S2 EP7: Science Hurts
What's up, guys? Your favorite superhero, coming to you after Ellie and I saved our apartment building from the Wraith. It's been fairly quiet since then in terms of major villain attacks so I've just been using the time to stop minor crimes around the city and maybe change the public's opinion of me. So far, it hasn't worked. I've also been using the time to hang out with the others. Ellie and I have been as tight as ever since we started dating and I really like her. She's also been more interested in being a superhero, which I think is awesome. Lola has been acting weird lately, though, and I'm not exactly sure why. Kyrie and I are also becoming closer friends! But as cool as this down time is, I'm pretty worried that either one of the gangs could strike. Anyway, on with the story!
Kyrie: "Trey, you're always late. Where the hell are you, again?" I was on the phone with him as I walked out of my room. Before I left, I knocked on Ellie's door three times to let her know I was leaving. She probably can't hear it because vampires are pretty much dead when they sleep, but I like to do it anyway. After that, I climbed out of the window and started climbing the fire escape.
Trey: "I'm on my way now, Mr. Perfect Attendance. I should be there soon." I got up to the roof and my eyes glowed green as the cloth oozed out of my body, forming my new suit. It was a red, long-sleeved shirt under a black, sleeve-less hoodie that had a red Omnitrix symbol on it. I also had on red pants, black shoes and a red mask with goggles in the eye holes. With Lola's help, I was able to have the experimental cloth that's inside my body form a much better looking costume for me. I'm not going to use it much because I prefer to just transform, but it'll come in handy when the situation doesn't call for my alien forms.
Kyrie: "Yeah, right. You live 10 blocks away from the school. By the time you get here, the announcement will have been made." I chuckled to myself and climbed onto the edge of the building, letting myself fall off. As I fell, I turned my hands into Web Head ones and used two web lines to launch myself back into the air, where I grew an Astrodactyl jet pack and rocketed off.
Trey: "What's so awesome about this announcement that's got you so excited, Ky? Is it about bikini models?" I made my jet pack go away and started falling, but I covered my feet with Jumpstart electricity, landed on some power lines and started surfing forward on them.
Kyrie: "Ha ha. No, the university president said that the announcement is gonna be a glimpse into the future of science and technology. T, this could be huge. But we'll miss it if you don't hurry up!" Right as he said that, I dropped into an alleyway and got my costume off, then walked a few steps and tapped on his shoulder. He turned around, surprised.
Trey: "Yeah, I'll call you back." I hung up my phone and snickered. He rolled his eyes and hung up too, then dapped me up.
Kyrie: "You were not kidding when you said you'd be here soon." We started walking toward Novas University, showing the security guard our student IDs.
Trey: "I know a shortcut. Now, why are you so excited about a science announcement that the school is making? You're the heir to NexCorp, the most successful company in the world, in terms of that geeky stuff." We walked into an elevator and started going up to the 3rd floor, the science department.
Kyrie: "Yeah, but there are so many more companies out there that have ideas and blueprints that we don't have. Mom has this thing about beating competition, not working with them." I nodded and we exited the elevator, immediately walking into a huge crowd of people who were also waiting for the announcement. I turned and looked at Ky.
Kyrie: "What?"
Trey: "Can't you do your rich kid thing and slide everybody here twenty bucks so we can get to the front?" He laughed and shook his head.
Kyrie: "That's not how these things work, doofus. Even though I'm rich, I still get treated like a normal dude at school. Here, I'm almost as normal as you." I resisted the urge to burst out laughing. I'm an alien superhero who's dating a vampire. Yeah, totally normal.
Trey: "That may not be as much of an accomplishment as you think, my guy." I smirked and faced forward, leaving Kyrie with a confused look on his face. Mr. Isles, the university president, walked out of a room and stood in front of the crowd.
Isles: "Good afternoon, scholars. I appreciate you all taking the time out of your day to attend. I assure you, it is worth your time." The crowd all murmured in anticipation. Even I was wondering what the announcement was.
Isles: "Now, come over here, Mr. Nexus." I looked at Kyrie, who smirked and walked to the front of the crowd, then stood next to Mr. Isles.
Trey: "Yeah, he's a real normal kid."
Isles: "It has been an honor to have the heir to NexCorp attend our university. He is one of the brightest scientific prodigies that we have ever seen."
Kyrie: "Oh stop, you're making me blush." I rolled my eyes. Suddenly, a guy walked out of a room. He looked to be Native American, had short hair, and was wearing a blue T-Shirt and Khakis.
Native American guy: "If we are done inflating NexCorp's ego, it would be great if you would tell these young adults the actual reason you called them here." I laughed and nodded my head.
Trey: "Now there's a guy that knows what he's talking about."
Isles: "Very well. Everyone, this is Xavier Red, the founder of Horizon Industries." I raised an eyebrow. Horizon Industries? How many billion dollar companies does this planet have?
Kyrie rolled his eyes, but smiled and shook Xavier's hand anyway.
Kyrie: "Mr. Red, great to finally meet you, Sir. My mom has said a lot of things about you and your work."
Xavier: "Good things, I hope." Ky shook his head.
Kyrie: "No, not really." I snickered.
Isles: "Anyway, Mr. Red will be stationed here for a few days and will be a special guest at this year's expo." The crowd all looked super excited. I just looked confused. I turned to a guy next to me.
Trey: "Hey science dude, what expo is he talking about?" He looked me up and down and chuckled.
Science dude: "I would not expect you to know what the expo is, hipster. But I will further your education by telling you. The expo is a yearly convention that Novas University hosts. The brightest young minds design and manufacture their own technology and bring it before the judges, competing for a chance to win $500,000 to fund their research." I nodded.
Trey: "So who's typically won the expo?"
Science dude: "Well, your buddy, Kyrie has been winning ever since he was a freshman. Obviously he doesn't need the money, so he donates it to the school's science department." I raised an eyebrow and looked at Kyrie. Good on you, Richie Rich.
Xavier: "I also have an announcement of my own. This year, I will be having my own competition and the prize will be a job at my new Horizon Industries branch, right here in Novas City. You will be working closely with me on my research." The crowd got really excited but I looked at Kyrie. He did not look happy.
Kyrie: "You're adding a branch in Novas?! But that's NexCorp territory! My mother will be furious!" Xavier smirked.
Xavier: "Oh, she didn't tell you? Oh well, I assure you she already knows." Kyrie glared at him, then stormed past the crowd, me following in silence. I glanced back at Xavier, who was still smirking.
Later that evening, Lincoln, AKA Tombstone the secret crime boss, was in his office with Hammerhead and a couple of his thugs.
Tombstone: "Okay fellas, I have been made aware of a very special opportunity. One that we may not have again."
Hammerhead: "That's great and all, boss, but why did ya have us meet you here? Don't we usually conduct business at City Hall?" Tombstone sighed in frustration.
Tombstone: "Usually. But City Hall is still under repairs from the damage that the vampires did to it. What's worse is they've gone completely silent since then." He shook his head and continued, "But my home will do, for now."
Suddenly, the office door opened and in came Xavier Red. He glared at Tombstone.
Xavier: "I don't know why you people insist on having me wait outside. There's no point." Hammerhead and the other thugs pointed their guns at him.
Hammerhead: "Boss, who is this mook?"
Tombstone: "Put away your guns, men. This is Xavier Red, founder of Horizon Industries. I heard he was going to be in town for a collegiate science expo and got in contact with him. I thought he'd be the perfect person to help us with our problem."
Thug: "How's he gonna help us? We got plenty of science guys." Tombstone smirked.
Tombstone: "The expo is at Novas University, where Kyrie Nexus attends." Everybody nodded in realization.
Thug: "But boss, you're engaged to his mother. You should be able to get to him easily."
Tombstone: "It would be way to obvious to just snatch him, randomly. The Nexus family is very high profile, it would be everywhere in seconds. Not to mention, Kyrie has been hanging around this kid lately and I don't trust him. He's got a suspicious look in his eye every time I see him."
Xavier: "I saw that kid, he looked completely lost during the announcement. He barely looks like a problem. As for the NexCorp brat, I happen to know that he won't be participating in the expo this year. However, he will be there to offer advice to his peers."
Tombstone: "Yeah, Thea was telling me something about that. Apparently, the kid wants to be treated like an adult in the company."
Xavier: "That brings me to my next piece of information that will hopefully extend our partnership; right now, Kyrie Nexus is with the expo participants in his home. He is allowing them to use his science room to work on their entries. And here's the kicker, his mother is away on business and took the security team with her." Everyone's eyes got wide.
Hammerhead: "So the kid is unguarded right now. No security, no cameras to report it, and a bunch of kids that we could easily take care of. You want me and the boys to go grab him, boss?" Tombstone shook his head.
Tombstone: "Hold on there, Hammerhead. To ensure this mission does not fail, I have decided to use our only bottle of the meta-liquid." Everyone's eyes got wide.
Thug: "But boss, that's the only edge we have over the Negative Crew. They don't have no crazy superpower juice!"
Hammerhead: "He's right, boss. There's no guarantee we'll get anymore of this stuff. It's a huge risk." Tombstone thought about it, then looked at Xavier.
Tombstone: "So we should look to the best as a test subjec-I mean partner."
Xavier: "Hold on, you want to turn me into a meta-human? I don't know, that's not my thing. I was kinda hoping I could be the guy who builds and tinkers."
Tombstone: "Mr. Red, I assure you that if you do this, our partnership will be set. Not only will you get your Horizon branch approved, it will have special protection." Xavier looked at Tombstone then looked at the meta-liquid.
Xavier: "Fine." He quickly grabbed the bottle and drank the meta-liquid. As soon as he finished the bottle, blue energy exploded from within his body, blowing Tombstone and his gang back. Xavier clutched his stomach as he glowed blue. When the glow faded, Xavier was back to normal. Tombstone slowly walked toward him.
