spadeguy (2013-12-04 02:09:10)

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If you could gain anything, what would you want? Wealth? Fame? Power? There aren't many who would say something not in those areas of gain, but Aaron was different. He had dreams where this question would arise, even if only for a second, and he'd say the exact same thing each time.

Freedom

Not cash, not any power beyond his own reach, not even to be appreciated. He simply wanted to feel free. Aaron was no slave, or anything along those lines. As a matter of fact he was an orphan in America during the time of abduction... yeah... abduction. Regardless of the sound of it, he'd be taken to a better life anyway.

When selected for the Arena, you would be erased from existence completely, mind erasing, file deleting, the whole deal. You would also be given a tattoo, and then you'd be assigned to a placed in a room of the mansion. The entire premise of this was changed...

...but let's just start the story...

A sleeping Aaron rolled out of bed and fell onto the floor. He then awoke to lack of vision. He began crawling to find a wall, but ended up crawling into a drawer.
"CRAP!"

Minutes later, after finding a wall, he waved his hands in front of his face, but nothing. The thought of blindness just filled him with fear. He almost screamed until.

*click*

"OH GOD MY EYES!!!"

He said cringing in pain as the lights flickered on. He staggered backwards and fell, banging his head on the drawer, and then landing unconscious. Meanwhile at the doorway a woman stood laughingly admiring his clumsyness. She wore a plaid button up shirt with loose jeans, and appeared to be in her mid- 20's

"Uh-oh, heheh, I should probably help him..." She said, walking forwards. She held an arm out above him and he began to levitate. With a flick of the wrist, he quickly flew onto his bed. She then walked to him and placed a hand on his head. He flew awake with life, and began screaming.

Aaron: AAAAAAAHHHHH

Woman: AAAAAAHHHHHH

Aaron: OH MY GOD WHAT ARE-

The woman's hand began glowing and she smacked him unconscious once more. Minutes later she woke him again.

"AAAAAHHH... oh wait... who are you?" Aaron asked, "Also, where am I?"

She paused, and then chuckled. "My name is Maria, and I'm your adopted mother."
She pulled her sleeve up revealing a glowing pink tattoo reading Maria.
"You're in NeoTerra, and you've been selected for the Arena of Legends!"

"Wait... firstly the Arena of Legends is just that, a legend. Plus, I heard it was held in a mansion far away from people. NeoTerra is one of the most biggest cities in the world. So, I need some proof."

Maria laughed, and slid open a curtain revealing the sight of the outside world.

"WHAT!?!!?!" Aaron shouted running towards the window. NewTerra was the largest city in the world, known for replicated landmarks of things from Earth 1.

"Aaron, there are things I need to tell you before you continue. Firstly." Maria said pointing to his sleeve, showing a green tattoo.

Aaron

"Oh my... so... AWESOME!" Aaron shouted.

"Yes" Maria said, "It's pretty awesome, but actually what you need to know is what it really is. It's like a second heart that produces a special type of energy and spreads it throughout your body. Can you feel it?"

Aaron: Yes... I think I can feel it!

Maria: Oh god, you said it!

Aaron: Said what?

"Nothing... just... okay!" She said chuckling, "So occasionally you'll hear a voice telling you to go to random places around town. During this time a beacon will shine on it, and the path towards it will show, first you must activate your greater sight."

Aaron looked on confused... Maria placed her hand on his forehead and he saw a vision... but it was more... he was positioned in a castle in front of a large wall blown off, presumably by a cannonball. He heard Maria's voice.

Aaron. Listen closely, this is a tutorial that will explain your greater sight. It is both conscious and unconscious. You are helpless to the rhythm of the world.

An arrow whizzed through the air towards Aaron and he caught it. Suddenly a knight with a sword approached.

You have reflexes beyond comprehension, and when consciously activated, greater sight will show you the path to your target.

The knight swung at Aarons head, but the attack was easily evaded. Aaron lunged forward, grabbed the knights wrist, then palmed the flat of the blade, disarming the knight. It was then that Aaron felt disturbed. He felt the urge to duck he ducked, and the blade of a sword whooshed in the air above him.

"You shall not reach the dagger of time!" The knight behind him shouted before swinging again. Aaron dodged the attack, then turned to run... but where. He began concentrating, and soon the vision was broken. He was back in NeoTerra, looking out the window. A large beacon off in the distance was visible, and he heard a voice.

