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Chapter 13 - 11

2 years later. New York

Life was going on in the big city when suddenly there was an explosion. A bank had been blown up, and out of the smoke jumped the crushers with bags of money behind their backs. 

«Come on, boys, let's make some noise! - shouted the Destroyer, and then with a blow of a crowbar on the asphalt left a giant crack. 

People started to scatter with shouts. Suddenly, a white beam from the sky hit the crack, leaving a hilly trail. 

«What the hell! - The slaughterer asked, looking up. 

Suddenly, with the help of the white beam, a pillar grew out of the asphalt and hit the man in the head. 

«What a joke!!! - The ball lightning started to look around. 

«Hey! - Suddenly it sounded.

«What? - Bulldozer looked around. 

«Hey! 

«Who's Hey?! - asked the wrecker.

«Hey! Repair crew! - they heard from above and raised their heads. 

Literally standing above them in the sky was a guy with silver hair and fair skin. He had pilot's glasses on his eyes that had small lenses, and the lower part of his face was hidden by a three-part mask: his mouth and neck, and a cheek each. The parts of the mask from the two cheeks joined to the nose. He was dressed in a tight black suit with four silver zips that were arranged like ribs. The top ones were larger than the bottom ones. He wore black gloves with straps on his hands and silver boots on his feet. 

«We didn't order the demolition of the city, so return the money to the bank," he said.

«Who the hell are you, you clown! - Ball Lightning asked.

«Said the bandits with the construction-inventory - answered the guy, landing on the ground.

«Well, I'll show you some construction equipment! You're gonna get hit by a bulldozer! - Bulldozer accelerated and ran at him. 

The silver-haired man only stepped aside, setting his footstep, along with it creating a wall of footpath with a white beam. The villain tripped over his foot and flew headfirst into the wall. He looked at the guy, who only waved him goodbye. The bulldozer slammed headfirst into that block. 

«AAAAH!!! - The silver-haired man spun around and dodged the blocker's punch.

Immediately afterwards, he kicked the villain under his breath and he collapsed, clutching his stomach. Immediately after that, a ball of lightning flew at the guy. He covered his hands with black energy and put them in front of him. As soon as the core touched the energy, it immediately began to destroy along with the chain. The dark haired man pulled the chain back and looked at the end where the core was. His jaw dropped back on its own. 

«What? Broke your favourite toy? Sorry," the silver-haired man said with a shrug.

Immediately after that he began to dodge Krushila's crowbar. At one point, the owner of the crowbar was jabbed in the jaw. Krushila collapsed, losing consciousness. The boy, on the other hand, looked around. There wasn't much damage. 

«Who the hell are you? - The Grim Reaper asked hoarsely.

«Me? I'm every villain's nightmare, but call me Spectre," he replied. - Bye-bye - the silver-haired man kicked him in the head. 

Immediately after that the hero soared into the air and flew from there at full speed. The guy saw the poparaciones taking pictures of him. He saluted them and accelerated even more, covering himself with white energy. 

***

Standing in the alley wearing a white hoodie was the same guy with shaggy silver shoulder length hair. Next to him stood a black briefcase with a white star on it. His mask came off by itself at the touch of a button on his watch. His glasses changed, becoming slightly larger and moved down to his neck. On his legs he wore blue jeans with a belt and sneakers. Immediately afterwards his hair became unkempt, changing colour to brown, and his eyes became blue. That was our Arthur Evans. He took off his gloves and put them in his pocket. 

«Well, not bad for a first time," said the boy, looking round. 

Evans picked up his briefcase and ran out of the alley, heading towards the school. 

Midtown School

Arthur approached the school, putting his hands in his pockets with his backpack on his shoulders. 

«Awesome!!! A new superhero in town! - he heard, turning round.

There Flash and his team were reading the latest issue of the Daily Bugle. So with them was a pretty girl with dark hair, fair skin, and brown eyes. She was wearing a sleeveless shirt over a shirt, jeans with a belt and shoes. Another girl was blonde with shoulder length hair, fair skin and dark eyes. She was dressed in a shirt, jeans with a belt and sandals. Arthur walked over, looking at the front page. On it was a picture of him flying away in the guise of Spectre. Evans looked at the paper.

