"You've already thought of what you're going to say, right?" Karen questioned the man flying over the territories of Pacify City.
"Obviously I already thought about it," Erick said confidently, "After all, I'm just going to imitate everything he said. In this world there is no one who knew Arthur as intimately as I did.''
Their conversation suddenly stopped when Erick heard the warnings that informed him that he had arrived at the location sent by Karen. The boy landed on top of a tall building on the spot, while analyzing the entire situation from his own battle experience and the systems in the armor that provided all important information on the helmet's internal display.
[High Ranked Heroes Detected in the Area!]
[Entering the Agency's Main Security System.]
[Action Successfully Completed!]
Erick stared intently at the messages on the display, while craning his neck endlessly to different sides, watching the actions of the villains, beasts and monsters that were destroying the place. In the few minutes he had been standing there, the area that had previously been half destroyed had been completely engulfed by the flames that one of the monsters had blown out, and a complete pandemonium was unfolding in the region.
"XLR8 and Atom." He muttered, looking toward the southern entrance to downtown Pacify, where the two heroes were saying something.
"Activate Auxiliary Hearing Systems." Erick said, as the antennas that were on his helmet became even sharper.
"I'll take care of the mission of rescuing the people, you hold the bad guys!" Jon spoke, as Catarina nodded to him in agreement.
The man disappeared with a bang, but it was all a trap planned by those 'bad guys' in the situation. Erick had already figured that out beforehand, and he had his thrusters ready to pull the young hero out of his mortal predicament.
"So, come on," He said, as he got into a position that would ensure more range in the gear's thrust.
"First mission, first day as a idiot hero."
And then he simply disappeared from the roof of the building, reappearing suddenly in front of the attacks aimed at Jon.
"I-I died?" Jon asked, with his eyes fluttering as he looked at Erick.
"Master?" Karen asked into the transmitter, as Erick was silent, contrary to what he'd said of being prepared.
"D-don't fear…" Erick muttered under his breath and a little embarrassed.
''Master! A hero has to say better things!" Karen chided him.
"That's why this time, leave it to me!" She clenched her fists with a big and strange smile on her face.
''There is no more reason to fear! I'm here and this time i'm here to stay, evil will perish before me!" The armor spoke by itself, Erick hadn't even opened his mouth to say anything.
People looked on in amazement at the man's speech, while villains and beasts with the least amount of intelligence were desperate at the sudden appearance of that mighty being.
"Mister Peaceman, can we talk?" One of the villains suggested blatantly, he had several bloodstains on his clothing, which indicated that the man was largely responsible for the deaths in the place.
"Yes, of course." Again Karen answered for Erick, as she used the armor system to emulate the boy's voice, "You guys are going to have a little chat with my fists of justice!"
''PEACEMAN! PEACEMAN! PEACEMAN!" People were screaming Erick's *fake* name, making him even more distracted than before, inside the suit, he was so red he looked like a fresh tomato.
Erick advanced faster than before, knocking down 3 of the 10 hostile beings in the region instantly, they didn't even have a chance to fight back. Erick looked back as he reached out and closed his hand with a thunderous thud.
At the same moment he made that gesture, two of the beasts in the region erupted, people started screaming even louder for the *fake* name of Erick, who was about to vomit inside his armor.
''So,'' The eyes on the outside of the blue-black helmet glowed yellow in a menacingly way, ''Are you still going to insist on fighting the herald of justice, or will you surrender willingly?'' Karen asked the criminals.
The criminals surrendered at the same moment, putting their hands up when the agency's reinforcements finally arrived. Everyone was looking at Erick's back, who didn't have the courage to turn his head to look in their direction.
"A small victory for me, a big victory for justice!" Karen spoke up excitedly.
"THAT'S IT!" Jon yelled excitedly, waving his hands like a cheerleader.
''Shut up, Karen! I can't take my voice speaking these clumsy phrases anymore, even if it's fake!" Erick raged inside the armor, where only Karen could hear him.
"Master, every superhero needs a catchphrase," Karen said, as her face appeared in Erick's viewfinder, "After all, catchphrases are fucking cool!"
At that moment, Erick just surrendered to the moment and sighed deeply.
"Where did I get myself?" He wondered all the life choices that had led him to that place and rank, having a little existential crisis as people excitedly shouted his name.
''The herald of justice! The Peaceman!''