Omega Kid

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Chapter 42: Battle for the City

'Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it'.

Tori Amos

...

Nearly four days of sitting in a hospital bed, one moment being able to hear the nurses and doctors down the hallway talk and the next not even being able to hear your own breathing, it's probably the worst thing I've ever felt…and this is coming from the guy that's been shot, knocked out, blown out of buildings and beating to a bloody pulp on numerous occasions.

I just don't know what's going to happen, whenever I've been badly injured I've always known I'm going to heal eventually, but this was something not even the doctors around me knew if it was going to heal or not, and it was scaring me. I'm supposed to be a superhero, I deal with scary shit all the time, but whenever I think about just not being able to hear no matter how hard I try would lead me to break down in tears. I'm 16 years old, and I'm not going to be able to hear again.

Thankfully, the others were allowed to visit me from time to time, I would go mad if they didn't show up. Jenna was probably confused by all this, I've listened to loud music before and this has never happened. It always hurts when she sees me hurt and I can never tell her the truth about what really happened, I'm always lying to someone who has looked out for me practically my whole life, but it had to be.

Rachael was now living at my bedside, always there encouraging me saying I'm going to get better. It was nice; she was like an inspiration to me now. She's battled a condition for years now and has always come out on top, the least I could do was get out of this okay, but nothing could be guaranteed with something this big. Alex, Steph, Megan and Stella also offered words of healing and were always there whenever I wasn't under or asleep.

Hell, even Kevin showed up once to hand over a get well soon card, of course it was a custom made Omega Kid card, it was a nice gesture though. However, I wonder how long that Omega Kid club will last if the real Omega Kid is going to be no more. I'm not Wolverine or Daredevil where I can rely on my other senses, if I'm deaf that's it, no chance of me being Omega Kid again, and right when the city needed him and the others most.

We know the enemy, we know where he is, we can attack before they decide to high tail it out of there. But the others didn't want to leave me like this in case they leave and when they come back I won't be able to hear their voices again. It was too much, I was supposed to be the one they looked up to when needed, and here I was always driven to tears.

Day five of my stay at the hospital now, at least I didn't start the day not being able to hear the good old London morning sounds of cars driving and birds chirping outside. Two doctors had been checking on my hearing this morning, handing me a computer and asking me to count how many times I hear like a buzz. I finish it and they tell me it's an improved score of 68% right. First bit of good news I've had in days. Later on in the day; Alex, Steph and Stella had returned once the doctors in the room cleared, and we had something to discuss about.

''I don't know why you lot don't just go?'' I say to them, pointless as I know where they're going to take this.

''We can't just leave you here…'' Alex said first. ''I'm sure you're going to get out of this soon, you've said you've been hearing a lot better this morning''.

''Yeah, until the next loud bang I hear!'' I didn't want to sound like a moaner, but it was the only way I could get the others to just go and take care of Fortune Cookie and his crew before we lose track of them. ''Guys, just take this one mission without me!''

''No! This is probably going to be our biggest fight since the Ripper battle, we can't leave you on the sidelines!''

''Look, they're at their weakest right now. The Hate Eight have been cut down in half, and if Fortune Cookie is as defenceless as Lea says he is, then you lot have a good chance without me!''

''We don't want to do this without you''. Steph told me.

''It's not about want, staying with me is just going to give the enemies a chance to run and fight another day''.

''And who is the enemy?'' Alex snapped. ''Haven't you realised whoever this Fortune Cookie is he seems to know quite a bit about you! He ousted your identity to the world, he sends the bad guys after you when you're not in costume. This guy knows you, if we leave you here, what if they launch a sneak attack here when we're not here to help you. Sorry, but we're not taking that chance, we're not going to leave you until you're up and running again!''

After Alex's emotive speech, another voice called out. ''Wow, never would have thought you were so caring!'' We all turned and paled like ghosts thinking we'd just blown our cover to one of the doctors, but we calmed down when we saw Harry Dunn standing at the door.

''Why is everyone always surprised when I show my tender side?'' Alex muttered.

''How did you know I was here?'' I asked.

''New invention called Facebook''. Harry sarcastically joked. ''And you lot are at a standstill over nothing''.