Tombstone: "Mr. Red? You alright, partner?" Xavier looked at him, a spark flashing through his eyes. Tombstone stopped.
Xavier: "Never better, Tombstone. I actually feel pretty normal. I don't think it worked-" Suddenly, one of the thugs dropped their phones. Xavier's eyes glowed blue and the TV quickly dismantled itself and rebuilt as a mechanical set of spider legs, which caught the phone. Everyone was silent.
Tombstone: "Oh, I think it worked." Xavier looked at himself, eyes still glowing.
Xavier: "Technopathy. The ability to alter, control and manipulate electronics with your mind. My case seems to be altered by my previous knowledge of electronics. To the exact extent, I'm not sure."
Hammerhead: "Wow, he is smart."
Tombstone: "I hate to interrupt a scientific discovery, Red, but you have a job to fulfill. Kyrie Nexus. Bring him to me." Xavier smirked.
Xavier: "Take out my future competition? Oh yeah." His eyes glowed blue and the computer formed a jet pack on his pack. He took off out the window.
Hammerhead: "You sure this is gonna work, boss?"
Tombstone: "It better. I haven't heard from Mister Negative in a while, which means he's up to something. I can't let him take over my control of the criminal underworld." Everyone nodded in agreement.
Back with me, I was with Kyrie and CoCo at Ky's place. All the people in the expo were all in the science room, hard at work on their projects and we were in there too, sitting by the window.
Trey: "Dude, why didn't you tell me you were a fucking philanthropist? The stuff you're doing for our classmates is awesome." He shrugged.
Kyrie: "It's not really something I brag about, T. I have a lot of money so I feel like I should use some of it to help others." I smiled and nodded, then turned to CoCo.
Trey: "Where have you been, CC? You haven't been around to be on my ass, lately." She rolled her eyes.
CoCo: "I've been busy, hero boy. I've got my classes and now that I'm dating a socialite, I apparently have to go to these media events with him." Kyrie nodded.
Kyrie: "Yeah, they're really lame." I nodded in understanding. Suddenly, I felt an aura and my eyes got wide.
Trey (thinking): "Something is here. Don't know what but I need to find it and beat it down." I looked around the room until I noticed something outside of the window. It was Xavier Red! His eyes were glowing blue, he had mechanical wings, and a Megaman-type cannon on both of his arms. My eyes got wide again and I stood up.
Trey: "Holy shit, that coffee runs right through me. I'll be right back." Ky and CoCo chuckled.
Kyrie: "Alright, dude." I ran off.
Xavier flew up the side of the building, energy building up inside of him.
Xavier: "Thea Nexus thinks she's untouchable. HA! I'll show her how vulnerable she really is." He flew a bit more until he got to the window of the science room. Kyrie and CoCo were sitting right there, not paying attention. "I don't know what Tombstone was so worried about. Kidnapping this kid is easy." He aimed his cannons at the window and was about to fire, when I suddenly slammed right up into him as Heatblast. He flew upward and landed on the roof of the building, face first.
i rocketed myself down and smirked at him.
Heatblast: "Seriously, easy? I think you're severely underestimating my hero skills, dude." Xavier stood up and looked at me, curiosity in his eyes.
Xavier: "Interesting. When Tombstone mentioned grabbing the brat, he didn't mention a pyrokinetic bodyguard." I raised an eyebrow.
Heatblast: "Wait, grabbing the brat?...Kyrie Nexus? Tombstone sent you to grab Kyrie Nexus? Why?!" He smirked and his eyes glowed blue. Suddenly, the technology on the sides of the building gathered around him and formed an exoskeleton on his body, leaving only his blazer and his face exposed.
Xavier: "It appears I've said too much. Oh well, you'll be dead soon anyway." His arms formed his cannons and he fired but I transformed into Red-Tail, turning my bracelets into huge knuckle dusters and punching the cannon shots away. A jet pack formed from under my skirt and I rocketed at Xavier, nailing him in the face when I got to him. He stumbled back and I smirked, then became Fasttrack and zoomed at him, kicking him in the jaw. He went flying, but mechanical spider legs caught him. He turned and pounced at me, using his spider legs to pin me down.
Xavier: "You are very intriguing, shape-shifter. I would love to kill you and dissect your body, but I do have a boy to deliver." He held his hand out and wires trapped me to the floor.
Xavier: "Till next time." His spider legs carried him off the side of the building. I struggled.
Fasttrack: "No, Kyrie!" I vibrated out of the wires, then went Web Head and front-flipped off the edge of the building.
Web Head: "Incoming!" I slammed my feet straight into Xavier's head, sending him flying toward the ground. As we fell, I wailed on his face with punches. I got in a few more punches before he grabbed my fist and covered it with a mechanical trap, then kicked me off of him. I shot a web line at him with my other hand, pulled myself toward him, and slammed him into the street, creating a crater. I flipped off him and started shooting web balls at him, but he formed a shield from his forearm to deflect them, then leaped at me and nailed me across the face with his enlarged fist. I stumbled back, but recovered and became Hydro Tide, then blasted him in the face with water. He was unaffected and instead turned his hand into a BFS and came at me, slashing. My eyes got wide and I ducked, then went Biohazard and roundhouse kicked him in the back with my punk buster. He stumbled back and I kicked at him again, only for his eyes to glow blue. I suddenly stopped in my tracks, unable to move.
Xavier: "This form of yours is mechanical in nature, hero. Unlucky for you, I can control machines." He made me put my foot down, then stood me in place.
Biohazard: "Technopath. I've dealt with one of you geeks, before. Although, he was a little less..touchy, feely." He smirked.
Xavier: "You are smarter than you look. Unfortunately, you don't look very smart." I rolled my eyes. As lame as this guy is, he is dangerous. I need to keep him talking so I can figure out what the hell is going on.
Biohazard: "Funny. But how about you leave the jokes to me and you stick to running a company. And being a super-villain, apparently." Xavier scoffed.
Xavier: "I am not a super-villain, imbecile. The only reason I agreed to become a meta-human is to ensure my spot in Tombstone's gang. All I have to do is grab the Nexus kid and I'm golden." I struggled to move, but his eyes glowed blue and I stood still again.
Biohazard: "You know, some people try to impress their boss by bringing them a fruit basket. You decided to be a basket case instead." I became Diamondhead and slammed the ground, causing a diamond pillar to launch him into a car. He gritted his teeth and he launched the car at me. I glowed red and became OmniFire, then flew around car and started letting off star bolts at Xavier, who smirked and easily deflected them.
Xavier: "You have no idea what you're dealing with, do you?" I hovered in mid-air and raised an eyebrow at him.
OmniFire: "Nooo, it's not like you've been bragging about it since this fight started or anything."
Xavier: "No, you seriously are clueless as to what you are facing. These other technopaths that you have faced may have been powerful, but they lack something that I do not."
OmniFire: "Millions of dollars?" He paused for a second.
Xavier: "That. But they also lack years of experience in dealing with technology. Not only can I control machines..." His eyes glowed blue again and a car dismantled itself, then formed some kind of weapon. I raised an eyebrow.
OmniFire: "Neat trick. You should use it in the prison talent show." I flew at him but he smirked and fired the weapon, nailing me spot on. I flew back and slammed into a building, reverting to normal. Thankfully, I was in my suit.
Xavier: "That blast had the same level of power as an entire solar system. I'd advise you stay down and let me do what I came to do." He turned to go, then stopped. "We will meet again, monster kid. Next time, you will be the one I come for."
I struggled to get up but just fell back down.
Trey: "This is a really bad time to ask me out on a date, dude." Xavier shook his head and formed his spider legs, then started to climb up the NexCorp building. Suddenly, he was knocked off the building and sent sliding into the street. Ellie flew down and her wings went back into her back.
Ellie: "Baby cakes! Hi, you need some help?" I smiled and sighed in relief.
Trey: "Thank you, night time." She zoomed over and helped me up, then I made the mouth part of my mask go away and pecked her on the lips.
Trey: "Not that it's not good to see you, love, but how'd you find me?"
Ellie: "I bit you, remember? Ever since then, I've had this connection to you so I always know where you are."
Trey: "Kinda creepy, but it saved my ass so I'll let it slide." Xavier recovered and lifted himself up with his spider legs.
Xavier: "The surprises just don't stop with you, do they, vigilante? Fine, Nexus is free for now. But there is more than one way to get to him." He leapt off.
Ellie: "Nexus? He's after your buddy? Why?" I shook my head.
Trey: "Haven't figured that part out, yet. But if Tombstone is involved, there's no way it's good. I should make sure Kyrie is okay." I tried to get up, but stumbled. Ellie quickly caught me before I fell.
Ellie: "No no, shape-shifter. Even with your healing powers, you're still fucked up pretty bad. Rich boy can wait, I'm taking you home." I sighed.
Trey: "Fine. But we should still keep an eye on Ky, Xavier is dangerous." She nodded and picked me up, then made her wings come out and took off into the air
Back at Tombstone's penthouse, Tombstone and his gang were waiting for Xavier.
Hammerhead: "You sure it was a good idea to trust that rich dude, boss? He doesn't seem like the type of guy you would usually work with." Tombstone smirked.
Tombstone: "I implore you to give Mr. Red a chance, Hammerhead. His abilities may not be the kind we are used to, but they are nonetheless useful." At that moment, Xavier climbed in through the window with his mechanical spider legs.
Xavier: "Gentlemen, I have returned."
Tombstone: "Xavier, I do not see Kyrie Nexus. Do not tell me that you have failed."
Xavier: "Tombstone, I had Nexus in my sights. I was about to flawlessly pull off the job until this shape-shifting kid in a mask arrived." Tombstone suddenly looked angry.
Tombstone: "Arsenal, again?! I'm getting really tired of him getting in the way." Xavier looked at him, surprised.
