are ruled by 2 celestial beings, Explosius and Eradicus. Both used to be humans, according to our sources. Their relationship is unknown but it is assumed that they are brothers. But Explosius and Eradicus dont rule over The Razakin until the moment they are released from the War Zone. As you can see, it has already happened in our history but is yet to happen in yours."

"So what does all of this have to do with me?" I asked in wonder.

"You are the key factor to this war, Benjamin Fury," He said. "You are the one who, in the long run, creates everything that you see here. This is The Resistance."

"I create all of this?"

"Yes you do, but thats long ago in this time. When the Resistance nearly lost a battle you went on a mission to a far away planet where we found out that you sent your Savior suit: Cosmos to the moment when the Razakin were unleashed. Sources say that you died shortly after sending it through time."

"savior suit: Cosmos?"

"It was the final Savior suit that you used. When the Razakin were released and Explosius and Eradicus were established to power, they were extremely weak for a number of years but by the time the Savior Suit: Cosmos was built, they were already too powerful to beat. Our only hope was to send the suit to the unknown planet, where it would be thrust back in time to the moment the Razakin were released. When they are released in your time, you will start a journey to that planet to clame the suit and end the war for good."

"Wait who said that i wanted to do this?" I said outraged.

"It is written in history. You have to do it."

"I dont have to do anything!"

"This isnt about you, Ben, this is about the future of the universe. If you dont except your destiny right here and now every living thing in the universe will die."

"How do you expect me to live with that on my shoulders!" i screamed. "Knowing the entire universe rests there. I cant take that kind of responsibility."

"It has to be you and only you. You are our only hope. We cant change the past by giving someone else the responsibility, but we can hope that history can play out the way it should and we can change the fate of the world."

I stayed silent for a while.

"I always dreamed of being a superhero. But never like this."

"Well times have change and its also running out."

I waited for a while. "What do i have to do."

The man pointed to my bracelet. "That is the Genesis Morpher. It activates the Savior suit: Genesis. All we ask you to do is return to your normal life but with a catch. Appearances of the Razakin will be made frequently from the moment you get back to your own time. All you have to do is dispose of all Razakin presence in Kingdom City. We will later inform you on objectives that you must accomplish as time progresses. You will at the same time have to try to find a clue as to who the humans are that will become Explosius and Eradicus. Also it is important that you watchout for Razakin Lieutenants. They are humans, who pledge their lives to the Razakin and gain incredible powers to reak havoc on the earth."

I stayed silent for a few more seconds. "I think i might be able to do that."

"You have to or its doomsday for the entire universe."

"I only have one question."

"Whats that?" he asked.

"If the Razakin are supposed to be trapped in this 'War Zone'," i started. "How will they be getting out."

The man was silent for moment, trying to put together his words. Finally he said, "Hate. Hate and sorrow are the doorway for the Razakin. As long as hate and sorrow exist on the earth, the Razakin always have an entrance to our world. No one man can put an end to hate and sorrow, but if the Razakin are defeated, it could make a big difference."

"Okay, i think i understand," i said.

"One more thing," he said. "The Razakin cannot be completely destroy at all. Sin can always live no matter what, so dont go looking for a way to destroy them for good. Our only hope is to trap them in their world forever and we cant do that without you."

"Okay so what do I do?" i said. "How do i use the suit?"

"You dont need to worry about that," he said. "Michael Zone, our scout, will teach you how."

"Michael Zone?" i asked. "You mean Mr. Zone, My Science Teacher?!"

"Yes," the man replied. "He is a scout from here, the future as you would call it."

I thought about it and all of a sudden it all made since. That was the reason why he didnt open up to his students about his personal life. Thats probably also why he critisized our generation of style. It wasnt because he lived before that, it was because he lived after that, and the styles were old to him. Suddenly I had an all new respect for Mr. Zone.

"I will let you know on the basics," He continued. "Just so you can get used to it in case you get into something during your return trip home. You already know how to activate it. Even though its dark now, it will activate when you press the 2 buttons on the side. When transformed, you gain enhanced strength, speed, agility, and sharper reflexes. The suit also comes with a variety of weapons and attack patterns that are incredibly useful, one of those being the Genesis Wave. When you are back in your own time, the morpher will dissolve into your skin and you will be able to retract it at will to use it. When its inside of your skin your strength, speed, and agility will be increased from what they are now to a slightly higher level though not as much as when you are completely transformed. There are some other hidden abilities that the suit has so Michael will be teaching those to you."

"Okay, I have a little more confidence in myself now," I told the man. The truth was that, i was scared out of my mind. How the hell was i supposed to save the universe if i cant even save the first Toad in Super Mario Bros. I didnt know if they had the right person. How could a tall, skinny, weak, four-eyed, black kid become a legendary hero like they made me out to be. Either way they were putting alot of weight on my shoulders and I didnt know if i had what it takes. But i wouldnt let it go without trying.

"Well i think thats all the briefing you need for now. You will return here a year after you have returned to your time. Only for us it will be a few minutes."

The council members burst out laughing at the man's joke. I fake laughed although there was nothing really funny about what was going on.

"Follow me," the man said, and i responded by following him into a room close to the center where we were at. This room was moderately small and was plain except for a box that lay in the corner of the room. The man picked up the box and opened it, revealing a diamond blue jewel.

"This will get you back to your own time," he said giving it to me. I took it and immediately felt the vibration that told me i was on my way home.

"Wait, I didnt get your name?"

"My name is Nathan. Nathan Fury."

"Nathan.....Wait Fury? You're a Fury? Are you.....My son?"

"Haha, not quite. But you'll find out before the next time you visit and i'll have a treat waiting for you when you answer it correctly. Farewell, Benjamin Fury, and good luck!"

With those final words, the vibration and light had grew to the extent to where i had to close my eyes. Soon it was all over and I found myself standing in the boiler room of the library once again.

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Next Time: Discovery + Training + First battle = Episode 2: A Day in the Life

Onlyne

03-14-2008, 01:21 AM

Episode 2: Day in the Life
Part 1

I got up from floor and surveyed the room. It was exactly the same as It was when I left. Nothing had changed. Had all of that just been a dream. I looked down at my wrist and saw that the bracelet was gone. It must have been a dream. But then why had I passed out? And Nathan had said that my morpher would dissolve into my skin when I returned to my own time. So had that been a dream or not?

I decide I would figure it out when I was at home and safe. I made my way out of the boiler room and out of the staff room without getting caught. As soon as I got back into the library, the lights instantly went off and i realized that the library was closing. I quickly ran through the aisles and made it back to the front just in time to see the librarian come close to locking the door.

"Wait," I shouted. "Im still in here."

"What the hell," he said. "What are you still doing here."

"I uh," i had to come up with something fast. "I was using the bathroom."

The man sighed. "Whatever, just leave. I hope you didnt blow it up or something."

"I didnt," I said leaving the library. I looked around the parking lot and saw 2 cars; the librarian's and my mom's.

I walked over to the car and entered it. "Jeez what took you so long," she said. "I was about to drive off and leave you here."

"Sorry," I said. "I got caught up in the story."

"What story? I thought you it was a research book. Where is the book anyway?"

I stayed silent. The book. I cant believe i forgot the freakin' book. I spent all that time in there, supposedly flew to the future, was nearly killed, and accepted the fate of the universe into my hands, and I forgot the one thing that brought me there in the first place. But after all that i could see what made me forget.

My mom sensed the silence. "Dont tell me you forgot the book."

I stayed silent. "Benjamin!"

"I forgot mom, I'm sorry!"

"How could you forget!" she exclaimed. Thats what you went there for!"

"I....I dont know. I just...."

"Save it. You'll have to go back tomorrow. In the meantime, you're ground from the movies tomorrow."

"WHAT!? But i was gonna see Team Velocity! Ive been waiting to see it for years!"

"You should have thought of that before you spent half the day wasting time."

The ride home was pretty much silent and boring. I couldnt get my mind of what had happened. I had felt everything that had happened. But it still all felt like a dream. When we arrived home, I immediately went into my room upstairs and locked the door.

Nathan had said I could draw out the morpher by will, but what did he mean by will? Could I just think-force it out of my body? I decided to try it. I closed my eyes and imagined it slowly sliding its atoms through the pores in my writst. I focused so hard, that it felt like it was actually happening.

I looked back down at my wrist.

"Oh my freaking God!" I said loudly staring at the morpher around my wrist. All of that was real. The time travel, the universe thing and everything. It was so surreal. I had to pinch myself to see if i wasnt dreaming. How could something as so fantasy like be reality. I had to save the universe. If i failed, everything that exists will no longer do so. All of existence was in my hands.

I know this makes me sound like a wussy, but as I sat there on my bed, having these thoughts in mind, I have to admit, i cried. I dont mean a tear drop either. I straight up bawled. I tried to stay as silent as I could for fearr that my mom or my grandpa hearing me, but i couldnt help it. I know you probably believe I'm a wuss now, but think of it this way. Have you ever thought about having your own civilization? I know there was an episode of South Park where Cartman had his own advanced civilization worshiping him and stuff. But imagine being in that position, but that civilization being your own and it being your responsibility and a growing evil threatens to destroy all of it. Its like knowing your fate and having very little chance of saving yourself. I guess i could say that the main reason why i was so destraught was that the good times would end. I was having a good life, though at the end of the day it all felt horrible. I had misfortune the entire time. But as the phrase goes, you dont know what you've got till its gone. Or gonna be gone in this case. But as far as having the fate of everything in my hands is mind-shattering.

But wait. Nathan said that stuff about me being some kind of legendary hero. So if in their version of the past, I was as helpless as I am right now, would that mean I was destined to become some kind of savior? As unlikely as that seemed, all that had happened in the past few hours had to be real; the proof was here on my wrist. I had seen the future and it isnt good but it would be alot worse, without me. Maybe I had a better chance at this after all. Its not like I was doing it alone. I had the people of the future on my side. Plus I had the morpher.

The Morpher. It lay darkened on my wrist. Nathan said that it would activate whenever i wanted it to. My mind was racing. It was time to test this baby out.

I stood up and walked to the center of my room. This was it. The beginning of a legend. If i was able to pull off this transformation, I vowed to take on my responsibilities that i was destined to have. It was the first moment that led to the rest of my life and for as long as I live, I will never forget it.

I put my wrist in front of my chest and pressed the two buttons....I heard the technical chirp of confirmation and the watch turned blue the same way it did when i arrived into the future. Immediately after, there was a sweet sound of exploding energy and instantly, several beautiful glowing red ribbons flew from the morpehr valiantly through the air and rapped around my entire body. I held my body parts away from each other and seperately the ribbons rapped around each limb and final covered my face. Suddenly, the ribbons molded onto my body and formed the red armor that had covered me before and the warm and inviting feeling came over me like it had before. I was in the Genesis suit.

Immediately, i heard several footsteps coming from downstairs. Someone was coming up. I couldnt let them see me in my savior suit. But i didnt know how to turn it off either. I was screwed if i didnt do something quickly. I looked down at my wrist. The morpher was gone. I looked all around the armor for something that could deactivate the suit. I looked at the waste area and saw that a circular buckle was glowing a radiant blue. I saw 2 small buttons where the buckle was and i instantly pressed them.....but nothing happened.

I started to bang on the buckle to turn off the suit but nothing happened. The footsteps were getting louder. I was starting to get frustrated. I squeezed the two buttons as hard as i could. "Shut Down!" I yelled. I Instantly the armor part of the suit reverted back to the radiant ribbons and in a flurry of light and sound, retreated back into my morpher.

Suddenly the door opened and my grandpa entered.

"You're just gonna come on in without saying 'hey' to me? he asked.

I looked at my body and saw that i was completly normal again.

"Sorry Grandpa, I got caught up in the moment."

"Whats that on your arm there?" he asked pointing to the morpher.

"Oh its just an old power ranger toy I found under the bed. I'm just reliving old memories."

"Oh okay. Have fun."

He left the room and closed the door behind him.

"This just got alot more interesting," I said.

Onlyne

03-14-2008, 01:21 AM

Episode 2: Day in the Life
Part 2

the next day, I managed to get to school on time and proceeded to my first period class, Mr. Hauffman's Gym class.

When I entered the locker room, the guys were dressing and messing around as usual. Here I spotted the familiar face of Pretty Boy Anthony.

Anthony Kerry was one of the many kids who used to be my friends before high school. He was a shy innocent boy who always liked to hang out with me. That is until he hit puberty. The guy immediately became popular and was forever known as Pretty Boy Anthony for the fact that he always had the girls clinging to him like hooks. He was a star athelete and captain of the Varsity football team. Can you believe that? He was a freshman and the Captain of the football team. Still, he was as dumb as a rock which knocked him in and out of that position.

Anthony stood over near the far side of the lockers with Samuel Stewart, flexing his muscles, his long black hair covering his eyes making it seemingly impossible to see for him.

"Hey Benny," he called from across the room. "Heard you really made a fool out of yourself in Mr. Zone's class yesterday."

I ignored him and walked to my locker.

"I would think with those long arms of yours you could actually catch something in your life."

I opened my locker, took out my gym bag, and prepared to change into my fresh gym clothes.

"But then again a nerd like you probably inheirited from your faggot granddad."

I slammed my locker door closed and walked up to Anthony's face.

"You know, I'm seriously getting tired of your BS, Anthony," I said loudly.

"Do something about it then," He said his eyes fixed on me through his thick bushy hair.

I stood my ground for a few more seconds then backed off.

"I dont have to waste my time on a pathetic loser like you," I said backing up back to my locker.

"Yeah sure you're just scared I'd beat your arse."

I ignored him and proceeded to change clothes. When i was done, I sat on the bench with Terrence who was so immersed in his MP3, he hadnt even noticed what happened.

"Hey Terrence."

He sat staring at the blank wall.

"Terrence. TERRENCE!!"

"Whoa dude, i didnt even know you were there," he said turning to see me.

"I've been sitting here the whole time, what are you doing?"

"SSSSHHHH! Im trying to have a moment."

"A what?"

"A moment."

"Dude i dont think you're supposed to have a.....moment. You're a guy."

"Not that kind of moment," he replied. "Just leave me to my work."

"O...K..."

After greeting him and sharing ears from the MP3, the coach blew the whistle that told us to leave the locker room.

All of the boys left the room and entered the gym where all of the girls were. I spotted 3 of them. One was Jessica Scott, who was as beautiful as ever, wearing a grey T-Shirt and incredibly short pink shorts.

The other girl I noticed was Regina Maryland. She was a pretty african american girl who was fairly nice to work with. The only problem was that she was a nationalist. Words couldnt describe how Pro-black she was. Well in her case it could. Sometimes she just got too annoying. From what I knew though, she was Jessica's best friend, and any friend of Jessica is a friend of mine. Except any boyfriends that is. She sat next to her in the bleachers.

The third girl I noticed was this incredibly shy girl. No one knew anything about her. she never talked and always spent most of her time alone. She would eat by herself at lunch and read most of the time. I thought about talking to her at times but i never got the chance.

I walked over and took a seat with my class which was the class that Terrence, Jessica, and Regina were in. Coach Hauffman came over and directed us to the excercising area where we stretched and did other exercising stuff. When we were done, the Coach told us what to do next.

"Alright today's friday so you guys have a freeday today. Do whatever you want just dont bother me. I'll be outside smoking a blunt."

With that, he left and the other classes broke into their factions of basketball players, volleyball players, and benchwarmers.

I sat in the bleachers with Terrence, listening to his music. Along with us were a couple of other students, including Jessica and Regina. They sat very close to us but we didnt converse much. I tried to steal Jessica a few innocent glances but she didnt return them. I was beginning to feel as if I were invisible to her. After a while i began to pick at my white Nike wristband that had the word "DESIRE" on it. It was almost like it was moking me. Soon Regina tried to make conversation with us after a brief convo with Jessica.

"Hi," she said to Terrence and me.

"What do you want, Regina? Terrence asked in a sigh.

"What? I was just trying to start a conversation."

"Well could you bother Ben please, I'm trying to have a moment here."

"You dont have the right to talke to me like that. I'm a Queen."

"Yeah a Drag Queen."

Terrence and I burst out in laughter. Regina blushed. I saw that Jessica giggled at Terrence's joke a little too, until Regina gave her a dirty look and Jessica was back to a straight face.

"YOu're gonna pay for that," she said turning back around.

"Ooh, I'm shaking in my size 15's."

"Crap dude you've got some huge feet," I said to him. We laughed it off until it wasnt funny anymore.

I saw that Anthony slam dunked over a player in the brutal game of Streetball. After the dunk he came over to the bleachers.

"You like that dunk I did, didnt you," he said to Jessica and Regina. They both blushed. I couldnt believe it. What could they see in this guy?

"Hey, turd face," he said referring to me. "You got game?"

I waved him off.

"What are you doing, Anthony," said Sam coming up from behind him. "He's to nerdy to ball with us."

"Yeah you're right, lets go," Anthony replied walking away.

I stood up. I dont know why but i did. I guess i was pretty much fed up with people calling me a nerd just because of my glasses. It was getting incredibly annoying and i wasnt about to take anymore of it.

"I'll play," i said. The guys turned around. "What?" Anthony asked as if not understanding.

"I said I'll play," i repeated.

Sam and Anthony burst into laughter. "Alright dude, whatever. Get over here. You're on Brad's team."

I jumped off of the bleachers. "Go get 'em dude," Terrence encouraged as i stepped onto the court. I gave him a thumbs up and surveyed my teammates and my opponents. It seemed to be an even match. But still i was scared as hell. As i said before, I wasnt very atheletic. I knew i would most likely embarass myself out here and was having serious doubts about playing. But i was in it now, and i couldnt get myself out. I could only hope that those days at the Parks and Rec Center would pay off.

"Dont screw up," said Brad, as Anthony checked the ball off. He then walked down the court with it, Sam by his side. As he made his way down the court, Sam slowly moved apart from him and when he was at least 12 feet away, Anthony passed it to him. Sam dribbled 5 times and passed it back. All the while, I followed Anthony to the basket. When Anthony neared it, i knew he was going for a lay-up, and i prepared myself to somehow block his shot. When it seemed that he was going for a straight lay-up, i jumped into the air to block it, but i was faked and Anthony went right under me to the other side of the goal and layed it up.

I felt totally stupid but i had to keep going so I watched as Brad checked off the ball and went down the court with it. I followed him down the court and beckoned for him to pass it to me. He obliged. As i caught it i felt as if i had no control over the ball. If someone tried to steal it, it would be down the court and into the basket in no time. I managed to take it within shooting range. I settled myself in, aimed, and shot.......Only to have it packed by Anthony. The ball was sent spiralling toward my forhead, knocking me off balance, and the ball fell into the bleachers. After the stars went away, i was picked up quickly by Brad who thought nothing of it and went back to block Anthony as he headed back down the court once again.

Anthony used the same tactic as last time so i decided to switch up a bit. I ran up and stopped in front of him before he got into shooting range. He could have easily shot above me and made an easy 3 points but he wanted to make sure i suffered. He dribbled slower now that i was in front of him and i reached for the ball. My legs were spread wide open. I never saw it coming.....The ball went right between my legs. Anthony had crossed me up, and to add to the humiliation, he knocked me on the back of my knee before zooming past causing me to lose balance and fall to the floor as he synched his next shot.

I got up, frustrated, and watched Brad once again check the ball off and head down the court. I followed him as usual and by the time we were at jumpshot range, Brad took the shot.......it bounced off of the rim.....and fell towards my hands. Just as I had taken control of the ball, my hopes were dashed as Anthony knocked me out of the air and relenquished my grasp on the ball. He now had control of it. As i hit the floor, felt as if i couldnt get up. Why should I? There was no way in hell i was gonna have a chance of beating this creep. What else could I do?

Thats when i felt a vibration on my wrist. I looked down and saw my Genesis Morpher right there in plain view. It was as if it felt my pain and offered its guidance. I mentally accepted and the Morpher changed into the form of a rubber wristband. On it was a strange symbol and the word "Bravery" on it. It was the one word that gave me that warm feeling of the suit that i needed to take out this guy. Only 2 words appeared in my head: "Hell Yeah!!"

By this time Anthony was already half way down the court, but i ran at a speed i never knew i was able to reach and was side by side with Anthony before he was in shooting range. As he reared in to do a lay-up, i quickly pounced into the air just as the ball went up, and packed it to the ground with incredible strength.

"OOOOOOOOOO," was the response from everyone, even my opponents. I got a bunch of slaps on the back from everyone. Anthony, still cocky ran back to the other side of the gym, while Brad checked the ball down the court. Once we were at half court, I beckoned for the ball and he passed it to me as i zoomed, past all of the players and layed it up.

More "OOOOOOOOOO"s came from the crowd and the players as I backed up from the goal and let Anthony take the ball down the court. I decided to repeat my jump in front of him move. I did so, and the same results happened.....Except when he tried to make it go through my legs. I closed them trapping the ball in between my calves and I took the ball down the court and made another goal. I was really showing off. Once Anthony finally made a goal, Brad took the ball down the court, passing it to other people then to me, I was face to face with Anthony again, only the ball was in my court, literally.

I ran down the court at full speed, Anthony on a head on collision with me. I knew what i was gonna do but i didnt know if i could pull it off. As he got closer, I moved to my left a little more so that if we crashed it would just send us spiralling in different directions instead of smacking heads. I readied the ball in my left hand and as he got close enough, i slipped the ball behind my back, around my body, and too my opponent with one hand, the ball zipped past him and he hesitated giving me the chance to knock him off balance as I passed him. I quickly scooped up the ball with my right hand and proceeded down the court to make another goal. I was on fire. My mind was on lock like n hawk, everything i did was with maximum procision, my mind concentrated on only one thing, winning the game.

"30 seconds!" yelled one of the coaches of another team. I wasnt keeping score but i was positive we were ahead. I was the one checking the ball off now. I headed down the court at incredible speeds passing back and forward with other people. I charged to the goal like a tank only to see Anthony and Sam right under it. I get to the goal and jump. So do Anthony and Sam.....I freakin' slam dunk the ball. I felt the incredible vibration of the shaking rim as i hung off of it belly slapping Anthony and Sam to the ground. After 2 seconds i fell from the rim and landed on my feet like a ninja. I looked at the downed Anthony.

"My grandpa is a World War 2 vet, you firecrotch!"

And with that the coach blew the whistle signifying the classes end. I walked with triumph as Terrence came up and jumped on my back, while the other players patted me on the back and slapped hands with me. Even the other team congradulated me on my victory. I looked over to Jessica and Regina. As soon as i glanced at them, they looked away quickly and giggled. My self-esteem level was at an all time high. These Savior Powers were doing wonders for my confidence.

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When I got back to the locker room and dressed, the bell rang for second period and i got my stuff ready to leave when i was suddenly stopped by Anthony.

"Dude get out of my way," I said as he blocked the door to the hallway.

"Im not going anywhere, Gaywad," he said with a menacing look.

"Dont be a soar loser, Anthony."

He then pushed me. I barely budged.

"I'm telling you one more time, Anthony, Get out of my way, seriously."

"Do something about it."

"I will this time."

We both stood our ground.

"See I told you he was a pu*** just like his grandpa."

That was the last of it. I took my fists, branded with "Bravery" and "Desire" on them and sent them both pounding into Anthony's chest. This sent him flying out of the doorway and into the lockers of the hallway. His friends around him were dumbfounded.

Unfortunately, so was I. How did i gain that kind of power. I had knocked Anthony out cold. I quickly broke into a fast run and dashed for Mr. Zone's Science class. Man, what a day so far eh?

I quickly sped to my science class trying to avoid anyone if i could and i made my way to Mr. Zone's room. But it was locked. There was a note on the door saying.

Every friday from now on, Mr. Zone's class will be dispursed due to special work given by Mr. Zone to certain students. We apologize for the inconvenience. Below is the Dispursal schedule.
I looked for my name on the Dispursal list to find out which class i would be stuck with but couldnt find my name. I was beginning to think that maybe i had gotten switched out of the class or something.

Before i had time to comprehend, The door opened and a hand grabbed me by the shirt and yanked me in slamming the door behind me.

I turned around to see who it was. It was Mr. Zone. I looked around the room and saw that it was full of excersize equipment.

"Whats going on here, Mr. Zone," i asked.

"I trust you know about the whole Savior buisness huh?"

"Yeah I guess."

"Good," he said walking across the Battle Room. "There's not much time. You need to learn at least some of the features of the Savior Suit: Genesis. I'm gonna teach them to you. Go ahead and transform."

"Okay," i said warily. Bravery Band to transform back into the Genesis Morpher. I put my wrist in front of me and pressed the 2 buttons. Instantly, the sound of exploding energy and the radiant red ribbons flew from the morpher ingulfing me with red light and eventually molding into crimson red armor.

"Nice," Mr. Zone said.

"Mr. Zone, how come you never told me about how you're from the future?"

"Well, Ben. I kinda did some things......that im not particularly.......proud of but thats besides the point. You're the one who's supposed to take on the Razakin not me. So lets get crackin' k?"

"Why are you being so mysterious all of a sudden?"

"Im not, Im just......next time you go into training we'll be able to talk more but right now, it is very important that you know the basics of the Genesis suit. Now first is a test of strength. You're first of all going to be doing some quick excercise that will build up your normal savior strength...."

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For the most of my time there, I did several reps with the 500 pound dumbbells he had. He also tested my speed with a treadmill set to 65 miles per hour(dont ask me how he was able to get it that high, he wouldnt tell me) and i trained with various other excercises, suit on and suit off. Finally with 10 minutes of class left(or training i should say), we were moving on to the final excercise: 2 new techniques.

Mr. Zone had set up 6 dummies in place around the room. What i had to do was successfully reveal and use 2 of the hidden techniques. Mr. Zone told me that i had to think-force it out just as i did when i drew out the morpher from my wrist. But with no idea of what to force out, it made it all the more difficult.

"Use your imagination," was all he would say.

I thought about the kind of things that this suit could hold and i tried to visualize them coming out of different places in the suit but nothing was happening. It was becoming incredibly frustrating and i had no clue what to do. I was near the point of giving up and just going to buy a machine gun from the store or something to use for a weapon when.....

The left arm of the suit, thrusted forward by itself and the armor part of my forearm slid back to reveal a flank of bullets that propelled itself out of the armor and lid forward to the frunt of my wrist. I realized what this was. It was a portable machine gun.

"Its actually not a machine gun," said Mr. Zone as if he was reading my mind. "Its a maching capsule shooter. The suit stores an unlimited amount of energy which it converts into capsule form and voila, you've got your own personal machine gun."

Unbelievable, I thought. Iooked to Mr. Zone to see if i could test it out and he nodded yes. I pointed it at one of the dummies and made a trigger motion with my hand. Instantly the barrels rolled around my fist rapidly as they shot thousands of tiny energy capsules at the dummy. The dummy's body was almost instantly torn apart by the rapid fire of the machine CS. The bullets were loud which made me fear of someone hearing the gunfire and believing it was some kind of terrorist attack or something, but Mr. Zone didnt move or make any gesture that would have told me to keep it quiet.

"Well I was gonna ask if it was lethal but nevermind," i told him starstruck by what i had just done.

"Yeah. Its lethal alright. And loud," he said taking out the ear plugs in his ears. "Good thing this room is sound proof."

I nodded to him from behind my visor. I still had one more technique i needed to learn before i was officially ready to use the suit. I continued my brainstorm of weapons the suit could have. After a while, I got the idea of a sword, so i imagined that. Instantly, a 2 blade propelled out of the side of both arms. I dont think i had ever been so amazed in my life. Besides the time when i went to the future and fought that monster and.....yeah you get the idea.

"Genesic Blades," Mr. Zone said simply. "Able to slice through even the strongest plates of steel. I better get out of the way of this one."

He walked across the room away from the dummies. I was feeling pumped up at the sight of the blades. With a triumphant battle cry, i spun around and slashed at the first dummy with my left arm, the spun the opposite way and decapitated the second with my right arm. I did a summersault, blades and all, and completely slashed 2 of the dummies in half with one swift move. Then i moved over to the last dummy. I slashed at this dummy with all the strength and skill i already knew and topped it off with a finisher vertical slash with both blades. The dummy stood there for a few seconds before completely falling apart with no traces of thread that held it together.

"Very very impressive," said Mr. Zone clapping his hands. "You actually exceeded the time limit of what was written in history. Thats a good sign as to where our future is headed."

"Thanx, Mr. Zone," i said.

The bell rang for lunch. I pressed the 2 buttons on my buckle and said "Shut Down!" and the ribbons flew back into the morpher leaving me back to normal. I picked up my bookbag and flipped it onto my back.

"Same time next week?"

"You know it," he said.

With that i left him, and headed straight for the cafeteria. All that work in just 2 periods worked me up an apetite bigger than......something big. I quickly got a box of fries and took my seat at the usual wooden table where me, Terrence, and Kim sat every lunch. As they both sat down at the table, i filled them in on everything that had happened from last night to this moment. When i was finished they burst into laughter.

"Dude did you hit your head on something or something," said Terrence through chuckles. "You've really got some kind of imagination going on in that crazy little head of yours."

"You think this is a joke?!" i said with a serious face.

"Come on drop the act," said Kim.

"I am Dead Freakin' Serious," i said with the most determined face i could make. Kim and Terrence stopped laughing immediately.

"Wow you really are serious," said Terrence. "But thats impossible dude. None of that stuff could have really happened."

"It did, i just got back from Mr. Zone's class where i was training, I learned how to use the genesis suit's" -

"COME ON BEN," said Kim loudly. "Do you really think we'll believe anything you say after this. Seriously, you've got some issues to work out. If you got grounded from the movies you should just tell us the true story instead of making up an epic like this."

"I didnt make it up," I said. "Quentin did"-

"Okay you know what, if you're not gonna tell us the truth, maybe we cant hang together anymore," Kim said standing up. "Come on Terrence lets go."

Terrence reluctantly got up. "Sorry dude." and they left me alone there at the table. Some friends they were; if they couldnt even believe what a friend is saying even if it sounded like the plotline for an off-topic fan fic on a forum about a classic beloved kids show, then i didnt need them anyway. Oh who am i kidding. They were the best and only true friends actually had. Well there was gonna be someway i proved to them, that all of that really had happened.

The time was near.

A storm cloud came near by and ended up blocking out the sun and appearing directly under the school and where i was sitting. The cloud was incredibly dark and i was certain that it was going to rain. But it didnt. Yet. I looked up at the cloud and saw that it was incredibly close, it seemed more like the smoking ceiling of a building from where i saw it. Then something happened that, for as long as this tale is told, i will never forget.

