Chapter 2: Poison and aliens are a woman's best friend
The atmosphere was quiet and awkward as Nate, Jess and the mystery woman sat on separate chairs in the mayor's office. The woman was staring at Nate as he was doing the same thing and twiddling his thumbs while Jess was watching with her eyes darting back and forth between the 2. "Ahem." Jess coughs, getting both of their attention as they turn to her. "Now then, Nate, I like you to meet my best friend, Poison, Poison, meet Nate." Uh... hey there?"Nate said and waved awkwardly, being in front of this drop dead gorgeous woman.
Poison then giggle with her hand near her mouth and said "hey there, yourself, little cutie." As she winks at him flirtatious. Nate's eyes widen and blushed as he stammers uncontrollable. Jess face palms as she sighs and says. "Poison. He's only 10. Stop flirting with him." "Okay, okay, Jess. Sorry kid, I'm only messing with you." Poison reassured, calming Nate down. "So, Jess, how did you become best friends with this kind of girl? Uh, no offense." Nate apologizes. "None taken."Poison said with a shrug.
Jessica then explained how she and Poison became best friends: Poison grew up an orphan from the streets of Los Angeles and ran away to Metro City at the age of 9, she enjoys fighting to stay in shape and stealing food just to live another day. One day when she was 11 years old, she had just stole some fruit from the market was being chased by the cops when she took a shortcut through the park. Jessica, 9 years old then, was walking through the park at the time when the 2 accidently collided with each other, Poison then hide in the bushes when the cops came up and question Jessica about where she went off, Jess lied to them and they took off away from the park. Jessica then went to the bushes and told Poison the cops were gone.
Poison questioned why did Jessica defended her. Jess simply replied, "I always stick up for my friends, even new ones" as she smiled at the surprise Poison as no one had ever been kind or been a friend to her before. From that day on, The 2 would meet up and played in the park whenever they can. She even defended Jess from bullies while teaching her how to defend her self. When Jessica found out Poison was an orphan, she asked her dad if she could live with them. At first, Mike was a bid redundant at letting a street fighting kid stay, but Jessica begged him to let her stay with them. Not wanting to break her daughter's heart, he gave in and let her stayed. Since then, they had been best friends forever.
"Whoa, that's deep." Nate Said to them, But thought to himself:'Wait a minute, Poison was a bad girl in the original Final Fight game, But she's a good guy now? And when is she best friends with Jessica? She's suppose to be evil! Something's off here.' "Yep, Jessica is like the sister I always wanted" Poison said as she and Jess smiled at each other. But Poison suddenly gasps and stood up looking worriedly. "Oh No, I just remember why I came to city hall in the first place, to warn Mike about something!" Nate and Jess stood up and looked at her concerned. "About what, Poison?" Jessica asks a bit terrified. "The Mad Gear gang is going launch an attack on city hall!" Poison yelled out. Jess gasps and covers her mouth while Nate widens his eyes and raised one eyebrow. "Who with the what now?" Nate questions.
Just then, there were some noise from outside. The 3 ran to the windows peeked out side from the curtains to see 15 thugs standing outside city hall. "Uh oh, it looks likes Thrasher and his minions were sent here." "Uh… who's Thrasher?" Nate questions Poison as they look out hidden from view. "That's Thrasher, a top lieutenant of the gang." She said as she points at the man in front the gang. Thrasher was a large man with white dreadlocks, each ending in a number of blue beads. He wears a waistcoat, blue sunglasses, turned-down boots and various jewelry." Okay boys, you know the deal, the boss orders us to go wild on city hall, so let's PARTY!" Thrasher yells out, rallying his minions for destruction.
The girls and Nate pulled back from window as Jess exclaims "This is bad, this is really bad! Daddy will be furious when he hears what happened to City Hall!" " Uh, i think we got bigger problems then what mayor thinks of his trashed office! Wait a minute, Poison, how did you know that guy was coming here and who he is?" Nate questions Poison as she responded back. "I'll explain later kid, right now; we got to stop them from wrecking the place." Nate realizes the situation calls for action, not explanations, nods at her and orders to the girls. "Okay you 2 stay here and keep out of sight." "Okay." "What are you going to do?" Poison and Jess said respectably. Nate smirks as he twisted the face-plate. "I'm going to turn the heat up on these guys, Heatblast, that is." He said as he slaps the dial down and it emitted a bright flash of green light that blinded the 2 women for a sec.
