Stickman Universe: Chapter I

Stickman Universe: Chapter I is the first chapter of the Stickman Universe series.
It is succeeded by Chapter II.
In the first chapter, Vincent Universe sets himself on helping Hope City against the rise of criminal activities the city is suffering from, hoping to become a hero that it needs. During this, he meets and befriends a boy who goes by the nickname Red and an elderly vigilante named Jay, who begins to mentor Vincent and Red. They are eventually joined by several others; former delinquent trio Jessie Laurens, Paige Riley and Amy Skye; Red's rival Darkmon Greene; and bounty hunters Vinnie Mercedez and Kiro, thus ultimately forming the Universe Crew.
Unlike the chapters after it, Chapter I's divided parts focus on different storylines compared to a singular storyline. Part 1 primarily focuses on the formation of the Universe Crew, Part 2 focusing on the addition of more members, Part 3 focusing on Vincent's rival Black Lightning, Part 4 focusing on Pyra Pyronexia, Part 5 focusing on the Destroyer's return and Part 6 focusing on the battle between the Universe Crew and the re-emerging Dark Alliance.
Much of the character designs in the first chapter also lacked outlines for almost all characters, notable with Red originally not having an outline in Part 1. The character designs were also very inconsistent in the first two parts.
==Story==
===Part 1===
11-years-old Vincent Universe starts his first day as a high schooler at Hope City High School. At lunch break, he bumps into one of his fellow classmates, who simply apologizes and ignores him after he tries to introduce himself. Later in the day, Vincent notices the same boy from earlier suddenly run off somewhere on his way home, but shrugs it off.
A couple of days later, Vincent has noticed that his fellow classmate has been suspiciously cutting classes, but still chooses not to get involved due to recent reports of a crime wave hitting the city, making going home after school immediately his first concern. Sometime later, however, Vincent ends up following his suspicious classmate and witnesses him having a fight with another boy. To Vincent's complete shock, he finds that his classmate and his foe have powers -- his classmate has superhuman speed, and the unnamed boy can create clones of himself. After the fight, Vincent goes to help his classmate after the other boy leaves. On the way to take him to a medical center, the two boys are ambushed by a bunch of human traffickers, but are saved by an old man wearing a brown cloak wielding a sword. He takes the two boys to his home; an old warehouse. He reveals his name to be Jay to Vincent as he looks after his classmate. When Vincent's classmate regains consciousness, the two boys thank Jay for his hospitality and for helping them. As the two boys separate, Vincent's classmate introduces himself as Red and Vincent reintroduces himself to him, shaking hands as a sign of friendship.
The following day, Red ends up facing his rival again, but unknown to him, Vincent had followed him. A fight ensues between both boys, with Vincent attempting to stop the fight. Annoyed at his meddling, Red's rival goes to attack Vincent, but Red counters him before being slammed to wall, knocking him out. Red's rival then knocks out Vincent, but then is knocked unconscious when Jay arrives to stop the fighting. Vincent later regains consciousness and finds both Red and his rival fighting Jay due to him wishing to test the two's fighting abilities. The unnamed boy then reveals that his name is Darkmon Greene, and decides to leave, viewing Jay's training method as a waste of his time. Red follows him and the two fight, resulting in another defeat for Red. A week later, Jay is teaching both boys counter-attacks and proper evasion maneuvers. Red has slowly gotten better in controlling his powers, while Vincent has managed to learn basic self-defense. Jay then tells both boys about the Universe Crew, a group that fought evil and protected Hope City. Just then, a large man named Big One has stumbled upon the warehouse and tries to steal Jay's belongings, but Vincent and Red face him. Despite the duo's efforts, they are clearly no match for the bigger enemy they are fighting, with Jay helping them, forcing Big One to retreat while swearing to return. Vincent asks for Jay to continue teaching them which he does.
