In Ark City, a man named Thomas Connors was gifted with the power to manipulate electricity, speed, time, pain, and healing factor. But he also became immortal. He found that out after going to his friend that knew everything about superpowers. He mentioned that there were many others that were given the ability to fight with superpowers. But the reason’s were unknown. But for Thomas, there was a voice that followed him. His friend could also hear the voice and it said, “Thomas Connors, you have been given the ability to manipulate electricity and you gained enhanced speed. Your friend, Kevin Shaw is right. You might be the strongest mercenary now. So make your new power yours to control. The day that we meet each other, is the day you control your powers.”

Kevin said, “You heard that right, Thomas.”

Thomas said, “Yes. Do you think that she’s the reason behind me being like this?”

Kevin answered, “Yes. So control your powers man. I want to meet this person.”

Thomas said, “So do I. Well, I gotta go. Work to do.”

Kevin said, “Being a mercenary must be rough.”

Thomas smiled and said, “Not hard enough. But it’s good work.”

His phone rang and Thomas picked it up and said, “Thomas Connors speaking.”

A girl’s voice appeared and said, “Uh, I’m at your workplace, but you aren’t here. So I saw the sign and it said to call you if you were gone. Are you available?”

Thomas answered, “Yeah, I’m on my way now. Have a seat.”

She said, “OK.”

Thomas hung up and said, “Like I said, I got work to do.”

He started running and then appeared in front of his workplace in 5 seconds and said, “Woah, that’s amazing. 5 seconds to arrive at my destination.”

He walked into the building and said, “Hello. How can I help you today?”

She heard that and turned around and Thomas saw the bruises and said, “Oh god, what happened to you?”

She answered, “My husband attacked me. My son is afraid of him and we want out. I can only think of my son when he enters his rage.”

Thomas said, “I’m going to need a name.”

She said, “I’m Rachel Logan, my husband is George Logan, an actor.”

Thomas asked, “Where can I find this George Logan?”

Rachel answered, “Right now, after his rages, he goes to Salmony Bar. Him drinking calms him down a bit.”

Thomas said, “Thank you. Please come with me. I’m going to take you to the bar and I’m going to call the police and tell them to pick him up. OK.”

Rachel said, “Thank you. I’ll pay you for this.”

Thomas said, “How much do you have on you?”

Rachel answered, “50. Why?”

Thomas said, “I’ll take $10.”

Rachel said, “No, I can’t. It wouldn’t honor me at all if I gave you just $10. I’ll give you $25 to make myself happy.”

Thomas said, “OK. If that’s what you want.”

She said, “It is.”

Thomas took his phone out and called his friend Captain Genesis Lance and she picked up and said, “Thomas, it seems that you have another one.”

Thomas said, “Well, not yet. Meet me at Salmony Bar. I think that I might have some battery charges here. A husband beating up his wife kinda thing.”

Genesis said, “Alright, Thomas. I’ll meet you there.”

Thomas said, “Talk to you later.”

Genesis said, “Likewise.”

Thomas hung up and then said, “OK. Let’s go. It’s all set.”

Rachel smiled and then they got to his car and drove off and then appeared in front of Salmony Bar and asked, “Is this the bar he goes to?”

Rachel answered, “Yes it is.”

Thomas stepped out of the vehicle and said, “Stay in the car till the police arrive. OK.”

She said, “OK.”

Thomas walked out of the car and then into the building, the bartender saw him and said, “Oh Thomas, you want anything to drink today?”

Thomas answered, “Nah, I’m good Felicity. But do you know if a George Logan is here?”

The bartender, Felicity Sutton said, “Yeah, he’s over there in the back corner. He always drinks by himself. Is something wrong?”

Thomas answered, “Yes, he’s a women beater.”

Felicity said, “That’s why he’s always shaken up when he comes in here.”

George looked at him and Felicity saw that he wasn’t wearing his gun and asked, “What happened to your gun? You usually wear a gun.”

Thomas answered, “I decided to change. To body instead of weapons.”

George grabbed the bottle in front of him and then walked behind him and then slammed it into the back of Thomas’ head and then Thomas hit the counter hard and bounced back on to the ground and George went on top of him and then started pounding on him and Felicity said, “I bet that you wish that you had your gun now.”

Thomas caught his fist and then tossed him off of him and stood up and said, “You might be right about that, Felicity. I might miss it just a little bit.”

George stood up and then swung at him, but Thomas blocked it and then headbutted him and then he collapsed and Thomas looked at him and tied a wristband around his wrists and walked out and the police cars arrived and Genesis saw him and Thomas flexed his fingers to make part of a fist and Rachel stepped out and George said, “This isn’t over mercenary.”

Genesis smiled and said, “You are bleeding.”

Thomas said, “She’s hurt worse than me. Check it out.”

Genesis saw her and said, “Oh my god, ok. We’re going to need an ambulance.”

Rachel asked, “What about Tommy?”

Thomas asked, “Is that your son’s name?”

Rachel answered, “Yes. Tommy Logan. He’s only 5 years old.”

Thomas said, “Genesis, you are going to babysit a child.”

Genesis said, “Oh come on. Is it because I have one the same age as hers.”

Thomas answered, “Actually, yes.”

Genesis said, “Man, that always backfires on me. Alright, I’ll babysit your son.”

Rachel said, “Thank you.”

George said, “You bitch, you paid him to take me out.”

Thomas said, “I don’t kill people, I help people.”

George said, “But still, you’re a mercenary. One day, you’ll be forced to kill someone.”

Genesis heard that and looked at him and Thomas said, “When that day comes, I really don’t know what’ll happen.”

Genesis said, “Sounds so much like you.”

Thomas smiled and then his phone vibrated and then Thomas looked at it and Kevin said, “Thomas, come to my office. I made something for you.”

Thomas read that and wrote back, “OK. I’m on my way.”

He hit send and then said, “Rachel, thank you for your time. I must go. My friend wants to meet with me.”

Rachel said, “Thank you for your help. My son and I appreciate it.”

Thomas said, “No problem.”

Thomas opened his car door and said, “Genesis, enjoy your life.”

Genesis said, “You continue to ruin it. It pisses me off.”

Thomas laughed and said, “Talk to you later then.”

He drove away and then appeared in front of Ark Labs and said, “OK. Let’s go into the building and see what he has in store for me.”

He entered his office and Kevin said, “Thomas, you made it.”

Thomas said, “Of course I did.”

Kevin said, “That job was fast than expected.”

Thomas said, “It was to catch a women beater.”

Kevin said, “Yeah, I can tell. You got hit as well.”

Thomas said, “Yeah, with a glass bottle of delicious wine. And a couple punches to the face. That’s all. The client really got the shit beaten out of her. That was the worst beating that I have ever seen in my entire life.”

Kevin said, “I bet that it was. Come over here. I’ve been working on something for you. You remember that voice that we heard earlier.”

Thomas answered, “Yeah, the one that told us about my new abilities. What about her?”

Kevin answered, “She spoke to me while you were working.”

Thomas heard that and 20 minutes ago, Kevin was working in his office and then the voice said, “Kevin Shaw.”

Kevin heard that and asked, “What is it?”

The voice answered, “I have a mineral from the planet I came from. It’s known as Cumphorite. A very strong mineral that compacts together with leather to make an unstoppable fighting set of gear for your friend to wear.”

Kevin asked, “Where do you come from again?”

The voice answered, “Acosuk. A world in a completely far far away place. About 700 light years away from here.”

Kevin asked, “Where is this Cumphorite that you mentioned?”

A hand appeared with the minerals that he needed and answered, “Right their.”

Kevin saw the hand and went to grab the minerals and said, “You can make any part of your body appear when you want it to.”

She answered, “Yes. But I’m nowhere near your location. Or Thomas’ location. Make him the gear in this blueprint. I think that he might like it.”

Kevin took it out of her hand and then opened it up and said, “Woah, this is amazing.”

She said, “I know. Do you think that you could make it for him?”

Kevin answered, “Yeah, it might take me some time, but this gear is going to be next generation technology that might never be created again after this. This gear is going to have a built in camera, info board, and electrical system, so he could create electricity at will. This might be the best thing for a superpowered human being.”

The voice said, “Not all superpowered people are human beings.”

Kevin heard that and asked, “Are you sure about that?”

The voice answered, “Yes. A lot of deadly people from other worlds will come here to threaten your people.”

Kevin said, “I see.”

The voice said, “Talk to you later. Start working on it.”

Kevin said, “With pleasure.”

Back to the present, Thomas said, “You are creating what’s on this blueprint.”

Kevin answered, “Yes. A suit that is not modern science. This is going to be completely fictional, but in real life.”

Thomas said, “She’s one hell of a person.”

The voice said, “Thank you Thomas.”

Thomas said, “You’re welcome voice.”

She said, “He’s working on a project that might change your future on how you fight crime. But you could also create electricity from the uniform that you put on.”

Thomas said, “So this is going to be a phone, terminal, and a killing machine, I’m liking that.”

She said, “It’s known as the Swift Project. We people of Acosuk don’t have the resources to create this suit that we wanted to have for our military force to challenge other worlds. But the only resource missing was leather. We didn’t know how to get leather.”

The voice said, “Well, I have to say, you both work well together.”

Kevin said, “Thomas doesn’t work here. Or with me. I work mostly for myself.”

The voice smiled and said, “Well, I don’t know much about Earth, I just have to go. I hope that you master your powers soon, Thomas. Because you seem like an interesting person.”

Thomas said, “So do you.”

The voice disappeared and Kevin said, “I think that she’s in love with you man.”

Thomas laughed and said, “You think so?”

Kevin answered, “Yeah, or I might just be imagining things because you are still single.”

Thomas said, “So are you man.”

Kevin said, “Yep. You always give the finishing blow to hurt a person’s feelings.”

Thomas said, “Yeah, I did that to our friend, Genesis just before getting here.”

Kevin laughed and said, “She deserved that.”

Thomas said, “Hell yeah. Well, I gotta go now. I’m going to take a shower and go to bed.”

Kevin said, “Sure thing. I’ll be fine.”

Thomas disappeared and appeared in his car and he drove away and appeared in front of his mansion and then took a shower and went to sleep right afterwards. While he was sleeping, a masked figure appeared outside of his home and said, “So this is Thomas Connors’ house. Rich boys are sad.”

2: The Flash Appears

The next morning, Thomas wakes up with his maid was there next to him and then smiled and said, “She loves to sleep next to me.”

Thomas moved her arms off of him and she felt that and groaned and Thomas screeched and then moved out of bed and then she opened her eyes and asked, “Is it morning already, Master Thomas?”

Thomas checked the clock and answered, “Yes it is. I gotta go, Jennifer.”

One of his maids, Jennifer Watkins said, “Oh, I apologise for sleeping with you.”

Thomas said, “Don’t worry about it. I’m used to it already. You’ve been doing a great job as a maid. Whenever you need time off, just tell me.”

Jennifer said, “I need the money sir. You already know what position I’m in.”

Thomas said, “Yep.”

Jennifer said, “So I’ll continue to work till I pay that debt. Then I’ll take time off.”

Thomas smiled and then said, “Oh well. Tried to help you. But now I have to go.”

Thomas got dressed and then walked out of the mansion and then Thomas ran toward his base of operations in Central Ark. As soon as he arrived there, he noticed that the door was open and then Thomas walked in and asked, “Who is in here?”

The person heard that and then appeared in the chair and Thomas saw that and walked to his seat and then saw the symbol on the chest of the suit and said, “The Flash.”

The Flash said, “Hello, Thomas Connors. It’s nice to finally meet you.”

Thomas said, “Likewise Barry Allen.”

The Flash heard that and said, “You know who I am.”

Thomas said, “Yes. I know who all of the heroes are. What brings you here?”

The Flash answered, “There is a speedster like me in Ark City. His name is Giovanni Lombardo, a.k.a. Speed Demon. Nicknamed by....”

Thomas said, “Cisco Ramon, a.k.a. Vibe.”

The Flash smiled and said, “You truly did your homework.”

Thomas said, “Well, I do my best. You need help taking down the Speed Demon, correct?”

The Flash answered, “Yes. I know where he is. I just need help fighting him.”

Thomas said, “You can’t handle him by yourself.”

He said, “I’d love to think that I can. But he’s really damn fast.”

Thomas smiled and sighed and said, “OK then, I’m not as smart as you. So hook me up here.”

The Flash handed him a communicator and Thomas put it in his ear and then said, “Hello.”

Cisco said, “Hello, Thomas.”

Thomas said, “Cisco, it seems like you have the entire team here.”

The Flash said, “Nope. No one is with me. They are back in Star Labs.”

Thomas said, “I see. OK. We’re up against a speedster like us. And he’s fast. Well now, that’s unexpected.”

The Flash said, “Yeah, but to be honest with you, I don’t know if anyone else is more qualified in Ark City than yourself.”

Thomas said, “Well, I am the best mercenary.”

The Flash said, “Well, speak Cisco.”

Cisco said, “Oh yes, do you know where Ark Plaza is?”

Thomas answered, “Yeah, we’re in Ark Plaza right now. Why do you ask?”

Cisco answered, “Well, he’s in the area.”

Thomas put his cup of water out and saw that the water flew up and Thomas said, “I see.”

The Flash said, “He really is here.”

Thomas said, “I’m afraid so. What part of Ark Plaza?”

Cisco answered, “The most populated part.”

Thomas heard that and said, “Ark Museum. It’s where the artists sell their works for a huge sum of money. What does he want from that place?”

Cisco answered, “One of the paintings has a jewel in it. The Diamond of Life. Have you heard of it?”