''What do you mean over nothing?'' Stella asked. Harry then pulled out what looked like one of the doctor's information sheets and handed it to her. She took a few minutes to look over it, flicking back and forth between sheets, and I think I saw her eyes start to water. I would be terrified if she didn't smile while reading as well.

''It's the report…'' She said. ''You tests over the past three days have been above the positive, you've been healing Thomas. You're not going to go deaf!''

Have you ever felt like the world just seems to lift itself off your shoulders, and you then felt so weightless you could float, that's probably the best way I can describe myself right about now. Just knowing that my hearing was going to get better made me feel like I could hear everything from the rain in Brazil to the surfing in Australia…okay not really, but still it was pure elation I was feeling right now.

''Thanks guys…'' I whispered out of the blue. ''Thanks for sticking by me''. They all nodded and gave me a quick pat on the shoulder, oh great, here come the water works again, if Hellrider ever saw me like this he'd never let me live it down.

''So…'' Harry spoke up diverting our attention to him. ''Now that that's settled, are we going to beat down these villains or what?''

Alex was the one who bolted up from his chair first, although his response wasn't quite what I was expecting. ''I'm going with WHAT? Thomas has been in the hospital for five days, and now you want him to just get up and fight villains who put them there? It's too much of a risk, right? Stella back me up here!'' He called to her, but she didn't reply. ''Stella?''

''Not like I haven't been in this situation before''. She said looking up at me. ''I was stabbed and beating and yet you let me help fight Ripper, so I'm afraid I agree with Harry on this''.

''You can't be serious!'' Alex complained.

''Look who's talking, the guy whose arm was almost chopped off and he still wanted to fight!'' Stella pointed out. But Alex wasn't backing off from this.

''I don't care, it's like Thomas said, all it takes is one more loud bang and he's back in the hospital! No, I'm not going to let my friend do that to himself. If that's how you lot are going to be, then I'll take them all on myself. And if any of you think that you're going to help, I'll beat you all down myself!'' He panted after that long speech, and then kinda coiled up like Megan does after realising what he just said. ''Sorry, kinda over reacted there''.

''Maybe you should do it more often, makes you more likeable''. Stella laughed.

''No one ever takes the comic relief guy in the group seriously. Fine, but it has to be Thomas's choice. Although I can guess what he's going to say right?'' He asked me.

I just smiled and looked around at how lucky I was; friends who would stick by me for days on end, allow me to make my own choices while others just want to defend me to no end, being a superhero may have landed me in trouble and in doctors care more times than I can count…but it is the best thing that has ever happened to me.

'He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life'

Muhammad Ali

...

As one time-traveling superhero idol of mine once said…now the hard part begins. It took a lot to convince the doctors that I was well enough to be let go, I tried to tell them I just wanted to go home for the night and then be back for tests in the morning. They wouldn't allow that unless they called Jenna, and that would have ruined everything. Harry saved the day however as he posed as my cousin and quickly signed me out before more questions could be asked.

With that out of the way, we quickly ran back to our homes and quickly grabbed our costumes. I took longer than the others, just knowing I was going to continue putting this costume on again gave me the moral boost I needed. Now I had to call Rachael to tell her what was going on; she was to say the least scared out of her wits end, she didn't want me to take the risk but in the end let me go and told me to be careful.

We were ready to do this; from the research Stella did, there was only one large factory that was left that used to be into VHS and hardware materials that hasn't been torn down and rebuilt. It actually wasn't that far from the hospital, in fact no more than a 20 minute walk. This did seem pretty easy, the location was obvious, and the bad guys seemed unorganised, this Fortune Cookie didn't appear to be as smart as suggested. I wouldn't be surprised if he and his lackeys didn't relocate.

''So what's the plan?'' Ultra Kid asked as we neared our destination.

''If I'm right, Triple Terror ran for it in the other direction so they're out of the fight. That leaves Cook, who isn't a good fight. Hunter as well, as long as she doesn't shoot you first. Volos may appear tough, but if Rachael can knock him down, we should be able to as well. Judge…he's going to be the hardest''.

''And that leaves the old man in the wheel chair…'' Hood said. ''Any pensioners that would know your identity or want you dead?''

