S2 EP2: The Price of Being Extraordinary

Sup, me again. Coming to you after I woke up from my 3 year nap. For all of you that weren't with me for that, you may be very confused so let me recap really quick. Three years ago, my friends and I were preparing to oppose the Skrulls' attempt to take over the earth, as you all know. Well, a few days before that, I happened to discover that instead of the Skrull army being a few dozen deep like we initially thought, the army actually ran hundreds of millions deep! So, being the leader of the team, I made a decision to turn myself over to King Skrull in exchange for them leaving the earth alone. King Skrull agreed and placed me in suspended animation for 3 years and some change. Only it turns out that the Skrulls didn't keep their end of the bargain, as when I finally woke up, I discovered that after they put me to sleep they went on a rampage and killed hundreds of thousands of people, also destroying countries, states and cities. This includes Bellwood. Long story short, Logan hates me, Charity may as well be dead (pretty heartbroken about that, by the way), and Ben is the new protector of Bellwood since the earth thinks I'm dead. That said, I also met this really bald guy named Nick Fury who is apparently the head of this super secret organization that tops even the Plumbers. He offered me a chance to redeem myself as a hero by going to Tetris Nova, which is basically a counter-earth, and being its hero since the humans there have never heard of me. That means I have my secret identity back, which I intend to keep this time around. Oh and due to me evolving my true Doppelganger form, my DNA kicked into overdrive and almost killed me, causing Azmuth to give me an all-new watch that isn't really a DNA-alterer, but a DNA-stabilizer. It keeps me from dying like the Doppelgangers before me, but it also has a fucking timer on it, which I HATE. Now that you're all caught up, let's get to it!

We had been travelling for about 2 days and according to Fury, were set to be arriving at Tetris Nova. Right now, I'm in the briefing room with Fury. I was sitting down with my feet up on the table while Fury stood in front of me.

Nick: "Okay, I have a few more things for you before we drop you off." I raised an eyebrow at him.

Trey: "Drop me off? You mean, you're not gonna stay there with me? What if I need something?" He waved me off.

Nick: "We have already prepared your essentials so your living space, paperwork, and backstory have all been taken care of. And we both know that you are more than capable of leaving the planet if the need arises." I shrugged and relaxed back into my seat.

Trey: "You right, you right. You mentioned paperwork and backstory, what do you mean?" He slid an envelope across the table to me, which I grabbed and opened. Inside was a new photo ID, birth certificate, and the lease to what I guess is my apartment."

Nick: "Your name is Trey Sergauson." I chuckled and rolled my eyes.

Trey: "Thanks for clearing that up, I didn't know for sure." He chuckled too.

Nick: "Cute. As I was saying, your name is Trey Sergauson and you are from a town on Tetris Nova called Horizon City. You are 19 and will be attending Novas University with a major in law enforcement." I gave him the stink face.

Trey: "Technically, I'm 19. But I stopped aging when I was 15 so I still look young. How are we explaining that?" He smirked.

Nick: "Oh, I thought you knew. Well, as aliens are effectively immortal, their maturity is judged by how well they can control their physical appearance. For instance, Azmuth is the greatest mind in the galaxy, arguably. Which translates into him changing his appearance to that of an old man. Basically, you aliens are only as old as you perceive yourselves to be." I nodded.

Trey: "Awesome. So if that's the case, I should be able to.." I glowed red as I turned into an older version of myself. I really looked the same, except I grew to about six feet even, my muscles got more defined, and my eyes went from scarlet red to more of a light gold. I looked at myself.

Trey: "Wicked, now I actually look my age." Fury nodded.

Nick: "Which is a good thing because we can't have you not blending in." He walked over to me.

Nick: "Oh, and speaking of not blending in. It is to my knowledge that the Plumbers injected you with an experimental cloth, some time ago." I nodded.

Trey: "Yeah, to give my forms a cool look."

Nick: "Well, I had my team concoct a stabilizer for said cloth. Hold out your watch." I did.

Trey: "I'm calling it the Delta-X, by the way. Short for Delta DNA Modulator." He rolled his eyes and placed a tiny microchip on the side of my Delta-X, making the faceplate and my eyes glow red. The cloth suddenly oozed out of my body and wrapped around me, forming a costume. It was sleek, about as tight as a sweatsuit, and was red and black with a hood and a red Omnitrix symbol on the chest. The mask covered my whole face and had goggles in the eye holes. I looked at myself.

Trey: "Holy shit, this is awesome! But, why?"

Nick: "Well we thought a suit would help further protect your secret identity. Since we want the existence of aliens to be kept a secret, we want people to see you in normal form before you transform. That way, they will all think your shape-shifting is a meta power. It also solves the issue of what happens if your watch times out while you're in public. In the event that you do have to transform before putting your suit on, it will automatically be on you when you revert to normal." I nodded.

Trey: "It'll take some getting used to, but it is really cool. How do I get it off?" He pressed the side of my watch and the suit dissolved back into my body.

Nick: "Just do that. Oh and it would be in your best interest to not do anything too heroic while in your civilian clothes or when not transformed, it will make it easier to distinguish the similarities between Trey and Arsenal. Now that you are all caught up, we have arrived." I felt the airship landing and after a second, it settled. I stepped out with my luggage and looked around. It didn't really look anything too different from earth, except everything was a little more colorful.

Trey: "Alright, what's our first move?" Fury looked at his team, then back at me.

Nick: "Well, our first move is to get back to our space headquarters. You are to get to your apartment and get settled in." He handed me a piece of paper that had my address on it. I raised an eyebrow.

Trey: "So, you're ditching me, I expected as much. But you couldn't have dropped me off at my place?" Fury smirked.

Nick: "Don't you think people seeing you walk out of a giant airship would put your secret identity at risk?" I groaned.

Trey: "Touche. Catch you dickheads later." I gave him the peace sign, then started walking down the street. Looking around, the place looked just like Bellwood, honestly. My train of thought was interrupted when I heard something coming from the alley. I jogged over and peaked around the corner to see a girl being roughed up by some guy. She was black, looked about 17-18, had braids, glasses, and was wearing a gray pullover hoodie, black skinny jeans and black and white Converse.

Girl: "No! Stop! Let me go!" The guy looked way older than us. He had a beard and was wearing a tank top and shorts with slides.

Guy: "Shut up, girl! This is what you get for mouthing off at me, this morning." He raised his hand to slap her, but I stepped into view.

Trey: "Hey, I would advise you to step away from the girl, peach fuzz." Both the girl and her attacker looked at me.

Guy: "What did you say to me, kid?" I raised an eyebrow.

Trey: "Did I stutter, old man? Maybe you should turn your hearing aid up." He looked pissed after that.

Guy: "That's it, you must have a death wish, you little fuck." He ran at me.

Girl: "Run! Dude, run!" I rolled my eyes.

