Omega Kid

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Chapter 16: Dashing Duo

I could practically hear Marcus's giant footsteps as he came closer towards us. Stella was going in a silent frenzy, and so was I. Even if I could take Marcus, there are hundreds of his jocks behind him ready to fire away at whatever's in their way.

''What do we do?'' Stella panicked. I looked around, there was nowhere for us to run without being caught or gunned down. I then remembered, the manhole cover. I quietly tried to lift it up, once Stella got the message she helps me lift it. I help her down first; I swear, I can hear Marcus's breathing right behind the corner.

Once Stella is down far enough, I start climbing down the steps. I just get my head down and I reach for the cover to put back over. I gently put the cover back on just catching the sight of Marcus checking behind the crates. Stella and I remain as quiet as possible, the only sound audible is Marcus's footsteps. Jesus, we could hear the guy's footsteps underground.

THUD! THUD! THUD! He kept stomping around the crates, I held on to the bottom of the cover praying that he wouldn't check. His footsteps stopped, and for a second I dreaded the thought he was about to open the cover. ''Hey, Marcus something up?'' I heard a Toxin call out. Marcus didn't reply, I kept praying. Breathing in and out, waiting for judgement.

''Nothing, return to posts!'' Marcus called, and Stella and I heard the giant footsteps of his get quieter. We sighed in extreme relief; I wasn't even bothered by the sewer smell. But that bugged me, there was no sewer smell, it smelt pretty normal. And it was quite easy to breath under here.

''They've got guards down here too...'' Stella says. ''But not as many up top.''

''Then we attack tonight!''

Okay, so it wasn't going to be as easy as I thought; but maybe I could do this. I've learnt that if you take out the higher ranks first, the gang will disband quicker. Marcus was here, and possible Douglas, so I might never get a better chance to end this war. But I remember the last time I tried to face a whole group of these on my own. This time, as much as I hate to admit it...I need back up.

I was in my bedroom, holding my phone in my hand. I can't believe I was going to do this, after months of denying them; but I need Alex and Steph's help now. I could quickly teach them a few moves and tactics before we attack. I needed to get my costume back off them anyway; so ready for all the taunts and ha, ha we told you so...I rang.

It only took about two rings before Alex picked up ''Yes!'' He whispered.

''Hey...um...do you guys still have my costume?''

''Why, you need it?'' I hate it when they enjoy torturing me.

''I know where the Toxin's main base is. And I'm going to attack while we have the element of surprise.''

''You said we?'' He sarcastically whispered, why was he still whispering? And how the hell does he know to act sarcastic and that I was going to ask for my costume back?

Here it goes. ''Guys...I need...uh...I need...um...argh...I need partners okay. I want you guys to be my partners. There you happy now?''

There was no answer at first, maybe his phone died or something. ''Turn around!'' That's when he hangs up. And then the lights to my bedroom turn on, and from the corner of my eye...

''Oh no.'' I saw Alex and Stephen standing there, with their own costumes.

''Ultra Kid!'' Alex shouted.

''And Super Kid!'' Stephen shouted.

''Ready for Battle!'' They said at the same time. Their costumes had the same design as mine; the streaks down their arms and legs, the eyes and mouth hole, they even had the knuckle-dusters, all that was different was the colour. Alex was black with white stripes, while Stephen was white with black stripes.

''You guys already made costumes?''

''We made these weeks ago. Cool aren't they, we followed the same design, and we were going for red and green to go with your blue. But of course, Kick-Ass and Red-Mist already own those colours.''

''They best hope they don't come across us in a dark alley.'' Stephen threatened.

I sigh heavily, but at least the costume part we've got down. ''Okay, costumes out of the way. Now for training...''

''No need.'' Alex cut in and then threw a book at me. It was one of my martial arts books.

''You guys took my training books?''

''Not took...borrowed.''

''You never asked for them!''

''Cause if we did you wouldn't let us.''

That was true. ''But still, even though I said you couldn't be my partners, you still made costumes and trained?''

''Yeah well, looks like now it's a good thing we did.''

''Alright, at least you didn't...''

''Make our first superhero rescue beating up bad guys...'' Alex cut in.

''And at the same time save the damsel in distress!'' Stephen finished.

The smirks on their faces confirmed my worst fear. ''You didn't?''

''We did,'' Alex answered. ''The day when you got out of hospital! But the story begins a few weeks before that; it started off normal and boring enough...''

(Alex POV)

It was raining outside, and our mum forced us to stay inside; it didn't help that we were out most of the time waiting for Thomas to get out of hospital. But then his little stunt trying to stop Toxin from taking over the bank screwed up badly, so it was going to take longer for him to get out. And I'm stuck here with my chubby little brother...things couldn't get any more boring.

