The Crimson Dragon Volume 6

## Beating A Virus - Issue 1

Kai is at Natalie’s funeral. The pastor starts talking, but Kai spaces out looking at Natalie’s casket. Kai comes to his senses once he hears everybody get up. They all get up to put a flower on Natalie’s casket, and Kai does the same. After Kai puts the flower on the casket he stares at the casket for a minute. Then Kai leaves the funeral as Natalie’s casket is being buried. Kai gets home. Kai sits down on his couch and just watches tv. Kai looks over to Cal’s old room.

Kai: I need to move.

Kai keeps watching TV. Kai turns on the news and starts watching. Two criminals are trying to steal from the bank. The cops can’t do anything about them. The two criminals are two white men. One of them reminds Kai of someone.

Kai: Should I even save anyone?

Kai gets up, and pours some old fashioned. He sits down with the drink.

Kai: I tried to stop detective Steel, and it just ended in more death. The same might happen if I try to just go around taking down criminals.

Kai gets a text from Max. Max tells Kai they need to meet at the office. Kai finishes his drink and leaves the house. Kai drives to the office, and sits down with Max at the table.

Kai: What’s going on?

Max: I finished the blueprints for the glasses that will go out to the public.

Kai: You added the time, and all that?

Max: Yeah, but we are going to have a problem with selling.

Kai: For the people that need glasses.

Max: They won’t want these.

Kai: Can you make a website where they could order special glasses?

Max: I can, but I’m only working on one thing at a time. This website or the military.

Kai: We are still working on producing the first set of glasses for the military. You can take a break with that.

Max: I need help with something else too.

Kai: What?

Max: I know you take down people with powers. Your that “Crimson Dragon” that’s all over the news.

Kai: What about it, and how did you figure it out?

Max: Your power level is superhuman, and you got more depressed with every murder. Kai, I need you to help me with some… family issues.

Kai: Isn’t that more of a personal matter?

Max: My brother has powers. I can’t fight him, but I can still help you.

Kai: How are you going to help if you don’t have powers?

Max: I can hack into any security camera, electric lock, anything. I could help you find him with facial recognition, or use security cameras to figure out how many people he has with him.

Kai: Now that you explain it sounds a lot more useful. You find out where he is, and I’ll help you take him down. That’s it though. I don’t fight anymore.

Max: You just got noticed by the people, and you already want to quit?

Kai: You wouldn’t understand. Call me when you find him.

Kai goes back home. Remi is meeting with her manager. Remi nervously sits down on the chair. Remi has pale skin, and long full brown hair tied back in a ponytail. She has black pants on with a white and black striped t-shirt. She has a white open jacket over her t-shirt.

Remi: Why did you call me in?

Manager: That story that you release… It was amazing. Now people are going to think that the cops aren’t doing enough. You even gave the people a folk hero to believe in. I have been trying to get other reporters to make a story, but they are all scared of those crooked cops. I want you to report everything that the vigilante does. I want him to take down criminals all the time. When we report what the cops are doing, and then report what this hero is doing it will only make the cops more irrelevant.

Remi: If you don’t mind me asking. Why do we want the cops to be irrelevant?

Manager: If superheroes are doing what the cops are then we’ll really be in business. Try your best to not be around the cops. If you get thrown in prison it could stop this whole revolt against the cops.

Remi: Got it. You’ll have every story that he does.

Manager: Good.

Remi leaves the room, and sighs a breath of relief. Remi texts Kai if they could talk, and Kai gives Remi his address to meet him at. Remi drives to Kai’s apartment building, and finds his room before knocking on his door. Kai opens the door and lets Remi in.

Kai: What up?

Remi: Guess what?

Kai: Do I care?

Kai walks over, and pours another drink.

Remi: Yes you do.

Kai turns to Remi with the drink in his hand.

Kai: Then what?

Remi: I’ve been assigned to report on all the criminals you take down from here on out. It would be nice if you could tell me when you take down a criminal.

Kai: That’s not going to happen.

Remi: Can’t you be helpful?

Kai: You want a drink?

Remi: No, I want you to help me tell the world about the criminals you takedown.

Kai: I don’t do that anymore.

Remi: Are you just doing this to spite me? Just the other day you took down Cal Steel!

Kai: The only thing left to do is help fight Max’s brother, and then I’m done.

Remi: Who’s Max?

Kai: A friend.

Remi: You’ll help him out, but not me?

Kai: He is asking for me to fight one last time. Your asking me to fight forever.

Remi: Kai, I almost just got fired, and now I have nothing to keep my job.

Kai: Life lesson. Don’t bank on other people. They’ll always let you down.

Remi: Well fuck you!

Remi storms out of the room upset.

Kai: Sorry.

Kai finishes his drink, and pours another one. Max calls Kai. Kai answers the phone.

Kai: Yo.

Max: I found where he is.

Kai: Go on.

Max: He’s at a drop off location.

Kai: Like mail?

Max: No. I’ll text you the coordinates. He’s meeting up with a diamond dealer. He’s probably going to job him. He has three goons, and it seems like a superpowered friend.

Kai: I’ll go once it becomes dark.

Max: Be quick.

Kai hangs up, and looks at the address. Kai changes to his sweatshirt, and waits till dusk. Kai then teleports to the roof of his apartment building, and starts running across the rooftops. Kai runs to the address, and jumps off the roof he’s on. He sees a man pull up in a truck. The man walks out of the truck, and Kai sees that the two supers are the guys that attacked the bank.

Kai(in head): That’s why that guy reminded me of Max. He’s his brother.

The man with the truck talked for a bit, and then went to pop the trunk open. Kai walks over to the truck. The goons get ready for the fight, but the two supers walk up to him.

Max’s brother: You’re wearing red so I would assume you’re the Crimson Dragon.

Kai: Would I be right to assume your Max’s brother?

Max’s brother licks the front of his teeth without opening his mouth.

Max’s brother: You can call me Virus. My colleague here calls himself Brawn. Now that we’ve all met. Get him.

The three bodyguards run at Kai. They look muscular. Kai sweeps the legs of the first’s legs one with a low kick. Then while he was falling Kai uppercuts his back. The man falls to the ground. The next bodyguard goes for a punch. Kai catches his fist, and pulls the bodyguard to him. Then he punches the bodyguard in the jaw. He falls to the ground. Then the last bodyguard tried to kick Kai. Kai blocks it, and kicks the guy in the stomach. The guard falls down with the wind knocked out of him.

Virus: Didn’t think that would work, but it was worth a try. Brawn, it’s your turn.

Brawn looks like he’s concentrating. Then brawns legs look like they gain muscle mass per second until his legs look like he’s a soccer player. He runs at Kai with extreme speed. Then As he gets close to Kai his muscle mass changes to his arm, and he punches Kai. Kai blocks the punch, but gets sent back. Brawn runs over to Kai with extreme speed again. Kai starts to focus and watch as Brawn runs. When Brawn runs he stops right before he winds up the punch. The muscles transfer, and then he winds up the punch and throws it. Kai blocks the punch.

Kai: You had me worried for a second, but really your just putting up a front.

Brawn: This “front” just got two strikes.

Brawn runs at Kai, and does the same thing. When Brawn takes that moment of hesitation Kai elbows Brawn right in the stomach. Brawn falls down to the ground.

Kai: Your only strong in one area, remember. I bet that hurt like hell.

Brawn barely manages to pick himself up.

Brawn: I’m not done just yet.

Brawn concentrates, and then his whole body starts to gain more muscle mass. His whole body becomes that of a bodybuilder.

Kai: Shit.

Brawn runs at Kai, and uppercuts Kai in the stomach. Then as Kai bends over to holds his stomach Brawn slams his elbows on Kai’s back. Kai falls to the ground. Brawn goes to kick Kai while Kai’s on the ground. Kai sweeps Brawn’s other leg. Brawn falls to the ground. Kai gets up, and slams his leg onto Brawn’s stomach. Kai tries to do it again, but Brawn catches Kai’s leg. Kai jumps back, and Brawn gets off the ground. Brawn runs at Kai, and Kai kicks him in the stomach. Brawn stumbles back, and Kai goes to elbow him. Then Kai feels extreme head pain. Kai missing his elbow, and starts holding his head.

Kai: AHHHHH!

Brawn gets off the ground.

Brawn: You didn’t need to do that. I have this covered.

Virus: You had losing covered. Now finish him.

Kai: WHAT’S HAPPENING?!

Virus: That’s my power. I control nervous. I can make you hurt to the point that your brain shuts off from experiencing to much trama.

Brawn: What if I thunder clapped his ears.

Virus: Probably won’t hurt as much as the pain he’s going through now.

Brawn goes to slam his hands on each side of Kai’s head. Kai quickly blocks it, and knees Brawn in the stomach. Kai takes out his staff, and teleports to Virus. Kai slams his staff on Virus’ back, and the pain quickly goes away. Kai starts taking deep breaths, and looks as if he had been drained. Brawn runs up to Kai. Kai thrusts his staff into Brawn’s stomach. Then Kai kicks out Brawn’s leg. Brawn drops to one knee, and Kai baseball swings his staff. It cracks as his slams into Brawn’s head. Brawn falls over. Kai walks over to Virus, and slaps him to wake him up.

Kai: You are pretty weak.

Virus: Why are you after me?

Max walks up to them.

Max: Because of me.

Virus: You little shit!

Kai puts his foot onto Virus to hold him down.

Kai: What’s going on?

Max: This is my brother. The only family I have.

Virus: Then you betrayed me. We had been hacking anyway possible to stay alive. Then you betrayed me, and decided to go be society’s perfect little angel!

Max: I didn’t betray you. We never did anything that bad. Then when you wanted to go steal from people using hacking I left.

Virus: And then I was put in a camp! Some people saying they were the government kidnapped me, and put me with their other meta slaves.

Max: What?

Virus: And you never wanted to help.

Kai and Max both feel extreme head pain. Kai stumbles back off of Virus. After a few minutes, the pain stops, and Virus is gone.

Max has his head down as he walks away.

Kai: It wasn’t your fault. There was no way you would have been able to figure out that would happen. You wouldn’t have been able to help him. He needed guards not family.

Max: Thanks Kai, but I need to think things over.

Kai(in head): Maybe I should give myself that same advice.

Kai goes home and sits on his couch. Kai pours a drink.

Kai: I can’t blame myself for my friend’s deaths. I accidentally killed a man almost ten years ago. It’s time to move on. The city needs me. The cops can’t protect this place, and I need to know about these, metas. Now I need to apologize to Remi.

Kai pours the drink out into the sink, and then he calls up Remi. The call almost instantly gets declined. Kai calls again, and the same thing happens. Kai calls one more time, and Remi picks up.

Remi(Phone): I don’t want to talk to you Kai.

Kai: Remi, I was being an asshole, and I’m sorry. You were right. I have to help take down these new criminals because the cops can’t do it.

Remi(Phone): I was being a little selfish too. I wasn’t really thinking about anyone other than myself. I was just so excited to finally be reporting something important.

Kai: We both learned something today, but now its time to talk about the mission I did today.

Remi(Phone): Do tell.

## Hunter's Hunted - Issue 2

The next morning Kai and Max meet up at bibble and sips. Kai grabs the usual coffee and sits down.

Kai: So, Max, do you know what camps he was talking about?

Max: No, I had no idea he was in a camp!

Kai: Your not to blame for him being there Max. I just need to know what they are.

Max: My brother had been evading one for a while. Camps imprison Mutants and Metas. They are part of the military. The government sniffs out anyone with superpowers. If they are young enough the government will just raise them, but if they are found by the woman then they get thrown into slave camps.

Kai: What woman?

Max: The woman.

Kai: That’s not a lot of information about her.

Max: You only learn of her once you get thrown in a camp. I’ve seen very few mutants or metas escape from the slave camps, but most of them are traumatized. Once they try to come back to society they are usually found, and thrown back into the camps.

Kai: First of all, explain Mutants and Metas.

Max: A Mutant like Virus is a person born with a different gene then humans. That gene gives them their powers once they hit puberty. Their powers can be hard to control, and they can be anything. Metas are a cruel experiment to recreate mutants. The woman takes regular humans, and then gives them powers through science.

Kai: And what do they do in these camps?

Max: I don’t know. The only people that know would be the people that were there, but they would never talk to you about it.

Kai: Why not.

Max: They only trust Mutants or Metas. On top of that, they have PTSD. So they find talking about the past… difficult. How did my brother escape? He doesn’t even have superspeed to help him. How did he make it out?

Kai: We’ll have to ask him if we ever see him again.

Kai stands up from the table.

Kai: And Max.

Max: Yeah?

Kai: Get some rest. You look tired.

Kai goes home. On the drive home, he finishes his drink. Kai goes into his room, and looks at the somewhat ripped sweater he has been using for a “costume.”

Kai: That’s what I’ll do today. I need a new costume that actually hides my identity, and doesn’t look like something any person would wear. Plus its really hard to kick in jeans, and I’m pretty sure I’m never getting my brown sweatshirt back.

Kai sits down and grabs a notebook, and some colored pencils. Kai’s staff is right next to him. It just looks like a regular metal staff. The only difference is it can retract and extend. Kai starts thinking. Kai starts walking around his house. He sees his red sweatshirt again.

Kai: Hmm.

Kai finishes drawing the suit, but he needs someone to be able to sew for him.

Kai: I need a superhero logo on the shirt. Something for the people to remember me by. I guess a red dragon, but I don’t know how to knit. Maybe Remi does?

Kai turns on the Tv. The news is on.

Reporter: Breaking news, a man has just broken into Oscorp. He has brought the CEO to the roof of the skyscraper, and says that he will kill the hostage unless someone is able to defeat him.

The helicopter gets closer to the man's position. The man is wearing a black armored military suit. He has a mask with yellow eyes on with a hood. His suit has yellow lights throughout it. The man points a gun at the helicopter. A yellow beam blasts into the helicopter. The copter starts losing altitude quickly. Kai puts on his sweatshirt, and teleports to the roof of his building. Kai starts running across rooftops to get to Oscorp. Once Kai finishes his run he sees the helicopter slam into the ground causing an explosion. Kai teleports to the top of the Oscorp building. The armored man is waiting there for him with a gun to the hostages head.

???: A challenger?!

Kai: You can say that. Who are you?

???: They call me Hunter. I’ve never lost a fight. Today will be no different.

Kai: You never know.

Hunter points his gun at Kai, and starts firing shots. Kai runs at Hunter dodging his bullets. Hunter charges his gun for a second, and a large blast shoots out. Kai slides under the blast, and sweeps Hunter's legs. Hunter starts falling to the ground. He fires a blast below him. It propels him upwards, and he kicks Kai in the head. Kai rolls back, and Hunter lands on his feet. Hunter flips a switch on his gun, and starts shooting at Kai. The bullets start firing like a machine gun instead of a pistol. Kai takes out his staff, and deflects the bullets by spinning his staff around.

Hunter: You can hold your own. That's good. Let’s see for how long.

Hunter turns a knob on his gun. The bullets come out even faster and more powerful. As the bullets deflect off Kai’s staff the impact of the bullets start to affect him. Kai starts running at Hunter again dodging some of the bullets but getting hit by others. Then Kai slams his staff against Hunter's hand. Knocking the gun out of his hands. The Hunter points a finger gun at Kai’s stomach. A giant yellow beam blasts Kai across the rooftop. Kai lands on the ground, and starts to pick himself up. As Kai is picking himself up Hunter starts shooting small blasts at him.

Kai: Haven’t you ever heard of not kicking a man while he’s down.

Hunter: You're weak. You don’t deserve respect.

