An Avengers Halloween!
To Sparky Genocide: Hey Sparky! Yeah, "Maximum Carnage" was a storyline that crossed all the Spider-Titles, and it was by far the bloodiest Spidey storyline. Spidey and a bunch of heroes joined together (Mostly third-tier characters like Deathlok and Firestar) to take on Carnage, his girl Shriek, Demogoblin, and the Spidey Doppelganger. Gyrich in a mummy outfit being thrown into Jameson's house. Hey, I like it! I'll see what I can do! Hope you like the new chapter!
To Raliena: Hey Rae! Well, Gyrich is a jerk. He asked for it. Hope you like the new chapter!
To Red Witch: Hey Red! Yeah, nothing better than Gyrich torture! I'll see if I can put in more, and I hope you like the new chapter!
To Aaron: Well, knowing Selene, she probably thinks that bringing the Avengers' greatest enemies to their front door is a bit of a little Halloween treat for herself. I created Redfoot because I figured that since I was partially inspired by the Flash to create Sonic Blue, Spencer Burton needed his own Professor Zoom. Redfoot was created to serve that purpose: To be Spencer's opposite.
Disclaimer: "Oh mah Gawd, King!" - Jim "Good ole' J.R." Ross
Chapter 6: Origin and Ambush!
The club
"So Burton, tell us…what's your story?" Clint asked Spencer. Jubilee and Greer were standing with him.
"Huh?" Spencer blinked.
"Why'd you build the armor?" Greer asked. "You don't talk much about it, and Razor doesn't say much, believe it or not." Spencer looked up at the ceiling.
"Well, now that's a story." Spencer said. "You see, I was just an average kid, an average Cincinnati boy, except for the fact I have an IQ of 325." Spencer chuckled. "I lived in a single-parent household with my mom. My dad left us when I was three. As a kid, my favorite comic book was the Streak. It was about the adventures of this guy who was able to run at superspeed and fire sonic energy blasts from his hands. I also grew to idolize Tony Stark. He built an entire company by himself."
"When he wasn't rampaging in the name of Scottish independence." Clint joked.
"Anyway, I thought it would be cool to have a super-powered suit of armor like Iron Man. So I took up a hobby, and started getting into electronics. I hoped to work at Stark one day and meet the man in the Iron Man armor. I got my wish, but not in the way I wanted." Spencer sighed. "My mom got diagnosed with cancer. We weren't a rich family, so we really couldn't afford the treatments. Long story short, in desperation, I built the first version of the Sonic Blue armor, and I turned to high-speed theft. I stole money, and I used sonic weaponry to temporarily put guards to sleep. I went for a big shipment of money in Cleveland. To make a short story shorter, I fought Razor, reformed, and now he and I work together a lot."
"First version?" Jubilee blinked.
"Yeah." Spencer nodded. "The armor I wear is actually the second Sonic Blue armor. The first one was destroyed in battle."
"How?" Clint wondered.
"The Hellions." Spencer grimaced. "They were sabotaging a Stark Industries subsidiary in Cincinnati. Iron Man and I engaged them in battle to protect an experimental reactor. Bevatron overloaded the reactor. Stark was forced to leave me to face the Hellions alone." Spencer groaned. "Those mutants were nuts! I barely made it out alive. But they slagged my armor and me in it. We were able to stop them, though." Spencer smirked. "Stark let me use his technology to build a new version, the version I wear now. I based its look on one of Iron Man's old armor designs, and he jokingly christened it 'The Blue Centurion'." Spencer laughed. "It allowed me to go faster, and it was more powerful than my old armor. My first battle with it was a rematch with the Hellions. Man, the look on Emma Frost's face when I lifted Beef over my head and threw him through a car was priceless!" Spencer laughed. "Oh man, I look back fondly on that."
"Yeah, Jen and I got into a scrape with a couple members of the Hellions." Clint remembered. (1)
(1) - See "Gone Avengin'."
"Oh yeah, I heard about that!" Greer remembered. "So what was up with that psycho, Redfoot?"
"Redfoot was once a guy I knew. His name is Keith Michaels. He was the star of my high school track team. 'Redfoot' was his old nickname because he always wore red running shoes when he raced. He was no doubt the fastest man in that school. I always came in second when I came to him. He always outran me, but I didn't mind. I was his alternate. When he got sick, I raced in his place. He was a good guy, albeit a bit on the arrogant side. He believed he was invincible. I shattered it. He got too close during a battle I had with Coldheart."
"Coldheart. Wasn't he the psycho who used cold-based technology?" Clint blinked.
"Yeah, him." Spencer nodded. "He got too close, and I accidentally hit him with a sonic blast. It sent him flying into a car. The impact shattered his spine, paralyzing him from the waist down. I took away his ability to run. I took his passion from him. Somehow, he figured out I was Sonic Blue. At the time, my identity was secret. He confronted me and he became convinced I paralyzed him on purpose…" Spencer's head drooped shamefully.
"Spencer…it wasn't your fault. He made the stupid mistake, and he paid for it." Jubilee said. "I doubt there was anything you could've done to save Keith."
"No, but it still haunts me. He said one day he'd find a way out of his wheelchair and make me pay. He disappeared, and somehow, he turned up wearing a duplicate of my armor. I doubt he could've built it himself. I kept the armor's plans hidden away in my lab in Cincinnati, but after the Blue Centurion was build, Stark Enterprises keeps it under heavy lock and key."
"Why?"
"Tony said it'd be better under his care. Legally, those plans are mine, but Stark has better security. I don't know how Keith saw them." Spencer growled. "But one day, I'll find out."
"I hope so. That armor in your hands, is a tool. In others, it can be a weapon." Jubilee sighed.
"Ahhh, relax, Spence. You've been through a lot! For now, lets party!" Clint grinned.
Outside the club, sometime later
"Man, that was fun!" Jenny grinned as the kids left the club. Her jaw dropped and eyes widened when she saw her car. "MY CAR!!" It was a wreck. It looked like someone strong had repeatedly pounded the car into a pulp. "Who could've done this?!"
"I can think of several thousand people." Razor quipped. His hearing picked up something. A high-pitched whine. It sounded like the whine that accompanied Spencer when his armor moved at superhuman speed. "LOOK OUT!!!"
"What--?" Jenny screamed when she saw a red streak race by her, and she felt a hard metal fist pound her jaw. She flew into a wall.
"Watch the streak!" Clint exclaimed. But the red streak was too fast. It knocked down Clint, Greer, Razor, and Jubilee. Spencer saw the streak run by him. He felt a metal fist punch him in the stomach. Spencer fell, coughing. He looked up and saw a familiar figure in red armor.
"Hello Spencer." Keith Michaels, aka Redfoot, snarled. He pounded his red-armored fist into his palm. "Not so great without the fancy armor, huh?"
Uh oh! Looks like our favorite teenage heroes are in trouble! What will happen next? Will Spencer be able to defeat his old nemesis? Who else will show up? What's the reasoning behind all this? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!