"Right then, let's do this for real shall we?" Kimblee said climbing to his feet. Cade cracked his knuckles and stood his ground. Kimblee charged at the hero, Cade crossed his arms and hardened them, but Kimblee spun behind him and blasted Cade's back. When the smoke cleared, Kimblee saw that Cade has hardened his back, giving him the opportunity to trip the hero, who landed on his back.
Cade attempted to climb to his feet when he saw Kimblee's hand right in front of his face. "Please understand, I don't take too much pleasure in this." He said as he began to charge up his hand when they both heard a strange sound. The ground began to shake and Cade rolled out of the way as Trevor crashed through the wall and knocked Kimblee out the window. When he stood up he felt ice grow around his feet.
"Sup?" Damien asked. Kimblee looked around and saw more of his relatives arriving at the scene, including his parents.
"Thundermans," Kimblee hissed.
"So should we question him first or lock him and worry about it later?" Max asked his wife.
"Definitely lock him up first," Simone answered.
"I'm afraid our time is up here. I'll be taking my leave now." Kimblee said, straightening his tie.
"Pretty sure you're captured." Cade said, walking over to the scene. Before anyone had a chance to react, someone in a dark blue outfit jumped down and clapped her hands together, creating a wall of steam that blinded everyone. When it cleared, Kimblee along with the mystery girl was gone. "Me and my big mouth." Cade said under his breath.
"Are you sure you want to speak to her alone?" A blond woman in a yellow police uniform asked.
"Trust me Seras," Kimblee told her, "I can handle it." He said walking into a dimly lit room.
"Take a seat," A voice boomed from every direction. Kimblee looked over and saw a chair slide out from the darkness and sat down.
"Master, he was a weak fighter, but his family arrived before he could finish him or bring him in. When I return-"
"I grow tired of this story." The voice interrupted. "I have a new job for you. Listen closely,"
Kimblee exited the room with a blank expression on his face. "Sir? Is everything alright?" Seras asked, seeing him exit. He placed his left hand on the wall let out a yell while blowing a hole through it. "S-sir?" She asked again, in a more shaky voice. He took a deep breath and stood up straight.
"Grab every gun you own, we have a new mission." He said before continuing down the hall.
"But how did a villain even find their way into Corinth?" President Kickbutt asked her daughter and son-in-law.
"We're not sure," Simone answered.
"But I think this goes to show that our kids should be allowed to continue their hero training." Max said, cutting in.
"Max, we've had this discussion already." She sighed as her hologram bleeped out. Max and Simone sat in silence for a few moments before Max spoke up.
"Kids, you can come out now."
"How'd you know we were here?" Cade asked as he and Zyler walked down the stairs.
"I've eavesdropped enough to know when someone's doing to me."
"Come sit down, everything's ok." Simone told them.
"Really? Because it doesn't sound ok." Cade said sitting down on the couch.
"Well, it's going to be ok. I think I know your guys's grandma well enough to know when things will be ok. Now get to sleep, you guys have school tomorrow."
"Oh boy, normal school. Can't wait for that." Cade sighed walking upstairs, but Zyler stayed.
"What's wrong honey?" Simone said sitting down next to him.
Does this mean me and Cade will never be heroes? He signed.
"Of course not, this will all blow over soon enough. Now get to bed sweetie." She said patting him on the back before he left.
"Why can't I just take my jet board?" Damien asked his mom the next morning as he and Stella getting ready to leave.
"Henry built it, that makes it superhero property. In other words it's banned." Phoebe explained.
"Dad!' He whined.
"Listen to your mom, Laramy." Link told him.
"Argh, don't call me that!" He said annoyed, walking out of the house.
"At least our other kid isn't a mess." Link said jokingly.
"I'm ready!" Stella said, sliding down the poll from her room.
"X-ray glasses," Phoebe said holding her hand out. Stella sighed and handed her glasses over before putting on an identical pair, but without hero tech built in. "Stunchucks," Her mother added. Stella rolled her eyes and handed them over.