Hunter stops shooting blasts. Kai starts to pick himself up again, and Hunter kicks him. Then Hunter picks Kai up by the back of his shirt, and throws Kai off of Oscorp. Kai starts falling through the air. As Kai is falling it clicks in his head that he just lost that battle. Kai feels the wind slapping his face like the shame of losing. Then Kai flips in the air, and lands on his feet. The earth cracking beneath him. Then as soon as he hit the ground he was gone. Later that day Kai was at his house looking at the design for his new suit. Kai calls up Remi.

Remi: What’s up Kai?

Kai: Do you know how to sew?

Remi: It’s been a few years, why?

Kai: I need a new suit.

Remi: Meet me at my house in an hour, but you have to get the sewing stuff.

Kai: Deal.

Kai hangs up. Kai goes to the store and grabs supplies. He also buys the other stuff he needs for the suit. After the hour is up Kai meets Remi at her house with a backpack of items. Kai knocks on Remi’s door.

Remi: Finally, what took you so long?

Kai: You! You said an hour.

Remi invites Kai in. They both sit down on the couch.

Remi: So what’s the design?

Kai shows her the drawing.

Remi: Your drawing is awful.

Kai: It’s a ruff draft.

Remi: I’ll rework this. This is why you have me.

Remi gets up and walks off with the drawing. Kai sighs. Kai takes the stuff out of the bag. He starts working on the costume. Remi comes out with a drawing of just the shirt. The drawing is in detail Kai couldn’t imagine to draw.

Kai: You're just showing off.

Remi starts sewing, and Kai works on the other parts of the suit. All of a sudden Remi gets a big smile on her face.

Kai: What?

Remi: That last time I sewed it was with my mother. I wanted to be just like her. She’s the whole reason I became a reporter. I wanted her to be so proud of me.

Kai: I’m sorry for your loss.

Remi: It’s okay. She died a few years ago.

They sit in silence for a moment.

Remi: I saw that you got ass kicked by that guy on the news.

Kai: I didn’t get beat up that bad.

Remi: I saw it on TV. Don’t be in denial. How are you going to beat him?

Kai: Working on it.

Remi pricks her finger with the needle.

Remi: Ow!

Kai: What?!

Remi: Nothing, I just pricked my finger. I’ll be right back.

Remi gets up and walks into a different room taking the shirt and needle with her.

Kai(in head): Pricked her finger… That’s it. I need to get rid of Hunter’s ability to use his hands. I need to stop his hands before I can take him down. Now the only problem is getting close without getting hit by his other hand.

Remi walks back in with the shirt finished, and a bandage on her finger.

Remi: It’s all done. Try it on.

Kai goes into a different room. He changes into the new suit he has finished. Kai walks out to show Remi. He has a black shirt with a red dragon on it. Over his shirt he has his old sweatshirt, but the sleeves have been cut off. Kai has the hood of his sweatshirt on. He has a black eye mask, and a red metal mask over his nose and mouth. He has red wraps around his forearms with black fingerless gloves on. He has baggy pants with many pockets on them. They almost look like cargo shorts. Then Kai has black shoes with a red soul. Then on his belt Kai has his staff with red wrap around the handle. Remi starts clapping.

Remi: Now catwalk. Show your stuff!

Kai: I’m not a model.

Remi: Now what are you going to do?

Kai: I’m going to take down Hunter.

Kai opens the door to leave.

Remi: Good luck.

Kai leaves He starts running across the rooftops. He checks the news on his phone.

Reporter: The man has now taken down three challengers. Is there no one who can stop him?

Kai turns off his phone, and makes his way to Oscorp. Kai teleports to the top of the building.

Hunter: You think A change of clothes will change the outcome?

Kai: I have a question.

Hunter: I’ll answer your last question, but this time I’m not throwing you off this building.

Kai: Were you in the slave camp?

Hunter chuckles.

Hunter: All my life.

Kai: I’m sorry.

Kai takes out his staff.

Hunter: Come at me.

Kai runs at Hunter. Kai moves left and right dodging Hunter’s yellow bullets. Then as Kai gets closer Kai gets hit with a yellow bullet. The bullet hits Kai in the stomach. Kai rolls to the side after the hit, and resumes his charge. This time Kai uses his staff to repel bullets as he’s running. More bullets are getting past his defenses and hitting him. Kai brushes the bullets off. Kai swings his staff Hunter dodges the first swing. Then Kai slams his staff on his right arm. Hunter jumps in the air, and does a flip. While in the air he used his left arm to shoot yellow bullets at Kai’s back. Kai gets hit with a few bullets, but dodges the rest. Hunter lands on his feet. Kai charges Hunter again. Now with half as many bullets being shot, Kai gets hit with none of the bullets. Kai slams his staff on Hunter's left arm. Hunter jumps back. Both of his arms were out of use.

Hunter: Don’t think I’m done yet.

The pieces of metal above the yellow lights on his legs move. Then the yellow lights become more vibrant.

Hunter: I’ve never had to use this before. You should be honored.

Hunter tornado kicks Kai. Kai dodges it. Hunter lands. Hunter roundhouse kicks Kai. Kai blocks it. Hunter knees Kai in the stomach. Kai rolls back. Once Kai gets to his feet Hunter jump front kicks Kai. Kai grabs Hunter's leg, spins, and throws hunter to the other side of the roof. Hunter lands on his feet. Then the lights make a trail behind Hunter as he runs over to Kai. Hunter drops to the ground for a spinning leg kick. Kai gets hit with the kick. As Kai is falling he elbow drops Hunter. Kai rolls off Hunter. Kai does a kick up to get back to his feet. Hunter is trying to breathe from getting the wind knocked out of him.

Kai: You lost.

Kai punches Hunter in the head, knocking him out. Kai releases Oscorps Ceo. Kai goes back home as the cops come to take Hunter in. When Kai gets home he sees Remi texted him.

Remi(text): Did you get your revenge?

Kai chuckles, and turns on his tv. A newswoman came up. “Breaking news” came up on the TV.

Newswoman: Popular celebrity and progressive entrepreneur Jilaya Springer has pleaded guilty to multiple crimes. Including human trafficking, unlawful imprisonment, and other offenses. Ms.Springer has been arrested and labelled as a terrorist after the attack, led by her, on San Francisco. Here we have the video conference of her pleading guilty to her numerous offenses.

The newscast started playing a video. Jilaya sat in front of a camera in an empty room.

Jilaya: I, Jilaya Springer plead guilty to unlawful imprisonment, deciving the government, destruction of U.S soil and landmarks, mass genocide against metas and mutants, unlawful experimenting on humans without their consent-

Jilaya listed crimes for what felt like forever. She knew them all. The newswoman came back on.

Newswoman: This shocked the president. Who had been working closely with her for some time. Here we have president Jayden Borden in a press conference.

President: This is a tragedy. I let this slip under my nose for too long! Ms.Springer had deceived the government into aiding her crusade. I was not allowed to interfere in her mission. To me, I believed Ms.Springer to not only be a partner, but a true friend. A mass of super powered individuals were put into these camps. This act was unjust and against their will. If I had known about this earlier I would have put an end to it. It is here that I announce that forty six million metahumans and mutants are freed into the world. We will be making sure jobs are opened for them, and shelters will be made in place of the MFI camps. Thank you.

## Another Vigilante - Issue 3

Kai wakes up, and hears his phone ringing. Kai picks up the phone.

Lawrence: Kai, have you finished the public glasses yet?

Kai: Yeah, why?

Lawrence: In a few months the military will have their glasses. So I suggest we start working on figuring out where the public glasses will be made. Paperwork will be sent to your house explaining everything that's going on.

Kai: Yeah, alright. I’ll drop off the blueprints at your house later today.

Lawrence: Thank you.

Kai hangs up, and gets out of bed. Kai’s doorbell rings. Kai opens it up, and Remi walks inside with a bag.

Remi: I brought you breakfast.

Kai: Lucky for you I haven’t eaten yet.

Kai grabs the food, and Remi sits on the couch. They sit in silence for a minute. Kai starts eating the breakfast burrito

Kai: Just tell me what you want.

Remi: I want you to train me.

Kai laughs.

Kai: Not happening.

Remi walks over and takes the burrito. She takes a bite out of it, and sits back down.

Kai: Hey, that’s mine.

Remi: You get it back when you agree to train me.

Kai: You're eating it!

Remi: Hurry up.

Kai: I’m not training you.

Remi: Then be hungry.

Kai: Why do you want to fight?

Remi: We both know the cops are useless. Now that everyone knows about a mutant breakout the cops are going to do even less. I can’t just call you every time I’m in trouble.

Kai: It’s-

Kai sighs.

Kai: It’s not that I don’t want you to be able to protect yourself, or even that I think you’ll be a bad fighter. You could only be as good as me if I trained you, and I have almost died several times. The only reason I’m not dead today is because of my regeneration. You don’t have that Remi. I understand that you feel powerless, but you weren’t born with powers. Even if I did train you there isn’t anything saying you will be able to take on mutants. Az knows how to fight well, but he is no match against someone with superpowers.

Remi gets up from the couch, and walks up to Kai. Remi hands back Kai’s food.

Remi: So I just have to hope I can call you before I get captured or attacked.

Kai: Remi, I’m sorry. If I could give you powers I would.

Remi: Thanks for telling me the truth at least.

Remi leaves. Kai finishes his food. Kai wipes off his hands.

Kai: Guess it’s about time to get to work.

Kai puts on his suit, and starts scouting the city. First Kai finds a man who's wearing street clothes and a bandana. Kai sees him start beating someone up. The man picks up the guy he was punching, and throws him. Kai jumps down.

Kai: Mutant or Meta?

???: They call me Guts, and what does it matter to you?

Guts spits on the ground. Kai puts up his fists.

Kai: I have a feeling you like talking with fists.

Guts: So do you.

They both rush at each other. Guts punches. Kai ducks under the punch, and uppercuts Guts. Guts stumbles back. Kai jabs him in the jaw, and Guts grabs Kai’s arm throwing Kai into a wall. Kai slams through the wall. Guts dusts off his hands as he doesn’t see Kai getting up. A brick flies out of the hole in the wall. Guts hits the brick breaking it. More bricks fly out as Kai starts to walk out of the hole in the wall. Kai throws one last brick, and starts running over to guts. Guts throws another punch. Kai grabs Guts arm and breaks it. Guts knees at Kai. Kai easily dodges, and knocks guts out with a punch to the temple.

Kai: Strength is only good when you have skill.

Kai goes back to scouting the city. Another hour or two later Kai sees a people walk in a shady building one after another every few minutes. Kai sneaks up to see through one of the windows. Kai sees that one man is slaughtering the men one by one. Kai breaks through the window, and lands on the ground.

Kai: Did you really need to kill these men?!

???: You don’t know me!

Kai puts up his fists.

Kai: Then who are you?

???: The name is Grime.

Grime takes out a staff, and starts spinning it around. Kai chuckles.

Kai: Come at me Grime.

Grime swings his staff. Kai blocks the swing with his forearm. Grime swings to the other side, and Kai blocks again. While Kai is blocking he kicks Grime back. Grime disappears into dust, and reappears father away from Kai.

Kai: I can do that too.

Kai teleports to Grime. Kai palms Grime in the stomach. Grime falls on his back, and drops his staff. Grime scrambles to grab his staff. Kai slowly walks over to Grime to knock him out. Grime grabs his staff before Kai gets to him. Grime points his staff at Kai. The staff shoots out black smoke. Kai is covered in dust and smoke. Kai can’t see anything, and his ears are clogged. Grime gets up, and starts swinging his staff at Kai. Kai gets hit one after another. Kai puts his hands up in an attempt to block. Grime is relentlessly hitting Kai. Kai gets some hearing back in one of his ears, and just barely manages to grab Grime’s staff. Grime moves his hand, and it makes the dust on Kai feel tight like it's squeezing the life out of him. Grime slams his staff on Kai’s head. Kai goes to the ground, and wipes the smoke out of his eyes. Kai kicks Grime in the knee, breaking his leg.

Grime: Hey! It’s not only me whose part of this operation. Watch your back!

Kai knocks Grime out, and starts to hear sirens. Kai goes out the window he came in. After a few more hours of scouting the city the sky becomes dark. Kai sits on a rooftop.

Kai(in head): Now I have to clean my suit because of all the dust, and for the last few hours my ears have been hurting. I think this might turn out to be a bad day.

Kai sees a woman. She sped out of the shady building from earlier.

Kai: Shit. She looks like she could be part of that.

Kai got to the top of the roof and walked up on the woman.

Kai: Get up.

The woman got up.

Woman: What?

Kai: What were you doing in that place?

Woman: Nothing. It’s none of your business.

Kai: I don’t want to hurt you. Just tell me what you were doing.

Woman: I wasn’t doing anything!

Kai: You’ll talk one way or another.

The woman pushed Kai down. She activated her speed and picked him up by the scruff.

Woman: Leave me alone!

Kai swung his body forward. And kicked her down on the floor. She dropped him off the roof. As he fell he focused and teleported to the top of the building. He turned around and saw a Blonde woman in front of the woman.

Blonde woman: Hey! The fuck are you doing?

The Blonde woman had a mask on, along with a prosthetic arm.

Kai: Another vigilante?

Blonde woman: You don’t know me?

Kai: Of course. I’ve never seen you until now.

Blonde woman: I’m Repulse.

Kai: Look, Repulse. This woman was being suspicious. And she threw me off the building!

Repulse: Back off from her. Before things get ugly.

Kai: Ugh, starting to get tired of all this shit.

Repulse threw a jab at Kai, he dodged and kicked her in the side. She elbowed him in the face as he ducked down. Kai kicked her back with a front kick. She fell back and rolled to her feet. She clapped her hands together and a powerful blast came out. Kai got hit head on and almost fell off the roof. He stood up on the edge. Repulse ran at him and threw a punch. And then an uppercut with her robotic arm. Kai jumped into the air and kicked her into the wall. Parts of it cracked off when he kicked her into it. She stood up straight, and a blast from where Kai kicked her came from her body. And he was knocked back. She ran up at Kai, he dodged her first punch. But didn’t see a haymaker from her robotic arm coming. She held Kai above a glass roof. She picked him up and threw him through the roof. The glass shattered on impact, and Kai smashed into the ground.

Repulse: Sorry, just don’t mess with Amelia. She would’ve done worse to you. You’re lucky you got me. I think I remember you. Kai, right?

Kai: How do you know me?

Repulse: Doesn’t matter.

Repulse walked away.

Kai: I’ll never find her now. I might as well go home.

Kai leaves the area, and runs back to his house. Kai wakes up the next day

## Man vs Beast - Issue 4

Kai Is walking to Bibble and Sips to grab a coffee. Kai grabs a coffee. He talks with the waitress, and then leaves. Kai watches as a limo drives up to him, and then stops. A man comes out of the passenger seat, and opens the door.

Bodyguard: Sit.

Kai: Um, alright.

Kai gets inside of the limo and sits down. When Kai looks up he sees Jayden Bordon. The president of the United states.

President Borden: As you should know I arrived in town a few days ago.

They hear a door close, and the limo starts driving off.

President Borden: All this Mutant nonsense is making me do extra work. I was able to get a headstart on it because I knew it was going to happen-

Kai: Why did you just pick me up in a limbo, and why are you explaining your hectic week to me?

President Borden: That’s simple Mr.Adara. You are the Crimson Dragon. You talk about yourself as if you are no mutant.

Kai: How do you-

President Borden: I’m the president of the United States. I have a proposition.

Kai: Your proposition is?

President Borden: Let’s start with what you must do. You will become New York’s personal superhero. A hero that the people can look up to in a world full of chaos.

Kai: Why not have someone who is already liked, like Repulse?

