Omega Kid
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Chapter 28: Killed by Death
It only felt like seconds since I blacked out; there was a disgusted taste and smell that covered my face, and my body felt scratched up. My eyes finally opened, but everything was still white, my arms were numb so I couldn't pick myself up off the floor...that is until another pair of arms helped me up, and I was greeted by familiar voices.
''Hey buddy, you're finally up!'' Alex said as he helped me to my feet; I could feel someone else helping me up, it had to be Steph. And once my vision returned, I was right; Alex, Steph and me were in some white room with nothing in it at all. It was like being in one of those psychiatric prisons; but there were other colours in the room, and then I realised where they were coming from, the three of us were wearing our costumes, but there was no sign of our masks. ''So we're all one big happy family again!'' Alex said sarcastically, wait hold on?
''Wait, where's Stella?'' I quickly asked.
''Over here!'' I heard her call out; I turned around to see her also in her Viper costume...with Megan tending to her wounds.
''Megan? You okay?''
''Fine...Thomas...you are Omega Kid! I knew it!''
I couldn't help but smile; even in this dire situation, she still had to rub it in my face that she was right about who I really was. Well, I'm not actually that worried about her knowing, she is one of my closet friends, and she's kept Stella's secret so I guess she's alright with keeping three other secret identity's. ''Hey, what about us?'' Steph said to Megan.
''I had a feeling you were Super Kid, but Alex? You're Ultra Kid?''
''What? Why are you surprised about me being a superhero?''
Stella spoke up. ''Talk to yourself in a mirror, and you'll see for yourself why you have the smallest fan base in the younger demography.''
''Ha ha, at least I've got a bigger fan base than you!'' He shot back.
''I can't believe you're all talking about your fans at this time!'' Another voice called out; right in the corner of the room was Hellrider, but he was still in full costume and with his mask still over his head. My vision must still be faulty if I couldn't make him out in a blank white room.
Alex stepped closer to him. ''Helps keep us sane, maybe you're just jealous of our convo because you have no fans!''
''You want me to kick your ass?'' He threatened back; it looked like things were about to heat up between the two of them, I had to jump in between them before any damage could be done.
''Guys, we can kill each other later. First let's find a way out of here!''
''No good, the doors locked!'' Stella said.
I grunted in frustration and fear, fear that my friends could be killed because I didn't have what it takes to kill the Ripper. Typical just as soon as I feel like I must, I get captured. He's probably planned this right from the start; he wants our decisive battle to be on his turf. But at least with the others here, we may have a chance. Stella might still be weakened from her near death experience, but with Hellrider now helping us we may have a chance...if we can find a way out of here first.
We all yelled and covered our ears as we were deafened by the static sound of speakers on the ceiling of the room. After a few seconds the static stopped, but once I started hearing the Ripper's voice, I was starting to miss being deaf. ''Today, someone in this building will not see the light of tomorrow. And the amount of people that make it out of here alive depends on the judgement of your great leader Omega Kid. In about sixty seconds the door will open, and there will be five pathways. You may choose to split up to find me, or take the slow but safer option of all going as a group. This may be the wrong choice as this is between I and Omega Kid, so anyone with him won't last long. And Omega Kid, if you choose to split the group up, no matter which path you choose to go, I will find you. You're sixty seconds start now...''
The speakers then cut off, and after all the noise; it was more painful to have sudden one made eye contact with me; they all had their answer, and I didn't like it. I don't want any more blood spilled on my hands; I'm saving it for the then spoke up. ''So here comes the part where you tell us to split up because you need to do this alone...guess what, that's not going to happen!''
''Yes it is, you will all go together, but down a different path from me!''
''What happened to all that talk of doing it together?'' Stella said.
''That was before I decided this has to end!''
''So you are going to kill him?'' Hellrider asked. I answered with a nod, and then he continued. ''That's the smartest thing you've ever said.''
''How do you know he's going to actually be honourable and go after you, what if he picks us off one by one again?'' Alex asked me.
''Because I know who he is, he's only been doing this because I make him someone.''
''And think about this, if you kill him, then his goal will be accomplished. Thomas, I know I've been in favour of killing him, but not by you, that's what he wants. I don't want you to feel guilty about being a murderer, and know that I put pressure on you!''
