The Crimson Dragon Volume 7

## Prison - Issue 1

Kai is laying on the prison bed. An officer walks in.

Officer: Wake up 5687!

Kai rolls over in his bed showing his collar. Kai’s collar has two small holes in the back of it. The officer sticks a large poker. The ends of the poker fit into the holes. The officer presses a button and it sends electricity into Kai, shocking him.

Officer: I won’t ask again. Wake up 5687.

Kai gets out of bed.

Officer: On one knee for your cell search.

Kai starts to get on one knee, and the officer kicks the back of his leg sending Kai to his knees quicker. The officer looks around the cell. Then takes out a radio.

Officer: Clear.

The officer puts his radio back.

Officer: Get up.

Kai gets up, and starts walking as the officer says. Kai is led down a hall and into the elevator. The elevator goes up a few floors. When the door opens Kai can see the whole floor is one giant cafeteria. The officer kicks Kai into the cafeteria.

Officer: Move, I have things to do.

The officer goes back into the elevator and the doors shut.

Kai walks through the cafeteria. He sees all the Mutants and Metas sitting at the tables. Some look dreary, some look aggressive, and others are just having fun. Kai walks to the cafeteria lady, and she throws some, what they call food, onto Kai’s plate. Kai sees a calendar with a holiday on every day.

Kai: Anything else on the menu today?

Cafe Lady: Slop or Slop. Why, do you not like the food you got?

Kai: Not really.

The cafe lady puts on gloves.

Kai: Aren’t you supposed to put those on when you give me the food.

She walks around the counter and up to Kai. She punches Kai in the jaw. Kai is almost thrown back and drops his food. She grabs his arm, and pulls him closer to her. She punches him in the stomach again, and Kai drops to the ground. Kai starts to get up from the ground. She kicks him in the mouth.

Kai: Super strength. I’ll write that down.

Cafe Lady: Learn your manors!

Kai gets up.

Kai: I wasn’t going to eat the food anyway.

Kai sits down at a table without anyone. A man walks up to him and sits down at his table. He has huge eyes, and buzz cut hair. He is muscular, and his eyes dart around the place constantly. His prisoner outfits are ripped in many places looking as if he has been in knife fights.

???: I-I-I don’t know who y-you are.

Kai: And I don’t know you.

The guy bursts out into a laugh.

???: You were b-beat up b-by the lunch lady!

Kai: And?

He pulls out a shiv.

???: W-W-want some revenge?

Kai: I think I’m good.

???: Suit yourself. I-I was going after her anyways. I-I just wanted to k-know if you wanted to j-join. I was b-being polite.

Kai: That’s all you.

The guy gets up and sits back down.

???: They call me crazy eyes.

Kai: I wonder why.

???: I-I k-know right. I-I still haven’t figured it out.

Crazy Eyes gets up and walks over to the cafe lady. Then he takes out his knife.

Crazy Eyes: This is for not accepting my proposal!

Crazy eyes jumps at her. She kicks him in the stomach, and he falls to the ground.

Cafe Lady: This is the tenth time this week!

Kai just looks around at everyone there. He sees how they divide themselves. They are in two main groups then in sections. Kai just doesn’t know why they divide themselves that way.

A metal door opens in the back of the cafeteria.

Officer: Everyone come this way. It’s yard time.

Everyone goes up. They all walk single file outside. When they walk outside there isn’t grass. They are walking on cement. There is a basketball net and workout equipment. Kai walks over to the workout equipment. Two guys walk in front of him.

Kai: Let me guess, I can’t use that?

Brute1: You would be right.

Brute2: Even though you need it with those bony arms!

They both laugh and fist bump. Kai sighs and walks away.

Brute1: Was that disrespect?!

Brute2: I think that was disrespect!

Brute1: I think we should teach this guy a lesson!

Brute2: Let's take him to school!

They both crack their knuckles. One tries to punch Kai. Kai ducks under it and punches him in the stomach. The other one punches Kai in the temple. Kai drops to the ground.

Brute1: His punch didn’t even hurt!

Brute2: He went down from one punch!

Kai gets back up and uppercuts one of them. The brute’s head went back a bit. The other brute punches Kai in the stomach. Kai flinches from the pain. Then the brute elbowed him in the head. Kai dropped to the ground. The brute Kai uppercut kicks Kai in the stomach. Kai is pushed to his back. The brute puts his knees on Kai’s arms, pinning him down.

Brute1: You have the same problem every new person has when they get here.

Kai: What?

The brute starts wailing on Kai. Punching him in the head one after another. He pauses every time he hits Kai.

Brute1: You… don’t… know… how… to… fight… Mutants.

Kai is bloody and bruised. Guards pull the brute off of Kai.

Brute1: You are way too weak to fight an actual Mutant like me!

Another guard takes the other brute. The medics take Kai on a stretcher. Kai hears the medics talking.

Medic: Isn’t this the guy who got beat up by the lunch lady?

Medic2: He’s new. He probably doesn’t even know that the workers are Mutants too.

Medic: This happens with every new prisoner.

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Kai hears the door to his room open.

Guard: Wake up 5687!

Kai gets out of bed, and down to one knee.

Kai looks much bigger than he once was. Almost like his muscle mass doubled.

Guards: It’s been a month, and you're finally learning. You did get beat up on the first day.

The guard looks around the room.

Guard: Get up.

Kai gets up and walks out the door. He walks into the elevator. They go up to the cafeteria and Kai gets out. Kai doesn’t even try to get the food the cafe lady is giving out. Kai starts doing one handed push ups. A few people look at him. They laugh and make fun of him. Kai switches hands. A guy walks over to him.

The guy has brown skin and a black hair that's cut in a blowout. The man walks up to Kai.

???: You're supposed to eat at the cafe. The fuck you doing? You have been doing this every day for a month.

Kai: Why do you care?

The guy thinks to himself. Then he gets down and starts doing push ups with Kai.

Kai: Why?

???: What do you care?

Kai shrugs and keeps doing push ups.

Soon the officer opens up the door again. Everyone walks outside. Kai starts doing other workouts.

???: What’s the reason for this?

Kai: I work out all day and all night until I pass out. If you want to train with me so bad then why don’t we spar?

???: Alright.

They get into their fighting stances. They start circling around.

Kai: What's your name?

???: What's yours?

Kai: Kai.

???: Payne.

Kai: Heh, kinda lame supervillain name.

???: That’s my real name.

Kai: Not too bad for an actual name though.

Payne rushes at Kai. Payne punches. Kai blocks the punch by pushing Payne's arm away. Every punch sounds like a loud crack as it hits. Kai keeps blocking punches. Kai punches Payne in the stomach. Payne feels a rush of pain. Kai goes to knee Payne. Payne pushes Kai’s knee down, blocking it. Then Payne forces his head up headbutting kai. Kai stumbles back a bit. Payne punches Kai in the arm. Then Payne goes for another punch. Kai hits the punch away and punches Payne in the nose. Then Kai kicks Payne back. Payne stumbles back. Kai jump kicks Payne. Payne catches it and slams Kai onto the ground. Payne kicks at Kai while Kai is on the ground. Kai grabs his leg and pulls it. Payne falls to the ground. Kai gets on one foot quickly. Then Kai pushes off with that one foot. His elbow drops Payne in the stomach. A loud boom sound comes from the force of the hit. Kai then gets up off the ground. Everyone looks at Kai and nods. Payne lays on the ground for a minute before pulling himself up. Kai looks at his hands.

Payne: That’s why the humans want to throw us all in Alcatraz. We are powerful enough to make sonic booms if we train hard enough, but I don’t think you have a real grasp of your strength yet. Why don’t you test it on the workout equipment?

Kai: I’ll have to take down lefty and righty over there though.

Payne: Ha, lefty and righty. Funny. They act like they would be called that. Go take them out. Show them that you're not to be taken lightly.

Kai walks up to the two brutes.

Brute1: What?! Now that bony put some muscles on those bones he thinks he can take down a real Mutant!

Brute2: You think you got balls?!

Kai punches one of them in the stomach. The other tries to punch Kai in the ribs. Kai elbows him in the stomach. Kai keeps punching the one brute in the stomach over and over. Then Kai lifts the guys head up, and headbutts the brute. The brute falls to the ground. The other brute punches Kai in the back. Kai moves back from the punch. Then Kai kicks behind him. The man stumbles back. Kai tornado kicks the brute in the head. The brute falls down. Payne walks up to Kai.

Payne: See, they weren’t that strong. You had been hanging out with human scum for too long. Get on the bench press. Let’s see what you can really do.

Kai hops on the bench press. They keep adding weight until Kai can barely lift the weight.

Payne: 15 tons. Not bad, not bad.

Kai puts the weight back.

Kai: Oh yeah, what can you do?

Payne: Obviously more than that. I held back against you. I wouldn’t have gotten up so quickly if we were actually fighting. Now-

Kai: What?

Payne: It’s time for a little track before they send us back inside.

Kai and Payne, and a few other guys line up at the track. One guy sits on the side lines.

Prisoner: Go!

They all run. Kai runs as fast as he can. He runs his same four hundred miles per hour that he did long ago. Payne and Kai are even, but one guy laps them four times before they finish the race.

Payne: I fucking hate speedsters.

Kai laughs.

The officers call everyone back inside. They all walk single file inside. Kai is led back into his room. They shut the door and dim the lights. Kai starts doing push ups again. This time Kai does a few one handed handstand push ups. He switches arms, and then sits down on the ground. Kai takes a deep breath in and starts meditating.

## June 1st - Issue 2

Max is in Kai’s basement on his computer. Remi texts Max. She tells Max that she is there. Max walks up the stairs and lets her in through the door.

Remi: What is going on? Kai said to come to you after they release me-

Max: He did, did he?

Remi: What is with your tone?

Max: You look awful. Why don’t you go home-

Remi: What’s going on?

Max sighs.

Max: Kai gave himself up to the police to set you free. He said one day. If he isn’t back by today then he might have actually been captured.

Remi: One day?

Max: If he doesn’t break out in one day.

Remi: Why would he do that?!

Max: He had a plan. I don’t think the plan worked.

Remi: Why?

Max: Because I saw him at the docks with the cops. If he was going to a regular prison he wouldn’t be at the docks.

Remi: Then where is he?!

Max: I think he’s in Alcatraz.

Remi: He was put in Alcatraz because of me.

Max: No, because of me. I sent you on the mission that started this whole spiral.

Remi: We can’t blame ourselves for this. All we can do is try to get Kai out of there.

Max: How?

Remi: I think I might have powers.

Max laughs.

Max: Again, how? Mutants are born with powers. Didn’t you watch the documentary?

Remi: What documentary? You know what, nevermind. I’m not a Mutant. I’m a meta. When I was captured a woman stuck a syringe in my neck. Once the pain stopped something came out of my hand.

Max: Then let's test your “theory.” Let’s go outside.

Remi: Alright.

They both walk outside. They walk past the pool, and over to an area that nothing is really around.

Max: Show me that you have powers.

Remi puts out her hand. After a few minutes Max starts to get annoyed.

Max: That’s what I thought.

Remi: Just one more minute.

Max: I’m not wasting my time.

Max is about to walk away. Remi moves her hand almost like she is throwing something. Then yellow sparks appear in her hand. They almost look like tiny sparks. Remi throws the sparks. They all spread in the air. Each spark explodes. One after another the sparks explode. Max is looking at Remi with his jaw dropped.

Max: What was that?!

Remi: I-I don’t know.

A month later Remi trained trying to use her powers, and make her new Meta-physique stronger. Max has been planning how they will get Kai out of prison. Remi is doing push ups while Max is sitting in a chair under an umbrella typing on his computer.

Remi: Why do you have that umbrella up? Why don’t you just let the sun hit you. It couldn’t hurt to get a tan.

Max: I have figured it out. I know how we will get Kai out of the prison.

Remi: How?

Max: Kai will have to get out of the actual prison by himself, but we are going to bring a boat.

Remi: That doesn’t seem all that helpful. How will he even know when we are there?

Max: I’ll tell him.

Remi: Max, they record phone calls. Why don’t we take longer to plan this.

Max: We don’t have any more time!

Max turns his computer around and plays a video. Remi walks up to the computer.

Reporter: The terrorist group W.A.T.K.H has been slaughtering. Their body count goes up every day. They are killing humans, and turning others into Metas. We have reason to believe that they are going to start doing this same process to other cities. They call it the cleaning-

Max turns it down.
Max: We need to do this now.

Remi: Okay…

Max walks inside the house. He grabs his phone. He breaths and thinks.

Max: Just how I planned it.

The phone is picked up.

Officer: Every prisoner gets one call a month, the phone call is recorded, and there are fees for calling a prisoner.

Max: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I accept.

Kai is sitting in his cell meditating. The door opens and an officer walks in.

Officer: You have a caller.

Kai looks surprised and gets up. He is led by the officer to the elevator. They go up a few levels. Then the elevator stops. Kai walks out of the elevator. They walk into a room. The room is completely metal. The officer leaves the room, and Kai picks up the phone.

