I was rereading old fanfics and the bug hit again to bring these characters back in one story. Right now Robbie Shapiro Super Villain and Beck Oliver Superhero are considered canon but other than that I'm reworking all of my old ideas into something new. Even though RSSV was considered Rade I believe this part will be considered Rori with a dash of one sided Cabbie. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Don't forget I own nothing but please support the official release.
Where did it all go wrong? Yes maybe he shouldn't have killed her parents. Erasing her memories probably wasn't the best idea. Deciding for her that she would be better off without him was another shit thing he had done. Then there was the time he nearly killed her boyfriend. How about when he discovered that his other friend was a super genius who doped her parents into being dismissive and sided against her? Robbie Shapiro had done a lot of stupid things in his life not just those previous things. Instead of being a hero when he discovered his powers he decided to be a villain. Robbing banks, killing people, all stupid ideas. Allowing his genius friend to give him very unstable chemicals to try to get him stronger might have been the worse. At last count Robbie had Mind Command, Strength, Flight and slightly elevated healing. After taking the shot he had laser hands, tracking and rage that if he let it get command over him would cause him to turn into a massive purple monster with green pants! Okay that last thing was a lie but the rest is actually very true.
Although scared Jade West agreed to meet with Robbie again, alone. The only catch was that she wanted the whole story. Easing her into it, telling what he knew before just giving the memories back was how he went about it. How when he was younger he made some bullies hurt themselves by jumping off a roof. Meeting Beck Oliver for the first time and becoming best friends. How his uncle died and Robbie and his dad moved in next door to her. The next was second hand stuff as he wasn't there but he told her about her friendship with Cat Valentine and the seed of jealousy that was planted. How Cat drugged Jade's parents into ignoring her and how Robbie thought he could save her by rescuing her from neglectful and hateful parents. He ended with why he did it, because he loved her. Then her memories were returned and as he expected it wasn't a joyful thing, she left him alone and that was it.
Robbie did use his powers to have his parents leave him behind one last time, he was sending them to Florida where they always wanted to move. Once the house was sold and the money put into savings for Jade and Robbie, though the later didn't need it, Robbie moved into the townhouse he bought and Jade moved in with Beck. Eventually Cat moved in with Robbie as well, not because they were in love but because they were best friends and she was monitoring his new powers hoping to get rid of the negative effects. Finally the villain named Mastermind was retired but Captain Marvelous was not. Somehow Beck kept his role as protector of the city while Robbie melted into obscurity.
Despite everything being out in the open while in school everything was basically normal except no secrets were kept. Well almost none as everyone knew about Beck and Robbie's powers, neither wanted to lie to Andre Harris about it, and Cat allowed her smartness to return in public however her randomness was still there as well. Her stories went from completely random and hard to follow to completely random with big words and still very hard to follow. Now the only ones with secrets were Jade and Andre though they didn't know they were keeping secrets from each other. During the summer Jade had separated herself from everyone even Beck. Unlike Robbie, Beck wasn't scared that Jade would just leave him, he trusted her and waited for her. Andre had indeed gone to military camp but promised his family and friends he wanted to try it out before deciding if he would continue his career after High School. He was paying to be at Hollywood Arts though so it seemed like just a snag in the road.
When school started back up everything seemed almost normal. Jade cornered the ex-evil pair and told them she forgave them. Cat for letting jealousy cloud her thoughts and Robbie for wanting to save her. However she couldn't let them go back to before, being best friends with the two and she didn't know if it would ever happen. For now she would be friends with Cat and tolerate Robbie. Beck wanted Robbie to be his friend again and for the sake of appearances Robbie agreed but only as friends and not as best friends.
Though once torn apart the little group was back together again until one day when Robbie ran into a certain brunette in the halls half way through the school year. After making sure she was okay Robbie asked the new student, of course she was new, he knew that scared and lost look in her eyes, what she needed. When she mentioned his class he offered to walk her there where she preceded to knock coffee out of Pretty Boy's hands. Normally Mr. Hair's reflexes would have been enough to catch the coffee on the way down but he was too surprised to see the new girl and found himself with hot coffee over his chest. Expressing herself apologetically she was doing what a slightly normal person would do attempting to pad the coffee off his shirt with some napkins she had. Of course that was when Jade had to walk in and start shrieking at the pair.
"You didn't have to be so mean Jade," Cat said later at their lockers as Jade was angrily cutting up a yearbook Robbie had in his locker. Last year she had gained a certain fondness for destroying yearbooks. Despite how she felt about him Robbie still cared and made sure he had one in his locker for her.
"She didn't need to be rubbing up on my boyfriend."
"Patting," Robbie said softly earning a glare from Jade. "I mean, when you get coffee in something you pat it to help get the stain out."
"He's right you know," Cat confirmed and since her IQ was higher than both of them combined they had to agree but it didn't make Jade happy.
"I don't care she was touching my boyfriend in places only I should touch him." Robbie closed his eyes not wanting to think about the girl he was trying to no longer be in love with and his ex best friend touching. "I have a plan to get her back for it."