''You didn't put pressure on me; I've been putting that pressure on myself. I've been so confused with what to do, and that's just rubbed off on you guys. But I now know what I have to do, and now that I've come this far I'm not backing down from my decision!'' They all stayed silent, and would sometimes watch the door; it should open any second now. There were no more protests from any of them, which could only mean one thing. ''You're all still going to come with me, aren't you?''
''What do you think?'' Alex replied.
''We're a team, we stick together!'' Steph spoke up, strange to hear wise words come from his mouth.
I turned to Stella, and I could tell from her determined look she was the same. ''But what about Megan?'' I asked.
''I'm not leaving you guys!'' Megan said with a little stutter, but she was sure of what she was saying. Then we all turned to Hellrider, as it was of course his turn to make a speech. He just looked at each of us.
''Hey, I'm only here because of hanging around with you. I remember our arrangement; this team up won't change anything. Once the Ripper is gone, then we can finish this.''
''Deal.''
CLICK! The sound of the door unlocking echoed in the room, and it creaked open just a little. There was no point in arguing now; these guys weren't going to abandon me no matter how much I beg them too. To think before all this superhero mayhem started I barely had any friends...okay, I still don't have that many, but each of them were just as loyal as the next. I'm actually starting to feel teary...or maybe that was just the stuff the Ripper knocked me out with?
I moved forward, even though Hellrider wanted to move out in front of me, but with my friends here he didn't want to take the chance, he's just like an ordinary bully. I pushed the door open slightly and peeked out, there were five different ways to go, since we're all going the same way and the Ripper says he's going to find me anyway, just take the easiest one and go straight. I turned back to the others. ''Okay, Stella you stay close to Megan. The rest will stretch out and shout if they see anything...''
''BEHIND YOU!'' They all shout, just as I feel a hand grab me and throw me out of the room and into one of the walls. I quickly turned around to see the Ripper standing there, a dagger in his hand, he stared down at me with disappointment in his face…I think, it's hard to get any of his expressions with the burn marks.
''So you want your friends to die?'' He said, as Alex was the first to attack him from behind. But the Ripper spun around and kicked him in the ribs knocking him against the frame of the door. Steph stepped up and punched at the Ripper; but he blocked all of his hits as Alex got his whereabouts back together. He kicks at the Ripper's feet; but he just moved closer to Steph, making Alex miss. He then grabbed Steph, and as he was so close to him, all he had to do was pull Steph as he feel back and Steph was thrown right on top of Alex.
Hellrider was finally about to put his fist's where his mouth is; he started to attack the Ripper with such ferocity and speed that he was able to push the Ripper back out of the room. With him on the back foot, this was my chance to knock him down. As he and Hellrider engaged in a fury of fists and kicks, I came up behind ready to punch, but he grabbed my fist even when he was still fighting Hellrider. He moves his leg in between mine, and then flips me over his shoulder.
Stella moves in to help Hellrider; but just as she gets there, the Ripper jumps over Hellrider while punching him in the chest knocking him over to Alex and Steph. Stella was still so slow from all her wounds, but she went at him like there was no tomorrow; she punched and kicked and kept moving forward until he was back up against a wall.
Stella throws a punch at him, and just as it looks like she's about to hit him, he moves out of the way and I think she breaks her fist on the wall. He moves behind her and gets her in a headlock. She kicks at his legs, but he flips her right onto the wall.
''Stella!'' Megan screams and tries to run in and help; but the way we're going she's not going to last three seconds against him, I hold out my hand to stop her.
''Wait!'' I turn to the other three who had just gotten back on their feet. ''Okay guys, same time…NOW!'' I yell and the four of us charge at the same time.
This catches him off guard, as Hellrider jumps up and kicks at the Ripper's head, he blocks them but we've pulled him away from Stella's whose just getting to her feet.
I stop her from moving ''Hold on, your hand…''
''I don't care about my damn hand! This guy kidnapped my friends and my girlfriend; I'm not taking that. So are you going to help or not!'' She grins before running off to join the others.
Megan's face lights up with a little smile. ''That's my girlfriend.''
