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Chapter 3 - From Pinky Bandana To Maverick

Max dashed onto the fight scene with Night held up a tree by Warthog's left hand as he prepared to land what would most likely be the finishing blow.

"Let him go!" Max said running towards Warthog then skidding to a stop facing them from the right.

"Who are you supposed to by? Pinky bandana?" Warthog said with a disgusted tone.

Night also looked confused seeing this figure in pink sunglasses and a red bandana.

"I'll squash you pinky once I'm done with Mr black over here" he said turning his attention back to night.

With his feet well planted to the ground, he launched himself at Warthog moving at an incredible speed and landed a punch to his head sending him thirty feet away.

"What the hell, who is that guy?" Night said as Warthog was hit away from him then locked closely at the clothes he was wearing.

"It's one of the kids that almost got killed in the fight" he realized.

He slid down the bark to his feet though his landing wasn't convincing to say everything was okay.

"That's a brave thing you did over there kid" Night said.

"Thank you sir" Max said then froze at how he recognized him.

"How did you know it was me?" He asked.

"I remembered your clothes from one of the three that almost got killed by Warthog, just be thankful he is too dumb to remember your faces or you would be in a lot of trouble"

"Oh"

"Now let's go put that man behind bars with that incredible strength of yours" Night said then dashed towards Warthog who had began ranting.

Max followed him as well.

"I'll distract him while you get in as many hits as possible to wear him down, do you understand?" He said to Max.

"Yeah I do" he answered.

"And one more thing, go for the head"

"Will do sir"

Night then pushed him to the side taking out two smoke bombs and throwing it at Warthog.

"Over here dummy" Night said waving his hands in the air.

"I'll smash you blacky" he said raging with anger.

He raised his hand to slam it down on Night but he was swifter than the towering man and dodged it easily as Max circled to his back. With Warthog distracted, he leaped from behind going higher than Warthog and dropped down to land a huge blow to the head forcing Warthog to his knees.

"I'll kill you too pinky!" He said swiping at Max who hopped over the hand but forgot about the other hand that sent him flying through three trees.

He sat on the floor surrounded by branches and leaves trying to regain his composure and sense of direction.

"Get your head back in the game!!" Night shouted at Max with his head wavering like a leaf blown by wind.

His words got him focused again as he raised his head to see Warthog still trying to smash Night.

"I'll get you for that" Max said standing up to his feet.

He then propelled himself towards Warthog spearing him through a huge rock before tumbling on the ground and both landing on their feet. Before anyone could make the next move, Night jumped in from behind and slammed Warthog in the head with his two batons.

"Now boy" he said landing on the ground.

Max ran towards the dazed villain and jumped up to deliver a serious uppercut sending the behemoth fifty feet into the air before he dropped down to the ground unconscious ending the fight.

"You have potential kid" Night said looking at the young man.

"Do you ever consider becoming a hero?" He asked.

"No, I've never thought of that" he answered.

"Well if you ever do, I'll be rooting for you" Night said.

"The authorities are on their way here, you better skidadle" he told him.

"Right" he said before dashing into some bushes.

"It would be nice having a fifth hero to pick up our slack" Night said looking up to the sky.

Max ran up the path and up to the cliff were his friends were waiting for him, he came up the path seeing them sitting down on the ground enjoying the view and turned to him at the sound of his footsteps.

"Seeing as you are not as battered as we thought you'd be, I'm guessing things went pretty well" said Jessica.

"So how did it go?" Ramon asked eager to learn all the details.

"First of all this is a terrible disguise" he said taking off the glasses and bandana.

"Never mind that, how did the fight go?" Ramon asked.

"I'll tell you on the way down, this place would be swarming with officers soon" he told them.

"Can't we go after?" Ramon said.

"We have to go Ramon" Jessica said.

******

After the police got their statements and we're interviewed by the local news, they headed home with Max giving them all the details of the fight much to the delight of Ramon.

"So Max, what do you intend to do now?" Ramon asked.

"Do about what?" He asked confused.

"You know, your powers" he whispered.

"I don't know, I don't even know how I got them or what triggered it" he said looking at his left palm lifted up.

"Are my eyes still red?" He asked the two.

