CHAPTER 6

It was the next day everyone was in their uniforms getting ready for their first act as a hero, Andrew and Zac flew around at different areas looking for a spot which had crime located at it and each of them received a call from Baden which was labelled toaster by default of the call pad, “Hey is this a call to everyone because I had something I wanted to ask everyone if they are game enough to accept a challenge” said Baden, “Go on” said James and Connor simultaneously ready for a competition, “Yes me too what would this be” said Caitlin, “Well I was thinking how about we have a race to see who can stop the first baddie, think of it as a friendly competition” said Baden, “YES WE ALL AGREE” said Ryan without delay and then hung up.

Ryan was with Delta as they were teaming up and were just going to observe but as Delta saw Ryan on the phone he realised that wasn’t the case anymore as he pulled out a swords from his back and proceeded to go on his phone trying to predict where the next place that would be a target is, “Well I have gathered that we will find them at a convenience store soon so if we get there first we can get through them with ease” said Ryan, “You mean get to them with ease right?” said Delta, “For the entire time you have known me have I ever said something with the wrong wording?” said Ryan, “Well that’s unsettling, anyway let’s head there now so we can win” said Delta.

Andrew and Zac were flying around and saw a suspicious looking van with a masked driver and passengers, they saw them heading down the road and dropping off some passengers at a local convenience store then the van proceeded to drive onwards so Zac and Andrew decided to follow the van as it seemed a bit off and they may be able to win the competition this way, the van parked around back and Andrew landed quietly on the roof of the car able to listen into the conversation happening on the inside of the van, Zac landed on the top of a roof able to get a general look to see if anyone would be approaching and blow Andrew’s cover.

Hayden was just outside the car with Sam guarding each side of the van until Andrew confirmed that they were conspiring something bad, “So how long do you think this is going to last, huh?” said the first guy, “I don’t know it shouldn’t take more than ten minutes” said the second guy, “yeah the last time we pulled a heist like this it only took 5 minutes until the police came and even then there aren’t going to be many of them out today at this time that’s why we planned the time and location like this” said the first guy, at that point the doors on each side opened.

Meanwhile at the convenience store Delta and Ryan had just reached the convenience store, before they got inside they had walked past a familiar group Ryan payed no attention as he was preparing his sword for victory, Delta had his eyes meet with the leader of the group as they both took a moment they realised they knew each other but didn’t stop as they went on with their day’s, “did you see that guy I think I know him” said Delta, “What did you say?” said Ryan as he was deciding what sword he should open with.

Delta saw a masked man walk in and decided to head out of the store so he could guard the exit and prevent the criminal from escaping and all of his hero plan go to waste because they let their first criminal get away. He also wanted to look around for another chance to see that boy from before or so he could talk to him or verify whom he was. Next second Delta could hear screams from the store and hear his phone start to pick up police transmissions about the current robbery Delta picked up the phone and spoke into it and said “WE CALLED DIBS ON THIS ONE ALREADY” not thinking about who he was actually talking to, “Um okay then may I ask which officer this is” said the voice on the other side, “It’s officer Johnson, pleasure to hear your voice” said Baden, “Really Baden officer Johnson, you couldn’t think of anything a bit more original” said James, “Well you try thinking of a good police officer name” said Baden, “How about a guy named Suzan” said Connor, “You know what Baden suddenly your whole officer Johnson name doesn’t sound so bad” said James, “Hey what’s so bad about Suzan?” said Connor, “Alright I’ve had just about enough of this who are you and how did you get on this private signal” said the voice from the other side, “It was actually really easy to tap into this frequency, also the names Ryan I’m currently at the store robbing and I am about to win” said Ryan, “Win? What do you mean is everyone okay?” said the voice on the other side, “Well we made a personal bet the first one to catch a bad guy win’s and everyone will be okay well almost everyone you will need to send some ambulances down in a bit” said Ryan as the next second is heard with a slash and then a gun shot, “WAIT WHAT HAPPENED IS EVERYTHING OKAY” said the voice, “Yeah just a panic after I slashed at his legs with a sword and don’t worry, he isn’t dead, well at least yet but if he threatens one more life I guess I won’t have a choice now will I” Ryan said as he proceeded to have a somewhat sinister laugh.

