Meanwhile, in the heroes' headquarters, a lot of questions arise.
A man flies onto a landing pad on the 55 floor, this building known by many as the hero center.
A woman of large stature about 6 foot with shiny black hair and a stern face looked at the man who flew in. She seemed to be in her mid-twenties. She was displeased.
"You're finally back. I thought it would be quicker as the top three hundredth hero in the world. Was I wrong about your strength?"
The man who flew in looked around his late forties. Even at that age, he looked like a Greek god with a chiselled body that showed through his special skintight costume. He had black hair and dark blue eyes, and he was known as Lightning Man
"You weren't wrong, I am capable. It's just that I was caught off guard. A villain that no one knew suddenly started a commotion. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but it was like he knew all of my attacks and he laid traps specifically for me. Almost like he had fought me before."
The woman angered with Lightning Man's failure, yelled.
"THAT'S NO EXCUSE! How could you manage to lose a kid? How will you deal with the press? We were already being targeted for failing to catch 'TNT (Terrible Night Terror)' who killed 4 people on 16th Street last night.
"I won't fail the next time. I swear!"
"No, you won't. Still, you're going to find that kid. I'll buy time for you. At most, I can give you 2 months. But after that, you're on your own."
"I will find him, rest assured. I will not disappoint you!"
- - -
Lightning man, known to a select few as Joshua Erou started to dig for clues about the villain he captured.
He found some information; the villain he captured was Roel Cron, who had committed crimes before and large ones at that. But interestingly he was never mentioned on the news or social media.
Many people didn't even know Roel personally let alone as a villain. Looking back at some crimes that didn't have a suspect, role fit the descriptions perfectly. He was the center of many crimes that had been happening recently. And yet no one remembered him.
Roel's power was also a mystery as no one had seen him use it, or if he even had one. But just to be safe he was placed in a super prison made to hold those with powers with special tools and facilities.
Other than this information, not much could be found about him. He was 27 years old, both parents are deceased. There was proof of him having 3 more villains on his team.
Not much was known about Roel's team except that one could control others when they made physical contact.
'Truly a terrifying power.'
Joshua had tried to find where Roel's team was hiding but couldn't, he couldn't believe they had the power to teleport.
Because of his unfruitful attempts to find Roel's group Joshua got frustrated and went to his private gym.
"Huff Puff Huff"
Joshua was drenched in sweat with multiple popped punching bags lying in front of him. Still frustrated that he couldn't make any progress on finding the missing boy he went out to do hero work.
- - -
[Bzz, there are 4 villains with a building full of hostages inside Furlow Bank on 12th Street.]
[bzz, I'll be there soon. I will sneak in and take them out over]
The lighting man was now in front of the bank. Without alerting the villains' attention, he snuck in by turning himself into electricity and going under the fire escape door through the crack.
He saw the 4 villains and readied himself. In a split second, he zapped over to one of them that the others weren't paying attention to and shocked him unconscious. Immediately he grabbed his handcuffs and apprehended him.
Lightning Man had to wait, as if he attacked now they would grab a hostage.
'Please don't turn around.'
As he thought this one turned and yelled.
"L-L-Lightning Man!"
Hearing this the other two who were closer to the hostages, grabbed one each as a shield.
Lightning Man's eyes widened. His body started to exude lightning.
-ZAAPP!
Lightning Man ran at incredible speeds as he punched the man in the middle.
-CRUNCH!
Lightning Man sent the villain flying out of the bank through the window.
-CRASH!
The other villains looked in fear as this scene happened before them.
One villain seemed to be petrified in fear but the other shook it off and even smirked and said.
"Wanna play rough? I can play rough."
The villain touched the ground under his hostage and the woman he was holding went through.
"NOW Lightning man DECIDE, me or the woman?"
Lightning man was in distress as he didn't know where the woman went, suddenly everyone heard a voice.
"AHHHHHH! HELP!"
Lightning man and everyone in range looked up as they saw a woman falling from the sky.
'Damn it! Why am I always the one in these types of situations?'
Lightning Man flew out of the building to catch the woman. He matched her speed and slowed down. He put her down and went towards the bank. The same voice as before spoke.
"Don't enter or he dies!"
'Another hostage? Damn it! Fucking coward!'
"Ok, ok don't do anything rash just leave them and hand yourself over. You will only be charged for attempted armed robbery. Nothing else."
"Do you think I'm stupid? You can't do anything right now. Let us escape and I'll let them go."
Lightning Man was in trouble, he couldn't get over to them in time and now that he knew that they could teleport he couldn't give them time.
"AHHHH!"
The previously petrified villain screamed. He let go of his hostage. As the villain with the teleport power looked to see what was happening he felt a static shock.
-ZAP! CRASH!
The teleport villain lay on the ground unconscious with a broken nose and the other villain was walking backwards while screaming.
"AHHH STAY AWAY! DON'T GET ANY CLOSER!"
Seemingly yelling and walking away from nothing he bumped into someone. A woman standing proudly wearing a pink costume with a tutu. She then spoke.
"Hello, darling. You should know it's not nice to steal"
-SNAP! CRACK!
The man got uppercut and hit the roof. The woman then caught him before he hit the ground.
"Not as effective as you used to be, huh Lightning Man?"
"Thanks for helping."
Lightning man grabbed two of the villains and turned to the exit.
'I'm getting too old for this.'
Soon everyone around the bank could hear cheering for Lightning Man and Pink Princess as they brought the 3 remaining villains to the police in front of the building.
Lightning Man felt a little better after helping the hostages get to safety. he swore once again to himself that he would find that boy and bring him to safety like the people he just saved.