New Year means new stories for me and I decided to do this fic base of the Hulu series The Awesomes which was cancelled after three seasons but still hopes to be picked up somewhere else. In the meantime this fic will take place three months from where it left off. This will be mainly a Perfect Man and Oc fic but the other characters will play key factors and possibly get their own chapters.
Own nothing but the plot and my oc
Perfect Man pov
You know after everything I've been through you'd think that I would be happy. I found out who my father was after years of questions and doubts; I have a brother who's about to get married a niece a real family that's all I ever wanted. The only bad thing that has happened to me recently is that my ex- girlfriend Silent But Deadly broke up with me and I can't even be mad about that she's a free spirt I knew that going in. But even now I can't help but fell that my life is so hollow.
"Perfect Man, you're narrating your life again." Tim/Sumo states in a bored sarcastic tone and effectively breaking Perfect Man out of his bubble.
"Sorry Tim I'm not bothering you am I?" Perfect Man asked turning to look at the young super hero.
"No I like having someone ruin my concentration while I study for my final exam." Tim says in what is clearly a sarcastic tone.
"Well good for a second there I almost thought that I was being rude." Perfect Man says with clear relief. Tim just sighs picks up his books leaving the kitchen to most likely retreat into his own room at Awesome Mountain. Perfect Man may have come a long way since the team first met him but he still had moments of complete cluelessness.
"Hey where is Tim going? I thought he had to study?" asked Impresario as he and Muscle Man enter the kitchen.
"I don't know he said that me narrating my life wasn't bothering him but now I starting to believe it was." Perfect Man says puzzling over his recent interaction with Tim.
"Wow, man you seem to be doing that a lot lately." Muscle Man states while getting food from the fridge.
"Yeah, you've even been doing it in the middle of battles which is really dangerous." Impresario adds agreeing with Muscle Man.
"I just have a lot on my mind lately." Perfect Man says with a shrug just as his brother Prock the leader of their team entered the room.
"Hey guys just wanted to remind you that Nikki is coming over today." Prock states making his way to the rest of the guys.
"Alright! I can't wait to see Nikki again." Muscle Man says in clear excitement as he takes a bite into his sandwich.
"So the rest of us finally get to meet the famous Nikki huh?" Impresario says equally as excited. "I can't wait to finally meet this girl."
"Who's Nikki?" Perfect Man asked the group clearly confused.
"Huh Nikki aka Nichole Davidson? As in one of my best childhood friends Nikki; who is like a sister to me Nikki." Prock states hoping to jog Perfect Man's memory only to see him still shrugging in confusion. "Perfect Man I've mentioned her before we grew up together in the same neighborhood, both loved science and she's one of the few people who didn't hit me as hard when I told the rest of the kids that Santa wasn't real."
"You guys talking about Nikki?" Concierge asked as she, Gadget Gal and Hotwire entered the room.
"Little Nikki can't wait to see her again the little fireball." Gadget Gal says clearly remembering Nikki fondly. "And really smart too despite being a Black." This offense comment of course makes the others cringe. "What?!"
"Well, I can't wait to meet her in person, after only hearing about her from Prock's and Muscle Man's stories and talking on the phone." Hotwire states breaking the silence and kissing Prock on the cheek.
"Why does everyone but me know about this girl?" Perfect Man asked in a tone that showed he was clearly offended.
"Perfect Man, I've told you about Nikki like a thousand times." Prock whines to his brother.
"And now she's finally coming to visit after working on her doctorate for the past five years." Muscle Man adds in.
"Yep after spending nearly half a decade trying to understand the genetic makeup of the super hero gene she's finally coming to see my team." Prock says with happiness. "She even said she made a break through that she can't wait to share with us."
"So this Nikki is she hot?" Perfect Man asked wiggling his eyebrows.
"Eww I said she's like a sister to me Perfect Man." Prock states clearly disgusted.
"So that's a no, which explains why I never paid attention when you mention her." Perfect Man states then floats away from the group not paying any mind to the looks that the others were giving him.
Normal pov
It was a few hours later and the team plus Mr. Awesome, Dr. Jill-Stein-Awesome-Kaplan and her husband Jeffry were all sitting around waiting for the woman Perfect Man still barely remembered.
"I can't wait to see Nikki again, she was the only one who was smart enough to let go of childish dreams of playing super hero and got a 'real' job." Dr. Jill-Stein-Awesome-Kaplan states with a glare looking at the group. "If only Jeremy could have also been smart enough to follow in her lead."
