Chapter 2: HERE GOES NOTHING

NO ONE'S POV:

(We see Mark flying in & trying his best to save civilians amongst this alien invasion.)

Invincible: Get it together.

(He's able to save an old woman from getting blasted by hitting an alien with a piece of debris.)

Invincible: It's okay. It's okay, I'm here. Are you hurt?

(He attempts to fly with her but it's instantly shot down.)

Invincible: Oh, shit! Oh, my god...[gasping]

(Just as he's about to be hit from an alien's tank shot, a pink wall blocks it & sends it into a building. Eve lands in front of the alien forces.)

Atom Eve: I don't know who you are, but it's time to go.

(Robot crashes a vehicle into the tank, destroying it. The rest of the team, including Robot, join Eve.)

(Imagine Y/N behind Rex & Robot.)

Robot: Eve, two and a half seconds after this sentence, three enemy tanks will align 50 degrees to your right.

(Kate, Y/N, & Rex break off.)

Atom Eve: I got it.

(Eve engages with some tanks.)

Robot: *punches an alien* Rex, civilians in danger to your left.

Rex Splode: Uh, yeah, I got eyes, too, Robot.

Robot: Dupli-Kate...

Robot: Keep doing what you are doing. Juggernaut, disperse their ranks.)

Juggernaut: Gladly.

(He jumps into the air...)

*SMASH*

(And lands right in the middle of the aliens. Where he swings his arms back & forth which sends numerous aliens flying in the air.)

*BLASTER FIRE*

(He's hit with lasers from the aliens' guns but they deal no damage to him.)

Juggernaut: The only thing you're accomplishing is pissing me off!

Robot: They can't understand you.

(Cut to Eve blocking Mark & the injured woman from lasers.)

Atom Eve: You! Get her to a hospital! We can handle this.

Invincible: You're Atom Eve...

Atom Eve: What? Just go!

(Mark flies off with the woman.)

Robot: Admirable intention, Eve, but I am not positive we can handle this. Even with Juggernaut.

Juggernaut: Ye have little faith, Robot!

(He throws a tank into a bunch of aliens which...)

*EXPLOSION*

(Causes an explosion. Unfortunately Rex & Kate aren't having the same luck with their aliens they're dealing with.)

Rex Splode: Uh, guys? I'm down to pocket change here.

Dupli-Kate: They're killing me faster than I can keep up.

Rex Splode: (Y/N), get your ass over here!

Juggernaut: Give me a second!

Atom: We gave people time to escape. That's what matters.

Rex Splode: Uh, no. Me living is what matters.

Atom Eve: [groans]

Robot: Then I have bad news.

(Eve & Robot are about to be hit with a blast from a tank but before the lead alien can fire it, the lead alien & the aliens around him start to age rapidly resulting in them retreating.)

Rex Splode: [panting] I don't know what just happened, but I think I speak for everyone here when I say I never want it to happen ever again!

Robot: Indeed.

The Next Day

Reginald Vel Johnson High School

(We see Mark & William talking in the hallway when Mark lays his eyes on...)

Mark: Eve Wilkins...

William: What? Um...Yeah, that's her.

Mark: I need to talk to her.

William: [laughs] You and all the other straight boys in a ten-mile radius. Good luck with that, and didn't you get your ass kicked last week for Amber Bennett? If you want to trade Todd for (Y/N), be my guest.

(He walks up to her.)

Mark: Eve? Hi, uh...

Eve: Oh, hey. Mark, right?

Mark: Grayson, yeah. Um...thanks for saving my butt back there. Y-Yesterday, I mean.

Eve: Yesterday? Oh. Oh! That was you? In the blue and the yellow?

Mark: [chuckles] Yeah. That was me. I'm, um...[whispers] Invincible. God, that sounds dumb when I say it like that.

Eve: It sounds a little optimistic maybe. [quietly] I'm Atom Eve, but the rest of the team just calls me Eve. So does everyone else.

Mark: Right, since it's kind of a normal name, and not something like...

Eve: Invincible?

Mark: Invincible, yeah.

Eve: Do you want to talk about yesterday? You look like you need to talk about yesterday.

(The two start walking off together.)

Eve: If you think "Invincible" is a little much, I wonder what you're going to think of (Y/N)'s hero name.

Mark: (Y/N)'s in Teen Team?!

Eve: [chuckles] He is. I should've figured you two might know each other.

Mark: So, what's his hero name?

(Cut to Y/N, Eve, & Mark on the school's rooftop.)

(Y/N): I'm the Juggernaut. The team and everyone else just calls me (Y/N).

Mark: Cool. What does that mean exactly?

(Y/N): Are you serious? A huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution.

Mark: That doesn't help.

(Y/N): I'm unstop--[sighs] Forget it.

(She pats him on the back.)

Eve: It's okay, big guy. I get it.