The cloud opened up and revealed a dark void leading to nothingness. It was one of the most traumatizing things i had ever seen. I instantly thought, Apocalypse but then i remember all i had gone through. Was this it? Was this the talked about moment that the Raza-whatever's were supposed to be unleased across the world. I kept my eyes on the cloud. I could hear screams from all around as the students scrambled to get inside. But the doors were locked for some reason. I managed to keep my cool and watch the cloud for any sign of attack.

Suddenly 10 figures fell from the hole in the sky and fell right into the Plaza where I was. The creatures were horrible: they were like zombies with blood red eyes and foot long fingers. There clothes were tattered and worn and their skin was burnt black. Their ears were pointed like an elves and they had razor sharp teeth that reminded me of the little girl in the alleyway in the future. That must have been the female version of what i was facing right now. The Razakin.

I surveyed the Plaza to see that everyone was gone. I was all alone to face these monsters head on.

Welcome to the first day in the life of Benjamin Fury.

Onlyne

03-14-2008, 01:30 AM

Episode 2: Day in the Life
Part 3

The Plaza was empty. That was good. No witnesses. I put the morpher in front of my face and pressed the 2 buttons. Instantly the red ribbons engulfed my body and formed the armor i needed to take out these guys.

It began to rain. What a great setting for my first battle in a long line of battles. I was ready. I could take these guys on.

I ran forward, the Razakin charging at me. I dashed ahead and punched the first monster in the face with a right hook, then followed with a stomach punch with my left hand and finished with a round house kick with my left leg sending it flying back toward the rest of the Razakin. Another monster jumped forward and I drew my right blade and slashed its head clean off. I then took the head slashed the rest of the body in half and thrusted the head at another monster, busting its skull and sending it sprawling to the ground. The Razakin that I first subdued was back at me again but i had the high ground by jumping onto a table and landing straight on his stomach and and stabbing both blades into its neck. I withdrew them before the monster fell on its back and did a front flip slashing another monster in half vertically and then horizontally.

I then propelled myself into the air, and drew the Machine CS and unleashed it on the Razakin. I tore most of them apart easily, taking down at least 3 more monsters. All the while i jumped over them and landed behind another monster. I drew my left arm blade and stabbed it into the back of the monster and pulled it out by vertically cutting the upper body of the monster. I then drew my right blade and diagonally slashed it to pieces. There were only 2 left.

But they were no where to be found. The Plaza was completely empty. The only sound was from the rain pounding on my armor. I climbed up the stairs leading to the sidewalk and saw a bunch of students shielding themselves from one of the monsters. With my incredible speed i made it to the monster and stabbed both blades into the head of the monster sending a shower of Razakin blood over the students. I searched for the final monster but he was no where to be found.

Then I looked back past the Plaza to where the trailers were. What I saw made my heart sink. There standing on top of one of the trailers was a Razakin monster holding one its long fingers with its sharp fingernails to the throat of Kim Fujikaze. There was no way i could get to him in time before he slit her throat and i couldnt shoot at her with my machine gun for risk that she get caught in the crossfire. So i did what Mr. Zone told me to do in a desperate situation. I thought of a new weapon. I needed anything that could help me attack the Razakin monster from yards away. I thought of a shuriken and sure enough a metal shuriken slide appeared on my left arm. I quickly aimed it at the monster and saw that a small targetting computer appeared in my visor. I waited until it locked its target and i shot the Shuriken. It spun at incredible speeds towards the monster and stabbed it right in its throat. I could see the blood splatter all over Kim but she would be alright.

I ran over to the trailer and jumped onto it with ease.

"Are you alright, Kim?" i asked.

"Y-Yeah."

"Where's Terrence?"

"He's over there with the other students."

I looked over and saw him safely calming down all of the water and blood soaked students who had witness the event unfold.

"Good they're all safe."

"B-Ben?"

"I told you didnt I? Now lets get you somewhere safe."

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The school was on lockdown for the rest of the day and the entire school got an early dismissal. I had managed to sneak behind the empty trailers and transform back leaving the students in awe at who their savior was.

Terrence and Kim finally believed all that i had said and begged to know more so i told them every single detail of everything that happened last night. We came to the conclusion that it doesnt matter what kind of person takes on the role of hero. They will always pull through and bring justice to that role.

I spent my time at home reading an Alpha Spark graphic novel and hanging with my grandpa since i was grounded and all. My mom returned home early when she heard the news of a supernatural attack. Soon after watching the news, it was on all of the news channels, and while watching Inside Edition, i managed to catch Kim being interviewed by reporters.

"So you actually talked to your savior after the fight?"

"Yeah he was really sweet, i dont know how to thank him."

"And what might you do if these creatures should show up again."

"I wont be upset or anything because i know that he'll be there to help us again."

"Did he tell you his name?"

"Yeah he said he was called......Genesis."

That entire interview made My day and I managed to cope with my loss at being able to do anything. By the evening, I was still on my couch reading my graphic novel when my mom walked up in a beautiful evening gown.

"How do I look?" she asked turning around so i could survey her.

"Like you came right out of the barby doll package," said not even looking at her.

"Yeah well, what do you know?"

"I know how to dress, thats for sure."

"You know"-

The doorbell suddenly rang.

"Thats him."

"Why are you going out with that lunatic child-leaver anyway?"

"He's not a lunatic, he is a charming handsome man."

"What kind of charming handsome man abandons his wife and child for money?"

"He didnt have a choice."

"There's always a choice mom."

She didnt have time to answer because the doorbell rang once again. She went to the door to answer it. I walked into the living room and saw that it was indeed George Narrow wearing an elogant tuxedo with a nice rose in the side pocket. He was incredibly sharp. After greeting my mom he saidto me, "Hey there big guy. How's life treating you?"

"Fair enough," i said.

"Good to hear, good to hear."

"Now Ben, No computer, no video games, and no cell phone. Grandpa's gonna tell me if you do anything you're not supposed to."

"Yeah yeah, mom i get the picture. Just try to have a nice time okay?"

"Okay," she said as i got ready to close the door on her. "I'll be back at 1"-

"Okay mom," i said closing the door. "Time to get ready for another boring night alone."

I went back into the den and watched tv while reading my graphic novel. After another 10 minutes there was another doorbell ring. I walked into the living room and answered the door. There stood Terrence and Kim.

"Terrence! Kim! What are you guys doing here? I thought you were going to see Team Velocity without me."

"Well we were," started Kim. "Until we heard the review. Worst movie of the year."

"Ouch," i said. "That sucks. But what are you guys doing here, you know im grounded."

"Well your grandpa invited us."

"My grandpa-what?" I turned around and saw him standing there. "Whats this all about grandpa?"

"You deserve to hang out with your friends tonight, Ben. Dont worry i wont tell your mom."

I couldnt help but smile. "Thanx grandpa, I really owe you." I hugged him.

"Aw this is truly a Kodak moment," said Terrence. "But look what i got."

He held up a box set with several DVD's in them.

"NO WAY DUDE," i exclaimed. "You got the Team Velocity Season 1 DVD Box Set?! These are like impossible to find now!"

"I know a guy who knows a guy who steals stuff," he said casually.

"Well dont just stand out there in the rain, jeez, come on in," my grandpa said.

That night was full of pizza, popcorn, chips, dip, soda, card playing, and the watching of our favorite show. Since ascension to High School, it was the most fun I had had in a long time.

And the best thing is, i never got caught.

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Next Time: training +flashbacks+ New Locations= Episode 3: The Legend of Michael Zone

Onlyne

03-15-2008, 03:01 AM

Episode 3: The Legend of Michael Zone
Part 1

Detention. Not that big of a deal right? You just sit there in the library, (in my case, in your case it could be a classroom or something) doing nothing but work or sleeping or being bored. Nothing that could cause you to go out of your mind in horrible rage and tear the sh*t out of everything in the room right?

Well not at my school. My school's detention will make you do that. It will make you want to claw your own eyes out then pull out someone's spine from their mouth and swinging it around the room until you completely murder everyone with the sharp ends of it. Something like that. In short, My school's detention is hell.

I sat there on saturday morning reading another Alpha Spark graphic novel minding my own business. I was in the library with Terrence beside me, who was balancing a spinning quarter on a textbook. It was a clever game that he had devised himself to entertain his longing boredom. We werent aloud to sleep so we had to find some way to entertain ourselves. The graphic novel would please me for about an hour but after realizing that i had another 4 hours to go, i nearly fainted. I decided to read 10 times slower.

Suddenly Mr. Grimm entered the room. He was dressed in all black as if he was going to a funeral. It made me scared. Had me thinking someone was gonna die that day. What a freakin' wierdo.

Grimm walked into the library. Up until that point, there had been whisper conversations between students. Now that he was there, it was dead quiet. He surveyed the room, looking at each student, choosing his victims. He spotted a young blonde girl sitting with a couple of her friends.

"You're suspended," he said firmly.

"What?! I didnt do anything!" she exclaimed.

"Empty your pockets."

The Girl hesistated and exchanged nervous looks with her friends.

"NOW!"

The girl jumped up, mainly in fear, and quickly reached her hand into her pockets. She pulled out a cell phone, a couple of notes, three dollars.....and a pack of cigarettes.

"Thats why you're suspended," he said. "Now get out of here."

The girl got up and sadly walked out of the library. How could he have known that she had cigarettes in her pocket? Mr. Grimm continued to survey the people in the room until his eyes fell on me. He noticed the graphic novel I was reading and walked over to me.

"Read something productive," he said snatching it out of my hands.

I said nothing and waited till he walked a few feet away and said "When will i get it back?"

"Never," he said without looking. There it went. Twelve dollars down the drain. I was seconds away from turning into the Genesis and kicking his ass.

I spent the five more minutes doing nothing when suddenly Mr. Zone walked into the library. He walked over to Mr. Grimm and whispered something to him. Grimm gave me a dirty look, then walked over to me and said," Mr. Zone wants to see you."

I looked at Terrence who was staring off into space, got up, and left the library along side Mr. Zone.

"Whats this all about, Mr. Zone?" I asked.

"You havent forgotten about the training have you?"

"But i thought we only train on fridays?"

"You were here so I thought i should take advantage of the moment."

"Thanks," I said gratefully. "I dont think I'd be able to take a whole 4 hours without any entertainment."

"You're welcome."

We made it to his classroom and entered. It was filled with the same excercising equipment as before.

"Now get dressed and lets get started," he said.

"Wait hold on, Mr. Zone," I interrupted. "Lets just mingle for a bit."

"The Razakin arent mingling arre they?" he said. They're preparing for their next attack."

"I know but cant we just take a break and talk for a little while. Tell me about your life, as a soldier, childhood, etc."

"Your break is in 2 hours. MAYBE! Only maybe, I'll share a little something then. Now get dressed and lets get started."

I changed out of my polo shirt and blue jeans and went bare back with training shorts given to me by Mr. Zone. I did my stretches and prepared myself for another grueling practice. As if the last one wasnt tiring enough.

We started out the way we did before only without the suit. I started out by doing 20 push ups then followed with 20 crunches. After that, I used the 20 pound dumbells and did 20 reps with them. Then I got on the treadmill and ran a mile at 5 mph. To finish up, I did twenty pull-ups on a bar then followed with 2 one-hand pull-ups for each hand. That was it for the warm up. Jeez. That killed about 20 minutes.

For the next hour, I spent my time fighting a punching bag. It was grueling but a great way to take out my anger on Mr. Grimm. It also helped me develop my melee combat skills. Once i was done with that, Mr. Zone set up an obstacle course for me to get through. Turns out, there was a secret area located in the back of the room. Mr. Zone went to the back and flipped a switch, revealing it. It was vast; bigger than our school gym. There were columns, monkey bars, tunnels, lasers, spikes, simulated enemies; everything an obstacle course should have plus more. I had no idea how it could have been built there without anyone knowing.

"In time, you will be able to run this course blindfolded and without the genesis suit," Mr. Zone said, "but for now, you have to at least try to get through it."

"Why'd you say it like that," i asked.

"What do you mean?"

"You said it like you dont believe i can get through it."

"You're right, i dont," he said plainly.

"Wait but"-

"Ready, set, GO!!"

And I was off. I pressed the 2 buttons on the morpher while running to the course and the red radiant ribbons flew from the morpher, wrapped around me forming the armor. Ahead of me was a small platform above a pool of water. Closer observation told me that the water was actually part of a lake that surrounded the entire obstacle course. One small mistake and I'd be swimming with the fishes, literally.

I jumped onto the platform and was instantly raised high to the ceiling at an incredible speed. I realized that the course started way at the top and I had to make my way to the bottom and back where i started to finish the course. No problem. Unless I fell, then It'd be a problem. A big problem. If the suit wasnt strong enough to protect me, the impact to the water would kill me. It'd be like falling from a building onto hard concrete.

I forced these thoughts out of my head and pressed on jumping to the next platform in a row of them. After finishing, the next platform was 5 feet higher up. I jumped to that one. All of the next ones were higher up so I jumped to them quickly and climbed my way up the obstacle course. When I got to the last platform, 3 arcrobatic bars lay ahead of me. If I missed a bar or made a stupid mistake, I'd be done.

I got a running start and jumped for the first bar. I successfully grabbed it and flipped twice on it. When my momentum was up, I quickly flipped to the next one and used the momentum from that jump to propel to the last one. Bad move. The jump caused me to lose control and I hit the bars with my forearms instead of letting it slide into my hands. I had to quickly get my wits together. I quickly grabbed the bar before I missed my chance and flipped onto the top of it. I let out a sigh of relief but that relief turned into dread as i saw what was in front of me.

It was a brick wall. there was no way through or around it. It ran all the way down to the bottom lake. There was no way i could get past it. I hadd to survey my surroundings. Maybe I didnt have to go around the wall. I looked down and saw far below was a grappling hook. I knew what i had to do.

I jumped from the bar and front flipped onto the brickwall. It was like slow motion. As soon as i got onto the brick I bent my legs and put my hand between my legs onto the bricks to settle myself. Then I did it. I propelled myself, my back to the wall, toward the bottom of the lake. I fell at full speed going at an incredible velocity. I turned fast so that my stomach faced the bricks and kept myself aerodynamic. My focus was precised. I looked up and saw the grappling hook. I had just passed it. Immediately, I imagined a grapple and pointed my hand at the hook. It shot from my arm and quickly rapped around it. I felt the force as I swung like spiderman, or batman, or somebody who swings through the air and pushed myself forward. Man, was I retarded. I forgot to check what i would do after that. Because in front of me, to my misfortune, were several walk columns.

They were about 5-7 inches wide, just enough to get one foot onto. I was so screwed. The grapple unlocked and zipped back into the suit. All of my focus was on the first column. This was gonna be close. I landed with my toe first. My body weight was about to shift forward and I was about to lose my balance. There was no way I could stop myself from falling, So i kept going. I walked over 4 more columns with my body weight still going toward. I hopped the columns at full speed. Ahead of me was my salvation. An open corridor. I hopped the last column and planted my feet there. I made it. But in this obstacle course, victory is always short lived.

Immediately I heard an ear shattering sound. Shhrrnnkk!! several blades propelled in front of me coming out of all sides of the corridor except the floor for about 5 yards. I was gonna have to time it right. Once the blades receited, I waited until they propelled again. Once they did, they started to receit again and i started counting. When the blades propelled again I counted 12 seconds. When the blades receited again, i calculated the odds of me getting through this in 12 seconds. It would be close, but i would at least try it. As soon as i had enough room again, I ran with all the speed i had through the blade trap. I managed to jump out as soon as i hit 12 and barely missed the oncoming blades. I didnt get my hopes up this time though. I knew i still had more to do. And i was right.

SLAM!! 2 huge square boulders smashed together in front of me. If i had fell just a few more feet further, I'd be a pancake. This wasnt an obstacle course. It was a death trap. I saw that there were actually 4 giant slammers that all slammed at different times so I had to time all of them to get through alive.

I couldnt do that. It was way to hard without making one mistake. I had done it in video games before but i always messup up at least once. And i always had enough health to keep me alive for the next few levels. But this was real life and i only had one chance. I had to do it then and there. So i sprinted through it.

I did great until i got to the last one. I got caught right in the middle of it. I made one last effort to hold back the oncoming boulders and to my suprise, I found myself holding the two boulders at bay. This suit gave me more protection than i gave it credit for. I quickly pushed the boulders back into their slots and pressed on. I was almost on the home stretch.

The last obstacle in my way were a row of candy blue colored cyborgs. There were 6 of them. Their exoskeleton didnt look as strong as my armor so i figured i could probably get rid of them pretty easily. They made no attempt to attack. They stood 3 by 3 facing each other kind of like when a king is in his servants' prescences and is about to take his throne.

I walked slowly to the center of the cyborgs. Without warning, they all pounced on me at incredible speeds. I managed to break free of their hold. The cyborgs were skinny, but strong, kinda like the ones from that movie, I Robot. Their eyes were bright yellow, steady on my, ready to attack again.

I was ready for them. I drew out the Genesic Blades from my forearms. "Bring it on!" I yelled.

I ran forward and so did the cyborgs. I slashed at one with the left arm, but he dodged and jumped into the air. It moved farther to the right so i spun around and cut its abdomen with my right arm slicing it in half. I followed with a in-air spinning kick with my left leg and knocked its upper body to the ground in pieces. While still spinning in air, i withdrew the blades and shot out a shuriken which sliced into the head of another cyborg. I continued spinning and finally landed on the ground as the cyborg fell back and exploded. 4 more to go.

I ran toward the wall of the corridor and the cyborgs followed. I ran onto the wall and did a backflip as the cyborgs reared onto it. I quickly drew the machine CS and completely obliterated 2 of the cyborgs in capsules tearing them apart bolt by bolt. They fell to the ground in ruins as i landed in front of the 2 remaining cyborgs. The 2 cyborgs thrusted forward as i expected so i pushed myself back with my left leg and slammed my hands together with great force. "Genesis Wave!!" I yelled and the force of the slam turned the last 2 cyborgs into a bunch of mechanical parts which flew back and slammed onto the wall of the corridor.

Having defeated them, I ran back down the corridor to find an opening ahead. I ran through it and found myself.....back in the classroom.

"Well done, Ben, You never fail to suprise me," said Mr. Zone casually.

"There is no way i can even imagine myself doing that without the suit," I said breathing hard. "It was hard enough with it on. Did you see that grappling hook?"

Mr. Zone chuckled. "Yeah i saw it. You probably cant see now, but you'll be able to master all of that. And just to shock you, that was only part of the course, there's lots more where that came from."

"How were you able to get all of that in there anyway?" i asked. "And how did the corridor get there? It wasnt there before."

"Take a look for yourself."

I looked back and saw nothing but a small empty room where the obstacle course used to be.

"What happened to the course?"

"It was nothing more than an illusion. A holographic obstacle course, designed to push you to the limit in a virtual reality simulation. Pretty cool huh? I built it myself."

"Yes very cool," i said. "But after all that, you owe me."

"Yeah i suppose i do. So what do you want me from me?"

"Tell me your life story. Or at least your time in the Resistance. I wanna know everything that makes you who you are today."

"Alright then take a seat."

We sat down on a bench on the right side of the classroom.

"I'll tell you about my time in the Resistance. But just so you know, i never intended for anyone to know about this story. Its not like any other story either. It does NOT have a happy ending. Its real life. And its my life. Im not gonna tell you what happened. Im gonna tell you how i remember it...."

Onlyne

03-15-2008, 03:13 AM

Episode 3: Legend of Michael Zone
Part 2

"Hey Mike!" said a tall muscular dark haired man. He was yelling at a skinny, spikey blonde haired man who must have been in his early 20's. The man was sitting on the floor reading a thick book. They both wore black uniforms with blue lining at the soles of thread that patched it together. On the left breast was the Resistance symbol of a hawk with blue eyes thrusting forward.

"What the hell are you doing reading?" the bigger man asked as he approached him.

"Just getting a little in before the briefing," Mike said.

"You're such a nerd. I dont know why you're even related to me."

"Ive told you already, Brandon, you were adopted."

"Im older than you, dumbass."

"That doesnt count for anything," Mike said.

They both laughed at each other while hugging. "Look man," said Brandon. "we're about to go out into our first battle. Or you are anyway. It gets rough out there and I dont want you to get mixed up and die. Lets get going to the briefing."

Mike and Brandon walked down the Resistance HQ corridors and took a right down the hallway. They then took another right into the briefing room. The room was half the size of an auditorium. Several rows of seats were built up on the right side of the room, filled with anxious soldiers. Opposite that was a small stage where the lieutenants, commandos, and Captains sat together. In the center sat the founder and leader of the Resistance, Commander Benjamin Fury. He sat rubbing his beard, lost in thought.

Mike took his seat with the other soldiers while Brandon walked onto the stage and sat with the Squad Captains. Once the room was quiet, Commander Fury stood up from his chair and walked to the podeum centered in the middle of the stage. He was definetly showing his age; his dark skin was wrinkled and his hair was nearly white. But he was still as healthy and strong as ever. He stood up straight and moved with ease. He still had the will of a warrior and when he spoke, his voice was deep, strong, and bold all at once.

"Welcome again, Soldiers. I trust you all know why you are here. This is the last metting before the 7th battle of Kingdom City so I trust your squadrants are prepared and ready to fight."

"Sir!" soluted the Squad Captains.

"Excellent. Head Captain Ficus will explain the battle plan."

Commander Fury stepped away from the podeum and made way for another man who was equally as old but no where near as fit as the Commander. He was a white man with snow white hair. He resembled something of Santa Claus only without the weight and jollyness.

"The only squads that are going to battle are Squad Adrenaline, Squad Edge, Squad Gadget, Squad Justice, Squad Maximum, Squad Xenix, and Squad Zero. Our mission is to destroy the Kingdom City Knights Basketball Stadium which is a breeding ground for the Razakin. It'll be a big step towards taking back Kingdom City. Squad Gadget will do coverfire at Manchester Street following the lead Squads to the rendevous point. Squad Xenix will take the sniper rifles and cover from the fifth floor of Narrow Towers. Squad Zero will take Villamar Road and get rid of the Raz Soldiers that come through that route. Its a direct passage to the leading Squads' destination and there cannot be any interuptions once they arrive. Squad Maximum and Squad Edge will stay confined in the Voices and eliminate any aerial Razakin pods. Finally, Squad Adrenaline and Squad Justice will team up and press on to the stadium and plant the bombs in its locker rooms, bathrooms, inner stands, and the centeral bomb is to be planted somewhere primarily in the middle of the court. You guys have the hardest job. You're going into the belly of the beast. If you'd like to withdraw and switch places to another squad, you can."

The entire congregation remained silent. Head Captain Ficus stepped away and Commander Fury took the stage.

"You all know what to do. Get rest, pray, and above all, prepare to fight."

The soldiers soluted the Commander as he and his second in command along with a stream of bodyguards left the room. When they were gone the rest of the soldiers gathered their stuff and left the room.

"You going off to talk to Brindi?" asked Brandon.

"Yeah," Mike replied. "Im gonna see how her and Tracey are doing."

"If i were you I would be saying my farewells."

"Why? I have no intentions of dying."

"I know, but it gets rough out there, Mike. I cant predict the future, but it would be good if your family got to say one last goodbye just in case."

"Yeah You're right."

Mike walked into the Battle Hangar where soldiers were loading ammo, making piece with god, discussing plans with their squads, and making the best of their potential last moments alive. The Hangar was the size of a normal air hangar. It was filled with several flying aircrafts known as Voices. They were oval shaped with 2 metal wings on both sides. Two tubes that were connected to the wings. Both radiantly glowed blue in the front of them. The cockpits also shined from the blue light of the buttons and controls.

Mike took out his cell phone and walked over to the Private Room. Just as he walked up to the door, a soldier came out, his eyes red with tears. Mike walked into the Private room. It was very small, like a closet. The only light, that lit the room was a gas powered candle that lay on a table on the side opposite Mike. A chair lay in the center of the room. Mike locked the door to ensure that no one walked in on him and sat. He then dialed the number to his wife's home. She answered quickly.

"Hello?"

"Hey honey."

"Mike, Hi!" Brindi said enthusiastically. "How've you been?"

"Alright. How's Tracey?"

"So so. She still misses you. She told me she was thinking about enlisting into the Resistance. Can you believe that?! I quickly dashed away that Idea."

"You shouldnt be so illapproved. You should let her choose her own life."

"Are you serious?! Im not gonna let my baby girl get her head sliced off by some Razakin soldier!"

"Well thats comforting for a Resistance Soldier."

"Sorry, but its how I feel. Its bad enough with you there."

"Dont be sorry. All im saying is, its her life. In the world that we live in now, her choice could mean the fate of it."

"Well she's only 5. Those kinds of descisions dont count until she's at least 10."

"Since we're on the topic of war, there's something we need to talk about."

"What is it honey?"

"Im about to go into my first official battle."

"Oh god."

"I just wanted to have some last moments with you just in case...."

Brindi began to cry over the phone.

"It will be alright, Brindi," Mike assured her. "I'll call you as soon as the battles over."

"And what if you dont?"

There was an akward silence. Then someone knocked on the door.

"I will, I promise. I have to go now though. I love you so much, Brindi. Tell Tracey I love her too. Make sure you lock up the safehouse nice and tight. And remember, no matter what, I'll always be with you both."

"I know you will. I love you too, Mike."

"I'll call back soon, Bye."

"Bye."

Another knock came at the door just as Mike flipped his phone off. He got up and opened the door to see the same crying soldier, now bawling his eyes out. The man pushed past him and walked into the room, locking the door behind hm. Mike left and walked back to his squad, Squad Adrenaline. Brandon who was consulting with the rest of the squad, turned to see Mike walking up.

"We've made a descision, Mike. You're Bomberman."

Mike stopped dead in his tracks. "What?!"

"I said you're Bomberman," Brandon repeated.

"You've got to be kidding me. Its my first battle and you're already making me Bomberman?"

"Dont fret bro, we've got your back."

"And what if you guys die huh? I dont have the experience to get myself out of trouble!"

"Mike, you're over reacting," said Brandon. "You passed all of the training programs, all of the written tests, all of the simulations with an A+. You're gonna turn out a better soldier than I am."

"But"-

"You need to work on your confidence. If you start believing in yourself, you'll never reach your full potential. Now we're running late so switch out of your uniform, put on your battle armor, and grab a Voice. Its time for the kill."

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Outside of HQ, the Battle Hangar door slid open and several Voices flew from the inside. Each pilot had a total of 8 weapons; one machine CS(Sniper Rifle's for the snipers) 2 pistols, an energy katana capable of slicing through any metal, and 4 melee/throwing blades. Their battle armor was dark blue camoflauge with circular helmets that had an opening for the face and rubber goggles that protected the eyes. The Voices flew through the air, just under the dark clouds. The crafts were a unique mixture of rubber and metal to avoid any contact with lightning or other electrical appliances that may damage them. Mike sat in his Voice focused on the mission at hand. Suddenly a transmission came in through his portable intercom.

"Hey Mike, over," said Brandon's voice.

"Yeah Brandon? over."

"When we get to the battlefield, make sure you get out of your Voice fast and find cover. We cant risk someone blowing it up or something. Just sit tight at the landing site until the rest of the squad gets there and we'll give you cover. Are the bombs secure? over."

"Yeah. over."

"Good," Brandon replied. "When we get there, you can fight but make sure you're extremely careful. I know you're eager but we cant risk one of the Razakin hitting the bombbox and killing us all. Im gonna leave now so you can get Commander Fury's message, over and out."

The static from Brandon's transmission dissapeared and was replaced with silence. Soon the pit filled with noise once again as Commander Fury's transmission came in.

"Alright troops, we're approaching the battlefield. Stay vigilant. Remember your objectives and stay safe, over and out."

Then it happened. Several yellow orbs flew from the ground to the sky into the path of oncoming Voices. Mike knew exactly what they were. Razakin Pods.

Mike steered his Voice from the clouds to get a better view of his attackers. They were in the thousands, pods alone. He and his squad were no where near the landing site. He was going to have to fight his way through. The pods were basically the size and of a Voice, only they were golden and the shape of a sphere. The cockpits were also the covered in gold instead of being transparent like on a Voice.

Mike dodged several pods and began fighting for his life. He shot his blasters at several of them taking a few down in a close call crash. The fleet of Voices were toward the abandoned Kingdom City, and already dogfights were breaking out in the sky. As the battle raged above the city, several pods and Voices crashed into the towering skyscrapers sending flames and debris fluttering to the ground. Before Mike knew it, a Razakin pod flew behind him, its blasters locked on to his Voice. Mike noticed just in time and dived out of the way of the oncoming blasts. Mike took a right through an alleyway and dipped low to put the pod at an aiming disadvantage.

The pod began shooting at the ground below completely missing Mike's Voice. Mike tried his best to avoid the blasts long enough to get out of the alleyway. The Voice grazed the damp ground sending sparks flying upward and putting the pod into a deeper disadvantage. Finally, the aircraft slipped out of the alleyway and shot upward dodging the buildings in its path. The Razakin pod wasnt far behind.

Slowly but surely, the Voice rose through the city eventually emerging from the buildings into the wide open sky. Mike decided to take a desperate move to get rid of the pod. He gunned the Voice straight upward into the dark clouds. The pod followed, not aware of Mike's plan. As Mike reared up to the clouds gunning the engines at full speed, until finally.....He shut it off. The Voice flew at a few feet farther until it stopped just before plunging through the clouds, then slowly it began falling back to earth.

As it fell, it turned back toward the oncoming pod that followed. There was no way to avoid a head on collision, which was why Mike shot his blasters at the pod causing it to explode right before impact. The flurry of hot metal grazed the sides of the Voice as it flew directly through the explosion.

Before he could even have a sigh of relief, Mike noticed just in time another pod headed his way dead on. The speed of the pod was unmatchable and it was going take all of his power to dodge it. He pushed with all of his strength on the steering wheel to move out of the way but the pod came too fast and tore the left wing of the Voice as it passed by. The pod shifted in midair and follwed the falling aircraft to the earth.

Mike knew that if he didnt bail out, he would die along with the mission. He grabbed the bombox that he was assigned, put it in his side-armor compartment, and hit the eject button. He jetted out of the Voice just as the pod shot its blasters at it, destroying it, and sending its parts plummetting into a nearby building and finally into the ground. Mike floated yards into the air by its immense pressure and was about to deploy his parachute when he got an idea. The pod was going to collide with Mike as soon as he used the parachute and probably cripple it and send him to the ground to the same fate as his Voice. As the pod prepared to knock him to oblivion, Mike braced himself and grabbed a latch on the top of it as it passed him and held on for dear life.