''No, I had a few suspicions on who the boss was, but none that fit that description''. Oh well, if things go right tonight, then I'll find out what all this is about. But just as we were about to turn the corner to reach the building, I can already tell things weren't going to go right…not that hard to guess when a truck with the Toxin symbol on it drove past heading towards the building.

''Why?'' Viper sighed; all of a sudden this was a lot harder than how I describe it. Then we could hear the gunshots and the screams of terror coming from the abandoned factory. I looked around the corner, the factory was surrounded by at least four large Toxin trucks with about twenty or so of them jumping out and heading inside, they were launching an attack and a big one at that.

The gunshots never stopped, and then that's when the ringing returned. I pulled back and covered my ears before any more damage could be done. ''You okay?'' The others asked me. I waited a bit before moving my hands, the ringing stopped and I could hear everything again. I gave them a nod signalling I was good.

''Oh great…'' A voice called out. From behind us Hellrider pulled up on his Hell-Cycle and stared at us all coldly. ''Just when I thought I could have all the fun to myself!''

''We don't have time for this!'' I said to him not in the mood for any more of his dark justice talks.

''You're right we don't, Toxins in there are falling like flies with the villains in there. Don't want them to take the big prize!''

''Big prize?''

Just then Viper screamed and cowered in the corner. I turned back around at the action going on, and then (hard to miss) I saw what had spooked Viper so, the behemoth of a gangster Marcus stepping out holding a large shot gun and entering the building with Toxins covering him at all angles. I didn't count on this at all; I don't think I will be able to go inside to fight with all the noise going on.

''Now if you don't mind!'' Hellrider said as he put his foot on the pedal of his cycle. The others tried to tell him to stop, but he had already started. I quickly covered my ears as Hellrider zoomed past us. Even with my ears closed, it didn't stop the faint ringing sound I got, but that was gone in a second or two.

''I don't know what's more dangerous…'' Ultra Kid muttered. ''A factory filled with villains and Toxin, or Hellrider when he's in a bad mood''.

''At least with him fighting off the Toxins we might be able to find the villains quicker'' I said. Although I want to get to the bottom of what Hellrider has with Marcus and the Toxins, I'll have to ask him another day, if he lives. Viper was the only one who was standing up, can't really blame her.

I kneeled down to her. ''Viper, we need you!''

''I'm sorry but I can't, I've seen what Marcus does to traitors and if he catches me…''

''We're not going after him! We'll go around him and the Toxins. And if any stragglers catch us, we'll defend you I promise!''

She looked up at all of us and knew straight away that I was telling the truth. I helped her to her feet and she pulled out her bow staff showing that she was ready. ''So what do we do first?'' She asked still a little nervous about Toxin now being involved in the game.

''I guess we'll have to find another way in, let's move around the back!''

Thankfully we managed to find our way around without being spotted by any Toxin scouts that surveyed around the area. We found the back of the building; there were a few broken windows on the first floor that we could sneak our way through. We all climbed up and through and found ourselves insidea room shrouded in darkness; seriously we could barely see past our own noses let alone look for anyone else.

Soon enough our eyes adjusted to the darkness (Thank God it was my ears that were bad), and found ourselves at a stairway, it didn't appear the strongest but it was our only way up at the moment. The commotions of the battle were still going on; I'm surprised the villains are lasting this long against that many Toxins.

''Hey does anyone else hear a ringing?'' Ultra Kid asked.

''Are you trying to take the piss?'' I asked sarcastically.

''No seriously I can hear a ringing from the bottom of the stairs!''

''I can hear it too, hold on!'' Before we could say anything else, Hood walked back down the stairs to check around. The others looked like they could hear it now, and then I started to hear it. It wasn't like the ringing I got; this sounded more like an alarm clock type of ring. Oh boy, I really hope that's not what I feared it was. ''RUN! GO, GO, GO!'' Hood screamed as he started running back up the stairs.

BOOM! I didn't have to time to worry about my hearing now; all that mattered was jumping through the door on the next level and waiting for the others to jump through as well. The stair well exploded next to us as they fell to the ground, and a lay of smoke came through the door and covered us. This is just great, now I can't see as well as can't hear. All I got were the faint sounds of the others screaming, although to me it sounded like muffles through a tank of water. And then the beams of lights shooting through the smoke and almost blinding me.

