A/N: Hope everyone enjoyed the really long update last time. Everyone got a chance to demonstrate their powers that their suits gave them, and hopefully impressing Nana. Now, it's time to get into today's update where we finally meet... the bad guy! Every superhero movie/story has to have a good villain, and today's the day we introduce the villain who is an Entity, the foe everyone fears. Enjoy!
-Normal P.O.V-
Inside another world, there was nothing but large rocky platforms that floated in mid air, surrounded by black clouds and lighting struck for every single one. On these platforms stood creatures who's bodies were made up entirely of dark gray smoke, and with eyes that glowed dark orange. These were Entities, and they had been planning and planning for years ever since the first attack to strike once more. Each and every one of them was in a kneeling position in front of a taller Entity, and it gave the appearance that it had spikes on it's head and it had four glowing orange eyes instead of two of them.
"Lord Balthazar" the Entities who knelt chanted for about three times.
"Children, brothers, and sisters, the time draws near where we attack the realm they call 'Earth' once again. We failed the first time, because we were unprepared and faced the wrath of their weapons. I promise you that this time is different!" Balthazar shouted out to them and stomped on the ground at the last word he said. All the other Entities began cheering at his words before he spoke again.
"We have learned about their tools of defense! We've learned the weaknesses of their armies! And we, shall rise to power, and take control of their world. Even if it is by force!" he boomed loudly, sending the other Entities into a riotous frenzy until he spoke and silenced them once more.
"All I need to do, is to inhabit a body! And I will lead you, with the new suits of our latest designs into that world! Once the portal has been opened, I will lead much more of you and your brethren into our new world! It's inhabitants will all bow and serve us, or face death!" he shouted one more time and those who bowed before stood up and cheered louder than they did before. This brought pleasure to Balthazar, to know that he would take back what he once tried to claim many many years ago. He watched as his followers resume construction on their armors made entirely from brimstone that resembled the armor of ancient Trojan warriors with sharp jagged rocks on their shoulders, knees, forearms, and feet.
"Soon, my children. Soon, it will all be yours for the taking" Balthazar whispered to himself while sitting on a large stone throne that sat above a giant whirlpool of dark clouds and was also surrounded by purple and pink lightning bolts.
Back on Earth, Johnny was the last one to finish putting his armor back in his locker and place his core in an outlet to charge it up which was also inside his locker. He looked behind him to see Ash was walking out of the theater and he ran after her.
"Ash! Ash! Wait!" he called out to her before he finally caught up. The porcupine looked up to him and smiled.
"Oh, hey Johnny. I gotta say I really liked your suit. Those quake gloves you have can really do some damage" she told him, making him blush slightly and smile.
"Thank you. I really liked your suit too. I wouldn't even mess with swords that sharp, or swords that can shoot out of your arms" Johnny replied, admiring her own skills.
"Too bad I can't use them against Lance if he ever tries coming around my place again" the porcupine said giving off a small chuckle at the thought of her using her suit's tools against her unfaithful ex-boyfriend.
"Who's Lance? Ex-boyfriend or something?" Johnny asked.
"Yeah. But I got my revenge" Ash answered.
"He must have been a real jerk to make you wanna take revenge" Johnny said.
"Yeah, he cheated on me with some other girl I didn't even know about. And I took my anger out on his car, slashed the tires, scratched the paint-job, and bashed in his windshield. After that, I threw his two-timing butt out of the apartment" she told him. Johnny was surprised, she wasn't your usual girl who would just go off crying to their best friend or watch sad soap operas while eating an entire tub of ice cream, she actually took action against him to show how angry she was with the one who broke her heart. Johnny then continued walking with her and reached into his pocket.
"I was actually wondering if maybe you'd wanna hang out sometime? You know, when we're not doing superhero stuff?" Johnny asked.
"Sure, sounds like fun. What were you thinking?" Ash responded, taking him up on his offer. Johnny felt his heart racing, he felt happy knowing Ash had said 'Yes' to hanging out with him.
"I was thinking maybe a movie? Then afterwards going somewhere for some food?" he suggested.
"Sounds good. Why don't you gimme a call when you find something good playing?" Ash asked before taking out a slip of notebook paper from her bag as well as a black pen. She wrote down her name on the top and two other words which were 'Home' and 'Cell'. She then wrote down her home number and her cell phone number before handing it to him. Johnny had never gotten a girl's phone number in his life, so this truly was something special to happen to him.
"Sure, will do" Johnny said before placing the number into his back pocket and then he was handed another piece of paper and the pen by Ash.
