Rising Hero

After his mother's death at the hands of M.E.C.H. Jack packed the car with all the gear that he would need to bug out should the autobots decide it would be safer for him if he had gone to an orphanage.

And that was the unfortunate outcome of the debate.

He stayed long enough for the funeral, and then, like the wind, he was gone.

Some of the gear Including a bolt action 308. rifle, AR-15, Smith and Wesson 686 Plus, M&P 2.0 duty size 9mm and Mossberg 590 Mariner with an 8 shot tube with a 20 inch barrel.

Jack wasted no time going home packing a few photos and a few more pieces of gear before stating the car and driving off, leaving the house, the bot's, his friend's and his life behind.

No one would miss him, he was sure of that much, sure Arcee might, but that was a complicated relationship in itself. But with no one else to turn to, he left.

Several day's later after draining all the bank account's in the Darby name, which amounted to almost $100,000, he rolled into the last stop before he got to his destination, a little gas station in New Jersey right before Gotham City.

He only wanted to refill the tank before he got to town, that of course wasn't the only thing he was going to be getting there.

A bell chime was the only sound made when he entered the station building, the clerk greeted him.

"Evening!" the young man said.

Jack gave a small smile at the man, "Good evening!" he returned

"What can I do for you?"

"I need $40 on 2." Jack said as he handed him two 20-dollar bills.

"Alright, any else for ya tonight?"

Jack shook his head, "Nah, not tonight." Something caught his eye, the Gotham News Paper with a "wanted: dead or alive" with a "$50,000-dollar reward" smackdab on the front page.

"George Nicolson huh?" Jack asked with a raised eye brow.

"Yep, wanted for murder, vandalism, and theft!" the clerk had a sour look on his face, it was clear, he was a victim of this lunatic.

"Does he wear a vest?" Jack asked.

The clerk raised an eye brow, "Why?!"

"I need the money." Jack shrugged, the trench coat he was wearing moved with him, and the Cowboy Style hat he was wearing gave the clerk a chilling reminder of Wyatt Earp.

"Most of the time…" the clerk answered.

Jack nodded, now he knew now were to shoot should he ever come across him…

And as luck would have it… BANG! "Aright you lil' shit's, I want all valuables in the bag."

His time with the Bot's has taught Jack a lot about keeping a cool head, sure his ears were ringing, he wasn't going to let that stop him though.

Jack pulled a Smith and Wesson 686 plus from his shoulder holster and cocked it.

"HEY! ARE YOU DEAF?!" the man grabbed Jack's shoulder and spun him around, only to see the revolver Jack had pointed at him.

"Ohhhhhhh shiiiiiiiit!" Was all the guy could say before Jack dropped the hammer, POW! The shot to the chest would have been more devastating had the guy not been wearing a Kevlar vest. The guy stumbled back after getting shot with the magnum round. With only a broken rib.

Jack saw this, and the guy pulled his gun back up to try to shoot him. Jack, however, beat him to it, POW! Straight to the craniumand the guy was through.

The guy dropped like a sack of potatoes.

Ear's ringing like church bells, Jack holstered his revolver, he looked back at the clerk who doe eyed and a gasped at what had just unfolded.

This reminded Jack of a seen from Dirty Harry, except Jack didn't fire six shots' nor only five. He did however feel quite lucky to have been here when this happened.

Jack smirked at the clerk, "Come now, you had to have seen that one coming!"

The clerk looked at him, "Your insane man!"

Jack shrugged, "Takes one, to beat one!" he said.

The clerk sat the pump for Jack. And Jack had found out the would-be robber was really Mr. Nicolson himself. 'small world' Jack mused, looks a big pay day was in the near future.

*Gasp* Okay! Okay! Okay! I am here, I am so sorry about the wait for an update, Writers block is a pain in the butt, and my computer broke, so I had to by a new one and you get the story.

So where is this story coming from and what about the others? I am sure some of you are wondering.

To answer your first question, I Love June Darby, she is a strong woman and a loving mother to Jack, I however have always kind of wanted to play in the realm of what Jack would do if she was killed in "Crisscross" Second as far as morals stand, Jack is the kind of guy that would "Ask for forgiveness, over Asking for permission" and he would have no problem killing the bad guy when warranted. (Hints why Jack had no hesitance in killing Mr. Nicolson, which is an O.C. of mine for the sake of anyone wondering)

And for the second question, I am working on update for "Hawaii Prime-O" And "Arachnophobia" as for the Star Wars Story I have, I may change the name of it to "The Lost Skywalker's" and I will need some help with that one because I am at a brick wall with it.

My other Justus league stories I am probably going to take down for now, I am in a ditch with both of them and I don't think it would be wise to do something I don't think I can handle.

But anyway, thank you guy's so much for reading this chapter if you liked it, comment, Fav and follow, and I will see y'all later!