Notes from Protarn: If you didn't read the last two chapters or got an amnesia, I suggest you read them or you'll be stuck in the middle of the ocean without a map. Credit to Nicholas for creating the character Bolt and basing the setting on the T.V series The Flash.

Reminder what happened in the Bolt: an accident occurred during the activation of the Particles Accelerator that resulted Central City to be left under chaos. Young nuclear engineer, Nicholas was affected by the disaster and finds himself with electrical power. He used his power to save as many people as he can, but a mysterious man in a yellow suit had left a severe injury in Nicholas. Upon waking up and letting a tiger man join after a fierce fight, Nicholas must continue finding a way to save the city before the city falls apart.

It does feel epic to have someone to fight alongside with me, in spite of the fact he tried to kill me earlier about five minutes ago. I wasn't so sure if I can actually trust the tiger man, knowing the fact he's having trouble with his personality. If I have a paper to make a list what I should do to stay alive, it would be staying careful with someone having an identity crisis, especially a tiger man who is willing to eat you alive.

The hallway was still dim and empty of people. I glanced at some doctors and patients sneaking away from us. It would be a good idea to tell them we're friendly, until I realized that it's a terrible idea; I'm still covered by electricity. If I saw a talking tiger and a guy who can control electricity, I would run away and hope not to be seen. A guy would electric powers could just roast someone really quick, while the tiger hunts down its prey, then dinner would be served for the two. The two predators. Well it would be weird about me getting involved at hunting because cannibalism is just plain wrong. Then I realized: if the tiger man is part human, would that mean that eating humans would consider him as a cannibal?

Considering the fact I can run faster, I can go ahead and take some detour, there's someone I had to find first. But someone has to keep an eye on Carlos, he got a tiger brain, tiger teeth, and tiger claws. What circumstances would have gone if I had killed the tiger man? One thing for sure was I don't have to babysit a cannibal tiger man where the salary is not getting eaten.

Carlos didn't mind taking a detour, since he can't think what to do with his life now, and often I see him scratching the floor as if releasing his stress. He does occasionally mention about a zoo and the safari, and I thought I heard something about Italy. If Carlos is a poacher, then what an ironic twist that he wind ups combining with a tiger.

I took some runs around the hospital and looking ahead without bumping into anyone. Made out of electricity that could roast anything up close, I could be useful at an outdoor grilling. At some point I have to touch more outlets to prevent myself from slowing down, but wouldn't that make the blackout worse? Someone could've died because of me. How many people were using those extra power? Those could've been used on something else, would be used on saving people, keeping them alive. I might have destroyed whatever the electricity was connected to.

I actually felt selfish using the power; running so fast and beating a tiger man who became an ally, even earlier, the rush and the moment gave my heart a reason to keep on beating, but someone might've died because I stole it from them, stole the things that kept their heart beating. But everything would have gone terribly if Carlos went loose, he could be killing everyone, unless the police showed up to stop him. Carlos could lose his mind anytime, did I make the right choice to let him live? I couldn't think of a way how Carlos could help. It annoys me about killing someone, even the ones who looked terrified, confused, and sad. Maybe deep inside me, I thought there's a way to help him without killing him, or maybe I was too afraid to kill. It was like what my foster dad told me; "killing is injustice." For now, I think I made the right choice.

I decided not to waste anymore of my powers, so I ran to Carlos. I had only been gone for less than 10 seconds, and he's already in a fight with Mr. Leg.

'Carlos, stop! He's my friend!'

'I would if he stop first.'

Mr. Leg was looking progressively aggressive as if he's finally letting out the anger he's been holding. I haven't seen him that angry for a while; he's usually friendly, calm, positive, responsible, and kind to everyone he meets. Twice I've seen him angry: one someone nearly killing one of his kids and other was me nearly killing one of his kids. I'm actually surprised he's still able to stand on his own against Carlos, like he was never tired, in spite of the fact he carried his kids all the way to the hospital, and he was burned from some kind of an explosion. His kids were by the door, still unconscious. He eventually glanced at me, his eyes as fierce as a tiger eyes, more fierce than Carlos.