Thomas answered, “Yes, the Diamond of Life is a stone that could turn a person immortal. It is also one of 30 Stones of Change.”

Cisco heard that and asked, “How do you know that?”

Thomas answered, “I know my jewels.”

Cisco laughed and said, “Well, he’s after it.”

Thomas said, “Alright. That just means that we have to work double time.”

The Flash said, “I was afraid of that.”

Thomas said, “You are a hero, you should be used to it.”

They heard that and then Thomas put a mask on and then The Flash said, “You don’t have a suit yet.”

Thomas answered, “Nope. It’s being created by a really good friend of mine. And a girl that I don’t know. But she turned me into this new person.”

The Flash said, “We call people like us Meta-Humans.”

Thomas said, “I see. And you gave them nicknames. Nicely done Cisco.”

Cisco said, “It’s Vibe to you.”

Thomas said, “Nah, I say what I want.”

Cisco said, “That’s harsh.”

Caitlin Snow said, “Well, you might want to start moving boys. Speed Demon just entered the building from the roof.”

Thomas said, “I see. Let’s go then.”

The Flash said, “Yep. Let’s move out.”

They disappeared and then The Flash saw that he was slow and then said, “My god, you are slow.”

Thomas said, “Well, I just got my powers yesterday, alright. You had them longer.”

The Flash said, “That is true.”

Thomas smiled and then a minute later, they appeared inside of the Ark Museum and then Speed Demon saw The Flash and grinned and asked, “What is The Flash doing here? But who really cares, he’s slow and hasn’t been able to defeat me at all. I’ll find the Diamond of Life and gain immortality.”

Thomas looked around and then disappeared and the Speed Demon saw that and then the owner of the portrait known as Kelsey’s Journey, Marcus Art saw that Thomas was taking his picture and said, “It can’t be. You are after the Diamond of Life.”

Thomas looked at him and the Speed Demon smiled and The Flash asked, “How did he do it?”

Thomas looked at the Speed Demon and the Speed Demon took off and Thomas whispered, “Someone is after the Diamond of Life, protect it with your life.”

He put it in his pocket and then the Speed Demon chased after him and The Flash followed him and then Thomas was going to go left to climb the building, but turned around and the Speed Demon ran up the building and grinned and The Flash ran up after him and then they started to swing at each other and then Thomas put the picture back and then Marcus saw that and asked, “Who are you?”

Thomas heard that and Cisco said, “Swift sounds like a good name for you.”

Thomas said, “Call me Swift. I have to go. My friend is fighting the man after your jewel.”

He smiled and said, “It’s not mine.”

Swift heard that and asked, “What do you mean?”

Marcus answered, “It’s quite simple. Whoever protects the jewel will be the owner of it. I didn’t protect it, you did. It is your jewel now.”

Swift said, “No, I can’t take it.”

Marcus took it out of his pocket and then said, “It’s yours. You can’t break the code of the jewel now.”

Swift sighed and said, “You can’t be seri....”

He shoved the jewel down his throat and then Swift swallowed it and Marcus smiled and said, “Now no one will know where it is.”

Swift said, “I will.”

Marcus laughed and said, “Get going. Your friend needs your help, correct?”

Swift answered, “Yes he does. See you around.”

Swift disappeared and then Marcus said, “I was the creator of the Diamond of Life. Now you are the man that became immortal. Don’t disappoint me, Swift.”

Caitlin asked, “What happened to the stone, Thomas?”

Swift answered, “He shoved it down my throat.”

Cisco said, “That’s harsh. But you are ok, right?”

Swift answered, “Yeah. Flash, I’m on my way.”

The Flash said, “Good. I’m really getting my ass whooped here again.”

Swift smiled and then the Speed Demon saw Swift and asked, “Where’s the jewel?”

Swift answered, “Uh, it shattered.”

The Speed Demon yelled, “It was a fake. Where’s the real one?”

Swift asked, "How am I supposed to know.”

The Speed Demon ran toward him and then Swift saw that and then the Speed Demon tackled him to the ground and started attacking him, but Swift blocked all of his punches with his hands and the Speed Demon said, “You are only on the defensive. There isn’t a speedster stronger or faster than me.”

Swift said, “Oh.”

The Flash flew toward him and then the Speed Demon swung at the Flash and the Flash went flying into the wall and Swift kicked him back and then the Speed Demon grabbed his legs and started slamming him into the ground and then the Speed Demon stopped and said, “Like I said, you are far too weak too face me.”

Swift started coughing and then the Speed Demon disappeared and entered the Ark Museum and Marcus saw him and said, “So you defeated both speedsters. You must be quite the badass.”

The Speed Demon heard that and asked, “Who are you?”

Marcus answered, “You don’t need to know that.”

The Speed Demon looked at the picture that he drew and then started moving it around and said, “It’s gone. Where’d that damn speedster put it?”

Marcus heard that and then the Speed Demon disappeared and said, “Shit.”

Swift grabbed The Flash and then took him back to his base and Swift took the mask off and said, “OK. I really need to get stronger.”

Cisco said, “I thought that you two were goners for a second.”

Thomas said, “Oh that was quite the beating.”

The Flash said, “Definitely. Thank you for trying to help me. It didn’t work. He got the Diamond of Life.”

Thomas said, “Actually, I swallowed it.”

The Flash heard that and asked, “Why? Why did you swallow it?”

Cisco answered, “The owner of it shoved it down his throat.”

The Flash said, “So you lied to the Speed Demon about it shattering.”

Thomas answered, “Yes. Hey Barry, I got a question for you.”

The Flash asked, “What is it?”

Thomas asked, “Why do you do what you do?”

The Flash answered, “I always wanted to help people. Ever since my mother died, I wanted to help people so no one would have to go through with that. What about you?”

Thomas answered, “I just find my work entertaining. Plus, it eases my mind when people ask me for help.”

The Flash smiled and said, “Well, that’s a good explanation.”

Thomas said, “I still think that yours was better. But hell, if you ever need me, just give me a call. I’ll come to Central City. I got your back.”

The Flash said, “Thank you.”

He wrote down his number and said, “See you around Swift.”

Thomas smiled and said, “See you around.”

The Flash ran off and then Kevin called and said, “Thomas, I need your help with something.”

Thomas asked, “What is it?”

Kevin asked, “What is your waist size?”

Thomas answered, “It’s on my medical records.”

Kevin said, “Oh, you’re right. I wasn’t thinking.”

Thomas said, “Hey, take a break man. You sound completely out of it.”

Kevin said, “Nah, I got this Thomas.”

Thomas said, “Alright. Don’t overdo yourself now.”

Kevin said, “I won’t.”

He hung up and then started looking for his files.

3: Client 3; Anissa Polk

As soon as The Flash left his workspace, Thomas was going to leave when a girl walked into his office and asked, “Are you still open?”

Thomas heard that and sat down and answered, “Yeah. Have a seat.”

She said, “You look pretty beat up, I could come by tomorrow.”

Thomas said, “I heal fast. Have a seat.”

She said, “OK.”

She sat down then Thomas asked, “How may I help you?”

She answered, “I’m Anissa Polk, a actress that has been working for the set for Swift Academy. Have you heard anything about that?”

Thomas answered, “Yes, I heard about it. The students are all people that have gained the ability of the Speed Force. What about it?”

Anissa answered, “Well, there’s a man trying to sabotage the show.”

Thomas asked, “Do you know who?”

Anissa answered, “Yes, we know him as Kevin Turner. But he goes by the name Lieutenant Frost.”

Thomas said, “So he likes to freeze things.”

Anissa said, “Yes. He seems to hate out act.”

Thomas said, “A speedsters weakness is being slowed down. And ice is one way to slow them down.”

Anissa asked, “How do you know about that?”

Thomas answered, “Well, let’s just say that I have a little experience with the speedsters.”

Anissa asked, “Are you one of them?”

Thomas answered, “Nah, but I know one of them though. You might know him as The Flash.”

Anissa heard that and said, “The Flash, yeah, he was here in Ark City a while ago.”

Thomas said, “Yep. He told me a lot about the speedsters. And these wounds are from fighting one of them. They suck.”

Anissa laughed and Thomas said, “Well, I’m Thomas Connors and I’m willing to help you out.”

Anissa said, “Thank you. This television series means a lot to me.”

Thomas said, “No problem. Do you know if I could come watch the set?”

Anissa answered, “I don’t know. I have to call the director.”

Thomas said, “Please do.”

Anissa took her phone out and then called the director and the director picked up and said, “Hello.”

Anissa said, “Boss, I was wondering if the mercenary could come to the set to help us out with our problem.”

The director said, “Yeah, which one?”

Anissa answered, “Thomas Connors.”

The director said, “He could come. Hurry on up. Your scene is about to appear in 30.”

Anissa said, “I’m on my way.”

The director said, “Thank you.”

Anissa hung up and said, “Let’s go.”

Thomas said, “Alrighty then. This should be fun.”

Anissa drove him to the set and then parked her car and the director appeared by the car and Thomas stepped out of the car and said, “Good evening.”

The director said, “Welcome to the set for Swift Academy. And thank you for looking into this little problem of ours.”

Thomas said, “I don’t think that it’s a little problem that you’ve got here, sir. It seems that you got yourself a man that despises speedsters.”

The director asked, “How do you know that?”

Thomas answered, “If a man known as Lieutenant Frost is after you, that means he knows the weakness for the speedsters. Ice slows them down. By the way, I’ve been wondering this ever since the first trailer. Will the students at Swift Academy have enemies like The Flash and other superheroes?”

The director smiled and answered, “Yes. But we aren’t going to announce any of them.”

Thomas said, “Good enough.”

The director said, “Well, I’m Henry Crane, the director of Swift Academy. My best work yet.”

Thomas smiled and said, “Well, I’m looking forward to it.”

Henry said, “Thank you.”

Thomas looked around and then saw frost marks and walked over to them and said, “These frost marks are about a day old. Meaning that he attacked you yesterday as well.”

Henry said, “Yes. He was about to hit one of the cast members. But it was a good thing that he was using his super speed to get out of it.”

Thomas said, “You’re right. He is very lucky because I’m pretty sure that shot was dead on. He really wanted to kill this cast member. And by the look of the way that ice is going, he shot from up there.”

Anissa said, “You can see that from just looking at the angle of the frost mark.”

Thomas answered, “Yes. It’s a long story.”

Henry said, “Well, we got time.”

Thomas said, “No you don’t. She’s about to go on set and you need to watch her.”

Henry screeched and then Thomas said, “And I need to find your person that wants to end things.”

Anissa said, “He’s right, sir. I want to hear the story too, but we gotta get this show out there.”

Henry said, “Alright. You win this time, Thomas.”

Thomas smiled and said, “See you soon.”

Anissa said, “Yep.”

30 minutes later, Anissa was on the stage as Lois Harris and said, “James, what do you think of the situation?”

Jorge Shaw as James McGee answered, “Well, we’re students finally at the school where all speedsters go. Just like we wanted, Lois. And there are many others like us, so we must go faster than everyone and catch up to the number 1 speedster out there, Sol.”

Lois smiled and said, “Well, I hope that we get to do what we came here to do. Graduate, fight crime, and help our city out from the evils that come to our city.”

James said, “Lois, don’t worry about a thing. We got this.”

As soon as he said that, a criminal known as Jake Ryder, played by Richard Borman appeared and pointed a gun at them and James saw that and said, “You gotta be kidding me.”

Jake said, “I’ve come here to kill you speedsters.”

Lois heard that and then Rachel Schreiber as Sol saw them and then Lois looked at James and saw that he was shaking and then Lois took off and Jake saw that and Sol said to herself, “She’s not hesitating to protect her friend. It seems that this year might be the best year for speedsters after all.”

Jake went to shoot her first, but then aimed at James and James screeched and Lois took the gun out of his hands and then started to put him in a submission move and then elbowed him in the head and knocked him out and then stood up and said, “Please don’t threaten my friend.”

Sol smiled and then James and Lois walked away and Sol put cuffs on him and then took Jake to prison and said, “Well, I guess that you’ll think twice before challenging a speedster again.”

End of scene and Thomas smiled and said, “That was really good. I really think so.”

Anissa said, “Thank you, Thomas. That really means a lot to us. To hear you say that.”

A bright white light appeared from above and then Thomas said, “Move out of the way now.”

Thomas took off and Anissa saw that and said, “He’s a speedster. A real speedster.”

Henry said, “I don’t believe it.”

Rachel said, “That’s amazing.”

Richard said, “I didn’t think that they actually existed.”

Thomas appeared on the top of the crane and said, “I’m going to have to ask you to surrender yourself.”

Lieutenant Frost smiled and said, “You really think that I would do that. Just to lose by a speedster.”

Thomas said, “Most likely.”

Lieutenant Frost moved his arm toward him and then Thomas rolled forward while the ice flew above his body and then Thomas disappeared and appeared behind him and started to punch his back over and over again and then Lieutenant Frost turned around and went to touch him and freeze him, but Thomas appeared underneath him and punched his crotch 50 times in a second and Lieutenant Frost made a face and fell down and was completely knocked out and Thomas lifted him up and ran down the crane and then placed him down and the officers saw him and said, “Mr. Turner, you are under arrest for trying to kill the staff members of the set of Swift Academy. And Thomas Connors, thank you once again for capturing him for us.”

Thomas said, “No problem.”

Anissa said, “You really are amazing. But why’d you lie to me about not being a speedster?”

Thomas answered, “Sorry about that. The less people know about it, the better.”

Rachel said, “He’s right actually. Because the more people know about your speed, the more vulnerable he gets.”

Thomas said, “Exactly. Well, I gotta go.”

Anissa said, “Before you do go.”