"Don't press the blue button, that turns them both on." She told her.
"I know how they work." Phoebe told her teenage daughter. "Now off you go." She told her. Stella made her way towards the door when her father stopped her with his stretched arm.
"Go put on normal shoes. No anti-gravity boots." He told her.
"Mom!" She whined.
"Listen to your father sweetie." She told her. Stella groaned before taking them off and slipping into normal shoes.
"Happy?" She asked.
"I would be if you weren't wearing your costume under your clothes." Link said. Phoebe shot her head over to her. Stella looked at her and smiled innocently.
"Upstairs, take it off." Stella hung her head and walked back to the poll to her room and slid back up. Phoebe looked back at Link.
"'At least we have one kid that's not a mess.'" She quoted him.
"Ok, so both our kids are addicts." He admitted.
"Kyle, time for school." Billy said knocking on the door to Trevor's room.
"Ok," Kyle said from inside. "Well you heard, I gotta go. I'll tell you all about it when I get home." He said to his brother, grabbing his things and leaving. Tervor let out a low moan. "Haha, real funny." Kyle said sarcastically as he left.
A car pulled up to the curb outside of a school that teaches K-12. With Corinth being a small town, they didn't even need more than one school. Morgan climbed out of the backseat while holding all her things. "Have a great day at school Sweetheart." Her father, Harris said from the driver's seat.
"I'll try," She said turning to head inside.
"Normal school is so boring," Damien groaned as he entered the building. "Stella, you coming in or not?" He turned to ask his sister who was standing outside the entrance.
"Yeah, just a minute. I, uh, just want to take in the view a bit more." She told him, turning to look down the hills at what she could see of the city.
"Whatever," He said before heading inside.
"Hey Babe," She heard from behind her. She turned around excitedly, to see a boy with dark hair wearing ripped jeans with a black jacket and carrying a baseball bat.
"Kevin!" She exclaimed before running into his arms.
"Glad you're back from hero training." He said to her.
"Shh! It's supposed to be a secret remember?" She said.
"Relax, no one's around to hear." He reassured her before they kissed.
"I need to get class or my mom's going to freak."
"You really should skip with me sometime." He suggested.
"I really can't, I'm sorry." She heard the bell ring. "I'll see you at lunch." She said kissing him on the cheek before she ran inside.
"Max Sweety, I'm home!" Simone called upon entering their house. "You would not believe the day I had," She continued before realizing her husband wasn't home. "Max?" She called out again to make sure. "You better not be doing anything stupid." She muttered.
Max sat in Chester's room at the hero hospital in Metroburg. He and his old classmates were still had yet to wake up from being attacked by the so called "Hero Killer." "Hey man, you still in there? Listen, I'm sorry to hear about what happened." Max said to him. "Especially to Jocelyn. Listen, I promise we're going to find this guy and we're going to bring him in. And I promise you'll be ok."
"Max, it's time to go." James said entering the room in his hero suit. Max moved away from Chester and left with James and Billy.
"Alright guys, let's go find this son of a bitch." Max said to his brother and brother-in-law. Max climbed into his car while James hopped on his motorcycle and Billy was stretching and getting ready to run. "The second any of us see him, we radio the other two." Billy and James nodded in response. Max and James turned on their vehicles and pulled out as Billy took off in his own direction.
Cade was looking out the window as his history teacher rambled on in front of the class. He was certainly happy to be home, but normal classes we always boring to him. He was imagining himself back in Metroburg and training to be a hero with Leech. Meeting up with Henry for lunch everyday. He became so lost in his thoughts, he didn't hear his teacher slowly walk up behind him until it was too late.
"Mr. Thunderman," His eyes shot wide open. "I didn't realize you were growing bored. I'm sorry I'm such a bad teacher." She said with a bit of malice in her voice.