Xavier: "So you know who this creature is? Who is he? Where did he come from?" Tombstone went over and sat down in his chair.
Tombstone: "His name is Arsenal and we don't know much about him. He showed up about a month ago and ever since he showed his form-changing face in this city, he's been a pain in the ass for my operation."
Xavier: "So he is some sort of vigilante, I thought as much. And his shape-shifting abilities are amazing, do you know where they came from?"
Hammerhead: "The boss thinks he's some kinda meta." Xavier chuckled.
Xavier: "Unlikely. He is an interesting study, but one that must be put to the side. I still have to get Nexus for you."
Tombstone: "How are you planning on doing that, Xavier? Now that Arsenal knows you're after Kyrie, he'll be on high alert." Xavier smirked.
Xavier: "Oh, Tombstone. You're forgetting that before I was a meta-human.." His eyes glowed blue and he was back to normal, "I was the owner of a very wealthy company."
Tombstone nodded.
Tombstone: "Yes, I remember that you are going to be at the Novas expo. That is a perfect way to securely grab Kyrie Nexus without causing Arsenal to show up." Xavier smiled and nodded,
Xavier: "Precisely. That should be a good day; I get a new apprentice at the company and I get to take out my greatest competition." They all laughed
Meanwhile, Ellie and I were back at our apartment with Lola. I called her over so we could discuss the Xavier problem as a team. She seemed reluctant at first, but when I mentioned it was hero stuff, she agreed to come over. Right now, we're all in my room. I was lying on my bed, Ellie was lying her head on my lap with her feet hanging off the bed, and Lola was sitting at my desk.
Lola: "Wait, wait, so you're telling me that Mayor Lincoln, who's apparently a crime boss, wants Kyrie for some reason so he sent Xavier Red, who somehow has powers, to capture him." Ellie and I nodded.
Trey: "Yep, that is what we're telling you."
Lola: "And not only does he have powers, he can build machines that could maybe kill you." Ellie rolled her eyes.
Ellie: "Doubtful. My shape-shifter is extremely powerful, some weapon isn't gonna do anything but tickle him." I smiled at her, making Lola roll her eyes.
Trey: "Tell that to my rib cage, bloodsucker. I'm not worried about me, though, I'm worried about Kyrie. Xavier could try and grab him at any time and we have no idea when he might decide to pop up." Ellie sat up and looked at me.
Ellie: "I don't think he'll just go after him like that again, baby, he's smart enough to know that he can't risk another run-in with the both of us." I nodded at what she said, realizing she was right.
Lola: "So you guys think he'll give up on trying to get Kyrie?" I shook my head.
Trey: "Wouldn't bet on it, Smurf head. If Tombstone wanted Kyrie, he wanted him for a reason, he wouldn't just give up after one failed attempt." We were all silent until Ellie suddenly looked at me.
Ellie: "Hey, remember when Xavier said there was more than one way to get to him? What if he has a way of taking Kyrie that doesn't involve using his powers?"
Lola: "Yeah! Trey, isn't he going to be a special guest at the Novas expo? That would be the perfect place to grab Kyrie." My eyes got wide.
Trey: "You guys are right! Why the hell didn't I think of this, before?" They smirked.
Ellie: "Face it, shape-shifter, you'd be lost without us."
Lola: "I hear that." They high-fived. I rolled my eyes.
Trey: "Okay, Charlie's Angels, there's still one problem. The expo is invite only. How am I gonna keep an eye on Kyrie if I can't get in?" Suddenly, I got an idea and I smirked, my eyes glowing red.
The next day, all the expo participants were at the Novas University multipurpose center, registering their technology for the expo. I walked past tables with all kinds of inventions on them, pushing a cart with my own invention on it. I figured that if the expo was exclusive to the participants, the only way to make sure Kyrie was safe would be to enter the expo myself. Lola had come with me so I guess she had gotten over whatever she was upset about. Today I was wearing a black and white striped shirt, ripped jeans, black and white Converse, and a black Dad hat.
Lola and I wheeled my invention up to the registration table, where Kyrie and some lady were sitting.
Trey: "Hi, I'm Trey Sergauson. I'd like to register for the expo." When he heard my voice, Kyrie looked up from whatever he was doing and gave me a surprised look.
Kyrie: "What are you doing here, T? I thought you were into this kind of thing." I looked at Lola, who shrugged, then looked back at Ky.
Trey: "Uh, I've actually started taking an interest in science-y stuff, Ky. Seeing guys like Arsenal and those other metas really made me think differently." Ky raised an eyebrow, but nodded anyway.
Kyrie: "Alright, man. Good luck. Oh, and don't get too discouraged if you don't win. Some of the students here have been doing this for their entire life, they're pretty much pros." I nodded.
Trey: "I'll keep that in mind, bro." The lady handed me a form and after I filled it out, Lola and I wheeled my invention over to my assigned spot.
Lola: "I can't believe he bought that stuff about you being interested in science." I chuckled but faked an offended look.
Trey: "Are you saying I can't be a science dude, Smurf head? I'm hurt." She playfully rolled her eyes.
Lola: "Please, the only reason you even have something to enter into the expo is because you turned into that little frog thing."
Trey: "Grey Matter. And technically, I'm 1/1,000,000th Galvan so it was all me." She rolled her eyes again, but stayed silent as I set everything up at my table. After a while, she spoke up.
Lola: "So you and Ellie have been even more touchy than usual, ET. Seems like she might like you as more than a friend." I looked up from my table and looked at her. She had an unreadable expression. I chuckled a bit.
Trey: "Well, I would hope so. It would seriously suck if my girlfriend only liked me as a friend." She full on frowned when I said that.
Lola: "Girlfriend, huh? Trey, are you sure it's a good idea to get close to her in that way? I mean, she did kill that guy in the alley and who knows how many other people." I raised an eyebrow.
Trey: "She also has saved my life twice, not to mention helped me save you from HER family. Do you know how hard that must have been for her, Lol?"
Lola: "Yeah, but-"
Trey: "But nothing. I know what she is and what she's done in the past, but she's a good person who's really trying to change. Do you really think my heroic ass would date someone who is actually evil?" Lola sighed.
Lola: "No...but what about us-" She stopped when I felt an aura and turned around, seeing Xavier walking up with Kyrie and that lady from before.
Lady: "And this is...Trey Sergauson. He's not a part of our science program but we accepted his submission anyway." Xavier smiled at me.
Xavier: "You're Kyrie's friend, are you not? It's great that you decided to enter." I glared at him, but Lola elbowed me in the side and my face softened.
Trey: "Uh yeah, I figured that if Ky could be a science dude, I should be able to do it easily." I smirked at Kyrie, who rolled his eyes. Xavier, however, shook his head.
Xavier: "That's an inaccurate hypothesis, Trey. Your friend Kyrie is...special. More than even he knows, I think." Kyrie and I looked at each other, confused and he continued, "Anyway, I have to meet the other participants. I look forward to seeing your invention at the expo tomorrow, Trey."
He walked off with the lady, leaving Ky with Lola and I.
Lola: "I don't know much about business, Kyrie, but aren't NexCorp and Horizon Industries rivals? Why is Xavier complimenting you?" He shrugged.
Kyrie: "I don't know, the dude's a weirdo. First he's bragging about building a branch in Novas, then he's trying to be my best pal. It's all strange as hell." Lola looked at me, but I was staring at Xavier. He noticed me looking at him and smiled. I scowled back.
Kyrie: "Trey!" I looked at him.
Trey: "Huh?"
Kyrie: "You're staring awful hard at Red. I hope you're not trying to win that apprenticeship at Horizon." I almost laughed out loud but held it in.
Trey: "Not a chance, dude. You know you're the only nerd for me." I patted him on the back and laughed when he scowled at me.
Kyrie: "I prefer the term academically gifted individual, for the last time. Anyway, I'm gonna go make sure everything is set up for tomorrow. See you guys later?" Lola and I nodded and I dapped him up, then he left. I turned to Lola.
Trey: "Candy head, I'm gonna go hero and see what Xavier's up to. Keep an eye on Kyrie for me?" She nodded.
Lola: "You can count on me, ET, be careful." I nodded and ran off to the bathroom, while Lola walked after Kyrie.
Lola's POV
So I was right, Trey is actually dating Ellie. Ellie, the vampire, the MURDERER. I know Trey said she was really trying to change and I know he has way more experience when it comes to dealing with super anything types, but I still can't get over the fact that he chose her over me.
Lola: "This is partly my fault, I did tell him I just wanted to be friends. But that was before I knew he was Arsenal. I didn't think he'd go off and find someone else to be with so quickly." I walked down the row of students with their inventions until I spotted Kyrie sitting on the stage. I walked up to him.
Kyrie: "Hey Lola, why aren't you with Trey?" I thought about it. I have to keep an eye on him anyway, so I may as well get some advice while I'm at it.
Lola: "Uh, he had to go do something. I was actually hoping to talk to you about something, though." Kyrie tapped the spot next to him on the stage and I giggled before sitting next to him.
Kyrie: "Alright, tell King Ky what's up." I shook my head.
Lola: "Well, there's this guy and I really like him but he's...different. I wanted to make a move but he chose another chica over me. Do you have any idea why that might be?" Kyrie thought about it for a second, then looked at me.
Kyrie: "Lola, guys are weird. Hell, we're almost like a whole different species." I almost laughed out loud at that one, but held it in and he continued, "Most guys usually all look for the same thing in a girl, though; smart, pretty, nice personality."
Lola: "But I have most of those qualities, so why would the guy choose the other girl over me?"
Kyrie: "Well, guys also look for a girl that understand them on a deeper level. Someone who they're compatible with, understand?" I thought about what he said. It makes sense, Trey is a fucking alien and Ellie is a vampire. Those two have way more in common than Trey and I. I sighed.