Mike pulled out a portable hacker with one hand, which was a small rectangular magnet with a long chord that connected to a remote-like device. He held the hacker in his mouth as he activated his magnetic boots and clung his feet to the pod. He then held the hacker in his free hand and pulled out one of his throwing knives in the other. He cut into a certain spot on the pod and began carving a square into it. When he was done, he stabbed the middle of the square and pulled the cover off to reveal a small generator. Mike attached the magnet to the generator and typed a code into the remote. When finished, the engine to the pod instantly shut off, and Mike restarted it with the remote.

He manually piloted it all the way back through the city and through the buildings. Mike spotted the rest of the fighting that was taking place. The sky was lit up with explosions from the battle. Pods and Voices were fighting everywhere. The ground was infested with Razakin and every once in a while, Mike passed a few soldiers fighting for their lives. It wasnt a pretty sight but if Mike hadnt gotten his wits together, he would have died then and there.

The Razakin inside of the pod had quietly opened the cockpit door and slithered out on the top of the pod. Mike looked up from the remote to see the demon zombie-like creature draw a sword from its own arm and stab at Mike who was quick enough to dodge it. He tried to pilot the pod while dodging the Razakin's attacks but it was incredibly difficult. Mike had to protect the chord that led to the remote, while protecting himself. He switched hands and pulled out the knife that he cut into the pod with and tried his best to fight off the Razakin.

MIke tried several times to stab the Razakin but missed every time. He had to block its shots instead of dodging to avoid pulling the magnet off of the generator. When Mike sped around the corner of a building and down another long alleyway, the Razakin went for one last attack to his head. Now that they were in the alleyway with no obstacles to dodge, Mike was completely dedicated to the battle. He knocked away the attack and stabbed him in the neck. Blood squirted all over Mike's armor as he kicked the Razakin off of the pod and went back to work. He steered the pod out of the alleyway and directly through town square. It was on a head-on collision with Narrow Towers.

For some strange reason, the hacker stopped working. Mike hit it several times, but it wouldnt respond. There was no way that he could stop the pod in midspeed. It was only about a mile away from Narrow Towers, but the pod had to be traveling at at least 100 mph. He had to bail. Mike readied himself for the exact moment that would jump. Impact was inevitable. Mike jumped off with incredible speed into a backflip as the pod crashed into the building. A flurry of glass flew past Mike who seemingly floated through the air. It was a slow motion moment. Mike then flipped a second time and landed on his feet as the pod finally exploded, sending debris raining down all over him.

He stood up, his armor covered in ash, to see a disheartening sight. He was no where near the landing site. He was closer to the stadium more than anything but there was no way he could make it there by himself without the rest of his squad. Most of everyone were engaged in their own battles. It seemed like the mission was already lost.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew, throwing dust and debris in the air. A second later a Voice landed in front of Mike. The cockpit door opened.

"Need a ride?" asked Brandon.

"You're awesome," said Mike, jumping into the back seat of the Voice.

"The stadium isnt too far from here. I'll let you off inside."

"Inside?" Mike asked. "You mean from the roof?"

"Yep."

The door closed and Brandon gunned the Voice off the ground and went airborne.

Onlyne

03-15-2008, 03:16 AM

Episode 3: Legend of Michael Zone
Part 3

"The stadium is a breeding ground for the Razakin, Brandon," said Mike. "Are you sure we should be entering so openly like that?"

"The squad is already over there, securing the area. I went off to find you. You got the bombbox?

"Yeah."

"Fantastic," said Brandon, and with that he gunned his voice across the city to the Kingdom City Knights Basketball Stadium. When they arrived at the scene, Mike saw that the top of the stadium was blown off and reveal the battle within. Several Resistance soldiers were putting up against hundreds of Razakin but the strange fact was that they were winning. Brandon parked the Voice in the center of the court and they both jumped out quickly. They ran from the aircraft as fast as they could to avoid any kind of explosion that may jeopardize their mission and most importantly their lives. Sure enough, several bullets hit the Voice at one time and after a few seconds it exploded. As the smoke cleared, Mike and Brandon took cover behind a metal shield set up as cover near the benches.

On the other side of the bleachers was a person who would haunt Mike's memories forever. His name was Glance and he was a Razakin Lieutenant. But he wasnt always. He used to be known as Jim Zone. Mike and Brandon's oldest brother....

Glance wore an all-black armor with a purple visor over his eyes. His helmet covered his entire head and it seemed as if no vestige of human was left in him. He was shooting at them with a Rifle CS that was attached to his arm. It wasnt as advanced as the ones made by the Resistance, though the force of the blows were far more powerful.

The capsules pounded on the metal shield that separated Mike and Brandon from a bloody death, but not for long. Soon, the fury of capsules stopped and the only sound came from the wrustling wind and the other soldiers fighting the Razakin across the court. It didnt make since why Glance wasnt aiming for the other soldiers at the time. Brandon poked his head from behind the metal shield. What happened at that moment was the single most traumatizing moment in Mike's life. A blade spinning at gospeed velocity zoomed by slicing Brandon's head clean off and imbedding itself into the ground. The blood spewed out like an ocean wave and landed on Mike's face and goggles. Behind them, shocked eyes watched his brother's body fall to the ground and his head roll away from it. Then something impossible happened. It was something that Mike never would have dreamed of happening and stuck with him for the rest of his natural and spiritual life. As Brandon's head rolled and faced Mike, its eyes still had life as he muttered his last words, "Dont....Stop....Fighting...." The eyes turned gray but the face stayed still, never to speak again.

Mike had felt a shock that he had never felt before in his life. It took him a few seconds for his mind to snap back into action. He quickly realized what was going on and what he needed to do. His brother was dead and there was nothing he could do about it. Brandon died honorably by the shuriken blade of a Razakin scum. There was no time to mourn. The only thing he could do was make sure his death wasnt in vain and avenge it by destroying the stadium.

Mike jumped from the metal shield toward the fighting soldiers and the Razakin. Glance's CS began blasting once again in his path. It became clear that Glance was aiming to kill him. It was all coming together. Back when he was Jim Zone, he and Mike always hung out. While they were both born in the same year, Brandon was 5 years older than them and the differences in age groups kept them from truly socializing. Brandon was a father figure for the both of them; their real father was killed during the first Razakin Renegade where they first escaped from the War Zone. Somewhere along the line, once Brandon joined the Resistance and Mike followed in his footsteps, Jim felt deathly alone. He needed comfort, so he betrayed his brothers and formed an alliance with the Razakin. They gave him power, more than he could ever dream of. It all comes down to that. Power. Its always what lures empty-minded humans to the Razakin.....

Mike hid behind another metal shield that was posted closer to the squad. He pulled out his own Machine CS and began returning fire. Glaance took cover, giving Mike a chance to run back to his squad. He shot the CS at the Razakin that were attacking the other soldiers. Many of them were pouring out of the door that led to a hallway to the locker rooms. He killed enough of them to allow his squad to move on.

"Lieutenant Brandon is dead, but the mission is still in progress. MOVE!"

The soldiers crowd around him as he made his way through the hallways. They were assigned to protect the bomberman at all costs. That was Mike. He needed to live long enough through this mission to plant all of the bombs and get rid of the stadium. He ran to the first locker room and placed a bomb onto one of the lockers. Each bomb was around 3 inches in the shape of a square. It had buttons and a screen and looked very much like a caculator. He typed a code on it before attaching it to the locker and ran back into the hallway of soldiers that were fighting off more Razakin. Mike pressed on and did the same for the other locker rooms.

One by one, Mike planted bomb after bomb all around the stadium. He planted one in each bathroom and several in the concession stands. All the while, Squad Adrenaline and Squad Justice were covering him. He pressed on to the stands and began planting there, while keeping a wary eye out for Glance. By the time he was done, he had planted 39 bombs in all. But he had to try his best to plant the most powerful bomb in the center of the court to get the ultimate effect of dropping the walls of the stadium. Mike raced back through the hallways and to the concession stands to be greeted by a gut wrenching sight.

Glance came out of the darkness of the abandoned hallways, flipping through the air and landing right in front of Mike's cover soldiers. He pulled a huge blade from out of his leg bone and completely obliterated 3 soldiers with one swipe; the soldiers that covered Mike's front. Glance thrusted foward, knocking Mike back into a nearby wall and pinned him there. The soldiers that covered behind him were astonished by Glance's speed and began to fire at him, but the bullets bounced off like flies. While still pinning Mike to the wall, he turned partially around and activated his Machine CS, blowing them all away.

He turned back to Mike and said in a menacing voice, "Hello, Brother."

"I have no brother. My brother is dead."

"Are you still mad? Get over it already. If you took my path instead of the path of the defeated, you would be wallowing in great power like me right now."

Mike struggled but Glance pushed him harder against the wall.

"Its so exhilarating you know? So comfortable and inviting. I have to admit, I had doubts when i first became a lieutenant but maaaannnn, it was so worth it. Its like a drug. I had no guilt in what i had done because it gave me a true reason to fight back."

"There's no reason you could possibly have for betraying your own brothers for the side of evil!" Mike tried to yell in anger but the pinching of Glances forearm on Mike's neck held back the sound.

"Oh you're letting me back into the family now?! Thats so sweet. I knew we could sort all of this out. I wish i could just let it be from that point but hey, I was assigned to kill you, so sorry man but today's your last day alive."

Glance raised his blade to Mike's head and said," before you die do you wanna know why they call me Glance?"

"Why?"

"Because i can see your death."

"Really I can too," Mike replied with a smirk.

"Oh yeah, what do you see?" asked Glance slightly sarcastically.

"I see you exploding into a million pieces."

"What?"

At that moment, Mike slapped the last bomb to Glance's chest and kicked him farther down the hall. Mike knew it was the last few seconds of his life and he had nothing else to lose. He would send Brindi and Tracey his will. Now was the time to end it. He pulled out the detonator and pushed the button....

The next few seconds were all just one big blur. First, he saw Glance explode from his stomach out. Blood and limbs flew through the air as Glance died his horrible death. Then the explosion engulfed Mike in its flames. He could feel the heat as it pierced through his battle armor and seering his exposed skin inside of his helmet. Then, suddenly, a silver blur flew through the fire and grabbed him. Immediately the blazing heat turned into damp cold and in seconds he found himself lying on the ground, rain pounding on his face. He could still hear the booms of the stadium as it collapsed inward and then spilling smoke, fire, and debris all through the parking lot.

Mike opened his eyes to see something incredible. Standing in front of him, was a warrior in silver armor that covering his body. There was black elastic between certain parts of the armor where the joints were to make him more flexible. His helmet was silver with a shinny black visor over the eyes. But the most magnificent feature of this warrior was his wings. On his back were skeletal wings almost like bat wings only they were white and the parts where the skin should be was covered with transparent material made out of the same plastic/metal as the Voices.

"Commander Fury?" Mike asked in wonder.

The warrior held out his hand for Mike to take. In a deep, metallic voice he said, "Well done, soldier, well done."

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Mike sat in a waiting room outside of Commander Fury's office. After the battle, he had taken Mike to safety. Many soldiers died in the battle. The pod ambush had nearly caused the mission to fail. That would have been a near fatal setback for the Resistance. The demolition of the stadium killed many more Razakin than soldiers. That would have been a big achievement for the Resistance, if there wasnt a far greater amount of Razakin warriors than the Resistance. So many sins have been accumulated over so many centuries, that there was a seemingly unlimited amount of Razakin. It was overwhelming situation what the soldiers were up against. It was hard to have hope. People lived in safehouses all over the world. Every human on earth was in hiding from the Razakin. The Resistance seemed to be the only hope that the humans had and the people of the Resistance seemed to be losing hope themselves.

A soldier came out of Commander Fury's office and said, "Commander Fury will see you now."

Mike got up and entered the room. The inside was as big as a classroom. There were several couches that lay facing a desk. The room was black and white and the whole back wall was a window that looked out onto the underground fortress that was the headquarters. Looking out of the window was the dark skinned elderly man that founded and commanded the entire resistance movement, Commander Benjamin Fury.

"Have a seat, Mr. Zone," he said.

"Mike took a seat closest to Commander Fury's desk. Fury sat down in a rolling chair behind his desk.

"How are you feeling?" he asked.

"Depressed," Mike replied solumnly.

"I feel your pain. When some of my friends and relatives died, I felt incredibly melancholy. I know its hard, but to keep on in life, to survive, we have to move on and hope that they have gone on to a better place."

"I know," Mike said, his voice cracking, tears swelling up in his eyes. "But it hurts."

"It always does. We can never fully recover from these kinds of things. But we do heal. You can get through this. I know you can. You have to now more than ever, because i have a very important assignment for you. One that may take years to complete. It also may be the most important task set upon someone in history."

Mike straightened up and wiped the tear from his eye. He was back on track. Commander Fury got out of his seat and began pacing around the room.

"I am about to embark on a mission, not quite like yours but it is equally important mission. The people are becoming dismal and beginning to give themselves up to the Razakin in a hope to escape the imminent terror that we will all have to face if we lose. This mission may be our only hope in winning this war. There is a planet on the eastern side of the Milky Way called Vulcan. This planet specializes in crystal and jewel making. A few years ago a rock from their planet made its way to earth. We managed to uncover it and found out that it was a series of time crystals embedded together and incredibly developed. I, along with a crew of explorers are going to travel to this planet and find the ultimate time crystal. There I will use it to try to send my suit, the Savior Suit: Cosmos back to the moment when the Razakin escaped."

"So what will that do?" asked Mike in wonder.

"After studying the time crystals, I have found out that the Ultimate can only take it back to that moment. I have developed a series of Savior Suits that I'm planning on giving ot one specific person."

"Who is that?"

"Me. This is where you come in. I want you to use a time crystal to go back in time. Use another one and hide it in a secluded place. I want you to take post as a science teacher at Fairbrook High School. There you will teach my teenage self. Lure him to the hidden crystal and he will transport here where Lieutenant Fury will brief him on his mission. Once he dawns the first Savior suit, it is your job to teach him the features of it and you will help him get rid of the Rogue Razakin that escape in his time. Every now and then he will need to be updated and his objectives of how to fight them will change so it is also your job to make sure he gets to the briefings of our time okay."

"With all due respect sir, how will this turn the tides of the war?" asked Mike.

"The Savior Suit: Cosmos was built well after the release of the Razakin because we werent prepared. By the time it was ready for battle, the Razakin were strong enough to withstand its awesome power. If my teenange self trains and becomes a better warrior, he will already know how to use the suit and be adept with it. When the time comes that the Razakin are released from the War Zone, he will travel to Vulcan and retrieve the suit that i sent back in time, then travel back to earth and take down the Razakin before they are powerful enough to combat it."

"Do you really think that will work?" Mike asked.

"The suit will at least allow my younger self to seal the Razakin off for good. So do you think you're up for the job?"

Mike stood up and shook Commander Fury's hand.

"You can count on me sir."

Onlyne

03-15-2008, 03:17 AM

Episode 3: Legend of Michael Zone
Part 4

Incredible could be the hugest understatement of my life. If i had said that, i would only be saying about a fraction of what I was really thinking. There i was, sitting and listening to Mr. Zone's story and all i could feel was total shock and awe. With each word he spoke, the tension rose to an even higher peak. On the guy's very first mission he had been through so much. He lost his brother. That was another thing that shocked me. Mr. Zone had 2 brothers, one was a legendary warrior and the other was a Razakin Lieutenant. How did that happen anyway? Was I going to have to face a Razakin Lieutenant of my lifetime as a hero? And me. I had learned so much about myself that I never would have known in just a matter of hours. I knew I would be some kind of great leader but I had no clue that I would lead an entire army. I guess I really should have, seeing that the whole universe is at stake. Its not probable that just a group of people could save the universe.*Author's note*- PR Reference

"So thats my story," Mr. Zone concluded. "And I'll never forget the last words my brother said to me. 'Never stop fighting.' And I wont."

"Thats..." Like I said before I couldnt come up with a word. "Fantaboliscentistic."

"What?" he asked with a chuckle.

"I couldnt think of a word so I just made up one."

"Fantaboliscentistic. Thats something else, Ben."

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The training was done and so was the detention.. I walked through the halls just as the detention dismissal bell rang. The students were already pouring out as I walked by the library. As I passed in front of Mr. Grimm and said, "I'll be looking forward to next week's detention, Mr. Fury."

"Yeah whatever." This guy was so freakin' creepy. I kept walking and entered my grandpa's car outside.

"Hey gramps," I greeted.

"Hey man," he said. "How was it?"

"Boring and unfair," I said although I couldnt elaborate on how I was still traumatized by the story that Mr. Zone told me about his life in a future resistance movement created by my future self. It nearly rivalled his war stories. I didnt want him to feel outdone and dissapointed. I also didnt want him thinking I was mentally insane.

"Im supposed to be meeting Terrence and Kim at the mall in a bit. Do you mind driving me over there?"

"No its cool, man. Buckle up."

He didnt even give me a chance to buckle up. He gunned the engines and we were on our way to Royal Park Mall from there. I dont know what got him so excited all of a sudden. Either way, I respected him that much more. I have the greatest grandfather ever.

When we reached the mall he dropped me off at the front that led directly into the food court. I entered and searched for Terrence and Kim, and found that they were sitting at a table across from Jessica and Regina. I wasnt usually a mall person but every now and then we'd hang around and do stupid stuff until it was time to leave. I walked over to them to see that Terrence and Regina were in a heated argument.

"Im telling you, they are things," said Regina.

"No, you couldnt be more wrong, Regina," Terrence countered. "They are persons."

"Listen to what you are saying! No matter what you say or how much you love them, they are just things!"

"You are so heartless. Its not like Im saying they are people, they're just persons," said Terrence, getting red with anger.

"That makes no sense!"

"Guys, whats the problem," I intervened.

"We're trying to establish what noun classification animals are," Terrence answered. "Persons or things."

"I just told you they are things," Regina exclaimed.

"How can you say that?! If they are things, why do they have genders? Things arent classified as boys and girls."

"Well how can they be persons? Persons are people and people are humans so if they arent persons or places they have to be things."

"Guys!" I yelled to stop the arguing. "Animals are animals and thats all they will be. So lets leave it at that alright."

"Fine," they both said.

"So other than that how are you guys?"

"Good," Kim answered.

"Yeah we're doing great dude," Terrence said regaining his usual enthusiasm.

"We just saw these guys and asked them if they wanted to hang out with us when you got here," Jessica said. "But then Terrence brought up an interesting point and thats how the argument got started."

"You two are destined for each other," said Kim teasingly.

"Psyche!" said Terrence.

"So Ben, I heard you beat the crap out of Anthony after gym class," Regina said. "Is that true?"

"Eh," I mumbled causually. "Sort of."

"Thats kinda cool standing up to him like that," Jessica said.

"Oh thanks."

Im a true loser.

"Hey I heard they've got the new Z Skull Phones at Radioshack," Kim said changing the subject. Lets go check it out."

"Yeah sounds good," I said playing along. We left the food court and headed for the Radioshack which was only an escalator ride and a few short steps away. Once we arrived inside the store, we saw Anthony with his raglike football clothes covered in sweat stains. He was with some of his freinds who bore the same appearance. They had undoubtedly come from football practice or something.

"So you pansies enjoying your first date," Terrence said as we walked up on them. "You look like you've just been raped. Coach being a little rough on agressive?"

"You're just jealous because my penis has been through every colored lipgloss," Anthonly replied.

"I believe it," Terrence countered. "Some guys adore lipgloss."

Anthony's friends chuckled. "What are you fags laughing at?"

"Sorry dude," said one. "We're laughing with you, not at you."

"But im not laughing."

"Oh right."

"Why do you guys always have to say stuff like that," Regina interrupted. "There's nothing wrong with playing for the other team. I wish the whole world was gay, so people could know what it feels like."

"What are you trying to do, kill off the human race?!"

"And all of this is coming from the guy who got his ass beat by Joe Buttz."

"You're not one to talk, Mr. One-Hit Knockout," Jessica said. I couldnt believe she was defending me.

"Like it was a fair hit. He caught me off guard."

"Excuses, excuses," Terrence said.

"I dont have to put up with this crap," Anthony said Frustratingly. "Come on guys lets go."

He walked through the crowd of us and bumped into me. He then turned around and pushed me into a rack of display cameras.

"Watch where you're going, fag," he said and proceeded to walk away. Terrence helped me back up.

"That guy's a jerk and a sore loser."

"It doesnt matter to me anyway," I said. "I have so much more to worry about than a dunce like Anthony."

As I got up, I was kind of embarassed by my humiliation in front of Jessica and Regina. Anthony made a fool out of me and I made a note to cause him some mischief later. But first I had to tell Terrence and Kim about what happened with Mr. Zone. I told Jessica and Regina that we'd be back and led them to the back of the store. I made sure no one was looking and I told them everything Mr. Zone told me. When I was done they looked more suprised than I did when I heard it.

"Holy crap dude," said Terrence. "Thats insane."

"Yeah, no kidding," I replied.

"I'll never think of him the same way again," said Kim.

"So how long has it been since then?" Terrence asked.

"He's been here for 5 years so he could go to college and get a degree and major in earth science, chemistry, biology and other crap. He was so good that they let him choose who was in his class and thats how im there."

"What about his wife and kid?"

"He said one last goodbye to them before he left. There's no telling if he'll ever see them again. I dont know why they wont just let him go to visit them every once in a while."

"Thats so sad," Kim said quietly. "But its great that now you know more about what you eventually have to do."

"Yeah, but it kinda freaks me out."

"Yeah," Terrence said. "You know what else will freak you out?"

"What?"

"How you get older."

Tthere was silence.

"Meanwhile back in reality," i said sarcastically.

Suddenly there were screams coming from the outside of the store, then a huge sonic explosion that shattered all of the glass in the store. Everyone hit the floor. I crawled over to where I left Jessica and Regina.

"What is it?" Jessica asked. "Whats going on."

"I dont know. But it has to be something inhuman to cause that kind of destruction."

"Do you think it might be those monsters that attacked the school?" Regina asked.

"I think so. You guys find safety. I'll go look for help."

The girls leaped up and ran out of the store to a safe place. I ran back over to Terrence and Kim.

"I guess its time again, huh?" Kim asked.

"I guess so."

"Go get him man," Terrence said.

"Cover me."

The guys hid me behind them as my Bravery Bracelet transformed into the Genesis Morpher. I pressed the two buttons on the side and the jubilant light show unfolded around me. After a few seconds, I was covered in the familiar red armor, and the inviting feeling of warm and comfort surged inside of me. Terrence and Kim turned around and saw my armor as up close as they could.

"Thats bitchin'," Terrence said.

"Its go time."

I ran out of the store and looked around until my eyes fell on my target: Dozens of Razakin soldiers. They were farther down the wing near the escalators. It was time to start my second campaign as Genesis.

The Razakin didnt seem to know I was coming and that was a big advantage. There were 10 of them. I raced down the wing and stayed close to the wall. As I reared up on them I made my footsteps light but kept going at the same speed. As i got up on the first soldier, I began running on the right side of the wall. As i came to the end of the wall I jumped off and thought, leg blade. Immediately part of a blade protruded from my right shin and the main part stuck out of my armored boot. As i flew through the air, the Razakin I was targetting started to turn around. I quickly slashed its head off with the blade and as I landed the blade went back into my leg and i drew a Genesic Blade from my right arm, spun around, and stabbed it right in the stomach. Blood spewed from the decapitated body as I pulled the blade from his abdomen and he fell on the ground dead.

By now the Razakin had my attention and were after me, but i was ready. As one rushed up to me I stabbed it in the throat with my left blade and quickly retracted it. I then spun around and kicked him in the head and out of my way just as another soldier showed up a few feet in front of me. I shot out a Shuriken and it sliced through his stomach. I ran up and jumped on its shoulder, did a front flip over two soldiers, and landed slashing the one closest to me in half. I knocked his upper body away to get to the other soldier who was more cautious to approach me. I jumped in to slash at it a few times but it just dodged, not even making an effort to counter. I grew tired of him thought of the grappling hook. I shot it directly at his abdomen impaling him. But i wasnt done. The end of the hook protruded from his back. I had him caught hook, line, and sinker. Literally. I pulled him with me to the railing of the second floor which i was on and jumped on it. I then got ready to do something, i never would have done if i were a normal kid. Funny the things you learn. I jumped from the railing and did a backflip taking the Razakin soldier with me. As i flew through the air, the soldier flew faster. My plan was to flip while throwing him through the air until I got low enough to the ground for him to have a pretty earth-shaking landing. My plan worked. I slammed that freak into the ground so hard, it cracked in several places. And as I landed I shot another shuriken in his head to confirm his death but to mainly add insult to injury. But I still had 5 more soldiers to go.

Or so I thought. The remaining Razakin jumped from the railings and landed right next to the dead soldier. The next thing that happened was both disturbing and incredible at the same time. They all crowded around the dead soldier, as if hugging him. Then it happened so fast i barely had time to react. The soldiers had some how fused together and formed an incredible Razakin super soldier. It was breath-taking. Literally. Because the next thing I knew, the soldier punched me in the stomach with incredible force and sent me flying down the wing then landing on my back hard. As soon as i got my wits back and stood up, the soldier was right in front of me. Man that guy was fast! He knocked me aside like a rag doll into the an EB Games where I fell over glass, shelves, and stacks of games. The thing was still coming. It crept toward me as I tried to get up which gave me a little time to counter or at least brace myself for another attack. I decided to try something rash.

"Genesis Wave!" I yelled as I clapped my hands together and sent a wave of energy knocking him off his feet and into a Barnes and Noble across from the EB Games. I ran back out to the wing and saw that the soldier was already up. He had withstood my most powerful attack.

Thats when i remembered a new technique that Mr. Zone taught me after his great story. It was something that blew my mind and even impressed Mr. Zone a little of too. It was incredibly powerful and could stop a Tank in its tracks. I knew without a doubt that it would take down this beast or else I would be screwed. I spread my legs apart and put my right arm directly in front of me. I held my bicep with my left arm and screamed the words, "88 SHOCKWAVE!!"

Instantly, my arm transformed into a huge bazooka-like Cannon with a scope on top. I stood on one knee as the soldier ran up to me and took aim. The soldier was running incredibly fast and had no means of stopping. That was okay. I was gonna stop him anyway. Just as he came up on me I fired a tremendous blast that sounded like an exploding atom bomb. The blast was so huge and so bright that I had to close my eyes through my visor to get a better look at the aftermath. As i said before, the soldier was coming at me at full speed but when i shot the blast at him it not only stopped him but it knocked him all the way back into the Barnes and Noble, only this time he didnt get back up.

I stood up with my arm, now returned to normal and wallowed in my victory. It felt good. Another group of Razakin stopped. Maybe I had what it takes for this hero business after all. I quickly ran away from the scene so i could demorph but as i ran i saw the people coming out from cover. They stood in a line clapping for me. I had never recieved a standing ovation like that since that school play where i played Juliet. Uh. Anyways they had a full on applause waiting for me as I ran to a secluded place. As much as I wanted to find one, I enjoyed all of the support they had to give me. I have to admit it changed my thinking about being a hero and all. Dont get me wrong, i wasnt getting the big head or anything. It was just good to know that these people were well enough to clap for me. They cared for me more than i cared for myself. It was then that I realized, these people need me. They need me to protect them. Like spiderman always says, "With great power comes, great responisiblity." And boy oh boy, did i have great power.

I ran into a bathroom and demorphed. As I came out I ran into Terrence and Kim who stood looking for me.

"Dude that was so freakin' awesome!" Terrence said. "That was bigger than that time when Dustin almost destroyed the universe by going into green fire mode but then Quentin and Cody stopped him with their Tungsten and energy"-

"You were amazing, Ben," Kim said. "You really beat the crap out of those losers."

Soon we were accompanied by Jessica and Regina. "Did you guys just see that fight with Genesis?" asked Regina.

"Yeah it was awesome," I lied. Well technically i didnt lie. I saw the fight. It was awesome. I just saw it through the eyes of the fighter.

"That guy is so cool," Jessica. "I wonder who he really is under the helmet."

"I bet he's hot," Regina said giggling.

For the rest of the day, we spent our time at the mall. We hung out with Jessica and Regina for a little while longer. But there was this wierd thing that was going on between me and Jessica. Everytime i would look at her she would quickly look away and for some reason when she looked at me i would do the same. I wasnt a love expert, but at the time, It seemed like a pretty good sign.

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Weeks after the fight, I had been in a couple of more fights that i wont bore you with. It was all the same stuff. Nothing really big happened until halloween afternoon, i got home from school to see my mom sitting on the couch with a sad expression on her face. When i walked in she didnt look at me right away.

"Mom?" I said.

"Ben, Im glad your home, baby. We need to talk."

Uh-oh i thought. This wasnt a good sign.

"You know I love you with all of my heart right?"

"Yeah mom, i the same with you."

"Well," she hesitated. "I think I may be giving my love to another along with you."

This definetly was not going in a positive direction.

"Im pregnant."

BAAM!! It was like getting hit in the face out of the blue with no warning and no apparent reason. At first my mind wouldnt compute. The thought of having a brother or sister was mind-rattling especially having one at such a late age. I thought about what she said for a second and then my heart sank. I asked her the only question i cared about, though i already knew the answer.

"With who?"

She stayed silent for a moment.

"No mom. You didnt."

She looked down in shame.

"Mom tell me this is just a joke," I said tears swelling up in my eyes. "Tell me you're just messing with me. Please. You didnt sleep with that monster, did you?"

"Im so sorry," she said in a whisper.

I held me head down and let the tears flow. She came closer to me to comfort me but i pushed her away. "DONT TOUCH ME!!" I screamed. I turned around as my mom called for me to come back and ran up stairs locking the door behind me.

*NEW ARC* - Love and Hate
Next time: Secrets revealed + disturbing revelations + new villian= Episode 4: Birth of Death

Onlyne

03-17-2008, 12:48 AM

Episode 4: Birth of Death
Part 1

I was devastated. I couldnt believe my mom slept with George Narrow. I couldnt believe she would betray everything I stood for. The guy left his family for his business. Whose to say he wont do it again. My mom was pregnant with his baby. I may be able to deal with that in time, I thought. But i'd kill myself before I let that bastard into the family. The betrayal of family is one of the biggest disappointments of one's life. It happened to Terrence and it happened to Mr. Zone and now it was happening to me with my mom. This baby would be my half-sibling and Terrence's too.

It had been a few weeks since that incident and christmas was coming. On the last friday before christmas break I came out of the locker room with the other guys into the gym for P.E. class.

"Hey Ben, Terrence," Regina called. She was sitting with Jessica on the bleachers with along with other students. She waved for us to go and sit with them. We went over there and sat. None of us said anything. We just sat there staring at each other.

