ISSUE #5

" Well, let's get ready for the shit show that is today."

Mark said to himself as he got out of the bed. Mark grabbed his things and headed straight for the bathroom. Mark took a hot shower hoping to wash away the feeling of dread clouding his heart.

' I don't have time to be feeling down. There's much worse to come if I don't get stronger.'

Mark thought as he washed himself.

After taking a hot shower and brushing his teeth Mark walked downstairs towards the kitchen where he met his mother.

" Hey mom. What's wrong?"

Mark asked as he walked towards the woman.

" Nothing, just missing your dad. He didn't come home last night."

Debbie replied solemnly.

" Mom, stop worrying. He probably got buried under a mountain again or something."

Mark said hoping to ease his mother's heart, something that seemed to have worked as her frown turned into a small smile.

" Hmph, wouldn't be the first time."

Debbie said as she walked towards the door.

" Don't be late for school!"

Debbie yelled to Mark as she opened the door. However, as she turned to walk out of the house, she was greeted by two agents who had come to inform her and Mark the news of what happened to Omniman.

Mark himself looked towards the agents and sighed.

' Glad I put my suit on underneath.'

Mark thought to himself.

Mark and Debbie got in the car with the Agents and rove towards the Global Defense Agency. Debbie had been clinging to Mark the entire time as she worried about her husband. Mark on the other hand had other thoughts.

' Okay, so I think I got it figured out. Events are happening in the order of the show. But the characters are their comic book counterparts, hence why Amber is white. Or at least I think that's it.'

Mark thought to himself, trying his best to make rationale of the whole scenario.

" We're here."

One of the agents said as the car came to a stop.

" Come on mom."

Mark called out to his mother drawing her from her thoughts.

The two got out of the car and were greeted by Cecil's right-hand man. Donald.

" I'm sorry to have dropped this on you at such short notice Debbie. Please both of you follow me, I'll take you to see Nolan."

Donald explained as he gestured for the two to follow him into the building. The two followed Donald into the building listening to him as he explained the situation.

" Nolan's receiving the absolute pinnacle of care. As the Global Defense Agency, we have access to medical technology far beyond any normal hospital."

Donald explained as he led the two through the secret hospital wing of the defense agency.

" My dad never mentioned you guys."

Mark said to Donald as they walked.

" That's the idea. We work with superheroes, like your father, to keep the world safe. Who knows maybe someday we'll even work with..."

[Title Card!]

Donald led the two to a room and when the door opened, they saw Nolan beaten and bruised sleeping in the bed.

" Dad!"

Mark yelled as he and Debbie ran up to the wounded man.

" He's going to be okay. Right?"

Mark asked Donald.

" We hope so, and our doctors are doing their best. But we don't get a lot of viltrumites in here."

Donald explained as best he could

" Who did this?"

Mark asked in slight anger.

" We have no idea. Not yet anyway."

A man said to Mark as he entered the room.

Mark and everyone else turned their heads to see the source of this voice.

' Cecil.'

Mark thought as he looked at the man.

" But we'll find out. And when we do they'll look a lot worse than your dad over there."

Cecil said to the family as he walked over to Mark.

" Cecil Steadman director of the GDA!"

Cecil said as he introduced himself to mark. He extended his hand to the boy and Mark shook it.

" Deborah I'm so sorry."

Cecil said to the grieving woman.

" Cecil, you have got a lot of ner..."

Debbie was getting ready to flame the hell out of cecil before he interrupted her with a very important piece of information.

" Someone murdered the Guardians of the Globe!"

Cecil blurted out.

" What?"

" Oh my god"

Mark and Debbie both said at the same time.

" All of them. Torn limb from limb. And we tried like hell to bring them back. Nolan was the only survivor."

Cecil explained.

" How is that even possible?"

Mark asked in shock.

' Those acting classes from school are really helping out right now. Who would have thought.'

Mark thought to himself as he watched the man around him.

" We don't know yet. We also don't know why your dad was at Guardians Hq. Our working theory is whoever killed the Guardians lured him there. tried to wipe them all out at once."

Cecil explained again.

" Why?"

Mark asked.

" Well, that's the easy part. There isn't a supervillain alive who doesn't want Omniman and the Guardians six feet under. And we're keeping this real hush hush for now. but news will break. I wanted you and Mark to know first."

Cecil explained to Mark and Debbie.

Debbie started to cry as she looked down at her wounded husband but quickly recomposed herself and started barking orders to Cecil and Donald.

" Cold towels and Ice water. And have a cot brought in here for me."

Debbie demanded from the two men.

" Deborah! We've got the best trained..."

Cecil was explaining before Debbie cut him off.

" I patched Nolan up for years cecil! I am not leaving."

Debbie exclaimed to the man as she got in his face.

Cecil and Donald both looked at Debbie in silence before agreeing with her demands.

" O... Of course, Debbie."

Cecil replied to the woman.

