14 The boss
"Hmmm, we have guests."
...
Alex was a simple man who worked in an ice cream parlor before the metamorphosis.
He was such a hardworking employee that the manager was impressed with his work giving him quick promotions and in months of joining making him the boss of that ice cream outlet.
Most of the employees at the ice cream parlor called him 'boss' even though he told them not to.
He had brown hair and a beautiful face that would even make girls envy him.
He was born in an orphanage which was kind to him.
He had many little brothers and sisters, and the kind caretakers of the orphanage always told him
"Alex, always be kind to others."
This formed him into a kind and honest man.
But this honesty and naiveness hit him in the back when his job was stolen from him because people falsely accused him, after which he became homeless hunting for food on the streets.
He was betrayed by the world and everyone in it but except kids.
When he was at his lowest, other homeless kids helped him.
They gave him some of the food they had earned by begging.
When he saw that the kids still lived on with smiles on their faces and played with each other, he picked himself up and vowed to always help kids in need.
He created a cold and aloof personality hiding his kindness deep inside and only surfacing when he saw children in need.
He applied for jobs everywhere and was lucky to be accepted at an ice cream parlor. He worked diligently so he could help the kids in need with his money.
He bought them clothes to wear and food to eat, sometimes sheltering them in his rented apartment.
One day when he came home from work, he saw a scrawny child with brown hair and freckled face bleeding.
Startled, he ran to the child and saw that the blood was coming from several places, and underneath was a small puppy with a broken leg.
So Alex carried the child and the puppy to a nearby hospital and had him treated immediately.
He later carried the child and puppy home and let them rest at his house, where the child woke up a short time later. Alex then learned that the boy's name was Charlie and the reason he was injured was because some other kids in the neighborhood wanted to kill the puppy, which resulted in Charlie getting beaten to the point of falling unconscious.
Alex asked Charlie to stay at his place till he fully recovered, to which Charlie agreed. But then Charlie asked him.
"What do I call you? You never told me your name."
To which Alex replied, "My name is Alex, but most people call me 'Boss', you can call me Boss."
After that Charlie stayed with Alex for 20 days and on the last day after Charlie was supposed to leave, the metamorphosis occurred.
...
"Yes, Boss, and...", Charlie whispered the last part of the sentence to Alex.
"So, you are strong, hmm, I'll only listen to you if you fight me once," Alex said pointing at Harry.
"Hmm, yeah- WHATT?" Harry was surprised to hear that. The first thought that came to his mind was... why would he want to fight me?
But as he thought about it further, Harry guessed that Charlie had told him that Harry had defeated Roger and his group single-handedly.
Besides, Harry did not know his abilities, though he was confident of his own, but one could be sure.
"Then here I come," shouted Alex.
Proceeded by this a blackish substance began to come out of Alex's body, surrounding his arm and forming a glove. This blackish substance had a makeup of a liquid, but when it reached his hand, it solidified into a hand that looked more muscular, heavier, and black.
(Note: This ability works the same as venom symbiote but it has no consciousness and only works to strengthen what it has encased).
"Ohh, the blackish substance has now covered the hand up to the elbow, last time I saw it, it only covered the fist, it looks like the boss has gotten stronger." Commented Charlie.
When Harry saw Alex rushing towards him he instinctively activated his 'serpent's reflexes' and then a faint green glow appeared.
He saw Alex quickly approaching so he dodged the hit by sidestepping, but what he saw next shocked him a little.
The blackish substance began to come off and move Alex's hand to where Harry was standing.
He reacted quickly by dropping to the ground and rolling off, and then he heard it.
BOOOMMM!!!
The spot where he was standing a moment ago had a huge dent in it.
When Alex saw it, he looked surprised, because the second attack was very hard to react to and even harder to dodge.
But when he saw Harry, almost ready to attack.
The blackish substance covering his hand rapidly split into two and traveled to Alex's legs.
Alex then lunged at Harry, he moved very quickly.
But this time Harry was ready so he activated his ability as his eyes lit up once more.
Alex struck in Harry's direction and the substance moved into his hand.
Seeing this, Harry sidestepped again, but instead of letting Alex attack, he attacked him first with a punch to the stomach and then immediately swiping his leg out from under him, causing him to fall down to the ground. Harry decided to finish this as he punched with his full strength in the direction of Alex's face.
BOOMMM!!!
When Charlie saw the last of Harry's attack, he turned pale.
But as the dust started to clear, the sight which shown was.
Alex was on the ground with the punch only hitting the bandages, which resulted in Alex's face getting exposed to the others.
"Damn, he looks good, no homo though," Ash, Daniel, and Hiro thought.
But when their gaze switched to Harry, they saw that he was exhausted, for he was panting heavily and sweat was present on his forehead.
"It seems I have won," Harry said with a smirk as he inhaled heavily.
"Indeed," Alex shrugged. "But you might want to get off me," Alex continued.
"Hmmm? Oh yes-yes, hahaha haah," Harry laughed awkwardly as he jumped away.
As Alex sat back down in his chair and his expression morphed to seriousness, he asked, albeit respectfully this time, "what's the matter you wanted to talk about?"
