The Pros: Those Above Us

Chapter 1: Trouble at the bank

Smog filled the air with ash and smoke over the covered with debris. From the smog filled air a figure could be made out. They had a blocky head with a top hat plus a waist coat, but that's all you could see of their appearance. They were carrying bags filled to the brim with money, coming out of the fog laughing maniacally. They had a long, thick, black moustache and big piercing eyebrows. Joseph is in the air overlooking the thick clouds of smoke. "Who's the villain going to be this time?" Joseph said a bit annoyed with how things have turned out so far on that Monday. He had gotten an hour detention, he has to hide his secret from his friends, things couldn't get worse, right? The bank was on fire fuelling itself with every last breath of oxygen. "Ok, so first I call the fire brigade which can be done with the press of a button, then I should stop the robber, put him in jail and another job well done." He said to himself trying to get this done as quickly as possible. He landed on the ground to find the guy responsible for all of this mess that surrounds them. "Well, well, well. If it isn't my archenemy, The Arcane Angler." The unknown villain spoke with mischief in their voice. "Ah well if it isn't my favourite blockhead himself" Joseph taunted "What was your name again." "Excuse me!" The villain said furiously. "What? I fight like twenty people a week." Joseph spoke trying to tease the villain further. "I am the great Safecase, Best Bank Robber of this century" Safecase rambled on. "Your greatest enemy" He finished. "Wait, hold on a second." Joseph asked with a puzzled look on his face. "Umm, yes?" Safecase asked. "You..." Joseph begins too laugh "You think you're my greatest enemy?" He asked dying with laughter. "Yes, you are obsessed with me" he announced. "Nope don't recall that, you're just villain of the week bozo." Joseph taunted further. "I'M FUCKING WHAT!?" He shouted. "You come to this one bank every fucking Monday just to piss me off now if you don't mind I've got to go" Joseph said going straight to the point. "I'll show you villain of the week!" Safecase held his arm out and his nails electrified blue. The blue electricity lifted Joseph into the air. "WHOA!" "What the fuck is this!" Joseph said with his limbs out of control. Safecase moved his arm swiftly over to his right Flinging Joseph at the wall. CRASH! Joseph hit the wall bruising his arm painfully. "Ok, that's new" Joseph said realising this would be harder than he originally thought. Safecase held his arm out again however his nails electrified red pulling Joseph towards him. He then threw him at the wall again, still using the red nails. Joseph was weakened and badly bruised by the brick wall. He had to figure out something now or it was Game Over. He realised the finger nails were the key to his powers; cutting the nails off means, well, bye bye Safecase. Joseph then had an idea. "Hey! Safecase" he shouted with no energy whatsoever. "You got a bit of bird shit on you, you daft bastard". "Oh how embarrassing" He said sarcastically but still trying to look for it. Joseph turned on his laser glove, "Say 'Hasta la Vista' to those nails!" he bellowed. As the laser was about to hit them, they turned a stormy blue - Lifting the laser like a liquid, Safecase took the gloves using his magnetism as they too were a vulnerability that the Arcane Angler had overlooked. Safecase clenched his fist, destroying the Angler's gloves. Rearing his aimed throw, Safecase viciously punted the hero into a hard, polished stone wall; "There's no winning." he declared, rather sure of his victory. "Sweet dreams, Angler." His voice altered and distorted, becoming more manic and patronising by the second. The villain raised Joseph to the highest point in the sky that was humanly possible for him to reach, then sent him crashing down into the concrete floors; of which were covered in small rock formations and sharp shards of glass. Upon impact, hundreds of miniature shards impaled his exposed skin, breaking it off to make way for bloodspill. Safecase continued. He carried this on until the Angler was but a pulp of red, flowing blood. He was almost gone. Gone from this world. Who would save humanity then? "You're pathetic. If I was but just your 'Villain of the Week', I could've never defeated you. I am stronger than you could've ever accounted for. How embarrassing on your end, Angler. I will be the last face you ever see before you rot up in the safety of those pearly gates." He took a firm grip over one of the Angler's ankles, dragging him across the rough roads with his stolen goods in the other hand. The vision of the Angler began to fade, flickering in and out like the withering spark of a candle almost out of wax. "Y- You" "You will.." "Never, get away wi- th.. this." he struggled as his grasp on reality was slipping away further. The robber picked him up again with his magnetic abilities. He laughed in his face, kicking him back down to the ground. The robber dug his heel into the Angler's arm as he grew to a cackle. Joseph fell into a slumber "Ah, you poor thing" his laugh faded "I already have."