"Nope, back to normal now" Jessica said.

"Hmm that's weird" he said.

"No its not, it means your identity would be well hidden" Ramon said.

"What are you yapping about now" Jessica said rolling her eyes.

"Think about it, every hero needs to hide their identity and are wearing asks these days but you don't"

"God Ramon, English please" Max said getting frustrated.

"What I'm trying to saw that when your eyes turn red, you look kind of different and your personality changes a little bit to throw a person off" He explained.

"You'd need to be clearer than that Ramon" Jessica added.

"I'm saying look at him, doesn't he look different than when he was all super?" Ramon asked Jessica.

Jessica faced Max and observed his features closely.

"Indeed he does" she said.

"You guys are speaking gibberish to me" Max said.

"From how you described what was going on at the fight you seemed to have more courage and we're bolder not to mention you looked more buff and had a slimmer face and a more muscular jaw as well as a deepened voice" Ramon said.

"And you didn't tell me all that before?" He said.

"Well it wasn't all that important as of then" Ramon said.

"But no matter, meet me in front of the pawn shop on Bread street tomorrow" Ramon said before dashing off.

"Ramon what the hell has gotten into you!" Jessica shouted.

She and Max walked down before splitting up to go to their various streets, rest was the one thing on his mind and considering the events of today he would require nothing more.

******

At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, they met up with Ramon infront of the Pawn shop on Bread street where he awaited them with his white Toyota Corolla with black rims and red brake pads.

Max was the last to arrive as usual but was surprised to see him with a car.

"Hey Ramon, where did you steal this car from?" He asked skating towards him and Jessica standing behind the car discussing.

"Turns out my parents surprised me with it last night for passing my drivers test on Friday" he said.

"Well you're not driving" Max said.

"Why not, it's my car" Ramon replied.

"I've seen you drive and I almost died of a heart attack" Max said trying to stick his hands in his pockets to find the car key.

"It was just once that we almost ran into that old lady" he defended himself and tried to pull Max's hands away.

"Don't forget that garbage truck, your neighbour's car and that dog that tried to cross the road" Max said still trying to get the key out of his pocket.

"Well let Jessica decide, she's seen us both drive and we've helped her run around errands multiple times" Ramon said finally getting his hands out of his pockets.

"Well Max took his drivers test months ago and has more experience than you so I'll pick him"

"Yes" Max said punching the air.

"Keys Ramon" he asked placing out his palm.

Ramon looked at him and put his hand into his right pocket to get out his car key.

"It's not fair, it's my car you know" he protested whilst handing over his car key.

"Don't worry, you'll get to impress me on the way home" Jessica said.

"Ramon you better get some mods on this car like a wide body kit, a rear wing, lights....." Max listed.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know" Ramon said.

"So where are we going?" Jessica asked.

"Get in the car and I'll tell you" Ramon said walking up to the front driver seat.

"Okay" Jessica said.

Max opened the doors for them and they got in with Jessica staying at the back, Max put on the engine and got his hands on the wheel.

"Man your parents should've gotten you a muscle car" Max stated.

"You still want to drive don't you?" Ramon said a glare full of evil intent.

"Okay okay, just saying you gotta change the exhaust system cause of how light it sounds" he said putting on the left blinker then getting on the road.

Ramon directed to the outskirts of town where a warehouse was stationed and they parked at the back of the warehouse not to attract attention.

"Ramon, what the hell are we doing here?" Max asked turning off the engine and handing over the key to Ramon.

"You'll know soon enough" He said hopping out of the car.

"Ramon, what type of thing have you planned for us this time?" Jessica said with a sarcastic look.

"Walk through the door and all shall be revealed" he said pointing at the door.

Max walked in first with Jessica following behind and Ramon coming in last.

"So what are we looking for in this run down warehouse?" Max asked.

"I've gathered you here to begin the official testing of Maverick" Ramon said.

"What the, who's Maverick Ramon?" Max said.

"That's the code name I've given you" Ramon said.

"Why Maverick?" Jessica asked.

"Cuz Max over hear from all indications is not going to be your average hero, he's going to be one of the best"

"Enough talk for now, let's get training!" He said flexing his muscles.