Zero Episode 105 The Hunter and the Zero

A/N: Yeah. We had a massive burst of Fairy Legion parts because I wanted to finish that arc so I can move onto better things. I mean that arc was a slog to get through but here's the thing, I had fun writing some characters and hated doing some. They also point out the obvious often. I should be talking about this in Fairy Legion but I talk about stuff in Zero so why not do the reverse? Lets talk about Zane.

As of Episode 105, Zero is current in an winter arc that started in Episode 103 with Sierra and Zane become partners and will end in Episode 107/108 when an old villain returns. The story will be still in winter but that arc that I mentioned before will have Zane fighting the spirit of Christmas. Yeah. it will be interesting to see that for sure. I should mention this now while I have you all here. Zane's more powerhouse forms such as Atomic and Astral Form won't be see often.

You may have noticed that both of them haven't appeared. I'm not a fan of using overpowered forms on say street thugs. I don't mind writing overpowered leads but using their full power on enemies who can't handle a high tolerance of pain is something I can do. Zane is also a black belt. The other reason for the delay is because I've finished watching all of the Marvel Movies in anticipation for the new Spider Man game which includes Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, and Avengers Infinity War.

I have no desire to see the Ant-Man movies which I heard were good but to me, I'm good with the cameo in Civil War. I would say out of the three movies I mentioned Black Panther is the weakest for me. I like the character but to me, it was just boring. I don't know how to explain it but for my Marvel Movie Scale, I would put Black Panther in the same league as Doctor Strange and the Guardians Movie. Not bad movies, just not my cup of teas.

I was honestly shocked how good Thor: Ragnarok was being that I didn't really care for the Thor movies before hand. I'm a huge fan of Planet Hulk and World War Hulk being that the latter of the two had Reed Richards get injured. I don't like him because well, he's just a brainiac with none of the snark that I love from Tony. It's the same thing with Scott Summers. I just don't like either of them compared to the other members who do a much better job.

Avengers Infinity War only shocked me. I didn't look up any spoilers for this movie when it came out because I wanted to be surprised when I watched. I honestly had a panic attack at the end of the movie and well, I couldn't move for an hour and was going a bit overboard in hindsight since the announce of some movies kinda ruin the ending a bit. It's still a shock. I would say that if you can't see a movie that you really want to see, ignore all spoilers.

It's honestly a good feeling. So is Spider Man PS4 good? Yes. I like it a lot because as a Spidey fan since I was a kid, it's a fun game. I never played Spider Man 2 so I don't have that as comparison. As a fan however, I know when named characters in the Spider-Man Mythos is going to do something that would fit their character but first timers, it's nice. I also like that Mister Negative is there and has a role in the story.

He's a newer villain compared to someone like Green Goblin. It's like having the main villain of a Batman game being not one of his main villains. I mean Joker was all over the Arkham and well, I like the Joker ,except in Suicide Squad being one of my major gripes with that movie, but I would like to see a new villain take the reins of a story. I would recommend Spider Man over God of War and my reason for not liking that game is strange.

I mean I like God of War because I'm a fan of Greek Mythology. It's honestly interesting to me because wow, there is a lot of sex in that store. When I think of Greek Mythology, a few things come to mind. Powerful gods, Hercules, and the thought,"What will Zeus stick his dick into next?". I also like Norse Mythology not on the same level as Greek but it's nice to learn about so why don't I like God of War PS4.

I know for a fact that this isn't the case but when I ever see a picture of Kratos with his son, I think the Last of Us which I don't dislike but to me, I like the previous God of War. Don't get me wrong, I like a good story way more than a good fighting system but to me, God of War is a series that's known for its fighting. I just find it boring to watch and maybe it's fun to play so maybe once a price drop, I may get it. Our story begins not in Cypress Park but the savanna. I also don't know football.

Narrator P.O.V.
In the savannas, a animal was rampaging. It had destroyed several villages. It wasn't a normal animal being a Phantom. It looked to be hippo shaped with giant mammoth-like tusks and two giant arms. Its skin is bright purple and flowing instead of walking around. It had the ability to generate large and powerful windstorms which tears apart the ground. To handle this creature and prevent killing more people, Swarm ,being the "experts" on handling Phantoms, were called in.

However, they were planning on killing it and using its corpse in order to kill its brother. The head agents for this mission are Agent F and Quake being that they were both wearing suit that fit this environment. They had cornered the creature away from a village being that it was 10 humans with anti-Phantom gear vs one Phantom. My money is on the animal. "On my command, we eliminate that beast." said Agent F.

He and the other agents soon aimed their rifles at the beast with someone ,who appeared from out of nowhere, grabbing Agent F's gun ,a rifle, and break it in half. "Stop this now! I refuse to see any kind of animal harmed by these weapons." said a man's voice. Agent F turned to see their guide which lead them to the creature Homer Wentworth aka the Hunter. He’s an muscular ,Caucasian, man which was gained from years of training and is 6 foot 5. He has long black hair with a mustache and beard.

He has a case of heterochromia being that his left eye is silver and his right eye is blue. He has a very large scar over his right eye. He has pointy sharp teeth. He wears a very casual outfit being a plain orange dress shirt and black pants with dark green hunting boots. "Listen here you over rated Tarzan. This creature doesn't deserve to live because it isn't the normal animals you usually hunt. We hired you to lead us to it not stop us." said Agent Quake, glaring at the much larger man.

Homer looked at him before turning his attention toward the Phantom who looked at the human with confusing looks. "To cowards like you and your men here, a beast like that shouldn't be put down just because it's different from the normal animals. It's rampage through the village is probably because it was scared. However, there is always another way that doesn't involve killing. I'll show you a way to handle animals without killing them." said Homer.

He soon walked right toward the Phantom ,with it still cautious about the humans and then getting distracted by some flies around it, as Agent F said,"Sir. We've tried the round of tranquilizers on it before we decided to kill it. However, they bounced right off the skin like it was nothing at all. So what are you going to do? I've read the report on you. You've only handle normal animals and use energy based tools aka tools with them powered by energy. but this creature is nothing like them.".

Homer slowly began taking off his shirt as he said,"A man is truly weak when he has to rely on weapons in order to handle his foes. Weapons are nothing more than a tool to hold one back.". The animal soon noticed him as Agent Quake said,"Your funeral Tarzan.". He and the rest of Swarm went into their jeeps as the Phantom charged right toward Homer. The man soon went into a grab like position with the animal charged right into Homer and into one of the jeeps.

The jeep in question belonged to Agent F and Quake being that Homer soon jumped onto the creature's back, causing it to run off away from the Swarm Agents with Homer in toe. Instead of all of the jeeps following them, one jeep soon went after them. The Phantom and hunter soon went through a grassy plain being that the jeep followed suit. In order to get rid of the opponent upon its back and the opponent in the vehicle, it soon came up with a plan.

It first decided to get rid of his opponent on its back by releasing a powerful windstorm to get rid of the former. The creature was shocked by Homer still hanging on tight. "You can try to blow me away but a real man doesn't give up so easily." said Homer. The duo soon went through a bramble patch being that Homer's skin was cut. The two soon went toward a cliffside, that overlooked a large lake of pure water. "Time to take a rest." said Homer.

He soon grabbed the creature's head with it slamming into the ground and they almost fell off the cliff. Homer looked over to the creature with it sleeping and heard a car driving up to them. He soon turned to see a jeep with a female agent soon exiting the jeep. Homer soon crossed his arms as he watched the female heading to the creature. "So are you going to kill it like your male agents or are you different?" said Homer.

The woman soon turned toward him as she said,"Unlike my male and females coworkers of mine, I truly believe that these creatures could help advance the world. I also find their biology interesting honestly.". Homer could tell that she was telling the truth being that she was putting a needle into the Phantom's neck being that it was medicine. He soon began talking a closer look at the woman, being that she was dressed from the other Swarm agents he met earlier.

Despite her wearing a white porcelain mask ,in the shape of a vampire, over her face that covered her eyes and hair, Homer could tell what she was like being that he's good at reading people by either their bodies or what they said when they talk. She looks to be in her early to mid twenties being that she looks to be beautiful. She has an athletic ,with an hourglass figure, build to her. Homer says that her beauty is to be admired but he isn't interested in her for two reasons.

Reason 1 is because he's currently with the woman that he loves and wouldn't want to leave her no matter what. Reason 2 is that he can see the face that she's hiding under both of her masks ,being the one she's wearing right now and the one under it, which is a scared child whose face is made out of porcelain. For her uniform, she's wearing something that would be for fighting rather than going to school or fanservice.

She's wearing a gray short sleeve jumpsuit with a maroon flax vest type over her chest. She wears a silver mesh top underneath her jumpsuit. It was exposed due to her jumpsuit showing her impressive but modest chest. She wears brown arm, elbow, and shin guards to protect herself from danger. She wears black fingerless gloves ,with a white stripe around the wrist, and that goes to the top of her biceps. She wears slim brown combat boots with her have a small knife on her back and easy to grab. 

Homer crossed his arms as he said,"From what I gathered, liking Phantom within Swarm is rare.". "It really is. So I've read that you have a pet and a beloved, are they here?" said the woman. Homer went quiet with the Agent saying,"Sorry that I brought them up. I'll try to convince my bosses to not kill this creature. I do hope we can see each other again Mr. Wentworth.". "Call me Homer Masked Agent." said Homer.

The agent was soon gone after entering her jeep as Homer soon sat on the ground, with him just staring out into the savanna. "It's been almost a year since I've last seen you Barbara and Lia but where have you gone where I can find you?" said Homer. "Perhaps I can help you find the two of them." said a woman's voice. He soon turned around to see a woman appearing from out of nowhere. She's a very stunning woman with a voluptuous figure.

Her waist is thin and hourglass like and her bust and hips being very voluptuous. She has long ,going down to her waist, brown hair with peach colored skin and green eyes. She's wearing black ,with pink stripes, tank top that reveals a good amount of her chest and her tiny stomach, a tight black mini-skirt that shows off her body, white knee-length sheer stockings, and black high heels with a chunky heel to them. Her outfit has a lace pattern to it.