Back at the school
Joseph's friends were sat in the library for their break. Will, listening to Ghost on the Chromebook, asked, "Where is Joseph, he was in earlier I'm sure?" Will asked in utter confusion. "Well he got an hour detention in science and he's been gone since." Noah said also baffled. In a flash our second protagonist, Josie came running down the halls. Josie has Blondie brown hair, Shiny Green eyes glasses and a slightly pale skin tone "Ok where the fuck is Joseph!" She seemed rather pissed off. "We haven't seen him" Kaylem spoke up. "Aren't you one of the popular kids?" Will asked. "Yes but why does that matter?" Josie asked. "Why come here then?" Kaylem asked. "I'm looking for my cousin, dumbass! I'm sorry" Josie said. "He got an hour in science" Noah said "Haven't seen him since." "That Bastard!" Josie shouted, "did a fire alarm like sound go off from his badge?" she asked. "Yes... Why?" Noah asked loosing sense of the situation. Josie groaned angrily "Safecase attacks every fucking Monday at fucking Ten o'clock I told him he needs to come get me I always get a detention or I am just walking through the halls" Josie said with slight annoyance. "Wait the bank robber guy?" Noah asked. "Yes him" "the guy that's just captured the Arcane Angler?" Will asked. "He did what!?" Josie asked in confusion. "Yeah, it was on the news like half an hour ago" Kaylem chimed in. "Ok what I am about to do is going to weird you out but my hero identity is not private literally most people know. "Josie said as she revealed a badge on her arm "Let me guess, you're Punk Rocket, Joseph is Arcane Angler, he has been kidnapped, he was too cocky he would win so he left you and Dino Might here and went on his own so you three got the alarm and he left you two here even though he agreed to take you with him." The group said all at once. Josie Twisted the badge transforming into Punk Rocket "Yeah sounds a bit right". "Ok so who is Dino Might?" Noah asked with curiosity. Josie's visor turned into a smug face. "Why did the suits face thing change to a smug smile?" Kaylem asked. "Oh it's nothing you can shock Joseph with that question later." Josie said with a mischievous tone. She ran over to the window and opened it. "What are you doing?" Will asked, still vibing to what seems to be 'Rats' by Ghost. "You'll see" Josie said with her visor becoming a winky face. She sat on the windowsill and swung her legs out the window. "Josie that doesn't seem very safe" Noah said. "Joseph built these suits and he also made them rocket boots so I'll be fine" Josie swung out the window and flew off. "So Joseph's a superhero because he made a suit to be one why didn't he offer us?" Kaylem asked now disappointed. "We will ask him later when he's safe" Noah said. "Wait where's Elliot today?" He asked. "He is off today but he'll be in tomorrow" They replied. "Ah alright," Kaylem replied "What now?" In from the corner of the library our final protagonist, James walks over to the friend group. James has blondie brown hair, cloudy Green eyes and Pale skin. "Was that Josie?" He asked the group. "Yes" Noah said. "Why would she come to the library?" James asked. "Josephs been kidnapped she is going to free him or something" Kaylem chimed in again. James began laughing. "I always knew he was an idiot" He said. "Are you Dino Might?" Kaylem asked with curiosity. "No" James replied. "Where did you get that idea from" "Josie is Punk rocket Joseph is Arcane angler so" Kaylem responded. "Well I ain't" James said. "Text Joe I won't be in tonight" James said. "Where you going?" Will asked.  "None of your business" He said. "I'll text him" Noah said. "Thank you" "I'm going to my girlfriends don't tell anyone even Joe" He whispered to him "Ok" Noah replied.