Chapter 6

"GET DOWN!"

SMASH

It was chaos everywhere. Drax knew this thing was going to be a problem; he called for help twenty minutes ago. They managed to evacuate the area and have since tried to keep this monster in place. This was a high demon level threat. The thing stood over two stories tall and lashed out against the world with its tentacle appendages. His squad has only managed to piss it off, but they are trying to keep in in a single area until help arrives.

"Any word?!" called Tenga.

"I called them, they said they are on their way, we can't hold out much…"

SLASH!

Drax froze as he saw Musashi was slashed across the chest! He flew into the air, the squad cringed to the splat of human flesh against brick! "MUSASHI!" Drax screamed.

He was pissed off now.

He turned and glared at the monster, his body surged with power and strength.

"Drax, hold back man, please, we can't, that's a demon…"

But it was too late.

He ran full speed at it, moving too fast for it to strike, and avoiding its lashes with great ease. Drax didn't care if there were hissing sounds coming out of him, all he knew was he had the strength to take this monster down! When he stood just before it, Drax made a dead leap from where he stood. His squad froze as they heard the sound of bone shattering and flesh tearing apart!

They cringed as the monster suddenly went still and collapsed into the street. Behind it, stood Drax, covered in purple blood and blue gore. But there was no time to dwell on it. He rushed to his teammate.

"Musashi! Musashi!" he called.

The teen slowly came too, "Ow…" he muttered.

Drax settled himself down as Musashi slowly sat up. "That thing can hit…" yet froze as he saw Drax covered from head to toe in gore. "You okay?"

"Fine… just fine…" he insisted.

He looked back to his team, they were all damaged as he checked their armor. "I got to say man… we really need to thank your dad for this." Stated Jun.

Under their uniforms, they wore the same snakeskin Drax had. It has saved them all on more than one occasion. Alley was kind enough to allow him to get his team taken care of. Considering they are the competition now. Yet, his father insisted on them being protected. "Use it however you can, it's not fair that the captain gets all the perks and his squad get squat!" his father stated when he asked for the suits for his team.

As happy as the notion made Drax, however with the recent events, they have been leaving a bad taste in his mouth to say the least and that's not just because of the monster blood and gore he covered in. They waited another hour until the Neo Heroes arrived. Accel sent a team that's a level above them, and yet found not a single heavy hitter among them. "What the hell is this?" the leader demanded. Drax has been clashing with him as of late. He goes by Chan, and thinks he's the top dog among the recruits.

"You tell me, we call it in over an hour ago and no one gets here until later! You know how many people could have been killed here?!" Drax demanded.

"Look kid, don't get cocky with me!"

"Look boy, don't get cocky with me!" Drax snapped back. It made everyone freeze. Chan was well over thirty years old, and a kid just called him a boy. "You keep doing this to us. We call it in, you take your dear sweet ass time getting here. What the hell is your problem?"

"You don't know what a real threat is!" Chan snapped back. "That wasn't a big of a deal!"

"We could have been killed!" shouted Hideki.

"You weren't right?"

"Fuck you!" shouted Tenga.

Chan had it, he turned and was ready to strike Tenga down and beat some respect into him. Drax however was quick to cut him off and punch him before he could even get close to his squad! Chan flew! Hitting the wall and laid in a slump before Drax turned to the others. "Who else wants some!" he demanded.

No one stepped forward. "Let's get Musashi taken care of guys, we'll report this asap." Stated Hiroshi.

Squad 45, the youngest of the recruits, and yet they have been responding and dealing with more monsters than the older and more experienced members of the Neo Heroes…

#

"He attacked me outright!"

"It's true, we saw the whole thing!"

Accel had his hands full, first he has to reintegrate the Brawlers into society. Yet at the moment, Chan burst into his office and insisted on suspending squad 45, became a little too much for him to contend with. "I don't have time for this, why one earth would Drax strike you down to begin with?" Accel demanded.

"Because the kid doesn't know his place!"

"It's more than that."

The room froze, even Accel as Street Brawler lingered in the doorway. The situation only grew all the more awkward as Street was barely covered by wearing two hospital gowns around his waist! Chan's team froze to the size of the massive man, he stared Chan in the eyes, glaring into them without blinking. "Yeah, I see it now. Embarrassed by a kid huh?"

