Fantastic League of Heroes

Challenges

(MR. MARK EDDIE’S HOUSE)

Alice was laid on a bed asleep while Michael, Bella, Danny and Annie were together having a conversation, Danny said, 

   “after running tests on her, she’s absolutely fine, but she’s like… uh, in coma, and I don’t know when she’ll wake up”. Annie sighs and replied, “So what kind of villain are we up against here?”. 

Bella replied saying, “One that puts a person in a deep sleep, but how does he do it? That’s what I think we have to know”. 

    “and also bring Alice back” Michael added before Danny replies, “I’ll try my best concerning that”

The guy who just stole from the museum was in a house, away from other houses, he opens the books slowly and light shone from it on his face, he looked surprised and said to himself, 

  “This… this is it, I have to save the world in my own way”. He picked a pen and wrote something inside the book, then he closed it and his eyes turned yellow, and back to brown while the whole book shone yellow and  to normalcy again. 

He opened the book and this time, it wasn’t shining anymore, it looked like a normal book, he then said to it with a smile, “Good night and sweet dreams”

(MR. MARK EDDIE’S HOUSE)

While others were elsewhere, Alice was still asleep on the bed and it was now mid night, she was having a dream.

(IN ALICE’S DREAM)

 Alice was in a house alone; she walked outside slowly, white smoke was everywhere and all buildings in the city had been leveled to dust, the atmosphere was also unpleasant. 

She saw some people along the streets, half dead, but she continued walking till she got to a place which wasn’t completely destroyed, and people were there moving around; it was noisy, horns blaring, people screaming and running around, then she saw a man who stood alone on a spot. 

She rushed to him and asked, “Where am I and what’s going on here?”. The man answered saying to her, “You are here and whatever you see now will happen later, this is the fate of this world, because of you everyone will die, everyone will burn, the whole world will be destroyed, all because of your madness… this place is the reality”. 

The man pulled out a dagger and began to come closer to her while she moved back in fear, he said,

     “I will prevent all of this by killing you now, with that, the world can be safe, he stabbed her with the dagger while she began to bleed, she yelled and groaned in pain, looking around screaming for help but everyone brought out daggers, guns, knives, sword, sticks and different kinds of weapons. They began to walk closer to her, and she was getting scared.

She got up and began to run away from them while holding on to her stomach.

Alice was shaking on the bed and blood was on her stomach, Annie was still awake and she quickly woke the others to see what was happening to her, Bella said as Danny who was attending to Alice already, 

   “it’s not a normal coma, if she could bleed just like that, then…”. Danny replied, “She could die, she needs oxygen, cause she’s not breathing normally, Michael….”. Michael quickly rushed outside the house while Annie held Alice’s hand and Bella asked, “What are you doing?”. 

Annie didn’t answer, but she closed her eyes and began to hear Alice’s voice screaming for help and calling out their names.

( IN ALICE’S DREAM)

Annie opened her eyes and found herself in Alice’s dream, she saw how everywhere was like and she could hear Alice’s voice even louder, then she saw Alice running towards her, wounded on her leg and stomach. Alice stopped right in front of Annie and asked, 

     “How are you here, did he send you into this dream world too?”. Annie shakes her head, “I can’t explain now, my guts just directed me, if I can do this, I should be able to get you out”, she said. 

Alice replied, “And I’m also powerless in here right now, I’m being chased after because everyone wants to kill me, so I can die in the real world, and if I die, the world won’t turn into this one day”. 

    “we need to leave this place somehow”, said Annie, as that was what she cared about at the moment. They saw the people approaching, then Annie tried to blast them with the scarlet force but it didn’t work, she was surprised.

They had no choice but to run from the people who were also running after them as well.

Alice and Annie were soon surrounded, and the people were coming closer to them shouting at Alice and blaming her for the destruction of the world, some were calling her a witch while others called her a monster, Alice was beginning to shed tears, but Annie said to her, 

   “Sis, don’t cry, if you cry too much due to those words, it could affect you and even kill you, we have to leave alive”. Alice nodded saying, “okay… okay”. Annie held Alice’s hand, then said, “just do as I say, close your eyes and breathe out”. The both closed their eyes and as the people had almost gotten to them, one was about to shoot at Alice then Alice and Annie’s forces combined together in their hands and spread out to push them all back. They were all sent falling as the amazing force and scarlet force hit them. They opened their eyes while Annie exclaims, “Whoa… we did it, now we have to get out of here”. Wind began to blow heavily around them, and Alice’s eyes turned white as she whispered,

    “borios wenks garos”. Then light shone allover them and they disappeared while the people couldn’t see them anymore.