«Oh, Arthur, hi," Danny noticed him.

«Hello, said Arthur.

«Arthur, bro, hello - smiled the blond man.

«Hi, Arthur - said the dark-haired girl. 

«Hi Liz.

«Arthur, hi - said the blonde.

«Yes hi, Sally.

The brown-haired man turned back to the newspaper. 

«Wow, it says he defeated the Crushers without too much trouble, cool," Evans read. - "Though I know that myself....

«He just showed up and he's already making such a big name for himself, awesome! - smiled at the blond.

«Yeah," Arthur nodded.

Immediately after that a blonde girl dressed in a white T-shirt, black jeans with a belt and shoes passed by. Arthur and the male half of the company looked after her. Right after that, Flash got a slap from Liz. 

«Why?! - The boy asked.

«Thank God I don't have a girlfriend.... No one's jealous and no one's hitting me," Evans said. - And I can look at Filicia with peace and quiet. 

«Are you and Gwae? - Danny put both hands over Sally's mouth at this point.

«What?" the brown-haired man asked 

«'Nah, nothing, Arthur, bro,' Thompson replied.

Evans shrugged, then walked on. Flash exhaled, relieved, and Danny lowered his arms. 

«Tell me, are you stupid? - The blond asked the blonde. 

«What do you mean? - The dark-haired one asked. 

«Don't break my friend by thinking that everyone is talking about how he and Gwen would make a couple, they are childhood friends after all! - Eugene replied. - And he'd count the teeth and ribs of the one who'd started the conversation in the first place.

«So it was you. - replied Sally.

Flash looked at the blonde silently.

«That's one reason why he shouldn't know," he replied. 

«And what other reasons are there...? - Allen asked.

«One: he hits like a pro boxer, two: he'll bully me; and three, he'll forgive me when he forgives me, said Eugene, pointing three fingers.

«It's like you've already taken a beating from him..... - said Liz.

«He has," said Danny. - Two years ago, Flash was running all over the field from Arthur while he was chasing him with a bat. 

And then the girls looked at Thompson.

«Well, thank you. That reminds me. - he grabbed his eye, which had been bruised for a long time. 

***

Arthur sat in class listening to the topic. But the only thing he could hear was the whispering of others, mostly girls. At one point Evans looked out the window and saw something unusual. Walking towards the school was a humanoid robot, about the height of an average human. It was made of metal and painted black with a white Sigma symbol on its shoulder. Instead of a face, the robot had a large lens that adjusted, focusing the frame. After standing for a couple of minutes, the robot pointed its hands towards the school. 

«А..? - round lights lit up in its palms, and a giant cannon appeared from its shoulders, which also prepared to fire. 

«Get down! - Shouted Evans, dropping to the floor, covering his head.

Everyone looked out the windows and saw the robot that had already started firing, starting from the roof. Everyone ducked down too and right after that the windows blew out. 

«Everybody evacuate! - shouted the teacher.

Immediately after that everyone ran for the exit. The kid was the last one to run, and at the end he ran in the opposite direction from them. On the way, while no one was there he changed into Spectre and his hair became shaggy, taking on a silver colour and his eyes also became silver. He put on his glasses and those fixed themselves and then he put on his mask. Arthur flew out through the hole in the wall, covered in black energy. His fists were covered in white energy. 

***

The robot was scanning the area with its hand beams. Abruptly, the camera on the front panel began flashing. 

«DNA lost. Error. - the robot began to look around. 

Suddenly the robot flew off, getting kicked in the body. The robot flew like that until it hit a wall. He then pointed the camera and saw Spectre standing there with his arms crossed over his chest. 

«Here's a victory over another villain - said the silver-haired man calmly, after which they heard applause, shouts, whistles and cheers.

The hero turned around and saw that it was the students of the school. Immediately afterwards, Evans heard the sound of a laser cannon being loaded and turned around. 

«Uh-oh... - The robot shot a laser at him from its chest. 

Arthur turned around for a moment, then put up a block of asphalt, creating it with white energy. He continued to create it, flying backwards until the robot stopped firing. 

«Listen, Iron Man, do you have a brain in there, or do you only know how to break things? - Evans asked.

«The question is not understood. I demand correction of the question," the robot replied, and then began firing from his hands.