"She studied in super hero genetics so that the world can better understand where super powers come from so technically she hasn't gotten out of the super hero business." Mr. Awesome argued with his former wife. This of course started a back and forth argument between them that the group got sucked into so much so that they didn't notice the brown skinned curvy woman come in who now sat near Prock.
"Wow, even after all these years they're still having the same argument?" The woman states whispering into Prock's ear.
"Yeah, I don't think they'll ever stop." Prock says with a sigh not really paying attention to the newcomer sitting near him.
"Well, at least we can kick back pop some popcorn and enjoy the show also make bets on who's gonna win this time." The woman joked causing Prock to laugh.
"Ha, ha you're right Nikki you always did helped me look on the bright side of these arguments." Prock states with a chuckle until he finally realized who was sitting near him. "Oh my God Nikki!" His excitement cause the others to notice the newcomer as well.
"Nikki! Fireball! You're here!" could be heard as the group gathered around to greet their new guest.
"Nikki it's great to see ya." Muscle Man states squeezing Nikki into a hug.
"Glad to see you too Harry!" Nikki states though she had a little trouble breathing.
"How've you been little fireball?" Gadget Gal asked once the other woman was free.
"Kicking ass, taking names you know the usual boring stuff." Nikki answered with a shrug though a smirk played across her face.
"I'm so glad that you're finally here!" Prock interrupts pulling Nikki into a hug. "I can't wait to introduce you to everyone! You of course remember my parents?" Prock says walking her over to them.
"Little Nikki!" Mr. Awesome says with joy hugging the girl. "How have you been?"
"Hey Mr. A, been doing great how about you?" Nikki asked returning the hug.
"You know me always Awesome." Mr. Awesome answered in a cheery voice.
"Of course." Nikki states with a giggle turning to look at Prock's mother. "Dr. Stein-Awesome-Kaplan how have you been?"
"Well, besides being disappointed that my only son hasn't given up his childhood fantasies about being a super hero-" Dr. Jill Stein-Awesome-Kaplan starts to say.
"Okay I guess that means you're the same." Nikki says sharing a secret smirk with Prock. "And Jeffry I thought you would have gone running for the hills by now?" Nikki states finally noticing the other doctor and was actually surprised that he hadn't ran away from his wife yet.
"No, of course not!" Dr. Kaplan exclaims clearly surprised. "I'm very happy I even got this new jazz album that is-" "Shut up Jeffry!" His wife interrupted before he could finish.
"Anyway let me introduce you to my team." Prock states moving Nikki away from the awkward moment. "This is Tim." Prock begins pointing at the youngest member.
"Nice to meet you." The young boy says shaking her hand. "I found your paper on dominant super genes verses recessive super genes eye opening."
"Thank you Tim, a lot of research went into that paper." Nikki says humbly.
"This is Concierge." Prock continues on pointing to the red headed woman.
"Nice to meet you, I've heard so much." Concierge says greeting the other woman warmly.
"Thanks me too, Prock says he couldn't run the team without you." Nikki commented causing the other woman to blush.
"And this is Frantic." Prock says introducing Nikki to the group's fastest member.
"Nice to meet-" Nikki begins to say but is cut off by Frantic being frantic.
"Well, hello you must Nikki." Frantic begins shaking her hand speaking at super speed. "Prock has told us so, so much I feel like I've known you all my life. Hey do you still have that scar right above your-"
"Okay, that's enough of that." Prock says nervously moving her along. "This is Impresario."
"Well, not only is it great to meet you since you're a childhood friend of Prock's. But it's also refreshing to have a woman around with an actual sense of fashion." Impresario says causing Nikki to look down at her outfit it was a simple red laced blouse, pencil skirt and two inched heeled boots to her but for whatever reason it impressed the man.
"Thanks." Nikki just plainly states with a shrug as she and Prock moved on to the next person.
"And now you finally get to meet my wonderful fiancée and mother of my child Hotwire." Prock states proudly pointing to Hotwire.
"It's so great to finally be able to speak with you in person." Hotwire says happily.
"You too! How's my little niece Vicky?" Nikki asked with a smile.
"Fine she's with my mother right now but you'll get to see her later." Hotwire exclaims always happy to talk about her daughter.
"Awesome!" Nikki exclaims with a giggle.
"And last but not least this is my brother Per-" Prock begins to exclaims almost just as proudly as when he introduced Nikki to Hotwire but is cut off by said older brother before he could finished.