President Borden: She may be powerful, but she is not someone that the masses will take kindly as being there kids favorite superhero. While the Crimson Dragon has flare.

Kai: Crimson Dragon is meant to be blood dragon.

President Borden: I don’t care what it was supposed to be, nor did I ask. You don’t kill. All you’ll have to do is try not to beat them up to bad. You’ll have the police’s resources at your disposal.

Kai: What do you mean?

President Borden: You’ll have access to all their tech. You will always have the new Meta-cuffs. They are handcuffs that negate Mutant and Meta powers. You’ll be loved by all. You can even have a whole team… that I allow.

Kai: Is that all I get?

President Borden: I wasn’t finished. I’ll make sure your company is started even faster. You’ll have the public glasses you're working on out to the public in four months. Five if you want your own store. Oh, and finally a mansion.

Kai: Why?! Why do I need a mansion?!

President Bordon: To make your superhero activities easier to perform. The mansion will be specially built.

Kai: I don’t know-

President Bordon: I forgot to mention. I’ll kill you if you refuse my deal. I can’t be having anyone I don’t trust just walking around with this kind of information. Now, your answer.

President Bordon picks up his drinks, and drinks as Kai is thinking.

Kai: I don’t have much of a choice.

President Bordon shakes Kai’s hand.

President Bordon: That’s what I thought.

He looks at the fact Kai has a drink too. President Bordon zones out for a bit. Then looks back up at Kai.

President Bordon: I have a feeling we will like each other.

He passes Kai a package.

President Bordon: This package has your first mission in it. Think of this mission as a test drive.

The car stops, and the bodyguard opens the door. Kai goes to leave.

President Bordon: If you try to run. I’ll kill you.

President Bordon starts drinking his beverage, and the bodyguard shuts the door. The bodyguard gets back in the passenger seat, and the limo drives off.

Kai: The fuck. I shouldn’t open this here.

Kai walks back to his house, and lays on the couch. Kai then tears open the package, and sees handcuffs inside. He picks up a piece of paper with writing inside.

Kai: Grandfather…

In the grandfather's business’ lab the grandfather is laying on a table. There are eight mutants on tables around him. Each mutant has a blood bag. Grandfather has IV’s hooked up to him.

Scientist: Are you ready?

Grandfather is chained down by meta chains that make powers unusable.

Grandfather: Do it!

They put an item in grandfather's mouth for him to bite down on. Each blood bag gets transferred into him one by one. Grandfather yelling through the item he is biting down on. Soon the procedure is finished. Grandfather is sweating. They take out the item in his mouth.

Scientist: How do you feel?

Grandfather: Different.

Scientist: How so?

Grandfather’s eyes light up white.

Grandfather: Different.

The scientist runs, and white eye beams blast him into a wall. Grandfather breaks the chains that are on him. He hops off the table. A scientist runs back in, and shoots him with a plasma gun. Grandfather is unfazed, and slams his arm into the scientist. The scientist goes flying into a wall.

Grandfather: It’s time to make my great return.

Grandfather jumps up breaking through ceilings one by one to get to the surface floor. The alarm goes off for an experiment gone wrong. The whole building lights up red as the alarm is all they can hear. Kai is reading the paper.

Kai: He’s been capturing mutants for an unknown reason.

Remi texts Kai a video. Kai turns on the video. He sees grandfather break through a floor, and is now the surface foor. Grandfather growls at the man, and then jumps up to one of the high windows. He breaks through the window and out of sight.

Recorder: What the fuck dude!

Kai turns off the video, and texts Remi.

Kai(text): I’ll handle it.

Remi(text): And I’ll report it.

Kai gets on his suit and takes off to the city. He goes to the area around the business grandfather jumped out of.

Kai: Where is he?

Kai looks around, but sees nothing. Then a beast-like creature tackles Kai.. They fly in one direction breaking through walls of apartments. The beast-like creature is punching Kai one jab after another. Then the beast blasts Kai with laser eyes. The creature stops flying through buildings, but Kai breaks through the last wall, and hits the pavement hard. Kai gets back up, and the creature lands in front of him.

Grandfather: Last time I saw you was right before I went to jail.

Kai: What now? You want revenge.

Grandfather: I want a lot of things, but now, I can get them.

Grandfather opens his mouth, and fire comes out like a flamethrower. Kai does a backhand spring, and dodges the flames. Grandfather jumps into the air, and slams down as he its the ground. The ground makes a crater. Kai teleported out before Grandfather hit him. Kai slams his staff on grandfather's head. Grandfather blinks, and starts shaking. Kai starts backing up.

Kai: Are you having a seizure?

An explosive wave comes off grandfather exploding everything around him. Kai gets blasted back by the front of the wave taking all the damage. Kai hits the ground hard again. Kai is snapping in and out of consciousness. Kai gets his barings back, and looks up to see everything in there radius had just been turned to ruble some of it was lit on fire. Kai gets back on his feet, and a spear goes through his stomach. Blood spews out of Kai’s mouth. Kai drops to his knees, and pulls the spear out. Another spear comes out of grandfather's palm, like a spear made of bone. Grandfather ounces on Kai. He slashes Kai up, down, left, and right with his spear. Grandfather goes for the overhead strike. Kai blocks the strike with his staff. Grandfather laughs, and headbuts Kai. Kai falls back. Grandfather stabs the spear down. Kai teleports behind some rubble to catch his breath.

Kai: I can only keep up somewhat in speed. He outmatches me in everything else. He’s unbeatable!

Grandfather shoots eye beams through the rubble, and they blast Kai.

Grandfather: X-ray vision comes in handy!

Kai gets up after the blast in his back. His body was covered in bruises, blood, and cuts. Kai gets up, and then puts his hands up for combat. Grandfather laughs at him, and then charges. In the middle of the charge Grandfather dropped to his knees holding his head.

Grandfather: AHHH!

Kai: My chance!

Kai teleports in with his staff. He starts slamming Grandfather. As he is attacking grandfather’s hair grows to a length that is beyond his back. He grows beastly hair all over his body. His muscles grow larger. Grandfather’s shirt breaks, and falls off of him. Grandfather's teeth all turn into large fangs along with him growing claws instead of nails. Kai goes for another staff hit, and grandfather catches it. Grandfather throws Kai. Then, while Kai is in the air, he runs behind Kai punching him in the back. He runs to the front of Kai while he is in the air, and slams him on the ground. Then he throws Kai up into the air. Grandfather super jumps, and uppercuts Kai in the middle of his back. Kai gets boosted up, and grandfather starts falling down. Grandfather looks at Kai. Kai starts falling down, and Grandfather shoots laser eyes at him which boosts him in the air again. Grandfather super jumps to Kai’s height and slams Kai down. Kai smashes into the ground creating a crater larger than the crater when Grandfather slammed into the ground himself. Kai looks completely incompacitated. Grandfather lands on the ground. The pavement cracks beneath him. Then he spits on the ground near Kai.

Grandfather: You were nothing. As weak and brittle as any human in my eyes.

Grandfather starts walking away.

Kai: Brittle maybe, but I’m not weak.

Kai gets up. His back broken, some of his skin simmered, a gaping hole with cuts from the spear, bruises all over him, and covered in blood.

Grandfather: I see. I never used my claws on you. You want claw marks too?

Grandfather starts charging Kai. Kai feels essence in his hand. Almost as if he is holding something that doesn’t have a weight. Kai takes out his staff and swings. His back gives out, and he swings too early. A white blast looking like a slice in the air comes off of the staff. The white slice slams into Grandfather. Grandfather feels almost as a thousand blades trying to cut him open. He gets blasted back. He hits the ground and bounces like skipping stones on the pavement before sliding to a stop. Kai falls over from the back pain.

Kai(in head): The spiritual energy. Maybe I can finally use it again.

Grandfather gets up as well as Kai. Grandfather has rocks from the pavement stuck in his skin. Grandfather growls from anger. Grandfather charges Kai, and Kai blasts him with spirit energy. Kai swings his arms to send off each blast. Grandfather gets annoyed by Kai making it hard to get close. Grandfather blasts at Kai with eye beams. Kai x blocks his face with his arms. The beams hit something in front of him. As the beams hit the invisible object it glows a white.

Kai(in head): A spirit shield?

Grandfather takes the chance to run at Kai. Kai slams his staff on the side of grandfather. Before Kai’s staff knocked grandfather away from Kai grandfather slashed three giant gashes with his claws on Kai’s torso. Grandfather hits the ground and slides away. Kai falls down from the pain of the gashes. Grandfather gets up. Kai sees him from the ground.

Kai: Do you ever stop?!

Grandfather: Not until I win! I will push on even if I die!

Kai gets up as grandfather walks over to him. Kai charges up his staff.

Grandfather: I’ll finish this. Dual claws.

Grandfather launches at Kai. As soon as Grandfather gets to Kai, Kai thrusts his staff into Grandfather's heart. A white ring comes around the staff, and the staff goes through grandfather crushing his heart. Grandfather stops from the force of the staff against him. Then grandfather falls off the staff.

Kai: Fuck…

Kai falls to the ground. When Kai’s eyes start to open he sees President Bordon.

President Bordon: That was some nice work. I loved every second. The people will too.

Kai’s eyes close again. Kai wakes up for a split second once he is being put on the stretcher. Kai wakes up again in the hospital. President Bordon walks in.

President Bordon: You’re awake? Good. That was fine work out there. Now the people love you. They watched you almost die to protect this city. That underdog status was great too.

Kai: What are you talking about?

President Bordon: When you were losing, but brought it back with those spirit powers. Everything was perfect. They’ll now start calling you a hero. Once you start putting in extra work to take down criminals you’ll officially be famous. Everything I promised you is on its way.

President Bordon goes to leave.

Kai: I don’t think I’m powerful enough to be taking on these kinds of foes.

President Bordon chuckles.

President Bordon: Do you think you know more than me?

Kai: No.

President Bordon: Then why would you question what I tell you when you don’t even have the information to back it up?

President Bordon leaves the room. Kai watches the for a few minutes before Az walks in. Az walks up to Kai.

Az: Hey.

Kai: Hey.

Az puts a knife to Kai’s neck.

Az: We’re coming after you.

Kai: Who?!

Az: The chaste. I feel like you deserve to know that.

Az takes the blade away from Kai’s throat. Then opens the window. Az jumps out the window. Kai jumps out of bed almost completely healed.

Kai: What’s about to happen?

## Operation Malice - Issue 5

Kai grabs his wallet, and leaves his house. Kai clicks the button on the elevator and gets in. He watched the floors go down, and then the elevator stopped a couple floors before the bottom. A short girl walked into the elevator. She was wearing A grey button-up crop-top and jeans under a fur coat. Her hair was completely let down. She had no shoes on.

???: Hey, you’re Kai, right?

Kai: Yeah, who are you?

???: Like, six months ago we beat EOL together! How did you forget who I am?

Kai: You're forgettable.

???: I guess you haven’t changed since last time I met you. I’m Terra.

Kai: Now I remember you. You got captured by Stick too.

Terra: Yeah, that’s actually what I wanted to talk about. Are you going to Bibble and Sip?

Kai: Sure, I wanted a coffee anyway.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

They walk to Bibble and Sip together. Kai orders his coffee and Terra orders a tea. They sat down across from each other.

Kai: What did you want?

Terra: I saw you in the newspaper. The “Crimson Dragon.”

Kai: Mind not saying that in public?

Terra: Oh yeah, sorry. Bad habit. What happened to you since we last met?

Kai: I chilled. Then all my friends died, and now I’m here. The rollercoaster of life, am I right?

Terra: Uh...Sorry. When did that happen?

Kai: I don’t know. Like a week ago.

Terra: Uh, you see that thing about Metas and mutants going free?

Kai: It was all over the news. So… yes.

Terra: Shit… It was really everywhere? Well long story short, I freed them.

Kai: Millions of mutants were freed. Of course it would be everywhere! Wait, did you just say you freed them?

Terra: I know, I know. It sounds like a joke, but I did.

Kai: No, it sounds stupid.

Terra: Why?

Kai: For one, me believing that you freed millions of Metas. Second, releasing millions of Metas onto the world is about the dumbest idea I have ever heard.

Terra: They were locked up like dogs! You can’t say the innocents shouldn’t be allowed to go free!

Kai: Did I say that? You release, what, forty million Mutants? Now they have no homes, and nothing to lose. What else are they going to do? They're going to try and get money. Cops can’t take them down. So they are just going to rob banks.

Terra: Yeah, Repulse and I are working on that.

Kai: I just fought Repulse. She was kind of an asshole. Now you have dragged me into helping stop the problem you caused.

Terra: I guess we’re all trying our best. I’m working on bringing down the meta crime rates, but there’s another problem I think we both want to resolve.

Kai: Nah, I’m good. You seem to cause a lot of problems.

Kai tries to get out of his seat.

Terra: Wait!

Kai: What?

Terra: It’s the Chaste. Their back in town. I just want to get them out of the picture. I bet you do too.

Kai sighs and sits back down.

Kai: What were you planning?

Terra: I don’t necessarily have a plan, but I have info!

Kai: Should have expected as much. Let’s go somewhere that chaste members aren’t listening in.

Terra: Do you have a white board at your house or something?

Kai: No I don’t have a white board!

Terra: Alright, your house it is. I’ll grab my armor and spear on the way.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Terra had a backpack and laid her spear against Kai’s couch.

Terra: Wow, your apartment looks way different than mine.

Kai: What floor are you on?

Terra: Floor four.

Kai: Oh, your poor.

Terra: That’s the long and short of it.

Kai went around and shut all his curtains. He shut the doors.

Kai: Onto the important stuff. What information do you have?

Terra: There’s a chaste member called Sae. I fought her, and by the end of our fight she said the Chaste was back in town. I also saw a mysterious blonde guy talking to her.

Kai: That’s Az.

Terra: Oh, and she said that they were back for us.

Kai: Is that it?

Terra: Yeah, what else did you expect?

Kai: What you're telling me is there are ninjas after us. We have no idea where they are, or how many there are. Let me guess, you just wanted to charge in?

Terra: When you put it like that it sounds bad. That may or may not have been what I was thinking.

Kai: You're absolutely useless. Can you even fight? Why should I even keep you around?

Terra looked at her armor and spear.

Terra: Wanna spar?

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Terra and Kai stood across from each other on the rooftop.

Terra: Can I use my spear?

Kai: What if you lose it? Fist to fist.

Both of them got into fighting stances. Kai walked towards her and threw a roundhouse. Terra parried and ducked under a spinning back kick from Kai. He threw a straight punch at Terra. She dodged and kicked Kai in the stomach. She threw a couple punches at his head. He dodged under and kneed Terra in the stomach. She flinched and grabbed Kai by the neck and chokeslammed him. She punched her hand into the ground. Kai did a back handspring, kicking Terra twice in the chin. She wiped the blood off her face and backed up. She threw a superman punch and let out an energy blast. Kai dodged under and hit her clean in the stomach. She went flying in the air and landed on the ground with a back roll. Kai teleported above her and fell into a flying axe kick. Terra put her hands above her head, caught it and slammed Kai on the ground. She held him by the leg.

Kai: At least you’re good for something.

Kai kicked up with his other leg and got it behind Terra’s shoulder. He threw her off of him. She landed and rolled to her feet.

Terra: I’m not done! Let’s go!

Kai: That’s all for now. Use your mind for a second. Do you have anything we could use to trace the Chaste?

Terra: Uh...I have calls that I got from Sae. She worked with people called T.H.O.R.N. But was obviously working for the Chaste undercover. Can you like, track the calls?

Kai: I got a guy for that. Give me a minute.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Kai and Terra are back in Kai’s house. Max knocks on the door, and Kai lets him in. Max takes his laptop out of his bag and sits on Kai’s couch.

