Chapter 3: Meteorman

May 2, 2004

The past two or so weeks have flown by, and not just because I've been flying a lot; no, school and Super duties have kept me super busy. If I remember correctly, it had been about 3 days after getting my Super suit when I met who I would a Sidekick to; Meteorman. He's your average, super powerful Super who can fly, has super strength, and can who is immune to the harshness of Space. He's also not the brightest... but he's still good at his job.

The hardest part has been, so far, juggling school, Super duties, extra-curricular, and family... to say that Dad had reacted well would be totally false; he almost didn't allow me to become a Sidekick, although I wouldn't have minded that in all reality. I do have to admit, though, that the extra money has been nice, considering that I'm a Junior who does a lot, and most of the time I just drive around now to avoid a situation like with the 'Renegade Super'.

Currently Meteorman was training me a little bit more with close combat, a skill that just in a few weeks I was getting quiet good at, or at least that's what Meteorman said. In just the first weeks of working with him, we had caught two robberies, of which were both separate incidences; stopped a mugging, with the help of Jetstream; and saved an elderly lady's cat who got stuck up in a tree. My Super name had also caught up quickly, although I have been called just Pigment a few times, but I don't really mind that... as long as I don't keep the name Pig-man-tafian; a cute little kid I had run into called me that once.

"Okay..." started Meteorman, "I think we should call it a day... you seem pretty warn, not to mention you've been doing really well." I just fell to the floor in exhaustion. "Now, I know you're trying to live a normal life, but remember that you're also now a Super; you've got to make your Super duties at top priority." I just nodded at this. Ever since I had started working with him, he had been helping me get my mind to work along the lines of a Super, which was obviously hard for someone who half-heatedly just started this whole Super thing. He may have not been the brightest, nor the most caring, but he was a nice enough guy.

"Now go shower and go off home... It's getting late and I expect you to have homework to get done." After telling me this, he went to the door at the end of the underground training area of his. Before he walked into the elevator, he turned around, and said, "I'm going off to patrol. Have a good night." With that said, he walked into the elevator and I was left alone in his hideout... Once I showered and changed, I flew home.

May 3, 2004

Being a Super is HARD... especially as a teenager who is also in school. I not only had 2 test today, but I had to present a huge end of Semester project and turn in a hugely important paper. I still don't know how well any of that went considering I've been so busy, but I think I did okay. Really, as long as I keep up all As, I'm fine with whatever percentage I've gotten on any of them. The horrible part about today though... is the fact I still have Super duties that I have to take care of. I thought I was lucky that I didn't have to come in until 8 O'clock today, but just I just entered the base, Meteorman ran up to me.

"Pigment!" he started, "We must get going! There's been a robbery at McDutchen's Jewelry store." Luckily I never arrived in my street clothes, so I dropped off my bad and went off with Meteorman. McDutchen's Jewelry store is a high quality Jewelers in the Central Mall, Centropolis's largest mall. Hopefully this would go just as well as the two robberies we had already worked together with...

One of the nice things about being paired with Meteorman is the fact that he can also fly, so we're not just running around trying to figure the fastest way to the scene of the crime. I remember when I was younger a news-story about a Super being the only one who could respond to an armed robbery but had no way of getting to the scene; 3 civilians were killed in the incident. The only time I had heard the Super's name after that incident was when he retired a month or two later.

"Is there any reason the thieves would be robbing this certain jewelry store, or is it just plainly a randomly picked jewelry store they're robbing?" Meteorman looked at me for a moment, and started, "I think they just decided to rob this jewelry store because it has the priciest jewelry in town. To my knowledge, there's nothing notably special other than the price tags in the store." I just nodded, and soon were were at the mall. As we arrived, we noticed a large wall of smoke.

"It looks like they're getting away. Hurry up Pigment!" The hurry up part kind of angered me, but I knew now was no time to act out. As we got closer to the ground, we started to see the culprits. One was a huge guy, while the other was a slim person (I couldn't tell it was a her until I close to the ground). Of course Meteorman decided to go after the girl, leaving me with the giant, bulky man...

"Ha! It's a little runt!" Sometimes I just couldn't believe Meteorman's stupidity... "So little bug, ready to face off against me?" I, hoping to get the upper-hand, just lunged at him, which got me on the ground... Honestly, I had no idea what to do, and soon I felt myself being lifted into the ground; it was like the man had super-strength, which made since with the bulk he was carrying. Suddenly, I heard Meteorman, who was still fighting the woman.

"I think you and I should just stop and go out on a date instead." I heard her chuckle, and then heard him grunt after what sounded like a hard punch. Of course none of this I had seen, but I was still able to hear. I just dangled in the air, not even being anything as I wiggled around: the man holding me up seemed to want to make a point about how much stronger he was than me. After a minuet or two, I found myself stuffed into a trashcan and heard metal crumpling. I then heard a final grunt out of Meteorman before I heard a thud as he hit the ground.

"And may that be a lesson you two, don't mess with Samson and I!" After someone, who I assumed was Samson, banged their fist on the top the trashcan I was in (which may I say, wow), I heard them running off.

After what I presumed about an hour, I finally heard Meteorman grunting. After a couple of beatings, he realized the something was in the trashcan, and tore it open. "Oh, there you are." I just sighed and got out of the can.

"Well, I guess we'll have to get them back soon, now don't we?" He just grinned at me, like it was a joke. After a short pause, he started to fly off towards the base. I just followed him. After arriving to the base, I showered and left... It was 11 O'clock.

May 4, 2004

"And there we have it. Meteorman and Pigment both failed to stop the duo of thieves who have hit several cities across the country. Should we really be supporting Supers? I don't think so. Please share your opinions on our website or our Namestage page. We'll see tonight, where we'll look into the Jewelry store robbery even more."

"Really!? You're going to say Supers aren't needed? Don't you know about the failed Super Ban? It's bad enough that Namestage is full of negative comments about Supers, but the news has to bash us too? OK..." Dad just looked at me as I ranted. He wasn't a fan of me being out there doing that stuff, and the recent event really made him uncomfortable. Finally though, I heard, "Gabriel?" I just looked at Dad.

"I know you're not happy, but you had to know that they'd try to tear you up like this. Now go on to school, and just hang with your friends for a while." I just looked for a moment, and then said with a sigh, "OK..."

Author's Notes – I hope Chapter 4 wasn't too short... I was going to have more happen in this chapter, but I've been so busy. I've had most of this done long before it was posted, but I got super busy. I decided that I should just post what I had for the poor few who have been looking at my story. And shutout to The-British-Spiderman for being my first story follower. I really do appreciate the follow, even though I thanked you initially by not updating for a month...

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