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Fast Enough
Retroville
Sheen's House
Saturday, 20:34pm
It was an interesting evening at the Estevez household, Roberto had come home early and the family was enjoying a nice family dinner.
"That was the best dinner ever." Sheen chirped as he rubbed his stomach.
"You must have enjoyed it. You had seven helpings." Roberto replied.
"I have an ultra fast metabolism, I have to have fuel in the tank." Sheen replied.
"Daddy, can we have dessert please!?" Gracia asked.
"Only after you take your plates to the kitchen." Roberto replied.
"Allow me." Sheen said instantly, using his super speed to take away everyone's plates and replacing them with cake plates with slices of chocolate cake on them.
"Nunca me acostumbraré a eso.(I'll never get used to that.)" Sheen's Abuela said shocked.
"You get used to it." Roberto commented.
"Yay!" Gracia cheered.
"You're the best!" Ricardo agreed.
"Ya, the best." Nate lamented which Abuela noticed.
After dinner Nate went out to meet a group of his friends.
"Haven't seen you around lately." one of Nate's friends commented.
"I've been dealing with stuff at home." Nate replied.
"Is it about your brother?" one of his female friends asked.
"Ya." Nate answered.
"What's the issue?" another one of his friends asked.
"I can't tell you but let's just say, if I wasn't in his shadow before I definitely am now." Nate replied.
Suddenly someone walked up to the group of young teens, "Aren't you…" Nate said, recognizing his face.
"Yes I am." the mystery figure interrupted, he looked at Nate's friends, "Get out of here!" he ordered them.
The teens scattered away in fear, "What do you want?" Nate asked.
"I'm here to help you." the mystery figure replied.
"How?" Nate asked.
The mysterious figure pulled out a vial containing a serum, "With this." he replied.
"What is that?" Nate asked.
"Let's just say with this, Sheen Estevez won't be the fastest man alive anymore.
Nate looked at the figure shocked with a hint of intrigue.
New York
Betty's lab, 21:00pm
Jimmy had just exploded apparently splitting himself into his human self and the monstrous Hulk.
"Jimmy, are you okay?" Betty asked.
"Did anyone catch the number of that bus?" he groaned. "Did it work?"
"Well your skin isn't orange anymore so I guess. How do you feel?" Betty replied.
"Honestly, lighter. As if something's missing." Jimmy replied.
Suddenly something began to move through the rubble, at that moment Hulk stood up looking right at Jimmy and Betty leaving the two stunned.
"What happened?" Hulk groaned rubbing his head, after looking around he noticed Jimmy, "You!" he shouted viciously.
Hulk charged straight for Jimmy and grabbed him, slamming Jimmy into a wall.
"Jimmy!" Betty cried.
"I'm going to make you suffer Neutron!" Hulk shouted strangling Jimmy.
As Jimmy began to turn blue from the lack of oxygen, Hulk began to feel strange, he began to feel as if he couldn't breathe, Betty ran straight for Hulk holding a pipe and hit him in the head with it. Hulk turned around and dropped Jimmy. He then began to walk towards Betty.
Jimmy regained his composure and quickly thought for a second, he realized that Hulk was also struggling to breath.
"Hey Hulk stop! Or else!" he shouted.
Hulk turned around and glared at Jimmy, "Or else what!?"
"You felt it didn't you. When you tried to choke the life out of me. We're still connected, if I die then you die as well." Jimmy explained.
"What of it?" Hulk replied.
"If you don't stop what your doing right now, I'll kill myself." Jimmy declared.
"You don't have the nerve." Hulk replied.
"If it were to protect innocent people from you. I wouldn't hesitate." Jimmy replied.
Seeing that Jimmy was serious Hulk stopped his assault, he went to one of the chairs and sat down, "So genius, what now?" he asked.
Jimmy ignored him and went straight for Betty, "Are you okay?" he asked.
"Ya, he didn't do anything." Betty replied, she then looked at Hulk, "How are they two of you now?"
"I am nothing like him!" Hulk shouted.
"My best guess, because Hulk was basically a split personality from me when we mutated we split up giving him his own body." Jimmy replied.
"So what now?" Betty asked.
