After a week or so of training, Marcus decided that they should fix up the HQ. They first started by getting rid of all the trash. They found a lot of dead animals. They ended up filling a bunch of bags filled with trash. There were tons of wood chips everywhere plus other small things on the ground. After a few days of vacuuming, they ended up with clean floor, but it still smelled bad and there were tons of broken floor boards. Marcus called his uncle, known as the Inventor to the group, and he was a self-made millionaire with inventions in the science community and the military. He had other skills in carpentry, and many other valuable skills the group could use. The Uncle redid all the the floors, stairs and carpeting. Though the place was empty, it looked much nicer. They ended up each taking a room upstairs. They decorated each room based on what they liked, so each had posters of what they wanted. He set the house up with strong WiFi and hooked up a main computer in their living room. They stayed there sometimes as their home away from home.
The Boys had been training with Ronde for almost 3 months, school was about 2 weeks away. While Ronde was marginally better than the other 3, Marcus and Jake weren't too far behind. Noah was the worst of the 4 at hand to hand combat but he wasn't awful, he could probably handle a 1 on 1 fight, but his skills were definitely needing some improvement. To combat with this Noah purchased a Taser. Jake was able to to hover a few feet in the air thanks to practicing, but over using his powers made his nose bleed. His Uncle had finally provided the group with gear, including gloves, combat boots, pads and a bullet proof, lightweight flexible vest. Marcus decided to put his group to the test. Noah's task was to shoot the ten targets, The group setup 10 targets and Noah's job was to without moving, hit all of them. He took 12 shots to do it, but he hit all of them. Marcus and Ronde had a sparring match, Ronde's job was to take down Marcus, Marcus's job was to last 2 and a half minutes in a match. It took Ronde 7 minutes to get Marcus to the ground. Jake's test was to "fly". By that he had to levitate on his skateboard (they took the wheels off to make it weigh less) over the house. And to the group's expectations, he flew right over the house. They we're ready. After a short rest, Marcus said " We've finally done it, we've trained and and beat the challenges we set for ourselves, were ready to take on the night". He asked the group to follow him outside. Once all four were outside, there the inventor was sitting there holding keys to a Van that he had customized to to have armor plating, effectively making it bullet proof. Jake was the only one of the four who could drive, so naturally he was the designated driver. He had one more surprise for them, he handed them each a phone he designed, and an a Bluetooth in ear headset, so they could stay in contact on missions. They thanked the Inventor and went inside to prepare for the mission.
At about 9:00 PM they all snuck out to head to the HQ. They set up their police radio so they could get calls in and get there before the police could. After waiting they got a call in about a petty thief who mugged an old couple. They geared up and got into the car, and headed out. The inventor had set up one of the the entrances to the closed dump to be opened by a remote so they could drive out easier. They drove for about 10 minutes till they saw the mugger, he had just finished mugging someone else, and ran into an alley. They parked the car and got out, Marcus and Ronde went around the building to another way into the alley. Jake grabbed onto Noah and lifted them up to the top of the building. The Thief met up with two other presumed thiefs. They pulled out all that they stole and started counting and searching online to see how much they made. Suddenly Noah fired a BB at one of the of the thugs. He screamed out in pain, as the other two freaked out. Suddenly Marcus and Ronde came from one Entrance, Both entered a battle stance. Jake jumped down from the building and "ignited" his lightsaber.
One of the Thugs ran towards Marcus and threw a punch, but he blocked it with his staff. The criminal growled in pain, and reeled back to throw another punch. Marcus used the left end of his staff to hits the Thug in the stomach, halting his attack, then raised the right end to hit him in the head. The baddie fell to his knees, and Marcus whooped triumphantly.
Ronde did a jump kick into the thug facing him, sending him on his back. Ronde landed on his back but he flipped back onto his feet. The mugger tried to get up, but the wooden handle of Ronde's nunchucks knocked him out cold.
Noah took another shot at the thug on the ground, making him recoil in pain, and stomped on him. He then got up and watched Jake fighting in his own graceful way.
The last one up ran towards Jake hoping he was the weakest but he ended up with running into a wall. The angered baddie let out a scream of rage and charged Jake, reeling his fist back to strike the young man. Jake side-stepped the meaty hand, and slammed his 'saber into the thug's side. Next, he hit the thug over the head, making him fall to his knees. Jake jumped up, propelled by the metal they implanted in his shoes, and spun around and kicked the man in the face, knocking him too out.
The boys stared at Jake, as he never showed this level of fitness and grace during training sessions. "What was that?!" Noah cried out. "What was what?" Jake quizzed. "Nevermind." Noah sighed, moving his target against the wall of the alley that they fought in.
Marcus tied up all 3, took one of the thugs phones, and dialled 911. "911 What's your emergency?" "We have 3 thugs tied up in the alleyway at the corner Central and Malcolm street, The Peace Council took care of it" said Marcus trying to sound as Intimidating as possible. He tossed the phone towards the thugs, leaving the call open. He pulled out a can of spray paint and spray painted the letters TPC on the ground. The boys heard sirens a few minutes later, then they took off towards the car. Once inside and driving, the adrenaline kicked in, their first night on the job was successful. Excited, they patrolled for a few more hours before returning to the HQ. "We did it, we actually did" Exclaimed Marcus. "Did you see my shots? I didn't miss at all" said Noah proudly. "I clearly had the most style, I took him out with one kick" said Ronde. "Yeah but mine was the coolest" said Jake diligently. They continued to laugh and talk as they took off their gear. They placed it in there rooms, then left the house. Excited for the next adventure they said their goodbyes and went home.
