Waking up back in my bed in my apartment certainly calmed me down once I woke up. How I managed to change such key scenes here, is just comedy gold. I'll never not laugh at the thought that I managed to save both Natasha and Tony's life with an alien furball and my dumb meme account which I started just to make memes about the avengers...
Getting up, I noticed that everything is basically the same. Clean too. That must have something to do with the god. "Thanks god of dimensions" I said aloud as I walked into my bathroom to have a quick shower and get ready to go out and patrol just to get all this energy that I'm feeling off. Plus I want to see how the world is coping. 'I'm surprisingly not hungry' I thought to myself as I got changed into my suite that looked pretty much the same.
Heading out, I decided to just patrol here and there, constantly moving. It's only been a day since everyone returned so I'll just go ahead and take care of stuff for some of the other vigilantes who won't be patrolling for a while. "Vi, send out groups of bots to spread out, 20 bots for one area okay? Since everybody returned, it's going to be very busy." I said to my AI. Made it a few months in the whole vigilante thing. Inspired by none other than Tony Stark. 'It's especially going to be busy after being absent for 5 years' I thought to myself as I disappeared into the night.
Months pass as its now 2024, the beginning of June. I've already planned how I'll go about warning Peter about not trusting Mysterio, which will prevent the whole 'no way home' fiasco to go down. The avengers are still together, strong as ever surprisingly. Even Steve is still here which confuses me. I believe that me saving Natasha has to do with him deciding not to go back in time and stay there...
After taking care of many new problems that popped up in many heroes/vigilantes absence for the past month or more, I was able to rest for a bit when others finally started patrolling again. I even ran into Daredevil again when I was about to go out patrolling. We just exchanged greetings and went our separate ways sadly... was hoping to talk more with him but then again, he's not exactly the social type when doing his nightly work.
I was exhausted with the amount of new gangs and other illegal shit that I had to take care of. As I took care of more and more human trafficking, drug exchanges and robberies, my mind started forgetting about certain events that will soon come up.
When it reached June I was absolutely exhausted, I planned on reaching Peter the next week to explain some things but I didn't intend on getting a life-threatening injury a few days before I was due to leave.
Let me explain...
The night started off great with some small robberies here and there, some idiot drunkards hitting on some teen girls and the like, right?. When it was nearing time for me to return home, I came across a group of men smuggling some kids into a van. the kids were tied up and blindfolded. Their mouths were taped shut too. They were in the more shady part of town, behind an abandoned building. I only managed to spot them since I was taking a break on the roof above from them.
listening in on their whispered conversation with my enhanced earbuds, I found out that they were another human trafficking organization that were selling kids as toys. I scrunched up my face in disgust behind my mask. 'Hate those who target children'
I decided to follow them to the location that they were taking the kids to. There seemed to be about 10 kids here or more, from ages 6 to 15. I'll have to check if they kidnapped any more children, and send some of my bots to take care of them. My bots are capable of turning invisible (added that perk to my suit too since it would be useful but it only lasts for about 30 minutes) and sneaking around without so much as a sound. They were made specifically for getting information, but I sometimes use them to patrol places when I find out that the vigilante from said place has been absent for a while.
'probably recovering from a wound or something' I tell myself.
My bots can handle themselves pretty well when catching people in surprise. They're capable of inserting poison into someone's body or just releasing poison gas. They are very small robots that have the appearance of a snake. Explains the whole poison part right? Thought of making them look like a spider but then again, that would be stealing Spider Mans whole spidey persona now wouldn't it?
Of course, nobody actually know about my snake bots. They usually hide themselves from peoples sights and when taking down an enemy, leaves a note that says 'call the police and stay safe next time ~ Lights Out'
This makes people believe that I was the one on the scene. Since my bots also patrol in the day time, people sometimes think that I'm a ghost or something since they never actually find me. Understandable conclusion I suppose.
Following the van, we came to a stop in front of a warehouse. I sent out some snake bots to go in and examine the whole place.
I watched from afar as they continued to unload the kids and lead them into the building. I head them talking about a client coming to pick up their load of kids.
As time passed, I figured out a plan to take them down and get the kids to safety. I quickly called the cops before hanging up and leaving my phone outside so they can track my location to this warehouse. Sneaking inside, I first started taking out the men who were guarding the outside. Vi informed me of 8 people outside and 5 inside.
Quietly I snuck up upon one of the men farthest from the rest, before quickly knocking them out while sending my other bots towards the other 6 while I once again do the same thing to the other man standing closest to the currently unconscious one. 'I'll keep them alive and let the police take care of them' I thought while tying them up quietly.
