Suddenly something large crashed through their penthouse apartment and into their dining table, flinging everyone around it aside. The power of the crash was so powerful that it shook the entire building to its core.

Leo had never experienced this much pain in his life before. One of his legs had been twisted beyond recognition and a piece of shard from the dining table was sticking out of his stomach. And yet the pain could barely register at the moment because he could hardly believe his eyes.

Golden cape, blue tights, a huge golden globe on his chest…this was Mighty Gold, the Class A superhero. And beneath his feet was a horrendous-looking creature with dark scales, green eyes, and tentacles slipping out of its mouse on occasion as it struggled to break free from Mighty Gold’s foot. But a long golden sword sticking into his chest held him in place.

But none of that mattered at the moment to Leo because right now all his attention was focused on the person beneath the creature and Mighty Gold’s foot. It was his mother Edna, the only person in the world Leo could swear he couldn’t live without. She was the light of the family, their beacon, their guide to do right in the world. And now she was lying lifeless on the ground with a look of confusion and sadness on her face as if she wasn’t able to understand why she couldn’t hear her little child’s birthday wish.

Mighty Gold didn’t seem to care for who was underneath the monster as golden blades materialized out of nowhere in hand one after the other that he stabbed through the monster's body each time puncturing the already lifeless Edna.

Akk, Akk…

It seems misfortune and horror never just strike once though since a hand suddenly grabbed Leo’s leg and tried to pull on him. Leo slowly turned around to find his father lying on the ground covered in blood with a small piece of wood stuck to his neck. Jason was holding the wood in place so that he wouldn’t bleed out as he tried to mouth words to his eldest son.

Leo rubbed his eyes hard before he was finally able to understand what his father was trying to say. ‘Save your brother!’ Those were the words his father was struggling to get out. But before Leo could tell him he understood, Jason’s head banged back onto the ground lifeless.

With no time to process all the pain and sorrow he was going through Leo just let the tears roll down his face as he slowly dragged his body toward the direction his little brother would have likely been tossed in.

“Ahhhh, Mommy it hurts! It hurts Mommy make it stop! Daddy, Big brother please, help!” A loud wail sounded out of nowhere.

Leo could recognize his brother’s voice anywhere so he started using his chin and jaw to push against the ground in a desperate attempt to speed up his crawling.

“Hmm…” Suddenly Mighty Gold who hadn’t been paying attention to anything aside from the monster was stunned to hear the childish cry for help. Plunging the last sword in his hand into the monster's head he slowly started making his way to Arnold.

‘No, no! Get away from him you fucking monster! If you touch him I will kill you, I will fucking kill you I swear!’

Leo had dislocated his jaw when using it to crawl so he was unable to speak. But that didn’t stop him from roaring in his head as he crawled even faster toward his baby brother.

But all that rushing was fruitless because Mighty Gold stood in front of Arnold first. Looking down at the poor wailing child Mighty Gold sighed.

“Poor child, your parents are dead, and your brother has a rib puncturing his lung so he won’t live long.”

‘No, you fucking bastard, don’t you touch him! I will be fine, I will take care of him!’

“I know how cold this world is without family, how can I subject you, a poor child to that kind of misery?”

‘Please God no, don’t do it he is just a kid, he just turned five!’ Leo roared as he tried to crawl over a piece of stone only to find it as difficult as climbing a mountain.

“What kind of hero would I be then? No, let me put you out of your misery poor child.”

‘No, please no! No! No! No! No! No!’

“Nhaaaaa” At last Leo even parted his dislocated jaw and let out an inhuman-sounding plea.

But Mighty Gold turned deaf ears as he extended his hand to the sky and manifested a tiny golden blade before stabbing it down.

Leo spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.

Mighty Gold sighed once more before looking at Leo. And after using the iron in Leo’s blood(hemoglobin) to understand the extent of his injuries, Mighty Gold left, certain Leo wouldn’t be able to survive for more than a few minutes.

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Two minutes later Leo slowly started twitching. And soon, he started crawling again. Not to his father, and not even to his brother, but to his mother.

And a few minutes later he was inches away from her face.

‘Sorry Mom, but you don’t want to see this.’ Leo extended his hand and closed his mother’s eyes. Then, with all the strength he could muster, he climbed on top of the creature and began pulling out the sword from its stomach.

Once the sword was out Leo shoved his hands into the creature's belly before dragging out its innards and shoving them into his mouth.

There were a crazy group of monster lovers in this world who called themselves The Evil Ones. They firmly believed these monsters were here to bring them salvation and by eating their blood and flesh they could turn into powerful beings themselves. And even though this act has been shown to turn them into similar-looking monsters to the ones they ate. They still kept up this practice and were now one of the scariest shadow organizations in the world.