Over all, she was very attractive and not all dressed for this environment. "What are you talking about and how are you? Are you with Swarm?" said Homer. "Not at all Homer. It seems that not even a Phantom can be a good opponent for you." said the woman. "Despite it being supernatural, it's still an animal that's driven by its instincts." said Homer. "I can promise you a challenge and it'll lead to your beloved and pet." said the woman.

She soon threw a folder ,which came from nowhere being that she has no pockets, toward Homer being that Homer looked it over. "I've heard about him before. The Swarm agents ,mainly the leaders of the group, mentioned his name often being that despite looking human, he's a creature that needs to be destroyed." said Homer. "So will you try taking him down?" said the woman. "I don't hunt down fellow humans." said Homer.

The woman said,"But he has a impressive combination of speed, agility, and strength.". Homer soon threw the file into the air, spreading its contents everywhere. "Okay. I'll face off against him and once I take him down, you'll tell me where Barbara and Lia are right?" said Homer. "Yes Homer. They are in Cypress Park, being held hostage by the Legion Zero." said the woman. Homer was soon gone, being ready to face off against Zero.

The woman walked over to the animal as she said,"Well done Form Morpher. You played the weak and defense Phantom. Your acting has gotten better.". The Phantom animal changed into Form Morpher with him recovering from Zane who burned him alive thanks to Swamp Prime. In the same vein as Xiadur who still had his missing arm, Form Morpher had some missing legs. He was still missing two of his slender spider legs, only have four slender spider legs.

He is still missing his lower left and right arm being burned completely at the nub and unable to regenerate back. His upper right arm is still missing the fur that once covered it. He only had one eye covered in burns being that his mouth had one of its two giant fangs grown back and three out of five small teeth on the inside. "So why are we using that human exactly instead one of us? I mean even with his powers, he doesn't chance again that brat. I want my revenge." said Form Morpher.

The woman smiled as she said,"Think about who is after him in terms of hunters. There is Agent Phoenix and Airon.". "I know about the former but the latter. He hasn't done anything in Cypress Park except manipulating Remane in order to test the brat." said FM. "You forget about the villains there after Zane's head. Lets make them fight among each other in order to get our revenge on Zane or to be more specific, his blood." said the woman.

Form Morpher smiled as he said,"So if we obtain his blood, we can use to regenerate our wounds that were destroyed by the brat. Xiadur wants Zane's head for costing his job at the prison and he ruined my goal of killing Zeros. What about you?". "I just want to serve our master. You need to get going to Cypress Park. Do whatever you can to get Zane's blood." said the woman. "Understood boss lady." said Form Morpher, sprouting wings and flying off.

The woman smiled as she said,"So I wonder if Zane will be able to sense me in this form. I'll be able to sense him since he's an Eazairvian and our races are able to sense each other upon entering the same area. Maybe I should find out and make sure that nothing fucks up Master's plan.". She soon opened up a magic portal, with it showing an image of Cypress Park. Before she entered the portal to her enemy's town, the woman soon turns into Xona.     

However, both Form Morpher and Xona soon found out that Zane wasn't in Cypress Park being that he was currently in Terrarune. Since he finished his finals early, Zane had a lot of time to kill being that he either spend it on patrol and finding anything he can about the Battalion or Mastermind with the latter being the bigger mystery, hanging out with his family, or deciding to get in touch with his Phantom DNA much to Sivarth's joy.

Zane was currently at a bar being that it wasn't the one from Episode 28 but the night club that the group of Phantom ladies (Celeste, Iris, Jennifer, and Marie) took Zane to in Episode 89. Zane was currently there with Bane, Celeste, Jennifer, Kendra, and Marie plus Malik. Malik was pretty much dragged there by Zane being that he wanted his alternative dimensional counterpart to have some joy in his life and spending too much time with Hourglass is a bad thing.

Malik sipped his drink with him saying,"So can I go now Zane? I did the toast. That's me being social right?". Marie sulked as she said,"Wow Malik. You're a buzzkill you know that. We're here not only to celebrate Zane and his human friends winning their sport game. It's football right?". Zane nodded as Jennifer said,"But the game isn't till tomorrow night.". "Jenny. Zane is on the team and he's stronger than most humans even if he's holding back." said Celeste.

Bane nodded as he said,"It's nice seeing the humans who've tried to hunt for just existing look stupid thanks to our king.". "There are so many things wrong with that statement. I mean has Swarm even killed a Phantom?" said Kendra.  "If you're not counting Agent Phoenix who kinda is a member, they haven't killed a single one." said Zane. "That's a good thing." said Malik. "What do you mean Malik?" said Bane,

Malik sighed as he said,"And here I thought you guys would know this but you don't. Zane knows this but let me just give you some context. The Astral Realm is seen as the Omniverse's heaven and the Dread Dimension is seen as the Omniverse's hell. Terrarune is seen as purgatory.". "So all of us are stuck in limbo? I mean I didn't die in the way I wanted but I would like to move on eventually." said Jennifer.

Zane placed a hand on her shoulder as he said,"It isn't like that. When a being from the Omniverse dies, they have a chance of being born into three places. According to Lief, the preferred choice is to become a Phantom because you're able to contact and communicate with others. If you're born into the Astral Realm, you can only float around there until the end of the Omniverse. It's the same with the Dread Dimension except it's more painful.". "And you know this how?" said Kendra.

Marie smiled as she said,"Unlike Johnny, Zane is a reader.". "That's true. Johnny may have been smart in fighting and socially but in academics, he wasn't the best." said Celeste. "So I have to ask you guys something. What do you see me as?" said Zane. The Phantoms ,except for Malik and Marie who was drinking their drink, said in unison,"Zane.". "That's good. I know that you said that but I overthink some things." said Zane.

Bane soon placed his hand on Zane's shoulder with him saying,"Zane. I see you as my friend and king with the former put above the latter. I'll proudly serve you until the day you die and then you join us here in Terrarune.". "That won't happen right Zane? I would hate to lose my little brother." said Jennifer, with her plus Celeste and Kendra tussling his hair. "Yeah. This friendship stuff is making me sick. So wasn't the plan to make Malik dance?" said Marie.

Malik stood up as he said,"Wait! You told me that you just wanted to drink with me!". "I lied." said Zane. Before Malik could do anything to Zane, he along with Bane were dragged by the girls to the dance floor. Zane smiled as Sivarth said,"So do you think Malik is going to help you after this and will Danny and Gwen approve of him helping after what happened between them.". "I sent them a message upon entering Terrarune and I'm just waiting for their response." said Zane.

Twilight said,"I'm just happy that he asked for their advice before he went through it. I mean Rachel still on the fence with Kevin despite being friends. Imagine what she's going to do when she finds about you and the others joining a secret group that's trying to kill Skull Plague and you allowing the Phantom who destroyed your arm and Essence to help you.". Zane shivered as Cole said,"I don't get why you're scared of her and the other women in your life finding out about this.".

Athena said,"Cole. Zane is scared of them finding out because of the expression hell has no fury like a woman scorned.". "Yeah but to a strong man like me, it's nothing." said Kane. Zane rolled his eyes as his phone buzzed twice. Zane looked at it and it was Danny and Gwen's response. "It's your choice man and don't worry. I'll make sure Malik stays in line." wrote Danny. "I'm fine with it but if you want him to help us, don't do anything to piss him off." wrote Gwen.

Zane looked over toward Malik being that he was both glaring at Zane and looking right at his dance partner Marie as Kane said,"Wow. He's having a good time. It's strange to see someone like him having fun and his dancing is way better than yours.". "I think with practice, we can become a dancer that rivals all other dancers! Zane! Turn into that form so we can show up Malik!" said Cole as he was promptly slapped by Athena.

Twilight said,"If we bring out that form Cole, Malik will be even more annoyed with us. If he is just like Zane, he'll hate to lose to someone younger than him or someone like Zane". "So what is your plan after the dance? Marie may love to go dancing but she isn't a dancing machine like that form is so once she's done, he's going to come over here and you can figure out the rest." said Athena. "So what's the plan?" said Sivarth.

Zane smiled as he said,"Well gang, I know myself perfect so I pulled a couple of strings to make sure that Malik will drain all of his energy dancing. He may be incredibly strong in a fight but in a dance with several Phantoms who eat this stuff up, he's nothing more than a weakling.". His five partners were silent as Zane said,"So I guess I can be a little evil huh?". Zane soon watched Malik dancing with several other girls as Marie walked over to him.

Marie said,"Wow. He really can dance just like you Zaney.". She sat next to him as Zane said,"Yeah but me and Malik are two different people.". "Yeah but he's a much better dancer than you." said Marie. "Well, you were helping him plus he only had to dance with only you. I had to dance with you, Iris, Celeste, and Jenny. I'm not complain but you know what I mean." said Zane. "So you're on winter break right now right?" said Marie. "Yeah. It's for the next four weeks." said Zane.

Marie said,"I know that Celeste and Jenny would like if you spend some time with them. They won't say it because they want you to enjoy your life and not reliving any past memories but as one of their girlfriends, I can tell that they still miss their love.". "I'll try to make some time but I just hope I'm not their replacement." said Zane. The two soon watched Malik being dragged into another couple of dances as Marie said,"Wow. You're evil. Using the crowd against him.".

Zane shrugged as he said,"Yeah. I mean you used that against me a couple of weeks ago so it's nice to not be on the other end of it.". "I guess but back to our previous conversation. I doubt that Celeste and Jenny see you as Johnny Vincent. It took some time but they now see you as their cute little brother who gets in trouble often." said Marie. "I don't get in trouble that much." said Zane. "Says the person who fights and pisses off people every day." said Marie. The two talked as Malik danced.

Later, Malik was soon staring at Zane who was getting his goodbye hug from the duo of Celeste and Jennifer. He was too tired to be jealous or angry at his prime counterpart because he had just spend several hours dancing. In his previous life, he would have enjoyed dancing with several girls being that he was very much scared of using his powers. "So. You jealous of Zaney?" said a voice. Malik turned around to see Marie as he said,"Not now. You and your harpies drained me of my energy.".

