As soon as we hit the road I quickly texted Leo to tell me his location and about a minute later we were already heading towards the park. “So what exactly is the really stupid thing we’re doing?” Mary was rhythmically tapping her fingers against the wheel. “I don’t know why you are coming with me to do this” Mary shrugs “dunno bored plus I wanna do something with my brother”. I raised an eyebrow “even if it’s stupid?” Mary gave a nod of approval as we kept going down the street.


    As we passed what seemed to be the aftermath of a house fire I could see Mary start tapping her fingers against the wheel “so what are we doing? You never really told me what bullshit you yourself into”. “I didn’t get myself into anything” Mary grinned “oh really? You sure because lately it seemed like you''ve been getting into a lot of trouble, am I right?”. I opened my mouth to pretest then shut it quickly as I had to admit she was right “I’m right aren’t you make that face whenever I’m right”. “I’m not making a face” Mary turned to me “yes you are you always make a face kinda like” Mary’s smile turned to a heavy frown as her eyes filled with annoyance “this”.


    I rolled my eyes as I flicked her in the nose “eyes back on the road” Mary snorted in reply “really I’m pretty invincible and can heal from life threatening injuries in a matter of a minute and you''re like a lesser version of that”. A jab to the arm changed her tone as she kept facing forward as I started to see the park in the distance.


    Finally no more car ride small talk. “So what are we doing and can you tell me?”. I held my chin “well uh were going to help my friend fight the underground” Mary just stared at me as I prepared for her to yell at me in 3 2 1 “ok” what. “Really? Just ok?” Mary shrugged “yeah what did you expect?”. I sighed “for you to yell at me and call me stupid?” Mary smirks “oh you forget my dear brother I am also extremely stupid hahahahaha!” I like this girl.


    I held my face as I groaned “yeah why didn’t I realise this earlier?” Mary smirked as we parked in front of the park. “So where''s the guy?” I checked the message Leo sent me again “by a pond just follow me”. We both got out of the car as we quickly made our way through the park. It was nice the flowers were blooming, the birds were singing and when I smelled the air it smelled pretty good.


    “Smelling the roses?” I looked down at Mary “yeah? Actually smells pretty good. Super senses are cool until you get sensory overload” Mary snorted “it can’t be that bad” I felt my eyebrow twitch “yeah smelling dogshit trash and rotten food along with hearing people fucking two miles away and” I felt a hand cover my mouth “ok ok I get it you made your point” Mary shuddered “yeah maybe I don’t want super senses” I smirked as we kept walking.


    We walked in silence for a bit as I saw a couple birds start picking at a dead mole as they quickly tore the thing apart. “Sooo have you found a Mary Jane yet?” I raised an eyebrow “a what?” Mary sighed as if I should know what she was talking about. “You know like a girl next door or class mate who you really hitch off with and you can’t really hang out with them because you have to keep saving the day and then for some reason they keep getting kidnap and start falling in love with your other identity and” I covered Mary’s mouth this time “found the pond” I thought she stopped with the small talk.


    It was one of those ponds with a bridge over them. There were even a couple ducks swimming around and there Leo wearing a large grey jacket feeding the little pieces of bread, ain’t that sweet, hey! were the only ones that wear dark jackets and hoodies because were boring. “Huh I actually didn’t think you would come and you even brought someone with………” Leo halted his movements and just stared forward as Looked where he was looking and he was staring at Mary, OH HELL NO!


    Mary looked confused until she looked at me and then at Leo as she quickly realized something and hit Leo with a small shock. “Fuck!” Leo fell over as Mary punched me in the shoulder “chill out” I went to ask why she punched me in the shoulder as I noticed my hands were already steel “that''s odd”. “Jesus what was that for!?” Leo said as he slowly rose off the ground. Mary snorted “Because you were staring directly at me and I swear I could hear your heart beat faster and I don’t even have super hearing”. Mary pointed a thumb at me “and mole rat here looked like he was about to maul you”.


    Leo dusted himself off “well if you two aren''t going to maul or shock me” Leo gestures to a park bench “can we sit down and talk?”. Mary was already on the bench as me and Leo sat next to her. “So uhm Richard who is your friend?” I sighed “my sister” the realization hit Leo as he quickly looked between us. “Before you say anything, we''re fraternal” Mary said as she was staring a duck in the eyes.


    “Now Leo explain your brilliant idea to us?” Leo winced a bit at my comment, was that sarcasm? “Yeah I’m curious on how you expect 3 newbies to fight the underground” Mary said with clear interest. Leo fidgeted with his necklace for several seconds as he took a deep breath.