Meanwhile back at the car the doors had just opened seemingly by themselves and Andrew on top had given the signal grab them, they both proceeded to struggle, Zac came down blended in with the skin of a chameleon it wasn’t as good at hiding as the invisibility but it was good enough to avoid detection so he went to the same villain as Hayden and grabbed him, “Sam now let’s take them to the air in style” said Zac as him and Sam both became visible and proceeded to sprout wings, the two men being grabbed by what they thought were angels passing judgement proceeded to beg for mercy and agreed to change their ways, Sam and Zac didn’t care about this so they decided to punish them in the most fun way possible by taking flight with them in their arms, flying to the police station making sure to fly as high as possible to assure that the criminals wouldn’t struggle.

Andrew followed closely behind as he has the best flight control out of everyone so if they were to drop the criminals he would be able to save them and not risk them dying from the fall. Everyone’s phones simultaneously got the call about the incident at the convenience store and the two people being carried in the air were able to listen to it as well, when the rest of the team was heard talking over the phone on the polices line they decided to hang up so they could prevent themselves from potentially leaking any information to the two being taken away.

Meanwhile Connor and James were far away from the convenience store and really wanted to get in on some of the action that was happening, so the two of them went as fast as they could back, Connor was far ahead of James at this point and had thought that he was unmatched in speed, until someone came speeding ahead of him moving around with a limp body being pulled towards something, Connor tried to go faster to catch up to them but failed resulting in Connor getting frustrated putting to much force into a step and flying upwards and then panicking due to his fear of heights. James had then overtaken Connor, Connor was able to see how James had increased his speed by thrusting himself forwards with his arms and having a very noticeable difference in speed when compared to his walking on his hands mode of transportation, James then proceeded to put his arms in the wrong spot when launching the next time resulting in him rolling around at an alarming rate of speed.

Hayden who was left behind due to his inability to fly decided to search the van and see if he could find anything to help the others at the convenience store. In the glove box compartment Hayden had found what seemed to be a plan and on the plan it revealed that the lot that was currently doing their convenience store heist was just a decoy to get all of the remaining officers on duty to go there whilst the actual heist was at a bank with a large amount of people involved, alarmed by this newly found information Hayden had to run to the nearest team member to show them so he looked on his phone and the nearest person to him was Caitlin who was heading to the convenience store, Hayden ran to catch up to her and in a matter of minutes he had found her helping people cross the road whilst asking them “Why did the chicken cross the road?” each time she would have a different punch line but the people would proceed to avoid eye contact after.

Caitlin had been approached by Hayden who gave her the plan, she read it all and then proceeded to call the police, “Hey police I have a plan from the convenience store heist going on and I think you may want to hear this” said Caitlin, “Yes what is it any information would be helpful” said the voice from the other end of the call, “Well apparently the convenience store is just a decoy and they are planning to get a bank with a large number of people, I need you to hear me out because I have a plan that might just work but I will need the police to handle the convenience store” said Caitlin, “Why shouldn’t we just send the police all to the bank, the convenience store has the issue neutralised” said the voice, Caitlin’s call had hung up and the radio function had taken into play, “Attention there is a hostage situation happening at the bank located on your trackers” said the voice from the radio, “I was too late I should have warned the others first, damn well it’s just around the corner so we should hurry and the rest will be here soon” said Caitlin as she rushed off in the direction of the bank.

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Meanwhile back at the convenience store, “Seriously dude come on how does being a decoy even benefit you not only have you gotten yourself caught but your plan has so many holes in it like you should have gotten more people here to guard all of the entrances, you also could have worn a less obvious disguise” Ryan sat down next to the guy and continued to list ways that he could have improved his plan, Delta whom was outside decided to leave the rest up to Ryan at the convenience store whilst Delta called Baden, “Hey Baden I need to get to the bank quickly think you can get me there quickly” said Delta, “Sure we will be there in no time at all” said Baden as the call hung up and he was right in front of Delta when he went to look up.

Baden had made the bottom of his feet into wheels then the back of his body had rockets spread all throughout, “Are you ready hold on tight” said Baden as he grabbed Delta and went off with ridiculous amounts of speed, “Alright here it is, Delta do you need a minute you don’t look well” said Baden as Delta tried to regain balance, “Well that was… fast” said Delta as he fell down, “Well I will go in their and try to help out the others that are there” said Baden as he went into the bank.

