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Chapter 2 - Second Coming

A girl was at lunch with her friends. She was a skinny tall girl with an orange and white bomber jacket. The sleeves white and the rest of it orange and lined with some white spots. Under this she wore a bright blue unitard. She had her blonde hair tied back into a ponytail. She had some sports shoes on. She had some sunglasses that seemed too big for her face. She was looking at her phone. Disconnected from the conversation at hand. Her expression was bored.

Annoying friend: Hey Sky! Are you listening?

Sky: Huh?

Other Friend: Well that's a nope.

Sky: I'm sorry! There was this thing online about Mr. Untouchable getting back into hero work!

Other annoying friend: You're so obsessed with all that hero stuff. Why don't you like, focus on your own life? It's not like you're a hero.

Sky: A hero? Look at me. I'm way too weak to even imagine being a hero.

Other friend: You aren't that bad! You are really good at sports and stuff. You were at the top of the soccer team every time you played.

Sky felt an alert go off on her phone.

Sky: Oh, my mom's calling. I'll be back.

Sky got up and went outside the restaurant. She looked at the alert. There was a car chase going on. Her hair lit up and she was surrounded with a bright aura. Her eyes lit up with a burning orange and she blasted off into the air. A streak of light blasting through the air elegantly. Her expression changed from bored to extatic. She came up on a line of cars. There were two cars blasting down the highway. One was shooting at the other. Sky flew down next to the two cars. Closest to the one behind the other. She flew in the way of the bullets and deflected some. She spun around and faced the car coming towards her. She slammed her feet down on the ground. Stopping her momentum and the cars.

Man in car: Surprise little lady!

A bomb went off on the highway behind the car. A bunch of cars fell off the highway. Sky immediately flew down and shot some weak energy particles to slow down the cars falling. She flew up and saw a car that was flipped over by the explosion. She went over to the car and saw a family in the car stuck under a big chunk of debris.

Family mom: Please! Help us!

She pushed over the big chunk but the door was stuck. She ripped the door off and helped the couple out first. She went to the back door and helped a kid out. The kid looked amazed looking at her. She got everyone out.

Sky: Sorry about the car.

Family Father: Thank you so much young lady! You are so inspiring.

Sky: Heh, thanks.

Sky looked at the other cars that had fell and they were all safe. Sky flew off and looked for the car she stopped from earlier. She found the car driving as fast as it could down the highway and going off an exit. Sky flew down after the car. A man got out of the car. Sky touched down on the ground.

Man out of car: You some sort of hero?

Sky: Are you seriously trying to attack me?

Man out of car: Wait! I'm sorry! We didn't mean it!

Sky was confused. James flew right past Sky and tied the guys up in a rope.

James: Why would they leave a rope in their trunk…?

Sky: Wait, a-are you Mr. Untouchable?! THE Mr. Untouchable?! Holy shit calm down Sky. I'm dreaming, right?

James laughed.

James: Nope. I'm very real.

Sky: Wow, it's so nice to meet you!

Sky shook James's hand uncomfortably fast.

James: You were quite impressive yourself. Even saving the people instead of going after those men. Either way there was another reason I came to see you.

Sky: You came to see ME?! Why?

James: I have come to ask you to join a team called the Sentinels. To defeat an evil woman named Yuri. She has a space army that this team has been appointed to take down. This is a larger than life mission. And a risky one at that.

Sky: Wait. What? A team? An evil space lady? God you're hitting me with so many things at once!

James: Don't worry. You have a while to think about it. If you decide to join then meet me on top of this roof at this date.

James handed Sky a card with a B.L.A.D.E logo

James: I'm sorry for forcing this huge of a task on a girl like you. But there will be other members who are equally as strong as you.

Sky: O-Okay. I love the opportunity to really be a hero but it's just so sudden.

James: I know. It was hard for me when I was young like you. This is your choice.

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A woman was sitting weirdly far from a fire in the dead of night. She had a burn on the side of her face, running by her eye and hiding behind her black hair with a streak of white going longways. One of her arms was burnt bad. She had wraps running up her forearm. Only leaving her shoulder down to her elbow exposed. Her other arm was just bare skin. She wore a green and black viking tunic with no sleeves and a black scarf and a belt with a waist bag at her side. She had long black boots on. She was using a big wooden stick as a cane. It was just a bit taller than her. She got up and looked up in the sky.

Burnt woman: Yuri…

The woman sat back down and fell into a deep thought.

She was 1,000 years in the past. She was in the medieval ages. There was a girl standing next to her. She had long blue hair.

Burnt woman: Go back! You stand no chance!

The burnt woman was looking up at a huge fleet of ships. Yuri was standing on top of one of them. She had both of her eyes.

Yuri: Kara Acosta, is it? You are brave. Brave people die.

Kara: Don't talk to your elders like that.