'Stay away from my kids!'

My arm was suddenly shot down by some kind of a gust of sharp wind. It was like a long needle stabbing through my arm, passed my skin, passed my muscles, and passed my bone. A hole was made on my arm, a hole small enough for me bleed, like a hole in a dam. The pain felt sharp, sharp enough to cut my screams, sharp enough to cut through some of my veins, and sharp enough to knock me down. But I stood my ground, I'm not going to let myself fall off this time, I don't want to lose this time. I felt glad my powers was able to heal me, I could've died from blood loss. I have to convince Mr. Leg to stop attacking. 'Mr. Leg, please stop this. I know you loved your kids very much. Take a deep breathe and stay calm.'

'My son nearly died because of you!'

It was Carlos's turn to talk, 'Talking would do nothing, Nick.'

I thought Carlos was going to eat Mr. Leg, he moved faster than what I could process what's happening. I was prepared to fight Carlos again just to protect Mr. Leg. Turns out, Carlos is the one who needs saving. The punch from Mr Leg was fast and strong, even I'm surprised how it happened. Carlos may have been part tiger and part human, but the mixture made him stronger and tougher to beat, even withstanding different degree of burns, he may have suffered from static electricity but he looks perfectly fine. But the punch was something else, it knocked Carlos down unconscious, it even made Carlos vomit. How did he get so strong?

I have no choice but to take him down. But how can I stop him without killing him? Or should I say, how can I stop him before he kills me? Thinking deep about it, I found myself in an unfair situation, again.

The speed and the electricity are on my side which is something I have over him. Since running creates a line of electricity, I could create a barrier around him so he won't escape. The plan is a success, but to be sure, I had to make several layers, since the electrical barriers dissipates in a few seconds. But he made a risky move, he tried to run and surprisingly he's faster than I remembered, but I'm still the faster one. He was able to pass the barrier, however he suffered from burns on his body, first degree burn. Then the damage vanished. Is his body tough or does he heal really quick? What I could gather: he's tough and he relies on breathing.

Time for next phase of attack: run at him. If he's that tough, then I got nothing to worry about roasting him; it's basically my beating-up rights without any murder. Sorry Mr. Leg, but you wouldn't listen. Out of nowhere, I trip on the ground, there was a hollow on the floor, I don't remember seeing that, unless. . . He set a trap without having me noticed it. Since when was that trapped set or how did he made the gap? My mind hit me like lightning, the air he released was sharp enough to pass through my arm, fast enough to break through the electricity surrounding me, and looking far ahead where I was standing, I thought I saw a tiny hole on the wall, revealing outside. That's how strong his powers is, but seeing the gap big enough to trap me, there should be limits how he should use his powers. I remembered how annoying it was to be hit by a water hose, especially when it shoots thin, it's like the same feeling of getting pierced by a needle, but when the water gets broad, the sharp pain was gone. In fact, how was I able to think in moments like this where death struggles to pull my soul away?

Mr. Leg took the opportunity to grab me by the neck and have my back against the wall. He began to choke me with his tough hands, I could barely breath, it's like drowning in the deep sea with few seconds left to live. But the time was delayed thanks to my power, it healed me quick before my head could explode. I feel like panicking right now, I want to run away and live, it's torture staying alive like this, and my power is dying right now, if it does, I die. A little thought came to me, the blast of air came out from his mouth, his powers is the air and he needs his mouth to have control over it. But if I used what's left in me, I'll die quicker. . . This is my last chance staying alive. I stuck my fingers on his nose and a hand to conceal his mouth. He tried to breath out the air, the pain was great, but it doesn't hurt as much as earlier, the electricity must be harming him, his body is using the air to heal him, so he must be losing lots of air, even his hand started to look burned. I'm free. . .

At first I was coughing, then the electricity healed my body, however I ran out of charges, I got nothing to protect myself. Mr. Leg on the other hand, his wounds are immediately gone after taking some deep breathes. He was going to attack me, until I heard a tiger's roar. It was Carlos taking Mr. Leg's kids as hostages. He must've taken them when Mr. Leg tried to choke me. He had Leg Junior covering his face and Mr. Leg's daughter, Lily, covering his chest.