I laugh at her little moment, and then I join in on the action. So this was it; after all these weeks of the Ripper taking us out one by one, and leaving us to wonder if we can beat him if we fight as one…it still didn't make any difference. No matter how co-ordinated we were, or how fast we moved, he blocked us and knocked us back. But for the first time, it looked like he was having some trouble; we just need to keep this up for a little longer until he's got nothing more to give.
Stella kicks at the knees but the Ripper moves back, just as Steph is about to punch him he blocks and grabs his fist. I move next to him, and I manage to kick his arms, forcing him to let go of Steph. And once he does, the little man roundhouse kicks him in the chest. Hellrider moves behind him and punches him hard in the back; the Ripper yelps in pain, and he turns to punch but Alex kicks him knocking him into a wall.
Alex charges at him again; he punches at the Ripper's head, but he blocks with his elbow, and then head buts Alex square in the face. Alex falls to the floor, holding his nose as blood gushes from it. Stella kicks at the Ripper but he moves back; and then he round house kicks at Stella, but he doesn't hit her, instead he crushes her broken hand between his foot and the wall. She goes to ground as well, clutching her hand.
Steph and I both went on either side of the Ripper; but he leaps in the air, and split kicks us both. He gets me in the shoulder, knocking me to the ground; but Steph looked like he got worse, his hand was around his neck and he was coughing violently. Just as we were getting the upper hand, he takes us down one at a time again.
The Ripper advances on me. ''This could all have been avoided, if you just accepted your destiny and ended this with my death.''
''There's still time, why don't you let me kill you now?'' I said cockily, not my style, but you'll see why I'm using it now.
''What if I do? What if I drop my dagger, will you finish it? I can see it; you still have that doubt in you. I can't force you to kill me no matter how hard I try, but that doesn't mean I'm against killing you.''
Just a few more seconds. ''You're right, I can't do it. I'd rather die then take a life, so go ahead. Oh, but can you do me one favour before I die.'' He grins at me; he'd fallen for it. ''Count how many people you captured, and how many you just knocked down!''
His grin quickly faded, he knew what I meant. But before he could turn around; Hellrider reaches around, grabs his hand, and plunges his dagger into him. The Ripper yelled, and coughed out blood as Hellrider pushed it further into him. I looked at Hellrider. ''That's the one time I'm going to let you kill someone with me there!''
''Who says we're going to be a team?''
''I never said team.''
''Um…no…that's not…you know I meant…''
BAM! The Ripper then head buts Hellrider in his face, forcing him to let go. He pulls out his dagger from his stomach, and gets ready to attack Hellrider with it, who's still dazed from the surprise attack. I charge towards him, hoping to grab his attention more than anything else. I kick him in the back of the knee; he goes to ground and turns around to me.
''Come on, what happened to between me and you?'' I said. Pissed off is a tame version of what he is right now; his whole face was scarred with anger…as if he's got enough scars. He approaches me, as I move further down one of the corridors; as long as I lead him away from the others, that's fine by me. As I back up towards the end of the corridor leading to a large room full of pillars holding the building, old metal junk, and a few windows, he starts attacking.
He lunges at me with the dagger, I move aside and throw a punch, but he grabs my fist and kicks me in the stomach twice before punching me to the ground. I kick up, backing him off from me as I get back up. I go to roundhouse kick him, but he goes under my leg and roundhouse kicks me in the face instead. Before I know it I'm back on the floor, over and over again. At least with No-One it was a pretty even fight, on my own I can't take this guy down.
BAM! BAM! A blow to both my chest and face and I'm down again, and I'm finding it harder to get back up. I can feel him run that dagger on my back; he was just playing with me now, like a cat with a mouse.
He whispers in my ear. ''It's such a shame that this game has to end; if it were possible, I would want our duel to go on till judgement day. After all, with you gone what am I to be. You gave me a new identity!''
''How about the face? Care to explain that crispy!'' I spin around to punch, but he grabs my arm and pins me to the ground. Like he really was trying to mess with me, he brings his half charcoal face closer towards mine. The smell alone could make a guy gag up.
