Hot Ice:
“Where are they,” I think, flipping my left hand and forming a fireball. Throwing the fireball, I set a shopping cart on fire. As the people run, some accidentally step onto the ice and slide around. A man screams as he slides right into the cashier’s counter.
“They’re coming,” the boss replies, speaking through the earpiece he gave me. “Be ready, and remember the plan. To retrieve the flash drive Nitro lost.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” I say, flipping my right hand and forming an ice ball. Throwing the ice ball, it hits and breaks a t.v screen.
Shooting out my hands, I unleash streams of both fire and ice. While fire rains down on one half of the store, it starts to snow on the other half. On the verge of melting some more t.v and freezing some people, something hits and knocks me to the floor.
“What in the world,” I yell, holding the back of my head as I push myself up. Looking around, I see a girl with yellow hair and g****e on them. She’s wearing a sleeves-less white shirt with red pants. Also, in her hand is a blue, red, and white shield.
“Let’s me guess,” I say, back on my feet. “Ms. Justice. Where are your friends?”
“Behind you,” someone answers, and I turn around. Standing behind me is a knight in a red suit of armor and an elf with a black shirt and grey pants.
“Weird,” I thought, “Aren't there supposed to be four of you?”
“Give it up, buddy,” Ms. Justice says, lowering herself as she prepares to throw her shield. “You’re outnumbered. Three to one.”
“That’s true,” I say, smiling as I flip my hands, “But in this case, this one guy can more than handle the three of you!”
Ms. Justice:
Even before SpeedBlade can stop him, 'Fire Ice Man', fires at him and forces SpeedBlade back. JumpStart charges toward him but he freezes the floor and causes JumpStart to slip.
While JumpStart screams as he slides, SpeedBlade screams because he’s starting to smoke! Smokes raising from his armor, he quickly runs to the other half of the store and jumps into the snow.
Yelling as I charge toward 'Fire Ice Man', he turns around and fires an ice beam. Jumping and flipping over it, I hit his hand with my shield and knock it down. With the ice beam stopping, I punch him across the face and knock him back.
Silent:
I watch as Hot Ice and the OutCasts battle each other in the store. Ms. Justice hits Hot Ice, he stumbles back and raises his left hand. Shooting a stream of fire, Ms. Justice blocks it.
“Strange,” I think. “Ms. Justice, JumpStart, SpeedBlade, but no QuickShot. Where is QuickShot? Hmm.”
I conclude that since QuickShot is not here, she must be in the OutPost. I take a minute to reevaluate my plan. Turning away, I walk down the stairs and down my lair’s hallways. As I walk, I pass Unstoppable and my servant-bot.
“Master,” my servant-bot asks.
“Remind here for now,” I command, “I have an errand to run.”
Moving in and out of the shadow as I make my way through the city, I stop at a manhole cover located in the center of the city. Grabbing and pulling the cover off, I jump down into the sewer. As I run through the sewer, I ignore the water splashes while wiping a few droplets off my mask.
Finally, after making my way through the sewer, I stop at a brick wall.
“Knock knock”, I say, stepping on the button.
QuickShot:
Yawning as I rub my eyes, I push myself up and look around. I feel a bit more energetic now so I decide to get out of bed. Leaving my room, and stepping into the living room, I’m surprised to see it empty.
“Where is everyone?"
The base is completely empty. No one is here. JumpStart. SpeedBlade. Not even Ms. Justice. They’re all gone.
As I wonder where they could have gone, I look over to OutPost’s computer.
“There must be trouble in the city,” I think, running over to the computer. “I may not have JumpStart’s skill but that doesn’t mean I also can’t hack into surveillance cameras. Yes!”
The screen changes and I see Ms. Justice, SpeedBlade, and JumpStart fighting someone half-blue and half-orange. I watch as JumpStart tries to attack the man from behind but he must have heard JumpStart.
He jumps out of the way and swings his left hand. As he does, a wave of what I can only guess are flames shoot out and knock JumpStart back.
“I have to help,” I say, running back to my room. Grabbing my bow and quiver, I run to the OutPost’s door. About to push down the button, the wall splits open by itself.
“What,” I say, watching as the wall fully opens. “Who opens the door?”
While looking at the open door, I’m caught off guard when someone in a white mask with red eyes runs in. Even before I can load my bow, the man uppercuts me.
Screaming as I fly into the air, I only stop after dropping onto the floor. Rubbing my chin as I push myself up, I look at the man.
It’s just one man, blocking the exit. He seems to be wearing some sort of orange and black armor, and he had some sort of belt with a dozen components attached to it.
"Hello QuickShot," the man says as he steps into the OutPost. "Don't worry about your friends. For what it is worth, I'm more than positive they can handle Hot Ice."
