June 2 2018…
The night was tranquil with the only audible sounds being the wind whistling through the trees. The half-moon hung in the air, casting light down on the city below. Visitors would consider Royal Woods a peaceful town. It did not seem possible to assume anything was out of the ordinary.
Within the slums of Royal Woods a warehouse stood on an empty street. The buildings nearby were lost and forgotten about by the majority of citizens. They were no longer of concern to them as the town evolved and changed. Cars were absent from cracked driveways save for the occasional piece of junk that the owners had been glad to leave.
The exterior of the warehouse was nothing out of the ordinary. It projected the expected image of a storage facility that had been treated just the same as the rest of the weathered buildings on this lost street. The interior, however, projected an entirely opposite image.
Within the warehouse, an entire lab had been set up. Cranes the size of an average human stood proudly, scattered across the room as if the owner has a distaste for organization. Dozens of unusual machines were placed on various metal tables. The center of the room was occupied by a cluster of monitors. Some were occupied with programming multiple sequences while others remained on a simple inactive screen saver.
Two tables with multiple restraints attached to them stood in the left corner. Their occupants pulled on their metal restraints to no avail. Neither of them possessed the strength needed to overcome this small obstacle.
The prisoners were no strangers to having their lives put in peril. They were heroes. On the left table was a girl. Her hair was unusually white. He teeth grinded together as she pushed herself to break out of these silver clamps around her wrists.
Alice Savvy aka: Linka Loud. Power: Superhuman Endurance, Mild Precognition
"Alice, what are we going to do?"
The whisper had been formed by the lips of a dark-skinned boy next to her. He wore an eyepatch over a single eye, although it was quite unnecessary as both of his eyes happened to function. He did, however, require glasses. He was restrained to the second table in the same fashion as Alice Savvy.
One Eyed Jack aka: Clyde McBride. Power: Force Field, Night Vision
"Just wait, Jack," Alice Savvy said. One Eyed Jack raised a curious eyebrow.
"So you have a plan, then?" he asked. She shook her head, although there was a smile on her face.
"I don't, but, if I'm not mistaken, we know someone who does," she responded, careful not to state too much in the presence of many a camera.
"So, does all this vagueness come with the job?" One Eyed Jack asked. Alice laughed.
"Of course it does. It's the villain's job to reveal their entire plan to the heroes," she said. They both shared a chuckled.
"In terms of stealth and espionage, you two were incredibly amateur. I'm fortunate that my new security drones were able to catch you in the act," a man said. He had a deep voice, sounding as if it had been auto-tuned by some device.
The villain currently used the alias Professor Glare. He was once a research administrator but the government had stolen much of his technology. He had been driven by his false sense of justice to become the man the two heroes now faced.
He wore a bulky, metal helmet. Attached on his back was what appeared to be two oversized, metallic arms that were linked to his brain activity, acting as extra limbs. For the past two hours, he had been studying the heroes, researching and understanding the fundamentals and origin of their powers.
"I've seen your powers in action before. They are impossible without some form of external enhancement; no one should have powers such as yours," Glare claimed.
"Well how about I show you them up close? I bet you'll see that they're possible, alright. Now, I'll say this again, you're not going to get away with this, so just let us go!" One Eyed Jack shouted. Professor Glare simply chuckled.
"Oh, I will. Once I'm done with you, my drones here will see that you leave this world and discover the afterlife. There's nothing you can do about it, restrained on those tables."
"Well, you have one flaw in your plan," Alice pointed out. She grinned as Glare tilted his head, confused yet amused by her constant attempts.
"And what, exactly, is that?"
"You must've forgotten that my brother is Ace Savvy!" she shouted.
As if on cue, a pair of cards flew out of seemingly nowhere and cut through the metal straps anchoring the two heroes to the table. Alice grabbed one of the warm cards. It's tip was glowing orange with heat. She used it to slice through the other metal bar then glanced over to see Jack doing the same.
Jack and Alice sprang up from the table, much to Professor Glare's dismay. The legendary Ace Savvy leaped down from the rafters above in front of the heroes and smirked.
"Rethink your plan, Professor Glare! I've got a few more cards up my sleeve!" Ace Savvy announced.
Ace Savvy aka: Lincoln Loud. Power: Miscellaneous.
Professor Glare let out a laugh as a group of robotic henchmen surround the three. "Oh, really? Well, I have a few more robots up mine!"
Just then, a horn blared and the modified van sped into the warehouse with The High Card at its wheel.
