Omega Kid
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Chapter 41: The Hate Eight
You know what? I'm not going to say anything. No, oh this is a peaceful day with a special event happening nothing bad will happen we can have a break today. Every fucking time I say it…I usually have the crap beaten out of me or someone almost dying. So no jinxing, no tempting fate, just going to enjoy this day while it lasts before something bad will obviously happen. Still can't deny it was a special day today, my cousin Lindsey's wedding.
I've always been quite close to her, she's like the second big sister I never had…and the one who would late me stay up late and let me have all the chocolates and sweets I can stuff in my mouth. 24 years old she is, and she's finally got the man of her dreams and settling down. She's known her fiancé Rick Felipe for quite a while now, since school in fact. At first I was hesitant around the guy, but he's really great and lovely towards her, so I've got no complains…except for one.
''I promise not to drink too much, this is me we're talking about'', I begged at my sister.
''No alcohol consumption whatsoever!'' Jenna gave me a different answer each time but all with the same result.
''I've never even drunk alcohol before; you know how embarrassing that is for a 16 year old. And you know I'm responsible with that stuff, I won't go overboard''.
''No, trust me; it'll start off with one little drink. And then it'll all blow out of proportion. Especially with Rachael coming as well''.
''We aren't doing anything! Just kisses, that's it, we're responsible!''
''No, I've already had calls from Rachael's mum and dad on the same day she is not to have any alcohol at all''.
Well there goes any chance. Alex and Stephen have had drinks before, and even they know when not to go over the limit. Hell, even Megan had some drinks at Steph's birthday party the other week and she turned out fine…except when another girl tried to make a move on her and…let's just say Stella wasn't too happy.
''Okay, okay…'' I gave in.
''Good, you better get ready for school. And try to get out as early as possible!'' She instructed handing me a bit of her toast.
''Couldn't I have just taken the day off?''
''No, you need to improve last year's grades, and once again, both Rachael's parents called to say she has to be at school first or she won't come''.
I have nothing wrong with Rachael's mum and dad both being protective, but it's pretty embarrassing when I would come over to whoever Rachael was visiting and have them constantly watch us as if they were expecting us to walk in the bedroom and do it. And it brings up the question of would my parents be the same? Well today I'm going to find out. I'm going to ask one of my relatives at the wedding and find out once and for all my family's dark mystery involving my dad and an undead bullied magician.
School is now getting to the point we're it's just at such a slow pace I'm literally bored out of my skin. If it weren't for my friends in whichever class we had together, I would go mad. Especially with all that's happened recently, including most recent ones concerning me getting my ass kicked by the number one superhero in the world…or Supreme Hero, whatever you call it. Harry Dunn knew more about this stuff than he was saying, and after the wedding I needed to know more.
Time going at a snail's pace was evident when I realised it was only lunch time, the superhero in my just wanted to bust the door down and get out of here before I get schizophrenia. But I need to keep all of that down; I'm still harassed by the odd student about the me being Omega Kid rumour. Yes, that's still going on, thankfully not as much now. And whenever it did happen, I would have Kevin of all people defend me…and then follow with one of his trivia questions.
''So what did Kevin ask today?'' Rachael asked me as the usual group sat around our own table.
''Trust me, you don't want to know!''
''Course we do, we need a good laugh after a boring Business Studies test'', Alex said.
''Let's just say it involves Omega Kid, and a little Catwoman Batman thing he has with Alpha Girl''. The whole table started bursting out laughing knowing what that meant. I'm actually starting to regret the Kevin now being my friend thing…although; I guess the point of friends is to embarrass you out of your wit.
''So Jenna's picking us up right?'' Rachael asked me, and I replied with a nod.
''Whose wedding was it again?'' Alex asked me.
''Remember Lindsey?''
''Oh yeah, I remember her. She was the one that helped us sneak in to see Scream 3 right?''
''The one and only''.
''Wow, I always thought she would be a bachelorette''.
''Aww, someone jealous?'' Stella mocked.
''Jealous? No, why would I be jealous?'' Alex muttered while giving some shifty eyes. There's no denying he had an older crush on her, when we were little he would always ask for Lindsey to babysit him and Steph…and then he would lock Steph in the bathroom to get some alone time, and this is when he was about 7.