''This was my initiation into my new existence. I could not drag the carcass of my old life; so I took a lighter and did this to my face, and the pain was nothing...this is who I am now...this is my destiny to fight with you for all time...''
''Oh will you shut up!'' I try to knee him, but he puts out his own knee and hits mine awkwardly. He punches me square in the face, dazing me, before picking me up and then throwing me across the room. He charges and kicks out at me; I kick at his leg knocking it away, giving me a clear shot of his body. But he keeps the dagger close, making it to risky for me to go full frontal attack. He kicks out and gets me right on my shin; I stumble just a little but enough for him to jump forward and fly kick me right towards the window.
I hit it; and hear the crack of the glass behind me, but thank God it doesn't break and I move away from it. Even though I don't know how high it actually is, I don't want to look to see...or fall to find out. But maybe this broken glass is my shot; if I can get him to attack me, the glass should be weak enough for me to push him through.
I stand my ground, hoping he gets impatient and makes the first move. He twists his dagger and charges right at me, with speed that could make Usain Bolt look like a turtle. But I was faster than him as I move aside and he goes zooming past me right to the path of the window; he tries to stop himself but too late, he crashes into the glass and some of it shatters...but not all of it, it didn't break, that is some strong glass.
He starts laughing and waving his dagger at me like some lunatic. ''Very clever, all most caught me out there. But when one of us dies, I want it to be face...to face!'' He yells before he throws the dagger at me; I duck towards the ground, it misses me, but he wasn't hoping to stab me. BAM! As I ducked down, he ran forward and kneed me right in the chin. BAM! BAM! BAM! Before giving me a three-punch barrage to my chest.
For a second or two it felt like I actually died; I couldn't hear or see anything, I couldn't breathe or move as I collapse clutching my chest trying to breathe again. My vision returns, just as the Ripper stands over me. His dagger waiting for me, I might be able to block him again, but this was going nowhere. I can't beat him; I only hope I can hold him off long enough for the others to arrive. But as the Ripper raises his dagger, it looks like the others aren't going to be helping me anytime soon.
BAAM! Not the sound for a stab wound I know; but that's the sound that echoes as something crashes on the back of the Ripper's head, causing him to fall to the floor crying in pain as blood oozes out from the back of his head. I can't believe how lucky I can get sometimes; and that feeling of luck is replaced by shock and guilt when I see who it is that rescued me...and it wasn't one of my teammates.
''Thomas?'' Rachael yells as me, even though I'm right in front of her, which is not the best place to be when she's waving a metal baseball bat around. ''What is going on? Why are you dressed as Omega Kid?''
''Because I am Omega Kid!'' I said robotically, as I'm still healing and trying to wrap my head around the fact that Rachael was the one that saved me.
''F***!'' She screams and looks at me like she doesn't recognise me anymore.
''Hold on, how did you get here?''
''I saw the Ripper take you. And he's already taken Megan, I couldn't live with myself if something bad happened to the two of you...''
''So you followed?''
''Well you would have done the same!''
''Yeah, but it's much job I'm a superhero. You could have been caught or killed or something.''
She starts to calm down a bit and then smiles at me. ''Like I said, I wasn't going to let anything bad happen to you. What about Megan?''
''She's safe, she's with the others.''
The smile disappears instantly. ''What? Why were the others taken as well?'' I even somehow can't keep other superheroes identities; and right on cue, the others run down the corridor and are probably just as surprised as me to see the Ripper bleeding on the floor, with me and Rachael talking and her holding a baseball bat. ''Alex, you're...'' Rachael shouts.
''Oh come on, why's everybody surprised I'm a superhero! What about Steph? He's not superhero material!'' And then believe it or not, Steph slaps Alex around his head like he would normally receive.
Rachael then turns to Stella. ''And Stella? You're Viper? And you didn't tell me?''
''Sorry.'' Was all she could say.
Rachael was probably relieved to see that Megan wasn't in costume, and then her focused shifted to Hellrider. ''And what about you? Fess up! Is it Kevin?'' She shouts pointing her bat at him
''No, we don't know either.'' I tell her, and she apologies to Hellrider and lowers her bat.
''So, this is your girlfriend?'' He asks me.
''Yes...I mean no...I mean...I...''
