I know for a fact some of you haven't registered and therefore have not read the Holiday Special of RoL. It's only 6 chapters and full that fun and dangerous holiday spirit that always surrounds this time of year for comic book heroes! I'll post the chapters here, but if you haven't finished the last 3 issues of the RoL saga, I'd suggest you head on over for an exciting and extraordinary experience!
...and now, part 1 of the Holiday Special...
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Chapter SP1 "Fearix"
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Dawn over New York. Atop the sky scrapers, Lectrohm sits on a statue's head over looking the waking city. Snow is gently falling onto the streets below as people rush about getting presents, meeting family, and having a good time. Lectrohm's eyes are shut feeling the crisp wind rush past his face. 'Something different about this season.' he says nodding his head. An explosion sounds in the distance, 'Aww, you’ve got to be kiddn' me.' Lectrohm stands up flies off in the direction of the explosion...
Slowly Summer Hasch opens her eyes; she jumps out of bed only to jump back in. 'Brrr! The floor is cold!'. She thinks as she rubs her feet. Focusing on them they begin to heat up and jumps back out of bed, and runs to the closet. She opens it up and looks back and forth between her costume and a set of clothes she had laid out. She buttons up her shirt over the costume and grabs a red scarf. She almost flies downstairs unable to wait going out. Grabbing a pen and pencil, she leaves a note to her father and runs outside. An hour later she's holding two shopping bags and is walking down a crowded street. An explosion sounds, and the entire street stops what they're doing and turns in the direction of the noise. Lectrohm zips by above the street toward the noise. Summer quickly runs into an alley way and changes into her suit, placing her belongings in a safe place for a later...
Norm: Very good Alexis, keep it up!
Anemoi: Like playing dodge ball!
Norm stands in the viewing room of the training dome as Anemoi summersaults in mid air dodging rubber balls being shot out of cannons in the dome. Norm looks at the control panel and increases the level. Two more cannons emerge and begin to fire the balls. Anemoi starts having to block the balls with blasts of air to avoid being hit. One comes up on her from behind, and another hits her in the gut. Norm slowly stops the machine and the balls all fall in place. Anemoi glides down with a somewhat disappointed look on her face.
Norm: Don't worry about it, you've already gotten much better then when you first came here.
Anemoi: I guess--*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*-- trouble?
Norm: An explosion sounded on Broadway and 44th, Lectrohm's already there.
Anemoi: Of all the times, why Christmas Eve? (Norm shrugs and opens the top hatch. Anemoi flies through)
Lectrohm flies up to the bank's top floor to find a giant hole blasted into the window. Three people, wearing very advanced looking suits with jet packs levitate in the air around the vault. Each of them cares a huge gun and they're wearing head masks and goggles so Lectrohm can't see their faces.
Lectrohm: Hey! (They all turn around) Listen, it’s Christmas Eve, how about we forget what you did and go get a latte from Starbucks on the corner to discuss things over?
Svetlana: Lectrohm, (Strong Russian accent) how nice to finally meet you, my name is Svetlana, (She points to the guy on her left) this is Bruno, (Then she points to the guy on her right) and Leon.
Lectrohm: A Russian, an Italian, and a German. You guys sound like a bad bar joke.
Svetlana: Mock us all you want, we always prevail! We are part of the organization called Fearix, and not to be taken lightly!
Bruno and Leon begin firing their beam like guns and Lectrohm. He summersaults in the air easily dodging the bullets--but in an instant notices something is wrong. A ball hit Lectrohm in the back and electricity electrocutes him. He falls out of the sky onto his stomach in the middle of the room.
Lectrohm: Eraahggg...what--the... (Lectrohm flips over to see two more jet packed people in the air along with a bright light coming from below)
Svetlana: Meet Jeffery and Tahiko.
Jeffery: (In a strong western accent) Yee-haw! Opposite pohlarity one! Super-herah zerah! The nahme's Jefferah pahl, and don't you be fergetten it!