Trey: "Please, I can easily take... " I held up the watch, ready to transform, but suddenly remembered what Fury said. I groaned, "This is gonna hurt." I let the guy reach me and nail me in the stomach, which actually didn't hurt thanks to my enhanced durability. I fell to the ground and coughed anyway, just to make it look good. The guy continued to punch me and I continued to fake pain until the girl came over and pulled him off me.

Girl: "He's had enough, dad!" I raised an eyebrow.

Guy: "Fine. But I expect complete obedience since I spared this little shit's life. See you at home." He glared at me then walked off. The girl 'helped' me get to my feet.

Girl: "That was a dumb ass thing you did back there, dude. You could've gotten killed." I chuckled.

Trey: "I've taken worse beatings than that, trust me. Besides, couldn't let beer breath beat up on you like that." I swear I heard her mumble something, but I couldn't make it out.

Girl: "Come on, I'll walk you to your building. Gotta make sure you don't pass out on the way." I smiled and nodded, then we left the alley and started walking in the direction of my building. I grabbed my luggage on the way.

Trey: "So I saved you from a beat down, I think I should at least get your name." She laughed and looked at me.

Girl: "Arcola, Arcola Butler. Call me CoCo. And what's your name, Mr. Hero?" I chuckled too.

Trey: "Trey Sergauson. I just moved here from Horizon City." She nodded.

CoCo: "Cool, cool. I'm 18, by the way. I'd say you're about 19." I smirked to myself.

Trey: "More or less. You go to Novas?" She smiled and nodded, proudly.

CoCo: "Yes, sir! Three more years and I'll have my degree in Sociology." I chuckled at how proud she looked.

Trey: "That's awesome. I'm going for a law enforcement degree, myself." She giggled.

CoCo: "Now I see why you stuck up for me like that. You're trying to be a little cop." I almost burst into laughter, but managed to hold it in. This girl has no idea she's talking to a freaking superhero and it's hilarious. We stopped walking when we reached my building.

Trey: "I appreciate you walking me here, CoCo. I probably would have tumbled into the road without you." She giggled and blushed a little.

CoCo: "It was no problem, Trey. I actually needed to make a friend today." She smiled and I smiled back, "Oh here, take my number. Text or call or whatever." She grabbed my phone and put her number down, then gave it back.

Trey: "I definitely will. I needed to make a friend too." She blushed, then gave me a quick wave and walked off. I walked up the stairs to my apartment, then used the key to open the door. It was a decent sized place; a living room, one bedroom, one bathroom and a kitchen area.

Trey: "Sweet digs, Fury. Looks like you're not a complete tool." I put my luggage in the bedroom, then came and sat on the couch, pulling out my phone. I decided to text CoCo and let her know it was me.

My text: "Hey it's Trey, just making sure you had my number." She replied a minute later.

CoCo's text: "Well, hero boy, I definitely have it saved now. So, what are you gonna do now?" I thought about it. I was actually going to go out on patrol tonight, but couldn't tell her that.

My text: "I dont know, probably just chill in my place."

CoCo's text: "Boring! You absolutely have to go explore, get acquainted with the city. That's an order, hero boy." I chuckled.

My text: "Okay, okay! But you absolutely have to meet me before your first class tomorrow. And that's an order." It took her a while to reply. I thought I had blown it, but she replied and I sighed in relief.

CoCo's text: "Sure! My first class is at 9 so we can meet at the little cafe, in front of the school. Now stop texting me and go be active!" I laughed and got up, putting my phone in my pocket and heading to look out the window.

Trey: "It's about dark enough to go be active, I think." I headed to my bedroom, then climbed out the window and up the fire escape. I climbed until I reached the roof.

Trey: "Okay, Novas City, time to meet Arsenal." I pressed the button on my Delta-X and got my suit on, then leaped off the building. I made my arm into a Wildvine one, then stretched out my vine and used it to swing. I let go, then made my arm normal, turned my feet into Celsius ones, then landed on another rooftop and skated along it until I got to the edge, then did a front flip off, "YEEEEE HAWWWW!" I sprouted Stinkfly wings and flew forward.

I kept flying until I heard some commotion. I looked down and saw that it was coming from a bar.

Trey: "A bunch of sweaty guys who've had too much to drink? Not my ideal first crime to stop, but beggars can't be choosers." I flew down to the bar and made my wings go away, then looked inside. There was a white guy with red hair fighting with a white guy with blonde hair over a game of darts.

Red hair guy: "You're totally fucking blind, man, I clearly got the bullseye." The blonde guy rolled his eyes.

Blonde guy: "You always do this, Duke. I won, give me my fucking money!" I looked and saw that other people in the bar had gathered to watch.

Duke: "Here's the thing, Rich...I kinda don't have it." I shook my head and Rich chuckled.

Rich: "So you mean to tell me that after all the shit talking you did, you don't even have the money to back up your bet? That makes me really angry, Duke." He clenched his fists and the ground started to rumble. Tables flew into the walls as his eyes glowed golden.

Trey: "Oh shit." Rich grabbed Duke and slammed him into the wall, his hands also glowing golden.

Duke: "Let's take it easy, Rich!" The people in the bar started to panic and run toward the door.

Civilian: "He's a meta! Everybody run and get the task force!" Before everyone could get out, Rich made a forcefield appear around the door.

Rich: "Nobody's calling the task force. And nobody's leaving! You all get to see what happens when people mess with me." He turned back to Duke and was about to punch him, but I zoomed in and swooped him away with Fasttrack legs, then sat him safely next to the others.

Trey: "Yeah, how about instead of showing them that, we show them what happens when we try hugging our problems out instead." I made my legs normal and everyone looked at me, shocked.

Rich: "It's a little too early for Halloween, kid." I smirked under my mask.

Trey: "Hey, my costume is better than looking like a spokesperson for yellow crayons, lemon face." He glowed yellow, gritting his teeth.

Rich: "You picked the wrong day to play hero, kid!" He flew at me, but I turned my legs into Crashhopper ones, then leaped right over him. I landed behind him, then turned my hands into Web Head ones and pulled him back to me with web lines. I let go of the webs and turned my hands into Diamondhead ones, slamming him to the ground when he got to me. The crowd cheered and I saw that some had pulled their phones out to record. I picked Rich up by his collar and smirked at him through my mask.

Trey: "The name is Arsenal, by the way. Remember that and be sure to tell all your little prison buddies." Rich suddenly powered up and blasted me in the chest, sending me flying back behind the counter. I rubbed my head and looked at the bartender.

Trey: "I'll have a club soda, on the rocks." Rich came charging at me and I pushed the bartender out of the way, then started shooting diamond shards at Rich, slowing him down enough for me to nail him in the face with a bar stool. He stumbled back.

Rich: "I've never seen a meta with your kind of powers!" I shrugged.

Trey: "Just got lucky, I guess." He glared at me, preparing a huge energy blast.