"So..." I started trying to get a conversation going. "How goes it?"

"Good," they both said. We stayed silent for a few more seconds.

"You know I wish the writer could come up with a good conversation for us," I said.

"Yeah, no kidding," Jessica said. "Writer's block sucks."

Suddenly someone came through the door that I didnt expect, though it was about time for his return. It was Joe Buttz. As he walked in he had a look of disdain. He was definetly not looking forward to his return to school. He looked around for a place to sit and spotted us. He smirked and ran over to where we were. It was probably the worst possible time for him to show up and make a fool out of me.

"What the f*** are you looking at, twat?" he said approaching.

"I dont know," I said. "But its ugly as hell."

"You want another ass wippin' Fury?" he asked me with a look of pure hatred.

"Joe!" yelled a voice from the court. It was Anthony. He was accompanied by Sam. Joe looked at me then turned back and walked over to Anthony. The three of them whispered to each other. Then Joe looked back at me, turned to him, nodded his head, and kept talking.

"What do you think they're talking about?" I asked.

"No telling," Terrence said. "They're probably planning something devious."

We waited for a few more seconds until Terrence thought of something that would start a conversation.

"Hey you guys want to hear a story?" he said enthusiastically.

"Hey, Ben!" Anthony yelled, waving for me to come over.

"Go ahead and tell the story," I said standing up. "I'll go see what these losers want."

"Be careful. You might get jumped," Terrence warned.

"They're not dumb enough to do that."

I kept walking and approached him without any sign of intimidation or hesitation.

"Me, Joe, and Sam against you, Terrence and Larry Ficus."

"What?" I said in confusion.

"A full on fight. All three of us against you and your butt buddies."

"I barely even know, Larry."

"Well you'd better get to know him, because he's gonna be the only ally you will have after you tell Terrence about your mom's little deeds."

I looked back at Terrence who was engaged in conversation with Jessica and Regina.

"How did you know about that?" I asked.

"It doesnt matter," Joe said in my face. "But we're gonna have our little fight, Terrence or no Terrence."

"Its cool. I'll just wait until after the fight to tell him."

"Wrong again, fag," Anthony countered. "We know too. If he finds out from us he'll hate you more for not telling the truth sooner. Either way, he'll find out."

I looked down in thought. Should I really fight these guys? I knew I could beat them. I could probably take them all on by myself using my enhanced strength. But then they would be suspicious and I could be endanger of revealing my secret. No i had to make it look real. I could just refuse to fight, but then they could ruin my life, not just by proving that I was a wimp, but by labeling my mother as a whore. I just couldnt do that to my mom, no matter how much she deserved it. I loved her too much.

"I accept," I said solumnly.

"Good," Anthony said. "Meet us at Villamar Park at 6 O' Clock this evening. And dont worry. We'll be sure to make sure you did what you were supposed to do, okay Benny man?"

He tapped me on the face lightly and walked away, Joe and Sam behind him. As they walked away, Sam stared me down with a look of hatred. We used to be friends. What happened? I walked back over to where Terrence, Jessica, and Regina sat.

"So now when I say the same thing at the same time as someone else, I'll go 'JINX knock on wood,'" he said, then knocked on the back of his head 3 times. The girls burst out in laughter and Terrence bathed in it.

"Terrence, I've got to talk to you about something," I said approaching them.

"Cant it wait, dude? I was about to tell another story."

"No dude, Its gotta be done now."

"Its okay Terrence," Regina said. "You can tell us later."

"Okay, just remember stripper and bubbles."

The girls got up and walked away while I sat down next to Terrence.

"Now whats so important, that you had to interrupt a perfectly good story?" he asked.

"This is serious, man. I really dont know how to tell you this."

Terrence straightened up and the expression on his face grew stern. "Tell me what?"

"Remember a few weeks ago, when I was grounded and my mom went on a date with that guy?"

"Yeah?" he said.

"That person," I said hesistantly, "Was your dad, and she got pregnant with him.

Terrence's stern expression didnt change. I wasnt entirely sure if he had heard me or if it hadnt registered into his brain yet. It was alot for him to take in kind of like with me and the whole savior business. Then his eyes squinted as he glared at me with the most intense eyes I had ever seen. I had never felt so cold inside. I actually braced myself for anything because it definetly seemed like he was about to explode. But he didnt.

Instead he got up and started to walk away. I called his name. "Dont talk to me," he said and walked off of the bleachers. "Terrence come on man," I said walking after him. I put my hand on his shoulder and he turned around and pushed me down to the floor. People around us gasped. I gasped myself.

"Dont touch me! I dont need your pity!"

Terrence," I said still on the floor. "For God's sake, Calm down and talk to me."

"Why should I? Why should I even be friends with someone whose family betrayed me? Whose to say you wont betray me too? Im not gonna risk that. Goodbye, Ben Fury!"

With that Terrence stormed out of the gym leaving me stunned on the floor. I could see Anthony over with his teammates snickering. I was flooded with emotions. I was scared of what Terrence was capable of. When he is mad, he tends to get out of control. If there was any chance that he would help me fight Anthony, Joe, and Sam, I would try to use this to our advantage, but that all seemed like a distant memory at that moment. Or distant precognition. I felt grief because I had just lost my best friend. We had been friends for so long, it felt like an endless void in my life without him. But most of all, I was incredibly angry with mom. Once again, her actions had cost me dearly. I was out of options. I had to continue on without him.

I got up on my feet when a teacher came into the gym looking for me. I walked over to her and she said," You're needed at the front office."

I didnt know what it was for, but I decided to get my stuff from the locker room and follow her anyway. As we walked down the hallway, I couldnt help but notice the Christmas decorations. Students down the central hall were just setting up the big christmas tree. Just then! On the last freakin' day of school. They would have to take it down as soon as we got back next year so it was pointless.

We made our way down the hall and into the front office where my mom sat waiting for me. As soon as she saw me she got up, thanked the woman who brought me and led me outside. We stood there, outside of the front office staring at each other with blank faces. Finally she reached into her purse and pulled out a Team Velocity: Reunion graphic novel, something i had been wanting for over a year now.

"I know you've been wanting this for a while, so I decided to get it," she said. "I was gonna wait until you got home but I decided you deserved it earlier. You've been doing great in school lately and all. I just wanted you to know how proud I am of you."

She handed it to me and I took it. I stared at the cover for a while then said, "Thanks. But are you trying to buy me over?"

"N-no," she stuttered. "Im just showing my gratitude for your hard work."

"Good, cause if you were, its not working. I just told Terrence and he almost slaughtered me. Our friendship might be over."

she remained silent and dropped her head. "Im so sorry."

"Okay," I said simply.

We stood there for a few more seconds then the bell rang.

"I gotta go to class," I told her and turned to walk away.

"Wait!" she called. I stopped and turned around.

"Ive been thinking," she said. "About a name."

I thought for a moment and came up with the perfect name. It was a name that tied me in with my mission. Someone I knew and trusted. At that moment I finally realized who that person was.

"Name him Nathaniel. Nathaniel Fury."

"Nathan Fury," she said slowly. "Thats a great name."

"I'll see you later, mom," I said walked off to Mr. Zone's class. I was thinking a little lighter about my mom. I knew she was sincerely sorry. I didnt fully forgive her, but I could understand where she was coming from. It still didnt help my situation though. I would have to figure my own way out of it later. It was time for Mr. Zone's training class.

I had been through some really good training and sparring over the weeks. I hadnt fully controlled the 88 Shockwave and got lucky during that battle with the super razakin soldier. After that, I had a few close calls where I almost caused more damage than the Razakin. Now I had nearly mastered it along with many of the features of the Genesis suit. But I still had alot to learn.

As I walked to his class I saw the familiar sign that he left for the rest of the students before I could open the door, Mr. Zone opened it and pulled me in.

"There's not much time," he said running to his desk and opening the drawers. He reached in, pulled out a blue crystal, and threw it to me. I caught it akwardly.

"See you in a few minutes."

"What?" I said, confused at what he said. In a few moments, I knew what he was talking about. The crystal began to glow in my hand and a familiar vibrative feeling serged throughout my body. It was getting more and more intense until finally with a big flash, I stood in the middle of the briefing room that I had been in when I first learned my destiny. In the room were the same people who were there before, wearing the same commando clothes as before. Also in the room was Commander Nathan Fury, the man who would be my brother.

"You're my little brother, arent you?" I asked him.

"Well not right now, but later in your future I will be. Good job. I figured you'd find out sooner or later."

"I still cant believe Im the one that named you," I said. "Though I didnt really name you since I already knew what your name would be."

"That is correct, Mr. Fury," Nathan replied. "But we have more important things to discuss. Come with me."

Nathan led me out of the briefing room into a hallway that looked vaguely familiar. Soon we stopped at a blank door. Nathan pulled out a small card that must have been a keycard and slid it through a compartment space on the side of the door. Before, there was a red light on the space but when he slid the card through, the light turned green and it made a chirp sound to confirm that the door was unlocked. He opened it and we entered.....Commander Fury's office.

"Lets get down to business," Nathan said as we walked in. "Times are changing and the Razakin are using new tactics."

He walked over behind the desk and sat down as I sat in front of it.

"They arent going to be sending regular soldiers anymore. They are throwing out the big ones. Im talking about Razakin Lieutenants. You know what they are dont you?"

"I think so," I said. "You want to give me an overview?"

"Sure. A Razakin Lieutenant is a Razakin soldier that used to be a human but pledged themselves to the Razakin for selfish reasons. Most of the time its to obtain power but other times it could be because they have nothing else to turn to and without them they would commit suicide. Its often a last resort."

"So the Razakin are recruiting humans now."

"Correct. Dont take likely to them either, Ben. Lieutenants are going to be around alot and they will be incredibly powerful. Think of them as villains for a superhero; like Superman and Braniac or something."

"Oh ok," I said. I pondered on that for a moment. My responsibility for this stuff just got turned up a notch. I was going to be really putting my life on the line against a bunch of villians that wanted me dead. Life wasnt going to be the same. I had to be more careful who I lent my secret to. Then a thought hit me.

"Does that mean that someone I know could turn against me and join them too."

"Not just someone. Many people you know in your life will betray you. Im not telling you to make yourself reclusive, but try your best to not trust anyone 100% fully. You never know when someone will stab you in the back."

I thought even more. What if Terrence was the first. What if he would be the first to go against me and join the Razakin. He knew how. He had a reason. It was nerve-racking. Could my best friend turn his back on me and all that is good?

"But now here comes the hard part, Ben," he continued. "There is something I have to tell you that may be too much to handle but it has to be said. Telling you will be a great risk in destroying your confidence and determination but not telling you would be an even greater risk to our mission."

He took a deep breath and prepared to speak words that would feel like volume 100 speakers blasting right in my face.

"You're not a real human, Ben. You're a Bioandroid."

Silence. All I could mutter was, "What?"

"When the real Benjamin Fury was born this man came after him," he said picking up a remote control and pressing a button. As he did this a holographic image appeared in front of me. It was a humanoid figure in an armor much like the Genesis armor. The only difference was that it was black instead of red and the designs were very much different. Its helmet was in the shape of a lions head. "This is the Black Lion. He is the very first Razakin Lieutenant. When the real Ben Fury was born, he broke into the hospital where he was born and killed him to change history. How he knew about his destiny, we may never know, but we could not let his deeds ruin our future. Here in the future we developed a growing chamber and biologically cloned him. It seemed as if the plan was working but each time we tried to grow him he would die shortly after being taken out of the chamber. We decided to try a new approach and fused Ben's DNA with a microscopic computer chip and grew a biologically grown android that would have the same characteristics of a human, only it would originate from technology. That android turned out to be you. Im sorry you had to find out this way."

"I," I stuttered. "I dont know what to say."

"We sent you back to your own time where your parents took you in thinking you were the original Ben Fury and you lived your life as a normal child would, until it was time for you to take on the responsibility that the real Ben would take on. We had to do it, Ben. If we didnt, all that we have worked for to save earth would cease to exist."

"I understand," I said. "Im not upset with you. Im upset with this Black Lion guy."

"Be upset," Nathan said. "The Black Lion is and forever will be your archnemesis. He is the first and most powerful of all Razakin Lieutenants. You must defeat him at all costs."

"I wont fail you," I said. "Im not afraid."

"Oh you will be. You will be."

Onlyne

03-19-2008, 02:39 AM

Episode 4: Birth of Death
Part 2

When I got back, the thought of me not being a real human still freaked me out. As much as I loved comic books and stuff and thought it would be cool for it to happen, it was hard to take in when it actually happened. After all that had happened in the past few months, few days, few hours even, had my head spinning. So many things revealed at one time. It was crazy. My life had turned upside down so fast, that I had no true time to react. I didnt think I ever would.

During lunch I spent time with Kim. I told her everything that had happened that day with my mom, Terrence, Nathan's name, and me not being a bioandroid. She couldnt believe her ears and when i was done telling, she didnt react at first. It must have been wierd to talk to a humanoid creature about problems in his seemingly normal human life.

"So what are you gonna do?" she asked finally.

"I have no clue. I have to get Terrence back on my side which is going to be incredibly hard. Then I've got to get Larry on my side for the fight. Those tasks alone are going to put me through alot."

"Why do you even have to fight? Violence is never the answer."

"I know its not, Kim. But I know that things are gonna go down hill for me socially and emotionally if i dont do this. This isnt just about beating Anthony and his gang. This is about proving to myself that Im not a total screw up. I want to accomplish something. I know i've taken down some soldiers as the Genesis but thats just it. The Genesis did all of that stuff. Im trying to accomplish something as Benjamin Fury for my mind's sake."

Just as I finished my fantastic monologue, Terrence came out of no where and sat down beside me.

"Ben! Ben, I need your help man," he said frantically. "Im sorry for saying all of the things I said and blaming you for something you couldnt help but I need your help man."

"Terrence, calm down man," I said. "Im sorry about everything too but ive got alot to tell you about dude."

"Me first. I think im in love."

"What?"

"I think im in love man."

"With who?"

"Regina man. I dont know what to do. Its like all of a sudden she just turned so beautiful. Its like Cupid's arrow suddenly hit me in the ass or something. I need to know what to do?"

"Why are you asking me? I still havent even asked Jessica out yet."

"Im desperate man," he said almost yelling. "I feel like Im going to explode. I dont know what Im going to do. Should I ask her out or weight it out?"

"Im not Dr. Feelgood man, I dont know. Maybe I can help you deal with it later but I need your help too. Calm down and lets talk."

Terrence took a deep breath and his nerves calmed. "Alright, what do you need buddy."

"Anthony, Joe, and Sam want to fight you, me, and Larry Ficus at Villamar Park at 6 O' Clock."

"Larry? We dont even know him."

"I know, thats what I said. Maybe their just trying to even it out or something. Anyways we need to get him on our side."

"There he is over there," Terrence pointed to a bench near ours where Larry sat by himself eating. "Lets go."

We got up and walked over to his bench. He continued eating but looked up to us. "What do you want?" he said.

"We've got a proposition for you," I said. "Anthony Kerry, Joe Buttz, and Samuel Stewart want to fight against Me, Terrence, and you. We need you to help us out."

"Sure I'll help," he said.

Terrence and I exchanged suprised looks. "You're not even going to ask for something in exchange?"

"Nope. I live to fight. I dont need anything to motivate me. So where and when is the fight gonna be?"

"Villamar Park at 6 O' Clock. Be there."

"I will."

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Villamar Park. My mom dropped all 3 of us off at the Kingdom City Public Library thinking we were going there to study. So much for that. We walked a few blocks from the library and went to the park. Thats where we saw them, sitting around some park benches. This was it. The fight of the lifetime. There was a fourth person sitting on the side with a camera phone. He was going to video tape the fight. That was fine by me, as long as no one that could get me in trouble found out about the fight.

"Here they come," Sam said. "I didnt you fags would show up."

"Well I was going to meet your mom but I decided you needed this ass wipping," Terrence said.

"Them's fightin' words," Joe said.

"Lets get into it,"

The six of us stood facing our opponents ready for one of us to make a move. We stood this way for about one minute. The whole time, Joe was holding a bottle behind his back and chucked it at me. I ducked just in time as it flew over my head and shattered on the ground. I turned back to see it. Bad mistake. As soon as I turned back around, Joe sent a devastating blow to my face that sent me sprawling to the ground. It had started. The others were wilding out too. Joe lay on top of me continuously punching me in the face. I countered by punching him in the face and sstomach several times and then finally I pushed him off. We both got up quickly. I punched him with my right hand and he backed up a few steps. We walked around each other waiting for one of us to make the next move. I thrusted forward and started throwing punches while he did the same. We spent a few seconds punching each other in various places until I sent a powerful blow to Joe's stomach. He doubled over leaving his head right open for attack. I spun around and did a twisting kick to his head. The blow was so powerful that he nearly flew through the air before hitting the ground. That was it for Joe.

Next was Sam. He was up against Terrence. They were circling each other. I ran up to them and headbutted Sam to the ground. He got up before I could hit him again, and uppercutted me in the chin. I nearly bit my tongue off and the blow chattered my teeth. I could feel blood soaking through my gums and into my mouth and I spit it on the ground. Thats when Terrence did a sweep kick through his legs and I did a top kick to his head. The attack put him off balance and he did a sideways flip hitting the ground hard. I went up to him on the ground, did a front flip and landed on him hard.

I ran over to where Anthony and Larry were fighting but Anthony was already on the ground with Larry standing over him. He was a great fighter. Before I could realize it, I was tackled to the ground by Sam who turned me over and proceeded to wail on my face. Terrence kicked him in the stomach knocking him off of me. We both got back up quickly.

"Stay back! This is my fight!"

I ran up to him and drop-kicked him to the ground. He flew pretty far from where I was. I did a backflip, landed on my hands, and flipped back onto my feet. I ran forward as he got up. He still had fight in him. I did too. This would be over in a matter of seconds. I punched him in the face, the stomach, the chest, and the ribs several times and ended with a powerful blow to the face and sent him sprawling to the ground. I stayed there and waited. Sam was still getting up! He still wanted to fight. He got up on his feet staggering as if drunk, and ran forward, screaming in anger. When he was in range, I did a spinning kick to his face and he flew through the air and slammed onto the ground. I waited even longer. He pushed himself up onto his knees. He then got onto his feet. He staggered horribly toward me. He was bleeding pretty badly but he still wanted more. He fell forward trying to hit me in the face but I juked backward and he fell on his face unconcious. The fight was over.

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Terrence and I walked down the sidewalk through the city. We were hurting pretty badly but we were glad the fight was over. We left the 3 of our opponents unconcious and bloody in the park. The guy with the camera phone left right after the fight. Larry left without saying a word so we had to assume he would find his way home by himself. We needed to clean ourselves up before we went back to my mom. We had an extra hour left before she came to pick us up as well so we needed to kill some time. I spent most of that time talking about all that had happened with my mom afterwords and what happened in the future. He was amazed by the fact that i wasnt a human but as usual, his short attention span flipped to another subject.

"You really kicked Sam's ass man," Terrence said.

"Yeah," I said. "I cant believe he kept coming for more though. Thats unnatural."

"Ha," he chuckled. "Maybe he just hates you that much."

"That doesnt make any since," I said. "I didnt do anything to him."

"I know. I cant even imagine why he would want to hurt you so badly."

We kept walking until Terrence remembered something.

"Yeah dude about the whole trust thing"-

"Dont even mention it. I just want to get that whole thing behind me. So tell me about your new love."

Oh yeah," he started. "Well during second period, We were in class together and Mrs. Kauffman made us partners for a class activity. Several times why we did it, i caught myself looking into her beautiful eyes feeling the depths of her soul. She did the same with me. Like I said, it was like being hit by Cupid's arrow. I tell you man. Ive never felt anything like this. Im wondering well I should ask her out."

"Well even though Im too cowardice to ask Jessica out, I would advise you to ask Regina out. No matter how scared you are, you will always be better off in the end even if they say they dont like you that way, and the way you describe it, she seems to really like you that way."

"Thanx man. I'll try my best. And if I end up victorious I'll help you out with Jessica."

"Thanx, Terrence. I really appreciate that."

Suddenly I heard a strange sound, though it was incredibly familiar. "YEEEOOOWWWNN!" I couldnt put my finger on it. Soon I found out what it was and remembered where I heard it. A slew of cars flew through the air and crashed throughout the streets. We were incredibly close to several of them. We ran into a store close to where we were and saw the cars as they slammed into other cars and cracked the streets. One car crashed so close that a sonic boom went through the store and shattered the windows. We ducked to the ground behind some stands of magazines. That seemed to be the last car because there were no cars being thrown through the air. We stood up and saw the rubble outside. The only sound we heard were the sounds of distant screams, and debri rustling to the ground. We walked out of the store and looked around. Not only were cars on the ground but they were slammed into buildings and protruding out of them as well. One was right above us. We looked up just in time to see it fall out of the building above us.

"Look out!"

We ran away from where we were standing and the car slammed onto the ground. It was a close call. I turned around to see what was causing all of the destruction and saw something else familiar. It was a black shadow headed right toward us.

"Go into the store now," I told Terrence.

He obeyed and left me to fight the black shadow. I watched as my bravery bracelet transformed into the Genesis Morpher and I pressed the 2 buttons just as the shadow crept onto me. Before I had the chance to fully activate it, the shadow took form and hit me with some kind of shadow attack. It knocked me off of my feet and sent me, literally, flying through the air and slamming into the windshield of a car so hard that i flew through the entire car and flew out of the back. It would have killed any normal person. Its a good thing i was a bioandroid with enhanced powers from a futuristic battle suit. I fell on the ground as the shadow crept even farther toward me. Thats when the shadow's form was completed. It was an armor that resembled the one I had on only it was black and its helmet was in the shape of a lion's head. It was the person I saw in the hologram in the future only in person it seemed 10 times more demonic. It was the person who killed the original Benjamin Fury.

"Who are you?" I asked already knowing the answer.

"I....am....hell.."

Onlyne

03-21-2008, 12:42 AM

Episode 4: Birth of Death
Part 3

His voice was deep, metallic, and demonic all at once. "Lets go for a ride," he said, grabing me by the shirt and with strength that I had never witnessed before in my life, thrust me across the city. Thats right. Across the whole damn town. I flew through the sky wildy, spinning through the air high above the buildings. All the while, I was screaming my lungs out. I had no idea where I was headed but I knew that I would meet a grizzly death if I didnt act fast.

I saw my bracelet transform into the morpher and I prepared to press the 2 buttons when suddenly I crashed through the window of a building. I tumbled through an office crashing into cubicles and desks as I fell through. There were a few workers still working who scattered as soon as I crashed through. I was feeling pain but not as much as I should have been. Cuts covered my body from the glass collision and I was aching from the fight before but I was still alive. This wasnt going to be a very fair fight. For me. Going against someone with that kind of strength would be one of the biggest challenges of my genesis career. I'd be lucky if I lived through it at all.

Suddenly out of the opening that I had just come through, I spotted a speck of light silouetted against the night sky. It looked to be a shooting star but it was moving entirely to slow to be one. I first suspected it to be a satellite or airplane but it was moving too fast to be either. I couldnt tell what it was, but I had the faint feeling that it was headed straight for my destination. And it was. It came like a missle going at light speed. I had to move or I'd be crushed. I jumped up and ran across the room, getting as far away from the opening as possible. I was almost as far as the windows opposite the opening when it crashed through. The force was so powerful, that the rest of the windows that surrounded the office blew out and shattered completely. It was like a one shot earthquake. I was still running but the force knocked me off my feet and I lay there covering my head to protect it from falling debris. I turned back to see a large crater in the middle of the room. It reached my feet. If I had been only a few feet short of where i was then, I'd be ashes. In the middle of the crater was a figure kneeling down on one knee. It positioned itself upward and I saw that it was once again the Black Lion. He had lept that entire distance. I had never gone against anything so strong.

"I killed you before and now I'll do it again," he said. "As long as you keep coming back, I will keep having your blood on my hands."

"Why?" I said as he walked toward me. "I've never done anything to you!"

"You exist and thats bad enough," he said, as he grabbed me by the throat and lifted me off the ground.

"Im trying to save the world," I managed to sqeak out.

"And I'm trying to destroy it," he said coldly. "Different goals, different sides. Because of that, you are my nemesis and therefore must die."

I struggled to breathe as he held me tightly by the neck. I was giving out and slipping into unconciousness. He sensed my weakness and finally let go but not before kicking me square in the chest. I flew fast through the room and out of the window. I was flying through the city like superman, only It was against my will and I was headed for death by fall. I glided down an open street area so there were no buildings that i could crash through to save me here. I had to act fast or else I'd be done. I tried again to press the 2 buttons, seconds before impact.

The morpher chirped and the radiant light alluminated around me. I was falling head first but did a backflip and landed on my feet in a spectacular landing that dangerously cracked the streets under me and caused the car windows and windows of the buildings on the block all around to shatter as the result of the sonic boom. Car alarms went off all around me.

I looked up and saw the Black Lion staring down at me from the building above. I didnt know how he felt about my survival since his expressions were hidden behind his helmet but I had the faint thought that he probably didnt expect me to die so easily. That was okay. Neither did I.

Suddenly, he jumped from the open window and propelled high above the city and high above me. I saw him do a flip through the air and position himself upside down. He pointed his fist down at me and I saw several tubes eject from his forearm and slide down beside his fist. He was activating a Machine CS.

As if on cue, it shot down a fury of energy capsules at me from the sky. I ran from where I was standing and avoided the attack. I had to fight back for once. "88 Shockwave!" I screamed as my arm transformed into the cannon that i would use to end this. I aimed with the scope and fired at my target. I was 100% sure it was dead on him. And it was. I was going to win....

....But it had no effect. As soon as it was in the vacinity of impact, he grabbed the ball of energy and threw it back at me. I couldnt believe it. My strongest attack didnt even phase him. The energy shot headed toward me at light speed. I ran back to avoid the shot. The 88 Shockwave was notorious for causing incredible amounts of destruction. If I wasnt careful, I could endanger my life and the lives of others with it. Thats why I ran from the attack. In seconds, I would be dead. I kicked into high gear and ran as fast as I could from where the shot would land. I jumped forward just before impact and was thrust forward at high speed, spinning through the air wildly by the force of the explosion. I hit the ground hard and rolled to a stop.

The explosion was tremendous and spectacular. When it was over a thick cloud of smoke rose to the sky. When it cleared, an incredibly huge crater lay where the shot had fallen. It had to have been about 20 yard across. On the other side of the crater through the fading black smoke, stood the Black Lion, majestically and threateningly. I got up from where I was and walked to the far side of the crater, opposite the Black Lion's position.

"What do you want from me?" I yelled.

"How many times do I have to tell you?" he said in his demon-like voice. "I want you to die."

"Why would you want me to die?"

"Because you want to save this pathetic world and I want to watch it burn. For one of us to win, the other has to die."

"Why would you want something like that?"

"My reasons for my actions are my business only. As for you, you wont live to find out."

With that, the Black Lion pointed his fist at me and aimed. I braced myself for anything he might dish out. A compartment opened up on his arm and it shot out a dangerous looking shuriken. It wasnt like the one that I used. Mine was around 7 inches long, mainly silver with a touch of red on the blade sides and the center. His was silver with a touch of black which wasnt a suprise. What suprised me was the size. It had to have been about 18 inches long! How it was even able to fit or shoot out of that small compartment is still a mystery to me. It was headed toward me at an unmatchable speed and I barely had time to react. I ducked quickly as the shuriken went over my head. I looked back at the Black Lion to see his reaction to his own failure. He stood there unmoving. I couldnt tell from his facial expressions so I had to assume that he had known it would fail.

Suddenly, he jerked his head up, as if to direct me to look back. I did and saw the shuriken coming back at me. It was a boomerang shuriken. As it headed toward me again I ran for the crater. As soon as I jumped in, the shuriken swooped over my head, barely missing it. I ran across the crater and sprinted up the hill to have a hand to hand battle with the Black Lion in person. As I reached the edge of the crater, I jumped slightly above him. It was a bad move. Along with the Black Lion, something else was in my sights. The shuriken. It had rounded its way back towards me. I quickly realized that it wasnt just any boomerang shuriken. It was a shuriken with a targeting device. And its target was me.

I quickly did a frontflip over it as it passed me. Even though I had escaped death, it left me vulnerable. As soon as I was about to land and start attacking, the Black Lion forced his black metallic fist into my gut stopping me in midair. The blow knocked the wind out of me.

"You're not going anywhere," he whispered right in my face. Then he reared his fist back and hit me in the stomach again so fast, that I barely saw it coming. The blow knocked me through the air above the crater. I had a quick thought at that exact moment that saved my life. I pushed my abdomen into the air and forced myself to do a backflip. As soon as I did so, I looked upside down and saw the shuriken whiz right under me. If i hadnt done the backflip and dodged it, it would have sliced me right in half.

I did two more backflips and landed back on the side of the crater that I started on just as the shuriken reared back around to take my head off. It wasnt going to stop until I got rid of it. I dashed toward the nearest building and broke down the door to get inside. I had a plan. It was a desperate one but it was all I had. The inside appeared to be another financial buisness. that I was going to end up screwing over. I instantly ran for the door that led to the stairs and busted through. I sprinted up the metal stairs as fast as I could rounding each corner to get higher and higher. Before the door even closed, the shuriken slammed it back open and continued to spin its way up the stairs as it came after me. It slashed on the walls and sparks flew everywhere as it cut into the metal of the railings. I kept going up for a few minutes with the shuriken right behind me until I saw where the stairs stopped. There was a door that led to the next area. I got up to it and bashed it open to find myself in a long hallway.

I continued to run and saw an elevator down the corridor. That would be my destination. I was pretty far away from the shuriken but I had to make it to that elevator with enough time to open the doors with my bare hands. I finally got to it and forced it open as the shuriken got closer and closer. It didnt take long due to my great strength inside of the Genesis suit. When it was open I looked down and saw the infinity that was the elevator shaft. I quickly jumped down it head first and turned back to the shuriken as it came down with me. I kept my eyes on it, waiting for the next time i would get the chance to dodge it for good. Again, wrong move. I looked back to see where I was falling and came face to face with the top of an elevator. It was a painful fall but i was able to recooperate just as the blade was coming down and to slash into my armor. I moved out of the way just before it hit me. It began spinning wildly in the short area that i was in. Eventually, as I suspected too late, It cut the bolt cable that held up the elevator. It began falling at fast speed to the bottom of the building. I could hear screams coming from the elevator. There were people in it.