"Can't I just turn her hair blue and we can forget it?" Cat offered and Jade seemed to consider it before shaking her head and stomping off. Later at lunch, where Jade and Beck were absent, it was Cat and Robbie sitting alone at the table. Cat was working on some numbers and Robbie was just laying his head on the table.
"More headaches?" Cat asked softly.
"It's the damned pings, first it was just Beck but there might be a new super in the city as there are two of them at least." Ever since he took the serum that Cat made for him he gained the ability to sense other people with powers, like himself and Beck. At first it was a warning so he didn't have to be there as Beck and more than likely Jade came around but now there were several pings. Suddenly Andre arrived with Tori,
"Hey guys this is Tori Vega, Tori these are my friends. Tori and I are partnered in music theory class." Robbie looked up and gave Tori a smile before almost putting his head back down, instead he remained up as it might be rude if he gave in to the pounding.
"I'm Robbie and this is Cat, sadly for you the other half of our group consists of the guy you coffeed on and his girlfriend."
"Technically it would be two fifths of our group not half and coffeed, although fun to say, isn't a real word Robbie." said Cat not looking up from her numbers but feeling that hint of a smile tug at her lips as she corrected Robbie. Tori smiled and looked at Andre for help.
"Thanks for the warning, maybe I should sit somewhere else," she started.
"No, any friend of Andre's is a friend of ours and if Miss High and Mighty can't sit with you she can sit somewhere else," Robbie retorted back earning a thankful smile from Tori. Shortly after Andre went to the food truck, Cat trailing him as she wanted to see if they finally got a cotton candy machine. For a moment there was comfortable silence which Robbie felt strange, the pings were now softer and he felt calm around her.
"Normally I'm good at making new friends," she let out complaining a little, "It's a talent of mine but with Jade I just keep seem to mess up."
"She'll come around, just keep letting her know you want nothing to do with Beck. I'm right, right?" It would just be his luck that yet another beautiful girl was into Beck. Not that he was looking but he had eyes didn't he?
"No, no, I mean he's cute and all but that hair. I don't think I could be with someone who might take longer than me to get ready to go out." Tori said earning a smile from Robbie, she could tell that even though they were all friends Robbie was the lowest on the totem pole for some reason. Getting to know him she discovered that he had a talent for ventriloquism that got him into the school but he'd give that up last year. All he'd explain on the subject was his doll had been broken. He didn't go as far as to tell her that Cat's two headed dog had chewed it up. Learning a bit more about here, that he dad was a cop and they just moved to the area with her mom and older sister, Robbie was glad there was a normal person joining their small group. Stupidly the next day Jade had Tori pretend she was a dog to get her on all four so she could pour coffee on her as well. Robbie could tell Tori wanted to get back at her but convinced her to just walk away. They were now even with neither one happy about it. Regardless she became a fixture in their group, five became six.
Waking up Cat went out to the roof of the townhouse to see Robbie sitting there looking into the sky. Taking a seat next to him she didn't need to ask he just told her. "I can feel them, the pulse that there are so many other people out there with powers," he said softly as she nodded giving his shoulder a squeeze. "Beck probably finds it comforting that he's not alone, I find it disturbing. I worry that something else will happen like before and others will flock to Beck putting me against a wall again." Cat wanted to remind him that she would always be at his side but she knew it wasn't the right thing to say right now. "I once told Jade I was the villain and villains don't get happy endings and I was thinking, yeah but only because good people write those stories. Why couldn't a villain win? Then it came to me, there's too many people out there who want to play the hero. Want to be the one who gets all the love. I just want peace, by any means necessary."
"Does that mean our plan is back on?" Cat asked an excited hitch in her voice.
"Has it ever been off?" he asked with a smile as she giggled.
"No just not on the forefront of my plans. It'll give me something to focus on now, I'm so close to getting rid of the rage and the pings."
"I still needed the pings, unless you can track them yourself."
"Maybe, soon." With that Cat laid her head on Robbie's shoulder as they watched the sun rise.
Heroes, Villains, a new group of people developing powers some from genetics, some granted to them by a higher force. It wasn't until recently that major cities needed heroes to come out and protect them from the villains. Metropolis, New York, San Francisco even Hollywood. The short crimes of Mastermind started to draw others out and the government wasn't going to wait for a hero to arrive, someone better than Captain Marvelous who was as dangerous as a kid with a gun. That's why when Andre was at Military Camp they confirmed that he was the perfect soldier. High test scores in the field and in the classroom, disciplined and most importantly, believed in his government. In the basement of his grandmother's house he was working out, punching a bag to make sure he remained in shape. Looking out the small window at the morning sky that Robbie and Cat was looking at he had a dossier on Mastermind on his table but he already knew who that was. The information was detailed, knowing a lot about Robbie already and his time at Hollywood Arts. At the moment the orders were to keep an eye on him and remain close. Returning his focus to the badge Andre would continue with his life and make a decision if the orders changed.