Jimmy turned around and looked right at Hulk who was glaring back at him "I honestly don't know."
Retroville
La Rue de Paris
Saturday, 20:38pm
A week later at a restaurant called La Rue de Paris, Cindy, Nick, Carl and Jasmine were enjoying a double date. At their table the teens were checking out what to order.
"Seriously this is what they charge for entrée's!" Carl said shocked.
"Don't worry Carl, this is on me." Nick commented.
"Oh in that case." Carl replied, he then turned to one of the waiters, "I'll have the Cassoulet and Tarte Tatin for dessert."
"What are you having Cindy?" Jasmine asked.
"I'll have what Carl's having." Cindy replied.
"What about you?" Nick asked Jasmine.
"I'll have the…"
Before Jasmine could finish her sentence a blur raced into the building. In speed time Cindy saw a man racing towards people picking their pockets, using her own super speed Cindy got out of her chair and followed him out of the building.
"What was that!?" Nick asked Cindy before realizing she wasn't there.
Cindy raced off following the speedster, she got closer and closer to him only slightly, seeing his face recognizing it. The speedster started to run faster, out maneuvering Cindy before escaping.
Cindy stopped, "Sheen?" she said confused.
Cindy met up with the others outside of the restaurant. "Do you have any idea what that was?" Jasmine asked.
"A speedster." Cindy replied.
"Like you and Sheen?" Carl asked.
"I'm not a hundred percent sure but I think that was Sheen." Cindy replied.
"You think he's gone back to his life of crime?" Carl asked.
"Let's not jump to conclusions." Cindy replied, "Nick, Jasmine, I suggest you two go home. Something tells me this is going to be a long night."
"Cindy's right." Carl agreed.
"Fine but you owe me a fancy dinner." Jasmine said to Carl.
"I'm sure Nick wouldn't mind that." Carl replied.
"Sure I wouldn't." Nick replied, he then looked at Cindy, "Be careful."
"Always am." Cindy replied grabbing Carl and flying off.
Libby's House
Cindy and Carl flew to Libby's house, they knocked on the door and Francine answered.
"Cindy, Carl. What are you doing here so late?" Francine asked.
"We have N-Men business and we couldn't get through to Libby." Cindy answered.
"Well she's here. She's in her room." Francine replied.
The two teens went straight to Libby's room and opened the door to see Sheen and Libby listening to music.
"Hey guys what's up." Libby said.
"Aren't you guys supposed to be on a double date." Sheen commented.
"We were but… I'm sorry I've got to ask. What are you two doing here alone?" Cindy replied.
"Well, you guys were out and it's not like I have a lot of friends since I ditched the plastics. Who else am I supposed to hangout with?" Libby replied.
"And most of my friends other than you guys are criminals, and all they ever wanna do on the weekend is rob someone or vandalize something, and I'm just not into that kind of thing right now." Sheen replied.
"That reminds me, the reason we're here is because, while we were on our date, the restaurant was robbed by a speedster." Cindy explained.
"Really!?" Sheen said shocked.
"Ya, and when I followed him I got a glimpse of him and he kinda looked like you." Cindy continued.
"Well it couldn't have been Sheen. He's been here with me all night." Libby commented.
"Maybe it's another clone, like the Special girl we fought last week." Carl commented.
"Could be but either way we need to stop him." Cindy replied.
"Should we call the base?" Libby asked.
"No." Sheen answered, "Something tells me they won't be much help."
"Then what do we do?" Carl asked.
"Remember those friends I was talking about…"
New York
Betty's Penthouse, 21:15pm
Jimmy was working in Betty's lab peacefully until Betty walked in with an annoyed look on her face.
"You need to fix this!" she shouted.
"Fix what?" Jimmy asked.
"Your mutant twin has done nothing all week but sit, watch T.V. and stink up my bathroom!" she shouted.
"What do you want me to do about it?" Jimmy asked.
"I don't know. Fuse back with him." Betty replied.
"I have no idea how to do that, plus it was your idea that I finish my mutation." Jimmy replied.
"I didn't think it would create an alternate copy of you!" Betty shouted, "Have you figured out how you two split anyway."