*Beep Beep!

Donalds earpiece rang drawing his attention.

" Sir, there's some kind of attack happening downtown it seems. Numerous contacts, heavy weaponry, multiple casualties."

Donald explained to Cecil as they walked out of the room.

" Now? We're a little understaffed in the hero department."

Ceicl responded as he and Donald Left the room.

Mark, having heard the two men and having been aware of the situation before hand, took a deep breath and placed a hand on his fathers hand. He got up from his seat and went to leave the room.

" Be careful son."

Debbie said to Mark as she looked up at the young man with tears in her eyes.

" Don't worry mom. i got this."

mark said before leaving the room.

' This it. To beat my father and those that are to come, I have to harden my heart. It's time for my first Kill.'

Mark thought as he ran out of the hospital with a stern look on his face. Once he was out of the building and near a safe place, Mark took his clothes off revealing his suit underneath. He placed his mask on and flew towards the sight of the attack. He arrived to see smoke clouds rising from the city.

" All right Mark. Let's do this!"

Mark said to himself as he tried hyping himself up.

Mark flew down into the panicking crowd and rushed the oncoming Flaxans.

" HA!"

Mark yelled as he slammed into a group of them knocking them into the air. He punched one of the Flaxans heads so hard it exploded into green goop. Mark looked down at his hands and started shaking slightly. His stomach churning from the shock and fear on the man's face just before his death.

' Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Calm down! Gotta gets it together Mark. Come on, keep it together.'

" Argh!"

Mark was thinking to himself before being blasted by the Flaxans.

The sharp barrage of the blasters wasn't doing much damage to Mark, but he could still feel the pain a little. It was enough pain to remind him of the feeling he got when he fought his father.

" rrrRRRGAAAAH!"

mark yelled in anger as he got to his feet. Blood lust filled his eyes as he charged the invaders. He flew headfirst into the army of Flaxans and began punching and kicking as many of them as he could as hard as he could. The force of his blows was strong enough to tear them apart with ease. Mark was so angered by the attack that he didn't see one of the Flaxan Tanks aiming straight for him. The tank took the opportunity and fired at Mark.

Hearing the sound, Mark turned to see the shell coming towards him. Thankfully the blast was stopped by a large pink shield.

" What the?"

Mark asked, he turned his head into the air to see the arrival of the Teen Team.

" Hey, new guy, keep your head up."

Atom Eve said to the man as she lowered her shield.

' Right, I... I got to angry. I lost control. Gotta stay focused.'

mark thought to himself. he slapped his cheeks hard and focused his attention again on the invaders.

" Brax Moy!"

One of the green aliens yelled out.

Mark turned his attention to that man and rushed him. he grabbed the man by his neck and tore his arm off with ease.

" You are Ugh!"

Mark grunted as another tank fired at him. This time the tank managed to hit him in his side though it only succeeded in knocking the man back a few feet.

The Flaxan tanks all started bombarding Mark with their fire until Eve destroyed them with a large wave of her atomic attack.

During the destruction the Flaxans grabbed their chief and pulled out of the city leaving behind their weapons as they started to age.

" Hey, new guy! You all, right?"

Eve asked as Mark got to his feet.

Though hurting, the bombardment only succeeded in drawing a small amount of blood from Marks mouth.

' Well, I at least know I'm stronger than Mark was at this time. An attack like that would have severely injured Mark before. But I'm still not ready to fight my father. A regular viltrumite soldier maybe. But definitely not the ones that matter.'

mark thought to himself as he wiped the blood from his mouth.

" Yeah, I'm fine. Lost my cool for a second there. Thanks for the back up."

Mark said to the woman as he turned towards her. However, when he laid eyes upon the woman it seemed as if the world around him had exploded.

' I always thought she was beautiful. But this... She might just be in the top ten sexiest female comic book characters of all time. No scratch that! She definitely is.'

Mark thought to himself as he looked at the woman.

" Glad to hear it. You did pretty good out there."

Eve replied to the young man.

" Thanks, look it was nice meeting you all but I've got to get going. I've got something to take care."

Mark said to the woman before flying off towards his house.

' Oh, man I nearly dropped the ball there. But I just couldn't shake the feeling. It just felt wrong. But at the same time right. Is that the viltrumite blood in me talking?'

Mark asked himself as he flew over the clouds.

" I've got to get used to it. It's something that's going to become very common soon. Might as well try to get an edge over the rest."

Mark said to himself.

Mark took his time getting home, using the time he spent flying as time to reflect on his first real battle, and his first kill. Thinking on it Mark came to the decision that he would need to do something drastic to truly get used to this feeling. Once Mark was home he went straight to his bed to sleep.

' I've got three days until dad wakes up. When he does instead of being alone of the Flaxans home planet. I'm going in with him. It's the only way I'll get used to this. And it will give me some credit with my father.'

Mark thought to himself. Setting his mind on the course of action before going to sleep.