''Alex has no right to be jealous…'' Megan said. ''He's got Chloe to think about anyway''.
''Can we get off that subject!'' Alex snapped bitterly at her. This caused her to coil up a little, not as much as usual as she was used to Alex, but that was no excuse. Seeing all of us look at him, he sighed and went on. ''I flopped again!''
''What? The Business studies test?'' I asked.
''No, talking to Chloe. I froze up again, yesterday I went up to ask her and the words wouldn't come out. I don't understand, I've never been nervous with anyone before''.
''Aw, it's true love!'' Stella hummed.
''I always thought true love was when both people loved each other, how is she going to love a blabbering idiot like me?'' He didn't give us time to answer before storming off and walking out of the lunch room in a hurry.
''He's actually taking this quite seriously'', Steph said. And even with his older brother gone, his obvious comment got him a slap around the head from Megan of all people.
''Of course he is, he's in love and it's eating him up inside…'' She stopped herself realising what she just did. Coiling up again and looking at Steph shyly. ''I'm sorry, I blacked out for a sec''.
''Don't worry, more surprised than hurt'', Steph assured her.
''Megan's right though…'' I told them. ''This is making Alex feel lowly; we've got to help him with his confidence. Although, none of us are really experts in love or anything…''
''I can help!'' Megan blurted out. ''I can help him get the confidence to ask Chloe out''.
I stuttered to try and find the right words without sounding harsh. ''Um…no offense Megan, but you're not the most confident one in the group''.
''True, but I'm the only one in the group that's asked the girl of their dreams out''.
''Touché'', that was all I could say, well played. And she gave me a cheeky smile to let me know that she outsmarted me on something.
''Alright then…'' I continued. ''Starting from tomorrow, we're going to help Alex get his confidence back''.
''Love seems to be in the air at the moment doesn't it?'' Rachael said.
Typical, I'm told by my older sister to get out of school early so we can't be late for the wedding, and she gets held back at work by Mr Grusht (prick!). So Rachael and I had to quickly change our plans and hit King's Cross to get the train to the wedding. So far so good, no super villains or gangsters stopping us from reaching the train on time, and the way our time was we would actually make it early…that's a first for me.
Beginning of the journey was just me staring at the window, watching the city leave and seeing wide open country side. Try being a superhero out here, almost 0% chance of bank robberies or gang violence, the easy life out here. But after more than a year of this, there's no chance of me settling down and having an easy life, as much as I would want one when I'm thinking about the wedding. Am I ever going to have a wedding? With Rachael I want to say yes, but I have to think of the reality of my situation.
''You okay?'' Rachael brought me out of my thoughts.
''Just my usual staring off into space and thinking''.
''Anything you want to talk about?''
I'm not going to jinx it, I'm not going to jinx it, ''I hope this wedding turns out okay!'' Now it won't. ''It's just, as far as I can tell, with Lanks family members we get married once and that's it. I don't know anyone in my family that's split or had divorces. It's good in a world where the world is filled with people cheating on their partners and looking for an out…I just want this to be right''.
''Yeah…'' Rachael whispered. I turned to her and could see her eyes watering. ''The arguments have flared up again, I don't think my mum and dad are getting back together''.
''Oh man…'' I grunted knowing how selfish and stupid I just sounded talking about this stuff. ''I'm really sorry I said…''
''It's okay, some things just aren't meant to be'' She told me wiping her tears away. I rubbed her cheek softly and kissed her forehead gently trying to comfort her. She took a few deep breaths; her shaking was playing up again, so I just reached my arm around and let her lean on me for a while. After a while she finally spoke again. ''Are you going to ask about your parents?''
It took me longer than I thought to answer that question. ''I want to…I'm just afraid I'm going to hear something I don't want to''.
''In the end it shouldn't matter what they were like, you have Jenna. And she loves you''.
''A little too much I think, she won't even let me or you drink at the wedding''.
She chuckled lightly in my chest. ''Oh really? She afraid we're going to have clothes sex again''.
''How can you even have clothes sex?'' I laughed.
