Brandon Breyer aka Brightburn has been causing mayhem across the country. From destroying immovable buildings such as hospitals, schools, airports to large vehicles from yachts, planes and trains. Brightburn has caused damage all over killing millions upon millions. Many theories have been thrown around as to who… or what the mysterious monster was.
There was only one person… One being who everyone knew had these powers… Hancock who had retired back in 2012. He had disappeared from the public entirely, He had ended most crime around the world and felt like he wasn't needed. The public hated Hancock for a long time before he was a respected and loved hero, And seeing this new figure reignited the hate.
Though when closeup footage of the being were shared around the internet it was clear this was not Hancock nor was it that female that Hancock had fought. Many skeptics had said the video was a fake but when on live TV the young figure flew into a Newsroom and punched the head off a reporter it was revealed that this new monster was a different being entirely… The only question was… where was Hancock?
Somewhere in New York…
"Lemme get uh… Double Cheeseburger… Large fries…" A drunk voice called out to the drive thru speaker. "Uh sir… We don't have any of that…" The person on the other side stated. "Ah fuck it than… Let me get whatever you got…" The voice responded. "No dude… This isn't a Restaurant… This is an apartment building… and this is a buzzer…" The voice responded and the man shook his head. "Shit my bad…" He stumbled off away now tiredly before passing out on a bus bench.
"Hey… Dude no loitering…" A voice was heard interrupting the man's slumber as he sat up. "What was that?" He asked, giving a glare to an officer. "Sorry sir… No loi-" Suddenly the man exploded as did many people on the sidewalk as something flew through everyone. "What… The fuck…" The red blur now flew to the man and collided with them only to be stopped by a hand. "Listen whatever the hell you are… You better fly on out of here or I swear to god I will throw you into the sun…" They started now.
"Let me go you asshole!" The voice called out now. "...Call me an asshole… one more ti-" He was punched in the chest now. "Son of a bitch…" He grabbed the figure and flew into the air eventually into space now. "Listen you… Potato sack wearing… Demon… You best be flying off to whatever weird… BDSM planet you come from…" He stated as the figure flew off quickly. "That's what I thought…" He then sighed as he saw it coming back at incredible speeds. "Exactly what I thought…" The blur collided with the man sending them both hurtling toward the earth.
The figure began slowing there impact by flying upwards against the figures downward flying given the advantage of a headstart from the blur he was only able to make a small crater in the ocean. "Nope…" He flew up to the air, sighing. "This shit is getting real damn annoying…" He said as he was punched in the face by the being. He shook his head as his sunglasses which had not been destroyed prior were cracked and broken.
He grabbed the figure's mask and ripped it right off his face and threw it into the air. "Ah shit… you're just a kid…" He said groaning but thought for a moment and nodded, punching the kid in the face and knocking them out. He flew around and landed in a field "What is this kid?" He would ask laying them down on the grass and taking a photo of them. His face was all over the news as he survived a plane crashing into his family farm. "Better place than any…" He sighed, picking up the boy and flying to the barn.
He looked around the place and found a ship-like structure in the barn. He immediately began dismantling it and destroying it. If it brought that kid here it could bring more. He saved a big piece of the metal to see what the ship was made of if it was a metal of earth origin. He was worried this kid was his son from the future or something and that's what that vehicle was. Unknowingly destroying that ship was the thing that snapped Brightburn out of his rage. The ship's malicious brainwashing was fading from his mind as he was returning from Brightburn… To Brandon.
Brandon groaned now and began waking up. He turned to the man and backed away now. "Who… Are you?" He asked, confused as he crawled away backwards. "The name's Hancock…" He would state as he walked over to the kid. "And you are a little shit…" He stated with a glare. "What? I don't know what you-" His eyes shot lasers past Hancock. "Holy crap!" He exclaimed, jumping in response. "What is wrong with you?" He asked, confused. "You just tried to kill me and murdered an entire block of people…" Hancock now responded. "I didn't do any of that!" He exclaimed, terrified. "Geez… Must have hit you in the head too hard. "Kid… Do you remember anything?" He asked. "I remember… going to that barn… and then… nothing…" He would respond before… passing out.
"Well… Shit…" Hancock sighed now picking the boy up. "Well… Hell if I'm babysitting this thing…" He flew to the one person who could help him, Mary. He arrived at the front door and knocked on it. She answered the door and gasped. "Did you kidnap a kid?" She whisper yelled. "Kind of… You know that thing that was killing those people on the news? This is it…" He responded and she groaned. "Of course it is…" She went back into the house along with Hancock. "His name is Brandon… He has some freaky… super powers… like ours… but he isn't one of us… He's some sort of weird alien…" He would tell her now as he laid him down. "I knocked him out and then found his ship… I destroyed it… Do you recognize this thing?" He asked handing her the piece of metal. "No… I'm 3,000 years old and I don't know what metal this is… I'll send it to a couple of guys I know… figure out what it is…" She said, "So why did you bring him her-" She noticed he had flown off. "Oh… that's why… I'm the babysitter…"
Meanwhile on the news…
"Andrew Detmer, Kick-Ass, Hit-Girl, The Crimson Bolt, and now Hancock! These are a few of these so called… Superheroes who think they are above the law! One of them got a spike in the back for their efforts! Authorities don't know where any of these men are! Though inside footage shows what looks like Hancock fighting this new Brightburn character and causing a Tsunami! I don't know about you folks at home but I say the government needs to hold these monsters accountable! This is Vernon Fenwick! Channel 6 ne-" The TV was destroyed as a voice growled.
