Rise of the Dusk
Chapter 1: New Beginnings
Disclaimer: I do not own X-ray and Vav or any of the characters involved
Vav sighed as he looked down at the letter one last time. X-Ray was gone when he'd come over to get him to go on patrol and all he could find was a single piece of paper taped to his door.
Hey Vav,
Listen man, I'm tired of not getting recognized for all the hard work we do around here. I'm leaving, going to start my own path in my own city. I know this is gonna be hard for you, and I'm sorry for that, but this is something I need to do,
X-Ray
Vav folded up the letter and deposited it into his underpants before standing from X-Ray's couch. Heading out the door into the late afternoon sun he went on patrol, alone.
After a few hours Vav was walking down the streets of Achievement City, he hadn't seen any crimes or any suspicious activity all night, it was weird.
"I wonder where all the criminals have run off to, they can't just be hiding because it's me on the streets,"
As Vav turned a corner he spotted something that caught his attention: Two young boys were throwing rocks at a large, granite house with immaculate windows from the far side of an iron fence. Vav approached the pair.
"That's enough!" he shouted once he was close enough.
The two flinched at the sudden sound of his voice, but they recovered and turned to face him, they weren't as young as he had initially suspected, perhaps only a few years younger than he was. The first had bronzed skin and black hair, the other had fair skin also with black hair. They were both very thin.
"What you are doing here?" The second one asked.
"I'm on patrol, looking to stop any criminal activity, what are you doing here?" Vav asked them.
The two looked at each other and grinned.
"We're the dusk boys! Causing mischief and mayham for one hour a day!" The first one recited.
"I'm Treyco, and he's The Sauce," the second added.
"Well, if you don't stop these villainous actions I'm afraid I'll have to take you in," Vav told them.
"Really, what do you think you can do against the two of us?" Sauce asked as he dropped his rock.
Vav lifted his hands and released a beam of slow-mo energy at Treyco, the young man was immediately affected and as he turned to Sauce they both noticed he took an exceedingly long time.
"Hey!" Sauce shouted as he turned back to Vav, he lifted his hands and a yellow liquid sprayed out at Vav, launching him backward.
"What!? You have super powers!?" Vav shouted as he slid to a stop down the street.
Treyco returned to normal and finished his sentence "Look out Sauce! He's got slow-mo hands!"
"Noticed," Sauce said as he lifted his hands again.
Vav lifted his and tried to blast the two with slow-mo energy, but they split up and took off down the street in opposite directions.
"Hey!" Vav shouted as he chased after Sauce.
The two sprinted down the street, Vav's longer legs allowing him to catch up with the would-be troublemaker, and as he got within range he blasted Sauce with Slow-mo energy and finally was able to catch him. Throwing the young man over his shoulder he turned and saw a familiar figure approaching with Treyco over his shoulder.
Mogar stopped a few feet from Vav and dropped Treyco onto the pavement between them.
"Mogar found this one running down the street, looked suspicious,"
"Thank you Mogar," Vav said as he blasted Treyco with slow-mo energy as he tried to make a run for it.
Mogar looked around "You alone, where is X-ray?"
Vav's friendly face saddened as Mogar asked, "He's gone, he left earlier today,"
Mogar looked to Vav then down at the Dusk boys, "These two make trouble, turn them in?"
"No, this one has super powers Mogar, like me and you," Vav bounced Sauce on his shoulder as he said this.
"What you do with him then?"
"I'm going to train him, to be a hero for justice!"
"And his friend?"
Mogar pointed down at Treyco, but the two noticed he was gone.
"What? My slow-mo hands shouldn't have worn off that quickly," Vav said looking around.
Mogar sniffed the air and turned in a few different directions before growling and looking down at where Treyco had been, he kicked the empty space and the two heard a thump followed by a groan of pain as Treyco rematerialized before their eyes.
"You both have super powers!?" Vav asked.
"Yes… ow…" Treyco said as he stood up.
"What do you say to becoming heroes for justice?" Vav asked as he set Sauce down. The two looked at each other then back at Vav.
"What's in it for us?" Treyco asked.
"Oh, well you get the sense of accomplishment for a job well done when you send a villain to jail and-"
He noticed the two seemed skeptical, and that's when Mogar chimed in, "X-Ray was always happy to get… 'Pa-aid' when they were done,"
"Wait, you get paid for being a hero?" Sauce asked Vav.
"Well, that's not the important part, but yes, the city funded mine and X-Rays endeavors, it's not much, mostly just meant to keep us going,"
"We're in!" The Dusk boys shouted together.
"Excellent! In that case I will become the leader of you Dusk Boys, and together we will spread peace throughout the city!" Vav said with a triumphant pose.
Mogar rolled his eyes before making his way back down the street.
That night, Vav returned to his base with Treyco and Sauce. The two were introduced to Hilda.
"Vav, who the hell have you brought into my lab this time?"
"These are Treyco and Sauce, they call themselves the dusk boys, and they want to be heroes like me,"
Hilda looked the two over skeptically.
"What can you do?" She asked them.
"Well, I can spray this thick sauce from my hands, and Treyco can turn invisible," Sauce explained.
"Althought it only works until I touch something," Treyco added.
"So limited invisibility and… sauce spraying… interesting powers, I'll see what I can do," Hilda added the last part to Vav.
"Excellent, thank you Hilda. While we wait for your costumes, perhaps it'd be best to show you guys around the base and give you a chance to rest up, we'll have a big day ahead of us tomorrow!" Vav said with excitement.
He led the two out of the lab and into the rest of the base.
Meanwhile, back at the granite house, before Vav left with the Dusk boys. A figure was standing at one of the windows watching Mogar and Vav converse about the two would-be trouble makers. He lifted his hand and stroked his beard as he tuned in closely to the conversation.
"So… Vav has adopted those troublesome dusk boys as his partners eh? Perhaps I should find some partners of my own if I want to take revenge for all those broken windows they've caused me," The figured turned toward the interior of his house and picked up his phone.