Yuri: Funny. You've been gaining power little by little but I'm still more powerful than you. Just look at all this!

Kara got into a battle stance. She had the same big wooden stick.

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Kara: You aren't far, are you?

Kara heard someone walking close to her. It was James.

Kara: Hey look, it's Mr. Untouchable.

James: Call me James please.

Kara: Thought you were a retired old man.

James: I still got a little bit left in me. Enough for a whole new mission.

Kara: Ah, there's the reason.

James: I would like to invite you to a team that is formed to take down a woman named Yuri.

Kara: Yuri? The one in space? Destroys planets for breakfast? That Yuri?

James: Yes. We want you to join a team to defeat her once and for all.

Kara: I'm in.

James: Wait. That fast?

Kara: I know Yuri from a long time ago. She needs to be stopped. But you do know that if we piss her off enough there could be no earth to even live on? There is a huge risk.

James: ...This wasn't my plan.

Kara: B.L.A.D.E. Right?

James: Yes. Either way meet us here at this date.

James handed Kara a card with B.L.A.D.E's logo.

Kara: See you then.

James nodded and smiled. He flew off to his next target.

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A man was running through the country fields. He was a speedster and was placing bombs all over the place. He was fat but also a slim tall man with an undercut and slicked back hair. He had some glasses on, making his small eyes look just a smidge bigger and a very angry scowl. He had a skin tight shirt that didn't even fit him on. It had a nuclear symbol on it. He wore some very tight fitting jeans. It looked very uncomfortable for him. Possibly the reason for his dastardly scowl.

Familiar man: I, JIN GIRKEW WILL HAVE CONTROL OVER ALL THESE LANDS ONCE I PRESS THIS BUTTON! GOODBYE STUPID COUNTRYSIDE!

Jin pushed down the button on his controller. But none of the bombs went off.

Jin: I swear to god.

Jin ran over to one of his bombs. There was a note on it. Jin had to squint to look at the note. It read "turn around." Jin turned around and there was nobody there.

Jin: Wow, what an idiot!

Jin turned back around to look at his bomb but there was a man standing where the bomb used to be.

Jin: AHHH!

There was a big guy in front of Jin. He was jacked and had a superhero suit covering his body. It was black and white. He had some big gloves on that were white and lined with gold, and a long gold and white cape. He had a military style buzz cut. There was a lion head on his chest.

Jin: W-WHO ARE YOU?!

Lion man: I am...Gregory Lionheart. Little evil men like you get to call me Lionheart.

Jin: HOW DARE YOU!

Lionheart: Attack me if you dare.

Jin ran up and punched Lionheart in the chest. It did nothing. He spun and punched him in the face. But nothing happened. Jin sent out a massive flurry of punches. But it did literally nothing.

Jin: WHAT ARE YOU?! INVULNERABLE?

Lionheart: No. you are just extremely weak.

Jin tried to run away but Lionheart grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt.

Lionheart: Come back when you gain a little muscle!

Lionheart flicked Jin and broke his glasses. Which also knocked him out.

Lionheart: To the police station!

Lionheart flew off to the police station with Jin in hand.

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Jin was being taken away by some officers in some meta dampening cuffs.

Jin: I CAN'T SEE! I NEED NEW GLASSES! WHY DID BOTH MY GLASSES BREAK IN JUST ONE WEEK!?

Lionheart: All in a good day's work.

Lionheart stepped outside. James came up to him

Lionheart: Another hero? Hello there.

James: Hello. Lionheart, right?

Lionheart: You got the right guy!

James: Well I'd like to tell you about a team of people we are assembling to defeat a woman named Yuri.

Lionheart: Is she EVIL?

James: Well that is certainly up to debate but she isn't doing good things by any means.

Lionheart: What evil things does she do?!

James (thinking): Why did they pick this guy of all people?

James: Well she has destroyed planets before.

Lionheart: I'M IN!

James: You know this is risking your life? Right? You could die.

Lionheart: I'm not gonna die from an evil woman who destroys planets. She must be extinguished from this universe!

James: Well if you want to do that then you will have to meet us here at this date.

James handed him a card with a B.L.A.D.E logo on it.

Lionheart: Thank you. We shall destroy this evil together!

James: Yeah sure buddy.

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A man in a business tux and pants along with some nice flowing tended to hair was sitting down at the head of a business meeting.

Employee: Mr. West. Are you sure about this? We would be decreasing the sale price by 5%!

Mr. West: Yes. We are supposed to be an ally to the people. We will show them our allegiance. I don't think you understand the ulterior motive. Meeting adjourned!

Mr. West took the elevator down to go and get some coffee. There was a woman next to him.

Woman: Cyrus West, correct?

Cyrus: Yes indeed.

Woman: I hear your company sales have been skyrocketing. Congrats.

Cyrus: Thank you.