She just shrugged her shoulders and then whispered something I didn't quite get, but it sounded like she said 'we'll find a way'. Good thing she wasn't looking up at me, because I was probably as red as a tomato thinking that's what she said. She probably didn't say that, I must have just misheard what I wanted to hear…don't tell her I said that.
It was about an hour after we got on the train when we arrived at our destination. It was a nice little reception out in the warm daylight just beside a church was the main event was taking place. It was still a few hours away, giving me plenty of time to meet up with relatives I haven't seen since I was in a cot and to introduce people to Rachael. They took quite a liken to her, although I could have done without them giving me the occasional wink and such.
''Looks like spout was a good name for ya!'' Someone with an Irish twang spoke behind me; it could only be one person.
''Uncle Thomas!'' I hugged my uncle tightly. Every kid has their favourite uncle, and Uncle Thomas was mine. He would always visit me at least twice a year for a week, and I've always have a great time with him going to different places, football stadiums, cinema premieres, great times when I was little. He wasn't really my uncle, he was actually my dad's uncle, but Great Uncle Thomas just doesn't have the same ring to it.
''Uncle Thomas?'' Rachael questioned, obviously about the name.
''Of course…'' I said. ''Thomas is a family name; My mum's dad is called Thomas, my second cousin is a Thomas. We've got Thomas's all over the family''.
''And I'm the only good looking one!'' Uncle Thomas joked. ''So are you going to introduce us?''
''Rachael this is my great Uncle Thomas, Rachael's my girlfriend'' I introduced them. They both shook hands, Rachael a little surprised how firmly his grip was.
''Lovely to meet you'', She greeted politely.
''It's lovely to know me!'' He joked again.
''Hey Uncle Thomas, I was wondering if I could talk to you in private for a moment?''
''Sure, I'll meet you at the bar…don't be thinking I'll be drunk when I get there cause I'm Irish!'' He laughed loudly before walking off. That's why he's my favourite, always having a laugh and never taking things seriously. And he's always truthful to me, that's why I'm going to ask him about my parents.
Rachael kissed me quickly before letting me go to follow him. Deep down, I just want to tell him it's nothing really serious and it can wait. But I have to know now or it's just going to keep bubbling and churning in me. I reached the bar and sat down next to Uncle Thomas.
''I'm guessing you're too young to drink?'' He asked me in the tone of a statement.
''Your guess is right, Jenna has forbidden me. I'll just have a Pepsi''.
''How is Jenna? I haven't seen her yet!''
''She's doing well, she's just got held back at work a bit she'll be here soon''.
''Right, so what did you want to talk about?''
Jeez, where do I start the question is the real question here. I guess I should just get this out of the way before I find some excuse to leave or something bad happens. ''I wanted to know about my mum and dad''.
Uncle Thomas's tone and expression changed instantly, he became uneasy and slightly on edge. ''What about them?''
''I just want to know what they were like, and please don't give any excuses I need to know the truth!''
My uncle was rarely ever serious or looked to be in deep thought; at the moment he was doing both. He took a large gulp of his drink before turning to me, I didn't like where this was going already. ''Your father was quite violent!''
I think I threw up in my mouth a bit, then again I should have known that would be the answer I would get. ''Did he…hit…mum or Jenna?''
''No, he never lay a finger on his family. Heck he never even used profanity around the house; you would think he was a kind boy nothing special. But outside on the streets, he had quite the reputation''.
''Like?'' I wanted him to continue, I was finally getting something out of this.
''He got into fights all the time, he would shop lift, steal belongings off people walking down the street…and he got mouthy with the police quite a few times. There was even one time when he bullied to this kid to the point of him committing suicide…''
Albert Houdini no doubt, so he was right about my dad after all. A violent hooligan, how can that be the father of a superhero? Where did my good will and determination come from then? At least he wasn't violent towards his family. ''What about my mum?'' I asked.
Uncle Thomas sighed; he really didn't want to tell me. But I wasn't going to take no for an answer, I need to know that there was some good in my heritage. He finally continued, ''Shannon was just as bad…''
That's when I felt my eyes water. ''She got into many problems; fights, shop lifting. much of the same stuff. And…'' He stopped himself from going on.
''And?'' I said sharply.