"Ya I have. You know how I used to be schizophrenic." Jimmy explained.
"I do." Betty replied bluntly.
"And how the other me was a megalomaniac who enjoyed hurting people." Jimmy continued.
"Yes." she answered again.
"And how I implanted a chip in my brain to suppress his personality."
"What are you getting at!?" Betty asked, getting annoyed.
"Well when I was affected by the Neutron Chamber it affected me more than I thought, my I.Q. was 158 before the chamber, now it's immensely higher." Jimmy explained.
"How high is it?" Betty asked.
"I don't know but last I checked over 230. Hulk and I are essentially two sides of the same coin, I'm as smart as he is strong." Jimmy answered.
"Wow." Betty said stunned, "But what are you going to do about Hulk."
"I don't know Betty. He hates me and to tell you the truth I hate him." Jimmy replied.
"You two need to come to an understanding because from where I'm standing you're stuck with each other." Betty replied.
"What's your suggestion?" Jimmy asked.
A few minutes later Betty managed to get Jimmy and Hulk into a room together. There was an awkward silence in the room, Hulk was folding his arms while grunting looking away from Jimmy, and Jimmy was twiddling his thumbs looking away from Hulk. Betty was sitting in front of the two awkwardly looking at them.
"Okay, I know you two have bad blood between you." Betty commented.
"By bad blood do you mean having a monster living inside you who wants nothing but death and destruction." Jimmy commented which really offended Hulk.
"And by death and destruction don't you mean saving your sorry ass from the brink of death." Hulk retorted.
"Well at least you can now perform complete sentences now." Jimmy replied.
"I'm sorry if the chip you implanted in your brain to suppress my personality scrambled my mind." Hulk replied.
"I wish it completely got rid of you!" Jimmy replied.
"I'll get rid of you now!" Hulk threatened.
"You'd just be getting rid of yourself." Jimmy replied.
"Why did I ever want to protect you!" Hulk shouted.
"Now boys let's keep this civil." Betty said, managing to slightly calm the boys down, "Now Hulk you said you were doing all the things you did to protect Jimmy. Please explain."
"I was created when Jimmy faced a terrible trauma. What that trauma was is currently unknown to me, but when I was born I knew what I had to do, be Jimmy's abrasive side. Someone who would have the balls to takedown anyone who threatened him." Hulk explained.
"But it didn't really turn out like that." Betty replied.
"Ya, you ended up assaulting just about anyone who was slightly mean to me, then you stepped it up by becoming a full blown murderer." Jimmy commented.
"That wasn't completely my fault Neutron. I only ever popped up when you were feeling emotionally troubled!" Hulk shouted, "Maybe if you could keep your cool I wouldn't be here!"
"Jimmy, Hulk. I think both of you need to calm down. No one achieves anything by screaming at each other." Betty said, trying to calm the boys down.
Hulk got up enraged, "You know what Neutron. You need me, you've always needed me. That's why I keep coming back. Maybe if you had me by your side, Savage wouldn't have been able to trick you. You may have one of the highest intellects the world has ever seen but you are far too trusting and naive. You should've asked yourself the big questions. Why was he in such a rush to activate your chamber, why was he so willing to let you a child take the blame for what he did."
Jimmy began to hear the truth in Hulk's words, "It's because he was playing a bigger game and you played right into his hands. And when you finally figured out what he did? He shot you in the head." Hulk continued, "Face the facts Neutron, if it wasn't for me your story would've ended, if it wasn't for me your friends would be going into the battle to come blind as bats. And all you can do is criticize me for the things I did when they were your fault to begin with."
"What do you mean?" Jimmy asked.
"Like I said before that chip you put in your brain suppressed my personality. When you mutated, a little bit of me awoke that's why your skin turned orange, and when you were put into a situation that almost killed you I woke up but because that chip was still active it decreased my intelligence and made me go feral. Thinking everything and everyone was a threat to you, adding the fact that you were also in control created a large mess." Hulk explained.
Jimmy kept quiet, Hulk began to walk away, "I'm done with you Neutron, all you've ever brought into my life is suffering. Try not to die."
"Hulk wait." Betty said, trying to stop him.
Hulk ignored her and walked out of the room.