She took out the money and handed it to him and said, “There’s the money.”

Thomas smiled and said, “Thank you. See you around.”

They started waving and then Thomas waved and then as soon as the police cars disappeared, Thomas took off and appeared in his house and then looked at his shoulder and saw that there was a little bit of ice there and then he took a really hot shower and then Jennifer asked, “Are you home sir?”

Thomas answered, “Yes. I just finished with 2 jobs.”

Jennifer said, “Good job sir.”

Thomas asked, “Have you heard of a metahuman?”

Jennifer answered, “Yes, the people in Central City call the people with superpowers metahumans. Why do you ask?”

Thomas answered, “That would make me one as well.”

Jennifer answered, “I’m afraid so sir.”

Thomas said, “Well now, this should get interesting.”

Jennifer said, “Yes it should.”

The ice started to defrost and then as soon as it completely defrosted, he finished his shower and then went to bed and said, “Good night Jennifer.”

Jennifer said, “Good night sir.”

4: Client 4; Kei Akimoto

A week later, Thomas woke up in his bed and Jennifer asked, “Did you have a good night sleep sir?”

Thomas answered, “Yes I did. You?”

Jennifer answered, “I got a good night sleep.”

Thomas smiled and stood up and got dressed. He said, “Well, I gotta go to work now. See you around.”

Jennifer said, “See you later sir.”

Thomas smiled and disappeared and Jennifer smiled and said, “It seems that he’s changed somehow.”

Thomas entered his base of operations and then saw a man sitting in the chair and walked to his chair and said, “Sir, how may I help you?”

He heard that and said, “Are you the owner of this place?”

Thomas answered, “Yes I am. The name is Thomas Connors. How may I help you?”

He answered, “The name is Kei Akimoto. I’m from Tokyo, Japan. I’m new here and my car was jacked. I saw a masked person take it.”

Thomas heard that and said, “A masked person. So you met him.”

Kei answered, “Yes. He was a crazy man.”

Thomas said, “I see.”

Kei said, “And when I say crazy, I mean extremely strong crazy.”

Thomas said, “Extremely strong crazy? Like how strong?”

Kei answered, “He lifted the entire car up by himself and walked away with it without being noticed.”

Thomas said, “But you saw him though.”

Kei said, “That’s because I was walking toward my car and staring directly at it when the man appeared.”

Thomas sighed and said, “I see. That makes sense then. It seems that we have a metahuman on the loose.”

Kei said, “Those things from Central City.”

Thomas answered, “Yeah, I’m afraid so.”

Kei said, “Now that’s sick as hell.”

Thomas looked at his phone and said, “Oh this is going to be tough.”

Kei said, “The car is a 2015 Lamborghini Veneno Roadster.”

Thomas heard that and looked at him and said, “A really expensive car. Meaning that you are rich.”

Kei said, “Yes, the richest person in Japan. Well, I moved to the United States to be with my family. And that’s when my car was stolen.”

Thomas said, “License plate numbers. I might be able to use the satellite to locate your car and this metahuman that took it.”

Kei looked at him and then wrote down, “2BU-E68.”

And then handed it to him and Thomas looked at the characters and then said, “OK. Let’s see if I still have it in me.”

Kei looked at him and then Thomas started working on his computer and then Kei said, “You are incredibly fast.”

Thomas said, “When you have a lot of practice, you can do things that normal people find impossible. Just like a metahuman, but I’m pure human.”

Kei heard that and said, “I know that. But hey, do you think that you could find it by tonight? I need it to take my girl out.”

Thomas smiled and then answered, “Yeah.”

Kei’s phone rang and Thomas heard that and then Kei looked at it and said, “It’s my girl.”

Thomas said, “Pick up, I’m not stopping you.”

Thomas looked at him and Kei picked up and said, “Hello.”

The man in the mask said, “Hello Kei Akimoto. Your girlfriend, Aika Kojima said that you were a great man. I want you to find a man known as Swift and kill him.”

Thomas looked at the trace and then Kei asked, “Who is Swift? I never heard of him.”

The masked man said, “He’s a new Superhero in Ark City. He is also one of the many that were affected by the Electromagnet Generator that turned a lot of people into superhumans. Including myself. I am known as Stone Head. If you want your girl to live, you’ll do as I say.”

Kei said, “Sure thing.”

Thomas saw the location of where he was and nodded and Kei said, “I’ll kill him for you.”

Stone Head said, “Smart thinking, Kei. I can really have fun with you. Using a cops boyfriend to kill a hero. Oh this is amazing. Talk to you later, Kei.”

Kei said, “Talk to you later.”

Stone Head hung up and then Kei said, “He has my girl.”

Thomas smiled and said, “I found him. He’s in the abandoned King Lot Company building. There are two life signatures in there and a car that looks like the 2015 Lamborghini Veneno Roadster. And one of them is tied up pretty badly and the other one is a massive man that looks to be about 6’11” tall and very muscular. And very scary.”

Kei said, “He mentioned the Electromagnetic Generator, what is that?”

Thomas answered, “The Electromagnetic Generator was created by a company known as Ark Labs. The director of the project, John Eldredge, went through with it and the generator exploded. And that was 9 months ago. And ever since that day, people have started to gain powers beyond our imagining. Like Swift for instance. He was affected by the explosion. He was struck by lightning and gave him the ability to use the speedforce.”

Kei said, “Oh, I see. You know a lot about it.”

Thomas said, “Well, shit happens when you used to work there.”

Kei said, “Oh, that makes sense. How do you plan on getting there?”

Thomas answered, “I plan on running there.”

Kei asked, “Why?”

Thomas answered, “Well, Stone Head is a very dangerous man it seems. We can’t bring a car, so I have to run. I knocked out this man, and then get your girl and car out of there as fast as possible.”

Kei said, “I see. Get going then. I’m willing to pay you.”

Thomas said, “I’ll be back.”

Kei said, “OK.”

Thomas put his mask on and said, “See you later.”

Kei heard that and then Swift walked out of there and turned left saying, “Here we go. To fight a big man that weighs 469 lbs.”

He took off and then Stone Head said, “Gaining the power to destroy anything with just a punch is amazing Lieutenant. Working for the ACPD is not what got you in this position. Your boyfriend is the reason for this. I hate rich boys.”

Aika asked, “What about Thomas Connors? He’s rich.”

Stone Head heard that and looked at her and said, “Thomas Connors? I wonder how much I could torture him.”

Swift appeared and said, “Thomas Connors is off limits.”

Stone Head heard that and said, “Oh, Swift. So Kei was unable to kill you.”

Aika heard that and Swift said, “Nah, he sent me to take you out for stealing both his girl and his car.”

Stone Head laughed and said, “You underestimate me brat. You weigh about 140 lbs.”

Swift said, “I weigh a total of 247 lbs. My body is all muscle. Yours is muscle and stone. Putting you at 469.”

Stone Head said, “You really are smart Swift. Now that you’ve come to me instead of Kei bringing me your head, I have no need to keep her alive.”

Swift heard that and then Stone Head went to swing at her, but Swift ran toward her and then grabbed put her into the car and said, “Drive it to Thomas Connors Workplace.”

Aika heard that and asked, “What about you?”

Swift smiled and asked, “What about me? Get going. You don’t have much time. I’ll create a diversion for you to escape with the car. He cares about both of you.”

Aika said, “Kei loves this car more than me, Swift. Trust me, I know Kei. He rather marry this car than me.”

Swift said, “Give him time. He’ll be a great husband one day. I guarantee it. Now take off.”

Aika said, “Sure thing.”

She started to drive away and then Stone Head heard the car and said, “They are taking my prized possession. I can’t let that happen.”

He ran toward the Lamborghini and Aika screamed and then Swift speared him into the ground incredibly fast and then Stone Head’s mask came off and then Swift looked at him and said, “John Carter. You were affected by the generator as well.”

John smiled and said, “You know me Swift. That doesn’t surprise me. You are smart.”

Swift said, “Well, I get it from my father I believe.”

John smiled and then punched him and Swift flew off of him and then John stood up and grabbed his legs together and then threw him into the ground and Swift flew down about 5 miles underneath the ground and John laughed and said, “You aren’t strong enough to defeat anyone Swift. And guess what, you lose Swift. Let’s see if you still have it in you to get back up here.”

Swift looked up and saw that the area where he fell was narrow, so it would be hard for him to run up. It would be difficult for him to climb as well. So he did his best to climb 5 miles of ground, but did it extremely slow so he could get faster. John waited 5 hours and then said, “I knew it. The fall killed him.”

Swift jumped out of the hole and said, “My god, I finally made it back up. And yes, I thought that I was going to die.”

As soon as John put his mask back on, he turned around and saw him laying there and then ran toward him and then Swift disappeared and Stone Head asked, “Where’d he go? He was just here.”

Swift appeared 15 blocks away and Caitlin said, “Cisco, I think that he’s going to use the same move that Barry used to stop Tony Woodward.”

Cisco heard that and then looked and Swift said, “Please work.”

He ran toward Stone Head and then Barry asked, “How fast is he going right now?”

Cisco answered, “A transonic speed of 824 MPH.”

Barry said, “Interesting. So he’s going mach 1, right now.”

Caitlin answered, “Yes.”

Cisco said, “He might just pull it off.”

Barry smiled and then Swift appeared in the building and then Stone Head smiled and swung at the air and hit Swift and Swift flew back down the hole and snapping most of the bones in his body landing back at the bottom and Cisco said, “Oh god. His vital signs are really low.”

Barry grinned and then Swift’s heart stopped immediately after Cisco said that. Caitlin said, “It can’t be. He’s dead now too.”

Cisco said, “He hasn’t even used his powers for a full week yet.”

Barry said, “Who was he up against?”

Cisco answered, “They call him Stone Head. But his real name is John Carter. Thomas and John were really close friends when they were younger. And then when John traded Thomas for a girl, Thomas fought him and lost by breaking his arms and legs. He wasn’t able to move for 2 years.”

Caitlin said, “They have a terrible history.”

Stone Head walked away and said, “Rest in peace Swift.”

Stone Head started to laugh.

As soon as Aika got to Connors Workplace, Kei heard the car and then turned toward the door and saw it and said, "He did. He got the car and the girl."

Aika stepped out of the vehicle and then Kei ran toward her and started to hug her and said, "I'm so glad that you are ok."

Aika smiled and said, "You knew before he called you."

Kei sighed and said, "Actually, I was already here when he called."

She heard that and Kei said, "Well, I was going to ask him to just get my car from him, but then I got a phone call saying that he had you. Which put you on the top of my priority list."

Aika said, "Thank you, Kei. I love you a lot."

Kei asked, "Where's Thomas?"

Aika asked, "What do you mean? Swift was there."

Kei said, "But I sent Thomas Connors to help out."

Aika heard that and said, "Maybe Thomas didn't get there yet. Let's give him a call."

Kei said, "Good point."

Kei took his phone out and called him and the girl that turned him into the speedster that he is now picked it up and said, "Hello."

Kei asked, "Is Thomas available?"

The girl answered, "Nope. He was attacked before getting to his destination. He won't wake up for awhile now."

Kei said, "I'm sorry."

The girl said, "Thank you. But I have to go. Talk to you later."

She hung up and Kei said, "Thomas was taken out before he could get to his destination."

Aika screeched and said, "You put him in that state."

Kei screeched and paid more than anyone would pay and said, "That should pay for his medical bills, correct?"

Aika answered, "I believe that it would, Kei. Let's go home for the day."

Kei said, "Sure thing honey."

So they entered the Lamborghini and took off to their mansion that they own.

5: The Awakening of Swift

The girl that made Thomas a speedster appeared above the hole where Swift was and then looked down and asked, “What happened here, Fasaris?”

Fasaris, Goddess of the Past answered, “A fight broke out between a speedster and a man made of stone. The speedster was easily taken out, Zahla.”

Zahla, Goddess of Speed said, “He was easily defeated by the stone man. Shit.”

Fasaris asked, “How are we going to get him? He’s 5 miles below the surface.”

Zahla heard that and then said, “Now I didn’t think of that.”

Sirens started to appear and then they heard that and Zahla said, “It’s time to dip.”

Fasaris asked, “What about him?”

Zahla answered, “They’ll probably get him. And we’ll get him from the morgue when the hospital closes.”

Fasaris asked, “But wouldn’t that be considered a crime?”

Zahla answered, “We don’t know anything about Earth, Fasaris. You already know that we can’t let Thomas die today. He’s going to become the best for Acosuk’s sake. We need him to save our planet, remember.”

Fasaris heard that and said, “You’re right.”

They disappeared and kept an eye on them and then an officer saw a hole in the ground and yelled, “I found something in here.”

Everyone heard that and then ran into the building and saw the hole and asked, “How big do you think that hole is? I don’t know, but we need to check. Drop something down there.”

Genesis appeared and then said, “Use this. It’s a 20 mile long rope. It has the camera at the end of it. We lower it down to see what’s down there.”

The officer asked, “What about a flashlight? We can’t see in the dark, Captain.”

Genesis said, “The flashlight is connected to the camera. So we don’t need to worry about a thing, Officer Roberts.”

Officer George Roberts said, “Yes ma’am.”

They grabbed the rope and started to lower it. 20 minutes later, the rope got close to the bottom and the light was shining on a human body and George said, “Captain, we have a human down there.”

Genesis said, “A human. Oh shit, this isn’t good.”

George asked, “What shall we do?”

Genesis answered, “Someone needs to get down there.”

Officer Kelly Chen said, “Captain, no one can fit down there. The ground is too narrow. None of us will fit through it. We need to make the hole bigger so we could get our men in there.”