Mr. Leg was yelling like a colossus, 'Let them go!'

I had to yell at Carlos, 'Don't do this, Carlos!'

'I'll stop if he stops attacking and start listening.'

Mr. Leg was going to make a move, he was going to take me his hostage. But he stopped as soon he sees Carlos having his claws linger around Leg Junior. Carlos gestured to Mr. Leg not to make a move.

Mr. Leg threatened Carlos, 'You don't let go, I'll kill your friend.'

'I barely knew him anyway. You'll try to kill me anyway after I freed them. There's no point releasing them, and you have the capability to kill me by just breathing. So listen to what Nick says, take a deep breathe and stay calm. '

I shook my head at Carlos, hopefully he noticed that he made a mistake.

'Do not take a deep breathe or I'll slit your children's throat.'

Mr. Leg was starting to sound desperate and frustrated, 'Don't you dare!'

'Shoot me with your projectile, and your kids are going to get it. I can hear your breathing, I can feel how much you're breathing in and breathing out. Keep it low and there'll be no harm to your kids.'

This is my chance to convince Mr. Leg, 'Listen, Mr. Leg. Do it for your kids. It's a big mess out there.'

'When did you start caring about people? When did you start risking your life for people you don't even know? I sometimes see in your eyes how afraid you are, Nick. Is this your way at hiding what you're afraid of?'

I couldn't think what to say. Carlos did the talking for me instead, 'Do you want your kids or not?'

Things suddenly got silent. I wasn't so sure what to do next. I got a feeling Mr. Leg seems to be planning something.

I realized I'm running low on my charges, 'Carlos, stay there while I recharge myself.'

Mr. Leg got to talking again, 'How would I know you won't hurt my kids?'

The talk continue between Carlos and Mr. Leg, 'Why would I?'

'Answer me without a question. Will you let them go without hurting them?'

'Not if you agreed.'

'What do you want me to do?'

'Disarm yourself. Stop attacking.'

'Yes I will. I will forgive you.]

'I don't hear honesty. I smell anger from you. Will you stop attacking for your children's sake.'

'Fine.'

I found an outlet by the corner, got myself charged up for the next fight. Then I heard screaming, Leg Junior was fighting back against Carlos, he tried to free himself from Carlos's grip. In that moment, Mr. Leg took a deep breathe and was ready to fire at Carlos. I was quick to respond. If I interrupt his breathing, he would miss and the damage would be less lethal. I ran fort at Mr. Leg, faster than saying one second, and I was able to bump into him, however, I was too late at preventing his attack. The thin slice of wind passes through Lily's chest and so as Carlos, the attack was a miss, because of the struggle between Carlos and Leg Junior. They all fell to the ground, with Leg Junior freed, he went for his father and hugged him as he cries.

'Look what you made me do! You had me hurt my little girl.'

He ran to his daughter, she could be dead. But knowing the weirdness happening recently, she could survive. She has to survive.

I had to say something to Mr. Leg, 'It was you who did it, Mr. Leg. We could've avoided this if you stop.'

''If I hadn't seen you, my kids would find a doctor by now.'

'Your daughter is dying and she needs a doctor or some surgeon.'

He had his daughter on his arms, there was sadness all over his eyes as if the death of his daughter was the final blow for him to stop. For a few moment, he was quiet, looking grave, and the hatred seems to vanish.

'There is no doctor who can save her. Her vitals were damaged. At least she doesn't have to feel the pain. It must be better for her to stay asleep. I'm sorry, my Lily, my flower. Just like the sun, you close your eyes so the night can take over.'

'I'm sorry this happened. . .'

'You were right, this is my fault. She could've lived, And my son. . . He survived anyway thanks to his deformity. . . It wasn't your fault. . . Just an accident like this night. . . And I let it go over my head. . .'

I check over Carlos to see he's okay, maybe his powers could heal him. There's a wound on his chest, but it wasn't deep enough to cut through his body. I put a hand over his nose, and I'm glad that he's still breathing.