Max: Give me your phone.

Terra gives Max the phone. Max plugs the phone into his computer and starts typing.

Terra: How do you even do that? You’re just clicking keys on a keyboard!

Max looks annoyed and starts speaking slowly.

Max: Because I'm coding your phone.

Terra: You don’t need to talk to me like a lost kitten.

Max: I’m not. Lost kittens don’t speak english.

Terra: Why are all you guys assholes?

Kai: Because you ask dumb questions, and make stupid decisions.

Terra: I had no idea I was being judged by god himself.

Kai: Thanks.

Max: Alright, call your friend.

Max hands the phone back to Terra.

Terra: Call her? Wouldn’t she be suspicious. I told her to skip town!

Max: Who would expect someone like you to be able to track someone off a phone?

Terra: Fair enough.

Terra opened her phone and called the number.

Someone picked up the phone. A distorted voice picked up.

Sae: Terra? I thought I was skipping town?

Terra: Uh…

She looked at Kai.

Terra: I wasn’t able to find the guy you were talking about. Kai. Do you have any more info about him?

Sae: Is this a joke? He’s the Crimson Dragon. Fights with a staff. He can teleport. High 30s power level.

Terra: Hmm. Found him.

Terra hung up.

Terra: They know a lot about you Kai.

Kai: They’re stalkers.

Max: I found their location.

Kai: Where?

Max: 3419 48th St.

Kai: Thanks Max. You're a lifesaver.

Max: No. I just found an address.

Max gets up and leaves.

Terra: Alright. Let’s go.

Terra put on her fragments of armor. She put on gauntlets and half of a chestplate. Kai put on his suit and grabbed his staff. Terra grabbed her spear.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

They headed to the address.

Kai: Come on, let’s go around back. We’re not walking right in!

They snuck up to a window.

Kai: Look.

They saw a group of ten people in a circle.

Terra: I thought there would be more. How are we gonna go in?

Kai: I can teleport us in, but I need to know a room without anyone in it. Then we can start taking them down one by one.

Terra: That’s a better plan than I could come up with.

Someone teleported right behind Kai. He swiftly grabbed Kai’s head and slammed it against the wall. Kai drops to the ground. Azazel knees Terra in the stomach. An extremely high pitched sound came from Azazel, and shattered the pair’s eardrums. Azazel took out two needles and stabbed it into their necks.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Terra opened her eyes. She tried to get to her feet. But hit her head on the top of a dog cage. And she was electrocuted.

Terra: Goddamnit! I guess I do bring trouble wherever I go.

Kai: I know, and you took forever to wake up.

Terra: How long has it been?

Kai: Like two hours.

Terra: Ugh, where are we?

Kai: I think we’re on a ship or something.

???: Correction! The Notorious Nautical, and you can call me Mr. Notorious!

A fat dark skinned man in a business tuxedo, a fedora, and khakis smoking a blunt walked in.

Mr. Notorious: The Crimson Dragon took down my biggest competition. And this little girl turned him into the monster he was painted as! Everythings too easy! No competition!

Kai: Isn’t that a good thing? He would have stayed richer than you.

Mr. Notorious: It’s boring. I’m halfway to owning all of New York by this point!

Terra: You picked the worst time to knock us out and capture us though.

Mr. Notorious: I have connections. Stick knew you were coming from a mile away. So I had my boys take you out and bring you here. We’re going out to sea. We’ll probably dump you there too.

A girl in a lab coat and white hair tied into a ponytail walked into the room.

Kai: Hey, it’s the Blood Surgeon.

Terra: Her real name is Kuzu.

Kuzu: Oh yeah, I remember both of you! How are we planning on killing them?

Mr. Notorious: Don’t worry, I have many options. Go put it up to vote with the rest.

Mr. Notorious: Here’s some food, it’ll be your last meal.

Mr. Notorious sat down two bowls of cat food in front of the two.

Kai: These are dog cages. At least get the food right.

Mr. Notorious: Something about cats spoke to me.

Mr. Notorious left the room.

Terra: These should be pretty easy to get out of, right?

Kai: Just bend the bars open.

Terra kicked the cage hard enough that the cage’s front fell over. Terra rolled out of the way of the rest of the cage falling on her. She only got electrocuted a little bit.

Terra: That was stupid.

Terra unlocked Kai’s cage and let him out.

Kai: That’s why I wanted you to do it.

Terra: Don’t you have regeneration?

Kai: Who wants to get electrocuted?

They went to leave. But a red laser system appeared. And it sensed both of them. The entire room was sealed with metal walls.

Kai: Shit.

Terra: Hmm...You can teleport right?

Kai tried.

Kai: Dampeners.

Terra held out her hand and threw a punch. She extended it with an energy blast.

Terra: Not for me.

Kai: And let me guess. You can’t teleport.

Terra: Nope.

Kai: I expected as much.

Terra: I have an idea. It’s kind of stupid.

Kai: Looks like we don’t have much of a choice. What is it?

Terra: What can you do? Powerwise?

Kai: What does it matter?

Terra: Just get your head out of your ass and tell me!

Kai: I can teleport, regenerate, and I can use my spiritual energy to do all kinds of things.

Terra: My power must not be dampened because I use olympian power. It’s called the power of Olympus. Creative right?

Kai: Sure. What do you want to do?

Terra: I wonder if I can like, transfer my power into you for a second. Enough time for your powers to be sparked.

Kai: Don’t put anything in me.

Terra: Have any better ideas?

Kai: Fine. Let’s try it.

Terra held her hand out to Kai. He grabbed it. Terra focused her power on her inside. She thought of Amala. Letting it channel through her. She brought it up to Kai’s hand.

Kai: It feels like spiritual energy, but different.

Kai quickly teleported out of their prison. They teleported into a parlor room. Where two guards were setting the table. They immediately pulled their guns and started shooting. Kai did a flip off the table and kicked a guard in the face. Knocking him out. Terra tackled the other person. She quickly punched him out.

Kai: Come on.

Kai went to leave.

Terra: Hey, look.

There was a closet door that was labeled “breaker room”. Kai and Terra quickly snuck in there.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Mr. Notorious walked into the room. He had a group of familiar faces walking behind him. Lefty and Righty, two identical huge, muscular guys in tuxedo suits. Azazel, he had a red mask along with a black cloak lines with some red. He wore black boots with red tape around them, and he had his hands fully wrapped in hand wraps. There was Mr. Jelly Time. A happy man in a jumpsuit carrying a plate of jelly. Jin Girkew, a man in a speedster suit and tight jeans. Along with glasses. His hair was slicked back. Phoenix, a man in a big red power armor suit with wings to his side. Megalodon, a huge shark-man. Smiley, a white haired man with dark skin, he had an everlasting smile on his face. The Chemist was also there. He wore a lab coat and had goggles on. Along with gloves. Kuzu followed behind next to the Chemist. Saber, An innocent looking girl walked behind everyone. She had a pink sweater on and blonde hair. Along with warm-up pants.

Kuzu: There’s fresh bodies here.

Chemist: They're not dead yet.

Saber: Emphasis on yet.

Chemist: Who are you again?

Saber: Doesn’t matter.

Saber smiled. At first it was a normal smile you’d see. But her teeth widened, and so did past her lips and into her cheeks. She revealed gigantic sharp teeth all throughout her mouth.

Mr. Notorious: No! Not here. My suit is too fresh to get blood on it.

Mr. Jelly time: You promised free jelly samples!

Righty: And you promised meat samples!

Mr. Notorious: Settle down everyone. I have something even better than jelly and meat. Two people all of you hate for one reason or another.

Mr. Notorious clicked a button. And a camera feed came up on a TV. Of Terra and Kai’s cell area. Lacking Terra and Kai.

Jin: You think we hate empty metal rooms? What kind of racism is this?!

Mr. Notorious: Dammit! How did they escape?!

Phoenix: Maybe you didn’t plan for everything.

Mr. Notorious brought pictures of Terra and Kai up on the TV.

Mr. Notorious: Do any of you know these people?

Lefty: Yeah!

Righty: Kai! I really want to beat him up!

Mr. Jelly Time: He is a jelly murderer!

Chemist: Both of them caused me trouble. It would be useful to be rid of them…

Phoenix: I beat him last time I saw him. I think I’m good.

Mr. Notorious: What about killing him? Even better!

Jin: I hate that girl’s speedster friend! I suppose killing her would cause the suffering of others. That’s enough for me! Plus she broke my glasses!

Kuzu: Looks like we’re all in agreement that we hate them.

Chemist: Well, let’s split into groups and track them down.

Mr. Notorious: I thought you were supposed to be a mad genius. Go in a big group!

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Terra: Ready?

Kai: Let’s do this.

Terra punched the breaker switches. They made a sputtering out sound. And the small light in the breaker room went off.

Kai: The Chemist is there. And he has a paralyser. I say we sneak up to and slow down as many as possible, and then take out who we can.

Terra: I hope this works.

Kai: Don’t worry. It always does. Take this.

Kai gave a gun from one of the guards they had knocked out to Terra.

Terra: A gun?

Kai: We need to slow them down. Make them panic. I hope you have a good aim.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jin: Where’d the lights go? Now I’m blind!

Chemist: Don’t worry.

Chemist activated something on his suit. And lights shown out of his goggles.

Kuzu: That’s a little better.

Jin: Why did he make us stay in a group?! I could check this boat in not even a minute!

Saber: I wouldn’t expect to do that in the pitch dark.

Jin: I’ve mastered the art of radar sense. I can’t ever see!

Lightning coarsed through Jin’s body. Just as this was happening Kai teleported behind the Chemist. He did a strike to the side of the neck to make him fall down. He swiped his paralyzer. He jumped back and shot Jin, Megalodon, and Azazel. Everyone scattered into rooms to their sides. As they scattered Terra aimed down from far away. She hit Saber right in the chest. Blood flew off of her and she went flying back from the hit. Kai took out his staff and pinned down Saber. She opened her huge maw and bit down on Kai’s staff. Hitting both of Kai’s hands. He jumped back. She stood up, the shot had healed. Kai got slammed in the head by Lefty’s fist. He had punched through the wall next to him. Kai dropped the paralyzer. Smiley came into the aisle and took out two electric whips. He swung one at Kai. Kai flipped back and slammed his foot down. Trapping one of the whips. He drew his staff and slammed it on the whip. Smiley fell on his face. Saber jumped out and slashed across Kai’s side. Kai dodged a second swipe. But got hit by a gigantic Jelly fist. He fell back into Lefty and Righty’s arms. They grabbed him and threw him at the ceiling. Kai rolled backwards. Surrounded by the group. Terra shot Lefty in the shoulder. And jumped in with her spear. She slashed Righty across the back. Her and Kai stood, surrounded by the group. They came out into a restaurant section.

Terra: Kai, duck!

Kai ducked down, and Terra swung her staff around the crowd, backing them up. Kai did a back roll and tripped Jelly Time. Kuzu made a scythe out of blood. She swung it at Kai. Kai dodged and kicked Kuzu twice. Kai looked at Terra like he had a plan. And Terra was ready for something. Kai jumped past Terra, and handed his staff to her in midair. She grabbed it and spun Kai around like a top. As Kai spun he hit every member surrounding them. Lefty and Righty jumped back and locked arms. And started spinning like a helicopter.

Righty: Can you beat our super move!?

They collided. And Kai jumped high. He spun his staff and slammed it onto Lefty’s head. Terra ducked under and charged a punch. She punched Righty straight in the stomach and knocked him to the ground with an elbow from said punch. Phoenix flew in and knocked Kai to the ground. Terra jumped up and uppercut Phoenix. He violently hit the ceiling. A bunch of turrets came from his shoulders. Terra and Kai ducked under dinner tables. Saber punched through the table and grabbed Terra by the neck. She slammed her against the back of the table. Kai grabbed Terra’s staff and slashed off Saber’s hand. She jumped back. Smiley threw in both of his electric whips. Terra and Kai dodged. As Phoenix flew through the room. Kai kicked up and slammed him into Smiley’s electric whips.

Mr. Jelly Time: It’s jelly time!

Jelly Time punched with a gigantic fist. Terra punched as well, and collided with the fist. She let an energy blast go into it. And the fist was destroyed. Kai ducked under and hit Jelly Time in the stomach. He fell down on the ground with a thump. A bunch of clones of Kuzu surrounded the group. The two quickly dispatched the fakes. Kuzu slammed her staff into Terra’s side. She put up her gauntlet. And blocked it. She felt how devastating it would’ve been. Kai came from behind and kicked her in the side. She slid back just a bit. Saber came from beside Kai and bit into his arm. Terra stabbed her spear straight through Saber.

Kai: This is going to hurt.

Kai kicked Saber further down Terra’s spear.

Terra: Yeah it is.

Terra punched Saber in the face. So hard it shattered the teeth in her mouth. She flew off of Terra’s spear. Down for the count. Terra got hit in the shoulder by a couple shots from Phoenix. Smiley wrapped his whip around Terra. She started to get electrocuted. Kai went to slam his staff down. But Kuzu slipped it out of his hand with her scythe. Phoenix came from behind and stabbed his wing across Kai’s back. Terra grabbed Smiley’s whip with one of her hands and pulled him towards her. She spun and threw a kick. He fell down. Kuzu swung her scythe at the pair. Terra ducked, and Kai jumped up and knocked down Phoenix. Terra blitzed Kuzu and punched her in the face. She broke into a pool of blood. Phoenix took out his turrets again. He shot at both of them. Terra jumped behind a wall quickly. Kai jumped up, tanked the shots and broke both of his turrets. Terra took the chance to jump up and punch him in the face. He fell down. Both of them were out of breath.

Terra: Come on, that was pretty fucking awesome.

Kai: I’ll give it to you this time.

Kai went back and picked up the paralyzer. Jin ran in. Megalodon and Chemist did too. Kai unloaded on them with the paralyzer. Azazel came from behind. And let an extremely loud pulse out. Terra and Kai both covered their ears. Terra struggled to stand up. Azazel threw a punch at her. She dodged under and took out her spear. She stabbed it behind her. Right through Azazel’s stomach.

Kai: That was quick.

Terra: That was a lot easier than spending months tracking them down.

Mr. Notorious walked in the door.

Mr. Notorious: I didn’t think I’d have to do this. But I have no choice! You muthafuckers are dead!

Terra socked Notorious in the face. He fell down with a hard thump.

Mr. Notorious: No! My awesome glasses! And my blunt!

Kai stood above him and knocked him out with a hit from his staff.

Kai: I wonder where we were headed.

All of a sudden, the boat shook like an earthquake. Both Kai and Terra lost their balance and fell down. They both struggled to their feet. The windows in the room had been blasted open. They crawled through there. To see they were on land. An island.

Kai: Shit. They drove us off the coast of New York.

Terra: Who do you think crashed the ship?

???: I hear you were looking for me.

## Facing The Chaste - Issue 6

Kai: Stick?!

Stick: It’s pretty obvious that it’s me. I’m the blind one here.

Terra: Took you long enough to find us again.

Stick: I knew where you were. I just wasn’t trying to capture you, but I am now!

Terra: It’s obvious we were done with you. I thought you were going to leave us alone!

Stick: Your an… investment. I expect to get a return on that investment.

Terra: What? An investment for Sae stabbing me?

Stick: What does that have to do with anything?

Kai: How did you know we were going to be on this island?

Stick: I have connections. Lots of connections.

Kai: And I’m tired. Tired of your shit.

Stick: Well I’m tired of your shit. You caused me lots of trouble, or at least you did Terra.

Terra: What did I do?

Stick: You set free a shitton of metas and mutants, and threw around the Chaste’s name like a drunk irish sailor.

