My HERO USA - Prologue

0.1: School House Disaster

Kansas City. Kansas.

The area was foggy. Screams filled the air with horror and fright. Explosions riddled throughout a school campus. Deafening sounds tearing through the wind. Children lay motionless, sprinkled randomly on the ground. Cries ripping pass the ears of onlookers outweighed the sound of sirens finally approaching. Teachers rushed frantically around the school grounds trying to minimize as much damage as possible. Fire trucks. Police cars. Ambulances. The heroes were arriving, but would they be enough?

"Reporter Victoria Lanes here. On the sight of what seems to be an attack on Dr. Central Marvel Middle School. We have reports that multiple explosives have gone off. But are not yet certain the cause with all the commotion going on. B-" the brunette stopped her talked and quickly fixed the tie around her neck as she looked up. "It-its. It's!..." she couldn't complete her sentence as she watched the falling of a black blur smash into the concrete, forming a crater.

"Holy shit!"

"What the hell!"

"Finally!"

"We're saved!"

"He's here!"

The reporter didn't have time to wipe the forming tears from her ice blue eyes as she declared, "America's very own Number 1 Hero has arrived on the scene! Please oh please let there still be time..."

Out of the smoke poked two beetle-like horns. And with the expansion of wings blowing away the dust his full figure revealed itself. A hulking man with rock solid bulging muscles fighting to stay inside a black suit. Insect-like wings taking refuge in the shell on his back. He adjusted the helmet on his head, looking around to access the situation before his wings made themselves known again, allowing him to fly off towards the school. Ignoring the doors, the hero burst through the wall creating his own entrance. He was a quick worker.

"Night-Scarab..." the Reporter Lanes said in disbelief.

Night-Scarab | #1

Quirk: Mighty Beetle - Possesses traits of varying beetle species. For example: Dermal Armor, Wings/Flight, Super Strength, Camouflage, Miasma Emission. He's been active for a total of ten years and is the sole member of the Beetle Hero Agency. Never been apart of a team nor had a sidekick in his years serving his country.

Unfortunately the damage was done. Inside the school cafeteria was a blood bath. Too disgusting for words. A sight no man, let alone child, should have to witness. Night-Scarab lay his eyes on two children. The child with dreads held a near identical young boy in his arms. Rocking back and forward. Tears steamrolling down his face. He could hear the defeat in the child's voice as he whimpered for his lost one. Scarab's heart sank but let it show he did not. Walking towards the two he stepped on a piece of paper. On it? Something all too familiar. Something that haunted him to this day. Something he thought he finished... A beehive. "He's back..." the brooding hero mumbled. As he reached for the young man's hand the boy fainted before realizing help had arrived.

And just like that heroes, officers, firefighters, and paramedics flooded the scene. Desperate to see what could be done to save the remaining students. Night-Scarab proceeded to quickly pick up and tuck the note in his belt before taking the two brothers in his massive arms. His blood was boiling. This was something unforgivable. He would avenge these students deaths. And he'll do it by himself...

"Why must every super hero origin begin in disaster? I guess in some cases the tragedy makes the hero... But at what cost?"

This is just a teaser because I had recently gotten into My Hero Academia. And wanted to write something even if it's just a little bit. Superheroes are a big part of me. Especially when my dream is to one day write comics for a living, specifically Nightwing and the Titans. So yeah. I have characters ready so I said why not. Let's give it a shot. I have a few students, teachers, and the 1, 2, & 5 US PRO HEROES(who parody other big time heroes in the Big 2 {Marvel & DC}). I had a lot of fun coming up with things here and forced myself to put this small prologue together. Hope you found it intriguing as School violence is a very real subject. And something that's very problematic in today's world.

Btw. Who is Night-Scarab a combination of/inspired by? Should be an easy guess.

Oh and why did I choose to base this story in Kansas of all places?