Rich: "Your luck just ran out, kid! SUPER SENTRY CANNON!" He fired it at me. My eyes got wide and I quickly turned on the watch and slammed it. In a flash of red light, I was Feedback. I absorbed the blast with both hands and smirked at him.

Feedback: "Dude, did you really just yell out the name of your attack before you did it? That's so lame." Rich looked shocked, along with everyone else.

Rich: "W-what are you?" I shrugged.

Feedback: "You're really not grasping the concept of the mask, are you? But I should expect it from a guy who thought unnatural blonde hair was a good choice." He went from shocked to pissed off instantly, then charged at me and nailed me in the jaw, making me stumble. He tried to follow up with another punch, but I ducked and slapped my symbol, becoming Kickin Hawk and roundhouse kicking him back into a table. I ran at him, but he blocked me with a forcefield, then sent an energy ball into my stomach. I flew into a table, then slapped my symbol and became Stitch from Lilo and Stitch, then lifted up the table and smacked him upside the head with it, although he was completely unharmed. He fired energy blasts at me, but I flipped out of the way, then slapped my symbol and became Spitter. I blasted him back, sticking him to a wall, then slapped my symbol again and became Outbreak, then simply placed a hand on him. His body started to weaken.

Rich: "What are you doing to me?"

Outbreak: "Part of this form's powers. I can kinda infect you with any type of disease I want. Luckily for you, I just gave you temporary pneumonia, which is more than enough to weaken you." I slapped my symbol and reverted to normal, still in my costume.

Trey: "And that, my guy, is why you do not drink and battle." He glared at me.

Rich: "I'll get you for this, Arsenal.. *cough*" I smirked.

Trey: "Dude, if I had a nickel for every time I heard that, I could pay your bar tab." I looked at the crowd of civilians, "Somebody call the task force. Tell them you've got a subdued meta." I turned my feet into Godspeed ones and was about to speed off, but a woman stopped me.

Woman: "I just wanted to say thank you. Duke won't say it, but we're all grateful you showed up. Your name is Arsenal, right?" I nodded.

Trey: "The Extraordinary Arsenal, actually. Catch you guys later." I zoomed off and everybody started watching their recordings. I stopped in an alley and took my mask off.

Trey: "I think that went pretty well." I looked at my phone, noticing it was still pretty early in the night, "The night is still young, why not see what else this place has got for me." I put my mask back on and turned my feet into Shocksquatch ones, then jumped up and started surfing on the power lines, heading in no particular direction. I suddenly heard a scream and looked down, seeing two speedsters zooming away from a lady.

Lady: "My purse, they stole my purse!" I landed in front of her and slammed the watch, going Frightmare and launching two chains out at the speedsters' feet. The chains caught them by their feet and tripped them up, sending them flying face first into the street. I chuckled and walked over to them.

Frightmare: "You guys must've been starving, never seen two guys eat pavement like you two just did." The two speedsters got up and looked at me.

Speedster 1: "What the hell are you?" I shrugged.

Frightmare: "I'm you guys' Jiminy Cricket. Only, instead of leading you away from wrongdoing, I kick your ass and hand you over to the cops."

Speedster 2: "The freak's got jokes. Let's end this freak!" Lightning glowed in their eyes and they zoomed at me, both of them kicking me in the chest. I stumbled back, then slapped my symbol and became Chill Factor.

Chill Factor: "Freak? Come on now, isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?" I zoomed at me, but I breathed ice at the ground in front of them, causing them to fall on their asses and slide toward me. I smirked and nodded at them.

Speedster 1: "What? How'd you just change like that?" I slapped my symbol and became Bullfrag.

Bullfrag: "Trade secret." I picked them both up, then slammed them together and threw them both against the wall. They got up, rubbing their heads.

Speedster 2: "Now he's a frog guy! How many monsters can this guy be?" I landed in front of them.

Bullfrag: "The official count is 134, but who really knows?" I slapped my symbol again and became Red-Tail, then turned my bracelets into shotgun barrels and aimed at them.

Red-Tail: "Now, unless you want all the cool kids at the prison lunch table to know you got beat up by a girl, I suggest you surrender now." They looked at each other and sighed, then put their hands on their heads. I smirked and became Celsius, then covered their feet with ice so they couldn't run off. After that, I reverted to normal and took the purse back to the lady.

Trey: "I believe this belongs to you." She gratefully took the purse from me.

Lady: "Thank you so much, young man! How could I ever repay you?" I shook my head.

Trey: "That isn't needed, miss. But I may hit you up if I need a sweater knitted for me." She giggled and I turned my hand into a Web Head one, then jumped up and pulled myself up onto a rooftop with a web line. I made my hand normal when I got up there.

Trey: "I think I've made my mark tonight, I could probably head bac-" I was cut off by police cars and helicopters zooming by me, heading south, "Wow, and I thought Bellwood was busy." I turned both my arms into Elaskimo ones, then used them to stretch out and slingshot myself into the air. I sailed through the air toward a helicopter, then grabbed onto the bottom of it so I was flying with it. I focused on using my enhanced hearing so I could hear what the cops inside the helicopter were saying.

Officer: "So you're telling me that every prisoner in Blackgate has escaped their cell? How in blue blazes did that even happen?"

Officer 2: "Obviously, Mr. Lincoln's millions couldn't afford to finance prison cells that actually work. Somebody needs to have a word with our supposedly trustworthy mayor."

Officer: "This is no time for your political tirade, man, we have hundreds of prisoners running loose in Blackgate and I don't think we can contain them all, even with backup. We're just lucky we don't keep the metas in there, or we'd really be in trouble."

Officer 2: "Yeah. Say, where do we keep the metas that the task force catches, anyway?"

Officer: "Not that they've caught a lot of them, but nobody knows. Rumor has it that they're hand delivered to Mayor Lincoln, personally." I raised an eyebrow.

Trey (thinking): "This Mayor Lincoln sounds way too much like Axle. I may have to look into him a bit." The helicopter landed on the roof of what I'm assuming is the prison and I hid behind it as the cops got out, so they wouldn't see me. I turned my hands back to normal, then climbed into the prison through a broken window.

Trey: "Alright, I've never actually dealt with a prison break. But since there aren't any meta baddies in here, I should be okay." I continued to cautiously walk don the hallway until I reached a huge room with lunch tables, TV's and a couple basketball hoops on the walls. I assume this is the main cell/recreation room. Inside, all the prisoners were crowded around one, who was standing on a table. There were also four security guards tied up and gagged.

Prisoner: "Alright, you fucks, listen up! Most of us have been in here for months, some of us have been in here for years. Regardless, today is the day that we finally seek retribution against not only the police force, but the entire city!" The other prisoners cheered in agreement. I rolled my eyes.

Prisoner: "Now, what we have here is a couple of our good friends." He gestured toward the tied up officers, "We're gonna have some fun with them, if you guys are up for it." He smirked and they other prisoners roared in agreement.

