Chapter 6: News Day
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At a local coffee shop Jaden and Harry were talking while enjoying their usual tutoring drinks.
"Talk about relaxing." Harry sighs taking a sip of his drink.
"Yeah good drinks, and free tutoring you got it made Osborn." Jaden smirks.
"Hey, I pay for the drinks." Harry said as the two of them laugh.
"So Harry, what's going on?" Jaden asks.
"Well my dad never changes he's still all about the company." Harry sighs.
"Well once he sees all those A's on your next report card maybe his mood will change." Jaden said.
"I like the way you think Jaden." Harry smiles patting him on the back.
"It's what I do." Jaden smirks when Mary Jane comes in and spots them.
"Hey Jaden, Harry!" She said coming over.
"MJ? What are you doing here?" Jaden asks.
"Yeah shouldn't you be with Lois reporting the news on heroes?" Harry asks.
"We should but our cameraman called in sick." MJ sighs.
"Sorry to hear that MJ does that mean you and Lois aren't doing anything today?" Harry asks.
"Well that's the thing I was wondering if…well one of you guys would be our cameraman?" MJ asks.
"Well..." Jaden said.
"I don't know." Harry said when MJ busts out the puppy dog pout.
Both of them struggle to stay strong but Jaden ends up cracking. "Fine I'll do it." Jaden said.
"You're the best." MJ smiles giving him a hug before walking away to go tell Lois.
"Man Jay she's got you whipped." Harry chuckles.
"Shut up." Jaden mumbles grabbing his backpack.
Walking out Jaden met MJ and Lois Lane outside the store.
"Lois this is my friend Jaden, we've know each other for like forever." She said.
"A pleasure to finally meet you. I've heard a lot of things about you." Lois said shaking his hand.
"Hopefully nothing humiliating." Jaden said causing them the girls to giggle.
"Don't worry tiger nothing blackmail worthy…at least not yet." Mary Jane giggles.
"So, what exactly do I need to do?" Jaden asks.
"You just hold this camera and point it at us or whatever we tell you to." Lois said handing it to him. "Now remember if you break it that's $300 out of your wallet."
"I'll try my best." Jaden said picking him up. "So, what are we doing?"
"I've got an exclusive interview with some of the students from Super Hero High." Lois said excited.
"What's so special about these ones?" Jaden asks.
"Lois is trying to have everyone see that the heroes are trying to help us." Mary Jane said.
"You see there are some people who think these students are menaces especially Spiderman since he does everything on his own." Lois said.
'That explains some of the boos I keep getting.' Jaden thought.
"And since today they announce the Hero of the month we're going to meet with them and get an interview." Mary Jane said.
"Hero of the month?" Jaden asks.
"Yeah every month they pick one hero who has really excelled, and the hero gets nominated for Hero of the Year." Lois said.
"Wow sounds like quite the achievement." Jaden said.
"It is. Come on cameraman we've got work to do." Mary Jane teases as they left.
In the park Jaden held up the camera as Lois and MJ were interviewing Katana, a dressed in blue and had white hair, and a guy with a green mask dressed in green with a lantern symbol on it. These were Frost and Green Lantern.
"So, tell us Katana how did it feel to be nominated for Hero of the Month alongside your friends Green Lantern and Frost?" Lois asks.
"The honor is just to be nominated alongside my fellow heroes." Katana said humbly.
"Frost is it? Can I just ask you a question girl to girl?" MJ asks.
"Sure go ahead." Frost said.
"Are you always cold or is just to bad guys?" MJ said making her giggle.
"Well despite my name and my powers I actually am very fun to be around, I'm not some Ice Queen." Frost said.
"Just don't get on her bad side, then she does become one." Green Lantern said when Frost blasts him with some ice.
"You mean like that?" She smirks.
"Aagh great now I got to go thaw my foot free." Green Lantern said flying off.
"Tell us do you two think there are any heroes that you think should be nominated?" Mary Jane asks.
"I like to think all heroes have something in them that makes them special and they should show their talents to everyone in need." Katana said.
"Agreed." Frost smiles.
"And that's a wrap." Lois said as Jaden stopped recording. "Thanks for the interview."
"It was a pleasure." Katana bows.
"Not bad camera man." MJ said playfully nudging Jaden.
"Well at least I didn't break it." Jaden smirks.
Lois giggles when she gets a call. "Hello? Seriously?! We'll be right there!" Lois hangs up. "MJ, Jaden we got a break in at the Aero flight laboratory." She said surprising them and the heroes.
"Katana let's go!" Frost said as the two of them left to stop the theft.
"Oh man I smell a huge scoop. You ready MJ?" Lois asks.
"Let's do this." She nods.
"Wait you want to go where the fighting it?" Jaden asks.
"Rule 1 of being a reporter always go where the news is." Lois said as they ran towards the crime area.
At the Aero labs the Beetle a villain in a high tech beetle armor was taking some rocket thrusters which he strapped to his wings. He then reached for some tech when a blast of ice froze his hand to the table.
Turning around he saw Frost and Katana standing behind him ready to attack.
"It's over Beetle. You won't get away with this." Katana charges with her sword, but at the last second Beetle holds the table up making Katana slash it in half freeing his frozen hand.
Holding out his hands Beetle fires multiple energy beams from his gauntlets.
"Incoming!" Frost makes a wall of ice which takes most of the blasts before it breaks.
Jumping in Beetle brings his leg up to make an axe kick, but the two girls jump out of the way.
Down the hall Lois, Jaden and MJ were sneaking over to record the fight.
"Lois are you sure about this?" Jaden asks.
"Don't worry Jaden this is what reporters do." MJ said.