Retroville, 22:48pm
Cindy, Carl, Libby and Sheen were searching the streets in their super persona's.
"We've been searching for hours." Carl groaned, "Can't we just call it a night."
"You just want to get back to your girlfriend." Libby smirked.
"Of course I do." Carl answered honestly, "She's a smart pretty girl who's actually into me."
"Can you two focus." Cindy commented, "We're dealing with a speedster, they could literally be here any second."
"She's right. My buddies told me that there's been mutant jacking people near this area so this is the best place to wait." Sheen agreed, taking a bite of pizza.
"Where did you get that?" Carl asked.
"I ordered a pizza and picked it up five seconds ago." Sheen explained.
"Did you even think about sharing?" Carl scoffed.
"I need it more then you do. Super speed burns a lot of calories." Sheen replied.
"Dude I'm starving. I skipped dinner for this. Give me a slice of pizza!" Carl ordered.
"I would, Carl, I really would." Sheen replied, ``Sheen quickly used his super speed to eat the whole pizza, "But sorry it's all gone."
"You did that on purpose!" Carl argued.
"No I didn't." Sheen playfully replied.
"You always do this!" Carl argued.
As Carl was screaming at him, Sheen perception began to slow down, he noticed someone running with lightning speed right down the street that went straight past them, Sheen instantly gave chase leaving his friends.
"And another thing!" Carl shouted before realizing that Sheen was gone, "Where'd he go?" he asked the girls.
Sheen was running after the speedster, the speedster noticed Sheen was following him and began to make all sorts of turns in an effort to lose him, Sheen began to push himself racing past the speedster, u-turning and knocking them to the ground.
"You're fast but I'm faster." Sheen gloated.
Sheen's face went from a smug smile to a horrified look when he got a good look at the speedster's face.
The speedster got up and revealed themselves to be Sheen's younger brother Nate.
"Nate, what are you doing?" Sheen asked him, confused.
"What I have to do." Nate replied.
"How did you get powers?" Sheen asked.
"With this!" Nate shouted holding out a syringe.
"What is that?" Sheen asked.
"This is a drug that gives me super speed." Nate confessed.
"How? Where did you get that?" Sheen asked.
"Let's just say I got it from an old friend of yours." Nate smirked.
"Who?" Sheen asked.
"I'll let them tell you." Nate replied.
"Why are you doing this?" Sheen asked.
"To finally get out of your shadow!" Nate shouted.
"My shadow? What are you talking about?" Sheen asked.
"All my life, I've lived in your shadow, brother. You were always the smart one, the funny one, the athletic one, the one everybody looked up to. I could live with that, but then you got powers and it was like the universe was choosing you again. But with this drug we're finally on equal playing grounds." Nate explained.
"Nate, I know you may think things are bad but this isn't the way-" Sheen tried to explain.
"Enough!" Nate shouted, interrupting his brother, Nate injected himself with more of the drug, he raced off pushing Sheen aside, leaving the teen shocked.
Sheen raced back to his friends, "Dude you just disappeared. Where'd you go?" Carl asked.
"I saw the speedster and followed him." Sheen explained.
"Him." Cindy commented, "You saw his face didn't you."
"Ya." Sheen lamented, "The speedster is my little brother Nate." he confessed.
Everyone looked at Sheen in shock.
Nate raced off to an alley.
"Did you get the stuff." a mysterious voice called out.
"No, I ran into trouble." Nate replied.
"What kind of trouble?"
"My brother found me, I managed to get away." Nate replied.
New York
Betty's Apartment, 23:10pm
Betty walked straight to Jimmy, "Jimmy what are we going to do?" she asked, slightly panicking.
"I don't know, it's not like we can force him to stay." Jimmy replied.
"If he leaves this building the feds will know that you're here and it will open up a whole can of worms!" Betty shouted.
"I know. I know!" Jimmy shouted, "What do you want me to do about it!?"
"Talk to him." Betty replied.
"Fine." Jimmy agreed.
Jimmy walked over to Hulk who was packing things into a suitcase, "What are you even packing?" Jimmy asked, slightly confused.
"What's it to you." Hulk snarled.
