A Guide To xB Crafted's Heroics And Shenanigans

xB Gets Dragged Into Vigilantism

xB opened the door to Joe and Cleo's apartment to see Wels and Cleo sat on the couch, enthusiastically discussing something- as he closed the door behind him and moved closer, the guardian hybrid realised that the pair were discussing vigilante names.

He said 'the pair'- it was mostly Cleo enthusiastically listing potential vigilante names for all of them while Wels watched and occasionally offered a suggestion. Cleo broke off as she saw xB walk in, grinning. "xB! Dude! Hi! Hello!"

Mildly confused by her enthusiasm (xB was pretty sure he hadn't seen his friend express that much enthusiasm in all of the seven years that they'd been friends), xB smiled uncertainly, muttering a 'hello' to both Cleo and Wels before sitting down on the couch next to his green eyed friend.

It was at this moment that the dark-haired man first noticed the patches of green scattered across Cleo's skin and how their eyes were slightly darker than normal- they were in their zombie hybrid form, as opposed to their human form that they typically used when going outside.

Joe walked in from the next room over a few moments later, struggling to carry four drinks and shooting an awkward smile at xB as he carefully put the glasses down on the table in front of the couch. The long haired man then sat down next to Wels, who muttered something as xB and Cleo both reached out for a glass of water.

After mumbling something distastefully under her breath about how Joe had spilled some of her drink, Cleo immediately resumed her spiel about vigilante names. "Okay, okay, okay, so- I was thinking... Shifter for Joe, because y'know- shape-shifting and stuff. Hels for Wels because it... sounds cool? And Riptide for xB because water." The zombie hybrid then straightened with a smug smile. "And my name would be Anti-Human, because zombie. Anti for short."

Wels shot them a skeptical look. "That just sounds like you hate humans-"

"It's a work in progress!" Cleo huffed quickly, before grinning again. "Sooo- sound good? For names and stuff?"

xB shrugged uncertainly. "I mean, they're cool names and stuff but I'm not entirely sure you've thought this through- hey, let me explain, dude-" He added hastily at Cleo's scathing glare in his direction. "We have no weapons, for one- the heroes have their weapons provided by the government and the villains make their own presumably. Also, I can only use my powers in my hybrid form, and when I'm in my hybrid form I can only breathe underwater." The blue-eyed hybrid finished with a confused expression.

Cleo paused thoughtfully, exchanging a glance with Joe, who shrugged as if to say 'he has a point'. She then sighed dramatically. "Well- maybe you could wear something like an oxygen mask? But with water? So you can still breathe but also be above water. I'll show you a picture later- as for the weapons, heroes and villains drop their weapons during fights alllll the time, so we can use discarded weapons!" She said brightly.

"Right, okay, that's- wow, you did think of everything, but I'm still not... entirely sure... what if we got arrested or something?" The guardian hybrid said with a shrug, and Wels nodded in agreement.

"Just don't get arrested. Easy. And we'll come get you if you get arrested." The zombie hybrid said excitedly. "Come on, it'll be funnn." They added in a whine, glancing at Joe for backup. Joe smiled awkwardly.

"I mean, we'd do a better job than the heroes at least?" Wels opened his mouth, presumably to snap back a retort (although xB couldn't think why he would do that) before the long-haired blonde closed his mouth again, clearly thinking better of it.

There was an awkward pause before xB let out a reluctant, dramatic sigh (although he was slowly becoming more excited by the idea of becoming a vigilante and proving that some random people were better at being heroes than the actual heroes). "Fine."

Cleo let out an excited noise that xB wasn't sure he could describe with words. "YES! EVERYONE IS ON BOARD, FINALLY!" She paused, having the grace to look a little sheepish as Wels flinched slightly at the sudden increase in volume. "Sorry, dude. Anyway- you will not regret this, I promise." She said, grinning.

"If you say so." Joe muttered, earning himself a glare from his roommate as they pulled their tongue at him.

"Oh, shush, you. Also- vigilante costumes. Outfits. Whatever. Figure something out. Also also- mine and Joe's apartment is the vigilante headquarters. I don't make the rules sorry." Cleo added smugly, doing something adjacent to jazz hands.

"That's fair. My apartment is barely big enough for me, nevermind all four of us." xB said with a shrug that he hoped conveyed his agreement.

Wels nodded. "Yeah, and I don't think it would be incredibly easy to hide my vigilantism from Jev if you guys came running back to my house after every patrol." He said, smiling amusedly.

"Patrol?" Cleo echoed, looking more than a little confused as Wels stared back at her, equally baffled.

"I- yes. Heroes do patrols around the city to check for villains and make sure nothing's disturbing the peace- how did you not know that?" The blue eyed blonde asked incredulously.

"Well- how did you know that?" The zombie hybrid snapped back.

"It's common knowledge." Wels insisted, and while it was common knowledge, xB agreed with that, his friend looked a bit thrown off by the question. "And I asked first."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever, patrol thingies, we can do those. So mine and Joe's apartment is the vigilante headquarters then?" xB rolled his eyes.

"We've both already agreed-"

"I'm just double checking!" His friend protested lamely.

"You didn't double check with me, your roommate." Joe muttered with a wry smile, taking a sip of his glass of water as Cleo rolled their eyes.

"Yeah, but I knew you'd be fine with it-" xB cut them off before they could begin squabbling with their roommate.

"Okay, so here is the vigilante headquarters, we need vigilante outfits, you'll sort out the mask for me and weapons for all of us. Agreed?" Cleo paused before shrugging and nodding.

"Agreed."

hahaha no I didn't forget about this story Wdym

Anyways woo update

Also there's nothing sketchy going on with Wels btw, he's just so bad at hiding the fact that his husband is a hero /gen

Hope y'all enjoyed! Comments and votes are appreciated :D

Sorry for any errors I don't proofread lol <3