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So, That’s It For Minequest- Ender Eyes

And that AU, I kinda want to move on to bigger and better things. I don’t really know what I’m gonna work on, next. I got one more one shot planned for my Gods of LS AU, one more one shot planned for Haywoodstown, I could do my What Makes Good Man redo, I’ve been spinning another Xray and Vav AU around in my head. But I really don’t know what I’ve got planned next. I’ll come up with something.

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Personal Update Notes

Now, I don't actually know if and when I'm writing a sequel for “What Makes a Good Man”. But after this I'm going to go back and try and finish "Ryan and Ray Destroy the Internet", by myself this time. And probably in May or June, I'll start my Spy AU, called Git Good. It was a play on the "Get Smart" comedic spy movie. So that's my dumb update thing. Cheers. -Reject.

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What Makes a Good Man Chapter 10- We Could Be Heroes

Summary: “Hey. Every group of super heroes needs an epic origin story.” Gavin said with a shrug. “I’d hardly call this an epic origin story.” Ryan retorted. Geoff sighed. “Either way, it’s ours.” This is the story of how a cynical bar owner, his salty employee, a loud mouth electrician, a charismatic activist, a caring CEO, and a sheltered scientist, became the heroes their city needed (whether they believed that or not)  

Chapter: 10/10

Word Count: 1171

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A month had passed since the Hunters had confronted Burns and Cockerel Corporation. Geoff had gone and told the Police that Burnie was responsible for coming up with the kidnapping idea. The Police had gone and arrested Burns after that. Stress in the Slums had calmed down since kidnappings by the Lux had stopped. Of course, there were still bad individuals that caused crime in the Slums, but the Hunters were there to take care of them.

They all had decided to try and take a break for a day. The day was a very special day, especially for Michael. Lindsay and he had finally saved up enough to afford a decent wedding, and this was their wedding day.

“You may now kiss the bride” the priest said.

Michael and Lindsay leaned in and kissed. The guest clapped. They had invited all of their family and their friends. So all of the Hunters were also at this wedding.

The church cleared out and all of the guests made their way to the reception, which was of course being held at Geoff’s bar. Most of the guests were just enjoying themselves. Ray had shown up and introduced everyone to Tina, his girlfriend. Ray also finally got the chance to meet Jack, which was good for both of them. Gavin and Barbara had started joking and talking before Gavin was taken away by Meg do go dance. Ryan could finally enjoy the first actual happy time he had gotten in a while. Jeremy was happy he didn’t have to be the one serving the drinks. It was a good time for everyone.

Michael had stepped away from Lindsay so he could join the rest of the Hunters for a little while. “This is actually a really nice thing.” Geoff commented.

“This is a bit smaller than most weddings I’ve been to.” Jack said. Michael stared in response. “But I understand why it’s smaller and that doesn’t mean it’s not nice. I actually think it’s nicer than most Lux weddings. Its more personal and intimate for everyone.” Jack finished in response to Michael’s stare.

“I’m surprised you actually liked it.” Michael replied in response.

“I’m just glad I can enjoy it and not work it. That’s a nice change for me” Jeremy commented,

“I haven’t been to any party in years, so this is amazing by my dried up standards” Ryan said with a smile.

Then Griffon, whom had been invited to the party as well, walked over to Geoff. “Excuse me, Mr. Ramsey- “she started before she was interrupted.

“Uh…. Actually, you can just… call me… Geoff” he stuttered out.

“Alright then, Geoff. I had noticed you were sitting over here, and I had been very happy that I could attempt to help fix your electricity a month ago, and I just kinda like being in proximity to you in general, so I was wondering if you’d like to dance with me?” she asked.

"I…uh…” Geoff stuttered. Everyone at the table was mouthing for him to say yes. “Yes. I’d be glad to” he said with a smile. He took Griffon’s had and they both walked to the dance floor.

“How long till you think they’ll bang?” Gavin asked.

“Hopefully not too long. I know she’s always thought that ‘Tower of Pimps guy’ was cute. And we all know Geoff as feelings like an awkward teenager for her. They deserve happiness and each other.” Michael answered.

Then Caiti walked over to the group. “I see Geoff has a girl now. And this is a nice song. Can we dance here, Jack?” she asked.

“Absolutely.” Jack replied. Then he kissed Caiti on the cheek, took her hand, and walked her to the dance floor.

Michael got back up to go dance with Lindsay. Jeremy and Ryan sat back at the table and just watched. “Seems like everyone’s getting laid tonight except up.” Jeremy joked.

“I’ve never been a big romance man. Plus, if I’m really that desperate, I have my hand.” Ryan joked in response.

“TMI dude” Jeremy said to that last comment. Ryan just laughed.

Finally, the song ended and the group headed back to the table.

“This was a nice break day.” Gavin said

“I mean; we’re done with what basically is our super hero origin story.” Michael replied with a sigh of relief.

“So this was our, somewhat epic in way origin story?” Jack and Jeremy asked at the same time.

“Hey. Every group of super heroes needs an epic origin story.” Gavin said with a shrug.

“I’d hardly call this an epic origin story.” Ryan retorted

Geoff sighed. “Either way, it’s ours.”

“There were epic parts, but at this point I would just call it a hot mess.” Michael added.