He grabbed a female officer and pulled her up to the table, taking her gag off.

Female officer: "No! Please, you can't be this much of an animal!" He smirked.

Prisoner: "Oh believe me, I can." He reached for the officer's belt, but he was suddenly knocked back and sent flying into a cell. Before the officer hit the ground, she was caught by a seemingly invisible force, which was revealed to be me with a Big Chill cloak for invisibility.

Trey: "Hey, guys. I'm from the old folks home next door and was wondering if you could keep it down, the old folks are trying to take their naps." I sat the officer down and she looked at me.

Female officer: "A meta?" I shrugged.

Trey: "Sure, let's go with that." I quickly untied her and helped her to her feet, "Untie your partners and get to safety, I'll handle this."

Female officer: "Vigilantism is against the law, you know." I rolled my eyes under my mask.

Trey: "Read me my rights later. Now, GO!" She did as I said and I turned back to the prisoners, who all looked shocked.

Trey: "Alright, boys, I'm sensing a very little amount of testosterone in here and a very high amount of bravado. So I'll tell you what; if you go back to your cells, I promise to only beat you up a little." They all looked at each other.

Tattooed prisoner: "I'm just gonna ask. Who the fuck are you and what makes you think you can stand in the way of our freedom?" I laughed out loud at that.

Trey: "Well, since you asked so nicely, the name is Arsenal. I'm new in town and thought I'd test my hand at being the hero this city needs. But now that I look at you all, I'd say the city needs more of a pest control specialist." That made them extremely pissed.

Black prisoner: "Rip the mask off this little fucker's face!" They all charged at me, some of them with weapons. My eyes got wide.

Trey: "Was it something I said?" I jumped off the table and drop-kicked a prisoner into another prisoner, then ducked under a baseball bat and slid under another prisoner's legs. I quickly activated the watch and selected the form I wanted, then slammed it down. I grew to about 6'11 as my skin shifted into a bunch of levitating blocks that were red and black. The symbol appeared on my chest and I finished off looking like Knack from the video game.

Trey: "Rubix-Dude." I charged at the prisoners and backhanded a couple of them back, sending them flying into the wall. A couple more of them jumped onto my back and started hitting me in the chest, but I shifted my blocks into a catapult and flung them off of me.

Rubix-Dude: "Normally when a giant monster appears, people start running. I guess you guys are a special kind of stupid, huh?" They pulled out shanks and charged at me, but I slapped my symbol and became Blamurai, then flipped over them, then pulled out a bo staff and used it to trip them up, then leaped up and kicked them in the head, knocking them out cold. I was suddenly grabbed around the neck and placed in a headlock, but I used my staff to flip over the guy, then roundhouse kicked him in the head, spinning him all the way around. While he was dizzy, I delivered the knockout punch to his nose, breaking it and knocking him to the ground. A couple of the prisoners grabbed some tasers that the officers dropped and charged at me, but I slapped my symbol and became Blackout, a form that was the exact replica of Elemental Hero Voltic from Yugioh, then absorbed the taser shocks and used them to power up my fists, then clapped, unleashing a massive electrical wave. The prisoners were shocked and fell to the ground.

Blackout: "I'll resist the urge to make a lame electricity joke. Consider yourselves lucky." About 50 more all surrounded me.

Bearded prisoner: "Getting tired, freakshow?" I smirked.

Blackout: "Nah, I just wanted a bit of a workout. But you're talking a bit too much so I guess I'll wrap this up." I slapped my symbol and became Tempest, a form that was my usual height, had snow white skin, dark red armor, a black visor and bright red hair that reached down to my back. I also had huge angel wings that were folded up.

Tempest: "You guys look hot, let me turn the fan on for you." I opened up my wings and flapped them with all my strength, sending them all flying into the wall. With them all taken care of, I turned around to fly off, but my symbol made the time out noise and I reverted to normal, thankfully still in my costume.

Trey: "Well, that's not good." I tried my limb-changing powers, but I couldn't maintain them without getting tired, "Good going Azmuth, you put a limiter on my limb-changes too."

The wall was suddenly blasted apart and in came dozens of police officers, all carrying guns.

Officer: "FREEZE, everybody down.." He stopped talking when he saw all the prisoners out cold. He looked at me and I waved, sheepishly.

Trey: "Uh, hey guys...what took you so long?" I tried to walk toward them, but they immediately aimed their weapons at me.

Officer: "Stay where you are! We've been getting reports of a masked meta, all night. I don't know where you came from but I want you to take off the mask and get down on the ground." I glared at him.

Trey: "Seriously, you're arresting me? I just did 90% of your job for you and you're arresting me?"

Officer 2: "Don't make me ask again." I sighed, then felt a familiar energy, meaning I was good to use my powers again. The watch was still recharging so my limb-changing would have to do.

Trey: "Fine, fine. But before I do, you should probably buy a new belt."

Officer 2: "What are you talking abou-" He was cut off by me turning my hands into Web Head ones, shooting web lines at his pants, and using them to pull his pants down.

Trey: "They just don't make belts like they used to." With the cops distracted, I shot two web lines at the ceiling and pulled myself up, then grew Cannonbolt armor and burst through the ceiling.

Officer: "Alright, game on, freak." I got to the roof of the prison, then grew Biohazard wings and flew back to my apartment. I crawled in through the window, got rid of my wings, and got my suit off.

Trey: "Pantsing the police captain probably wasn't the best idea, but at least I stopped a few crimes tonight." I looked at my phone and saw that it was 2 AM, "Yikes, I've been out for a while. Should probably head to bed." I changed out of my clothes and into some basketball shorts, then hopped into bed and fell asleep.

...

Meanwhile, up in a huge building that was the place of the mayor's office, a huge guy had just been tossed into a wall. He looked up at the guy who threw him, who was a guy with silver skin, blue eyes, and white hair. He was about 7 feet tall and was wearing a business suit.

Silver guy: "So tell me again, how exactly did my prison break fail to even reach the gates of the prison.?" The big guy got up and brushed dirt off of him.

Big guy: "I already told you, Mayor Lincoln, some guy in a mask showed up and took out every single one of the prisoners. He turned into these fucking monsters and went to town."

Mayor Lincoln: "I see. Now, I'm going to ask you another question, Hammerhead, do I look like a God Damn fool to you? You expect me to believe a man in a mask just showed up, turned into 'monsters' and shut down the entire prison break that we have been planning for weeks?" Hammerhead was silent.

Hammerhead: "We think he was a meta, Sir. We also heard he was over at Blackie's Bar. Lincoln glared at Hammerhead, then went over to his desk and pulled up some footage from the bar. He saw me show up, transform, and eventually take out Rich. Lincoln rubbed his chin.

Mayor Lincoln: "Arsenal, eh? His shape-shifting ability is like nothing I have ever seen before. And if he insists on playing hero, he may become a problem for business."

Hammerhead: "What do you want us to do, Mayor Lincoln?"