    “Ok so apparently finding information on the underground wasn’t that hard there are a lot of different forums out there” true.  “On a particular one, there were some geeks that recorded fights and talked about them. After a bit of chatting they let me have some specific fights that helped a lot”. Mary gestured her hands for Leo to continue as I was more stuck on the fact that he was using forums to get info, They can have good info on them…..sometimes. “I only watched videos that involved underground members and I started to notice something: a couple of them were in similar areas and that''s when it clicked”.


    Before Leo could continue Mary spoke up “oh you figured out the edge of their territory since they only attacked heroes that got too close since it''s much better to be on the defensive and keep the territory you have then be on the offensive and potentially lose territory to more experienced or lucky heroes”. Me and Leo just sat there in silence Leo was more dumbfounded while I was surprised then anything “what? When I went on patrols I was taught a bit more than how to properly land my fist into a criminal''s very punchable face”.


    Leo quickly found his voice again as he continued speaking “well as uhhh” Me and Mary both sighed “Mary” we both said as Mary smirked at me “jinx” I rolled my eyes. “Well as Mary said I think I found the edge of the Undergrounds territory and that means” it was my turn to speak up “we know where they are also letting us potentially snoop around and figure out where all their stuff is with my enhanced senses” Leo snapped his fingers “bingo”.


    “But that is so much easier said than done. This is a gang we are talking about a small one but still a gang” a even the small ones can get ya, we know from experience. Mary still had her smirk as she sat up “well we don’t have to take out the gang just makes things worse for them. Example take out a couple of their bases, get some of their grunts arrested and destroy whatever stashes they have maybe if we''re lucky, we can one of their Evolves, just softens them up so that some other group of heroes can just scoop them up and tossed them right into the slammer”.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.


    “Be careful Mary we don’t need you frying your brain by overworking it” Mary rolled her eyes as Leo gave a small clap. “You have to give her Credit Richard she seems to know what he''s talking about even as a newbie” Mary gave me a little smirk at that last part. “But I gotta ask Mary why are you helping me?” Mary shrugged “I’m bored”.


    “Really?” Leo replied “well not fully I’ll take any chance I can to feel a couple cells and make things better” ew such a basic answer. “What about you Richard you seemed pretty adamant about not being involved in this what''s with the change of heart?”. I tried to answer his question but I quickly stopped as I wondered the same thing, why was I helping?. I just kinda got up and decided to help him even if he could get injured. A part of me wanted to help while another wanted to let him be either because I didn’t want the trouble or him getting beat would help him learn but after that vision everything kinda blended together.


    That vision, what did it mean, what d “earth to mole rat” I was shocked out of my train of thought as I quickly glared at Mary. “Does he always do that?” Leo said with a confused look “yeah he just kinda stands there for a couple seconds staring off into space probably monologuing to himself”


    “I wasn’t monologuing” Don’t lie you were. “Well anyways why are you helping me again Richard?” I gave Leo a shrug “dunno”. Leo sighed “is that  the best answer I’m gonna get?” I nodded “yeah”. Mary stepped over to the pond and started to mess with ducks using the water “sooooooooo are we gonna keep talking or are we gonna actually prepare to do some vigilante work”.


    “Yeah you''re definitely the fun one” Leo said with a growing grin. I rolled my eyes as we all got to Mary''s car, hopped in and started driving off. “So where are we heading?” Leo said as he laid in the back. “Oh just gotta make a detour to grab something” Mary said with an extinct glint in her eyes. “Is it an actual costume?” Mary grin widened “well you can say that” Yeah her girlfriend definitely built her something nice.


    The car ride was pretty nice since no one really talked Mary was too busy probably thinking about Rachel or whatever she''s grabbing and Leo was probably mentally preparing himself for the bullshit that we were getting into but I was more focused on what I was gonna eat for dinner. It didn’t take us that long to get Rachels scrap yard as Leo had to move back a bit to get a nice look at the whole thing. “Why are we at a scrap yard? Did you hide something here?” Leo said as he kept looking at the scrap yard “no a friend of ours just lives here”. “They live in the scrap yard” I grabbed his head and turned to the auto shop.


    I could smell the smoke and motor oil as soon as we parked in front of the shop, I just love the smell of newly made tech. While me and Leo stepped out of the car Mary straight jumped out of the car as she rushed into the shop. I sighed at Mary''s inability to hide her affection for Rachel like seriously just starting dating her.