Mark: I never recognized you before.

Eve: No one does. Except (Y/N).

Mark: How?

(Y/N): Have you seen another ginger haired girl at school other than Eve?

Mark: I can't say that I have.

(Y/N): Boom! There ya go.

Eve: It's a psychological thing. If you don't expect to see a superhero in your school, you don't see a superhero in your school.

Mark: Hmm. I even follow Teen Team on Instagram.

Eve: That's us. Everyone's fourth favorite superhero team.

(Y/N): Top five ain't bad though.

Mark: [chuckles] I like you guys way better than Fight Force.

(Y/N): You just made my day.

Eve: Oh, we're definitely better than Fight Force. Those guys are the worst. They got their asses kicked by the Lizard League last year.

(Y/N): I'd consider retiring if I got my ass kicked by those chumps.

Mark: Oh, I remember seeing that on TV.

Eve: So...you're new to this, right?

Mark: Uh...I just got my powers. That was my first big fight.

(Y/N): You always remember your first.

Eve: Ah, okay. Explains a lot. Still, not bad for a rookie.

Mark: Are you kidding? I froze out there. People got hurt.

Eve: People escaped because of you.

(Y/N): Listen, Mark. This kind of work that we do, it's important to take the wins that are there.
Mark: That was very profound, (Y/N).

(Y/N): I try.

Eve: Everyone freezes their first time. I used to throw up before every fight. Barf my guts out.

Mark: [chuckles] Really?

Eve: Like a fire hydrant. You'll get used to it. The fights, not the barfing.

(Mark looks at Y/N.)

(Y/N): Oh! I used to sweat profusely.

Mark: I find that hard to believe.

(Y/N): If you squeezed my hand, it would be like wrenching out a wet towel.

Mark: Ah...I just...It wasn't what I expected. I figured I'd punch some aliens and they'd go home.

Eve: It's not how it looks on TV.

Mark: No shit. Thanks. Thank you both.

Eve: I charge 250 an hour.

Mark: ...

Eve: Now I'm kidding. You are new at this.

(Y/N): Pretty green.

Eve: Why don't you come by and meet the Team after school?

Mark: Teen Team? I dunno...I heard they were only everyone's fourth favorite.

Eve: [sighs] Meet (Y/N) and I out front after class, Invincible.

(She hops off the roof & flies off.)

Mark: You don't charge either?

(Y/N): I can if you want me too.

Mark: [chuckles] No.

(Y/N): So, what's up? You trying to get a lift in?

Mark: Probably not. I've got class and I'm not dressed to work out.

(Y/N): My bad. Still, your loss.

Mark: You're not going to beat me up for talking to Eve, right?

(Y/N): Of course not. Who told you I would?

(Cut to the trio leaving school as Amber watches. A little after that, we see Y/N looking up at Eve & Mark flying above him.)

Juggernaut: I wish I could fly.

(Cut to Y/N, on top of a bridges' pillar, waiting for Eve & Mark.)

Juggernaut: [whistles]

(Eve lands in front of him.)

Atom Eve: Miss me?

Juggernaut: Clearly.

(Mark lands in front of them.)

Invincible: [clears throat] Now what?

(A hole opens up beneath the trio.)

*THUD*

(Y/N lands on his feet,Mark & Eve hover down, & Mark looks around the base.)

Invincible: Cool.

(Rex is playing ping pong with Kate & Robot is looking at a computer screen.)

Rex Splode: Ha! Babe.

(Rex & Eve kiss to the dismay of Mark & Y/N.)

Rex Splode: [laughs] Oh, hey! It's the iceman.

Atom Eve: Rex...

Rex Spolde: Couldn't have won that fight without you. Oh! Except we did.

Dupli-Kate: They got old. And ran away.

Rex Splode: Still counts.

Robot: Welcome, Invincible. My name is Robot. Apologies for Rex Splode. He's...

Rex Splode: Unbelievably awesome.

Juggernaut: A complete tool.

Rex Splode: You're so jealous of me.

Robot: Incorrigible.

Atom Eve: And rude.

Rex Splode: And bored of this.

Dupli-Kate: I'm Dupli-Kate.

Invincible: Invincible. Which one of you do I look at when we talk?

Atom Eve: Hey, Robot, find anything at the site?

Robot: The Flaxans come from a dimension with a faster temporal rate. As a result, the tachyons they emit spin more rapidly than our own. I've created this detector to warn us if they return.

Rex Splode: Ah, because we almost missed all the explosions and the screaming and the chaos.

Juggernaut: [quietly] Chaos...

Robot: It should give us a few minutes of early warning. Cecil and the GDA have also requested to call on us for any possible emergencies. Since the Guardians are apparently indisposed, Invincible, may we count on you in the future?

Invincible: You sure you want my help?

Juggernaut: It would be nice having another powerhouse around.