Lola: "Yeah, I guess. So unless me and this guy become more compatible, he'll always choose the other girl over me." Kyrie patted me on the back, giving me a sympathetic look.
Kyrie: "Sorry, Lola, that's just how us guys are. Who is this guy, anyway?" I cleared my throat.
Lola: "Uh, um-" I was cut off by the floor bursting open. Out of the hole came a huge, 9 foot tall robot that was silver, had red eyes, and a menacing smirk on his face.
Robot: "Kyrie Nexus, we have much to discuss." He leaped at us, but I thought quickly and pulled Kyrie off of the stage.
Lola: "Okay Trey, maybe those self defense lessons weren't a total waste of time." I grabbed Kyrie's hand and we ran off.
Kyrie: "Lola, what the heck is going on?! Why does that robot thing want me?!" I led him past several students, who all screamed and ran as the robot followed after us. It fired laser beams at us, but we ran around, barely dodging them.
Lola: "I actually don't know, chico rico. What I do know, though, is running is our best option." We kept running until the robot flew faster and landed in front of us.
Robot: "That little game of tag was fun, human, but I think it's time for us to go." Kyrie and I gulped.
Lola (thinking): "Trey, where are you?"
Trey's POV (A few minutes earlier)
After I left Lola, I headed toward the bathroom and locked myself in the stall.
Trey: "Okay Xavier, time for a little talk." I glowed red as my body turned into a literal shadow. I grew a cloak and my legs merged into a shadow tail. I finished off the transformation as Stealth and phased into the ground as a shadow, exiting the bathroom. I slithered along the floor, making sure not to let any of the students see the shadow moving by itself.
Stealth: "Alright, if I was an insane meta-human instead of a sexy alien, where would I be?" I slithered around some more until I found a room that said 'Authorized Personnel Only' on it, "Jackpot."
I slithered under the door, then became XLR8 and zoomed down the stairs, hiding behind a corner when I got to the bottom. I peeked around it and there was Xavier. His back was turned to me but I could see blue energy coming from his eyes. Pieces of machinery were floating in mid-air and Xavier grabbed them, then attached them to whatever project that he was working on.
Xavier: "After all these years of scientific research, who would have thought that my greatest creation would be used to harm others. Oh well, Tombstone's partnership is well worth it." He continued to work on his creation and I stopped peeking.
XLR8: "This dude talks to himself a lot. But then again, who am I to judge?" I zoomed out from behind the corner and zoomed toward Xavier. Right before I got to him, some kind of weapon came out of the floor and fired at me, trapping me in some kind of bubble.
XLR8: "What the fuck?" Xavier turned around and looked at at me, smirking.
Xavier: "Arsenal. I was wondering when you would show up. Although, I didn't think you would take such a sloppy approach." I struggled to get out of the bubble, transforming into Biohazard and punching it with my smack hands. No luck, though.
Biohazard: "So you were expecting me. Of course you were." I shook my head. How can I be so stupid?
Xavier: "You didn't really think I would leave myself open to an attack, did you? Especially after our first encounter." He pressed a button and the bubble let off a huge electric shock, making me revert to normal from the pain. Luckily, I was in costume.
Xavier: "Now that you are less of a threat, I have a question to ask you." I chuckled.
Trey: "I'm more of a boxers kind of guy, but briefs are cool too. How about you?" The bubble shocked me again and I dropped to my knees.
Xavier: "I implore you to take this seriously, kid. Now, why are you doing this?" I raised an eyebrow again.
Trey: "What are you talking about, geek face?"
Xavier: "Why are you so intent on vigilantism? From what I have heard about you, not only do the local law enforcement hate you, but so do a large percentage of the city's population. If it is not for adoration, why continue to attempt to help anyone?" That actually confused me. If this guy is trying to kill me, why does he want to know my life story?
Trey: "Super-assholes like you wouldn't understand, but I don't care about the adoration. I have these powers and people need help, so it's a no-brainer to help them." He chuckled.
Xavier: "Noble. However, this is where your crusade ends. After I send Ultron to collect Nexus, you and I are going to have a bit of personal time to ourselves and I'm going to really see what makes you tick." He smirked at me, but I rolled my eyes.
Trey: "Lame threat aside, what the hell is Ultron?" He smirked again and his eyes emitted blue energy that surrounded his creation, which was covered by a sheet. The whole room started to rumble and my eyes got wide as a 9 foot tall robot sat up, his eyes glowing red.
Xavier: "That's Ultron." He turned to Ultron, "My creation, Kyrie Nexus is very important to Tombstone's plans. Collect him and take him to the coordinates that I programmed into you."
Ultron: "Yes, father." He stood up and rocket thrusters came out of his feet, then he blasted through the ceiling.
Xavier: "It's only a matter of time, now." Suddenly, there was a red flash of light behind him and I slammed into the back of his head as Crashhopper.
Crashhopper: "Sorry to end this heart to heart, bro, but I got a tin can to trash." I leaped up through the hole in the ceiling.
Back with Lola and Kyrie, Ultron had cornered them and was prepared to grab them.
Ultron: "That little game of tag was fun, human, but I think it is time for us to go." They gulped.
Lola (thinking): "Trey, where are you?" Suddenly, I came down from the ceiling as Under-Wraps.
Under-Wraps: "Great idea, man. How 'bout I show you the door?" I launched my bandages out and grabbed a door off the hinges, then swung it at Ultron, sending him flying back into a wall. I turned to the others, "You guys alright?"
Lola immediately hugged me, but stopped when she remembered Kyrie was there.
Lola: "Uh, yeah, we're fine. Thanks, Arsenal." Kyrie looked at us, suspiciously.
Kyrie: "Yeah, thanks. But that robot thing said it wanted me to come with him. Why does he want me?" Before I could even begin to answer, I heard rockets coming from behind us.
Under-Wraps: "We'll brainstorm later. Lola, you and Kyrie find some place to hide. I'll come get you after I take care of this." She nodded.
Lola: "Right. Be careful, Arsenal." She pulled Kyrie off and I became Blamurai and flipped up, then kicked Ultron over the head when he got to me. While he was down, I pulled out both of my swords and tried stabbing them into his back, but his skin was impenetrable. He recovered and blasted me off of him with his eye beams. I flew through the air but became Stinkfly and recovered in mid-air. I charged at him and shot goo at his face, then landed, went Spitter and blasted him in the back. He was unaffected and turned around slowly, then punted me back like a football. I slammed into a wall and gritted my teeth, then went Fourarms and leaped at him, punching him in the face with all four of my fists. He stumbled back and I landed, then went Flarecrow and started letting off fireballs at him like a machine gun. They did no damage and he flew at me, but I used fire to launch myself in the air, then went Armodrillo and jammed my turbine arm into his back. Instead of him being hurt, he let off an electric pulse, sending me flying back to the ground. I slid along the floor and crashed into a student's expo entry.
Girl: "Oh man, I worked on that for months!" I rubbed the back of my head.
Armodrillo: "Sorry. Maybe they'll give you an extension if you tell them a superhero destroyed it." I became Elaskimo and stretched my arms out t slingshot myself at Ultron, becoming Smashface in mid-air and crashing into him with my horns. He put up some kind of energy dome to protect himself, then tried to backhand me but I went Fleshwalker and caught his hand, then charged up a punch of my own and nailed him in the chest with all my strength. He only stumbled back a little but when I looked at my hand, it was hanging off of the bone in my arm.
Fleshwalker: "Ow, ow ow ow! FUCK, THAT HURT!" I popped my hand back into place, then put my thumb in my mouth and blew on it, making my muscles buff up to three times their size. I launched myself off a table and nailed Ultron twice in the face. He blasted me off of him, but I went Web Head and pulled myself back to him with a web line, going Swampfire and nailing him in the face with a huge fire ball when I got to him. He flew back into the wall and I smirked.
Ultron: "Arsenal, this attempt to destroy me is pointless. I am made of the most diverse group of metals on the planet, I cannot be outright destroyed." I smirked.
Swampfire: "That sounds like a challenge, dude. And if there's one thing I'm good at, it's destroying stuff." I glowed red and became Atomix, then charged at him. I nailed him in the face, but he was unaffected and punched me in the stomach. I recovered and tried to headbutt him, but he caught my head in his hands and nailed me with his eye beams. I flew back and fired two radiation balls at him, but he caught both of them in his hands and crushed them, then charged at me and socked me in the stomach with his full strength, sending me flying down onto the stage, where Kyrie and Lola were hiding. I sat up and rubbed my head.
Atomix: "Just this once, I'd like to actually win a fight as Atomix. Just this once."
Lola: "You're getting creamed out there, tipo. What's so hard about turning that thing into scraps?" I threw my hands up in frustration.
Atomix: "He's fucking indestructible! I can't beat Ultron if I can't even hurt him." Ultron flew at us, but I became Terraspin and blew him back with my strongest gust of wind.
Kyrie: "He's completely indestructible? I find that hard to believe. Maybe.." Suddenly, I felt an aura and looked at Kyrie. His eyes were moving really quickly as he examined Ultron. My eyes got wide
Terraspin (mumbling): "He's a meta." Kyrie examined Ultron for another second, then looked at me.
Kyrie: "Just as I thought, he's not completely indestructible. There is a weak point in the center of his back that become exposed when his legs are completely together." Lola looked at me in confusion and I gave her the 'I'll tell you later' look. She nodded.
Lola: "Okay, but that brings us to the next problem; how are we going to trap his legs together AND get to the weak spot on his back? Arsenal can only do one thing at a time." When she said that, I got an idea. I glowed red and when the glow faded, I was Ditto.
Ditto: "That's not exactly true, actually." I split into two of me. Lola and Kyrie's eyes got wide.
Kyrie: "Cool trick but how does this help?" I looked at my clone and nodded, then we both glowed red again. I became Web Head and he became Ironheart.