Kai: Hello.

Max: Your late birthday is June first. Be there.

Kai: What? It’s June fifth. What in the world you are talking about?

Max hangs up the phone.

Kai(in head): Has Max gone crazy in the last month?

The officer opens the door. He leads Kai out of the room, and into the elevator. Kai is led into the cafeteria. Kai sits down at one of the tables more confused than he has ever been. Payne sits down at a table with Kai.

Payne: Yo.

Kai: Hey.

Payne: What’s wrong with you?

Kai: My friend just called me, and told me something like a code. I have no idea what he was talking about.

Payne: What did he say?

Kai: Something about June first.

Payne: Boating day?

Kai: How do you know that?

Payne: There is one of those bullshit calendars with one thousand holidays is over with the lunch lady.

Kai: I saw that.

They both start thinking and it instantly clicks in their minds. They both whisper it.

Kai/Payne: He’s bringing a boat.

Kai: I can escape.

Payne: You have to take me with you.

Kai: Why?

Payne: How are you going to break out of this prison, huh? You have been here for a month. I have been here for a year.

Kai: You know how to break out.

Payne: I can break out, but I always needed a boat.

Kai: Wait, when is he coming though?

They both think for a second.

Payne: Maybe next month on the first?

Kai: No, he wouldn’t wait another month. It has to do with the first.

Payne: Maybe it’s just tomorrow, and he was trying to just tell you he was bringing a boat?

Kai: If it was tomorrow why would he stress that it’s a boat, and tomorrow is too short of a time to tell someone to break out of a prison. That also seems unlikely.

Payne: I got it. June first was on a monday.

Kai: Yes. That’s it. That gives us a few days to prepare., but we also break out quickly. It’s friday right now so we have to wait a couple days.

Payne: I hope you're right about it being on Monday.

Kai: I hope. He’ll be here at night.

The next days of nervousness and anxiety tick by slowly. On Monday Kai and Payne are talking in the yard.

Payne: All you need to do is the first step and I’ll lead you through everything else.

Kai: What’s the first step?

Payne: Your bed is placed there for a reason. It’s on top of the vent to let air inside your room. Your bed is extremely heavy, but you should be able to pick it up. Get into the vent, and I will be there. I have been in the vents a lot. I know my way around. What inmate name are you. They name you after your room.

Kai: 5687.

Payne: I’ll be there.

They look around.

Kai: Why does everyone seem so… content.

Payne: Do you think these Mutants couldn’t eventually find a way out of here if they really tried? They want to be here. They would rather be here then be on the outside. You get free meals a day, and the guards aren’t that bad.

Kai: They sucked.

Payne: They are tougher on new inmates. I bet they already stopped pushing you around.

Kai: They did.

Payne: They would rather be in prison then talked down to on the outside. I was released from the slave camps a year ago. The President said he would give us all jobs, but that doesn’t mean he actually did it. I couldn’t get a job anywhere. So I had to resort to crime or starve. I mean, I could have become a hobo. I just didn’t really want that kind of life. I committed a few successful bank robberies, but I got greedy. The cops caught me and now I’m here. In the basement of this fortress is one of the strongest mutants the world has ever known. He is said to be some monster that is a hybrid of a land and sea creature. If he can swim why wouldn’t he have already escaped? He would rather be here than any other life. The only other life he could have is living in the sea with the fish. No human would want that.

Kai: I get it. When I get out of here I will try to help Mutants.

Payne: I hope you can do something because I know I won’t be able to.

The officers call everyone back inside.

Payne: You know the plan.

Kai is brought back into his room. Kai waits until the lights dim. Kai meditates breathing in and out. Kai can hear everything around him while meditating. He can hear people in other rooms. Kai then hears noise in the vents.

Kai: It’s time.

Kai grabs the bed. It’s reinforced with steel onto the floor. Kai grabs the bed and pulls. The hinges break off and the bed is thrown to the side. Kai rips off the vent and hops in. Payne crawls over to Kai.

Payne: Move. move, move!

They start crawling through the vents. Payne leads Kai through every turn. Kai sees that there are marks made with a marker on the side of the vent at each turn. They hear the alarms start to go off. They keep walking through the vents. Kai sees a vent above him. With sky light coming through it. Kai punches the vent. The vent breaks open and Kai starts to climb out. Kai sees the officers. They shine a light over to him. Kai hides back in the vent. He hears the officers run away to check other areas. Kai climbs up the vent. Payne does the same. They are fenced in by electric wire.

Kai: What now. Neither of us can touch that.

Payne: Yeah, that’s why I have this.

Payne takes out a pen.

Kai: Is that what you use to make marks on the vents?

Payne: Yes, but they can be used for other things.

Kai: What?

Payne: Turn around.

Kai does as he is told not without suspicion. Payne sticks the pen into the right side of Kai’s collar. The collar opens. Kai takes the collar off.

Payne: Now me.

Kai takes the pen and opens Payne’s collar.

Kai: We will still fry if we touch that.

Payne: But now we can use powers.

Payne Puts his hand over his other hand. Then he slowly moves his hand off of his other hand in a straight line. When he stops Kai sees that Payne has a white sword. Payne starts hacking away at the wires. Everytime he hits the wires sparks shoot out of the electricity. He cuts the wires enough, and kicks it. They run down the pathway. They stop at the door. Kai punches the door as hard as he can. The door doesn’t open. It doesn’t even budge. Payne hits the door with all his might and nothing happens.

Kai: What are we going to do?

Payne looks shocked.

Payne: I have no idea.

Max and Remi are on the boat. Max is steering the boat. They are pulling up to the docks. A group of three cops start shooting at them. Max and Remi duck. The boat crashes into the docks. The docks scratch the boat. Remi gets sparks in her hand. Remi throws the sparks at the cops. The sparks explode, blasting the cops back. The cops hit the wall and become unconscious. Remi runs up to the man that controls the door. He picks up a gun. He shoots at Remi. She dodges it, and grabs his wrist. She punches his arm. He drops the gun and she elbows him in the stomach. He drops to the ground and she punches him in the head knocking him out. Remi presses the button to open the door. Nothing happens.

Remi: What do I do?!

Max: Blow the door open!

Remi walks up to the door.

Remi: Get back!

Kai and Payne here her voice. They walk back a few feet. Remi makes sparks again. She keeps the sparks in her hand. She holds them, and puts them up to the door. The sparks explode. The door blasts back. Kai and Payne duck as the door flies over their heads. They see Remi untouched by the explosion.

Remi: Let’s go!

They all run onto the boat. The boat starts sailing away. Cops run over to the docks. They start shooting at the boat, but all the bullets do is scrape the sides of the boat. Eventually the cops stop shooting. Max looks at Kai.

Max: When did you get jacked?

Kai shakes his head smiling. They make it to New York’s ports by dawn. They all get out of the boat.

Kai: Max, is that your boat?

Max: No, they would be able to track me down. I stole it.

Payne: I best be on my way.

Kai: So soon?

Payne: I got things to do. Places to see, but I’ll be back.

Kai: I wish you the best.

Payne chuckles.

Payne: Yeah, you too.

Payne walks away.

Kai turns back to Remi and Max.

Kai: Two questions.

Remi: Ask away.

Kai: What happened while I was away, and does Remi have powers now?

Remi and Max look at each other then back to Kai.

Max: There's a lot to explain.

## Beastmen - Issue 3

Kai is at his house cooking dinner. He has already taken a shower and changed his clothes.

Remi: Do you always make dinner?

Kai: Not always. What would leftovers be for if I always made dinner?

Kai gives Remi and Max a plate before sitting down on the couch.

Kai: So, care to fill me in?

Max: Of course. Since you left the villains didn’t feel like they needed to be as careful. Remi and I believe that they split up. They have taken over different parts of the city's meta population. They have their own turfs.

Kai: Couldn’t the cops just fight them, and have they taken over districts?

Max: They didn’t take over per se. They are more underground. They’re more like the mob. They have everything taken over, but no one could tell by the surface. Remi was able to pin down all of them.

Max flips his computer around so Kai can see it. The computer has a map of new york. The map is split into sections.

Max: The only member we don’t know about is Fever. He seems to not be in any of the sections. First section is Staten Island.

A picture of a woman with fur. She looks like a dog, but stands on two legs with white fur. She has black wrap around her chest and around her forearms. Then she has a scarf that goes around her neck and over her head like a hood.

Max: That’s Jackal. She controls Manhattan.

Max clicks on another picture.

The next picture is a woman in what looks to be a black overcoat and black leggings. She has a sweatshirt on under her overcoat. She has the hood on, and her black hair comes down from the hood.

Max: That’s Datura. She controls the Bronx.

The next is a man in a super suit. His suit is black on the outsides and white in the middle. He has a yellow pattern going over his chest like a strap. Then he has yellow circles on his wrists and ankles. His mask covers his face. The mask is mostly black with orange then white under his eyes. He has a dog beside him

Max: That’s Guru. He controls queens.

The next guy has a military looking suit on. The suit is completely white with some exceptions to it. His arms down to his elbows are grey, and he has some gold patterns here and there on his suit. He has a helmet that is white with gold around the eyes. Then he has a white hood on.

Max: That’s Dead Air. He runs Brooklyn.

Last is a brown skinned woman with shaved hair. She wears a brown jacket that doesn’t reach her stomach and black leggings.

Max: That’s Vision. She runs Staten Island.

Kai: That’s a lot of information.

Remi: Then why don’t we do something else while that sets in.

Kai: And what would that be?

Remi: I think I deserve a sparring match.

Kai: Nah. I don’t want to crush your hopes and dreams.

Remi: But I’m more powerful now. I can hold my own.

Kai: Fine, let’s spar.

They walk outside. Max does the same, but he brings his computer. Kai and Remi get into a fighting stance.

Remi: Don’t hold back.

Kai: Alright, I guess.

Remi runs at Kai. Remi throws a punch Kai hits the punch away, and punches Remi in the stomach. Kai grabs Remi’s arm and throws her. When Remi is thrown into the air she throws sparks down. Kai teleports away from the sparks. They explode behind Kai. Remi roundhouse kicks. Kai grabs her leg. Then he kicks out her other leg. She falls to the ground. Kai tries to kick her. She rolls out of the way. Then Remi palms his stomach. Kai sits there confused because it didn’t do anything.

Remi: Have fun.

Kai is blasted back by sparks exploding. Mid air Kai puts his hand on the ground catching himself. He then uses his hand to pull himself to the ground. Kai gets back to his feet completely untouched by the explosion except for a few knicks.

Kai: This is a good test.

Remi runs at Kai. She kicks Kai in the ribs. He blocks the kick and elbows her in the stomach. Remi falls back in pain.

Kai: C’mon,. I know you can still get up.

Remi pulls herself off the ground. Remi elbows Kai in the stomach. He feels some pain. She starts wailing on his stomach. Then Kai grabs her arms.

Kai: I think that’s enough.

Remi looks upset.

Kai: You're pretty powerful. You're not too far off from where I was a month ago.

Remi: A month ago?

Kai: I’ll teach you more. I’ve learned things that I had no idea about before I went to Alcatraz. You can more than hold your own in a battle. So, would you want to go on missions with me?

Remi’s sad expression goes away.

Remi: Yeah, I think that might be fun!

Kai lets go of her arms.

Kai: I thought so.

They go to walk back in the house. Max is laughing.

Max: He still beat your ass!

Remi: I’ll beat your ass Max!

They all go inside. Max is about to walk downstairs.

Max: Tomorrow we need to attack Jackal.

Kai: Yeah, yeah, go in your hidey hole.

Max goes into the basement. Kai and Remi both sit on the couch.

Remi: What made you want to train me in the first place? I didn’t have powers back then. I wasn’t really too useful.

Kai: Let’s just say a friend.

Remi: Who?

Kai sighs.

Kai: A young woman with a really annoying lack of intelligence. She might have been annoying, but it was fun. It made me realize the benefits of having a partner on missions.

Remi: Do we have anything even in common?

Kai: Not really, but I’m not training Max. He hates sunlight.

They both laugh.

Remi: True. It’s getting late. I think I’m going to go home.

Kai: See you tomorrow night.

Remi: Yup.

Remi leaves. Kai gets up and walks over to the kitchen. He grabs a bottle of some special liquor. He pours a glass and swishes it around. He drinks the liquor. Then Kai sighs.

Kai: What have the cops been doing?

Kai finishes his drink and goes upstairs. He sees his hero suit on the bed folded. Kai puts it on, and heads to the rooftops.

Kai: Haven’t been here in a while.

Kai sees that New York is like a ghost town at night. No one is there. Everyone is inside. The only lights are the street lights. Then Kai hears a girl screaming. Kai runs over to her. He looks down from the rooftops. Three wolf men stand in front of The woman.

???: We have a few options boys. We could eat her for dinner, or have her for dinner.