«Aha, so not only can you break.... - the silver-haired one has fixed all the cracks in the school gate. - Listen, can we continue our duel where there are not so many people, we don't want to sacrifice.

«There is no duel here. You are an obstacle, my goal is to destroy the obstacle in order to fulfil the task - answered the robot, and then appeared in front of Arthur and began hand-to-hand combat.

«What task are we talking about, if it's not a secret? Maybe you're breaking everything for nothing - the robot started to parry his blows and at one moment hit him between the legs. - Ow! Oh, for fuck's sake! - he jumped backwards, grabbing his leg. 

«Illogical action... I'm a robot... I have no pain endings... - said the iron thing, then held its arm out to the side. A laser razor blade grew from its wrist. 

«Oh you hedgehog... - Evans turned pale. 

After that, the hero began to dodge his attacks. At one point he shot black energy and the robot froze. Smoke started coming out of its torso.

«Whew... Wait, where is the smoke coming from? - Arthur asked, and then ducked, dodging the sword. - Mum! - he started to jump back. 

The smoke cleared and he didn't have a scratch on him.

«What is wrong with you?! My power is destroying almost everything! - Spectre started shooting white bullets.

«That doesn't make sense. Why try again if the desired effect was not achieved immediately? - asked the robot.

«I'm just stubborn and never give up - answered the silver-haired man, and then fired a white beam from two palms. 

«Your stubbornness is stupidity - he only opened the case on his hand from which a rocket launcher appeared. 

«You don't say! - Evans shot black energy from his finger.

The blob hit the rocket and flew through it, destroying it. A couple of seconds later, it exploded, blowing off part of the hull at the arm, torso and head. 

«Warning! Danger! 28% damage! Serious head damage! - there was a crack through the entire lens of the camera. - 31% damage to the head!

«Okay, now I don't get it... - said Evans, frozen. - It didn't take everything, but why did it take the missile?

«The difference between my hull and my missiles... Material... - he replied, firing with his whole arm. - My hull is made of bio-metal, my missiles are made of composite steel.

With that, a light bulb lit up above Spectre's head. He created bayonets from the ground using white energy. The bayonets began to attack the robot, leaving dents. 

«It works... - Arthur picked up a rock and threw it up above the robot, then started firing white energy in the same direction.

«'Missed,' said the robot, pointing its arm at Spectre.

«Are you sure? 

After that, his enemy looked up. A giant boulder of asphalt was falling on him. He jumped back from under the boulder, losing a leg and breaking the fingers on his entire hand. 

«Wrong! Body damage greater than forty per cent! The solution: escape! - the robot flew off with the back of its satchel.

«Hey! Coward, go back and fight, or you have no honour! - Evans asked.

«Honour? Unknown concept, decision: ignore - replied the robot, stopping in mid-air.

«No honour or conscience! Where would a robot get one?! - Arthur threw a blob of white energy at it.

The robot only released more turbines from its back and flew at supersonic speed. 

«Well, you bastard... - The silver-haired man spat to the side, after which Hellicarrier suddenly appeared in the sky. - I don't need this one at all.

He soared into the air and flew from there even faster than the robot. 

«Spectrum! Request to ascend to the..... Oh! Shit! Fury shouted. 

***

Meanwhile, Flash, Gwen, Peter and Harry were looking round the school from all sides.

«Arthur! - Parker shouted. 

«Where are you, Arthur?! It's not funny, get out! - shouted Thompson.

«Shit, he didn't fall in..... - Osborne scratched the back of his head.

«"Spit!" said the three of them together.

«Arthur, please, come out... - said Stacey, climbing onto the wreckage and looking round.

Just then the small slab she was standing on toppled over and she started to fall. Surprisingly someone caught her in their arms.

«Oh, Gwen, hi, where are you from? - Arthur asked, a small trickle of blood running down his forehead from his head. He was the one who had caught her. 

«Arthur! - everyone shouted.

«What? - asked the brown-haired man.

«How did you even get in there! - Eugene asked, pointing to the rubble he was standing between.

«I got hit, thank God I didn't get crushed," Evans said. - I don't like being a pancake.

«Are you kidding me? - he asked.

«No, I'm serious," Arthur set the blonde on her feet.