Ironheart clone: "Hey, it actually worked. We haven't done this since that time with Krantz." I chuckled.
Web Head: "Yeah, the freaked out look on his face was priceless. Now, you remember that really old movie, The Emperor Strikes Back?" He nodded in realization.
Ironheart clone: "Oh yeah! With the big walking thingies?" I smiled and nodded.
Lola: "As weird as this is, can one of you please tell us what you're talking about?"
Web Head: "You'll see. Ironheart, wait for my signal, then move."
Ironheart clone: "Aye aye, Captain." I leaped off the stage and web swung toward Ultron.
Web Head: "Yo metal breath, you say you're the most powerful robot, right? But how powerful can you really be without a built-in nacho maker?" Ultron powered up and ran at me, but I shot another web line and swung around his legs, wrapping the web line around them. I landed and pulled on the web, tightening its grip around Ultron's legs.
Web Head: "Shell head, now!" Ironheart flew in and slammed into the back of Ultron's head, sending him falling to the ground, face first. With his legs trapped together, the weak spot in his back was exposed. I leaped up and Ironheart merged back into me, then I became Spykeback and slammed a spike straight into Ultron's weak spot. As soon as I hit it, Ultron's body disassembled, leaving scattered pieces of technology. I landed on the floor and smirked, then did my shimmy dance. Lola rolled her eyes.
Lola: "Show off."
Spykeback: "Okay, big robot down, now I just gotta find-" I was cut off as I was nailed in the head by a tomato, "What the hell?"
I looked up and saw a crowd of angry students, all aiming tomatoes at me.
Spykeback: "Was there a sale at Trader Joe's or something? What are you guys doing?" Xavier suddenly walked to the front of the crowd and smirked at me.
Xavier: "Arsenal, you and your robot almost ruined the expo. How can you have the heart to crush these kids' dreams?" To say I was shocked as fuck would be an understatement. I looked at Lola, who was equally as shocked.
Spykeback: "MY robot? You fucking prick, you're the one who sent that robot! I just stepped in to save everyone."
Girl: "Yeah, just like you 'saved' my expo entry!" I rubbed the back of my head.
Spykeback: "I said I was sorry! It wasn't my fault!" The crowd all started yelling angrily and I looked at Lola, who looked at me sadly.
Xavier: "Just leave, Arsenal. You are not wanted here." I scowled at him. If I leave, he'll have the perfect chance to grab Kyrie and now that I know Kyrie's a meta, I really can't let that happen. I became Astrodactyl.
Astrodactyl: "Fine. But I'm not leaving without him." I flew over to the stage and grabbed Kyrie, then took off into the air, through the hole in the wall.
Lola: "I hope you know what you're doing, hero." She hopped off the stage and headed out the door. Xavier looked both pissed off and worried.
Xavier: "Tombstone won't be happy about this." He turned to the crowd of students, "Please try and continue with registration, everyone. The plan is still to have the expo tomorrow."
After turning into Gutrot and knocking Kyrie out with sleeping gas, I brought him back to my place. Right now, Kyrie, Lola and I were all in Ellie's room. It was still day time so Ellie was still asleep but she sleeps like a rock so we shouldn't disturb her. I was still wearing my costume but my mask was off.
Lola: "So can you tell me what the hell the plan is now, Trey? Because it sure looked like Arsenal kidnapped Kyrie Nexus, back there." I buried my face in my hands and groaned.
Trey: "I don't know, Smurf head! Xavier threw me off when he summoned the angry mob and there was no way in hell I was letting him get to Ky so I panicked." Lola sighed.
Lola: "I guess you did what you thought was best. Have we any idea why Mayor Lincoln wants Kyrie?" I thought about it, remembering the way Kyrie looked during the Ultron fight. It was almost like he knew all about Ultron, even though that's literally impossible.
Trey: "Yeah, I think I have an idea. Lola, I think Kyrie might have powers." Lola looked at me, then down at Kyrie, who was sound asleep on Ellie's bed.
Lola: "Him? Seriously? Chico, you have to be mistaken." I shook my head.
Trey: "Lol, he told me about the weak point on Ultron's back like he helped build him. But that's impossible, I literally saw Xavier building him, with my own two eyes." Lola stared at Kyrie with an unreadable expression.
Lola: "Yeah, he did look kind of out of it during that whole thing. And it would explain how he has one of the highest GPA's in Novas University history, despite the fact that he never studies anything." I raised an eyebrow.
Trey: "So he's super smart? Lame." Lola rolled her eyes and looked over at Ellie, who was curled up in a ball under her blankets.
Lola: "Why did you bring him in here, by the way? Aren't you afraid your girlfriend will drain him dry?" I rolled my eyes at that last part.
Trey: "Lay off the vampire jokes, Candy head. I'm not going to let you keep talking bad about her." I gave her a serious look and she nodded, then I continued, "As for why I brought him in here; it's the only room in our house that Kyrie hasn't seen. If I put him anywhere else, he'll figure out my secret ID."
Lola: "If he's so smart, why hasn't he figured it out already? Better yet, why haven't you told him? You guys are getting close, right?" I looked at her like she was insane.
Trey: "Are you crazy? Ky would have a barn if he finds out that I'm guy who brought me to this planet said the people here aren't ready for the existence of aliens." Lola raised an eyebrow.
Lola: "But they are ready for monsters and people with superpowers? Right." I shrugged, realizing she had a point.
Trey: "There's also the fact that his mom is engaged to Tombstone. You know, the leader of one of the gangs I'm trying to stop. If Kyrie knows my secret, that's one step closer to Tombstone knowing." She nodded.
Lola: "And that would be bad. Okay, ET, I guess we're gonna have to help Kyrie without revealing who you are. Ready to wake him up?" I nodded, making my mask come back on. We turned to him.
Lola: "You think he knows he's a meta?"
Trey: "Don't think so. I didn't even sense his aura until today." Lola looked at me, then slapped Kyrie hard across the face. He woke up immediately.
Kyrie: "OW!" He sat up and looked around, seeing me and Lola, then turning around and seeing Ellie.
Kyrie: "Arsenal? Lola? The fucking demon girl?! What is going on, here? Where am I?" Lola and I looked at each other.
Trey: "My, uh, HQ. Yeah, my HQ. I brought you here because you're in danger, Mr. Nexus." Kyrie looked at Lola.
Kyrie: "What are you doing here? You working for Arsenal?" I chuckled and glanced at Lola, who scowled at me.
Lola: "NO! I'm working WITH Arsenal. I'm his partner."
Trey (pretending to cough): "Sidekick." She glared at me. Kyrie pointed back at Ellie, who had switched positions in her sleep.
Kyrie: "And the sleeping demon girl, what's the deal with that? Isn't she like a murderer or something?" Lola smirked at me but I paid her no mind.
Trey: "Yeah, that's my girlfriend. And she's a vampire by the way, not a demon. But she's really sweet and will only bite your face off if you provoke her." Kyrie looked at Lola, who had that same unreadable look on her face. He raised an eyebrow.
Kyrie: "Why did you bring me here, Arsenal? What kind of danger am I in?" I thought about it. I obviously have to tell him the reason he's here. If he's really super smart, he'll figure it out anyway. That doesn't mean I can't withhold information, though.
Trey: "Okay, I'm going to feed you a lot of shit at one time so keep up. There's a crime boss in this city named Tombstone, who's got beef with this other crime boss named Mister Negative over who has top control over the city. Both of these gangs are aware of NexCorp's meta-human formula and plan to use it to enhance their gangs. Mister Negative actually has the data on how to make the formula, but Tombstone only has one vial."
Lola: "Which he may have used on Xavier." Kyrie's eyes got wide.
Kyrie: "Xavier's working with a crime boss? Wait, XAVIER IS A META?!" I leaned over to Lola.
Trey: "If he reacted like that to Xavier, imagine what'll happen when we tell him he's a meta, too." I turned to Kyrie, "Yeah, Xavier is a meta. We think Tombstone used his one bottle of meta-liquid on Xavier and sent him to capture you. At first, we were stumped but I think I know why, now." Kyrie nodded.
Kyrie: "Go on."
Trey: "Okay, Tombstone only had one bottle of the meta-liquid and he knows that there's no way he's stealing another one from NexCorp. So he'd only use the liquid if he was super sure that he'd be able to get more."
Lola: "Yeah."
Trey: "But Tombstone sent Xavier after you, Kyrie, and I didn't understand why until you told me where Ultron's weak point was. Tombstone sent Xavier after you because you can make more meta-liquid. Dude, you're a super genius meta." Kyrie just sat there for a second, before shrugging.
Kyrie: "It makes sense." Lola and I looked at each other, then back at him.
Lola: "That's it? We thought you'd freak out and have a panic attack or something." I nodded in agreement.
Kyrie: "It makes sense, honestly. I have never shown the particular drive to be adept at my schoolwork, but I somehow am at the top of my class. Not to mention my understanding of advanced scientific concepts and theorems. So yeah, it's not a surprise when you think about it." I leaned over to Lola.
Trey: "Okay, he was smart before but he never talked like this. The threat of Ultron must have like, woken up his meta gene or something." I turned to Kyrie.
Trey: "Well, now that we know what's popping, we can start planning to fuck these guys' plans up." Kyrie nodded.
Kyrie: "As long as we can get this done by the expo, I'm all for it." Lola and I looked at each other and I placed a hand on his shoulder.
Trey: "Dude, we don't think it'd be a wise idea for you to go to the expo. It's the perfect place for Xavier to grab you." Lola nodded.
Lola: "Yeah man, we can't risk anything happening to you. You're too important." Kyrie suddenly stood up.
Kyrie: "And who are you guys to tell me where I can and can't go, huh? Arsenal, you're a wanted criminal and Lola, you're in no more authority than me! You have no right to deny me the chance to live my life, just because some crazy guy is after me." I stepped forward.