First task Aaron. You excited?

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spadeguy (2013-12-04 02:13:36)

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I thought of ideas for a story I'd actually want to continue, and this one just popped up. For those who are don't remember the first one, it's linked on my profile. (It's an incomplete project, but it's what I'd consider my best work to date.)

This story will eventually tie into that one, but it takes place WAAAAY afterwards. Characters may even reappear! So enjoy, it's just starting out, so not much action yet. I'll get to planning more ASAP.

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spadeguy (2013-12-09 22:50:42)

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Aaron exited his apartment through the fire escape, and made his way down into an alley. He looked side to side. The alley was empty, to one side was the street, and to the other was the entrance to a cellar of some sort.

According to Maria, his first mission would come in the mail or by some other means, so until then he'd have to fly under the radar. The conversation ended with an ultimatum that would land him in one of the most grueling situations he'd ever find himself in...

...high-school...

He exited the alley, and began a slow jog through his area. The city of NeoTerra was just that... a whole new world! There were so many people on every street! He spent so much time on the streets windowshopping that he almost forgot about school. He began walking down the sidewalk.

"Okay then" he said to himself, "Let's use this 'greater sight' thingy..." He paused. Aaron started to concentrate on getting to the school Maria told him about, the NeoTerra School for the Arts. Suddenly, as if there was a ligntbulb in his head that just went off, he knew exactly how to get there. He gave a smile, and much to the surprise of some people he began running. He sprinted around people while trying to avoid contact as much as possible, although the occasional nudge or even head on crash occurred. Before he knew it 15 minutes had passed, and he was at school. He may have been about 5 minutes late, but he was there. Ironically, the beacon he'd seen earlier from his house was coming from this school, but it was fading away nlw that he'd arrived.

It was a large school and an Earth shaped statue stood before the 15 stairs before the entrance. There were many other marvels regarding the architecture of the building. It had 6 large columns, 3 on either side of the staircase, and each step had a brick with different names on it. Other than that the school pretty much looked like a castle.

He ran up the stairs, and entered the front door, then made his way to the front office. It wasn't that hard to find, as the second he entered the school he looked left and there the sign was. A nice old lady gave him his schedule, and he walked out of the main office.

"Okay so... room 105..." he said. He activated his greater sight and soon enough found himself there. He nervously entered through the door, and he looked at the teacher.

It was a middle aged woman named Mrs.Swan who stared at him for quite some time before saying,
"What are you, and why are you here?"
This drew some laughs from the students.
" I'm Aaron- Aaron Fair. Im a new student and the front desk lady... yeah I'm in this class." He said in a rush.
"I'll just sit."

"Yeah, you do that. I'm Ms.Swan," She said patronizingly, "Hmm, are you aware of Napoleon's 3 great mistakes?" She asked, as if challenging him.

"Hmm... did he meet a girl on Craigslist?" Aaron said jokingly, causing the whole class to burst into frantic laughter.

When the bell rang, he went to his next class, and then the next, and before he knew it, it was gym class!"

"Hey, you're that new kid everyone's talking about aren't you? Hey, I'm Devlin!" A boy said. He was a white kid with black, curly hair, and he became Aaron's best friend. The duo dominated the opposing teams in their game of dodgeball, as if they were unstoppable. At lunch Devlin became the first of many people to ask about the origin of Aaron's glowing green tattoo, and he just replied "Uhh, some tattoo shop".

After school, they began walking home, as Aaron realized Devlin lived in the same building as he did. They were going to stop for a bite to eat at Vinny's, a pizza parlor, until they were interrupted by an odd occurence. A large monster burst through the window of Vinny's. It appeared to be

"A NEO-WOLF!" Devlin shouted.

Soon another figure entered Vinny's. A calm man with a glowing green tattoo, only his said Ace.

He had a hood on, and underneath it wad too dark to see anything but green, glowing eyes.

He walked towards the rampant beast, and people began cheering. The Neo-wolf looked at a table and it hurled towards the man, but he held out his hand and the table stopped. He zipped behind the wolf at lightning speed, and then kicked it out of the window. Afterwards, teleported out after it.

Aaron couldn't believe what just happened! A superhero. A REAL LIFE SUPERHERO.