They looked back and were surprised at Nate as he looks at himself."Wildvine?! I wanted fire power, not plant power! Stupid alien watch." Wildvine moans in annoyance. "Um... Nate? That does not look like a Heatblast kind of guy." Jess said as Poison was surprised at the transformation. "Yeah, sometimes the Omnitrix doesn't give me what I want, but I can work with what I get." Wildvine explains to her who nods her head in understanding as he headed out the doors to do battle. Jess then decided to explain to Poison about Nate's story and how she met him.
Thrasher and his minions were out in front of the building as he turns to his gang. "Okay boys; let's show the mayor's place a little "hospitality". The thugs chuckles as they get ready to storm city hall."Sorry dudes, the mayor is not in, would you like me to schedule your beating to right now?"Wildvine quips as he flies out the doors and landed in front of the thugs. The thugs were shocked at Wildvine's appearance and backed away a bit. "What the heck is that?!" "Looks like some sort of plant monster!" "Look at the freak show!" The thugs said as the stare and gawk at Wildvine. Thrasher was a bit shocked at first, but started to glare at him." I don't care what you are, you walking salad bar, but you're going to get weed whacked, GET HIM, BOYS!"
The thugs charged at Wildvine as he took 6 pods off his back, leaping up and chucking them at 6 of the thugs, blasting them to bits."Guess you guys can't handle veggies with some kick in it, huh?" Wildvine taunts then burrows underground as more goons try to attack him. "Hey, i'm over here, dummies!" Wildvine mocked as he popped out by the thugs left and dug back into the ground as the men want up to the new hole. He then popped up on the right of the 1st hole and raspberries them to chase after him. Wildvine started to pop in and out of the holes he dug while the thugs are chasing him like a game of whack a mole. Eventually, the thugs started to run out of breath and stopped in front of the first hole where a giant Venus flytrap popped out and chomped them down. The plant retreated back into the ground as dirt filled up from the inside of the other 2 holes. Wildvine popped out of the 1st hole and landed on the ground, arms on his hips and smirk.
"Sorry guys, no consolation prize for you. Wait a minute, how many guys where there? 13 or 15?" Suddenly, Wildvine's arms were chopped off and were kicked from behind by the last 2 thugs welding knives. Wildvine stumbled and turn around at them. The thugs were smirking at what they did, but then turn to shock the arms started to stretch to his stumps and reattached to them."Hey, didn't your mom ever tell you not to play with sharp objects?" Wildvine scolded at the thugs who snapped out of the stupor and frowned at him "Who did you think taught us how, leaf boy?" The 1st knife thug said as they charged and slashed at Wildvine who dodges jumps and swings all over the place. He landed on a tree branch and stretched his fingers out and entangled them in vines and knocked their heads together and then throws them into a tree, making them exploded and dent said tree He jumped out of the tree and in front of Thrasher who was scared and backed away.
Unknown to both of them, the watch symbol on his belt blink."Well then, looks like you are at-"FLASH! A bright green light suddenly appeared and blinded Thrasher who then looks back as light was gone after a second and was surprise to see the plant monster was gone and in his place was a 10-year-old kid. Nate realized he was shorter than his opponent and looks at himself to found he was human and looks at his watch that was glowing red, realizing it is in recharge mode."Oh boy." Nate panicked as he looks up at Thrasher, who smirk evilly at him, realizes that he is in trouble."I don't know what is going on, but I like it!" Thrasher said as he cracks his knuckles.
Nate smiles sheepish at him then ran for it with him chasing after the kid, who is screaming his head off. They ran around the courtyard and then through the entrance. Nate looks back at Thrasher and then at his watch as he tires to activate it while begging. "Come on, I need an alien right about now!" That watch gave dying beep sound as it glowed red. Nate grunted, realizes he needs more time to change. Nate then ran into the Lobby with big stone pillars that he hides behind 1 of them just as his chaser came into the room and looks around.