(Stephen POV)

Do you mind actually telling the story and not criticising me? I'll tell how the day started. I sat on the bed playing my Fifa 10 like always. While Alex was on his computer; yes, we unfortunately share a room. Despite us having a three-bedroom house, what's the point? Anyway, that's pretty much when it started, when I got bored. ''Hey, Alex can I check something quickly?''

''No!'' He said, keeping his eyes on the screen.

''Just a quick check!''

''I'm busy.''

I know what I'm busy when he says it on the computer means. ''You're not looking at porn on my file are you?''

''Of course not, it's on my file.''

''I thought dad accidently erased your file?''

He didn't answer back, he stuttered trying to get words out. ''I'm on my file.''

''That's it off!'' I ran over and tackled him out of the chair, but he kept trying to look back on the screen. If mum and dad catch me with…that stuff on my file, they're going to kill me. Alex kept arguing. I was tempted, but I didn't give in to temptation like he did. We wrestled to see who was stronger, and then someone opened to door. We panicked and tried to act innocent, but in the end it was just Crystal.

''What the hell are you two doing?'' She asked.

''Just showing our brotherly love.'' Alex grunted as he squeezed me tighter, and I punched him in the gut, we started wrestling again. Crystal just ignored us as we continued with our rumble.

''Oh, very mature guys!'' At first we thought she was talking about us fighting, but then we remembered, we forgot to close the website! We stood up and saw Crystal sitting on the chair pointing towards the screen.

''Crystal I can explain...'' Alex said.

''Let me guess, its Stephen's?'' Crystal responded.

''Exactly, you're a physic!''

''What?'' I yelped. ''You were just on it...''

Crystal broke us up. ''Alex I know it's you!''

''But it's on Stephen's file!'' He accuses.

''So, he goes on your file, so it's vice versa.''

Uh oh, Alex looked at me. ''You go on my file?''

''Oops…''

''That's it! You're dead!'' He tackles me to the ground and we're wrestling again. I grabbed his arm, but he grabbed my nose and we were stuck.

''WHAT THE HELL?'' Crystal shouted at the screen.

''Okay, we only have one website, so whatever it is, it isn't ours!'' Alex shouted.

''What website is this?'' She shouted again (that's all she does). Wait, did we just hear right?

''What, you want to know the name of the website?''

''YES!'' She screamed at us.

''I don't know, I don't look at the names!'' Alex whimpered. Crystal grabbed us both by our ears and dragged us to the computer screen. She forced us to look at the screen, and we weren't complaining; there was this hot young girl flirting at the screen.

''Wow Crystal, I didn't know you batted the other way.'' Alex teased and Crystal smacked him across the head (Now you know where Alex got that from).

''No, you perv that's Vanessa!''

''Who's Vanessa? I've never heard of her. Wait, you know a porn star?'' Alex asked in amazement, Crystal smacked him across the head again.

''No, she goes to our school. She's in the same year as that other kid Donald!''

''But Donald's in Year 9. So that would make...Vanessa...at least...13. OH GOD! I'm oggling a 13 year old. Stephen cover your eyes.'' Alex buried his head on the table.

''But I'm 12 so technically I can oogle her!'' Crystal then smacked me across the head.

''This is sick, what the hell is she doing on a site anyway?'' Crystal was in frenzy; she was really worried for this Vanessa. Then again, this was wrong; she was too young for this even I knew that. But Vanessa didn't seem to mind it; in fact, it looked like she was enjoying it.

''And that's her house!'' Crystal screamed; it's a wonder mum and dad hasn't walked in.

''How do you know that's her house?'' Alex asked.

''12 Merrion Drive, I've been there before! I've got to call her!'' She ran out of our room, probably to look for her phone. Alex turned off the video and we both thought about what we just saw.

''I can't believe that'' Alex gasped.

''That was twisted.'' For once, I agreed with him on something. That poor girl probably had no clue what she was getting involved with; someone needed to stop this. And almost supernaturally, me and Alex thought of the same idea at the same time.

''We could save her. This is our chance to show Thomas we can be superheroes; this is our moment to shine!'' Alex jumped up excitedly.

I wasn't so eager. ''Thomas is going to be pretty mad...''

''You're caring about the opinion of a guy who locked us in his hospital room for two hours? Besides he's still in the hospital, he can't stop us anyway. We save the girl, prove to ourselves we can be heroes and Thomas will see we have what it takes.''

I did want to do this, but at the same time I didn't. What if we get caught? What if we can't handle it? But then again, thinking about being a superhero, I really wanted this. But I was afraid I might get hurt really badly.