I had to save the elevator. I ran forward dodging the wild shuriken and grabbed the broken bolt cable. It was long enough to reach the walls of the elevator shaft. I scooped it up and sprinted for the wall and imagined foot magnets. Immediately, as i tried to walk on the wall of the elevator shaft, It stuck as I expected it too. I ran as fast as i could, with as much strength as I could muster, trying to pull the elevator back up to its broken cable. Once it was in range, I jumped from the wall and grabbed it in midair. I struggled to connect them and realized that i couldnt with my full hands. I had to imagine laser visors for this task. Suprisingly it worked and I was able to glue the cables back together. It seemed that no matter what, the Genesis suit could produce any weapon and any gadget that i thought of. I looked back down and saw the Shuriken still headed for me. I jumped from the cable and landed back on the side of the shaft as the shuriken continued to chase me.

I ran up the side of it until i saw an opening to a higher floor and propelled myself off of the wall of the shaft and into the open room. I saw that i was in a small office with several cubicles very much like the one i had crashed through earlier. This one was full of startled workers as well. I sprinted through it as fast as I could while the shuriken came through slashing into the many things as it passed. I had to get all the way across the room to the next flight of stairs. I managed to make it through the room and slammed through the door, rushing up the stairs as i went through. The shuriken was still behind me. It wouldnt quit at all.

I finally bust out of the top door and found myself on the roof of the building. I was nearing the end of my plan. Here I would either succeed or fail. Failure meant death. I ran to the edge of the building and jumped forward high above the city, the shuriken was right behind me as always. I turned around to face it. This was my final chance.

"Genesis Wave!" I yelled and clapped my hands together. The force of the attack annhilated the shuriken and sent it falling down to earth in ashes. I had done it. I was safe. Suddenly, out of no where, the Black Lion appeared right beside me and drove his knee into my gut. I grunted in pain as he retracted it and then put me in a headlock with his right arm so that he was facing the opposite direction that i was. Then out of no where he began flipping me. I couldnt tell where i was going since we were going incredibly fast, but i could guess from what happened after that that i was headed down. It was becoming hard to breath and I was getting a massive headache from being swung around so hard. It was agonizing but the most painful part was knowing that i was about to feel incredible pain.

Incredible pain is an understatement. I was slammed onto the ground with so much force that i cant even explain it. I felt pain like i had never felt in my life. It was as if every bone in my body had shattered completely and everything else ruptured beyond repair. My entire body vibrated intensely. I screamed at the top of my lungs in pain. The Black Lion let go and backed away and I opened my eyes slightly to see that I was in a crater. Amazingly it wasnt the first crater that the 88 Shockwave had caused. It was an entirely new crater created from his attack.

Just as I thought it was over, the Black Lion grabbed me by the legs and began dragging me across the ground. Suddenly, he started swinging me. He spun me across the ground until my upper body was lifted into the air. He then started spinning me virtically. He was preparing to throw me into the air by my legs. He spun me faster and faster and i was beginning to get severly dizzy. Finally he let go and i was sent flying straight upwards into the air. I spun wildly not knowing where i was until i got up to the highest peak and began to fall back to earth.

Thats when I felt a bonecrushing attack to my back that hurt more than anything the Black Lion had dished out so far. It hurt so much, that it was beyond normal comprehension. Not only was the attack itself devestating. The force he put behind it sent me all the way across the city once again. This time i saw where I would land and it was Narrow Towers. I was going to land near the middle floor. I closed my eyes and waited for impact.

I crashed through painfully and bounced through the room trashing things along my horrid tumble. I crashed through a wall and through the wall of the next room. It continued on like that for moments, until I crashed through the back of the building. I was still going. I then slammed through another building and went through room after room, wall after wall until I flew out of the other side still going strong. I finally stopped after slamming through the window of the final building which was an apartment and i slamed into the second wall. I had finally stopped. Instantly, my Genesis suit deactivated by itself. I was defeated.

Out of the window I had just crashed through, the Black Lion stepped in. He crept toward me, prowling like the beast he was and said, "Now you know what you're up against. I advise you to crawl back to whatever rat whole you came from and go back to your pathetic life. Nothing you do can change what the Razakin have planned for the future of Earth. It is inevitable. No one can change the past."

"I'll never stop fighting," I struggled to say. I was a mess. All over my body i had cuts and bruises. My nose was bleeding and blood was seeping from my mouth. It was hard to even talk. I tried my best to focus on the Black Lion but my vision was getting blury. I would be out of it in seconds.

"You'll never learn will you," he said. As soon as he did, I blacked out.

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I woke up to the sound of my mom's voice. I struggled to open my eyes and saw my mom sitting on the bed beside me. At the end of the bed, Terrence stood smiling. My mom smiled too. Infact she grinned big. I saw that she had been crying. I looked around the room and saw that i was in a hospital. I looked down and saw the bed that I was lying in. I struggled to sit up but managed.

"You're awake," she said enthusiastically. "Oh thank God, you're awake!"

"Welcome back, buddy," Terrence said.

"How long have I been here," I asked.

"5 hours after they found you. You're lucky that creature didnt kill you when he took you hostage."

"What?" I said looking at Terrence. He quickly winked at me. I understood that Terrence had helped me dodge a pretty huge bullet in telling what happened when the Black Lion attacked. "Right creature, yeah."

"Oh I have a suprise for you," She said as she got up and left the room.

"So how was it fighting that guy," Terrence said.

"I've never fought someone that strong before," I said. "I dont know what I'm gonna do the next time he starts causing destruction. Im starting to have second thoughts about this whole savior buisness."

"Dont fret dude. You just need more training is all. Im positive that Mr. Zone will help you get stronger and then you'll be able to defeat that guy easily."

"Yeah if you say so," I said.

Suddenly, my mom came back in holding a small furball. I couldnt tell what it was since my eyes were still adjusting to what was in the room. I looked over to the side table and saw my glasses there. I picked them up and put them on. I saw what my mom was holding. It was a small puppy. She layed her on my lap. It was a black golden retriever.

"Mr. uh," she said looking back at Terrence then back at me. "My boss gave it to me for christmas. I was going to suprise you with it at home but I decided this was a better time."

"Thanks mom," I said looking at the little bundle of fur. She crawled up my chest and started licking my nose. "I think I'll name her Roze with a Z."

"Any particular reason?"

"I just have the faint impression that the guy who created me and his best friend have two dogs and that is the combination of their names."

"...um...ok...Its your descision."

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I spent a few days at the hospital before I finally recovered. All that time, my mom was with me in the hospital. I was a few steps closer to trusting her again. When I went home it was christmas eve and i was happy to finally sleep in my own bed. I got up that morning to a great christmas where I was greeted with several awesome gifts. I got a Z-Box with games like Ribbon of Honor 4, Hitman's Law, and Crown 3. I spent most of that day playing all 3 of those games. Crown 3 had Online and I was able to play with Terrence and Kim without leaving the comfort of my house. I was glad that the whole ordeal with the Black Lion was over but his words still burned into my brain. He wanted me to quit. He wanted me to turn in the morpher and give up this crazy, impossible task that has been put on my shoulders. I had no intentions of doing that. I was going to ride this baby until the wheels fell off. A simple threat wouldnt stop me.

That night, the family came over. I was greeted with my Uncle Marvin, and my 2 cousins, Megan and Tony Fury. Tony was big for his age, much taller than me and built for football. He was only a freshman and he was already on the varsity football team at his school. Megan was 3 years older and was a senior in high school. She was an anime fan and was crazy about punk rock and metal. If they werent related, they would be 2 different people living 2 very different worlds. Megan and Tony were always notorious for being the ones to argue over things that shouldnt be argued over. When they came over they were already in a heated argument.

"I'm playing Crown 3 first," Megan declared.

"No you aint. I've got first dibs right Ben," Tony declared.

"Guys its a 4 player game. Why are you sweating over it so much."

"Hey Ben," Tony said not hearing a word I said. "I've got the new Mario Universe game for the Nintendo Yu. Lets play man."

"No thats my game," Megan yelled. "Thats only for me and Ben to play."

"Megan why do you have to be so selfish. Why dont you ever let me play."

"Because you're annoying and Ben's not. That doesnt seem selfish."

"God you get on my nerves, Megan," he said storming to the bathroom where he would spend at least 60 minutes.

"You're going to miss him when you go to college arent you," I asked Megan.

"To hell I am," she said as she walked into the living room. Good old Megan and Tony. After a while, Terrence and Kim were brought over by Terrence's grandmother and we had an old fashioned christmas sing along. As usual, Terrence sung his screwed up version of the every song we sung which had us all in stitches. After a while of playing with little Roze, we played the games and spent hours after hours on it. After a while my mom called for me.

"Ben, take Roze out to pee."

"OKAY" i yelled as I opened the screen door to the outside patio. Roze came out with me and I stood there and waited for her to pee. She went over beside the fence and lifted her leg. Oops. So much for Roze. I guess i assumed that she was a girl. I guess Roze would be a boy's name from now on. I dont know why I didnt check.

"Thats a cute dog you got there," said a demonic, metallic voice.

"Whose there," I said walking off of the patio.

"You know whose there," said the voice behind the shadows of the backyard. He stood in a ninja spire position on edge of the toolshed, which was hidden in the dark by the towering trees beside it.

I walked over to Roze and picked him up when he was finished and held him in my arms. "What do you want?"

"Just trying to see if you had truly given up."

"Im never giving up and I dont care what you do to me."

"OH you will care," he said chuckling. "You will.....you dont stand a chance."

With that, he jumped high into the air until he dissappeared against the night sky.

"Yes I do, Black Lion," I said walking back into the house with Roze in my arms. "Yes I do."

Next time: Flashing Lights + More fights + More Romance = Episode 5: Fireworks

GoldPhoenixRanger

03-21-2008, 02:26 AM

Hey Offwhite, it's as good as it was the first time! However, since I pointed it out the first time, I feel the need to point it out again. Near the end this last chapter, Ben's name magically changes to Quentin. You explained why and changed it last time, but i guess that was only on the board and not in the actual documents. No biggie for me, but for a new reader it could be confusing.

-GPR

Onlyne

03-21-2008, 07:11 PM

Thanx alot dude. I thought i made that change in the actual documents but i guess not. But yeah you can think of this as reruns and I'm already well into Chapter 6, i'm getting started on part 2 of it and it should satisfy. Its the last Chapter that has Ben as a freshman in high school. Its also the last chapter of the Love and Hate Arc. Stay tuned!

Episode 5: Fireworks
Part 1

I was scared. So much so that I was to the point of paranoia. The Black Lion's threat had my nerves bad. The way he said what he said. "You will." It had me going crazy over what he meant by that. Was he going to attack me when I was most vulnerable? Or worst, was he going to attack the people I loved and cared about? Was I going to have to alienate myself like some half-assed Spiderman reject and abandon my loved ones? I didnt want my entire life to fade and end up revolving around the Genesis. I wanted the liberty to live my life the way I wanted like I was promised, While still juggling my ego life. With the Black Lion knowing my identity, that was going to be that much harder to do.

I sat playing my Z box on New Year's Eve. I was playing a new game called Pulley of War which was somewhat aggrivating. It was around a quarter to 5 when I got a call on my cell phone. I paused the game and answered it.

"Hello?" I asked.

Hello?" a voice asked back.

"Hello?" I asked again.

"Who is this?" the person said.

"You tell me, you're the one calling," I said.

"Whats this number?"

"555-3782."

"Is this the Fury residence?"

"Yeah it is."

"Ben?"

"Thats me."

"Hi Ben!! Its me, Terrence!"

I sighed and rubbed my head. "Hey Terrence."

"Look dude. My grandma is letting me throw a New Year's Party tonight at my house, then near 12 O' Clock we're going to the Trancon building to watch the fireworks. Its like the best view in Kingdom City to see that kind of stuff."

"I dont know man," I said. "I was just gonna stay home and play some video games."

"Jessica is going to be there."

"What time should I be there?" I asked enthusiastically.

"6 O' Clock. And bring Megan and Tony too. Those guys are awesome."

"Yeah when they're not ripping each other's heads off in an argument."

"Haha. well its about 5 O' Clock now so Im gonna let you get ready. You know what, I'll just have my grandma pick you up around 6 okay? See ya later."

"Okay. Later, dude," I said hanging up. I quickly saved the game, got up and prepared for the party.

I jumped in and out of the shower and threw on some clothes. My mom lended me some special cologne called "Obsession" that smelled extravagant. I showered myself with it, but not as much to where it was too strong and stunk. I was tempted to wear a superfly pimp-like suit that my grandpa begged me to wear, but I figured it would be too formal for a simple house party. I decided to wear a dark red, button-down long sleeved shirt with some cargo jeans and a pair of black and white Nike Sneakers. I kept the top few buttons of the shirt unbottoned to expose a silver chain that I wore on my chest. I also wore a Coleman leather watch and a medium-sized earring in my left ear. Once I had all of that on, I was ready to party.

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I waited for Terrence on the steps outside of my house. Megan and Tony were with me. They came over shortly after Terrence called coincidently. I told them about the party and they were eager to come.

"Are you bringing the Z-box?" asked Tony. "I want to play some NFL when I get over there."

"Why are you always asking to play games?" Megan asked.

"You play games too so shut up."

"Yeah but its like your life revolves around them. Can you just shut up about that crap for once in your life. Besides NFL isnt even a good game. It got like a 5 out of 10 on IGN."

"I dont always talk about games. Most of the time I talk about football."

"My point exactly. Shut up, bigness."

"Megan you can suck on a-"

"Guys, guys, calm down. We're about to go to a party. Please dont embarass me."

There was a small pause. It was her fault," he muttered.

"Oh cry me a river, Lardass!"

"Guys!"

Finally they were quiet. In a few seconds, Tony asked, "Hey Ben can I see your phone right quick?"

I took it out and let him mess around with it for a little while. We sat in silence for a few more minutes as we continued to wait for Terrence. My mind fast forwarded to what would happen when I got there. What would go on? Who would be there. Most importantly, what would happen, should I meet up with Jessica? What would I talk to her about if we got alone or even when we werent? Would I impress her or screw up? My palms began to sweat and I was getting anxious. While I thought about this, Megan's phone rang. She picked it up and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hello." tony echoed as he stared at Megan with a smirk on his face. My phone was at his ear. Megan gave him a glare that was both menacing and hilarious at the same time. Tony loved to annoy her.

Just then, I heard the sound of a car coming down the road, from behind the huge tree in our front yard. I heard it slow down as it began to pull into the driveway. It was a black saturn that was sleak as if it had just been painted by the Maaco company. It gleemed in the sunset as the sun began to sink beyond the horizon. I was excited but tried my best to contain my emotion, for fear that I would embarass myself. Terrence got out of the car and greeted us with his usual gleeming smile.

"Hey guys! Glad you're here," he said.

"Hey Terrence," Tony said. "You've got a Z-Box 360, right?"

"Sure."

"Oh thank god," Tony exclaimed in relief. "Halleluyah, thank you lord, I'm dying to play some NFL."

"Alright," Terrence said akwardly as he waited for us to get in the back seat. Tony got in first, followed by me, Megan, and then Terrence. In the driver's seat, was Terrence's grandmother and in the passenger's seat was Kim. Terrence's grandmother was nothing like I imagined on the first. I pictured her as an old woman struggling with some kind of disease like artheritis and who had a hard time getting around. This was not the case. This woman looked like she was in her 40's. Her skin was only beginning to show wrinkles. Her hair was blonde and fluffy. She looked way to young to be the grandmother of a high school student. Her style also showed how up to date she was. She wore a jean jacket with tight jeans. She was skinny but not too much so, which made her clothes look much more form-fitting. She spoke in a country accent.

"Sorry we're late. Terrence is always spending too much time in the bathroom. God knows what goes on when he's in there."

"Grandma, not now," Terrence whined.

"Hey, I tell it like it is, honey," she responded.

"Hey Kim, how was your christmas?" I asked Kim, who had her hair tied back, exposing some bizarre yet awesome japanese earrings. They were circular with a few lines in the shape of some japanese word.

"It was good. I got these amazing earrings from my aunt in Tokyo. I also got a new Encyclopedia set along with a Nintendo B.C. with Mind Age 1 and 2 and Big Head Academy."

"Those are all educational games," I said.

"So?"

"Nevermind," I said. I should have suspected something like that. "So what do your earrings say?"

"It says knowledge," she replied. "Dont know why it was given to me though."

"Really?" I asked in amazement. "That must be the first time you didnt know anything."

By this time, we were already on the road and on our way to Terrence's house. It wasnt too far, since we lived in the same neighborhood, but it was a big neighborhood and it took about 20 minutes to get from my house to his.

"Hey have you guys ever wondered who named the days," Terrence said randomly.

"Only you would think about something like that, Terrence," I said.

"No but seriously though. I mean I'm not sure who named the months either but I know the romans named July and August after Julius and Augustus Ceasar. But I never knew why they never explained who named the days. I mean we use them so often and I'm sure the guy who created them would want the credit or recognition."

"Terrence, honey, the days were invented over thousands of years ago. We'll look it up on wikipedia when we get home. In the meantime try not to let your mind wonder anymore, please?"

"Okay," Terrence said. We spent about 5 minutes riding in silence. Suddenly he said, "Okay Im sorry but this has to be said. Tere were never any pictures of William Shakespeare so everyone just assumed he was white. What if he's black?"

Everyone in the car groaned.

"So fast," Kim said. "....So fast."

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We got back to the house at 6:30. The party was set to start at 7 O'Clock and Terrence told me he had called several people and assured me that it would be an old fashioned louou. I had been to Terrence's house before. It was a simple 2 story house. It was pretty nice but the only thing about it was that there was a alot of room between it and the other houses. It was secluded in its own private area. The inside was really nice. It was full of unique shades of purple and pink, along with several wierdly designed carpets and curtains. The floors were made of slick wood that looked as if it were newly waxed. Everytime I came to spend the night, the place would be spick and span like nothing had happened between then and the last time I had been there. Ms. Narrow sure did know how to clean up.

When we entered the "parking lot" as Terrence liked to call it(and when seeing all the space they had around the house, you would have no room to argue) Ms. Narrow let us out in the front of the house.

"I'm going to the store right quick, to get some stuff. If anyone gets here before I get back, just let them know i'll be back."

"Will do grandma. See you later."

We walked into back into the house as Ms. Narrow drove away. As we walked in Megan asked, "So Terrence, I know this is a little personal but what ever happened to your grandfather?"

"Oh Ben didnt tell you?" he asked looking at me. "Your grandpa and my grandpa fought in World War 2 together."

"Really!?" Tony Exclaimed. "Grandpa Jake fought in the war with Terrence's grandpa?"

"Yeah, they were best friends actually. One of the main reasons why we're best friends."

"You never told me that, guys," Kim said.

"So what ever happened to him?"

"He died in the war," Terrence said. "Your grandpa was actually there to witness it."

"Oh, Im sorry," Megan said.

"Dont be. I never knew him but I'm sure he was a great hero. My grandma was pregnant with my mom at the time."

"So what happened to your mom?" Tony asked.

Terrence hesitated. I knew exactly what he was thinking. I jumped in and tried to change the subject.

"You're asking all of these questions, Tony. I thought you were dying to play NFL."

"OH YEAH!" Tony exclaimed. "Where's your Z-Box? Wait, actually I'm hungry. I cant play on an empty stomach. Do you have anything to eat?"

"Well all we have is cereal until my grandma gets back."

"I dont think I can wait that long. Can I have some cereal."

"Um....sure, I guess," Terrence said akwardly. Tony walked past Terrence and went up stairs where the kitchen was located.

"Such a lardass," Megan said walking into the living room.

"You cousins are wierd," said Kim humorously.

"Yeah. Its in the genes."

Just then I looked out the window and saw a car pull up in the frontyard.

"Terrence what time is it?" I asked.

He looked down at his watch and said, "7 O' Clock. Why?"

"Someone's here right on the dot."

I waited to see who got out of the car and saw that it was Jessica and Regina. As they walked up to the door, the car that brought them kept its engine running. As they knocked on the door, Me, Terrence, and Kim went to it and opened it. Jessica was wearing a red sweater with nice tight jeans(that made me sweat slightly) and Regina wore pretty much the same thing only with a blue sweater.

"Hey guys," they greeted us.

"Hey," Terrence said. "Come on in."

"Actually we cant," Jessica said with a frown. "My dad wont believe that your grandma is gonna be here. dad thinks this is one of those teenage liquor parties like in the movies."

"Well thats stupid," I said. "No - I dont mean your dad is stupid. Im just saying thats a stupid thing to think - no not that he thinks stupid thoughts - Its just that its stupid to assume that - not that he's stupid - its just-"

"Its okay, Ben, I understand," Jessica said.

"Maybe I can try talking to him right quick," I said.

"You can try but I dont know where it would get you."

I walked past Jessica and Regina and went over to the car in the frontyard. I leaned down to the window of it and saw a middle aged man with a poor disposition. This would be interesting.

"Hi, Mr. Scott!" I said as cheerily as I could.

"Hey," he said with no emotion.

"Um, Ms. Narrow isnt here right now. She went to the store to get some refreshments for the party."

"Well Im not leaving until she gets here. When will she be back?"

"Im not sure," I said. I turned back to Terrence and said, "How long will it take for your mom to get back from the store?"

"I dont know, like 30 minutes?" he said.

"30 minutes!? What is this the desert?!" I exclaimed, I turned back around to Mr. Scott and asked, "Do you think you can stay for I dont know, um, 30 minutes."

"Uh.....No?" he said sarcastically. "Come on Jessie, we're leaving."

My heart sank. Here would be my best chance to hang out with Jessica and it was all about to go down the drain. I had to act fast.

"Malone's Assasin!!" I said loudly.

"What?" Mr. Scott asked confused.

"You ever watch that show, Malone's Assasin?" I said stalling for time.

"Yes I do, alot. What do you know about that?"

"Uh thats like my favorite show."

"I THOUGHT YOUR FAVORITE SHOW WAS TEAM VELOCITY!" Terrence screamed.

"shut the fuck up or I will fucking kill you" I said in a near whisper.

"Dont listen to him, he's uh.....sexually.....con..fused.."

"Oh ok. Have you seen that episode...." And that began a 30 minute long conversation about this show called Malone's Assasin. It revolved around the son of a diseased mobster who becomes a hitman who works for his uncle's mob family. Its an cartoon filled with hard-hitting action, blood and gore, language, and many other suggestive themes. In other words, awesomeness. We talked about it so much, that Mr. Scott actually turned off the car to talk to me. By the time the conversation was almost over, we saw Ms. Narrow's car pulling up in the parking lot. I let out a strong sigh of relief as I pointed Mr. Scott's direction to it.

BOOM BOOM BOOM!!! I heard suddenly coming from the house. All of us were outside at the time and we all heard it. It came at the worst time. I looked at Terrence.

"Terrence, you make sure everything is straightened out with Mr. Scott. "I'll go check out what that was."

I left them there, and went into the house with Kim behind me. I went over to where the sound could have come from; the stairs. I walked halfway up there......and saw the problem. There Tony lay, his shirt soaked, milk all on the stairs and hundreds of tiny marshmellow fruits scattered on the stairs as well.

"Tony, what the hell man, what happened?"

"I fell down the stairs."

"WTF!! You're supposed to be extra careful with cereal."

"I know man. I know."

"Dude, Ms. Narrow just pulled up. You see how much of a clean freak she is. If she sees this mess she may kick us out."

"You gotta help me clean this up," Tony said.

I had an idea at that very moment. "Just go in the living room, I'll clean it up."

He got up, his soaked shirt dripping with milk and walked past Kim into the living room.

"Kim, make sure, no one comes around here."

"Is it showtime?"

"Its showtime."

She nodded and walked away from the stairs. I looked down as my bravery bracelet transformed into the Genesis Morpher and pressed the 2 buttons as the ribbons of light surrounded me and turned me into the Genesis. I had to work fast. I turned one of my arms into some kind of high-powered sucking machine and aimed it at the mess. I activated it and sucked up the mess of marshmellows. I listened to them grind up but suddenly they retracted back into my suit and I could feel a mushy cream like substances against my torso. I decided to let it pass, and transformed the same arm into a high-powered heater and the other into a water hose. I heated the soaked stairs which were carpetted and made them dry again, but the parts that were covered with milk had turned white. Thats what I used the water hose for. I sprayed a moderate amount of water on it, then turned one arm into a soap dispenser and sprayed soap on it. Then I turned both arms into brushes and went to town on the mess. When I felt it was clean enough I sprayed water on it once more then dryed it off with the high powered heater. I ran back up stairs, turned my arm into a retracting machine and shot the gewy marshmellow mess into the trash can. As bad as having to do this clean up was, the marshmellowy goodness looked pretty tasty.

As I walked down stairs I could see Tony trying to make his way back to the stairs with Kim behind me. He was sure to se me as soon as he came around the corner. I quickly thought of a non-lethal yet powerful blaster that I could subdue him with so it would save me time to turn back. It came up just as he turned around the cornerand I shot it at him as quickly as I could knocking him onto his back. I took this time to deactivate. Tony looked at me in disbelief.

"Dude what the hell did you throw at me?" He asked.

"Throw at you, What are you talking about?" I lied. "You just out of no where fell on your back."

"What?"

Just then, Ms. Narrow, Terrence, Jessica, and Kim walked through the door. They were all carrying bags of drinks and snacks that were obviously for the party.

"So did everything go okay with Mr. Scott?" I asked.

"Yep," Ms. Narrow said. "I let him know that this was gonna be one crazy barnyard bustle filled with sex, drugs, and rock and roll."

"Sounds like this is gonna be a celebrity scandal."

"Haha yep," she said with enthusiasm. "Its all good now. Lets get this party started!"

Onlyne

03-27-2008, 08:48 PM

Episode 5: Fireworks
part 2

And the party had indeed, started. Person after person came to Terrence's house. Some of the people were kids from our school. Others were probably the same, only I had never seen them before. It was a mixture of all races, all hanging out together, which was a joy to see. Ms. Narrow set up a killer stereo system that blasted various amounts of Rap and Rock. Everyone was either dancing in the living room, playing games in the den, or just hanging around everywhere else. I was in the den, watching Tony and Terrence play NFL along with a bunch of other guys. I drank some Cherry-Cola while Terrence scored another touchdown on Tony, making the score 49 to 28. I sat in a chair giving useless advice, beside the couch that they were on.

"Press X to throw," I said.

"I know how to throw, Benjamin," Tony said, not taking his eyes off of the TV.

"Then why arent you pressing it?" I asked.

"I am, Benjamin," he said, losing his patience.

"It must not be working? You might wanna get that checked out. Either that, or you're not pressing it hard enough."

Tony turned slowly and gave me a dirty look. I smiled bright while crushing the ice from the drink that found its way into my mouth. As I swallowed it, I said, "the ball just snapped."

"What the-" he turned around just as the time ran out on the clock and Terrence sacked his quarter back hard. It was the 4th quarter too, which meant the game was over.

"Thats too bad, Tony," I said. "...too bad..."

Tony turned around and glared at me, then turned back to the TV and said, "Man, F*** this game!" and threw the controller on the ground and stormed out of the room, the guys around him jeering.

"Thanks man," Terrence said.

"No problem," I said, high fiving him. "I'm gonna go in the living room."

"I'll come with you," he said, giving the wireless controller to one of the guys. "Try not to wreck it okay?"

We left the den and went into the living room and saw the many people dancing their heads off. We moved through the crowd dodging people. One guy was dancing so wildly that he actually hit me in the face. I pushed him out of the way and kept walking. Thats when I saw a guy by himself dancing stupidly like an idiot. It was Trey Black, the school asshole. He was just your general high school jerk, who liked to insult people. Because of this he was usually by himself. He was also all talk. He'd threaten you, but he wouldnt do anything to back it up, like how Anthony and Joe would. Infact, he once insulted them and got the crap beat out of him. Actually it was more than once. More than 6. He never knew when to keep his mouth closed.

We approached him while he stood with his drink in his hand dancing his little retard dance.

"Trey, what are you doing?" I asked.

"Your mom," he said plainly.

"Too much of a loser to be with girls your own age?" I countered.

"They cant handle the huge C***."

"Riiiiiight....Terrence, what the hell were you thinking inviting this firecrotch?" I whispered to him.

"I, uh, owe him from way back," he said.

"Why, what happened?" I asked.

"Actually, it was a hell of a moment in my life that involved strippers and bubbles. See what happened was-"

Suddenly the door bell rang.

"Sorry I've got to get that."

He walked away and I decided to walk around to see what was going on and who I could talk to.

"You're here all by yourself?" said a female voice behind me.

I turned to see Jessica standing there. "Oh hey! No, I was just waiting for Terrence. I was about to get something to drink, you want to come?"

"You've got a half-full drink in your hand," she said.

I looked down into the drink and indeed, I did have half a cup full of soda left.

"Well, I could use a refill."

"O...k...Let's go then."

We began walking through the house. We went upstairs and into the kitchen where I poured her a cup of soda and refilled mine. We were the only ones in there so I took this opportunity to make conversation.

"So....how was your christmas?" I asked taking a sip of my drink.

"It was lousy. I didnt get anything that I wanted." she said.

"What did you want to get?"

"I wanted an I-phone and some other meaningless stuff and all I ended up getting was clothes, clothes, and more clothes. Ugly clothes at that. I would rather have gotten money so I could buy my own stuff."

"Well that sucks," I said. "But you wouldnt have gotten anything that day. All the stores were closed."

"Only in the morning, plus it would have been worth the wait," she said with an attitude.

"So what exactly were the 'meaningless stuff'?"

Jessica hesitated. "Okay, you have to promise not to tell anyone."

"Cross my heart and hope to.....yyeeeaaaahhhh. I promise."

She looked around to see if anyone was eavesdropping and said, "I'm obsessed with this show called Gandon."

"You mean the giant robot anime?"

"Yeah. Do you know what I'm talking about?"

"Yeah, the creators of it made Team Velocity. I love all of their shows."

"Really?! Me too." she responded. "My room is full of their merchandise. Regina is always talking about how its for nerds but I cant help it. The shows are just so good."

"I know, tell me about it. I remember the first time I saw one of their cartoons, Samson Briggs, and I was hooked."

"One of my boyfriends introduced me to it. I mean I wasnt into that kind of stuff but it captured my attention and now I love it."

"Wait," I said. "Did you say boyfriends?"

There was a slight pause and then she said, "Oh no, no, no, I didnt mean boyfriend as in Boyfriend. He's just a friend who's a boy."

"Oh ok, I was just, you know, wondering."

"Yeah, yeah....cause, you know, miss interpretation," she said with a chuckle.

"Yeah, I tend to missinterpret alot of things," I said. "One time, I did that, and I ended up in boot camp for 2 weeks."