“I mean, come on. Six blokes get kidnapped, escape their kidnappers, decide to become heroes, fight crime, turn around and make it so nobody else can go through the crude they went though. That seems pretty epic to me.” Gavin explained.

“I will admit it good that I can be doing good for some people. Normally I’m the one responsible for their liver damage” Geoff said with a laugh.

“They’re the one who decided to drink. You only provide an outlet.” Jack commented.

“I’m here to fix people’s problems now. So maybe they won’t actually want to drink as much” Geoff replied.

“I hope that’s not some incentive to be a super villain now.” Gavin said in worry.

“Hell no. there are always gonna be people who want booze, whether or not their lives suck.” Geoff answered.

“Hey Geoff, how’s your liver?” Jeremy asked jokingly.

“Don’t know. Don’t care.” Geoff answered as he rolled his eyes.

Suddenly, audible sirens started to be heard.

“Shit.” Geoff said.

“I am still not used to you being able to cuss again.” Gavin said in response.

“Great. Fucktards are pulling this shit on my fucking wedding day.” Michael complained.

Lindsay walked over to the group and came to kiss Michael on the cheek. “Go kick ass baby. Actually, all of you kick ass.” She commanded the group.

“Ay, ay, queen. Jeez and I thought I was supposed to be the leader.” Geoff replied.

“I’ll be back later, Lindsay.” Michael said as he grabbed Lindsay, he planted a kiss on both of her cheeks, and her forehead.

“I know you’ll be back. This is our wedding after all. And by the way, I love you.” She said.

“I love you too.” he replied.

Then all of the Hunters stood up from the table. “Hunters. GO!” Geoff shouted as all of the Hunters went down into the back room to prepare for their upcoming fight.

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While Michael’s wedding was happening, Miles Luna was sitting at the Cockerel Corp, CEO desk. After Burns had been arrested, Miles had been promoted to CEO. He picked up his desk phone and called his new assistant. “Kerry. We need a plan. We need to find a way to permanently take care of those blasted Hunters” Miles said into the phone.

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What Makes a Good Man Chapter 9- This is The Final Countdown

Summary: “Hey. Every group of super heroes needs an epic origin story.” Gavin said with a shrug. “I’d hardly call this an epic origin story.” Ryan retorted. Geoff sighed. “Either way, it’s ours.” This is the story of how a cynical bar owner, his salty employee, a loud mouth electrician, a charismatic activist, a caring CEO, and a sheltered scientist, became the heroes their city needed (whether they believed that or not)  

Chapter: 9/10

Word Count:1244

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TW: mild (cause I can’t write good) violence

Late at night, the night following Cockerel’s banquet, the Hunters stood on the roof of the T.O.P. bar.

“So do we just wait? How do we even know the Lux super guy is even coming?” Geoff asked Ryan, since he was the one who most likely had answers.

“If he truly is finished his power development, then I wouldn’t be surprised if he came.” Ryan answered.

“So what do we even do?” Gavin asked this time.

“We beat him somehow. Now I’m just guessing here, but Cockerel probably told him that we’re bad guys. I don’t even know what to do about that.” Geoff answered.

“He was hypnotized into working for them. He was originally just another kidnapped victim from the slums. There is a verbal code to turn off his hypnotism and his powers. Once we beat him we can turn off his powers so he can live a normal life.” Ryan announced.

“And what are the codes?” Jack asked this time.

“To snap him back to reality, it’s ‘Star Wars Episode III was the best ‘Star Wars’. And to turn off the powers, it’s ‘Both twins had a crush on Han Solo’”

“Do you think after we turn off his hypnotism, he’ll want to kick Burn’s ass too?” Geoff asked.

“I have no idea. I never knew the type of person he was. I only ever saw him passed out for testing.” Ryan said.

“I wonder who it is. I’m just wondering cause another one of my neighbors is still missing. And that dude was the biggest fan of ‘Star Wars’” Jeremy said.

Michael scoffed. “Sounds like a big nerd.” He said. Then a muscular man jumped onto the roof. “And I mean, REALLY big nerd”

“I am Rooster Man. And you fiends are the biggest criminals in Achievement City. I’m here to bring you in.” Rooster Man said.

“I CALLED THAT SHIT!” Jeremy yelled. “Also welcome back Blaine.” He said as he expanded his hands to trap Blaine.

“Beardo, project a force field around us. This battle stays in one place.” Geoff commanded.

Jack projected a force field around the roof so nobody could escape.

Jeremy’s hands began to shake. “Guys I don’t think I can hold this for very much longer.” He said as Blaine moved Jeremy’s fingers so he could escape his grasp.

“I wanna go next and try” Gavin said as he began to super speed run around Blaine. Then Blaine started running at the same sonic speed as Gavin. “Drat” then Blaine ran up to Gavin and looked like he was about to punch him. “SLO-MO HAND ACTIVATE!” Gavin yelled. Blaine slowed down so his punch wouldn’t hurt Gavin, and so he wasn’t running at sonic speed anymore. “I’m glad we practiced with our powers before we started this. Two at once. This is so cool.” Gavin said happily and gave a thumbs up to Jack for letting everyone practice at his place.

Blaine was dripping sweat. “You evil doers are harder then you look. I respect that. I’m still going to stop you from doing any more harm to the world.” He said.