BAM! The Ripper jumps back up and kicks me across the room; the turns around and charges at the others, catching them all by surprise he manages to knock them all back one by one. He turns to Rachael; even without his dagger, he was ready to kill, he eyes blood shot with rage. He charges at Rachael; she swings the bat, but he dodges, running right into a pillar. Guess that knock to the head wounded him a lot. This is my chance to finish this for good now.
I kick at the Ripper's chest and then punch in the same place. He tries to punch back, but his wayward arm misses me completely. He gets a kick at my legs knocking me towards the ground; I pull myself back up, grab him by his jacket and flip him over myself. His head must be in some serious pain; he was stumbling and falling before he could even get back up on his two feet. He was finished he's got nothing left.
He then starts laughing again, why do all my villains laugh when I'm winning? And then from inside his jacket pocket it looked like he was trying to pull something out; at first I thought it was a gun, but before I could try to kick it out of his hand, he instead pulled out a little dagger. He wasn't still trying to fight back was he? Unless he wants me to...
''Finish it,'' He groans. ''I won't stop, you'll never get a better opportunity.''
He was right about me; now that I finally have my moment, I freeze up; I don't know what to do. I've got him down, surely we can just call the police and that will be the end of it. But what if he keeps his words and doesn't stop? After all he's put me through; threatened and kidnapped my friends, is it right to let him live? I feel I should, but should I?
''Here...'' Hellrider calls out ''I'll finish him!''
''No, I got this.'' I appreciate what he was trying to do; but I have to make my decision, right here right now. I take the knife off of him, he starts laughing with each weak breath he can make, and he thinks I'm going to finish him. To the Ripper this is all just a duel; just the two of us, but I know it's more than that. What if I kill him, how will people think of me? Will I become different?
And like he can read my mind, the Ripper starts taunting me. ''How does it feel boy? To have the life of someone else's resting in your own hands? What are you going to tell the world? I want to know...''
''I will tell you. But first, I want you to answer me a question.''
''Go ahead.''
''What's your name...your real name?''
He smiles at me, blood dripping from his lips as he sits up on his knees and stares at me. ''Jack...the...Ripper!''
Not what I wanted to hear; I didn't want to think of this guy as a killer to the end. I can remember the same man I faced in the store all those months ago; a poor man who just wanted money to eat, and I turned him into a monster. But if I didn't, I wouldn't have turned into Omega Kid, this is the way it's supposed to be. I lift the knife up, the Ripper smiles at me like he finally got his wish. That smile disappears from his face...when I throw the knife away.
''You want to know what I'm going to tell the world? I'm going to tell them I'm not a murderer like you; you were just a pathetic excuse for a person. I will never kill anyone in cold blood, or for my own gain. As far as the world knows, I'm not you, I didn't kill you...I'll just tell them you tripped!''
He looks at me bewildered for a moment; but I know what I'm doing, this isn't for my own gain, this is because it has to be. I jump up and fly kick him right in the chest; he falls back CRASH! And goes right through the window. I just stay where I'm standing; I don't want to look, I can hear his scream grow fainter and fainter until there's a loud thud...and then nothing.
I don't even want to check to make sure he's dead; I just stand my ground, breathing hard and feeling numb and cold. The others check up on me, I just lay my head on Rachael's shoulder and she wraps her arms around me for comfort. Alex and Hellrider walk towards the window to check on him, Alex immediately pulls back from looking.
''Is he dead?'' Stella asks.
Hellrider was still looking out the window. ''Well...there was a good thirty or forty feet from here to the ground, a concrete ground. He was badly wounded as it was, and not to mention he landed on spikes that were facing upwards.''
''So from you're graphic description, which was lovely to hear, he's dead?'' Alex said trying not to throw up.
''If he isn't, he's good at playing possum...and porcupine.''
I did it, my first kill. All these months of fearing it, worried about how I would feel, surprisingly I wasn't in as much pain as I thought I would be. Maybe it was a good thing this man was just the Ripper to me, I was hoping that if he said his real name I wouldn't have what it took to kill him. But looking back on what he's done, it had to be this way.
''You okay?'' Rachael asked me.