''And she was…a whore!'' It felt like my whole body just caved in hearing that word being used to describe my own mum. ''She was caught in the school bathroom having sex with a boy when she was 13!''
13? I had barely talked to a few girls when I was 13. I wish I never got curious now, I would much rather have never known. I held my head in my hands just to stop myself from fainting there and then. ''I'm sorry'' Uncle Thomas whispered to me before patting me on my shoulder and leaving. Why should he be sorry? I'm the one who has to wonder where the goodness in him came from; I'm the one that is now forced to think bad things about his parents when they are mentioned.
''Thomas?'' Rachael called out as she caught up with me. I'd thought I'd be far enough away that no one would find me until the day was over. ''What are you doing out here I've been looking…'' She stopped when she noticed the water in my eyes. ''What happened?''
''I finally got my answers, about my mum and dad. Turns out they were such great people after all''.
''Oh I'm sorry…''
''I just don't understand how my parents could have been violent and…and…'' I couldn't even say anything else about them, especially what my mother did. ''Am I really good? Am I a good person if they were…''
''Don't start!'' Rachael cut in harshly. ''Don't ever question yourself like that. You are a good person…''
''Do they think that? What are they thinking when they're watching down on me? That I'm a whimp, a disappointment…''
''How can you ever be a disappointment? You're a good person and nothing will ever change that, just because your parents weren't who you thought they were doesn't mean you have to think of yourself differently. You've always wanted to help people; you have helped people long before this parent issue started, and if you think just because your now know your parents were the disappointing ones that gives you a reason to question yourself…then you are like them''.
My whole body felt numb trying to wrap this all in, if Rachael didn't come and I was here on my own finding out the truth I might have cracked open. She hugged me tight trying to calm me down and it worked, I felt so at ease now. It was amazing how much better I always felt with her. I pulled back and looked at her.
BAM! Something knocked me off my feet, and I crashed and tumbled along the ground. The side of my face that got hit felt like it was on fire; seriously it did, like I was just struck by hot metal. I looked up and then it proved my theory right. Triple Terror standing in front of me, back in their original mecha-suits and looking ready for some action. I got up and stood them off. ''I'm really not in the mood for this…''
Rachael's scream made me look to the other side and that numbness returned when I saw her being held by the guy in the Ox costume again, I think it was Volos. She tried to punch him like last time, but he had her in a tight arm lock. ''Not this time sweet cheeks!''
''I thought I was your sweet cheek?'' CLICK! I hate that feeling of a gun being pointed to my head, but not as much as the sound of Hunter's voice either. This is just great; five of my enemies facing me down, looks like I was right about the day turning bad after all…but it was just about to get worse.
''Amelynek néz vissza!'' I've only got one foreign villain, so it didn't take me three guesses before I could see the Hungary Cook walk into view, meat cleaver at the ready. At his side was Alpha Girl holding her katana. Seven villains? This is insane.
''This was almost too easy!'' Another voice spoke, one belonging to the Judge of course. This was an Omega Kid villains get together, and I wasn't going to have much say in this. I can barely take on one at a time on my own, let alone a whole team. ''And now we have you right where we want you!''
''So what's this all about?'' I asked trying to get information out of them while I slowly moved my hand into my pocket to reach my phone and message the others.
Pyro stepped forward before Judge could get his words out. ''Isn't it obvious, your worst villains have joined forces to become the ultimate team of super villains. We are the nightmares of this world, the disease of the people…the…stain of the cleanliness of humanity…the dirt spot on the window of…''
''Just say the name!'' Volos interrupted.
''I was getting to that! We are the Hate Eight!''
Despite the bleakness of the situation, I had to hold back a chuckle. ''I'm sorry, Trio of Awesomeness was bad enough, but the Hate Eight?''
''What? So Sinister Six sounds cool and this doesn't?'' Pyro argued. He was just a big comic geek with billions of pounds defending him.
''Hold on…'' Alpha Girl cut in the discussion. ''You all think Thomas is Omega Kid? I thought we all figured out he wasn't!''
''He was smart…'' Judge spoke. ''Got someone else to put on the costume for him…''
''That was a fake as well, no offense Thomas, but you're just not Omega Kid material''.
''He is Omega Kid!'' Judge hissed at her.