''And who knows...'' Alex continued. ''If we save Vanessa...she might have some kind of reward for you, like maybe a kiss or two.''

Okay, I'm convinced. ''Let's be heroes!''

(Alex POV)

My turn to narrate; seriously Steph, you're making me sound like a perverted secondary character. Okay, where was I? Oh yeah, the next couple of days were spent with preparation for our first mission.

Every day we headed over to Thomas's house, Jenna would let us visit because we used excuses like Thomas wanted us to pick up a video game or something. And we borrowed (YOU HERE THAT THOMAS...BORROWED!) a couple of his Martials arts and boxing books. We also found his training program he writes on a piece of paper; apparently we should read comics and watch movies as well for more tips.

And so we trained like never before (seriously never); it was quite challenging. Thomas did his in about two and a half months; we had three weeks before he was going to be released from hospital. It started pretty bad; the weights were so damn heavy. The comics seemed old and the fighting didn't look like it would hurt anyone. This was hopeless! We couldn't be Omega Kid!

We were close to quitting a couple of times, because we just didn't agree with Thomas's fighting styles or training methods. But then it bogged on us, why are we trying to copy Omega Kid exactly? We needed to be different, cause we are different. And so, we invented our on training methods and fighting styles, and that's when we got the hang of it.

Crystal had been trying to get a hold of Vanessa but she wouldn't answer. She tried to visit, but there would be no answer. Then she reported to the school, but apparently her parents have called to say she was very sick. There's no way her parents would know about what she's doing, is there?

We heard the news that Thomas was going to be out of hospital two weeks quicker than expected, so we needed to do this quickly. Since we were going to be Omega Kid's partners we needed to follow the same design, with the stripes, the mask and the weapons. With the colour, we thought red and green would be great to go with blue. But then Steph pointed out that Kick-Ass and Red-Mist had those colours...not fair.

So we went for the easiest choice, black and white. And we don't have any real artistic skill unlike Thomas who got that from his sister Jenna, so ours were plain versions of Omega Kid. But like we cared, we were going to do it. All this time, I thought Thomas's talk of real-life superheroes was crazy talk and no one can do it here. But then he did it, so why not us?

One day, Stephen and I were hanging out in Comic City. ''Just imagine when we have our comics being sold in here!'' I said.

''Yeah, but Thomas has his own TV series coming soon.''

''So?'' I know that, why does this guy always think that Thomas is better than both of use? We'll show him. We've gone through his training faster than he did, we were probably better than him now. Than Rachael walked over to us, oh boy, I'm feeling lucky today. I take a quick sip of Pepsi and make my move.

Rachael was arranging the comics around, I stood next to her. ''Hi Rachael!''

''Hi Alex, how are you?''

''Good, good. What about you? You look fine like always.''

She gave me smile; she was obliviously falling for my charms. ''I'm fine, I'm heading over to Thomas's in a minute.''

''How come?''

''Revising! Didn't you hear? He's left hospital.''

''What? You mean today?''

''Yeah, why?''

''We got to go!''

I rushed over to the table; Stephen was sitting ready some Darkman. I grabbed him by the shoulder and dragged him out. ''Hey, what's going on?'' He stuttered, I looked at him and he knew what was going on. ''Suit up?''

I nodded.

We rushed back home and got ready. Mum and Dad were out somewhere and Crystal was out with her friends; leaving us alone. Taking one last sips of our Pepsis we got into costume; I got the black with white stripes cause I thought it looked cooler, but either way this was cool. It's an incredible feeling to know you're putting something on and then about to fight crime in it. We looked at ourselves in the mirror...fucking A. We were the coolest things ever, this was our time now.

''We don't have names.'' Stephen said.

''You always have to ruin the moment don't you!'' I slapped him across the head.

About an hour later, we arrived at the address Crystal mentioned. We monitored the outside, nothing was out of the ordinary; guess the best hiding place is right out in plain sight. We couldn't stop getting jittery, this was so awesome. We were living the dream, okay; I admit it there was a part of me that wanted to be a superhero too. But I was too scared to really do it, thinking it was pointless, but I guess Thomas proved me wrong (he rarely ever does that).

''So are we going to break through the front door?'' I resisted the temptation to smack Steph on the head for his stupid strategy.

''And make a scene? No, we need to make sure that something wrong is going on. The video looked like it was set in a bedroom. So where do we check?'' I asked Stephen as if I was a step-by-step guide, but he wasn't sitting next to me anymore.

''Well then we better hurry!'' He was already on top of a tree looking for the bedroom. With his body size I never thought he would be one to climb trees. I followed him, and we carefully move through the branches making sure they were steady and held our weight (most of it was Steph's anyway).

