Heroes Chapter 18

I can't believe I am watching my friends do this. I stared up at the screen, watching that monstrous thug stomp through town. Jessie and the Oracle were standing behind me; watching the monitor with me.

Law enforcers had set up cameras and gunmen on top of the buildings. They watched as the thug left feet shaped craters in his wake. The creature who called himself Grunge stomped through the streets, looking from side to side. Looking for me, no doubt. He stopped at an intersection and bellowed, "Where is him!? I want boy! I want Noel boy!" The policemen have not fired yet, but they had primed their weapons on the monster; and they weren't taking their scopes off him.

From somewhere off screen, I heard a voice being called out through what sounded like a set of speakers. The voice belonged to Ares. "Hey. Scud-bag!" Grunge turned towards the voice. The Camera-man focused his lenses onto the source of the voice. Ares stood there with a set of black goggles with a red visor, and a black and red baseball cap. He stood there with a microphone and a speaker, in the middle of the street. I heard something about the city being cleared out for the event. Everyone got out, all twelve of them.

Grunge stomped his way over to Ares, until he was twenty feet away from him. Grunge grunted out, "You not Noel boy. Where Noel boy?" Mira and Kenny came out of different alley ways. The police warned them to step away but it was a wasted effort. Mira and Kenny were wearing hoodies, hiding their faces. Kenny said, "You have till the count of three minutes before we decide to kick your butt. Leave now or suffer the consequences."

I did a face-palm. Nice one Kenny. Very nice. "I can't take this." I said. "I'm going out there to put an end to this." I started to walk out the door. The Oracle put a hand on my shoulder and I stopped. She said, "Wait and see." I didn't meet her eyes. I took a deep breath and went back to where I was standing. I grabbed a nearby stool and sat on it to watch the monitor.

The Grunge creature stood there, staring at the unknown super-powered kids. Then he said, "Boss no said fighting. Boss only said retrieving job. But no fight job." Mira spoke up, "That's right! So get out of here before we-" Grunge bellowed, "Grunge loves fighting!"

I face-palmed. This was going worse than the "Marvel Team Up" issue between Namor the Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch. Way worse. "This is going well." I said. Oracle said from behind me, "Don't lose faith yet Alex. You have yet to see them fight." I turned my attention back to the screen. You can save them. I looked all around. No one looked like they were talking to me. Am I hearing things?

No. You are not. You may call me Sarabell, and I am here to help you fulfill your destiny.