''So they showed up after all!'' I heard the Judge call out. And soon enough as the dust cleared, the five of us were in this giant hall and right on the other side of it were Judge, Hunter, Volos and Cook all staring down at us and waiting for their turn to carve us up and put us on display. We quickly regrouped and had our little standoff with them. There was still one thing that bugged me about this however, in the background we could still hear the battle going on the other side of the factory.

''Hold on…'' I called out. ''Who are Toxin fighting if you lot are right here?''

''Triple Terror may have been pains in the ass, but they weren't completely useless!'' Judge answered. ''They built in defence systems just in case we came under attack. High powered automatic machine guns that would shoot at anything that moved in front of them!''

''Dogs chasing their own tails, ha, ha, ha!'' Hunter laughed.

Oh crap, that probably means that Hellrider is in the thick of it as well. And he doesn't know about it, but I can't worry about him now, we've got our own problems now. I was expecting a sneak attack on these guys, should have known they would be prepared, that's what's happened with all my other sneak attack plans.

''So, which one wants to die first?'' Judge smirked as he lifted up his hammer. Cook pulled out two meat cleavers, and Hunter aimed her handgun right at us. ''Hey Thomas, can you hear this? Bang! Ha, ha, ha!'' She mocked me, I'm going to make extra sure she goes to prison with at least a broken arm for what she did to me. But then her saying my name made me realise something.

''Where's Fortune Cookie?''

''Watching the whole show!'' Volos grinned as he pointed up. Above the four villains on the next level, there was Fortune Cookie. A really old man, white hairs, frail skin and sitting in a motor wheelchair. He had some kind of breathing machine hooked up to the wheelchair. He didn't look like someone I've met before, but then again neither did the Ripper and look how that turned out.

''So what do you want from me?'' I yelled at the old fart, half expecting him not to hear me. I'm making deaf jokes when just a day ago I feared I was deaf.

He took off his breather to call back down to me. ''It's not what I want from you!''

''What's that supposed to mean?''

''It doesn't matter…'' He then moved forward slightly so he could see his henchmen below him. ''Kill them all!''

''I want the one in the green!'' Hunter said as she and the other three advanced on us. We got ready for the battle, I knew we could take them, but with Hunter's gun staring down at us, I was afraid that not all of us were going to make it out of here alive.

The ringing in my ears returned as the sound of a motor cycle echoed throughout the hall; everyone looked around to see where it was coming from, and in the villain's perspective who it was coming from, I had a pretty good hunch on who it was. And right on cue; the Hell-Cycle erupted through the windows from behind us and skidded along until Hellrider hit the brakes and stopped right next to us.

''How did you make it past the defences?'' Fortune Cookie yelled out. For an old man, he had quite a bellow on him.

''What? You mean those guns in the walls? They broke down ages ago, I've been fighting Toxin for the past twenty minutes, what have you lot been doing?''

So all that commotion from the other side was him taking on Toxin himself? I hate to admit it, but I'm impressed with him. But then I realised what that meant if he was here with us. ''So where are they now?''

''There's a few more chasing me down, including that cunt Marcus. But they won't catch up until after we've taken these bastards down''.

''Wait, you want to help?'' I asked in disbelief.

''No, I want a fight with them. You lot are just in the way…''

BANG! Hunter's bullet then grazed across Hellrider's shoulder, he grunted but didn't go down. The sharp ringing returned, but it didn't distract me enough to turn and see Hunter aim her gun at Hellrider again. ''I was getting bored!'' BANG! She fired again, however the bullet was cut off by Hood's arrow just in front of Hellrider's face.

''Thanks!'' The avenger gasped.

''No problem, distract them while I'll get in close. Can you lot handle the others?'' He asked us. And we really didn't need to answer back because he knew we were more than ready to handle them. Ignoring the ringing for this moment, Hellrider shoot off right towards the villains, causing them all to move out of the way and split up. While he and Hellrider went after Hunter that left the others for the rest of us.

Volos was the first one to charge; Viper stepped forward and held him off with her bow staff. She shifted position and whacked him across the leg with him. He yelped but went on like an animal. Twisting his head around trying to stab her with the horns on his mask, she kept blocking with her bow staff. Super Kid kicked at both his legs causing him to crash to the ground. He tried to get up, but Ultra Kid rolled on top of him, grabbed him around the head and slammed his face to the ground.

