Brooklyn, New York City, 2008.
A few days had passed by and I had noticed that something was bothering Jess. I tried to ask her what was wrong but she said that she would tell me once everything wasn't so hectic. Now, Dad, Zechariah, and I were on a rooftop and we spotted the Capes Incorporated building being under attack by unknown creatures and rock monsters.
"What do you two suppose is going on over there?" Zechariah wondered.
"It looks like the Capes Incorporated Headquarters is under attack by those ugly motherfuckers. Come on, let's give them a hand in driving back those damn things!" I declared just as we all jumped off the rooftop and rushed over to the building that was under siege.
Dad and I crashed through the wall of the building and I lent Kid Thor some assistance by swiping at the monster he was fighting, but it didn't seem to do much good and Kid Thor nodded at me as we kept fighting.
"Lycan, am I glad that you and Wolf-man are here! We need all the help we can get at this rate!" Kid Thor stated as he smashed his hammer into the head of a rock monster.
"Glad to be of some assistance, so what the fuck are these things and why are they attacking this place?!" I questioned just as a monster was sent out a window by a middle-aged man wearing a jumpsuit that was colored like the American flag.
"No clue, shit!" Kid Thor cried in alarm as he ducked to avoid a hit and knocked a monster down as he added, "These damn things came out of nowhere and as you can see, they're pretty tough to take down and more keep coming up from the ground!"
"If you're right, then this won't be an easy fight! Let's show these things what happens when they corner a wolf!" I snarled eagerly as I twisted out of the way of a strike and swiped at the attacker with a vicious haymaker.
I kept giving these things hell, only to eventually get tired and I saw that Dad and Zechariah were having serious trouble against a few monsters and were sent into a wall that knocked them out. I cursed under my breath at how things were not looking good and I had noticed that I was the only one still conscious while the others were out cold and an army of monsters was surrounding me.
"Alright...you pricks want some?! Come and get me so that I can put the fear of God in all of you bastards!" I roared as I charged and pushed myself to my limits by performing heavy strikes.
I lost count how many of these things I have slaughtered, but I was spent and one of the monsters cracked me hard across the head which sent me unconscious as I fell to the floor. The next thing I knew, I was waking up with a nasty headache and I groaned when I noticed that I was in what appeared to be a cramped film-like cocoon with my Dad and Zechariah. I saw that we were underground with many other heroes from around the world in the exact same situation while an ugly elderly man wearing a prison jumpsuit was standing on a boulder and ranting like a lunatic.
"Ugh...my fucking head...Wolf-man? Zechariah? Where the hell are we?" I questioned.
"I have no idea where we are but that man up there seems to be the one responsible for the current events tonight...or is it tomorrow? I have no idea since we are currently underground," Zechariah muttered as we looked at the elderly man.
"You're not laughing now, are you?! Are you?! It is you who looks like the fucking idiots this time! It is you bastards who are being laughed at!" the man shouted and laughed psychotically.
"Jesus, the hell is this crazed nutbar ranting about? I need to come up with a way for us to escape before this crazy fucker does God-knows-what to all of us," I thought, trying to come up with a strategy while the old man kept ranting.
"I'm just...I'm just blown away by how easy all of this was. Once I realized I could still speak to the Legions of The Underearth, my people...it all came together. For creatures that travel the core of the Earth, communicating with little more than a vibration, finding your secret strongholds and sanctuaries was child's play!
I knew that some of you assholes would be caught off guard but really, this step of the plan was only meant to thin you out! I didn't expect to get all of you!" the man exclaimed gleefully and one of the heroes went to punch the cocoon he was trapped in.
"Arrogant prick, we'll see how confident you are after-" the bearded man in a yellow, blue, and white jumpsuit tried to threaten as he hit the cocoon, only for the substance to stretch while he nearly crushed the two men who were in there with him.
"Guh!" the dark-skinned man wearing shades choked.
"Actually, I might have a better idea to...urk!" the other man with the eye mask grunted.
"I wouldn't hold out much hope for escape if I were you because the substance you are in is strong, very strong. True, some of you could break your way out, but not without crushing the people also contained within your individual prisons so take that into consideration.
So escape is next to impossible, and we're many miles below the Earth's surface so the chances of rescue are...well, let me just say that I have all you bastards right where I want you!" the madman explained victoriously just as the ceiling nearby fell apart and a pink drill came through with two people flying in just behind it.