Alice and Annie opened their eyes at the same time causing Bella and Danny to be startled. Both ladies were panting heavily, while Alice was also shedding tears already, then she hugged Annie first and the others as well. Bella said to Annie, “You saved her, thank you”. Michael arrived and Alice quickly ran to hug him while the bag he brought fell off his hands, he hugs her back tightly and whispered into his ear, “I love you Michael”.

The others were smiling while Annie said to Bella, “Actually, she got us out of the dream world, I didn’t do it”

Later, while the others were asleep, Alice and Annie were together having a drink, then Annie said still looking surprised about what happened in the dream world, 

   “what you did there… it was some kind of spell uhn, when did you become a magician?”. 

Alice replies saying, “I’ve been asking myself that same question too, I said something, and since we woke up, I’ve been thinking about what those people said in that dream, they called me a witch, and said I’d cause the destruction of the world, what if that happens in the future? What if I become evil?”. 

Alice stared at Annie who quickly  answered, “I believe that won’t happen, I’ve also been thinking about something, if truly that would happen, but Gift told me I’m the key to saving you from dying in the near future, what if that which happened now is what he was saying, or he was talking about something else entirely?”. Alice replied, “Whatever happens in the future, I’ll always remain good and I’ll never become evil”.

Annie sighs and said, “About the magic, your father was a wizard, right” 

Alice nodded with a smile on her face, 

    “… he transferred his powers into you… what if, the powers are just starting to manifest? You know the powers you have are not his own kind of powers… you understand what I’m saying right” she further said.

Alice hums and replies, “Now I understand it all, I knew my parents possess superpowers, there was no way I wouldn’t have mine too, but he gave me his while he was dying, so I could avenge him, but I never knew, and I don’t know how to harness the magic… yet”.

 Annie smiles and replies, “Then you’ll have to learn”. 

(CLIFFORD CITY)

Barnes, Dolph, Jane, Mr. Alfred, and Shana were together. Shana said, 

   “Tyler finally went to his Old Master hmm?”, Jane exhales sharply, and answered saying, “Yes, that’s right, and Nina is nowhere to be found”. 

   “About the argument, don’t you guys think there’s a reason why Nina said the Old Master shouldn’t be trusted?”, Dolph suggested, while Mr. Alfred added his point saying, “She said the whole world… universe won’t have a problem with BEAST if the Old Master didn’t take some actions he took”. 

   “I heard that too” said Barnes

Jane scoffs and replied “Do you guys really buy that? I think she’s just overreacting”. 

     “And we know you’re saying that because of Tyler” Barnes retorted back.

Jane smirks and said, “Well, yes, and no… she’s just… I don’t just trust her that much”. 

    “Or you don’t like her cause she’s like… your rival?” Shana asked. Mr. Alfred clears his throat and cuts in, 

   “We have to take her words into consideration too, but carefully, there’s surely gonna be a reason why she doesn’t trust the Old Master, and we must know”  

(CITY HALL)

People were gathered as a writer was launching his book, titled; ‘BOOMSDAY’

He was in his early 40s, but developing grey hair, as he was putting on a turtle-neck cardigan; brown in color, and a black trouser. He stood before the people as he just ended his speech while they were clapping, but he spoke again as they stopped,  

  “And finally, I’d like to surprise you all with something… “. He signaled to two bouncers who brought a box straight to him and he said as he was opening the box slowly, “Behold… the beginning of Clifford City’s boom… it is time for some explosives”. 

He opened the box and they saw a time bomb which was counting already and was 5 minutes left.

The people were immediately terrified and the suddenly, armed men entered pointing guns at everyone so they couldn’t leave.

Across the city, small boxes were being shared to homes which contained the newly launched book and as the people received it, some didn’t open it, some opened the boxes and saw the book but a time bomb beneath and it would explode in 8 minutes. The people began to call 911 while some didn’t know what to do.

Barnes, Shana, Jane and Mr. Alfred were watching the live TV news of the City Hall Launching as the writer was recording himself, he said to the camera, 

   “Two more minutes and we will all explode, then after that, streets after streets will begin to boom one by one, and no one can stop it… Because it can’t be detonated… it will EXPLODE…. Hahahahahaha. It’s BOOMSDAY!”

Mr. Alfred asked, “Barnes, can you do this?”. 

Barnes sighs and replied, saying, “I don’t know but I’ll have to try”. Jane said as well, “But running speedily and throwing the bombs away… before you can do that to all the bombs, people will die and besides, where will you drop the bombs?” 