Michael noticed that Blaine was dripping sweat. “Water makes electricity hurt worse right? Right.” Michael said. Then he shocked Blaine. Blaine fell down in pain. But then quickly got back up. “Weird that normally knocks people out. Oh right, you have powers too so it makes sense you’re more durable.” Michael questioned than answered himself.

“I can take at least something from here” Jack said. Then he used his telekinesis to make Blaine punch himself. “What you hitting yourself? Why you hitting yourself?” he jokingly asked.

Then Ryan summoned and controlled Blaine’s shadow. The shadow punched Blaine in the back of the head. “Now this is another way of hitting yourself.” He laughed.

Blaine broke away from all of that. “What is wrong with you people?!” he exclaimed.

Geoff quickly ran up behind Blaine. “Aim for the back of the knees. That is his weakest spot.” Ryan yelled.

“Done.” Geoff replied.

“Huh?” Blaine asked. He looked as though he was about to turn around, but before he could, Geoff kicked him in the back of the knees. Bringing him back to the ground. Then Geoff walked over to Blaine’s front side, grabbed his jaw, and rose him up off the ground.

“Star Wars Episode III was the best ‘Star Wars” he said. Then Blaine’s eye’s widened and shrunk back.

“I’m not trying to insult your opinion, but the original trilogy we way better, sir. Or hero. What did I do that made you look like you’re trying to capture me?” he asked. Then he looked down at himself. “What’s with my own stupid outfit? And when did I get ripped?”

“Now, I can actually say welcome back Blaine.” Jeremy said with a smile.

“Do I know you?” Blaine asked.

“And to answer your question of why you currently look like you do, you were kidnapped by Cockerel Corporation and given super powers. We were too.” Geoff said.

“But why give people super powers? There are some bad people out there and we don’t want any super villains for you to have to deal with.” Blaine said.

“They were trying to make a super hero for the Lux.” Ryan explained.

“Gross. I don’t want to be a hero for the Lux. I’d rather be a hero for the Slums, but you guys seem to have it covered.” Blaine said.

“Would you like to come with us and formally resign?” Geoff asked as he held out his hand to Blaine.

“I wouldn’t mind that. Either way I have to figure out what to do with the rest of my life with powers.” Blaine replied and thought.

“Not necessarily. How ‘bout you think about the fact that both twins had a crush on Han Solo.” Jack said with a smile.

“That would be a better thing to think about.”

“And now you don’t have to worry about powers.” Geoff said.

Then the Hunter’s plus Blaine, walked to the ground, got into a car, drove to Cockerel Corporation, and went up to Burn’s office.

Burnie turned around in his chair to see everyone who had just entered the room.“Oh Rooster Man, Good for you for bringing those blasted ’Hunters’ to me so I could watch you finish them.” Burnie said with a smile.

“Actually. About that. I don’t want to be a super hero if I don’t have to be. These guys kinda have it covered. So I quit. I’m gonna go back to living my normal, un-extraordinary life.” Blaine said as his resignation.

“HAYWOOD! You broke him out of his hypnotism!” Burnie scolded.

“Ryan only told us the password. I was the one who actually freed him. And also Burns, you seriously need to get over your hatred of the Slums.” Geoff said.

“It figures you would be the one who ruined my plans, Ramsey.” Burnie said as he rolled his eyes.

“You two know each other?” Blaine asked as he looked at Geoff then Burnie.

“I can ruin them further by actually telling the police that it was you who was responsible for all of the kidnappings in the Slums.” Geoff warned

“Do what you want Geoff. I lost and I already know you’re going to do what you want anyway.” Burnie replied sadly.

Geoff nodded and he motioned for everyone to follow him out the door. They had done it. They had won.

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What Makes a Good Man Chapter 8- Even More Truth

Summary: “Hey. Every group of super heroes needs an epic origin story.” Gavin said with a shrug. “I’d hardly call this an epic origin story.” Ryan retorted. Geoff sighed. “Either way, it’s ours.” This is the story of how a cynical bar owner, his salty employee, a loud mouth electrician, a charismatic activist, a caring CEO, and a sheltered scientist, became the heroes their city needed (whether they believed that or not)  

Chapter: 8/10

Word Count: 1298

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Ray had left to go do the job that he was back in Achievement City to do in the first place. The group was still sitting in the bar just chilling until more trouble arose. They would be there to stop it.

Either way, the group was still curious as to why Cockerel Corporation was going to have this big party anyway.

“I don’t even know why they need to flaunt their wealth even more so today.” Michael said as he took a sip of his tower od pimps drink. “By the way, I still don’t know if this is perfect yet, Jeremy. But it’s still hella good and I’m glad I’m finally drinking it.”

“Thank you” Jeremy replied with a smile.

“It’s basically there so you’re good” Geoff said.

“I think you’re doing bloody top!” Gavin squealed.

“I’m glad I got to try this. I’m sorry I missed meeting Ray. I’m also kinda sad I didn’t get invited to this big thing.” Jack said to the group.

“They probably think you’re dead or something. Or their still pissed at us for leaving their experimentation thing.” Geoff replied to Jack.

“I know it would have been dangerous if they had invited me. But it could have been like a spy thing. I find out what’s up and tell y’all so we can be prepared.” Jack replied to Geoff.