Terra: Sae got me kidnapped, tortured, and branded.

Stick: Not my fault. I hate those olympian bastards. Either way, about that investment…

A group of ten walked up behind Stick. Fenix was there. Still looking the same, just a bit older, Mina was there, with a crop-top on and sweats. She was holding a beer bottle. A man with a suit of armor walks up. The base of the suit is black with red armor over the torso. He has red gauntlets, a silver belt, gold plated shin protectors, and gold knee protectors. He has a samurai looking helmet on. The helmet is black with red eyes to see out of. Then he has a giant gold U shape on the top of his helmet. Sae came up next to them. She wore A black sports top, her cloak was tied over briefs that came down to augmented MMA shoes. That seemed like they could hold something. She kept her long white hair. One of her arms was prosthetic and so was one of her legs from the knee down. She smiled at Terra.

Sae: You told me to leave town. We’re not there.

A man stood next to Sae. Blackout had a black full body suit of light armor. With a red scarf. A looming figure stood next to him. Red Akuma. He wore a red ninja mask, and wore samurai armor. There was a girl with a grey sleeveless top and a blue scarf. She wore large mma pants, and had boots on. Outburst, a man with a red shirt and a short blue cape. There was Rhea, and Azrael walked up next to her.

Kai: What happened Az. All of my life we were best friends. You were my brother. I would have helped you with anything.

Az: Then you decided telling your friends that a killer is after them wasn’t as important as your new business.

Kai: That’s not it-

Az: Then what, Kai?

Kai: It’s the way everything happened. I didn’t think anything of the killer until Jax died-

Az: You knew about him before Jax died!

Kai: He killed some random dude! Then I went to Natalie after Jax died. I told Natalie everything. She started looking around for the killer.

Az: Let me guess, while you worked on your business?

Kai looks down at the ground.

Kai: Then Natalie died. I couldn’t get into contact with you and I was spiraling. Natalie was my childhood crush! I watched her die!

Az sighs and gets into a fighting stance.

Az: That’s what you get for bringing this upon us.

Stick: Prove to me you are both worth something.

Terra and Kai stood in fighting stances. And backed up slowly. Az ran up quickly and threw a superman punch at Kai, Kai dodged under, grabbed him by the arm and flipped him on the ground.

Kai: I’m on a whole different level compared to you.

Rhea: Back off!

Rhea drew her sword and swung at the both of them. Terra blocked with her spear and danced around her. Kai kicked her in the stomach, she blocked. Terra went to throw another attack. But an explosion came up behind her. Rhea dodged as Terra was blown into the air.

Outburst: Check out my bursting balls!

Kai: You mean bombs right?

Outburst: Bursting balls!

Outburst threw a bunch of bursting balls on the ground. Kai and Terra scattered. Terra came face to face with Fenix.

Fenix: Long time no see Terra.

Terra: How have things been?

Fenix: Great!

Fenix hit Terra in a pressure point with two of her fingers. Terra felt just about nothing. And Fenix’s fingers broke. Terra kicked her in the head. She got a beer bottle smashed on her head. Rhea jumped in and slashed her sword at Terra, she dodged under and threw a kick. She fell back and rolled to her feet. To be met with a hit to the head from Terra’s spear. Outburst threw down more bursting balls. Kai picked one up and threw it right back. He got hit and flew back. Terra came from behind and slashed across his back. Sae stood in front of Kai.

Sae: I heard stories about you. They must be true.

Kai: And I never heard shit about you.

Kai threw a hook kick at Sae. She caught his leg and swung her sword at it. Kai slammed his foot down and threw a tornado kick. Sae ducked under, flipped her sword onto her foot and did a slide. Kai fell on the ground. She stabbed her sword into his leg. He kicked up, kicking Sae in the stomach. She fell back and did a flip over Kai. Terra came from behind and knocked Sae down.

Stick: Alright! Alright! That’s enough! You’ve grown a lot since last time. In power I mean, not mentally.

Kai: Are you giving up?

Stick: Me! Give up! Never. I will just give you the opportunity to win your freedom.

Terra: I’m tired of all your stupid metaphors!

Terra slashed her spear at Stick. Stick caught it in his hand. He effortlessly ripped it out of Terra’s hand. He snapped it like a twig.

Stick: That wasn’t a metaphor. Last opportunity!

Kai: What is it?

Stick: You will be obtaining a treasure for me. You will find the Muramasa blade. I blade that can kill enemies that can regenerate limbs. Do you accept the challenge?

Terra: No! You just wanna kill Kai or something like that!

Kai: We’ll take the challenge.

Stick: Great. Come with me, we’re taking a flight to Canada. Many secrets are held there.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Terra and Kai sat down on a plane. They had changed their clothes and freshened up.

Stick: You get to ride third class. Call me if you need anything, actually. Don’t.

Stick walked away.

Terra: Was he trying to bait us into the Chaste so we could ride first class?

Kai: I wouldn’t put it past him.

They sat in silence for a couple minutes.

Terra: ...Hey. I never asked what your life was really like. Aside from all the shitty things. How have you been?

Kai: Uh, okay. I’ve been working on some dope ass glasses.

Terra: Glasses? Sunglasses or something? I had no idea you were so into fashion.

Kai: I fucking hate fashion. No, these glasses allow you to see power levels.

Terra: Power levels...I remember that. I have a friend who can read them. She had a soul blade. With its power, she could read power levels.

Kai: Soul blade allows you to read power levels? That would have been good to know.

Terra: You must have some of those glasses on you. Can I try em’ out?

Kai: Fine.

Kai takes glasses out of his pocket. He takes them out of a small case and hands them to Terra. Terra put the glasses on.

Terra: Holy shit, how did you get to be that powerful? What about me? What are my numbers?

Kai: Well, give me the glasses.

Terra handed the glasses to Kai. Kai slipped on the glasses.

Kai: 31,000.

Terra: Last time I asked Amala I was like 15,000. But that was years ago. You were 38,000.

Kai: It’s about time we jump.

Terra: What?

Stick came down.

Stick: He’s right. Put on some parachutes.

Kai grabbed a parachute, he threw one over to Terra.

Terra: I prefer my feet on the ground. Why don’t we just land?

Kai: This is much quicker and more fun.

The door for the plane opens up.

Kai: See ya on the other side.

Kai salutes and jumps out of the plane.

Stick: What? Are you seriously afraid of heights?

Terra: Not the biggest fan.

Stick: As a kid I was afraid of heights too. And I eventually had to jump too. So what i’m trying to say is, have a nice flight.

Stick pushed Terra out of the plane. She fell through the air, panicking. She anxiously rested her hand on the string to pull the chute. The ground is coming closer and closer. She got close enough to the ground, and pulled the chute. And landed in a tree.

Kai: Get down! We have a job to do!

Terra took off her backpack. She fell on the ground. And took the backpack off.

Kai: You took a while to get here.

Terra: First time parachuting. No more questions.

Kai took out a map. He started walking the way towards the muramasa blade.

Terra: You got an extra pair of shoes or something?

Kai: Of course not. You’re bad for walking around barefoot.

They eventually made it to a cave. There was a light fire shining on the walls. Kai and Terra walked straight in. They saw an old man with a long beard. He wore a red cloak, and had a crutch that was stained with blood. He wore no shoes. There was a blade in the ground behind him.

Old man: Ah, I have visitors. What can I do for you two on this fine day?

Kai: We’ve come for the blade that’s behind you.

Old man: Blade? I have no blade.

Kai points at the blade.

Kai: That one.

The old man looks at the blade.

Old man: Ah, my toothbrush. You can’t have it. I need to keep my pearly whites.

Terra: He seems senial.

Old man: I’m only one hundred and forty four years old, thank you very much! I am barely past my prime!

Kai: Looks like we’re gonna have to take it.

Old man: If you take my toothbrush, you will be cursed.

Kai: With?

Old man: A terrible curse!

The old man picked up his crutch. He got into a fighting stance.

Old man: Beat me, and maybe I’ll curse you.

Kai and Terra surrounded the man.

Terra: This is a little crude, isn’t it?

Kai: We’re not killing him. We’re just taking the blade.

Kai took out his staff and burst out at the old man. He caught Kai’s staff in the handle of his crutch. And swung Kai around like a ragdoll. Terra kicked him in the side. When Terra landed he kicked her hard in the back of the shin. He did a spinning hook kick. And kicked Terra in the face. Terra did a punch, and an energy blast came out. The old man wasn’t bothered by this at all. Kai teleported above him and did an axe kick in the air. He dodged out of the way and pushed Kai off his feet. Terra grabbed him and threw him on the ground. He spun his crutch on the ground. Terra and Kai jumped back. The old man got to his feet. Terra ran up and threw a quick jab. The old man caught her fist. She threw another punch. He caught her other fist. He pushed her into his fire. Terra screamed out from the pain. A red aura quickly flashed around her. The old man turned around to face his attention to Kai. Terra got up, her eyes red as if she had hit destruction form. She grabbed him by the back and threw him at the ceiling of the cave. He hit the ground, and bounced up. Terra kicked him towards the opening at the beginning of the cave. She turned around. Kai had gotten the blade.

Terra: Come on! Let’s go!

Terra and Kai ran out of the cave. Blade in hand. They ran past the old man.

Kai: Hope I remembered the way back!

They both ran at top speed. But came to a violent stop. The old man emerged from the woods. With an armada of moose on his side. He was sitting on a moose in the middle.

Old man: That curse, I foretell that the one you love will be your undoing. It’s a truly terrible curse!

Kai gripped the muramasa blade. He blitzed through a moose, and cut it in half. Terra ran just behind Kai. Stick came above them with a helicopter. He threw down a ladder. Kai scaled it easily, and Terra went up it anxiously.

Stick: Good work. My cousin’s crazy, right?

Terra: That was your cousin?!

Stick: He’s an asshole. Everyone has that one drunk cousin.

Terra: He was much more than drunk.

Stick: He was a good sparring partner, but never as powerful as me.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Stick flew them back to New York. They landed on a helipad. Stick let them out.

Stick: Until next time.

Terra: You said you were going to leave us alone!

Stick: I’ll leave you alone when I die. I don’t leave my family.

Stick flew off in the helicopter.

Kai: He never leaves you alone.

Terra: Well, that was fun. I think we got cursed.

Kai: Yeah. So uh, wanna get high?

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Terra took a puff of a blunt. She coughed.

Terra: How do you like this?

Kai: First time is always weird.

After a little while they both were pretty smoked out.

Terra: You ever sparred while doing this?

Kai: Are you tryin’ to challenge me?

Terra: Yeah! Let’s go.

They both squared off. Terra did a sliding kick at Kai. Kai jumped above her and kicked her in the face. Terra threw a lazy uppercut. Kai got hit. They both threw a roundhouse kick at the same time, and collided shins. They both fell on the ground holding their shins.

Kai: fuck.

His words were drawn out.

Terra: You should make those glasses into awesome sunglasses…

Kai: Sunglasses are pretty cool. Say it with me. Mari...juana.

Terra chuckled

Terra: Mari...juana.

Kai: No, you’re saying it wrong.

Terra: No I’m not! Mari...juana!

They both laughed.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Terra and Kai both woke up in the morning. Terra had a headache.

Terra: What the fuck happened last night?

Kai: Don’t worry about it. I think I got you addicted.

Terra: I’m fine. That was pretty fun though.

Kai: Your eighteen, you can make your own decisions.

Kai passed Terra a water bottle. She took a drink.

Terra: Well, I wish you luck with your glasses or whatever.

Kai: Yeah sure, thanks. Uh, good luck with whatever you do.

Terra grabbed her bag and waved goodbye to Kai. She walked out the door. Kai chuckles. Then calls up Remi.

Kai: Hey, do you still want to learn how to fight?

## A New - Issue 7

Kai is in his suit. He is standing on the roof of a building overlooking a factory. Kai taps a com in his ear.

Kai: How many?

Max: Twenty, but they’re spread out.

Kai jumps across the street onto the building he was scouting. He tries to open a latch on the roof.

Kai: It’s locked.

Max: Just give me a second.

Kai kicks the latch, and it breaks open.

Max: Or do that.

Kai hops down through the latch. He lands on the ground in the middle of the factory. Workers are all around him using the machines.

Kai: Sorry to drop in on you like this. I would have called, but… You know.

The workers charge him. Some of them are grabbing wrenches. A wrench is thrown at Kai. He catches it, and hits a worker in the head. Then he kicks a worker in the stomach. The worker falls over. Two guys try to punch Kai. Kai throws his wrench at another worker. Then grabs both of the workers fists.

Kai: Not today boys.

Kai slams them together. A guy grabs a gun. Kai hears a pop, and feels a bullet go through him.

Kai: No warning?!

The worker holds up the gun. Kai grabs a sheet of metal off the conveyor belt. Then uses it to block the bullets. The man starts reloading, and Kai throws the sheet of metal at him like a frisbee. Kai sees a group of men run out from a room in the back. Kai grabs another sheet of metal. Kai looks up and sees a crate being held up by a machine. Kai throws the sheet of metal, and it cuts through the rope on the machine. The crate falls on top of the group of men. Kai looks around and sees no other workers.

Kai: Max, you said there were twenty. That was ten.

Max starts slurping his slushie.

Max: I didn’t say where.

Kai: Basement?

Max: Yup.

Max puts up his feet.

Kai: Stop slurping in my ear or else I’ll kill you.

Max: You won’t.

Kai shuts his com off.

Max: I guess he won’t know that they have guns down there.

Kai walks around looking for something. Kai sees a wooden board out of place. He slides it over and sees a small ladder to a staircase. Kai jumps down. He sees a door in front of him. Kai opens the door. He sees people working with chemicals.

Kai: I wonder what you guys are doing down here.

They take out guns.

Kai: Fine, don’t tell me!

Kai takes out his staff. They start shooting and Kai spins around his staff. The bullets bounce off of the staff. Soon everyone starts reloading.

Kai: My turn.

Kai lunges at the first guy. He swings his staff, and his staff slams onto their head. The next gun tried to hit him with his gun. Kai grabbed the dude's arm, and threw him into two other guys. A guy reloaded, and pointed his gun at Kai. Kai jabbed the man’s arm with his staff. The man dropped the gun. Kai slid across one of the tables, and punched the guy without a gun. The others finish reloading. They start shooting at Kai, and Kai ducks under the table. Kai turns his com back on.

Kai: No warning about the guns?

Max: You shut off coms.

Kai sighs and turns his com back off. Kai hears the area where the bullets are being fired from. He throws his staff, and hits one of them dead on. Kai jumps over the table, and punches one in the head. The other punched Kai in the back. Kai didn’t even move. Kai kicked behind him. One of the workers throws a chemical at him. Kai ducks, and the chemical hits the wall. Kai picks up a metal measuring cup off the table and throws it at the chemical guy. The guy falls over. Kai can hear breathing.

Kai: Where’s the last guy?

Kai hears sirens.

Kai: Saved by the police. That’s never happened before.

The door to a police car clicks open. A man wearing a white shirt and a tie walks out. He has grey suit pants and a tan open trench coat. The man walks inside and up to one of the officers.

Owen: What’s the case.

Officer: Looks like a group of people came in here and took down all these men.

Owen looks around. He sees a metal latch on the ground. He looks up to see the entryway. He sees the conveyor belt has a metal piece every so often, but there is one missing. He looks at the crate on top of the men.

Owen: Hm.

Officer: We’re looking for fingerprints now sir.

Owen doesn’t even acknowledge the officer. He sees the board missing in the corner of the room. Owen climbs down the ladder. He walks through the open door. He sees officers handcuffing the men. Owen scratches his beard. He sees the guns all around, but no bullet wounds on the workers, only heavy bruising.