Moving the camera towards the fight Jaden started recording.
Beetle flies up in the air with his wings dodging all of Frost's ice attacks.
Folding out of his armor Beetle reveals a rocket launcher causing everyone's eyes to widen.
Flying out Beetle fires the rocket inside causing the roof making the ceiling start to fall on everyone.
"Run!" MJ yells as they made their way to the exit.
Katana and Frost made it out followed by MJ. As Lois was about to make it out a large chunk of ceiling was about to fall on top of her.
"Lois!" Jaden gasps as he sprints forward and tackles her out of the way just as the ceiling came down.
Lois opens her eyes to see Jaden was on top of her causing her to blush.
"Are you alright Lois?" Jaden asks concerned.
"Uh yeah…thanks." Lois said as Jaden helped her up.
"We got to get to safety. MJ get Lois out of here I'm gonna call the cops." Jaden said handing her the camera before running off.
As Beetle flew through the air Frost and Katana were hot on his tail.
Frost uses her powers to create stairs made of ice allowing Katana to run up them allowing her to slash at Beetle's wings forcing him to make an emergency landing.
As Beetle was about to hit the ground he turns and fires a rocket destroying the ice stairs making Katana fall.
"Katana!" Frost yells as her friend was about to hit the ground.
Suddenly a web shot out and pulls her to safety. Looking up Katana saw Spider-Man swinging above her.
Katana's eyes widen in surprise as the two of them land.
"You okay?" Spider-Man asks.
"I'm fine." Katana nods as Frost lands next to them.
"Hey, you're that Spider-Man that people have been talking about." Frost said.
"Wow I have a fan club already? Cool." Spider-Man said.
"Look we'd love to get to know you but we're in the middle of stopping a bad guy. So, if you could give us a hand we'd really appreciate it." Katana asks.
"Help a pretty girl like you? Sure." Spider-Man said surprising Katana.
'No one's ever called me that before.' She thought when Beetle flies in and fires at them with his gauntlets.
Spidey's spider sense goes off. "Look out!" The three of them jump out of the way as Beetle flies in.
"He stole rocket thrusters from the lab, he can fly as fast as a plane with those on." Frost said.
"Well then let's tell Bug Boy he's grounded." Spider-Man said when Beetle smashes into him and the two of them grapple. "You have the right to remain silent!"
Shooting a web Spiderman swings out of the way. Jumping above him Spidey shoots a web at Beetle's wings making him crash into the ground.
"Wow were those wings carbon fibre?" Spider-Man asks.
"Does that stuff come out of you?" Frost asks a little grossed out.
"I'd explain the science to you ladies, but right now we have bad guy to beat up." Spider-Man said as Beetle picked himself up.
The three of them readied themselves as Beetle's armor opens up to reveal an arsenal of weapons.
"Oh that's not good." Spider-Man said as the girls nod in agreement.
Beetle fires a barrage of blasts and missiles at them.
"Incoming!" Frost yells making a wall of ice to block the attacks.
"We got to dismantle his weapons system." Spider-Man said hiding behind the ice.
"How do we get in close?" Katana asks.
Spider-Man looks around trying to figure something out when notices how high Frost's ice wall was.
"I might have an idea just be ready to attack. Wait for my signal." Spider-Man shoots two webs at the top of the ice wall as it started to crack from the attacks and he pulls himself back. "Here goes nothing!" Spider-Man yells as he slingshots himself over the wall and over Beetle who was surprised giving the opening Spider-Man shoots webs at him tying up his arms and legs.
"Guess that's the signal." Katana sprinted forward with her sword and with one swing Beetle falls to the ground.
From nearby Lois and MJ saw the whole thing and had recorded it.
"Wow that was incredible. Did we get all that?" Lois asks as MJ nods.
"That was quite a maneuver." Katana said.
"Yeah cool move Spidey." Frost said.
"Thanks you girls are pretty amazing too." Spider-Man said before shooting a web and swinging away.
"I can see why Principal Waller wants him to join so badly." Frost said.
"Yeah…me too." Katana smiles.
After the Police went after Beetle Mary Jane and Lois were looking everywhere for him.
"Jaden? Jaden?" Lois calls out.
"He's not answering his cell." Mary Jane said.
"Girls! Girls over here!" Looking over they saw Jaden running across the street.
"Jaden!" Lois smile as she runs over and hugs him. "You're okay." She said making him blush.
"O-Of course I am I just went to call the cops." Jaden stutters.
"We were worried about you." MJ said.
"I'm sorry." Jaden apologized.
"Hey Jaden, I really want to thank you for saving my life back there." Lois blushes slightly.
"It was no trouble really, I'm glad I did." Jaden said.
"Well today Jaden you were my hero." Lois said as she leans in and kisses Jaden on the cheek making him turn bright red shocking MJ.
"See you tomorrow." Lois smiles before walking away.
'I can't believe Lois just kissed my Jaden…wait since when have I ever thought of Jaden as mine?' MJ thought as jealousy started to build up.
That night Spider-Man was swinging through the streets of Metropolis.
"Whoo what a day. I can't wait to get home, have some food and go to bed." He said.
Suddenly his spider sense went off. Jumping out of the way three throwing stars were thrown at him.
"What the hell?!" Spider-Man said when he looked at the throwing stars. "Wait a minute." Picking one up he saw that they were in the shape of…bats.
"Good reflexes." A voice said appearing behind Spider-Man making him jump backwards.
Looking behind him Spider-Man saw a man step out of the shadows. He was dressed in grey and black, with a cape and bat logo on his chest.
His eyes widen in shock as the famous hero Batman was in front of him.
"Your Spider-Man right…we need to talk." Batman said.