"Come on out, kid, I don't want to hurt you, I just want to talk to you." Thrasher taunts as he looks around the room. Just then a beeping sound was heard throughout the room from behind the pillar Nate was hiding behind. Thrasher then grins as he approaches the hiding place, while Nate also grins as he turns the now green symbol to Four Arms's icon and slaps it down. A bright green light happened and exploded the pillar with the force knocking back Thrasher to the floor. He was then picked up by the vest and brought face to face by Nate, who was now Four arms, who glared at him with all 4 eyes glowing green with rage as he cracks his lower knuckles. Thrasher gulps, realizing he is in for a world of pain as Four arms rears back his 2 right fists and slugged them in his face and chest.
Thrasher want flying out the front doors and crashed right in between the tree lines, all beaten and bruised over his body. Thrasher was starting to come to and looks up, only to see Four Arms heading towards him with all of his arms raised up. "Oh, Crap." Was all he could say before Four Arms slammed down on him, destroying the 2nd boss as the Boss Bonus icon appeared again, only the numbers now say 20,000 this time. Nate smirks as the icon disappeared and the Omnitrix turns him back human."And that is that." Nate said as he dusted his hands off.
"NATE!" He turns around and saw Jess and Poison ran out of city hall and congratulate him" Wow, that was amazing, you beating up Thrasher and his gang!" Poison said, Impressed at what he did. "Guess Jess was right about the alternate world story." Nate was surprised that Poison knows about him, he turns to Jess who apologizes."Sorry Nate, but it was the only way to get her to trust you." Nate nods in understanding then his eyes widen in realizing an important fact. "Hey wait a minute, Poison, you never told me how you knew that guy or them being here at all." Nate demanded as he cross his arms and frowns at her. Poison remembers she hadn't told them yet and sighs."Okay… Jess, Nate, The reason I knew about the attack because... I'm a member of the gang too."
Nate and Jess were shocked at this secret while Poison explains: Poison want to help Mike clean up the city, because she doesn't want her best friend or anybody she cares about getting hurt so she came up with a plan. She will go undercover as a gang member to dig up all the inside info on them and report it back to Mike, in exchange, Mike will pardon her for all crimes involving fighting as it is something she loves to do." And so the reason I didn't want you to get involved in all this, Jess, is because I want to protect you, but instead, I keep secrets from you and lied straight to you." Poison confessed with her head down. Jess looks at her, walk up, and hugs her. Poison was surprised at the gestured and then hugs back."Poison, you had been my BFF for most of my life; I don't care if you have a hundred dirty secrets. Nothing will ever change our friendship."
Nate was a bit surprised at the scene and started to think to himself. 'They should be computer programs, yet they are expressing emotions like real human beings, how is this possible? I wonder if me upgrading and merging the games had some thing to do with it?' Nate then shook his head, deciding to put the thought out of his head for now. He smiles and walk up to the 2 girls now separated and hold out his right fist to Poison "Hey, if Jess says you okay in her book, your okay in my book too." Poison smiles at him and fist bumped him.
But suddenly, the tree that was broke by Wildvine suddenly started lean towards the girls as they remain unaware. Seeing this, Nate looks in shock and quickly shoves them out of the way. "LOOK OUT!" CRASH Jessica and Poison fall onto the ground from the sudden push. But as they both got up and looked at the tree, they gasped in shock and horror to see a bunch of gold coins on the ground with the Omnitrix symbol on them. "NATE!" "NOOOOO!" Jessica and Poison yelled out as they both stared in wide eyed shock at seeing the young alien hero kid sacrifice himself to save them.
But before they can cry, The coins floated up and disappear in flashes of lights. Just then, a floating yellow disc appeared on there right, catching their attention. To there amazement, the disc moved to the ground while materializing an outline of a small humanoid figure. Then, another disc scanned down over the figure, revealing Nate with a white outline over his body. A 3rd disc then scanned over him, taking away his white outline and being A-okay, despite a tree squashed him. "Uggg... That definitely felt weird." Nate moans as he rubs his right hand on head. Just then, his Omnitrix beeped catching his attention. He looks to see a green digital 3 on the hourglass, which to his and the girl's surprise, A hologram of the same number projected to Nate's forehead height. The 3 changed to a 2 and want back to the dial as the number flashed out. [Insert losing a life video game sound effect here.]