"Alright, girls! Let's deal with these losers!" the High Card yelled.
High Card aka: Lori Loud. Power: Enhanced Strength, Flight.
The van's doors slid open, revealing the rest of the team. This didn't seem to faze Professor Glare at all. Confidently, he tilted his head to the side.
"Get them," he ordered simply with a cold tone.
The robot henchmen obeyed these orders and chased after the team. The girls leaped into action, fully prepared to succeed. Two of the heroines, Solitaire and The Queen of Diamonds, were locked in battle with two of the robots.
The Queen of Diamonds aka: Lola Loud. Power: Pink Hardlight Energy Constructs, Light Manipulation.
"Puh-lease. Robots? Give me something higher class," The Queen Of Diamonds said. She rolled her eyes as she leaped backward to avoid being struck.
The Queen Of Diamonds took off her diamond tiara and threw it as if it were a frisbee at her assailant. The tiara sliced through the exposed metal on the henchman's neck, decapitating it easily. It did a u-turn and slid back on the heroine's head.
Another robot saw this. It tried to flee, but The Queen Of Diamonds projected a pink, hardlight energy construct at it, causing it to explode.
The second robot henchmen aimed for Solitaire. The target, however simply smiled as she threw a metal card at the robot. It hit its mark, burying itself in the robot's shoulder.
While it was distracted, Solitaire leaped toward the robot, flipping in the air until she was upside down above the henchman. She gripped the robot's head in both of her hands and twists. Its head ripped off its shoulders. Solitaire then landed safely on her feet similar to a cat.
"Have a twisted day in robot hell," Solitaire quipped.
Solitaire aka: Lily Loud. Power: Healing Low-Level Miscellaneous.
4 robot henchmen swiftly surrounded Solitaire and shot chains from the palms of their hands. The chains wrapped around Solitaire's entire torso, pulling tight. She felt the chains squeeze the breath out of her lungs but she wasn't going to give up without a fight.
She used her free legs to spin around quickly. The henchmen on the other end of the chains spun around with her. She continued to spin until she abruptly stopped, making the robots detach from their chains. She then made use of her super strength to break free of the restraints as easily as she would paper and continue to fight.
Another heroine named The Night Club had, in her hands, a guitar that emitted sound waves and sonic blasts. She turned the volume switch up to its highest setting and raised one arm in the air.
"Get ready to do the Bad Guy Sandstorm!"
The Night Club aka: Luna Loud. Power: Vibration Manipulation.
Night Club strummed her guitar, the sound waves knocking the robots into a portal that lead them to the ocean. The Joker, leaning against the wall, gestured with her hand and the portal promptly closed behind them.
The Joker aka: Luan Loud. Power: Portal Creation and Pocket Universe.
Night Club then did another blare and this time the minions were knocked into a hole dug up by The Eight Of Spades. "No aces in this a-hole."
The Eight of Spades aka: Lucy Loud. Power: Dark Magic and Umbrakinesis.
The Eight Of Spades then began the chant to summon a spell via dark magic. She finished he chant and the spell was fulfilled, activating Windblast, the ability to create powerful gusts of wind. She used Windblast to blow all the dirt she dug up back into the hole, burying the drones.
The Strong Suit rammed through a couple of robots. Nuts and bolts shot into the air as the robots broke apart.
"52 Pickup."
The Strong Suit aka: Lynn Loud Jr. Power: Ultra Strength.
A chunk of metal parts land on a pile next to The Card Counter, who was keeping an accurate count. "Or more precisely, six."
The Card Counter aka: Lisa Loud. Power: Technokinesis.
One henchman appeared behind her and tried to attack, but Lisa held up her hand. The robot immediately deactivated and fell backward onto the concrete, pieces breaking off and sliding across the floor upon impact.
"Make that seven," she said.
The Eleven Of Hearts stood on a wooden beam across the roof and tied the sash belonging to her outfit onto the rafters. She gripped the rope and swung, and kicking a robot into a wall. The robot slumped against the wall, unmoving.
The Eleven of Hearts held up her hands and projected concentrated beams of energy at multiple drones as Ace Savvy watched.
The Eleven of Hearts aka: Leni Loud. Power: Energy Absorption and Emission.
Professor Glare's facial expression remained uncaring when saw almost all of his minions were being destroyed in mere seconds. He was aware of his chances and wasn't planning sticking around to face off against 13 heroes. As soon as the others were introduced, knew he had to escape quickly. That's why, during the entire fight, he had been downloading all of his life's work and various crucial files onto a large hard drive. When the monitor told him the download was complete, he ripped out the hard drive then pressed an emergency erase button on his computer. He hastily jogged to a large red button on a pedestal nearby. Slamming it, the roof of the warehouse began to fold out, revealing dark blue the night sky. He was getting the hell out of here.