Ace was dubbed the savior of Neo-Terra after stopping some kind of invasion of darkness or whatever, Aaron didn't really care. He felt as though Ace had been hiding something important. That tattoo... his powers. It was as if Ace was a part of it...

...the Arena...

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spadeguy (2013-12-10 04:34:53)

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Wanna be in? Just give me a bio. Preferably with-

Name-

Age-

Affiliation- (Hero/Villain, In the competition, just Aaron's friend, multiple)

About character- Bio, weaponry, skills, usefulness.

Basically just tell me about them. This applies to everyone, because when the competition starts crossing over with stuff, it'll be harder to incorporate you.

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spadeguy (2013-12-10 20:31:58)

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SATURDAY

Aaron was in the local grocery store getting eggs for Maria, when his tattoo began glowing brightly. Luckily, he noticed in time and ran out of the store, and tried finding somewhere to hide. He found an alley and rushed into it, when suddenly his tattoo burst into a blinding light. He could barely see anymore, and when it died down he heard a voice.

Competitors ready? Round one of the arena, and your challenge is to save the city. That's right, you're all in different parts of Neo-Terra, and it's your job to become heroes. Your tattoo's were just given costumes that block out your faces, and give you names based on what you want them to be. You also have navigation powers given to you randomly, and something special. Invasion start's in 10 seconds. Have fun... oh, and try not to fight the heroes that NeoTerra already had.

By this time Aaron had discovered his new powers. Mainly because he wanted to shoot fire, and on his first attempt to he ended up summoning a lacrosse stick. It had a note taped to the side.

"What is this supposed to do!?!" he shouted. "Maybe my costume will be better!"

He tapped his tattoo and it changed to "Spadeguy"

"No... NONONONONONO! Why 'guy'? Spade would've been sweet! Well now I just gotta see my costu-" He was interrupted by the sound of an explosion. It wasn't that long until the police began rushing to the scene.

Aaron rushed out of the alley and used his greater sight to find a way to the scene of action. This time was different though, he could see his surroundings. Like all around him. He saw what he was wearing, sweatpants and a black hoodie with a glowing spade emblem on his chest. It had an arcane pattern that seemed to make a path to his arms. He rolled up his sleeves, and gauntlets suddenly formed around his forearms. He put his hood up, and it draped over his eyes. Eyeholes appeared where his eyes were. He looked at his lacrosse stick, and saw the note. He took it and read aloud.

"1.)This is a staff.
2.)You can change its shape.
3.)You can fire specialized bombs, or lacrosse balls.
4)IT'S A FORCE POWERED ROCKET BRUH!"

"Well okay... let's save us a city!" Aaron said energetically.



He looked at his lacrosse stick. It didn't seem special. A force powered rocket sounded cool though. He saddled it like a broomstick and it burst off with a loud boom. He pulled back to slow it down, and soon it became apparent that he had the publics attention. He almost crashed into a bus, but the Spadestaff maneuvered itself around it. Soon enough he was there. How could he tell? Well for starters he was almost clotheslined off of the spadestick...

...by an ice blade....

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BigMooney (2013-12-10 21:05:31)

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Richard

16

On Aaron's side, he is a knight of "valour" who uses bows and arrowws, shields and swords, etc.

His tattoo is: Richard

He is a man who likes to have his way and fights for it, no matter who is in his way. He will protect those who he cares about, even if his life is on the line, so, he's a BOSS.

Black hair

Blue eyes

Picture below, exept blue jacket and only the black sword.

Sword (right hand/in his back seath)

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BigMooney (2013-12-10 21:18:42)

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His sword glows blue when he uses his move Special Slash, his special move is Blue Lighttning where he telepoorts behind you and slashes you, you get either knocked back if you parry it or electricuted if you take a direct hit, if none of those Richard gets stunned for 2 seconds.

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spadeguy (2013-12-10 21:33:56)

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-Short transitional part-
(For those who are confused the name of his lacrosse stick is the spadestick)
Before it could cut off Aaron's head, the spadestick curved upward, and the force stopped it from moving any longer. Aaron flew off, and landed on a car, completely crushing the top of the car. He got up and the spadestick automatically flew to him.

But the ice blade... where could it have come from?

His question was answered by an odd figure appearing off in the distance. It appeared to be a cyborg, and it didn't seem too glad to see Aaron alive. It had blue armor, and black dreads, and...
"Wait... I know who you are..." Aaron said grimly.

