Omega Kid
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Chapter 34: Duel
''Okay, okay, how about this one? Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta vs. Galactus?'' Alex asked me.
''For the 100th time, Galactus would still win!'' I answered but he was just as persistent as ever with always trying to get the answer he wants.
''What if he went Super Saiyan 5?''
''There's no such thing!'' Rachael called out while she was re-stacking the shelves of Comic City.
''But if there was…''
''Alex, it's not use, Galactus can beat any Dragon ball Z character, real or not!'' I told him while taking a sip of my Pepsi. Finally the weekend was here; so whenever we weren't spending time scouting the streets and getting our butts kicked, we wouldn't be in class and getting our brains kicked. Rachael and Jenna were working an extra shift at Comic City; Stella and Megan were on a girl's shopping tour with Chloe and a few others, so that just left the boys to deal with our geeky question challenges.
Stephen sat back down at our table, Scott Pilgrim comic in hand, and without looking up asked ''What about Galactus vs. GT Adult Goku…with the Infinity Gauntlet?''
I gave the question a bit of thinking, he almost had me stumped on that one ''GT Goku!''
Alex slammed his hands on the table ''So when I don't ask, then a DBZ character wins!''
''Only because he was using a universe destroying weapon''.
''One of these days, I'm going to ask a question that you can never answer!''
''Good luck with that'' I replied to him. It was nice to finally relax for a bit, and the only fights I would have to deal with were Alex and Steph's superhero dream match-up bickering. Still, I would feel a lot more relaxed it there wasn't the constant fear of not one, but two super villains running through the streets of London.
The Judge and now Hunter. One has already killed someone who copy catted me, the other is a crazed psychopath that may or may not know my face. And it's not just them; all over Facebook and Twitter, groups are being made each day, forming super villain clubs or similar. Gangs I've dealt with before, real tough gangs and most of these villain clubs are just wannabe thugs in PJ's that get arrested after their first crime.
''I got it…'' Alex shouted out ''Xena Warrior Princess…or Buffy Vampire Slayer?''
Well, Buffy is super strong and Xena was trained by gods so…umm…oh crap he's got me! ''I'm going to help out Rachael and Jenna'' I stuttered and made my way out of the line of fire as Alex taunted me along the way shouting out how he's finally stumped me on something.
''Enthusiastic much?'' Rachael said with sarcasm.
''What can I say? He likes a challenge. Need any help?''
''No, I'm done for first period. Want to head out for lunch?'' She asked.
''Sure, just let me get my back pack''.
''We're only going across the street…''
''Trust me, you can never be sure of what's around the next corner'' I said to her as I reached for my back pack under the table, unfortunately suffering more taunts from Alex along the way. I will answer his question eventually, I just need it more specific like what time group and stuff…I'm not a sore loser.
''So how's the Golden Girl thing going?'' Rachael asked taking a scoop of her toffee fudge.
''Same as it was before. It is really good, I don't understand why she won't publish it or something!''
''Maybe she just doesn't want that career?''
''Well she deserves a better career then the one she has now!''
''And I don't?''
''No…no I didn't mean…'' I stuttered as she smiled and nudged me in the arm playfully ''Don't do reverse psychology stuff on me. It's bad enough I've had Alex challenge and defeat me today, don't think I can handle anymore challenges!''
BOOM! Not even 100 yards ahead of us; a car explodes in a violent blast that almost knocks the two of us off our own feet. We both look on as on top of the car, standing right in the middle of the raging flames, there was a man actually standing in it unaffected by what should be intense heat. It was only after some of the smoke had gone that we could see whoever this was, was wearing some kind of red metal suit.
''If anyone knows where Omega Kid is…'' The guy shouted out ''They better hurry up and call him! Cause Pyro is here!'' He raised his arm; attached underneath it was some kind of…shit a flamethrower! He opens fire, literally, on the car next to him, causing that one to go up in smoke as well.
Intense is a word that will only just begin to describe this kind of situation, as if my super villain's weren't bad enough already, now there was one in front of me blowing up the whole street in a full red flamed Iron Man suit. He had a mouth communicator and eye screen that made it hard to distinguish his face, but he also had spiked up red hair as well.
''We need to get the others!'' Rachael said to me trying to pull my arm back.
''You get them, I'll hold this guy off!''