Owen: I’ve seen enough.

Owen leaves the room. and climbs back up the latter. He walks past the officer.

Officer: Did you solve the case sir?

Owen: Yeah. This wasn’t multiple guys. It was one superhuman. He kicked open the latch at the top of the building then he took out all the guys. He used one of the metal sheets to cut the crate’s rope. That’s how it landed on those workers. Then he dodged the bullets and took the guys out downstairs with a blunt weapon.

Officer: How do you know he dodged the bullets?

Owen: Right here.

Owen points to the ground.

Owen: It’s blood. If he could bleed from anything in here. Then he can bleed from guns.

The officer looks at him in amazement.

Officer: I would have never put that together.

Owen: I know you wouldn’t. It’s what I do.

Owen lights a cigarette and leaves. Owen shuts the door behind him. Kai opens up the door to his new house. He walks inside only holding a box of stuff and wearing a backpack. Kai walks into the house. He is in a room with two staircases to a higher floor. He takes a right going into the living room. He sees Max laying on the couch with a pop in his mouth while he is playing on his laptop.

Max: Nice house.

Kai: Thanks, why are you here?

Max: Y’know, help you unpack.

Kai: I have one box.

Max: Sounds like a job well done to me. Imma lay on the couch.

Kai: Why are you enjoying the mansion more than me?

Max: Because it’s not my mansion.

Kai: Fair enough.

Kai leaves the room and walks upstairs. He walks down a corridor, and then opens a door. He walks inside the room. The room has a king sized bed and a tv hung on the wall. Kai puts his box on the floor.

Kai: I’ll unpack later.

Kai puts his backpack on his bed and walks back downstairs. Kai sees Max is still laying on the couch.

Kai: Get up!

Max: Why?

Kai: I gotta show you something.

Max gets up and follows Kai to the room in the back of the house. Kai leads Max to a fire place.

Max: Kai.

Kai: Yeah?

Max: I’ve seen a fireplace before.

Kai sighs and shakes his head.

Kai: Not the fireplace.

Kai takes one of the bricks out of the fireplace. The fireplace slowly moves to the side showing stairs. They start walking down the stairs. Kai puts the brick back in the place it was. The fireplace closes after them. As the fireplace closes the lights on the stairs turn on. They hit the last step, and the lights turn on downstairs. They are in a dome. The bottom of the dome is a platform, and the top is rock from the ground below the house. Max looks in front of them to see a bunch of different things. On the right side is an armory. Then on the left side looks like spots for vehicles. Then the last thing Max sees is a computer. Max goes over and sits in the chair. The computer has six different screens.

Kai: Had to get something for the lookout.

Max: About being lookout I thought about it, and-

Kai: You're not quitting?!

Max: No. You just shouldn’t call me Max over coms. So I think you should call me Code.

Kai: Kinda bland, but it works.

Max: How are you just going to talk bad about my name?

Kai: Whenever someone comes up with a name it is absolutely necessary to make fun of them.

Kai gets a text from Remi.

Kai: Remi’s here. I just told her to go to the fireplace. Let’s see if she is surprised.

Remi walks up to the fireplace.

Remi: Why the fireplace?

The fireplace starts moving to the side. Kai and Max walk out from the stairs. Kai puts the brick back, and the fireplace starts closing.

Remi: That’s one hell of an entrance.

Kai: Thank you.

The fireplace finishes closing.

Remi: You can’t just show me a secret passage and not let me see what's down there.

Kai: That’s exactly what I’m doing.

Kai leads them to his backyard. There is a pool, and a porch with a grill on it. On the grill is a wine bottle.

Kai: It’s time to chill.

Kai starts cooking on the grill as Remi and Max are swimming.

Remi: Max, I didn’t know you even went outside.

Max: I don’t. The sun hurts my eyes.

Remi: And a computer screen doesn’t?

Max: Yup. That’s exactly right.

Kai: The foods done!

Everyone sits at a table that’s set up. Remi and Max have towels under them.

Remi: You really need more friends Kai.

Kai: Nonsense. That’s crazy talk.

Max: It’s been a year since Cal. Haven’t you moved on?

Remi: Max!

Kai: Nah, it’s fine. I have moved on. It just seems like so much work to get more friends.

Remi: It’s not like you are going to tell them that you are a vigilante. Y’know what? Tomorrow I’m bringing you to a club.

Kai: If I have to go then Max has to go too.

Max: You're lucky you even got me to go outside!

Kai sees a patch of grass off to the side.

Kai: Wait, Remi?

Remi: What?

Kai: Do you wanna spar?

Remi: What? Sure, I guess.

They both get up.

Max: Kill each other!

They both stand ten feet away from each other.

Max: 3… 2… Go!

Kai: No one?

Remi kicks at Kai. Kai blocks the kick. She goes for a punch, and Kai grabs her arm. Kai flips her.

Kai: You’ve gotten better.

Remi: Not by much.

Remi gets back up.

Kai: You are facing a man who has been training since he was thirteen, can lift up a car, and can dodge bullets. You're not exactly on equal terms.

Remi goes for another punch. Kai blocks it. She kicks Kai in the stomach. Kai doesn’t even move. Remi punches at Kai with her other hand. Kai grabs her hand and pushes her back. Remi catches herself.

Remi: It’s not even fun sparring against you.

Kai: That’s because I try not to hit you.

Remi: Can’t you weaken your punches?

Kai: I’ll try.

Kai rushes up to Remi. Kai tries to punch Remi. She blocks the punch then she punches Kai in the jaw. Kai knees her in the stomach and she goes down.

Kai: If you had super strength this would be more fun for you.

Remi: But I don’t.

Kai: Yeah. At least you know what going up against a meta will be like.

Remi: Like that helps.

Max: By watching this fight very closely. I have deduced Kai as the winner.

Remi: Shut up Max. I’m not sparring with you anymore Kai. It just sucks.

Kai: I need to find you a good sparring partner.

Remi: This is why you need more friends.

Kai: Just eat your burger.

Remi: I was planning on it.

They both sit down.

Max: Now, when do I get to go back inside?

## In The Club - Issue 8

In a nightclub people are dancing and talking. A man is sitting at a booth surrounded by women.

Woman: Tell us more stories Ry.

Ryan drinks a shot. Ryan takes out his gun.

Ryan: I was taking down some criminals, as I do, and then one tries to run up on me. So I glow, blow! I hit him in the head with my gun.

One girl starts rubbing up on him.

Woman2: I need a man that can take charge like that.

Ryan brings out his cop badge.

Ryan: Don’t worry. You girls be fucking with me, and you won’t have any problems.

Ryan slips his badge back into his jacket. Everyone laughs. Ryan gets a call and picks up the phone.

Owen: Ay, you're not too drunk yet are you?

Ryan: Depends.

Owen: I got a new case. I know you only need a couple of minutes to finish up with what your doing.

Ryan: When I go, I go the whole damn night.

Owen: So you say. You coming?

Ryan: Yeah, and nice pun.

Owen: It was unintentional.

Ryan hangs up.

Ryan: I’m sorry ladies, but I gotta be on my way.

Woman3: But Ry…

Ryan: You know I’ll be back tomorrow.

Ryan takes another shot off the table and drinks it. He slams it back down on the table and walks out the door. Kai opens the door at the same time as Ryan, and they bump into each other.

Ryan: Fuck off.

Ryan walks past Kai. Remi and Max are behind Kai. They all walk in and sit down at a booth. They all get drinks.

Kai: What do you have me doing? This is stupid.

Max: Good ol’ instant regret.

Remi: All you have to do is find a girl checking you out and talk to her.

Kai: Yeah… All I have to do.

Remi: Kai, when was the last time you talked to a girl in a bar?

Kai: That's a good question. Never happened.

Max: You're a virgin!

Kai: No I’m not a virgin! I’ve just never picked up a girl in a bar. Don’t get all excited because you thought you weren’t the only virgin.

Max: Hey!

Remi looks over to see a girls eyes wander onto Kai.

Remi: Her.

Remi moves her hands in a way to signal who it is without giving it away.

Remi: Just go up and talk to her. Max and I are going to go dance.

Max: What?

Remi: Yup.

Remi forced Max to get up and start dancing.

Kai: This might be an arrow to my pride.

Kai takes a shot and sighs.

Kai: Why the fuck not?

Kai gets up and sits down next to the woman at the bar. The girl has long thick black hair going down to the middle of her back. She has a black dress on with silver earrings. Kai walks up to her. She quickly turns around and spills her drink on Kai.

???: Oh, I’m so sorry.

Kai: No, it’s fine.

Kai sits down.

Kai: But why don’t you buy me a drink to make up for it.

A car pulls up to the police station. Ryan gets out of the car, and walks inside. He walks up the stairs to Owen’s office. Ryan bursts through the door without knocking.

Owen: You don’t knock?

Ryan: You made me lose a threesome. So no, I don’t.

Ryan sits down in a chair.

Ryan: We don’t even solve cases anymore. The fuck am I doing here?

Owen: We’re getting some… new technology.

Ryan: Bigger guns?

Owen: You could call it that. Follow me.

Owen leads Ryan downstairs and into the armory. There are boxes on the floor.

Owen: Open one of the boxes.

Ryan opens up a box. The box is filled with mini foam balls.

Ryan: I hate these shits. Foam balls get in the way.

Owen: Just look in the package.

Ryan grabs handcuffs.

Ryan: We have these.

Owen: Not those. Those are meta-cuffs. If they are put on a meta or mutant that mutant won’t be able to use their powers.

Ryan: I’m not getting close to one of those monsters.

Owen: Keep looking.

Ryan pulls a gun.

Ryan: We have these too.

Owen: Has the alcohol finally finished off your last brain cell?

Ryan: Let me guess. Meta killing gun.

Owen: That gun has different modes. The regular mode shoots laser bullets. They are effective against invincible meta humans. The second one is for metas that won’t stop. It sends out a dart to put them to sleep.

Ryan: Your saying we’re back in business.

Owen: Oh, we’re back baby.

They both start laughing. Kai and the girl he’s talking to start laughing.

Kai: Yeah, I got my ass kicked by a blind guy.

???: How?

Kai: He was just too skilled. Wait, I haven’t even asked your name.

???: My name is Raelynn.

Kai: So, I got beaten up by a blind guy as a kid, and then again last year. What did you do?

Raelynn: Not that.

She laughs.

Raelynn: Pretty normal compared to that.

Raelynn looks off to the people dancing then looks back at Kai.

Kai: That wasn’t subtle at all. You might as well just ask to dance. C’mon.

They both get up and start dancing. Hours of partying later. The dancing dies down, and Kai walks Raelynn to her car.

Raelynn: So you're a gentleman.

Then Kai leans over and whispers in her ear.

Kai: When I want to be.

Kai kisses Raelynn. Raelynn gets in her car, and Kai gets in his. Kai drives back home. While Kai is driving Remi calls him. He answers it and puts it on speaker phone.

Remi: How are you going to lie and tell me you’ve never done that before?!

Kai: I haven’t!

Remi: You just wanted me to tell you how good you are at it.

Kai: I have to get information out of people. Of course I’m a smooth talker. Especially when I’m drunk.

Remi: Are you drinking and driving?

Kai: Nah, the cold sobered me up.

Remi: Tell me all the details when we hang out.

Kai: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Kai hangs up the phone.

Kai: She’s so nosy.

Kai goes home and falls to sleep. When Kai wakes up he goes downstairs, and starts making food. He hears the furnace open and close. Max walks into the kitchen.

Max: What’s for breakfast.

Kai: You didn’t tell me you were coming over.

Max: I’ve been here all night.

Kai: Were you just playing on the computer?

Max: No, I was downloading everything I have on my computer to that computer.

Kai: All night?

Max: No, then I played games.

Kai: You have really changed a lot since we first started hanging out. You were a lot more introverted a year ago.

Max: That’s because I don’t like things outside my room, but now your basement has become my room so I have to like you.

Kai: You could just use the guest room or something most of the time if you are just going to live here without my permission.

Max: No, no, no. I will buy a cot and sleep on my floor.

Kai: The basement isn’t your floor.

Max: Yes it is.

Kai: What do you want for breakfast?

Max: Flapjacks.

Kai: What are you 8? No one calls them flapjacks.

Kai finishes cooking breakfast. They both bring their breakfast into the living room and watch television. They both finish eating.

Kai: Alright, I gotta go get dressed.

Max: For?

Kai: Meeting with Lawrence.

Max: Waste of time. You can do meetings over the phone.

Kai: This is why you don’t have a company.

Kai walks upstairs, and gets dressed. When he comes downstairs he hears the shut of the fireplace. Kai shakes his head and leaves. Kai pulls up to Lawrence's house in his car. Kai gets out and knocks on the door. Lawrence's wife opens the door.

Lawrence’s Wife: Oh, Kai. He’s in his office. He’s been busy calling people all day.

Kai: Thanks. I’ll check on him.

Kai walks up to Lawrences office door. Kai knocks and walks in.

Lawrence: No you!

Lawrence hangs up the phone.

Lawrence: Kai, friend, brother! So good to see you.

Kai: Yeah, it’s been a little while.

Kai sits down.

Kai: What have you been up to-

Lawrence: Let’s get right into business. The glasses are about to go out to the public in a week or two. We need a commercial. Something to get the people interested.

Kai: Oh. What were you thinking-

Lawrence: Great, here's the script!

Kai grabs the script out of Lawrences hands.

Lawrence: I’ll send you the location you have to go to film it. It’s been fun-

Kai: You're not running my company. I appreciate all your help, but you can’t just run my company without me.

Lawrence: You will get control of your company once the glasses go public. You don’t have the freedom to mess up on something now. You need to give people the first impression.

Kai: Fine, but only until the glasses go public.

Kai stands up.

Kai: Have a good day Lawrence.

Kai leaves.

## Feud - Issue 9

Kai is in the basement with Max. Kai is in his suit, and Max is on the computer. Max brings something up on the computer.

Max: I’ve found a mission.

Kai walks over to the computer.

Max: It’s a mutant.

Kai: I’ll be back.

Max: Don’t forget your com.

Kai: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Kai travels to the bank where a mutant is at. Kai looks through the window to see a mutant walk out of the back of the bank with bags of cash. He has a blue and white suit on.

Kai: A superhero suit?

The man walks past all the hostages. Cop cars pull up to the bank. The cops get out of their cars with their guns out. They slowly push into the bank. They open the door to the bank and walk in.

Mutant: Just let me leave so I don’t have to kill you. We all know you don’t do anything.

Owen: Not today!

Mutant: Since we're going to battle you might as well know my name. I am the Ice Machine.

Owen shoots the mutant with a red laser bullet. The mutant drops to one knee after he is hit with the bullet. He looks shocked and in pain.

Owen: That’s a taste of your doom!

Owen starts shooting. The Mutant puts up a wall of ice to block him from the shots. Then the mutant starts sending parts of the wall out like chunks of hard ice. They hit the cops and send them back.

Owen: Shields men!

Owen and the rest of his squad take out shields. They are small at first, but when they press a button the shields become almost as big as riot shields. Ice Machines sends flying pieces of ice, but now they have no effect. Owen takes out a radio.

Owen: We’re going to need it Ryan.

Ryan: I knew it.

Ryan steps out of the car with a gun that looks like a rocket launcher. He walks through the door of the bank.

Ryan: Boom goes the dynamite!

The gun shoots out a giant laser. It destroys the wall of ice. The mutant is pushed back by the flying ice.

Ryan: Now Owen!

Owen switches his guns mode, and shoots a dart out. The dart sticks into the Mutant. Ice Machine drops down unconscious. Owen walks over and cuffs him. Owen puts his shield and gun away.

Ryan: That's one down.