The woman left the elevator. Cyrus had never seen her ever in his life and he wondered what she was there for. He left the building and sat down for some coffee at a place called Bibble and Sip. James walked in the store and sat across from him.

Cyrus: Excuse me. I have someone else coming.

James: Oh. I'll try and make this quick. I would like to offer you a job that B.L.A.D.E is willing to pay you for. We are putting together a team to defeat a woman named Yuri.

Cyrus: And why would I help? I have business to take care of.

James: You have some amazing powers. And you have the financial power to back us up. Please consider this offer. The world is at stake. If there is no world you will have no way of doing any business here.

Cyrus: Yeah screw off dude. You don't know what you're talking about.

Cyrus got up to leave.

James: I thought you had company.

Cyrus: I lied. As to not be pestered by elder heros like you.

James: Well you could definitely push your company to the top if you were known for saving the world.

Cyrus: I'd like to talk to someone at B.L.A.D.E before I make any type of decision.

James: Okay. So be it. Here is a card and the location for where you would meet us if you were to join.

James walked out.

Cyrus: Ugh, annoyance.

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There was a bar called the Lick and Split with a big light up sign. The environment was hot and red. With the ground charred and black. Lot's of hell's creatures were lined up and eager to get in. There was a big red ripped demon at the door. Only wearing his trusty heat-proof jeans. He had a big fin going across his head.

Demon Civilian: Nice day today isn't it?

Ripped red man: ID please.

Demon Civilian: Here.

The demon gave him his ID.

Ripped red man: This ID is FAKE!

Demon Civilian: Seriously? I really just wanna get in there! Come on man!

The ripped red man screamed and threw the demon all the way back to the end of the line. A short woman came up. She had a grey top that was accented with red. She had a short cape that only came halfway down her back. With long khakis that were tied around her ankles. She had some small work boots on. She had short blonde hair that only hung down to her chin. She had two red tattoos on either side of her face. She looked of mixed heritage. She had a sword sitting on her back. She had a tired expression.

Sword woman: Hey Trawl.

Trawl: Oh hi Freya! Have a great time!

Trawl stepped to the side and welcomed Freya in. She sat down at the far side of the bar.

Freya: Your hardest please.

Bartender: You sure? We don't wanna be draggin' you out tonight.

Freya: I said please.

Bartender: Alright jeez.

The bartender served up Freya the hardest alcohol he had. She took a sip and seemed unphased. Everyone in the bar looked at her like she was insane. A random guy slid up next to her.

Guy: You look like you are a lonely little butterfly. Me and my friends could keep you company if you pleased.

Freya: Oh really? Sounds delightful.

Guy: Yeah. Why don't you come with us for the night?

Freya: Hmmm let me think.

Freya put her face close to the guy. There was a clank of metal and a shank. She took her sword out of the guy's chest. She held him up with her sword and cut him clean in half. Everyone in the bar cheered. Freya put her sword back and sat back down.

Bartender: You're the famous Freya, right?

Freya: What? You want an autograph?

Bartender: No. I was just wondering. There is someone you might like to do business with.

Freya: I only do business when people ask me to personally. I don't do advertisements.

Bartender: Well he really wants to talk to you. His name is Altair. But he likes to be called Spellbook for some reason.

Freya took a long winded sigh. She finished her drink.

Freya: Where?

The bartender pointed to an older looking man in a big tan trenchcoat. Freya went over to his booth and sat down.

Freya: So you are Spellbook? I remember you. You ruled over this kingdom, the north kingdom. A while ago.

Spellbook: That is true. But I do most of my business on Earth now. You are very famous around here, is that right?

Freya: For the lack of a better term, yes.

Spellbook: Well I am offering a large sum if you take care of this person for me.

Freya: Let me see if it's worth it. What's the job?

Spellbook: I would like you to take him out.

Spellbook slid a paper over to Freya. It had a picture and description of Beelzebub.

Freya: Seriously? That would be a shitton of money. Sounds like a job for 1 million.

Spellbook: You are far too weak to take him on! Even with your indura form.

Freya: How do you know about that?

Spellbook: Don't worry. I want you to try and kill some of his lackeys. There is a woman named Yuri, who is acquainted with him. I want you to take out the people she is trying to select from his armies.

Freya: Hmm. Okay. Sounds like a 200k job.

Spellbook: That's fine.

Freya: Show me the cash.

Spellbook took out a briefcase. He cracked it open and Freya saw the money, and more.

Freya: Well, cash is king. Where could I find him?

Spellbook: He is always in the west kingdom. Sitting tight in his throne. You are going after these people.

Spellbook passed Freya some trackers and pictures of the people. There were two women, and some sort of demon. Freya folded up the pictures and put away the trackers

Freya: I'll take care of it swiftly. Oh, and bartender, one more drink!

The bartender poured her a drink and she left with it. She put some money down on the counter.

Freya: Keep the change.

Freya left the bar.