''You can't take him on your own!'' She protested.
''By the time the three of us get back, more people might be dead. I'll hold him off, don't worry about me. No hurry! GO!'' I shouted at her. She was backing away, she didn't want to leave me alone, I didn't want to be left alone either, but the way this guy was tearing through the street I didn't have much choice.
She ran back towards Comic City in a hurry; while I took cover behind a parked car, and got my costume out of my bag. I haven't even got close to the guy yet, and I can feel the heat he's putting off already. Hopefully Hood will know about the trouble and be on his way as well, close-up didn't seem like the best option to fight this guy.
''Hey…'' I called out, and he immediately stopped what he was doing and turned to face me ''You wanted to see me!''
''That was quicker than I expected'' He asked with surprise ''Where are your partners?''
''On the way, I got a head start. So give up now, and you can go behind bars without the traditional scars and bruises from us!''
''Oh I'm not ever going to jail again, and you best hope that your partners are quick or you won't last! Cyro, now!''
Shouting out another name that rhymed with his made me feel like my stomach just dropped down to my legs. Hearing someone moving next to me, I turned and saw another guy in some kind of Mecha-suit. Same as Pyro's, except his was blue, and he has ice blue hair. So from the name and description, it was pretty obvious what he was about to do…
I jumped back and out of the way; just as he raised his arm, and from the metal tube under his arm a ray of ice shoot out and landed on a car that was right next to me, freezing it solid. I can't believe this, not one but two super powered criminals in high tech suits; to quote Fast Five, this has gone from Mission Impossible…to Mission freaking insanity.
Pyro stepped forward; I was ready to jump out of the way, but he never raised his flamethrower at me ''Bulk, care to introduce yourself!''
Sometimes I wonder why I try to play brave. Behind me was a behemoth of a man; again wearing a Mecha-suit, this one was brown, however it didn't seem to have as many gadgets as the other two did. And I think I know why…BAAAAM! He punches into the ground just in front of my feet; and the shockwaves caused from it send me flying across the other side of the road and crashing into another car. And to think, I'm on the edge of the ropes, and they haven't even hit me yet.
''Omega Kid!'' I heard Ultra Kid call out. I watched as my two partners raced up to try and help me. Pyro stepped forward, and unleashed his flamethrower on them. They both rolled either side of the flames. Ultra Kid was now facing the one called Bulk; he charged forward and kicked at the giant's head, but cried out in pain and held his leg from the impact of trying to hit his suit. Bulk then grabs Ultra Kid's other leg, lifts him up in the air before throwing him in my direction. I jumped over and catch him, but I get taken with him and we both hit the side of a building hard.
Super Kid was standing next to car that Cryo froze, and it was the ice maker that my friend was face to face with. Cryo fired another ice beam close to where he was standing; Super Kid dodged the blast, but lost his balance as the ground he was standing on was now covered in ice. Bulk charges at Super Kid, causing him to panic and slip onto the ground and slid right towards us.
''This isn't going to well'' Super Kid muttered as he got off of us. I completely agree, the fight's only just begun and already I know we're out classed. How can Mecha high-tech suits exist in real life? Okay, maybe they can, but this was on another level of technology. The three of us got back on our feet, hoping that now that we're together we might actually do better this time.
Bulk was about to charge at us again when Pyro called out ''Hold on Bulk…'' And like a well-trained dog, Bulk stopped in his tracks ''I think the heroes now understand we mean business. But this isn't how we really envisioned our duel''.
''A duel?'' I asked.
''That's right. You three are looking at your arch-enemies. And our first battle together should be better than this. So we'll reschedule the duel for later; let's say tonight…midnight, Nailsmith Park. Plenty of space to fight, and not very populated. Come on bros, let's give the heroes a chance to prepare!'' He aimed his flamethrower at us and let one loose. The three of us stepped back, thankfully the flames didn't reach us, but as they died down we saw that the three were gone.
''We're fucked!'' I wish Alex would stop reminding me that. After our humiliating display against the enemies we've giving the name Triple Terror, we went over to Stella's, hoping to learn more about these high tech hooligans.
Stella couldn't really believe how we describe the scene, can't blame her, you would have had to see it to believe it ''Can you describe the suits one more time?''