My eyes widened when I saw a familiar kid with black hair wearing goggles, a jumpsuit that was a mixture of blue, black, yellow, and blue boots while he was followed by a girl with red hair, green eyes, and a pink outfit with a small cape. I was pleasantly surprised to see Invincible, the kid who's been all over the news for the past few years. I've been a slight fan of his since he would take risks for helping people and saving lives.
"Did someone say rescue?!" Invincible quipped as he and the girl landed onto the ground where many rock monsters surrounded them.
"Landing in the middle of hundreds of hostile creatures and spouting a stupid fucking line? Is that about the extent of your plan? We really should've talked more about your plan on the way over here," the girl remarked dryly, causing Invincible to flinch as he flew upwards.
"No...there's a plan, I swear! Just, uh, use your pink stuff to bust up those assholes and I'll take down the big ugly motherfuckers, trust me!" Invincible reassured nervously as he took off after the big monsters, catching the old man's attention.
"Invincible, I've looked for you! You are the one I wanted here the most because I'm going to wear your skin as a trophy after I slowly strip it from your corpse, you bastard!" the man threatened with insanity in his eyes.
"I have an idea...Zechariah, if you go into mist form, then that should give us enough room for us to get out of this fucking thing!" Dad suggested and Zechariah nodded.
"I'm way ahead of you!" Zechariah agreed just before he changed into mist.
Dad and I used our claws to slash through the cocoon and we broke our way out, just as the old man fired some form of Soundwave at Invincible and the girl while they were in the air.
"You know Seismic...I seem to recall you packing a bit more punch than that, maybe it's just me since I've been working out," I heard Invincible taunting Seismic while Dad, Zechariah, and I attacked the nearby monsters.
"You dumbass kid...I wasn't trying to attack you, I was merely calling for help," Seismic declared smugly just as massive worms, moles, and rats came out from under the ground with roars.
"Okay, I can safely say that the situation has upgraded from really bad to completely fucked up!" I exclaimed in alarm while I teamed up with the girl in pink.
"Alright, don't let these fucking things intimidate us because I can do some damage real quick! The bigger they are the harder they-" the girl declared and was cut off when one of the giant monsters sent her falling by hitting her in the face with its tongue.
Invincible quickly reacted by flying down and grabbing her before she hit the ground, only for one of the monsters to knock her out of his arms and she kept falling.
"Eve!" Invincible cried out in horror but I jumped up and grabbed her in mid-air, then landed onto the ground and took her to safety.
"I got her Invincible, just focus on killing these things!" I reassured as I kept dodging attacks and my eyes widened when I saw Zechariah going to strike one of the big monsters.
"Zechariah, what in the hell are you doing?!" Dad shouted incredulously as I quickly handed Eve over to him.
"Wolf-man, keep her safe! I'm going to provide Invincible some backup!" I instructed just as Zechariah was sent crashing to the ground with a strike and Dad got hit.
"Crap, this isn't going well!" Invincible exclaimed in alarm as I met up with him.
"No shit! If you have a plan, then I would really love to hear about it because we're getting our asses kicked by these fucking things!" I suggested in a slight panic as we each grabbed a rock monster and tossed them at Seismic.
"I'm trying to think of one! We just need to hold out until we find a weakness!" Invincible growled while we struggled to stay alive.
"Do you realize my power?! Witness the carnage I can do without even lifting a finger! Cower before me!" Seismic shouted as the flying rock monsters hit one of the organic monsters.
"Jesus fucking Christ, the hell are these things made of?!" I exclaimed in disbelief as the lava inside the rock monsters didn't affect it.
One of the monsters suddenly snatched Invincible into its mouth and I was frantically trying to get to him while the monster started crushing him, causing his goggles to break apart and blood ran down his face while he roared and grabbed two sharp teeth. Invincible turned the teeth towards the roof of the monster's mouth and sent them through it until they went out the top of its head, blood raining down around us and slightly coating me as we glared at Seismic with heavy breathing.
"Ready to give up, asshole? I got plenty more where that-" Invincible gasped out, only to stop when his eyes rolled up into the back of his head and he collapsed.
"Invincible, shit!" I shouted in horror and started growling at Seismic after I rushed over to check on the teen superhero, who was making noises of pain while Seismic was laughing victoriously.