Genesis smiled and said, “Smart thinking Chen. Get the construction team here now. We need to find out who that human is.”

Kelly said, “Sure thing Captain.”

They started to work and then an hour later, the construction team started to work on the ground where the hole was so that they could get the body up. While they dug for gold for 3 weeks, they finally made it to the body and then lifted him up and said, “Bring us up.”

The construction workers and the officers lifted them up and then 20 minutes later, they were at the top and the construction worker said, “Being down there in the dark with only a little light was scary as hell. I wonder how this man got down there.”

Genesis said, “Put him down gently.”

The construction worker did and then they all looked at him and his wounds and then Genesis said, “It seems that he died down there.”

The medics looked and said, “Wait, look at his wounds.”

Genesis looked and then saw that his bones were moving back into place and asked, “Who the hell is this guy?”

The officer took his mask off and then Genesis saw Thomas and said, “No, it can’t be. Ark City’s hero is dead.”

The medics said, “Not exactly. Thomas Connors didn’t die down there. He was already dead before impact. But I don’t know how it happened though.”

Genesis heard that and said, “Find out why his wounds are healing. He’s dead.”

The medics said, “Yes. He is 1000% dead, but is still moving. That’s incredible.”

Genesis said, “Get him out of here already. Now someone fix this damn hole.”

The construction workers sighed and said, “Yes ma’am.”

They began to work again and then the ambulance appeared in the hospital and they tried to get him back, but he was completely dead. So they brought him to the morgue. The doctors walked out and Genesis asked, “Were you capable of saving him?”

The doctor answered, “That .0000001 chance of him coming back from the dead wasn’t a success. He’s completely dead like the medics said. I’m sorry for your loss. What are you to him?”

Genesis answered, “A friend. He helps out with cases all the time.”

The doctor said, “Oh yeah, the most famous mercenary in Ark City.”

Genesis said, “Well, we’re a mercenary short now.”

The doctors said, “Well, we heard about a man known as Swift. He’s out there. He might be able to help out.”

Genesis said, “I doubt that very much.”

Marcus from the Ark Museum heard that and said, “Please do not doubt Swift. He may be weak in the beginning, but he’ll get stronger and he’ll be capable of taking out stronger criminals like the one that killed Thomas Connors today.”

Genesis heard that and asked, “Who are you?”

Marcus smiled and answered, “I’m Marcus Art. Swift and I encountered each other once. He saved my jewel. Which he currently has now.”

The doctors heard that and said, “A jewel?”

Marcus said, “Yes. The jewel was about to be taken by a criminal known as Speed Demon. It was a diamond.”

Genesis asked, “Why does Swift have the jewel?”

Marcus answered, “The person that protects the jewel must keep it with them at all costs. Swift now has it.”

Genesis asked, “Are you sure that it was a good idea for Swift to have the jewel?”

Marcus answered, “Yes. Swift works with the Flash. A hero from Central City.”

Genesis said, “I see. So Swift is a hero like the Flash.”

Marcus said, “Exactly. I say trust him. If you don’t, you might regret it.”

Genesis heard that and said, “OK.”

Zahla said, “Marcus Art, do you know anything about him sis?”

Fasaris answered, “He’s one of the 30 creators of the 30 Stones of Change. He created the Diamond of Life and shoved it down Thomas’ throat.”

Zahla said, “Marcus did that?”

Fasaris answered, “That’s one way for the stone to be protected. Plus, no one could detect it. Not even sensor’s or x-ray machines could see the diamond. But if you put a tube in him, you might be able to find it.”

Zahla said, “I see. You really are smart, Fasaris.”

Fasaris said, “Well, so are you, Zahla.”

It was nighttime and they appeared in the morgue and opened up the door where Thomas was being held and said, “Well now, here is Thomas Connors.”

They took out the platter and then grabbed Thomas’ body and they disappeared and brought him into his room and Jennifer saw them and said, “You two, what are you doing here?”

Zahla answered, “We’re here to bring Thomas Connors back from the dead.”

Fasaris said, “Thomas isn’t dead. We just need him to cough up the jewel.”

Jennifer said, “Punch his stomach really hard. That might work.”

Zahla said, “That makes sense.”

Fasaris said, “It’s all yours.”

Zahla’s hand started shaking incredibly fast and then it entered his body and grabbed the jewel and took it out and Fasaris said, “Well now, that was easier than it seemed.”

Zahla said, “Now we must make him eat it thoroughly.”

Jennifer heard that and asked, “What is that anyway?”

Zahla answered, “The Diamond of Life.”

Jennifer said, “I see. No I don’t.”

Zahla said, “The Diamond of Life could bring the dead back to life and make the person that eats it immortal.”

Jennifer said, “Oh, that makes sense. It does have to do with life.”

Zahla said, “Yep.”

Fasaris opened his mouth and then she handed her the jewel and Zahla grabbed his jaw and said, “Let’s go.”

Fasaris put the jewel in his mouth and then Zahla started moving his jaw up and down in a fast motion and then it was completely eaten in 3 seconds and Jennifer helped him drink water and then washed it all down his throat. Fasaris said, “He should wake up in about a week.”

Zahla said, “Yes. Well, enjoy taking care of him now.”

Jennifer asked, “Is that all?”

Zahla answered, “Yes. We’re just here to make sure that he doesn’t die.”

Fasaris said, “If he dies, our world will be in deep shit.”

Jennifer said, “So you two are like watchers?”

Fasaris answered, “Nope. We’re Goddesses of our planet.”

Jennifer said, “Goddesses? You got that much power.”

Zahla answered, “Yes. And we wish to make Thomas a God as well. But he has to earn it first.”

Jennifer said, “I know that. But that’ll take years.”

Zahla said, “We know. We got nothing but time.”

Jennifer said, “Alright. I got the rest from here.”

They said, “Thank you.”

They disappeared and Jennifer said, “No problem.”

She fell asleep next to him and then did that for the entire week. In the morning, Thomas woke up and said, “Oh god, what is that terrible aftertaste?”

Jennifer heard that and woke up and hugged him with excitement and said, “I’m so glad that you are ok.”

Thomas said, “Yeah, I’m lucky to be alive. I really am.”

Jennifer said, “Sir, two girls saved your life. Do you know who they were? They called themselves Goddesses.”

Thomas answered, “Nope. I’m just glad to be alive again.”

Jennifer asked, “What happened to you anyway?”

Thomas answered, “I was brutally beaten by a man known as Stone Head. Do you remember him?”

Jennifer answered, “Yes. I used to date him.”

Thomas said, “Yes, you ruined our friendship.”

Jennifer said, “I apologise for that sir.”

Thomas said, “Well, I guess that I’ll get back to work.”

Jennifer said, “Sir, you need to rest. They said to rest for awhile.”

Thomas sighed and said, “Alright.”

Thomas laid there and Jennifer comforted him and said, “Sir, don’t worry, everything in the world will be fine while you are gone.”

Thomas said, “OK.”

Jennifer walked away and then closed the door and smiled and said, “It seems that the more pressure you put on him, he loses face in himself. Maybe I’ll challenge him tomorrow, as Fastlane. Hahahahaha.”

6: Fastlane Strikes

The next morning, Thomas got out of his bed and then a girl in a mask and uniform appeared and Thomas looked at her and asked, “Who are you?”

The girl answered, “I am Fastlane.”

Thomas asked, “Who the hell is Fastlane?”

Fastlane answered, “Fastlane is a criminal from Antlotus, Florida. You are from Ark City, Florida.”

Thomas stood up and then got dressed and Fastlane saw that and took off and Thomas put his mask on and followed her and Fastlane smiled and turned around and Swift saw that and Fastlane ducked and Swift jumped over her, but Fastlane lifted her body up and hit Swift’s legs and he flipped on to his back and Fastlane appeared on top of him and said, “Hm, you are slow, honey. I need you to get faster for me.”

Swift looked at her and then swung at her, but she punched his arm and it broke and Swift screamed and Fastlane said, “Not fast enough. I love you, Thomas. I need you to be strong for me.”

Swift looked at her and then she stood up and started to run away and Swift got up and chased after her again and then Zahla appeared in front of him and grabbed him and said, “Enough Swift. Kevin is a day away from completely your suit. Then you’ll be full again.”

Swift heard that and stopped and asked, “Who are you?”

Zahla answered, “You’ll find out when you get fast enough. And for now, worry about your job as a mercenary. When Fastlane appears again, go face her.”

Swift heard that and said, “I really hate people that tell me to wait for something. But hell, if you know about my suit, that means that you are the voice in my head.”

Zahla heard that and smiled and said, “I might be, I might not be the person in your head.”

Thomas sighed and said, “Alright. I’ll let it be. See you later.”

Thomas ran home and Zahla looked at him and said, “He’s too much of a hothead. Why’d you make me choose him, Fasaris?”

Fasaris answered, “I chose him to be the man that saves our planet because he’s been weak his entire life. Thomas Connors lost his parents at a very young age. Because of that, Thomas stopped going out of his house. He starved himself for 4 months. He never left the house, even after the police tried to drag him out into a home. But Thomas didn’t budge at all. So one of the cops asked him if he’d like to come home with him. But Thomas didn’t want that either. All Thomas wanted was to die so he could be with his parents again.”

Zahla asked, “Why’d he decide to live then?”

Fasaris answered, “Quite simple, a girl brought some sense into him. Currently known as Fastlane. Her name is Jennifer Watkins, Thomas’ maid.”

Zahla said, “If Thomas finds out who she is, he’s going to be heartbroken.”

Fasaris said, “Yes he will. And he’ll want to die again. So you must keep the two of them away from each other.”

Zahla heard that and grinned and Thomas appeared in his office and then saw a girl with a red mask on in his seat and the girl said, “Hello Thomas Connors.”

Thomas asked, “Who are you? And why are you in my seat?”

She smiled and said, “I’m none of your damn business. I have a job for you.”

Thomas sighed and sat down in his seat and she saw that she was looking at the wall and said, “You are a speedster.”

Thomas said, “Yes.”

She said, “I guess that I could tell you then. I’m Red Mask, from Antlotus, Florida. You ran into Fastlane today, correct?”

Thomas looked at his bone going back into place and answered, “Yes. She’s a fast one.”

Red Mask smiled and said, “I see. I want you to kill her for me.”

Thomas said, “I don’t kill people.”

Red Mask said, “You will. When Fastlane gets under your skin, you’ll be killing for her. I won’t deny that.”

Thomas said, “I don’t kill people. If you do, get out.”

Red Mask looked at him and then said, “You will lose control of yourself. I know you quite well. You are a hotheaded son of a bitch. You’ll definitely kill someone.”

Thomas looked at her and said, “Leave now.”

Fastlane grabbed her and ran out of there and Thomas saw that and Fastlane stopped and tossed her away from her and asked, “What are you thinking, Red Mask? Asking my boyfriend to kill me.”

Red Mask said, “He’ll do it. He’ll kill for me. I’ll even pay for it to happen.”

Fastlane said, “He won’t take your money.”

Red Mask said, “You don’t know him. I do.”

Fastlane asked, “How do you know him?”

Red Mask answered, “He’s from a family of criminals. He’s the only one doing good in the family. There deaths turned him into a monster that he won’t awaken. You almost awakened it. You angered him when you broke his arm. You were so close.”

Fastlane took off and then Red Mask saw that and laughed and said, “You can’t take the truth bitch.”

Fastlane smiled and turned around and punched Red Mask in the face and she flew back 25 yards and Fastlane said, “Shut up. You don’t know Thomas like I do.”

Red Mask smiled and said, “No, you don’t.”

Fastlane took off and appeared in her home and Thomas said to himself, “Fastlane, what are you up to?”

Another girl appeared in his office and asked, “Are you Thomas Connors?”

Thomas answered, “Yes I am. How may I help you?”

She smiled and sat down and said, “Thank god, you are here.”

Thomas asked, “Why? Why are you thanking god?”

She said, “I’m Annette Olsen, an actor for the series known as Fastlane. Have you heard of it?”

Thomas answered, “No, what is it?”

Annette answered, “It’s a tv series created for speedsters. Well, not real ones, it’s about the speedsters joining forces to face opponents that one speedster can’t face by themselves.”

Thomas heard that and asked, “How many speedsters are there in the series?”

Annette answered, “10 working together to fight crime. Evil and good.”

Thomas heard that and said, “I see. Now I have two tv series’ to watch.”

Annette heard that and asked, “What would they be?”

Thomas answered, “Fastlane, which you mentioned. And Swift Academy, which I seen 3 weeks ago.”

Annette smiled and said, “Swift Academy is a pretty good show. I saw the trailer that they made for it. I fell in love with it.”

Thomas smiled and asked, “How may I help you?”

Annette answered, “It’s the director of the project, he’s been acting weird ever since we started making the series.”

Thomas asked, “How weird is weird?”

Annette answered, “He’s been talking to himself a lot. And everyone thinks that he’s a freak. But I think that he’s got some problems. What do you think?”

Thomas answered, “He needs help. Help that I can’t give.”

Annette asked, “Then what am I supposed to do then?”

The director walked in with a purple flame around his hand and answered, “Die.”

Thomas heard that and then asked, “Who the hell are you?”

Annette answered, “He’s the director.”

Thomas said, “Oh.”

He grabbed her and put her underneath his desk and said, “Stay there for awhile. This might take me awhile.”

Annette heard that and then the director asked, “Why save her? She’s nothing to you. Purple Flame is going to kick your ass now.”

Thomas heard that and then asked, “Who the hell keeps naming you people?”

Purple Flame answered, “I, Oscar Moscato, name myself. You are just a mercenary that tries to help people. So let’s get this over with.”