''No he's not!'' Alpha Girl snapped back at him. ''Omega Kid would not fall for such a trap like this so easily, he is braver and truer…''
Triple Terror snickered at her remarks before Pyro taunted. ''Hey Kid, looks like you got a crush!'' I'm getting embarrassed by my arch enemies, now I've seen it all.
''JUST SHUT UP!'' Judge shouted and everyone kept their mouths shut. ''See this is why I never wanted a team to lead, it leads to arguments and…'' While Judge continued to rant on with everyone else bored out of their skin…or suits. I reached my phone in my pocket ready to send an emergency text to the others…that is until Hunter caught on and grabbed my arm.
''Hey boys!'' Hunter called while holding my arm. ''Thomas is placing an order, and he hasn't even asked us what we want for toppings!''
''I don't want meat I'm a vegetarian!'' Alpha Girl said.
BAM! Out of nothing, Judge punched her to the ground hard. ''He's not really placing an order you fucking retard! I don't even know why the boss bothered to have you set free!''
''Boss?'' I questioned. ''What do you mean set free?''
''You'll find out, but I think we should do it with your partners at present as well. Hunter, let him call them!''
Hunter moaned at the orders, but in the end let go of my arm. I didn't want to send my friends right into a trap, although without them Rachael and I aren't going to do much good. So I took out my phone and started to call Alex's number, taking my time with each number. Hopefully they'll be smart enough to know something's up and not fall in stubbornly into this trap. Once I had the number, I placed the phone on my ear and waited…
BANG! I think my head exploded, not literally, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did. Then again if it did I wouldn't be talking right now. In the background I could hear a muffled screaming what sounded like Rachael's, and I could see the phone in my hand explode as well as my hand cut up badly. But it was the sharp ringing in my ear that was killing me. I fell to my knees, and my wounded hand went to cover my ear to stop the ringing, but it wouldn't, I couldn't.
I don't know how long passed, it seemed to take forever before I could make out who talking. It sounded like Judge and Hunter were having an argument about something; guess he really wanted me to call my friends. Well, it looks like that's not going to happen now. Bad enough having to fight them on my own, now without being able to hear anything, it seemed impossible.
However, just because I couldn't hear didn't mean I couldn't see what was going on around me. And it seemed that luck may finally be on my side, as Triple Terror were all knocked off their feet by a large motorcycle coming up behind them, riding on it was everyone all fitted onto it. Hood fired one of his arrows and it impales right on Volos's shoulder, causing him to lose his grip on Rachael who gave him a sucker punch to the face once free and went off to hide somewhere.
Viper, Ultra and Super Kid jumped off the cycle, while Hellrider and Hood drove around knocking the villains aside and Hood shooting at them causing them to back off and giving the others the space to reach me. They pulled me up and carried me away screaming things that I still couldn't quite make out. Viper must have noticed the blood around my ear, because she lifted me down and started inspecting.
She started rubbing and shouting, I could only just make out 'Thomas, can you hear me?' And she was probably using all of her lung power. She then started pushing her finger in, and the pain was sharp and quick before I got a full blast of sound enter my ear. ''THOMAS, CAN YOU HEAR ME?''
''OW, yes I can!'' I screamed back, her shouting would make me go deaf again. Despite the hurt I was feeling in my ear getting use to the sound, it was better than never hearing anything again. BANG! The sharp ring came back as Hunter took aim at us again BAM! Her bullet was blocked by an arrow that came past, and Hood jumped off the Hell Cycle and took a stance against Hunter. Just then Volos arrived, and charged at Hood with his ox horns on top of his mask. Hood jumped aside dodging the attack and had another shoot-off with Hunter.
Pyro and Cryo gave Hellrider a double elemental attack, if only they could actually hit him. Their heavy suits meant they couldn't get a good shoot while Hellrider was driving circles around them with little effort. Bulk charged forward and punched forward; Hellrider steered away just as the gigantic fist plowed into the ground, almost causing shockwaves.
With those five distracted, it left three for us. The brothers went after the Hungary Cook. He took out his meat cleaver and swung away at the two; usual tactic of one would block and the other would attack, Cook lost to me alone when I was sick so they could handle him. Viper took out her staff and charged for Alpha Girl, she swiped with her katana, but was nowhere near as fast or deadly as Viper was, no matter how crazy she was. Although it looked as if Alpha Girl didn't even want to fight anyway.