"I won!" Seismic exclaimed gleefully, only I caught his attention by snarling loudly.
"Don't think that you can celebrate just yet asshole, you still have me to deal with and I'm going to introduce you to a world of pain that you can't even imagine!" I declared and Seismic laughed in amusement.
"You? What the hell could you do against my people when you are all alone in this fight?" Seismic questioned in amusement and threatened, "Your other furry friend and that man who escaped with you will suffer a gruesome torment you have never seen before unless you surrender right now."
I gritted my teeth at the fact that he was threatening to hurt my Dad and Zechariah, and I truly didn't know what to do since I couldn't surrender to whatever this bastard had planned for us but Seismic would do God-knows-what to them if I didn't surrender. After seeing my Dad and Zechariah looking unconscious and being placed in cocoons with Eve, I sighed and held my hands up in surrender.
"Sorry Dad, Zechariah, but I can't take the risk and get you two hurt in the process," I thought in frustration as two rock monsters grabbed my arms and forced me to the ground none-too-gently.
"I knew that you would make the smart decision, flea-bag," Seismic insulted smugly and turned to the creatures that had my Dad, Zechariah, and Eve.
"Hurry, get them restrained before they awaken and keep an eye on those two! I don't know how they, along with furball here, got out in the first place!" Seismic demanded as he lifted Invincible by the collar of his suit and added, "You...this is all about you, did you know that? You started all of this because it was you who sent me deep into the Earth, causing me to discover this underground paradise and the Legions of Underearth who dwell within.
I was grateful to you, happy with my new life...willing to live it out among my new people. You were the one who took me to the surface, incarcerated me, and showed me that I would never be left alone...never forgotten! I'm doing this because of you!"
I huffed in disbelief, causing Seismic to let go of Invincible and he went over to me with a scowl.
"Did I say something amusing?" Seismic questioned and I grinned up at him.
"I'm just simply amazed that you believe in all the bullshit that's coming out of your mouth...you really are fucked up in the head since that explains a lot about you," I remarked, causing Seismic to tremble in anger.
"You dare mock me?! I would watch what you say Fido before I decide to make you into my personal throw-rug and mount your head above my fireplace," Seismic warned, his tone of voice dangerously low.
I simply shot a cheeky grin at him, my eyes lit up with mischief as Seismic huffed and he looked at a few monsters.
"Bah...get them out of my sight before I get sick at the sight of them!" Seismic snapped as he walked away, and I was rendered unconscious when one of the rock monsters clocked me hard in the back of my head.
I groaned in pain as I regained consciousness and saw that I was in a cocoon with Dad again, only Zechariah was in another cocoon and I sighed at how we were back in the same situation where we started.
"Lycan, are you okay?" Dad inquired as I clutched my head.
"Ugh...could be worse. We got our asses kicked, didn't we?" I questioned.
"Unfortunately yes...and I don't think Seismic will let us attempt the same escape plan again," Dad said and I let out a noise of displeasure.
"Well, that's just fucking great. So, what the hell are we going to do now because there is no way we can catch Seismic off guard again...wait, I have an idea. If we can somehow free every hero that's trapped, then we might stand a chance," I said and Dad perked up.
"Good idea, but we need to break out for that to happen and I doubt that Seismic will let us do that," Dad pointed out and I growled in frustration since he was right.
"Shit...we're going to need a miracle if we want to survive this," I grumbled distastefully.
As if my prayers were answered, a black portal appeared on the ceiling and an army of humanoid creatures wearing camo pants and armor with helmets that had one lens came pouring into the area with a man in a blue and gray outfit that had a cape, the man leading the charge while Seismic looked startled at the sudden ambush.
"Attack!" the man ordered while throwing many bladed objects that each punctured our cocoon and the other ones, causing them to break apart when the objects blew up.
"Shit Lycan, I think we just got our miracle!" Dad stated as we climbed out of the cocoon and started charging at the monsters.
"Okay people, let's teach these things a fucking lesson! Do whatever it takes to make sure this doesn't happen again!" a middle-aged man with a buzz-cut and casual clothes shouted as it turned into a bloodbath for the monsters.