“They probably finished project Rooster and are having this banquet to celebrate.” Ryan said with a sigh.

“Da fuck is project Rooster?” Geoff asked. Everyone stared at him in shock. “What? Jack gave me a place to practice controlling my sonic voice and I can cuss without setting it off now.”

“Good for you Geoff.” Ryan started. “You all wanted to know my backstory at some point so you kinda get it now. Project Rooster was Cockerel’s attempt at creating a super hero to be the super man of the Lux. It’s why they kidnapped a bunch of people from the Slums to use as test subjects. I can tell that they’re probably done because there haven’t been nearly as many people going missing around here. And, we each have our reasons for being taken as test subjects. Gavin and Jack, you were taken because you wanted to help the Slums. Geoff, you were taken cause you have some past beef with Burns. Jeremy and Michael, were taken cause you were in the wrong place at the wrong time.” He finished.

“And what about you, Ryan? What’s their beef with you?” Geoff asked.

“Here’s the backstory part. I was trying to test on another subject and I accidentally hit myself with the needle and just decided to have the test be on myself. I thought I was gonna die but it turns out I got further in the super serum than I thought” Ryan started again. The rest of the group stared in shock. “I worked for them as a scientist. I wasn’t happy that I was somewhat responsible for all those deaths, but the idea of a super hero kept me going with them. I understand if you hate me now. They hate the Slums. I never did personally. But yeah. I’m an asshole about all of this.” Ryan admitted sadly.

“I kinda get why you never wanted to share all this.” Michael said.

“I don’t hate you. If you need therapy or a nice place to stay after this, let me know.” Jack said.

“I don’t hate you. The powers can be inconvenient at times, but they allow us to help save the Slums. And you said Cockerel wasn’t planning on doing that right?” Geoff said and asked.

“They don’t really give that much of a damn about the Slums that much for some reason. I know they might be challenged economically, but if they helped them, this area might not be as bad.” Ryan admitted.

“It makes me happy to see that you never hated the Slums though. Not all of us are that lucky.” Jeremy contributed too.

“Luck sure is one heck of a thing.” Gavin said.

“What? Are you just gonna say that you’re lucky you got powers or something?” Michael asked.

Gavin shook his head. “I mean, I am. I was actually going to say that I was lucky to still be alive.” He replied. Geoff looked as though he was going to reply. “And I’m not talked about the experimentation thing.” Geoff shut his mouth. “Ryan gave his back story. So I figured I’d give a bit of mine. I’ll tell you guys why I set up these civil rights protest things in the Slums and for the Slums. When I was little, I tried to run away from home. I wondered around town and ended up in the Slums. While I was there, I saw a woman get mugged. I was super scared after that and I tried to run back home, but I was lost. I was all alone and terrified. A man walked up to me and I thought he was gonna hurt me, but instead he offered me a hand and wanted to help me home because it wasn’t safe for a little kid to be wondering alone. Being a stupid kid, I told him my address and he walked me all the way back to the Lux and home. My parents were so relieved to find out that I was unharmed. I apologized to them for running away. I tried to go back outside after that to thank the man, but he was gone. I still don’t know what happened to that man, but he was a good man and I still would want to thank him. But yeah, I started these protest because I don’t want any stupid kid to go through the fear I went through.” He finished his story.

Geoff’s eye’s widened. He remembered years ago when he helped that one Lux kid find his way home. It turns out, one of his new friends was the same kid he had helped all those years ago.

Then Geoff cleared his throat. “You know, years ago, I helped a lost Lux kid find his way home. I left so soon cause I thought people would heavily judge a dirty lookin’ Slums guy. Plus, the kid had his family back and could move on with his life.” Geoff said and Gavin’s eyes widened.

“It was you!” Gavin said as he pointed at Geoff.

“I think it was. And you don’t have to say ‘thanks’ at this point. Your friendship is enough of a thank you for me”

“But I want to say it. So thank you. For saving me all those years ago. You’re a hero. You always were and always will be.” Gavin said as he leaned over and hugged Geoff.

“That was an amazing story. Like holy shit.” Michael said.

“You were always destined for greatness in some way.” Jeremy complimented.

“Now it’s even more fitting that you’re the leader of the Hunters” Jack added.

“I was still thinking.” Ryan started. “If the Cockerel banquet is the announcement of Project Rooster’s completion to the world, then we should prepare for a conflict on a level we haven’t dealt with before.” Ryan said sadly.

“Then we should keep training hard. Who’s with me?” Geoff asked the group.

“I’m obviously in.” Gavin replied

“I like being the good guy, so I’m here too.” Michael replied.

“I’d like to get better with my size control, I’m in too” Jeremy replied.

“I have the best place for us to train, so I’m obviously in this too.” Jack replied.

Then Geoff put his hand in the center of the group. The rest of the group followed quickly. “Hunters on three. One, two, three…” he said.

“HUNTERS!!!!!!” the group excitedly shouted.