"Perfect Man." Perfect Man exclaims flexing and flying closer so that he and Nikki were face to face; quickly wrapping his arms around her. "Now I'm sure you know everything there is to know about me. But I still think that we should have dinner alone tonight so that we can get better acquainted."
"Perfect Man what are you doing? You know that we're all going out to dinner tonight together!" Prock says in annoyance.
"Right, of course." Perfect Man agrees but still has his arms around Nikki. "We'll have dinner together tomorrow night then." Perfect Man states suggestively wiggling his eyebrows.
"Sorry, going to be super busy that night." Nikki says rolling her eyes and getting out of Perfect Man's embrace. "But I might be able to pencil you in at…the end of time?" she asked with clear sarcasm causing everyone to laugh as she walked away. "Let me know if that works for you?"
Perfect Man pov
"Ha, ha, wow Nikki just slayed Perfect Man so bad he's still stunned!" Impresario says as he and Muscle Man laugh at Perfect Man's expense.
"That's Nikki for you always the fire cracker." Muscle Man says laughing in agreement.
It took a lot to cause Perfect Man to be stunned mostly because he was super powerful and things rarely could hurt him let alone stun him. But the moment his brother had exclaimed in happiness at seeing Nikki and Perfect Man was finally able to get a look at her was the moment he knew he had to have her. Nikki was gorgeous with her long dark brown hair, bright green eyes, even brown skin and a curvy body. Perfect Man had to fight the need to grab her and claim her as his…at less until his brother got around to introducing them speaking of his brother.
"Prock! Why didn't you tell me that Nikki was so hot?!" Perfect Man demanded to know after pulling his brother away from the rest of the group. "Damn she's hotter then Hotwire!"
"Ahem I've already told you that Nikki is like my sister." Prock says in a forceful tone getting annoyed.
"That's what I don't get when a guy usually says a girl he's not related to is like his sister it's normally because she's not hot. But Nikki is really hot I mean really hot." Perfect Man explains ignoring how uncomfortable he was making his younger brother feel. "I mean freaking smoking hot!"
"Okay already I get it!" Prock states in a huff walking away from Perfect Man much to his confusion.
"What did I say?" Perfect Man asked turning to look at Impresario and Muscle Man clearly not getting it.
"Prock has always been protective of Nikki since we were kids." Muscle Man explains.
"It's understandable I would want the best for my sister too." Impresario adds in. "If I had a sister, although I guess that would mean I would have to share her with Mama."
"Well then Prock won't have to worry because I am the best, otherwise I wouldn't be Perfect Man." Perfect Man states happily walking away from the two. He didn't pay any mind to Impresario shaking his head or Muscle Man's laughter he just moved all his attention back to Nikki who he was determined to make his new girlfriend.
"So Nikki could you explain to us why you decided to study super power genetics?" Concierge asked her as the group moved to sit down in the living room. "Prock has talked about it but I'd like to hear the reason from you."
"Well, it's not that complicated really." Nikki begins taking a seat, Perfect Man of course used his super speed to sit next to her causing the group to roll their eyes. "When I discovered my super power-"
"You have a super power?" Perfect Man asked innocently but the rest of the group let out a groan.
"Perfect Man I've told you about Nikki's power! I've told everyone about it!" Prock groans shaking his head at his brother.
"Sorry guess I just don't remember what it is?" Perfect Man explains with a shrug, then moves closer to Nikki and grabbing a hold of her hand. "So what's your power hon? Besides being super-hot."
"Well funny you should say that." Nikki says leaning in with a smirk, Perfect Man was enjoying the moment when suddenly his hand started to feel surprisingly warm no actually it felt really hot. He looked down thinking he'd see their hands only to see a red burning flame.
"Whoa, you shoot flames out of your hands?" Perfect Man squealed as he pulled his hand away from her to blow out the flame, luckily he used his super breathe to put it out.
"Of course she does! Why else would I call her fireball?" Gadget Gal explains with clear amusement in her voice.
"Guess I'm too hot for you then?" Nikki coyly states causing the group minus Perfect Man to laugh at him.
"Trust me doll I'll have no problem cooling you down later." Perfect Man stated just as coyly after he recovered from his embarrassment.
"Doubtful." Nikki snorted as she rolled her eyes again turning back to the conversation she was having with Concierge before Perfect Man interrupted.
Challenge accepted. Perfect Man thought to himself as the others began talking once again this was just the thing he was waiting for.
Normal pov
"Anyway Concierge between discovering my powers and being friends with Prock and Muscle Man, I became curious with how that gene work. Especially since I could never find any history of anyone else in my family having these abilities." Nikki was finally able to explain.