Mayor Lincoln: "Remember the deal we made with that alcoholic, some time ago? It's time to call in a favor." He smirked.

...

The next morning, I woke up to my phone ringing. I sleepily reached for it and answered it.

Trey: "*YAWN* Hello?" CoCo giggled on the other end.

CoCo: "Trey, were you still asleep?" I looked up at the clock and yawned again.

Trey: "Well it is 7 AM, normal people usually tend to be asleep at this time."

CoCo: "Anyway, I know I said to meet me at the cafe before my class, but can you come to my house instead? It's sudden, but I think I can make better coffee than the cafe." I sat up and stretched, then thought about it. I didn't have to be in class until 11 and I may be able to squeeze in another patrol.

Trey: "Uh, yeah, sounds cool. What's your address?"

CoCo: "700 Park Avenue. Meet me in 15 minutes, don't be late." After that, she hung up. I chuckled.

Trey: "Goodbye to you, too." I got up and headed to my suitcase to grab some close, since I hadn't unpacked yet. After choosing what I wanted to wear, I headed to the bathroom and hopped in the shower.

Trey (thinking): "I wonder if anybody knows about me, yet. I did stop three metas and a prison break last night, not to mention humiliated a cop. Word has to have spread." I thought about CoCo. She was really pretty and seemed cool, but what about Charity? Technically, we hadn't officially broken up but she could've moved on from me while I was gone for those 3 years. Besides, can I even think about having a girlfriend while protecting the city? What if I get her hurt?

After a couple more minutes, I got out of the shower, then brushed my teeth and put on deodorant. I put on a white T-shirt, red zip-up hoodie and blue jeans, then left my house. As I walked to CoCo's house, I walked past the bar where I fought Rich or Sentry, as I named him last night. I actually named him while I was fighting the two speedsters. I gave them names too, Skid and Runaround. I walked a bit closer to the bar and saw it being investigated by the police and the task force. I peeked inside a little more and saw that Sentry was still there. I guess they just now are coming to get him.

My train of thought was interrupted by me getting pushed away from the door. I looked up and saw the same police officer that I pansted last night. I resisted the urge to laugh.

Officer: "Back away, son, nothing to see here." I looked at him. He looked really familiar.

Trey: "Oh yeah, sorry, officer. Just trying to see what happened here."

Officer: "Bio-terrorist attack, nothing serious." I raised an eyebrow.

Trey: "What's a bio-terrorist?" He looked at me like I was insane.

Officer: "Individuals with superhuman abilities." I nodded in understanding.

Trey: "Oh, meta-humans! I gotcha, dude." He glared at me.

Officer: "We do not refer to them as that term, son. This city is used to such powered individuals, using their abilities for terrible things. Such as the case, we refer to them as bio-terrorists. You would know this if you came to the mandatory city-wide conference last month. Natter of fact, I don't ever remember seeing your face before. What's your name, son?" I gulped.

Trey: "Trey, sir, Trey Sergauson." I shook his hand.

Officer: "Well, Mr. Trey, I've got my eye on you."

Trey: "Alright, I guess." Another officer came over to us, waving at me and turning to the officer I was talking to.

Officer 2: "Captain Butler, we need you." My eyes got wide. Butler? As in, Arcola Butler?

Captain Butler: "Alright, Caspi. Trey, welcome to the city, keep your nose clean." I nodded.

Trey: "Alright, dude." He frowned as he walked away. I chuckled and walked toward CoCo's house, thinking.

That was absolutely the guy I saw beating CoCo up, yesterday. She did say that was her father! He was probably so drunk that he doesn't recognize me. It's better if I keep it that way, he already hates Arsenal, can't having him hate Trey too. Man, it feels weird having two identities again. I'd been a public superhero for about a year before I was put to sleep so I'm used to just being Trey Sergauson, superhero instead of Trey Sergauson and Arsenal. It's for the best, though.

I walked up the stairs to CoCo's apartment, then knocked on the door. A couple seconds later, CoCo answered the door with a smirk.

CoCo: "You're 8 minutes late, Hero boy." I smiled and rolled my eyes at her, then she let me in. We went and sat in the kitchen.

Trey: "Why didn't you tell me your ass hat of a father was the police captain?" She looked at me, surprised, then shrugged.

CoCo: "Didn't think it was important." I looked at her seriously.

Trey: "But what is important is that he puts his hands on you. You know you don't deserve that." She sighed.

CoCo: "Yeah, I know. But my mom was arrested when I was little and has been in Blackgate for the last 14 years, so he's the last bit of family I have. He may be a terrible father, but he's still my dad." I shrugged, obviously still worried but she didn't wanna talk about it. She turned on the little TV that she had in the kitchen and went over to the coffee maker.

CoCo: "How do you take your coffee?" I was about to answer, but I saw something on the TV that made me stop.

Trey: "Hey, isn't that your dad?" I nodded toward the TV.

CoCo: "Oh yeah, he was going on about this guy in a mask before he left. Something about calling a press conference." My eyes got wide but I quickly fixed my face.

Trey: "Could you turn it up?" She nodded and turned the TV up.

Captain Butler: "People of the press, people of this good city, I appreciate you all coming out this morning."

Trey: "Oh, this should be hilarious." CoCo raised an eyebrow at me.

Captain Butler: "As you all know, this city has been dealing with bio-terrorists, individuals with abilities that are far beyond our comprehension. Well, a new kind of bio-terrorist has emerged and he is as dangerous as they come. This individual has showcased an ability to transform into several different monstrous forms and did not hesitate to use his abilities to exact vigilante justice, as well as humiliate me." He had another officer pull up a projector, then showed a picture of me in costume, holding up my watch to transform, "So as of now, I'm officially issuing a warrant for the vigilante known as Arsenal."

My eyes got wide and my mouth hung open as the reporters started flocking Captain Butler with questions. CoCo turned around and slid a cup of coffee to me.

CoCo: "Here you go. Hey, are you alright, dude?" I shook my head, then gave her a smile.

Trey: "Oh, yeah. I just think it's pretty crazy that your dad wants to arrest Arsenal. From the, uh, videos that I saw on YouTube, it seems like he's trying to help." She shrugged.

CoCo: "Yeah, I guess. I'm not too worried about the metas, to be so very honest. They haven't bothered me so I don't bother them." I nodded.

Trey: "Understandable." We sipped our coffee in silence, but I obviously was thinking about this warrant that just got placed on me. How am I supposed to be this city's hero if the fucking police are considering me a bad guy? This secret identity thing wasn't this hard, last time around.

We walked into her living room with our coffee and sat on the couch. We talked for a while until I felt something run along my feet. I jumped up and instinctively, my eyes glowed red. I quickly rubbed them to hide that.

Trey: "Man, still got some eye boogers." My eyes returned to normal and I looked down at what ran along my feet. It was a black and white cat. CoCo giggled.