Lectrohm: Huh... you brought back up. I wish I thought of that.
Just then molten heat blasts Jeffery and Tahiko in the back melting their jetpack and knocking them unconscious sliding onto the floor of the bank. Pyra flies through the window.
Pyra: What's the matter, these punks giving you trouble?
Lectrohm: Just caught me off guard, nice of you to drop by.
Pyra: Well I was in the middle of getting prese--
Svetlana: --Enough!
She grabs her gun from the floor and begins to fire at the heroes, they immediately fly around to dodge. Bruno sees his chance, and grabs Pyra by the throat, before she gets a chance to heat up; he slams her through the floor into the room below. Papers fly everywhere and people being to scatter, Bruno drops down. Lectrohm flies next to the wall; Leon steps up on the desk and jumps onto and off the wall throwing a full body punch and Lectrohm. He takes the punch and uses his own momentum against him by tossing his helmet on the desk knocking him out cold. He punches through the jet pack and electrocutes it frying the controls.
Pyra shakes off the attack as Bruno falls to the second level with an earth shattering crunch. He slams his fist into Pyra to discombobulate her and picks her up. Just as he is about to punch again, he is sent through multiple walls by a whirlwind as Anemoi flies through the window.
Anemoi: Just in time.
Pyra: (Standing up with difficulty) A few moments ago would've been good too.
Lectohm crashes through the roof right next to Anemoi, he shakes it off and in a burst of energy flies straight back up at Svetlana. She has two devices on her arms which emit a scythe shaped beam twice as long as her forearm. Lectrohm generates two similar scythes out of pure energy on his arms. They exchange blows as the beams spark here and there, Svetlana gives Lectrohm the slip and slices his chest. 'Gaaahhh!' Lectrohm yells in pain.
Svetlana: I'm an undefeated fighter in Twinshak. Did you really think could stand a chance?
Lectrohm: I've hears dozens of you criminals make the same claim, each and everyone have tasted my power. I'll give you one last chance to stand down.
Svetlana: Go to--
Lectrohm: (He suddenly smiles and Svetlana's eyes widen as she sees an energy bomb at her feet.) Merry Christmas.
Lectrohm snaps his fingers and the bomb explodes knocking her back into the safe's metal casing. Anemoi and Pyra both struggle to bring Bruno up to the top floor with the others. They gather Fearix and the leave them in a pile for when the authorities arrive.
Pyra: I'd say that's a pretty good way to start off a Christmas break.
Lectrohm: I second that.
Meanwhile, on another roof top, a character stands tall looking through the window at the heroes. He wears armor similar to Fearix's group but its silver colored instead of black. 'Pathetic' He says under his breath, he presses a button on his helmet and in a low anonymous voice he says, 'Yes, Fearix lost, your plan to gather the best in the countries failed miserably, now it's my turn.' He let's go of the button and turns around flying off into an open sewer below. Unbeknownst to him, Oxidro is on a building next to where this figure was. Through his binoculars, he sees the group already cleaned up the mess and shifts his attention back and forth between the group of heroes and where the figure was. Then he notices something about the safe, 'It wasn't even touched...'
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Chapter SP2 "Comfort"
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Anemoi: Well, I've got some stuff to take care of; I'll see you two later!
Lectrohm: Where are you off to in a hurry?
Anemoi: I've got a promise to keep. (She flies up and out the window)
Anemoi flies up and out of the window leaving Pyra and Lectrohm in the building. She soars through the streets and arrives at an orphanage. Anemoi walks into the building where a woman meets her.
Jessica: Anemoi, welcome. My name is Jessica, we talked on the phone? You know you really don't have to do this--
Anemoi: --Nonsense, this'll be fun, besides it's Christmas!
Anemoi and Jessica walk next to a double door, she peers in the window to see a group of children still sleeping with a Christmas tree waiting to be decorated at the end of the rows of beds. She gently pushes the doors open and the walk through. Anemoi walks down to the end where the tree is. A few of the children jump up waking the others.