"I bet you discovered all kinds of things!" Muscle Man states with excitement.
"Of course and you would know that if you read my papers Harry." Nikki scolded but everyone knew it was all in jest.
"Ha, you know I don't read Nikki." Muscle Man exclaims back.
"Because you don't want to or because you can't?" Frantic asked the muscle bond man.
"A little of both." Muscle Man explains plainly with a shrug.
"Anyway is there something you discovered that's not in any of your papers?" Prock asked with interest.
"Actually yeah there is." Nikki states and everyone notes the sudden seriousness in her voice. "Because of my research you know I had to travel everywhere and meet many people. You guys know that in the beginning my researched showed that parents with super powers are more likely to have offspring with super powers as well. But then I noticed something that didn't make any sense."
"What did you discover?" Mr. Awesome asked the rest of the group now hanging onto every word that she said.
"During my research I met and interviewed many people some with super powers some without; just about anyone who would see me I talked to them. Then one day I noticed that some offspring's who had at least one parent with a very strong super powers was for some reason either getting weaker powers or none at all." Nikki begins to further explain this of course cause everyone to look at Prock. "At first I didn't think it was that big of a deal even normal genetic DNA isn't set in stone. But that changed when I noticed that it was always the offspring of high profile super parents who seemed to be the ones that had this happening to them. So then I decided to start testing their blood to maybe shed some light on what was possibly going on."
"So what did you find out?" Prock asked trying to make his voice not sound too shaky.
"They'd been injected with some kind of chemical or virus I'm not sure yet how to label it but its purpose is to attack the super power gene rendering it useless." Nikki finishes explaining with a sigh causing everyone to gasp.
"How did this happen? Who would do such a thing? How are they doing it?" Mr. Awesome asked completely outrage.
"No one really knows." Nikki says shaking her head. "Some people think it's a super-secret anti super powers group, others think it some secret government plot. As for how it's done my best theory is that they inject it in the child during doctor visits it's either that or somehow get it into their food."
"You think it happened to me don't you?" Prock said asking the question that everyone in the room was thinking.
"I didn't want to believe in a conspiracy theory at first Prock." Nikki says in a completely exhausted voice. "But then that information came out about…your brother and it reminded me of your father and…you. Everyone knew you were Mr. Awesome's son who is one of the most high profile super heroes ever!"
"So you think this group targeted Prock on purpose?" Mr. Awesome questions forcefully trying to keep his anger in check.
"No I think this group tried to kill Prock." Nikki explains this of course caused gasped to be heard all around and shouts of 'what'. "I didn't want to think that way either but no one else I met and no offense Prock but no one NO ONE else was as weak as you."
"You're…really?" Prock asked completely flabbergasted.
"Yeah I think you might have been given a higher dosage then most for some reason. Maybe it was to send a message or something I can't be sure until I test your blood." Nikki explains to Prock.
"This is unbelievable." Prock exclaims it almost sounded like he was about to have a panic attack.
"Also I've been tinkering with a cure." Nikki meekly says causing everyone to give her their full attention again just as their minds began to wander. "It works enough to at least get the chemical or virus out of the person's system. And sometimes if the super power bloodline is strong enough it… well actives it would be the best way to explain it."
"So you're saying?" Prock asked with a clearly shaky voice that everyone could hear.
"Yeah whatever powers that were robbed from you might come back with the cure." Nikki explained with a smile. "Although it's not completely guaranteed and if at the end of the day if you just end up not having to break your hand over every little thing that's cool too."
"STOP!" Prock says out loud stopping time for only himself so that he could pace back and forth. "OH MY GOD! I could have super powers like my dad and brother! No longer would I have to hear people say well he's really smart but what happened there? This is a dream come true if it works, speaking of things working or not working you know what's not a dream come true seeing my older brother hit on my sister. Okay so Nikki isn't really my sister but we might as well be siblings I mean she even knows that I can stop time…which not even Hotwire knows! Oh my god I'm about to marry this girl and she still doesn't know I am so stupid! But no time to focus on that right now I might be getting powers soon. Although I really should do something about it later. START!"
"So what do you say Prock do you want to try?" Nikki asked and everyone waited to see what the leader would say.
"I guess there's no harm in giving it a try right?" Prock says trying to keep his excitement from showing. "You don't have to use any needles right?"
"Oh Prock of course I do!" Nikki says with a laugh. "And yes they are really big."
That's the end of the first chapter for now please read and review.