"Well thanks for your vote of confidence," I say, quickly getting back on my feet. As I stand up, I look around for my bow. It's only a few feet from me. Looking at the man, I jump and roll. Grabbing my bow along the way, I load an arrow while landing on a knee.
"By the way," I say, pulling back the bowstring. "Who are you? How did you get in here? How do you know my name? How do you know my friends' names? Who are you?"
The man stays completely silent. He only looks around.
"The flash drive," he says after a few minutes. "The one you took from Nitro. Where is it?"
"The flash drive," I repeat. "What are you talking about? We didn't take a flash drive from Nitro--JumpStart!"
Looking over at JumpStart's room, I look back at the masked man. He must have seen me looking at JumpStart's room because now he's looking at the room too.
"Thank you," he says, taking off with almost unmatched speed. Running toward JumpStart's room, I aim my bow at him.
"Stop," I yell, shooting my arrow. As my arrow flies toward the masked man, he stops and grabs my arrow with his bare hand.
"What," I stutter, not believing my own eyes. "He, he caught my arrow. In mid-flight."
Breaking the arrow with his one hand, he throws the two pieces to the floor before running toward me.
Screaming as he jumps into the air, the masked man pulls back his fist. I barely have enough time to jump back as the masked man punches the floor.
Despite missing me, he raises his foot and kicks me. Falling to the floor, I ignore the pain in my head and reach for my quiver. Pulling out an explosive arrow, I place it in my bow.
"Let's see you catch this," I yell, shooting the explosive arrow.
I watch as the masked man quickly pushes himself up onto his feet. With my explosive arrow flying toward him, the masked man must know what it is.
He didn't try to catch it. Instead, he grabs one of our living room chairs and throws it. The chair hits my arrow, it bursts into a fireball that swallows everything in the living room.
"Nnooo," I cry, watching as the flames quickly eat our sofa and chairs. "I like that chair. I was just getting used to sitting on the string."
Pushing myself up, I look around for the masked man. As I scan the OutPost, I see him winding up. I barely have time to bring up my bow and block the masked man's roundhouse kick!
The kick is so strong, that it nearly breaks my bow. Pushing me back, the masked man turns around and grabs my bow. Now, the two of us are struggling for my bow.
Thinking fast, I try punching the masked man in the chest but instead, I hurt myself. The masked man doesn't even seem bothered. Before I know it, the masked man grabs my fist with both his hands. Stepping back, he tosses me over him.
I land in the living room, surrounded by our burning chairs and sofa. I try to get up to defend myself but I don't even have time to raise my head before the masked man stomps on it and forces it back down.
Looking up, the last thing I see is the bottom of the man's boot before it hits my face.
Ms. Justice: I run and leap into the air, slamming my shield down onto Fire-Ice Man. He screams as he stumbles back. Hitting an empty shelf, he looks back at me and raises his right hand. Ice shooting out, I bring up my shield and block it. However, ice starts to cover my shield, and even more, it starts to push me away. Stomping my foot against the floor, I push back. JumpStart: Landing on some snow, I slam my body against the shelf and push it. "Come on," I say. "Come on. Wow, you're heavy!" Hearing something coming from behind me, I turn around to see SpeedBlade running toward me at super speed. Jumping into the air, he also slams his own body onto the shelf, the whole thing tipping over. Ms. Justice: "Timber," I yell, smiling as I watch the shelf tip over. Fire-Ice Man still trying to freeze me doesn't notice the falling shelf until it's too late. When he does, he shoots out his other hand and burns the shelf. "Noo," he screams as now, a burning t.v shelf falls on him. He
QuickShot: "How are things," I ask, handing JumpStart a cup of water. "Did you find out anything about that person in the stolen cell?" "I'm afraid not," JumpStart replies, taking the cup with one hand while typing with his other hand. "And believe me, I've tried. Whoever was in the cell Unstoppable walked off with must have been very important and dangerous. The people at IronWall were making sure the person's records stay sealed." "Keep trying," I say, tapping JumpStart on his back. "We need to know who we're up against." With a nod of his head and three gulps of water, JumpStart returns to the OutPost's computer. With his eyes on the screen, he hands me the empty cup and I place it in the kitchen sink. It had been a little over a week since the break-in, and ever since then, the four of us have been working non-stop to do whatever we can to even the odds. When JumpStart isn't trying to hack into IronWall's records, he, Ms. Justice, and I have been trying to install the OutPos
