Chapter 2 Rocket in the pocket
"What?" Rick asked from the other side of the road, "Damn, that clown should slow down."
"I thought you got hit." Boomer said in disbelief
"Dude, I was over the road at least 10 seconds before he got to where I was." Rick said, "I'll see you after school."
As Rick was getting his books out of his locker, Mitch Manson tapped him on the back
"Hey Rick, I hear that you can hackthe computer system." Mitch said
"I'm not hacking in to alter your grades today, not for you, not for anyone." Rick replied, ticked off, "Just leave me alone."
"Look Gunther, I've been rather polite with you, do you want me to be impolite?" Mitch asked, glaring
"Piss off." Rick said, walking away. Suddenly, Rick was aware of something strange, a feeling, almost as if he knew that something was flying towards him. He dodged out the way, and Mitch fell to the ground as his punch missed completely.
"Smart ass! You got a camera in the back of your head?" Mitch snarled, attacking again
"You got shrapnel damage to your brain?" Rick asked, dodging again, "I do not wish to fight right now."
"Tough tittie pal." Mitch said, attacking again. Rick chose to run away, but some of Mitch's gang blocked the way. Rick tried to dodge, but fell. Jumping back up, he turned to face Mitch again, but got grabbed by two of the gang.
"Here's a lesson in pain." Mitch laughed, performing a roundhouse kick. At the last minute, Rick performed a jump flip, landing behind the two-gang members, who were hit by Mitch. Rick then threw a punch at Mitch, knocking him into a locker, and out cold.
"Jesus, how'd he do that?" a student asked
Rick began to realise what had happened, then ran away in panic. Team-X arrived in the hall
"What the heck happened?" Bubbles asked
"It was that British guy, he just took down Mitch and his gang alone. He ran off afterwards." Someone said
"Rick?" Boomer asked, "He's been acting strange."
"What way did he go?" Buttercup asked
"Towards Cityvile, he was panicking. Not to mention running at ultra high speed." Someone said
"Let's go get him, before he hurts himself." Blossom commanded
Outside Townsvile, Rick was sprinting over the countryside, realising he had superpowers. He jumped over a river, and then tested out his super speed, by running on the surface.
"Rick!" Boomer shouted
"Down here!" Rick yelled, "Whatcha not at school for?"
"We came to get you!" Boomer said, landing besides Rick, "What the hell happened?"
Rick pulled back his sleeve, to see the nasty cut had almost vanished, "I got to get to the lab!"
The rest of the team arrived, hovering above Rick and boomer, "You okay Rick?" Blossom asked
"Fine!" Rick said, "Confused, butt fine. For some reason I'm running faster them Boomer, I'm more agile then Captain America, and I have spider sense!"
"Okay, just take it easy." Buttercup said, "You should go to the lab."
"All right!" Rick said, taking off again, racing back to Townsvile. He arrived at the lab with Team X, and they went inside. A quick explanation to the professor, and Rick was strapped into a machine, with breathing apparatus attached, inside a cylinder, filled with clear liquid. Ken was reading the charts, amazed.
"It's quite incredible, CX2 has fundamentally altered his DNA. His speed has been increased, his senses are so sharp, he can detect danger within 3 seconds of it being near, his strength is 4 times greater then the strongest man on the planet." Ken said, "In retrospect, he has50'/.of the raw power that you have. He also appears to have a close contact electromagnetic field around him, meaning he could power the old Powerpuff power suit without the need for the huge power packs. It would have to be altered though."
"So what does that mean?" Boomer asked
"He'll fly like you do, and possibly be able to power laser cannons attached to the armour." Ken said, releasing Rick from the machine. Rick got dressed, and headed to the training room with Boomer.
Someone was knocking on the door, and Rick's parents came in with Bubbles.
"Where's Richard Ken?" James asked, "The school says he hospitalised several students."
"Yes, I've been made aware of that. We must talk." Ken said, "Please enter my office."
As James and Sarah talked to Ken, Rick was training in the battle room.