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What Makes a Good Man Chapter 7- The Other Side

Summary: “Hey. Every group of super heroes needs an epic origin story.” Gavin said with a shrug. “I’d hardly call this an epic origin story.” Ryan retorted. Geoff sighed. “Either way, it’s ours.”  This is the story of how a cynical bar owner, his salty employee, a loud mouth electrician, a charismatic activist, a caring CEO, and a sheltered scientist, became the heroes their city needed (whether they believed that or not)

Chapter: 7/10

Word Count: 1039

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Burnie Burns sat in his office at Cockerel Corporation headquarters in the Lux of Achievement City. He had been long preparing for this great day. He pressed a button on his office phone to contact his secretary.

“Chelsea.” He called into the phone

The voice on the other end sighed as an immediate response. “Yes, CEO Burns?” the voice properly responded.

“Send Luna up here. I haven’t discussed tonight properly with him.” Burnie informed his secretary on the other line.

“Very well, CEO” the secretary finished and ended the call from her end.

“Yes, this is good. Now Achievement City will know it has a true hero coming to save it. One that is a complete Cockerel Corp. advertisement. The Gibson test kid will sell the company’s products and everyone will be my unofficial slaves to commercialism. Muwhahaha MUWHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA-“he started to laugh but was interrupted.

“Um, Mr. Burns?” Miles said as he walked into the room. “You’re doing that evil laugh thing again. And it’s hella creepy.” He finished.

“Ah yes. There you are Miles.”

“But why evil laugh? I mean, aren’t we the good guys?” Miles asked.

“Of course we are!” Burnie replied with a scoff.

“I was working on meeting plans for tonight’s dinner party thing. Not sure exactly why we’re having that but RWBY does have good food. The waitresses are pretty too. She did you need something from me?”

“I’d like to show you why we are having this party tonight. Come with me.” Burnie finished as he walked out of his door.

Miles shrugged in confusion but followed Burnie out. He smiled because now he hoped that he was actually going to learn what the night was going to be all about. He and Burnie walked into an elevator. The doors closed and Burnie pressed to go to the bottom floor.

“There is something amazing I need to show you. It’s the biggest project that Cockerel has worked on.” Burnie stated as the elevator went down. The elevator arrived on the bottom floor and Burnie walked out first. Miles followed quickly behind him. “This is very important.”

“I could have sworn those huntress dolls were the biggest project Cockerel has worked on. I mean, they’re like super heroes in their world.” Miles commented.

“How about super heroes in our world.” Burnie responded as the two walked into the labs at Cockerel. They saw Dr. Sorola working on testing Blaine’s new abilities. “This Gibson test kid will be the new super hero who saves Achievement City from all of the terrene that plagues it.” Burnie and Miles walked down into the test area. “Gus, are you training him on how to use his abilities?” he asked

“Yes. We were just helping him figure out his speech first. Then we were going to train him with how to use and control his strength.” Gus answered.

“Do you know if he has any other powers besides strength and speed?” Burnie questioned.

“Unfortunately, he doesn’t have the ability to fly. But on the interestingly cool plus side, he has the ability to manipulate water.” He answered again.

“Cool, he’s like a real life water bender!” Miles exclaimed excitedly.

“Miles. This is business. We need to stay professional.” Burnie said to Miles. Then he turned back to Gus. “And congratulations on your first successful living person with powers. We really needed that and Gibson was the best choice for our hero.” He congratulated.

Both Miles and Gus groaned. “Yeah. About that…” Gus started then trailed off in thought.

“Those douches are now saving the Slums.” Miles said as he rolled his eyes. “So unfortunately there’s that.” He continued.

Burnie’s eyes widened in surprise and horror. “What exactly are you talking about?” he asked.

“So about a month ago.” Gus started. “We had our first ACTUAL successful test subjects. It was that douche from your past who’s a bar owner now, his employee, an angry electrician, that obnoxious activist originally from the Lux, the CEO of Log Cabin, and get this, Dr. Haywood accidently ended up testing on himself, and he lived too.” He finished.

“Those were the guys who were in here when I was seeing this for the first time right?” Miles asked.

“Yes. And unfortunately they escaped and are now doing their super hero thing in the Slums like you said.” Gus answered.

“This is highly unfortunate.” Burnie said with a frown.

Blaine, finally noticing all of the conversation, walked over to the group. “Mr. Burns?” Blaine asked. Then he got super excited. “Omg, I am such a huge fan. I mean how could I not be, everything Cockerel does is amazing!” he exclaimed.

“And he’s hypnotized correct?” Burnie asked.

Gus nodded. “Yes he is. We can turn it on and off with the proper verbal cues.” He answered.

“I know this is weird but can I have your autograph? As soon as I find something for you to actually sign?” Blaine asked.

“We may have made the fan-ness to hardcore.” Gus whispered.

“I will autograph something for you soon. Consider it a reward for being amazing. Cockerel wants to show all of Achievement City how amazing you are. Now hypothetically, if you were going to pick your super hero name, what would it be?” Burnie answered and asked.

“Well, I’d consider myself as the protective muscle of Achievement City. So I’d go with Muscle Man. But I know you guys picked ‘Rooster Man’ for me. And a bird theme is cool. I’m loud and everyone will hear and see that I’m there to protect the city.” Blaine answered.

“We are going to announce your arrival as the new super hero for the city soon. But before you start. There are some bad men in the Slums that you need to take care of.” Burnie announced.

“They’re called ‘The Hunters’ and they are very vocal about their name so look for that name.” Miles informed Blaine.