"It's your turn, Professor Glare!" Ace Savvy said. He turned, whipping out a card. It was then that he saw the scientist crouching as if he were about to leap into the sky.
"Hey! Professor Glare is getting away!" the boy pointed out.
Ace tried to chase him, only to be stopped by a group of robotic henchmen. Suddenly a wave of water carried them away. They shot out bursts of electricity as they floated to the side of the warehouse. Ace glanced to his right and saw the Royal Flush. She had her arms outstretched as if she were pushing the water away. She grinned at Ace and he afforded her a quick thumbs up gesture.
The Royal Flush aka: Lana Loud. Power: Elemental Control.
Ace Savvy then gave chase with High Card tailing close behind, only for both of them to be smacked back by Professor Glare's mechanical arms. The arms began to fold into his back and were then quickly transformed into mechanical wings that started to carry Professor Glare upward. Something, however, stopped him from ascending and was preventing his escape. He looked down to see Ace Savvy had attached his grapple to him, arcs of electricity shot through the grapple. When it hit Professor Glare, he groaned in pain. He fought on, his teeth clenched, using his mechanical wings to cut the cord. Ace Savvy, who had been dragged quite some feet into the air, began to fall. Before he hit the concrete, The High Card shot up into the air and caught him. Both landed back on the ground uninjured.
"Thanks, Lori."
"Literally, don't mention it. Should we catch him?"
"No, we'll see him again someday. For now, let's just get ourselves back home safely."
The team had returned to their hideout after the night's adventure. They had earned relaxation time. They had to take advantage of every free moment they could get; superhero life could tend to overwhelm them.
Everyone had removed their masks and were socializing with each other. Luan was laughing with Luna, a soda in hand. Lori was gossiping with Leni. Lana was play-wrestling with Lynn. Everyone was having fun, except for Linka, Clyde, and Lincoln.
Lincoln was sitting in a black office chair next to a wooden desk. He was spun around glaring at the two heroes who were captured during their recent mission. Linka and Clyde looked down at their feet, rubbing their arms in shame.
"Linka and Clyde! You guys got yourselves caught and we had to go throw ourselves into danger just to save you two. You should've known better than to be so reckless," Lincoln reprimanded.
"We're sorry," both Linka and Clyde said in unison.
Lincoln sighed. He shook his head and smiled. He couldn't be mad at his best friend and sister for too long.
"I'll let it slide as it was your first spy mission. Make sure you don't get caught again. If you do, there will be consequences," Lincoln ordered.
Both of them nodded and Lincoln laughed. He suddenly realized the strangeness of the situation. It wasn't too long ago that he'd be laughing and joking with Clyde like normal, middle school buddies. Now, he's reprimanding him as if he were his dad.
"Clyde!" he called out. The boy turned.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"You want to meet at Gus' Games and Grub tomorrow? It's been a while since we hung out," he suggested. Clyde beamed.
"Sure!"
"And make sure to invite the others. I think we all need a bit of fun."
Clyde gave a sharp nod and Lincoln spun his seat around to look at the computer. It had a blue map of Royal Woods displayed, flashing red dots sprinkled across the city. He frowned and clicked a button on the screen. The projector on the ceiling came to life, displaying the map on the wall.
Lincoln walked over to the wall, passing Clyde, who was informing a group of the siblings about the plans. He pulled down the projector screen by the string and picked up a pointer.
As the Full House Gang noticed him, they promptly ceased their recreational activities and gathered to listen to what he had to say. Lincoln faced them and began to give a speech.
"Alright, there's a lot of crime activity tonight, we'll need to separate into teams to deal with it all. Lily and Lisa, go investigate the one in the central metro. Lana, Lola, check out the far left..." Lincoln continued assigning teams to each crime. As he read off the location, he pointed to it with his wooden stick. Each team nodded and met up with their partner as soon as they got their orders.
Lily, also known as Solitaire (obviously you knew that) had her red bandana mask down and lavender domino mask off. She simply nodded at Lincoln's before turning to the exit. She glanced over her shoulder at the rest of the team.
"Alright, girls. Let's get moving!" she said. The Full House Gang charged out of the hideout, leaving only Lincoln still inside.
Lincoln grabbed his black mask laying on the table and donned his disguise. He glanced at the screen and pinpointed the location of the crime he was to investigate.
