I'm back after a three-week absence… DID YOU MISS ME? No of course you didn't. Anyways, the moment you've all been waiting for! The bad guy of the whole entire thing!!! WOOT!! BTW Alex doesn't belong to me, she belongs to Jackie Jackie Spicey. Asmodeus and Barnabus are mine… I take no blame for the sexual harassment that is seen in this chapter. I also must say that this is going to be a slightly bloody chapter so don't sue me for it! BTW I FINALLY HAVE BROADBAND!!! MEANING I HAVE INTERNET!!!! WOOOT!!! Another little confession, I haven't finished all chapters but I have done five. I'll finish the rest off during this week and next week.
"Talk about shit happens…"
"Shut up and get scrubbing Mod."
"Don't tell me what to do Barnabus!"
"How about you BOTH shut up?"
"Yes Alex…"
Alex sighed and scrubbed the cafeteria floors harder, trying to get rid of the hardened gravy sauce on the black and white tiles. To her sides, her helpers Asmodeus, a young man with dyed white hair, who was wearing the green uniform of a soldier and Barnabus his brother, which had black hair that shot up in all directions in the same army uniform. Alex, who was stuck in the middle of the boys also wore the green uniform, their sleeves rolled up to prevent getting wet from the bucket of water were she was dipping her sponge right now. Her brown hair was tied up leaving two blonde bangs hang in front of her hazel eyes, scrunched in concentration as she tried to rub off one gravy stain that was refusing to cooperate.
"How can it be our fault that the cafeteria got trashed?" grumbled Barnabus, as he got up to wipe his brow.
"Barnabus, you threw meatloaf at the captain." sighed his brother. Barnabus gave a shifty look before eyeing Alex who was still busy with the gravy stain. With the cheekiest smile on his face, he slapped her butt, earning a gasp from Asmodeus and a wide-eye look from Alex, who quickly stood up with anger flashing through her eyes.
"Why did you slap my ass?!" she yelled. Barnabus smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
"What can I say? It was too tempting." he said grinning. Alex gave a twitch before launching a punch into Barnabus's face, making him land on the floor next to his brother.
"Brother, how are you feeling?" asked Asmodeus, with no feelings of pity for his brother.
"Totally worth it." whispered his brother giving him the thumbs up. Asmodeus pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance.
"Don't you dare think about doing the same thing!" Alex yelled, directing a finger at Asmodeus.
"Why are you blaming me?!" Asmodeus shouted back, standing up to face Alex.
"Because I know how perverted you both are!" Alex retaliated, bringing her face close to his.
"Kiss her Asmodeus! NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!!!!"
Alex and Asmodeus turned to face Barnabus, who was once again up and at 'em. Alex gave a roar of anger and tackled Barnabus to the ground. But Barnabus was naturally stronger than the girl and soon she was beneath him with her hands above her head and Barnabus's face close to hers.
"Observe brother. This is how we rape women!"
"Barnabus, get off her before she hurts you."
How true Asmodeus's words rang out! Barnabus went rigid before his eyes scrunched up in pain and rolled off Alex who had delivered a kick to his crotch. She stood up and dusted herself off before glaring at the brothers for good measure.
"Brother show pity on me…"
"First the captain now Alex? When are you going to stop?"
"Never… It is my duty to embarrass others."
"You're doing a magnificent job at it so far."
Alex sighed and shook her head. She couldn't believe these two clowns were her friends. She walked over to Barnabus and helped him up.
"No more clowning around. I want to go home before 'Heroes' starts." she grumbled.
"None of you are going home tonight."
Alex and the boys turned around. A young boy of only 16 (more or less) with wild red hair and a black trench coat, his red eyes stood out against his white face, was situated by the cafeteria doors, which were now handle-less. The newcomer toyed with the broken handles for a while before throwing them on the ground. Asmodeus and Barnabus put themselves in front of Alex as the young boy advanced towards them.
"Who are you?" Barnabus shouted, using a nearby broom as a weapon.
"You don't need to know me because in a few seconds you will be dead. Step aside and it won't be as painful as originally planned." smirked the boy. Behind her two protectors, Alex shook with fear.
"You are Doctor Octopus's sidekick. The red head…" she whispered, clutching her sponge tighter.
"Don't compare me with that weakling!" the boy hissed suddenly, the red eyes shining. "He may be my creator but he is certainly not one I obey!"
The soldiers stepped back at this but the boys held their ground. The newcomer gave another glare before letting a smirk come to his face.
"Besides he is innocent. I, on the other hand, am guilty." Two red orbs appeared in his hands, making the soldiers gape. They quickly recovered as the orbs flew in their direction, making them dive out of the way to avoid them. Asmodeus grabbed a nearby chair and threw it at the boy. He batted it aside, making it crash into the yellow walls around them. Barnabus came at him with the broom, but was instead given a punch in the stomach. The newcomer grabbed Barnabus's head with his right hand, which started to glow red. Asmodeus watched and knew all to well what was about to happen to his brother.
"Barnabus, NO!!!!"
It was too late. Asmodeus cry managed to reach the ears of his brother, who looked back at his family with a smile.
"Bye, bye brother." whispered Barnabus. Asmodeus gave a cry of despair as the newcomer placed his left hand that was also glowing red, onto Barnabus's chest. Two beams of red light shot out sending Barnabus to the other side of the cafeteria, a good 15 metres away. The life force, his blood, poured out of his severed neck and gigantic hole in the chest, onto the floor, dirtying it once again. Alex's body wracked from sobbing as she looked from behind a table. The strange boy looked at the corpse before looking at his still-living brother.
