Chapter 9: Pushing limits

Hulk continued to smash Superman, Until he heard a helicopter near them, looking up he saw that they had been followed by multiple helicopters from far away, and now one had gotten too close. Hulk felt like these annoyances won't stop disturbing him, he felt his anger bubble once again.

Superman layed under one of Hulk's feet, looking up he also saw one of the media news helicopters getting too close, gaining the attention of Hulk. Seeing the body language of Hulk. he realised that hulk was about to pounce the helicopter, killing more innocents.

Just as hulk was about to take a leap, Superman found the strength to clutch Hulk's leg, and he threw himself from the ground and flew straight up while dragging hulk by his leg.

Hulk lost his momentum and was flying higher and higher as his leg was dragged up to the sky by superman. It was hard for him to resist while being upside down and having one of his legs clasped.

Superman flew as high as he could. He felt the air thin and the surroundings becoming colder. The sun rays started getting stronger as the atmosphere got weaker. As he felt Gravity lose its strength he finally looked down.

For an instant the world seemed to stop, as he saw the beautiful earth, even though they hadn't reached space yet, they were far enough to see the roundness of the blue planet.

Superman couldn't get lost in thought too long, as Hulk kicked him with his free leg, shooting superman away from Hulk.

As Superman found his stability he looked at Hulks that started to gain speed as he fell towards earth. As such Superman flew at superspeed once again catching hulk mid air continuing Hulks descent at even faster speeds and momentum.

Tv channels throughout the world showed almost all the same thing, but translated into different languages.

The news all around the globe narrated almost the same story. At first there was a town being destroyed by a green humanoid beast. Then Superman came in and saved the remains of the town.

People from all kinds of walks, found their hopes rise and fall as they saw superman beating the hulk but then hulk gaining the upper hand.

Fortunately Superman received back up by new Heroes that came into light on this disastrous day.

Most people on earth had never seen disasters on this scale before, it was a sight that changed their world views.

In the end hulk had gotten away with superman and pummeled him to the ground. And just as they lost all hope Superman took hulk to the skies.

And they lost all sights of them. During the few minutes that Hulk and superman were gone, the media outlets were going frantic, trying to explain what was going on and trying to find sight of Superman once again.

Suddenly, people on the eastern continent saw a gigantic flame burst through the sky in great ferocity, scaring them senseless once again.

Superman continued to increase the momentum as the fell but hulk kept fighting him. In the end Superman felt that he was losing his strength and grip, so in a last burst of power he pushed hulks trajectory towards an unhabitated place. That was the last thing he remembered before losing consciousness.

Most people saw the flames burst into two before crashing into mother earth. Which shook big parts of Asia.

Kevin felt his whole body weak, he hated this feeling, the same weakness he felt in his previous life. He was dirty, his clothes were totally destroyed in the fight and what was left of it was burnt off. Laying in a crater, he slowly turned his face upwards looking at the sky and clouds. It felt peaceful. As if everything that happened, was just a dream, but the pain of his body protested.

Suddenly feeling the rays of the sun on his face as the clouds split. He felt a little better. He could hear people, in Helicopters and searching teams speaking in foreign but excited voices. Probably mandarin. They were nearing the vicinity, probably searching for him, But they were still far enough for him not to care.

As he caught his breath, Kevin tried lifting himself up, but that's when he noticed that his arms were totally bent in the wrong direction.

During the fall hulk had caught his arms in rage and broken them with a furious strength. 'Because of the adrenaline I didn't even notice, that's probably why I instinctively kicked Hulk away instead of using my fists" Kevin tought back to his last moments of his illusionary fight.

He had never pushed himself like this before. And he was just as much in mental turmoil as he was in a physical.

He tried standing once again and he finally succeeded to barely stand up. as he took a few steps he fell down again.. But his energy was returning as the sun touched his bare skin, albeit slowly.

He tried to once again stand, and this time he succeeded in flying up a few meters before falling once again.

Kevin almost felt tears come to his eyes, he hated this feeling. He doesn't even know what happened to the hulk. Did earth survive this disaster or did hulk continue his craze.

He felt his own strong feeling fuel his muscles as he pushed himself with great power from the soil beneath his feet. This time pushing him dozens of meters up to the sky as a Kickstarter for his flight. With the speed it was easier for him to fly higher and higher, faster and faster. in the end he reached supersonic speeds. Finally getting that feeling of the air thinking once again, But this time he didn't stop, he continued.

The further up he went, the stronger the sun rays became. The atmosphere filtered out the strong and harmful rays for the weak, carbon based humans that walked the earth. But here, in the dark, cold space, the rays from the sun were unadulterated. They were strong, and filled with light and heat energy.

Superman could almost feel his skin clash against, and absorb the photons of light rays. The further into space he went, the stronger the effect became.

He finally felt calm and peaceful. In the silent space, there were no worries, no hulk, no responsibilities. As his mind relaxed, his body followed suit and fell into deep sleep.