Thomas stood up and took off and Purple Flame saw that and started throwing fire at the ground to see where he is, but the wind keeps making the fire disappear. His speed devours the flames. Purple Flame looked at the flames disappear and asked, “What the hell is this? My flames keep disappearing. This is impossible.”

Thomas smiled and then tackled Purple Flame into the ground and said, “Well, the faster you go, the more wind appears and takes the fire away.”

His entire body had flames appear instead of just his eyes, hair, and hands. Thomas felt that and jumped up and then looked at him and said to himself, “How would I defeat a person that has turned completely on fire? Ah, I think that I got a plan.”

He ran outside and then Purple Flame saw that and followed him and then Thomas said, “OK, here we are.”

Purple Flame asked, “Where are we?”

Thomas answered, “Outside.”

Purple Flame started laughing and asked, “Is this one of your dumb tricks? You can’t defeat me, can you?”

Thomas answered, “We’ll see if my plan works. Let’s get this over with.”

Purple Flame put his two hands together and then opened them up and flames flew toward Thomas and Thomas disappeared and started to run in circles around him and Purple Flame saw that and asked, “What are you?”

Thomas answered, “A speedster.”

While Thomas was running, Fastlane appeared and punched Thomas in the face and Thomas flew into Purple Flame and the purple flames were all over him and Thomas started to scream and then Fastlane looked at Purple Flame disappeared and started running in circles, even faster than Thomas and the flames disappeared 20 seconds later and then Fastlane ran toward him and punched his face and he flew back on to Thomas and then Fastlane smiled and said, “Have fun.”

She ran away and then Thomas started rolling all over the ground to get the fire off of him and then a minute later, it disappeared and asked, “Why does she keep appearing?”

Thomas called Genesis and Genesis picked up and said, “Thomas, long time no hear, my friend. What’s up?”

Thomas answered, “I have a metahuman for you.”

Genesis said, “I see. Just like Lieutenant Frost.”

Thomas said, “Yep. This guy called himself “Purple Flame” and his real name is Oscar Moscato.”

Genesis said, “I see. Alright, Thomas. I’m on my way.”

Thomas turned her over and then put the cuffs on him and then dragged him over to the building and smiled and entered the office and said, “It’s ok now. It’s over.”

Annette heard that and lifted herself up and saw that Thomas was back and then Thomas said, “There is nothing to worry about.”

Annette said, “Thank you, Thomas. Here’s the money.”

Thomas said, “You didn’t know that he was a metahuman, did you?”

Annette answered, “Nope. All I knew was that he was talking to himself.”

Thomas smiled and said, “Oh well. I guess that shit happens.”

Annette smiled and put the money on the table and then said, “There you go. Thank you for everything.”

Thomas said, “No problem.”

He sat down in his seat and then Annette left as soon as the cops came and Genesis looked at Thomas and saw that he was using his computer and said, “Hm, to see you use your computer interests me. What is the matter with you this time, Thomas?”

Thomas answered, “Fastlane wants something from me. I want to know what. Just take Oscar Moscato and leave please.”

Genesis said, “Sure thing, Thomas. But you need to tell me what’s going on?”

Thomas said, “I will, for a price.”

Genesis said, “I’m not giving you my body.”

Thomas laughed and said, “I don’t want it. I want money. $50 is all.”

Genesis said, “You know what, I don’t want to know now.”

Thomas said, “Good.”

Genesis left with him and then Thomas looked at his computer and it said, “Fastlane, a vicious killer from Antlotus, Florida. She is after the perfect speedster that will love her forever. Her real name is unknown, but all we know is that she isn’t in Antlotus anymore. She could be anywhere in the United States, maybe even the world.”

Thomas looked at it and then Fastlane smiled and appeared in front of him and then Thomas saw that and she asked, “Why look into me, Thomas? When you could just ask me questions, my love.”

Thomas asked, “Why come to Ark City?”

Fastlane answered, “You plan on becoming the fastest speedster. I plan on hunting speedsters till they become what I want. You, my love, I will protect from death.”

Thomas looked at her and said, “If you want that, then leave me alone. I would have had him.”

Fastlane said, “You are too slow to get rid of purple flames, honey. You aren’t strong enough.”

Thomas heard that and said, “And Red Mask.”

Fastlane said, “Red Mask is a girl that wants me dead. She is no hero, she’s killed more than I. Did you know that they are making a tv series of fast people.”

Thomas said, “Well, normal humans playing as speedsters. Yeah, two shows to be exact. Fastlane and Swift Academy.”

Fastlane smiled and then appeared behind him and grabbed his head and slammed him into the desk 10 times and then said, “Here we go.”

Fastlane lifted him up and then slammed him into the ground incredibly fast and then Thomas was knocked out and Fastlane disappeared and appeared in the mansion and undressed herself and said, “Hm, his blood tastes really good. I wonder what mine tastes like.”

She took a knife and cut her arm and then brought it to her mouth and licked it clean and then smiled and said, “Good. I love this flavor. I wonder if we were meant to be together, Thomas. This might be fate that I saved you from starvation. I love you Thomas Connors, I hope that you feel the same way about me. Hahahahaha.”

7: Speed Demon Is Back

2 hours later, Thomas appeared at his home and Jennifer asked, “How are you feeling today, Master Thomas?”

Thomas answered, “Terrible. Fastlane is a real pain in my ass. She is pissing me off.”

Jennifer heard that and looked at him and Thomas looked at her arm and asked, “What did you do to your arm?”

Jennifer answered, “I accidentally cut it.”

Thomas said, “You wanted to taste your own blood.”

Jennifer said, “Don’t take it the wrong way.”

Thomas asked, “Why would you want to taste your own blood?”

Jennifer answered, “It tastes just like yours.”

Thomas asked, “Why would you care about my blood tasting good?”

Jennifer answered, “You were injured, so I took some blood.”

Thomas said, “You are confusing me.”

Jennifer sighed and said, “OK. I just love your blood.”

Thomas sighed and walked away and then Jennifer said, “Oh yeah, a man named Barry Allen called earlier. He says to meet in Star City.”

Thomas heard that and said, “Barry Allen, huh. I guess that I gotta go then.”

Jennifer asked, “Do you know him?”

Thomas answered, “Yes I do. I helped him out before.”

Jennifer asked, “Would you like me to come sir?”

Thomas answered, “Nope. Barry doesn’t know you. So let’s keep it that way.”

Jennifer heard that and then looked at him and Thomas said, “Well, I gotta go.”

Thomas took off and appeared in Star City a minute later. Barry found him and said, “Thomas, long time no see.”

Thomas said, “Yep. You wanted to see me about something.”

Barry said, “Yes. The Speed Demon is attacking again. He is now after the Emerald of Fire.”

Thomas said, “I see. The Emerald of Fire is another one of the 30 Stones of Change.”

Barry said, “Yep. You already consumed one of them, Thomas. And you are now immortal.”

Thomas said, “I’m afraid so.”

Barry said, “But because we’re in Star City, I have some friends that could help us out.”

Thomas said, “This is the city where the Green Arrow works, correct?”

Barry answered, “Yep.”

Thomas said, “So I get to meet Oliver Queen, huh.”

Barry answered, “Yes you do. Follow me.”

Thomas said, “Sure thing.”

They took off and then appeared in the Arrow’s lair and Felicity Smoak asked, “Who is he? And why is he in our lair?”

Barry answered, “This is the man that I was telling you about. The one that helped me in Ark City face the Speed Demon.”

Thomas said, “Thomas Connors at your service. Or you could call me Swift. My hero name when I get my suit. It’ll be done soon.”

John Diggle and Oliver appeared and saw them and said, “Barry, why did you bring someone down here that we don’t know?”

Thomas answered, “But I know who all of you are. John Diggle, a.k.a. Spartan. Felicity Smoak, a.k.a. Overwatch. Oliver Queen, a.k.a. Mayor and Green Arrow. I’m Thomas Connors, a.k.a. Swift. Nice to meet you.”

John said, “He did a full check on all of us.”

Thomas said, “Not at all. I just read comic books.”

Oliver said, “That makes sense. What brings you here Barry?”

Barry answered, “We need your help.”

Thomas said, “A speedster known as Speed Demon is here looking for the Emerald of Fire. Have you heard of it?”

Felicity looked at him and asked, “Is that one of the 30 Stones of Change?”

Thomas answered, “Yes. This is the second stone that he’s after.”

Oliver asked, “Does he have the first one?”

Barry answered, “Nope. Thomas has it.”

John asked, “Why do you have it?”

Thomas answered, “The creator of the Diamond of Life shoved it down my throat.”

Felicity said, “The stone of immortality.”

Thomas nodded and Felicity said, “Your life certainly sucks.”

Thomas laughed and said, “Yeah, just today, I got the shit beaten out of me 3 times by just one speedster. A girl that is faster than me and stronger than me.”

Barry said, “Is she using Velocity 9?”

Thomas answered, “I don’t know anything about her except that she’s a speedster like us. But she seems to know who I am and I don’t know who she is.”

Oliver said, “That is rough. Getting beaten 3 times.”

Thomas said, “Yeah, but the last two times, I didn’t even fight her. I was fighting someone else the 2nd time and I was sitting in my chair the 3rd time. She really loves beating the shit out of me.”

Barry laughed and said, “So does Zoom and Reverse-Flash.”

Thomas nodded and then an alarm went off back at Star Labs and Cisco said, “He just arrived in Star City.”

Barry said, “Faster than anticipated.”

Cisco said, “Well, what do you expect from a speedster?”

Thomas asked, “Where is the Emerald of Fire located?”

Felicity looked it up and Thomas looked at her and then Jennifer called him and Oliver looked at him and Thomas picked up the phone and said, “Hello.”

Fastlane said, “Thomas, where are you?”

Thomas asked, “Who is this?”

Fastlane answered, “Please don’t forget about me now. I’m Fastlane. We love each other, remember.”

Thomas smiled and said, “I don’t love you.”

He hung up and then asked himself, “How’d she get my number?”

Fastlane grinned and said, “He hung up on me before the search located him. Damn it. But all I know is that he’s in Star City. Let’s find him.”

She took off and then Cisco said, “Oh boy.”

Barry asked, “What is it?”

Caitlin answered, “Another speedster just entered Star City.”

Thomas heard that and said, “You gotta be kidding me.”

Felicity said, “Who was that on the phone?”

Thomas answered, “Fastlane. The person that beat me 3 times.”

John said, “And she is currently in Star City.”

Thomas said, “It seems to be the case. This job just got a lot harder. Even though it was hard to begin with.”

Felicity said, “Found the location. It’s in the Davidson’s Museum of Stones.”

Thomas heard that and then Cisco said, “Well, Fastlane is just outside of your location.”

Thomas grabbed his mask from his pocket and put it on and then said, “I’ll meet you there, guys.”

Oliver heard that and Swift took off and the creator of the Emerald of Fire, Sheldon Taylor appeared in front of it and said, “This is my most famous work. Let’s see how many views it gets today.”

While everyone was walking around looking at the jewels and then Fastlane saw Swift and smiled and said, “Found you.”

Swift tackled her into the wall and then took off again and she followed him and Swift turned left and she saw that and then Thomas turned around incredibly fast and dipped and Fastlane ran into the wall and grinned and ran through the alleyway and then the Speed Demon appeared and tackled Swift into the ground and the Speed Demon asked, “Why are you in Star City?”

Swift answered, “To stop you from getting the Emerald of Fire.”

Speed Demon said, “You won’t stop me a second time. I located the real Diamond of Life. I ate it and made sure that I was immortal.”

Swift heard that and then Fastlane appeared and Swift punched the Speed Demon off of him and then Fastlane ran after Swift and Felicity said, “Huh, in a alleyway, there are 3 speedsters fighting.”

John said, “He’s challenging both of them.”

Barry said, “Nope. He only challenged Fastlane. Speed Demon just entered the fray. Meaning that we’re going to fail without him.”

Swift smiled and said, “Don’t say that now, Flash. I’ll be back.”

Swift grabbed both of their heads and then slammed them together and they both fell down and Swift took off and appeared back in the base and took his mask off and said, “OK. I survived again.”

Oliver said, “We need to get going. To the museum.”

Barry said, “He’s right. You’ll need to act like a customer, Thomas.”

Thomas said, “Sure thing.”

Barry said, “You’ll need a date.”

Thomas asked, “Why?”

Barry answered, “To keep Fastlane off of you.”

Thomas said, “Oh, it won’t keep her off of me. It’ll just piss her off.”

Felicity said, “You two really have some weird ass enemies.”

Thomas said, “Yeah, let’s just get this over with.”

Thomas took off and bought himself a suit and then appeared in the museum looking for the Emerald of Fire and saw that Speed Demon and Fastlane were in there as well and Thomas said, “Yo, you need to keep these guys off of me.”

Barry sighed and said, “OK. Why do we need to do that?”

Cisco answered, “They are in the museum already. Fastlane is searching for, Thomas. And Speed Demon is searching for the jewel.”

Oliver said, “So we have to protect Thomas and the jewel.”

Felicity asked, “Why can’t we just face a normal person man. Instead, we have to face these inhuman beings that have the ability to go fast.”

Thomas appeared in front of the jewel and then Sheldon saw him and stepped next to him and asked, “Are you interested in this stone, kid?”

Thomas answered, “Yes I am. Why do you ask?”

Sheldon answered, “You are the only one looking at it. No one wants to set there eye’s on this jewel that might change their life forever.”

Thomas said, “Yeah.”

Fastlane heard Thomas’ voice and said, “He’s here.”

Speed Demon said, “That means that the jewel is here as well. You help me get the jewel, I’ll help you get Thomas.”

Fastlane said, “Sure thing.”