Children: Oh wow! It's Anemoi! Awesome! You're so cool!
Anemoi: (Laughing) You're all supposed to be asleep! What do you all say? Wanna’ decorate the tree now?
Children: Yeah!
Jessica: After breakfast.
Children: Awwwww...
Anemoi: (She smirks) Well then, let's go make breakfast.
Anemoi flies through the door and the children run out after her; Jessica laughs and quickly walks out with the children. Opening up the drawers with wind, she grabs a few dozen eggs, some butter, and bread. She hands the bread to the children who struggle over each other putting it in different toasters. Anemoi and Jessica heat up the frying pans melting the butter, then the put the eggs in and scrambled them up. Along with the chefs cooking other individual dishes, Anemoi helped Jessica create a large breakfast. Half an hour later, the table was set with an assortment of eggs, toast, french toast, pancakes, sausage, and other delicious meals. The children quickly run over to the table and start chomping away. Anemoi and Jessica walk over to the table and join the children.
Meanwhile, back at Norm's mansion, Will sits in a chair looking over files about the name "Fearix". He's in full costume and has his mask hanging behind him. He scans over many pages to no prevail, sitting back he sighs, 'Just who are these guys?' he says out loud.
Multiple cells right next to each other hold the Fearix group. Each of them sit on a metal bench securely fastened to the walls of the cell. Beyond the cells, a stasis tank filled with a green fluid stands, inside the tank; a familiar black haired man is kept unconscious. Another man with fiery red hair walks in with a shadow covering his face.
Red-Haired Man: Take down people with super powers, how hard is this to accomplish?
Svetlana: (Without raising her head) They're more powerful then we gave them credit for. If you want them dead the price goes up.
Red-Haired Man: No, you are incapable of disposing them in your current state--That's why I have invested in a back up plan, just to make sure everything runs smoothly.
He presses a few buttons on the control pad of the doors and they open. He tosses Fearix similar suits to what they had worn. They quickly gear up and notice something different about it. They look at the man who simply remains anonymous, never entering into the dim lit room.
Svetlana: These are--
Red-Haired Man: --experimental elemental packs. EEPs.
Bruno: (Roughly) This is your back up plan?
Red-Haired Man: No. (He walks over to the stasis tank) He is. Leave, and don't return until they are all dead.
They jump up starting the jet packs and break through the roof. After they are far away, the Red-Haired Man drains the tank. The man slowly looks up, and cracks his neck.
John: Thanks buddy, but you made a big mistake.
Red-Haired Man: Kill Lectrohm and his friends and I'll have to disagree.
John: (Standing up) A business man, huh? What do I get out of it?
Red-Haired Man: Don't play politics with me boy, you want him dead just as much as I do.
Drake: (John's shadow wiggles and envelops him, red eyes slowly open) No, more.
He jumps breaks through the ground, the Red-Haired Man thinks for a second, then walks away through the corridors. Drake breaks out of the ground in a backyard of someone's home in Queens. He takes in the morning air and jumps out of the hole completely with the snow trailing his leap. He lands silently and begins to laugh..
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Chapter SP3 "Joy"
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Anemoi and the group of children begin decorating the tree. Jessica helps pick the kids up so they can reach the higher parts of the tree. After hours of decorating, they finally finish.
Children: YAAAAY!
Anemoi: (Laughing) Alright everybody, now there's one more thing left to do. We all have about 5 hours until it starts to get dark. Go bring me your Christmas lists! Quickly!
The children scatter search their beds and rooms for their lists, minutes later, they all come running back with pieces of paper flailing. Anemoi gathers the paper from everyone and checks out the lists, she nods in approval as she organizes the papers.
Anemoi: Is this everything?
Jessica: I'm pretty sure it is, unless Jake wants to give you his.
Anemoi looks inquisitively at Jessica then looks over at a boy sitting alone on one of the beds. She walks over and sits next to him, but he scoots away. Anemoi sighs and waits for a bit but he doesn't move.