The people in the surrounding area were either fleeing, or staying to watch the fight, which Aaron knew he couldn't let happen.

"Alright then, looks like we should start this fight. Your entire existence goes against what I've come to believe was real, but lately... I've come to realize anything's possible."

The cyborg shot a ball of ice at Aaron, who quickly dodged it and swung his lacrosse stick, causing a fireball to fly at his enemy. The froze and shattered, but Aaron knew what came next. He lifted his weapon over his head, and it clashed with an ice blade.
"I knew it..." Aaron said, struggling to hold the block, "..you aren't from this universe are you? Tell the public who you are before I have to."

The cyborg just stared at him, so Aaron used the force rocket in his weapon to propel the cyborg away. It soared through the air, and crashed into a car, causing an explosion.

"I KNOW YOU AREN'T DEAD YET!..." Aaron shouted,

...SUB-ZERO!

*To be continued*

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spadeguy (2013-12-10 21:35:29)

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You'll end up in the next part BigMooney. You'll help me beat Sub-Zero.

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BigMooney (2013-12-10 21:56:33)

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#BlueLightningFTW!

Call me Mooney, btw.

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spadeguy (2013-12-11 00:00:37)

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After Sub-Zero the cyborg got up from the previous blow, they began having a heated fight.

Aaron's spadestick was durable enough to withstand attacks from Sub-Zero's ice blade, and hid greater sight gave him reflexes beyond his wildest dreams, even though he wasn't consciously using it.

Aaron tossed his sword in the air, and ducked under a slash from the ice sword, then he did a leg sweep, clipping the cyborg. He caught his weapon in midair then held it above Sub-Zero, who turned to snow and disappeared. Aaron slammed his weapon into the ground, shattering the concrete.

Sub-Zero rematerialized behind him, and kicked him from behind. Aaron fell down, and his weapon fell just out of reach. Sub-Zero readied his ice blade and swung as Aaron watched in horror. Then at lightning speed, an arrow pierced the killer cyborg, though his shoulder. A bolt of lightning sped past, knocking Sub-Zero in the air, and then Aaron saw him.

A knight, wearing armor with the glowing blue emblem of the letter V on his chestplate. It was a light armor, and instead of a helmet he had a black mask with a blue stripe over the eyes.

Aaron got up, and stared at the fight. The knight swung his sword and lightning struck Sub-Zero once more. The cyborg lay seemingly unconscious on the ground, but just to make sure, the knight stabbed it in the head, and Sub-Zero shattered into ice shards. Aaron knew what this meant, but did the knight? Aaron rushed to his spadestick, and hurled it like a spear, just as the knight began to look his way. The force rocket activated and it zipped past the knight, who looked back, only to see it strike through Sub-Zero's head. The cyborg fell to it's knees, then fully fell down. The spadestick flew back to Aaron, and he walked up to the knight.

"Good stuff dude!" Aaron said, "Thanks for the save!".

"T'was nothing, I merely did the right thing," the knight said.

Soon the media started rolling in to put this miracle on the news. Aaron and the knight told them what had happened, making sure to throw in some jokes here and there.

"What are your names?" One reporter asked,
"Yeah, are you a team? Are thee more?" Said another.

The knight looked at Aaron and nodded, while flashing him a glimpse of his tattoo.

Valiant

"My name" Aaron began. "Is Spadeguy, and this is my friend, Valiant. We're the latest duo in crimefighting and all that good stuff. Any questions?"

???: What's your real name.
???: Where is your home address?
???:Can I have a dollar?

Aaron looked at Valiant, who decided who looked back at him and nodded. Aaron threw his spadestick in the air, and it curved around. Aaron leaped on it as it was passing and began to ride it like a hoverboard. When the thought of it being a hoverboard occured, it turned into a hoverboard.

"SWEET!"

He leaned forward and maneuvered it throughout the air, flying into an alley next to his apartment building. He may have crashed into a wall, but he landed in a dirty puddle... oh wait... anywho, he got up and looked at his spadestick.

...okay... de-summon or whatever. he thought.
He lifted it, and wondered what to do. Maybe if he thought of it going away it would. He let go of it, and it floated in the air. He poked it, and it glowed green and then turned into an orb. He held the orb and it absorbed into him. His entire outfit changed to what he was wearing in the grocery store, a dark-green shirt and grey sweatpants.