    “She seems excited” Leo commented as we walked into the shop “I wonder why?”. Before we walked into the shop. there was a loud BOOM! as smoke started to roll from under the door of the shop “Uhm should we be worried?”. “Nah Mary and Rachel are pretty tough so an explosion might give them a small headache” before Leo could question further I quickly walked inside.


    The shop was pretty much the same well except the smoke as it didn’t take long to find the source. “Rachel, why did you think that was a good idea?” Mary seemed worried I also started to pick up the scent of rain.


    “It is” I could hear the pout in Rachel''s voice.


    “Trying to build a mech with the parts of a monster truck, jet airplane and a freaking tank seems cool but not like a good idea” a what?, really? A mech of all things well that''s just THE MOST IDIOT THING A DEVELOPER CAN MAKE!


    “I guess so well at least I had you to save me this time”


    “Heh yeah”


    “Well aren’t you two just adorable” They both turned towards me as I walked in.


    They were both covered in ash and grime as I could see the remains of what looked like the beginning stages of the said mech. Leo stepped next to me “what the hell is that thing and who is……that” Leo eyes quickly traveled from the hunk of metal to Rachell ‘assets’. I quickly flicked him in the shoulder almost knocking him over “ouch that hurt man!?” well it''s better than getting water bored by Mary.


    “Who''s the new guy?” Rachel said as her Tail grabbed a towel and wiped her face.


    “Newbie, like fresh out of the oven, well maybe he was brought out a bit early” Mary said that last part with a snicker at Leo’s expense.


    “True” as he walked over to Rachel.


    “Leo” He held out a hand.


    “Rachel” She said with a smile as she took Leo''s hand and shook it with a pretty strong grip because I could see Leo wince a bit.


    “Introductions are good and all but can we get into the reason why we''re here?”.


    “Ooooh that''s why you here ok give me sec I hid it somewhere so I didn’t accidentally break it” Rachel quickly rushes into the back as I could hear throwing back different junk in the search of whatever were here for.


    “So what did she make for you?”.


    “Shh mole rat just wait and see”.


    After a couple minutes Rachel came out dragging a large metal box her “found it it''s just kinda heavy”


    “Don’t worry I’ll help” Mary easily lifted up the box as I could see her smile at Rachel.


    Mary places the large metal box on the table “ok Rachel time to show them your genius”.


    Rachel gave us a fanged grin as I crossed my arms and watched as Rachel stuck a claw into a little mechanism and with a small hissing sound the box clicks open, huh claw based mechanism we should do that.


    “You have the honors Mary” Rachel said with a little bow “oh with pleasure” Mary lifted the metal box open as we got to see its contents.


    Inside the box there were 4 copper bracelets, what looked like a large copper chest plate, a foot long copper cylinder with silver ends and finally a what looked like a copper block with silver engravings all over it. “So Richy you know how I have similar powers to dad?” Mary said as she started to place the bracelets on her ankles and wrists. “Yeah you’ve made it very obvious” Mary had placed the chest plate onto her chest as with a click both it and the brackets snapped tightly onto her body.


    “Well when I was first testing out my powers dad told me about a little trick” Mary grabbed the block and attached it to the cylinder making a one handed hammer. “It let him boost his body to even a higher degree then mom since but only a small amount of time I have his powers plus moms I will be able to do it eventually but until then I had to improvise”.


    Mary’s eyes sparked electricity as blue circuit-like lines started to appear on the tech and bit by bit it slowly started to extend. A wire mesh slithered out of the bracelets covering her hands and feet up to elbows and knees respectively. The wires glowed a pale blue as dozens of little silver plates started to cover wires as they covered most of her limbs except for her knuckles and the tips of her toes which got covered in much thicker copper plates.


    A similar process happens with the chest plate as the wire mesh covered her back and shoulders as thicker copper plates covered her the wires connecting together to form much larger plates that glowed with that same blue light. Smaller a more silver chainmail-like wire mesh connected the gap between her gauntlets, boots and chest plate as smaller silver plates quickly coated the mesh.


    Finally a copper neck guard shot out around her neck as a copper plate with silver engravings covered her face as a glowing blue visor appeared. “Names Storm Herald and” with a flick of her wrist the shaft of the hammer extended as the hammer itself sparked with electricity as it grew in size now a foot and half long. Mary slammed the hammer against the ground sending electrified concrete through the air “I’m ready to bring the thunder”, Man we need to get something that cool.