Meanwhile James had finally stopped spinning and Connor had finally reached the ground after being airborne for longer than he expected, “Hey James did you hear the information on the phone?” said Connor, “Yeah, well I think so it said something about the bank being the new target” said James, “Alright then lets go we haven’t got time to waste because so far even Caitlin has had more action then us” said Connor as the two speeded off towards the bank.

Zac and Sam had just arrived at the police station with the criminals in their grasp, “Hey what do we do with these guys?” said Sam so the officer behind the desk, “What is this why have you restrained these men?” said the officer with an alarmed tone, “Oh right these people are involved with the recent store incident they were driving the car and we have recordings to prove their involvement” said Sam as Andrew brought out his phone and played back the recording. “Well thank you for bringing them in they will be held in these prisons until this issue is taken care of” said the officer as two more men with handcuffs came out and took the criminals, “Well we best be off because of the bank” said Zac as he grabbed Andrew and Sam and left the station, “Come on Zac we could have gotten a reward” said Andrew, “Or even gotten ourselves a badge” said Sam, “Or we could have been questioned about why we did that and how, then we would have been under suspicion is that what you really want come on guys” said Zac as his wings grew back out and flew off towards the Store.

Sam and Andrew knew that Zac was just going to grab the criminal at the store whilst they got to go to the bank. Zac had arrived at the convenience store changing his skin to that of a chameleon so he could blend in and avoid being detected whilst he assessed the situation. When he got in there he saw Ryan sitting down and talking to someone in a mask who appeared to be sleeping, “Hey Ryan I’m going to take this guy now so you should head down to the bank” said Zac as his cloak had disappeared, “I’m already there though Ryan switched places with me as soon as he prevented the criminal from escaping by slashing the back of his legs” said Ryan’s robotic replica, “Okay and I still don’t ever think I will get used to that well anyway I’m going to go now” Zac said as he grabbed the sleeping man and flew off towards the station again.

Meanwhile back outside the bank Connor, James, Andrew, Hayden, Caitlin, Sam and Ryan had just arrived, “Alright so tell me the situation, wait no tell me why Delta is unconscious on the ground” said Ryan, “Wait Delta is unconscious that could mean that he has been in there already” said Andrew, “Calm down I will just heal him up and then he can tell me what happened” said Caitlin as she proceeded to sit down next to Delta and heal him. “WE HAVE NO TIME TO WASTE LET’S GET IN THERE NOW” shouted James as loud as he could, “YEAH” replied Connor at the same volume as James, “Well so much for stealth” said Andrew, “Hayden let’s turn invisible to get them during the chaos okay” Sam said as Hayden nodded in reply.

They were just about to enter the building when a group came out followed by unconscious people in masks floating behind them, “Who are you guys you seem somewhat familiar?” said James, “Yeah I could have sworn I met these guys before” said Connor, Ryan looked up blinked for a long time and when he opened his eyes again he knew who they were, “Quintin is that you?” said Ryan as he approached the floating one of the group, “Yeah now I remember this guy here overtook me at my maximum speed” said Connor with a bit of his pride being hurt as he said that.

Ryan looked over at the rest of the group to immediately realise that it was consistent of all their friends from the past, “Ryan I knew I’d see you when taking on this job but I assumed that you would have become a super villain rather than a super hero of course” said Quintin, “What would make you think that?” said Ryan as he wiped the blood off of his sword, “If I didn’t see you back there in that store before I would have jumped to a different answer on how you got the blood on your sword” said Quintin, “I’m guessing you got the power of telekinesis based on what I can see” said Ryan, “Yeah, I could only imagine that your power has to do with your memory, am I correct?” said Quintin, “Yes you are indeed correct, I have accomplished a lot with this power and I have learned to program on a level that would take a life time of work in a couple hours” said Ryan with pride, “impressive, I have managed to improve my knowledge intake as well but I am sure your way would be the most efficient” said Quintin.

