This is intended as a sequel to a story I've written in the past, which can be found in the Mighty Med archive. Some events will be referenced, but you don't have to read that to understand what is going on here. With the exception of the first two chapters, the story takes place in Centium City.

Hey guys! I'm back with another new short story! As the title and this little pre-AN already explained, it's a sequel (though you don't have to have read the original story first). If you're familiar with the main character, here he is again. If not, well, this story will be focused on an OC of mine, Kenny Gordon (Kaz' older brother) and I make sure that every chapter, there's at least one familiar face (from Mighty Med or Elite Force) to accompany him. You don't have to worry, I'll try my best to entertain you.

From this story on, Kenny has some song suggestions to listen to while reading the chapters. Today, it's "Shut up and Dance" from Walk the moon. Anyways, I hope you'll like it!

Enjoy!

-Writer207

Hey there, people! I'm back! I guess I owe you guys an explanation. My origin story was shorter than what really happened. You see, there was a part before and after I met my brother again. I guess this writer explained it as 'a possible sequel'. Well, stop calling it possible, because here it is. It's never even been "possible" in the first place – I planned all along that I wanted to tell you what happened later. I am finally ready to tell you what happened next in my unfortunate life.

Where can I start? I'm Kenny Gordon, my brother's Kaz (I'm sure you know him) and I'm a Normo with fancy flamethrowers who became a villain. I quit being a villain after I figured out one of my former colleagues was messing with my mind. Long story short: I quit her villain-group and am still trying to stay away from her and her friends. Her group also doesn't exist anymore. I have a Normo girlfriend, Bianca Summers, and without her I would've still been a villain. She made me realize I could be better. And I maintained a relationship with her with big plans for the future. Since I wanted to still be part of that crazy world, I'm doing stuff for the League of Heroes. Not too big, but still enough to slowly become one of the good guys, even if that looks impossible. But hey, if my brother works at that hospital, I can become a good guy – it'll take some years, but I'll get there.

It was a peaceful spring day. I was at home, waiting for her to get home. Unlike her, I still didn't have a job. There still was enough money stored in my previous lair to get me through for one year. I had promised her I would go look for a job, but I promised myself I was going to start next month. First a break and then the reintegration could start.

I was bored, so I put up some good movies, barely able to wait for tonight. For our six-month anniversary, I wanted to take her to one of those fancy restaurants in Philadelphia. It would be a nice surprise – because of my dangerous hobby, there wasn't too much time for her. Now I have all the time in the world (at least, until I get a real job) and I made sure I wouldn't have anything to do this evening so I could surprise her.

She soon came home from work. I started to smile when she entered her house. Yep, it's her house – I moved in with her because I didn't want to stay in my old lair. It reminded me too much of what Machine did to me (btw, Machine was the one messing with my head). So now I'm staying at Bianca's and I really like it here better than at my lair.

Bianca smiled back and I could feel my cheeks turn red. I still smiled like an idiot. She means the world to me, more than she could ever realize. She was the one that made me quit being a villain in the first place and she doesn't even know it. She came over to me and gave me a hug and a kiss before doing anything else. She put away her coat and then her eye fell on the movie I was watching.

"Really?" she said once she saw the TV. I'd forgotten which movie I was watching, but I like it and I'm sure the end credits would tell me exactly which movie it was and which actors played in it. "You never struck me as the sci-fi fan."

"Well, I kinda am," I responded. "I mean, everything those movies mention can become reality in the very near future. For all we know, we could be driving flying cars and have holoscreens instead of TVs."

"Maybe," she said, "There's only one way to find out: wait for it to happen." That's my girl, the realist of us. Little did she know that some of that stuff may already exist. If there's a wormhole generator that could bring to places without having to teleport, who knows what else could be invented? I looked at her again. She was wearing normal clothing, which every respectable woman would wear. Yet for our plans for tonight, it wouldn't suffice.

"Say, Bianca," I said, "Would you please get dressed? I mean, would you please go wear a dress? I mean…" Instead of saying anything else that might sound inappropriate, I decided to stop talking and keep my mouth shut. Eventually, it looked like she was interested in the reason why.

So that's what she asked: "Why?" Well, there goes the surprise. Doesn't matter. I could still keep the location a secret. I sighed dramatically.

"It was going to be a surprise," I said, "but I guess I can't keep it hidden. You're a great detective. Well, as you may know, today's our six-month anniversary and I was thinking to go to a restaurant with you. Not just any restaurant – a very good one, like, four-star-good. I've been saving money for this occasion. It's a very chic restaurant, so we'd better wear a dress and a tux." She put her hands at her middle and started to smile again. She could barely hold in her laughter and I already knew why.

"You? Wearing a tuxedo?" She asked and I nodded.

"Sure, why not? I mean, I could pull off every kind of suit if I wanted to." Actually, I had no idea if I could pull off any kind of suit, but I really hoped so. That would mean more chances to show off in front of her. Luckily, she didn't seem to mind me showing off any skills, especially after she's seen me dance and sing without feeling embarrassed. Imagine the worst dancer or singer you can think of. Yeah, I'm ten times worse than that. I'm not even exaggerating.

