CHAPTER 2: NOW YOU SEE ME
So, there's this guy, right? The Man in Black. He's just chilling in this dark, creepy alley, and he's not even, like, out of breath after beating up a bunch of assassins. Like, for real, he's crazy tough. He looks at his hands, and there's no scratches or anything. I bet he could punch a car or something and his hands would still be fine, not even red or nothing.
He taps his wrist, and this weird blue light just zooms all around him. Poof! He's gone.
Secret Lab Place - Like, Two Minutes Later
Okay, so the lights flick on in this secret basement lab place, and the Man in Black just pops into the middle of the room. His face starts changing, and it's, like, super freaky. It's like his face is melting or something, his cheeks get all high, his nose changes shape, and his jaw gets all sharp and cool. Oh, and his black suit? It just falls apart into these tiny sparkly bits, like magic dust, and then bam it turns into a white lab coat.
This lady, Dr. Chen, walks in with her coffee and almost drops it all over the floor. "DUDE!" she yells. "You can't just teleport in here like that! You're gonna scare me to death!"
The guy who's, like, a Professor now, I think just ignores her and walks over to this huge computer screen. "Yo, what's going on?" he says, all serious-like.
Dr. Chen pulls up some videos on the screen. "Okay, so, um, the dark matter fire project thing is at 86% done. Look at this this one guy can stick his hand in lava now, no lie. But, uh, this other dude…" The video shows some guy catching on fire and screaming super loud. It's kinda messed up.
The Professor grabs a marker and writes this super nerdy equation on the glass wall:
[ΔG = γ(DM + Φ)^2 / (ℏc)]
Dr. Chen's eyes get all huge. "Whoa! That totally fixes the quantum… uh, shaky problem thing!" she says, freaking out.
[News Flash - 3:47 AM]
So, later that night, the TV's blasting this news report: "Another rich guy got killed tonight, the seventh one this week!"
The Professor just freezes. That time? It's the exact same time he was saving this dude named Victor Han. He starts typing super fast on this glowy keyboard thing:
Police files? Hacked in, like, two seconds flat.
Satellite videos? Pulled up and zoomed in real clear.
Bank stuff? Followed through a ton of fake companies.
Bam! A picture of this guy, Mikhail Voss, pops up. He's some scary Russian dude who sells stuff on the black market.
The Professor jumps up so fast his chair falls over. Before it even hits the ground, his face is changing back to the Man in Black look, and his lab coat turns back into that dope black suit.
Time to go handle this.
[Warehouse by the Docks - 4:12 AM]
The Man in Black doesn't even bother with the door. He just walks straight through the wall, and it explodes into a million pieces, like, BOOM! There's, like, twenty gangsters inside, just playing cards or whatever, and they all jump up, totally freaked out.
One dude pulls a gun, but the Man in Black moves so fast it's like he's teleporting or something one second he's by the wall, the next he's grabbing the gun and crushing it like it's a soda can. Then he punches the guy in the chest -CRACK- and his ribs, like, poke through his shirt. So gross.
Another guy swings this big knife at him. The Man in Black catches his arm, twists it-SNAP-and the bone's sticking out. Then he kicks the dude, and he flies right into a crate and it just smashes apart.
Bullets start flying all over the place, but the Man in Black just walks through them like they're nothing. He's grabbing guys, throwing them into walls, and they're going crash. One dude tries to stab him in the back, but the knife just breaks on his suit. The Man in Black spins around, headbutts the guy, and his nose, like, disappears into his face. Oof.
Five minutes later, the whole warehouse looks like a tornado hit it. The boss, Voss, is trying to crawl away, all scared, but the Man in Black grabs his leg and yanks him back. Voss is like, "Please, man, I'll give you anything!"
BAM. One punch to the face, and Voss's teeth go flying everywhere.
The Man in Black taps his watch, and these shiny silver cuffs, like, wrap around all the bad guys. Then he just yawns, calls the cops, and walks out like it's no big deal.
[City Financial Place - Next Night (On TV!)]
So, this super tough bounty hunter guy named Kane is standing on a smashed-up cop car, yelling at the news cameras like a total wannabe. "Come out and fight, you fake hero!" he screams.
The Man in Black steps out from the shadows, all calm and cool, like he was just chilling there the whole time.
Kane's laughing and showing off his crazy expensive armor. "Yo, this thing cost 50 million bucks! It takes all your punches and hits you back twice as hard!"
The Man in Black throws a big right hook, and Kane barely blocks it. The air shakes, and every window on the street just shatters. Kane shoots some weird energy blast from his suit, and it hits the Man in Black, ripping his jacket to bits. But his skin? Totally fine, not even a little red.
Then the Man in Black gets real serious.
PUNCH—right to Kane's ribs.
PUNCH—same spot again.
PUNCH—that fancy armor starts breaking apart like cheap plastic.
Kane's freaking out, like, "No way! That's not supposed to happen!"
PUNCH—the armor's chest part breaks into a million pieces.
PUNCH—Kane's ribs snap.
PUNCH—he's coughing up blood all over himself.
The Man in Black grabs what's left of the armor and rips it off like it's wrapping paper. He knocks Kane down, slaps those silver cuffs on him, and that's that.
Everybody watching on TV goes nuts. Some kid in the crowd yells, "THE MAN IN BLACK IS, LIKE, TOTALLY BUILT DIFFERENT!"
Then he just walks away, all chill, while the cops show up to clean up the mess.
To be continued…
Maybe..