“As soon as I’m done training, I’ll take care of them. Then I can save more of the city from bad people like these ‘Hunters’” Blaine answered.

“Excellent.” Then Burnie began to walk away. “Come on Miles, we have to finish planning for tonight” he said.

Miles looked up. “Coming sir.”

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What Makes a Good Man Chapter 6- Rocks

Summary: “Hey. Every group of super heroes needs an epic origin story.” Gavin said with a shrug. “I’d hardly call this an epic origin story.” Ryan retorted. Geoff sighed. “Either way, it’s ours.”  This is the story of how a cynical bar owner, his salty employee, a loud mouth electrician, a charismatic activist, a caring CEO, and a sheltered scientist, became the heroes their city needed (whether they believed that or not)

Chapter: 6/10

Word Count: 1621

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Michael had just gotten back to his apartment after a long day’s work. He was still trying to figure out how to balance saving the Slums and not getting fired for occasionally having to miss some of his work assignments to help the Hunters.

Lindsay was sitting on the couch watching TV when he arrived.

“Lindsay? What are you doing home? I thought you had work.” He said to her.

“I was given the night off. Apparently Cockerel is having a big party thing tomorrow night and they wanted us to be well rested for that tomorrow. Apparently they don’t want us workers from the Slums to fuck up their image too much.” She said.

“That sorta makes sense. I mean, those fuckers do hate everything about the Slums, so they’d wanna do anything to piss us off. They’d be so worried about fucking up their own image that they wouldn’t wouldn’t want us to do it for them. But god, Cockerel sucks.” Michael ranted back.

“Da fuck they ever do to you?”

“It’s a long-ass story.”

“And what’s up with the Mogar cosplay costume? I’m guessing he’s your favorite of the Hunters, he’s mine too, but there ain’t any conventions coming up, so is it like a role play thing or something?”

“I’m not sure how I should tell you anyway. Or if I should tell you.”

“You’ve also been hanging out at Geoff’s bar a lot. Are you bothered by something that you need to drink away?”

“No, it’s more of a hangout thing, I surprisingly haven’t drunk as much lately even though I could-” Michael was interrupted by the sound of a rock hitting the window. “-Could use a drink after what’s been going on with-” he was interrupted again. “EVERYTHING!” he yelled as he ran over to the window to figure out and yell at whomever was throwing the rocks.

When he got to the window he was surprised to find who was standing outside of it. It was Ray. “Dude! Why you throwing rocks? You could’ve just come in and knock on our door like a normal person.” Michael yelled out the window

“This was more dramatic and I thought it would be cool.” Ray replied.

“Who’s that?” Lindsay asked.

“Ray’s back for some reason. I’m going to go to the bar probably, He might not have gone to say hi to Geoff yet and I know Geoff would want to see him. Jeremy might want to meet him too, it will be like a bartending convention.” Michael said.

“Have fun, but not too much fun.” Lindsay said as Michael ran out the door.

He ran down to Ray and pulled him into a huge hug. “Da fuck you doin’ back. I mean, I’m excited to see you but surprised.”

Ray reciprocated the hug. “Brownman Bar in Twitch Town was called in to help cater with R.W.B.Y. restaurant in Lux. I’m surprised about all of this.” He replied.

“So you like your new job huh?”

“Let’s talk about how I’m enjoying my new life in general. Brownman is so much nicer than T.O.P. I’m surprised they even hired me. I got richer, a new apartment, a girlfriend named Tina, and a shiba named Charlie. My life is awesome. Have you and Lindsay decided on when your wedding is yet?” he went on.

“No.” Michael replied sadly. “We’re still working on building up funds and I’ve been hella busy doing something I’m not sure if I can or should talk about. But have you been to T.O.P. yet?” he asked

“Nope, but now that you reminded me, I think that’s a really good idea and we should totally do that.” Ray replied.

He and Michael walked to T.O.P. laughing and joking about life. When they got there, Jeremy and Geoff we behind the bar, and Gavin and Ryan were sitting at the bar.

“Ok Jeremy, you’re getting better with this Tower of Pimps drink, but I think you should-” he was also interrupted by Ray.

“LADIES.” Ray jokingly yelled as he walked in.

“Seriously Ray? You haven’t seen these guys in months and this is how you greet them, you don’t even know the new guys and this is now their first impression of you. Congratulations.” Michael said.

Geoff had stopped what he was doing. “Holy shi—crud. Ray? What …in the world are you doing here?” Geoff asked.

“My new job got called in to help a party thing at the Lux.” Ray responded.

“Fuck the Lux.” Both Gavin and Ryan said simultaneously.

“Gav, you’re from the Lux.” Jeremy said.

“But I’m pretty sure that Cockerel is having that party-” Gavin said before being interrupted

“They are” Ray said.

“-So Fuck the Lux because of Cockerel. I’m still mad at them for everything” Gavin finished.

“Well would you like to try our new Tower of Pimps drink? It may not be perfect but it will still be good.” Jeremy asked.

“Sorry replacement. I don’t drink. kinda ironic cause I’m a bartender.” Ray answered.

“Oh!” Ryan said happily. “You’re in the same boat as me.” He finished with a smile.

“Then what are you doing here?”