"Me too," He said in a panic. "I mean, no, you're not a bad teacher, I was just-" He struggled to find the right words, but before he could, the bell rang.
"Saved by the bell for today." She told him.
"Smooth," The student sitting next to him said as the class packed up their things.
"So, am I the only one who's having a problem letting go?" Cade asked his cousins during lunch?
"There is no fathoming the depths of my hatred of this place." Damien told him.
"Come on guys, is it really that bad?" Kyle asked.
"You've been here the whole time. Our trip to the past was your only mission so far." Cade reminded him.
"That's fair," He said.
"Has anyone seen Stella?" Morgan asked.
"Knowing her, she's probably studying even during lunch." Cade said with a laugh.
"Are you going to kill me?" Stella asked Kevin as he lead her up the stairs with her eyes closed.
"No, just keep your eyes closed Babe." He chuckled.
"Ok. You know that's a really old tactic, but it's effective." She told him.
"Come on, we're almost there." He said as he continued leading her up. He opened the door to the roof and they stepped outside. "Ok, come on over here." He said, moving her over to the ledge. "If you like the view from the bottom of the school, then look at this." He said as she opened her eyes and could see the entire city.
"Wow, I've missed this way more than I thought." She said with her eyes sparkling.
"I promise that, one day, we'll have a view even better than this." He said pulling her close to him.
Billy was zipping through the streets in Metroburg looking in every dark corner of the city he could. Unknown to him, he was being watched from the sky. A man dressed in a dark costume and carrying a sword sat on top of a water tower, watching the speedster run around. "Are you sure I can't just kill him now?" He asked a young woman in blue behind him.
"Mayhem tried, didn't work out too well." She told him. "Your target is Floral Fury." (James's hero name) "Take out their healer, and they'll all fall. That is Darkrai's message." She said before clapping her hands together and disappearing in a cloud of steam.
"Fine," He said with a groan, turning to face James's direction. He jumped down into a nearby ally way, making sure that James saw him. Sure enough, he heard the motorcycle growing near. James pulled into the ally and stood before him.
"You match the description alright. Tell me, are you the one that people are calling 'The Hero Killer?'" James asked.
"Wow, you heroes are so dramatic. But yes, that's me." He said with a twisted grin.
"You're time is over. Now, are you going to come quietly?" The Hero Killer grabbed his sword and took a fighting stance. "I was hoping that'd be your answer." He said, growing vines out of the ground which were quickly cut apart by the Hero Killer before he charged at James. James nearly ducked out of the way of his sword, the blade just barely grazing him.
"If you don't think I can deal with fast opponents, you've got another thing come-" James stopped when he realized that he couldn't move. "W-what's this?"
"You're doom," The Hero Killer said licking some of James's blood off his sword. He approached him slowly when he felt ice form around his feet. He turned and saw Max had arrived. "You,"
"Thanks for letting us know," Max said to James.
"In case you haven't noticed, I'm kind of frozen right now."
"This is perfect. I'll take out two birds with one sword." The Hero Killer said as he freed one of his feet from the ice.
"Call Billy," James said as he still couldn't move.
"Mom, when are we going home?" Bobby asked his mother Chloe as she tucked him into bed. The two of them were in Europe with her on a mission.
"I promise we'll be home soon sweetie. But mommy has an important job to do. Now go to sleep please." She said to him.
"Ok," He said with a yawn turning over. She left his room and after a few minutes of silence, the closet door opened and a pair of glowing blue eyes shined from inside.
"Don't be sad Bobby." A high pitched voice spoke up. "Why don't you come play with me?"
"No, I don't want to." He said partially hiding under the covers.
"Come on, it won't be that bad," Bobby, began to get up when he heard his bedroom door opening. He quickly laid back down and the closet door slammed shut. Chloe looked in, feeling she heard something. Seeing nothing, she left the room.
I am so so so so so sorry this took forever to come out. I've been trying to jungle alot recently (and currently) I'll try to get chapters out often if that's at all possible