Trey: "Let's take a chill pill, brain boy. You're right, you do deserve to live your life. And maybe you should go to the expo." Lola looked at me with a shocked look.
Lola: "He should? But Arsenal, I thought we said it'd be too obvious a place for Xavier to take Kyrie." I nodded.
Trey: "Exactly. And we're gonna use it as an obvious place to stop Xavier for good."
Lola: "What do you mean?
Kyrie: "He's planning to use me as a decoy. Cliche, but effective." I pointed at him and nodded.
Trey: "Exactly. Since it looks like Geek Guy is on board, we should discuss-" I was cut off by Ellie moving around in her bed. After a second, her eyes opened, shining like cat eyes. She sat up and yawned, looking around her room.
Ellie: "*YAWN* Shape-shifter? What's going on? Why are there humans in my room?" I pulled out my phone, seeing that is was 8 PM. Ellie pulled her blanket from on top of her body and zoomed over to me at vampire speed, hugging me.
Ellie: "Good night, honey." I smiled and hugged her back.
Trey: "Good night, love." I looked down at her body and noticed she was wearing a black T shirt...and nothing else, "We have company, blood-sucker. Let's get you some of my clothes to wear."
She groaned.
Ellie: "But babyyyyy, clothes restrict my freedom!" I just looked at her and she sighed, "Fine."
I grabbed her hand and looked at the others.
Trey: "We'll be right back, guys. We'll draw up a plan when I get back." With that, Ellie and I headed to my room. Lola folded her arms over her chest and looked at the ground. Kyrie looked at the door, then back at Lola.
Kyrie: "Lola, can I ask you a question?" She looked up at him.
Lola: "Sure, Kyrie. I kinda owe you an explanation for all of this." Kyrie chuckled and shook his head.
Kyrie: "I understand what's going on, Lol, this isn't about the coming danger. I wanted to ask; that guy you were talking about earlier. Is it Arsenal?" Lola froze in place for a second, then looked at Kyrie.
Lola: "H-how did you know? I thought I was being super cryptic." Kyrie chuckled again.
Kyrie: "My new super intelligence helped a little, but it became very obvious by the way you looked when Arsenal hugged his girlfriend. Is she really a vampire?" Lola nodded, slowly then sighed.
Lola: "Do you think I have a chance?" Kyrie looked at Lola with a sympathetic look.
Kyrie: "Remember what I said about boys being really weird? Well, that boy is the weirdest of them all. I don't want to hurt your feelings, but it is unlikely that a super-powered vigilante like Arsenal would abandon a girl that is also powered, just to be with an ordinary girl like you." Lola frowned and looked at the floor.
Lola: "Good job not hurting my feelings, Ky. But what if Arsenal doesn't care if I have powers or not? He let me work alongside him, that's gotta count for something. There's also the fact that we already had-" She cut herself off before she continued, but Kyrie's eyes got wide.
Kyrie: "Wait, you had sex with Arsenal?! Why? When? How?" Lola covered his mouth before he could ask anymore questions.
Lola: "It was a while ago, okay? He had just saved me and we were both in the mood so...it kinda just happened. I was hoping it'd lead to something more serious, but obviously he's more into killers than me."
Kyrie: "Lola, you're great and I'm sure you'll find a guy that is just right for you. Someone nice and normal. Hey, didn't you and Trey go out a while ago?" Lola groaned and dropped her head down on Ellie's bed.
The next day, Xavier's Horizon Industries building was fully built and operational, and Xavier was in one of his labs.
Xavier: "It was my mistake to put a weak point in such an obvious place that Arsenal could find it. I assure you, my creation, you will be truly unbreakable, soon." He smirked down at what he was working on, another version of Ultron. Suddenly, Tombstone burst through the door, looking pissed.
Tombstone: "XAVIER! Where is Kyrie Nexus? You assured me that you would be able to capture him before the expo tonight." Xavier gestured toward his new Ultron.
Xavier: "There was a small setback in the form of Arsenal, but he will not be a problem tonight. You see, my Ultron-" Tombstone cut him off by backhanding him across the face, sending him stumbling back into the table.
Tombstone: "I don't give a shit about your robot, Red, I want Nexus! I gave you your powers to serve me, not to spend all your time in this lab." Xavier rubbed his cheek and his eyes glowed blue, but he quickly calmed down.
Xavier: "If you remember, our original agreement was that I capture the Nexus brat during the expo, tonight. And I will do just that. Soon, you'll be able to destroy him any way you want." Tombstone chuckled and shook his head.
Tombstone: "I don't want to kill him, Xavier, I need him." Xavier looked surprised.
Xavier: "What?"
Tombstone: "Yes, my men have discovered that Kyrie is a meta-human with amazing intellectual abilities and we believe that he is the only one capable of re-producing NexCorp's concentrated meta-gene." Xavier just stood there in disbelief. His hands started to shake and his eyes flickered blue.
Xavier: "A-and you didn't think to ask me to re-produce the gene?" Tombstone smirked at Xavier's upset demeanor.
Tombstone: "Simply not smart enough, sad to say. Fortunately, your powers make it easier for you to capture the one that is smart enough." Xavier's eyes widened and he started to shake even more as he got more and more pissed off.
Xavier: "I...you...stupid Nexus brat..." Tombstone turned to leave, stopping when he got to the door.
Tombstone: "Do not fail me, Mr. Red. I have had many disappointments lately and I do not wish for this to be another one." With that, he left. Xavier still stood in the same spot, freaking out. Finally, he walked over to his work table.
Xavier: "A-after all these y-years of climbing up the intellectual chart, of studying for hours upon end...I am out shined by a Nexus AGAIN! What makes it worse is that he didn't even work for his intellect, he was just lucky enough to be born with meta-human abilities." Suddenly Xavier got an idea and looked down at his hands, which were now glowing, "But I have powers now, too. And putting them to good use doesn't just mean capturing Nexus, it means putting an end to him."
His eyes glowed blue and he got to work on a new invention.
...
Hours later, it was the night of the expo and every major media outlet in the city was at Novas to cover it! I walked inside the multipurpose center with Ellie and Lola, immediately seeing all the cameras and reporters. I was wearing my favorite red hoodie and some black jeans, Ellie was wearing my black hoodie and sweatpants with the hood over head, and Lola was wearing a light blue party dress.
Trey: "Whoa, this is pretty high-profile for a bunch of geeks." The three of us started walking over to the stage, where the announcers would be kicking off the expo. Ellie smirked and buried her face into my shoulder.
Ellie: "What's wrong, shape-shifter, the cameras and lights too much for you?" I rolled my eyes at her and smiled, remembering the many times I was surrounded by cameras and fans, back on earth. I shook my head to get rid of the memory, then frowned.
Trey (thinking): "Get out of the past, Treez, those days are over. The people here would rather burn you at the stake than surround you with cameras." I just sighed and leaned my head on Ellie's. Suddenly, Lola came and pulled Ellie and I apart.
Lola: "Cool it with the PDA, parajos del amor. If people see Ellie coupled up with Trey and Arsenal, there might be some problems." Ellie and I looked at each other and sighed.
Ellie: "She's right, baby cakes, I don't want there to be any trouble for you because of me." I nodded and rubbed the back of her hand with my thumb, then let her hand go. Lola smiled happily and we finally got to the stage.
Trey: "You didn't have to come tonight anyway, Ellie. It's not like I really care about winning the expo, we're just here to protect Ky." Ellie shrugged.
Ellie: "I don't care. You're my man and you're in a competition so I'm automatically coming to support you. Fake interest or not." I smiled to myself. In the short time that we've been together, Ellie has been an awesome girlfriend. Even tonight, she knows that people could recognize her as the 'demon girl' and she could be exposed, but she decided to be here for me, anyway. If she keeps a low profile, she should be fine though.
Lola: "Guys, it's starting." I looked up on the stage and sure enough, there was Kyrie and Xavier, along with the judges.
Kyrie: "How you guys doing? Welcome to the 8th annual Novas University Science Expo! Thank all you guys for coming and we're all super excited to see what kind of technology you have entered." Kyrie stepped back from the mic and Xavier walked up.
Lola: "Are you sure Xavier's not going to try anything, ET? He has the perfect chance, right now." I shook my head.
Trey: "He wouldn't do anything in front of all these people, Candy head, he doesn't wanna be exposed. That's why I told Ky to just act normal around him." Lola nodded.
Ellie: "Where does Kyrie think Arsenal is, by the way?"
Trey: "I told him I'd be watching from a safe distance, just in case anything goes down. And hopefully it does, this is the only night we have a planned attack on Xavier." Speaking of him, Xavier was done saying whatever he had to say and one of the judges was now walking up to the mic.
Judge: "Alright scholars, to your stations. We will be around to judge your technology, shortly." Everyone agreed and I walked over to my invention, Lola and Ellie following.
Lola: "So what is this invention of yours, ET? Your tadpole form seemed to be working really hard." I groaned.
Trey: "Grey Matter, that form's name is Grey Matter. And since you're so curious, I'll let you guys see." I pulled the sheet off of my invention, revealing a chip that resembled the bionic chip that I gave to Logan. Ellie and Lola looked at each other, then back at the chip.
Ellie: "Uh honey, you forgot the rest of the invention." I chuckled at that and picked the chip up.
Trey: "Girls, I call this the Ailment Eliminator. You see, this chip goes directly into the user's skin and automatically heals whatever is wrong with them. If the user is blind, he'll see again. If the user is obese or anorexic, the chip will put them at the standard weight for their age group. Basically, this is an alternative to modern medicine." Lola looked at the chip in awe.
Lola: "Okay I take everything back, you could totally win this thing if you wanted to." I smirked.
Trey: "Oh yeah, I know." Lola shook her head and Ellie smiled at me, lovingly.