"Why don't give me your number too?" Ash suggested. All he did was nod and wrote down his cell phone number on it as well as his name on top of it.
"Here, it's my cell. My place really doesn't have a house phone" Johnny told her.
"Thanks" Ash said, looking up from his number to him. Soon, sounds were coming from his jacket.
"Johnny? Come in, Johnny!" a voice came from his pocket. It was Big Daddy's voice. He pulled out the walkie talkie and spoke into it.
"Sorry dad, I was out to lunch. What's up?" Johnny answered, not wanting to tell his dad about the Mega-Mammals, figuring if he did he'd get lectured for hours on end and never hear the end of it from him.
"We need you back at the garage! We just put in a new engine in your truck and we want you to test it out at the gas station parking lot" Big Daddy said.
"Uh, alright. I'm on my way, Dad" Johnny said before placing the talkie back inside his jacket.
"So, see ya?" Johnny asked Ash who still stood in front of him.
"Yeah, call me sometime" Ash answered before walking away from the theater and back towards her own apartment. Johnny smiled as he watched her walk.
"Wow, what a neat girl" Johnny thought before he dropped his skateboard onto the sidewalk and began riding towards the garage. Placing his paw on where Ash put a bandage on his scrape he gained earlier.
Meena took the bus home and when she got back inside, her mother, grandfather, and grandmother. They all had excited looks on their faces, expecting to hear good news about the meeting that took place.
"Well? How was the meeting?" her mother asked.
"Were you offered a job singing in a band or choir?" her grandfather added.
"The meeting was fine. It had nothing to do with singing, but it did have something to do with me using my voice" Meena said while walking towards the fridge and took out a bottle of Cherry Coke and opening it.
"If it ain't singing, what could it have been?" her grandmother asked.
"Well, I think I may be a superhero now" Meena said, causing the older elephants to shout 'What!?' in unison.
"Yeah, some koala named Buster Moon was putting together a team to fight off the next possible Entity attack. We're calling ourselves the Mega-Mammals" Meena said before taking a large sip of her drink.
"How's that using your voice?" Meena's mother asked.
"I got this cool collar that can make my screams supersonic and I may have busted a hole in the wall with it" she said, shrugging her shoulders.
"And you said there were others?" Grandfather added in.
"Yeah, there's Johnny, Rosita, Ash, Gunter, and Mike. They're the other members of the team. I'm going back tomorrow for my first day of training" Meena told them. She then placed her drink back inside the fridge and then went to her room to relax.
Rosita and Gunter both took the same bus to get home since his dance studio was just across the street from her house.
"So, see you tomorrow?" Gunter asked as they both got off the bus.
"Yeah. I gotta admit, becoming a Mega-Mammal was the last thing I expected to happen today. It's so exciting though" Rosita said.
"I know, it feels like ten times better than being a normal animal" Gunter said. And with that said, the two waved each other goodbye and walked towards their own separate destinations.
Once Mike left the theater and went off to his apartment, it was just now Buster, Eddie, and Nana alone in the theater.
"So what did you think, Nana?" Buster asked. She remained silent for a while but gave a faint smile.
"I have to admit, you had a very good idea. And once I saw what those weapons can do, I was impressed even more than I was before.
"Does this mean...?" Buster was about to ask, but Nana spoke up before he could finish.
"Yes, I am now funding your Mega-Mammals" she said. This sent Buster cheering.
"Thank you thank you thank you!" he repeatedly shouted while hugging her legs until she pried him off by herself.
"Just keep in mind, Mr. Moon. The world's counting on you, and them the next time an Entity decides to attack us" Nana said.
"Yes ma'am" Buster said with a military style salute. With that said, she took her checkbook out of her purse and began writing a check with a large amount of money on it and handed it to Buster. After one final 'Thank you' and a shake of the paw/hoof, she left.
"Now that you got your funding, what are you gonna do now?" Eddie asked.
"We're going shopping. If we're gonna train our greatest hopes against the Entities, we're gonna need some proper training tools" Buster cheered before running out the front doors of the theater, Eddie following behind him.
A/N: There you have it, the bad guy has been revealed as Balthazar, supreme overlord of all Entities. Not to mention, you can sense a romance beginning to spark between Johnny and Ash, and I do wanna clarify that there will be a lot of Johnny x Ash in this story. More good news, the Mega-Mammals have now officially have their funding from Nana Noodleman, and now training can officially begin... in the next update. Please review, thanks!