Marie said,"Yeah we did that to Zane but well, he has more stamina than you. I guess his training made him stronger than you despite him losing to you before.". "He isn't stronger than me. I have more experience than he does." said Malik. "True but I think if you two fought with you being at your full power, Zane would win hands down." said Marie. Malik rolled his eyes as he said,"Whatever Marie. Why are you even talking to me? In fact, why are all of you talking to me?".

Marie said,"What could you be talking about Malik?". "I tried to enslave your race and I killed your king. Zane forgave me because he's an extremely forgiving person but I think the rest of you shouldn't be. " said Malik. "Malik. I need to tell you something in private. We need to get out of his range." said Marie who was pointing to Zane. "That's impossible but hey, lets try." said Malik. The two flew off as Zane smiled.

Celeste noticed this as she said,"Zane. What are you planning?". "Nothing. I was just happy to see Malik enjoying life outside of the tower. Thank you again girls. I know that both of you are still on the fence with him after the whole almost killing me thing and trying to take over my hometown thing. It means a lot to me." said Zane. "Well, I know that I'm still on the fence after he gave you those nasty wounds." said Jennifer.

Zane held his right arm as he said,"Well, I could regenerate my arm.". "Wait. You can?! Since when Zane?" said Celeste. "Well, don't laugh but I was testing out my powers and I accidentally cut off my left hand. I was scared but when I saw my hand regrow on my arm, I fainted." said Zane. The two girls started to laugh as Zane said,"It isn't that funny! I woke up my neighbors with my scream and when my mom found me, I was taken to the hospital!".

Jennifer wiped away a tear as she said,"It kinda is Zane. I guess you're better than Johnny was when he was first testing out his powers.". "So how was he worse than me accidentally cutting off my own hand?" said Zane. "You know Wraith right? Lets just say that Wraith was a much nicer Phantom until Johnny accidentally blew up his precious trophy room. I'm pretty sure he holds a grudge against you because of that." said Celeste.

Zane began laughing as he said,"Wow. That's funny. So why doesn't the Museum of Supernatural Antiquity have that little tidbit in their database?". "Well, he didn't want anyone to find about that embarrassment of his." said Celeste. "So I have to ask this but if I can make some time during my winter break, do you mind if I come to Terrarune and hang out with you two? You can show me around my kingdom." said Zane.

Jennifer smiled as she said,"Is Zane asking us out?". "And here I thought that Zane would be loyal to his eight girlfriends." said Celeste. "It isn't like that and I know you two are tricking me. I ain't Johnny when it comes to being tricked by women. The Museum of Supernatural Antiquity does mentioned that he got tricked by two minxs often." said Zane. "Shoot. Let me guess. You're using your mind reading powers on us?" said Zane.

Kane said,"Are you? I honestly can't tell.". "Nope but good guess. So would your answer be yes ladies?" said Zane. "Sure Zane. Just make sure to tell your special ladies. I rather not have them hating me for "stealing" their man." said Celeste. "I will I promise. So where do you think Marie took Malik? I kinda need to talk with him about something." said Zane. "Marie is having her fun with Malik. They are hitting it off rather well." said Jennifer.

Sivarth said,"I sense some strong emotions from her and they aren't the pleasant kind. Try not to say anything more about them or get them to change topics.". "Sivarth. It's Zane." said Cole with Athena and Twilight agreeing with him. "Yeah. I hope Marie doesn't hurt Malik. Lets just say that you don't want to get that guy mad. Trust me." said Zane. "You are quite different from Johnny but that's a good thing." said Celeste.

Jennifer said,"Yeah. You forgave Malik despite him causing you so much pain. Johnny would have held a grudge and trust me, he could hold a grudge.". "Yeah. I kinda get that from him. So I'll see you girls soon." said Zane. He was about to leave when Celeste grabbed his arm. "Wait! I've got to ask you something!" said Celeste. "What did you do Zane?" said Athena. "Nothing! I don't think." said Zane.

Celeste said,"I know that you hate Christmas but this year, you're going to give it a chance. So if you can, do you mind coming to the big Christmas party? I'm not pressuring you Zane but I just wanted to tell you. It's Christmas Eve to December 26th and I think you'll like it.". "Sure but maybe not Christmas morning. The kids have me booked until noon." said Zane. Zane was soon gone as Jennifer said,"Way to go!".

Celeste looked at her best friend/sister as she said,"Yeah. It's nice that we can be just friends. He and Johnny are two different people. So do you not like Marie and Malik?". "Well, Malik seems like a nice guy and I just want to give him a chance. Doesn't he remind you of Johnny Celeste?" said Jennifer. "Kinda but if you want to go out with him, you have some tough competition and your best friend will help you out." said Celeste.

Zane was soon back in his room as he stretched. "Man. That was pretty fun. So how many more hours do I have before the game?" said Zane. He stretched his arm to grab his alarm clock and he saw that it was 7:30 in the morning. "Wow. You were in Terrarune for eight hours and you have another nine hours before the game." said Twilight. Zane sighed as he said,"Well, got any ideas?". He soon heard footsteps as he said,"Never mind.".

He was soon hugged by his two daughters as they said in unison,"Daddy!". Both girls were wearing their winter outfits being that Uriel was wearing a navy blue winter jacket ,with a dog themed pattern to it, being that she's wearing a pink t-shirt underneath it. She's wearing a pair of black jeans with white stripes over it. She's wearing fuchsia colored winter boots with a yellow cross-hatch pattern that resembles a clock tower pattern to them.

Zoey is wearing a red winter jacket being that she's wearing a white t-shirt with a cute symbol of a snake on it. She's wearing blue camo pattern jeans with gray sneakers. Zoey finishes off her outfit a black and red winter cap that looks like a baseball cap. "Hey you two. So how did you two know that I was back? Where is your brother?" said Zane, hugging them back tightly. The two let go as Zoey said,"I sensed your Nether! Grandpa has been training me!".

Uriel said,"She's really strong. She's able to hit 50% of the targets while I can only hit 40%.". She looked sad with Zane shaking her head. Zane soon tussled his pink-haired daughter's hair as he said with his smile,"Uriel. 40% is amazing. No one is a master at first. Trust me. It took me so much time to become a powerful hero so let me tell you something. Something that takes time is better than something that's rushed.".

Uriel hugged him tighter as Zane said,"Uriel. You're crushing me.". The little girl let go as Zoey said with a smile,"Well, she's much stronger than me daddy.". "That's because she's a Vulcorian!" said Kane. "So where is your brother? I don't think I got an answer." said Zane. "He's on a date." said Uriel. "Uriel! Atem told us not to tell daddy about where he is." said Zoey. "But daddy told us never to lie about family?" said Uriel.

Zoey looked conflicted with Zane chuckling. He could tell that his daughter was trying to figure out if Uriel did the right thing by telling him about Atem. "Oh, I already knew." said Zane. "How?" said Uriel. Zane pointed to his head as he said,"You can't hide secrets from someone who can read them with ease.". "But I thought you don't like reading our minds?" said Zoey. "I don't but well, I have to tease my son about his date when he comes back." said Zane.

Uriel smiled as she said,"So what are you going to do before the game daddy? Grandma is in the lab and Grandpa is out training with Ana while the dogs are watching.". "No clue. I need to take a shower so how about we just hang out here until I come up with something?" said Zane. "Okay!" said the two in unison. They were gone as Zane got undressed. He soon entered his shower as he said,"Yeah. This is going to be a good day.". 

Outside of his house, the trio of Nova, Rachel, and Rain were outside. The trio were wearing their winter outfits. Nova was wearing a white sweater like she did before during the summer being that it covered her shoulders. She's wearing blackish blue jeans being that it prevent the cold and she was wearing her sneakers plus her accessories. Rachel was wearing her outfit aka the one from Zero Episode 83 being that her jacket looked a little thicker and fitting the weather.

Rain however is wearing a different outfit being that it was her winter outfit. This will get more detail than the previous two mentioned. She has her long silver hair that reaches the center of her back. She doesn't have her hair in a small ponytail but she does have a violet infinite themed hairband. Her bangs are brushed to the right with it showing off her beautiful face and green eyes. She has a beauty mark under her left eye and circular blushes on her cheeks.

These two only added to her appeal. Her body is slender yet curvy showing that she's athletic. Her body just screamed very cute to him in so many ways. She has her sapphire blue helix ring and rook piercing in her right ear with a red variation of her right earrings in the left ear.  She's wearing her small dark pink choker necklace. Her winter outfit is a dark red ,with the inside being violet, jacket. It has a faux fur trimmed hood.

Under it, there was an off-shoulder black spaghetti strap ,with a frilly edge and lace, tank top. It has a white crescent moon, in the center of it. She wears gray denim calf-length capris with a white belt. She wears white wedge like boots. She's wearing her brown purse with her and the girl was holding a small book with several sticky notes in it as she was doing a new role next year and wanted to get a head start.

Nova looked toward her friend as she said,"So why do you come with us again Rachel? I mean I don't mind you being here but we were going to talk about Winter Break and it's going to be mainly planning dates. It'll be pretty boring.". "That's why I'm here." said Rachel. "Huh? Do you like Zane like we do?" said Rain. Rachel looked at her before shaking her head. "Nah. You love him like a man but I see him as a brother." said Rachel.

Rachel soon thought to herself,"And I need to ask him hopefully in private about getting stronger. I mean he's the strongest guy in town I'm sure of it.". She hated that she was the only one in Zane's circle of super-powered friends without any real powers. She didn't want to be a weak link in a fight so she made a personal goal to herself. For Winter Break, she would no was going to get stronger for sure. "Okay. So how are things going with Allen?" said Nova.

Rachel looked at her as she said,"Fine. Why do you ask?". "You two have been hanging out a lot lately." said Rain. "Well, my normal finals tutor was busy tutoring." said Rachel. "So how many people use the Zane tutoring system?" said Nova. "A good amount of people. It's a good thing that Zane can multi-task. I've always been impressed with that side of him." said Rachel. "And you're sure that you don't like him." said Rain.