"You don't even own one," Bianca then said and I nodded. What would I do with a tux in my closet? But I already found a solution to that minor problem.

"I rented one," I said, then looked at my watch. "You really should get dressed. I reserved some spots in the restaurant and they expect us to be there at eight. C'mon!" It was only five o'clock, but I couldn't wait any longer. She seemed to be excited to go to a restaurant with me and went upstairs. She forgot whatever she wanted to do when she got home (usually, that was just preparing dinner) and get dressed upstairs while I put on my rented tux in the living room, with windows closed and curtains drawn. It had put it in the kitchen – I don't remember why – and then put it on. I studied my reflection in a small mirror. Man, I'm looking good, I thought to myself. I'd just shaved and was ready to go on a date with my sweet girlfriend.

A big grin appeared on my face. This evening, nothing could go wrong. And nothing should go wrong, or I will be very pissed.

The evening was a complete success. It was one of the most magical nights of my life, and I've seen and fought quite a few magicians. The food was delicious, the music amazing and our evening just great. Around eleven in the night, we left the restaurant and walked back to the car. We had parked it ten streets from the restaurant because we were way too early. We didn't care – we just had a good time and were walking back holding hands, laughing and talking about our wonderful evening and the times we spent together. Man, those were some good times, even if I wasn't always there to take care of her.

I should've been there for her. I should've quit sooner. I shouldn't have lied to her every day we were together. I… I should stop lying to her. I should tell her the truth. I should tell her what really was going on. No more lies. I could be a nice step forward in my process of becoming a true hero. The only thing standing in my way is the superhero code.

But technically I'm not a hero yet, so it doesn't apply to me, right? But I do want to become a hero. Wait, does it apply to me or not? well, I'm guessing it doesn't because I'm not a hero yet. So I am just going to tell her when we're home. I'll explain everything, especially that Machine was driving me crazy and technically she made me evil and that it wasn't my decision to go down that path at all. She'll understand. Bianca is an understanding, forgiving person. She's so sweet, how could she not be forgiving? She will understand. She will. I hope.

I couldn't wait until I got home to say it, so I was planning to tell her immediately. I know me, if I didn't tell her that night, I would postpone it until she figured it out herself, and then it would be too late to be honest with her.

But since we're talking about my life and my decisions, of course it didn't go as planned. As soon as I wanted to tell her, we were just passing an alley. There were some loud noises and I looked. There were two people – a man and a woman. The man was attacking the woman and since it was this late, you can already guess what the man was trying to do.

"Stay here, Bianca," I said, didn't hesitate. I may not be a hero yet, but heroes shouldn't just fight the big villains out there, but also pervert crooks like him out here. Bianca told me to be careful as I walked towards the man and woman. I started to run towards them and realized I couldn't shoot flames in their direction because I wasn't wearing my suit, but I still wanted to help. The man didn't seem to notice I was coming, which gave me the chance to scare him away after one punch to the face. The impact made him stumble backwards and run away. He did stay in my sight, far enough to still be able to run should I choose to follow him. Instead, I decided to help out the woman, who had fallen to the ground and was now sobbing.

"Hey, you okay?" I asked her, grabbing her arm and helping her stand. She soon stood back on her feet, leaning on me. I let her – who knew what that man had done to her. She finally dared to look up and stared at me with these big green eyes. I looked into the same green eyes before I was gone.

No, I can't really describe how it felt. One moment, I'm looking into her eyes and the next moment I lost consciousness, I think. I just blacked out, only I didn't fall to the ground. Or maybe I did and I just can't remember it. Whatever it was she had done, it was effective. The weirdest thing was that, after it went black, I also regained consciousness immediately.

Well, immediately… this time, I did feel like I was lying on the ground, no, a rug. It was soft, but I could still feel the floor. My head was killing me and I was having some difficulty with opening my eyes, probably because my head hurt so much. There were voices, at least seven different voices that all sounded familiar. At first I couldn't understand what they were saying at all, but from time to time I caught a glimpse of their conversations. Someone yelling out in pain. Someone else comforting the guy. The other voices were completely random, with at least two people speaking at once.

I had no idea who these voices belonged to and the snippets of the talks around me didn't make sense if I didn't know who was saying what. I put all my will in opening my eyes. At one point they all fell silent, except the comforting guy and the hurt guy. I may have groaned during my efforts to open my eyes.

There was a bright light shining in my eyes, but I was lucky there were four shady figures blocking the light for me, making it easier to adjust to it. The voices came back – they whispered now, making it harder for me to hear what the hell they were saying. Eventually, I saw their faces and from that moment on, I could match the voices with the face, but I didn't. I was too busy trying to figure out what happened and why four heroes were staring at me.

"What the…" I started, still a little dazed from whatever had happened to me. I couldn't finish my sentence. Tecton, one of the heroes who was staring at me for some reason, let his fist come down on my face. Bottom line: I was sent back to the darkness and this time, I didn't wake up after one second of darkness.