''High Tech, beyond anything I've seen in real life. They could move fast, and had quite a lot of power in them'' I told her.
''I don't understand, how can the government organise such things?''
''Maybe they didn't?'' Steph said.
''No, they would not have been able to make these suits without government officials watching, or with a small budget. They had some kind of backing'' I said.
''But I don't get it…'' Alex interjected ''Those kind of suits, and they use them just so they could call themselves our arch enemies?''
''I'm finding that a bit hard to believe as well…'' I told them ''They're obviously new at this criminal thing, so they have to have been with something big recently''.
''So we're looking for three guys with government backing and high funding, enough for them to make power suits and turn themselves into super villains'' Stella made it clear ''I think I might have a hunch'' She typed away at her computer and soon came up with the website to a leading company that I've heard.
''That's Rostrum Tech!'' I said.
Alex then followed up ''They're into everything; economies, foreign political movements, transports…but their main line of work is…''
''Weapons! They have full government backing to make weapons. Plus their stocks are worth up to £24 billion, and £7 billion of that is for the main base in Central London'' Now the pieces were starting to come together.
''But why turn into criminals, and who exactly are the three we're fighting?'' Steph asked.
''I think I might know…'' Stella said as she typed up something, and a few more pages popped up ''Okay, we know that Rostrum Tech was founded by ex-CEO of another weapons company Dwayne Rostrum. Now he wasn't one to talk much about his personal life, but it is a proven fact that he does have three sons''.
''You think they're Triple Terror?'' I asked her needing to be sure.
''From the descriptions you gave me, they fit. And they have also had quite an interesting life; quite a few times they've been involved with the police for violence and theft…from their own company. But they couldn't be charged because the stuff they were accused of stealing was never found, and their dad was always defending them trying to keep the family honour''.
''And did they really steal?'' Alex asked.
''The weapons were never found with them, and never been 100% found…'' We looked at her with confusion as she continued ''Although they weren't classified as the same, the closest weapons that have fitted in the description were…found with…'' She couldn't bring out the rest of the sentence, like she was scared of what she was about to say. It was only when I saw that fear in her eyes I knew who she was talking about.
''They made deals with Toxin'' I finished for her. I'm not surprised to hear that; Toxin had some very high-tech equipment, better than any gang I faced prior and still to this day.
With the subject of Toxin out of the way, Stella went on ''And a few other most wanted criminals and super villains, but since they were not the real versions the Rostrum Trio couldn't be charged. Despite the fact their weapons could have been modified''.
''Doing the crimes and hiding behind daddies back''.
Alex clapped his hands and we all turned to him ''Right, we know who they are, we know how they've out matched us, now we just need to know are we going to their challenge?''
We don't really have anything else going for us. Now that we can catch them in the act with their weapons, they wouldn't be able to go running to their dad's lawyers. It's just the question of if we can survive long enough to bring them in custody ''We're going. We need to make an anonymous call to the police so when we beat them, the authorities can take them in''.
''Who's going to make the call?'' Steph asked.
''I'll head out and find Hood, we need all the help we can get with these guys''.
''Is that going to be with your costume or without?'' Alex asked sarcastically.
''For the last time, Hellrider gave my identity to him, it wasn't my fault!''
''Whose fault was it that Hellrider found out?''
''You just want to tease me today don't you'' I chuckled.
Stella stood up ''I'll go with you, in case you come across Hellrider first''.
''Thanks, we'll meet near mine at 10, with or without Hood''.
''So the Rostrum's have joined the super villain boom!'' Hood said to himself again. It didn't take long for me and Viper to find him, he heard about the attack they did earlier the day, so we figured he'd be at the scene waiting for us.
''Yeah, and they're packing the big guns…literally''.
''Right, so what should we do?''
''You're a good shot from a far right?''
''Don't you remember, your head was the first thing I missed, fortunately''.
''Thanks for reminding me!'' I remarked.
Viper pulled out a schematic of the prototype battle suits she found online on some dodgy website, and handed it to Hood ''We need you to get as many shots here…here…and here!'' She pointed to all the areas that would cause the most damage or that would cause us the most damage. Hood took a moment to look over the picture before handing it back to Viper.
''Going hunting without me?'' We turned and saw Hellrider standing there as if he had been there the whole time, which he probably had been, this guy was stalker now then danger.
