The End of Heroes

 

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

“Target in sight.” a voice said. “Headed north.” the man jumped off of the building and onto a car. He jumped in and made the driver follow the target. Up on the rooftops, there was a skeleton going across the rooftops, keeping track on the target. And in front of the target’s destination, there was a boy. He put on a hoodie and a mask, and got ready. The car gained into sights. The car follower froze the target. The skeleton moved everyone away from the site, and the boy walked up to the target’s motorcycle. “Who are you? I’ve only ever seen Glade and Fade, but never a third one…” the man said. The boy punched the man, and knocked him out, taking the moneybags from his arms. “I’m Blaze. Hope my introduction let you know what kind of person I am.” 

 

They headed to the police station, and dropped off the criminal. 2 guards took him, and threw him inside the cells at the station, so he would be sent to interrogation, then prison. The captain walked up to them, and thanked them. “Any update on Ramsey Robinson or Johnny?” Glade asked. “We recovered some footage from the prison from our satellite. Would you like to take a look?” the captain said. The trio nodded, and they were brought to the captain’s office. The captain clicked play, and footage was shown. Ramsey had called himself Leon, and helped Johnny escape. After the prison blew up, Leon acted like Ramsey, and Johnny treated him like Ramsey. Johnny let Ramsey run away into the city. “That’s all the footage we have. We think that your father had multiple-personality-disorder, brought by pizophrenia.” the captain told them.

 

“Wait, let me get this straight. Dad is alive, and was diagnosed with pizophrenia?” Fade asked, confusingly. “Yes. But, we think it was part of only Leon, and Leon died. So that means your father is himself, and out in the wild right now. We have been trying to locate him, but there wasn’t much luck.” the captain said. “But we do think he ran into the sewers. The sewers recently have become deadly, and can tear skin away.” Before Glade could volunteer, he was interrupted. “Blaze should be the one to go. He has more powers than the both of you, and even though he isn't trained, I think he can handle it.” The twins looked at Blaze, who then nodded. “OK, but we’re staying right outside of it. If you aren’t back in 30 minutes, I’m going in.” Fade told Blaze.

 

Blaze jumped in. He had an idea of how Mr. Robinson looked, but not too well. But it would be easy, since he was the only other person there. He went to skeleton form, and walked through the dimly lit tunnel. The water was neon green, and there were dead animals everywhere. There were some skeletons too. Blaze knew that there was a water purifier in the sewers, so he pulled up the schematics of the tunnel and followed them. He arrived there, and found the door. He put his hand on the silver handle, and was shot from behind. He looked, and saw 2 robots armed with Spas-12s and tasers. He fought hard, giving it all he had, but one of the robots tazed him. He fell unconscious, and the robots brought him inside.

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Chapter 2

Blaze woke up in a room that looked like a space shuttle. “Whoever brought me here, don’t think being tazed stops me.” he said. A gun was pointed at my head. “Well sorry kid, but I think that happens.” the man pulled the gun away, hiding his face. “Now, usually I don’t think that boys can survive nuclear energy stronger than a nuke can handle. And you aren’t my sons. I did some research, and found out that they had a third member of their team. So, is that you? Or, am I gonna have to push a bullet through you?” the man asked. “I’m with them. They sent me here to get you.” Blaze told him. “They know I’m alive…?” Ramsey told him. “Yeah, we saw the prison footage.” Blaze told him. “Wait, that means you’re the brother of E-NI…” Ramsey muttered. “E-who?” Blaze wondered. “Get me out of here, now. I need to talk to my sons.” the scientist told Jordan. 

 

The two finally arrived at the exit, and the father and sons stared at each other. They ran into each other, hugging. “Alright, enough sappiness. We need to get down to business. You are all in trouble. Big trouble. From E-NI.” the father of the twins asked. “WHO THE HECK IS E-NI?” asked Blaze. “Your adopted brother, Johnny. He took a new name, courtesy of Leon. But another ‘present’ from Leon, is E-NI having powers. And they’re not powers like yours. Powers that can’t be defeated. Nor stopped.” Ramsey said. He explained everything that happened. “Alright, we need to find him. Fast.” Glade said. They all heard a gunshot. Ramsey’s stomach had a bullet-shaped hole in it. He fell to the ground, bled out, and died. They looked at where the bullet came from, and saw E-NI, holding an M9. “Hello, underlings.” he said, a smirk on his face. Glade ran at him, but he made him topple to the ground like a ragdoll. “Tsk tsk. I thought that you were told by Dr. Robinson here that I can’t be touched. But, I don’t think that he’s that much of an idiot to have not told you. But, he does have some stupid in him. Like believing that I actually let him run and escape from me, to obviously tell you that I have… changed.” he said. “What are you talking about?” said Blaze. Johnny pulled out his phone, and played sound recordings from Ramsey, as well as Ramsey’s location. 