We finally found the bedroom window, and thankfully it was the closest to the branches. But as we step across, we realised these were the weakest branches as well. I took the first steps, Stephen held on to the back of my costume as we moved slowly. From up here the tree looked taller; if we fell and didn't land on our feet, we would be able to watch Thomas gloat at us...from heaven.

I finally got a view of the bedroom properly, and I wish I didn't. The first thing I see is an underage topless girl being coaxed on by a man and woman. It was her parents making the videos! That just made this doubly sick.

''So what now?'' Stephen asked.

I don't know what came over me, but for the first time I did something heroic without thinking for myself. I jumped throw the window, and took Steph with me. We crashed through, rolled along and then crashed into the bed. Not the most heroic entrance but at least we made.

We got to our feet and took our battle stances. The man and the woman moved the camera aside, and Vanessa wrapped her bed sheet around her. ''Vanessa, it's Vanessa right?'' I asked the now scared girl.

''Uncle Mitch, what's going on?'' She asked the man. So they were her uncle and aunt? Should have known, it's always the aunt and uncle.

Uncle Mitch stepped forward. ''Hey, whatever you think we're doing we're not, okay?''

''Well when the videos are posted all over the Internet you can't hide it!'' I said as strongly as I could. And for some reason it sounded like Christian Bale's Dark Knight voice.

''What do you mean?'' Vanessa asked. ''My uncle and aunt are movie producers, they've got me a part in this movie...''

''Trust us, it's a movie you shouldn't be in!''

''We're calling the cops.'' The aunt said.

''Yeah go ahead. Wait until they see what you've got on that little camera there…'' I taunted...my first big superhero mistake; never dis the villain...especially when they pull out a gun.

Stephen and I jump behind the bed just as the hag opens fire on us. The bullets tear the bed open, but don't reach us. Vanessa screams like mad, and it sounds as if she's run out of the house. I can't really check can I?

''What now?'' Stephen shouts.

''I don't know. I wasn't expecting this.'' Then the gunfire just stopped, and the sound of bullets were replaced by a sort of scuffle sound that Steph and I make when we wrestle. We look up to see the uncle trying to reason with the aunt, saying they won't be able to cover this when the police arrive. Vanessa was nowhere in sight.

''Lover's feud...now's our chance!''

Steph and I charged at them, and we both Sparta kicked them out of the door. We run out to catch them, but I just see the hag about to fire on us again. I pull Steph back just as the bullet hit the door, I can hear her running back into the room. Hoping to get my timing right, we slam the door shut just as she's about to come in.

She screams to the top of her voice as her fingers were literally crushed in the door. Our adrenaline was pumping so much...this was almost fun. ''I think she wants to see us?'' I ask Steph who plays along.

''Then let's not keep her waiting.'' We open the door and she nearly falls in, she holds on to her hand, trying to stop her fingers from falling off her hand. I punch her in the head, and Steph kicks her in the legs and she goes to the ground out for the count.

BANG! I go down to the floor, hit across the shoulder with a bat. He swings at Steph and he catches it, and punches the uncle in the face, and kicks at his knees. There's no way I'm letting Steph have all the glory. I kick him in the side and he collapses on the wall. He swings his fist and misses both of us. I punch him in the chest, Steph gets the face and then I kick him to the ground. We check and he's out.

I could only pant, and stare in shock. ''We...we just...we did it! Yatta!''

''Our first superhero mission...WHOA!''

We start jumping around like little kids and we hug like we haven't hug for years...but I had to pull back ''AH! My shoulder! How come you didn't get hit?'' He just chuckles at me. If I weren't so stoked, I'd be pissed off.

(Stephen POV)

So that's how the battle finished. Vanessa called the police, and her uncle and aunt were arrested when she told them what they did to her and showed them the camera. From what we heard they didn't touch her or anything, just told her to strip; telling her she was going to be a movie star like she always wanted. Me and Alex were in the crowd that had gathered. The reporters were questioning Vanessa, and it soon got to the question about who came to her rescue...

''There were these two boys that dressed as superheroes. They had black and white coloured costumes. I just...want to say to them...if they're listening...thank you so much...you two saved me!'' She said happily trying to hold back tears.

I took a deep breath, she just thanked me. Alex patted me on the shoulder ''Don't get too excited mate, she's too good for you.''

''Shut up!'' I playfully pushed him, and we made our way back home.

It was almost sun set by the time we made it home; we were still trying to regain our normal breathing rate. This had to be the greatest day of my life.

''We are the champions my friend...'' Alex started singing.

I had to as well. ''And we'll keep on fighting till the end.''

Then together. ''WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! NO TIME FOR LOSERS...''

