Chapter 2
The moment Richard stepped outside the freezing cold of the night slapped him right in the face. Dammit why's it so bloody cold...maybe I can ring up Celina and ask if I can stay the night, he thought to himself as he rubbed his hands together and walked towards the nearest cafe just across the street called "The Blitz".
Richard opened the door of the cafe to reveal a dingy and dim lit room and a few people who looked as if they had been through a dirt hurricane. Richard gulped as he walked towards the counter, rang the bell and waited for a few minutes for the cafe's owner to appear.
Soon enough, the cafe's owner known in the local area as "Beefy Beryl" appeared. She was a rather large woman with beefy arms and a build which stretched her denim dress.
"What'll it be lad?" Beryl asked.
Before Richard was about to reply a man suddenly loomed next to him.
"Two cups of hot cocoa put it on my tab Shirley." A man said dismissively.
"It's Beryl! Go to table five!" Beryl snapped as she turned on her heel and disappeared into the kitchen.
Richard swivelled his head and blanched backwards. Before his hazel eyes was a tall bald dark skinned man in a black trench coat wearing an eye patch.
"Come with me" The dark skinned man beckoned as he sat down at table five.
Richard followed the man and collapsed into a seat opposite him, the man studied him expectantly with his single brown eye almost as if he was a really complicated rubix cube. Richard waited for the man to speak after a couple of minutes had passed but the man merely further relaxed in his char. Sighing Richard opened his mouth.
"So who are you and what exactly do you want?" Richard asked as Beryl came and served the duo their drinks.
The man let out the faintest of laughs before quickly taking a sip of cocoa.
Richard glared at the man impatiently having not touched his drink at all so far.
"I'm here to offer you an opportunity to find out your destiny." The man said bluntly.
Before Richard was about to reply the man clapped his hands together and a dazzling light blinded Richard momentarily. After the light died down Richard blanched backwards, sat next to him on either side of him were three other teenagers.
One of them was a light skinned girl with light brown hair tied in a ponytail and green eyes. She wore a green dress and gingerly clutched a notepad; the other girl sat next to her wore a dark blue sweater with a white V-neck shirt underneath, blue jean shorts and fingerless black gloves which were drumming against the table with a nervous energy, her curly black hair fell to her midback.
Finally sat next to Richard was a young man who was leant back with his hands behind his head; he had wavy raven coloured hair which was slightly parted on the right with a feather. He had tanned skin and wore a long-sleeved white v-neck with a thin, loose tan vest that was unbuttoned and hung in drapes past his waist. He had ripped light-coloured skinny jeans with a pair of sandals which were situated on the table.
"Greetings, my fellow outcasts. My name is Nick Fury. Introduce yourselves." The man started.
"You're kidding right?" Richard asked.
"Nope, now introduce yourself. You're wearing my patience thin." Nick Fury ordered as he clenched his fists on the dinner table.
"Fine...my name is Richard." Richard grumbled with his arms crossed. This is so stupid...I should have known better than to talk to a random stranger...
"The name's Shikoba." The raven haired boy said as he sat up straight.
"Um, my name's Anna." The girl in the dark blue sweater said shyly.
"As for the one in the green dress she's called Leah." Nick Fury stated as the girl in the green dress let out a series of clicks and gestures.
"How come I can't understand her?" Shikoba asked.
"She has a gift thanks to that silver ornate cuff on her wrist; it's enhanced her brainpower by tenfold. However, she's also been handicapped in the sense that she can't speak English...it's too basic for her vocal chords." Nick Fury explained.
"So what exactly are we all doing here?" Anna asked curiously.
"A good all here to join The Warden Intiative." Nick Fury said.
"The Warden Intiative?" Richard repeated.
"Yes...now if you'll allow me to continue...this is basically a project: A team centred on people with powers." Nick Fury said.
"You're kidding right...you mean to tell me that everyone seated here has powers?" Richard asked incredulously.
"Yes, everyone except you that is. Catch." Nick Fury replied with a smirk as he threw a small black object into Richard's lap.
Richard looked down and picked up the object in his hand. It was a rectangular device which looked like an old gameboy except it was much bigger and hand two buttons.
"Don't activate it until I'm gone." Nick Fury warned.
Suddenly, the entire building shook wildly, loud crashes could be heard coming from the kitchen. Everything was moving. An earthquake in London? Richard glanced up in horror as the ceiling above seemed to crack and slowly deteriorate under the increasing rumble of the shockwaves.
"Everyone Out!" Nick Fury yelled as he grabbed Richard and Leah by their arms and dragged them outside, there were cracks all over the street but aside from that most of the buildings seemed fine. A few cars were strewn around with most their drivers now unconscious. Within a few minutes the shaking stopped.
Beefy Beryl stepped outside carrying Shikoba and Anna in her arms. Shikoba looked as though he was about to turn green. Clearly he's smelt Beryl's armpits then...Anna on the other hand looked shocked by the sudden turn of events as Beryl released the duo from their grip before wandering back inside.
"Beryl! No!" Richard yelled but it was too late the shaking had started once more and the cafe suddenly crumbled.
"Here take this kid you'll need it..." Nick Fury said as he shoved a gun into Richard's hand before quickly pulling out a sticky note and writing scribbling something down before sticking the note on Shikoba's forehead.
