Jack opened his eyes slowly as a new day has begun.
He sat up and then started tearing off the bandages,then went to his closet and changed clothes.
"Where is it....oh I remember !"he pulled out his favorite jacket from a box he had that jacket almost his entire life,"here it is ! I remember putting it here yesterday after washing it" he smiles and puts it on.
He gets out of his room then goes through a hallway. There was hundreds of doors.
His house wasn't his only.
He once got a mission to kill a wild and dangerous monster hiding in the house. The other creatures of the house felt grateful and offered Jack a place to stay.
The hero institution didn't mind.
Actually, it's true goal wasn't destroying all monsters, their real purpose was to create a world were humans and monsters can live together, where they can cooperate to build a better world.
and having an agent living inside a house full of monsters was the first step to achieve this.
As he kept strolling through the hallway a monster approached, it was a female monster that looked Similar to a spider."good morning Jackie~! I am not seeing you recently you should think about visiting more"she giggles creepily.
Jack just shrugs,"work, plus I have a lot of neighbors other than you it's hard to keep up with them all"he had good relationships with his 'neighbors', a good friend with adults, respectful with the old and the kids looked at him as a proof of the existence of good humans, he played with them when he had free time.
He got in the small kitchen he prepared for himself and then began to cook a heart.
"Why do you cook them ?"the monster asked.
"Well if I am stuck with eating something let it be delicious !"he sped up the process with his own magical fire then tasted the heart, he groaned at the horrible taste, "or.. let's be realistic taste less horrible "he sits down and eats, after his meal he cleans the dish and washes his hands.
"Beep !"Cody gets out from under ground,"Yo Jack ! Time to go to work !"
"It is ? I gotta get a watch.. thanks for being a good alarm Cody"Jack gets a candy from a shelf then throws it to his flowery friend who happily eats it whole, including the wrapper.
Jack runs to work,"tree number six hundred twenty five !"he grins and stops at a tree, its roots were entangled along a circle. The base was hidden underground for defensive measures.
He gets in the entrance and closes his eyes.
Everything feels weird as if gets Stretched long then released back to its normal size , "whoa ! I can never get used to this.."he drops out and lands on an anti-gravity pod to reduce the fall.
Cody gets out from the group next to Jack,"okay now put me in a pot. Your father said he wants me to help him out with something !".
Jack nods, in a few seconds he disappears then reappears holding a pot, he puts Cody in it then goes to Ghost ,"hello dad".
Ghost wakes up," the answer is 83 !"he jumps off his chair and falls, his desk was a mess of papers, blueprints and multiple parts from machines.
"Dad calm down it's me"Jack helps his father up then gives him his glasses, "you should stop sleeping here it is not good for you.."
"Yes yes I know the consequences but I am so close to Alien communication ! Yesterday Cody have sent message using an alien artifact !" Ghost smiled excited.
Jack chuckles, good for you dad, now have you finished with my armor ?" Jack asks and looks around.
Ghost gives Jack a metallic armor,"I'm proud you are acting responsible son. what made you consider wearing an armor ? you said before it slows you down" Ghost smirks feeling curious.
"heh heh it's nothing really"Jack blushes a little remembering Jade's worry yesterday,"well ! gotta go warm up !"he dashes to the stimulation room.
he takes off his jacket then puts on the armor,"okay let's see how useful this is"he began training, it was almost a perfect replica of the real thing, as if fighting a monster without true physical harm, damage 'taken' would be recorded by the room. after the training was done he checked the result, he got a lower grade in speed, but battle efficiency and health were high,"not bad..with even more training I'll be able to wear an armor and be able to maintain speed of sound"he grabs a towel and wipes off his sweat, the armor was a light one, it provided decent protection for Jack and at the same time it barely restrained his movement.
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Jade takes a deep breath and goes to Jack nervously,"h-hey Jack d-do you want to-" she talks reluctantly.
before she gets to finish Jack's phone ring,"ah ! mission notification !"he checks and smiles,"a battle huh ?"
"w-wait I want to s-sa-"Jade groans unable to continue.
"we will continue the talk when I am done, and don't worry it is only a level two threat"he chuckles and runs off.