Connor was then approached by Will, “So I see you have made a new friend to replace me” said Will, “Well yeah I kind of had to seeing as life was getting pretty boring without competition and James here always gave me something to look forward to as he would never let me just surpass him” said Connor, “Hey Connor who exactly is this?” said James, “You mean me I used to be Connor’s best friend well that was until the transition to our new school’s I used to always have competitions with Connor though he would never win that’s what drove him to improve himself so that one day he could become the better of us two, but as I am seeing now even with his new power he still has a way to go isn’t that right Connor” said Will, “Hey don’t let this clown insult you like that I can take him” said James as he went to hit Will, “I don’t think so” said Will as he used his power of gravity manipulation to flatten James on the ground, Connor seeing James getting flattened so easily got him mad, “HEY YOU LOOKING FOR A FIGHT COME ON TRY ME” said Connor as he approached Will ready to hit him.

Will wasn’t impress he simply put his arm down and the ground around Connor had formed due to the intense gravity but Connor continued at the same pace unaffected and preparing his hand into a fist form. Will started to push the gravity down even more but as he did that Connor was nowhere to be seen, Will looked around and behind him was Connor who kicked Will into a building on the opposite side of the road, “I get it now your power is in your legs, wish I would have known that sooner could have saved me a lot of pain” said Will as he started to lift Connor into the air, “Well you know one thing that I’m pretty sure you haven’t changed” said Will, “What would that be” said Connor as he was taking flight, “Your fear of heights” Will said as he lifted him higher and higher into the sky, “Normally you would be correct, but you see after spending about an hour falling from an insane height you start to realise that some fears are more scary in your head” said Connor as he stomped down from the sky creating a localised earthquake.

Zac had just flown in and went up next to Dakota, “Hey could you please tell me what has been happening here?” said Zac, “I wish I could Zac, I wish I could” said Dakota, “Wait, why does this random butler know my name” said Zac, “BUTLER YOU MEAN YOU DON’T REMEMBER WHO I AM” Dakota said with disbelief, “No should I?” said Zac, “Maybe this will help you remember” said Dakota as he pulled down his glasses, “Have you served me at a fast food restaurant before?” asked Zac hesitantly, “You really don’t remember me wow” said Dakota as he sat down and took the towel off of his arm, “DAKOTA IS THAT YOU?!” Zac said with excitement, “YES IT’S ME HOW DID YOU REMEMBER” said Dakota with equal joy, “Well I kept thinking that you were some kind of waiter or something like that because of the towel” said Zac, “What fast food restaurant has waiters or butlers in it” said Dakota, “Maybe that wasn’t a fast food place, but anyway what have you been up to” said Zac, “I have just gotten the powers of portals and I have seen that you have the power to mutate yourself depending on the situation that your body thinks that it is in and might I say that you have been doing a remarkable job at mastering it” said Dakota as he picked his towel back up.

Dylan approached the unconscious body of Delta, “So I’m guessing this is Delta he doesn’t look like he’s changed a bit in the last five years” said Dylan, “Yeah what’s it to you” said Caitlin worried that he may do something to him, “Well you’re a new face aren’t ya so when did you meet Delta?” said Dylan, “I met him last year not like it matters to you” Caitlin said, “Well I just wanted to check up on him seeing as we are best friends after all” said Dylan surprising Caitlin, “I see and how long ago did you meet Delta?” asked Caitlin, “Since before I could speak, he was always there by my side and he always managed to make light of a situation even if they seemed to be at the worst” said Dylan, “Okay then if he is that special to you why hasn’t he talked about you?” said Caitlin, “Well me and him promised that until we met each other again we wouldn’t speak a word of the other and we didn’t have any email addresses or phone numbers to keep in contact so when we moved schools we didn’t talk about each other and I’m guessing that Delta must have had something happen to him because he didn’t recognise me at all earlier at the convenience store” said Dylan.

The groups were talking to one another catching up after all of these years, then the police came around the corner and started barricade the surroundings, “Hey officers you do realise you are like ten minutes late they would have escaped by now if it wasn’t for these guys” Sam said, “What are you talking about we have no time for your games there isn’t a single person there” said one of the officers, Sam went invisible out of embarrassment and decided to walk off but as he was invisible he noticed that Hayden wasn’t there meaning that they had all left with a different form of travel, Sam was wondering for a while and then a portal appeared under him taking him to the greyspace.