It was now the night before the first day of school, and out patrolling was The Peace Council. They heard something about a gang was out causing trouble in a nearby park, so that's where they were going. They parked a few blocks from the park only to see, as they heard, a gang was vandalizing a park. They got out of the Van and started walking towards the gang, there was about 7 older looking teenagers , who were spray painting, throwing toilet paper, hitting things with bats, ruining a good park.
Now only a few yards from the game, Noah took a shot at one of the thugs bats. It hit and the vibration hurt the thugs hand. They looked up to see our heros approach them. "Lovely night for a stroll in the park, eh Ronde?" Said Marcus "Uhh, no, wait I mean yeah." Replied Ronde."Dude, it's supposed to intimidate them" whispered Marcus "Well I wasn't prepared, you should have said something so-" Marcus cut off Ronde " Heroes just come up with this stuff off the top of their head, no preparation needed" Said Marcus. The thug leader verbally laughed. " It ain't Halloween freaks, we don't have any candy" said the thug leader. " I'm gonna break your arm kid " Said the Thug who got shot at by Noah. " Didn't anyone ever tell you it's illegal to vandalize public properties?" Said Noah smugly. "And who's gonna stop us?" said the thug leader. Jake sent his skateboard Into the thugs stomach, knocking him down, "TPC, baby" said Jake. The thug leader tried to get back up, but he put his foot on top of Jake's skateboard, which Jake pulled out from underneath him, causing him to land on his back. Now the 3 main fighters of the group moved to the thugs as Noah stayed back taking shots.
Jake stayed in a relatively defensive position to protect Noah, but he also engaged a thug. Ronde and Marcus charged forward, and swung their weapons. Ronde's foe was able to dodge his nunchuck, but the delinquent underestimated him, and was rewarded with a wooden handle to the face, a kick to the stomach, then, in a fancy move, he spun around and used his momentum to knock the recovering thug out cold.
Marcus was not as successful, however, as his opponent had a piece of pipe on him. The thug efficiently blocked the staff and was able to attack in turn, but Marcus was barely able to defend himself.He took a few hits from the pipe. Soon, Marcus developed a new tactic, and took the thug by surprise. The fight was now even, and the new test was to see who tired first.
Jake took his Form II stance as his enemy neared, equipped with a large metal bar that had to be held in two hands. He had made his lightsaber out of a lightweight, but durable alloy thanks to the Inventor, but he was unsure how long his weapon would hold against the steel bar, being heavier than most weapons he dueled against. Nonetheless, the Star Wars fanatic maintained a heavy defense, while taking quick slashes at his opponent, dodging the bar when he knew he couldn't defend in time. The thug began to quickly tire, while Jake's efficient use of Makashi allowed him to maintain his energy, and make a final blow by striking the street rat's neck, knocking him out for good.
All the while, Noah was pelting the thugs with BB's, making the battle easier for the others, namely Marcus. Even with all the moving around that the boys did as they battled, Noah struck true (albeit not always hitting precisely where he wanted, but hitting with every shot nonetheless). He provided good fire support for the boys, and helped Marcus defeat his foe.
The three thugs that had stayed back dashed for it when it looked like their comrades were going to lose, and TPC was too busy fighting the thugs that stayed.
While the other three were tying the delinquents up, Jake walked away, and called his father, a lieutenant in the P.D. with the phone he had, which used a blocked number. He put on a mouthpiece that would distort his voice, but he could still be understood clearly.
"Codename Jagger," Lieutenant Robertson said, "I see you have a mess for me to clean up?"
"Yes sir, we have defeated a band of thugs vandalising the Northwestern Public Park. They total to four, with three of their number escaping while their allies were busy with us."
Jake's father sighed. "Very well, Jagger. I can't say this is one of the best jobs you've done, but I appreciate it no less. Them kids have been a thorn in our side for the past month. I'm sure their parents will have a long talk with them before they hit the juvenile center. Get your group out of there, and we'll pick them up."
Marcus and Ronde were breathing heavy from the fight, Noah and Jake met up with the two. "We… really showed.. them, huh?" Said an out of breath Marcus. "Almost, a few of them got away" Said Noah. "Alright… I'm gonna get one of their phones and call it in." Said Marcus who now regained his breath, though his heart was racing. "No need, I already called it in." said Jake. "What, when?" He questioned. "Just a minute ago, we should probably get going."
"Hold on, I gotta leave the sign." Said Marcus pulling out the spray paint they use to mark each location. "Wait, we just beat up a bunch of thugs for destroying property, and now we're gonna mark it up with our spay paint? Seems pretty hypocritical to me" questioned Ronde. "Don't worry, I got it covered." Said Marcus nonchalantly. They heard sirens in the far off distance and ran to the Van. Jake started driving away.
Lt Roberson and a few other cops were shortly on the scene, they walked up to the unconscious thugs, and to his surprise, there faces were spray painted to have 3 letters on them, one for each thug. "PCT? What does that mean?" Said one of the officers. "Not PCT, TPC." Robertson corrected the other officer. "What the hell is a TPC?" Said the officer. "Not what, but who, James." He said cryptically. as he called in to dispatch.
The boys were on their way to the HQ, Marcus was already starting to bruise in the places he had been hit. They got back to the HQ and took of their gear. "Another happy mission" said Marcus as he turned of the light to his room. " Don't you mean landing?" Said Jake. After laughing at his joke the boys said goodbye and went off to their homes. Prepared for school in the morning.
Author Note: Huge thanks to jake for doing the second fight scenes