Rachel sighed as she said,"I've told this at least a hundred times to Karen since I've known her but I only see Zane as a brother and really good friend. So why did you two come to see him? I know that you two didn't come here just to make plans.". "Well, I came here to kiss my sugah." said Nova with her southern accent slipping out. "I think you've kissed him the least right?" said Rachel as Nova soon blushed.

Rain said while looking at her southern friend/fellow girlfriend."And I thought you would have been one of the first ones to kiss him.". "Yeah. I may seem like the type of gal who would go for him but I don't want him to be scared of me." said Nova. "Zane isn't scared of a kiss." said Rachel. She walked up to the door with her hearing,"Can I get the door this time Zoey? You got the last one.". "Sure thing sis." said a female voice which she knew was Zoey's.

The door opened as the three girls saw Uriel standing there. "Hi!" said Uriel. "Hey Uriel. So is your daddy home?" said Rachel. "He is Aunt Rachel! Hi Mommies!" said Uriel. The two girls blushed as Rachel giggled. "Uriel! They aren't your mommies yet!" said Zane's voice. Zane grabbed his daughter with him not wearing a shirt being that he just gotten out of the shower. The two girls blushed harder as Rachel said,"So did you just wake up? I never thought I would see Zane being lazy.".

Zane sighed as he said,"I'll have you know that I've been at a club with some of my Phantom friends and well, Malik did a lot of dancing.". "You're hanging out with the guy who ripped off your arm? I think that's a major red flag." said Nova, who recovered faster than Rain. "He's a nice guy. I mean Marie is probably having fun with him. So what's up? I promised to spend time with my little girls so I can't do anything without their permission." said Zane.

Uriel escaped her dad's grip before finding herself on Zane's right shoulder aka her spot being that she claimed it upon joining the family. "That's right! He's belong to me and Zoey!" said Uriel. Zoey floated toward them as she said,"Uriel. We can't keep daddy from his friends.". "I know but he's never home." said Uriel. "Well, I'm do belong to you guys from the night of Christmas Eve to Christmas afternoon." said Zane.

Uriel pouted as Zane soon sprouted a tendril from his back. The girls would be shocked by this if not used to their friend/boyfriend/father's unique power set. "Don't worry Uriel. I'll make you sure that I spend time with you guys. Just remind me if I don't. Use force if you have to because well, I tend not to listen without it." said Zane. "Okay but can I stay here?" said Uriel, sitting on his shoulder. "Sure thing cotton candy. Lets discuss this inside." said Zane.

The six were sitting in the living room with Zane wearing his normal clothing. "So what did you girls need from little old me? I'm free all day until the game." said Zane. "Well, I wanted to ask you about something in private." said Rachel. "What is it daddy?" said Zoey. "It's private and I think we can make an arrangement." said Zane. "Sweet." said Rachel. Uriel tilted her head as Rain said,"So what's your schedule looking like?".

Zane pulled out a notebook with him saying,"Take a look.". Nova and Rain looked it over as Nova said,"Wow Sugah. Your schedule is pretty busy.". "Yeah. I tend to make plans but hey, most of them about spending time with you girls and my kids. I think I'm doing pretty good." said Zane. "At least you're not spending the entire break being Zero." said Rain. "Yeah. I may love being a hero but being a good boyfriend/father is far more important to me." said Zane.

The girls soon smiled at Zane's maturity as his phone ringed. "Wow. That timing." said Cole. "Sorry but it's my new boss." said Zane. He walked off as Rain said,"New boss?". "Yeah. Daddy is going to have an internship at Champion Tech plus Collins Enterprise." said Zoey. "So I can figure out why a big science and tech company would want Zane but why would Collins Enterprise?" said Rachel with the other teens agreeing with her. "What is Collins Enterprise?" said Uriel.

Rain said,"They're a very big company here in town and the world. They mainly work in construction and their boss lives in one of the tallest and most expensive buildings in town.". "So what would they want with daddy?" said Zoey, with Uriel getting in a thinker style pose. "Well, I remember that the boss wanted to meet Zane after he punched Roland which is one of the most watched videos online despite Roland and his lawyers trying to get rid of it." said Rain.

Rachel said,'Well, he did say that he respected Zane for standing up against the rich like he did. So is working with CE part of his schedule?". "For the second half of the break. The first half is mainly Champion Tech." said Nova. Zane soon walked back into the room as he sighed. "I have to cut this meeting short. My boss wants to meet me at Champion Tech. He wants to get a head start on making me a powerful figure in the future." said Zane.

Uriel and Zoey sulked as Rachel said,"So does he mean if you bring guests?". "From what he told me on my phone, he doesn't but his head scientist minds a lot. Sorry but could I ask you for another favor Nova. I know that I still owe you one from when you watched the girls last time." said Zane. "Wow. I can't believe you remembered." said Kane. "I constantly reminded him about that plus Zane tries to repay his debts whenever he can." said Athena.

Nova sighed as she said,"Couldn't you tell him no?". "I tried that but well, he doesn't exactly take no for an answer being that he wanted a good future for me." said Zane. "Daddy. Don't go. Just say that one of us is sick. That'll work right?" said Uriel and Zoey who begged him not to go. "That isn't a bad idea." said Rachel. Zane looked away as Rain said,"Zane. You made a promise to him didn't you?". "I did and well, you know that I hate to go against them." said Zane.

Nova stood up and she said,"Sugah. I know that your daughters don't want you to go but you made a promise and as a man, you can't go back on it huh.". "Yeah I kinda do." said Zane, noticing that his two daughters were pouting hard. Zane sighed as Sivarth said,"Zane. You know what to do. Use that Alvarez charm.". "And be a good father." said Athena. Zane nodded as he said,"Uriel Tricia Alvarez. Zoey Ella Alvarez. Look at me. I need you two to listen to me.".

The two looked at their dad with Zane saying,"I'm sorry you two. I know that I don't spend enough time with you two and your brother. I really should do that more but I have two jobs. My first job is being a hero which is isn't important as my second job. My second job is being a father. I have to get a job so I can support you two and Atem without relying on Zero to pay the bills. You two are part of my life and I want to make sure that you three live in luxury being truly happy.".

Rachel said,"He's serious about this you two. He's been planning on getting a job to make sure that he can eventually move out despite his mom not wanting it at all. Please tell me that you aren't spring the news at Christmas.". "Your aunt Rachel is correct and I know that I may sound stupid but this is something that my dad when I was born. It's something that Alvarez men have to do. I just started early compared to my brothers but in all time, they'll be doing this." said Zane.

The two girls hugged him as Zoey said,"Why are you pushing yourself too much for us?". "Because I want you to grow up to be happy. Plain and simple." said Zane. The two girls soon let go as Uriel said,"Okay! Go get them daddy!". "I was going to but thanks for the support cotton candy." said Zane with him smiling. "Zane. Before you go, I need to tell you something and this is about my now two favors." said Nova.

The two were gone as Rain said,"So what are they talking about?". "I bet it's cake!" said Uriel. "Not everything in the world is about sweets Uriel sweetie." said Rachel. "It could be though." said Uriel who was pouting. Zoey tussled her little sister's hair being that something soon flew past them being that the door was soon wide open. "So I'm going to take a shot in the dark here and say that was our Zane. So why did he do that?' said Rachel.

Nova soon stood in the walkway with a smile plastered on her face. "What did you tell him girl? That was Zane right? It was like a tornado blew through here." said Rachel. "Our upcoming date is going to be great because well, we're going all out." said Nova. Uriel and Zoey were soon confused as Rain said,"Rachel. Do you mind covering their ears for me?". "On it." said Rachel. The two little girls were confused to see their aunt like figure covering their ears.

They soon watched two of their daddy's girlfriends arguing with each other with Rain's face being red. "So what are they talking about Auntie Rachel?" said Zoey. "I'm pretty sure that you should ask your father when you're older." said Rachel. "Okay!" said Uriel. Rachel was thankful that Uriel wasn't the type to ask questions. She was very much to take things at face value mainly due to her age and she trusts anyone who her father respects.

Zane just arrived outside of Champion Tech with Cole saying,"Wow. She really makes your motor running huh Zane?". "Yeah. I mean that date is going to be great." said Zane. "So are you ready to do what our real purpose about accepting Derrick's offer?" said Athena. "Yeah. Stay safe you two. I'm sure that Champion Tech has way better digital security than they do with regular security." said Zane as he entered the building.

After being leading to the main lab, Zane ,wearing a lab coat over his normal clothing, soon saw Jim cleaning the glass cage of some spiders. "Hey. Sorry I'm late but you wouldn't believe the traffic in this town." said Zane. "It's fine Zane. I still can't believe you accepted Mr. Price's offer. I know that he's hard to say no to but you have the big game later today don't you?" said Jim. "I do but well, he told me that an important person was visiting the lab today and wanted me to meet him." said Zane.

The two soon heard,"And there he is!". Zane turned to see Derrick standing there with a smiling Conrad as Kane said,"I've never seen him smile before. It's kinda creepy.". "It's nice to finally meet you in person Mr. Alvarez. I've heard a lot about you being that my boss here says that you'll change the world but I doubt you. However, you're at the top of your class and you come from one of the smartest women in the country so I expect great things from you." said Conrad.

Zane looked at Jim who said,"This is him being nice.". Zane shook his hand as he said,"I won't let you down Mr. Gibson. I really hope I don't mess this.". "All I ask is that you keep the teenage angst to a minimum." said Conrad. "So Zane, I'm sure that you want to meet our special guest right?" said Derrick. "I guess so." said Zane. "His name is Doctor Noah Foster. He's the younger brother of your science teacher correct?" said Conrad.

Zane said,"Huh. I didn't know she has a brother but I guess there's a personal reason.". "There is and I don't think you should bring it up okay? I know you Zane and you tend to say whats on your mind without thinking about the consequences." said Jim. "I'll try my best but well, I get that from my mother." said Zane. "You get a lot of things from Natasha aka your love for science. I never could figure out why a bright mind like her gave up science." said Conrad.

