Prelude
In the city of Paris, as the sun shines over it, everything seems to be quite peaceful with cars driving up and down roads and people going about with their daily lives, even at the local sports arena where a couple of teenagers seem to be leaving.
Axel Frank: Paris, the City of Light and the largest city in all of France with a population at over two million.
As one of the world's major centers of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, fashion, and gastronomy along with its leading role in the arts and sciences, it was one of the most beautiful places to be and has become home to many of those who live there.
Of course, like any other city, it has its own set of problems, and I don't mean the pigeons flying around.
Before the teenagers could walk out of the arena, there was a loud thud followed by a bellowing roar and they all turned to see what looked like a giant, muscular figure with glowing yellow eyes staring down at them. While the other teenagers ran away with screams of fear, one of them stood there, frozen in the very emotion which was driving the others into running. The teenager was a muscular boy with olive skin, gray eyes, and black hair with a great portion of it styled into a sharp quiff with a golden tip. He was dressed in a red short-sleeved hoodie jacket and navy blue tracksuit pants along with sports shoes of red, white, and black.
Axel Frank: Yeah, I know. A giant monster attack isn't exactly what one would consider a usual problem, but it is normal for me and this was going to be a thing for Paris while I'm around.
What do I mean by that?
Well, it is actually my job to deal with this sort of stuff, protecting the innocent from threats like this.
Jumping down, the muscular figure reaches one hand out as they chase the boy who runs away in response. He didn't run too far as he soon tripped and would have been captured by the figure if a silver pole didn't appear between them. Seeming to shorten, someone came while holding on to the other end of the pole.
The individual was a fair-skinned boy around the same age as the muscular one with short, untamed blonde hair along with dark green eyes with sclera of a lighter green and slitted pupils. He was dressed in a textured, black, skin-tight catsuit that appeared to made of leather with small metal studs on his shoulders and abdomen with thin black linear accents around the aforementioned body locations and arm along with matching gloves that had claws on the fingertips and dark ankle-length boots with black lining, a horizontal line in the middle, a hidden wedge, silver pawed toes, and paw-shaped treads. He also had black cuffs with a mental stud to accent the top of the boots and wrist, a golden bell on his neck that was connected to a silver zipper on the front of his costume on a black zip line, and a long, detachable black belt that wrapped around his waist and hung out from the back like a tail with a metal stud securing it at the left and a silver rectangular buckle as well as small holes lined in silver at the end. Finally, he wore black cat ears that seemed to be made of leather with a silver stud at the bottom front and a black mask with part of it pointing at the bridge of his nose to cover his face.
"Hey, it's not nice to pick on people who are smaller than you." The masked boy said to the figure as he hung the pole over his shoulder, the other boy using this as a chance to pick himself up and run out of the arena.
Before long, the masked boy began to fight the glowing-eyed figure who tried to crush him with a large, open hand. The masked boy easily dodged the attacks as he tried to look for an opening.
Axel Frank: Yeah, I know what you're thinking. Sorry to tell you, but I'm not that guy.
He's just someone who happens to have the same job as I do.
Besides, black is not my color.
After a moment of fight with the figure slamming one fist on the ground, the masked boy jumps on his fist before jumping over and hitting the figure on the head, managing to land a good enough distance from them. Turning around, the figure then watches as the figure begins to glow. In a flash of yellow, the figure becomes twice their size, towering over the boy who is shocked by this as the figure turns around with a powerful stomp.
"Where you at, partner?" the masked boy said as he then dodged another attack from the figure.
At the ridge of the arena, there was another masked teenager who was watching what happened below her with worry. The individual was a slim girl with fair skin and black hair with blue reflections tied back into pigtails with red ribbons that resembled insect antennas. She wore a red jumpsuit covered in black spots with a black, turtleneck-like collar. Around her waist was a yo-yo that matched her outfit, being held up a red string. Her mask was red with five black spots that were in a symmetrical design with the waterlines of her eyes colored black.
"Oh, I can't. I won't be able to do it." The girl said to herself as she covered her eyes.
Axel Frank: Again, this isn't me.
I'm not a girl and definitely don't change into one.
She just has the same job as I do.
Back in the arena, after a while of fighting, the figure then grabbed a nearby soccer goal and threw it at the masked boy. Though he dodged it, the goal began to fall towards a nearby girl by one of the entrances to the field.
The girl had round, grayish-gold eyes along with a mole above her forehead at the right and wavy, shoulder-length hair with a reddish-brown ombre as well as tangelo tips and her bangs having a split in the middle. She wore black horn-rimmed cat eye glasses with a white spot on each side and her outfit consisted of a white tank top underneath a short-sleeved, buttoned-up plaid shirt with white, beige, orange, and purple stripes with pockets along with light blue jeans, and white Adidas sneakers with a black zigzag design on the sides and tongue.
Seeing this, the masked boy was about to try to save, but before he could move and the girl held her arms up to shield herself, a red blur came in and a pair of hands caught the goal by a corner. Separating her fingers a bit, the masked peaked over to see what happened and the masked boy smiled at what he was seeing.
The girl at the entrance put her arms down and looked over in awe as she saw a figure holding up the net that almost crushed her.
The one holding the net was a male individual dressed in a red and black jumpsuit that appeared to be made of spandex along with red boots with golden cuffs and red boot covers with golden lining, a black belt with a golden buckle bearing a red symbol shaped like tyrannosaurus rex's head with flames on the top of it, and a red helmet that was golden on top and bore a resemblance to the symbol on the buckle with glowing, flame-like, red crystalline crest flowing back on top of it. The helmet also had a red visor shaped like a fanged mouth with gold lining over where the eyes would be and a pair of a green lens set at the side above the visor to resemble eyes. He also wore a black glove with a white palm on his left hand and a golden demi-gauntlet that also covered the fingers separately on his right hand with a red jewel on his middle finger. He also wore a golden, armored vest with a big golden ring set over his chest with two ridges flowing over each of the pauldrons to the top of the ring. The area within the ring is black with a golden symbol resembling a five with four vertical lines set around it: one long line set over the start of its hook, a small one set between its first corner and the end of its hook, and one small one each at the curves of its hook.
With one grunt, the red individual pushes the goal over to the side before standing up straight, ready to join the masked boy in his fight with his presence seeming to give off an intense aura.
Axel Frank: That man in burning red? That's me.
Yeah, just like my masked associates here, I'm a superhero.
Who am I? Well, that answer comes with quite the tale.
Author's Note: Hey, guys! I hoped you all liked this little prelude of mine. This new story of mine is one that I will be working on for a while. Just got a good flow for it a few days ago. Don't worry, you guys will meet the rest of his team soon in time. And I'll put in the opening pretty soon. By the way, Axel is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch. That's all I got for now. Don't forget to leave a comment to tell me how you think of it.