“It’s a long story that will probably be 10 chapters.”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

They all introduced themselves properly. Ray finally met Gavin, the famous protester from the Lux, nobody really new Ryan’s story, and he met Jeremy, the guy who replaced him. They caught up and had a good time. Everything was fine until two men burst into the bar with guns.

“Hands up where I can see them!” the first one shouted. Michael quickly ran into the bathroom and Geoff ducked under the bar.

“I know the Hunters tend to hang out here, so we’re gonna fuck it up for them.” The second one said.

“Give us your cash and we might let you all live” the first one said.

“Holy shit. When I came back and wanted to visit, I was expecting good times, not a stand up.” Ray said quietly and nervously

“I wish Jack didn’t have a meeting tonight, then he’d be better a shielding Ray from bullets” Ryan said.

“Da fuck are you-” Ray started and was interrupted by Geoff as ‘The Boss’ coming up from behind the counter and Michael re-entering the room as Mogar.

“Mogar, shock one. I’ll knock out the other.” Geoff ordered.

“Sure thing Boss.” Michael replied. He ran over and shocked one of the guys. Geoff hoped over the bar, ran up to the other guy, and punched him out.

“But yeah, Jack would have had the force field to shield y’all cause I know you didn’t all remember your costumes.” Geoff said as he turned around to talk to his men.

“So are you guys gonna turn them in now or…?” Jeremy asked. “I mean we’d do it but I’m not sure the rest of us have our costumes with us.”

“I have mine in the base. Mad King could turn them in.” Ryan said.

Michael took off his mask and rubbed his face. “Naw. We’ll tie them up in the closet or something and do it later. I could really use a drink first. Jeremy, I’ll take on of your almost Towers of Pimps.” Michael said. Geoff and Gavin dragged the two men to the closet.

“HOLY-FUCKING-SHIT!!!!!!!” Ray yelled.

Michael turned towards him and sighed. “Shit. I forgot you were here.” He said.

“You have super powers! And Geoff has super powers. And I’m assuming the rest of you guys have them too.”

Both Ryan and Jeremy sighed. “Super genius and shadow manipulation.” Ryan said.

“Size control and mind reading. And I know you’re wondering how this all happened. Like literally.” Jeremy said.

“I can also talk to animals. Gavin can manipulate time to make things go super slow, and he has super speed so everything’s in slo-mo for him. Geoff (just in case you couldn’t tell) has super strength. He also has sonic voice. He needs to learn how to control it better so he needs to practice with it so it won’t go off every time he cusses. Jack, who you haven’t met, can project force fields and has telekinesis. Happy?” Michael explained.

“So have you had these your whole life and just not told me about this?” Ray asked.

“Nope. Cockerel kidnapped us, like a month ago and forced them into us. They were gonna force us to stay, cause we were the first ones who didn’t die then they tried this. But we broke out and have been trying our super hero thing ever since.” Michael explained to answer the second question.

“Those fuckers. But thanks for saving me.” Ray said.

Then Geoff and Gavin walked out of the back. “Yo Michael, what’s up with the Mogar costume?” Geoff asked.

“Don’t worry about acting like this is fake, I told him the whole truth.” Michael responded.

“Seriously?”

“Yes. He did. And we have explained what we have ourselves.” Ryan said.

“Well, I have super speed and slo-mo creation.” Gavin added happily.

“I already told him what you have.” Michael said.

“Oh.” Gavin replied, semi-sadly.

“But anyway. Geoff, I’d like to thank you for saving me.” Ray said. Geoff walked over and messed with Ray’s hair. “Your welcome buddy. We have a super hero group name too. We’re called the Hunters. We help save the Slums. Kinda a big deal around here.” Geoff said.

“It makes sense that you’re a big deal. And continue to help save this area. Would have been cool if I had gotten powers too. I’ve always dreamed of having x-ray vision and laser eyes.” Ray gushed.

“Maybe in another universe buddy.” Geoff laughed. Everyone in the group smiled.

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What Makes a Good Man Chapter 5- The Weird Fourth Wall

Summary: “Hey. Every group of super heroes needs an epic origin story.” Gavin said with a shrug. “I’d hardly call this an epic origin story.” Ryan retorted. Geoff sighed. “Either way, it’s ours.”  This is the story of how a cynical bar owner, his salty employee, a loud mouth electrician, a charismatic activist, a caring CEO, and a sheltered scientist, became the heroes their city needed (whether they believed that or not) 

Chapter: 5/10

Word Count:1262

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It had been a few days since the Hunters had taken down their first criminal group. Ryan was still lost in thought about this weird thing he had discovered through thought. He had also realized his second power was super genius, so why he had started to realize the things he had made sense to him now.

The team was having a meeting at Jack’s house in the Lux. Jack had wanted to thank them all for their kindness and this was how he wanted to show his thanks.

“It’s been freakin’ forever since I’ve been to the Lux.” Geoff commented as he walked through the front door, following Jack.

“I’ve never been, and this place is hella nice, Jack.” Michael said as he followed Geoff in.

“And Meg might actually finish our designs tonight, so she may or may not deliver them.” Gavin added with excitement.

“I’ve never been in these parts either. This is all super cool. And I can’t wait for those designs Gavin. This will all be amazing and we’ll look amazing!” Jeremy announced, with the same excitement as Gavin.