They all laugh as they snarl and growl. One of them howls. Kai jumps down from the rooftop. He lands behind them. They hear a loud crack as the cement under Kai starts to break. The beast men turn around.

Wolfman: Hey Corey! I think he’s trying to steal our girl!

Corey: I think you would be right!

Wolfman2: Let’s show him a lesson! Let's show him what you get when you mess with the beast.

Corey smiles showing all his teeth.

Corey: You mess with the beast and you get the teeth!

They all run at Kai. The first one Claws at Kai. Kai kicks the second one. He stumbles back. Corey goes to bite Kai on his shoulder. Kai grabs Corey by his snout closing his jaw. Then Kai throws Corey into the stumbling wolf. The other wolf runs up behind Kai. It scratches Kai’s back. The scratch barely even broke the skin. The wolf looks at his claws.

Wolf: What?

Kai: Your claws are brittle.

Kai punches the wolf in the head. The wolf falls back dazed. It lands on the ground. Kai stomps on its stomach. The other two wolves pounce on Kai. Kai reaches for his staff, but he realizes that the cops had taken it. Kai grabs them both by their necks.

Kai: You're not powerful just because you're stronger than a human.

The wolves try to claw at Kai’s hand. They try everything to get out of his grasp, but they can’t do anything.

Kai: You’ll never attack again.

The wolves just keep trying to escape Kai’s grasp. Kai holds their necks tighter and they whimper.

Kai: Thought so.

Kai throws them into walls, and then looks over at the woman.

Kai: Are you okay?

She looks frightened even of Kai.

Woman: Y-yeah.

Kai: Why are you the only person out tonight?

Woman: S-s-since the beastmen started running the streets e-everybody stays in at night.

Kai: I thought so.

Kai jumps onto the roof. He can hear the woman running away. He reaches for his phone.

Kai: I need to get my stuff back from the cops.

## Retrieval - Issue 4

Kai wakes up the next morning. He gets out of bed and walks downstairs. Kai starts making breakfast. Once he is almost done with breakfast Max comes out of the basement.

Kai: Why do you even have a house?

Max: Storage.

Kai: Fair enough.

Kai sets down a plate. Max grabs the plate.

Max: Today is the day we take down Jackal-

Kai: Today is the day Remi scouts out Jackal.

Max: Um, what?

Kai: The cops took my staff and phone off me when they were moving me to Alcatraz. I need to get it back.

Max: You're going to break into the police department for this? Why not just buy a new staff and phone?

Kai: That isn’t any old staff. Not only is it vastly more durable than any other staff. It has sentimental value, and I need my phone’s contacts.

Max: I think it’s a stupid idea.

Kai: That’s why Remi isn’t helping me with it. We were going to need to scout out Jackal’s base anyway. It’s two things done at once, and Remi gets experience in the field.

Max: I guess you're right.

Kai takes a bite of food.

Kai: I’m always right. When Remi comes over, tell her what’s going down.

Max: Yeah, yeah.

Kai: Oh, I’m also taking the spare phone. Give Remi the number.

Max: Fine.

Max walks back downstairs into the basement. Kai goes upstairs and puts his suit on again. Kai goes outside. He starts running across the city from the rooftops. Remi knocks on the door, and then walks inside Kai’s house.

Remi: Kai! Max!

Max comes up from the basement.

Remi: Where’s Kai?

Max: He decided he didn’t want to hang out with you today.

Remi: What?

Max: I’m kidding. He is just doing something else.

Remi: And what is more important than taking down the faction that has control over manhattan?

Max: Getting his staff and phone by breaking into the police department.

Remi puts her hand to her face annoyed.

Remi: Wouldn’t he want my help with that?

Max: He’s a big boy. He can handle it himself. He needs you, however, to scout Jackal’s base. Wherever that might be.

Remi: Do we have any idea where it is?

Max: Good news!

Remi: What?

Max: We have no idea where she is yet.

Remi: Isn’t that bad news?

Max: The good news is I get to see you mad.

Remi: Max.

Max: Yes.

Remi: Find the fucking base!

Max: Follow me to my room!

They both walk down into the basement.

Remi: I’m not here too often, but I can see that you spend most of your time down here.

Remi looks over at the computer. On the floor is empty water bottles and soda cans with empty snack bags.

Max: How can you tell?

Max sits on the chair and starts typing.

Remi: What are you doing?

Max: Working.

Remi: Care to explain?

Max: If I must. I’m looking at all the security camera footage to try to find the pattern of how the wolves move about the city. If I can find where they start, and where they go before the end of the night I can find their location.

Remi: I’ll leave you to it then.

Max: Just go work out somewhere. Keep your strength up for fights.

Remi laughs

Remi: Will do boss.

Max: Don’t be mad that you don’t have gifted intelligence like me.

Remi: You said stupid wrong.

Max: You're so salty you could turn fresh water into an ocean.

Remi: Um, what?

Max: You heard me!

Remi walks up the stairs. She starts training outside. Soon it becomes lunch time. Kai has been scouting each police department. He found nothing. He is looking for the building that the police that captured him are in. Kai is running along rooftops. It’s around lunch time. Then Kai sees the cops that took him in. They are walking to their car.

Ryan: Owen, did you hear there was a breakout at Alcatraz?

Owen: Who broke out?

Ryan: They didn’t say. All it said was someone broke out. Actually it was two people.

Owen: Ryan, you're useless. I would like to know who broke out so that we can prepare for a Mutant attack.

They both get in the car. Soon the car starts driving away.

Kai: Ryan and Owen.

Kai starts following the car. As Kai is following the car he gets a call on his spare phone. He takes out his phone, and answers the call while he is running.

Kai: Hello?

Remi: Kai, you said you got a lot stronger. How?

Kai: Um, well.

The police car takes a turn. Kai has to jump across a street. He jumps over a street onto other buildings.

Remi: What was that.

Kai: Nothing. Do rapids. Just keep doing push ups or whatever exercise until your body physically can’t do them anymore. Then meditate and repeat. I call it the Stick strategy.

Remi: Why?

Kai: I’ll explain later. Just do it.

Kai follows the cop car. The car parks at a police station. Kai watch the two cops walk inside.

Kai: Now time to scout the building. See how I am going to get in, and wait for it to get a bit darker. I don’t want to be seen breaking into a police station.

Remi is doing as Kai said. She looks tired. She does one last pushup and falls over. She barely pulls herself up then starts meditating. She starts to feel better and walks inside. She walks down into the basement.

Max: Remi, you're right on time.

Remi: For?

Max: I figured out their location.

Remi: Where are they?

The computer zooms in on the location.

Max: It’s a bar.

Remi: Not just any bar. The old bar that I was trapped in.

Max: Oh yeah. It is, isn’t it? You better go quickly. If your there by the time that the sun starts setting it’ll be a stampede.

Remi: Your right. I’ll be back.

Max: You are going to try on the new suit?

Remi: I’m still putting on the finishing touches. I think I’ll just go into something that can hide who I am.

Max: Suit yourself.

Remi puts on a sweatshirt and heads out. She runs across the buildings. Sometimes tripping and almost falling when jumping across rooftops.

Remi: This is harder than it looks.

Remi runs to the bar. She is on the top of a building looking down at the bar.

Remi: Just like before there are no windows or vents. There is just one door. If I go in they’ll know someone is after them, but what if I wait until the wolves come out?

It’s starting to get dark and Kai has come up with a plan. Kai is on the top of the police department. He quietly pulls a vent latch off of the roof. He sneaks inside. The vent leads him into a room. He is in the lab. Kai pokes his head out. He sees someone. They walk by, and Kai sneaks around the corner. Kai walks into the storage. He starts looking around for his stuff, but isn’t having good luck.

Owen: You are looking for this?

Owen is holding Kai’s phone and staff in one hand. In the other is a gun pointed at Kai. Kai puts his hands up.

Owen: You really want to go back to Alcatraz that bad? I saw you on the rooftops. You were following my partner and I.

Kai:...

Owen: You have nothing to say? Good I have something to keep the conversation rolling then.

Owen puts out his hand with the staff and phone.

Owen: Take it.

Kai grabs his stuff. He hooks his staff on his belt, and puts his phone in his pocket.

Kai: Why?

Owen: The city needs you. I didn’t realize you were the one thing W.A.T.K.H was looking out for.

Kai: Me?

Owen: No one else had their eye on them. That's why they gave us the tip to capture you. Then once you were gone they started paying off the police. Now I can’t attack them without risking my job. Once that happened I thought back to a thing a friend once said to me. She asked me “how I could live with myself knowing that my job is a lie.” That phrase just kept repeating in my mind. Once I asked myself I realized that fear had controlled me. I didn’t want to die on the streets from a Mutant so bad that I just stopped being a cop. That’s what's happening to all the cops. That’s why I wanted to help you. The cops can’t do anything anymore. It’s time for other heroes to stand up.

Kai: Thank you. I’ll try my best. Maybe you could even help me out someday. Do anything you can to help Owen. If we don’t stop what's happening now then these Mutant rulers just might start spreading their territories.

Owen: I will.

Kai leaves. Remi is waiting at the building. When she starts seeing wolves she ducks. She sees wolves coming from the back of the building.

Remi: What’s back there.

The wolves are growling and snarling. Some of the wolves howl.

Wolf: C-can you smell that.

Wolf2: It’s a girl. A girl watching us. Wonder if she wants to say hi.

Wolf: Why don’t we ask her?

The wolves run at the building. They jump to the top of the building, but no one is there.

Wolf: I-I must have been smelling things.

Wolf2: Get your nose checked.

Wolf: You smelt it too!

Kai walks inside. He sees Remi on the couch. Kai sits on the couch next to Remi.

Kai: How was your day?

Remi: I realized how hard jumping from building to building is.

Kai: You’ll get use to it. I’ve only been doing it for, um, like ten years.

Remi: What?!

Kai: I think the first time was when I was fourteen. That was when we were chasing detective steel, and now I’m twenty five. Wait, that eleven years.

Remi: No wonder I’m behind.

Kai: Don’t feel bad. I’ve been doing everything my whole life. I started my training at like 12 or 13. I’ve really grown over the years too. I used to be way weaker than I am now. Way weaker than I was before I went to prison.

Remi: I better go.

Kai: I can cook dinner if you want.

Remi: No thank you. I have something at home. Maybe some other time.

Kai: Sure. I thought I might as well ask you because the monster under my house yells at me if I don’t make dinner.

Remi: Is that what you call him now?

Kai: That’s what he is.

Remi: Goodnight Kai.

Kai: Night.

Remi leaves. Kai opens up his phone. He called the President. The phone is picked up.

Kai: Hey, it’s Kai. I have a question for you.

## Jackal - Issue 5

Kai walks inside his house. Max is on the couch watching tv.

Max: Where were you?

Kai: Why are you not on your floor?

Max shrugs and keeps watching TV.

Kai: So, where's the Jackal’s base?

Max: The bar.

Kai: I figured as much.

Kai picks up an apple. He tosses it up and catches it.

Max: Then why have Remi scope it out?

Kai: I wasn’t sure.

Kai takes a bit out of the apple.

Kai: Evidence is always useful.

Max: You seem different.

Kai: How so?

Max: Calmer. Almost as you know what you're doing. Like you have everything under control.

Kai chuckles.

Kai: Oh yeah?

Max: Yeah. It’s really weird. You're creeping me out.

Kai: Tell Remi we’re attacking Jackal tonight. I’m ready.

Max: Why don’t you do it?

Kai: I’ve got something to go check on.

Max: What are you checking on?

Kai: Nothing. Mind your business.

Max: Everything is my business.

Kai leaves the house. He drives to bibble and sips. Kai sits down. A woman sits down. She has brown skin and long brown hair.

Kai: Noxa.

Noxa: Kai.

Kai: Is what I asked for ready?

Noxa: Yes, it’s already set up.

Kai: And you will be there tonight.

Noxa: Just as President Bordon said.

Noxa takes meta-cuffs out of her jacket. She passes them to Kai along the table. Kai grabs them and puts them in his pocket. Kai gets up. Noxa grabs his arm.

Noxa: Don’t betray me.

Kai: I feel like I’m more inclined to say that.

Kai moves his arm. Noxa lets go of Kai’s arm. Kai then leaves Bibble and Sip. When Kai gets back home Remi and Max are in the kitchen talking.

Kai: Yo.

Remi: Max, you're an idiot.

Max: All I’m saying is pineapple on pizza isn’t bad.

Remi: Kai, what do you think. Pineapple on pizza is trash.

Kai sighs.

Kai: Do I care?

Max: Yes. You care enough to agree with me.

Kai grabs another apple and takes a bite.

Kai: What are you guys even talking about?

Remi: Pineapple on pizza.

Kai: Gross.

Kai walks away.

Remi: See!

Max: You're both wrong.

Kai goes into one of the rooms that are never used. The room has gym equipment in it. Kai puts a bar up on the top hinge, and starts doing pull ups. Remi and Max both stand in the doorway.

