Chapter 1: A Catastrophe is Coming
Written by Croc9400
Kaz looked over his shoulder. It seemed to be something he did more often than not now a days. He only half understood the risk when he began working at Mighty Med, but now he understood it loud and clear. Not only that, but the risk was getting higher.
Now that everyone at Mighty Med was aware of the situation with Catastrophe, and what he, or they, could do even without their powers, was unnerving. It seemed everyone who worked there looked over their shoulders; Oliver and Kaz the most.
He safely made it to school. He walked into his homeroom where Oliver was anxiously awaiting his arrival.
"Why do you keep scaring me like that, Kaz?" Oliver scolded.
"I don't know because it's fun," Kaz laughed a little. Until he saw Oliver's serious face, "oh you're serious,"
"Yes! I'm serious!" he sat back down, "the risk is getting higher every day! Life as we know it could end at any moment,"
"I'm aware of that. That's why I'm keeping you on edge,"
"Why?"
"Because it's fun," Kaz laughed. Then the bell rang. The two quickly sat down as the teacher, Mr. Jackson entered the room. He took attendance, then stepped out from behind the desk. Snickers were heard rippling through the class.
"I have your permission slips for the trip next week," Mr. Jackson said. Then Kaz raised his hand, "yes, Kaz do you have a question,"
"Yes, Mr. Jackson, I do have a question," Kaz said, "do you know that your fly is open?"
Snickers went through the class as the young teacher turned red.
"No, Kaz. I did not know my fly was open," he turned around, zipped his fly, then turned back around, "can everyone focus now?"
Everyone nodded. He sighed and shook his head. Then he began handing out permission slips.
"What's that beeping?" Oliver leaned forward and asked Kaz.
"I don't know," Kaz said, "I've been hearing it since I left the house this morning,"
"Give me your phone," Oliver said, "quickly!"
Kaz slipped his phone out of his pocket, and handed it back to Oliver. After Mr. Jackson walked past him, Oliver brought the phone up to his ear. He discovered that was the source of the beeping. Oliver pulled the back of the phone off, and pulled a small, plastic chip out.
"We're in trouble," Oliver said. Just then, the bell rang. Everyone stood up, until it rang again, and a third time. Everyone knew what that meant.
"Is there a lockdown drill today?" Jordan asked.
"No. Jordan there isn't," Mr. Jackson said, "everyone get in the closet!"
Mr. Jackson went to lock the door. Since this was a science classroom, there was a rather large storage closet for them to hide in.
"What do we do?!" Oliver asked frantically.
"Give me my phone! I've got Tecton in my contacts!" Kaz said. Oliver handed Kaz his phone back, and Kaz quickly began searching through his contacts.
"How did you get Tecton's cell phone number?"
"I asked him for it," was Kaz's simple reply.
"Kaz! Put your phone away! The two of you get in the closet! Now!" Mr. Jackson rushed. Oliver and Kaz gave each other nervous glances.
"Lets just hope Horace finds out about this before whoever here, finds us," Oliver whispered as the two went to closet.
That idea was quickly forgotten when they heard footsteps. Jordan didn't realize she was squeezing Kaz's hand, and Kaz didn't object. All the lights were off. Then they heard a crash. Jordan's hand shot up over her mouth, and so did a lot of the other girls. They heard loud footsteps move throughout the room.
Kaz moved slowly towards the door. Jordan mouthed his name, and tried to hold him back. Kaz peaked under the door. He saw two combat boots, and the end of a long leather jacket. He quickly stood up, and moved back towards the group.
"Megahertz," Kaz said in Oliver's ear. It was so quiet, it was almost inaudible.
"What do we do?" Oliver whispered back.
"We wait to see if he leaves," Kaz said, "if he opens the door, I'll tackled him, and you call Tecton,"
Kaz handed Oliver his phone.
"Kaz. Don't..." Oliver didn't get to finish. The door opened, and Kaz launched himself out, tackling Megahertz to the ground. He definitely wasn't expecting that.
"OLIVER!" Kaz shouted. Megahertz had gotten his bearing back, and began trying push Kaz off of him, "CALL HIM NOW!"
Kaz went back to his struggle with Megahertz, it was draining. Then he got an idea.
"Leslie!" Kaz shouted, "why do you wanna attack kids? I mean really? Are you that lame?"
"You know perfectly well why I'm here," Megahertz said.
"I actually don't, but I think this would be the perfect place for me to learn something," Kaz said.
"There's a Catastrophe coming," Megahertz smiled. This caught Kaz off guard. Megahertz used his electrokinesis to send Kaz flying across the room. Megahertz stood up just as Tecton entered the room.
"Hello," Tecton smiled. Megahertz growled, and ran for the window. He launched himself out the window which was two stories off the ground. Tecton went to run after him, but he stopped for a moment, whispering something in Oliver's ear, then continued on.
Oliver quickly ran over to Kaz, and helped him to his feet.
"We need to get to Mighty Med," Oliver whispered, "Horace needs us,"
Kaz nodded, and the two ran out of the classroom during the confusion.
The two made their way quickly to Mighty Med, not stopping to talk to anyone. They made it quickly through until they found Horace.
"Horace," Kaz said, "Tecton said you needed us,"
"Yes, I did," Horace said, "I need to talk to you about something. Come with me to my office,"
The three set off to Horace's office.
"Very nice work by the way, Kaz. You stalled Megahertz long enough so Tecton could get there," Horace said. Kaz beamed while Oliver looked a little peeved off. They entered Horace's office, and Horace bolted the door shut.
"Boys," Horace said, "you know the threat now that Catastrophe is trying to come back, right?"
"Yes," both of them said.
"And you know how the Dyan of Nebulon can reunite Catastrophe right?"
"Yes,"
"Well, whichever humans are Catastrophe have one half of the medallion. I have the other half," Horace took it out of his pocket, and placed it on the desk, "I am thinking, it would be too risky to leave it with a super hero. I want both of you to guard it with your lives, but I want...Kaz to be the who holds onto it,"
Kaz picked the medallion up off the desk. He tucked it inside his sock, and nodded at Horace. Inside, Oliver was fuming. He had a gut feeling Kaz would lose it, even if Oliver was with him twenty-four seven. Oliver was more pissed at Kaz than he had ever been in his entire life.
The two boys stood up, and thanked Horace for the responsibilty. They left the office. Oliver was smiling. He knew he should feel happy for Kaz, but he didn't. He just felt like another huge weight was thrown on his shoulders, and he knew that Kaz's stupidity could end the world. And he knew they would be looking over their shoulders even more.
