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Chapter 1 - Chapter 1: A Hero That Can’t Die?

It's night outside and not many civilians are out at this time; A Glowing star drives a Vespa to the outskirts of this town.

 "I hope Disarm pays for my gas too because why does his arch-nemesis live in the middle of [Hoopla] nowhere, oh well at least he gave me these new gadgets, I have it all in my trusty fanny pack."

The Star heads close to the warehouse (Bomb Bomb Lair) he drifts and parks the vespa near a bush

*Alright I'm near the building but how do i get in there without alerting anyone hmm should i go through the roof? Yeah that's what I'll do just gotta use my trusty grappling hook and (grappling hook noises) climb up there"

"Alright, I'm up here now it's time to get my groove on *sly smiles* *breaks through the window* Alright if any of you [goobers] want to leave now before you're in a world of pain I suggest you [leave in an orderly fashion]."

"Well what if we don't want to leave" "Yeah we're not scared of a kid with a ridiculous star on his head" "You guys are on your own i'm leaving" "We're not scared of your bright lights" "Go home before i show you these guns boy"

"Well that's fine, just don't say I didn't warn you. *runs up to two of the henchmen" Hi look over there"

"Over where!" they say in sync

"My Fist in your face, boom you [Goofy Goobers] don't stand a chance against me"

"We'll see *kicks Silver star*"

"Was that supposed to hurt i know babies who hit harder than you *slide tackles the rest of the goons* Now how about you be good adults and stay there *he throws 4 tranquilizer darts* Now let me walk to where the head honcho is"

"Well, I finally get to see my arch nemesis Disarm… wait... Who are you?"

"Well Disarm isn't here as he had a crucial date to go to, So i'm here to defeat you my name is The Silver Star."

"So the apple of my eye went on a date and sent a walking Christmas star to fight me for my 500th plan… I told him this was an important scheme he had to stop."

"Well I'm sure he wanted to be here, you know it's just his wedding anniversary, and well you know how marriages are."

"You're not making me feel any better"

"Well, how about I prove to you why I'm better than him." He dashes towards Bomb Bomb and punches him straight in the jaw.

"Ow you motherfucker, you're supposed to let me explain my plan then you fight me, it's like if i had fired the bomb right before you got here; Well I'll give you this you do hit hard" he licks the blood coming from his nose.

"Oh I'm sorry, still kinda new to this, anyways explain your evil plan to me, and why i should be concerned about it."

"Well if you must know, I'm trying to blow up the local flower shop; you see ever since i was a little boy i always wanted to work in one and recently i was reminiscing about all the beautiful boutiques i made for my many girlfriends, so i figured hey i should apply and show them my super awesome bouquet skills." Bomb bomb looks down on the floor as if he's going to break down, he sniffles " But they said my bouquets look bad and that they weren't looking to train anyone right now, That i should apply to jewel osco that they're helping inexperienced bouquet artists."

" wait i know that place that's where Mrs. Flores works, she is very strict but i know it's because of how hard she's had to fight to keep her store from being torn down" "Hey I understand where you're coming from but maybe you should start small and prove to not only the store owner, but yourself that you can make amazing bouquets and maybe she'll reconsider you."

"It's too late i'm past the bargaining stage Bright Lights" He throws a couple of small bombs that look like dead roses. "Take my new knockout smoke bombs"

A huge wave of yellow gas comes out producing a rancid smell that would make anyone pass out

*crack* *snap* *pop* a bright figure emerges out of the smoke walking towards the supervillain

"Well I guess they weren't that effective to someone with a broken nose, also please a dead rose smoke bomb at least make something stronger next time maybe the owner had a point, maybe you should go to Jewel Osco maybe they could teach you a thing or two on making smoke bombs too."

Bomb Bomb furiously starts throwing more smoke bombs "How about this for a stronger smoke bomb you overpriced Christmas decorations you idiot how are you going to live with a broken nose?"

*pop* *snap* *crack* "Phew now it doesn't even hurt anymore when doing that, so how about i go back to wrecking your [Hoopla]" he spin-kicks Bomb Bomb straight in the gut.