"Okay, I deserve that." Jimmy replied, "Look Hulk, I hate to say it but you were right."
"What was that?" Hulk replied slightly smug.
"You heard what I said. You were right. If you were around then maybe Savage wouldn't have been able to get me, the chamber wouldn't have exploded and hundreds of people wouldn't be dead." Jimmy replied.
Seeing that Jimmy was trying to make amends, Hulk made a confession of his own, "Look, I could've handled things a lot better myself. If I was a little less obsessive about keeping you safe, maybe you wouldn't have suppressed my personality."
"Maybe you and I can start over. Not as my aggressive alternate personality but maybe as brothers." Jimmy commented.
"Maybe you're right." Hulk agreed.
Jimmy extended his fist to Hulk who fist pumped him, "Oww!" both of them screamed in unison because Hulk didn't know his own strength which resulted in both laughing afterwards with Betty looking on fondly.
Retroville, 00:13am
Cindy, Carl, Libby and Sheen were on a rooftop waiting for word from the military base. Libby went to go talk to Sheen.
"Hey are you okay?" Libby asked.
"I don't think I'll be fine for a while." Sheen replied.
"You know you can talk to me." Libby replied, "I'm kinda in the same boat."
"Fine. Nate and I have never had a great relationship. He was always a loner. I tried getting close to him but we just never clicked. Now he's on a speed drug and commiting crimes for who knows who." Sheen explained.
"Shawn and I were exactly the same. To tell you the truth I didn't really know him that well. But he's my brother and I'd do anything to ensure he's safe." Libby ranted.
"Me too." Sheen agreed.
"Okay got it. Thanks Dad." Cindy replied on her phone.
"Did you get anything?" Sheen asked.
Cindy ended the call and looked at Sheen ``Ya, thanks to the satellites we found your brother. He's by the peer, you better get there right no-"
Sheen raced off before Cindy could finish her sentence.
"Now." she finished.
Sheen ran as fast as he could, eventually making it to the peer. He used his slowed perception to carefully look for his brother's whereabouts. He kept looking until he spotted his brother searching one of the oil tankers. Sheen sped towards him.
"Nate! What are you doing!?" Sheen shouted.
"If I want more of this drug Sheen I have to do what he says!" Nate shouted with a jittery tone.
Sheen noticed his brother was beginning to become more unstable. "Nate. You need help. If you come with me maybe-"
"The only help I need is this!" Nate shouted, injecting himself with more of the drug, "Ahh! That's the good stuff. This drug gives me such a rush. I think that's what I'll call it."
Nate super sped straight for Sheen going in with a punch, with little effort Sheen dodged him.
"Stop this Nate! I don't want to hurt you." Sheen shouted.
"You're the only one who's going to get hurt!" Nate shouted.
Nate raced towards his brother again and unleashed a flurry of punches at his brother; Sheen effortlessly dodged all of them before delivering a powerful punch that sent Nate flying to a wall.
"You can't beat me Nate!" Sheen declared.
"Says you!" Nate shouted.
Nate ran in a different direction trying to get away from Sheen; Sheen immediately followed him, overtaking him and intercepting him. Nate tried to run from his brother again but as before, Sheen effortlessly overtook and intercepted him.
"I'm faster than you Nate. Just stand down!" Sheen shouted.
"It's just like you to always be better than me! You never let up! But I'm better than you now Sheen! I'm better than you!" Nate screamed as he injected himself with another vile of rush.
Nate's body began to vibrate and he super sped to his brother, striking him into a wall. Nate ran and grabbed Sheen, he picked him up and dragged him across the town, Nate then threw Sheen with incredible force slamming him into a building.
As Sheen fell to the ground, Nate super sped to him again and grabbed his leg dragging him across the town again, and slammed Sheen into the ground.
"You see Sheen!" Nate shouted unleashing a flurry of punches at his brother, "I am finally better than you!"
Sheen tried to get away but Nate intercepted him, knocking him into the ground.
"Nate, you don't have to do this!" Sheen pleaded.
"Yes Sheen I do!" Nate replied, vibrating his hand, preparing to plunge it into his brother's heart.
Nate went for the kill but phased right through Sheen who had made himself intangible.