''What the hell?'' Alex broke the song and I looked at what he was looking at. Our house had some JLS song going on, and the lights shone on the shadows of girls. We ran over and knocked on the door; Crystal answered, and Alex stepped forward. ''Crystal, what the hell's going on?''

''The girls and I are having a slumber party!'' She shouts inside and the other girls start cheering.

''You can't do this, this is our house! What did mum and dad say?''

''They're out all night!'' She did the same thing again, and the girls did the same thing.

''You can't do that, what are we supposed to do?''

Crystal gave some thought reached into the drawer next to the door and threw my PSP at us. ''Hey, my God of War!'' I reached down and started playing.

Alex was still protesting. ''Come on, we want to see the news about those two superheroes!''

''Omega Kid and No-One?'' Crystal asked.

I immediately stopped playing, and looked up. Alex had frozen on the spot. ''Who's No-One?''

''I don't know, some superhero that hangs around with Omega Kid, maybe his partner. Anyway, don't come back until the night is over!'' She slams the door in our faces; I carry on with my God of War. Alex looks like he was about to tear his hair right out of his head.

''THAT...F******...C***-SU***** TRAITOR! HE DOESN'T LET USE BE HIS PARTNERS, BUT HE LETS SOME RANDAM STRANGER! I CAN'T...OH, I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM A PIECE OF MY MIND!'' Alex reaches into his pocketing and begins dialing Thomas's number.

''Hey, at least we proved we could be his partners. And if he accepted this guy...maybe he'll let us.''

Alex thought about this and smiled. ''You're right; we proved that we can do this. We'll be the greatest superhero sibling ever.''

''Yeah, better than Hulk and Spider-Man!''

''What?'' He asks confused.

''Bruce Banner and Peter Parker are adopted brothers aren't they?''

''No, they're not!''

''They are!''

''No they're...'' He stopped when Thomas answered. ''Hey Thomas can you please tell Stephen that Spiderman isn't related to Bruce Banner.''

(Back to Thomas's View)

I can't believe what I've just heard. Alex and Stephen actually saved someone and defeated an armed criminal. I remember now, hearing about Vanessa on the news, but I didn't go into proper detail. Guess, they do have what it takes, and it took me this long to figure it out. But one thing still bothered me. ''Where did you guys get the names?''

''Oh, we just made those up now. You know Omega, Super, Alex they just sounded cool together.'' Alex answered.

I guess this was it; I've denied them time and time again thinking they weren't ready. But they've just done what I would have done, followed what they felt was right. ''Let's go!''

''Forgetting something?'' Alex throws me my rucksack, my costume inside washed and stitched back up. It's as if they knew I was going to go through with this.

''Guess I better suit up.''

''Give us a moment; we want to suit up at the same time. To prove that we are partners.'' Alex stressed the last part.

''Alright. Suit up!''

We all suited up, getting on the costumes, fitting on the masks and checking the knuckle-dusters. This was so cool, having a team just seemed to give me a new burst of confidence and power. We can do this.

''Omega Kid!''

''Ultra Kid!''

''And Super Kid!''

''Ready for battle!''

''This better not be like Power Rangers.'' Alex said.

I showed them the direction to the warehouse; we made our way over to the crates in front of the warehouse. I explained to them everything about Stella being a Toxin, her knowing my secret identity and the ways she said we could get in. There were more guards around than before, guess Marcus wanted to boost security after he thought he saw someone earlier. Although there were fewer at the front, so we made it unnoticed. Hiding behind the crate was Stella, armed with a large stick that resembled a bow staff.

''Stella are you sure you want to do this?'' I asked her. She tightened her grip around the stick, so I had my answer from her. ''Then let's do it!''

(5 minutes later)

''Tell me again why I have to go through the sewers?'' I called Alex through the phone.

''Rock, paper, scissors; best two out of three. We win!''

I hung up, and Stella and I quietly ran through the sewer. The Toxins had tidied the place up for them to move around; it worked for us just fine as well. We stopped by a corner and looked around to see three Toxins; all armed, so I couldn't just go full force without getting shoot at again.

''I've got this.'' Stella said as she walked around the corner with her stick hidden behind her back just about. I peeped around to see what was happening. She walked over to them; one of the Toxins recognised her instantly and walked up to her. I could see the nervousness in her body, but she trotted forward bravely anyway.

''Hey sexy, how about we find someplace less crowded...''

BAM! Stella smashes the stick across his face, and he's out for the count. The others tried to get their guns ready, Stella slams hard at one of them in the leg and he crumbles to the ground. The last gets his gun out, but I punch it out of his hand. Kick him where the kids will feel, and give him the one-two in the face, he goes out like a Christmas light. Never knew Stella was skilled with a weapon like that…

''Thomas watch out!'' The Toxin with the damaged leg gets up and aims at me GLITCH! GLITCH! Then two knives are shoot out of the shadows and sink into the Toxins chest. No-One steps out of the shadows, holding the thread tied to his knives, he yanks on them and the knives come out of the Toxins chest and return to No-One as the guy collapses effortlessly.