After a few minutes, the judges, Kyrie and Xavier came around to my table. I actually felt both Kyrie's and Xavier's auras this time. Ellie backed off into the shadows to avoid detection.
Kyrie: "Alright T, I've been waiting to see what kind of half-assed thing you put together for this thing." I smirked at him and was about to show off my Ailment Eliminator, but I glanced at Xavier. He was staring at me with a weird look on his face. He glanced at my invention, then looked back at me with an eyebrow raised.
Trey: "Ahem, this is my um...super duper...paper weight 2000. It's heavy enough to hold down any amount of paper but light enough to carry in your pocket." Lola gave me a super confused look and I could practically feel Ellie's eyes on me from where she was hiding. Kyrie couldn't help but burst into laughter. He bent over and put his hands on his knees, laughing his ass off. I rolled my eyes and sneaked a glance at Xavier. He was chuckling to himself. After a while, Ky calmed down and looked at me.
Kyrie: "So much for being interested in science huh, T?" He patted me on the shoulder as he walked past me. As Xavier walked past me, he looked me in my eyes.
Xavier: "A shame you didn't turn out to be what I expected, Trey." With that, he followed after Kyrie. Ellie emerged from the shadows and Lola walked back over to me.
Ellie: "What's wrong, honey? Why didn't you present your actual invention?" I shrugged.
Trey: "I was about to, but Xavier was giving me the creepy eye so I had to switch it up. He's a technopath, he knows exactly what my invention does."
Lola: "So?" I gave Lola a look.
Trey: "SO, everybody knows I'm not exactly a science wiz. If I present a totally awesome invention like my Ailment Eliminator, Xavier would definitely put two and two together and boom, I'm busted." Lola nodded. Ellie stood behind me and wrapped her arms around me, hugging me from behind.
Ellie: "Oh well, baby, I know you would've knocked their socks off." I smiled to myself.
Trey: "Thanks, bloodsucker." I turned my head to kiss her but...
Lola: "Ahem, PDA." Ellie and I groaned and she let go of me.
Trey: "Anyway, you guys wanna check out the rest of the expo while we wait for Xavier to make a move?"
Lola: "Sure!" Ellie just shrugged and we started walking, stopping here and there to check out the inventions.
Meanwhile, Kyrie and Xavier were backstage, having got through the judging part of the expo pretty quickly. Kyrie was looking at all the scores and Xavier was working on something, but also glaring at Kyrie.
Xavier: "So...your mother has been doing pretty well for herself since she founded NexCorp. I remember when she was just an intern, selling brownies." Kyrie gave him a dry laugh.
Kyrie: "Yeah, Mom is the best. She did her absolute best to provide for me and the BEST part is, she didn't have to partner with a crime boss to do it." He raised an eyebrow at Xavier, who simply chuckled.
Xavier: "So Arsenal filled you in, huh? I guess the cat is out of the bag."
Kyrie: "You bet your ass it is, Red! How could you do this? You're supposed to be a scientist, an inventor, someone who's whole job is to better mankind. Yet, you're working with a guy who's only goal is to destroy and conquer." Xavier glared at him.
Xavier: "Don't give me that speech, Nexus, you are not even a real scientist! Your brains, your mechanical expertise, your academic success, it ALL came from your meta-human abilities! Everything special about you came from a stroke of luck." Kyrie looked at the ground. Xavier smirked and continued, "And once I bring you to Tombstone, you won't be needed anymore."
His eyes glowed blue and Ultron burst through the wall. He looked different, his eyes now being green instead of red, his robotic skin was black instead of silver, and his chest was glowing.
Kyrie: "What the hell? Arsenal destroyed that thing, I saw him do it with my own two eyes!"
Xavier: "You are half right, kid. This is Ultron 2.0, a better, stronger, and even more indestructible version of my first Ultron. However, this time, you won't be escaping. Ultron, do what you were made for." Ultron's eyes glowed green and he charged at Kyrie. Suddenly, I swung in as Web Head and swooped Kyrie up by his shirt.
Web Head: "Whoopsie daisy." I landed on the stage and put Ky down, "Plan worked like a charm, my guy."
Ky rolled his eyes.
Kyrie: "You mean the plan where we actually have no plan and just waited for Xavier to attack me?" I nodded.
Web Head: "Exactly. Now, do your little super genius thing and scan for a weak spot on this new Ultron, will ya'?" Kyrie nodded and I jumped up, using a web line to pull myself to Ultron, kicking at his face. I bounced right off of him and started shooting web balls at him, only for them to bounce right off.
Ultron: "Your plan has several holes, shape-shifter. Unlike my last model, I have no weak point." Just then, Ellie slid in under him and uppercutted him in the groin, sending him flying up into the ceiling. When he came down, she roundhouse kicked him, sending him flying.
Ellie: "Nobody calls him shape-shifter but ME, got it, rust bucket?" She zoomed over and stood next to me.
Web Head: "To be fair, doll, I AM a shape-shifter. Where's Lola?" Ellie rolled her eyes.
Ellie: "Said something about getting everybody out. I told her not to, though." I raised an eyebrow.
Web Head: "Why the hell would you do that?"
Ellie: "Because you need to stop worrying about what these people think of you. They're going to judge you no matter what so you need to learn how to embrace it." I thought about her words until I got a tingle in my head and dodged a repulsor blast from Ultron. The blast flew past me and blew a huge hole in the wall. At this point, all of the students were aware of what was going on and had formed a crowd.
Web Head: "We'll talk about how dumb it is to endanger innocents later, Ellie. But for now, it's hero time." I became Jetray and flew over to Ultron, then started firing neuroshock beams from my eyes and tail, only for him to absorb them all with his hand and blast them back at me. I flew around them, giving Ultron a chance to leap up and nail my entire body, sending me spiraling to the ground. I quickly recovered and charged at Ultron at full speed. He tried to grab me but I became Grey Matter and landed on his hand, then ran up his body and became Godspeed once I got to the top of his head, then started to vibrate at super speed, hoping to disassemble his body. Instead, Ultron reached up at incredible speed, grabbed me, and slammed me down to the ground with his huge hand, holding me there. Ellie zoomed over and grabbed his arm, then used her super strength to pick him up and start slamming him against the floor, over and over. She let him go and he went flying, then she became bats and flew over to where he was going to be, then became normal and flip kicked him to the ground. Ultron simply let off an electric pulse and Ellie fell to the ground in shock. He stood up, getting ready to step on her. I gritted my teeth and became HyperZoom, then powered up and flew straight into Ultron's face, hitting him with a HARD punch when I got to him. He stumbled back and I came right back at him, hitting him in the gut this time. I tried a third time, but he backhanded me away, making me crash into another student's invention.
Guy: "Are you for real, freak?! There goes my prize money." I grimaced at the word 'freak' but quickly zoomed at the student and pushed him out of the way before Ultron could step on him. He tried to step on me instead, but I became Energem and protected myself with a mana dome, then flew up to him.
Energem: "Try this on for size, Robot Jones. Combusta Starmasiam!" I shot two red mana beams from both of my hands, nailing him dead on and sending him crashing back into the wall. I smirked but he stood right back up like I hadn't hit him. My face fell. That was my strongest Energem attack.
Ultron: "I can see the exasperation on your face, Arsenal. I don't blame you, my father made sure would not be able to destroy me. Nothing in this known world can destroy me!" Ellie stood up and nodded at me, then I became Rubix-Dude and we charged at Ultron. While Ellie got her claws out and started clawing at Ultron's face, I started spinning my arm like a drill and tried to drill open his leg. He slapped Ellie off and kicked me back, but we both recovered and I became Tempest.
Tempest: "Bae, remember that move we worked on. Do it now!" She nodded and turned into bats, then charged at Ultron. I opened my angel wings up and flapped them as hard as I could, making Ellie go even faster. She flew right into Ultron, but he simply held his hand out and caught Ellie's entire bat swarm. I groaned.
Tempest: "Oh, come the FUCK on!" Suddenly, some kind of collar wrapped around my neck and pulled me down to the ground. I looked up and saw that Xavier was holding some kind of remote that was connected to my collar.
Xavier: "Scholars, I have finally put an end to Arsenal's anarchy. Not only has he lost control of his robot and RUINED the expo, he is teaming up with that demon girl, a known murderer. If that does not prove that he is a menace, I don't know what does." That pissed me off ad I stood up, but the collar suddenly shocked me and I reverted to normal, in my costume. I groaned.
Trey: "Stupid geek."
Ellie: "ARSENAL!" Her face became demonic and she burst out of Ultron's hand, then made her wings come out and flew up to his face. Once there, she nailed him with three of her strongest punches, then snarled and wrapped her hands around the back of his neck and pulled his head clean off. She dropped it on the ground and snarled at Xavier.
Ellie: "Give him back to me! NOW!" The students all cowered in fear and I looked at them, noticing Lola was in the crowd too. She was shaking her head.
Trey: "Ellie, calm down. I thought you didn't want everyone to think you were a monster." She roared.
Ellie: "You know, baby, I used to care about that but now...I don't give a fuck. We are not like them so they're always going to be afraid of us. I know who I am and I'm going to live my life, no matter what these fucking humans say. I won't let them stop them from being me." She snarled again, "Now I'm going to ask you one more time, Red, give me back my boyfriend or you'll be sorry."
The task force suddenly piled in and pointed their guns at Ellie. The news reporters looked at the cameras.
News lady: "It is very intense and dangerous, what is happening here. On the night of the Novas University Expo, the vigilante menace known as Arsenal is in a very lethal standoff with Xavier Red, the Novas City task force, an the notorious demon girl. As we speak, our view count is in the millions. We will keep you all posted." Xavier smirked down at me.
