Prometheus by Tyler Feist (bts books to read TXT) 📕

/> ‘These vigil antes could have gotten the hostages hurt’ a reporter announced
‘Well to me it looked like they knew what they were doing, it was almost as if they were trained to do it’ said a Police officer.
‘Well whether they were or not, they are committing a crime by taking the law into their own hands’ the reporter replied.
“WOW!” Bobby screamed “we saved those police men, they didn’t have to lift a finger, we did all the work and they still think we’re the bad guys”
“Bobby chill,” Tim said calmly “It sounds like they haven’t decided yet, the officer that spoke thought we were doing the right thing,”
“Yah but the reporter didn’t and everyone watches the new,” Naoki responded.
“Fine we’ll lay low, but if they ever need my help I’ll give it to them,” Tim announced “It’s not my job to choose who lives or dies, but if I can stop people from dying I will.”
“Me to,” Nolan said “What we did there, that was what we were meant for,”
“We were meant to be weapons,” Nico replied “Nothing more, nothing less”
“If you ever say that again, I’ll punch you clear across the room,” Tim said sternly “we are people even if we are different, we can use that difference for good, or for bad, personally I choose good”
Tim jumped off the couch and flew upstairs. No one slept very well that night. The next morning after everyone had been dropped at school Tim and Nolan were walking to their classes when they saw a fat boy beating up a small girl. Tim stepped in and caught the kid’s fist before it landed another blow, the bully’s name was Sean, and he was a school bully.
“Don’t touch him Sean,” Tim said, he stared right into Sean’s eyes, Sean had a cold look but Tim had a look that showed that even if Sean was bad, he was worse.
“Why don’t you stop me,” Sean said he tried to knee Tim in the stomach but Tim released Sean’s fist and stopped the fat boys knee with one hand. Tim pushed Sean, Nolan swept his feet under Sean’s and Sean landed with a loud thud. Tim turned to the girl and held out his hand.
“It’s ok I won’t hurt you,” Tim said gently “we want to help,”
“Thanks,” the girl responded “My name’s Katherine, I’m in your history class actually,”
“Well I’ll admit I didn’t know that” Tim replied “What did Sean want?”
“He didn’t want anything, he was just proving he would hurt a girl as easily as he would hurt a guy,” she said with a scared tone of voice “any ways, we should get to class, it starts in two minutes,”
“Let’s go,” Tim said calmly
With that they walked to class talking the whole way there, when they arrived at history class they took some seats in the back.
“So where do you live?” Katherine asked.
“5 minutes away from the school,” Tim cautiously replied
“I live right across the street, we should hang out sometime,” Katherine said.
“Sure here’s my number, call me and we’ll hang out sometime” Tim
Through out the rest of the day Tim hung out with Katherine, eventually Bobby and Naoki joined them, they went to the park and played a couple sports then they all went to Katherine’s house and gathered around the piano while Katherine and Tim took turns playing, after that Bobby showed off with a couple of songs on the guitar. Later that night when they were all sitting on the couch talking Katherine turned on the T.V. On the first channel was the news and on the news there were reporting’s of an armed gang making its way down the street towards a school bus filled with high school kids, kids from their high school.
“I’ve got to go,” Tim, Naoki, and Bobby all said at the same time. They all dashed out of the room at that moment. They started down the street when Tim stopped, and spoke “Naoki teleport us to the house and then find the rest of the guys and get them to the warehouse and have them suit up, Bobby and I will slow the gang down”
Naoki grabbed them both and in a puff of smoke they were at the warehouse, they quickly suited up, then Naoki teleported them right between the gang and the bus, then in another puff of smoke he was gone.
“Bobby build a wall in-between us and the bus so the police can get them out of there” Tim yelled
“Dude we’re in public call me Warlock, it’s what Agent George said.
“Fine, just do it” Tim replied.
“Consider it done” Bobby shouted and then took off toward the bus.
Tim flew toward the gang spraying fire everywhere, he flew straight up and then came barreling down and landed in the middle of them creating an explosion, knocking them all off their feet. Quickly he grabbed the guns and in one burst of energy reduced them to a pile of broken metal.
He turned and saw Bobby advancing toward him. He ran and high fived him. When they got to the gang members, they started turning them on their backs and having Bobby make hand cuffs of ice around them. Out of the corner of his eye Bobby saw a member of the criminal gang run into an alley, he shouted “one just escaped into the alley on the right,”
Tim took off towards it, when he got in the alley he lit it up like it was daytime. He saw the man trying to reach the fire escape, as he approached the man finally grabbed the fire escape, he ran up the stairs as fast as he could. Tim just laughed and flew to the top of the building, at the top the crook was waiting with a pistol he must have had hidden on himself. He fired at Tim. But before the bullets could hit him, Tim shot flames from his eyes reducing the bullet to ashes.
“Who are you the?” the man screamed.
“I’m Prometheus,” Tim whispered in his face.