Anemoi: Jake, don't you want anything for Christmas?
Jake: Yeah.
Anemoi: Then where's your list?
Jake: But you can’t get them.
Anemoi: Really. May I see the list please?
He hands her a piece of paper with the words mommy and daddy on it; Jessica walks over and reads it, then sighs heavily. Anemoi looks at the paper, then back at the boy; the other children huddle around the doorway to sneak a peak at what is going on. Anemoi kneels down so that she's eye-level with Jake, 'I can't promise anything, but I want you to know that I'll do my best.' Jake jumps off and hugs Anemoi almost choking her, Jessica tries to hold back tears, but it doesn't work. Jake slowly lets go after a while and Anemoi stands up. Quickly she jumps up and out the window, 'I've got a bit of work to do' she thinks.
Meanwhile, Summer and Mike are walking down a street, Mike carrying the majority of the packages, while Summer only carries a handbag.
Mike: So, exactly how did this happen again?
Summer: You had nothing to do and I needed the extra help.
Mike: Funny, I don’t remember saying that... I'd rather be on patrol right now...
Summer: Oh be quiet. (She laughs and opens her car; Mike places the gifts inside) There, now we're done, happy?
Mike: (Stretching his arms dramatically and laughs) Thank the gods. (An alarm sounds a block away; both of them instinctively turn in the direction of a jewelry store) Oh, joy. I got this; go home, I'll see you later.
Back at Norm's Mansion, Will looks through the files unable to find anything when a loud beep sounds as a search result is found. Will looks at the files of the Fearix group. 'It says here, that they are a group of elite bounty hunters, with expertises in different fields...' He clicks on the profile of their leader to see a picture of the man on the roof from earlier. Reading his specialty, he quickly grabs a set of thermal goggles from the accessory cache in Norm's training dome and heads out.
Mike quickly runs into an alleyway and up the side of the wall while changing. On the roof, Lectrohm jumps up and out down into the street below and into the shop. He looks around, some of the cases are broken, and then he notices a pearl necklace floating in mid-air. Lectrohm sighs realizing the situation, but is knocked backwards by an invisible force.
Lectrohm: Ok, that hurt. (He shakes his head) Bandit, it's Christmas Eve! C'mon!
Voice: Quick to jump to conclusions, aren’t we?
Lectrohm: Your voice is a little different... but that doesn't matter, stop this now and you won't get hurt.
Voice: I won't get hurt. You and some bystanders maybe.
Lectrohm: What? (Sensing the coldness in his voice) Don't you care at all?
Voice: Do I look like I care?
Lectrohm: I wouldn't know, show yourself and we'll find out.
Voice: Clever.
Another force slams into Lectrohm's back knocking him back out of the store. Before Lectrohm can fall down, another blast hits him square in the head and back of the legs at the same time causing him to flip over and land on his back. A small clank sounds and Lectrohm realizes he must be touching metal somewhere. He shifts his head around the room to try and get a better view, then sees the metal door frame. Acting like he's trying to get up, Lectrohm places a hand on the steel door frame. Lectrohm whispers so only the invisible person can hear, 'Hey, got a question for ya. Do you like toast?' Lectrohm quickly sends electricity through the metal door frame electrocuting the invisible man.
Voice: Sorry, resistant.
All of the sudden, a blast hits the man in the back and electricity fluctuates around him as more and more volts enter his system. The man becomes visible showing an armored clad person similar to those of Fearix except for the fact that his armor is silver. He turns around to show a hole burnt into his system, then falls over.
Oxidro: Not to acid it isn't. (He walks out of the back room, taking of the goggles)
Lectrohm: Hey, hey. (He says standing up) Nice timing, who is this guy?
Oxidro: Charles...but I could care less. What we need to find out is who hired him and the others.
Svetlana: (Hovering down with Fearix right behind her) That won't matter, seeing as you only have minutes to live...
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Part 2 will be up tomorrow. 
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