Part 1
Don't let the world lie to you kids, superheroes are dicks. Oh, they act all magnanimous and noble but really, they’re glory hounds and jackasses, every last one of them. The worst of them all though is Captain Wonder. The beloved hero of Everstone City, he is the world’s greatest superhero. I should know. I’m his sidekick Wonder Boy.
I didn’t want to be. That’s the problem with Digital Dominion. They seriously underestimated how many of us would want to be superheroes. As new cities are built they each get their own hero. Until they were finished there were still too many of us out there. So, the new arrivals were assigned to older heroes in an apprenticeship of sorts. We became their sidekicks until our own city was ready.
Mine was still five years off. That was far too long. Captain Wonder was always showing up to work drunk doing far more damage than the villains. He blamed me for everything that went wrong insulting me every chance he got. If there was a menial embarrassing task he could make me do he would. Finally I had enough.
I packed my bags and headed for the Realmway. The Realmway is a subway train that takes you between zones in Digital Dominion. It was time for me to find something else. I didn't care what, as long as it was far from here. As I neared a woman screamed down a nearby alley. Nope, not my job anymore. She screamed again. I sighed, defeated.
"Don't worry, Miss, Wonder Boy is on the way!" I shouted, running down the alley.
Having changed into my costume, which I hated by the way, I was ready to go. I wore green boots and unitard with a gold W on my chest and sleeves with a flowing gold cape. On my face I wore a little black domino mask. My short red hair was parted to the right. With my prevalent freckles gave me a rather confusing look, age wise. I arrived to find three armed men harassing a woman on the ground.
"Give us your purse, lady."
"Trust me fellas," I quipped, "it clashes with your outfits."
"Wonder Boy!" they shouted in unison.
OK, I might miss that a little.
"Get him!" the lead goon shouted.
They came at me. I smiled. I a hail of fists I beat the fools soundly, knocking them them to the ground with ease. I turned to the woman giving her my hand.
"There you go, Miss."
"Thank you," she said taking my hand.
Wait, I knew that voice. The woman stood up. She was a gorgeous woman, leggy with massive breasts and long flowing brown hair pulled back into a ponytail. She wore a matching purple skirt and sports coat open to reveal her ample assets and eye shadow behind round frames. This was the city's most notorious criminal in the city: The Teacher.
"What are you doing here?" I demanded.
"I came to give you a proper sendoff," she said, still holding my hand.
"One last trip to jail for old times' sake? I'm sure you still have time on your sentence left to serve."
"I was thinking off something a little more pleasurable for both of us."
Suddenly she pulled out a machine gun and emptied the clip into my chest. Now don't worry I'm bulletproof and we both knew it. It still knocked the wind out of me though leaving me crumpled over and weak. She used this opportunity to force my head in between her breasts. Her own powers kicked in. A natural chloroform poured out of her skin and into my nose.
"Night, night, baby," I heard her laugh as I passed out.
I awoke in the back of the limo, on my knees, wrapped in chains. The Teacher sat on the seat behind me holding the end of the chain like a leash.
"Oh good, you're awake, don't worry baby, you're gonna love what comes next."
To be continued ...