'He's still alive. Once he wakes up, don't attack him. He's having trouble with himself, he got two brains with one being a tiger.'

'When did you meet him?'

'Very recent. I knew him as a tiger who tried to eat me, but he's good now.'

'And you trusted him? If has trouble controlling himself, we should put him out of his misery. Do you think it's better for him to live everyday just controlling his tiger instinct? His instinct had him taking my kids as hostages and threatened to kill them.'

'I don't have time to this kind of talk right now. It just felt wrong killing this person.'

'Then it's your burden. If anything happens, you are responsible. If he ever touches tries to touch my son again, I'll kill him myself.'

'Yep, my burden. So, do you wanna join me?'

'No.'

'I barely said what we're going to do.'

'My priorities are my son and wife.'

'We could, maybe reduce the damage, until the city is safe enough to live in.'

'I will only help you, if we secured my home first, then the deal's off.'

'Sounds. . . Um. . . Fair. . . By the way, do you have any idea what's going on?'

'It was the activation. The activation did all this. Are you going to save the city or not?'

At least he's acting like his old self, a man of reason, but I get a feeling he's still holding his anger. Thinking about saving the city, I didn't really thought how I could save the city. I thought brining everyone to the hospital would be a good idea, but even the hospital is a victim, probably all the hospitals were victims. So what can I do? Random people are getting weird powers and I have no idea how to handle them without anyone dying. Killing sounds easy, because I don't have to worry what to do next with them. They're like Carlos, it's like me babysitting Carlos. Maybe I don't have to babysit hundreds of them. If only there's a way. But maybe, there is another option: bring them to an abandoned warehouse until someone could come up with something how to keep themselves under control.

'Before we leave, I'll just grab myself some clothes.'

'Be quick or I'll leave without you. I'll carry your friend to the door.'

He's a tough guy, carrying his dead daughter and a tiger man, even mentally tough for willing to carry Carlos after what just happened. I was really shocked that Mr. Leg's daughter is dead, it just felt so sudden and quick, and I thought she can heal. I hated myself for failing to save her. Saving Carlos had her killed, saving one life in exchange for death to another. And the guy Carlos is a complete stranger to me, while I've been knowing Lily Leg for months. I didn't know it would lead to this. I remembered at some point in my life to have the power to make a chance that can affect other people in a good way, I thought I was going to make a great change, it was more difficult and unpredictable than I thought. The civilians I tried to save earlier, I failed to save them, but I did save some of them, however thinking now, will the hospital would be able to save them now after what happened this night?

Gone with the patient clothe and into the new with a large size jeans and a white t-shirt covered by a grey sweater. I didn't bother look at the size, it felt like a waste of time and a bit selfish. In the bright side, no one would call be Nude Runner or Naked Thunder. On the shoes, I just happen to find the right guy with the same size as me. Getting what I needed, I charged myself a bit more and ran to the exit of the building.

Nothing bad happen so far, in fact when I saw Mr. Leg walking across the lobby, Carlos woke up. I was quick enough to tell him that Mr. Leg is on our side, although he doesn't look very happy after getting shot down by Mr. Leg's wind and getting punched by a fist as hard as metal, and having a tiger's brain, his pride looked hurt and humiliated. Thinking through his perspective, the world is stepping over his face. Seriously, I'm the one who electrocuted him, made him suffered from static electricity which is still under an effect, knocked down by a single punch, and forced to use kids as hostages so Mr. Leg won't kill him. I really blamed Carlos for having Solaris killed, but if she didn't died, maybe me and Carlos would be dead instead. His method was still questionable, and it makes me wonder who made the decision: Carlos or the tiger? Regardless which one he was, I feel a little taste of regret.

If I have a chance to name our group, I'll name it Trio Hero. I was thinking at making a joke just to lighten things up a little, but seeing the amount of disaster what's happening here, there's no time laughing. So following the agreement I had with Mr. Leg, we travel our way to his home. I did find some rubber gloves and rubber wires along the way, and finally a magnet which only makes my powers go crazy, so I threw it away.

During our journey, we found someone releasing gas by just talking. 'Freaks!'