Sivarth said,"It's you  by the way.". Zane nodded as he said,"Um. I heard that Champion Tech was interested in that creature that attacked the Thanksgiving day parade.". "Yes we are Zane. He's quite informed isn't he?" said Derrick. "From what we had gathered from Zero's fight with it, we haven't been able to find the creature that granted that neanderthal powers. You know the girls who were captured by it. Did they say anything?" said Conrad whose eye twitched upon saying Zero

Zane said,"Nope. They told me that all of them were kidnapped when they weren't paying attention during the parade. Sorry sir. So what happened to that neanderthal? I'm on the same team as Jungle Legs and Captain is worried about him.". "He's currently at Heartstone being that after Zero dropped him off there, he's currently recovering. That creature did a number on him and our goal is to help him recover." said Derrick.

A man soon walked up to them as he said,"Derrick. Your research here is stunning.". He has an adult build with no sign of muscle at all. He has short brown hair ,which is slightly graying, and dull brown eyes. He wears dark gray framed glasses. He wears a white lab coat over a light green sweater vest with a white collar shirt, dark blue necktie, dark blue jeans, and black shoes. "Zane. Meet Doctor Noah Foster. He's well known for his study of human and animal genetics." said Derrick.

Noah looked at Zane with him saying,"You're Natasha's son aren't you?". "Yep." said Zane. "It seems that you didn't get your father's stupidity. He just recently came back from a war wasn't it? If I was Natasha, I would have thrown his ass to the curve." said Noah. "I guess my mom is more forgiving than you." said Zane. "My sister speaks highly of you and Ms. Castro. Derrick made the right chose in choosing the male rather than the female. Men are smarter than women after all." said Noah.

Twilight glared at him through Zane's clothing as Noah said,"Only the true smart belong in this world and most of the time, blonds are dumber than a bag of rocks.". Zane was getting more annoyed being that he was dating three blonds and not a single one of them was dumb in his eyes. "Anyway, your ideas about matching animal DNA to human DNA is exciting. I do hope that I continue to work on it while I'm here in town and hopefully, it doesn't get stolen." said Noah.

Twilight said,"I know that I'm usually one of the two voices of reason on this team but if we have a chance, we're totally pranking him. I mean he's a sexist pig.". "Yeah but he's like Zane being that he's honest about his opinion. Got to respect him for that." said Sivarth. "And we'll talk about that in private Noah. I wish to tell Zane about what he'll be doing for the next two weeks while he's here with us before Andrew takes him for the other half of winter break." said Derrick.

Noah smiled as he said,"As you wish sir. See you around hatchling.". He was gone as Kane said,"We need to keep an eye on this guy just like with Derrick.". "Yeah. I agree with you there Kane." said Zane. "Zane. In the two weeks that you're going to be here, I expect you to help out Conrad and Jim in their experiments plus come up with one yourself every week you're here. I hope you're going to give this all you got." said Derrick. "Trust me sir. I will." said Zane.

Later, Zane ,after picking up Athena and Cole plus getting into his costume, was swinging through Cypress Park and heading toward the high school. The game was about to begin. "Wow. That was actually pretty fun. Noah may have been a creep but that's the only bad thing about that place." said Zane. "I still can't believe that we weren't able to find anything about Derrick's illegal activities. He screams evil to you guys right?" said Cole.

Athena said,"He does but so does Noah. I was able to dig into a little bit into Noah's experiment and well, it is like Cosmic Phenomenon but more focused. Cosmic Phenomenon has the ability to turn people into animal and human hybrids but Noah's version is able to turn a person into a full-animal being a much stronger version of that animal. I'm just thankful that he didn't have any DNA samples of any prehistoric creatures.". "Yeah. I mean it would be cool to fight dinosaurs." said Kane.

Cole said,"Haven't you been around since the dinosaurs? I mean you're not scared of something that has those tiny arms.". Cole was soon hit by Kane with Sivarth saying,"So beside Noah being an evil monster, did you find anything else? I know that we have two weeks to find some proof on him but a lot of it will prove our case.". "Nothing big beside Derrick's love of traveling. He has been all around the world. I think he's been visiting the branches of Price Co and Swarm." said Athena.

Zane sighed as he said,"Yeah. It's kinda weird being that as the king of Phantoms, I'm working with Swarm kinda.". "Yeah but it's mainly Conrad's project and despite him liking you, he didn't want you to touch his stuff just yet." said Twilight. "So do you know why his eyes twitched whenever he sees you as Zero or hears the word Zero?" said Cole. "No clue but we'll have time to figure it out." said Zane as he landed on a rooftop.    

His costume's cellphone soon rang with him seeing that it was from Ana. Zane soon answered it as he said,"Hey sis. What's up? You're going to the game right?". "I am Zane. All of us are being that mom actually learned how the game works ." said Ana. "Wait a minute. She didn't know before hand." said Zane. "Yeah. She may be really smart but when it comes to sports, she doesn't know anything about them. Lets get back on topic here brother. So are you busy right now?" said Ana.

Zane soon jumped off the rooftop before landing onto the side of the wall and then backflipping off the wall. He soon made some webbing with him being to swing around. "Nothing important. Just looking for some crime before the game tonight. I mean I got like an hour and well, the game isn't going to be a challenge. So what's up?" said Zane. "I know that you're going to be busy during winter break according to your schedule." said Ana.

Zane said,"Yeah sis. It's going to be a long but interesting break. So what about you?". "Beside for training, I got nothing planned." said Ana. "So do you have like any friends who are your age? I mean I've never met any of them." said Zane. "I don't have any." said Ana. "Seriously? Who wouldn't want to be friends with you." said Zane. "Zane. You're my older brother. You tend to intimidated or annoy people which includes most sophomores. Sam doesn't paint a good picture of you." said Ana.

Zane sighed as he said,"Well, I'm sorry sis.". "But it isn't your fault." said Ana. "Yeah but well, I want you to be happy and having friends make you happy." said Zane. "Thanks bro but making sure that you're going to live until your twenties is going to make you the most happy. Will you have some time to train me?" said Ana. "Yeah. I think I can pencil you. So why me? I mean Rachel wants me to train her but I'm an awful teacher." said Zane.

Ana said,"Didn't you tutor most of the A-List?". "Yeah and I got paid for doing it despite me telling them and their parents that I didn't want to. The rich really don't know what the word no means. So is dad too weak for you?" said Zane. "Well, it's complicated. I haven't a chance to train with him due to the fact that mom has been borrowing him for some catching up." said Ana. "Ah. I think I have a plan for both you and Rae sis. See you soon." said Zane.

Ana said,"Okay. Thanks Zane.". She hanged up as Cole said,"So are we going to have any free time at all?". "I'm not a betting A.I. but I'm going to say no. However I think that in our future, we're going to have more free time." said Athena. "That's a pretty bold claim. So what's your theory behind that?" said Kane. "I don't know but call it a hunch." said Athena. Zane soon planted his feet on a building wall as he heard an explosion.

Zane said,"Well, I think I found some fun.". "We could leave it for the police but we need to get a warm-up and they may have a super-human." said Sivarth. Zane began flying toward the burning building as he said,"Time to see if I need to a search and rescue. Investigation!". He send out a wave of energy through the area, being that he saw that there was no one inside of the burning building being that the four of them had just left the building.

He looked down to sever armed men wearing black masks running toward a large armored truck. He soon grabbed one of the thug's legs ,using telekinesis, and pulling him up into the air. The other thugs were oblivious to their friend who was soon covered in Zane's webbing. "Don't worry. I won't leave you on the obviously crumbling building. I ain't that cruel." said Zane. The thug was thankful until he learned what Zane's plan was.

Below them, one of the thugs stopped running being that he noticed that one of them was missing. "I think we lost Kenny in the fire." said the thug. "Who the hell cares? Lets go! We can't piss off the Commander." said another thug. The group of thugs soon slammed into an azure blue candy syrup wall as they heard,"Come on you guys. I thought you would want to stuck out like Kenny here.". It took only a second for them to figure out that they were in trouble.

Zane floated above them with a tied up Kenny being that he said,"So how about you give me what you've stolen and I'll return Kenny here. Sound fair?". "How about we say no?" said a thug. He soon aimed a rocket launcher right at Zane who smiled. He threw Kenny toward them as the tied up thug knocked down ten of them. "Strike!" said Zane. He dodged a rocket with him grabbing it using two tendrils from his back.

Zane smiled as he said,"I know that I'm your favorite hero but firing a rocket at me. That's pretty rude man.". "Shut up!" said the rocket launcher thug. He kept firing rockets at Zane who either caught them using a tendril or telekinesis. He soon had twelve of them with him saying,"Thanks. I always wanted a dozen rockets. You just know me so well.". He destroyed them, causing an explosion to cover him. "Did he just blow himself?" said a thug.

Kenny ,after getting free, said,"Shut up man! We should get going now!". The group of thugs were about to enter their truck before they felt something. They may be normal humans but they could feel the presence of Zane. "Now guys. I'm hurt that you're running." said a voice. The explosion soon cleared as Zane stood there in Cataclysmic Form. For its appearance, check out Fairy Legion Chapter 5.

The demon like creature crackled his knuckles as the thugs ran toward the truck. Zane smiled as he ran toward them with him jumping at a couple of them. He slammed them into the ground as Zane said,"Don't try and run from this devil.". He soon gathered fire in his hand and threw toward another group. The fire turned into a net, trapping the thugs in a burning net. "Now. Time to see what you left me." said Zane. The armored truck drove off as Zane smiled.

The driver was excited to see that Zane was just standing there. He pressed his foot down on the gas with him not seeing that Zane was following them. He did this by launching himself toward the truck using fire. "I've got him in my sights!" said the passenger as he aimed a bazooka at Zane. He fired it at Zane who jumped by it and he was thankful that no one was caught in the explosion. He soon began using the light poles to acrobat his way toward the armored truck.

He was soon above them. "Hellfire Emperor Kick!" yelled Zane. His blue flames gathered around his feet and he slammed both of his feet into the hood of the car. This caused a fire explosion, with it sending the bazooka thug flying out of the window and stopping the truck immensely. "And this is what happens when you don't wear a seat belt. You're sending flying out the window." said Zane with him turning his right arm back to normal.

