Disastrous Storm

(Benny)

I was just down the street from the riot, I could hear the gun fire and various zaps of power and energy releasing from here.

I desperately hoped Steve and my mom were safe, I don't know what I would do if they weren't. I didnt wait for the crosswalk to turn, I dash and jumped over cars, I tapped into my power to give me somewhat of a speed boost.

The screams and noises of the riot got louder, I looked around the torn area near me. There were scorch marks and pieces of the surrounding buildings all over the floor, Some things were on fire, others were frozen.

Seeing this only made me more anxious to find my mother. The protest was finally insight and I could see the officers beating and holding people down, white and POC alike, nobody was safe right now.

I turned another corner and my blood ran cold, I froze in my footsteps seeing Steve down on the ground and my mom hovering over his body. She was sobbing hard, her hands cupped his face as she pleaded him not to leave her.

I couldn't move, I was awestruck. This was really happening? The world was being thrown into chaos, people were dying, cities are getting destroyed.

Steve had a bullet wound on his stomach, it looks like it hit his kidney, or where his kidney should be rather. The blood was pouring out fast as it covered my moms hands. I finally gained the courage to move and ran over to her as I called out.

"Mom!" I said as I landed down on the ground next to her and Steve. Steve gasped out for air, his dimly lit eyes wandered over to me and he smiled softly.

"B-Benny" He sputtered weakly. I shook my head, "don't talk Steve save your energy, we have to get you out of here" I told him. I was happy my mom didn't question why I was here and not in detention but for the reason why made me feel guilty.

I picked him up and threw his arm over my shoulder, ambulances were piling in for anyone who was hurt during this riot. We got Steve over to one and put him onto stretcher, he was lifted into the ambulance and my mom got in with him.

I was just about to step in with them when I stray energy blast hit the ambulance, jolting it around a little. Panicked, the EMT's drove off not bothering to wait for me. I turned around slowly, the haunting screams of agony and war cries of hate were to be heard miles away.

Something drew me closer, I should be running the opposite direction catching up with that ambulance but something told me to stay, to help.

I rushed off into the storm, looking around I see policemen fighting everywhere with random civilians, POC were fighting alongside a few other white activists, it was truly madness.

The groans of someone gained my attention, I whipped to the right and saw a guy who looked like he was in his teens like me getting beat on by the local pigs.

"Hey!" I yelled activating my powers and running over to them. "Get off of him!" I grunted as I slammed into one of the officers launching both of us into the nearby wall.

I got up and dashed to the second officer throwing rapid wild punches at his face, all of them landing. He finally saw through my basic fighting skills and dodged on of my punches before landing his own.

I wobbled back unbalanced by the blow. "Oh now you're gonna get it" I said wiping the blood from my mouth. I wrapped my electricity around fist and focused my breathing, getting into the mindset I had when fighting that brute from earlier.

I swiftly dodged and curled around his punches like and acrobat, landing a few rapid jabs as I did. When he let his guard down because of his minor fatigue from fighting, I took the moment of weakness to throw a punch with a little more power behind it knocking him on his ass.

I huffed as I stood straight and dusted myself off proud of what I did to this stupid pig.

I turned around back to the guy who was getting beat and saw him pinning the last officer agaisnt a wall, knocked out. He let him go and the officer slid slumped down the wall. The teens hand was neon green color that throbbed with raw power. The color faded slowly showing that he was powering down when he turned to face me.

"Hey, thank you for saving me man I thought I was done" He said holding his hand on.

"I'm Chase, Chase Banner" He said. I grabbed his hand shook it lightly taking in his features.

He was a white guy, dirty blonde hair with dull-ish blue eyes. He was wearing a now tattered green shirt with a blue jacket that revealed his bare chiseled stomach a little. I couldn't help but blush a little while noting that part to myself. The rest of his clothing consisted gray Jean's and dirtied gym shoes.

"I had just gotten hear when the protest started turning bad, just like you I helped this guy getting brutalized by cops. He was a poc" he explained.

I nodded with my eyebrows furrowed to show my frustration. Suddenly an explosion from deeper into the fight interrupted Chase and I's conversation, sending us flying to the ground.

My head was dizzy and my vision slightly blurred as I had hit my head on the concrete during the fall. I tried to shake it off but it only made it worse, I had to have help from chase to stand up.

"Are you ok?" he asked raising me from the floor. "Yeah, just a little dizzy but it's all good" I told him, he nodded and helped me to a wall where I could rest.

"Hey I never caught your name" he said moving to stand next to me by the wall. "Oh yeah, it's Benny Jackson. Nice to meet you officially Chase" I said sending him a half smile.

My attention was caught however on the fighter jets now circling the area of explosions. Were they gonna bomb us? I tapped chase and pointed towards what was going on in distress. At first, he was nonplussed by the action, but once he turned to view exactly what I saw, his jaw dropped open.

"No, no they cant possibly be thinking about bombing us right?" he said turning to face me with a stressed expression. "I mean, it has gotten that bad maybe they are legally taking measures to assure safety? Which means people HAVE to stop" I said standing up off the wall.

Chase looks back and forth between me and the city, looking torn between a decision. Finally with a determined face, he grabbed my shoulders and said, "we have to help them, everybody needs to calm down before an all out war break loose" he said. I nodded swallowing the lump in my throat, I was nervous to take action but of course, who wouldn't be?

At this point my concussion was gone, however I didn't notice it because of my sudden determination to help those people. I activate my electricity powers, I new found sensation of strength flowed through me. The currents of plasma cracked and popped beautifully around me, striking Chase's attention for a good moment.

"W-wow" He said astonished. I just smiled cheekily before returned to a serious face. Chase brung out his neon green powers, but this time they were in his bottom half going all the way down to his feet as far as I could see.

"Can your powers speed you up like mine can? We're gonna need all the acceleration we can get in order to reach that area quickly" he said getting in a runner's position. "Yeah it does, you ready?" I asked, "no, but let's go anyways" He chuckled.

With that we took off, the pressure of our powers releasing themselves left the floor underneath us in more rubble then it already was. I glided across the ground practically tip toeing at was should be impossible speeds. Chase was able to keep up with me however, a little way behind me I can see chase stomping into the ground breaking it with each step as he propelled himself foward each time he stomped down.

Although rapidly, I could see the scenery change severely around me. Rubble was all over the floor, leaving some buildings barren. Dead or unconscious bodies layed on the ground and in the streets, my heart pained at this fact. Some people had taken refuge in a few of the broken buildings and I took note of that, maybe they could use some help later.

Another loud boom grasped our attention as our heads flew to where the noise originated from. We were knocked out of our running by the force of the blast, people we layed hurting on the floor. Terrible wounds plagued their skin as they crawl on the floor begging for help.

"Shit, we have to help them!" I grunted as I ran around and collected as many people as I could. I dragged them into the nearest building. I got back to Chase and my heart drops as I see him fighting off more cops coming to try and collect these wounded people.

"Get off him!" I yelled running towards them, but I was hook lined by another and I fell to the floor, grunting.

"Ow, you motherfuck-" My vision went blurry as I was hit in on the head by a blunt object, knocked unconscious.