"Level 1!" Boomer said, as Rick was transported into a VR city, being attacked by the Gangrene Gang
"Time out guys!" Rick said, "Halt your act, or feel the wrath of Rocket Rick!"
"Rocket Rick?" Boomer asked
"I'm working on a nickname." Rick sighed, as the gang attacked. Big Billy stood before him, and Rick stood his ground. Billy threw a punch, what seemed to hit Rick, who had moved so fast to get behind Billy, he'd only had a split second to move out the way. Billy was then knocked out, followed by the rest of the gang.
"Good job!" Boomer said, as Rick advanced quickly to level 7
"Man, level 7, good luck! Your mission is to apprehend Mojo Jojo." Boomer said, as the familiar form of Mojo Jojo appeared. Rick dodged out the way of several attacks, while thinking of a strategy.
"Okay, I can't fly, I need to do a ground based attack!" Rick thought, "Aha!"
Rick ran to the outside of a shop, and grabbed a Volkswagen Mini
"Yo! Mojo, want to play a game? Mini Punch, no returns!" Rick yelled, throwing the car at the cockpit. The cockpit was smashed, along with the mech. Mojo flew out with a jetpack, firing lasers at Rick. A laser hit him on the arm. Rick screamed, even though the entire thing was V.R, the system made you feel pain, even though you didn't get hurt.
"Rick, do you want to abort?" Boomer asked
"Hell no!" Rick said.
In the control room, Rick's parents and Ken entered. Rick's parents watched what was happening in the training room in disbelief.
"He really does have metahuman abilities." James said
In the training, Rick grabbed a mirror from a shop, and used it to deflect the laser blasts. He then threw the mirror, aiming to knock Mojo out of the sky, but the mirror travelling at super speed cut Mojo in half
"Ohh, that's gonna hurt him in the morning!" Rick said
"Mission failure!" the computer said
"I defeated him!" Rick said, "Why'd I fail?"
"You killed him, that's why." Boomer said, "Superhero's don't kill."
"Man, I don't know what happened, I just lost my focus." Rick said
"Adrenaline rush." Boomer said
Rick then went home with his parents who were still dazed by the news. When he woke up, he realised it was Saturday. He decided to head out into the city centre, to get a breakfast burger. When he walked, he felt that something wasn't right
"What's the problem?" Rick thought
"Rick!" Boomer yelled, as he and Bubbles flew down.
"Aye?" Rick asked
"We need your help! It's Him!" Boomer said
"Him? Aw crap, I got 3 hours of experience, VR of course." Rick said
"We don't expect you to fight him, but you may need to if the situation calls for it." Bubbles said.
Suddenly, the evil laugh of Him echoed from above.
"Team X, do you want to play?" Him laughed, "Bubbles and Boomer, what game do you want to play today?"
Rick stood still, crapping himself. He then had an idea. Heading two blocks away, he returned with a large concrete post
"Do you want to play Dare?" Him laughed
"You wanna play huh?" Rick asked, standing behind Him.
"Who the?" Him asked, turning to face Rick.
"I got a fun game. TAG!" Rick said, hitting Him with the post so hard, he was knocked into the air.
"Neat!" Bubbles said.
"Let's get him!" Boomer said, as he and Bubbles took off to battle Him.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, an evil scientist was watching the events.
"Bring him here!" he said, as his team of evil villains laughed.
Suddenly, an unknown force grabbed Rick.
"Oh my god! Help!" Rick yelled, as the force pulled him away. Boomer and Bubbles landed to see Rick vanishing into a portal, and 6 evil villains laughing at them.
"The Powerpunks?" Boomer said, "They got Rick!"
"What would they do with him?" Bubbles said, "His powers are not as strong as theirs."
Back at Team X HQ (AKA, the lab), Ken was puzzled also. Buttercup then came up with an idea of what they would do.
"Clone him, imagine it, an army of Rick clones, under command of Plutonium! The DTR would be crushed." Buttercup said in shock
"Dear god!" Ken said
PS: In case you don't notice, their are several references to my favourate superhero, Spiderman, such as the fight is a spoof of the fight in the 1st Spiderman movie, Peter VS Flash.