I don't have time to think about that anyway, as the Judge is all mine. He swings his prism hammer at me; I roll out of the way while kicking at the back of his knee. I got up and elbowed him in the cheek knocking him down to his knee. BAM! He kicked at me in the stomach and threw his hammer down at me again; I jumped back and out of the way of harm.
As Judge charged; the Hell Cycle drove through us, followed by the rampaging Bulk who ran right into Judge sending him flying and out for the count. Wasn't long though until the next one showed up; Pyro sent a flamethrower my way, I ducked and rolled towards him and reached for the weakness under the arm, only to find there wasn't one in this suit. He chuckled at my mistake. ''You think we would be stupid enough to leave…''
His speech was cut short as an arrow shot right into his chest, knocking him back. He didn't penetrate it, but gave him a good knock down. I nodded to Hood thanking him; he didn't have to time to reply as Hunter challenged him again. And I was out of time as well, as Cryo sent an ice beam my way. I jumped out of the way, and the beam hit his brother and froze his arm solid to the ground. Pyro screamed in anger; his finger was frozen to, so he couldn't even melt the ice that held him down.
Cryo aimed his ice maker at me again; but before he could fire…or ice away, one of his wire connections was cut off by a flying meat cleaver. We both turned and saw a battered Cook, held by Ultra and Super Kid. They flipped him up and threw him to the ground, out of the game. With Cryo now defenseless, I charged and let him have it BAM! BAM! BAM! Punching him down hard and fast until he was knocked on his back. Four down, half way there.
Alpha Girl slammed her sword down, and Viper blocked with her staff once again BAM! She then kicked her in the stomach, knocking her back and right into our path. Ultra Kid swiped and her feet knocking her down, and then Super Kid punched her in the face finishing her.
Hellrider drove by us, dodging Bulk once more. Volos was now in his way, and actually thinking like an ox, he tried to charge at Hellrider head on. The hero just brought out his staff and hit Volos in the chest, knocking him aside and putting him out of the fight as well. BANG! His back tire was then punctured by Hunter's accurate aiming, but before she could get another shot, Hood grabbed her arms and head butted her aside.
''Incoming!'' Ultra Kid shouted as Bulk charged us all down. Hellrider skidded along hitting the giant's leg with his bike, even with a mecha-suit that had to hurt. On his knees, this gave the rest of us a chance to get as many hits on him as possible. The mountain of a man stumbled back; he would have been finished if it weren't for a flamethrower cutting us off from him. Pyro and Cryo took this chance to help lift their big brother and run for the hills.
''This isn't over! We shall have our revenge!'' Pyro yelled as the three of them were now long gone before the fire keeping us from them died down.
Judge was just starting to find his feet again when he saw Triple Terror clear off. ''Come back you cowards!'' It was no use they were out of sight now. He looked at us menacingly, but instead of going for more attacks, he grabbed Volos and Cook by the back of their necks and carried them off. Followed by Hunter, who gave us a quick loser sign and maniacal laugh before running off too. Hood fired an arrow at them to stop them BANG! But Hunter shoots it out of the sky.
''Damn it!'' Hood muttered. ''We have to follow them!''
''No can do…'' Hellrider said as he showed off his flat tire on the Hell Cycle. ''Well I hope you're all happy. You all owe me a new cycle!''
''You can get the tire replaced easy!'' Ultra Kid told him.
''It's not the same. I would have both tires and be cruising along peacefully right now if you hadn't been so persistent!''
''You would rather cruise along peacefully then miss this fight?'' Viper asked.
''Okay no! But still…''
''Hold on…'' I interrupted. ''How did you guys know I was in trouble?''
''We didn't…'' Hood answered. ''We were on patrol, and then we noticed the big bads gathering before getting in a truck and heading in this direction. Figured something was up so we followed thanks to Hellrider giving us a ride''.
''They didn't help themselves as they had a Rostrum Tech label on the truck, stupid!'' Ultra Kid said.