They took off and then Sheldon said, “Which also means that if you are here, you want my jewel.”

Thomas said, “Nope. I’m just here to protect it from the Speed Demon which is after the 30 Stones of Change.”

Sheldon heard that and said, “He’s after the 30 Stones of Change? It seems that he already failed once. Meaning that you ate it.”

Thomas said, “Yes. He shoved it down my throat.”

Sheldon smiled and said, “You really are an interesting one.”

Speed Demon found the jewel and said, “The jewel.”

Fastlane smiled and said, “Thomas.”

Thomas heard that and then the Flash appeared and attacked the Speed Demon and Green Arrow started shooting arrows at Fastlane and Sheldon said, “It seems like it has begun, Thomas. Take the jewel and get out of here.”

Thomas heard that and then asked, “Why do I have to take it?”

Sheldon answered, “The one that protects it must take care of it. I’m pretty sure that the previous owner of the one in your stomach now said the same thing to you.”

Thomas heard that and Fastlane looked at the Green Arrow and asked, “Why interfere with our love?”

The Green Arrow said, “He doesn’t love you. You are a criminal and just want him to do your bidding.”

Fastlane said, “Not true. That is not true.”

Speed Demon said, “Flash, you are actually here. I was starting to get disappointed because I only saw Swift here. I guess that it’s time for a show.”

They started speeding around and then Fastlane took off and attacked the Green Arrow and he flew back and then Spartan appeared with his gun pointed at her and said, “Stop right there.”

Fastlane heard that and then Felicity said, “Don’t forget that she has super speed, Spartan.”

Spartan said, “I know. I got this, Overwatch.”

The Green Arrow said, “Man, Thomas was right. She really is strong.”

Fastlane smiled and then grabbed the gun and her hand started shaking and Spartan felt that and the gun disassembled itself and Spartan said, “Woah, that’s freaky.”

Fastlane hit his throat and then kicked him back and then the Green Arrow shot more arrows at her and she dodged them all and the Speed Demon said, “You really think that you could stop me, Flash.”

The Flash answered, “Yes I am. I’ll defeat you. And then I’ll make sure that you’ll never get free again.”

The Speed Demon laughed and said, “Not happening.”

The Speed Demon grabbed the Flash and tossed him into the Green Arrow and an arrow went through his back and the Flash screamed and Thomas heard that and Sheldon took it out of the showcase and handed it to Thomas and said, “Go.”

Thomas heard that and walked away and the Speed Demon appeared by the podium where the jewel was supposed to be and said, “It’s gone. The jewel is gone. Swift did it again. He took the jewel away from me. Swift!”

Thomas appeared outside and put his mask on and then grabbed the Flash and took him out of there and the Green Arrow said, “Retreat Spartan. We won this battle.”

Spartan smiled and said, “Alright. Let’s go home.”

They took off and Fastlane saw that and said, “Damn, I was going to kill them too.”

Speed Demon grabbed Fastlane and said, “You let Swift get away.”

Fastlane said, “If Swift was here, I would know. Because I’m his maid after all.”

Speed Demon heard that and started laughing and said, “His maid is a criminal and Swift is a hero. Hahahahaha. This is way too funny.”

Fastlane took off and Speed Demon took off as well and then they appeared in the base of operations and Swift looked at him and said, “Speed Demon manhandled you.”

Oliver said, “That girl wasn’t a girl. She’s a damn man.”

Swift smiled and looked at him and said, “Let’s get him back on his feet.”

The Flash smiled and said, “I have to ask you something, Thomas.”

Swift asked, “What would that be?”

The Flash asked, “Who won?”

Swift took the jewel out and then answered, “We did. I have the jewel and the Speed Demon is still jewelless.”

The Flash smiled and said, “That is good. Uh, this hurts.”

Swift took his mask off and said, “It won’t hurt much longer.”

Oliver took the arrow out of his back and the Flash screamed and Thomas covered his mouth and the Oliver smiled and said, “Bring his body back. This might hurt.”

Thomas did and the Flash yelled, “What are you trying to do to me?”

Oliver mixed the herbs into the water and then made him drink it and said, “Uh, it tastes terrible.”

Everyone started to laugh and then Thomas said, “Well, I gotta go now.”

Oliver said, “Have fun now.”

Thomas wrote down his number and put it on the desk and said, “If you need me, just call me.”

John said, “Sure thing.”

Oliver said, “If we need you, we will call you.”

Thomas said, “I’ll be waiting.”

Thomas took off and Oliver asked, “How’d you get to know him again?”

The Flash answered, “In Ark City. I asked him for help. So he helped me.”

Thomas appeared in his house and went to sleep. An hour later, Zahla appeared in his room and grabbed the jewel that was in his pocket and made Thomas eat it like she did with the other Stone of Change and said, “Good night now. See you soon.”

She disappeared and Jennifer appeared home with Giovanni and Giovanni said, “So this is where you live. It’s a nice place to be.”

Jennifer said, “Thank you. Well, thank Thomas. He’s the reason why I’m here. I saved him from killing himself of starvation.”

Giovanni said, “A criminal saving a hero.”

Jennifer said, “This was before I started killing people.”

Giovanni said, “I see. I’m tired, where can I sleep for the night?”

Jennifer answered, “In the guest room. It’s easy to find. It’s got the words guest room on it.”

Giovanni said, “Thank you. And good night.”

Jennifer said, “Good night.”

Giovanni went to sleep in the guest room and then Jennifer went to sleep in Thomas’ bed and said, “I love you, Thomas.”

8: Client 7: Jessica Rivas

2 days later, Thomas woke up and Jennifer was next to him and smiled and said, “You slept next to me again.”

Giovanni heard that and ran away and then appeared in the guest room and Thomas stood up and walked to his dresser and picked up his clothes and looked for the jewel and said, “It’s gone. Why is the jewel gone? It was just here. What did you do Speed Demon?”

A voice appeared in his head and said, “Speed Demon doesn’t have it.”

Thomas heard that and then asked, “Then who does?”

The voice answered, “You do. The person that made you into a speedster made you eat it while you were sleeping.”

Thomas said, “You gotta be kidding me.”

The voice said, “Well, you are about to get a phone call from Kevin. About your suit. Have fun now.”

Thomas heard that and then Jennifer woke up and saw that Thomas was awake already and said, “Good morning, Master Thomas.”

Thomas said, “Good morning, Jennifer.”

Jennifer asked, “Did you have a good two day nap?”

Thomas heard that and said, “I was out for 2 days, huh. That’s not cool.”

Jennifer said, “No one called while you were asleep.”

Thomas said, “That’s good.”

Jennifer said, “Also, there’s an unknown man in the guest room.”

Thomas heard that and said, “OK.”

Kevin called him and then Thomas said, “Hello.”

Kevin said, “Thomas, your suit is ready.”

Thomas said, “Alright, I’m on my way to you now.”

Kevin said, “And one more thing.”

Thomas said, “I’m listening.”

Kevin said, “My cousin is here. And has a request for you.”

Thomas said, “OK. I’ll be there soon.”

He said, “OK. We’ll be waiting.”

Thomas smiled and then Jennifer asked, “Do you have to go, Master Thomas?”

Thomas answered, “Yes. I’ll be back later. See you around.”

Thomas walked out of the house and Jennifer appeared by the window and saw that he was outside and he took off and Jennifer smiled and said, “He’s not fast enough. Get faster, Thomas. For me.”

Thomas appeared in Ark Labs and then Kevin saw him and said, “Thomas, you have gained quite the reputation in just 4 weeks.”

Thomas said, “Nah, not at all.”

Kevin said, “Hey, for my cousin to ask for help, that’s not happening unless she trusts you. And she doesn’t trust anyone.”

Thomas smiled and asked, “Where is she?”

Kevin answered, “Hiding from you.”

Thomas asked, “Why?”

Kevin answered, “I think she loves you.”

Thomas smiled and said, “Oh, is that so?”

Kevin said, “I only said “think” man. I’m not 100% sure or not.”

Thomas looked around and then pointed at the wall and said, “You behind the wall, please come out.”

The person heard that and turned her head and saw him and screeched and Kevin said, “Don’t force her to come out if she doesn’t want to. Put it on, Thomas.”

Thomas heard that and looked at the suit and then she stepped out from behind the wall and saw Thomas and said, “Hello.”

Thomas heard that and turned his head and said, “Hello. I’m Thomas Connors. Who might you be?”

She answered, “I’m Jessica Rivas. Kevin’s cousin.”

Thomas smiled and asked, “How may I help you?”

Jessica answered, “I have to show him, right?”

Kevin nodded and Thomas asked, “Show me what?”

Kevin answered, “Just look.”

She lowered the collar of her shirt and then Thomas saw the marks on her neck and said, “It looks like you were choked with a chain and survived somehow.”

Kevin said, “Yes, I was trying to figure out what happened, but I can’t.”

Thomas asked, “Was she affected by the explosion 10 months ago?”

Kevin said, “The Electromagnetic Generator Explosion you are talking about, right?”

Thomas answered, “Yep.”

Kevin answered, “I don’t know. That could be the reason.”

Thomas said, “Hm, who did this to you?”

Jessica answered, “A group of males. They call themselves The Five Juggernaut. I only know one of their names because I was dating him at the time. Rikuto Nozawa.”

Kevin heard that and looked at Thomas and Thomas asked, “What’s wrong, Kevin?”

Kevin answered, “The Five Juggernaut are very dangerous superhumans that gained the ability to control chains. And turn themselves into one huge chain monster calling themselves the Five Juggernaut. The chain monster is a juggernaut of the five of them together. They each control there own body part of the juggernaut. They are strong.”

Thomas heard that and said, “Oh, that’s a bitch.”

Jessica asked, “Will you help me?”

Thomas answered, “Yes. Where can I find them?”

Jessica answered, “482 Grant St.”

Thomas said, “Grant St. huh. That’s a very dangerous place to be.”

Jessica said, “Yeah, I know. I just moved out of there and was wondering if I could stay here with you, Kevin.”

Kevin heard that and said, “Totally. It’ll be good to be with someone.”

Jessica smiled and said, “Thank you.”

Thomas looked at her and then smiled at seeing Kevin happy and put the suit on and said, “A nice tight fit.”

Kevin said, “Made it just for you. Now I’ll tell you everything about the suit. On your chest, that’s your emblem. It’s a blue bolt of lightning.”

Swift looked at it and said, “A blue bolt of lightning, huh. That’s cool.”

Kevin said, “On your right palm, you are capable of sending lightning out of the finger reader.”

Swift said, “There’s a finger reader on here.”

Kevin answered, “Yes. You don’t have to take the person’s mask off to find out who he/she is anymore, Thomas. So that speedster that’s been kicking your ass is now about to be named.”

Swift heard that and said, “You are amazing. Thank you, Kevin.”

Kevin said, “Thank that person behind you.”

Swift heard that and turned around and saw a girl and she smiled and said, “Hello, Thomas. I’ll speak with you after you finish your job.”

Thomas looked at her and then Jessica said, “Don’t forget, 482 Grant St.”

Swift said, “Thank you for reminding me. I totally forgot.”

He took off and Kevin said, “Oh, I forgot to mention that there’s a comm unit in there.”

Swift said, “Oh, I knew about it.”

Kevin said, “Oh, he heard me.”

Swift said, “Yes, I heard you. I’m not an idiot, like most people think I am.”

Kevin screeched and Swift smiled and appeared in front of the house and said, “OK. 482 Grant St. I’m in front of the right house, right?”

Kevin said, “There’s a camera in your suit. Just say “activate camera” and it’ll appear so we could watch.”

Swift asked, “Why would I want you to watch me get my ass whooped?”

Jessica laughed and said, “You really are funny. It’s just to see the building.”

Swift said, “Oh, you’re right. My bad. Maybe I am as dumb as people say.”

Kevin said, “I wouldn’t say that. You are probably the only man I know that is willing to help this city.”

Swift heard that and said, “Well, you are wrong.”

He was about to turn the camera on, when the door opened and Rikuto saw him and said, “Oh shit, we have a man trying to become a hero. Let’s see what he’s got.”

The girl walked forward and Swift said, “This ain’t cool.”

Rikuto said, “Connor, Denis, Markus, and Aaron, we got company.”

Aaron Moss said, “Hm, Chain Leg, what do you think of him from where you are standing?”

Rikuto answered, “He looks weak, Chain Head.”

Denis Cotuand said, “Chain Arm at your service.”

Markus Peters said, “Chain Leg. These names suck. But hell, let’s kill him.”

Swift heard that and Jessica screeched and the girl said, “You’ll be fine, Thomas. Plus, you are immortal now. Let’s see what you can do.”

Rikuto’s right leg started to turn into chains and Swift saw that and ran toward him and Swift saw that and ran behind him and Rikuto turned around and Swift’s foot appeared in his throat and Rikuto flew on to the ground and Swift entered the building and they were already gone and Swift asked, “Where’d they go?”

While Swift was searching for them, chains started to rattle outside and Swift continued to look around and then the Five Juggernaut was born and was the same height as the building that they were living in and Swift got to the bedroom and saw a figure outside that wasn’t there before and said, “My god. They transformed into the Five Juggernaut.”

Jessica screeched and then Rikuto asked, “Are you because of that girl’s cousin? She died you know.”

Swift asked, “If you are talking about your former girlfriend, then yes. She has asked me to stop you.”

Markus heard that and then said, “Impossible.”

Swift said, “Nothing is impossible. She was affected by the Electromagnetic Generator like you 5. And I.”

Rikuto looked at him and then Aaron said, “Let’s do this.”