Max: How did I not know there was a gym room?!

Kai: You never leave the basement.

Max: Your right. I should go back to the basement.

Max leaves. Remi walks in the room and leans against a wall while Kai is working out.

Kai: Did you find out any useful information when you scoped out Jackals base?

Remi: I saw a lot of wolves coming from the back. There might be a secret entrance.

Kai: Is it just a back door?

Remi: No! I’m not that stupid.

Kai: I know. I scouted the building before too.

Remi: So what do you think’s the entrance?

Kai: We’ll wait until the wolves leave. We’ll find out that way. A lot of the wolves will aslo have left. It gives us a good opportunity to strike.

Kai hops off the bar, and then he turns to Remi.

Kai: Stop looking at me creep.

Kai starts walking out the room.

Remi: I’m straight and you're working out!

Remi follows him. Hours later Kai is on a building overlooking the back of the bar with his suit on. Remi walks up from behind him. She is wearing a superhero suit. She has her long brown hair tied back. She has on a black shirt with a yellow logo on it. Then a long black jacket going down to her knees. The jacket has yellow marks on it. Then she has black pants with black and yellow shoes. She stops beside Kai. Kai is still looking at the back of the building.

Kai: Nice suit.

Remi: You didn’t even look.

Kai looks her up and down then back to the building.

Kai: Why yellow?

Remi: I don’t know. I just didn’t want to copy you and use red.

Kai: Start thinking of a name.

Remi: Like a superhero name?

Kai: Yup. The people like names.

Remi: Maybe Bumblebee.?

Kai: Sucks.

Remi: I’ll work on it.

Remi sits down.

Remi: Are you just going to stand there?

Kai almost looks as if he is disoriented for a second.

Kai: Huh?

Remi: Where did you go?

Kai: No where. What was your question?

Remi: I asked if you were just going to stand there.

Kai sits down.

Kai: Nah, even my feet get tired.

Remi: When?

Kai: After like a week of running.

Remi: Exactly. Y’know, you’ve been really distant.

Kai chuckles.

Kai: Max said the same thing. Don’t worry about it.

Remi: It makes it hard to have a conversation with you-

Kai: Down.

Remi: What?

Kai gets low to the ground, and puts a hand on Remi’s back and pushes her down. Grass comes up from the ground. It looks as if there is a latch disguised as grass. They all come up from the ground. The wolves stampede out of the latch. They start sniffing around.

Remi: Ow. A little more of a warning next time.

Kai: Sorry.

A wolf starts looking around.

Wolf2: What is it.

Wolf: Uh, nothing. Just two mutants. A girl and boy.

The two wolves run out with the rest. Soon wolves stop leaving the latch. Everything starts to calm down.

Kai: C’mon.

Kai and Remi hop off the building. They climb down a ladder. Kai goes first. Once Kai sees the bottom he slides down the ladder. Kai wipes his hands together wiping off dirt. Remi soon gets off the ladder too, and walks up to Kai.

Kai: Nice butt.

Remi punches Kai in the arm and Kai laughs.

Kai: You were staring at me earlier. I thought I would return the favor.

Remi: I didn’t think it would bite me in the ass later.

Remi starts walking away.

Kai: Nice pun.

Kai walks with her. They walk through an old lab. Remi starts to have a weird expression on her face.

Kai: Is this the lab they gave you the “cure” in?

Remi: Y-yeah.

Kai: I figured as much. Don’t worry, we’re together. You won’t get locked up again.

Remi: I know. I’m just a little shaken up.

Kai: Then lets move onto the next room.

Remi starts opening the door.

Kai: Shit.

The door opens and three wolves are in front of Remi.

Wolf: A pretty girl!

Wolf2: No, a beautiful woman. Respect her!

Wolf: What do you mean respect her?! We’re going to attack her!

The third wolf slices at Remi. Remi jumps back. A wolf pounces at Remi. Kai grabs the wolf’s arm, and throws it into the wall. One wolf jumps at Kai and the other jumps at Remi. Kai punches the wolf in the jaw, then the stomach, and finally uppercuts it into the roof. The wolf hits the roof and falls to the floor. Remi kicks out her wolf's leg. The wolf drops to one knee. Remi punches the wolf in the head. As the wolf is falling back Remi kicks it in the stomach.

Kai: See, easy. Nothing to be worried about.

Remi: I could have done without the jump scare though.

Kai: But would it have been as fun?

Remi: I guess not.

They walk through the door. They go up the stairs they take out wolf after wolf that they see easily. Then they make it to a big room. It looks like the room that all the wolves gather in. There is a throne, and Jackal is sitting on it. Two wolves with spears stand beside her.

Jackal: Get them.

The two wolves charge Kai and Remi. The wolf tries to jab at Kai. Kai steps his foot on the spear. The spear goes to the ground, and Kai kicks the wolf in the head. The wolf drops to the ground unconscious. The other wolf jabs at Remi. Remi hits the spear away. She kicks the wolf in the stomach, and then starts punching the wolf over and over again. Then Remi uppercuts the wolf, and it falls to the ground.

Jackal: Why have you come to my territory?

Kai: We kind of want Manhattan back.

Jackal takes out two batons.

Jackal: You should have stayed in prison. Now your going to die.

Jackal runs at Kai and Remi. Jackal slides on the ground. Her baton hits Remi in the stomach. She gets up quickly, and roundhouse kicks. Kai deflects the kick, and punches her in the jaw. Jackal stumbles back. Then Remi throws sparks at her. The sparks blast Jackal back. Jackal hits a wall, and pulls herself up.

Kai: You know you're going to lose. Why are you even still trying?

Jackal: What else am I supposed to do? I wasn’t born a wolf! I was born a regular human. I was captured and experimented on. Now I have no choice but to fight against humanity. That’s why I’ll beat you no matter what it takes!

The roof starts to crumble. A few pieces of rock come off the roof. They float above the ground and Jackals eyes have become a pink color.

Kai: Stop! You’ll take the whole building down if you keep doing that!

Jackal: It’s worth it!

Jackal throws the rocks at Kai and Remi. Remi throws sparks and explodes the rocks coming their way. The explosion only makes the roof more unstable.

Kai: She’s insane! Stay back here so she's distracted by you. I’ll run up to her and take her down.

Remni nods her head. Kai starts running to Jackal with the cover of the rocks. Jackal keeps throwing rocks at Remi. Remi dodges the rocks. Then Kai appears out of nowhere. He punches Jackal in the temple. Jackal flies back. She hits the ground, and drags until she comes to a stop. Then she pulls herself back up again.

Kai: Just stay down!

Jackal: W.A.T.K.H. is my family! I will stop you from getting to them.

Remi and Kai run at her. Jackal hits Kai in the stomach. Kai stumbles back, and kicks Jackal. Jackal is pushed back by the kick. Remi then kicks Jackal forward, and Kai close lines her. Jackal hits the ground hard. Kai stomps a foot on her. Jackal cuts down Kai’s leg with her claws, and bites his foot through his shoe. Kai jumps back. His leg and shoe are covered in blood.

Kai: Remi, watch out! Her claws and teeth are razor blades!

Jackal gets back up. She starts slashing her claws at Remi. She slices one claw across Remi’s stomach. Kai then blasts Jackal with energy. Jackal hits a wall, and Kai teleports to her. Kai slams her head in with his staff. Jackal hits the ground, and Kai cuffs her.

Kai: Remi, are you okay?

Remi: I’m fine. It was one claw. What about you? Your whole leg is covered in blood!

Kai: Oh, that, I’m fine.

Soldiers come through a door. They have military gear on and badges that say B.L.A.D.E. Nova walks up to Kai.

Nova: You didn’t betray me. Good.

Kai: I asked you to do it. Why would I betray you?

Remi: Who’s this?

Kai: I’ll explain later. It’s time to go.

Remi: Uh, okay.

The soldiers pick up Jackal and carry her body away as Kai and Remi travel back home.

## Located - Issue 6

Kai wakes up. He walks downstairs and Remi is cooking breakfast and Max is waiting to eat. Kai sits down.

Kai: Why?

Remi: Max wouldn’t stop calling me because you were still sleeping.

Kai: So you cook for him?

Max: Of course she would!

Kai: Are you two dating or something?

Max and Remi laugh.

Max: I’m gay stupid.

Kai: I thought something was up with you. Still, why are you cooking for him?

Remi: I cook for him and he gets me a new lead on a story.

Kai: I forgot you were a reporter.

Remi: Yeah, and when you were gone I needed leads.

Max: Is the food done yet?

Remi scowls at Max. Then she turns around and finishes cooking the food. She makes plates for everyone and hands them out. Kai takes a bite.

Kai: This is good.

Remi: You're not the only one who knows how to cook.

Kai shrugs and moves on. Once Kai and Remi finish eating they both sit on the couch. Max goes back to the basement.

Remi: We like to joke about Max hiding in the basement, but he really does not leave.

Kai: Why do you think I like joking about it?

Remi: True. Who are we going to take down next?

Kai: Either Guru or Datura. Datura would be a hit to their money and Guru would be a hit to their planners.

Remi: How do you know that?

Kai: Max and I were going over the groups and who to take down. I just feel like we could take down either.

Remi: If we take down guru they wouldn’t be able to come up with strategies against us. So I think we should take down Guru.

Kai: Well then that settles it.

Remi: Wait, I was just giving an idea! You weren’t supposed to just bank everything on my idea!

Kai: Then why would you give it? We’re taking down Guru-

Remi: Wait.

Kai: What?

Remi: You never explained who Noxa and those B.L.A.D.E guys are.

Kai: B.L.A.D.E is a military organization. Noxa used to be in A.R.G.U.S which is another military group. Noxa betrayed me along with everyone else when A.R..G.U.S tried to kill me. That’s why I don’t trust her. B.L.A.D.E is holding the meta leaders for us.

Remi: Why not just send them to Alcatraz?

Kai: I have my reasons. Now go home and rest. You have bags under your eyes.

Remi feels her eyes.

Remi: Do I look bad?

Kai: You always look good. You just look tired. We have to be out most of the night so sleep whenever you can.

Remi: I’ll talk to you later.

Kai: Yeah.

Remi leaves.

Kai takes out his phone. He texts Raelynn if she wants to meet. Then as Kai is waiting he goes over to the gym. Kai puts some weights on a bar, and bench presses the weight. Then Kai hears his phone go off. Kai puts the bar back up on the bench. He sees Raelynn asked where. Kai told her at Bibble and Sip in an hour. She agrees and Kai leaves the gym. Kai walks downstairs. He sees Max on the computer with a pile of empty cans and potato chip bags.

Kai: This is disgusting.

Max: You have finally come down to the man cave.

Kai: I like a good man cave, but this aint it chief. I want all this stuff cleaned up by the end of the day.

Max: Did you just come down here to nag?

Kai: You’re a full grown man and don’t pay rent! I came down here to ask you to start looking for Guru’s location.

Max: Can do boss.

Kai: Yeah, whatever.

Kai starts walking up the stairs.

Kai: Clean it up!

Max: Stop nagging!

Kai changes his clothes and drives over to Bibble and Sip. Kai grabs a coffee and sits down. Soon Raelynn walks in. She grabs a coffee and sits down. Raelynn is wearing jeans and a red t-shirt.

Raelynn: You finally decided you wanted to talk after a month.

Kai: Yeah, I’m sorry about that. The business trip took longer than expected.

Raelynn: It’s not like we’re married. You don’t have to keep me updated, we aren’t even together. I’ve been busy lately too.

Kai: Maybe we could take some time out of our busy schedules to hang out.

Raelynn: Maybe.

Raelynn gets up from her seat.

Raelynn: I’ll see you later Kai.

Kai: Nice t-shirt.

Raelynn turns around and smiles.

Raelynn: I thought you might like red.

She leaves. Kai leans back in his chair and laughs.

Kai: Well then…

Kai gets in his car and drives back home. When Kai gets home Max is pacing back and forth.

Kai: Why?

Max: It’s a trap!

Two men with white coats run at Kai. They both come from opposite directions. One punches at Kai. Kai dodges the punch, and grabs the man's arm. Kai throws him into the other guy. The guy catches his partner and they both get their feet on the ground. They both run at Kai again. Kai slides on the ground and takes out his staff. He hits one guy in the legs with his staff while he is sliding. The guy falls to the ground. The other guy tries to elbow down on Kai. Kai blocks it with his staff, and punches the guy in his side with his right hand. Kai puts away his staff and hits the guy in the face with his left. Then he hits him in the nose with his right. The other guy gets up and attacks Kai from the back. Kai kicks behind him. The guy is pushed back by the kick. Then Kai jumps front kicks knocking the guy down.

Kai: Couldn’t have texted me?

Max walks over and grabs his phone out of one of the two men’s pockets.

Max: Nope.

Kai: Why did they leave you alive?

Max: Distraction. They said I could live if I didn’t give them away.