At the bottom of the building the police were putting the gang in car’s when one dropped onto the ground next to their feet. The police stared up in wonder as Tim flew off into the night sky. On his way back Tim saw Bobby on the ground with the rest of the group. He landed and heard the boys explaining why they were late.
“It doesn’t matter we saved the kids, but tonight Bobby brought up a good point, in public we need different names,” Tim quietly announced.
“I’m Warlock,” Bobby said.
“I’ve already chosen Prometheus,” Tim said.
“Fine then I’m Zeus,” Nolan said in response.
“I’ll be Chronis, if we’re sticking with Greeks” Nico said.
“Well, Greek huh, I’ll be Ares the war lord,” Nick announced.
“I’ll be a little more original, I’ll be Guardian,” Naoki replied.
“It’s settled then, we’re a legion of soldiers,” Nolan said.
“LEGION,” Tim yelled “TAKE TO THE SKY,”
They all took off into the night. The next morning Naoki ran out of his room and yelled “Bank robbery at 32nd and Maple,”
“LEGION SUIT UP,” Tim yelled.
“They got to the scene and saw that there were hostages. The boys huddled together and made a plan. Nolan flew through the top window and blasted the guns of the hit men with lightning, he missed one and the man fired back. Before the bullet could hit the microscopic tesla coil fired a beam of lightning, it shattered the bullet in mid-air. Then Naoki started teleporting the hostages down the block, while Tim and Bobby flew around the back to take down the hit men on guard duty. Mean while Nick and Nico helped the bank employee’s clean up and put the money back where it belonged in the safe. By the time the police arrived the boys had fixed everything, they walked out into the middle of the streets.
“STAND DOWN,” a police yelled through a mega-phone.
“LEGION,” Tim roared “TAKE TO THE SKY,”
With that they all took off, they regrouped at the warehouse. As they were all putting their gear away Bobby remembered it was 10:00 o’clock.
“Guys,” he yelled “we’re late for school,”
“Dude it’s Saturday relax,” Nolan chimed.
“Well I then I have to be at the school in a half an hour anyway,” Bobby said back.
“I’ll drive you there,” Tim yelled down the stairs, “I have to be there too, to try out for volleyball,”
“He really just wants to show off the mustang,” Nolan whispered to Bobby.
“I HEARD THAT,” Tim yelled.
As they approached the gym, were tryouts would be they noticed that around the corner people were gathered and were watching something. Bobby and Tim ran to see what it was.
“GET UP BONES” a familiar voice screamed.
As they rounded the corner they saw everyone was watching Sean beat up another victim. What amazed Tim and Bobby was that no one would do anything to help the boy Sean was beating up.
“Sean stop being a jerk and let him go,” a girl stepped up to Sean and said.
“I will,” he said “when someone makes me,”
Everyone took a few steps back. Tim and Bobby started to make their way to the front. The boy stood up and got into a fighting position, Sean walked up and when the boy threw a punch he grabbed his wrist and twisted. Just then Tim broke through the crowd and punched Sean across the face. Sean fell back, jumped up and got punched by Bobby.
“No fair you’re double teaming me,” Sean cried.
‘Fine pick a friend to fight with you,” Bobby said.
Sean grabbed a boy near the back who was big, black, and bough. The other boy was Matt; he was Sean’s only friend. Sean and Matt slowly walked toward Tim and Bobby.
“You take Matt, I’ll take Sean” Tim whispered
“No other way around, I don’t want to hurt Matt, I wanna hurt Sean,” Bobby argued.
“Fine,” Tim replied.
Tim ran and did a flip over Matt, landed and kicked, sweeping his legs out from underneath him. Bobby threw punches left and right, continuously hitting Sean. Tim took Matt’s arm and twisted it behind his back, he pushed Matt harder into the ground and said “Give up before I have to hurt you,”
“I give up I’ll stop hurting people,” Matt whimpered.
In the mean time Bobby kept throwing punches until Sean was kneeling, finally Bobby kicked him right between the knees. He shoved Sean to the ground, turned and he and Tim walked over to the boy who had taken a beating from Sean.
“You all call you’re self good people?” Tim asked “you wouldn’t help your fellow student even though there were twenty of you and one of Sean,”
“Think about that next time,” Bobby said angrily.
“Are you all right?” Tim asked the injured boy.
“I’ve had worst,” the boy joked.
“I’m Tim, this is Bobby, we’re sorry Sean hurt you,” Tim said in a hushed voice.
“Well you sure proved that when you beat him up,” the boy laughed.
“Tanner are you all right,” said the girl who had spoken up earlier.
“Oh Tim this is Teddy and well I’m Tanner” Tanner said.
“Nice to meet you, not many people were willing to do what you just did,” Tim said slowly.
“Well when someone beets up your best friend you tend to want them to stop,” she said seriously.
“We should probably get to volleyball,” Tanner told Teddy.
“You two play v-ball?” Tim asked.
“Ya we’re on jv” Teddy announced proudly.
With that they took off into the gym, Tim looked at Bobby smiled, stood up, and headed toward the gym. When he got in he