Wildest Ryde In Town chapter 8: Rematch!
Last time on Wildest Ryde In Town.
Even the combined forces off Iron Man and Thor could not defeat Wild Ryde but that was not the only shock in store for the heroes as Captain America contacted them saying that Kat had left the hospital.
Shout outs:
Ray: It's Julius not Justin!
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Avengers Mansion
16:00
Tony Stark, renowned inventor and secretly the Superhero Iron Man, stormed into the Hospital Ward where Kat was supposed to be, what Captain said earlier was true, the bed that once contained Kat was empty and the other Avengers where talking amongst themselves.
"What happened." Iron Man said sitting his damaged helmet on a nearby table, Captain America looked up.
"We're not sure, we checked the security tapes and it seems Kat flew out with a modified pair of wings." Captain America replied.
"Why would she leave early in the first place?" She-Hulk wondered. "It's not like she's going to challenge Wild Ryde again is she?"
There was a brief silence before it sunk in.
"Why would Kat challenge Wild Ryde to a rematch?" She Hulk asked herself.
"Kat's stubborn but not stupid." Iron Man said overhearing She-Hulk. "She probably has a game plan this time around, but still we'd better find her before she re-injures herself."
The other avengers nodded and left the ward.
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Rooftop above Time's Square.
16:15
"Wings, retract." Kat ordered mentally as she landed on the roof, her new and improved wings retreated into a white backpack that was attached to her costume.
The fact that her wings could retract was one off the things she had built into her new set off wings, they where basically the old wings accept they aloud her to fly at a much faster pace than before plus the fact that they could now retract into the backpack made them much more versatile and the same could be said for her tail as it had superior strength that it originally had and could also retract.
However for all her upgrades she couldn't find Wild Ryde despite Marco's help. Every lead he had managed to find turned out to be a dead-end as Wild Ryde never stayed in one place for more than five minutes plus the fact that he had a Super speed Bike didn't help matters one bit and she had to find him soon as she knew that The Avengers would be looking for her by know.
But that was about to change,
The neon sighs that populated the area suddenly went to static, after a few seconds it shifted to a live feed off Wild Ryde on the outskirts of New York was shown.
"Hello New York," The biker bellowed catching everyone's attention. "You know for the past few days everyone from Thor to Deadpool has hassled me and all Deadpool wanted was to invite me over for a game of poker."
"Cry me a river freak!" A man in the audience yelled out.
"Don't make me come over there." Wild threatened, the man was about to taunt him but remembered that his bike could take him over to his side in a split second. "Anyway all I wanted was a one on one match with American Dragon with no interference, and know I have the guarantee that know one else will show up in our rematch."
Wild picked up a remote control with a big red button on it.
"See this? When I press this button a bomb that I stole from an Army Base will detonate in a certain section off the city, as for where it is….you figure it out. And I'll push this button if any hero apart from American Dragon show's up within the next two hours, American Dragon you can find me at the outskirts off the city. Oh and if you aren't here in that time I'll detonate the bomb regardless."
The screens turned to normal but the scene below it was one off chaos, people where looting stores, steeling cars anything to get them away from the city, the only calm person was Kat and she was having trouble keeping her temper in check.
"I'll be there Wild Ryde." Kat muttered. "You can count on it."
Kat aloud herself to freefall and ordered her wings to come out, they did and she started flying towards the outskirts, little did she know that Jameson and his cameraman not to mention a few police officers had seen her and had started following her
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Outskirts of New York.
16:45
Kat scanned the ground below looking for Wild Ryde, after a few minutes she found him near what was the HQ off The Scourges. She landed and folded her arms across her chest, Wild turned around and saw Kat.
"Well what a pleasant surprise, I didn't expect you so soon." Wild said baring his Vampire like teeth.
"Your grudge against me has gone to far Wild Ryde." Kat said anger clear in her voice. "It's one thing to almost kill me but threatening well over a million people with a bomb is where I draw the line."
" Oh yeah?" What are you going to do about it?"
"This."
Kat unfolded her arms and took flight, Wild revved up the bike and got it up to full speed before charging, much to Wild's surprise Kat came into contact first throwing a hard kick, it hurt her leg but the kick was effective in catching Wild Ryde off guard, she ordered her tail to wrap around the back wheel of Wild's bike, Wild attempted the same trick he used the last time this happened but found that her tail had suspended his bike in midair giving him no traction.
"It seems you've been doing your homework." Wild said. " Unfortunately for you I'm getting warmed up."
Wild grabbed the tail and yanked it pulling Kat towards him, the bike dropped to the ground and Wild grabbed her by the throat looking to finish it there and then with the same move he used the last time however Kat got herself free and flew above the battle ground trying to think off what to next.
