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Chapter 35
Boston…Jimmy Nomad held his guns beside his head as he took a deep breath. The shipping container against which he leaned served as acceptable cover from the enemy fire for the time being. His one-man stakeout on the primary operating warehouse of super-tech dealer Surge in Boston was not going quite as intended, as his swift discovery set every thug on high alert. After finally gathering himself, he spun out from behind the metal box and fired away in an effort to divide the thugs. He was successful, as the trio of plasma gun-blasting thugs split apart. Jimmy sprinted halfway up the side of the container he was hidden behind, bounding off onto the top of the adjacent container upon which a thug reloaded. He fired three blue blasts from his right-handed revolver, striking his target in the knee, then the rib, then the chest to knock him down. From the corner of his eye, he saw a second thug climbing up the shipping container to the right, and quickly shot his left arm under his exten
Chapter 34
Redgrave Castle, Petherick…Kon swung back and forth on his toes, his hands pocketed as he stared at the aging floorboards. He had used the Outfit Applicator that Lizzy added to everyone's communicators after the Japan adventure to swap his costume for his civilian clothes on the Sky Cruiser that brought him here. The teammate he'd travelled to the Eastern European country with decided to present himself to the King in his traditional Yong Zhan robes, however. On the other side of the door beside Kon and a cross-armed Arin, guarded by a duo of Petherican Elites, Andrew was conversing with King Lucian. Arin seemed to stare at the door with seething resentment as his long-lost half-brother had the conversation with his father that the two had waited 24 years for. At least, seething resentment is what it looked like to Kon. Eventually, when the castle's ominous atmosphere was too much to bear, Kon tried to strike up a conversation with the Prince of Petherick."Were you amped up to meet
Chapter 23
The Crusaders' base…The Petherican Elites stood with their plasma guns at the ready, while Prince Arin stood with his hands behind his back before the kitchen bench, his chin raised in an effort to project an aura of superiority over everyone around him. Umi's head poked out ever so slightly from behind Hikaru, while Thomas and Gunk stood normally, Thomas being desensitised to the presence of royalty, and Gunk unfazed by the very concept. Starbolt came through the hallway door first, bowing his head at the sight of the Petherican Crest, followed by Techsmith, who did the same. Finally, in came the man of the hour. Once he stepped into the room, the thoughts Mind Master picked up from the Prince once he was seen entering hit him like a tidal wave, and he knew exactly what Arin had come to him for. His demeanour unchanging, he quickly pushed down his initial emotional instincts and kept his composure for the rest of the conversation. He attempted a bow, but Arin raised his hand to stop
Chapter 32
Port Pendleton Elementary School…"I should have stayed with the others.""Kon, come on.""I don't know if I can go through with this, Lizzy. I mean…I'm out of my depth.""Listen to me, Kon, and you listen well: you're Starbolt. You're leading the next generation of superheroes. You essentially came back from the dead after you saved the known universe from complete social collapse with your literal bodily discipline. You were saving lives before you were given a legal permit to do so. This? Nothing compared to what you've already accomplished." Starbolt took a deep breath."Okay…let's do this." Sunlight flooded the hall as they opened the doors, the light illuminating their costumes. Before them, utter chaos. The sounds of high-pitched screaming and the sights of unadulterated primal fury took hold of their senses like an anaconda would its prey. The playground of Port Pendleton Elementary School had truly reached its natural state. "Look at this. Tiny bodies carrying such insubstant
Chapter 31
Petherick, Europe…The Redgrave Castle interior seemed more appropriate for haunting than inhabiting. Lance-wielding guards standing in pairs at each door served to be the only signs of life. The massive rooms carried an ominous, ghostly presence, and not just thanks to the dim lighting and aging architecture. For as long as the Redgraves have ruled Petherick, this castle has housed them. Many a Redgrave have gone cradle to grave residing in the stone walls of the family fortress, and it seemed soon another would join the ranks of the monarchy's dead. King Lucian lay fittingly like a corpse under the crimson bed sheets, wires sticking from his limbs, connected to machines that did little more than show the speed at which his body betrayed him. His skin was tight against his bones, his uncut black hair greying in streaks from scalp to shoulder. His blue eyes shone through the shadow cast over his face, obscuring the disturbing decay of his suffering skin. At the corners of his bed hove
Chapter 30
Los Angeles…Agent Alderman stood in the living room of the penthouse with a man carrying a pair of suitcases. The man's moustache matched his neatly combed brown hair, his blue eyes standing out against his pale face that had only recently been reacquainted with the sun's light. Beneath his button-up red flannelette shirt he wore plain white, and below that were simple jeans and runners. His eyes moved around the room, absorbing every detail and allowing his mind to quickly familiarise itself with the layout."Feel good to be out and about?" Alderman asked the man."Unbelievably so." He answered, showing his Texan accent. "I appreciate gettin' the week to get back in touch with the world. See what's changed, what's stayed the same, what's goin' on right now…and, of course, I appreciate bein' given this opportunity. I ain't gonna screw this up, I swear.""I'm certain." Alderman recognised the chattering that came down the hall behind the closed metal door. The man looked up with sligh
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