Uncool, man. (Invincible SI)

Chapter 3: Sentinel and Invincible



Currently. Me, Dad, and Mark are floating high in the sky. We'll above the clouds as Dad instructs us on how to fly.

He shows us more creative maneuvers with our flight

"You see we create our surfaces mid-air. Viltrumite flight is different than human flight. More refined. Unlike the human superheroes flying abilities.

We don't just ignore gravity. We will it to submit to us. With a complex system in our ears"

I nod as I practice some maneuvers. Like kicking off the air in a direction. What Dad has shown us is that our flying from last night was like a toddler walking for the first time.

Last night we flew while tense. Making us slower than we should've been. When flying you have to relax your muscles. Go along with the wave.

"Very good Markus. You're pretty good at this." Dad says questioningly as I rub the back of my head.

"Yeah me and Mark got some late-night practice earlier," I tell the truth as Dad hums.

"Follow me." Dad shoots off me and Mark follows him.

"Remember to relax. Take calming breaths. And let your instincts guide you." Dad instructs as I nod and slowly match his flying speed. Mark lagging behind a bit but is right next to us.

"Land there." Dad motions to a nearby field as he and I shoot downward. Mark yelled for us to wait up.

Skidding along the dirt I land in style next to Dad. Who crosses his arms and looks up at Mark.

-BANG!-

Mark gets a mouthful of dirt as he crashes head-first into the ground.

"Ouche that one looks like it stung." I cringe in faux pain looking at my twin who gets up completely unharmed but embarrassed

"Well, I guess that counts as a landing," Dad says with a neutral tone as I snort.

"Noe what Dad? Why make us land?" Mark questions as I look at our father.

"I want you two to come at me with everything you have." He says surprisingly seriously as I raise an eyebrow.

"You want us to attack you?" Mark asks but I shoot forward. Hesitation isn't a weakness of mine.

Moving with my newfound superhuman speed. I attempt to blitz Dad who looks unfazed at my speed.

Using the momentum of my flight I go for a roundhouse kick that Dad blocks with the back of his arm a small explosion of wind happens on impact as I immediately go on the offensive.

Jabbing into Dad's guard I test him before swinging hard overhead. He takes the punch the to face unfazed as he looks at me impressed.

"Good Markus. You didn't hesitate. You fight like a viltrumite." In a blur, my arm is grabbed and I'm slammed hard into the dirt. With a gasp.

Spittle flies out of my mouth as Mark remains still. His face holds hesitation as I glare at him.

"Dude! Help! You want to be a hero don't you?"

That gets Mark going as he frowns a bit before charging toward Dad blindly. I can tell he's never thrown a real punch in his life immediately as I sigh.

While I've been training on and off in MMA Mark has been relatively chill. So of course he lacks fighting experience.

Dad blocks Mark's wild swings with a smile on his face as I join the fray. I use Mark's aggressive fighting style to my advantage landing body shots on Dad while he's busy blocking Mark's attacks.

"Okay, I'm going to hit back now," Dad says as he punches forward. I kick Mark out of the way and cross my arms in an X blocking Dad's punch.

The force of the blow is heavy. My arms ache dully as I realize Dad is way stronger than us still.

-Bang-

The force of the blow sends me flying as I slam through a couple of nearby trees. Mark yelling

"Dad why would you hit him so hard!" His voice was laced with concern as I slowly floated out of the remains of a large tree.

"Relax dude *huff* I'm fine," I mutter as Dad's eyes soften.

"I'm sorry son, I got too carried away," Dad says to me as I nod.

"Let's go home."

*****

Groaning in annoyance as I sit atop a building with Mark. We've been waiting for a crime to happen for about an hour.

-BOOM- the sound of an explosion catches both our attention as we move immediately.

The nearby bank is smoking. Looking g to my twin we nod to each other as we dash inside. I immediately assess the situation.

Everyone is tied up. 20 gunmen. One superpowered-looking guy.

"You get the gunman and release the hostages. I got bomb boy." I say without leaving room to argue. In a blur, I punch the burly man with a large Grenade launcher hanging on his arm.

The man takes my punch surprisingly well. He's tough, I hold back slightly less. Moving to disable him with no hesitation. I punch him hard. This time a small Shockwave reigns out as the man is sent crashing into the now blown open bank vault.

His eyes whited out I grabbed him and used my speed to tie him up with the rope the robbers used to tie the hostages.

"Doubt that holds him but he's gonna be out for a while," I say to Mark who's busy knocking out the gunmen as soft as possible.

Turning to the hostages I tell them to go hide in a corner as I join Mark in the fray. We immediately crush the armed men when working together.

"Let's go!" Mark says as I nod. We leave the building in a blur. The cops are already on the way.

Flying back to our rooftop lookout. Me and Mark take off our masks with small smiles. I didn't really wanna do this hero stuff but I gotta admit it's fun.

"You two look ridiculous." A voice says as me and Mark turn to our right. There's Dad. In his omni-man suit leaning against a wall. His face smirking.

"I expected this from Mark but you to Markus? I didn't think you'd wanna be a hero." Dad says as I nod.

"Yeah, didn't intend to be a hero but that was pretty fun. So I'll give it a try." I say. Dad nods back.

"Come with me," Dad says as he floats up. I raise my eyebrow in confusion as Mark speaks up.

"Why?"

Dad smiles as he looks down at us.

"Well if you're gonna be heroes I can't have you two running around in that ridiculous get-up." I snort. The disguises were marks design. I just wore it.

"Fine let's go," I say as Dad nods and Mark smiles.

"We're gonna get superhero suits!"

*****

"I don't know... I'm looking for something more iconic." Mark says with a frown as I nod. He looks ridiculous in this suit.

"Fine kid I think I've got something else your size. Why couldn't you be like your brother and accept the first suit offered?" Art says as I snort.

My superhero suit holds no mask. It's a black and red body suit with a "S" in the middle. The S is red. A good contrast to the majority black of the suit.

"I'm sentinel." Was what I decided my name to be. With Mark laughing at me.

Mark gets dressed in a black yellow and blue suit. Knee pads. Bug eye covers. A mask that leaves his hair out. This suit looks good.

"I like this one. It's perfect." Mark says as I hum it does look good.

"Whats your name?" I ask wanting to know his hero name.

"I'm, Invincible."


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