"Who's there!" Rev called out while he retreated away from the place he had heard the crash.
It was quiet. Rev waited a moment' listening intensely for any sound. He walked toward where he had heard it and looked around. There was no one there. Rev thought of leaving right there and then but he didn't want to give up just yet. After all, if he was going to be a superhero he was going to have to grow a backbone.
He looked around for places someone might hide. There were a lot of them actually. Gathering all his courage Rev started carefully checking the room over. He hesitantly peaked in each possible hiding spot. He flinched every time afraid someone would be there.
Sweat dripped down his face in a steady stream. Perhaps some of that was caused by the summer heat. Most of it was from fear.
Rev had gone over all the obvious areas and found nothing and no one. "They must have gone deeper into the factory," Rev whispered, not willing to speak aloud.
Swoosh!
Rev turned around with a shot. He thought he saw something out of the corner of his eyes. He looked around but saw nothing again.
"It's just a bird or something." He tried to reassure himself.
"Good guess." A voice echoed from the ceiling behind him.
Quickly, he looked up, shaking with fear. He saw something move quickly into the shadows. Rev couldn't see where they went, but he was sure as the desert sun could hear them. Rev went after the sound. He was more confident after hearing their voice. It didn't sound very threatening to him. Still, he remained cautious.
He heard them come down from the ceiling beam with a thud. Rev didn't have a flashlight with him, but luckily small windows were running along the very top of the building. They let in just enough light for him to see the perpetrator dash behind some large boxes.
As far as Rev could tell, he was a young duck, probably near his own age. Maybe younger, judging by his size alone.
"You're not going to get away with whatever you're up to!" Rev yelled, sprinting toward them, knowing he was just a kid like him.
"Oh, crud." The duck said, grabbing something fast from the pile of boxes.
"You were going to graffiti this place, weren't you?! And or TP it! " Rev yelled, speeding toward the intruder who had shot up the wall to the window.
"Oof!" Rev slammed into the wall, still unable to control his power.
"Hey, get back here!" He yelled, looking up to see them escaping out the window.
Rev got up and zipped out the door after him.
"Oh come on, don't you have anything better to do? What, is the internet down or something? " The duck yelled angrily when he saw the roadrunner speeding towards him.
His face went from anger to fear when he realized he shouldn't have stopped to sass at the roadrunner. He turned to run, but it was too late.
Rev was about to grab the duck when... SHHHOOOM! He disappeared with a flash of light just as Rev's arms surrounded him.
Aaahh! I vaporized a guy! " He screamed, thinking he had just discovered a new power he had.
SHHHZING! The waterfowl reappeared a few feet behind him. "Nope, still sickening." The duck said, falling to his knees, looking rather dizzy from the experience. Then he looked up to see Rev stopped in his tracks away off.
"Sickening but effective." He said, getting up and taking off before the roadrunner could recover from the shock.
"Few, I didn't kill him," Rev sighed. He then realized the duck still had the thing he grabbed from the factory.
"Hey, come back with that!" Rev called, about to go after him.
"What am I doing? He's got superpowers! I can't fight a supervillain! Oh, I'd... he'd... oh and then...oh no no no. " Rev panicked.
"Wait a second, I have superpowers too. And no way am I going to let Pops down! I can do this. I can do this. I CAN DO THIS! "
Rev bolted after the thief, determined not to fail in stopping him. Within a second, he'd caught up to him.
"I got you this time!" Rev cried out as he was about to catch him.
"Yikes!"
SHHHOOOM! He disappeared with a flash of light.
SHHHZING! He reappeared again, this time in a cactus patch.
"Ow ow, ouch! Oh, come on! " He yelled, hopping off of the plants. Like Rev, he was also not wearing shoes.
"Stupid tell... teller... port... tis... thing!"The duck growled as he hopped around on one foot.
PAZOOM! Rev zoomed right up to him.
"Ha, serves you right!" The roadrunner laughed.
SHHHOOOM! With a flash of light, he was gone.
SHHHZING! PAZOOM! He reappeared, and Rev instantly raced after him.
SHHHOOOM!
SHHHZING!
It was repeated over and over with neither of them gaining the upper hand.
Rev didn't have control over his speed yet and kept overshooting his target, having to turn back. His opponent was also having trouble with his power.
He was very disoriented. He was quite literally getting sick of teleporting to random spots.
"Errr! Stop disappearing! I want to catch you!" Rev yelled out in frustration.
"If that's what you want." The duck answered, about to throw a punch at the oncoming roadrunner.
Rev saw it and quickly dodged it.
If it was a fight he wanted, Rev was going to give it to him. Rev came in with a flying kick. Unfortunately, he missed it completely and fell on his rump.
The duck took the opportunity to land a hit, but Rev shot out of there and zoomed right back in for a blow of his own. The duck rolled out of the way just barely in time. It went on like this for a minute or so.
Rev was too fast to get hit but still couldn't land one on the duck. Mostly because Rev still had a hard time controlling his movement with his speed. He'd just end up missing him and falling over himself.
"That's it!" The Duck yelled, jumping into the air above the roadrunner's head with his fist ready to strike.
Rev jumped up at the same time, copying the move.
BOP! Their heads banged together, and they both fell down hard on their backs with a loud thud.
"I'm, I'm calling time out." The duck groaned, waving a hand in the air, laying flat on the hot sand.
"Ow..." "Sounds good to me." Rev agreed, grabbing his head in pain.
They laid there for a while in silence, trying to recover. They were both exhausted. They had gotten pretty scratched and bruised from their fight, despite neither one of them actually hitting a blow other than that last one.
After a minute, Rev struggled to get up. "OK, give back what you stole," Rev panted.
"Pfft! Here, take it." The duck said, tossing the thing over, not bothering to get up.
"Oh... um, thanks? Rev picked it up and sat down with it. It was just a bag with some basic tools inside. Hardly worth all the trouble Rev went through. There was also a note inside that read, "Tolar needs more Viridiallum ASAP."
"Oh... um, thanks? Rev picked it up and sat down with it. It was just a bag with some basic tools inside. Hardly worth all the trouble Rev went through. There was also a note inside that read, "Tolar needs more Viridiallum ASAP."
"So that is where he makes Viridiallum." He thought to himself.
Viridiallum was a neon green metal-like material that Rev's father sold. It was the main source of his family's riches. It was sold to companies to use as a power source for their technology. Almost everyone used it because, while not being the most powerful, it was infinite when it came to how long it would last.
"My name's Rev, by the way. What are you called?" Rev inquired abruptly.
" Uh? Umm... Duck. "
"Ha ha, very funny. Now, what's your name? " Rev. laughed at the reply. The duck groaned and muttered something under his breath that Rev couldn't make out.
Oh, I guess you'll probably want to give me your villain name. Man, I really should have given you my superhero name, but I haven't thought of it yet. It's probably fine if you know my real name. Oh, I get it. You haven't thought of your villain name yet. Am I right? "
"Villain name? Why would I need a villain name? " The duck said, throwing his head back to look at an upside-down Rev.
The two boys shared a look of confusion before it broke out into an argument.
Unbeknownst to them, a figure shrouded in the shadows of the nearby cliffs was watching them. "Hmm." The figure contemplated as they lifted up a tablet, comparing it with the boys far below.
Its screen showed a live video feed of the two anthro birds with some kind of strange filter. Neon green text flashed on the top of the screen. It reads... Matches found: A1 and A2.
Note:
I didn't write Rev's speech with the underscores-people-like-to-use-to-represent-him-speaking-fast. I just find it distracting.