    “I don’t know but I could use some help, Shana”, he says.

Shana replies, “Oh, really? Nice, so what’s the plan” 

    “No time for plans, handle the one in the city hall first”

(CITY HALL)

Some people were weeping already and one man asked,

     “You’re a writer, why would you do this?” 

The writer grins and answered, 

   “don’t you get it? It’s for fame, and record… clearing a whole city, it’s gonna remain in history… forever, from writer… to a bomber, just one more minute and then… BOOM!”. 

 Hotfoot sped in with orange streaks behind him, then he stood right there. The guards began to shoot at him but he caught all the bullets and made his way to the bomb and whooshed out again leaving streaks and blurs behind him. 

He ran up to the tallest building and threw it up speedily while Weather Queen/Shana controls the wind to move it higher into the sky while she raised her hand, leaving the bomb to hang right there, it explodes while Hotfoot runs down speedily and began to run from house to house and street to street really fast, he was going up the building and throwing the bombs as well; everything looked like movement had stopped but, things were moving so slow, too slow, while he moved at an unimaginable speed.

He had thrown so much bombs up in the air while Weather Queen was raising her hand up in the sky, he bombs were moving slowly. Hotfoot sped into a company where he saw one of the bombs which were 10 seconds left to explode, grabbed it and began to runs so fast, faster than ever that nothing was moving and as he got to the top of the mansion which he had been running to, it was still 10 seconds left, he threw it with lightning all over him, which aided the bomb to fly higher. 

As he stopped, Weather queen blew the bombs which were gathered up high, into the sky, then it exploded, and the explosion was so massive and also pushed Weather Queen down, but Hotfoot was quick to catch her so she couldn't fall, then he puts her on her feet.

She was panting heavily with a smile on her face,

   “We did it!” she screamed and hugged him, then pulls away slowly while her expression changes, and Hotfoot replies, “Yes we did”. 

Hotfoot sped down and went back to the City Hall. 

He whooshed in speedily cuffing all the bad guys while cops came in to take them away, the writer yells at him angrily, “You ruined my day! You… you will pay!”.

(TEAM BASE)

Dolph yelled at Shana right in front of the others, 

   “why would you do that? I asked you not to be a superhero, just be my girlfriend”. Shana’s eyes were red, and she yelled back, 

    “You can’t order me around, and if I didn’t do that along with Barnes today, we could have died, all of us… this whole city would have been ruined”. 

Barnes added saying, “Dolph, you need to see things from her perspective, Shana is your girlfriend, not your wife… even if she is, she choose to use her powers to save this city, we achieved that today, if she didn’t help me today, the bombs would fall back and still explode, you should be thankful”. 

Jane added saying, “Dolph, stop treating her like you own her, if you know you’re gonna continue doing that, then why don’t you just look for someone else who loves something like that”.

 Dolph grins and yelled, 

   “Shana, we’ll meet tonight!” 

Shana smirks and retorted back sharply, 

    “NO! I’m sick of this damn relationship, and I don’t want you anymore, so don’t expect me tonight, and don’t think any apology would change my mind… It’s over!”

(SHARK ISLAND)

The Old Master and Tyler sat facing each other while he was drinking coffee from his cup, Tyler sighs and said,

  “Ray is now serving BEAST, and I’m sure it’s not what he wants… He just wants to live, so can you tell me how we can get him back to normal? Is there a way we can save Ray and make him human again?”. 

  “How sure are you that he doesn’t want to serve BEAST?”, The Old Master asked, while Tyler replies saying, “Because, he’s my friend”. 

The Old Master exhales sharply, “But he is madly in love with Nina and would be willing to turn her evil so she can be with him…”, he said, and then continues, “and if that happens, it’s game over, BEAST won’t be defeated ever. This is all of BEAST’s game… and you’re not with Nina now to keep her safe. You should be with her, I have no answer to your question, just make sure Nina is safe if you want BEAST to die, Nina and You together are the key to the destruction of BEAST, if she is turned evil, forget it… I’ve answered your question, it’s left to you to understand”. 

Tyler’s mouth was wide open and then he said, “The answer to my question is Ray can’t be saved, and if Nina becomes like him, I won’t be able to destroy BEAST”. The Old Master nodded and added, “You should love Nina gradually… you have to keep her safe to accomplish your dream”.

(CLIFFORD CITY)

(TYLER’S HOUSE)

Days had passed by, and now, Tyler and Nina were together in his house, and she looked sad and angry at the same time. 