“My wife Caiti is overseeing the chefs and will make sure dinner goes well. She’ll be joining us as well, as long as y’all don’t mind.” Jack said as he led the rest of the group to the dining room.

Ryan was still silent, lost in thought of what he had discovered. He sat down at the table at the same time the other men did. “Oh my god, Ryan, we barely know anything about you, are you at least feeling somewhat happy about this dinner?” Geoff asked.

Ryan paused his thoughts for a second to respond. “… It’s actually goddess.” He corrected.

“God, goddess. What’s it matter?”

“She identifies as a girl so it’s actually goddess.”

“Ok, so why does that even matter?”

“She had to cut her hair off for medical reasons, so she really hates being mistaken for a dude.”

“So why does it matter to us?”

“We exist in her universe, apparently we’re all entertainers. She almost died trying to meet us so now her universe’s versions of us know about her too. They also kinda already know about the other stories she’s worked on about us.”

“She’s worked on other stories?”

“She is a fangirl so she wrote ‘fanfiction’ about us. There was one she worked on where we were all teleported into the game ‘Minecraft’. There were also stories she worked on with a co-author, who would kinda be considered a god. One of them was a murder mystery sorta deal that was also based on a Japanese game called Dangan Ronpa. It never formally finished because a horrible accident happened to her and the co-author. The other one, which she said she will formally finish despite the co-author’s original wishes, was one where me and this guy named Ray, try and destroy the internet.” Ryan finished.

“So, like, were any of the rest of us in these fanfics she wrote?” Michael asked.

“Oh all of us were in them. Half of us died in the murder on. We are all brave heroes of the world in the Minecraft one. It was mostly me and that Ray guy in the internet one. You and Gavin we’re in an implied sexual relationship temporarily in the internet one. The goddess doesn’t personally want to make you and Gavin kiss though. There are other people who write fanfiction about us that will make us do that.” Ryan answered.

“Wait people think we’d work together romantically? I’m not into that in this universe, but I guess that’s ok in others. Who else do fans tend to ship?” Gavin asked.

“Well, they tend to ship you and Michael a lot. They also ship me with that Ray guy, or you. They sometimes ship Jack with Geoff. They-” he was interrupted.

“That Ray guy you keep mentioning was my old employee before Jeremy. He got a new job and a girl and moved to Twitch Town.” Geoff said. Ok then. As I was saying, they also think you, Geoff, and Michael are good together. Sometimes they think Jeremy is good with this guy named Matt-” he was interrupted again.

“He’s my neighbor here. He lives in the apartment next to me. If you were wondering, which you probably weren’t but I told you anyway.” Jeremy said.

“Anyway, I can’t think of anything else in the relationship department. I know they write about a thing where some of us have weird doglike dicks and like there’s three genders. But I think that’s it with all that weirdness. I’m sorry I said I was gonna tell you about all this days ago. Not sure why I waited but I did.” Ryan finished for real this time.

“Ok, so this is all weird and a lot to take in, but we can always joke about it if we want.” Geoff said.

“We do in the goddess’s universe.” Ryan replied.

“DINNER’S READY!” Caiti yelled as she walked in the room followed by servers carrying spaghetti. “They made spaghetti, but I figure you got that from the serving staff carrying it in.” she finished calmly.

“Thank you. And it’s nice to meet you, I’m Geoff.” Geoff added as a thank you.

“It’s nice to meet you Geoff. You look very calm for a man that is leading a group of new super heroes. I think it’s noble that you all are helping the slums. I know it’s a homecoming for you Jack, I know you’re also from the Lux Mr. Free, but don’t know why the rest of you all want to help the Slums so much.

“We’re from there.” Michael and Jeremy said.

“And I have a sad-ish reason for wanting to make the Slums a better place. I’ll tell you all one day.” Gavin said.

“Ok, I didn’t know you were originally from the Slums.” Geoff said to Jack.

“College scholarship baby.” Jack replied with a smirk.

“Why the hell I’m I the leader?” Geoff asked next.

“I mean, you are ‘The Boss’ and the base is underneath your bar.” Jack replied again.

“Now I’m making you my second in command. Cause you kinda already are.” Geoff finally said.

“Well thank you then.” Jack responded.

“Oh! I’m so proud of you Jack!” Caiti said with a smile. “My lovely husband rising up to help the Slums as a super hero, and a regular CEO hero!”

Suddenly the doorbell rang. “I’ll get it for you, sir.” A servant said as he walked to get the door. The group continued to eat dinner and enjoy each other’s company. Then the servant returned. “Sir, it is a young woman asking for Geoff Ramsey here, she says she has something to give you.”

“I’ll take Geoff to the door. I’ll help him out there if he needs it. Thank you.” Jack said to the servant. Geoff and he got up and walked towards the front door.

“This could be our designs. Or at least I hope so cause how the hell else would anyone even know I’m in the Lux?” Geoff said. As they walked to the door, they saw the young woman with a folder in her hands.

“You must be Geoff Ramsey and Jack Pattillo. I’m Meg Turney, otherwise known as that girl from the news and Gavin’s girlfriend.” Meg said.

“Nice to meet you.” Jack said.

“And can we help you?” Geoff asked.

Meg held out her designs to hand them to Geoff. “I finished the designs for your costumes” She beamed.