Aaron rushed into his house and went to Maria, who was playing videogames.
"You won't believe the news, some heroes just beat Sub-Zero somewhere in the Upper-West area!" He said.

Maria looked at him and smiled,
"I know it was you. Justin, the competition host, told me. I take it you didn't get the eggs from the store, but whatever. Dinner's on the dinner ta- CRAP! I lost..."

They both laughed, and went on, Aaron eating his food while watching Maria play call of Duty. Aaron's dinner was interrupted by a knock on the door. He went to open it, and saw someone who looked familiar. He opened the door.

"Hello, I'm Richard" The boy said,

... but you may know me as Valiant...

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spadeguy (2013-12-11 14:28:10)

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It's cool, that weapon sounds awesome!

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spadeguy (2013-12-11 16:01:16)

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"How'd you find where I live?" Aaron asked.

"Everyone in the contest has greater sight. Everyone." Richard said, "So, you wanna go play hero?"
"Yeah, is there any crime going on?" Aaron replied looking back at Maria, who was still playing her videogame. "Hey Maria, I'm gonna go play outside! Is that oka-"
"Leave child." She said abruptly.

Later on

"So who's this girl you were talking about?" Aaron said, "If she's not in the competition, how do you know her?"
"Long story." Richard said, "Lets just go find her. Follow me!"

They were on the rooftops and Richard began running. It was nighttime, and the plan was to find Richard's friend. Aaron quickly summoned his spadestick, and his outfit changed into his hero costume. He was Spadeguy again.

Alright now hoverboard, let's see if I can't die.

Richard had already changed to Valiant, and jumped off the rooftop. He began glowing blue, and spun in a circle, turning into lightning. He shot quickly ahead.

"Okay, my turn!" Aaron shouted.
He threw the spadestick, and jumped off of the building. It curved around and came back to him, and attached itself to his back. Aaron couldn't believe it...

It was a jetpack!

"Dude, if you could talk, we'd be best friends." Aaron said happily.

I cannot talk, but I can telepathically communicate with living organisms.

"...wat..."

Aaron began catching up with Richard. Turns out when he's lightning he doesn't move at lightning speed. Just really really fast. The spadestick began telling Aaron about it's abilities, things Aaron never would've found out, such as it's ability to turn into a staff, or change lengths at will. It could also be used for many other things, but for the sake of time, we won't get into it.

Soon enough they're flight was interrupted by a gang war in an abandoned junkyard. Aaron lowered down to a safe-ish distance, and dropped. Richard shot straight down in a large burst of lightning, and the shockwave blew already wrecked cars away. Before they could even start fighting, they were knocked several of them were knocked unconscious by a girl who acrobatically leaped from person to person, swiftly and precisely knocking them out. She had red hair that curled up near the bottom. She wore scaled leggings with knee-high boots, and a pair of black, elbow length gloves.

Several gang members pulled out guns and shot, but she swiftly dodged and pulled out a sword. She ran past them, and in a golden flash of light their guns were sliced apart. They began to run, but Richard was one step ahead of them. He began running at them and shot past them as lightning, stunning all of them. He slid to a halt next to the girl.

"Good job Richard, but I could've done that myself." She said smiling, "Now introduce me to your friend."
"Aaron, this is Din. Din, Aaron." Richard said, "Anything you wanna sa-"
"OH MY GOD THAT SWORD IS AWESOME!" Aaron shouted.

Din flourished it, and then held it in the air.
"It's a Disimval. Think Ivy from Soul Calibur, only better. This is made from a special crystal substance. It only looks gold because of the light."

Richard cut off their conversation,
"Okay, lets get down to business. We need a base, and fast. Din, you said you know where to find one?"
"Yeah," she replied, "It's a very nice place downtown that just opened. I own it, and uh... yeah. You'll see tomorrow, watch T.V, and meet me here at 7:00 pm tomorrow sharp, okay?"

They all parted ways and left, and Aaron decided to patrol He used his spadestick as a hoverboard. It was an average night until he heard a scream. Nonetheless he went to investigate.

Warning: Unrecognized threat detected.

"What? What's there?" Aaron said.

Projectile inbound.

"What is it?!" Aaron screamed.

His answer was coming...

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BigMooney (2013-12-12 17:05:21)

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My name sounds cool. Masks are cool.

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BigMooney (2013-12-12 17:10:29)

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jillian's a girl? o.o

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