I lifted my head from her shoulders, looked around at my friends, and gave them all a little smile. ''I'm going to be okay.''
I tell you; if villains get harder as they go along, I should start doing twice the training I'm doing right now. First an elite mob of gangsters Toxin, then Jack the Ripper, next I'll be asked to stop World War III. It's been a weak since the Ripper's death; it was all over the news, no one knew how exactly he died, but everyone was thankful that he was gone...and so was I.
But the whole one-man sending terror through London thing has left after effects; if defeating Toxin made the bad guys think twice, the Ripper helped their decisions. Thugs and killers everywhere wanted to be like him; we've had our hands full the past couple of nights, but nothing too serious. But it just shows how much people can be manipulated when they have nothing. So, people would rather be a Jack the Ripper than Omega Kid? Seriously, heroes are popping up every day in America; and over here I haven't meet one superhero that I don't already know or wants to kill me.
But getting off the superhero subject things have been back to normal; the press didn't know about our kidnapping, and Megan (thanks to Stella and her powerful uncles) stayed out of the public eye. Alex and Steph were being...uh...Alex and Steph, although they haven't shut up about taking down their first real villain. Hellrider has once again disappeared; wonder if he's forgotten about our postponed fight, I have a feeling he hasn't.
And Rachael? Well...I'm going to have to have a lot of luck explaining everything to her now. We were both sitting in Clock Tower Park, and an awkward silent start is really nerve jangling when I have so much to say. ''So, you're part time job? Where you going to make something up, or tell me the truth?'' She asked me.
''I really wanted to say sooner...it's just...''
''You were afraid with the Ripper about.''
''There was that, and also...because...I really like you...a lot.''
She smiles at me and starts blushing. ''I've never had a friend, as loyal or sweet as you. And when I'm near you...I feel...not alone. I have someone there to talk to, but there's one thing I haven't really talked about…a secret I have.''
I'm not trying to offend her, but I doubt that her secret can be as big as mine. And then her face seems to fill with fear and worry. ''What is it?''
She looks away from me before saying. ''If you reacted that worried when I just said I had a little illness, I didn't want to imagine how you would have thought about me if you knew how bad it was.''
''How bad is it?'' I ask trying to keep as calm as possible, when I'm actually really scared for her right now. If she was as sick before, and that's not even the serious symptoms I really don't want to imagine how hurt she is.
She turns to me, her eyes were teary but she held them in and then she smiled. ''You ever watch boxing?''
''Boxing? Yeah sometimes.''
''I like Muhammad Ali, he was the greatest.''
''Maybe because that was his nickname'' I joke and she chuckles a bit; but I don't see what boxing has to do with her conditions...unless she's an undercover boxer, then that would put my whole Omega Kid secret to shame.
''How about Back to the Future? I use to have a thing for Michael J Fox.'' She said.
''A lot of girls did...I actually know a few guys that did.'' She laughs again at my joke (even though I wasn't joking).
Then she says. ''Those two inspire me!''
''I like them two. But what exactly do they have in common...'' And then I felt the harsh reality of what she was saying grip me. Soon as she could tell I knew, she started breaking down crying. Parkinson's? Jesus Christ, it's bad enough to have that, but for a 15 year old to have it? That's unthinkable.
''I was diagnosed at the age of 9; they say I'm one of the youngest to have it. No one knows about it, not even Stella or the others. Now, you know why I don't like being the popular everyone crowds around or wants to be with all the time. And why I'm not good enough for you!''
''Not good enough for me? I've been so afraid to ask you out because I didn't think I was good enough for you? I mean so what if I'm Omega Kid, I still...''
''It's not because you're Omega Kid, it's because you're Thomas Lanks. The kindest, sweetest and most loyal person I know. Someone that other people should be like. Even before you were Omega Kid, you fought for my cousin against Jason, without the costume. And remember, Year 8, who was that little boy that stood up for others when the school wanted to ban comics from the library?''
''Wow, I can't even remember that.''
''That was when I first heard about you, and I instantly had a secret crush on you.''