Connor said, “Plus, you walked right into our speedster trap. We were hoping that Fastlane would be here so we could torture her to death like we did Jessica, but you are better than her.”

Swift heard that and then Denis swung a chain into the building and Swift tried to use his powers, but couldn’t and then grinned and put his palm out and lightning flew out of it and hit the chains and it flowed back to the main body and they laughed and said, “No effect boy.”

Swift heard that and looked at the chain and said, “Oh this sucks.”

The girl saw that and said, “They know how to stop a speedster, huh. A room full of Damphites.”

Jessica asked, “What the hell is a Damphite?”

She answered, “A Damphite is what we call freezing cold temperatures. From -5 and lower is Damphite and that temperature can stop us momentarily. No, it’ll stop us till we can find a way out of the freezing temperature range of view. Right now, he’s in a Damphite and he needs to get out now.”

Kevin said, “Thomas, you need to find a way out of that room.”

Swift said, “That’s all.”

Kevin heard that and she nodded and Kevin said, “Yes, that’s all.”

Swift smiled and turned his body toward the chain and Jessica asked, “Why isn’t he moving?”

Kevin answered, “He plans on taking the attack head-on.”

The girl said, “Let’s see if you made the suit exactly how I asked you to. If you did, he won’t take that much damage from the attack.”

Kevin said, “It’s perfect, I guarantee it.”

The chain hit his helmet and Swift went flying through 6 buildings and Connor said, “Hm, he’s flying.”

He made the chains grab his legs and then pulled him back toward them and Denis punched his entire body and Swift grunted and said, “Oh shit.”

Kevin said, “Don’t think of the pain.”

The girl said, “At least you are out of the room.”

Swift said, “It wasn’t even that cold.”

She asked, “What do you mean that it wasn’t that cold? Oh wait, I know why now. You ate the Emerald of Fire. Making your body feel hot. To temperatures that no human is capable of getting to.”

Swift heard that and said, “Nice.”

Swift landed on the ground and then a chain appeared flying toward him, but Swift took off and Aaron saw that and said, “He’s a damn speedster. It seems that he’s just like Fastlane. Cold temperatures are there weakness and we failed to kill him.”

Connor said, “Our attempt wouldn’t have killed Fastlane, either.”

Rikuto said, “Connor’s right.”

Connor swung at Swift and then he jumped up and caught the chain and Connor felt that and then grabbed 4 more chains and started running circles incredibly fast and Rikuto said, “Dammit. He’s unwrapping the chains.”

Aaron said, “He knew how to stop us. Son of a bitch.”

Markus said, “It seems that we lost.”

Denis said, “Don’t say that. It might be true, but we still have a secret weapon up our sleeves.”

Swift heard that and then smiled and Aaron said, “You just had to say something, Denis.”

Denis smiled and said, “I didn’t say anything at all.”

They appeared out of the chains and then Markus took out a Model 460XVR (Revolver) and shot at Swift, but Swift turned his body fast enough and caught the bullet and Denis smiled and they took their guns out and started shooting at him and Swift caught most of the bullets and the rest hit his suit and pushed him back a little. While they were reloading, Swift took off and put cuffs on them and said, “Job is done. The Five Juggernaut have been defeated.”

Kevin said, “Good job, Swift. The suit worked just as planned.”

The girl heard that and said, “Yes it did. Just as the blueprint introduced. You really are good, Kevin.”

Kevin said, “Thank you.”

The police sirens appeared and Swift took off and passed the police right by and they saw a red blur and then saw 5 people on the curb and said, “The Five Juggernaut. Whoever that guy is, is pretty bloody incredible.”

Genesis said, “I wonder who is crazy enough to do this. Besides Thomas Connors. He doesn’t have superpowers.”

The other officers heard that and George said, “There is a small possibility that he has powers.”

Genesis said, “I guess that you are right.”

Swift appeared in Kevin’s workplace and took his helmet off and said, “Man, that was interesting.”

Jessica said, “You were getting your ass whooped.”

The girl looked at the bullet dents in the suit and then Thomas took the bullets out and said, “It really is like a bullet proof vest.”

The dents started to repair itself and the girl saw that and said, “It seems that you added a little extra into the suit.”

Kevin said, “Yes, a repair module. As long as the module isn’t damaged, anything inflicted on this suit will repair itself. Just like your wounds. They regenerate at a quick pace.”

The girl said, “Well, I’ll introduce myself now. I’m Xartidite, Mother of the Goddesses of Acosuk.”

Thomas said, “Nice to meet you.”

Jessica said, “Goddesses exist?”

Thomas answered, “Yes. A lot has changed from 10 months ago.”

Jessica said, “I noticed.”

Xartidite smiled and said, “There are plenty more Gods and Goddesses out there. Some evil, some good, and some neutral. Me, I’m good.”

Thomas smiled and said, “Well, I have to go. You know me. I got work to do.”

Kevin said, “Pay him.”

Jessica sighed and put the money on the table and Thomas took it and counted it and then put it away and Jessica asked, “Do you not believe in the money that I put in front of you?”

Thomas looked at her and answered, “I don’t really care how much people put in front of me. I just need money to live.”

Jessica said, “Oh, sorry for lashing out.”

Thomas said, “Don’t worry about it.”

Jennifer called him and Thomas said, “Hello.”

Jennifer said, “You just got a phone call from your workplace. It seems that you got a job.”

Thomas said, “Alright. I’m on my way there now. Talk to you later.”

He hung up and said, “My prediction was right. I do have work to do.”

Kevin laughed and said, “Your gut feeling is always the truth.”

Thomas smiled and took off.

9: Supergirl Appears

Thomas appeared in his office and the girl saw that and the person in his office said, “You made it.”

Thomas said, “And you are?”

She turned the chair around and Thomas saw the symbol and said, “Oh shit. The alien, Supergirl.”

Supergirl said, “Kara Danvers is my name.”

Thomas said, “Thomas Connors. How’d you hear about me?”

Supergirl answered, “I heard about you from a friend of mine in National City, his name is James Olsen.”

Thomas said, “Oh yes, James Olsen was a good friend of mine. We talk from time to time. How may I help you?”

Supergirl answered, “Have you heard of a criminal known as Hollow?”

Thomas heard that and answered, “No. I never heard of him.”

Supergirl said, “Well, she’s a girl that is all white. Her kind is known as Hollomites from the planet Eliolis. You really can’t miss her. But she really is strong. Her core is all muscle.”

Thomas said, “Last time I faced someone that strong, I almost died. But who cares, I got myself a suit this time. I’ll help you defeat this Hollow person.”

She smiled and said, “Thank you. By the way, I’m a huge fan of yours. You are known as the best mercenary in the world.”

Thomas said, “Thank you. I’m a fan of any type of superhero. So let’s do this.”

He started to search the camera’s for a very, very, very white person and then Supergirl said, “There is no need to locate her, Thomas. She’ll find us.”

Thomas heard that and asked, “How do you know that?”

Supergirl answered, “They are all attracted to me somehow. They always find me, no matter where I go.”

Thomas said, “I see.”

He put his helmet on and then said, “If that’s the case, we’ll get to a place where no one could get hurt.”

Supergirl said, “If it’s by the water, she won’t fall for it.”

Swift heard that and said, “Nevermind then.”

Supergirl said, “Sorry about that.”

Swift smiled and said, “No problem. Let’s just get this over with.”

His computer made a sound and then Swift saw that she was close to their location and said, “OK. She’s a block away from our current location. We just need to turn right and then she’ll appear.”

Supergirl said, “I see. You really know how to make my job easier.”

Swift said, “Nah, I made our job easier. Let’s do this.”

Swift appeared outside and then Hollow saw him and said, “That’s not Supergirl. Where is Supergirl? She’s the reason why I’m here. I want to tear her apart.”

Swift asked, “What’s her real name?”

Supergirl answered, “Goo-Ka.”

Swift said, “Names these days.”

Supergirl appeared and laughed and said, “You really are funny, like James said.”

Swift said, “Thank you.”

Hollow said, “Supergirl found. Target must get eliminated.”

Swift heard that and took off and Hollow saw that and Supergirl said, “He’s slower than The Flash.”

Swift said, “I know that.”

Supergirl screeched and Swift went to tackle Hollow to the ground, but she didn’t budge and Swift said, “Her body is stiff like a goddamn rock.”

Supergirl said, “Told you that her core was tough.”

Hollow elbowed his back and he flew into the ground hard and then Hollow stomped on his back and Swift screamed and then she went to do it again, but Supergirl flew into her, pushing her back 15 yards and Hollow said, “You can’t defeat me.”

Supergirl said, “Yes I can.”

Swift stood up and brought his back backwards and cracked it in 10 different places and said, “Oh that feels much better. She really does pack a punch.”

Supergirl said, “I told you that already.”

Hollow said, “Man in suit not target. Please leave.”

Swift said, “Nah, you came to my city. You are my enemy.”

Hollow said, “You now threat.”

Swift smiled and Supergirl took off and then Swift ran backwards and Supergirl saw that and asked, “What the hell are you going to do?”

Swift answered, “Watch and learn.”

Swift appeared 50 blocks away and then Hollow looked at Supergirl and started swinging at her and Supergirl blocked all of her attacks and attacked her as well and Hollow said, “Your friend abandoned you. Now you are all mine.”

Supergirl said, “He didn’t abandon me. He’s just making up a strategy to defeat you.”

Hollow said, “There is no defeating me. I already told you that.”

Supergirl said, “There is always a way to defeat someone. Even I could be defeated.”

Hollow said, “I know. Kryptonite would stop you dead in your tracks.”

Swift was running back and forth for awhile and Xartidite saw that and said, “Hm, he’s building up speed like that so he could do more damage to his opponent with one punch that will hurt him and the being from another world.”

Kevin said, “You can see that from here.”

Xartidite answered, “Yes. His way of thinking is always positive. Let’s see if he could finish in time before Supergirl fails.”

Jessica said, “He’ll finish on time.”

Xartidite said, “No he won’t.”

Hollow started to overpower Supergirl and she flew back and Hollow smiled and said, “Like I said, there is no defeating Hollow.”

Hollow slammed her into the ground and then lifted her foot up and said, “Farewell Supergirl.”

Hollow started to bring her foot down, and then Swift leaped off of the ground and swung at Hollow and her skin started to shift around and Hollow flew back on to her back and Swift landed on the ground and said, “Son of a bitch that hurt.”

Supergirl saw that and stood up and looked at Hollow and said, “You knocked her out with just one punch. How fast were you going?”

Swift heard that and Xartidite answered, “Mach 1.”

Swift answered, “Mach 1.”

Supergirl said, “That’s a pretty fast speed. Keep it up.”

Swift said, “I will. And yeah, you could have your prisoner. I’m going home for the day.”

Supergirl laughed and said, “OK. You look like you need the rest. You just shattered your entire arm with that one punch.”

Swift said, “Yep. Well, see you later.”

She asked, “How will I contact you if I need you again?”

Swift heard that and wrote down his number, name, and Swift on it and handed it to her and said, “There you go. That’s how you’ll get ahold of me.”

She said, “Alright. Thank you for the help. By the way, do I need to pay you or anything?”

Swift answered, “Nah, heroes are free of charge.”

Supergirl said, “I see. Thank you.”

She grabbed Hollow and then took off and Swift smiled and took off as well and appeared in his room and got undressed and put his night clothes on and went to sleep. Jennifer walked into the room and saw that he was already in the room and screeched and asked, “When did you get home sir?”

Thomas answered, “Just now. Please let me sleep. I just broke my arm.”

Jennifer asked, “Would you like me to call a doctor?”

Thomas answered, “Nah, I’ll be fine. And yeah, make sure that your guest leaves the house tomorrow.”

Jennifer said, “Oh, ok. He’ll be gone tomorrow.”

Thomas said, “Thank you. Good night Jennifer. See you tomorrow.”

Jennifer said, “See you tomorrow.”

Thomas closed his eyes again and then Jennifer joined him.

10: Stone Head's Companions

3 days later, Thomas woke up at 2 in the afternoon and said, “It seems that she didn’t wake me up today.”

He stood up and then his screen turned on automatically and Thomas saw that and then a voice appeared and said, “Hello there, Thomas Connors. I found out where you lived and I found out who you cared about. Jennifer Watkins, am I right?”

Thomas answered, “Yes. But she loves me more than I love her.”

He appeared in front of the camera and said, “Remember me.”

Thomas said, “Stone Head.”

He laughed and said, “Yes. I heard from a source that despises you about your location. He’s been spying on you for the past 3 years. And now someone has finally broke in without any problems.”

Thomas heard that and then Stone Head said, “Your girlfriend has something to say to you.”

He heard that and Jennifer was thrown forward and Stone Head grabbed her and said, “Here she is, Thomas. Or should I say Swift? I know who you are now, my enemy. And that is going to be your downfall.”

Thomas asked, “What do you want from me?”

Stone Head said, “Speak love.”

Jennifer said, “Thomas. Save me, please.”

Stone Head said, “The other thing.”

Jennifer said, “Meet me at Spiff’s Sports and Goods. That is where the meeting will take place. By the way, save me.”

Thomas smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll save you.”

Stone Head punched her in the back of her head and she collapsed and Thomas saw that and said, “Be there at 6 p.m. Thomas. Don’t be late. And make sure that you come alone. If I see anyone else with you, she will die.”

Thomas grinned and said, “She won’t die.”

Stone Head heard that and then said, “Well then, you don’t know how things work anymore. You have 4 hours to bring me $2,000,000.”

Thomas said, “I don’t have that kind of money.”

Stone Head said, “Find the money, Thomas.”

Thomas looked at him and said, “John Carter, I’ll never forgive you for this.”