Owen: Soon to be so many more.

Kai leaves the building. Kai is walking down the stairs to his basement. He hears Max watching the news.

Max: Your useless Kai. You didn’t do anything!

Kai: How did you know that?

Max brings out the most recent news clip. It's a clip of the cops Kai saw earlier. They’re making a speech.

Owen walks up to the podium.

Owen: Some have been encouraged to believe that us police don’t do anything. Well today we have proven you wrong. We took down a Mutant that was trying to rob a bank. The mutant sightings will from here on out start declining because of us cops. Mutants are not allowed to break the laws we have, and they will be punished for doing so. All of them. Thank you.

Owen steps off the podium.

Kai: I don’t like the way he phrased that.

Max: Probably because you're a Mutant.

Kai: It seems more of a Mutants vs Humans thing for him. Not a criminal vs abiding citizen.

Max: Less Mutants is always a good thing though.

Kai: Um, what?

Max: Hey, my brothers are Mutants! No racism here, but they usually cause problems.

Kai: Same for you white people, but you don’t want black people to say you cause problems.

Max: Low blow. Mutants are just different. They have powers so they can cause more trouble than anyone else.

Kai: Yeah, and now the cops can take them down.

Max: They could take down one. What if there is a group?

Kai: Hire Mutants.

Max: Exactly! You need Mutants to deal with Mutants. They just cause problems.

Kai: I’m not getting into politics with you! The Mutants are here. We either have to do something about it or cause a mass genocide. Which one would you do?

Max: They’re both equally as bad.

Kai: I’m not sure I agree.

Max: Be that way.

Kai: How the hell are you going to talk to me like this in my own house?! You want to be mad about Mutants than you can leave.

Max: This is my house. I have a bed.

Max points to the cot he set up on the floor.

Kai: Take your cot with you!

Max: No!

Max gets up and leaves.

Kai: Some people.

Kai starts walking up the stairs. Remi is in here chair rolling around while looking at her board. The board has pins on it and markers showing all the mutant attacks recently.

Remi: I feel like there is something here.

Remi looks at her cat.

Remi: Do you know?

The cat meows.

Remi: I had a feeling you might say that.

Remi picks up the cat and puts it on her lap. She starts petting the cat and the cat purrs.

Remi: I need more information.

Kai wakes up in his bed.

Kai: What to do today?

Kai goes downstairs and starts making breakfast. He sits on his couch eating his breakfast. The tv goes to commercials.

Kai: Oh yeah, today is the day I have to go and start to film the commercial. I should probably go get ready.

Kai walks upstairs. Later Kai leaves the house. Max sneaks inside the house, and down into the basement.

Max: Kai’s not stopping me from using my room.

Max turns on the computer downstairs. He starts searching around.

Max: Lets see what the camera has caught.

Max switches around cameras. He sees flashes of black on his screen as a group runs past the camera.

Max: I’ve seen them before. Who are they?

Max starts switching cameras. He keeps seeing the black flashes come across the screen.

Max: If only they would slow down.

What Max saw on the black and white cameras are running across rooftops. They all have black cloaks on covering themselves. A dog is running alongside one of the group members. There are three women and three men.

???: Those cameras are watching us. You think we’re gaining fans?

???: Shut up Fever.

Fever: Calm down. Don’t get your panties in a twist. Guru, get your dog to smell the target.

Guru: My dog is the best! Of course he has the scent! We’re getting close.

Fever: D.A, scout ahead.

D.A nods. He jumps down from the rooftop.

Fever: Jackal, go with him.

Jackal: But he’s so boring.

Fever: You have the scent. You can tell D.A where to go if he gets lost.

Jackal sighs and hops down off the rooftop to follow D.A.

Guru: We’re here!

They stop on the edge of the roof. They look down at the building. They see D.A sneak inside the building. Jackal climbs onto the roof.

Fever: I thought I said stick with him.

Jackal: He knows where it is. I’m bad with stealth anyway!

Fever: Fine. Datura, you are ready for when he gives the signal.

Datura: I’m always ready Fever.

Fever: That’s my girl.

Jackal: I thought I was your girl.

Fever: You would be wrong.

A blade comes through the wall of the building. Then the blade is pulled out of the wall.

Fever: That’s the signal.

Datura: I’m on it.

Datura moves her hands. The wall where D.A is comes crumbling down. D.A puts his sword away and climbs up the building.

Fever: How did it go?

D.A gives Fever a thumbs up.

Fever: That’s my man! Let’s get out of here.

They all start running off. Max sees the black flashes again.

Max: Did they just turn around? What the hell is going on with this.

Max pulls up a map with all the locations of the cameras that the black flashes appeared on.

Max: I think this is just the start of something.

Kai comes down the stairs.

Kai: Max, why?

Max: I was being nice about it and only using my room when you're gone.

Kai: You're just making me angrier honestly. Get out of my house.

Max: Fine.

Max starts walking away.

Kai: And take your damn cot!

Max: No!

## A Date - Issue 10

A ten foot tall robot is walking downtown destroying street lights and anything in its path. Kai is following it on the rooftops.

Kai(in head): That's a behemoth. Isn’t that the Chemist’s robot?

Kai teleports to the robot and kicks it in the head. Kai lands on the ground. The robot's head barely moved from Kai’s kick. The robot turns and looks at Kai.

Behemoth: Mutant, must be exterminated!

Behemoth starts shooting laser beams out of its eyes. Kai runs around the robot staying ahead of it’s lasers. Kai throws his staff at its head. Behemoth stops shooting lasers. Kai’s staff lands on the ground. Kai runs over and picks up his staff. Kai stabs his staff through Behemoth's leg. Then Kai hears the sound of many cars driving into the area.

Kai: Huh?

Behemoth slams its arms onto the ground. Kai barely manages to dodge it. While Kai jumps back, Behemoth shoots lasers at him. The lasers send Kai into the wall of a building. Kai starts running at Behemoth again dodging Behemoths laser eyes, and once Kai gets close Behemoth holds out his hand and blasts Kai. Kai blocked it, but his arms now have burns on them. Kai starts running at Behemoth again barely managing to dodge all the lasers. Kai grabs his staff out of Behemoths leg, and then stabs it straight up Behemoths throat.

Behemoth: M-M-M-M-Mutant…

Behemoth starts to go haywire before shutting down. Cop cars surround the area. Cops get out with their guns pointed at Kai.

Kai: Don’t worry officers. I took care of it. If you could let me be on my merry way-

Owen: Fire!

The cops start shooting at Kai. Kai takes his staff out of Behemoths head and starts spinning his staff around. He blocks the bullets. Kai is hit with a few of the bullets, and then Kai hears a dart shoot out of one of the guns. Kai teleports onto a roof. The cops look around. They can’t see Kai.

Ryan: So that’s the “Crimson Dragon.”

Owen: Looks like it. We almost got him men! Pack up, we’ll get him next time!

The cops start returning to their vehicles.

Ryan: He doesn’t seem too powerful.

Owen: They never do.

Ryan smiles and they both get into their car and drive away.

Kai: They’re after me now. I’ll have to talk to the President about this.

The next day Kai is making lunch. He is on the phone with President Bordon.

Kai: So you're just going to do nothing?

President Bordon: It’s crooked cops. That happens all the time. I can’t devote my time to that. I have more important matters.

Kai: Like?

President Bordon: Planning dear boy.

Kai: Planning for what.

President Bordon: For what's to come. That’s the end of our meeting. I have another meeting to attend.

The President hangs up.

Kai(in head): Since the cops are able to take down Mutants it seems like a risk to go out right now. I should do something else.

Kai looks at his phone. He sees Raelynn's phone number.

Kai: Now that's a good idea.

Kai calls up Raelynn. It rings a few times, and she picks up.

Raelynn: Hello?

Kai: Hey, it’s Kai. I was thinking we could do something-

Raelynn: Are you asking me on a date?

Kai: If you want to be so forward about it then… yeah. When are you free?

Raelynn: Can you do tonight?

Kai: I’ll be there by six thirty.

They hang up.

Kai: Damn, my heart is pounding. I’m way less nervous when I’m drunk.

Remi sits down on her couch with a sandwich. She turns on the news.

Reporter: Last night a business man was attacked at one of his office buildings. The man that killed him destroyed the wall of the office building to escape. People say that they didn’t hear any explosions. Could this be another Mutant?

Remi puts down her sandwich and walks into the other room. Remi writes on a sticky note and puts it on the map she has on her board.

Remi: Another one of these attacks. Hm…

Remi walks back into her living room. She sees her cat is eating her sandwich.

Remi: Really?!

The cat looks up at Remi and meows. Remi shakes her head.

Remi: What am I going to do with you?

Max is at home. He is on his computer thinking about the black flashes from before.

Max: I need to tell Kai about those. Just in case he needs to be prepared for whatever they are.

Max picks up his phone and calls Kai. The phone starts ringing. Kai is swimming in his pool before he gets in the shower. He hears his phone ring. He swims over to it and sees it’s Max.

Kai: I don’t feel like dealing with him.

Kai keeps swimming. Max hears the phone go to voicemail.

Max: He’s still being a petty bitch about it. Whatever, he’ll be over it by tomorrow.

The news starts playing. It plays the same thing Remi heard.

Max: Wait a minute.

Max looks at the security cameras he was watching.

Max: Those camera’s link up with last night's attack. I’m going to get Remi to make Kai get over it. This is too important for a petty argument.

Kai finishes putting on formal clothing. Then he looks at himself in the mirror.

Kai: Eh.

Kai walks down the stairs and gets in his car. He drives to the restaurant. He talks to the waitress and she sits him at his table. Kai waits a few minutes. Ten minutes late Raelynn comes in. She sits down at the table with Kai.

Raelynn: Sorry I’m late.

Kai: You're ten minutes late. That’s practically nothing.

The waitress comes over.

Waitress: What would you like to drink?

Kai looks at Raelynn.

Raelynn: Just a water to start off please.

Waitress: And you?

Kai: Same for me please.

The waitress leaves. There is silence for a second.

Kai: So, what's one of your hobbies. Besides gambling of course.

Raelynn: I like reading.

Kai: What?! Readings a dead sport.

Raelynn: It’s not a sport.

Kai: Definitely dead though.

Raelynn: I’m guessing you don’t like to read.

Kai: Never really felt like those words on a page beat a movie.

Raelynn: This is off to a good start. You already hate one of my hobbies.

Kai: But I don’t hate you.

Raelynn: Cute. What’s one of your hobbies then?

Kai: Good ol’ fashioned martial arts.

Raelynn: Do you do it as a sport or for fun.

Kai: Eh, just for fun. It does have its uses though.

Raelynn: What, with the occasional bar fight?

Kai: You don’t know.

Raelynn: I don’t.

They both lift up their menus.

Kai: What are you thinking?

Raelynn: I’m thinking about how many more corny lines you’ll say before dinner.

Kai: I mean food wise, but go off.

They both laugh.

Raelynn: I’m thinking salmon.

Kai: This is gonna hurt the wallet.

Raelynn: I-

Kai: It was a joke. I’m not broke.

Max knocks on Remi’s door holding his laptop. Remi opens the door.

Remi: Max?

Max: I need to talk to you.

Max walks into Remi’s house.

Remi: Come in, I guess.

Remi shuts the door.

Max: Kai is mad at me for no reason!

Remi: What's the reason?

Max: What had happened was, we were arguing over Mutants. I think that less Mutants is always a good thing, and Kai’s a Mutant so he didn’t agree.

Remi: You kept arguing didn’t you?

Max: No, he was arguing back.

Remi buries her face in her hands.

Remi: Your so stupid.

Max: But now I have some information.

Max walks past the board Remi has. He looks at it, and it reminds him of something.

Max: Holy-

Max puts down his laptop and starts typing.

Remi: Um, Max?

Max completely ignores Remi.

Then he finishes typing.

Max: Your sticky notes have just solved most of this case.

Remi: What?

Max: Can I plug my laptop into your tv?

Remi: If it explains why you keep jumping around.

Max: Great!

Max plugs his laptop into Remi’s tv. The laptop shows the locations of cameras that saw the black flashes.

Remi: This has the same pattern as my sticky notes.

Max: Yes! The cameras are triggered by the same people because they committed all those crimes. Then if you look at the way they are running to get there and go back you can see that they are in the middle of all the places they attacked.

Remi: That leads you right to their base.

Max: Yes!

Max types in his computer more. Then the computer zooms in on an area.

Max: They are most likely here.

Remi: Lets call Kai.

Kai is in the bathroom. His phone starts ringing. He hits end call then texts Remi that he is on a date with Raelynn.

Remi: He’s busy.

Max: With what?!

Remi: He’s on a date.

Max: So?! This is more important!

Remi: I’ll go. I’ll see if I can figure out where they are.

Max: Be careful.

Remi: I will.

Remi grabs a few things and leaves the house. Kai and Raelynn are walking down the waterfront.

Kai: I’m so full!

Raelynn: Because you ate a ton of appetizers.

Kai: They were so good though.

They both chuckle.

Raelynn: Your lucky you like martial arts.

Kai: Yeah because if I didn’t I would have more time to eat appetizers.

Raelynn: Not what I was thinking.

Kai: I knew what you were thinking.

Raelynn stops in front of Kai and turns around to look him in the eyes.

Raelynn: Then what am I thinking now.

Kai wraps his arms around Raelynn and kisses her.

Raelynn: Maybe you can read minds.

Kai: I wish I could, but it’s getting late-

Raelynn: Oh c’mon, we’re both adults. Late doesn’t mean anything to us. Wouldn’t you hate to cut the night short?

Raelynn has a devilish smile.

Raelynn: There's always my place.

Later that night Kai and Raelynn walk into Raelynn's house. They walk into her room. The start kissing, and Kai pushes Raelynn onto the bed. Kai starts kissing her while she’s laying down. They both start taking off their clothes.

Raelynn: Now what do you think about it being late?

Kai: Don’t know what you're talking about.

Remi is walking around town.

Remi: What would a hideout even look like.

Remi sees a few shady characters walk into a building. The building doesn’t have a sign. Remi walks in. People are everywhere. One is throwing flaming knives at a dart board. A woman makes the beer come out of her drink and right into her mouth using her hands. Remi sits at the bar. Two guys walk up to her. On starts grabbing her arm.

Thug: You seem so delicate. Are you really a Mutant?

Remi rips her arm out of his grip.

Thug2: Maybe she isn’t so delicate.

Remi: I’m not a Mutant.

Everyone in the bar stops.

Thug: Fever!

Remi looks nervous. A dark skinned man wearing a white muscle shirt and red shorts walks out of the back.

Fever: Is that a human?

## Find Her - Issue 11

Kai wakes up in a bed. He looks to his side to see Raelynn still sleeping. Kai slips out of bed trying to not wake her up. Kai puts on pants and goes into the kitchen. Soon Raelynn wakes up. She looks a little annoyed that Kai isn’t in the bed. She starts to smell food, and she gets up. She puts on a robe and walks into the kitchen.

Raelynn: You cook?

Raelynn sits down.

Kai: I like to eat good food. So I decided to learn.

Raelynn: You should know. Foods the way to a woman's heart.

Kai: Isn’t that why it’s called brownie points?

Raelynn: Is that where the term comes from?

Kai laughs.

Kai: No. Of course it’s not.

Kai sets the food on the table, and they start eating.

Raelynn: What do you have planned for the day?

Kai: I never have anything planned.

Raelynn: Then why did you make breakfast so early?

Kai: It’s nine!

Raelynn: It’s early!

They finish eating. Kai gets up to clean the dishes and Raelynn grabs his arm.

Raelynn: Let’s go back to bed.

Kai: Why, we’re already up?

Raelynn: Come on.