Invincible: Yeah, I mean, of course. Just text me, I guess. Oh, right, you need my number.

(Cut to Eve & Mark, who is carrying Y/N flying towards a rooftop.)

Juggernaut: This is so degrading.

Atom Eve: You're always saying how you wish you could fly.

Juggernaut: This is obviously not what I meant.

Invincible: Pretty close to it though.

(The trio land on the rooftop with the rest of Teen Team waiting for them.)

Rex Splode: Uh, where are you guys coming from?

Atom Eve: Um, we go to the same high school, Rex.

Rex Splode: Oh, you do, do you?

Invincible: Um, yeah, we do.

Juggernaut: It's convenient.

Rex Splode: Must be nice. You know who never got to go to high school? Me.

Atom Eve: We know. It shows.

Juggernaut: Quite the understatement.

Robot: I'd appreciate everyone's attention on the matter at hand.

Dupli-Kate: Guess who's back.

(The watch as the Flaxans invade again.)

Rex Splode: They're not getting old, Robot. Why aren't they getting old?

Robot: They seem to have discovered a way to resist our time stream.

Rex Splode: In three days?

Robot: Three days for us. Decades for them.

Dupli-Kate: [scoffs] Who cares? I bet their bones still break.

Juggernaut: Like I needed any more motivation. Thanks, Kate.

Dupli-Kate: No problem.

(Robot, Kate, & Rex hop into a vehicle as Y/N...)

*THUD*

(Jumps down from the rooftop they're on. He rushes right into the Flaxans invasion force as the Flaxans send Rex's explosives back at him, continuously kill Kate, & disable Robot. Eve's able to buy some civilians some time to escape before some Flaxan device covers her face. Mark is bombarded with lasers.)

Invincible: [straining]

(As is Y/N.)

Juggernaut: [straining] Son of a...

*INCREASED LASER FIRE*

(This drops Y/N to a knee.)

Juggernaut: [straining]

(The Flaxans subdue Mark with some sticky substance & all Mark can do is watch Teen Team get overwhelmed by the Flaxans.)

Robot: They seem...to have spent their time wisely.

(Eve struggles to get the device off her face.)

Invincible: Eve!

(The scarred Flaxan walks over to Eve & holds a gun to her face.)

Invincible: Don't. Don't! No!

(Y/N overhears Mark's pleas to see out of the corner of eye the predicament Eve's in. Through the lasers being shot on him, he's able to move & is now looking right at Flaxan with Eve. He positions his arms up & beside him...)

*CLAP*

Scar Flaxan: Huh?

(He claps his hands together. The wind sent by the clap sends the scarred Flaxan into a wall.)

Scar Flaxan: [groans]

(This buys Mark enough time to break free, flies toward the scarred Flaxan, & starts whaling on him.)

Robot: Invincible!

(Mark flies over to Eve & gets the device off her. Back with Y/N; he walks up to a tank, grabs it by the main gun, and swings it into the surrounding tanks blasting him.)

*EXPLOSION*

(He looks over to see  that Eve's okay.)

Juggernaut: *smiles*

(He's blasted by more tanks.)

Juggernaut: [groans]

(Robot analyzes the scarred Flaxan.)

Robot: The wristbands protect them from our timestream. Destroy their wristbands.

Rex Splode: What? All of them?

(The team starts destroying as many wristbands as they can while Robot analyzes a wristband.)

Robot: 49,000 kilohertz.

(He's tackled by two Flaxans.)

Robot: Keep them off meeee...

(With their wristbands no longer working, the Flaxans retreat.)

Rex Splode: Way to go psycho there, Invincible. I take back everything I said about you before, and I said a lot. Same goes for you, Juggs—Juggernaut. Nice clap, despite you never apologizing for my hand.

Juggernaut: Maybe one day.

Invincible: I don't know what happened. I got mad...I guess?

Rex Splode: Don't get me wrong, that was amazing, but also the scariest thing I've ever seen. Just don't ever point that at me, okay?

Atom Eve: Don't listen to Rex. You did great.

Rex Splode: That's what I said, Eve. [groans] God, my back.

(Mark gets a call & flies off.)

The Next Day

(Teen Team are on their way to fight the Flaxans once again.)

Robot: I have bad news.

Rex Splode: [sarcastically] Oh! Robot's got bad news, everybody. Did ya hear that? Hey, Robot, what's the bad news?

Robot: There are too many of them, their technology has advanced too far, and they've rendered themselves immune to our time stream. We should consider this city lost. I will contact Cecil and suggest a nuclear response.

Invincible: What? No! No way!

Atom Eve: We're not nuking anyone, Robot, and we're not giving up.

(Mark & Eve fly off.)

Juggernaut: Yeah, fuck that.

(Y/N jumps off the vehicle.)

Dupli-Kate: What are we, Fight Force?