Jade inhales deeply,"phew...then i will keep practicing...wait a minute...that idiot !"her eyes widened,"he always forgets that the lower the number the more dangerous it is"she groans and sits down hoping he will come back alive.
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Jack arrives at the scene, a house was wiped out as what appeared to be a space ship has taken its place, surrounding the ship was a bunch of aliens, strangely they looked human except that they all had blue skin. they looked like soldiers, they carried old style weapons such as swords and spears which was bizarre comparing it to the high tech space ship.
what grabbed Jack's attention was the ones with a helmet and a unique armor. While most of them had a dull plain armor,the armor that alien was wearing was light blue with spikes all over it, it looked similar to Jack's but it was heavier , what also stood out was the helmet, it symbolized a dragon's skull with two pointy sharp horns, the alien was holding a sword, a long sword of the same color, its handle was delicately decorated with a symbol representing ice.
Jack rushed in thoughtlessly,"you ! I challenge you for a duel ! and if I win you leave !"Jack says confidently and points directly at the leader in the armor.
the aliens in the back look provoked and offended, they prepare for attack but the leader raises his hand stopping them, "no...this is a one-on-one fight, if you interfere that would be dishonest"he was able to speak English due to a translator built inside his armor.
his allies nod and back away,"as you wish sir"they stand still, but they still prepare their weapons not feeling safe on this strange planet.
"My name is Jack K ! what's your name ?"Jack asks and takes out his two short swords and preparing for attack.
"on my planet people call me king of cold...but you can call me"the alien disappears off sight then appears in front of Jack,"Blizzard coldheart"he stabs instantly pushing Jack away.
Jack gasps realizing he's fighting an expert warrior not just a monster seeking random destruction, he feels excited and anticipated, adrenaline rushed in his body and a wide grin drew on his face.
he dashed directly at Blizzard, he threw some fire to stagger his enemy, Blizzard made an Ice platform blocking the fire then he threw a punch covered with sharp ice at Jack's face. Jack was doing the same and they punched each other at the same time, the shock wave pushed them both away, they panted a little then ran directly at each other, Jack's artificial arm appeared and he punched again with even more might, Blizzard blocked the attack with his sword then grabbed Jack and headbutt him hard, he was wearing a helmet so Jack suffered a lot of damage, Blizzard kept a hold of Jack starting to freeze him.
Jack went on fire pushing Blizzard away, he stabbed a couple of times at his armor causing multiple scratches, Blizzard blocked an attack from both swords then stabbed Jack right in the heart, he grinned thinking the battle is over. Jack growled and used fire to boast himself to dash at Blizzard, he stabbed hard in the center of the armor causing a big crack.
Blizzard was pushed away a few meters, he was losing balance and eventually he fell, Jack took advantage and used his speed to cause a storm of stabs on Blizzard.
Blizzard fell on one knee, his armor was cracking but his will not, he stood up and released a burst of energy freezing everything around him, including a couple of buildings, he caused ice spikes to come out towards Jack, Jack stomped the ground so hard the spikes broke then he swung hard redirecting the spikes to fly at Blizzard.
Blizzard made an ice barrier blocking his own attacks, his green blood leaked from his armor, he growled and then delivered a heavy uppercut to Jack sending him flying then he jumped high and hit Jack hard in the stomach with both hands causing him to fall Back violently.
Jack slowly stood up from the rubble, he was in a near-death state, blood poured out of his whole body, his armor was reduced to nothing and his legs were becoming weak.
his opponent was in no good shape either, his heavy armor was about to fall off, and he was tying to reach for his sword, Jack threw both his swords making both of him and his opponent weaponless.
they both took a stance ready to punch but as soon as their fists were near they both stopped and fell on their knees, Jack laughed a little,"that was epic.."he coughed out blood.
Blizzard took off his helmet revealing his face, he looked twenty five years old, a little older than Jack, he was really handsome and charming, he had long white hair with multiple blue parts, his skin was blue like the others but it was really light, his eyes were sky blue,"that was the best battle I had in a while.."he said then they both collapsed at the same time, ending the battle with a tie.