SpeedBlade:“Here,” I say, throwing everything in my arms right in front of Ms. Justice and QuickShot. The two of them jump back as I throw everything down. The second I tossed it all away, I immediately feel better. My back is still hurting, but throwing everything helps.“This is everything I could find that resembles what is it you asked for,” I say, bending over to place my hands on my knees. Taking a breath, I breathe before pushing myself up.“Use it well,” I say, “Because I ran all over the city for it, and now I’m about to collapse.”Taking another breath, I turn and walk to my room but stop.“Hey,” QuickShot says, stopping me. “That was rude of you. What was that for?”“What was that for,” I repeat to myself. “What was that for?”I spin around.“All of that was for Ms. Justice. It’s everything she asked for. It’s what I could find after digging through trashes, and it wasn’t easy to carry it all back here. How about before giving the OutPost a defense, you make me something I
Heavy Metal: Tapping the side of the truck, I yell. "It's loaded. Drive!" As the master's servant-bot drives away, I turn around to see the police lining up. They get out from behind the covers and pull out their blasters. "Surrender," a police captain with a megaphone yells. "You're surrounded and outnumbered. Give up peacefully." "Your blasters will do nothing against my steel skin," I say, walking back into the courtyard. Walking up to some supplies under a roof, I grab one of the roof's supports and rip it from the ground. "Open fire," the police captain yells. The officers shooting their blasters, their attacks bounce off my iron skin. They hit the ground, hit some other supports, and a few even hit the cars the officers are hiding behind. "Watch out," an officer shouts, dropping to his knees as a car's window breaks. "Hold fire," the police captain screams. "Hold fire! Everyone! Hold fire! That is an order!" The officers withdraw, they all watch me as I walk toward them
SpeedBlade: "Where are you," I say, looking everywhere. "Where are you? Where are you?" Despite my best efforts, despite crawling on my knees, despite my begging, I still can't find my sword anywhere. It's like it just disappears. "SpeedBlade," someone yells, grabbing my focus. I look up to see Ms. Justice jumping over the metal man's punch. The metal man hits the ground instead. Ms. Justice then tries to hit him with JumpStart's stun batons but he swings his arm and knocks her back. While the batons drop to the ground, Ms. Justice is sliding along the ground. Pushing herself up, she sees Metal-Man standing over her. Raising his foot, he stomps on Ms. Justice. "Hey," I scream, using my super speed to run toward the metal man. "I don't have my sword, so I must fight without it." Jumping and wrapping my arms around the metal man's neck, he screams and tries to pull me off but I hang on. I punch him over and over on the head, trying to knock him out, but I can't. His metal skin is
SpeedBlade:Screaming as I push myself off the ground, I jump into the air and pull back JumpStart's stun batons. Heavy Metal blocks his arm, he tries to punch me but using my speed, I run out of the way."Oh no," I say, tapping the batons against each other. "Something is wrong. They're not working. Wait, what did my brother tell me? Something about switching and buttons."I examine the batons, but I don't see anything like switches or buttons."How do I use these?"As I search all over for anything, I feel the ground shaking. Looking up, I see Heavy Metal He running toward me. Pulling back his arm, he sent it flying forward.Barely dodging his giant metal fist, I turn around, and that's when I see his other arm. Swinging it, it hits me and sent me flying through the air. I sail through the air before falling onto a roof."I am very thankful I have armor," I say as I push myself up. Thankfully, despite being hit and
SpeedBlade: I roll around and around, trying to get some sleep but I can’t. I give it some more time but after a while, I give up and look up at the ceiling. As I stare at the ceiling of my room, I start to think back to the fight against Heavy-Metal. “Time has changed,” my brother said, “But some things do stay the same.” “I still can’t believe it,” I think, “I saw my brother. My actual brother. I don’t get it though. I haven’t seen my brother in nearly two years, and then, out of nowhere, he appeared right before me. How? And where did my brother go afterward?” Shortly after the police officers arrested Heavy Metal and left, I run back to the courtyard and searched for my brother. I run around the whole place, looking for him, but I can’t find him anywhere. Most likely, I would have spent the whole night looking for him if the others had not come and gotten me. I push myself up and sit. “Could I have been seeing things? No, that can’t be right. My brother gave me JumpStart’s ba
Silent:I watch with crossed arms as the infamous Dr. Kolohe Cho uses her technological power to complete the suit of armor.“The Iron Fist armor is nearly ready,” Dr. Cho says while looking at a metal claw. Her eyes and head glowing a blueish-green color, the claw starts to turn by itself. It grabs a massive iron hand and screws it into the wrist of the armor. Dr. Cho thanks the claw machine while it spins around.“How much longer before it’s ready,” I say, looking the armor over. Despite the dim light in the workshop, the Iron Fist armor is still shining. Easily towering over both the doctor and myself, most of the armor seems to be done. In fact, the only things that seem to be missing are the left arm and the head. Also, the chest plate is open with dozens and dozens of wires coming out of it.“Only a few more hours,” Dr. Cho starts, “As I’ve said, it’s nearly ready. The head