''You had a crush on me? I remember in Year 7, when we had that assembly for black history month. I remember you made a speech about ethnical equality. My memories pretty bad so I don't remember all of the speech, but I remember you saying that speech. I'm mean, so what if I'm Thomas Lanks, you're Rachael Nora. Normally the most popular girls in school are kind of you know...''
''Bitchy!''
''Yeah, but you're the complete opposite of that. You're kind, smart, friendly and then this whole Parkinson's things. You've been fighting that for over six years! And then when the Ripper kidnapped me, you came for me. You're strong, stronger than me. And that's why I love...you...I love you.''
She was still crying, but she was smiling more now. She stroked her hand on my black jumper that she got me for my birthday, and then stroked my hair. I wiped away the tears from her cheek, and then we kissed again. Although this wasn't my first kiss, I'm finding it hard to say this wasn't the best.
''Well, it's about time!'' A familiar voice called out. Rachael and I looked behind us, and saw Alex, Steph, Stella and Megan standing there watching us.
''How long have you been standing there?''
''We actually just got here. We saw you then came over; it's funny cause from a distance it looked like you were kissing.'' Steph said, sometimes he's just so innocent that you have to laugh.
''That's because they're a couple, you're a couple right?'' Alex asked and for some reason checked his watch.
Rachael and I looked at each other, I think we both have our answer. ''Yeah, we are!'' Rachael said.
''YES! PAY UP!'' Alex shouted at Steph, and then the disappointed little man handed him ten pounds. The rest of us looked at the two. Alex shrugged his shoulders. ''I said it would be less than a year before you two would hit it off, see Tom, I always had faith in you.''
''You betted on when they would go out?'' Stella asked a little offended by this, but I should have expected this from the bumble brothers.
Steph then said to her. ''Yeah, we did the same with you and Megan...'' Alex tried to cover his brother's mouth, but too late. Stella and Megan glare at the two with playful evil in their eyes.
''He wasn't supposed to say that...um...just beat him up, he said you weren't going to do it!'' Alex pushed Steph towards them and then ran off, with Steph regaining his balance and following. Rachael and I watch as they run off into the distance, and then turn back to Stella and Megan who are just standing there.
''How long before they realise we aren't chasing them?'' Megan asked me.
''I have no clue.''
The End of Volume 3
And now, the exclusive trailer preview of Omega Kid Volume 4
Heroes have been born...
(Cuts of Omega Kid, Ultra Kid, Super Kid and Viper putting on their costumes for the first time)
Challenged…
(Cuts of Omega Kid fighting Jason; Ultra Kid and Super Kid both taking down Toxin members; Viper going up against Jack the Ripper)
Broken…
(Thomas tries to throw his rucksack in the River Thames, with Alex and Stephen stopping him; Stella being stabbed by Jack the Ripper as he captures Megan; Marcus pummeling Hellrider)
And Loved.
(Thomas and Rachael kissing in Clock Tower Park; Megan and Stella sitting together near the River Thames; Alex walking into his next class to find Stephen kissing a girl, Vanessa)
Alex: Oh come on! Am I the only one without a girlfriend now?
(Cuts of the four taking down more and more gangsters every night; Thomas seeing news reports of increasing crime and murders)
Thomas: Thanks to the Ripper's influence, we have to work double time.
Alex: The day you say triple I'm going to demand a wage increase.
Stephen: We don't even get wages.
Alex: Have I ever mentioned how much I hate you?
But for every Superhero…
(Cuts of gangsters and thugs opening packages and pulling out costumes, applying armor and weapons to the costumes, standing in the streets showing off their costumes as Omega Kid, Ultra Kid, Super Kid and Viper stand against them, overwhelmed)
There are Supervillains!
(Cuts of Thomas and other superheroes facing a woman with two handguns; Hellrider taking on a villain with a large hammer; Alpha Girl attacking Thomas with her sword; Omega Kid, Ultra Kid and Super Kid up against three villains in high-tech suits; Stella facing a man in an ox costume as he holds Megan and Rachael; a Toxin fires a missile launcher just as Omega Kid, Super Kid and Ultra Kid duck out of the way and it explodes behind them)
Ultra Kid: If we make it through today alive, I'm considering early retirement!
Omega Kid Volume 4: The Supervillain Arc
Coming Soon…