The New Guy

by TheNerdyAvenger

Let me start this by saying that I'm no Demi-God, like Thor. Nor am I an impressively temperamental time-bomb like Banner. Hell I don't even have armor or scary martial arts skills. I'm a kid that was in New York on vacation, I just happened to be in the wrong Starbucks. T for mild swearing. At this point not much else.

1. Chapter 1

My parents had always told me to be nice to people that provide me with goods and/or services. And I followed that rule, I mean I didn't want anyone spitting in my food so why not. Anyway I used to work at a coffee shop so I know how boring it can get, and that if you just stand around when your coffee is being made you look like a complete tool.

Not knowing what else to do I started talking to her. The only other people in the shop had already gotten their coffees.

"Hi, what's up?" I started.

"Not much just making some coffee."

"That's cool," Not really but it's her job I'm not going to insult it.

"Not really but thanks for saying so."

"Anytime," I saw her name tag then, "Rose. That's a pretty name by the way."

For half a moment she was startled. Then she must've remembered the small weight clipped to the front of her shirt stating 'Hello, my name is ROSE'.

"Thanks, it was my grandmothers. Yours is rather... interesting, SSgt Max Mayhem."

"It's from a book," I said as way of explanation, "my real name is far more subtle."

"I was hoping so. So what is it?"

"What is what?"

"Your name."

"Oh right, it's..." I couldn't answer her. Not that I didn't know my name or that I didn't want her to know. The name I put on my cup was to be funny. I just had a feeling that something was going to happen. Something I couldn't explain. "Get down."

"What?"

"Get down, now!" I jumped over the counter, knocking down several coffee related things, and pushed Rose down behind the counter. And not a moment to soon, because before the condiments and spices hit the floor, and before my head struck the ground, a car that was parked in front of the building exploded into a raging inferno.

Rose's scream of indignation changed to one of shock and fear, and was drowned out by the concussive shock wave from the explosion. I never heard it, my head had broken my fall and I'd lost consciousness before I felt Roses arms wrap around me.

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