Cook swung both his meat cleavers at me; I moved out of the way, grabbed both his arms BAM! And punched him in the gut. He backed off, giving me the chance to run up and double kick him in the chest. He tumbled and rolled along the ground. I would have finished him BAM! If Judge didn't throw his hammer at me Thor-style, hitting me full on in the chest and knocking me down.

He grabbed his hammer and ran at me again; he threw the hammer down where my face was. I rolled out of the way and stepped on the hammer, not only couldn't he pick it up now but he was off balance. BAM! BAM! I hit him on both sides of the face; he kneed him in the stomach and slapped me across the face. I got off the hammer, giving him a chance to lift it up and start swinging at me once more.

I crouched down and swung for his legs, but he must have seen this coming, as he lifted his foot and brought it back down quickly crushing my leg under his foot. He kept slamming the hammer down at me, but I just managed to keep evading the attacks until Hellrider rode past and thumped Judge in the ribs with his bow staff.

Weakened, I kicked his leg off mine and then uppercut him in the chin. Out of nowhere, Volos came charging right at me, I jumped out of the way but he held his arm out and grabbed me with it. Running while still holding me, he then threw me up against the wall. BAM! I punched him in the face and he backed off straight away, confirming he did have a weak chin. He charged forward again, although not as he intended, because Ultra Kid kicked him from behind causing him to fall face first into the wall with his horns now stuck there.

''That's one down!'' I said as we both ran back into the action again. Viper was holding off the battered Judge, clutching his ribs while trying to hold off the girl's assault was mission impossible. He had to rely on Cook coming up to her and thrashing away with his meat cleavers. Viper was forced to back away. BAM! And then from Cook's sides, Super Kid kicked out and tripping the Hungarian up.

BANG! BANG! The four of us were forced to back away as Hunter found some space and shoot at us. Just then, Hellrider whacked at her feet with his bow staff knocking her over and probably down for good. She held up her guns once more, but couldn't get a shot away as an arrow embeds itself in the barrel causing it to explode in her hand…payback's a bitch.

BAM! ''AHHH!'' I could just make out Hood's scream as he was sent flying across the room, feeling the full force of Volos's charge. Hellrider turned and drove right for Volos, hoping for a repeat of the last head to head they had. He didn't count on Cook running up on his left side and holding out his meat cleavers. He couldn't stop or turn out of the way; he was forced to jump off the cycle, just dodging Cook. The Hell-Cycle crashed badly and took plenty of rolls before coming to a stop, there was almost nothing left of it that looked like it would work.

''I just fixed that up you son of a bitch!'' Hellrider yelled as he slammed his staff at Cook's knees BAM! And then across the face. Here we go; we've got to stop him from killing this guy for messing up his bike. Well not at the moment, because Judge slammed his hammer on Super Kid's back knocking him a fair way a bit. That left Viper, Ultra Kid and I to take on the last one who was still able to fight.

BANG! BANG! At that moment, more gunshots rang out across the hall. Everyone ducked for cover; Viper, Ultra and I hid behind some crates as about eight Toxins burst in with guns a blazing, quickly followed by the giant Marcus himself, holding a giant bat and looking pissed beyond belief with a gush of blood going down his face.

I looked around at the others while Toxin went on their path of carnage; Viper didn't look too good, afraid that she would be found and recognised. Although I think either way at the moment they will kill all they consider enemies. Speaking of which, Judge is no longer near us. ''Up there!'' Ultra Kid points to the next level where Judge is pushing the wheelchair of Fortune Cookie's away. We can't afford to lose him now, we might never find him. But at the moment we had the Toxins to worry about.

Hellrider then jumped over the crates and ducked down next to us. ''It's a beautiful day isn't it! So you lot going after Marcus and co, or you saving them all for me!''

Before I could get a response out, Viper yelled at him over the noise that was going on. ''We'll help, Omega needs to go after Judge!''

I looked at her like she was mental. ''I'm not leaving you here alone!'' She and Ultra then laughed at what I just said. It took me a moment to see the irony in what I was saying to them. ''I always seem to look like the biggest hypocrite. Alright, but be careful''.