''Look, this is serious…'' I made clear ''We're not dealing with ordinary thugs, this is serious shit what we're about to face. So we don't need you being all dark and vengeful towards me now!''
''Hey no need for that, I'm here to help''.
''Huh?'' I didn't just hear that, did I?
''Well it's either pick the scavengers and be bored stiff all night, and get into the real deal. And if I have to do it with you lot, then so be it. But I don't want you ordering me or bossing me around!''
''Whatever, just try not to get yourself burnt to a crisp or frozen solid'' I replied back to him.
''Hold on…'' Viper cut in and turned to Hellrider ''Did you bring your Motor-cycle?''
''Sure did, why? You feel like taking a cruise with a real man?'' He 'attempted' to flirt with her.
''Even if I wasn't gay, I'd thrown myself off a building first…'' She commented back before walking over and telling him what she had in mind.
''You think we can beat them?'' Hood asked me.
''If we play this right, and lady luck is on our side, then yeah we can win'' But knowing my luck, I really didn't want to say anything to the others. At least there's Triple Terror's lack of villain experience on our side, so I think we may stand a chance, not a good one but then again when have the odds every been on our side?
Hood gulped and scratched the back of his hood before asking me something else ''So…Viper's not into men?''
''Well she had this bad experience with one before, she's got a girlfriend now so…WHAT? You're like 6 or 7 years older than her!''
''How old is she?''
''Same as me'' I answered.
''Then it's actually 3 or 4 years, that would have been better?''
''No…I mean…it's bad enough with Hellrider trying to flirt with her, besides she's taken now so hush!''
''Just thought I ask'' He muttered.
We all made it to Nailsmith Park; having a good feeling that this would be a trap like before, we scouted around to an area that wasn't hiding any power suited billionaires ''They there?'' I asked Hood. He took out his bow, and on it a little scope popped out on the side for him to look through.
''Okay I gotta admit, that was cool'' Ultra Kid whispered to me.
With the scope, Hood looked around the area for a bit before stopping just left of us ''I see them, all three of them same place. They were probably hoping to end it quick''.
''Like that actually thought we wouldn't be suspicious of a trap'' Ultra scoffed. So far so good, we now had the element of surprise on our side for once.
''Kay, Hellrider should be here in a sec. I'll make my move first, then the rest of you while Hood disarms them'' I told them.
Super looked at Hood unsure ''You won't miss right?''
''I never miss!''
''Cool!''
''I could probably do that'' Ultra cut in.
''This is not a good time for you to be jealous'' I said to him.
''Yeah Alex, calm down!'' Hood said with a smile. Ultra Kid on the other hand was not smiling the least bit as he turned to me.
''How does he know my name?'' I forgot to mention to the guys that I let slip Ultra Kid's alter-ego as well to Hood ''So it wasn't bad enough with just giving away your name…''
''I told you, I didn't give away my name!''
WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! Viper hit Ultra, Hood and I on the back of our heads with her bow-staff. We all stopped arguing and remained silent while Viper muttered some cuss about us under her breath. Out of the blue, Ultra Kid then slapped Super around the back of his head ''Didn't think you were getting off that easy did you?'' He mocked to his little brother.
Just when I thought that another fight was about to break out between us, we all heard the sound of the Hell-Cycle coming closer to the area. I just prayed that Hellrider didn't let his heart overcome his rationality and try to run me over.
From the trees not too far from us; Hellrider rode into the path of Triple Terror, catching the trio completely off guard. He drives right on top of Bulk; pushing him back away from the others, his front tyre tearing away at the suit and inching closer to the giant's face. Now wasn't the time to argue with him about the code of killing now; with one out of the way for the moment, now it was time for me to make my move…
I darted out and ran into the view of Pyro, who once caught the sight of me, raised his arm and let loose of volley of fireballs. I choose to distract him because he seemed like the leader of the three, and I was the faster runner of my group; but it looked like he was about to finally get a lucky shot at me, until we got a lucky shot at him when Hood's arrow got a direct hit at his flamethrower arm.
Ultra and Super Kid then made their move and ran just to the side of Cyro, who tried to freeze the ground itself to stop them from running. I knew he would do that, so that's why both of the bros ran at the same time, he couldn't keep up with two targets running either side of him. He couldn't keep up with one unless he lost the other, and then Hood fired away and got another perfect shot hitting Cryo's ice blaster.