I just nodded; I was too weak to even stay on my feet as I sat down. Rachael had come out of her hiding spot and checked my hand while Viper looked at my ear. ''Can you hear properly?'' She asked me.
''Yeah, just a little ringing in my ear but I'm okay''.
''You're lucky, could have been worse'' She told me when I don't really need telling of that. Surrounded by eight enemies holding my girlfriend hostage, and then almost deafening me, at least I can say this day can't get any worse now.
Just then we noticed neither group of villains bothered to pick up their last member, Alpha Girl who was whimpering and crying on the ground holding her cheek which Judge punched. We all walked over to her, and when she noticed she looked up at me. ''I'm sorry Thomas, I tried to tell them you're not Omega Kid, I did honest!''
''I believe you'' I told her.
''Where's the real Omega Kid?'' She asked, noticing everyone else around me and her idol wasn't among the pack.
''Um…'' Ultra Kid spoke first. ''He had other assignments to do''.
''Can we just shut her up and send her away!'' Hellrider spoke bitterly while sitting on his Cycle.
''Hey shut up, she's not a bad person…sort of'' I told him.
''You still argue with me even when I don't want to kill her, can I kill her?''
''NO!'' We all yelled at him.
''You people are never consistent; see this is what makes me the better hero. I don't have time to make friends and go all soft!''
''You can make friends?'' Ultra Kid teased. Hellrider was ready to advance until Hood aimed an arrow at him, stopping him in his tracks.
''Guys…'' I cut in before we started to have our own argument like the Hate Eight. ''I need to talk to her first before we send her away…''
''No!'' Alpha Girl screamed. ''Please, I don't want to go back. I'm sorry I didn't want to hurt you please don't send me back…''
''Lea'' I tried not to let my emotions get the best of me again in this situation, every time I see or think of her like this it tears me up inside. ''Judge mentioned a boss. I need you to tell me who he is!''
''No, even if I do, they'll still send me away!''
''I won't let them!'' The others looked at me in shock, and as if they wanted to know how I was going to save them. I had an idea. ''If you tell me now, I'll tell the police you saved me from the villains. You might have to stay with the police for a bit but they'll go easy on you if they know you saved me. And maybe…Omega Kid will hear that you're a good person''.
''Really…'' She started getting all cheerful again and gave me her bubbly smile. ''Will I be his partner?''
''Let's not get carried away. About the question?''
She breathed a sigh of relief and didn't look as tense. ''His name was the Fortune Cookie!''
''Fortune Cookie? Well then no need to start a mystery on what the cookies have to do with it'' Hellrider said.
Alpha Girl continued. ''He said he wanted to save the world and put together a team to help…''
''Lea, we need to know who this Fortune Cookie is and where he is!'' I told her.
''He's like an old man in a wheelchair and he was at this abandoned factory where they use to make VHS recorders and other metal hardware''.
''That's it?'' Ultra Kid said. ''This mystery head boss is really an old man in a wheelchair and we know where his lair is already? He's defiantly no Jack the Ripper or No-One!''
''What about the Toxin attack?'' I asked. ''Judge mentioned something about your boss setting you free, the only time I could think that was possible was the Toxin attack. Does he have like a tattoo or anything like Toxin's?''
''No, I haven't seen anything like that''.
''Okay, I'm going to keep my promise, I'm going to try and help you. Remember, you saved me, got it?'' She nodded going with the plan.
''Hold on!'' Hellrider cut in. ''I just busted my cycle to save your ass and I'm not even going to get any credit?''
''You've never wanted credit before''.
''That's not the point!''
We were all at an agreement over letting Lea being the hero of this rescue mission, after some persuasion and a threat from Hood's bow and arrow again, Hellrider had no other choice but to go with it. The police finally arrived long after the others had changed out of costume and we could rehearse the story. They took Lea away, handcuffed of course; she still had a katana with her. But I gave them the story, so she had to be alright. For the third time she was taken away, but this time, her face wasn't filled with fear or anguish. With that out of the way, the others all decided to hit the train back home…all except Hellrider who pushed his cycle along.
''You going back on your own pushing that?'' I asked as he continued pushing.
''They won't listen to you!'' He said ignoring my first point.
''Of course they will''.
