First Magic (Minimum Wage Sidekick Book 4) by Lucas Flint

Author:Lucas Flint [Flint, Lucas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Secret Identity Books
Published: 2017-10-04T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Now I remembered what Frank had told me all those years ago. Fifty years ago, superheroes had been known as vigilantes due to the fact they operated outside of the law. The details were still fuzzy to me, but it seemed like the legalization of the superhero business had been as a result of some sort of deal between the original vigilantes and the government. I wish I’d paid more attention in history class, because right now I felt like that information would have been useful to know.

Then again, it wasn’t like that knowledge would have been very helpful right now. I was still stuck, Adams was still dying, and Rubberman was still missing. Superhero trivia was not exactly helpful against actual former superheroes who were willing to kill me if I got in their way.

“The Vigilante Legion,” I repeated. “I’ve never heard of your group before.”

“That’s because we have been operating in the shadows for some years now,” said Iron Angel. He walked toward me, each step of his boots clicking across the metal floor. “But we have crossed paths before.”

“We have?” I said, tilting my head to the side. “I don’t remember meeting any sort of ‘vigilante’ before.”

Iron Angel stopped before me. Up close, he was even more intimidating than he normally was. I could smell the blood on his claws; it was metallic, making my nostrils burn just from the scent. “You mean to tell me that you’ve already forgotten about Fro-Zen?”

“Fro-Zen?” I said in surprise. “He was one of yours?”

Iron Angel nodded. “Indeed. In fact, I was the one who recruited him to the Legion. When I first met him, he was a confused, angry young man whose control over his powers was not as strong as it could have been. I took him in and trained him, taught him how to unleash his true power, and who the real villains of society are.” He sighed. “Unfortunately, young Edward always had a tendency to let his impatience get the best of him. He demanded that I let him go back to Golden City and finish off Rubberman, a demand I gave into with only great reluctance, because I knew he was not ready, despite his immense power. And, like I thought, he got himself killed, although I was surprised when I learned that you were the one who killed him, rather than Rubberman, like I suspected.”

I remembered only too well Fro-Zen’s rantings and ravings about the corruption of the superhero industry. Given Iron Angel’s similar rhetoric, I probably shouldn’t have been surprised to learn that Fro-Zen had been one of his allies. Fro-Zen had mentioned that there were others like him out there in the world, but I guess I just assumed that he was lying or was crazy or whatever. It never occurred to me that he had been a member of an actual team of people who shared his views on society.

“So that made him your sidekick?” I said. “Right?”

Iron Angel suddenly leaned toward me until there was barely an inch of space between our faces.

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