"Don't leave yet darling!" Wild yelled. "Things are about to get….explosive!"
Wild transformed his left arm into a rocket launcher and fired, Kat tried to use her flames on it but didn't work.
"Nice try but like your buddy Iron Man leaned earlier only magic to destroy my missiles."
"Great!" Kat thought as she flew away in an attempt to outrun it but the missile followed her.
"Did I forget to mention that once they lock on to a target my missiles will pursue it until it hit's the target."
Kat grinned, Wild didn't realise it but he given her an idea however this missile was too close so she had to destroy it, she then remembered the Scourge organisations ex HQ was nearby and decided to redirect it to that location.
Kat started flying lower and towards the gas station, the missile was getting close so she had to make this count. She flew into the gas station and quickly got out off range off the missile blast, her plan worked and all that was left off the station was a smoking ruin, she turned to Wild Ryde.
"Bet you can't hit me with a missile this time!" Kat taunted causing a murmur among the reporters that had gathered.
"Famous last words!" Wild replied as he fired a second missile, Kat flew low again this time flying in the direction off Wild Ryde, when she was close enough she flipped over him getting out off the blast range quickly, Wild turned around and Kat blew him a kiss.
"Huh?" Wild wondered before turning around in time to see the missile coming towards him. "Oh shit!"
The missile connected sending him flying, he was separated from his bike which was sent flying in the opposite direction, Wild hit the ground and much to everyone's surprise he was still breathing and he got up.
"This….isn't…..over." Wild said breathing heavily, then he fell flat on his back.
"Talk about de ja vue." Kat thought as she landed, she saw the police officers approach and gulped remembering her arrest warrant, suddenly a gasp off shock filled the area as Wild transformed into Big Jeff, his face was horribly scarred but he was otherwise fine.
"Big Jeff, just as I thought!" Kat said. "Care to explain how you survived the toxic waste bath?"
"Well I didn't survive per say." Jeff started as Jameson and his cameraman went in for a closer look. "After I was propelled into the vat I was desperate to survive so I sold my soul to Mephesto in exchange for power and well you know the rest!" Wild replied. "And in case your wondering how I survived the missile blast my skin's tough enough to with stand regular missile blasts." Wild added as the police officers handcuffed him and put him in a police van that would take him to the Vault, his bike was taken to the impound lot, the police captain approached Kat.
"Well, since Jeff turned up alive I guess the warrant is null in void." The captain started, Kat let out a sigh of relief, the captain turned to Jameson. "However Mr. Jameson has his own problems, wasting the entire police forces' time is a crime punishable by a fine of Two Thousand dollars." Jameson muttered some choice words under his breath as he got out his checkbook.
"Ahem." Came a mechanical voice, Kat gulped and turned around seeing Iron Man. "Kat, you know you where still recovering when you escaped." Iron Man said sternly.
"I know but it was for the best, Wild's on his way to the Vault curtesy off me." Iron Man blinked under his mask.
"You beat him? How?"
"I outsmarted him." Kat said plainly. "I'm aslso ready to return to the hospital." Kat said taking off, The Avengers followed her in there Quinjet.
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High Raise Skyscarper
18:00
Target watched the battle on his TV. He had to admit American Dragon had improved since there last battle and he couldn't help but wonder who would win in a rematch between them. Reguardles he got out his cellphone and dialled a number.
"This is Target." Target started. "Intercept the van taking Wild Ryde to the Vault and have another team retreve his bike, make it happen." Target ordered before hanging up.
It was him that manipulated the recent events, he had sent the anonanous letter to Big Jeff, he had put that ramp in frount off the vat when he saw Jeff and Dragon approaching, the battles against Dargon, the Task Force, Iron Man and Thor where tests and Wild had passed with flying colours, all that mattered know was waiting for the teams to return with Wild Ryde and his bike.
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Five hours later.
Big Jeff had never been in a High Raise Skyscraper before, infact the closest he ha got was the police van, know he was being brought before a fellow Supervillian by the name off Target, he couldn't help but wonder what he wanted with him.
"So glad you could join his Jeffery….or should I call you Wild Ryde?" Target greeted the Texan
"Either will do, look I appreciate you busting me out but why did you bust me out?"
"Simple, I have an offer you become my partner in crime, what do you say?"
"Go fuck yourself, I work alone!"
Target picked up a breifcase and presented it's contents to him, one million dollars, Jeff's eyes widened.
"What do you say know?"
"You have a deal!" Wild said with a sadistic grin.
The end!
American Dragon will return in "Corporate Flame."
Footnotes.
Wild Ryde will become a recurring villain in the American Dragon series.