"Wh… what are you talking about?!"

Street smirked. "Tell me what happened,"

Chan wove his tale about the monster attack, how they arrived just in time as squad 45 was on the brink of defeat. When the monster was dead, Drax got upset and attacked him for no reason. Accel could tell the story was forged too, after all he spoke to Drax earlier, and he was covered in monster blood and gore to say the least. There wasn't a speck on Chan or his squad. He noticed it a lot with Chan, he would try and take the victories from the kids, especially squad 45. He purposely delays himself to ensure minimal work is needed to kill the target in question.

Street nodded to the tale and then asked. "How big was it?"

"It was quite tall…"

"What was its attack?"

"Well, it smashed a lot of things…"

"How did it do that?"

"Uh…"

"I heard enough, Chan, you are benched. Until I decide if you remain on the team or not. I am so tempted to fire you right now!"

Chan froze to the news. "I think you ought to leave." Said Street.

The room cleared out, Street smirked as he turned to Accel. "My brother and I wish to go outside." He stated. "We want to take in the world and see it, we are able to defend ourselves but if you insist on a chaperone we will take it."

Accel stumbled over his own words for a moment, "Well, I can see that you want to go out, but… we don't have the proper clothing for you yet! Not to mention I want Dr. Evo's advice on the matter…"

Street rolled his eyes. "Fine! Someone get me some materials and sewing machine!" he called out.

"What do you mean?"

"I will make our clothing, sheesh, you people don't think I know that there isn't much in the way of clothing that can cover a Brawler? I learned to sew from my mother for that very reason…" he paused, as he held his head slightly. "Ow… at least… I think I learned from her… anyways, get me materials and a sewing machine and let me make clothing!" he protested.

"Okay, we can do that…"

"Then speak with Dr. Evo! We want out damn it, we're going stir crazy in here!"

"You just woke today!" Accel protested

Street however already stormed out of the room. Accel however didn't want them out in the world just yet. They only woke today! After all, what if their sister takes notice of them sooner than later?

#

Accel walked from his office, just as he noticed Drax in the halls. He had changed out for the day and was about to head for home. "Drax!" he called.

The kid froze yet glared at him angrily. "I am not impressed Accel." He stated bluntly. "My squad is getting thrashed, we shouldn't be the ones to take down a monster. Yet our hand is forced and we do it… I want another member on my team. I want someone who KNOWS how to take down a monster and can help us. I want Metal Bat," he stated.

Accel froze to the demand. "I have to speak with him…"

"What this, you want to put me on a squad?!" Metal Bat was lingering just around the corner. Bad turned and stared down Drax, yet he appeared to understand what was being asked of him. Bad must have noticed the look of frustration on the kid's face.

Drax looked him dead in the eyes and said. "I will be more than happy to release command of my squad to you. You won't have to answer to me but we would be more than happy to answer to you. The experience you offer…"

"Whoa, easy kid, don't kiss my ass before the pant come off!" Bad laughed. "I've heard about your squad, good group of kids, yet getting screwed. You tend to come across the bigger monsters as of late huh?" he paused and thought it over. He gave a nod to it all. "Ya know, I'll do it!"

"Really?" Accel asked.

"What the hell, why not? The action tends to follow this group around. And I can train up the others, right? You kids got thrown into this head first, best let someone be around to help them when the going gets tough, you know what I'm saying?"

Accel agreed. "Okay, next patrol, Metal Bat goes with you. For now, take a week to recover. Your squad has done more than enough."

"Thanks," with that, Drax took his leave. When he was gone, Bad appeared curious about something.

"Say, what's with that big ass guy wondering the halls with two hospital gowns tied around his waist?"

"Oh, new guy. Still trying to find a way of explaining it…"

"Explaining what? His appearance? Quite frankly a guy like him should at least be wearing pants!" said Bad.

"Nothing, I'll tell you tomorrow. I'm beat." Accel was quick to take his leave, but he knows he has to tell the other heroes soon about the Brawler brothers!