Not Your Kind of Superheroes (Heroteria Chronicles #1)

Prologue

Mage Note: This is my first hero story and series.

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LOSERS RULE:

If you can be anything in the world, what would it be?

Some say they want to be a president, a model, a Hollywood actor, a billionaire, or a Superhero.

The first rule of the losers in Team Zero living in a world of copycats:

Be yourself.

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Prologue

ROMAN

It's the end of the world.

Nalaglag ang panga ko sa harap ng kalangitan nang makita ko ang lumulutang na mga gusali, sasakyan, at mga tao sa aking paligid na tila naging mga lobo ito sa ere.

Everything is floating, the world is dying, how can I fix this? How can I fix a problem that persists on becoming inevitable?

Hindi ako makapaniwala na mangyayari ang pinakakinakatakutan kong katapusan ng lahat.

Gumugunaw na ang mundo at nasisira ang buong planeta mula sa kakaibang puwersa na nakapinsala ng ating kabuhayan at kinabukasan.

"Roman, you have to find the heroes!" Sigaw ng Headmaster na si Maestro. "You're a man of your word, right? You have to go back and leave this behind!"

"I can't just leave everything behind! Do you have any idea what you're asking me? If I leave, this world will be forgotten!" I shouted through the noise and explosions around us.

"You need to make a sacrifice for the greater good of humanity! There won't be a future if you stay here!" Maestro reasoned. He was right and wrong. It was hard to choose.

Umaangat ang hibla ng aming buhok, ang laylayan ng aming damit, at ang pawis mula sa noo habang nakasabit kami sa flagpole, kinakapitan ang huling kanlungan, hinaharap ang paparating na kamatayan.

"But I can't sacrifice this world! It's... It's not fair to them!" Then I pointed at the people shouting for help as they levitate to their deaths, but no one's coming to save all of us. "It's not fair to all of you!" I try to fight back tears.

"This isn't about morality anymore, the entire universe is at stake if this goes on!"

"I can't leave this! You know that! It's wrong!"

"Remember the golden rule!" Maestro grabs me by the collar of my trench coat, his eyes are determined, trying to convince me with all the possibilities flooding inside my head. "Go back in time and find them!"

Nakakapit kami sa flagpole ng Heroteria Castle, ang nanatili pa rin matatag sa kalagitnaan ng pag-gunaw ng daigdig. Ang bandila ng kastilyo na may black mask ay napunit na mula sa mga pinsala na natatamo nito galing sa mga lumulutang na mga bagay-bagay sa amin paligid.

Maestro shoved a bunch of newspapers and photographs to my arms. Nanginginig ang aking mga kamay nang tinago ko ang mga ito sa bulsa ng trenchcoat ko.

"How will I find them?! The timeline is infinite yet narrow! I can't pinpoint which time I will enter in to their lives!"

"You're the Hero of Time for pete's sake! You have the power to undo this catastrophe! You must find a way! Make it so!" Maestro shouted as a loud explosion echoed from the distance and shook the air with its sonic boom, making us grip the flagpole even tighter.