Stone Head said, “Good. I don’t want you to. You ruined my life the last time we met, Thomas. I thought that were dead. But here you are. Alive and kicking. He really does give good intel.”

Thomas asked, “Who gives you this intel?”

He answered, “Can’t tell you that.”

Thomas said, “Well, you are about to.”

He laughed and the tv turned off and Stone Head looked at her and said, “Kill Thomas Connors. Make sure that he doesn’t make it to the store.”

She heard that and said, “Sure thing sir. Anything else before I go kick his ass.”

Stone Head answered, “Yes actually. Wake her up, please Sarah.”

Sarah Cobbins said, “Yessir.”

Sarah walked over to her and then turned her over and said, “Here we go.”

She punched Jennifer’s chest as hard as she could and it woke her up and she headbutted Sarah and Sarah moved back a little and then Stone Head and said, “Kill him now.”

Sarah said, “With pleasure.”

Sarah walked away and Jennifer asked, “Who are you going to kill?”

Stone Head smiled and answered, “Your boyfriend.”

Jennifer heard that and said, “Thomas.”

Stone Head smiled and said, “And you are going to watch his demise.”

Jennifer heard that and looked at the door and then Stone Head started to laugh and said, “You should stop mentioning his name. It angers me.”

Jennifer asked, “What did he ever do to you?”

Stone Head answered, “He’s done a lot. He took my girl away from me. So I had to kill her. So neither of us could have her. I stole a nice ass car and then he made the owner take it back. So I brutally attacked him and that failed to kill him. He’s a goddamn monster.”

Jennifer said, “Thomas will kick your ass for me. Plus, I’m not a prisoner.”

Stone Head asked, “Why not?”

Jennifer started stretching and then Stone Head saw that she was free and then Jennifer took off and Stone Head said, “Impossible. She’s a speedster like, Thomas. Son of a bitch. But thanks to her blood, I was capable of creating a couple speedsters myself. Nickie and Susan Wright, catch her.”

They said, “Yessir.”

They took off after her and Jennifer turned her head and saw them and said, “Speedsters. Son of a bitch.”

Jennifer picked up more speed and then Thomas put his suit on and then ran outside and Sarah appeared and Swift saw that and stopped and asked, “Who are you?”

Sarah answered, “I’m Cold Freeze. Your worst nightmare.”

Swift heard that and said, “Alrighty then. I just have to run faster than you.”

Sarah said, “Yes. But according to the boss, you are slow as hell. You can’t defeat us.”

Swift said, “If it’s to protect someone that I care about, then I’ll do anything for them.”

Sarah looked at him and then Swift took off and then Sarah smiled and then ice appeared where he was headed, but Swift turned the other way and Sarah saw that and said, “Hm, he’s not slow at all. He’s a completely changed man from when you faced him last.”

Swift heard that and then Sarah shot at him from behind and said, “Got you.”

Swift heard that and turned directly toward her and then Sarah turned around and saw that he wasn’t standing there and then she collapsed and Swift started swinging at her and Sarah went to cast ice on him, but the ice would just melt away and then Sarah felt the water fall on her and she looked at him and Swift said, “Farewell.”

Sarah heard that and yelled, “You bastard.”

She brought her hand up before the lightning could get out toward her and his entire visor was fogged up and then his hand went down to the ground next to her and Swift said, “No response means that I missed. Shit.”

Sarah smiled and then made a staircase and shoved him back and Swift flew back a little and then Sarah got up and smiled and said, “I will not lose to you.”

Swift said, “I won’t lose to you, either.”

Sarah continued to attack with ice and Swift took off and Sarah saw that and then turned the gun around and then Swift saw that and then Swift moved to the other side of her and swung his arm at her and she flipped over twice before landing on her head and Sarah was out cold and Swift went to check if she was ok and then called Genesis and said, “Genesis, I got metahuman for you in front of my place.”

Genesis heard that and said, “Alright. I’m actually around the corner. See you soon.”

Swift heard that and said, “OK.”

He took off and went into his regular clothes and then appeared in front of Sarah and waited for her to appear. While Genesis took Sarah away, Nickie and Susan caught Jennifer and brought her back to the base and Stone Head smiled and said, “You failed to escape from our grasp. How does that feel?”

Jennifer grinned and said, “Screw you.”

Stone Head laughed and said, “No wonder why Thomas loves you. You are as much of a hothead as he is.”

Jennifer said, “Not at all.”

Stone Head said, “If that’s not the case, then why does he love you?”

Jennifer answered, “I saved him from committing suicide. He lost his parents and Thomas was going to kill himself to be with them. But wasn’t successful in starving himself to death.”

Stone Head laughed and said, “Then losing you wouldn’t change a thing, right?”

Jennifer said, “Yes it would. It would piss him off. And it’ll make him want to kill you.”

Stone Head said, “Kill me. Not possible sweetheart.”

Jennifer said, “It’s possible. If he goes fast enough that is.”

Stone Head heard that and then said, “It’s time to head to Spiff’s Sports and Goods everyone. Let’s go.”

Everyone said, “Yessir.”

11: Swift Went to Save Jennifer, But She Was Fastlane

Everyone started running to Spiff’s Sports and Goods and then Swift entered a jewelry store and the owner saw him and lifted his hands up and Swift said, “I’m not here to rob you. I got money.”

He heard that and asked, “Are you sure?”

Swift answered, “Yes.”

He grabbed the best ring and put it on the counter and he said, “Are you sure this is what you want?”

Swift answered, “Yes I am. Why do you ask?”

He answered, “If you are going to ask a girl to marry you, then you’ll need something better than that. That’s a Emerald. What you want is this?”

Swift heard that and looked at it and the owner said, “This is a Round Cut Solitaire Diamond Tulip Cathedral Engagement Ring with 1.50 Carat Diamonds.”

Swift heard that and said, “OK. How much is it?”

He answered, “$5,000.”

Swift heard that and handed him the money and said, “Thank you Mr. Sharpe.”

Dennis Sharpe said, “No problem.”

Swift put it away and then took off from the jewelry store. As soon as Stone Head and Jennifer arrived in front of Spiff’s Sports and Goods, Stone Head said, “Listen everyone. Protect this girl with your life. Make sure that Swift doesn’t take her away. Or should I say, Thomas Connors?”

Everyone heard that and smiled and Jennifer saw their expressions and asked, “Why does everyone smile when you said Thomas’ name?”

Stone Head answered, “We all hate him. We hate the way he helps people. He does it with either a mask, or showing his body. But now I hear that he’s got a new suit. And I have a weapon that could kill him for good. I was never going to let you free.”

Jennifer laughed and said, “Free. I’m never free. I try to keep my other identity away from him. But Thomas just uses his powers in front of me, like he doesn’t care. Why is that?”

Stone Head answered, “Thomas doesn’t care about anything he does in life. When we were in school, Thomas pants’d the hottest teacher in the school and walked away without any of the teachers noticing. Thomas is a troublemaker that forgets who he really is. And because of his parents death, he gave up with life. And I doubt that he’ll ever be free from their curse.”

Jennifer heard that and then Stone Head looked at the clock and said, “It’s almost time everyone. It’s 5:55.”

Everyone heard that and then Swift appeared and looked around and saw them and said, “Oh, didn’t expect more than one person to be here.”

Stone Head asked, “Where’s Sarah Cobbins?”

Swift answered, “In a police station right now. She lost to me.”

Susan asked, “Is it our turn?”

Nickie said, “Yeah, let us at him.”

Stone Head grinned and then said, “Go ahead. He’s all yours.”

Jennifer looked at him and said, “They are speedsters like you.”

Swift heard that and Nickie smiled and took off and Swift saw that and sighed and then took off and Susan went to tackle him and Swift fell back and then crawled out of their and stood up and Nickie smiled and said, “You are a lot slower than we thought. I guess that we’ll be finished with you sooner than we thought.”

Swift heard that and took off and then Nickie went to tackle him, but Swift moved out of the way and said, “Shit. Ruined my moment to save her.”

Stone Head laughed and then snapped his fingers and then the girl on top heard that and Stone Head said, “See the X?”

She answered, “Yes.”

Stone Head said, “As soon as he gets there, fire the Deathomater.”

She said, “Yessir.”

She smiled and looked down and then Susan tackled Swift down on the X on the street and then she aimed and then Swift stood up and then Susan speared him into the ground where the X was and then she pulled the trigger and Swift grunted and looked up and then laid there and Jennifer said, “Get up Swift.”

Swift heard that and then turned his head slowly and saw her and then put his arm out and then Jennifer saw that and then the laser hit his suit and then started pressing down on his suit and then Swift started screaming and then Stone Head started laughing and said, “You have failed to save her and protect your city from me.”

Jennifer said, “No. Get up Thomas.”

Swift looked up and then Xartidite appeared above him and said, “Interesting. If I recall correctly, you are stronger than this.”

Swift heard that and then thought about flames and then his body turned on fire and Xartidite smiled and then the screams stopped and then she bent over and brought her head close to his and whispered, “Defeat him and maybe I’ll let you marry me.”

Swift heard that and looked at her and said, “Huh. Why would I do a thing like that?”

Xartidite answered, “Who knows?”

Swift stood up and then Nickie and Susan ran toward him and then Swift saw that and then an unknown figure appeared on the roof and Swift saw the red dot on her chest and Xartidite disappeared and Swift took off and Susan grabbed Swift’s leg and pulled on it and Swift fell onto the ground hard and Jennifer saw that and then the person from above pulled the trigger and a bullet flew toward her and Jennifer grinned and Stone Head smiled and said, “Awaken yourself, Fastlane.”

Swift heard that and Jennifer looked at Swift and she was free and caught the bullet and the sniper saw that and got into Swift’s comms and said, “Hello again, Thomas. It’s been about 8 years since your parents death.”

Swift asked, “Who are you?”

She answered, “Accurate is my name. But you might remember me as your high school girlfriend till that maid appeared and took you away from me.”

Swift heard that and said, “Uh, she didn’t take me away from you. I got something for you. I know that we haven’t talked in 8 years, but I think that you’ll like it.”

She heard that and looked at him and Swift stood up and Jennifer put her suit on and then Swift ran toward her and Fastlane ran toward him and said, “Like I’d fall in love with a good man. Become a criminal like me, Thomas. I’ve been working undercover for years and I was the one that killed your parents. So please enjoy your death as well.”

Accurate heard that and said, “Don’t kill her, Thomas. You’ll become a criminal.”

Swift put his anger into his speed and then Xartidite saw that and then Swift disappeared and appeared in front of Stone Head and his fist hit him and Stone Head flew back and laid there on the ground and Fastlane saw that and said, “No way. Retreat now.”

Susan heard that and Nickie asked, “Why?”

Susan said, “He’s right here.”

The girl with the Deathomater answered, “Because he’s too powerful when he’s angry. Let’s go.”

Susan lifted her up and Fastlane and Nickie lifted Stone Head up and Swift didn’t follow them and Accurate appeared in front of him and said, “Calm down, honey. Just stay calm.”

Swift looked down and saw her and said, “Oh yeah, let’s get back to my place. I got something for you. And I just bought it knowing that I would meet you again. But I was hoping for better circumstances.”

Accurate laughed and said, “Well now, is that so?”

Swift answered, “Yes.”

He lifted her up and took off and Xartidite took off as well and then appeared in his mansion. As soon as Swift arrived, he saw her and said, “You gotta be kidding me. Why are you here?”

Xartidite answered, “To ask you how you got faster in just a few seconds?”

Swift answered, “I put all of my anger into my speed.”

Xartidite said, “That’s possible.”

Swift answered, “I guess so. It worked for me.”

Xartidite smiled and said, “You are a new breed of speedster then. Very exciting indeed.”

Swift asked, “Why are you here, Xartidite?”

Accurate asked, “Who the hell is that?”

Swift answered, “Mother of the Goddesses of the planet Acosuk, right?”

Xartidite answered, “Yes. I’m here to ask you a simple question. If you didn’t have a girlfriend, would you have considered asking a Goddess out?”

Accurate heard that and Swift answered, “If that was the case, it depends on which one. But that isn’t the case, so sorry.”

Xartidite took off and Accurate said, “Seriously. She loves you.”

Swift said, “Seems to be the case. Now for that gift that I had. Wait here.”

Accurate said, “OK.”

Swift took off and got undressed and put his pajamas on and then took the box with his ring in it and appeared in the living room, on his knee and brought the box out and opened it up and Accurate saw that and Thomas said, “Well, I know that we love each other. We haven’t seen each other since the day of my parents death. And I’ve been waiting for this day. But will you marry me, Eliza?”

Accurate, a.k.a. Eliza Freeman heard that and looked at him and asked, “Are you serious?”

Thomas answered, “Yes. Do you think that I would lie about this? I love you and only you.”

Eliza looked at him and said, “I’ve been waiting for you as well. I know that you wouldn’t fall in love with that fake.”

Thomas laughed and said, “So, the answer is....”

Eliza answered, “The answer is yes. Seven million yeses.”

Thomas smiled and stood up and they kissed each other and then Thomas asked, “How’d you find me again?”

Eliza answered, “Some masked person said that you were in danger if I let Jennifer Watkins live. And he seemed to be right.”

Thomas said, “I see.”

Eliza asked, “What to do now?”

Thomas answered, “Well, I need some rest. That weapon was very painful to my organs.”

Eliza said, “That was a Deathomater. A weapon capable of killing anything it touches. Even immortals.”

Thomas screeched and said, “Lucky me.”

Eliza laughed and said, “I’ll get my things and bring them here.”

Thomas said, “Go ahead. See you in the morning.”

Eliza said, “OK.”

They kissed and then went their separate ways.