"My name isn't Andrew! It's Apex!" He exclaimed now as he turned to his fellow members. "I mean dude come on… You did try to kill a bunch of people…" Kick-Ass started now and sighed. "Yeah? And you blew up a guy with a bazooka! At least I'm trying to change! And not to mention The Crimson Bolt killed a bunch of people with a wrench!" He exclaimed, a little hotheaded. "Fact, You are jealous, Fact, I am wiser, Fa-" "Fact! You better shut up or I'm gonna stop your heart!" He exclaimed. "Dude, chill out… We should go check out this Hancock guy if he's back… and Hit-Girl made the news! I gotta find her too!" Kick-Ass said now.
"Listen, the last thing we need is a war between us… And it's not like Hancock is gonna fly by-" Andrew stopped as he saw the man fly by and then stop turning to the window and holding against it about to hurl from drinking and flying. Andrew let the man in the window and sent a trash can in his hands letting the man… regurgitate. "You must be Hancock right?" He asked now. "Yeah… that's me… Who the hell are those guys?" He asked, groaning. "I'm Kick-Ass! It's awesome to meet you dude!" "And I'm The Crimson Bolt!" The red outfit wearing man said.
"I'm Apex…" Andrew told him now. "Where's your dumb outfit?" He asked now. "Don't need one… I'm the brains of the operation… I'm the most powerful but I don't get involved…" He said now. "Ah… You're that dude who got the spike in the back right? The dude with all the mind shit?" He asked and the boy nodded. "Yes! But I didn't die! You wanna know how? I used my mind to accelerate the tissue heali-" He was interrupted now by Hancock. "Dude… I don't care about your nerdy… Explanation… What is this… Mickey Mouse club thing you guys got going on?" He asked now.
"We… Are Guardians Forever! We fight crime and kick ass!" Kick-Ass started fistbumping the air. "Yeah! Shut up crime!" The Crimson Bolt responded. "You two.. I swear… Anyways we are a hero team… We know you have that Brightburn kid…" Andrew said now. "We totally wanna help him! Make him the next Superman! Better yet the next Kick-Ass! Or Crimson Bolt! Or Defendor!" Kick-Ass exclaimed. "Defendor?" Hancock asked, confused. "Yeah… He was another guy.. Kinda like me and Crimson Bolt over here… except he was…" He made a crazy hand gesture. "He was a great hero though! Too bad he disappeared… Last I heard he joined up with Red Mist and a few other dickheads…" He muttered now. "Like that Green Hornet guy… and his sidekick…" He would glare a bit. "So what's their lame hero name?" Hancock asked.
"The Toxic Injustice Squad… At least that's the workshopped name… They take advantage of people like Defendor… poor guy… they told him that their mother was a supervillain and she was the creator of the team… He ended up joining out of sheer trust for the morons… And The Green Hornet and his friend both joined because well… They just said… Andrew was a dick…" He started now. "Whatever!" Andrew scoffed now glaring. "Most of them are real scum of the earth though.. Experiments like Homelander… Kind of like you but with the mentality of a five year old and a big ego, We also have El Chicano… An old urban myth from the underbelly of L.A, A demon like monster who kills gang members while riding a motorcycle… And finally we have… Eric Draven… Said to be abandoned by death himself… After avenging his wife and saving a young girl he was banished to walk the earth as an immortal being… He is known as The Crow.. you see a black bird nearby and you are dead…"
Hancock nodded now. "So… Are any of those real?" He asked now. "Well Homelander is a theory… but El Chicano and The Crow are real… we have video evidence to prove this…" Andrew stated now. "They also possess two girls…. Carrie White and Charlie Mcgee… Both started as young girls but both developed powers… One is similar to me… and the other is a firestarter… a pyrokinetic… We've seen them burn down entire government facilities and walk out unscathed…" He would shiver a bit.
"And now they're after Brightburn.. Someone that young has potential… If we train him though and get him on the right path… there may be a chance we can defeat them…" Andrew said now. "So what? We some kinda Suicide Sq-" Kick-Ass was interrupted. "Keep that team's name! Out your fuckin' mouth! You goddamn comic nerd… I'll join to protect the kid and nothing more understand?" Hancock held out his hand now to which Andrew took and shook in response.