Kai: You definitely didn’t give yourself a backup plan.

Max: Nope, but I did find Guru.

Kai: Where?

Max: Follow me.

A man walks up to a stage with a dog following him. He walks in front of a mike. Mutants and Metas are all looking at him from below the stage.

Guru: My Mutant brethren! We plan for the future of what is to come! What we imagine, what we breath life into becomes reality. We came up with the ideas that let our colony thrive in these hard times! We will be the reason that mutants take over more than just New York! But we should not let ourselves forget where we came from! I was thrown in a slave camp because I wanted to protect my dog from being slaughtered. I protected him with my life in those camps, and now he does the same for me. He’s my family, and so are all of you! We protect family unlike humans! They betray and love fighting! That is why we’ll beat them at their own game! We will win this war!

Everyone cheers. Guru walks off stage as the mutants clap and cheer. Guru walks into the back room. A Mutant woman walks up to him.

Mutant woman: That was amazing is all of that true?!

Guru: Of course it is! I would never lie.

Guru walks away. He walks to the elevator. He goes up. The elevator stops, and he gets out with his dog. Guru walks into a room to see his chambres. He looks out a window to see the city. His dog sits next to him panting.

Guru: We have taken over all that, but someone is trying to take that away.

Guru gets on one knee and starts petting his dog.

Guru: We’ll get everyone back for what they did to us.

The dog licks Guru and Guru smirks. Guru stands back up overlooking the city.

Guru: They might have taken Manhattan, but we’ll take it back.

Kai and Max walk down the stairs to the basement. Max sits in his chair and types in a few things. The computer zooms into a building in Queens.

Max: It looks like an office building or a small skyscraper. I tried to look up something about it, but all it said was it had been bought.

Kai: It’s getting late. I’ll call Remi. When it becomes dark we’ll attack.

Max: Make sure to use your coms this time!

Kai: I forgot one time. It’s not that big of a deal.

Kai walks up the stairs.

## Ex-Guru - Issue 7

Kai and Remi are standing on a building looking at a skyscraper.

Kai: Did you get some sleep?

Remi: Yes, but it doesn’t matter because we’re about to be up all night again.

Kai: Yeah, I feel you. It’s time to head in.

They both start running. They hop off a building. They kick open the front door to the skyscraper. No one is there. They sneak around to the elevator. Kai presses the button. Kai and Remi hide at the sides of the elevator. The door opens, and nobody's there. Kai and Remi get in the elevator, and Kai presses the button to go up.

Remi: Are we really taking the elevator? Wouldn't that be a trap?

Kai: No, it’s definitely a trap, but I’m not walking up those stairs..

Remi laughs.

Remi: You’re ridiculous.

The elevator comes to a stop. Kai and Remi hide at the sides of the elevator. Nothing is there.

Kai: Hm.

Remi: What are you thinking?

Kai: The elevator stopped before the button I pressed. Everything from here on out is what they wanted. Watch out, and stay close to me.

They walk over to the stairs. They open the door. When they close the door it locks. Barrels roll down the stairs.

Kai: What is this donkey kong.

Kai smells something funny. Kai grabs Remi’s hand.

Remi: Huh?

Kai teleports them to the next platform. They watch the barrels roll. The barrels hit a wall and exploded. Kai let’s go of Remi’s hand.

Remi: How did you know?

Kai: The smell.

They keep walking up stairs. Kai steps on a star. The stair feels like it moves down a little. Kai ducks, and Remi does the same. Arrows fly over their heads.

Kai: Why did they guard this place like a pyramid?

Remi: Maybe they have riches up there.

Kai: Yeah, and maybe they have a group of Mutants with pitchforks.

They walk up more flights.

Kai: We’re almost there.

They see two Mutants. The Mutants drop a box of small explosives. Kai turns around and overs Remi with his body.

The explosives go off. They only minorly damage Kai.

Remi: Warning next time.

Kai: Next time I’ll let you take the explosives then. Let’s go. That was their last ditch effort.

Kai and Remi run up the stairs. They kick open a door. There are ten Mutants.

Kai: Now time for fun.

Kai and Remi run at the Mutants. Kai punches one in the head. He goes down to the ground. Mutant punches. His hand detaches from his arm and hits Kai. The hand comes back after the punch. The mutant keeps throwing punches, and Kai can’t hit him. A mutant grows spikes on his arm like a porcupine. He elbows at Kai. Kai teleports behind the mutant that was punching him. His right hook punches him in the back of the head. Another mutant blasts off. Fire coming out of his foot propelling him forward and into the air. He kicks Kai. Kai blocks it, and is pushed back into the porcupine arm. Kai flips the porcupine mutant and slams him onto the ground. A mutant runs at Kai. He has almost a blue aura around him. Kai punches him in the head, but his fist bounces off the guy. The guy rams into Kai. Kai is sent back and onto the ground. The propeller mutant shoots into the air, and drops down on Kai. Kai rolls out of the way, and the mutant lands on the ground. Kai gets back up. The mutant tries to punch Kai. Kai deflects the punch, and punches the guy in the jaw. The guy is sent flying back.

Kai(in head): Too hard, less power.

The last mutant attacking Kai charges Kai again.

Kai(in head): More power.

Kai hits the mutant as hard as he can. He feels resistance from the aura. Then the aura shatters. Kai’s fist hits the guy in the head. The guy falls to the ground. Kai checks his breathing.

Kai(in head): Fuck, he’s dead.

A guy spins around with blades in his hands. Remi can feel the air moving. She watches him get closer. She kicked him in the stomach.. He hits the ground. A mutant is camouflage below Remi. He turns back into normal colors, and uppercuts Remi. Remi barely blocks it. Then another mutant pulls Remi toward him with the movement of his wrist. He punches her in the head, and she falls to the ground. Kai knocks the mutant out. Remi gets back up. Rock builds up around Kai and Remi’s feet. Kai breaks through it easily, but Remi is stuck from the rocks. The camouflaged mutant Goes to punch Remi. Remi grabs his wrist and pulls him closer. She knocks him out with a punch to the temple. Kai moves his fingers and the rocks at Remi’s feet are blasted away by spiritual energy. Kai and Remi see the last two mutants. One picks up rocks from the ground. The rocks are launched at Kai and Remi. The other blasts energy at them. Kai teleports behind the rock manipulator and grabs him by the throat. Kai throws him into a wall. Remi slides under the blasts of energy, and throws sparks at the mutant. He is blasted back by the explosion.

Kai: Good job. Let’s go. I’m tired now.

A man walks out from the back room. A dog following him.

Guru: Crimson Dragon. You’ve become famous among us Mutants. You’re known as the betrayer.

Kai: I would fight for Mutants, but this whole let’s take over the world thing is just not my style.

Guru: They say you killed Jackal. I would ask you if you did, but I’ll find out if you try to kill me.

The dog starts walking towards Kai and Remi. Kai and Remi look confused.

Guru: Oh, I’m not a meta-human. My dog is. His name is Crater.

The dog transforms into a human. He takes out a cigarette, and lights it. He starts smoking.

Crater: It’s been so long since I’ve been able to stretch my legs.

Crater starts stretching.

Crater: Let’s get this silly fight over with.

Crater throws his cigarette onto the ground and stops on it. He slams his hands into the ground. His hands are under ground. Bone spikes come out from the ground each one quickly growing closer to Kai and Remi. They both jump out of the way. The spikes split up and follow both of them. Kai is backed up against a wall. Kai jumps onto the wall and pushes off. He launches himself at Crater. Crater takes his hands out of the ground, and the spikes stop. Kai punches at Crater. Crater catches Kai’s hand with both hands and is pushed back. Crater lets one hand go off Kai’s. A giant spiked bone appears in that hand. Crater stabs Kai through the stomach. Kai falls to his feet. He rips the bone out of him, and starts slashing the bone at Crater. Kai slashes one hard time. Crater jumps back, and Remi is behind him. She throws sparks at him, and Crater is blasted back at kai. Kai stabs Crater through the stomach. Crater falls to the ground. Kai and Remi jump back. Crater gets up, and pulls the bone out of his stomach. Kai and Remi can see the wound start to heal.

Guru: I think it’s time to use your real form.

Crater: The one time I can use this form, and now I have to go back to dog form.

Guru: You and your complaining.

Crater: I guess I should listen to you. You are the smarter brother.

Kai(in head): Brother?

Crater transforms into a wolf. The wolf starts growling. The wolf charges Remi at blazing speeds. It jumps on Remi. It bites Remi’s neck and bucks her stomach with it’s back claws. Remi falls to the ground, and kicks the wolf away. Kai teleports to the wolf, and kicks the wolf into the wall. The wolf lands feet first on the wall, and jumps at Kai. Kai takes out his staff, and spins it around himself before slamming it into Craters snout. Crater is sent flying. The wolf lands on the ground, and charges Kai again. A mark on the wolfs body spread through the wolf’s fur. Then the wolf jumps at Kai. Kai swings his staff. The wolf appears behind Kai, and bites Kai’s neck. Kai drops his staff, and grabs the top and bottom of the wolfs jaw. Kai pries the wolf off of him, and slams the wolf onto the ground. Kai then throws the wolf into the wall. Kai runs up and knees the wolf in the stomach. The wall completely shatters like glass, and the wolf is sent flying into the next room. The wolf transforms back into a dog.

Kai: How the fuck do I put handcufss on that?

B.L.A.D.E. soldiers bust through the door. They handcuff Guru, and put a meta-collar on the dog. Kai walks up to Guru.

Guru: I want to be with my dog. Even a cruel bastard like Integer did that much!

Kai: Fine, but you have to answer a question.

Guru: What is it?

Kai: How much time before they spread?

Guru: How do you know about that?

Kai: My question, not yours.

Guru: You have five days before we win.

Guru is carried away by B.L.A.D.E soldiers.

Kai: FUCK!

## Unstoppable - Issue 8

Two days ago, Fever was sitting at a long table. The table has mayors at it. Datura is sitting to his right with her face covered by her hood. To his left is Vision, and behind him is Dead Air.

Fever: I believe you know the situation, am I correct?

Mayor: If we don’t give you our positions you’ll wage war on us. You think we believe you’ll win a war?! You can’t win a battle against the whole U.S army!

Fever laughs.

Fever: Can’t I? The army wishes it had my mutants. Not only that, but your cities have armies inside of them. Your entire Mutant population will join me. It doesn’t matter what my army is because I have armies set up in every town, every city, and eventually every state.

Mayor2: Where is the proof? I haven’t seen any Mutant retaliation!

Fever: Why would I want you too?

Mayor: Hasn’t that, uh, Crimson dragon already took out two of your generals.

Fever: Those were my weakest generals Mayor, please. The only reason he has been winning is that he has taken down my army in small intervals. If I were trying to kill him he’d be dead, but he could never stop me. Even if he takes out my generals what would that leave. I would still have my armies and myself. Which means it would be thousands against one. He thinks he has a chance, but reality says different.

Mayor: Fine, but I want-

Fever: Eh, eh, eh. I have already worked out what you’ll get.

Mayor3: And what is that? What could you possibly give me that I don’t already have?

Fever: Simple. I will be giving you your lives, your wives lives, your children's lives. They won’t be dead if you simply give me your positions. If anything you're winning in this deal. You wouldn’t want your whole bloodline wiped off of earth would you? All you have to do is sign the papers.

Dead air passes out the papers.

Fever: D.A, doesn’t that sound fair.

D.A happily nods.

Fever: See, you can trust him. He has your best interests at heart. That’s why if you ever go against him he’ll have to-

D.A takes out a knife.

Fever: Slice you to bits.

D.A stabs the knife into the table. Then D.A looks at a specific Mayor. He just starts staring at him. The mask covering his eyes makes him all the more frightening. The Mayor quickly signed the paper along with the others. Once they pass the signed papers back D.A approvingly nods and takes the knife out of the table.

Fever: Ladies. Show these men out of my office.

Mayor: This is my office.

Fever: Not anymore!

Datura and Vision get up.

Mayor: This is blasphemy!

Datura puts her hand on the mayor's head. His head turns into water. The water washes down his body.

Datura: Is it blasphemy?

The mayors get up, and the two women follow them out the door.

Fever: D.A.

Dead Air looks at Fever.

Fever: I have a feeling you wanted to kill that Mayor.

Dead Air nods.

Fever: What are you waiting for?

Dead Air flips the knife and walks out the room.

Fever: Little rascal.

Fever looks at the papers.

Fever: One week before I officially have control over everything they had. It sounds too good to be true.

Kai is at home in present day. Remi is with him. Max comes up from the basement with a full trashbag.

Kai: Fuck, this is the worst possible thing that could have happened!

Remi: What?

Max: We’re we right?!

Kai: We were fucking right!

Max: Dammit!

Max walks out of the house.

Remi: What the hell is going on?!

Kai: Max and I were thinking. Why would Fever care so little about his other factions. He wouldn’t try to help any of them. He should have already applied another leader to the beastmen territory already. Why wouldn’t he? He wouldn’t if he was doing something more important. Like spreading is reign of fucking terror!