"Want to join him?" he smirked. His hand lashed out and tried to grab Asmodeus's neck but the boy in question had managed to jump back and was running towards his brother. Something grabbed his ankle, making him hit the ground. He was thrown in the air were something else grabbed his wrists. Asmodeus looked down and saw the boy, grinning a maniacal smile. His hands were the things grabbing his ankle and wrists, extended so they now looked like tentacles. The long armed hands started winding themselves around the body, cutting off the blood circulation. Asmodeus gagged as his throat was being crushed, choking on his own blood. The stranger got bored with him and flung him against the wall were Barnabus's body lay. Asmodeus hit the wall with a sickening crack and lay motionless beside his brother. The stranger looked at the brothers before directing his red eyes at Alex, if he could find her. A cry of anger and despair was heard above him, making him look up. He received a wet mop in his face. He stumbled backwards and received a jab in his stomach.
"You will pay!" yelled Alex, bringing the mop into the boy's face again. He brought his hands to defend himself. Alex stopped halfway and ducked down, using the mop to hit his knees. The boy gave a grunt and fell backwards with a thud. Alex towered over him, the wooden point of the mop in the air above his chest.
"Want to join them?" she hissed.
"That question is directed at you!" the boy hissed back, delivering a sweep kick. Alex fell to the ground with a yelp. She opened her eyes and once again feared for her life. The roles had changed, the boy now towering over her. The boy grinned and punched her in the face, making her black out.
(Let us pretend there is a lovely line here shall we?)
"My, my aren't you a pretty one?"
"Look, Doc is she good enough for the experiment or not?"
"Patience, Robo-Jack! I have to know if she breaks easily! That way it is much more fun…"
Alex's eyes fluttered open and squinted at the intensity of the light. She tried to sit up but found she was bound down to a metal surface. She seemed to be in a lab where everything was white. She couldn't see the details her eyesight was still blurry.
"Ah, our soul carrier seems to be awake."
Alex looked to her side. A tall, thin man wearing a white lab coat stood at her side, with his grey eyes piercing and cold. He was bald and wrinkled and held a clipboard of some sort. Next to him was the boy that had killed her friends, the one called Robo-Jack. She tried to talk but her mouth was too dry.
"She wants to talk. Isn't that sweet?" chuckled the old man. Robo-Jack looked at the girl with a sinister grin of his own. Alex gave it one more attempt to talk and managed to get a sound out.
"Whe-re a-a-am I?" she asked hoarsely. The old man raised an eyebrow and looked at Robo-Jack.
"Should we tell her? The Kingpin said that no one was to know of what we're doing." Robo-Jack said.
"Well she is going to die either way so I think we can bend the rule a bit. Don't you agree Alexandra?" the old man said, stroking Alex's hair. She jerked her head away from his hand with a scowl. The old man sighed and leaned forward.
"Alexandra, you are currently in a building in the middle of New York that is owned by the one and only Kingpin. You are part of a project a previous scientist tried to complete but failed. Twice. We ran out of the original substance that used to power the project but we have found souls to be just as good. Just keep on thinking you are dieing for a greater cause," explained the old man. "By the way, my name is Adrian Tomes and this young boy next to me is Robo-Jack."
"Nice to make you acquaintance." Alex replied sarcastically.
"She is a feisty one!" Adrian laughed.
"I don't know… Jodi was calling me a monkey and hit me with a pan." Robo-Jack replied.
"And I hit you with a mop, I win." Alex croaked. Robo-Jack placed his hand over her neck with surprising speed and tightened it. Alex tried to breathe but found it impossible to do so.
"We must do something with that temper of yours."
Everyone stared at the doorway. A large human shape was there and soon his details were easily seen as it made its way closer to Alex. He wore a white Armani suit and was bald with brown eyes. He approached Alex whilst smoking a cigar and blew smoke in her face.
"Miss Jacqueline Reon, I'm the Kingpin but you may call me Fisk." smiled the man, grabbing her hand and shaking it. She tried to withdraw it but the grip was strong.
"Is she good enough for your experiments?"
Alex squinted as she noticed something on Fisk's shoulder. It looked like a bean and it was talking. She was really losing it. She heard Adrian give a sigh and he shook his head as he watched her readings on something that looked like a heart monitor.
"No unfortunately. My tampering could ruin the soul. I say you kill her now. I'll use her body later for experimentation."
Alex's eyes widened with fear as the men looked at her. Robo-Jack stepped forward and produced a large gem from his trench coat pocket. The Kingpin settled on a nearby chair with the bean still sitting on his shoulder, both having a curious smile on their faces. Robo-Jack pointed the Gem at Alex who was struggling to get away but couldn't since she was bound to the table.
"Soul Gem." Robo-Jack said and the Gem shot out a beam of white light straight onto Alex's chest. Alex cried in pain as she felt something getting pulled out of her body. The beam ebbed away, leaving Alex gasping. Her vision was becoming darker and she was feeling numb all over. Last thing she heard was Adrian talking to the Kingpin.
"We have all the souls. We can now finish what Dr Octavius started."
WOOT! We know who the baddies are! Ten more chapters to go! Several people have guessed the bad guy from the start, but no one knew there were FOUR bad guys!
You probably don't know them so here is a low-down.
Robo-Jack: Old invention of Jack Spicer (We all knew this)
Hannibal Roy Bean: Evil bad guy from 1500 years ago or something (We knew this as well)
Adrian Tomes: In this story he is the evil scientist. In the Marvel universe he is the super villain the 'Vulture' but he won't be in this one because I said so.
The Kingpin: APPARENTLY he is the crime boss of New York. He pulls all the strings and controls most of the politics. So if anyone is watching the Spider-man movies and is wondering why all the bad things are happening to the hero, it is the Kingpin that is sabotaging everything…