Hello everyone. I am returning to my old fics and How to Be a Hero (Disney & Dreamworks characters as superheroes) is gonna be one of them. I'm expanding its universe some and this is part of it. So enjoy this addition to my HTBAH-verse.

Update: That's the original first note as I wanted to add more of the lyrics and whatnot. All the chapters from here on will be song titles.

Earth - 2002

In the waiting room of Kindred Hospital sat a young boy, around eleven, with scruffy brown hair, a beige shirt, and black pants. He had a pair of headphones in his ears and he was holding a Sony Discman in his lap.

Sometimes there just ain't no sunshine

Nowhere to be found

James Pleiades Hawkins, or Jim as he preferred to be called, was never one for hospitals. In all honesty, they scared him, but good luck getting him to try and admit that. His life had been quite pleasant: loving mother, stable household-well, not all that stable. He grew up without a father in his life and he never understood why. Anytime he tried asking his mother about the situation, she usually avoided the question altogether.

But you gotta keep believing

And it'll come shinin' down, yeah

So don't you wear a frown

Jim closed his eyes as he listened to the mellow beat of the music, the music almost acting as a lullaby. Just as he found himself going to sleep, he felt the right side of his earphones being pulled away from his ears.

"Jim."

Jim opened his eyes to see an older man with glasses and a ponytail, wearing some kind of suit. "Hey Uncle Del," Jim mumbled.

Maybe, you don't feel so happy

You might have lost a friend

Delbert 'Del' Doppler was one of his mother Sarah's old friends from her high school years, who'd always come by to see Jim. Jim liked him well enough, even though in his honest opinion the man was kind of weird, what with his constant talk of science and the stars and all that. But at this moment, it was not a joyous or welcome occasion.

But brother, keep right on hopin'

And you'll find love again

Del motioned at Jim. "Come on, she wants to see you," he said.

Jim pressed pause on his Discman, grabbed his backpack and followed Del through the hospital's hallways until they happened upon an open door.

"Is she still around?" Jim asked.

"Barely. I'll wait outside," Del replied. Jim nodded and walked into the room.

Jim saw his mother Sarah Hawkins, brown haired like he was, but despite only being the age of 29, her face was gaunt, her eyes bloodshot, and generally looking as if the life had been sucked out of her very form.

Jim moved closer to her. "Mom?"

Sarah turned her eyes toward her son. "Jimmy..."

Jim put his Discman in his backpack. "Mom, are you gonna be okay?"

"Can't be so sure, Jimmy," Sarah replied. "I-I-it's getting worse-"

Don't say it's the end, np

"You can make it through this, right?" Jim asked. He was right to be alarmed; Sarah's voice was weak and hoarse.

Sarah smiled sadly at Jim. "Sweetie, look on the table."

Faith is the key, yeah

It holds the destiny

Of all God's children who believe

Jim turned toward the small inn table and saw a present lying there, a red bow on it. "What is this?"

"You'll find out soon."

Jim smiled at his mother; it reminded him of Christmas all over again. Especially what his mother would say to him whenever he asked about his presents before hand.

"Mom, I got a new comic book earlier today," Jim said.

"T-t-the one about the space man?"

"Yeah. He found himself a big giant treasure. You think I can be like him?"

It can move the mountain

Stop a raging sea

Sarah reached out a hand and stroked her son's cheek. "Of course. Don't let a-anyone tell you different, my little Star-Hunter."

All you got to do

Is just believe in you

Keep the faith (keep the faith)

Jim smiled at his mother and he watched her close her eyes, looking as if she was preparing to go to sleep. However, the next thing he heard would shatter his world.

*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*

Jim frowned at the sound and he tapped his mother's arm. "Mom?" he said.

No answer.

"Mom?"

Still no answer.

Jim's eyes widened. "MOM! NO, NO! MOM!"

Del walked in the room and saw the sight before him. "Oh my God!" he exclaimed. "Doctors! Help! Help, please!"

Jim's eyes welled up with tears as he was now shaking his mother. "MOM! PLEASE! PLEASE WAKE UP! PLEASE!" The doctors ran in, frantic and desperate to stabilize Sarah as they heard the flatline.

Del moved toward Jim, but Jim turned toward the open door and ran out. "Jim! Jim, come back!"

But Jim did not listen; how could he listen? As soon as he saw that his mother was not waking up, it's as if the entire world was on mute; people made sounds but he did not receive them. There was no way he could deal with this, so he did one thing: he ran.

He ran as fast as he could, nearly knocking down others in his grief. He pushed past the entrance/exit doors and was now outside. He fell to the hard ground, crying his eyes out at the loss of the one family, the one person who understood and cared for him more than anything in the world.

Tears rushed down Jim's face as he wailed, hoping that this was all just a bad dream.

"NO! NO NO NO!" he screamed at the air around him, knowing no one would answer back. There would be an answer of course...

….just not the one he wanted.

A bright light erupted all around Jim, reining in his screams and wails. He looked all around him as he squinted, the light so bright it was almost blinding.

At that moment, he heard a very loud, intense, whirring coming from above him. Jim looked up and saw that the sky above him was blocked by some kind of...airplane? No. Helicopter? No.

Jim didn't know what it was and that unnerved him the most. As he continued looking up at the strange sight, a whirlwind formed around him; combined with the light, this made Jim use his hands to shield his eyes from everything.

Let the light come shining through

Keep the faith (keep the faith)

The fear on the eleven year boy was extremely prominent, especially with his next declaration.

"MOOOOOOOOOOM!" Jim wailed.

He was lifted into the air and brought aboard the strange aircraft. The doors on the aircraft closed almost immediately.

"NOOOOOOO!" Jim screamed, terrified at his probable fate. The aircraft pointed away from the hospital, toward the night sky and zipped away.

The death of Sarah Hawkins may have been the end for young Jim Hawkins' life on Earth...

….but soon, Jim was going to discover something far more grandiose and mind-blowing.

Song used is 'Keep the Faith' by Mel & Tim.

Just try and guess who Jim Hawkins is based on. First one gets a cookie.