"I've got to go and check this out, another super powered person was bought here in order to help smooth out the process for you guys but it seems like she's lost control. Stay here, if I'm not back in twenty minutes leave and go to the location on the note." Nick Fury said before turning round and running towards the sound of maniacal laughter. Soon enough he was gone.
"Any ideas what we do now?" Anna asked gingerly as she got up.
"I guess we stay here and wait." Richard said with a sigh. Guess my plan to go to Celina's house has just gone out the window, speaking of her I should probably check on her and my mum. Richard reached into his pocket only to find his hand close around nothingness. He let out a curse before kicking away an empty can of coke.
"Relax kid...it's not that bad, we've got each other." Shikoba said as he patted Richard on the back.
Suddenly, Leah started to emit frantic clicks and began pointing at the night sky.
"Now's not the time for games Leah." Anna said calmly.
Leah stamped on her foot and let out two sharp clicks.
"Hey!" Anna shouted indignantly.
All of a sudden, a pale man with glasses materialised from a blob of black goo in the night sky and landed. Richard stared at the newcomer, the balding man wore a pair of glasses, set of black body armour and a set of black jeans accompanied with formal business shoes.
"Greetings, I am uh...Dr Franklin Hall... Give me all your money!" The man said with a nervous energy.
"Uh look man; you've clearly never done this before...why don't you calm down so that we can talk this out?" Shikoba said gently.
"Shut Up!" Dr Hall shouted in angry as he clenched his right fist slowly.
Suddenly, Richard felt a lot heavier almost as if he weighed an additional billion tonnes; he was slow, lethargic and incapable of movement. Dr Hall rushed towards him and punched him the face sending him flying backwards slamming him into a wall. Owww...That hurt... Richard eyed the scene before him, Shikoba was gritting his teeth as he tried to move away from the balding man who shoved him sending Shikoba flying backwards next to Richard.
Dr Hall turned to a now frantically crying Leah who tried to click seemingly pleading not to get hurt.
"Would you just shut up and give me your wallet!" Dr Hall yelled angrily as he shook his fist, oblivious to Anna who had a aqua coloured glow to her eyes.
"Hey! Pick on me you prick!" Anna yelled in anger as she rushed towards the man and slugged him in the gut sending the man back.
"The hell?" Shikoba said as groggily got up and helped up Richard.
"Seems like Anna's tearing his arse up." Richard said as he slowly walked towards the carnage unfolding only to be stopped by a hand on his shoulder.
"How about you go and get Brain girl over there and try and calm her down. I'll help Anna." Shikoba said confidently.
Richard glanced at the scene before his eyes, Dr Hall was losing the fight clearly as Anna lifted the man and threw him across into a car but she was clearly tiring as Dr Hall meekly clenched his fist slowing her rampage towards him to a walk in slow motion.
"Why can't you-"Richard started to complain as Shikoba rose of the ground and raised a palm towards Richard's face. Richard felt a gust of air slap his body backwards a few centimetres.
"Okay, so you can fly. Forget I asked." Richard said quietly.
"Leave it to me." Shikoba said as he flew towards Dr Hall and grabbed the man before taking him into the air for a few seconds.
Richard ran towards a now teary eyed Leah who was knelt in front of the cafe and bent down.
"Are you okay?" Richard asked as he gently placed his hands on Leah's shoulders.
Leah shook him off and ignored him; she quickly scribbled something down on her notepad which wasn't completely scorched much to Richard's disbelief. Richard decided to turn his focus to the battle, the introduction of Shikoba seemed to have helped out Anna how was recuperating whilst Shikoba was waving has hands at Dr Hall sending the man back when he tried to get close.
Leah tapped Richard on the shoulder and held up her notepad. The handwriting was hard to read but Richard could just make out the words: "I can talk through this and I'm not stupid so stop looking at me like that. Go help the others!"
Richard nodded and turned around to find one of the most comical scenes he'd ever witnessed. Shikoba was giving Dr Hall a wedgie in mid air.
"PUT ME DOWN! I AM GRAVITON!" Dr Hall shouted.
"Sure." Shikoba replied as he dropped Dr Hall whose screams of terror were cut short by a fist to the face from Anna who immediately collapsed afterwards.
Dr Hall was knocked out cold, sprawled across the ground; Shikoba glided down and carried Anna bridal style towards Richard.
"So what do you think we do now?" Richard asked Shikoba.
"Click! Click! Click!" Leah shouted as she waved her hands frantically in the air.
"Any idea what she just said?" Shikoba asked as he quickly wiped his brow.
Just before Richard was about to reply a small circular object landed in front of them.
Richard picked up and just before he was about to ask if anyone knew what it was the circular object expanded and let out some steam. Richard quickly dropped it back onto the ground. The circular object then splintered off to reveal a bright glowing light. Richard's hair stood on end as he felt a buzzing sensation before suddenly lurching forward and being sucked into the light.
Gone.
A/N
CLIFFHANGER
Early I know...but I just wanted to get this out to you all
Special Thanks to these guys for their OC's which debuted in this chapter:
Leah Boehm (MysteryAgain) -
Annaleise Bonilla(life among the dead) -
Shikoba (Shouta Izukai) -
There's the second chapter which introduced you guys to the special group of misfits! Also we got to meet an old character from season one known as Doctor Franklin Hall from E3! More will be revealed on how exactly he's reappeared...This is my longest chapter to date, really hope you enjoyed this chapter so far! Please review and any feedback is Out.