CoCo: "Don't tell me you got startled by Mr. Tuxedo Pants. He wouldn't hurt a fly." I smiled at how cute she looked while playing with her cat, then shook my head.

Trey: "Mr. Tuxedo Pants. That's a fye ass name, actually." She raised an eyebrow at me.

CoCo: "Fye? Is that good or bad?" I laughed.

Trey: "Fye, it means something is more that totally fucking awesome. Get it?" She nodded.

CoCo: "Horizon city slang? Cool." I chuckled. She looked up at the clock, her eyes getting wide, "Oh shit, I'm late for my first period."

I looked at my phone, confused.

Trey: "But it's only 8;30, your class is at 9."

CoCo: "I like to get there early so I can chill and get a good seat. Now, come on." She grabbed my arm and pulled me out the door with her. After locking it, she gave me a quick hug, said goodbye, and ran off. I chuckled.

Trey: "I guess she forgot I go to Novas, too." I pulled out my hoverboard and hopped on it, then rode off. Thankfully, Fury told me that this planet sold hoverboards in stores. A few people had them so using mine wouldn't blow my secret ID.


Back in Lincoln's office, it looked like he was waiting for something.

Mayor Lincoln: "What the hell is taking so long?!" As soon as he said that, Hammerhead and some other guy came through the doors, carrying Captain Butler. They threw him on the ground in front of Lincoln's desk.

Captain Butler: "What is the meaning of this? I should arrest both of-" He stopped talking when he saw Lincoln.

Mayor Lincoln: "Hello, Mayes, how have you been?" Captain Butler suddenly looked nervous.

Captain Butler: "M-Mayor Lincoln. To what do I owe the pleasure of coming in here?"

Mayor Lincoln: "This is not a political visit, Mayes, call me Tombstone. As for my reason in bringing you here; I'm sure you are well aware of this masked meta-human running around calling himself Arsenal." Captain Butler's face went from nervousness to anger.

Captain Butler: "That little freak humiliated me in front of my team AND seems to think he can do our job better than us. Of course I'm well aware of him."

Tombstone: "Well, so are my associates and I. We believe that Arsenal could potentially pose a threat to our entire operation, so we brought you here because we believe you can take care of him."

Captain Butler: "I have every officer and task force operative on the search for Arsenal, don't worry." Tombstone shook his head.

Tombstone: "That will not be enough, I'm afraid. Arsenal has abilities that nobody has seen before, he will make short work of the NCPD and the task force. However, I have thought of a solution that will help both of us. Mrs. Nexus, come in here." The door opened and in walked a lady with dark red hair, green eyes and freckles. She had on a business suit with a skirt and heels.

Mrs. Nexus: "Mr. Lincoln, always a pleasure."

Captain Butler: "Who's this?"

Tombstone: "Mayes, this is Thea Nexus, head of NexCorp. She has graciously agreed to partner with me, recently."

Thea: "Well, we do have a common interest, Mr. Lincoln."

Captain Butler: "Alright, and what does she have to do with me? Or Arsenal, for that matter."

Thea: "You see, Captain, a secret branch at NexCorp has recently began to study why these meta-humans have the abilities that they do. At first, we believed that there was some sort of outbreak or disease that gave them their powers. But recent study shows that this is not the case. We have discovered that some people are born with something that we call the meta-gene. Exposing the meta-gene to the planet's oxygen resulted in superhuman abilities. However, Arsenal is a meta that continues to baffle us."

Captain Butler: "Still not seeing what this has to do with me."

Tombstone: "Thanks to some searching, we discovered that you, Mayes, have that very meta-gene. And we want to activate it and use you to take care of our new vigilante problem." Butler's eyes got wide.

Captain Butler: "There is no way in hell that you are turning me into one of those freaks! I refuse!" Tombstone smirked.

Tombstone: "You are in no position to refuse, Mayes. May I remind you that my associates and I are providing you with help for your little alcohol problem?"

Captain Butler: "Yeah, but-"

Tombstone: "AND May I remind you that we know all about your daughter? The daughter you regularly beat whenever you have one of your little episodes."

Captain Butler: "You said you would never tell! If that got out, it would ruin me."

Tombstone: "And I won't tell, Mayes. But loyalty has to be a two-sided coin." Butler looked at Thea, then back at Tombstone. He sighed.

Captain Butler: "Fine, I'll do it. But after I take care of Arsenal, I'm done." Tombstone nodded.

Tombstone: "Absolutely. Mrs. Nexus, if you would." She nodded and placed a mask over Butler's face, making him inhale some kind of gas. Suddenly, he started to emit a black aura. He shook violently for a second, then burst into this powerful black light. When the light cleared, Butler was floating in the air, with a black molecule aura around him. His eyes and hair were also glowing black.

Captain Butler: "This power...it feels incredible. It's like I can feel everything, all at once."

Thea: "You have vast control and manipulation over the energy spectrum. There is virtually nothing you can't do or create, Captain." Butler looked at Thea.

Captain Butler: "No. Mayes Butler doesn't fit me anymore. Call me..VULCAN!" With that, he took off through the ceiling, leaving a huge hole.

Thea: "Are you sure Captain Butler was a good choice, Mr. Lincoln? He seems very unstable." Tombstone smirked.

Tombstone: "That is the idea, Mrs. Nexus."


I had arrived at school and hopped off my board, folding it back up and placing it in my back pocket. I looked up at the huge campus that was Novas University.

Trey: "Holy shit. There is definitely nothing like this, back home." Walking inside, I immediately noticed the colorful walls and floors. The people there all looked pretty friendly and were talking amongst themselves. I kept walking until I stopped and looked inside a room. I smirked when I notice CoCo sitting at one of the desks, taking notes. She looked up and smiled at me, then went back to work.

Voice: "Arcola Butler, huh? How'd you swing that?" I turned to my right and noticed a guy standing there, looking at me. He looked about my age, lightskin, and had grey eyes. He was wearing a blue cardingan, white t shirt, and blue jeans.

Trey: "Oh, we're just friends. Who are you, by the way?" He chuckled, rubbing the back of his head, then held out his hand for a handshake.

Guy: "Kyrie Nexus. Nice to meet you." I shook his hand.

Trey: "Trey Sergauson. Nice to meet you too, bro." He nodded.

Kyrie: "So, you new here? Don't remember seeing you around." I nodded.

Trey: "Yeah, I just transferred from Horizon, yesterday."

Kyrie: "Cool, cool. How you liking it, so far?" I shrugged.

Trey: "It's pretty cool. Not that different from back home, actually." I needed to go to the office to get my schedule and Kyrie decided to walk with me since he was done with classes for the day.

Kyrie: "So you're telling me they have meta-humans back where you're from?" I laughed.

Trey: "You'd be surprised, man." We walked past a newspaper stand and Kyrie snagged one, looking at the cover.