 

“I knew he’d run to you, so I bugged him. I also needed a word with you. Ramsey was just a test pig.” 

 

Fade pulled out a serum from his dad’s pocket. “This gave you powers, right? Then I can make a cure. A cure that doesn’t just remove your abilities, but also end your life and make you pay.” E-NI clenched his fist, which made Fade’s break the serum. “Have fun with that. And also, have fun with this.” He shot Glade’s arm and chopped his leg off. Johnny then disappeared, leaving just pain and death.

 

Mat had been in the hospital for over 2 months. Things weren’t looking good. Ramsey had been buried 2 weeks after his death. Stan had gone missing. And Jordan was left looking for his brother, and designing a cure. He was working with the doctors on the cure. It would not kill Johnny, but would remove all memories from his brain, remembering only his life as a Glade and Fade fan, before becoming E-NI. After a few weeks, Mat finally woke up. His leg had been replaced with a bionic one, and he had a cast. The first thing he did when he woke up was to ask where his brother was. The hospital staff explained that Stan was missing, and hadn’t been seen for a while. Mat closed his eyes, and looked through his brother’s eyes. 

 

He saw Johnny beating him up, and injecting something into him. He looked around, and saw the sewer system. Johnny jumped in front of his eyes. “No peepers.” he said. He then knocked Stan out. Mat told the staff where Stan was, and to tell Jordan. He then fell unconscious.

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Chapter 3

Jordan suited up. He grabbed things that he knew he’d need. Goggles that could be switched to see heat signatures of people, and hide his own. He wore all black, to blend into the shadows. He got a taser that was reverse-engineered to absorb electricity, and then shoot it back when needed. He grabbed the cure, which had been completed. He loaded it into a pistol, with 3 shots. He had 3 tries. 3 tries to save his friends’ lifes. 3 tries to save his brother. 3 tries to possibly save the world. 3 tries to defeat the monster that had changed perfect and amazing lives, into sad, depressed, and painful lives. 

 

Blaze waited ‘til night on top of a roof in front of the sewers. The sewers had Ramsey’s robots guarding them. He absorbed their electricity, and then waited until they had powered down. To be sure of there being no cameras, he shot a fireball at them. He absorbed all outside electricity, then jumped into the sewers.

 

There were more dead bodies than before. But, this time he knew the exact way through the sewers. But instead of going to the purifier, he went straight to the generator room. He absorbed all the electricity in the sewers. That would stop Johnny’s plans for a bit, and give him more stealth capabilities. He got outside of the purifier room, and then threw a fireball inside of it. The room blew up, but all of the room’s parts went flying away. Blaze saw one man, but he looked like Johnny and Stan. He then realized what Johnny had done. He had merged with Glade. 

 

“Like the new body? Much stronger than before. Gives me more strength, and leverage against you.” E-NI said, cackling. “And now, you can’t shoot the cure at me. Because, if you cure me, and then kill me, it’ll kill me, of course. But, Stan will suffer a fate worse than death. He’ll receive more pain than imaginable. I am ALWAYS going to be one step ahead of you. And you can’t defeat me.”

 

Blaze looked around and saw tubes shooting blood through their body. It was connected into their heart. He pulled out his pistol, and aimed it at the Johnny and Stan merge. “Try me.” he said, cracking his neck. 

 

“OK then, shoot me. Kill me, and make him feel tons of pain.” Johnny said. Blaze then realized something. Johnny must know about the memory wiping part of the cure, and trying to make his brother wipe the memories of him and Glade. 

 

He pulled out the kit he was given by the doctors, just in case he needed to separate the cure. He poured the mind-wiping part into an empty water bottle he had in his bag. Blaze aimed the gun at E-NI’s head. At Johnny’s head. At Glade’s head. At a hero’s head. At a villain’s head. At his own brother. At his best friend. He then aimed it at the tube, and broke it. He poured the mind wiping back into the bullet. The two separated. 

 

Blaze shot all three bullets at Johnny. Johnny then pulled a pistol out of his pocket, and aimed it at his own head. “If E-NI dies, Johnny dies.” he then pulled the trigger.

 

Stan stood up, holding his eyes. He then cackled. And cackled. His cackles became screams. His screams became loud cackles. His bones cracked. His body became larger. His clothes turned into a broken lab coat. He then turned around, and faced Blaze. His face wasn’t the face of Stan Robinson. It was the face of Leon Robinson.

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