(Kate jumps off.)

Rex Splode: I love you, man. But sometimes, you've got a screw loose.

(Rex jumps off.)

Robot: I don't use screws. My fastenings are all magnetic interlocks.

(Mark flies through some tanks before being caught by the scarred Flaxan, who throws him across the city.)

Invincible: [screams]

Scarred Flaxan: [cackles]

(He races off to where Mark landed. Y/N sees this & gives chase.)

Invincible: [groans, panting]

(The scarred Flaxan lands on Mark.)

Invincible: Oh!

(The scarred Flaxan is about to throw a punch but before he can, his arm is caught by Y/N.)

Juggernaut: Why don't you pick on somebody your own size?

Scarred Flaxan: [annoyingly groans]

(Before the scarred Flaxan can make a move, Y/N wraps his arms around him...)

*SMASH*

(And suplexes him into the pavement.)

Scarred Flaxan: [groans]

(Y/N starts punching the scarred Flaxan repeatedly in the chest part of his battle suit.)

*THUDDING PUNCHES*

Juggernaut: I thought you were tougher than this!

(He aims for the scarred Flaxan's head but the Flaxan dodges just in time resulting in Y/N's fist getting stuck.)

Juggernaut: *struggling* Damnit!

(Suddenly his feet & his stuck fist are shot with the same sticky substance that subdued Mark. The scarred Flaxan gets up &...)

*PUNCH*

(Punches Y/N in the gut.)

Juggernaut: [coughs]

Scarred Flaxan: [alien language]

Juggernaut: [coughs] Invincible, get up--

(Before he can finish his sentence, he's blasted with lasers from all around him. The rest of Teen Team have their hands full with the Flaxan invasion. Leaving Mark to be pummeled by the scarred Flaxan.)

Invincible: [quietly] Help.

Scarred Flaxan: [cackles] Die.

(Omni-Man arrives just in time to stop the scarred Flaxan from finishing off Mark. He then takes out the Flaxan invision with ease, he even frees Y/N from the sticky substance.)

Juggernaut: Um, thanks.

(The Flaxans start retreating once again as Omni-Man tackles the scarred Flaxan through a portal.)

Invincible: Dad!

(Teen Team look at Mark.)

Rex Splode: Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa! Omni-Man's your dad?

Juggernaut's thoughts: Explains the trash bag throw.

Later That Day

The Grayson Residence

*DOORBELL RINGS*

Mark: I'll get it.

(He opens the door to see...)

Mark: (Y/N)?

(Y/N): Hey, Mark.

Mark: How do you know where I live?

(Y/N): I may have broken into our school and read your file but I digress...We need to talk.

(He looks beside Mark to see his mom.)

(Y/N): Your dad not back yet?

Mark: No.

(Y/N): This'll be quick. That Flaxan really kicked your ass.

Debbie: Mark, who is it?

Mark: A friend from school.

Debbie: Let them in already.

(Y/N): I appreciate the offer, really. But like I said, this'll be quick.

Mark: Look, I get it. I should've told guys that--

(Y/N): Let me stop you right there. I'm not here because Omni-Man's your dad.

Mark: You're not?

(Y/N): No, sir. If you felt we weren't trustworthy enough to know that or you want that part of your life kept secret, who am I to judge?

Mark: It's not like I don't trust you guys...

(Y/N): Mark, it's cool.

Mark: Then why are you here?

(Y/N): Right! I wanted to thank you for saving Eve back there.

Mark: Oh, that, I was only able to do that after you got that alien away from her.

(Y/N): [chuckles] Still, thanks.

(He's about to leave but Mark stops him.)

Mark: You like Eve, right?

(Y/N): [sighs] It's that obvious, huh? I mean, why else would I be here?

Mark: Took the words right out of my mouth.

(Y/N): This goes without saying but don't tell her or God forbid, Rex.

Mark: Your secret is safe with me. Also, you have nothing to worry about from me. I got Amber's number.

(Y/N): Sweet.

(The two high five.)

Mark: [groans] Still sore.

(Y/N): And with that, I'll see you later.

Mark: Bye, (Y/N).

(He closes his front door as Y/N walks away. As he's walking away however...)

*THUD*

(Omni-Man lands in front of him.)

(Y/N): Wow, I never thought I'd actually get to meet you.

(All Omni-Man does is stare at Y/N.)

(Y/N): Really digging the beard. And thanks for sav--

(He bumps Y/N as he walks towards the front door & is reunited with Mark & Debbie. Y/N is just standing still, still in the position Omni-Man left him after bumping into him, dumbfounded.)

(Y/N): [scoffs] Okay. Kinda rude but whatever.

(He goes back to walking away as we pan to the Grayson's television with a news report.)

News Anchor: I'm-I'm at a loss for how to report this, but the Guardians of the Globe are dead.

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