''Attacking the main base without me? What kind of partner are you?'' He asked.

''Sorry, had to get more recruits.''

''Where are they?''

''If they are as good as they say, they should be just sneaking in now.''

''Well, then let's catch up with them!''

No-One ran forward, and I went after him, but stopped when I realised Stella was still standing in the spot looking at the Toxin that No-One had just killed. ''I don't want to kill anyone.'' She said to me.

''I know, I don't want to either. Just try to knock them out. Come on.''

It took her a moment; finally she nodded and took the lead. Not before whispering one last thing to me. ''How did No-One know about the base and us sneaking in?''

Come to think of it, I couldn't answer that. He did say he only deals with Toxin stuff, so he must have known about the base. But how did he know we were going to sneak in? And through the sewers? Was he waiting for us? He needs some explaining to do afterwards…if we live that long.

Following Stella's directions, we rounded the last corner were the ladder to the surface was...there were five Toxins standing in our path. The two in the front pointed their guns to us; No-One stepped forward and threw his rope-knife things at them, both landing square in their chests. The other three ran forward with metal batons.

''No-One, give me a boost!'' I called and I ran forward. No-One cupped his hands together, I jumped on his hands and he helped me jump high and mighty to a Toxin. I kicked him right in the face with both my feet and he was down. Another came at me swinging his baton CLANG! I blocked with my knuckle-dusters, and punched him in the cheek.

He swung again and got me on the arm, thankfully not my bad arm. He swung again and I dodge, took a step forward BAM! BAM! A double whammy to the face, he stumbled back but then came back for more.

BANG! Stella hit him right in the arm; he screamed and dropped the baton, she's got some power in her swings. I grabbed him and flipped him over; he landed hard on the ground. I looked to see if No-One needed help...he didn't. Using his knives with the handles he was slashing away at the guy, he tore him apart.

Now that the way was clear, Stella climbed up the ladder first; I followed with No-One picking up the rear. ''This should lead us to one of the main hangers, Ultra and Super Kid should be close by!'' Knowing those two, they were probably still trying to find the way in. Stella opened the cover...and had help from Alex and Steph.

''Well, took you long enough!'' He said. He helped Stella up, and then me...all around were the bodies of Toxins; moaning trying to get on their feet, all battered and bruised. I looked over at them, and they looked back at me in a 'we told you so' way.

''Okay, now I'm impressed!'' I told them, and they high fived each other.

No-One jumped out of the sewer and immediately the two brothers were on me. ''What the hell is he doing here?''

''He's helping us!''

Alex still looked pretty annoyed. ''Oh, I see! Just when we finally become your partners, you still want him...''

''Can we talk about this partner stuff later!'' I cut in.

Just then, a whole group of Toxins broke in through the door across the room, and aimed their guns at us. We all took cover, hiding by whatever was closest to us. They didn't stop, for the next minute or so it was raining bullets. No-One, Stella and I were hiding behind a large crate; while Alex and Steph did the same with a crate next to us. Then the bullets stopped, and we could hear them running towards us.

Alex started rummaging through his costume, and brought out his...

''Why have you got your I-Pod?'' I asked like he was mad.

''This is just like a movie, it needs a good soundtrack!'' He looked for his songs, and he put on Three 6 Mafia's It's a fight.

''What?'' Stephen shouted. ''I thought you were going to use 'I Need a Hero'?''

''That's already been used for Shrek!''

''This has already been used for Rocky Balboa...''

''GUYS!'' I shouted and they both stopped fighting.

''Fine, I'll start the party!'' No-One interrupted. He got up and rolled along the crate and stabbed his knives into two of the Toxins. Alex put on the song, then Steph and he jumped over and began their fight as well.

''Yeah, Yeah
We ain't playin' wit cha
We ain't playin' wit cha
Step yo ass up
What chu wanna do
Get yo ass knocked down…''

I turned to Stella; she still wasn't sure about actually killing someone, and her bow stick wasn't the strongest thing ever so it was breaking apart, it wouldn't last against anymore Toxins. ''Just stay down and let us deal with them!'' She nodded and kept down.

''What chu wanna do
Get ready
What chu wanna do
Three six mafia... mafia
Let's go (wassup)…''

I took a deep breath, this was it. I might never get another chance to take Toxin down; this has to be without a doubt my hardest challenge yet. No matter what happens, I'm not quitting…so the war will end tonight.