"Ow what the fuck do they feed these kids, *coughs up blood* fuck hold up... It's going to take me a while so I can recover from that… and what do you mean it doesn't hurt anymore how did you break your nose without taking off your mask and how did it fix itself without you touching it"

"I just told it to fix itself"

"Oh you think you're cute"

"[Bobby] I'm adorable"

"What!?'

Silver Star ducks and slides and kicks Bomb Bomb, knocking him off his feet "Now tell me how to disarm the bomb before i give you a broken hip"

"No please anything but the hip!" He says crying

"Talk!"

"You just need to cut the red wire, input the passcode, and finally cut the blue and yellow wire."

"Are you telling the truth?"

"Yes!"

Silver Star cuts the red wire, inputs the password Flor, and then cuts the blue and yellow wire together. He then turns his attention towards Bomb Bomb as he walks over, picks him up, and throws him on his back.

"[Wowza] you're heavy, I can't believe I had to deal with this [balooney], Hey man so Disarm told me to throw you in jail soooo…. I'm sorry i have to put these handcuffs on you"

"Fine, but kid, can you tell me one thing; why do you censor your swears like that's a fascinating thing none of the heroes I've fought have ever censored themselves."

"Well, if you must know *click* my younger brother looks up to me and i don't want him exposed to me saying such vulgar stuff, plus i think it adds a certain charm, don't you think?"

"I mean I guess??? Anyways just take me to jail and tell Diarm that he has a lot to make up to me; and that i have a new archnemesis >;P"

Silver Star takes Bomb Bomb to the police department he stays a while talking to the sheriff about who he is

"So Son, why are you taking over for Disarm? Is he on vacation and do you have your hero registration license?"

"No i'm not taking over for Disarm i was just called over by him to take a mission for him as he had an urgent meeting, but he should be back tomorrow, and about the hero license don't have one as i am just a substitute hero service"

"Wait those exist? Huh, I'm sorry for being invasive, how about you take my bag of powdered donuts as I try to watch my calories."

"Oh thank you so much, I should get going tho i have an important shift to take over for another superhero"

"Okay thank you so much …, what's your name son?"

"You can call me the Silver Star, take care, sheriff."

He walks outside and hops onto his Vespa, driving away into the city lights with a smile.

"Oh my god, I can't wait to tell Sebastian about the donuts we just won, now about my disguise, can't let the babysitter see me like this so how do it take it off without raising suspicion"

"Wait i know *steps on the accelerator* I got it, I can go to the bodega. I'm sure Mr.Nubez won't mind *pull out a backpack* time to put on my regular clothes *pull out a long-sleeved white Krusty Krab pizza shirt and Khaki pants* alright i look fly now it's time to go out and drive.

He steps on the accelerator speeding through the city and he stops by a tall building.

*knock*" Hello i am back from my night job can you let me in"

"Hiiiii Big Brother i kinda made a mess with the babysitter"

"It's alright Sebastian where is she?"

"She's in the bathroom cleaning our glitter party"

It's okay Mattias at least you have something to do after you finish feeding Sebastian. "Hi Lila, how are you holding up?"

"Oh Heyy Matias, do you know how to get rid of a lot of excess glitter and how to clean it up too"

"Yeah don't worry I gotchu so what you need to do is ignore the problem and shower with hot water so that it gets out and use lots of shampoo too."

"But I'm the babysitter. I'm supposed to leave this house spotless. It's in my Latina blood to do it."

"And it's in my Mexican blood to not let a lady clean my apartment, I know Sebastian can be a handful so you should just relax take a shower, and grab one of the donuts on your way out, I'll take care of the cleaning don't you worry"

"Are you sure Matias I told you I'd repay you for covering my shift the other day at work." 

"Lila it's ok, Besides I know Gustavo is waiting for you to get back home as soon as possible."

"You have a point… Okay, i won't worry about it but if you ever need me to take care of that little ball of chaos just let me know ok, Now get out so i can shower."

"Alright just make sure you use Sebastian's shampoo mine is not meant for girl hair."

Lila says through the door "okayyyy"

Alright, now that's taken care of. I should show Sebastian the food I brought. "Heyy my little monkey are you hungry? I bought some powdered donuts and if you want I can give you some hot coco "

" I'm not a monkey," Sebastian tells Matias with a pouty face "But yes I am hungry for a snack and choccy milk, just please give it to me in the boss cup," he says with puppy eyes

"Hmm okay, have you done your homework ?" Matias says to Sebastian while brewing Cafe de Olla and pouring Sebastian a glass of chocolate milk.