''Yadda, yadda!'' Hellrider mumbled before reaching over and grabbing a Toxin around the arm and neck, and then started using him as a human shield while charging down any Toxin that was within his reach. Super Kid carried over Hood, both stealing feeling the hits they took, Hood having the worst but this could work.

''You three help out Hellrider, Hood you'll be their artillery in case they get outnumbered! I'll try to be quick!'' I ran around the walls of the hall, trying my best to stay out of the action going around. The group did as they were told; each of them taking down as many Toxins as they could while Hood helped them out.

I reached a ladder just under the level Fortune Cookie gave his orders and started climbing up. About half way up I looked around at the battlefield around me, that's when it came to me that the villains were gone. Cook, Hunter and Volos had all left while the chaos ensured. Another thing hit me like a ton of bricks, not physically but just as bad. I was feeling lightheaded, the pain in my eyes was starting to return, and they were even lightly bleeding. That as well as my fear of heights made me feel like I was going to faint. Thankfully I reached the top level and headed down the only corridor the two could have gone.

I ran for about five minutes and still hadn't caught up with them, surely someone in a wheel chair can't be that fast? I had to stop and take a break, I thought the adrenaline would help me as usual, but this wasn't an ordinary injury I had, and I was losing my hearing again. Needing a rest just to get my hearing back I heard another muffled voice; however the frailness of his voice didn't make it that hard to guess who.

Looking up, there was Fortune Cookie, still in his wheel chair…and alone? The word trap spring to mind? I kept from distance from the old man. ''I want answers now!''

''And I'm sure you'll get them…if you live!''

BAM! Knew it, Judge's hammer slams into my side. At least I blocked it enough to take away some of the blow, but it still hurt like a bitch. He swung again; I moved back and then sprang forward punching him in the face, while at the same time he kicks at my leg knocking me down to the ground. He brings his hammer down at me again, I roll out of the way, but that just caused another problem. The force of the hit on the metal ground caused an echo that stung my ears badly. I couldn't help but yelp and cover both of them, giving Judge the indication I could be beaten.

''Got something wrong with your ears eh?'' Then he did what I feared most. Instead of attacking me, he started bashing his hammer against the metal plates and pipes around, the sound they were making was unbearable…well to me they were. I dropped to my knees, I couldn't even stand my head was spinning out of control at the noise. I could see the blood flow from my ears down my arms; this is probably the scariest sight I've ever bare witness to.

Judge continued to pound away and then on the odd occasion would kick out at me, knocking me back. I don't see anyone coming to my rescue now, I was on my own this time, and I couldn't even get to my feet. But there is one thing that is keeping me from falling down and just giving up, my friends are back there giving me the time I need to bring these two to justice, and I'm not going to let them down. I have to get back there and help them, and if I have to lose my ability to hear to beat these guys…then fine.

I jumped forward as Judge moved towards me, knocking him on his back. I quickly grabbed his hammer and threw it aside. I pounced on him and punched away at his face, one fist after another I just let them fly until I could feel my knuckles going numb. I actually turned into Hellrider there for a second, but I found the control to stop myself just as Judge was losing consciousness and his face was a bloody pulp.

I crawled off him and breathed heavily, just so I knew I could still hear. The first thing I was able to hear again however was clapping coming from Fortune Cookie, and he had a surprisingly smug look on his face. ''Well played Omega Kid, well played!''

''Well played? Is this all a game to you?''

''What if it is?''

I've had it; I can't be bothered to keep myself under control anymore. I charge at the old man, grab him by the shoulders and throw him out his chair and onto the ground, hard. I jumped on him and held him down. ''Do you know how many people you've hurt, how many people have been killed?''

''It doesn't matter!''

''It will when you spend the rest of your life in prison!''

''Well that shouldn't be too long, in fact, I'd be surprised if I make it past the trial!''

''What?''

''Leukaemia…I've been fighting if for 13 years now, and it's finally caught up with me''.

His little story didn't make me feel pity for him at all. ''So you decided that you should put down hunting me and my friends on your bucket list?''

''You still don't get it!''

''Get what? Stop playing games!'' I shouted pressing my hand on the back of his head, and pushing his face against the metal ground harder.

