Shadowborne walked around Prof. Smith, his shoes echoing on the hard tiles."Did you have fun with the box at the door?" He asked with a smirk, annoying Prof. Smith. "I'm sure you did.""Fuck you," Prof. Smith cussed him out.Shadowborne laughed as he continued to circle around Prof Smith. "I can't believe my best friend finally pays me a visit after all these years, and the first thing he does is cuss me out," he said, chuckling. He paused his pacing and whispered, "Well, fuck you too," before resuming his slow walk. "So, what can I offer you? Your favorite drink, perhaps?"Prof Smith looked up to the heavens, placing a hand on his hip. "How on earth were we ever best friends?" he wondered aloud.Shadowborne couldn't resist mocking him. "Oh, you want me to whip up your favorite dish? I still remember the recipe," he taunted.Prof Smith glared at him, muttering under his breath, "Shut. The. Fuck. Up."Shadowborne stopped his pacing and chuckled once more, he appeared to be enjoying th

Jeremy's fingers danced across the screen, swiftly typing even as the screen began to show fading numbers, but he was determined to unlock the door and rescue the professor, so he pressed on. Heidi squinted at the faded numbers on screen "Can you even see the numbers?" Jeremy nodded a little "I'm trying"Alec, with his sharp eyesight, managed to catch a glimpse of the faint thumbprints on the number pads. "6, 1, 0 were pressed here before" he began, observing the fading lights,while Jeremy frowned in concentration, obviously trying to get something meaningful from the numbers Alex called. "3 as well" Alec continued "And 1... 2, 4..." "Is that the arrangement?" Heidi asked. Alec shook his head "I'm not entirely sure, but those were the numbers previously entered as codes."Jeremy's eyes slightly narrowed as he began to connect the dots. He then blinked. "Those are hexadecimal codes. I just need to arrange them correctly"Jeremy punched in some numbers, but it only triggered a bri

"Alec?" Jeremy called loudly through the earpiece but got no response from him. "Alec can you hear me?" Jeremy bit his lip hard when he still didn't get any response "Fuck! Alec you're scaring me!" Jeremy whispered, fear evident in his voice. Heidi stood frozen, staring at the screen of the laptop, refusing to believe what she just saw. There were no human traces on the screen anymore, just fire and ashes, which the bomb had caused. No one could go near the fire since they can't handle heat like Alec.Alec was struggling where he was. He managed to get to his feet and used his speed to evade the fires, but still got slowed down and affected by the intense heat greater than his super heat powers and also the force of the explosion, which created a turbulent environment, making it harder for Alec to use his speed.Jeremy rubbed his forehead, shutting his eyes briefly, trying to think of what to do, but nothing came to his head. "Maybe he'll survive the fire since he's got super heat" h

The screen displayed various recorded videos and a captured image of the superhuman for the HEP center members to analyze and study."Well, let's take a look at it. He's not causing any trouble," Alec said, pointing to the screen showing a recorded video of the superhuman soaring through the sky."Yet." Prof Smith interjected firmly, his right hand stretched out for demonstration. "But he's just enjoying himself, you know? If he were a troublemaker, we would be dealing with unconscious people by now," Jeremy explained, and Alec's expression showed his agreement."So what you're saying is that we should wait for people to get unconscious before we take this seriously?" Prof asked with a hard tone, scoffing. "We can't wait for him to harm others before we start taking action." He pointed to the screen displaying the tiny image of the flying superhuman on the hospital building. "Look at him, those powers...""Do you know him from somewhere?" Heidi asked in her tiny voice. "What? Know h

The way the superhuman reminded Alec of his name rang in Alec's head. There was a tone to the way he called his name; Alec had never heard any of the villains he'd fought in the past use that tone. Then there was the mark on Greg's neck. The image flashed to Alec's head, and then the image of the Insect's claws shooting out also flashed to his head."Insect, seriously?" Jeremy said as he tapped on the iPad in his hands. "I keep hearing weirder shits everyday; like, how the hell do these guys come up with their crazy names?""Movement is one crazy name; now it's Insect," Heidi added."Guys?" Prof Smith called through the earbug, his phone in his hand. He was still in the hospital but he made sure he was following with every activities going on in and outside the centre. He was watching a video sent to him earlier from the HEP centre. "I watched the video and I observed quite a few things" he said. Alec folded his arms across his chest, ready to listen. Prof Smith still holding his p