Max walks back in.

Remi: He’s moving on to different cities?

Max: We have no idea, and that's the problem. This small scale invasion could turn into a large scale mass genocide of humans. We have no idea what's going on behind the scenes!

Remi: Have we lost?

Kai: We have five days to take out the remaining four members of W.A.T.K.H.

Remi: Does today count as one of the days?

Kai: I couldn’t tell you Remi!

Max: The camps spread forty million Mutants around the country. All of those Mutants will, without a doubt, join Fever. He basically has armies ready for him to take over.

Kai: But how would he even take them over? He can’t take them all over at the same time.

Max: All he needs to do is set up a person to rule everything for him and report to him. He’ll be a king.

Remi looks shocked and scared.

Kai: Remi, why don’t you lay down. You look a little off balance.

Remi sits on the couch and takes a deep breath.

Remi: What are we going to do?

Kai: Welp, game over. I’m going to bed.

Max: I’m feeling the same way, night Remi.

Remi: Wha-

Kai: We’re joking. We’ll figure it out tomorrow. There isn’t anything we can do today.

Remi: Goodnight I guess then.

Remi leaves. Max goes down into the basement. Kai walks outside. Then Kai sits down in front of the pool. He closes his eyes and starts meditating. Kai can hear a man meditating from the other side of the pool. Neither of them open their eyes.

Kai: Stick.

Stick: Kai.

Kai: I was expecting the last mission we did for you would keep you away longer than what it has.

Stick: You think I’m here to send you on another mission?

Kai: What else would you be here for? To give me something else that sells my soul awa?

Stick: I don’t repeat myself. I still have creativity even in my old age, but I have something else too.

Kai: And what would that be?

Stick: Wisdom. I still watch over you and Terra. You are my children.

Kai: Slade raised me. Not you.

Stick: He raised you because I asked him to. I came by constantly to check on you. Even if you didn’t know it.

Kai: Stalker.

Stick chuckles.

Stick: Maybe, but only for the good of my children.

Kai: What good have you done for me?

Stick: Without me you would have never taken down detective Steel, learned martial arts, or even have been the person you are today.

Kai: I’ll repeat. What have you done for me. Without that I would be-

Stick: Where? You would have been the christian boys home until you went to college. You wouldn’t have been able to get a scholarship with your grades. You would have ended up a regular man working a minimum wage job wishing what could have been. I gave all that to you and then you betrayed me, but I’m still here. Why? Because you are my son. All I have ever done is give and asked for little in return. Why would I be here for anything else?

Kai: Sorry.

Stick: For?

Kai: For betraying you, but you can’t say that you didn’t give me everything because you wanted me to work for you.

Stick smiles.

Kai: Why are you smiling?

Stick: As the years pass they say you turn into your parents. They were right.

Kai raises an eyebrow.

Kai: What do you mean?

Stick: You don’t see the similarities between us?

Kai: No, I don’t.

Stick: Then let me give you some examples. You always call me ruthless, but you will do anything to win. Today you even slipped up on your no killing rule. A rule you only follow because your friend made it. Now you have even started to see the grey lines between that black and white you young superheroes love. Your personality is becoming like me along with your strength. You have been training the way I train. You don’t even sleep anymore. You just meditate. I can’t even remember the last time I slept.

Kai: Maybe if you slept you wouldn’t be so cranky. Less people might be dying.

Stick: If only it were that simple. I watch you all the time Kai. I know what your thinking.

Kai: You're really starting to creep me out. An old man just follows my every move.

Stick: More than just one old man follows your every move Kai. I’m just the only one you’ll ever meet. I still haven’t even got to the reason why I am here.

Kai: And what is that?

Stick: I wanted to tell you not to doubt yourself.

Kai: You told me that years ago.

Stick: And it seems as though you forgot. Like I said, you are like me. The same way that you never underestimate me, you should never underestimate yourself.

Soon Stick is gone.

Kai: Thank you.

## Issues - Issue 9

The next day Kai is sitting down at the table texting while Remi is making brunch. Max is yawning and playing on his computer.

Remi: Who are you texting?

Kai puts away his phone.

Kai: No one important.

Max: Ya must be hiding something.

Kai: What are you doing?

Max: Nothing, don’t look at my computer!

Kai: Exactly.

Remi hands them plates.

Kai: You getting more info from Max.

Max: I guess I’ll pass along some information, but only if the hashbrowns are good!

Max finishes eating his food. Kai finishes his food too.

Kai: I gotta go.

Remi: Are you on a mission?

Kai: Yeah, why?

Remi: I’ll come with you-

Kai puts out his hand.

Kai: Absolutely not.

Remi: Why can’t I come on this mission with you?

Kai: Personal mission. I have a feeling that you would only be a detriment to the mission anyways.

Remi: How would I-

Kai: I would have to protect you. Now stop asking questions for once Remi. I know you're a reporter, but y'know. I have to do what I have to do.

Kai walks up stairs. He puts on his suit and teleports out of the house.

Max: What a weirdo.

Remi: Maybe it’s a family thing?

Max: Nah, Kai doesn’t have any family.

Kai walks outside. He calls someone. Raelynn is in a room. She looks at a picture of her and Jilaya.

Raelynn: Why did you have to do it?

Tears run down Raelynns face and she throws the picture across the room. The picture shatters. Her phone rings. Raelynn wipes her tears away and takes a deep breath. She answers the phone.

Raelynn: I’ll be right there.

Back at Kai’s house.

Remi: So, what's the info?

Max: I found out who did it. It was The Mayor Charles White.

Remi looks sad but almost relieved. Remi embraces Max holding onto him.

Remi: Thank you.

She lets go.

Max: It took a while, and I had to send you on a ton of missions, but we ended up finding him.

Remi: Where is he?

Max: C’mon, I’ll show you.

They walk down to the basement. Kai overlooking the city from a rooftop. Someone appears behind him in dark clothing.

Kai: I only texted you to come. Not in battle gear.

Raelynn: What else would you call me here for?

Kai turns around. She has her hood down so he can see her face.

Kai: Did you try to date me because you knew I was a superhero? I mean, honestly I’m already over it.

Raelynn: I learned when you were thrown into jail.

Kai: I figured as much, but as we both know it’s about time I take you down. I can’t be wasting time when there is so little left.

Raelynn: Then let me stop wasting your time.

Raelynn moves her hand making a signal. Mutants appear on top of the two buildings next to Kai.

Raelynn: Bye.

The mutants all blast different elements at Kai. While Raelynn creates a shield around herself. Remi is traveling across rooftops. Remi stops at an office building.

Remi: I’ll check the building out.

Max: Then return back.

Remi: I know how a scouting mission works.

As the flame comes in Kai teleports back and forth from one mutant to the next. He punches and kicks the mutants. One hit and the mutants are knocked out. Then the last mutant he grabs by the head, and teleports back to his spot on the building. He slams the mutants head into the building.

Kai: Foiled. What else you got for me.

Raelynn: I expected no less from the man who has already taken down two of our group.

Kai: You know. Now that I think about it. You were always kinda boring.

Raelynn: I don’t get attached. I can’t get involved with some human. You were just a plaything. We were just friends with benefits.

Kai chuckles.

Kai: I agree.

Kai starts charging Raelynn. He is blasted back by wind. Kai is about to land on his feet. He sees fire down on the ground. He teleports to a different spot on the rooftop. Then black smoke hits Kai in the face. Kai starts coughing, and trying to wipe the dust off his face. Kai stumbles back, and falls off the building. Kai teleports to the top of the building again. He wipes his face off.

Kai: What’s your power?!

Raelynn: I control the elements. All of them.

Water splashes at Kai. The water turns into small ice needles that stick into Kai’s abdomen. A rock flies at Kai. Kai punches the rock and it breaks into pieces. The ice in his stomach starts to melt. Then Raelynn flicks her wrist. Kai is gasping for air, but can’t breath.

Raelynn: Having a problem over there?

Kai punches forward. A blast of energy comes from his fist and hits Raelynn. Raelynn flies into the side of the roof. She gets back up and Kai starts breathing again. Then Kai teleports to Raelynn and punches her. She waits for a second and then puts her hand over Kai’s fist. Her hand starts to be pushed back, and then Kai’s arm dissolves into water. Kai jumps back.

Kai: What the hell?!

Remi returns to Kai’s house. Max is on the couch waiting for her.

Remi: I saw him in the building.

Max: It’s finally time to get revenge. All you have to do now is wait.

Remi: I’ve been waiting so long already. A few more hours isn’t really all that much.

Max taps the spot next to him on the couch. Remi sits down and they start watching tv. Kai is looking at his missing arm.

Kai: It doesn’t hurt.

Raelynn: How?!

Kai: You cut the nerves. I feel nothing, but that’s going to take a little time to heal.

Raelynn has a weird expression..

Raelynn: Your so… different. You acted normal when we first talked, and now your just a whole different being.

Kai laughs.

Kai: People have been saying that a lot. Since you're about to lose anyway I might as well tell you. I normally do a lot of thinking, but I don’t really show it. I’ve been in my head a lot more lately. In prison I realized that it’s time to move on from just being a hero twenty four seven. When I was younger I went head first into the military. I went on year long missions. I didn’t take breaks. As soon as I came home I did the same thing. Except that's when it became bounty hunting. I eventually quit that. Then all I did was take down villains. It’s a cycle, and I think it’s time I break the cycle. After I take down W.A.T.K.H.

Raelynn: Why are you telling me this?

Kai: Therapists usually say it’s good to get out your thoughts, but that’s only partly the reason I told you. I also saw a few similarities between us.

Raelynn: How do I match up with your story on how your an addict?

Kai: Because every time I was in denial about the new activity I found. You’re in denial about something too.

Raelynn: What are you talking about?

Kai: I would have been dead already if you went for the head, but you hesitated and then went for my arm.

Raelynn: Don’t try to psychoanalyze me! I know what I fight for!

Raelynn throws fireballs at Kai. Kai charges her. He takes out his staff, and deflects those fireballs. Then the ground below him disappears. He falls down, and the ground reappears. Kai teleports back up to the top of the building to continue his charge. A storm appears above them, and lightning strikes down near Kai. Kai moves in a random pattern to dodge lightning. Then Kai swings his staff. Raelynn touches it, and it disappears. Then Kai kicks Raelynn in the head. She falls to the ground, and Kai puts meta-cuffs on her. Kai sighs.

Kai: I wonder when I’ll get my arm back.

Kai waits for the B.L.A.D.E soldiers to come. Then he travels back home. As he is traveling back home he sees that the sky is getting dark. Kai opens his door, and sees Max on the couch.

Kai: Where’s Remi?

Max: She just left. She’s on a mission.

Kai: Shouldn’t you be downstairs then?

Max: I have everything hooked up to my phone. It will alert me if she needs help, but I have a feeling she won’t need help with this mission.

Kai sits down on the couch.

Max: What happened to your ar?

Kai: I have no idea what you're talking about.

Remi waits on the top of a building. It gets darker and darker. She sees the last people leave the building. Remi sneaks through the window. She walks down the corridor, and into a room. She is standing above Chales. He looks up at her from his desk.

Chales: W-who are you?

Remi takes off her mask.

Remi: Do you remember me now?

Charles looks at her face, and he gets a flash of another woman.

Charles: Your Zoey’s daughter.

Remi: You killed my mother because she was digging into you. She wanted to report you-

Charles slams his hands on the table.

Charles: No!

Charles looks like he is going to cry.

Charles: I did not kill Zoey! You can hate me for a lot of things, but that is not one of them. I should have done more for her. Zoey and I loved each other! I wish I had done more for her. I am not her killer. The president, Jayden Bordon, killed your mother.

## The Mind - Issue 10

Kai is sitting on the couch. He is clicking through the tv channels.

Kai: There’s nothing good on.

Remi walks in the room in front of the TV.

Kai: Remi?

Remi walks up to Kai. She puts her hand on his leg, and kisses him. She disappears and Max walks in.

Max: Is Remi here?

Kai looks shocked.

Max: You look like you’ve seen a ghost.

Kai: Did I eat shrooms or something. What is going on?

Max: I don’t know. I asked if Remi was here because she said she was coming, but apparently she isn’t, so back downstairs I go.

Max walks out of the room. Kai looks confused then shrugs.

Kai: I need some fresh air.

Kai walks outside. As he opens the door he sees darkness.

Kai: Nevermind.

Kai closes the door and walks back into the living room. He sits back down on the couch. He starts switching through channels. As he changes through the channels one channel keeps coming up. The channel is completely black. Soon every channel on the TV is the black screen. Kai sighs.

Kai: I’m put into some illusion and they can’t even give me good TV.

