"Hey Matt?" Shane called, letting himself into the Hardy's house, with his old Green

Lantern costume slung over his shoulder.

"Upstairs," Matt's father said, not at all surprised that Shane had let himself in. He was sitting at the kitchen table, drinking coffee and reading the news paper.

"Thanks, Mr. Hardy," Shane said, heading upstairs to Matt's room. He could hear the sound of guitar strumming and humming.

Shane stood in the doorway of Matt's room. Jeff was sitting on Matt's bed with his guitar and a notebook, while Matt was sitting at his desk. He sensed Shane's presence and looked over at him.

"Hey," Shane said quietly.

"Hey," Matt said gesturing for Shane to come into his room.

"So, you heard the news?" Shane asked, sitting down on the bed next to Jeff.

Matt stood up, walked over to the window and gazed out it, "Yeah, we heard. Poor kid..."

"Matt and I are going to talk to her after she's had the chance to think about things, you know?" Jeff said, "We know what it's like losing a parent."

"Yeah," Shane nodded, "Anyway, Matt, I need you to do me a favor."

"Sure, what?" Matt asked his back was to Shane as he was still staring out his window.

"I need you to alter me Green Lantern costume for me," Shane replied as he spread his costume out on the bed.

Matt turned to Shane with a disgusted look on his face, "Shane, Bria's mom was murdered, the girl you are supposedly crazy about is probably feeling scared, depressed, and alone, and all you can think about is your DAMN COSTUME?"

"Don't jump to conclusions! I'm doing this FOR Bria! I'm becoming a superhero!" Shane insisted.

Both Jeff and Matt stared at Shane in silence for a moment, not exactly sure how to respond to what Shane had just said.

"He's gone insane!" Matt concluded.

Jeff nodded in agreement, saying, "I think Bria was right when she said you've been reading too many comic books."

"You guys! Listen to me!" Shane said rising from the bed, "Ever since I was struck by lightning I've gotten superpowers!"

"Shane," Matt said seriously, looking his friend in the eye, "I think the only thing the lightning did to you was scramble your brain! We better take you back to the hospital so the doctors can check your head; I think they may have missed something!"

"No, they didn't!" Shane stomped his foot in a rather childlike manner. He then rolled up the sleeve of his shirt and flexed his bicep, "Look! I've gotten stronger!"

"That's because you've been working out with us!" Matt said, shaking his head, "I can't believe we're having this argument!"

"Sorry man, I've got to go with Matt on this one!" Jeff said apologetically.

"Oh yeah?" Shane then grinned devilishly, and said, "Explain this!"

Shane leapt into the air.

"Holy fuck!" Jeff gasped as he stood up, staring wide eyed in disbelief, as was Matt/

"How the hell did you do that?" Matt asked Shane who was floating in mid air, right in the middle of Matt's room.

"I told you!" Shane said impatiently, as he gracefully touched back down on the ground, "I have superpowers! I'm trying to become a superhero, and I need you help!"

"You've done...that before?" Jeff asked Shane.

"Yeah, but only at night, I can go really high and really fast when I want to. And, as I was saying about my super strength, all I can say is that I can lift cars over my head pretty easily," Shane explained.

Matt sighed; he picked Shane's costume up off the bed and studied it for a minute, then said, "I have an idea. Instead of me altering your costume we'll just start fresh. Jeff, come up with a cool design."

"Okay then. So what's your superhero name?" Jeff asked, turning to Shane who breathed a sigh of relief when he realized Matt and Jeff were going to help him.

"Um...I don't know yet..."

An hour later Matt's room was a mess, bits of fabric and crumbled up paper were thrown everywhere, not to mention they moved al of Matt's furniture around so they could have more room to work.

"Super Shane?"

"No."

"Mighty Man?"

"No."

"Diabolical Dude?"

"No."

"I should be better at this!" Shane groaned as he rubbed his eyes, "I READ COMICS!"

"Hey guys!" Shannon said walking to the room, and looked around, surprised, "Gee and I thought Jeff was the messy one, Matt! It looks like a frickin' hurricane came through here!"

"Yeah, Hurricane Helms!" Matt glared accusingly a Shane, but then Jeff, Shane, and Matt realized what Matt had just said.

"THAT'S IT!" All three of them exclaimed, scaring the shit out of Shannon.

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