«That's not what I mean! Spectre was here, and he killed that robot! - replied the blond.

«And then there was S.H.I.T., but Spectre flew away from them," added Peter.

«That's funny, said the brown-haired one.

«No, you're kidding me, Evans," said the dark-haired one.

«Is it because I'm not shocked that I'm out of the rubble? I have nothing to be afraid of, because I'm a hexagonal man, and if you push or don't push, it's all the same," said Arthur, scratching the scratch.

«Yes, we know that... Question, why didn't you call for help? 

«What's the point of fighting, I got out myself, but I've been there since I left school.... 

«So you were under a slab that could have crushed you for half an hour? - Peter asked.

«Well, yes," he nodded.

«Brilliant calmness...

«But he's alive, and that's the main thing! - Gwen hugged him.

«Bratish! - Thompson hugged the two of them lifting them up. 

«Let go, strangle him! - Arthur reached his hand out and pulled at Peter and Harry.

They pulled him out with difficulty. 

«You mean you're going to mock me? - The dark-haired man asked. 

«Well, I am," Evans smiled. - Okay, I'll go," the brown-haired man picked up his briefcase, dusting it off.

Then he walked calmly towards the house, whistling. The brown-haired man looked back with an edge of his eye, then exhaled. He remembered pushing up the rubble and then placing the slab on top, climbing under it. He'd even scratched his head a little on purpose with the stone. 

«Yes, now to wait for the mother's reaction.... - said Arthur, taking out a napkin and wiping off the blood. 

***

Arthur went into the house, closing the door quietly. The lights were off and he headed for the stairs. Suddenly the lights came on and Evans froze at the same instant. The brown-haired man turned towards the kitchen and saw Aria standing by the table with a mug of coffee and a remote that was pointed at the lamps. She was dressed in a blue t-shirt, trousers and slippers. 

«So where are you sneaking off to? - His mum asked him after drinking her coffee. 

«Are you awake? - Evans asked.

«Why would I be awake? It's baby time - the brown-haired girl looked at her son questioningly.

«Oh, right...

«I heard there was a bit of a mess at your school? - she asked.

«A robot attacked. A black one. I saw a symbol on his shoulder. It was either an "M" or a "W"... - Evans answered. - But after that, I got a little banged up. 

Right after that, Miss Evans got defensive. 

«Could Sigma...? - she asked.

«Well maybe, I didn't really see it that way, I told you, I got a bit of a bummer.....

«Right, sorry, I need to make a call, go to your room - Aria pulled out her mobile phone and started dialling. 

Arthur shook his head and then patted his eyes. He went upstairs, brooding.

«'Mum ignored what I said about me being swamped...' She's more interested in the robot...? - Evans asked, continuing to walk. - Stop the planet I'll get off - he stopped. 

«Hello, Fury? - The chestnut heard and perked up his ears. 

Aria looked towards the kitchen entrance.- How the hell do I know that the school where my son is studying is being attacked by a Sigma robot, and not from you, but from him?! - she asked quietly, glancing towards the entrance. - What didn't you know?! And interviewing citizens and witnesses for what!!! - she listened to the answer. - What the hell is the newcomer among the heroes to blame?! He saved the schoolchildren and my son from a robot! I don't care if he flew away! The bigger question is why he flew to the school!

Arthur coughed to the side, turning pale.

«"If Mum had known I was Spectre, killing Fury for taking a long time to fly..." - he thought.

«'Yeah, right... 'Anyway, know this, if my son isn't monitored by agents round the clock, I will come to Hellicarrier, mine it, parachute down and blow it up' she replied. - Okay, I'll give you three days to work out a security plan, then I'll start assembling the bomb and the detonator. 

Arthur patted his eyes, listening to the conversation.

«I'm wondering who's scarier... Altron, Thanos, Galactus, Doom, Red Skull or my mum...? - he asked quietly.

Immediately after Aria hung up, Arthur flew towards the room, holding onto Fractal. 

***

In the dark room, which was lit only by the sparks on the table lay the very robot that was being repaired. Repaired by its mechanical arms. 

«Upgrading the intelligence... Uploading new data. Updating the concept base... - The robot pronounced, and its camera lit up. - Move the search to secondary. New primary objective... Defeat the silver-haired warrior... 

To be continued...

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