"Haha, what happened?"

So I told her the story. It wasnt too long but she seemed to be very interested and she stopped me at some parts to ask questions.

"Wow thats crazy. So how'd you get out."

"Me and a bunch of inmates broke out. We had a very detailed escape plan and I went back home where I was grounded for like a year."

"Wow, that must have been awesome. The breakout part I mean, not the grounding part because I bet that sucked."

"Thinking on it now, it definetly was awesome, but at the time, I almost died from being too nervous, if thats even possible."

I looked back over to the door to the frontyard and saw Terrence at halfway out of the door, talking to someone. I couldnt see who that person was because he held the door to where it looked like he was about to close it. He finally came in fast and slammed the door hard. He walked away with the same furious look he had on his face during the whole gym incident.

"Excuse me, I'll be right back," I told Jessica.

I walked down the stairs and across the room over to Terrence who was shaking with anger. I spoke gently trying to get his attention. "Terrence?"

"What!" he said quickly.

"Whats the matter, dude," I said after a short pause.

"Nothing, Ben," he said. He took a deep breath, turned around, and smiled with his gigantic enthusiastic smile as if nothing went wrong. "Nothing at all, now lets get to the party."

He put his arm around my shoulder and led me back into the living room. The music was playing loud rock music so we tried our best to speak over it.

"Hey Ben," he shouted.

"Yeah?"

"I've been thinking."

"Oh, god."

"Why havent you told your mom about the whole savior thing? It would kind of make it easier on you. Then you dont have to make up excuses for going out to fight the Razakin."

I thought for a moment and said, "Its not about her. I dont want to get her involved in all this. She'd worry about me and probably try to stop me from fighting."

"But the Black Lion and the Razakin know who you really are. They could attack your family. And since they dont know, it would be partially your fault if that happens because they had no warning. They are oblivious to the danger they're in. I'm sorry to break it to you that way, but its true."

I hadnt thought about that at all. He had a point. This made me think really hard. My job was to protect the town but I also had to make sure my family was safe. If something happened to them because of me, I wouldnt be able to forgive myself. I had to take every precaution I could.

"Ive been thinking about something else too," Terrence said.

"Whats that?"

"If it was possible to get pregnant from anal sex, would the baby come out as a crackhead or an asshole."

I gave him a blank look and said," I....Dont....know.."

Suddenly, the music stopped. Everyone looked around in confusion and frustration. We all looked over to the computer that was connected to the speaker system to play the music. There stood three familiar faces; Anthony Joe and Sam. Anthony was bent over it clicking on various things. We couldnt hear him, but his mouth moved to say, "What is this garbage?" He continued to mess with the computer as the people around it began complaining.

"Shut up! I'm trying to find some GOOD music to dance to," he said.

"Were they the reason why you were so upset just a second ago?" I asked Terrence.

"No, but they are the reason why I'm upset now."

"Aha, thats the stuff," Anthony said, and with a final double click he backed away from the computer. Suddenly there was a humming sound from the speakers and then the sound of moving flesh and a woman moaning.

Terrence moved faster than I had ever seen him move before. He dashed across the room, through the crowd and to the computer. He pushed Anthony out of the way and struggled to turn it off.

"Its frozen!" he yelled in anguish.

I had to do something. Terrence's reputation was about to be tarnished because of a frozen computer. I looked down and saw that my Bravery Bracelet became the Genesis Morpher. This was a sign. I decided to try an experiment.

I reached down and pressed the two buttons - but instead of transforming, a huge sonic boom shot out around me, instantly knocking off the power. The room was dark. It was amazing. It was as if the Genesis Morpher knew what to do at all times. But then I quickly realized how dumb that was on my part. I automatically assumed that since my G Morpher was out, It would help with the situation but I could have accidently revealed my identity. It was a good thing I was right.

The room was pitch black which meant no more sounds. Suddenly the lights came back on and the computer began to reboot. I walked over to where Anthony, Joe, and Sam were standing.

"What the hell are you guys doing here?" I asked. "You werent invited."

"Thought we'd drop by," Anthony replied. "Everyone else was here."

"This is my house and you're trespassing," Terrence said with an intense look on his face. "Leave now or I'm calling the cops."

"You gonna crash your own party," countered Joe. "Thats pretty smart man."

"Smart?" I asked. "This is coming from the guy who thought Spike Lee was the son of Bruce Lee."

"They look just alike!"

"One's black and one's asain!"-

"Look, whatever," Sam jumped in. "You losers dont know how to throw a party anyway so why dont you go f*** your mothers like the mother***s you are, and leave us to the party having."

Terrence slowly walked towards Sam, his look becoming more and more intense by the second. "What did you say about my mom?"

"Terrence!" shouted a voice from behind. We looked back to see Ms. Narrow behind us. "Back up."

we both moved out of the way. I knew Ms Narrow. She was very unpredictable.

"We're not gonna have that kind of language in my house," she said.

"What are you gonna do, Old Lady?" Anthony said.

"I dont know. I have so much to choose from."

"Oh I'm so scared. I think I'm gonna go home and cut myself."

All three of them laughed while the rest of the room stayed silent.

"You think thats funny? Let me tell you the story about my older brother. He's dead now but this is his demise. I was 6 at the time and he was 10. He was very depressed and one day when we were in the toolshed in our backyard, he told me he wanted to kill himself. He went over to a cabinet, grabbed a sharp knife and prepared to cut his wrist. I begged him not to but he wouldnt listen. I yelled for help but our parents werent home. He nearly sliced his arm off before he changed his mind. He bled horribly. I walked over and tried to cover the wound with some water from a container. The water smelled funny but I didnt care at the time. The wound was good but his clothes were wet so we needed them to dry before our parents got home and we had no electricity so we had to start a fire. My brother lit the match and instantly burst into flames. Turns out that funny-smelling water was actually kerosine. I watched my brother burn to death that day. Now when anyone talks about cutting themselves in front of me, their burned corpse is found somewhere far away from home."

There was dead silence, no pun intended.

"Holy crap, lady," Anthony said, his eyes widened. "What are you playing at?"

"I'm afraid I dont understand the question."

"You dont actually think we believe in that crap, do you?" Sam said, trying to be tough in front of his cowardice friends.

Suddenly the lights flicked off and once more we were in pitch darkness. Then, suddenly the lights flicked back on and standing directly in front of Sam, was a 6 foot tall scarred zombie, whose eyelids were burned off as well as its lips, causing its face to resemble a skull with eyes. Its entire body was made of burned flesh that sagged off of its bones like BBQ chicken. It moved raggedly and a muffled scream came from its destroyed mouth.

Everyone screamed at the top of their lungs and ran for the door.

"You suck, Old lady! You suck!" Anthony yelled running for the door as well.

"Like your mouth!" She countered, while laughing maniacly. When nearly everyone had cleared out, she turned back to Terrence and I, who were the only ones left in the room, and gave us a devious smirk. She said, "So are you two bold enough to join us."

"Sure, especially since you told us about this before the party started."

"I know but you could at least humor us."

The zombie, then pulled off the skin on its head to reveal Tony's face sweating from the heat inside of the mask.

"I'm wearing this for halloween!" he said.

"Anybody who thought that was real is bogus," Megan said, coming out of no where. "Did your brother really die that way, Ms. Narrow?"

"Yeah if by brother, you mean friend and by die that way, you mean played a practical joke on me that ended with him getting spin kicked in the face."

Ms. Narrow then turned back to us and said, "Terrence, if you ever wonder what sex position produces the ugliest babies, ask Anthony's mom."

"Damn dude," I whispered to Terrence. "You're grandma is awesome."

"Nah duh, Ben," he said walking away.

Jessica and Regina came out of the kitchen and down the stairs. They came up to me and Jessica asked, "So what exactly was the point of that again?"

I looked down at my watch and said, "Its 11:15. We had to end the party before then so we could get to the Trancon building to see the fireworks and we werent planning on bringing everyone along."

"Alright, kiddies, lets pack it up and hit the road before the light show starts," Ms. Narrow said. "Where is Kim?"

"I dont know," I said. "I havent seen her since the party started."

"OH MY GOD!!" Yelled a voice from in another room. I walked over to where it came from and saw Terrence come out of no where and run into a wall. He was holding his eyes. "MY EYES!! MY BEAUTIFUL EYES!!"

"Terrence, what happened?!" I asked.

"The bathroom!" he said. "In the bathroom!!"

I ran as fast as I could through the hallway, beside the stairs, and saw the bathroom door open. Inside, was Kim......making out with Larry Ficus. Suddenly I found myself doing the same thing as Terrence. I grabbed my face and yelled, "MY EYES!! MY BEAUTIFUL EYES!!"

Kim parted from Larry, whose eyes were watering furiously, and looked at us.

"What?" she asked simply.

Onlyne

03-27-2008, 08:49 PM

Episode 5: Fireworks
Part 3

"Come on, Boy, I want to show you something," yelled my grandpa.

"Aw grandpa," yelled my 4 year old self. "Im playing with my toys."

"I said come on. Its important."

I dragged myself over to him and he slapped his leg for me to sit on his lap. He then pulled out an old photo album from a shelf beside the chair we were on.

"Im gonna tell you a little about your history."

I let out a breath of bordom. He opened the book and showed me a few pictures. "This here is your Multiple Great Grandfather, Twalib Foruy," he said pointing to a portrait of an african soldier. "He was the son of Katifo Foruy, the leader of the Kenyan Tribe."

"Wow," I said scarcastically, breathing out another breath of boredom.

Grandpa turned a few pages, where there was a picture of a young black soldier wearing a Union uniform from the Civil War. "And this is my Grandpa and your great great grandpa, John Wesley Fury. He was the first African American General during the Civil War. Led hundreds of soldiers to victory."

"Thats awesome, Grandpa, really," I said, continuing my sarcasm.

Grandpa turned a few more pages and I saw a young black World War 2 soldier who, thinking on it now, bared a striking resemblance to myself. It was almost scary. "And this is your's truly. Apart of the 81st Division in World War 2. What a time I had then. Dont I look handsome?"

"Yes grandpa. Can I go now?" I complained.

He sighed and said, "Yes Ben, you can go."

He picked me up and put me back on the floor, then turned me around. "I want you to remember something I want you to remember it for the rest-look at me while I'm talking to you-I want you to remember this for the rest of your life. You are descended from many heroes, Ben. I know that you are destined to do great things. I just want you to remember, to never give up on what you want. Always strive to be the best that you can be. Dont let the bad things stop you from getting there. What doesnt kill you, makes you stronger. And sometimes it doesnt have to kill you. Sometimes all you need is a little motivation."

I nodded my head to the wise advice that my grandfather gave to me.

"Alright now go on and play," he said. I ran along and continued playing with my toys. That was 10 years ago....

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"Hurry the hell up, Ben!" Terrence yelled from atop the stairs. "It is exactly 11:45 am O' Clock on the dot in the house"-

"Shut up and slow down!" I yelled back. "I'm not Superman."

"Close enough, now hustle!"

The Trancon building was huge. I'm talking immense. Its the second largest building in the city beside Narrow Towers. And we had this teenage drill sergeant yelling for us to climb thousands of flights of stairs and expecting us to keep with him. What was the point of being a biomech human if I couldnt keep up with the speed of a normal human?

I managed to stay ahead of everyone else but just barely. When I made it almost halfway up the building, I stood with my hands on my knees, breathing very hard.

"You can move faster than that," he said.

"Okay," I said after a few huffs. "Im gonna need you to shut the hell up for about 5 minutes."

"Ben," Terrence started, putting his arm around my shoulder. "Life is like one huge FPS. You can either be like Zero Hour and suck ass, or you can be like Ribbon of Honor 4 and dominate the competition."

"Terrence, my shoulder's hurt so bad right now, that it burns to even turn my head."

"What do your shoulders have to do with your head?"

"Um I think they're both parts of my body," I said sarcastically.

"Just hurry up those stairs."

By this time, Jessica, Regina, Kim, and Larry were on the platform. Beforehand, Megan and Tony felt it was time for them to go and we dropped them off at their own house before arriving at the building. We were only half way up the building and still had half to go. We walked through a door and began down a hallway.

"Look, an elevator," Regina said pointing down the hall at it.

"Thank god," we all sighed in relief. As we walked, Terrence strayed from the path. He stopped at a door labeled, "Stairs."

"Nope," he said. "We're taking the stairs."

We continued walking down the hallway past him.

"Where are you guys going?" Terrence exclaimed. "This isnt a democracy."

"Its not a government either. You can take the stairs, we're taking the excercise."

"Well if thats your ultimatum..."

We continued to stroll down the hallway until we reached the elevator. I pressed the button and waited a few seconds. After 2 minutes, the elevator didnt come. I pressed the button several times, then noticed that when I pressed the button, it would light up but as soon as I took my finger off, It wouldnt stay and would go out. This meant that the elevator was broken.

"Is it not working?" Kim asked.

"Nope," I said. "Guess we do have to take the stairs."

We all groaned as we walked back across the hallway and through the door labeled "stairs." Terrence took this way, but was long gone and I swore for a second that I heard a "ping" sound at the elevator. We kept walking up the grueling stairs in silence. When we finally reached the top, Terrence sat by the edge of the building waiting for us.

"We have 5 minutes. I suggest you guys get ready for the best view in the whole freakin' town to see fireworks."

"I hope you're not screwing with us about the whole "best view" thing."

"You'll hate yourself for even thinking that in a bit," he said.

We waited for the next 3 minutes as we looked out towards the city. Down at Town Square the huge plasma screen displayed a timer that told us how many minutes that were left in the year.

Larry hadnt said anything the entire time we were there. While we were huffing and puffing up the stairs, he had no trouble at all. That was mainly because he took his time keeping up with us. As we sat at the edge of the building, I noticed Kim move in close on him. I looked away in digust and found myself staring at Terrence and Regina who were snuggling up incredibly close as well. I realized that Jessica and I were the only ones who werent together. This made me incredibly nervous. Maybe it wouldnt be as akward if I was as casual as I could be towards her. Just be yourself, Ben, I told myself. Just be yourself and dont screw up.

I walked to her side and said, "This is gonna be awesome."

"Yeah," she replied. "Cant wait for the grand finale."

"We've got 30 seconds left in this year."

"Yep. New year, new dreams and new adventures."

"Well said."

We waited. Eventually the countdown on the timer flashed 00:10. We counted down with the clock.

"9....8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1..."

The town lit up in an extravagant explosion of excitement and awe. The plasma screen flashed "Happy New Year!" over and over and a shower of confete sprayed from an overpassing airplane onto the streets. Everyone erupted in screams, hugging each other, and jumping in jubilation. Several rockets shot from the ground and into the air to explode in a cluster of flashing lights.

We all jumped in the air screaming and acting as crazy as we could. Jessica suddenly hugged me tightly, which created an akward moment. It wasnt bad though. Not at all. She was soft and delicate. I didnt hug her hard but she was grabbing me with all her might. She was very comfortable around me. Finally she broke away and stared me straight in the eyes and I into her's. I never noticed before, but they glistened with incredible beauty. The bursting fireworks above us reflected off of her pupils. Every hormone in my body was raging through the chromosomes, through the cells, inside of the veins, and muscles and bones, and skin and vital organs and everywhere else. I felt so much better at that one moment than I had in my entire life. We stared into each other's eyes for a few more seconds. I wanted the moment to last forever....

But it didnt. It all came crashing down before my eyes faster than I could react. I watched in horror as Jessica was yanked away from me by pure evil. The Black Lion. Out of no where, he swooped in and grabbed her, taking her high above the Trancon Building and into the fireworks.

"How about a little game of cat mouse!!" he screamed back at me from the sky.

"No..." was all that I could manage to mutter. I had so many doubts at that one moment. What if I couldnt save her? Should I even try? Is it all for not? The Black Lion was flying with jet boots. How could I compete with that?

"Ben!" Terrence screamed, shaking me back into reality. "Its showtime, man. Go get help!"

I realized what he was saying. "Go get help" was a code that we used in public which basically meant to go transform, though it didnt seem as if we needed it seeing as everyone had their eyes fixed on Jessica who was flying away before their eyes. Regina stood on near the edge of the building yelling for her best friend. I had to save her or die trying. I nodded to Terrence and ran around the corner to the front of the door that led back into the building. I opened the door and closed it quickly. This way, Regina and Larry wouldnt ask any questions as to where I went. I lept onto the ledge and jumped off quickly. I immediately put my arms in front of my face, pressed the two buttons, and was engulfed in a sea of radiant light until I was covered in my familiar red armor and the feeling of warmth and confidence. I knew then that I could do anything, especially save Jessica.

As I dove through the exploding Fireworks, I couldnt help but notice several objects headed toward me. I quickly released my left Genesic Blade and braced myself. Just as the black ball that was headed toward me reared in, it suddenly warped, revealing an all-but-ready Razakin Soldier. I quickly slashed him out of the way and looked down to see several more headed toward me, as I flew down, headed towards them. Since I was falling through the air head first, momentum would be my greatest ally. I drew my right Genesic Blade and watched as another Black ball warped into a Razakin Soldier. I slashed it out of the way just as another one warped in front of me, and I stabbed it with both blades then kicked off of the soldier to pull them out, did a few flips, then retracted my blades and drew the Machine CS and while flying through the air upside down, unloaded on the last 3 balls that were after me. When they were disposed of, I landed on the side of a building and jumped off of it. As I proceeded to backflip through the air, I collided with none other than the Black Lion who flew through the air right inside of the erupting fireworks.

The 3 of us tumbled through the air as I struggled to break the Black Lion's grip on Jessica. She screamed in terror. I saw the fear in her eyes as I tried to pull her from his arm. The exploding fireworks made it incredibly hard to see and concentrate on what I was doing. It was like trying to pull a toy from an unsharing friend while a bunch of flashlights are shining in my face; not exactly in my an advantage for me.

Just when I thought I had her, the Black Lion knocked me in the visor, causing me to lose grip on him and Jessica. I fell through the air tumbling to the ground. Before I knew it, I found myself colliding hard with a car in the street. I quickly got up, only to see the Black Lion flying away with Jessica in his arms. I had lost....

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But do you think I gave up that easily? Yeah, right. After all I had been through, giving up was not an option. I got up from atop the shattered car. I had ambition, but no way to back it up. I couldnt fly. I tried it before and found it to be a little....unfaithful. So how was I supposed to catch him?

Thats when I had an idea. This suit had everything but jet boots and I knew that from experience. But it had something else. At least I hoped so. I reared back and prepared to jump. As I propelled myself from the car, I heard a loud, yet satisfying sound.

BOOM! I was flying through the air, leaving the tarted remains of the car behind. The boots might not have been able to produce jets but with built in sonic blasting speakers in my boots, I could still simulate flying. BOOM! I blasted the speakers again and shot myself that much farther into the air. Several windows on the buildings around me shattered to pieces. I was causing alot of collateral damage but I was getting closer and closer to my target. I reared my legs back and blasted the speakers sending me even farther down the strip of buildings. I soon found myself between a large variety of skyscrapers and right behind the Black Lion. I reached out my arm and grabbed him from around the neck. I pulled as hard as I could and caused him to accidently release his grip on Jessica.

I pulled him even harder and was tempted to unload all of my anger on him. I had him in a situation where he couldnt hurt me and I could actually do some damage. But then again, Jessica was headed right towards the ground. I still had time to save her, but it was now or never. I had to make a split second descision. Save the girl or slay the beast? Which would be more beneficial? Of course it was obvious that I had to save Jessica but if I let the Black Lion go, someone else could die another day. In those few seconds, I made the agonizing descision that to this day, i believe was the right one....I took the chance and went for Jessica.

I quickly threw the Black Lion away from me and dove after Jessica. I couldnt hear her screaming and worried if the Black Lion did something to her. She was falling at an incredible speed, that i couldnt match from where I was at. In seconds, she would hit the ground. I had to use the speakers. I boomed them one last time as hard as I could and flew straight downward. As a consequence, the windows on the buildings around me shattered, sending a shower of glass down through the air between me and Jessica. I shot through the glass; the shards scraping the surface of my helmet and visor, as I navigated my way to Jessica. She was yards away from the ground when I grabbed her by the abdomen, flipped so that my feet were opposite the ground, and slammed on the ground hard enough to cause a slightly large crater in the concrete. I quickly shielded Jessica with my armored body as the shower of glass sprayed down on us.

When the glass finished falling, I looked down into Jessica's face. Her eyes were closed and it seemed like she was unconcious. I could see the blood rushing through by her red face, which gave me no doubt that she was still alive.

I looked up and watched as the Black Lion regained his momentum and was able to fly away. "'Till next time, Genny!!" he screamed at me as he flew out of sight. "'Til next time!"

Once again, the Black Lion had the upper hand on me, but this time, I was actually able to fight back. I began to think that with a little more training, I could actually become as strong as him. The thought of that was overwhelming, especially when remembering what he did to me the first time we met.

"Ben," said Jessica in a weak voice. I turned back to her.

"Its alright," I said. "Im here."

"Where's Ben? Is he alright?"

I realized that she was talking to an entirely different person than who I thought. She wasnt talking to the nerdy kid that had a massive crush on her. She was talking to her hero. Her savior.

"He's fine. Safe and sound, just like you are now."

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What a wild night. Nothing happened that night that I expected except for the rides to the locations we went to. I asked Jessica if she wanted me to take her to the hospital but she insisted that she was fine and planned on trying to find her friends. I left her there and quickly powered down in an alleyway, then went back to join her. I made the excuse of going to find help but accidentally losing them in the process and she seemed to buy it. We walked around the city trying to find the rest of the gang and once reunited, we found our way back to Ms. Narrow's car. Jessica made us promise not to make any word of it ever again, as we dropped her and Regina off at her house. Ms. Narrow was oblivious to what had happened before.

"What was she talking about?" She asked. "What happened up there."

"Uh," Terrence stuttered. "Nothing much. She fell down the stairs and we laughed but she didnt want anyone to know. Thats all."

"She seemed pretty serious about that, though."

"Its a common reaction. She was embarassed and all and she sometimes gets uptight about that."

She looked at us suspiciously, then said, "Oh ok, then."

"So Ben, you want to spend the night or go on home?"

"I'll spend the night but I need to get some things from my house first."

We pulled into our neighborhood with the windows slightly down. It was still chilly outside, but we needed to cool down from our previous shinanigans. Then something wierd happened. I smelled something that smelled like someone was fixing barbeque at a cook out. It was kind of wierd, seeing as it was past midnight, though it could have been someone celebrating New Year's. It was kind of strong though, and the fact that someone was cooking some grand cook-out meal, seemed very strange. Then I saw a small light between the trees on the road we were on. It was hard to see as the light broke through the dense trees but it seemed to be a bright orange color. I was very curious to see what it was. As we turned the final street corner, I caught a glimpse of what it was and I wish I never did.

What I saw in the distance, was a burning house falling apart at the rooftop. Firemen were rushing to a fire hydrant and shooting water from the hose onto the house. As we came so close to the house, that I could feel the heat, I realized something that made my heart sank. This was my house that was on fire.

We barely drove up on the driveway before I opened the car door and ran out of it. I sprinted towards the house and prepared to jump inside and do whatever I thought of first. Suddenly, I was tackled to the ground by an enormous figure. When the figure got off me and stood up, I looked and realized that it was a fireman who tried to stop me from going into my burning house. He picked me up by the arm and led me over to the firetruck and a few police cars where a some cops stood.

"What happened? How did this fire start?"

"I"ll handle this," said a voice from behind the cops. A medium sized italian man walked up to me. He was wearing a beige trench coat and was smoking a cigarette. He spoke to me in a casual, new-york accent. "I'm Commisioner Garrett Tevin, Local detective and chief of police in the KCPD."

"I dont care who you are! I want to know what happened."

We dont know for sure but investigation says it might have been arsen."

"Arsen?" I said confused. "Where's my mom and grandpa?"

"Your grandpa's over there," he said pointing to another cop car where my grandpa sat with a blanket around him and was breathing through an oxygen mask. He spotted me and gave me a thumbs up.

"And my mom?" I asked.

Commisioner Tevin said nothing. Instead he looked up at the burning house. I looked at it too. I felt absolutely no emotion. Only determination.

"I'll be right back," I said walking past him and back to Ms. Narrow's car. Ms. Narrow was busy talking to the police, trying to find out some information. Terrence and Kim stood in front of the car watching the inferno rise higher into the sky.

"Tell your grandma that I went to out to find information or something."

"Its showtime isnt it?" Terrence asked.

"No its not. Its not a show anymore. This is serious. Its time to go. Its Go-time."

With that final word, I ran into the most secluded place I could find, which was behind the neighbor's house, and quickly pressed the 2 buttons on the morpher and was instantly covered in my familiar red armor. I hopped the fence that separated my house and my neighbor's house and stood at the very side of the blazing house. I sprinted for the side window and dove through into an inferno of blazing heat that had me sweating from beneath my armor. I ran through the house jumping over destroyed furniture and accessories.

"Hello?!" I yelled as I ran throughout the kitchen, the bathroom, the den, and the living room. "Mom, I mean, Ms. Fury?"

There was no sign of her. I ran out and up the stairs. "Ms. Fury!!" I checked room after room but found nothing. I turned down the hallway and glanced down at my room. My mom lay on the floor unconcious. "Oh thank god. I'm not too late."

I walked down the hallway and got ready to get my mom out of the incredible inferno in our destroyed house. As soon as I got into the doorway, out of no where, a black object flew from behind the wall and hit me right in my visor. The force was so strong that it knocked me off my feet. I hit the ground hard and looked up to see the Black Lion standing right before me.

"Is this what you want?!" he yelled at me, pointing at my mom's unconcious body. "Do you want everyone that you love to die all for your stupid glory?!"

"You've crossed the line, Black Lion!" I yelled.

"You've already crossed the line! You're changing the history thats supposed to play out in favor of the Razakin. You're trying to wreck everything that we've worked so hard to accomplish!! I wont let that happen and I'll do whatever it takes to see to your retirement or in the better case, your demise!"

"You're out of your mind!!"

"Is that the way you want to be?! You want to keep going and die like the rest of them?! Fine! Let me show you whats in stored for you."

He walked away from me and over to my mom. He yanked her up by the hair and held her straight up. He then yanked out a blade from inside of his arm. He put it at her throat.

"Dont do it!! Please dont do it!!" I screamed, getting up off my feet.

He put it on her throat and began slicing through her skin........
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"You are descended from many heroes, Ben. I know that you are destined to do great things. I just want you to remember, to never give up on what you want. Always strive to be the best that you can be. Dont let the bad things stop you from getting there. What doesnt kill you, makes you stronger. And sometimes it doesnt have to kill you. Sometimes all you need is a little motivation."
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"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!" I screamed as a sonic boom exploded from within me, destroying the walls behind me, and knocking the Black Lion off his feet. My armor began to expand and various compartments on it began to open and display new areas on the suit. At the legs, silver covering began to extract from the knee and shin areas. Same happened for the shoulders, the waist, and the forearms. A silver buckle spun out from the waist area and appeared in the front. On it was the Resistance symbol, an eagle thrusting foward, only instead of glowing blue, it was glowing red. A collar, similar to the collar of a jacket, appeared behind my head on my collar bone. Finally an object appeared in front of my visor that covered up the middle part, making the once open visor become two different eye openings. Though the visor was now 2 eyes instead of one, a sign was still able to flash onto the screen of it. It said, "Congratulations, Mr. Fury. You have achieved Genesis 2.0."

The Black Lion got up off of his feet and stood up. "What the hell?" he said. I then raised my arm slowly and held my open palm up at him.

"88 Shockwave..." I said softly and sent and incredibly powerful energy blast directly at him, too fast for him to react, and knocked him through the wall and out onto the front lawn. I grabbed my mom and put her on my shoulder, then jumped out of the hole he just made. I slammed down onto the lawn and layed her down for the guys to get. The Black Lion got up and rushed to me, grabbing me at the throat. I grabbed his hand, pulled it to the side, and delivered an incredible punch to the stomach sending him all the way down the street. It was almost reverse of what he had done to me those days before. He flew down the street and landed on his back, destroying the road as he proceeded to roll down it.

When he finally stopped moving, I watched him as he stayed still for a few seconds. When I saw him move a little and start to get up. I quickly jumped as hard as I could and flew all the way down the street preparing my legs for impact. The impact ended up being my foot in his abdomen. As he tried to get up, I landed right on his stomach knocking him back down again. I quickly grabbed him by the throat and put his helmet right up to mine. I could almost see his eyes through his lion visor. They showed no signs of fear. That was okay. I wasnt trying to scare him. I was trying to get my message across.

"If you ever, EVER, come anywhere near anyone I love ever again....you better run....and keep running....because I vow to almight God that I will hunt you down and you'll only have a few seconds to think about dying before I unleash hell on you.....you will not even be able to contemplate hurting anyone ever again....you'll try to kill yourself while I'm in the process of destroying you, to end your own misery...I'll make sure of that....do you know why?.....Because Hell knows no Fury like mine..."

With that message, I slammed his head back into the dirt and walked away from the debris that was the street. He slowly got up onto his feet and said, "You're making a mistake by letting me go."

My patience with him was so low, that I immediately turned around and pointed my palm at him. I charged it and sent a powerful Shockwave blast at him. He was ready for it this time, and caught it with his hand then he threw it back at me. If i was still in the first stage of the Genesis, I would have been knocked off of my feet, but I instantly caught my own blast and began to counter by shooting various blasts from my hand, into the blast that I was holding. As a result, the blast grew larger and larger until it was the size of a truck. I aimed my huge energy bomb at the Black Lion and fired. There was no way he could take this one down. The blast hit him like an atomic bomb and caused an incredibly large explosion that caused the street to crumble and crack in several directions. It was a spectacular erray of fire and lights, and a satisfying beginning to the new year. I knew he would eventually walk away from it, but I didnt care because it was at that moment, that I realized that I was just as strong as the Black Lion.

Last episode of the Arc:
Next Time: Big Trouble + Wrong Relationship + Popping the Question= Episode 6: The Ultimate Confrontation

Onlyne

03-28-2008, 02:24 AM

I'm well into part 2 of my episode 6 but here you go. Episode 6 part 1

Episode 6: The Ultimate Confrontation
Part 1

"Can I get some fries too?" I asked.

"That'll be $3.00," said the lunch lady.

"What!? I thought fries and a soda was supposed to be $2.25?"

"School up'd the price."

"Damn...just give me the soda."

The woman pulled out a can soda from the freezer in the back and handed it to me as I walked away. 'I hate this damn school," I muttered.

I was wearing a black hoody with the hood over my head. A male teacher spotted me and yelled, "Young man, hood off."