''No they won't!'' He snapped and turned back to face me. ''That's what I've been trying to tell you, it wouldn't matter if she did save your life, she's wearing the costume she's not with their corrupt law and society so they will lock her away longer than the people who do the real crimes''.
''You know the only reason I'm letting the police have her is because she's killed before, but I know there's good in her that's why I'm going to defend her. And you're like her; you've killed as well but I let you slide''.
''Oh, and why's that?'' He asked sarcastically, he knew my answer but I gave it to him anyway.
''Because like her, you can do some good!''
''I already am doing some good. See, this is why we can never be partners like you want, we've both got different perspectives on how to save the world''.
''But isn't the want to save the world good enough for us to be partners?''
''Well apparently this Fortune Cookie wants to save the world, why don't you be partners with him?'' He said while walking off again. I couldn't be bothered to convince him anymore today, I felt so weak at the moment and my head was still spinning from all that's happened today. I get what Hellrider's trying to say, but he's not taking it the right way, and one day I am going to convince him.
After all that, I thought Rachael and I would be late for the wedding, however we were only apparently gone for an hour and a half, and they say time flies when you're having fun (although I wouldn't class that as fun). Jenna was at the reception, and she made this big fuss about how she got her before we did. Thankfully Stella washed down my bloody ear so no older sister safety speeches were necessary.
What followed was what would happen at any ordinary wedding. Everyone seated; the bride and groom each walking up the aisle, the priest giving his speeches, followed by the 'I do's' and the rings before finally the kiss to seal it all off. That actually seemed to go quicker than the fight itself surprisingly enough. After the dinner, the dancing was to begin, and I was actually quite eager with my experience.
Once most of the crowd came in, I took Rachael's hand and we just went along with the slow romantic music. I'm not one for that, but it was nice to calm things down after a hectic day in the life of Omega Kid. ''So what are we going to do…'' Rachael whispered. ''About Fortune Cookie?''
''I guess, in a few days we'll just have to sneak in and find him. We'll plan something tomorrow, I just want to enjoy the moment''.
''Not going to disagree with you there'' she smiled at me. We just danced slowly, holding each other letting the worries of everything around us slip away. Guess the slow paced stuff can be just as great as the superhero stuff too. After the song finished, we all gave a round of applause as the live band got their gear ready for their special song.
Rachael leaned in and asked me. ''You ever think Megan would sing at a wedding?''
''Probably hers and Stella's''.
''Isn't it early to say they'll get married?''
''I don't know, life does go pretty fast''.
She shrugged her shoulders. ''But then you could say that Alex and Chloe will get married…''
''If he could even ask her out first!''
''Or Stephen and that girl he kissed?''
''That was a onetime thing''.
''Or Hellrider and Hood?''
''I think Hood likes his will a little less carnage!''
''A little less?'' Rachael stressed the little before we both laughed. She then said the think I was expecting. ''Or maybe us?''
I stuttered and prayed that I wasn't blushing too hard. ''I think…we should enjoy our time together either way''.
''Amen'' She agreed. Finally the band was ready and started to play some fast paced hip hop love song, it was catchy but the lyrics could really use some work. Everyone started to dance again, and Rachael and I were about to get started as well until the ringing in head returned, louder than before.
One of the band members bashed the drum and that's when I screamed, it felt like he based my ear drum instead of a musical one. I tried to drown out the song with my hands, but it still hurt so much. I could hear Rachael's cry for help being muffled out, quieter and quieter. People were coming over to check on me, asking me things, but I couldn't hear them. And soon I couldn't hear anything…I was going deaf!
To Be Continued…
Uh oh, looks like Thomas has a problem, can he resolve it long enough to stop Fortune Cookie and his team of Super Villains? Is this the last of Alpha Girl? Will Hellrider ever join the group? All these will be answered very soon. Until the next chapter everyone, thank you and take care!
Also, I just wanted to point out that I've posted a new Kick-Ass fic called 'In a World of Superheroes'. It's a collection of one shots each telling stories of different superheroes and villains around the world. The first chapter is up with the ultimate face-off between Hit Girl and Hex, yes, same Hex the Supreme Hero from the previous chapter. Just a heads up if you want to check it out. Thanks and take care.