''Yeah
We ain't playin' wit cha
It's goin' down
It's goin' down (screams)…''

I jumped over the crate, and so the battle begins.

''We gon hit em with da left, hit em with da right
We gon hit em with da left, hit em with da right…''

I kicked one of the Toxin's in the teeth and he goes back, I turn and roundhouse kicked another one, running at me, in the gut. I lunged forward and elbow him in the back of the head.

''It's a fight it's a fight head bust 'em head bust 'em
It's a fight it's a fight head bust 'em head bust 'em…''

A Toxin swung his baton at Alex, using his knuckle-dusters he held on. Another ran behind him, using his knuckle-dusters, he moved his arms and made the baton hit the guy in the face. Alex then kicked the Toxin in the knee and he went to ground.

''See I'm the king of the ring ring
Ring the bell and I'm comin out swing swing
Swingin' left swingin' right till they ding ding
He hit da ground bounce up like a spring spring…''

Stephen grabbed a near-by metal pole, and blocked the Toxin's batons with it. It was like watching a less brutal version of Hellrider; Steph slammed the pole into the guys shoulder dislocating it. He spun the pole and hit another Toxin on both his cheeks. He was kicked in the back by another Toxin; they were coming from nowhere, he almost hit Steph, but he moved back and Alex fly-kicked him away.

''Hit em again now like a birdie start to sing sing
Bright lights cameras flashing like bling bling
He started seeing things now I got em heads and knees
on the floor crawl up to the corner crying…''

No-One was of course having no problem with his share of the bad guys; if they got to close to him, he would slash them apart. If they ran away, he would just throw his knives and get a head shot nearly every time.

''I'm the man there's no defeating
The ground you will be eating
I'm ready sharp non stop this is easy
Put em out da game like his name is Milli Vanilli…''

BAM! BAM! BAM! I took another one down, another charged at me, but both of No-One's knives are thrown into his leg.

''We gon hit em with da left, hit em with da right
We gon hit em with da left, hit em with da right…''

I run to him and punch him to the ground.

''It's a fight it's a fight head bust 'em head bust 'em
It's a fight it's a fight head bust 'em head bust 'em…''

There were only four more left in the room; it was an even fight now. They looked like they were having second thoughts, but still charged at us anyway.

''We gon hit em with da left, hit em with da right
We gon hit em with da left, hit em with da right…''

One tries to punch No-One, but he ties both his fists with his rope, runs around and pulls back on the rope, making the Toxin hit himself in the face. Alex and Stephen did the coolest thing ever; at the same time, the rolled forward and kicked up hitting both the Toxins. The last Toxin swung his baton; I dodge and punched his hand hard causing him to drop the baton. He tries to punch me with his good hand, but I just grab it and kick his legs. He goes down to the floor and for good measure, I stomp him on the nuts…he's never going to walk again.

''It's a fight it's a fight head bust 'em head bust 'em
It's a fight it's a fight head bust 'em head bust…''

''Hey, there's still another verse!'' Alex shouted to Stella who was holding the I-Pod.

''I don't know how you can listen to these kinds of songs?''

''It fitted the moment…just like this one, ready Stephen?'' Then the brothers did what I thought I would never see them do…singing…not only that, singing together. ''WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! MY FRIEND AND WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING TILL THE END!''

''Unusual friends you have.'' No-One said to me.

''I manage…just.''

BAAAM! The door broke apart and out of it stepped Marcus; Stella immediately backed off, Marcus looked at her knowing she's the one who betrayed them. He then looked around at the bodies of the Toxins, either dead or just out cold. He stared at us, tensing his muscles. Face full of rage seeing his falling comrades around him.

''That's Marcus? He's Massive!'' Alex whispered to me.

''What about that old saying...'' Stephen said to him. ''The bigger they are, the harder they fall?''

Marcus charged towards us, for a big guy he was really fast. We scattered, but Marcus had already picked who he was going after...me. BAAAM! He punches me in the side and I slide across the floor. ''How's this one? The bigger they are, the more bones they break.'' I whimper.

Alex punches and kicks at the giant, but he uses his huge gorilla arms to block his hits. BAAAM! He then kicks Alex away like a beach ball. Stephen jumps in the air and tries to fly kick him, but Marcus grabs his whole leg and tosses him away.

BAM! No-One kicks him in the side from behind, BAAAM! Marcus elbows him in the stomach and it looks really bad for No-One. Marcus punches, No-One grabs his arm and strikes with his knives, but Marcus grabs his arm and picks him up off the ground. Marcus spins around and throws him into the wall.