And all one needed to do to join them was consume fresh monster flesh and change into a monster. Leo didn’t care about joining the Evil Ones or whatever, all he wanted was to live. And according to the news even though these Evil Ones did become horrendous monsters, they did gain incredible strength and regenerative abilities.

‘Not enough, I need more!’ Leo roared in his head as he pulled out the sword embedded in the monster's head and began eating its brain. But what he didn’t notice, was that at the moment the sword was pulled out the monsters squirmed slightly before staying still again.

After having his fill Leo then dragged himself to his little brother’s side and hugged him to sleep.

‘Have no fear baby brother, big brother is here…’

Mighty Gold

Hero Class: A

Strength: C

Physique: A

Intelligence: B

Agility: E

Endurance: B

Abilities: Flight and Metal manipulation

Special moves: Blade summon, Golden Cage, Golden Fist…etc.

“Good evening everyone even though we come bearing bad news. This Just happened, I am now coming to you live from the Laurance Grand Apartment building and we are joined here by none other than A-class superhero, Mighty Gold. Mr. Gold, can I ask you what exactly happened to the building over there?” Amy, a reporter from Hero 1 News asked Mighty Gold.

“Well, it’s a real tragedy Amy, you know how I am, I like to patrol across the city hoping to put out fires before they start. But this one…I was too late. I think some faulty wiring came into play and the wife must have left the gas on and the place just exploded. I did go down into the penthouse floor to see if there were any survivors I could maybe help,…but…” Mighty Gold ducked his head down seemingly disappointed in himself.

“Don’t blame yourself Mr. Gold you can’t save everyone all the time. Just saving those you can is enough.” Amy patted Mighty Gold’s shoulder to comfort him.

“Thank you, Amy, that means a lot.”

“No problem… Hold on, we just got word from our sources and they tell us that the penthouse Apartment was owned by none other than the Gucci family. You heard that right people, the same Gucci family that owns the Revan Cooperation dubbed as one of the top five corporations in this world!” Amy said in shock.

‘Fuck, this won’t go away anytime soon now!’ Mighty Gold cursed in his head.

“What a tragic loss this is to the community. The Gucci’s were one of the most giving and charitable people and to lose them all… Wait, hold on, there is surprising news from firefighters that are now entering the penthouse. While we were previously told there were no survivors the firefighters now claim there is indeed a survivor.”

Mighty Gold felt horrified inside.

“Leo Gucci son of Jason and Edna Gucci is apparently still alive but unconscious and is being rushed out of the building right now. If he does survive, he will be the only surviving heir to the Gucci fortune and he will inherit the entire Raven cooperation. Making him the richest poor child on this planet.” Amy then looked towards the Apartment building as firemen carried a young man out with a stretcher and handed him to the paramedics.

The paramedics then swarmed over the young man before rushing him into the nearest ambulance.

Greenwood housing (Outer circle of the city)

Bobby was sitting in his room. He had just finished sketching something and was admiring it.

“Oh, Lara, you were as beautiful today as you were yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that, and the day…”

“Bobby…” Suddenly a middle-aged woman barged in looking distraught.

“Mom, how many times have I told you not to enter without knocking?!” Bobby scrambled to hide the drawing in his desk drawer.

“Bobby, it's your friend, Leo. He…”

“What about Leo?! Did he call, what does that guy want in the middle of the night?”

“No, Bobby just listen, okay? There has been a terrible accident, and your friend is in a coma…” Bobby’s mother felt her voice trail off as she waited for her son to react.

Bang!

Bobby’s knees felt weak and he fell into his chair, but since the chair was on wheels it slid away and he landed on the ground. But Bobby just rubbed his backside looking confused as he stared at his mother.

“There was a fire, an electrical one. And Leo was the only survivor, they took him to a hospital but they aren’t sure if he is going to make it.”

“I…I…I want to go to the hospital mom, I want to see him.” Bobby wiped the single tear on his right eye and got up and left the room.

Lara and Arthur weren’t any better at handling the news, and they all wanted to be there for Leo, but the name of the hospital he was staying in was being kept a secret from the public for his safety's sake. After all, he was now one of the richest people in the world.

“Come on Mom, you have to eat. Otherwise, your body will just keep wasting away…” Elena held a bowl and a spoon in her hand as she tried to feed her mother. But her mom just ignored her and kept staring lifelessly at the TV. Her mother was on IV drips so she didn’t need any food, but the doctor had said that just the action of simulating eating and drinking would be good for her brain.

“Please Mom, you…” But before she could say anymore Elena’s Mother widened her eyes.

Elena was shocked, all this time her mother has never even shown an expression let alone such an exaggerated one. Curious about what had gotten her so worked up Elena turned to the muted tv, but after reading the headlines the bowl and spoon in her hand fell to the floor.

“No…”