"Just another night as the heroes of Royal Woods," he announced before racing after the others.
Chief Sabrina Salonga watched as her partner nervously shifted and jittered in the front passenger seat. She couldn't help but sigh in pity and relate a little. She had seen this way too many times. Typical for rookies who didn't have any real experience. She tried her best to ensure herself that she was going to whoop him into shape in no time. She'd done it with all the past rookies. Brendon Hurley would be no exception.
The direction they were heading was called in for an investigation due to multiple reports of odd noises occurring at this late in the night. While she was convinced it would be nothing more than a minor noise complaint, her partner no doubt had tons of nonsensical what-ifs flying through his head.
The suspected location was an old warehouse in the more ghetto part of the city. A fifteen-minute drive from the station. Ever since they left, their drive had been nothing but awkward, dead silence. As chief, Salonga decided it was best for her to break it.
"So, where do you come from, Hurley?" she asked in a friendly tone. Her partner jumped a little, startled by her sudden questioning.
He calmed himself and answered. "Ocala, Florida."
"Wow, must really be a big difference, huh? Moving to Michigan?"
"Y-Yeah. Everything is so close. So many c-cars. Back home the streets give you plenty of space. But n-now it's kinda hectic."
"You'll get used to eventually," Salonga said with a reassuring smile. They were finally pulling up to their destination. Just by viewing from the outside, it looked like there was a war zone not too long ago. She was rethinking she her previous assumption of it being a minor noise complaint. "Alright, Hurley, get ready. Things can get crazy here so I suggest you keep yourself armed at full times."
Hurley's leg was practically an earthquake at this point, moving up and down violently. He quickly placed his hand on his shaking leg to stop it and took a big gulp. "Y-Yes ma'am…" he stuttered anxiously.
The two stepped out of their vehicle with their weapons drawn while their Maglites illuminating the darkness from the recently made ruins. Inside, was an incredible modern lab that appeared to have been ransacked. Many cards were scattered across the floor while burn marks and various liquids stained the wall. Scraps from what appeared to be robotic drones laid waste on the once clean tile floor. Hurley's heart pounded as he continued to search the building, index finger hovering ever so close to the trigger on his Glock.
"W-What could have possibly happened here c-chief?" He asked.
"I'm guessing a mad scientist and the Full House Gang," she said nonchalantly as if she already knew the answer before even stepping in.
"Uh… What? Who's that?"
"Oh, Brendon, you still have a lot to learn about Royal Woods."
No longer scared but rather confused, he wanted answers. "Like what?" He questioned once more. Salonga sighed. This guy was going to have a hard time here. She finally gave him an answer.
"Royal Wood's has become a city where comic books are now a reality. We have heroes here, Hurley. Lot's of 'em. And the Full House Gang? They're the guardians of Royal Woods."
Formerly co written by Meh Writer and WTBB501.
Well, this is getting redundant, this keeps popping up and up again. Now WTBB501 had the publishing rights to this. But then he got into serious trouble and got his account deleted. So the publishing rights automatically go back to me. I'm gonna publish chapters from time to time when I feel like it. In the meanwhile I'm starting my Nickelodeon extended universe at the moment.
Trivia:
1. This is a heavily edited version of the Pulp Friction comic moment. It was my idea.
2. Sabrina Salonga is the OC mother of the character Stella, (currently in Lincoln's loser club which i meant that as a compliment.)
3. Brendon Hurley's name is taken from my favorite bands names. Andy Hurley, the drummer from Fall Out Boy. And Brendon Urie from Panic! At The Disco.
4. Their powers were my ideas. I think Meh suggest some up there but I can't recall it's been a long time.
5. This is the only chapter we edit together as a team. The next two chapters were done by Meh, and only Jack and Meh edited the Lori and Leni chapter, I was too busy with my sisters birthday at that time.
6. This is a soft reboot to my other Ace Savvy fic: True Hero. It Was going to be a direct sequel to it but Meh suggested it to be a soft reboot... Due to that fic's dark nature. I really suggest you don't read chapter 6 of that, I bet of you.
7. Lily is eleven in this, and is a hero named Solitaire. The reason was because... She's my favorite sister. I mean who wouldn't hate her? (*Cough* NothingBetterToDo11 *Cough) okay not Everyone loves her.
8. Glare was Meh's idea, I love his ideas. To bad he won't give me anymore. (By the way he isn't dead, Jack was playing another sick joke)
Hope you enjoy :)