''You think I organised all this, you think I planned everything that has happened! Stupid boy!'' He coughed as I loosened my grip on him, not really believing what he was saying.

''You're not the boss?''

''I'm merely the Fortune Cookie, not the one who writes the fortunes''.

''Then who do you work for?''

''He's no one!''

''Tell me who you work for!'' I yelled so loud I could have damaged my own ears.

''I just did, No-One!''

No, no, I don't believe this! How could I have been so blind and stupid? It had to be him, who else knows my secret identity? Who else would want me dead? And also, who else still would have some power over Toxin after creating and leading them for some time? I banged my fist into the ground in frustration, we do all this and get all this way only to find the boss was taking orders from someone else, someone who we have no idea is at the moment.

'Leadership and learning are indispensable to eachother'

John F. Kennedy

...

By the time I made it back, the place was no longer under fire and the fighting had stopped. I looked around quickly to see everyone was still alive and in one piece, although Viper seemed to be working on Ultra Kid's bad arm with care and interest. Hood meanwhile was still clutching his ribs, and couldn't get up as he and the others saw me drag Fortune Cookie and the unconscious Judge in the wheelchair. I lifted it up and they both fell to the ground.

''Hey you got them!'' Super Kid yelled in triumph, and was quite surprised when he got a slap off his brother.

''Of course, can't believe you doubted him!''

''We shouldn't celebrate yet…'' I interrupted. ''Turns out Fortune Cookie was following orders''.

''What?'' Viper asked in shock.

''No-One planned it all; this whole super villain team up, the Toxins attacking the cities as well as Marcus then leading an attack here, he wanted both of them to take eachother out. And hope that we get caught in the crossfire''.

''Damn it! Ah!'' Ultra Kid grunted and held his bad arm again.

''What happened with Toxin anyway?'' I asked.

''Cleared off before we could have them…'' Hellrider answered. ''But that won't be the last we see of them, if it is, I'll drive them out of the gutter myself''.

''You seem to have some history with Marcus''. I pointed out. He was in no condition to try anything with me, even if my 'bodyguard' is hurt on the floor and unable to defend me. ''Why don't you let us help you?''

He laughed at me and then looked around at each of us. ''I already told you, I'm too different from you lot for it to work. Marcus is my business anyway, you've got your own problem with No-One!''

I wanted to say more, although there really wasn't anymore that I can say to try and convince him. Then Viper stood up and approached him. ''But Toxin is still our business as well, I want them brought to justice just as much as you do…''

''Yeah…but what kind of justice?'' Hellrider asked and then answered his own question. ''You lot think once they go to court that's it they're off the streets, no. My way is the only way, the true way''.

''Well…'' I cut in. ''You know where to find us when you realise it isn't the true way''.

He shrugged me off and walked away, but he of course had to have the final say. ''Oh, and our rematch will still go on. Once all this is taken care of''. Should have seen that one coming.

Once Hellrider had cleared off, Ultra Kid was the first to let his feelings known. ''I don't know why you want that guy to join''.

''I don't really know either…'' I said truthfully. ''But he would be a great help if he were on the team. We've won this battle guys. But it's not going to stop, not with Toxin, Marcus or No-One. There will always be more out there, we need all the help we can ever get''.

''Just had to throw in the epic speech!'' Ultra Kid muttered sarcastically.

''Thought it fitted the moment'' I played along, just glad this fight is over and I'm still able to hear my friend's jokes.

The morning after we made it back to the hospital no questions asked, except for the odd one or two about where our new injuries came from. We just made up we got into a scuffle at a pub, not convincing but better than nothing. And thanks to Harry still posing as my cousin, Jenna didn't suspect a thing. Then Stella and I got the whole worried girlfriends deal which the brothers laughed about…if Alex ever does ask Chloe out I can't wait to give him a taste of his own medicine.

To Be Concluded…

So the truth behind the mysterious Fortune Cookie is revealed. So our heroes war against super villains and Toxin is far from over. And as you can see from the last three words, the next chapter will be the last chapter of the Supervillain Arc. I won't say anything else, other than the next chapter will change the story of Omega Kid forever. Till the next chapter, thanks and take care everyone!