I sent a gesture for my bots to go inside and inject some more poison into the rest while I get ready to take care of the children.
When my bots finally came out signaling that they've done their job, I make sure to come inside with my guard up just in case.
Entering the warehouse, I find the children all sitting together in the corner of the room terrified. I sigh in relief and quickly go to untie them. 'Too easy' I think to myself while giving a quick glance to the men on the floor.
They flinch when I touch them but start to relax more once I've taken off all the rope, tape and cloth around their eyes. Some of the younger ones start sobbing once released while others look at my suspiciously with their guard up. I put up my hand in surrender and quickly say while my voice changer was on "I called the police, you'll be fine. My names Lights Out, a vigilante and I've taken care of all the bad guys"
Their eyes widen upon seeing the vigilante who was adored and feared by many. A child who seems to be 7 years old (it seems there being more children here was a correct assumption. All together, there is about 30 or more kids now. All dirtied with tear stains running down their face) ran up and hugged me which made me stiffen but once they started sobbing into my chest, I merely patted their head not used to the contact. I glance up seeing others who started tearing up and those who looked older, in their teens, seem to be somewhat relaxing. "The police should be here in less than an hour" I said reassuring them. Some nodded at my comment.
Before I could say anything more, a bullet shot into my shoulder causing me to groan in pain. Reacting fast to the attack, I quickly got my bots to protect the children while I brought out my guns and started aiming at the enemy. There seemed to be men in black, holding guns piling into the room. I continued shooting while letting my bots sneak onto them to inject poisons. It was a bit hard with them covering almost all of their skin.
I managed to dodge many of the gunshot but was unlucky for a few. My suite managed to stop some of the bullets from reaching my skin, but I still felt the impact on my body. 'yep, that's going to bruise' I thought while dodging another bullet, that is until I noticed one heading for one of the kids behind me. Reaching out my hand to block it "Agh-" I grunted as the bullet pierced my arm. My suite can handle bullets but its less effective around my arms. Why? Well, the armor around my arms are thinner than my chest and legs since its more comfortable for me to use my guns.
I quickly turned back to the man and shot him in the head. He collapsed and I quickly looked behind me and cocked my head while giving the kid a thumbs up, questioning if their okay. They returned the gesture after a few stunned seconds.
I sighed in relief before continuing shooting my enemies. 'These must be the people they were giving the kids too...' I thought annoyed. There were a few more men still alive, but while we were fighting, the police finally started to arrive. We could hear the sirens outside which distracted the the last few people, giving me a chance to end them. When I finished them all off, I turned around and quickly sent a salute towards the kids "Sorry, gotta scram. Stay safe kids" I bolted before the police tried to arrest me.
Limping a bit as I jump from roof to roof, I'm near my apartment when I hear a scream. 'You've got to be kidding me' I thought with a scowl.
Wanting to get this over with fast so I can head home, patch myself up and go to sleep, I quickly jump down to help after turning myself invisible.
Recklessly, I jump down to knock out the man who pinned the frozen woman against the wall, not noticing the other man nearby until my radar starts ringing in my ear trying to warn me. I yell out in pain as I'm stabbed in the back before I twist around and quickly knock out the other man before he tried to stab me again. I turn to face the woman who is staring at me with wide eyes and quickly say "Call the police, okay?" with a weak voice that is filtered by my voice changer which is glitching a bit from the bullets that jammed my suits system. I didn't wait to see her nod as I run away while holding onto my stab wound.
If I stayed longer to take a good look at her, I would have known that it was none other than May Parker.
Quickly escaping the scene, I leap onto a roof and try to quickly head home. When I finally spot my designation, I jump towards my window, sliding inside as I limp towards my couch.
"V-vi" I say weakly
"Yes" my AI reply in an emotionless tone. 'I should really add a personality to my AI... your creator is dying in front of you and you barely react' I thought dramatically. Lucky I made sure to make my apartment sound proof so no one can hear what goes down in here.
"I need you to activate code green" I say as my vision starts to go blurry. Code green is made for whenever I'm seriously injured. the couch I'm on was made specifically to take care of me while I'm unconscious, turning into a medical bed when activated. My bots will also help take care of me, for I programmed them to have advanced medical knowledge.
While I sleep for who knows how long, I'll have my bots patrol in my place, pay my bills in my place (since I managed to earn quite the money from my jobs online and at night) and take care of the house.
Before I finally blacked out, I heard a faint "Code green activated"