He soon turned that arm into candy syrup and sent it toward the flying thug. The thug was captured in candy syrup and then he was slammed into a nearby wall, keeping him there. Zane's right arm soon turned back to Cataclysmic Form's right arm as he said,"So where did the driver go?". The driver was running away ,through an alleyway, as he said,"Sucker! I won't be capture like the others!". He was soon captured by Zane being that he was trapped inside of a cage of blue flames.

He turned around to see Zane standing there with him saying,"Now give up and tell me what you know about Mastermind. I know that you guys are working for him because well, your minds ratted you out.". The thug was about to tell him something before he was out cold. "Well, that was a bust. We should get going. Scott can handle this." said Sivarth with Zane walljumping his way to the rooftops.

Zane was soon back to normal aka his costume. He was running along the rooftops and on his mind right now, he was thinking about Bryan. "Zane. Him being taking over by Darth isn't your fault." said Twilight. "I know that but I'm worried about him. He was taken over under my watch and from what I gathered, my enemies want Darth's power." said Zane. "Yeah but knowing him, he'll refuse. We hate being used as weapons which is why I'm thankful we're partners." said Twilight.

He didn't notice that he was being watched by Homer. "This child is more than what I read. He's strong and knows how to keep his strength at a minimum. He's truly worthy of being prey to the Hunter." said Homer. He was watching Zane through a telescope as he was wearing his winter gear and it doesn't fit winter at all. He's wearing an blue-orange tiger-like vest with red eyes and black pupils held together by a band with three large and spiky teeth on it.

He wears silver bracelets, brown pants, and gray boots. He soon began following Zane with equal or slightly less agility than Zane. Crisis Judgement didn't see him as a threat so Zane or his partners weren't alerted about him. "Okay. Do you guys feel something off?" said Zane. "Nope." said Cole as Athena said,"Be careful. We have to get going. I rather not be late for your big game because Brad will be pissed at you and you've done so well.". "Gotcha." said Zane.

He was soon standing on a billboard with him aiming himself right toward the high school. Crisis Judgement soon went off as he dodged the arrow. He saw that the bowman being that he soon began firing a barrage of arrows at Zane, who promptly dodged them. He jumped toward Homer and landed on the edge of the building. "So who are you and why the hell are you shooting arrows at me? I mean most of my enemies try to kill me with bullets. I guess you wanted to be original huh." said Zane.

Homer soon began laughing as he said,"I guess the report was true about you child. You tend to make jokes in bad situations.". He soon pulled out two energy daggers with him saying,"I'm going to get back what you've stolen from me in the name of my mother!". "Listen I didn't steal anything from you and would your mother want you to kill someone? That would be pretty bad since mom are the nice one. Uncles on the other hand." said Zane as Homer rushed at him.

The hunter began swinging his swords at Zane who easily dodged them. Upon reached the edge of the building that they were fighting on, he soon created two tendrils which sent the knives flying to the ground. However, Homer soon tackled Zane off the building. The two were falling toward the ground as Zane said,"So I'm going to be fine after all this but you not so much. You may be more durable than the average man but surviving a fall like this. That isn't going to work.".

Homer began laughing as he said,"You seem be to worried about your enemy. You won't let me die prey and perhaps you'll should be quiet because you're quite annoying.". "Wow. I'm hurt. If you did your research on me which you did, you should know that I'm never silent and my jokes are classic I'll have you know!" said Zane. He soon sent some webbing toward a nearby building and then tried to shake Homer off him.

He did this by slamming Homer into a glass window but it failed. "You can't get rid of the Hunter that easily! Give up before I get serious!" said Homer. "Hey. Zero never gives up even against Zero's mostly deadly of foes. Great. You have me doing it now too." said Zane. He soon made Homer let go by slamming him into a wall and then into another wall. Before Homer fell to the ground, he was soon in Zane's webbing mixed with his candy syrup.

Homer smiled as he said,"You're incredible. No beast has ever escaped from my grip before.". "You do know that I'm human right and not an animal. I mean I can become an animals so I understand your confusion but most of the time, I'm human." said Zane. Homer soon pulled a spare set of knives being that like before, they were made of energy. He soon fell toward a nearby rooftop with Zane floating down to him and floating above him.

Homer looked up as he said,"So are you going to come down here and fight me like a man?". "I will but let me get my best suit on for a fighter between hunters." said Zane. Zane soon turned into a new form with him being about 6 and a half feet tall. He has a long tail with the end of it being a sharp spear like blade. His arms are navy blue scales with his palm having a speakers on them. He has four claws on his hands and feet. He has two black shoulder plates.

On his back, he wields a gun/sword with the blade being curved. He has feline purple eyes with him wearing a steel helmet that has an pointed tuning fork on the back. He landed on the rooftop as he said,"Hunter Form. I hope you're ready for a fight.". The two soon began circling around each other with Homer saying,"I think you're truly worthy of me now Zero!". "So I wasn't before?" said Zane. Homer soon pulled out an energy boomerang and threw it.

Zane soon jumped over it as he said,"Strike One!". He soon dodged it on its return trip with him saying,"Strike Two!". He soon dodged a rope with two heavy round objects at the start and end of this aka a bolas. "And Strike Three! You're out of here!" said Zane. He soon evade another bolas as Kane said,"So why aren't you actually trying?". "He's human." said Twilight. "So? A real man should fight him seriously." said Kane.

Zane said,"He has a point but I really don't want to send an innocent guy to a hospital for life so I'll be holding back a little.". He looked at Homer who said,"Okay. You're way stronger than the walking disaster aka Steamroller. I have a lot of strength in my pinky so if you want to give up before I get serious, I won't make fun of you too much.". "Don't bother with the jokes. I'll make sure that my poison tipped knives slice you to death." said Homer.

He soon rushed toward Zane being that he began dodging his blades being that Homer's knives were soon blasted away by fire balls. "How did you?" said Homer. He turned to see Zane's hands on fire as it was his signature colored flames. "This form is able to manipulate my fire into a weapon so if you want to surrender with your dignity in tact, I'll let you take that chance." said Zane. He soon began throwing fireballs at Homer who dodged them barely.

He soon began attacking Zane with him dodging each one with ease. He soon landed on the edge of the building with him dodging an energy spear by jumping off the building and landing on the ground below him. Homer jumped after him and grabbed his spear. Upon landing on the ground, he threw the spear at Zane who dodged it. "So is someone getting tired? I mean you're much older than me and well, age isn't very nice to the elderly." said Zane.

Homer glared at him as he said,"Quit with the mocking!". "And you don't know me at all. I just live to mock." said Zane. Zane was soon tacked into a taxi by Homer being that Zane had kicked Homer off him being that he thrown him into another car, destroying it. Homer soon rushed at Zane in order to kick or punch. Zane either dodged them or blocked them being that Zane knew that this fight was more boring than the game was going to be for him.

Zane said while blocking Homer's attack,"Can you just give up?!". He soon slapped Homer back with his tail. Homer recovered as Zane said,"Okay. I'll give you credit on something. You're very persistent which will be just great in the bedroom but in a fight against me, you're nothing much than a common thug than a proud hunter.". He soon jumped into the air with him wrapping his tail around a light post.

Homer soon threw a knife at Zane who caught it. "Just give up. You don't stand a ghost of chance against any super-powered." said Zane. He soon jumped toward Homer by kicking him in the face and punching him in the stomach. While Homer was dazed, Zane jumped behind Homer and spin kicked him in the back. Homer was sent flying as Zane soon focus his fire into a net being that it soon captured Homer, holding him to a lamp post.

He tried to break out with him saying,"No! This cannot be happening to the Hunter!". He was soon punched into the stomach by Zane who said,"And the Hunter has fallen by the Prey.". He soon sprouted two massive wings with the left wing being slightly injured. He flew off as the crowd was laughing at Homer being that watching their resident hero showing up this man was funny. Humans can be real jerk huh.

About twenty to thirty minutes later, Homer had escaped Zane's trap and was in an alleyway, trying to figure out a plan to defeat Zane. He soon heard something with him turning to see Xona in her human disguise standing there. "Do you need my help Homer?" said Xona. He soon walked toward her as he said,"I do not need your help.". "Then why did you get your ass kicked by Zero? It's sad to see such a strong man like you fall to a child." said Xona.

Homer looked at her as he said,"He had an advantage over me and my honor has been tainted by this child. Don't worry. I have a plan. He mentioned that I lost to him because I didn't have powers but he didn't know that I do and I was holding back to test him.". "I see. If you want to take my advice, head to Champion Tech." said Xona. The man looked at her before heading off. "Wow. You're not even using your powers on him and he's being your bitch." said a voice.

Xona turned to the trash can as it turned into Form Morpher. "Form Morpher. Have you informed our Master about Homer's arrival? It's so easy to make humans being manipulated." said Xona. "Yeah. Due to him controlling one of the leaders of the Odium Society at the moment, he's going to have two of his men meet with that scientist whose currently in town to help Derrick with something. Master doesn't know what but we can handle it." said Form Morpher.

Xona nodded as she said,"Keep an eye on him and make sure that he can become a valuable pawn to this Mastermind character.". "Understood. What about you? Are you going to make sure that we get his blood?" said Form Morpher who soon sprouted wings. "Yes. Football may be a rather barbaric sport but blood comes often with that sport. Good luck." said Xona. She was gone as the Qlakrik soon flew up with his wings.

At Champion Tech, Noah was working on an private invention for Derrick and keeping it from the head scientist. He was promised a good amount of money to help complete it. He however didn't expect to see Natasha's son being that like Lilith, he also had a crush on Natasha. However, he wasn't confident about telling her this unlike Lilith. He was jealous of both Lilith and Shawn being that he wanted her for himself.

Noah was zapping something with electricity with him saying,"The formula has been shocked with electricity that was borrowed from Clair. There is a good chance that cell division will increase but I need a volunteer to test this formula on.". He soon held a vial with a red liquid inside of it. He soon looked up to see Homer standing there with him jumping into the lab. "Are you a scientist here at this building?" said Homer. Noah looked at him as he thought,"Hello Volunteer.".