"I did…"

"did you?"

"I didn't do my math homework, but It's because I don't understand how to multiply. The teacher doesn't explain it well."

"Well, I guess I'll have to talk to your teacher about it then. In the meantime, I will help you with your homework. " Matias pours the coffee pot into two cups and puts a bit of ice and sugar.

"Okay, but you need to let me sleep extra because I don't want to wake up early for the bus. So can you drop me off?" Sebastian says with a pouty face.

*sighs*" Fine, only if you pay attention in class and you tell your teacher that I need to talk to her."

Lila steps out of the bathroom in a baggy shirt and Minnie Mouse pajamas "Thank you, Mattias, do you work tomorrow? If so, I can make an extra lunchbox for you."

"Yeah I have work tomorrow, but I was wondering if you could babysit Sebastian on Wednesday." Mattias passes a cup of coffee and a powdered donut. "Sorry if the coffee isn't that good we only use the ones from the damaged products Mr.Guttierez throws away."

Lila takes a sip and then makes a happy face as she takes a bite off the donut "mm esta bien delicioso quien te enseño como a hacer café como así?"

"Pues mi maestro me enseño como trabajar con cualquier ingrediente"

"Ah pues cuando voy a conocer este maestro"

"We'll see maybe he'll come for my birthday"

She finishes the coffee "Well I'll let you guys be, i have to go home before Gustavo starts crying that i'm not there"

"Take Care Lila"

"Take care miss old lady" Sebastian gets bonked on the head by Mattias "I mean Lila"

"Pfft take care you two"

"Tell Rodrigo I said hi."

" Oooh from me too okay glitter dragon"

"Pfft I'll tell him don't worry my slayer"

As Lila leaves I ruffle Sebastian's hair and tell him " alright knight of donutland you need a shower, while I go pick up the mess you left."

"Alrighty just don't eat my donut "

"Only if you promise to work extra hard on your homework"

"I will, My Royal Highness," Sebastian says with a British accent. " Can I put on my pajamas?"

"Of course you can, after we finish doing your homework you're going straight to bed."

"Yayy"

I started the vacuum and started cleaning all the glitter on the carpet. Heh, he likes playing with glitter. Maybe I should ask the landlord if I can replace the flooring with wood. I wonder what I will do at night since I drank that cup of coffee, maybe stop some more crime or prepare another piñata for the store. I could give Disarm a visit to see if he's going to Zelle me or just give me cash.

Ring ring "hellooo"

"Hello Silver Star, I was wondering if you could cover another shift as you see one of our top heroes has fallen asleep."

"Farrell, I told you can just call me Silver or Starry, we've worked together long enough for you to give me a nickname."

"As I'm saying Silver Star, there is an ongoing heist made by Professor Calvo, I was wondering if you can cover it or not."

"Yeah yeah, I gotchu, how much am I being paid?"

"300$"

"Umm is there any way this can be a bit higher, I need to fill up my tank for my vespa soon and that does not come cheap"

"Fine 400$, but you'll need to have him thrown in jail in 20 minutes. Now just follow the coordinates I sent you, it leads to BMO Bank on 1300 Wabash Ave, to prevent as much damage as possible we don't need another lawsuit."

"Aye aye captain, just one more thing I can only do after 11, not any earlier."

"Wait, why?"

"Math?"

*sighs* "Ughh Fine, but now you need to have it done in 5 minutes, am i understood!?"

"Sure… anyways take care" i hung up on him and got back to vacuuming 

After a while of cleaning, Sebastian steps out of the bathroom wearing duck pajamas.

"Did you brush your teeth?" I ask him with a sly smile

"Umm No, but I can do that after, right now I want some more donuts' ' Sebastian says with a cute smile.

"Alright, but don't finish them all or else you won't have any for tomorrow" I ruffle his hair and look at his backpack "Alright now pull out that homework we have a lot of work to do."

The moon shines through the window, the crickets chirping and laughter comes out of the Cup household.

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