I rush over to help, jump in front of Marcus BAM! I punch him in the face. I'm doing better than the last time I fought him, but he still looked like he could go on longer than us. He brings his arm back and goes for the punch, I do the same. It was a tactic I used the last time a giant tried to punch me, I had the knuckle dusters on so he should be more affected right?BAAAM! Not when it's Marcus. My arm shattered, he grabbed me by my costume and slammed me on the ground.

BANG! He falls back slightly, a bullet hitting him in the shoulder. He turned to the shooter, as did I. Stella stood dazed, her arms shaking as she held the handgun she must have found from one of the Toxins. Marcus holds the wound in his shoulder for a brief second before picked up a baton that was next to him, and threw it like a Javelin at her. It hits her right in her stomach, making her drop the gun. Marcus charges towards her, she kicks out at him. He blocks and punches her to the ground.

Stephen jumps on his back, holding on for dear life punching his head. Marcus grabs his arms easily and throws him to the ground. Alex roundhouse kicks him in the stomach and then again to his face; but Marcus then punches Alex in the stomach, grabs him and throws him on top of his brother.

GLITCH! Marcus yells in agony as No-One's knife is stabbed in his thigh. His eyes follow the string to No-One's hand, and he just sees him about to throw his other. Marcus grabs it, and now the two were in a tug-of-war. We need to take our chances; we need to bring this guy down now. Who knows how many more Toxins are in the base? Along with Douglas Carbone the whole reason we attacked this place. I rushed forward and kicked Marcus in the face BAM!

He lets go of the knife and stumbles back; but then he pulls out the knife still in his thigh and comes toward me again. I grab the nearest baton and block; he swing away with the knife trying to bring me down. I was on the ropes, this guy was so big I can't get away from him or get the chance to catch my breath.

No-One leaps over me and slashes with his knife and cuts Marcus right across the face. A scar going down the left side, from his forehead to his chin. The blood blinds his left eye, but in a fit of rage he grabs No-One, lifts him and slams him to the ground. And again, and again, and again. Marcus then gets No One's own knife ready for the kill.

This was it, all or nothing, life or death. I charged forward at Marcus; but how can we bring this guy down? Even if I punch him, he'll just get up and carry on. So I guess I have to keep hitting. The next few seconds were a blur, I don't know how; but I jumped up higher than ever before and kicked Marcus in the chest, with the kick I keep an upward motion and kick with my other foot. Doing the same thing, I keep kicking at his chest in mid-air until I can't stay up anymore, so to finish it I kick him in the face.

Marcus collapses; I stand waiting for him to get up. He moves around a bit, before finally going into the dark. I can't believe I just did that! And as the other got to their feet, it looked like they couldn't either. ''That was the coolest thing I've ever seen!'' Alex shouted at me.

''Where did you learn that?'' Stephen asked.

''Made it up on the spot. Come on, just the big boss left!''

Stella showed us the way to the main part of the warehouse, where Douglas would be. As we ran we tried to get the feelings back in our bodies, the pain was probably extreme, but we kept going. We were so close to winning the impossible, amazing considering a day ago I never thought I could hit lower, now I felt like king of the world. Stella showed us the last door; I took the lead and kicked the door down. It was quite a bit room, the floor was made of glass (it looked kind of cool); in front of the window there was the desk.

''You wanted to...WHAT?'' The desk was empty.

''Where is he?'' Alex shouted.

No-One stepped forward and saw that there was an empty chair, he turned back to us. ''Well, this wasn't expected.''

''You said Douglas would be here?'' Alex said to Stella, who looked as bewildered as the rest of us.

''I said I thought this would be the place he would go!''

''So then...we came all this way for nothing?'' Stephen mumbled all our thoughts. After all that, risking our lives against all those Toxins and Marcus, the people that just died back there, it was all for nothing in the end. Douglas is probably somewhere else with more Toxins ready to attack, maybe there is no stopping this war.

Stella looked at me. ''I'm really sorry, I thought he would be here.''

''Don't apologise. We did our best, and we beat most of them and Marcus, so it wasn't all in vain. And we're all still alive…''

GLITCH!

''STELLA!'' ''STELLA!'' ''STELLA!''

The three of us shouted in shock as Stella stumbled back, looking down weak and terrified at No-One's knife embedded in her stomach. He pulled it out with his string and let Stella fall to the ground. He then lunged forward, punched Alex to the ground and kicked Stephen down next.

''What the hell are you doing?'' I yelled at him.

He just slowly lifted his head up to me. ''Your right, I did want to see you!''

''No, no, no, no...''

There was no way, after all we've done; it couldn't be. But my worst nightmare was true, as No-One lifted up his mask; and I saw his face, I remembered it from the news reports and old articles. The person, who seemed to want to take down Toxin the most, was in fact the leader...No-One is Douglas Carbone!

To Be Concluded...