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Chapter 18 - CHAPTER 18: THE END OF THE HUNTERS...

Fades in on the massive bounty hunter crowd, screaming Storm's name like they bought concert tickets.

Storm hyped as hell

Storm: can we fight pleaseeeee

Astrid: what you looking at me for? You the strong one

Storm: but you the smart one

Blaze already cracking his knuckles

Blaze: I'm down to fight right now

Astrid: you guys do know we got like a 25 percent chance of surviving this, right? There's too many

Raven: and that's why you the smart buzz-killer one

Astrid: thank you?

Raven: that wasn't a compliment

Storm: alright look… if shit goes sideways, we abort

Astrid: fine

Blaze: it's like he addicted to killing

Cut to Storm standing on a rooftop, arms crossed, staring down at the army.

Storm: so y'all want me dead… come kill me…

Storm jumps, lands with a thunder drop so violent it creates a crater. Hunters near him get their skin peeled off like bananas, the rest get blasted away like trash bags in a tornado.

Blaze: woah I ain't ever seen him do that before

Raven: what? You stalking him?

Blaze: nah I just meant—

Raven: chill, I never seen it either

Blaze, Astrid, and Raven flame up.

Astrid floats up, makes a hand gesture — the signal.

Astrid: ay, fire ring time

They fly in circles, spinning flames around the battlefield. Hunters scream while burning alive. Storm in the middle smiling like it's the best show he ever watched.

Then everything flips.

Raven — bam — shot from the sky

Astrid — bam — shot down

Blaze — bam — slammed down next

Storm looks up to see where they came from only to see flame bounty hunters hovering above them. And when he looks down his met with the fist of the robot hunter.

Robot hunter stood there all menacing with a bright red glowing flame

Robot Hunter: nowhere to run now… Storm

Raven: I'm tired of you getting hunted by everyone man

Astrid: we brought the hunters to him

Raven: shut up I'm tryna make a point

Storm stands up, cracks his knuckles

Storm: how famous am I

Robot Hunter: pretty famous

Astrid: very famous

Raven: bro you probably more famous than Taylor Swift

Storm: then you should know what I'm capable of

Astrid: wait, no—

Everything goes slow-mo.

Storm launches straight at the robot hunter with a boom like 50 lightning strikes mixing together. The blast wind hits the others so hard their faces stretch like they sticking their heads out of a Bugatti window at full speed.

Back to normal — BAM — Storm punches the robot hunter straight into the city.

Storm: I'll be back

He dashes after him, catches him mid-air, and starts beating him like a broken printer.

Punch after punch after punch.

Robot man grabs Storm's face — big mistake — Storm punches the arm clean off.

Robot man: fuck

Storm sees they're about to crash into a tall building. Storm grabs him, uses his metal body as a shield, and they smash through the office building.

Robot man rolls across the floor.

Storm lands perfectly, grabs two chairs, and throws them at him.

Robot man dodges, laughs — and gets blasted out the window by an electric pulse.

Slow-mo

Storm sprints, jumps through the window, charges a full death strike.

The whole city glowing behind him.

Then normal speed — he lands the blow and caves the robot hunter's head in like a soda can.

Oil everywhere.

People surrounding him shocked.

Storm: don't worry, you safe now

He dashes home.

But when he gets there… the area is destroyed. Flames everywhere. Sirens in the distance.

He sees Blaze and the brothers sitting on a mountain of passed-out bounty hunters.

Storm: damn… y'all did work

Blaze: I'm beat, let's dip

Astrid: where we going?

Blaze: my house

Storm: is it your house tho… or Trevor's?

Raven whispers to Astrid: who the fuck is Trevor?

Screen fades black.

Fades in at Blaze's abandoned house.

Raven: oh hell no

Astrid: ain't no way I escaped prison just to sleep in a haunted hut

Blaze: relax… it's better inside

The door screeches like a dying owl.

Raven: yeah… much better

Trevor appears behind them silently.

Storm and Blaze unfazed.

The brothers jump out their skin.

Storm: you enjoy doing that huh

Trevor: yes. And I told you two eggheads stop bringing people home… and you keep bringing more

Blaze: ay man we tired, can we just chill

Storm: y'all cook?

Blaze: nah he too lazy

Trevor: hey genius, why don't you pull out your smart thingys and order food from Uber Eats

Storm pauses — flashback to Uncle Calvin saying the same thing.

Raven: Uber sells food like that?

Astrid: it doesn't you old boomer and uncultured fuck

Storm: relax, food on me

Montage of them chilling, eating, laughing, watching TV.

Montage ends.

Storm: I been having fun… like I've known y'all for years. Let's get to know each other more

Astrid: sure. Blaze, you got siblings?

Blaze: nope. Born with nothing. No dad. No mom. Just Trevor. Even though we not related

Astrid: what about you Storm?

Storm: I grew up with my uncle, aunt, and their adopted son

Storm: so Blaze… no mom or dad just nothing

Blaze: nothing

Trevor walks in

Trevor: what y'all talking about

Raven: family drama. They acting like a bunch of skirts

Trevor: I got family drama too. Back in the day my friend had to pick between two of his nieces(whispers: wait shit i wasnt supposed to say that). The end. I'm going to bed.

Raven: nice story old man

Storm: I'm beat too

Everyone goes to sleep.

Screen fades black.

Cut to the Universal Government.

Felix's man walks in

Felix's man: boss… the bounty hunters were killed

Felix: find their bodies. Take them to the lab

Screen fades out.

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