Kai sighs.

Kai: Fine.

Remi is strapped down to a table in what looks to be a medical room. She is strapped down with belts. She tries to move, but it almost feels like the belts get tighter when she moves.

Remi(in head): What happened? Last thing I remember that man walked into the bar.

A dark skinned woman with shaved hair walks in. She has on a black jacket that doesn’t cover her stomach, and black pants on.

Remi(in head): What would Kai say?

Remi: At least wear a lab coat!

The woman grabs Remi’s face with one hand squishing her. She moves Remis head back and forth to look at her. She smacks Remi on the mouth.

Remi: Hey-

???: Prisoners don’t act up. Your fate is in my hands. Haven’t you ever heard the saying, “don’t bite the hand that feeds you.”

Remi stays silent.

???: Good dog.

The woman starts rummaging through her things. She has chemicals and surgical tools.

???: We have just developed a new… medicine.

Remi(in head): We?

???: This medicine will do wondrous things. You will be able to shed that mortal body of yours. Become something new.

The woman grabs a syringe. She presses on the syringe, and a liquid comes out of the top.

Remi: No-

???: You’ll love it.

The woman walks over and sticks the syringe into Remi’s neck. Remi starts convulsing and heavy breathing. She grunts in pain.

???: Once you're done, thank Integer for that human cure.

Remi keeps convulsing.

???: Shut up!

The woman shuts the door. Max is on the computer in Kai’s basement. Max sees that the last place Remi went was in. He sees it was a building with no sign on it.

Max: Remi is in trouble. She wouldn’t have just gone off the grid like this. It’s time for Kai to get over his petty grudges.

Max calls Kai. Kai’s phone starts buzzing. Kai is lying in bed cuddling with Raelynn. Kai picks up the phone.

Kai: What's going on Max?

Max: Ah, I see you got over it.

Kai: You know I don’t stay mad about shit. Holding grudges is useless.

Max: Good, because Remi is missing.

Kai: What?

Max: You were on a date yesterday so she decided to scope out a new lead we got. She walked into a building last night and never left.

Kai: Are you in my basement?

Max: Where else would I be?

Kai: I’ll be over that in like ten minutes.

Max: Take your time. No one's life is on the line.

Kai: Oh shut up. It’s ten minutes.

Kai hangs up.

Raelynn: Do you have to go?

Kai: Yeah, I’ll talk to you later. I have to go help a friend.

Kai kisses Raelynn and leaves. Kai drives to his house. He walks in and goes into the basement.

Kai: Do you know where she is?

Max: Yeah.

Max starts typing to zoom in on the location. Then a news cast covers the screen.

Kai: You have the news play for you?

Max: Yeah. Keeps me updated.

Reporter: The police say that Alcatraz, the prison on one of the islands surrounding New York, has been modified to hold super humans. To this day it holds the strongest and most dangerous criminals. The cops assure you that it is impossible to break out of Alcatraz. Breaking news! We have just been forwarded a video.

The video pops up on the screen behind the reporter. A man with a cloak is standing in front of a wall. The wall had W.A.T.K.H. painted in white.

Man: I am the leader of W.A.T.K.H!

He pronounces the word as watch.

Man: We fight against our human oppressors. You humans are a curse to our planet. That’s why we have started to change you.

A man on a table like Remi is strolled out by someone wearing a cloak.

Man: We have a human cure. To change you into something new.

The woman in a cloak stabs a syringe into the man. The man starts convulsing.

Man: Watch.

The video speeds up. They watch the man convulse and breath heavily. He grunts in pain. Then an explosion of fire came off of him. The woman in a cloak shoots the man in the neck with a dart. The man falls asleep.

Man: He is now one of us. Anyone we choose will get the cure. If you don’t get the cure. We will kill you.

The video stops playing.

Kai: Do you think they were the one who took Remi?

Max: Maybe.

Kai: Where do I go?

Max exits out of the newscasts to show the zoomed in location.

Kai: I’ll be back.

Max: Hopefully.

Kai goes upstairs and puts his suit on with his com. Kai heads out and starts running across rooftops.

Max: Watch out. You don’t know what's in there.

Kai(in head): I might have to really use my powers again.

Kai finds the building Max showed him. Kai sees no windows. All there is is a door. Kai opens the door. The man throwing fire knives stops.

Kai: I do love the occasional bar fight.

A fire knife flies at Kai. Kai blasts it back with spirit energy. Another man grabs a sword. He slashes at Kai. Kai teleports behind him and kicks him in the back. A girl jumps up, and tries to superman punch Kai. Kai grabs her arm and slams her into the ground. A beam of water is shot at Kai. Kai ducks under it, and blasts the woman back with spiritual energy. She gets slammed into a wall by the spiritual energy. A fire knife stabs into Kai’s gut. The man who just stabbed Kai is right in front of him. Kai elbows him in the stomach. When the man bends over, Kai knees him in the head. Kai gets a giant cut down his back from a sword. Kai kicks behind him, and the guy falls to the ground. A guy shoots laser eyes at Kai. Kai slides under it, and kicks out the guys leg. When the guy drops to one knee Kai kicks him in the head. A man hits Kai. Kai can’t see him.

Kai(in head): He’s invisible. I have to listen to his breathing.

Kai hears his breathing. The guy punches Kai again. Then Kai punches him in the head twice, and kicks him back. Kai is blasted back by a blast of water. Kai hits into the bar. Kai gets up, and the strong girl punches him in the face. Kai drops to the ground. Everyone surrounds Kai. Kai puts his hands out, and blasts them all back with energy. One man punches, but Kai isn’t standing near him. His arm extends. Kai grabs his arm, and picks up a knife from the bar. He stabs the man in the arm. The man’s arm returns back to him. Kai is blasted in the back by laser eyes. Kai teleports to the guy, and roundhouse kicks him. Then Kai is stabbed in the back. The sword goes through Kai’s stomach and comes out the front of Kai. Kai takes out his staff, and thrusts his staff behind him. The man falls back. Kai pulls the sword out of his stomach. Two fire knives fly through the air and stab into Kai’s chest. Kai rips the knives out of him. He throws one into the knife guy. The strong woman runs at Kai. she tries to punch him. Kai dodges, and stabs the other knife in her back. The water girl starts picking up water. Kai throws his staff into her. It hits her in the chest and bounces off. She drops to the ground. The guy with laser eyes runs at Kai. He shoots out lasers. Kai ducks under the lasers and elbows him in the gut. The man falls to the ground. Everyone runs out the door. Kai is holding his stab wound breathing heavily.

Kai: Fuck.

A man walks out of the back.

Fever: Now who are you?

## A Deal - Issue 12

Fever: Am I correct to assume you are the Crimson Dragon?

Kai: You would be correct. Who are you?

Fever: You may call me Fever.

Kai: Why do you seem like you know me? Do you hate me or something?

Fever: No, no, of course not. I think you have so much potential!

Kai: Oh yeah?

Fever: Yes. You are able to take down Mutants left and right. That’s some power, but you just aren’t using your power the right way.

Kai: What do you believe is the “right way?”

Fever: You are hurting your own kind… I”m sorry I have forgotten to ask what your name is.

Kai: The Crimson Dragon.

Fever: Still suspicious? I understand. Well dragon, You are hurting your own kind. These Mutants that you beat up left and right don’t have a home. They were just thrown into this world without understanding. I know because I am one of them. It took me months to understand this world. I was taken into the slave camps young. You were one of the lucky Mutants that Integer didn’t find. They don’t deserve to be thrown in prison.

Kai chuckles.

Kai: They know the laws. Every mutant I have fought has always done something wrong. When the cops show up they aren’t surprised. They know what they are doing. Your not going to manipulate me.

Fever: Then why are you here?

Kai: You have a friend of mine.

Fever: The reporter girl?

Kai: Yes.

Fever: What are you willing to give?

Kai: I’m not giving anything. You are the one who is going to give me something. I can’t even trust that you will let her go.

Fever’s skin starts smoking. Almost like he is on fire without the fire. Fever grabs Kai’s neck and slams Kai into the ground hard. Kai coughs up blood.

Fever: I said you had potential. Not that you were some powerful man above my level. You are nothing. Don’t you ever say I wouldn’t let her go. I am a man of honor. So, you want your friend. What are you willing to give?

Kai: What do you want?

Fever: I think you could be a problem. Tomorrow I will give you a place to go. You will go at the exact time I tell you. Then when the cops show up. You’ll let them take you. When they take you, and only if they take you, will your friend be released. Deal?

Fever presses down on Kai’s neck harder.

Kai: Deal.

Fever: Good. Now get out of my bar.

Fever lets go and Kai leaves. Then Fever’s skin stops smoking.

Fever: Fucking asshole.

Kai returns to his basement.

Max: Did you save her? Wow, you got a lot of cuts.

Kai: They’re almost healed already.

Max: That’s good. What about Remi?

Kai: You care for her a lot don’t you?

Max: I was the one that sent her on the mission. I feel like it’s my fault she got captured.

Kai: Don’t worry. I cut a deal with the people that captured her.

Max: What’s the deal?

Kai sighed.

Kai: If I allow myself to be captured by the police then they will let her go.

Max: And you trusted them?

Kai: Him, and yes. He was furious when I said that he wouldn’t let her go. He seems to be one of those people who believe that they need to follow a code.

Max: Like you and your no killing rule?

Kai: Yeah, kind of. Tomorrow I have to go wherever they say, but before all that I’m going to wake up early to ask to see Remi.

Max: That’s a good idea. Why didn’t you do that before?

Kai: Let’s just say, I wasn’t exactly in the position to ask for anything.

Max: How are you going to get out of prison?

Kai: I’ll break out. They can’t keep me down in a regular cell.

Max: And Alcatraz?

Kai: I doubt they’ll send me there before they put me in prison.

Max: Do they have to transfer you?

Kai: Yeah, they put everyone in a normal prison. Then they transfer a group of people to Alactraz.

Max: Alright, the game plan seems like it should work. How long do you think you will be out for?

Kai: At least a day. I have to give them time to let Remi go before I escape.

Max: Alright. I will try to help you anyway I can.

Kai: I’ll be seeing you.

Max: I’ll be in your basement.

Kai: You sound like the fucking boogie man.

Max: Well.

Kai walks up the stairs. Kai starts making dinner. Kai texts Raelynn that he is going to be out on some business, and if he doesn’t text back he’s not ghosting her. As Kai is finishing making dinner Max comes up from his hole.

Max: Is that food you got there?

Kai sighs.

Kai: Want some?

Max: Don’t have to ask me twice.

Kai: You're a leach.

Max: I expect it.

They eat and Kai goes to bed. The next day Kai wakes up, and quickly makes breakfast. He eats breakfast and puts on his suit. Kai runs down to the bar. He walks in, and sees Fever cleaning dishes.

Kai: I want to see Remi before I let myself get arrested.

Fever puts down the cup he’s cleaning and turns off the sink.

Fever: Follow me.

Kai follows Fever into the back. Fever opens a door, and it is a metal room. Remi is inside with metal-cuffs on.

Fever: I’ll give you two a moment.

Fever leaves and closes the door.

Kai: Remi, why do you have handcuffs on?

Remi: They-

Kai: What?

Remi: They stuck a syringe in me. As soon as the pain stopped I fell unconscious. When I woke up I was in this cell.

Kai: Don’t worry. I’ll get you out.

Remi: How?

Kai: Tomorrow you will be out of here. If you go to my house Max will tell you everything.

Remi: Thank you.

Kai hugs Remi.

Kai: Of course. I would never let you stay here.

Fever opens up the door.

Fever: Times up.

Kai leaves and Fever sends him back into the bar. Kai leaves the bar and goes back home. Kai waits at home. Then Kai gets a text. It has an address, and says thirty minutes. Kai leaves the house. He travels to the area in twenty minutes. Kai sees two drug dealers. Kai waits the extra ten minutes on a house watching them. Then Kai jumps down. He walks up to them.

Kai: Mind not doing that out in the open.

The two drug dealers take out cop badges. Then the area is surrounded by cop cars.

Officer: Easy way or the hard way?

Kai gets down on his knees and puts his hands over his head. One of the officers puts meta-cuffs on him.

A group of cops lead Kai into the back of a police van. Owen, Ryan and another cop sit in the back of the van with Kai. Then a cop drives with another in the passenger seat.

Owen: You're a special one, Dragon. Trying to do the cops jobs. You're dangerous. You were going to be put in prison one of these days. Unlucky for you it's not any old prison. You're going straight to Alcatraz.

Kai: Isn’t that illegal?

Owen: We caught you in the act. So, no. Any criminal that goes to Alcatraz doesn’t need to be there for his or her trial. You will be given a sentence without your attendance. That sentence because your in Alcatraz will most indefinitely be life.

Ryan: That's the end of your crusade.

Kai: Don’t I get a phone call.

Ryan looks at Owen.

Owen: One call. Even if that person doesn’t pick up it counts.

Owen hands Kai a phone.

Kai calls President Bordon.

President Bordon: Hello.

Kai: It’s the Crimson Dragon.

President Bordon: When do you use that name?

Kai: The cops are sending me to Alcatraz. I need your help.

President Bordon: No.

Kai: What do you mean no?

President Bordon: Think about this. Hero breaks out of wrongful imprisonment. He proves that he is a hero and everyone loves him. People have been loving you taking down criminals. That little underdog story about prison will make you a star.

Kai: What if I can’t break out?

President Bordon: Then I’ll get someone else to be a hero.

Kai: Why pick me if you don’t care? Why give me things?

President Bordon: My bank account is endless. I didn’t give you anything to even nibble at my net worth. I picked you for three reasons. You had no real background, your someone the people can believe in, and you’re expendable. Have a fun time breaking out. Don’t worry I will make sure your identity doesn’t go public.

President Bordon hangs up the phone. Owen takes the phone back.

Owen: Don’t worry. This is a short drive.

Soon they get out at the docks. Kai sees a boat. They get in the boat. Kai is brought inside a metal prison at the bottom of the boat. They put a shock collar on Kai.

Owen: This collar shoots electric volts in you. If you hop into the water it will hurt a lot. I don’t suggest it.

The drive away. As they get closer to Alcatraz Island Owen can see a giant wall around the island. On Top of the wall is electric barbed wire. The wall is at least ten feet thick. The only opening to this wall is a small metal door at the docks. The boat stops at the docks. They all get out. The cops show their badge and talk to the person that opens the door for a minute. Then the metal door opens. They lead Kai through the door. Kai sees one giant building in the center, and areas fenced in by electric barbed wire that goes as tall as the walls. There is one path away from the door they came into the giant fortress. There is nowhere else to walk. Kai walks into the fortress. There are a few female workers at their desks. The cops talk to the workers and try flirting with them. Then they lead Kai into the elevator. The elevator lowers until it comes to an abrupt stop. Kai is led down a hallway and into a room. They put a collar on Kai and take off his meta-cuffs.

Owen: That collar does the same as these meta-cuffs, but it is way harder to take off.

Owen points to a pair of orange prisoner clothes.

Owen: Put it on.

Owen turns around. Kai puts the clothes on. Kai puts the clothes on and Owen turns around.

Owen: Come on!

Owen leads Kai back into the elevator. They go down a few more levels. Then they step out of the elevator. Owen leads Kai down a long hall of cells.

Owen: Your prisoner number 5687. That is all you will be referred to for the rest of your time here. Should I say, the rest of your life.

Owen gets a notification on his phone. He pulls out his phone and sees a commercial. Owen shows Kai a commercial that has Kai in it. The commercial is about Kai’s glasses.

Owen: Isn’t that you? I guess you don’t own a company anymore huh?

Owen laughs and shuts the door. The heavy door slams shut.