Noah smiled as he said,"Indeed. I'm the head scientist here. So why are you here? I don't mind you being here but color me curious.". Homer ignored him to look at the glass cage of some spiders with him saying,"So what are with these spiders? They do not exist in nature.". "They were altered to be stronger than spiders in the wild. They can even defeat a rhino unlike a normal spider." said Noah as Homer had a realization.

Homer said,"You can alter nature?". "Indeed I can. So why are you here?" said Noah. "I was told that you can help him defeat Zero." said Homer. "Yes I can. Do you wish to have powers in order to kill him?" said Noah. "Yes. He made me look stupid and I want to get back what he had stolen from me so give me power!" said Homer, pushing Noah back. "I will but you need to pay me for first. I don't do anything for free." said Noah.

He soon had an energy knife up to his neck as Homer said,"Tell me why I should pay you when I can just kill you.". "Because you have no idea on how to do it. You may be stronger than me but I'm able to make you become a god and you'll kill Zero." said Noah. Homer removed his knife as he said,"I think we have a deal.". "Good. Let me just make a call." said Noah. He soon pulled out his phone and he said,"Hey. We're ready for business.".

Back at Cypress High's football field, the game was going on. "For a quick reminder here folks, the Oxs are down by 5 points. They need to win fast due to us being in the fourth quarter of the state championship game." said the speaker. The Oxs were playing against the reptiles being that the Oxs were playing to win with passes, tackles, etc. The cheerleaders were well cheering , no duh, being that Zane ,who was in his football uniform, was watching Kristen.

He was their team's secret weapon despite him being one third of the trio that got him to state and right now, Allen and Brad were playing. "I know that you're dating her but you're being a total creep right now." said Athena. "I don't blame him Athena. All of his girls are smoking hot in their own ways plus she's in love with our pal here. So which girl do you think he's going to screw first? I got my money on...." said Kane.

Zane shut him up as Sivarth said,"Sometimes. He can be less mature than Cole which is saying a lot.". "Hey Zaney! So when are they going to send you out?" said Kristen. Zane looked up to see his girlfriend with Hannah walking toward him as he said,"Who knows Kris? I mean we're not losing badly but we're still losing so sending me out would be a good thing. You're doing great out there and well, I'm feeling ready to kick some but.".

Kristen blushed as Hannah said,"Hey Zane. Are you actually going to play seriously because if you joined the team, got us to state, and then lose at the end for a joke? I'll kill you.". "I don't plan on losing but if it happens, blame someone else not me." said Zane. "Just try Zane. This is important to David and well, he's been trying hard along with Brad." said Hannah. "Wow. You're being nice to me so what have you done with Hannah?" said Zane.

Kristen soon hugged Zane being that she whispered,"I know that you've been holding back so win for me and well, I'll give you an even better reward than the trophy.". Karen ,who was wearing her winter outfit being that her jacket was zipped up and her sleeves rolled down, watched this scene with a bit of jealously. She knew that Zane liked both of them being that Karen was jealous of how confident Kristen was with her affections toward Zane,

Hannah said,"Hey Kris! We need to get back and I rather not have you catching whatever Zane has on him.". "I think you've already given her what you ever have Zane because she isn't calling you Zit which is kinda weird." said Twilight. Kristen giggled as she said,"I don't mind catching whatever Zaney has.". "Wow. She likes you the most." said Athena and Kane. As the three were talking, the quarterback for the lizards was soon tackled by Allen of all people.

The speaker yelled,"And the Lizards fumbled!". One of the Oxs soon grabbed the ball only to be tackled by most of the lizards, shocking the crowd. The Ox held the ball as the speaker yelled,"And the Oxs recovered! We have thirty seconds on the clock!". The Cypress Park residents cheered as Coach Nelson said,"Alvarez! You're in!". Zane smiled as the speaker said,"And we have the Ox's secret weapon! Zane Alvarez!".

Zane rushed onto the field and joined his team in a huddle. The crowd cheered loudly, mainly the females much to the ire of his harem. "Okay Captain. Don't mess this up." said Zane. "Wow. You're giving this to Brad. What have you done with Zane?" said Austin. "Who knows what goes through Z's head sometimes." said David. "Hey. This was the plan for the very start because this is your moment Brad. Don't mess it up." said Zane. "Thanks Zane." said Brad. "Break!" said the team.

The team soon made their final play as Brad passed the ball to David being that his opponent was going to tackle him but it was stopped by Allen. David caught the ball being that he was going to be tackled, only to be stopped by Zane. "And David has this!" said the speaker. David was soon tackled out of bounds. "We have twelve seconds left!" said the speaker. The crowd cheered louder as the cheerleaders started to cheer for David but Hannah said that he belongs to her.

Zane chuckled as he thought while getting ready to finish this with the rest of the team,"Okay. I may be on team David and Susan but hey, Hannah at least kinda cares about him so this will be a little bad but worth it in the end.". "Go 0, go 0, set Hike!" said Brad. "Go Brad! You can do it! Why am I cheering for him? He's our enemy." said Kane. Brad soon saw that Allen was open being that the rest of the team wasn't.

He threw the ball toward him, only to be tackled by several lizards. Allen caught the ball and barely managed to score. "And Brad had unleashed the bomb and Allen catches it! The Oxs win state!" said the speaker. The crowd cheered as Zane smiled. Kristen rushed toward him with him hugging her tightly and were about to kiss. "Wait. Stevens is down." said the speaker. Brad was holding his broken leg and everyone was murmuring.

Kristen looked toward Brad as she said,"Sorry. I'll be back.". She ran over to him as Zane sighed. "I know that she doesn't care about him like she does about me but you know what I mean." thought Zane. "I just hope he doesn't get really hurt. He's much stronger than normal humans but you know what I mean." said Twilight. Zane watched Brad being taken away by paramedics as this game ended a different way than the Cross-Species expected.

Back at Champion Tech, Homer ,who was wearing a suit and tie, placed a briefcase on a table. "And here's your money. Give me the power to kill Zero. Where is your friend? I payed extra in order to get what I wanted." said Homer as Noah closed the briefcase. "Calm down. He'll be here. His ride was busy." said Noah as he was going to try and shoot Homer before the hunter could land a hand on him being that Noah knew that he would lose in a fight.

A portal soon opened up as the duo of Engineer and Mystic appeared with the former holding a briefcase. Mystic smiled as he said,"So this is our new friend. Interesting.". "I question the company you keep doctor so what can he do?" said Homer, sitting down in a chair. "Trust me. I'll make you strong enough to kill Zero. Noah." said Donald. "My friend is correct. My formula will give you the power of the animal kingdom perfectly." said Noah.

He soon put the red liquid into a syringe and he tapped it. "I hope you can take your shots jungle man." said Mystic. The syringe was placed into Homer's right arm as Homer shook his head. "I don't feel a dam thing. Are you trying to fool me?" said Homer, grabbing Noah and holding him in the area as Mystic was about to do something. Donald stopped him as Noah was thrown to the side. "Admit it doctor! You're working with Zero! I can smell that annoying child everywhere!" said Homer.

Noah said,"You can smell him?". Homer's eyes widened as he looked at his hands. They were growing claws as he began roaring in pain. He was turning more animal than man being that he was no longer human. "I'm owed an apology aren't I Homer?" said Noah, looking proud of his handiwork as Mystic rolled his eyes. "No. Homer is dead. Long live the Hunter!" said Homer. His skin was soon covered in orange/brown like fur.

His eyes were silted, he had claw-like fingers and toes, fang-like teeth, and feral behavior. His black hair is long and wild. "Now. It's my turn." said Donald, opening up a suitcase. A black sphere was there as it came to life and jumped onto Homer. "This armor will increase your durability and make you hard to damage unlike before. Lets just say that Zero won't see you coming." said Donald. The new creature's armor is primarily black with glowing gold vein like lines all over the body.

He wears a helmet around his head being that it still covers his head but lets his hair flow and he can still bite things with his fangs. He has a long black tail coming from the back being that it works on its intelligence rather than Homer’s. There is a spike at the end of it, being very large and deadly. The sides of his armor had pure diamond shaped plating which releases a healing agent if he gets hurt by anything. On his chest plate, he has two feline like eyes which glow gold and have a black end.

Back in the city, Zane ,in costume, was still thinking about the scene that happened at the football field. "I may not like the guy but I don't want to see him get hurt. I mean he's my fan and will do good things thanks to me. I don't understand women. I mean why was Kris so worried about him? I mean she likes me right." said Zane. "Zane. Quit worrying about this. We'll head to the hospital as Zero for a surprise visit." said Kane.

As Zane was thinking about this, he was being chased by something. "Zane. She likes you just like the other girls do. I mean you could feel their jealously when the crowd was cheering for you. You've got a lot of female fans as both Zane and...." said Cole. Something scratched Zane being that his costume was ripped before Twilight repaired it. Zane grabbed onto a light post and jumped toward a building as he turned to see Homer on the same building as him.

Zane said,"Hunter? Is that you? I think you've really gotten an upgrade in the past hour.". Instead of responding, he jumped toward Zane for the kill. Zane dodged it and was about to blast him with his candy syrup. However, he was soon tackled by Homer. The two landed on a roof as Zane was soon covered in snow. "Okay. How did you turn from man into an beast android?" said Zane, shaking the snow off him.   

Homer growled as he said,"I'm stronger than you now because I paid for a higher class of power and so far, it's been worth it so far.". He pointed his thumb at his chest as Zane said with him raising an eyebrow,"So you did that to yourself on purpose? Wow. I guess you're in an experimental phase and that's totally fine.". Homer soon jumped toward Zane with him dodging him. Before the teen could get distance, his leg was grabbed. "And I have the dexterity to stop you!" said Homer.

His tail slammed Zane into the rooftop being that he was stunned. He was soon grabbed by Homer as he said,"Let me show you my new-fond strength!". He threw Zane through the nearby skyline and he caught himself before hitting the pavement. As Zane recovered, Crisis Judgement went off. He soon jumped back to avoid Homer's charging tackle. He soon cupped his hands and screamed into them as Homer began rushing at him.