I breathed a loud sigh and yanked my hood off quickly. As soon as he was out of sight, I threw the hood back on.

"Excuse me, young man, that teacher just told you to take your hood off," said a female teacher coming out of nowhere.

"Ugghhh!" I moaned yanking the hood off once more. I walked fast to the door to the outside plaza and threw the hood back on.

"Hey," the teacher yelled following me outside. "What'd I just say?!"

"I'm outside!" I said.

"Hood," she said making a movement over her head and to the back of her neck, "off!"

I pulled it off one final time and continued to walk out to the plaza. The teacher slithered back into the school. "fuggin bitch..." I muttered.

"What was that?" she asked coming back.

"Didnt say anything!" I yelled, as I kept walking. I went down the stairs and over to the table where Terrence and Kim sat. I plopped into the seat next to Terrence furiously, and began rambling.

"God, what the hell is up with this school and hoods! Its early f**kin' march and its cold as hell inside and outside. If they dont want me to wear a hood, they need to turn on the f**kin' heaters inside. And I'm f**kin' outside in the cold f**kin' weather so why the hell is that ugly ass bitch gonna tell me to take my hood off when its like 20 degrees?! If I get f**kin' nemonia, I swear, I'm suing that bitch for her job. She needs to get her ass out here and walk around for the whole lunch period and then tell me to take my f**kin' hood off. And whats with the damn prices on the motherf**king food?! They act like everyone in this school is made of money or some shit. The school has enough gotdamn money and they''re all a bunch of bitches for making us pay so f**kin' much for this shitty stale ass food. You know how much fries cost? $1.25. I can get good f**kin' fries at McBeagles for like 75 cents instead of this expensive, stale ass flavoreless bullshit fries! GOD I HATE THIS F**KIN' SCHOOL!!!!"

I breathed heavily as Terrence and Kim remained silent, listening to my rant. A few seconds after I calmed down, Kim asked, "So you're done?"

"Yeah," I sighed. "Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. Sorry about all the swearing."

"Its cool dude. Its not good to keep that stuff bottled up in side. It could burst out of you like.....nevermind. I just wish you hadnt been so loud with it."

"Sorry again. But I just hate Fairbrook High so much. This is the worst school in the state. The only good thing about it is you guys and Mr. Zone. Everything else sucks."

"What about Jessica?" Kim asked.

"Yeah and her. But other then her, everything sucks."

"Dude, you, seriously need to man up and ask her out," Terrence suggested. "You're not gonna be able to go out with her until you do."

"I know, but I'm used to liking girls from afar."

"And where has that gotten you? No where. The only girls that you've been with were ugly girls who had balls to step to you and you accepted to be nice."

"Thats what I'm saying! I dont want Jessica to feel the same way that I felt, if she doesnt like me. I want her to actually like me, not pretend just to be nice."

"How could she not like you?" Terrence said. "You're a nice guy. From a guy's point of view, you're pretty handsome"-

"A dynamite girl like her wants a dynamite guy not a guy who's 'pretty handsome'. I've talked to people who've told me she likes most guys based on looks and I'm average looking compared to most guys at this school. What chance do I have?"

"You dont know what kind of opinion she has on you, dude. She could like you just as much as you like her, maybe more. But you'll never find out unless you ask her and as the guy of the relationship, its your job to do the deed."

"Look who's talking, Mr. I-Heart-Regina"-

"SSSHHH!!" Terrence said putting his finger to his lips. "Dont say stuff like that out loud when people could be listening. I'm gonna get with Regina soon. I just need the right time and I'll know it when it comes."

"Benjamin Fury!" yelled a deep voice from atop of the plaza. I looked up and saw Mr. Grimm waving for me to come over.

"Wonder what he wants," I said getting up from the table.

"You too, Narrow!"

Terrence, confused, followed me up the stairs and to the top of the plaza.

"You two need to see me in my office as soon as you're finish," he said. He then turned around, waving his black hair through the air, and walked off.

"What do you think he wants?" Terrence asked once Mr. Grimm was out of ear's length.

"I dont know, but I'm pretty sure its nothing good."

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We walked straight to the administrative office. We had finished eating, said our goodbyes to Kim and were on our way. As we strolled through the halls of the offices, that were labelled Bailey, Love, and finally, Grimm. When we came across Grimm's Office, we walked in to see him sitting behind a desk reading The Art of War by Sun Tzu. When he saw us walk in, he quickly put in a bookmark, closed the book, and folded his hands, as he told us to sit in the front chairs to face him. He stared at us both with blank eyes that serveyed us closely. Finally, he spoke.

"I'm very disappointed in you boys," he said.

"What did we do?" I asked feeling a deep sense of terror that I had gotten in trouble.

He took a deep breath, turned to the computer, and began typing and clicking on things. Eventually he said, "Are you familiar with an internet video called 'Unstoppable?'"

"No," we both said.

"Well this is it," he said turning the computer for us to see. It was on the viral video sharing site, YouVision. The video was titled, "Unstoppable" like Mr. Grimm said. He pressed play and the video displayed a familiar location. Then all of a sudden, six kids just began brawling like maniacs. It was hard to see who was who but it looked like it was two african american kids; one tall and skinny and one short and muscular; and the rest were caucasion; one with flowing blonde hair, one with flowing brown hair, one with spikey bleached hair, and one with short hair. It didnt take me long to figure out who each person was. The two african american kids were Joe and me. The guy with flowing blonde hair was Terrence and the one with brown hair was Larry. The other guy with the spikey bleached hair was Sam and the last guy with the short hair was Anthony. Obviously, the guy who was recording our fight on the day before Christmas break, put it on the internet. If you recall, I brought it up that as long as he didnt do that, I wouldnt care. Well at that moment, I really cared. I was pissed and scared at the same time. I had no idea what Mr. Grimm was going to do for our punishment.

I also realized why it was called "Unstoppable." The video came to the point where Sam wouldnt stay down, and I kept knocking him to the ground. Sam was truly unstoppable that day but so was I. I wasnt proud of the fight but watching it over again made my blood boil the same way it did that day.

When the video was over, he turned off the Internet Expedition window and turned the computer back to him. He put his hands together and spoke in a near whisper as he looked at us intensely.

"I could suspend you on the grounds of disorderly conduct. For a very long time at that. I already did it to Anthony and Samuel. Larry is gone too but because of an irrelevant incident. You two can go just as fast as them."

Terrence and I exchanged nervous looks. Niether of us had been suspended before and for it to happen at a time like this would be threw the worst. I had to do or say something.

"Mr. Grimm, I'm sorry that happened but please dont suspend me. My family is going through alot right now and thats the last thing they'd want to hear."

This was all true. After the fire, we had to take refuge at Terrence's house. Insurance was taking care of the damage to the house and were well on the way to rebuilding it. Also, most of our most prized possessions inside of the house were recovered, including my Z-box all of my games, and a bunch of old baby photos and videos. So in truth, our family was actually doing pretty well. I must have been really bad at detecting my own lies. Still, Mr. Grimm seemed to be buying it.

He stared at me with blank eyes for a few minutes. I tried not to make eye contact with him but every few seconds I looked him in the face. Eventually he leaned forward as if to look down at something from the other side of the desk.

"That bracelet," he said simply pointing to my Bravery bracelet, the one that was a disguise for the Genesis Morpher.

"What about it?" I asked.

"I want it."

"What?!" I exclaimed.

"All you have to do is give it to me and you're off the hook."

"I cant do that."

"I didnt know it meant that much to you. So much so that you'd risk getting suspended for 10 days."

"10 days?! Why do you want it so bad?"

"Thats my business, now are you gonna hand it over or not?"

"My dad gave it to me before he died and I need it in his memory," I lied.

"Your father isnt dead. Dont lie to me, Ben, or I swear you'll regret it. Now just hand it over and spare us the trouble. I'm not gonna ask you again."

I exchanged terrrified looks with Terrence. I had no choice. I had to give it to him. I could only hope that somehow I could get it back. I slowly looked down and pulled it off of my wrist. I leaned foward and gave it to him, asking "Am I going to get it back?"

"Do you want it back?" he asked back.

"Yes."

"Then you wont get it back."

I silently cursed, then got up out of the chair and walked to the door with Terrence behind me.

"Have a nice day," he said.

I left without saying a word and waited until we were out of range to start talking.

"That firecrotch! God, I swear one of these days...."

"Forget about him. How are you gonna get the bracelet back?"

"I dont know, but I've got to. It only works with my DNA but if he finds out a way to turn it into the G-Watch, we could be in some serious trouble."

We stood there in silence for a few seconds, thinking the worst.

"I've got an idea," Terrence said finally.

"Whats that?"

"Okay. We go to Mr. Grimm's house after school and disguise ourselves as johovah witnesses. While I start telling about the good news, you ask to use the bathroom. Thats when you take the time to look around for the bracelet."

"What the hell?" I exclaimed. "That would never work in a million years. You might as well wear a shirt that says 'here we are, Ben and Terrence, please suspend us."

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"Thats a great idea, Terrence!" said Mr. Zone during 4th period science which were both switched into at the start of the second semester. "That'd work out so perfectly, you'd might be able to get it before he notices its gone."

"You've got to be kidding," I said , unconvinced. "Where are we supposed to get Jahovah witness clothing anyway? And wont he be able to see our faces and what not?"

"You needn't worry, Ben. I've got everything straightened out. Just come by my house at 4 O' Clock this evening and we can plan everything out."

"Okay, but I hope you know what you're doing."

The bell suddenly rang to end the day. Up until that point, Mr. Zone had split us into groups of 2 for a special activity and used the opportunity to talk to us. When we walked out of the classroom, I began thinking of what would happen with this mission. Mr. Zone had alot of technology at his disposal, but my faith was low on him being able to help us out in this predicament. My mind started to wander in different directions, trying to find another way, any possibility that could help me get my bracelet back. In the midst of this, Terrence and I walked the halls in silence surrounded by the thousands of students roaming, socializing, gossiping, and continuing their lives like normal teenagers, not knowing that the future of their existence was in the hands or rather on the wrist of their principal instead of their savior.

As we walked into the center of the school, that had 2 paths that led to the front of the school and to the cafeteria, we walked down the path to the front of the school. Down this hallway, stood Jessica and Regina.

"Here's your chance, man, go do it!" Terrence said beconing me forward.

"But I'm not ready yet!"

"You'll never be ready, so dont think, just act, and be yourself!"

With that he gave me a final push, where I stood nervous as hell alone, a few feet from the girls. Terrence left me there and proceeded to walk into the front of the school but not before giving me a small wink and focused my mind on the moment. This was gonna be a barn burner. I walked up to the girls and saw them look at me. This was it. There was no turning back now.

Suddenly, Jessica turned away from Regina and began walking the other way; my heart raced. I paced faster and called out her name.

"Jessica!"

She didnt seem to hear me and kept walking. Thats when I noticed Regina walk up to me.

"Hey Ben," she said.

"Hey Regina," I said, not paying much attention.

"I've got to ask you something."

"Whats that?"

"Will you go out with me?"

I redirected my vision to lock in on her. My heart skipped several beats.

"Uh," I stuttered. "Huh?"

"Really?!" she exclaimed.

What the hell was happening. "Uh!" I grunted.

"Oh my gosh, I cant believe it!" she exclaimed. "Here, this is my number. I already know yours so I'll call you later. Bye!"

With that she pecked me a kiss on the cheek and ran off.

"Uh!" I grunted in confusion as I stood in the hallway at the end of the day with my head spinning.

Shadow Dragonzord

03-28-2008, 03:00 AM

nice chapter offwhite

youvision lol

GoldPhoenixRanger

03-28-2008, 10:42 PM

Regina asked him out!!! Oh jeez, what a love quartet. What next? Jessica in love with Terrence? Sheesh. Grimm with that watch is not a good thing. I have a bad feeling about him. There must be a reason why he wanted that watch. Great chapter man! Keep up the Good Work!

-GPR

Onlyne

03-30-2008, 01:22 AM

Episode 6: The Ultimate Confrontation
part 2

I liked Regina. I thought she was very pretty. Back in the days when Samuel Stewart was my best friend which was around elementary, I had a pretty big crush on her myself. Even then, she was friends with Jessica. Only thing was, Jessica wasnt nearly as hot back then as she was around now. In the shallow sense, I could say she was actually ugly, but then again I'm not shallow. She was chubby, her hair was always messy, and she wore incredibly thick glasses. She also had sever allergies which made her sound like she was holding her nose all the time. If she wasnt a nice person, she would have had no friends. Still, kids back then were brutal on her. Since she was always seen hanging around with Regina, I was never able to talk to either of them on the count of my shyness. The nice part of her personality seemed to stay with her for the later years which became a plus on my radar. As I grew more attracted to Jessica, I began to stray away from my love for Regina. I started to realize how different we were from each other. We seemed to be headed into two different directions. Soon I realized that she wasnt my type at all, and things remained neutral. So you could imagine my shock when I was asked such a question so quickly with no chance to retort. And the fact that I was after another girl and my best friend's crush was coming on to me, really thew me for a loop. But this wasnt the time or place to marinate on that. I had more important things to worry about.

I left the school with Terrence and his grandmother as we headed back to their house where I did my homework, changed clothes, and got ready for 4 O' Clock. When Terrence asked me what went down with Jessica, I lied and said I chickened out. I didnt have the heart to tell him what really happened. I didnt want another repeat of the gym incident. After a relatively long speech on how things wont last forever, we finally made our way to our destination: Mr. Zone's house.

After taking a bus to his neighborhood, we walked up to his front door and knocked. The outside of it was average looking. It didnt stand out in anyway possible, yet there was a strong smell of metal coming from somewhere inside. Nobody answered the door. We stood for a few more seconds and began to knock again but before I could put my fist to the door, Mr. Zone opened it in a flash and yanked us both in with lightning speed.

"What is with you and the yanking?" I asked as he shut the door.

"Sorry," he said. "Just something I learned in training."

"So what is it we came her for again?" Terrence asked.

"You needed a way to get that bracelet back. I know just what you need. Come with me."

Mr. Zone led us through his plain looking house that had absolutely no stand outs whatsoever. It was so normal, it was almost scary. He led us to the basement where It was pitch black. I almost fell at one point and had to hold on to Mr. Zone's shoulder to keep myself up. When we finally got down, he turned on the light to reveal an incredible fortress of technological devices that would rival the top secret Area 51 technology. The place seemed to be an underground warehouse filled with these fantastic tech marvels. It was an advancement of epic proportions. Terrence and I stood there with our mouths gaping.

"Cool huh?" Mr. Zone said.

"Hell yeah!" I said. "With all due respect."

"Haha," Mr. Zone laughed. "Dont worry about it, Ben. We're partners here. But yeah, this stuff is state-of-the-art equipment designed by scientists hired into the Resistance. We call it Fury Tech after our founder. They were specifically made to assist us on the many missions to come. Yep they are pretty fantaboliscentistic."

"You just wont let that go will you?"

"Nope. Anyways," Mr. Zone said as he led us through the many aisle of futuristic weapons and devices. I didnt dare touch anything for fear of ending all of our lives. "We're only gonna need a couple of these gadgets for our mission."

He led us to a random table in the middle of an aisle covered with a number of gadgets that I assumed he laid out for this occasion. He picked up a small hearing aid-looking device. It was black and the earpiece glowed a faint blue.

"This is a highly advanced frequency communicator that we'll use to communicate with each other. We'll also be able to hear each other while destracting Grimm, so we can keep up with whats going on in between events."

"This is all awesome," I said. "But do we really need all of this stuff for such a simple feat."

"Do you want to get caught?"

"Of course not?"

"Then you'll have to use this stuff. And if you do get caught that would screw over our later history because Grimm would discover the technology we used. Its a risk, but need I remind you that what we are trying to obtain is the key to the universe's future. This stuff is really important and we've got to take every protocol that we can."

He then picked up a small black outfit that was made of leather.

"These are Chameleon suits, '36 models. There are 3 of them. Using these we can use downloaded material to create nearly any disguise and in this case, jehovah witness disguises have been designed and ready for us to dawn them."

Mr. Zone put the black suit down and picked up a small handheld device.

"This is a Fury Tech Tracker. It tracks and displays all devices made from Fury Tech, which includes the bracelet. The tracker will only show a blotch of radiation in the area so just search around that area until you find it."

"This is top secret. You just open it up and display a button. If something goes wrong, press it. Only if something goes wrong. This is of utmost importance. Do NOT press the button unless you have to."

"Got it. I promise."

"Good. Now lets review the plan. We go in, disguised as jahovah witnesses. Its best you guys let me do the talking. Ben, you'll ask to use the bathroom, where you'll use the time to search for the bracelet. Let us know what happened via communicator."

"Sounds like a plan, man," I said.

"It was, thats why I just said it."

I sighed. "Lets just get this over with."

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Through special state-of-the-art binoculars, we were able to spot Mr. Grimm from his apartment abuilding easily. We were on top of a building opposite his surveying our target. All of us were wearing the skin tight chameleon suits that, with the touch of a button, would activate our disguises. The suit covered our entire bodies and the only exposed area was my face. We were all set, but we had to make sure the timing was right. The time was 6:13pm. We had decided earlier that we would make our move at 6:15pm, which was nearing closer. The moment of reckoning was approaching.

we had to share the binoculars and at the moment, Terrence had them.

"Whats he doing now?" I asked.

"I dont know," he replied. "But we're missinng a new episode of Team Velocity and some kid is watching it!"

I yanked the binoculars from him. "Hey!" he exclaimed.

"Focus Terrence!" I began looking through them. "...Wait...you did remember to TiVo it right?"

"Um...yeah, yeah, I did."

"Oh ok good...Now focus!"

"Alright guys," Mr. Zone said, looking at his watch. "Its go time."

"Hey thats my line."

"Alright now. Press the button on the back of the neck part of the suit."

I reached behind me and felt for the rubber button, then pressed it. It made a clickling suction sound and the suit began blinking a holographic image of the downloaded suit around me. After a few seconds the disguise finally appeared but it wasnt the ones that any of us had hoped for.

My disguise turned out to be a caucasion guy with black hair, a long trench coat and big thick glasses. Terrence's disguise was a ninja's outfit, complete with a Katana, the mask, and the gettas that were put over tightly woven black socks. Mr. Zone's disguise was the worst. He had become a huge black guy in a thong. That was it. Just a thong.

"Uh," I said. "What just happened."

"Looks like I accidentally downloaded the wrong outfits. I think when I downloaded them, I had to activate more sources and ended up getting stuck with what I didnt want."

"I have the same problem with downloading music, but this is rediculous," Terrence said. "How are we supposed to do the mission now?"

"Dont worry. I have a back up plan in the case that something like this would happen. Okay...we are a traveling circus and"-

"This is a disaster! We cant get away with this now."

"Well we've got to do something; we cant back out now. We've got to make it work. Just let me do the talking. Okay, Terrence you are Drakai the Ninja, Ben, you are Brian Kingsmen, and I am........Guy....Guy Person."

"Okay," I said. "Lets try to do with out the names as best as we can."

"Good idea."

I took a big sigh and we walked down the stairs to the bottom of the building. Mr. Grimm's apartment was on the bottom floor and it was within walking distance. We quickly crossed the street and didnt bother looking for cover. Someone had to have seen our wierd disguises and there was nothing we could do about that. We eventually got to the front of the apartment and knocked on the door.

"Keep your mouths closed and stick to the plan."

After a few seconds, Mr. Grimm answered the door. He was dressed in a green bathrobe at the time. The expression on his face was one of sheer confusion. I probably would have laughed my ass off had I not been scared out of my mind.

"Uh," Mr. Zone stuttered. "Have you heard the good news!"

Oh my God, I thought. He was actually going through with the jehovah witness scheme.

"Uh," he continued. "If you haven't, we can spend a few minutes of your time and you can convert AND earn a sweet participation prize. YAAY!!

Without warning, he hit us both in the stomach. While doubled over, we managed to mutter out a short "yaay."

"So whats the prize?" Mr. Grimm asked.

"200 dollars in cash."

He stood thinking it over for a few seconds.

"Come on in," he said finally.

I couldnt believe it. He actually bought it. He moved out of the way for us to come in. Mr. Zone went in first followed by Terrence then me. When Terrence went in, he did a quick ninja pose in front of Mr. Grimm. I proceeded to smack him on the back of the head, as we entered the apartment. We were in. There was no turning back now.

"Take a seat," he said. The house was relatively plain with the exception of a few random items that had no importance to usl. We had to keep our minds on the mission.

"So," Mr. Zone started. "The world of our religion is a wonderful adventure waiting for you to explore"-

"CAN I GO TO THE BATHROOM??!!!" I screamed nearly at the top of my lungs. All eyes were on me. "please....?"

"Uh, sure," Mr. Grimm said with caution. "Bathroom is upstairs."

"Thank you," I said in a near whisper. I quickly got up and sprinted up the stairs. When I got out of ears length, I sighed loudly and began panting in relief. I could hear the rest of the conversation through my communicator.

"Alright can I ask you one thing?" Mr. Grimm asked. "Why the hell are you wearing a thong and you a ninja suit?"

"Uuuuhhh..."

"Tell him that you just came from a costume party," I told him through the communicator.

"Uh we just came from a costume party."

"I thought catholics frown upon halloween or anything like that."

"We're apart of a new god-fearing religion called..."

"Dragonism," I muttered off the top of my head.

Mr. Zone sighed. "Dragonism."

"Dragonism?" Mr. Grimm asked, seemingly not buying it.

"Y-yes."

I waited a few seconds for his response. Finally he said, "Okay elaborate on this Dragonism."

I let out a breath of relief. "Just make up some stuff. I'll be done in a matter of minutes."

I stopped listening to the communicator at that point as Terrence expanded his boad imagination with his elaborate tale for the history of Dragonism. I pulled out the Fury Tech Tracker and began searching the house. A green blotch of radiation appeared on the tracker. It was located in the bedroom. I pressed forward and went straight for the room. When I entered, I saw it. The red bracelet lay on a table beside his bed.

I quickly walked forward and grabbed it. As soon as I did, I tuned in the communicator. "Guys! I have the bracelet, Easy money. Wrap it up and lets get out of here!"

"FREEZE!" yelled a woman's voice from behind.

I stood motionless in my tracks. I thought Mr. Grimm lived alone. We hadnt seen whoever was behind me when we were doing reconaissance from the other building.

"Turn around so I can see your face."

I put my hands above my head and slowly turned to face the woman. She was blonde with short hair coming only to her ears. The first feature I noticed about her was that she was naked. Not completely naked though; she was covered with a white towel. Thats when I realized that Mr. Grimm was wearing a robe downstairs. I realized that they were doing stuff that I defintely didnt want to think about. Another thing I noticed was the enormous dragon tattoo that she had slithering from her neck and disappearing behind the towel. She was pretty attractive but looked to be a few years older than me; somewhere between 18 and 20. She looked extremely dangerous which wasnt good for me because the last thing I noticed was the gun she had pointed directly at my forehead.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?"

"I was gonna ask you the same thing."

The woman suddenly fired right at the dresser narrowly missing my leg.

"ANSWER THE QUESTION!!"

"Whats going on up there!!??" I heard through the communicator. I also partially heard him from downstairs thanks to his loud voice. I heard footsteps coming up to us. Everything was falling apart so fast. In seconds, we were greeted by Mr. Grimm followed by Mr. Zone and Terrence.

"I'm sorry, Brian," Mr. Zone said. "I couldnt stop him."

"Its okay, uh, Guy," I said. "We've got alternatives...."

"Well done, Chelsea," Mr. Grimm said. "We caught these losers without any trouble at all."

"What? You knew about this?"

"Yes I did. Do you think I would have let you crazy retards in my house if I didnt? I'm not that stupid. I knew Ben would hire someone to get this back. That means it has great importance. And I intend to find out what it is."

"So how'd you find out and why'd you try to get it?" I asked trying to stretch the moment.

"Do you want me to kill you, Brian?"

"What?"

"I asked, Do you want me to kill you?" Mr. Grimm began walking toward me slowly.

"Uh, uh, uh," I stuttered moving backwards.

"Well do you or dont you?!"

"I uh," was all I got to say before Mr. Grimm grabbed me by the throat with a grasp that immediately cut off my circulation. I couldnt make a sound. I felt his fingers dig deeper into my wind pipe. I was already about to black out.

"STOP," yelled the woman from behind. "Let him go."

Mr. Grimm released his grip on me and turned to look at the woman. "Chelsea? What is the meaning of this?"

"Chelsea!?!?" said Mr. Zone loudly. "What the hell are you doing here?!"

"Oh my God!!" she yelled.

I took this moment of confusion as an opportunity. I ran forward pushing Mr. Grimm out of the way from behind. I started for the door but was grabbed at the jacket by Mr. Grimm who spun me around in a full 360 and shoved me across the room directly into the girl named Chelsea. I lay beside her on the floor as Mr. Grimm reached into a drawer and pulled out a knife. He jumped on the bed and prepared to jump from it and impale me through the heart. I had the bracelet but I couldnt activate it in front of them. I was out of options.....

Except for one. The button. Mr. Zone said I could only use it unless I had to. If you read what had just happened in the last few paragraphs and quotes, then you would realize that the time was now to use it. Just as Mr. Grimm jumped from the bed. I quickly yanked it out flipped it open to display the button, and pressed it as hard as I could. The knife narrowly missed my face just as everything around me vaporized into a blue smoke that faded into darkness. Suddenly I felt a gust of wind around me and sensed the ground below me disappear and before I knew it, I was falling through oblivion. I screamed at the top of my lungs until I felt the sharp pain as I collided with a pile of debris and then a wooden floor. I lay there in pain as I began to lose oxygen from the stuff on top of me. I was fully concious and used all the energy that I could to push myself to the surface. With just my torso out of the debris and exposed to air, I breathed heavily as I checked myself for damages. I noticed that my disguise had worn off and I was still wearing my black skin tight Chameleon suit that was covered in dust.

I looked around and saw that I was in an abandoned church. It seemed like it had been abandoned for a long time; the paint on the walls were peeling, alot of the stained glass had been busted out and the place was filled with dust and debris. The building had pretty much been cleared of furniture and benches that usually populate a normal church. I worked to push myself out of the pile of debris that I sat in and dusted myself off. Thats when I remembered the bracelet. Had it transported with me? I dug through the pile furiously searching for the red band. After pushing and throwing pieces of wood and glass out of the way, I finally saw it, dusty but intact. I picked it up and put it over my wrist. "Thank you!" I said to God silently with my hands together.

"Dont move!!" yelled a voice behind me.

I put my hands in the air again and turned around to see Chelsea standing there with the gun pointed at my heart.

GoldPhoenixRanger

03-30-2008, 04:38 AM

Whoa, nice! Crazy action! I have a feeling I know where Ben is, but I'll wait and see. Oh, and major LOLage on the costumes!! Keep up the Good Work!

-GPR

Onlyne

04-24-2008, 02:23 AM

well its been about a month now but I'm around this time tomorrow you should be getting part 3 of episode 6 and part 4 later this week. I'm done with part 3; all i have to do is type it up and and proofread it and it should be ready. I'm writing part 4 as I type this(not at the same time, that's impossible) so yeah. Also with part 3, you will get the plot synopsis and character bios for the next story that i'm writing, Innocent Revolver. I'm not entirely sure if I'm going to type it on to here since I have to get it copywritten and everything so I'll have to be ready. It'll be a while before its release but at least you'll get a taste of it. Stay tuned!

Onlyne

04-24-2008, 10:34 PM

Here you go guys!

Episode 6: The Ultimate Controntation
Part 3

"So you were in disguise the whole time?" she asked as she pressed a small button on a bracelet on her wrist to reveal her outfit which was a white tank top and camo jeans complete with a set of army boots.

"Yeah," I said with my hands still above my head.

"And you got that tech from Michael Zone?"

"Yeah."

She paused for a few seconds. "Who are you?"

"I'm Ben Fury."

"What?!" she said putting the gun down. "No! You're THE Benjamin Fury?! Founder of the Resistance and Dawner of the Cosmos suit?!"

"Uh..no. I'm THE Benjamin Fury; part time superhero and full time high school student."

"I dont believe you," she said putting the gun up once again. "Hold out your hand."

I did as I was told and held out my hands which she took furiously. She pulled out a small device with an area in the shape of a thumb. It was obviously for ID, as it was outfitted with a small screen that would display who the person using it was. She grabbed my thumb and pressed it on the ID scanner with alot of unnecessary pressure. She waited a few seconds for the results. I watched as an older version of me flashed on the screen along with my name, my print, a display of my body and various information on my life and health. This was the first time I had actually seen myself at the old age from the future which was an instant shocker. I once again had that heavy feeling that you get when you realize that you're not who you thought you were. She let go of my hand gently and fell to her knees. She lay her head on the ground in a bowing motion.

"Uh, what are you doing?"

"I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy."

"Come on, get up," I said as I helped her to her feet. "None of that now. I'm just as normal as you."

"I'm sorry," said Chelsea, as she pulled her dignity back around her waist. "Its just that you're so high up in the Resistance, that only the elected Officials are even aloud to speak with you in person. I'm nothing but a low level lieutenant."

"So why are you here?"

"I was told that I was the only person for this mission. I was ordered to travel to the past and observe the activity of David Grimm. I was told he was a danger to your mission. I actually had to sleep with him to gain his trust."

"Gross. Thats a huge risk."

"To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach for another is to risk involvement. To expose your ideas, your dreams, before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To live is to risk dying. To believe is to risk despair. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The people who risk nothing, do nothing, have nothing, are nothing. They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live. Chained by their attitudes they are slaves; they have forfeited their freedom. Only a person who risks is free."

"Wow," I said. "Thats deep."

"Thanks," she said. "I got it from the book 'Addiction by Prescription' by Joan E. Godsby. These days, all the occuptation I have besides training is reading."

"Wow, hard times, huh?"

"You have no idea. Lets try to find a way out of here, eh?"

We began walking down the steps that led down the empty aisle. We kicked up a little dust as we left our footsteps in the dusty ground.

"So how do you know Mr. Zone?"

"You mean Michael? He's my father."

"Wha-huh- say-What!!??"

"Yeah, he's my father. I'm the oldest of 3. I have a little brother named Travis who is 15 and a little sister named Tracy who should be around 13. I'm not sure. I havent seen them in over 6 years. I know that my brother is in the Resistance now. I hope he's holding up okay."

"He's inducted into the Resistance at that young of an age?"

"Yeah," Chelsea said dishearteningly. "You can actually get inducted at age 10. Its not like you're forced or anything. But in the world we live in, most kids at that age want to go through the rigorous spartan-like training that comes with being a soldier. If you inlist at an age like 18, you'll most likely be in a class for 10 year old cadets."