Kai gets up and walks out of the room. As Kai walks out of the room white eyes show up on the TV that watch him leave. Kai walks over to the alcohol. Kai takes a bottle out. He goes to open it, but looks at his empty sleeve. Then Kai uses his mouth to open the bottle. Kai takes a swing of the drink. A silhouette punches at Kai. Kai dodges the punch, and slams the bottle on the silhouettes head. The bottle breaks and alcohol pours over the silhouette. The black shape slowly fades into the ground. Kai looks at his now smashed bottle.

Kai: I fucking hate this.

Kai walks up the stairs and into his room. He lays on the bed.

Kai: I’m taking a nap! You're wasting my time!

Kai pulls the covers over himself. Then four silhouettes appear around the bed. The barrage of hands come after Kai. Kai throws the bed sheet up bliding all of the silhouettes. Then one by one Kai knocks each silhouette out with one punch. Once all the silhouettes disappear Kai’s tv turns on with the same black screen.

Kai: Why would you have the TV turn on if you’re just going to show a black screen?!

Nothing changes.

Kai: Fuck this.

Kai lays down in the bed. As Kai struggles to fall asleep he turns to the other side of the bed. Raelynn is laying there asleep. Kai shakes his head and lays back down and turns to the other side. Remi os laying on the other side. Kai gets up from the bed.

Kai: I see what you're doing here.

Kai walks to the door. The eyes come on the TV again watching him. Kai opens the door and walks out of the room. Kai looks down to see he is now in pajama pants without a shirt. He has a toothbrush in his hand. Kai shrugs and starts brushing his teeth. Kai walks to the bathroom. He opens the door, and Max is dead in the bathtub. The bathtub is full of blood. The blood is leaking out from the tub. Kai spits out his toothpaste, and washes out his mouth.

Kai: You just chilling?

Kai doesn’t get a response from Max’s dead body.

Kai: Fine.

Kai puts down his toothbrush and leaves the bathroom. He walks to the staircase. He sees Fever at the bottom of the staircase. Fever walks to the living room. Kai walks down the stairs and into the living room. There is nothing in the living room. Kai sits back down on the couch, and turns on the tv. As he sits on the couch his clothes change to his hero suit. Then Kai shows up on the TV. Kai starts watching himself train with Slade. Kai falls over when Slade and him are trading blows.

Slade: You lost your footing.

Kai: I’ll get it.

Slade: I’m sure you will.

The TV changes to Kai’s perspective. Slade puts his hand out, and then something appears in his hand. Kai looks up and he sees old Slade. They are in the cave. Kai takes the staff and then it changes to Kai burying slade. Kai snaps out of looking at the TV. Kai sees the TV is just black. Kai wipes a tear off his cheek. Then Remi lays her head on Kai’s shoulder. Kai jumps back from shock.

Remi: Are you frightened of me?

Kai: Not of you.

Kai is tapped on the shoulder. Kai turns around and it’s Az. Az pushes Kai to the ground and holds a knife to Kai’s neck. Remi walks over and stands above Kai. She cocks her head to the side. Kai looks fine.

Remi: You weren't scared by that.

Kai kicks Az in the stomach. Az is pushed off of Kai and onto the floor.

Remi: Do you just not like me?

Kai: What? We’re friends. I don’t have a problem with you laying your head on my shoulder.

Remi leans closer to Kai and whispers.

Remi: Then what are you afraid of?

Az gets up and stabs at Kai’s back. Kai kicks Az in the head. Az turns into a shadow and fades into the ground.

Kai: What am I afraid of? I’m not afraid of anything.

Remi: Yet you never get close to anyone.

Kai: What are you talking about?

Remi: Max and I don’t know anything about you. We know about Cal, but that’s about it. Then you go on a date that was just a glorified one night stand. You hide falling apart really well.

Kai picks up the knife and throws it at Remi. The blade goes right through her. She turns black and fades into the ground.

Kai: No more of that.

Kai walks around the house and nothing happens. All the TV’s are on in every room and they all are just black. Kai walks up to one of the TV’s. He puts his hand on the TV, and his hand phases through it. Kai walks into the TV. He is in a completely black area. Kai turns around. Vision is standing ten feet away from him. Vision's eyes are the same white eyes that were on the TV.

Vision: You got out? That took you awhile.

Kai: I was just kind of going with the flow.

Vision: I thought you were going to be lame and just move along with everything I did, but it clicked inside your head. Whether you want to accept it or not.

Kai: That would be a not. Now, why have you put me inside an illusion that is supposed to “teach me a lesson.”

Vision: To kill you, but my powers are based on your mind. So your mind brought you where you wanted to go. The only thing I did was the black on the TV.

Kai: The silhouettes weren’t you?

Vision: Those were your demons. Not mine.

Kai: You were waiting for me here to kill me then? That’s why you said I took a while.

Vision chuckles. Then she runs at Kai.

Kai: I think you're mistaken. You said this is my mind, and I have seen some pretty fucked up shit.

A green creature with a long tongue grabs Vision by her leg. He has spiked teeth and scales. His jaw is like a snake’s when it opens as he looks at Vision with small red beady eyes.

Vision: Inkanyamba!

Vision: No! You were in your mind! Now we’re in the gap between!

Kai is pushed backwards. As he falls back the scenery switches. Kai lands on a prison bed.

Kai: Is this Visions head?

A man walks up to the cell.

???: Hello, Nice to meet you. I’m Ivan. I took you out of the Astral Plane. You remember that right? Good. Why don’t you meet my wife Jilaya.

Jilaya Springer walks in front of the cell.

Jilaya: I wonder what her powers are. I want her in the lab as soon as possible.

Jilaya walks away.

Ivan: You’re going to love it here.

Ivan walks away. The next thing Kai knows he is being dragged into the lab. He is thrown on a medical table and strapped down. Kai looks at Jilaya in the corner of the room in front of a mirror with medical tools. Kai sees himself in the mirror except he looks like a child. He looks like the younger version of Vision. Jilaya walks over with a mask on and a syringe.

Jilaya: This is going to hurt, a lot.

Jilaya sticks the needle into Kai. Kai feels excruciating pain. Then as Kai’s body starts to jerk he jerks into the table. Kai opens his eyes to see Vision being dragged into the ground by inkanyamba. Vision is smiling at him.

Vision: That medicine wasn’t a one time thing. You get used to it after years. Now you understand.

Vision is dragged under the ground. The beast shows up behind Kai. He puts his hand on Kai’s shoulder.

Beast: Why don’t we go back to earth?

Kai: Is this real?

Beast laughs.

Beast: Everything is real. It’s just whether or not it affects your world.

Beast leads Kai over to a door of light.

Kai: What is this for?

Beast: You will be returned to your body.

Kai: Before I go, how is hell?

Beast: Good, thanks to you.

Kai: I’m glad. I guess we don’t have much time to talk about the past. All the good memories.

Beast: We do not.

Kai sighs.

Kai: I wish you luck.

Beast: You need it more than I.

Kai walks through the door of light. Kai starts to snap back to reality. He hears a quiet voice. It’s comforting at first. He starts to realize it’s Remi's voice. Then as he starts to really wake up he hears that Remi is yelling. Kai wakes up to see himself in Remi’s arms. Kai gets up. Vision is laying on the floor knocked out.

Remi: Why did you just collapse?

Kai runs over and puts meta-cuffs on Vision.

Kai: What is going on?!

## Challenge - Issue 11

Dead Air kicks down the door to a house. He walks up the stairs with an uneasy quietness. He walks to a door and opens it. The door creaks as he pushes it open. The mayor is sitting at his desk looking at papers.

Mayor: Has Fever sent you here to make me do something. Heh! Of course he has. He wants to bleed all of us dry-

Dead Air slams his knife into the table. The knife cuts right through the table down to its handle. After his knife has been put in the table Dead Air takes a step back calmly. He does this so calmly that it only strikes even more fear into the Mayor's eyes.

Mayor: Fever didn’t send you did he?

Dead Air shakes his finger back and forth to signal a no.

Mayor: Why are you here to kill me?

Dead Air taps his temple for a minute. Then he looks around. Dead Air sees a picture of the Mayor surrounded by kids. Dead Air walks up to the picture. He puts his hand on one of the kids. The kid has blond hair.

Mayor: The orphan boys?! Who cares about a few orphans. Even if what happened to them they didn’t deserve! They were never going to be shit!

Dead Air throws a knife into the Mayor's throat. Dead Air stays in the position as the Mayor's body falls to the ground. Then Dead Air sighs. He walks over and picks up his knife out of the table. Then he takes the knife out of The Mayors throat and cleans it off with the Mayors tie. Dead Air leaves the house.

Kai: So what happened?

Kai and Remi are sitting on the couch.

Remi: I came inside the house and you were acting strange. Max sent us off to fight Vision because he found her location in Staten Island. When we got there and saw Vision you passed out. I tried to take down Vision but she kept avoiding me. Then she passed out, and soon after that you woke up again. Why did you pass out?

Kai: I was just tired, is all.

Remi: Do you really expect me to believe that?

Kai flashes back to the dream and Remi asks him what he’s scared of. Kai snaps back into reality and sighs.

Kai: She was manipulating my dreams. She sent me into my head, but more like your unconscious mind.

Remi: What does that even mean?

Kai: Your unconscious mind is all your thoughts and feelings.

Kai gets up from the couch.

Kai: It basically knows you better than you do. Luckily it has your best intentions in mind.

Kai walks into the kitchen and Remi follows him. Kai grabs an apple, and Remi leans over the counter.

Remi: So what did it tell you?

Kai takes a bite of the apple.

Kai: Yeah right. Like I would tell you.

Max walks into the kitchen.

Max: Remi, I need to talk to you.

Remi walks into a different room with Max.

Max: Last night the Mayor was killed.

Remi Looks off to the side and spaces out for a second.

Max: Remi?

Remi snaps back into reality.

Remi: I’m fine. I just wished I could have learned more about my mother from him. I’m going to go home. I’ll talk to you later.

Remi walks away. She walks past Kai who is leaning on the counter.

Kai: Remi.

Remi stops dead in her tracks and turns to Kai. Kai walks up to her.

Kai: You okay?

Remi starts crying and Kai embraces her. Kai holds onto Remi until she calms down. Remi backs up a few steps from Kai as she wipes her eyes.

Remi: I’m sorry.

Kai: There’s nothing to apologize for. Do you want me to drive you home or are you alright?

Remi: I think I’ll be alright. Bye.

Remi leaves the house and Max walks up to Kai.

Max: Why did I even bring her over there if you were just going to hear everything?

Kai: Why are you asking me? That was your decision.

Max: I need you to come downstairs.

Kai: Fine.

Kai follows Max into the basement. Kai sees a full trash bag on the floor. Max sits down in his chair.

Kai: I would feel bad that you're always down here on the computer, but if you weren’t then you would be upstairs on the computer.

Max: That’s why I might as well be down here.

Max types a few things in and a message is brought up on the screen.

Max: Watch this.

An hour ago Dead Air and Fever were in the meeting room. Fever is sitting down and Dead Air is leaning against the wall in the corner of the room. Fever slams his fits on the table.

Fever: Fuck!

Dead Air doesn’t even flinch. He makes no movement.

Fever: How the fuck did one man take out almost the entire group?!

Dead Air takes out his knife and starts flipping it, and spinning it around.

Fever: Your the warrior! You should have used your men to take them out!

Dead Air keeps flipping his knife.

Fever gets up from his chair and walks over to Dead Air.

Fever: I have to go to a meeting with all the Mayors.

Fever starts tapping Dead Air chest with his finger.

Fever: You better have them taken out when I get back.

Wind blows Fever into a wall. Fever hits the ground. Dead Air makes a few hand signs.

Fever: Cool off.

Fever sighs.

Fever: Yeah, I know.

Fever gets up from the ground and fixes his tie.

Fever: You know I get frustrated easily. I do need you to take them out.

Dead Air jokingly salutes Fever. Fever leaves the room. Dead Air sets up a camera, and gets a map. He circles a place on the map. He starts recording himself. He shows the camera the circled location. Then he drags his thumb against his throat and turns off the camera. Kai and Max see that video.

Kai: He is challenging me?

Max: Do you accept the challenge?

Kai: Hm, I’ll get my suit.

Kai starts walking off.

Max: Should I call Remi?

Kai: She needs a day off. I can do this myself.

Max: Don’t forget the com!

Kai: You never talk to me anyway!

Max: Sometime I think you deserve to be alone.

Kai: Harsh.

Kai is running across rooftops with his suit on. He stops at the location that Dead Air showed on the map. Kai sees Dead Air standing on the rooftop. Dead Air taps his arm and points at Kai. Kai looks at his arm.

Kai: Yeah, that’s been healed.

Dead Air nods. Then Dead Air takes out his sword.

Kai: A respectable fight? Alright.

Kai takes out his staff.

Kai: Good old fashioned one on one.