Xavier: "You lose, Arsenal. The masses hate you, your mate is about to be apprehended..." His eyes glowed blue and suddenly, Ultron's head grew a wire that reconnected it with his body. He stood up, his eyes glowing green, "And oh yeah, Kyrie Nexus is still going to be mine."
Ellie turned around and snarled at Ultron, but he fired a huge red beam at her, making her skin start to burn.
Ellie: "AAAAHHHHHHHHH!" She fell to the ground and the task force surrounded her with their guns pointed. My eyes got wide.
Trey: "ELLIE!" I growled and my fangs came out, but the collar shocked me again, making me fall back to my knees.
Xavier (whispering to me): "Uh uh uh, Arsenal. You lost, remember?" He looked up at Ultron and nodded.
Ultron: "Kyrie Nexus." His arms stretched out and he grabbed Kyrie, who struggled but was no match for Ultron's strength. The crowd all yelled in anger and started throwing things at me again, making me more and more pissed.
News lady: "Ladies and gentlemen, even after Xavier Red has captured him, Arsenal still tries his acts of anarchy by kidnapping Kyrie Nexus. This proves it, Arsenal is a menace." The word 'menace' rung in my ears as I looked at the scene in front of me. Ellie is in pain on the floor, Kyrie is in danger, and Xavier...that cocky piece of shit.
Trey: "That's...IT!" My eyes glowed red and my body released a powerful burst of red light. I burst out of the collar as I transformed. My mask went away as my face turned black and demonic. My eyes turned into cat eyes, my fangs popped out even more and I grew a red and black jumpsuit with the symbol on my chest. I stood up and simply pushed Xavier, sending him flying way back and slamming into the back wall.
Trey: "Bloodlust." I zoomed at the task force members and gave them all a sweeping roundhouse kick, knocking them all away from Ellie. I looked at the crowd and snarled, scaring them.
Bloodlust: "You know, my girlfriend is right, we shouldn't let the masses stop us from being who we are." Before anyone could even blink, I zoomed up, took Kyrie from Ultron, and set him safely next to Lola, "So let me tell you all who I am."
I used my claws to scratch my own forearms, making blood leak out of both of them. Suddenly, the blood formed into scythes and I smirked. I leaped up and slashed at Ultron's chest, actually hurting him and opening up a gash in his chest.
Bloodlust: "I'm Arsenal, the baddest motherfucker in the universe. I. Don't. Fucking. Lose." Ultron charged at me, but I side-stepped his attack and stabbed my blood scythe straight into his face, then flew back and turned my blood into whips. I gave Ultron a sinister grin and launched my whips at his legs, completely slicing them apart. He tried to reattach them, but I leaped up and used my blood whips to pull the entire stage down on top of him, trapping him. Xavier was in complete shock.
Xavier: "Impossible. Nothing of this world should be able to destroy Ultron." I smirked at him, then leaped up and landed in front of the camera.
Bloodlust: "Listen up and listen close, everybody who thinks they can do whatever the hell they want to this city; this is my shit! Whenever you think I can't break something, just know that I will bust that shit up. I am the most powerful person on this planet and I'm gonna start acting like it, you here me? The path the dominance will ALWAYS run through Arsenal." I heard metal rumbling and turned around, seeing Ultron was getting up and getting ready to charge at me. I rolled my eyes and bit my thumb, then aimed my hand at Ultron. A blood bullet launched out of my thumb and hit him, immediately obliterating him into nothing.
Ellie: "HELL YEAH, BABY, YOU DID IT! Shake those shoulders, baby!" I smiled at her and smirked at the camera, then did my shimmy dance. The task force all surrounded me but I snarled and they backed up, immediately. Kyrie and Lola walked over and I reverted to normal, still in costume.
Lola: "Buen trabajo, Arsenal. Although you could be a little more humble." I shook my head.
Trey: "Didn't you hear what I said, Candy head? I'm awesome so I'm gonna act like it." Lola rolled her eyes.
Kyrie: "Okay I'll admit, that was pretty awesome. But everyone still thinks Xavier is a good guy, what are we gonna do?" My eyes got wide and I looked over at where I last saw Xavier, only to see that he was gone. I sighed.
Trey: "It still may not be safe for you, man. You may have to leave." Ky's eyes got wide.
Kyrie: "Leave?! But, what about my mom? And CoCo?! I can't just leave everyone without protection." Ellie zoomed over and leaned on my shoulder, putting her arm around my waist.
Ellie: "Rich boy, they'll be in even more danger if you stay. Trust me...I know." Kyrie sighed.
Kyrie: "Fine. But Xavier is a billionaire, not to mention a meta. Where the hell am I gonna go to get away from him?" I thought about it for a second, then got it.
Trey: "I think I know where you can go."
Later that night, we had taken care of Kyrie and I was sitting my couch wearing basketball shorts and no shirt. I was watching the news.
News guy: "Welcome back to Novas News, if you are just joining us, you missed the live broadcast of a battle between Arsenal, the task force, and a giant robot that is believed to be of Arsenal's own creation." I rolled my eyes.
Trey: "Ellie, are you done in there, yet? This lame ass news broadcast is not helping my self esteem."
Ellie's voice: "Be right out, hon!" I sighed and kept watching.
News guy: "As of now, it has been hours since Kyrie Nexus, heir to NexCorp, has gone missing. There is still no word on where he could-" He was cut off by someone handing him a piece of paper, "Oh, we have now received word that the kidnapping of Kyrie Nexus is being charged to the vigilante known as Arsenal. Anyone who encounters this dangerous meta-human should immediately get to safety and alert law enforcement." That's when I turned the TV off.
Trey: "Oh, great." I buried my face in my hands. A second later, I heard Ellie zoom up in front of me but I didn't look up.
Ellie: "Baby, it's not the end of the world." I shook my head.
Trey: "Well it's sure as hell not a happy time, Ellie. I stopped Xavier, saved Kyrie, and halted Tombstone's gang war plans and what do I get? People hating me." I finally looked up at Ellie any my jaw dropped. Her hair was curly, her skin was sparkling, and she wasn't wearing and she wasn't wearing anything except one of my shirts. She gave me a flirty look.
Ellie: "Awww cheer up, Mr. Superhero. Look at it this way; you saved the day, I'm here, and this..." She climbed onto my lap and got real close to me, "Is your reward."
She kissed me.
Trey: "Okay, this is totally a happy time." We smiled at each other and kissed again.
Meanwhile, up in SHIELD's huge airship, Kyrie was in his assigned room. I decided that the safest place for him to be would be with SHIELD, so I made a quick call to Fury and he was happy to help.
Kyrie: "Hopefully Arsenal stops Tombstone and Mister Negative soon, I don't think I'll be able to go too long without seeing CoCo." Suddenly, his room door opened and in stepped...Xavier!
Xavier: "I think that'll be the least of your worries, brat." Kyrie's eyes got wide and he moved back against the wall.
Kyrie: "What the hell are you doing here? This place's security systems are supposed to be amazing." Xavier chuckled and shook his head.
Xavier: "Child's play for my abilities, Nexus. As for abilities, yours are still needed."
Kyrie: "Good luck taking me to Tombstone, Red, there's no way you'll get me past all of those SHIELD agents." Xavier laughed evily and pulled out the invention he was working on, some kind of weapon.
Xavier: "I don't need you, brat. Just your powers." He fired the weapon at Kyrie, draining some kind of energy from him. After he was done, Kyrie fell to his bed, out cold.
Xavier: "And now I have them." He pointed the weapon at himself and fired, expelling the energy into himself. His eyes glowed blue, meaning he had Kyrie's powers!
Xavier: "Say goodbye to being special, Kyrie." He smirked and walked out.
Lola's POV
I know I should be happy that Trey stopped Xavier from taking Kyrie. I mean, we won, victory for the new Team Arsenal. But all I'm able to think about is what Kyrie said about Trey choosing Ellie over me. He looks at her like she's the most important thing in the world, even though she's taken several lives.
Lola: "If Trey wants someone compatible, that's exactly what I'll be." I walked down a dark alleyway until I reached a warehouse. I had tracked down the 'sketchy' students that go to Novas and they told me where to find the only person who can really help me.
Lola: "Well, here goes everything." I knocked on the warehouse door. After a few minutes, it opened, revealing a guy with jet black skin. He was wearing a black and white suit and tie, "You're Mister Negative, right?"
He smirked and looked me up and down.
Mister Negative: "That is what they call me. But the real question is what is a pretty pinch of Argentinian spice doing in such a dangerous part of town?" I rolled my eyes. I know this could be a bad idea, but it's the only way to make Trey fall for me.
Lola: "What I'm doing here is making a deal. I know all about your gang activity and I'm willing to keep quiet but I want something in exchange." Negative kept smirking.
Mister Negative: "You know, I'd normally kill anyone brave enough to come to my base and try to blackmail me. But since you're so pretty, I will hear you out. What do you want in return?" I gave him a serious look.
Lola: "Powers."
The end.
OHHHHHH SHIT! Things just got a little more interesting, right? I can't wait to see what happens next and I'm the one writing it. Let me know what you guys think about this one, it took a seriously long time to finish. A couple quick things before we sign off; As I'm writing this, I am currently evacuated from Norfolk State, where I go to college, because of a class 5 hurricane. My people and I are all safe so don't worry but the damage might be pretty bad so keep Virginia in your thoughts, my guys! Next, I do have a YouTube channel called Treez Vibes. It's mostly gaming and random shit but I'll be talking about this story on there too. So go subscribe if you want. Lastly, I want to start asking you guys questions that you can answer, along with your review for the latest chapter (if you have one, it's cool either way). It'll add some more participation and I think it'd be cool.
This week's question: Do you guys like the more mature style of Galactic Hero as opposed to the more teenage style of Hero Generation? I want to include more mature themes because the characters are older and I want to know what you guys think.
Well that's it guys! As always, let me know what you all think and peace out till next time!