Sometime later, Darkmon returns to the warehouse and demands to fight Red, this time, with the loser needing to leave the city, never to return. Red accepts. After a heated face-off, Red is able to win against his rival, making it his first victory against him. Darkmon then admits defeat and goes to leave as per the condition of their fight, but Red tells him not to and that he should let go of his past and look forward to a hopeful future. Darkmon is unable to share this view, but Jay offers to help teach him if he stays as well to make him stronger but he must use his power for good, which Darkmon accepts. Days later, Vincent and Red hear of three thieves robbing numerous stores across the city and decide to find them. They are able to spot them and give chase, leading them to an abandoned warehouse at the pier. The two learn that the thieves are three girls named Jessie Laurens, Paige Riley and Amy Skye. The two boys are outnumbered and defeated by the girls, with them warning them to never come after them again before leaving. Returning to the hideout, Darkmon greets them and upon learning about the three girls, he offers to join them as he wishes to test what he has learned from Jay against the trio.
Meanwhile, while sharing their stolen goods with each other, Jessie, Paige and Amy are attacked by a criminal duo known as the Danger Brothers and are overwhelmed by their mechanized suits, resulting in them being captured and taken to the duo's hideout. The incident is witnessed by Vincent, Red and Darkmon, who were going to face the trio, but now chase after the brothers. Upon reaching their hideout, Robert Danger plans to kills the three in retaliation for robbing the stores they were going to hit themselves. Reaching their hideout, which is a terribly obvious but badly-maintained apartment complex, Vincent decides to save the girls from the brothers, baffling Darkmon since he believes the three don't deserve their help for being criminals. The three nonetheless spring into action. As the brothers prepare to kill the girls with a laser, the boys crash in from above and easily beat them, with Red destroying the laser and Vincent saving the girls. The group immediately escape just as the laser explodes, blasting off the brothers into a prison complex, conveniently in an empty cell. The three boys take the three girls to the hideout so Jay can look at their injuries. Jessie, Paige and Amy thank Jay for taking care of them and the boys for saving them, apologizing as well for their brutal beating of Vincent and Red earlier. As they leave, Vincent asks them if they have a place to stay to which Jessie reveals that the abandoned docks was their only home until the brothers destroyed it during the attack. Paige adds that for years they had been running around from town to town until they decided to settle in Hope City. Red and Darkmon relates to them due to their similar background. Vincent asks Jay if they could stay with them, to which Jay agrees, offering the three a new place to stay, as well as helping them to turn over a new leaf, similar to Darkmon. The girls privately discuss it and though they are suspicious, they eventually accept upon hearing from Darkmon that Jay can help them make a new life for themselves by fighting against crime like them.
A couple of days after, Vincent returns to the hideout and finds his new friends training hard as Jay watches over them. He calls for the training session to be over, stating that he is proud of their slow progress. However, he adds that the kids need to learn how to work as a team. Just then, Big One returns and demands that Jay and the kids get out or he will pummel them. Vincent takes this opportunity to fight Big One as a team with his new friends, to which they all agree on. The kids take on Big one, but are unable to defeat him due to their poor teamwork, resulting in Jay having to protect them, only to be easily knocked out due to his age. Seeing him be attacked causes the kids to be serious, working on a plan together and are able to take down Big One as a team. The kids tend to Jay and are glad to know that he will be okay when he regains consciousness. Jay later decides that since the kids are ready, he asks if they wish to continue the legacy of the Universe Crew, revealing that he was the original leader. The kids enthusiastically accept. A couple of weeks later, the newly formed Universe Crew have been helping quell criminal forces in Hope City, but now find themselves having to fight powered-up baddies like Soulferno Helban, a dark warlock from another dimension, and Ivory Gloom, a humanoid plant girl with control over nature. Despite the bigger challenge such enemies display, the Universe Crew are able to defeat them thanks to their improved skills in combat and teamwork, leading to one small victory to the next. 
===Part 2===
Months later, Jay has brought the Universe Crew to Barley City to meet an old friend of his.
===Part 3===
===Part 4===
===Part 5===
===Part 6===
==Characters==
*Vincent Universe
*Red
*Darkmon Greene
*Jay
*Jessie Laurens
*Paige Riley
*Amy Skye
*Robert Danger
*Harry Danger
*The Big One
==Gallery==
[To be Added...]
==Trivia==
*Though being the first chapter in the entire series, Chapter I takes place chronologically after Chapter II.
*Each part of the first chapter has officially been labeled as the following:
**The Armada arc (Part 1)
**Barley City Incident arc (Part 2)
**Black Lightning arc (Part 3)
**Pyra Pyronexia arc (Part 4)
**Dark Alliance arc (Part 5)
**Battle for Hope City arc (Part 6)
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