Someone had to handle him, 'No-wait *Cough* we're here to help.'

Mr. Leg Qa trying to pull us away from the civilian, 'Leave him, we can't save time that way. *Cough* It's toxicating my body, everyone move away.'

'I'm not going to stop. Hey, dude, stop there. We're not going to hurt you.'

The civilian's panic was great, 'What do you want from me?'

'I want you to shut up because you're poisoning the air with your mouth. You're probably killing the civilians around you.'

'That's not true. . . I can't kill people. . . It's just wrong. . .'

'The gas speaks for itself, but please close your mouth.*Cough*'

'But-'

'Not a single word. It's just a good thing I can heal myself. Just follow me and we're going to make sense into this.'

Like a punch out of nowhere, the police came. Where were they this whole time? Apparently their cars are not working so they have to run around. Even the swat team were involved. From the looks at the police, they seem to be struggling to survive, gathering as much people as they can and bringing them to a safe shelter. Me and the others are spotted by the police with their guns ready to fire at us. They seem like they won't hesitate to shoot me, Carlos, and Leg Junior, since Mr. Leg is the only one among us, aside from the guy with a bad breathe, is looking perfectly human.

The civilian was looking shocked and he was going to scream, but with gasses coming out from his mouth, the police would fire at him. I tried to tell them not to shoot, the guy can't control the gasses coming out of his mouth. But seeing more gas flowing out, the police became nervous and fired at the gas man. However killing him only released more gasses from him, so we were forced to run. I was able to grab some officers too get away and Carlos seems to be carrying three officers with one's shirt being held by his fangs. Mr. Leg didn't. He walk forward and started to breath in the poison, it looked it's killing him, he began to look frail and weak, but in the end, he saved us and he was able to regain his strength by taking in fresh air.

I didn't know what I could do with the civilian. I failed to save him. Shot down by the people who were given the job to protect the people, and they did protected the people, by killing a man who could've killed hundreds. He was like the rest of us: confused and afraid. Knowing my powers, I don't think there is a way to stop him, even with the rubber wires to insulate my powers. The guy just won't stop panicking.

The police are insisting us to disarm ourselves and stay down. The irony. I didn't want any trouble with the police and having them in their bad side is a horrible idea. So I complied to their demand. But I did not surrendered without a word. 'We're here to help.'

A police officer stepped in to have a good look at us. Looking as serious as Mr. Leg, but doesn't look as old as Mr. Leg, just a guy in his mid-thirties who had a grey hair as most of the pieces fell off like trees.

Warning him about my powers is the best idea, for him, Don't get close, the electricity will get you.'

'Noted. What are you doing here Mr. Leg?'

'Heading home.'

(Officer#1): Remember the promise you made it? You better not break it.

'I only protected my kids.'

An officer approached the two of them, 'Is this the perfect time to be asking questions right now, Officer Doug?'

'Have them stay by the wall, except for the bird boy. This is a personal talk. So, Mr. Leg, what happened to Lily?

'Dead. . .'

'I see. . . So what's with this group?'

'They're planning to save the city.'

'Extra help. We do need more hands in our side, especially the ones with tiger hands and electrical hands. The station is under a big mess. So many of our officers had been acting weird. Only some were able to understand what they were capable of and just went on duty to get rid of the chaos here. Are you sure this people could help?'

'I'm sure.'

'Are you going to help?'

'Yes I am.'

'We'll make sure your son is in a safe place.'

'Thank you.'

Thanks to Mr. Leg, the police is on our side. With my speed, I was suggested to carry as many civilians as much as possible to a shelter in any of the schools as long they're officers guarding the area, because most of the hospitals exploded since the Particles Acceleration, some were taken over by super-powered gangs. If I get a chance, bring doctors everywhere. Few of the hospitals were still fine, but it's getting more crowded with each passing hour, as more people were convinced that the doctors can save them. I had to bring as much super-powered people to a special shelter, so others won't get endangered, and if possible, fight back to defend myself. It is really getting messy around here, and I got a feeling this is only the beginning where the day tomorrow is going to be completely different. . .