"What the heck was that?" Poison questioned out loud as she and Jessica stared in surprise while Nate looks at his watch in thought and then realized something. "That must have been my life counter." "SO... that means you're down to 2 lives now?" Jessica asked as both girls stand back up. "Seems like it." "Well you better be careful, Nate. Something tells me when that counter reach zero, It will be bye-bye Nate Tennyson... FOREVER!" Poison said with a horrified expression as Jessica covers her mouth in shock as Nate gulps and squeaks out with tiny pupils "Forever!?"
Just then, 2 green lights started glow from the spot were Thrasher was defeated, catching all 3 people's attention, and saw 2 tokens floating and spinning in mid-air. They walked up to the floating discs to see they had both the omnitrix symbol on them, but had 2 different icons on them. 1 had a bug like icon while the other had a humanoid frog. Nate gasps "No way, Stinkfly and Grey Matter?" Jess and Poison looks at him at confusion. "What are you talking about, Nate?" Jess asks."There some of my aliens. But why are they tokens? Wait... i wonder." Nate questions and then reaches out with his Omnitrix arm. The tokens then turn in 2 lights and shot towards the omnitrix and made a big beep sound, surprising everyone, Nate and the girls then look at the watch to see Stinkfly and Grey Matter back in his roster.
"I knew something was up with my watch when i was checking out my roster earlier! It's because that lightning that brought me here also messed with my Omnitrix! Nate told his new friends. Jess then said. "It looks like Thrasher didn't even know he had those things. I think he was just guarding them. But if what Nate said is true and his Aliens are scattered all over the city, does that mean the other bosses of the Mad Gear Gang has them too?" Poison then picks up what Jess is saying as she crosses her arms while putting a finger on her chin in thought. "It could be possibly and that is what concerns me. We got luckily because Thrasher didn't know about them. But if the others finds out about them, they might use them supercharge themselves! Which means we got get those DNA tokens back as quick as possibly and find Mike and others as well!"
Just then, the omnitrix Started to spark emerald lightning and displayed a holo-map of the city, surprising the trio once again. There were 2 small omnitrix symbols flashing in a long tunnel like area. "Whoa, must be a map of the city and it's telling us were my next 2 aliens are." "Wait a minute, that's the Subway area!" Poison said as she points out the area with the symbols on it. The map closed up as Nate questions Poison. "Poison, you said the other top members are guarding my DNA, right?" "Yea, here, I have some pictures on what they look like." Poison handed Nate the photos from her pocket and he looks at them. "Thrasher as already been taken out, there are only 5 more members left: Sodom, Edi.E, Rolento, Abigail, and Belger." Nate looks at the photo to remember each member as Poison tells him about each member.
Sodom is a samurai wannabe who wears socks and sandals, samurai gauntlets, blue jeans, orange body armor, and a samurai kabuto with a mask. Edi.E is a tall, heavyset, middle-aged corrupt police officer with a beard. Rolento is a formally military man wears a green militant outfit, with weapon belts (where he keeps grenades) going over his shoulders, and a red beret on his head. Abigail is an extremely large enforcer man with a narrow flat-top haircut, wears a white tank top, Jeans, Chain wrapped around his waist and boots. And Belger is the boss, a middle-aged man with broad shoulders, bald head and an Amish-style beard with no mustache; He wears a dinner shirt with diamond cufflinks, a bow tie, dark pants and dress shoes.
Nate nods his head and put the photos in his pocket and tells the girls. "Okay here's the plain: Jess, you stay at city hall to keep out of sight of the gear gang and wait for your dad. Poison, you get back to the gang's hideout and keep spying on them." The girls nod in understanding "Right." "What are you going to do, Nate?" Jess questions. "I'm going to the Subway to take on Sodom." "Oh, one more thing Nate, keep an eye for my father and his friends, he and the others want out to look for me when they heard I was captured." Jess said as Nate nods in understanding. The girls wish him luck as he dials to the Stinkfly icon and yells out as he slams it down. "IT'S HERO TIME!" Nate turns into Stinkfly and looks back at the girls.
"Cool catchphrase, Nate." Jess said, then, she and Poison started to gagged and wave in front of their face "Aw Kid, you reek!" Poison said, disgusted at Stinkfly's smell."I'ts an alien thing." He said. He flaps his wings really fast and took off to the air and to the Subway. The girls watched as he took off and turns and nods to each other. Jess ran back to city hall while Poison got to her bike, started it up, and rode back to the Mad Gear gang hideout.