"What!? How did you do that!?" Nate shouted.
Sheen didn't answer and immediately punched Nate in the face before Nate could even react.
Nate charged at his brother who dodged him and unleashed a powerful flurry of punches and kicks at him. Nate quickly rebounded but Sheen gave him a powerful kick before the latter could even react. Nate tried to run away but Sheen caught up with him and slammed him into the ground.
"How!? I was kicking your ass a second ago." Nate shouted.
"You don't get it do you. Any speed boost you get from taking that drug is temporary." Sheen shouted.
Nate charged at him again but Sheen instantly struck him back to the ground.
"Every second." Sheen shouted as Nate tried to attack him again as he effortlessly dodged him causing the teen to trip, "You get a little bit slower. But I stay the same."
Nate realized he couldn't win and tried to run but Sheen raced ahead and intercepted him.
"I'm going to get you the help you need whether you like it or not." Sheen declared. Before Sheen could grab his brother he was blasted back by a fireball.
"Sorry Estevez, your brother is coming with me!" Shawn declared, descending to the duo.
"Shawn!?" Sheen shouted shocked, "You're the one behind this!?"
"You could say that." Shawn replied, "Now Nathaniel, say goodbye to your brother. We need to get going now."
"Nate, you don't have to do this please listen to reason!" Sheen begged.
"If you want more of the drug you better come here now!" Shawn ordered Nate.
"Nate, you don't need to keep taking Rush!" Sheen begged.
"Rush." Shawn commented, "I like that name."
Nate thought for a second, "Your right Sheen we're familia." Nate went to take Sheen's hand but quickly double-crossed him, knocking Sheen to the ground and running away.
Just as Sheen was about to follow his brother Shawn fired a fireball that blocked Sheen's path allowing Nate to get away.
"See you soon Sheen." Shawn laughed flying away.
Sheen dropped to the ground. After some time the rest of the team showed up.
"Sheen are you okay?" Libby asked.
"Did you find your brother?" Carl asked.
"It was him." Sheen answered.
"Who?" Cindy asked.
"It was Shawn." Sheen replied.
"What?" Libby asked shocked.
"Your brother somehow obtained this drug and gave it to my brother. Now he's controlling him." Sheen explained.
"Sheen." Carl called out.
"It's all my fault. If I just stayed in the warehouse with Shawn he wouldn't have done this to my brother." Sheen cried.
"Sheen, don't blame yourself. Shawn and Nate both made their own choices out of pure selfishness. All we can do is try to get them back on the right side." Libby said, trying to console him.
"And how do we do that?" Sheen asked.
Libby grabbed his hand, "Together."
Unknown Location
Shawn flew straight into the building, "Did it work?" Max asked Shawn as he walked in.
"Just as we planned. Estevez's little brother caused a little trouble to distract the N-Men."
"Excellent." Max replied, "Where is the kid right now?"
"I stashed him at an abandoned warehouse." Shawn replied.
"A lot of those in this town." Max commented.
"I know." Shawn agreed.
Max began to walk off, "I have to ask. Why didn't you just give this drug to me or an army?" Shawn asked.
"Oh you don't want the stuff anywhere near you. It causes rapid cellular degeneration. Most of our test subjects died within an hour." Max explained.
"I see. Then why has the kid lasted as long as he has?" Shawn asked.
"My theory is that because he is Sheen's brother the serum will be less effective on him. But he is still suffering the effects." Max replied.
"How much time does he have?" Shawn asked.
"At the rate he's taking the stuff. A couple months at best." Max replied, "Is there a problem?"
"No. No there isn't." Shawn said a bit hesitantly.
Well that's it. Hope you enjoyed it. I know it seemed like I solved the Hulk/Jimmy thing but they've only agreed to try. There's still a lot of conflict to be had between them before they fuse back into one. I also decided to go with an intelligent Hulk with anger issues rather than the traditional dumb child Hulk because I've always liked the intelligent Hulks more. Until next time.
Next Episode: Flora and Fauna
Synopsis: The Green Fist launch an Eco attack on the world that the N-Men can't handle. Will Jimmy have to come out of hiding to save his friends?