"And I made it this way?"

"You had no choice. Like I said, our world is crumbling. Civilization has fallen. We are a world built on the foundation of this war. Thats all we know. Even if we did win, what could we go back to? A world so foreign to us, that its like we've arrived on a new planet? Any chance of order lies within the Resistance. We have no culture. No way of life, other than combat. The sick, the weak, the young, and the old are the only exception and even they want to help us. Everyone else is in the Resistance because they have nothing better to do. God has long since abandoned us to fend for ourselves. We fight a losing battle against the Razakin. We hold our ground by having all of the trained soldiers we can get and training them like hell to produce perfection. Thats how it has to be done. If we slack or make a mistake at any moment, the Razakin will gain the upper hand. We've lost sight of the future. All of our minds, are focused on the past. We're all focused on you."

"Me?"

"Every battle you have, every training session, every time you use your G-Watch, we're just waiting. Waiting for our savior to gain enough power to save us all. Since the future holds nothing but darkness, we can only hope that you will be the one to turn it into light, to change history, and to bring us out of these horrible times for good. You've done it so far."

I walked in silence as we walked out of the abandoned sanctuary, through a hallway and out of the church.

"Listen, um," I started. "I'm no hero."

"What are you talking about? You've done countless-"

"I know I know. I've done all this amazing stuff. But I really dont see myself as a hero. I just see myself as a nerdy teenager who was lucky enough to get a power suit and use it to fight a few demons and a bad guy. I see that in comic books and movies all the time and it actually happened in real life. It should be a dream come true. Despite the close calls and the injuries I've sustained, I should be happy with my life. I should have a never-ending feeling of security and never be afraid. If this is the case, then how come I dont? How come I feel like, no matter what I do, it'll never be good enough. That I only half-ass stuff and fall short of success. I've never really been good at anything. I sometimes lack common sense. I mean all I can think of to describe myself is a screw up. I feel like....Like I'm gonna fail you guys."

Chelsea walked up to me slowly and put a hand on my shoulder.

"Benjamin, you are a legend. It is written in stone. I am living proof of your greatness. That watch of yours is proof. Do you think the Benjamin that I know ever fathomed what he became at your age? He was you; A normal kid living through the trials of high school. He knew nothing of the future and what he would become until it happened. You've already been through so much. You have a better chance of saving us now more than the Benjamin we know ever did. It may only seem like a pipe dream, but I along with every single person from my time believes in you. You havent let us down yet. All you need is confidence in yourself. Once you have that flowing through your blood you can do anything. You are only 14, its normal that you feel this way. But soon you will become that greatest warrior that ever lived."

I stood there and soaked in the words that were just spoken to me. With each passing second every doubt that I ever had faded into oblivion. Like the comfort I feel from dawning the Genesis suit, confidence swelled inside of me like never before. I took a deep breath. At that moment, I had a personal recharge of emotions.

"There's one question I've got to ask you though," I said once I was back to normal.

"Whats that?"

"Why do you guys avoid telling me how old I'm supposed to be when the Razakin take over?"

"Because, If we do, we're immediately discharged from the Resistance. We've already interfered with the past drastically. Anymore so, and who knows what will happen. We're here to prepare you. If we set up the event for you, fate will change the time that the Razakin appear and none of us will know the new time. We know because it already happened for us but you should'nt know. Its not the way fate designed it, We've got to keep a balance, y'know?"

I nodded my head in agreement. I looked around to see where we were. Across from the church was a small field and beyond that was a lake. Farther beyond the lake was the gleeming city that was Kingdom City.

"We're in North Star City. Just on the outskirts though. All we need to do is take a boat of some kind and we'll be out of here in no time."

"Boat?" Chelsea pondered. "Nobody uses those anymore. Lets go out in style."

She pulled out what looked to be two sticks of gum with a small button on each. She pressed the two buttons, then threw both of them into the water, but before they went in, they expanded incredilously and splashed on the surface then hovered in place. I knew what these were: Hoverboards.

"You ready?" she asked me.

"As I've ever been," I replied.

We ran forward, jumped on the boards and we were off. We smoothly glided down the lake's surface towards the city in peace. It was at this time that I began tthinking about what had happened to Terrence and Mr. Zone. I could only hope that they had made it out in one peace.

In the midst of my thought, I didnt even notice that Chelsea was gone. I was gliding alone. I stopped the board and looked arond. After a few seconds of searching, I spotted her board hovering in place. I glided over to it. I realized that she must have fallen into the lake. We were in the middle of it, so there was no other place for her to have gone.

I looked to see that my bracelet had become the G-Watch once again so I took it, pressed the two buttons and jumped into the water. The briliant red light that formed my suit was replaced with the murky darkness of the lake. I quickly thought up a flashlight and after, light appeared on top of my helmet. It didnt do much better for my vision due to the thickness of the water that made it hard to see very far ahead of me.

After a few minutes of searching, I heard a strange sound. It was the sound of something struggling. I searched the waters to trace it, only to come face to face with a Razakin soldier that bellowed a tropical scream through the water directly in the visor of my helmet. I grabbed it by the throat and threw it away but saw that it was hanging on to Chelsea.

At this view, I could see the Razakin fully. Like the others, it was zombie-like, complete with burnt skin, hollow eyes, and razor-sharp teeth, but there was something about it that stood out. It had a tail. Everything was the same except for the lower half of the body. The tail was scaly and had spikes on the back like a crocodile's. At this point it was still struggling with Chelsea. I pointed my palm at it, and fired an 88 Shockwave, knocking it into the dark watery abyss.

I swam forward and grabbed Chelsea who was unconcious. I swam as hard as I could to the surface and finally broke through. I had to find some way to get to the shore in a short amount of time. It was a no brainer. I thought of the speaker boots and shot out of the water in a flash, leaving a pool of air in a dome of where the water was. After seconds of flying over the lake, I front flipped and landed hard on the sidewalk of the city, cracking the pavement below me. That was where I laid her down. I immediately began pushing on her chest to get the water out of her system. After a few minutes, she started to cough and show signs of life. I breathed a sigh of relief.

"'Ook ut," she muttered silently.

"What?"

"Look out!"

I turned around just in time to get bashed in the helmet by a giant figure. The blow knocked me into a near by car, shattering its left door. Once my mind was back in action, I was able to see what the figure really was. It was like a Razakin Soldier, only its lower body....was the body of a spider.

Its upper body was much thicker than a normal Razakin, as its huge arms visciously picked up Chelsea's limp body. I reacted fast and shot a controlled shuriken at it. With the control of my mind, I was able to guide the shuriken as it spun around the Spider Razakin, cutting each leg on its way around. The torso of the Razakin fell on the ground. I used this opportunity to guide the shuriken directly into its exposed head to dispose of it for good.

I ran over to where Chelsea lay and saw that she was fully concious now.

"My leg!" she moaned in agony. I checked it and saw a large gash right on the shin. "You'll have to carry me. Put me on your back."

I turned around and let her grab my neck as I grabbed her legs and holstered her on my back. We had to get somewhere safe and fast.

Traffic was piled, mainly because most people had left they're cars in the road to see what was going on. I jumped on top of an abandoned car to get a better view of my surroundings. Unfortunately I got a view of something else as well.

All around me, sprouting from various places, was an army of Razakin creatures that I had never seen before. Almost all of them were of Razakin Soliders only they bore horrible diformitties and splices with random animals. There were creatures that were similar to the spider Razakin only they had the bodies of scorpions, multiple limbed monkeys and snakes. The creatures hung and climbed on the buildings while others slithered and crawled on the ground and through the cars, all headed towards me. Above my head, several mutated Razakin birds and bat-winged Razakin soliders circled my head. All around me were the sounds and chaos of people screaming and being attacked by these horrid creations. I was completely amursed in the situation.

"Focus, Benjamin!" Chelsea said in my ear. "We have to get out of here. Keep your mind in the moment. Think with the focus of an eagle!"

Her words hit my head before they entered my ears. I had to forget about the situation around me and focus on the moment. The focus of an eagle. It causes an eagle pain to lose focus before completing a task. I had to get in the same zone as that. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and opened them. It was Go Time.

I directed my attention to the nearest building. I loaded up my speaker boots, reared my legs back, and sprung off of the car. BOOM! I was headed for that side of the building. Once I made contact with it, I jumped off it, only to come face to face, with a Razakin with the legs of a grasshopper. In a split second moment, I moved my legs in position on top of it, and used fthe speaker boots to plow it into the ground hard, before I sprung forward and landed on the side of another building.

On this building, I ran diagonally downward, and drew my Genesic Blades. On my way down, I managed to slice my way through several random creatures on the side of the building. I then, jumped off of this building and spotted a winged Razakin so I stabbed my blades into it and used my momentum to swing foward and backflip into the air where my boots met the face of another winged Razakin. I blasted the speakers in its face, backflipped some more and landed on a Razakin primate that had obviously propelled from a building trying to get at me. I shot myself forward and saw 3 Razakin primates headed right toward me.

I put my feet into the air, and kicked the one closest to me in the face, flipped under him and swung upward, stabbed the other with my blade, swung through the air with momentum, shot out a lethal chain at the last one which grabbed him by the neck, pulled him toward me, threw the Razakin at the oncoming Razakin, brought them both towards me, kicked one into the other with one speaker boot, which caused them to collide with the Razakin I had kicked in the face earlier then I finished them off with a triple charged 88 Shockwave. Whoo! This was the result of a field of focus that came with the suit. Months earlier, I learned how to master this ability thanks to my training with Mr. Zone and this was the first time I was able to do it in battle. Better yet, I managed to pull this all of, with Chelsea squeezing the hell out of my neck.

I finally landed on a car, in the center of the city. The root of it caved in as soon as I made contact. Sure hope whoever owned it had insurance.

"You've already mastered alot of the techniques for the 2.0," Chelsea commented. "And in only 7 months. Very impressive. It took the adult Benjamin 2 years to master his first finished suit. But then again, his first suit had the ability to blow up mountains and drill to the center of the earth, but good job none the less."

In the center of the city, A single pole stood in the middle of the street that held an american flag. From miles ahead, I could see a small light in the sky. The light grew brighter and brighter until it lit up the ground like a flare. Finally, the light landed fast but gracefully onto the flag pole. At this point, I had a perfect view what it was. The Black Lion.

"Genny!" he said energetically. "Long time, no fight. What's it been, like 3 months since our last confrontation?"

"Yeah," I replied. "And I've gotten stronger."

"Yeah, I saw. Nice use of your new Dragon Chains. You want to give me a little demonstration of it right quick?"

"Gladly."

I braced myself and shot 2 Dragon Chains directly at him, thinking it would hit him right in the stomach. Instead, right before it made contact, he knocked them into 2 opposite directions which zipped right past them. He then leaned over, stretched his hands out, and grabbed them tightly. I felt the pressure. I was trapped. He suddenly reared back and pulled hard on the chains, yanking me forward, through the air incredibly fast and right in his face. There, he held me by the neck where my feet dangled and the chains from my arms swung around the base of the pole like pendulums.

"Now I've got you where I want you," he said as the visors of our helmets reflected each other, inches apart.

"thats a pretty gross comment," I said.

"I wouldnt talk that way to someone who has you hanging 40 feet in the air."

"I've fallen farther."

"No," he said darkly. "You havent seen how far you've fallen."

"I'm not afraid of you anymore. We're evenly matched."

"Maybe so. But when it all hits the fan....Only one of us is coming out on top."

With that, he threw me away from him and I flipped backwards landing upright the car beside Chelsea.

"Our next confrontation will most likely the most intense we've ever had. I'm anticipating it more than ever now. But just for a little motivation...."

He snapped his finger and all of a sudden, all of the waiting creatures that I had not gotten rid of, jumped from the buildings surrounding me at all sides.

"You know how to do a Holy Dome?" asked Chelsea.

"Uh.....I dont even know what that is."

"Well you better get to learning, like now!"

The creatures were closing in. The trick to the Holy Dome was to unleash my inner being, Chelsea told me. When a person is is in an inclosed area, they have the feeling where they want to break free from that specific area. I had to basically simulate that feeling, let it build, and unleash it. I had to unleash the beast within.

I leaned down on one knee, crossed my arms across my chest, bent my head down, and concentrated. In a second or two, the creatures would engulf us. I had to act. I felt the energy build up inside of me as I imaged myself trapped inside of a box. I felt my body wanting to break free of this pain and I had to do it right at that moment or we would be done for.

Finally, in a burst of valiant light, I completely conjured a perfect Holy Dome and blasted my most powerful attack yet. The energy left me in a hurry and surrounded us in a huge orb that completely obliterated all of the surrounding Razakin that opposed us. The dome stood protectively about 12 feet above us. It was designed to be an inpenatrable fortress. Nothing could break through it, not even the Black Lion.

"Good job, I look forward to seeing that technique next time. I'll be seeing you."

The Black Lion took off from the flag pole and flew into the sky until he was out of sight. I kneeled down and asked Chelsea if she was alright. She nodded as I began to help her up.

"Chelsea!" yelled a voice from afar. I looked over to see Mr. Zone and Terrence headed toward us.

"I've got to go," Chelsea said hastily.

"Wait. Why dont you want to speak to your father."

"This was supposed to be a top secret mission. I've already failed part of it and I dont want to fail the rest of it."

"You havent failed," I said. "Not to me."

"Thats very generous of you, Mr. Fury. I'll never forget that. And I'll never forget that you saved my life. 3 times. I'm not much of a thank you person but...thank you. Never forget what I told you, Benjamin. You are a hero. You just need to have a little faith, like we have in you."

"Wait," I said, as she started to walk away. "Will I ever see you again?"

"Probably not. But if our paths do cross again, I'd hope it would be during better times."

I nodded. "Goodbye Chelsea."

"Goodbye, Benjamin."

She quickly kissed me on the cheek and disappeared in a matter of seconds. By this time, Mr. Zone and Terrence had caught up to me.

"Where is she going?" Mr. Zone asked.

"I dont know. She was on a top secret mission. I'm sure she'll be alright."

"I cant believe my own daughter is in this mess now."

"She's a big girl. She can handle herself," I quickly said. I didnt have the heart to tell him that all of his kids were about to enter the agenda. Somethings are better left unsaid.

"I saw how you mastered the Holy Dome. Very nice job, Ben. I cant tell you how grateful to you I am for saving my daughter."

"You know I'm only doing my job. A job that I still dont know the objective of."

"What are you talking about?" asked Terrence. "You are supposed to protect the world from the Razakin."

"And thats supposed to save the world how? How is me fighting Razakin every now and then gonna change the inevitable future that we're trying to prevent? Is this it? Is this the great plan that everyone is counting on me to accomplish? Because if it is, we're definetly screwed."

"No Ben. There's more to it than that. We're trying to get you stronger. Right now if you were to wear the Cosmos suit, you would most likely die from the massive amounts of energy that flows through your body. Anyone would. but our goal is to get you so strong, physically and mentally, that you'll be able to dawn the Cosmos suit without getting overpowered or going insane. Next year, we'll most likely be training your mind more and more often. You're making better progress than we had ever expected, Ben. We can do this."

"Yeah man," Terrence said. "You've got the power. All you need is the positive attitude."

"I guess you guys are right," I said as I powered down. "I just need to train harder."

"HEY!" yelled a strong voice from a few yards away. It was Commissioner Tevin. He ran over toward our position, a squad of SWAT Officers behind him. "Stop right there!"

"Lets make like a banana, guys," Mr. Zone said pulling out another small transportation button. We all gathered together as he pressed it and got us out of there.

Alright guys thats part 3 and part 4 is coming soon. Now for the moment of truth.......the reveal of the plot synopsis and characters of the newest story by offwhite onlyne, Innocent Revolver.

The story is set in the mid 1940's just after WWII. In North Star City, 2 rival Clans of Assasins clash day and night, Infinity and Oblivion. In the Infinity Clan, a new recruit, Raymond Ace A.K.A. Wings, goes from young nieve amateur to experienced natural killer, but during his growing days, he had a hard time moving out of the shadow of his older brother, Ace. Revered as the greatest assasin that ever lived, Rolland Ace A.K.A. Ace is known for sacrificing his life to save Wings when he was a baby and the life of their mother from the evil assasin Oblivion. Though the mother died, the brother lived on and is seen by everyone as the lucky boy who will always be lucky. He was seen as a boy without skill, only luck on his hands. While living the life of an adult assasin, Wings must cope with the devastating truth behind his brother's past with the help of his friends, and do his absolute best to out-assasinate the Oblivion Clan, and in some cases, his own fellow Assasins.

Infinity Assasins:
Raymond Ace "Wings"
Born on March 26th, 1921
Birthplace in North Star City, USA
Favorite Weapons are 2 Automatic Pistols(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/M1911_Pistol_US.jpg)

Derrick Spiegel "Croc"
Born on November 18th, 1920
Birthplace in New York City(Queens), NY, USA
Favorite Weapon is M1917 Browning machine gun(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Browning1917.jpg)

Claudia Lucovitch "Stallion"
Born on June 1st, 1920
Birthplace in Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Favorite Weapons are Smith & Wesson M&P and M1917 Revolver(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/M%26Prevolver.jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/M1917rev.gif)

Eddie Patterson "E.P."
Born on October 12th, 1922
Birthplace in Sidney, Australia
Favorite Weapon is Colt Model 1903 Pistol(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Hammerless380.jpg)

Donna Smiles "Dawn"
Born on August 6th, 1921
Birthplace in Oxford, England
Favorite Weapon is Sten Submachine Gun(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Pistolet_maszynowy_STEN%2C_Muzeum_Or%C5%82a_Bia%C5 %82ego.jpg)

Brandon Smiles "Clown"
Born on October 13th, 1919
Birthplace in Oxford, England
Favorite Weapon is Lanchester Submachine Gun(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Lanchester5.jpg)

In the part 4, I'll reveal information on the Oblivion Assasins.
P.S. Anyone planning on stealing this idea doesnt need to worry because all of my ideas are copyrighten. This is directed to the people looking at this on thie side.

Shadow Dragonzord

04-24-2008, 11:55 PM

good job offwhite its been a while but this was a good chapter hope you start your new story soon

GoldPhoenixRanger

04-25-2008, 10:20 PM

Great chapter! That Holy Dome is pretty cool, and those creppy mutant razakin are good new villains. The new story sounds interesting and I look foward to reading it!

-GPR

Onlyne

04-30-2008, 11:00 PM

Episode 6: The Ultimate Confrontation
part 4

The next day, I was in second period which due to the semester change, was Civics and Economics, taught by Mrs. Schultz. While doing some vocabulary work, it was near the end of the class when Mr. Grimm entered the room.

"Excuse me, Mrs. Schultz," he said. "Can I borrow Mr. Fury for a quick second?"

He tried to smile but it turned out very akward seeing as he rarely does this. Mrs. Schultz allowed me to go with him so I packed my stuff, took off my bracelet(I needed it on just in case something went down) and put it in my bookbag. After grabbing everything we left the room together. While we walked the deserted hallways, we spoke without looking at each other.

"Nice Job." Mr. Grimm said.

"With what?" I asked plainly.

"The whole 'hire magicians to steal your bracelet back and get them to transport it back to you' plan. It worked out pretty well for you."

"I dont know what you're talking about," I said continuing to speak soft and plainly. "I dont even have that bracelet anymore."

"You know," he said, stopping and turning to me. "You are a horrible liar."

"I'm not lying. Do you see a bracelet on my wrist?"

"I'm not stupid. Why would you wear it after I took it?"-

"Why do you want it so bad?"-

"Why are you working so hard to get it back? Because the answer to your question is the answer to mine. That bracelet has an importance beyond what it is to you in some way, and I intend to find out what that is."

Suddenly the bell rang and all of the classes emptied into the hallways.

"Have a nice day, Mr. Fury," Mr. Grimm said walking away.

"You too, Mr. Grimm."

I walked away and headed for the cafeteria. Thats when I remembered everything that had happened with Regina the day before. I was gonna have to settle things that day. I may never get another chance.

As I stood in the cafeteria line, I looked around for Regina. Suddenly Terrence approached me from behind, tapping me on the shoulder.

"Oh wassup, Terrence," I said.

"Guess what man?" he said.

"You found the new graphic novel for that new show, Fangs."

"Yes but no. I'm gonna try and ask Regina out today."

"What?! When?!"

"As soon as I see her."

I had to think of something fast. "Hold off on that for a few seconds man. Let me be your embassador*."

*Author's note*: embassador is a term meaning someone who helps someone else in any way related to a relationship.

I dont need an embassador."

"Trust me, you do. There she goes."

I watched as she made her way through a crowd of people headed into the cafeteria and I walked away from Terrence and came face to face with her. It was then that I realized I was scared of hurting her feelings. I didnt want to make her cry especially not in front of Terrence. But I had to do something, otherwise I'd be in even worst trouble with him. I had to choose my words carefully.

"Hey Regina."

"Hey baby, why didnt you call me yesterday?"

We need to talk."

"About what?"

I hesitated. "I think there's been a misunderstanding. I think you're a great person and all, but I'd rather we just be freinds. I hope thats alright with you."

"Then why did you say yes?"

"I actually said 'uh' and 'huh' and you took it as uh-huh."

She looked down in a sad face, then she suddenly looked up at me with a blank expression. She then looked past me at Terrence.

"Your friend, um..."

"Terrence," I said.

"Terrence," she repeated. "Is he single."

"Damn girl, you bounce back fast. Yes he is."

"Tell him to check me out some time, will ya?"

"Sure," I said as she walked away, waving goodbye. I walked back over to Terrence. "Its all set man."

"Great thanks, man. If I succeed, you are officially my best friend."

"I thought I already was."

"Yeah, but now you get half of my cookie every day."

"Oh she better say yes."

Terrence left the line to pursue the woman of his dreams. I stayed, got my expensive food, and walked outside to the plaza and the table where Kim sat. I sat down beside her.

"Hey Kim," I greeted her.

"Hey Ben. So what happened to you guys yesterday."

"Oh you have no idea." I told her of our exciting adventure from the video to the plan to the wardrobe malfunction to meeting Chelsea and finally to the finght with the Black Lion."

"So," she said, taking it all in. "Did you learn anything from that experience."

"What do you mean?"

Did you learn any life lessons from it all?"

".....I learned never to let a corrupt principal take the only weapon that can save the universe indefinetly."

Kim sighed. "You're hopeless."

Suddenly out of the blue, Terrence jumped from the top of the steps into the plaza and slammed down on the seat in front of us.

"I did it, man! Me and Regina are officially dating!"

"Congratulations!" Kim said.

"Yeah dude, Good job. Uh...Do you uh...have that cookie?"

Terrence sighed and pulled the cookie out of a paper bag. He broke it in half revealing the melted chocolate chip that stretched between the two delicious-looking pieces of soft dough and finally broke it into two sepearte soft chocolatey cookie pieces. He handed it to me. I quickly grabbed it and devoured it ferociously. Boy did I love cookies.

"So....I've done my job," he said smurking at me.

"Dont give me that. I'll get to it when I'm ready."

I sure hope you dont wait 'till the last minute."

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The last day of school was on my birthday, June 1st. I was greeted by our quick growing pup, Roze as he licked me on the face and my mom sung a remix of the happy birthday song. But none of this was on my mind at the time. This was the moment of truth. I had to do it today or else I may never get another chance. Whatever was going to be done had to be done today. Boy, do I hate ultimatums.

It happened after Mr. Zone's class, 4th period. We did absolutely nothing except watch a movie and party all class. I however kept my mind on the prize. I had done that all day. Terrence was helping me out by filling me with pep talk. I was ready for this. I knew exactly what I wanted to say and how I wanted to say it. I had it all planned.

Then the bell rang and all of my confidence went down the toilet. It all seemed too good to be true and I felt like I was going to bail out again like the other times between the break-up with Regina and now. But it was the last day of school, and it had to be done that day, or else I would have went home feeling miserable.

"Now I can be your embassador, if you want," Terrence said as we walked down the hallway at the end of the day.

"No Terrence, I got this," I said.

"Okay but if you need help at any time just yell GOD SEND AN ANGEL UPON THINE THOU!"

"Terrence!"

"Yeah?"

"Shut....mouth."

"Okay there she goes," Terrence said pointing at an area near the gymnasium. "Giturdone."

He pushed me forward and I left him as he left for the carlot. I saw her over near the water fountains waiting. Around me, people were jumping through the air singing and dancing in happiness as they were finally going to leave that crazy school for a long time. I had to dodge my way as the students poured out of the hallways and on through the gymnasium to the buslot. When I appoached her, she didnt seem to nocie me at first. It wasnt until I tapped her on the shoulder when she finally reckognized that I was there.

"Oh hey Ben! Sorry I didnt see you; I had alot on my mind."

"Its okay. Look um, I have something to ask you." I tried to make it seem as far away as asking out as I could.

"Sure, what's up?"

"Yeah, I was just wondering, if maybe you'd like to um, just hang out or.....something."

"oh....Ben," she started. This didnt look good. "I would really love to but"-

"Hey!" yelled a voice from a little ways away. It was Samuel Stewart. "What are you doing near my girl?!"

I was baffled. I couldnt even get the words tot escape my throat.

"Huh?!" he yelled getting my attention.

"S-sorry man, damn. I didnt know."

"Yeah, you dont know nothing so back off!"

All the while this went on, Jessica had pulled out a pen and small piece of paper and began writing furiously.

"Losersayswhat?" Sam asked.

"You just said it."

"Said what?....wait....f*** you! If I catch you near my girl again, I'll beat your ass."

"You mean like you did last christmas?"

He glared at me intensely. Thats when he noticed the paper that Jessica wrote on.

"What are you writing?" Sam asked.

"Nothing," she replied.

"Gimme it," he said trying to snatch it out of her hand. She moved it out of his reach and he grabbed her shoulder, pulling her towards him. "Give it to me now!"

"Hey!" I said pulling Sam away from Jessica. "Dont touch her like that!"

"You stay out of this, d***head!"

"Its okay Ben, I'm fine," Jessica said as she folded the paper until it was tiny.

"Come on baby, lets go," he said putting his arm around her, squeezing her agressively, and shoving her along with him.

I was feeling a mixture of emotions. I felt anger at Sam for the way he treated Jessica. She deserved better than that. I felt sad that my confrontation with Jessica didnt go down as best as I hoped. But suprisingly, I felt relieved that the event had not escalated into violence. I didnt want to wup Sam's ass twice.

I began to walk away with my head hanging low when I suddenly noticed something out of the corner of my eye. I looked to see the small piece of paper that Jessica had been furiously writing on. I picked it up and started to call out to her but knew that I would only be adding fuel to the fire with Sam. I opened up the paper and looked at the letters that had been written in rushed, yet beautiful cursive writing. On it, read:

Happy Birthday, Ben!

But this wasnt what shocked me. what really threw me for a loop was what was written under it....her phone number. I looked up and saw Jessica looking from behind Sam's arm around her shoulder, as she winked at me. I smiled, put the paper in my pocket, turned, and walked down the hallway and on to the parking lot.

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I sat that afternoon, with my mom in our newly built house. It was sleek and decorated the same way it was before the incident. The only difference was that it was cleaner, fresher, and not 15 years old. I played my sleek new GSP(Game Station Portable) that I got for my birthday ,while we watched the CNN news and a new report had come on that I was interested in, when my mom all of a sudden, began yawning excessively loud.

"Is that really necessa"-

She yawned again, this time incredibly loud; loud enough to catch Roze's attention. I just shook my head as it switched to the next report. The reporter began discussing info on the Genesis.

"The search for the whereabouts of the Genesis has still come up short after the massive amount of damage that was caused by the once thought hero of Kingdom City. Now a menace to society for his acts of incredible collateral damage, the Genesis has caused over 180 million dollars of said damage as well as numerous attacks on innocent civilians and several accidental casualties. With the city in an uproar about this recent atrocity on his part, people are trying to find away to end the madness for good. I'm Nick Brown, at CNN News in Kingdom City."

"Someone just needs to stop that guy for GOOOOOOOODDDD!!!" Screamed my mom as she began to have one of her contractions. Her belly was incredibly bulged and Nathan was due at any time. She held the pillow in her arms and grasped it until the cotton began spilling out of its holes.

The doorbell suddenly rang. I left my mom to her pillow killing and went to answer the door. It was Mr. Zone, wearing casual clothes which was my first time seeing him this way. During the beginning of our earlier mission, he was still wearing his school clothes, just in a more casual way.

"Hey Ben, Happy birthday," he said, as I opened the door. "I have bad news."

I'll say," I said as I walked on the outside porch and closed the door halfway. "I just got finished watched same bad news. I thought I was a hero and now I'm public enemy #1. Why is that?

"Our researchers from the future discovered a devastating secret a month ago. Its probably gonna change the way you fight the Razakin forever.

"Well spit it out, what is it?"

Mr. Zone took a deep breath. "You know how during your first fight with the Razakin, you beat them and became a hero?"

"Of course."

"Well, the way it was supposed to happen was that the Razakin killed 42 students that day, including your friend, Kim and that girl you like, Jessica. After that, they attacked the mall, killing 82 people. Just like how it went down with you. At least thats how our unchangeable archives describes it."

"Okay go on."

"Well the thing is after those 2 incidents, there were never any other traces of Razakin in the world with no savior. None until the Day of the Last Sin, which is the day they took over the earth."

"What does this all mean?"

"Well...our researchers have reason to believe," Mr. Zone started hesitantly. "that after the first two attacks...they Razakin have adapted the ability to turn invisible to anyone oblivious to their existence."

"W-what?" I muttered silently.

"Its the only explanation for why things have gone so far downhill. To the citizens of Kingdom City, you've been the one terrorizing them all that time."

"So," I started trying to rap my head around the mess. "How the hell am I supposed to fight them now? I mean are Razakin Lieutenants like the Black Lion invisible to?"

"The Black Lion isnt even supposed to be in this year or history. He's a lieutenant from the future. But yes the lieutenants are invisible too and very very soon, The Black Lion wont be the only lieutenant that you'll be fighting."

"Oh crap man." I held my hand over my head and bent over in intense stress.

"And just something you should know," he continued.

"There's more?"

"Its just a worst case scenario. You're already dancing on hot water. This job isnt gonna get any easier but now its gonna get harder than we've ever expected. "We'll provide as much support as we can but....I...I wouldnt be suprised, if the people of this time period did something drastic....like send the military after you."

My eyes rolled into the back of my head, my knees went weak, and I fainted right there on the porch of our new house.

*New Arc* - Unforgettable
Next Time: Delicious cookies + loving kisses + intense battle= Episode 7: Grandma Fury