Kyrie: "Heh, bet you never had anything like him, back at Horizon." He showed me the cover, which had a picture of me, in costume, fighting Sentry with Diamondhead arms. I cleared my throat.

Trey: "Nope, nothing like that guy at all.." He looked at me with his eyebrow raised, then turned back to the paper.

Kyrie: "I guess his name is Arsenal. Pretty awesome name, I'll admit. Did you see the video? He turned into these freaky monster things." If I hear one more person call me a monster, I'm gonna flip. I'm a fucking alien.

Trey: "Yeah, he seems pretty cool. Saved those people at the bar." He shrugged.

Kyrie: "Yeah, I guess. Police don't seem to think so, though. Arcola's dad is really serious about finding him."

Trey: "Yeah.." We got to the office and I got my schedule, then we went and sat on the bench, in front of the office building.

Kyrie: "Speaking of Arcola, you still haven't told me how you managed to get her to talk to you." I raised an eyebrow.

Trey: "What do you mean? She's just a person."

Kyrie: "Yeah, but she never really talks to anyone for whatever reason. Everybody knows her because she's the police captain's daughter, but nobody really knows her, understand?" I nodded, thinking about what he was saying. Just then, CoCo came running up, tears in her eyes. I immediately stood up and she ran straight into my arms.

Trey: "Whoa, CoCo, what's wrong?" She kept crying for a second, then looked up at me.

CoCo: "My...dad. He's gone crazy, turned into a...meta." My eyes got wide.

Trey: "WHAT?! I mean..how do you know?"

Kyrie: "It's all over everywhere, bro." I looked at him, seeing that he was watching something on his phone. He showed it to me. It was a live video feed of Captain Butler, floating and glowing black. He was holding a guy by the neck and it was obvious that he had turned over several cars.

CoCo: "See, Trey? He's always been bad, but this is-" Her and Kyrie looked up from the phone to see that I was gone.

Kyrie: "Trey?"

I ran through an alley, pressing the button on the Delta-X and getting my costume on, then grew an Astrodactyl jet pack and took off into the air.

Trey: "From alcoholic to super-villain, I should've expected this." As I flew, I felt a huge aura coming from the direction that I was going, "That doesn't feel like a meta-human aura. Dude isn't playing around."

I got to the scene and landed on top of a building, then made my jet pack go away. I looked down, seeing Butler floating and still holding the guy by the throat. A number of police force and task force officers were in front of him, holding out weapons.

Task force officer: "Captain Butler, put Sergeant Hamilton down! You are sick in the head and we can help you." Butler smirked.

Butler: "Help Me? HELP ME?! You have no motherfucking idea how to help anybody! You and I both know that you don't care about these people, you just wait until Lincoln makes a demand, then you go out and follow it like the little lap dogs that you are." I raised an eyebrow under my mask. This is the second time I've heard Lincoln's name.

Butler: "And you know what?! I'm sick and tired of working for him. And after I take care of Arsenal, I'm taking control of this damned city and you all will learn how it felt to constantly live in fear." He powered up energy in his hand and prepared to kill the guy he was holding. My eyes got wide.

Trey: "Oh, man." I hopped up on the edge of the building, then off and surrounded my hands with Cannonbolt armor, nailing Butler in the face when I got to him. He went flying into a building and dropped the guy, who I caught and set down safely on the ground.

Trey: "Aw, I'm on your little list? You like me don't you? That's so cute, I have a little admirer. Granted, I was hoping my first fan would be a bit better looking." Butler recovered and cracked his neck, then glared at me.

Butler: "Arsenal. Just the bio-terrorist I wanted to see." The guy I saved ran off and I stood to face him.

Trey: "You're trying to kill people and I'm the terrorist? Your moral compass is seriously fucked up, my guy. Why do you want me anyway? I'm trying to help people." He laughed.

Butler: "You don't fool me at all, Arsenal, I know your type. You bio-terrorists get these powers and think you can do whatever the fuck you want! My wife thought the same thing and look at her now, rotting in fucking prison, leaving me with a little girl."

Trey: "And what do you think that little girl would think of your little tirade, Butler? Is this really the example you wanna set for Arcola?" He powered up.

Butler: "The name is Vulcan. And that little girl has been nothing but a burden to me since Alexis dumped her off on me, she's the reason I started drinking, she's the reason I started working for Tombstone, and she's the reason I HAVE THE POWER TO DESTROY YOU!" He charged at me at an amazing speed, barely giving me enough time to dodge. I turned my legs into Bullfrag ones and jumped over him, then turned my hand into a Frightmare one and pulled him back to me with chains, then turned my hands into Power House ones and slammed him to the ground when he got to me.

Trey: "Alright, Vulcan since you wanna be the fourth villain added to my highlight reel.." I slammed the watch and went Firecracker, "I'll be happy to oblige!" I jumped up and jammed my feet int o his chest, only for him to grab me by my ankle and blast me off with a flamethrower. I stumbled back and he covered his fists with some type of black energy, then ran at me and landed two haymakers to my jaw, then jumped back and nailed me with a radiation beam. I flew back and landed on the hood of a car He went right back at me, but I ripped the door off the car and smacked him with it. It dazed him, giving me an opening to slap my symbol, become Fleet, and let off rounds at him with my blasters. He stumbled back and I flew at him, shooting more rounds, but he deflected them all with his hands, then smacked me toward the ground with Phoenix force. I bounced off the street and he kicked me in the stomach. I managed to slap my symbol and went Crypto, then jumped up and swung around his neck, then wacked him in the face with my tail. I only succeeded in pissing him off and he grabbed me, electrocuting me with a bear hug. I wrapped my tail around his leg and tripped him up, making him release me, then landed on the ground and tried to punch him. He grabbed my wrist before I could and flew up into the air with me, then dropped me. He fired a radiation beam at me, but I did a spin as I was falling and dodged it, then slapped my symbol and went Tempest, then flew up at Vulcan, forming an energy mace around my hand. I smacked him in the jaw with it, but it absorbed into his body on contact and he used it to nail me in the stomach, knocking the air out of me. He smirked and flip kicked me over the head, sending me flying toward the ground. I cratered into the street.

Tempest: "This guy has control over every type of energy. Gotta take him down quickly." I slapped my symbol and became Web Head, then started shooting web balls at him.

Web Head: "Hey Dark Nightlight, I thought you wanted to destroy me, not fix the kink in my back!"

Vulcan: "Still haven't learned your lesson, huh?" He powered up a huge Phoenix force ball and threw it down at me.

Web Head: "Well, I never was very good in school. Could never resist throwing shit at the teacher!" As I said that, I formed a web slingshot and used it to fling the Phoenix force ball back at Vulcan. He absorbed it back into his body, but looked up to see me punch him in the face, sending him flying down. He landed and tumbled along a rooftop. I landed and slapped my symbol. I became Smashface and rammed him off of the building, then slapped it again and became OmniFire, then flew after him, shooting star bolts. They were immediately absorbed into his body, but I flew straight at him and pushed him to the ground, cratering him into the street. I started wailing on his face, only for him to levitate me off of him by my neck.