Tyler said looking into her eyes, “Nina, I’m sorry for everything I’ve done and I I've wronged you a lot… you loved me your whole life, but all I could give back in return was not believing your words. I should have believed you… and now I know he can’t be saved. I have to make up for some of my mistakes, please forgive me, I’ll stay with you and protect you from Ray, so you won’t be like him”. 

Nina scoffs and replied, “Did you write from somewhere and practice it? Cause you’ve never sounded like that ever in your life… to me nor anyone else”

Tyler smiles while Nina chuckles softly, then he added, “I’ll protect you with my life”.

 Nina moved closer to him and said, “Now, I want you to make something clear to me, what did the old master tell you that changed you for good?”

Tyler answered sharply, “don’t worry about that”. Nina stood up and said, “Oh, he told you the truth that BEAST won’t be defeated if I’m transformed into a demon?”. 

Tyler looked up and asked “how did you know?”. 

Nina retorted back sharply, “it’s because I know everything already, and here are some things you don’t know yet, about BEAST, about the Dark World, about some worse demons, and even about The Old Master…”, she lowered her voice. 

     “… so please listen to me,”

   “Tyler I’ve loved you since forever and I can’t lie to you about any damn thing, all you have to do is just ask and I’m gonna tell you”.

Tyler stood up looking into her eyes, he moved closer to her and said,

     “Nina, let’s forget about questions for now, let’s talk about us”. Nina replied while he was already very close to her, “Tyler, you’re acting weird”. 

    “I know, and it might get even more weird”, said Tyler before kissing her slowly while his eyes were closed, Nina couldn’t close her eyes and she only widened it more in surprise, he continued for about a minute and finally stopped; she was dumbfounded.

    “hum, I have to go somewhere, if there’s any problem, I’ll be here… no, go meet the others” he said to her.

 Nina nodded while he was about to leave, then she asked, “Do you love me?”. 

   “I don’t know yet”, he answered with a straight face

(THAT NIGHT)

Jane just got to the house where she lives, she entered slowly without using the key to unlock the door.

Then she saw a woman seated on a couch in the house, it was her aunt whom she lived with, she sighed and said, 

   “Hi, I was almost scared when I saw the door wasn’t locked”, 

Her aunt replied saying, “Welcome home Jane, so how’s everything?”. 

Jane sat with her aunt and said, “I need an advice from you, I don’t know if you can help me out with a problem”. 

Her aunt asked looking curious, “About what?”. 

Jane clears her throat and answered, “I’m in love with a guy, so much… but another lady also loves him, they’re childhood friends, and he loves nobody, how can I make him love me?”. 

Her aunt smiles and replied, “There are many ways, I don’t know which one you’ll be able to do, one of it is don’t try to force him, if you do, the love will die prematurely… Another is to reduce the attention you give him, talk to him like you do with every other person, avoid eye contact with him, he will surely stare at you, when he starts giving you attention, don’t accept it immediately, after you become closer, hold hands with him, go out together and surprise him with kisses, get drunk and stay with him overnight, and do whatever you want from that point forward”. 

Jane asked, “Will that really work, I don’t wanna lose this guy to anyone, I love him very much” 

Her aunt smiles and replied,

    “trust me my dear, it will… but not for everyone”. Jane hugged her aunt, “thank you” she said.

(TYLER’S HOUSE)

Tyler and Nina were in his house, Tyler was asleep already in his room, while Nina was beside him with her eyes wide open, she was thinking, she said in her thoughts,

    “Tyler just can’t love me instantly, he’s doing this after speaking to the Old master, which means he’s either doing this out of pity or because of his aim to destroy BEAST, but he doesn’t know he can’t, even with my help he can’t… BEAST can only be killed by one person. The Old Master would never tell him the truth, and I’ll reveal all of his secrets soon, perhaps destruction could be averted.”

She looks at Tyler and moves closer to him, then wraps her hand around him, she checked if he was still asleep and he was, then she quickly kissed him.

Immediately, he opened his eyes and she was a little bit startled, but he drew her back to himself and continued kissing her.

(DARK WORLD)

BEAST was right there seated on the chair of skulls, his eyes were flaming red fire and he said to Ray who was standing right before him, 

   “Ray, you’ve proven to me that you are weak, too weak… I wish it was Dan who bowed to me, Tyler would have been long dead”.

 Ray replies saying, “I’m sorry master, I will carry out your orders perfectly this time… I will kill him and make Nina mine. I Promise”.