Dead Air slices his sword up. Kai blocks with his staff. Dead Air slices his blade through the air. As his blade moves you see the trail of the blade. You hear the blade swoosh as it cuts through air. The clank of the two metals hitting together blocks out the noise of the blade cutting through the air. Dead Air spins and slashes Kai’s feet. Kai hits Dead Air in the head with his staff. Dead Air rolls on the ground and puts away his sword. Dead air takes out a gun that looks somewhat like a rifle. Dead Air presses the trigger. Plasma bullets shoot out of the gun. Kai starts blocking the bullets. Then air bullets are shot out of the gun as well as plasma. Kai starts spinning his staff around deflecting all the shots. Dead Air’s gun charges for a second and he sends out a giant blast of plasma and air. Kai throws his staff into the air as the bullet heads his way. Kai teleports to his staff, and slams his staff downwards. Dead Air rolls to the side. Kai hits the ground, and Dead Air shoots a few plasma bullets into Kai before Kai starts blocking them again. A bullet hits Kai’s hand and Kai’s staff flies up. Kai catches his staff, and throws it at Dead Air. Dead Air shoots a bullet. The staff goes through the bullet and sticks halfway into Dead Air’s gun. Dead Air throws his gun to the side and charges Kai. He punches at Kai. Kai deflects the punch, and hits Dead Air in the chest. Dead Air punches Kai in the jaw. Kai grabs his arm and yanks Dead Air forward. Dead Air starts to fall forward and Kai roundhouse kicks him in the back of the head. Dead Air hits the ground. Then Dead Air elbows Kai’s knee. Kai’s bone sticks out the back of his leg. Kai falls to the ground holding his leg.

Kai: Fuck.

Dead Air gets to his feet and Kicks at Kai’s head. Kai blocks the Kick, and kicks Dead Air in the stomach with his only good leg. Dead Air is pushed back. Kai gets back to his feet, and pushes his bone back into his leg. Dead Air kicks at Kai. Kai grabs his leg, and elbows Dead Air in the ribs. Dead Air falls to the ground. Kai puts Dead Air’s behind his back. Then Kai is blasted off of him by wind. Dead Air gets back up along with Kai. wind surrounds Dead Air’s hands making almost like a blade on each hand. Dead Air charges Kai. He swipes his blades. Kai dodges the first two slashes, but the third slash leaves Kai with a giant cut along his torso. Then Kai grabs both of Dead Air’s arms, and knees Dead Air in the stomach. Dead Air leans over a bit, and Kai jump spin kicks him in the head. Dead Air hits the ground hard. Kai walks back over to Dead Air, and Dead Air stabs Kai through the stomach with his wind blade. He then slices Kai’s throat with the second blade. Kai falls to the ground creating a pool of blood. Dead Air sees Kai’s eyes closed. He walks over to Kai and stabs Kai in the chest with both blades. Kai puts the meta-cuffs on Dead Air. Then Kai’s fist surrounds with energy, and he punches Dead Air, knocking him out. Dead Air hits the ground.

Kai: One man left. If he is stronger than this guy I don’t know if I’ll be able to beat him.

Kai calls up B.L.A.D.E.

## Limit - Issue 12

Kai is looking over Max’s shoulder watching the computer.

Kai: Have you found anything about Fever yet?

Max: No, and today is the last day before Fever’s plan comes to fruition.

Kai: Keep me updated.

Max: I will.

Kai goes upstairs. Kai starts working out again.

Kai(in head): We have come so far. We can stop him, but we just need to find him.

Kai gets a call. He picks up the phone. President Bordon tells him to meet him at Town Hall.

Kai: What the hell does he want to talk about?

Kai leaves the house. Fever comes back from his meeting. He texts Dead Air. He gets no response. Then He calls him, and no one picks up. Fever throws his phone at the wall. The phone shatters. He picks up the table and throws it at the wall. He starts kicking chairs over, and then he slams himself against the wall before sliding down it.

Fever: All of them have been killed. My whole family. My only family. I’m going to kill Kai. He’s going six feet deep!

Fever gets to his feet and stomps out of the room. Kai shows up at President Bordon’s office, and sits down in a chair.

President Bordon: Nice to see you again Kai. I knew you would make it out of Alcatraz.

Kai: Yeah, sure.

President Bordon shows Kai a newspaper. The headline says “Prison To Savior.”

President Bordon: You broke out of Alcatraz and now you're liberating a city. I told you it would be good for your career.

Kai: I don’t care for being popular.

President Bordon: I think it’s in your best interest.

Kai: Why?

President Bordon: Because you work for me, and it’s in mine. Now, have you finished this little group of radicals yet?

Kai: There is one left, but I have no idea where he is.

A worker walks inside the room and hands President Bordon a tablet before walking out.

President Bordon: I think we have found him.

President Bordon turns the tablet around and plays the video. Fever is standing on top of a building screaming.

Fever: Crimson Dragon! Fight me or I’ll destroy everything! I know who you are! I know how to ruin your life!

President Bordon turns off the video.

President Bordon: What are you waiting for. Take him down.

Kai leaves the building. He goes back to his house and puts on his suit. As Kai is coming down the stairs Max sees him.

Max: You have to beat him.

Kai nods and runs out of the house. Kai texts Remi to suit up. Kai makes it to the building. He teleports to the roof to see Fever standing there.

Fever: You always interfere. Now you’ll die for it.

Kai: Or you will.

Fever: Heh, no.

Fever’s skin starts smoking. His chest starts turning a red color. His eyes become white, and red appears around his eyes.

Fever: DIE!

Fever goes so fast he almost teleports to Kai. He punches Kai in the head. They both fly off the building. Kai knees Fever in the stomach. Fever puts his hands together and slams on Kai’s head. Kai hits the ground hard. Fever falls down, and Kai rolls to the side. Fever land crushing the ground.

Kai(in head): It’s time.

Fever lunges at Kai for another punch. Kai punches, and their fists collide. They are both blasted back. They catch themselves by grabbing to the ground. They run at each other again. Kai teleports to the sides of buildings as he runs along then. Then he teleports in front of Fever, and punches. Fever catches Kai’s fist, and slams Kai onto the ground. He slams Kai over and over. Then he throws Kai into a wall. The wall is completely destroyed. Kai goes through a few more walls before the brick could stop his momentum. Kai gets up from laying on the bricks. A Fever’s leg comes out of nowhere. Kai grabs his leg and smashes him through a wall. Fever hits the ground and gets back up like nothing. Fever’s skin starts smoking more. Fever jumps up breaking through the roof. Then he comes down from above Kai. Kai takes a step back. Fever comes through the roof. Almost in slow-mo Kai jumps up as Fever is falling down. Kai’s fist lights up with energy. Kai punches, and a giant blue fist of energy comes off of his fist. The fist slams into Fever forcing him into the ground. Kai elbow drops Fever. Fever uppercuts Kai’s stomach while Kai was dropping. Kai is sent up through the roof. Fever jumps up to Kai. He grabs Kai with one arm and punches him in the head with the other. Kai teleports behind Fever and elbows him in the back. Fever spins around with his arm out. His arm slams into Kai’s head. They both stay falling. They hit the ground. Two small craters are created. They lung at each other only breaking more ground. Kai punches Fever in the head. Fever flies into a skyscraper. Kai runs after him. Fever hits a pillar. It breaks and falls on top of him. He grabs it and gets up. Kai runs in, and Fever swings the pillar. Kai jumps on top of the pillar, and keeps running towards Fever. Fever throws the pillar into the roof. Kai teleports to the ground, and punches Fever in the stomach. Fever gets the wind knocked out of him. Then Kai uses energy to blast him up through the floors of the skyscraper. Kai jumps through the hole made by fever. Fever’s momentum is stopped by the 30th floor. He hits the roof of the floor and stops. Kai jabs his ballistic staff into Fever. The staff goes through Fever and into the floor above them. Fever pulls the staff out of him. Kai starts falling through the holes in the floors they just came up from. Fever pushes off the roof to send himself flying towards Kai. Fever punches Kai in the head. Then as they were about to hit the ground Fever switched to his feet. Kai hit the ground and Fever landed on top of him feet first. Fever straddles Kai, and starts punching him left and right. Fever’s skin started smoking even more. Kai teleported to the other side of the room. Fever launched at Kai. He went for a left and right but Kai grabs his hands, and headbutts Fever. Then Kai kicks Fever in the knee, breaking Fever’s leg. Fever’s whole torso looks like it’s melting.

Fever: Ahhh!

Fever drops to the ground.

Kai(in head): That’s why he starts smoking. His body is melting. His booster is limited.

Fever grabs a walkie talkie.

Fever: It’s time!

Mutants surround Kai. The Mutants all get ready for an attack. Then sparks fall from the ceiling around the Mutants. The sparks explode. When the dust clears Kai is gone.

Fever: Find them!

The mutants run off. Fever takes out a bag of some type of ice. He takes off his shirt and puts the ice on his torso.

Fever: All I need is a few minutes.

Kai and Remi are on a roof.

Remi: Those are some nasty bruises.

Kai: We have to get back to Fever. He was weak. That’s why he called the other Mutants.

Remi: One problem at a time Kai.

The Mutants show up.

Kai: Time to take them down.

A mutant moves his hands and metal lifts up from the ground. He shoots the Metal at Kai and Remi. They dodge the pieces of metal. One Mutant grabs a piece of Metal and throws it at Kai. The metal turns into fire and explodes. Kai puts his hands in front of his face. He blocks some of the impact. Kai teleports to the mutant and elbows him in the back of the head. He falls to the ground. Metal flies at Kai again and he dodges. A mutant comes up from the ground. Kai grabs him by the back of his shirt. Kai slams him on the ground, and drags him along the roof. Then he throws him off the building. Remi runs up to the metal Mutant, and pushes sparks directly at him. He is blasted off the roof. A mutant flies above them. He punches Remi. Remi grabs his ar. He flies up and takes her with him. She punches him in the stomach over and over. Then she pulls him down, and jumps above him. She kicks in his head, and he falls to the ground. Remi falls with him. Kai catches Remi and she gets back to her feet. The last Mutant puts his hands out. Needles shoot out of his hands. Kai teleports himself and Remi behind the mutant. Kai knocks him out with punch.

Kai: Back to Fever.

Remi nods.

Remi: Let’s go.

Fever jumps through the roof, and uppercuts Kai. His skin is smoking again. He kicks Kai at an angle down. Kai flies into another building. Fever runs after him, Remi closely behind. Kai gets up from the rubble and brushes himself off. Fever kicks at Kai. Kai bocks it and blasts Fever back with energy. He flies at Remi. Remi knees him in the back, and Kai punches him in the head. Fever elbows behind him hitting Remi in the head. Then he punches Kai in the head. He grabs Kai’s shoulder and punches Kai in the stomach over and over. Then he slams Kai’s head on his knee, and kicks out Kai’s knee breaking the same leg Dead Air broke. Then Fever twists Kai’s arm around and elbows Kai’s elbow breaking Kai’s arm. Then Fever punches Kai in the head. Kai falls to the ground.

Fever: Are you starting to get worn out? You're slower than before.

Kai sweeps Fever’s legs. Then he jumps above Fever while Fever is falling. Kai lands on him slamming Fever into the ground. Kai picks Fever up by the collar with one hand and throws him through the roof. Remi throws sparks at Fever. The spark explodes on Fever while he is in mid air. Kai jumps up and kicks Fever to the ground. Remi knees Fever in the back before he hits the ground. Fever is on his back laying. He looks dead.

Kai and Remi both walk over to him. Fever gets up grabs Kai and Remi by their collars, and slams them together. Then He throws them in opposite directions into walls. Fever rushes Remi. He punches her in the stomach, and grabs her by the throat. He slams her into the ground. Kai rushes over. Kai hits Fever in the back of the head. Fever turns around. Kai punches Fever in the face. Then the stomach. Finally in the temple. Then Kai tornado kicks in. His leg lights up with blue energy. Kai kicks Fever in the Head and Fever goes flying. He slams through walls almost like his momentum can not be stopped. Kai runs after him. Even catching up to his flying body. Kai tackles him to the ground and puts meta-cuffs on him. Kai is breathing heavily.

Kai: It’s over

Fever: You killed my family. The only thing I wish I got to do was kill yours.

Fever passes out.

Kai: You couldn’t be more wrong.

Remi walks up to Kai.

Remi: Did we-

Kai: We stopped them.

Hours later Kai walks into a protected government base with President Bordon. They walk through many security checks. The lights turn on and it shows the whole team of W.A.T.K.H in cages.

President Bordon: Just like you asked Kai. They were not harmed.

Fever: Why did you keep us alive?

Kai: Many reasons. Your team aren’t good people, but they aren’t to blame for that. You were treated horribly. Not everything is black and white. You were trying to help Mutants, even if you went about it wrong. That’s why I want you to work under the President.

Fever: Why the hell would I work under a human?!

President Bordon steps forward.

President Bordon: Hm.

A small blue flame appears in his hand.

President Bordon: Who said I was human, but more importantly. You will be my own personal team. I need some help.

Fever: Help with what?

President Bordon: To help fight the war.