With their main weapons down; Viper made the final move and charged at Cyro first, swinging her bow-staff at his legs first (Hellrider probably taught her that), fracturing the suit a little. She then aimed at him directly, but Cyro blocked with his arm, until Hood shoot again and it almost tore the metal arm to Cryo's suit off.
Pyro ran towards me and threw plenty of punches at me; even if his suit wasn't strength based, one hit from that could probably still take me out. As I dodged one punch, I made a quick jab at his face, hoping that I could actually hit his face and not the accessories around it. He grunted in a mix of pain and frustration, and swung his arm at me. With no time to dodge, I block his arm with my knuckle dusters. My fingers were crushed, but I held on; just long enough for Hellrider to then run Pyro over with his Hell-Cycle knocking the leader aside.
''What about Bulk?'' I shouted out to him as he came to a halt. He pointed behind me, and I turned to see the largest one unconscious and his suit nearly torn right off of his body.
Cryo threw a double punch at Viper; she ducked and hit her staff right at his stomach, giving Ultra and Super Kid the perfect opportunity for a double kick, causing him to fly right on top of Viper, who using the staff tossed him aside.
''Can you believe this? A plan that actually worked!'' Ultra Kid shouted with joy as he and Super Kid high fived and were ready to sing their victory anthem ''WE ARE THE…'' Until Viper held her hands against both their mouths.
''Did I ever mention how much I hate your version'' She teased at them.
''You cheats!'' Pyro shouted at us ''You cheated, this was meant to be a three on three!''
''Yeah, this coming from the three that ambushed us the first time and were stupid enough to do it again?'' I replied.
''Well…give us a break we're new at this. But if it was three on three, we would have won!'' He tried to reassure us.
''Why would you want a three on three only?'' Hood asked him.
''For the obvious fact there's three of us, plus they were the first three main heroes. And I've never seen that much of you…'' He said to Hood, then turned to Hellrider ''Nor you…'' And finally looked at Viper ''And you're just a woman!''
''Just a…'' Viper yelled as she tightened her grip on her staff and advanced on him. It took both Ultra and Super Kid to hold her back ''You sexist bastard, I should rip your hair right off your head, shove it up your ass and then make you chew on it!''
''I didn't teach her that!'' Hellrider defended himself. Somehow, I'm finding that hard to believe.
''It doesn't matter…'' Pyro spoke up ''We'll have our revenge, the Trio of Awesomeness always keep their promises!''
''Trio of Awesomeness? That's your group name?''
''Yeah, pretty cool huh? Bulk wanted Threeific, but that just sounded…excuse the language…utter crap!'' He chuckled. Hard to believe that are toughest and wealthiest enemies so far are nothing more than spoiled kids, I actually can't believe we got our asses kicked in the first round.
''We came up with Triple Terror'' Super Kid pointed out.
''Triple Terror? Hey, I like that, thanks…'' Pyro thanked him, and then turned back to me in a serious tone ''Like I said…'' He then pulled something out from underneath his Mecha-suit, another fortune cookie? ''Until next time!''
''NO!'' I tried to stop him, but he had already thrown it to the ground before any of us could react. And soon, he disappears in a cloud of smoke; as if that wasn't bad enough, we hear two more little explosions; the others had fortune cookies as well? We tried to move around hoping to bump into them, but the dust clears and there's only the six of us left behind with Triple Terror long gone.
''How did they sneak away in those suits?'' Viper asked out. That was a million pound question at the moment. But my mind was now transfixed on the fact that they had fortune cookie smoke bombs just like the Judge, coincidence? Like hell.
WHACK! ''Ow!'' I cry in pain and hold my bruised arm as Hellrider laughs his head off ''Oops, sorry, I thought you were one of them'' He says robotically.
To Be Continued…
The super villain list just keeps going up, now we have the high-tech Triple Terror on the loose as well. So do Triple Terror have something to do with the mysterious Judge, and what do fortune cookies have to do with it? That is a question that will be discovered very soon. Also, I just want to point out that I have a poll on my profile page for you to pick your favourite Omega Kid character. If there's a character you like and he/she is not on the list, let me know and I'll add them. Until the next time, take care!