He threw a highly condensed ball of sound at Homer which sent the animal flying into an exhibit as he was holding his ears. He soon jumped back toward an exhibit on the savanna as he turned to see a statue of a Lion. "I really hope this museum doesn't bring all of the animals to life. I already have one overgrown pussy to deal with." said Zane. "Your powers gave you an edge but now, the Hunter will take you down like the prey before you!" said Homer, as he made his claws more apparent.

Zane got in a fighting position as he said,"Sorry but I'm not scared over an overgrown pussy. Most of my enemies are genetic misfits so don't count yourself so lucky.". "You say that but your emotions are telling me something different!" said Homer. Zane soon dodged his claw slashes thanks to several backflips. He soon grabbed Homer using his telekinesis as he tried to break out of Zane's hold. "So sorry but your fight won't be delayed!" said Zane.

He threw Homer into an elephant statue, breaking it in half. Before Zane could recover, Homer soon tackled Zane into a wall. Homer held his claw toward Zane's neck as he said,"Any last words before I sent you to hell? I'm feeling generous.". "Yeah. Get off!" said Zane, turning into Cryptid Form and he kicked him back into a mammoth's statue. As the smoke cleared, Zane's phone soon rang. "Me and my awful luck. Who is it?" said Zane.

Crisis Judgement went off as the animal jumped away from Homer. "Sorry but I have to take this phone call. It's super important." said Zane, jumping onto a wall. He soon answered it as Zane said,"Kristen. How is Captain doing?". By the way, Athena and Cole are translating Cryptid Form to English so Kristen can understand him. "Zaney. Brad is in surgery and Andre is freaking out with David and Selena trying to stop him. Are you busy?" said Kristen.

Zane dodge Homer's attacks with him saying,"Nope. Just handling a feline problem. Where did they take Brad?". "Heartstone." said Kristen. Homer roared as he began chasing Zane. "I'll be there as soon I can Kristen because well, this animal is being a real pain but you know me and cats. I hate how much they hate me." said Zane. "Please Zane. No jokes. I know that this may be weird to hear me being so worried about my ex when we're together but he's still my friend." said Kristen.

She whispered into her phone,"I need you Zaney.". "Okay. I'll be there. He's my captain after all so don't worry about me. This feline is nothing but a pain in my ass." said Zane, with him soon backflipping over Homer. Homer turned as Zane said under his breath,"I hope I don't die in the process.". "Wait what?!" said Kristen. "See you soon." said Zane. Zane was soon tackled by Homer as the two landed into an western exhibit. "Okay. Time to end this." said Zane.

He soon threw an Ox statue right into Homer, with Zane soon glowing bright purple and Homer going back. Homer recovered as Zane was standing in Cryptid Prime. Zane is now more animalistic than before with him being 16 feet tall if he’s standing up straight on on all forms on all fours. His body looks the same as it did before with his skin now being covered by maroon red fur/scales. His face, feet, and hands are covered in obsidian black metal.

His v-shaped patch of fur/scales is now colored obsidian black. It still goes from his neck to his chest and back to his neck. His face and head are still the same except he now has eight almond shaped green eyes with half of his pupils ,mainly the ones on the left, being molten gold and the other half of his pupils ,mainly the ones on the right, being steel gray. He now has four large bat-like wings usually in standby mode until Zane needs to fly.

He now has an extra pair of arms/legs in between his front and hind legs. They’re ape like which he can use for an extra set of hands. He has the same amount of fingers/toes. He has two pair of retractable spider legs that fold into his waist when not being used. His tail is the same but the tip of his tail now resembles a normal three-pronged trident. He wears the same clothing as before. Zane roared at Homer, scared a little bit.

After seeing this, Zane cracked his knuckles as he said,"And that was for the quarterback. Lets finish this. I have to get going.". Zane jumped out of the exhibit with him looking for Homer around the museum. Crisis Judgement went off ,very much like a car alarm, as he made his middle set of arms grabbed Homer. He threw Homer right toward a dinosaur's bones ,not breaking it, and jumped right after him. He soon tackled Homer through a window being that they crashed into a bus.

The civilians ran away from the two metahumans fighting. Homer punched Zane into a car being that as a response, Homer was soon punched by Zane's four fists and send him flying right into the nearby park. Zane jumped into the trees as he watched Homer slam into a tree and fall into the snow covered ground. Homer was soon gone as Zane could hear him roaring. "Okay little kitty. Where are you? I really have a place to be and trust me, you're pissing me off." said Zane.

Crisis Judgement went off as Zane jumped away from Homer's claws. Zane began dodging Homer's attack before getting slammed into the ground by Homer's tail. Homer roared loudly as Zane said with his eyes glaring at them,"Quiet Hunter!". He fired his webbing ,which was the normal white color, at Homer's mouth. The animal tried to rib the webbing off his mouth but he was punched back by Zane. Zane fired webbing at Homer who tried to kill Zane.

Homer was confused by this being that the entire area was covered in webs. He kicked Homer in the web and kept him there, being unable to escape from it. Zane smiled as he said,"Sorry but the werewolf thing is so last year. Being a mummy is totally in right now.". Homer broke out of the web as he charged at Zane. He jumped over Homer being that the teen fired strong webbing at Homer. This continued on being that Homer dodged and Zane webbed him up.

The animal hybrid was trapped in a huge bundle of webbing being that every part of Homer's body was covered in webs. He tried to break out of it with Zane saying,"So how about you just stick around and leave me alone? I got places to be and bad guys to stop.". The webbing broke off Homer as he said,"Sorry but you failed. In the end, you're nothing more than prey.". "Really? Do you honestly think that?" said Zane.

He kicked Homer back with Zane hitting Homer with all four fists, two spider limbs, and his legs. He was out cold being that the leftover webbing soon held Homer in a net. Zane deactivated Cryptid Prime with him standing on top of it. "And now you know what happens when you mess with me you overgrown cat. You always lose so how did this to you? I want to help you get back to normal." said Zane.

Crisis Judgement went off as Zane jumped back to evade two cars that came out of nowhere. "We'll be back for you Zero. You'll regret taking all of us down because strength is better in numbers rather than by ourselves." said a voice. The entire area plus Homer was covered in dark blue glitch-like pixels as Zane blinked. Homer was gone along with his trap. Zane soon shook his head as he said with frown,"Okay. That was weird right?".

He clenched his right rib as Twilight said,"Are you alright Zane?". "Yeah. I think I got a black eye and broken rib thanks to that overgrown lion. We'll look for him later. Kristen needs us." said Zane as he looked off into the distance. "Do you need to heal?" said Cole. "Maybe later." said Zane. He soon flew over to Heartstone and deactivated his costume being that he soon found Kristen along with the rest of the A-List.

Kristen was being held by Allen. She's wearing her winter outfit which is a black coat with a pink flower lace design around the hems and sleeves of the jacket. She oddly not wearing her purple scarf around her neck but earmuffs instead. She's still wearing her brown jeans with a flame design sash around her waist and strapped tan boots instead of sandals. She's also wearing pink lipstick and gold hoop earrings.

The two soon heard,"Hey you guys. Sorry for being later but you wouldn't not believe the traffic that I get into on my way here.". The two turned to see Zane standing there with his arms behind his head in a relaxing position as Kristen soon ran up to him. "Zane!" said Kristen. She hugged him as Zane grimaced in pain. "Are you okay Kris?" said Zane, returning the hug. "Yeah. What about you? You look awful." said Allen. "He's right." said Kristen.

Zane's right eye had a black eye as he said,"Well, I head to deal with a really annoying cat. I told you on the phone. I won but he got a couple scraps on me.". "You got injured?" said Kristen. "I may be a superhero hero but sometimes, I get caught off guard. It wasn't your call by the way. So how is our captain doing?" said Zane. "He's in surgery and your brother's girlfriend will come back to give us the news. I think Kris will appreciate it." said Allen.

The three sat down as Kristen nestled into Zane's chest. "Thanks for being here." said Kristen. "I'll do anything for you girls. You know that right?" said Zane. Kristen nodded as Allen said,"If there is anyone who could do this whole harem thing and not getting killed by it, you're the guy.". "Thanks man. You're a good pal." said Zane. The two fist bumped as they both heard about Brad getting wheeled out and taken somewhere else.

Everyone soon watched as Ellie said,"He did great in there but don't get your hopes up. We won't know how long the heel is going to take to heal and for now, he's going to be asleep. I'm sorry about this but only family can follow me.". Kristen soon hugged Zane tighter being that she was about to cry. Allen looked at Zane with Zane whispering,"After we hear that Captain is okay, we need to get the gang together for the captain.". "Okay mate." whispered Allen. Kristen was none the wiser.

Meanwhile in a limo, Homer woke up as he said,"Where am I?". He looked up to see Mystic sitting there as he said,"Hello there.". "You! Did you save me?" said Homer, sitting up. "I did. We still need your help in saving Doctor Barbara and Lia." said Mystic. "Yes. Zero stole them from me and I want them back. He has them right?" said Homer. "He does Homer Wentworth." said a mysterious voice with Homer looking for the honor.

Mystic said,"So you're name is Homer. This is my employer Mastermind.". "Mystic is correct. Zero has captured your beloved mate and your pet. You've hunted creatures big and small so how do you feel about hunting in packs?" said Mastermind's voice. "I'm fine with it but I want to kill Zero. Will you allow me that pleasure?" said Homer. "That sounds fine to me but our friends will want a crack at him so welcome to the Battalion." said Mastermind.

Next time,
Everett, Homer, and Mystic are the first three members of the Battalion. Who else will join his group and how will Zane deal with this? Will Zane build his team in order to count them? Is Noah a bad guy? How does he know the Engineer? What does Derrick want with him? Will Zane find out about this secret deal during his time there? This and more next time on Zero!
       
New Cards/Forms:
Hunter Form. This card has a black frame with several apex predators ,Boa Constrictor, Crocodile, Great White Shark, Killer Whale, Komodo Dragon, Snow Leopard, Spinosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Tasmanian Devil, and Wolverine, around the card. When Zane places this card inside, he becomes an expert hunter. He’s able to sprout a massive pair of wings with the left wing slightly injured.