Vulcan: "That all you got, freak? I almost feel bad for killing you." He slammed me into the side of a building, "Almost." He kept slamming me until I slapped my symbol, becoming Heatblast and breathing fire at him. I landed on the street after he released me and gasped for air. He yelled in fury and charged at me, but I slapped my symbol and became AmpFibian, then blasted him back with an electric blast.

AmpFibian: "That's like an all you can eat buffet, to him. I need to find some way to drain this guy." I immediately thought of Feedback or Mark 10, but before I could even slap my symbol, it started beeping. "Oh, no." It timed out and I reverted to normal.

Trey: "This isn't good."

Vulcan: "ARSENAL!"

Trey: "And that's even worse." He flew at me and grabbed me by my costume, then slammed me to the ground and started dragging me through cars.

Vulcan: "No more presto-chango, huh?" I managed to grab onto a light pole to get free from him, then slowly stood up.

Trey: "What can I say, the old red and black is growing on me." I glanced at the watch and it was still recharging.

Vulcan: "I'm gonna enjoy ripping that costume off you and seeing who you are, as I look into your eyes while I kill you." He fired an energy beam at me, but I hid behind a car so it wouldn't hit me.

Trey: "Wow, you're dark. You'd give Edgar Alan Poe a run for his money." He flew at me and swooped me up by my hood, then flew me into the air.

Vulcan: "You're powerless right now, aren't you? Oh, this is too good!" My eyes glowed red under my goggles and I smirked, turning my foot into a Biohazard punk buster and kicking him in the head.

Trey: "Yeah, I'm getting a kick out of it, too." I landed on a rooftop and made my foot normal.

Trey: "Think, Arsey, you're doing this by yourself again. He's energy based, and his body is producing it biologically so I can't just Feedback it away from him. So how do you contain energy? Man, I wish Charity was here, that fat brain of hers would be incredibly useful right now. Wait, fat!" Vulcan landed in front of me, smirking.

Vulcan: "You gonna keep running from me, you scared, poor excuse for a bio-terrorist?" He charged at me.

Trey: "Oh, you sweet talker, you." I activated the watch and slammed it, becoming a short, tubby green alien with red eyes and the symbol on my belly button. Vulcan hit me, but his energy went straight into my body.

Vulcan: "What?!"

Trey: "Never thought I'd ever be so happy to turn into The Worst." I smirked at him, "You wanted me to stop running, ink blot, here I am."

Vulcan: "SHUT UP!" He built up all his power into his fist and punched me, just like I thought he would. Instead of being hurt, my body took all of the energy like a sponge, effectively powering him down.

Vulcan: "No, what did you do?!" I slapped my symbol and became Gutrot.

Gutrot: "Basic science, actually. Some scientists use fat to store energy so I turned into my chubbiest form and tricked you into releasing all the energy in your body, which wasn't hard to do. You don't need many brain cells to be a super villain, I guess."

Butler: "You little pest! I'll kill you." He ran at me and punched me, only succeeding in hurting his hand.

Gutrot: "Now for a little sleeping gas to put you down for the time being." I mixed up the sleeping gas in my stomach, then released it, putting him to sleep. I slapped my symbol and became Biohazard, then picked him up and flew him down to the street, giving him to the police.

Biohazard: "Keep this one away from the bottle, okay?" I was about to fly off, but was suddenly stopped by a cop.

Officer: "There's still a warrant for your arrest, Arsenal. You're coming with us." I sighed.

Biohazard: "Sorry, prison Orange would clash with the red and black. I buzzed my wings and took off into the air.

...

At Lincoln's office, he and Thea were watching the whole battle on a big monitor that was hanging from the ceiling.

Thea: "It seems that Arsenal is more powerful than we originally thought, not to mention resourceful. It is obvious that device on his wrist is some sort f limiter, though."

Lincoln: "It makes sense, the hero's body can't be stable enough to maintain his true power. That device must help with that."

Thea: "What do we do now? Vulcan has been defeated and surely won't be released."

Lincoln: "Relax, my dear. Vulcan was not the only meta-human I was able to create. Arsenal will be ours in no time."

...

The next day, Kyrie and I walked up to CoCo's front door so that I could apologize.

Kyrie: "So tell me again where you ran off to, yesterday." I looked at him.

Trey: "I already told you, I was supposed to call my Grandpa as soon as I got here, but I didn't. Had to go take care of that."

Kyrie: "And that couldn't wait until after you comforted the hot girl?" I slugged him in the arm for that comment, then knocked on the door. After a minute or two, CoCo opened it.

CoCo: "Oh look, Trey Sergauson in the motherfucking flesh. Where the hell did you go, yesterday?" I rubbed the back of my head.

Trey: "Uh, family thing. I'm so sorry for leaving like that, I promise I'll make it up to you." She glared at me and walked back into her house, leaving the door open for us to come in. We followed her into her living room.

CoCo: "It's alright, I guess. I assume you heard the news." She gestured toward the TV, which showed clips of my battle with Vulcan, showing his arrest too.

Kyrie: "I heard his trial is on Friday." CoCo nodded.

CoCo: "He's going to get at least 10 years. All thanks to that asshole, Arsenal." She looked pretty pissed. I cleared my throat.

Trey: "Yeah, I, uh, heard about that. I'm so sorry but he wasn't a good guy before he got powers, turning into a meta only put him farther over the insanity edge."

CoCo: "But he was the only family I had left! Now my mom and my dad are in jail and it's all Arsenal's fault. He was the one that drove my dad over the edge, if he had just turned himself in and let the police and task force do their job, my dad would still be free." I sighed.

Kyrie: "But, Arsenal saved the city! He's a hero."

CoCo: "Hero, my ass! A hero wouldn't run from the police. Besides, Arsenal could clearly see my dad was unstable but instead of helping him, he engaged in a fight and turned him over to the task force. I will NEVER forgive him for that." I hung my head.

Kyrie: "You alright, man?" I quickly snapped out of it.

Trey: "Oh, yeah. Just tired. Didn't get much sleep last night." CoCo came over and hugged me.

CoCo: "I'm so glad I met you, Trey, you're pretty much the only person I have left that I can trust." I slowly hugged her back.

So, my first day as protector of Tetris Nova didn't go too bad. Sure, the police think I'm a bad guy, I still have to investigate this Tombstone guy who may actually be Mayor Lincoln, and the girl who I might possibly like hates my heroic identity, but this is the curse that comes with being a hero. To protect these people, I might have to sacrifice. That's the price of being extraordinary, I guess.

The End


There we have it, the first look of Trey's new life. I did my best to set up the new setting and new characters without giving up too many future plot points so I hope you all enjoyed. I'll most likely post the next chapter next month, so look out for that. Until next time, guys!