Zechariah met up with us and we kept slaughtering the monsters, each of us being covered with a fresh coat of blood as one monster was torn in half with our combined strength. I could hear Seismic screaming in frustration at how everything was backfiring against him, but I didn't care about that as I felt the beast inside me stirring and howling in glee at the carnage I was involved in and it was making me act a little more feral than normal.
I roared in an animalistic manner while I kept butchering the monsters that crossed my path and it eventually wound up with me standing on top of a mountain of corpses, the scent of blood driving me crazy as I threw my head up and howled in victory just as the monsters started fleeing the area.
"What the hell is going on?" Dad wondered in confusion while I was breathing heavily.
"The monsters are retreating," a green-skinned man with a fin on his head informed everyone.
"Sweet!" a girl with blonde hair cheered.
"Where the fuck is Seismic? Did that asshole manage to get away?" I questioned just as the man in blue and gray came into everyone's line of sight with the person in question slung over his shoulder.
"Don't worry Lycan, I got him. He's not going anywhere," the man reassured and I was taken aback when Invincible suddenly attacked him.
"Murderer!" Invincible shouted in rage as he sent the man crashing to the ground with a strike to his back.
Invincible saw us staring at him in disbelief and he shouted, "What?! He's a murderer! I know he helped us here, but we don't know why. He's got an army of killer robots with him...he...don't any of you know what he did in Midnight City?! He's a cold-blooded killer!"
"I'll admit I've made some mistakes in the past, but that's all behind me now. I'm much better now!" the man argued.
"Mistakes?! You were killing people who broke the law, any law! You were killing because you enjoyed it! You're a-" Invincible was cut off when the man grabbed his ankles and was sinking into the ground, but Invincible retaliated by kicking him in the face.
"No way, I'm not letting you pull me into the Shadow Realm! Why the fuck are you even trying to fight back?! Almost every superhero on the planet is here so what chance do you have?" Invincible growled and the green man with the fin grabbed him to pull him away while I assisted him in stopping Invincible from doing something he would regret.
"Calm down kid, because this guy just saved our lives so cut him some slack," the green man reassured while I stood in front of Invincible.
"He's right, so please calm down before you do something you regret, not to mention that you are acting like a raving lunatic so take a few deep breaths," I lectured and Invincible glared at me.
"What?! You two are siding with him?! Have the both of you lost it?! Let go of me!" Invincible exclaimed in outrage as he shrugged the grip off of himself.
Then, I saw a white doorway appear in the middle of the room and a man with long white hair and a nasty scar on his face stepped into the area, the man wearing a suit while soldiers wearing black uniforms with tactical vests and helmets moved in with assault rifles.
"Stand down Invincible, right now!" the man ordered while the soldiers secured the area.
"He...he murdered people, he was a cold-blooded killer...why doesn't anyone know about this?" Invincible wondered in disbelief.
"I have known Darkwing for some time, back in his days as Night Boy when he worked with the original Darkwing. He's arrogant, yes, but never a killer," a brown robot explained.
"I was there, I saw him. Wasn't this all over the news? I thought everyone knew about this," Invincible said in confusion and the man in the suit held up a hand.
"We'll talk about this later," the man stated.
"But-" Invincible tried to protest but he was cut off.
"Kid, we'll talk about this later now get out of here," the man warned and Invincible just took off into the hole in the ceiling.
I let out a sigh at how my first meeting with one of my favorite heroes didn't go the way I imagined, but I shook my head and I met up with Dad and Zechariah.
"Hey, are you okay?" Dad asked in concern.
"Yeah...I'll be fine so we should go while everything is being cleaned up," I stated.
We saw the man in the suit gesturing for us and the other heroes to follow him as he and the soldiers went through the doorway with Seismic, and we all went after him to leave this place.
"Hey, you're back. How did things go?" Jess asked me while I sat down on the sofa.
"Ugh...you would not believe the night Dad and I had. We and nearly every hero on the planet were captured by a psychopath that could control these creatures and we were taken underground where he had those things put us all in cocoons...we stopped him though so thank God for that," I muttered and Jess immediately looked concerned.
"You and your Dad were captured? Are you okay?" Jess inquired.
"Yeah...I think for right now I should recover by spending some time with you," I stated and Jess sat down next to me.
We leaned against each other and I closed my eyes in exhaustion, drifting off and falling asleep from the near-death experience I went through.
A/N So, how did you all like this chapter since I think I did alright. If you all like this chapter, let me know and stay tuned.
