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Gerard makes his way to the coffee shop. He has no idea why he's going there. And yet he does.
He peeks in through the door and doesn't see Frank so he assumes it's safe.
He walks in through the door as soon as Frank walks out the break room. Well, shit.
Gerard turns around, hoping Frank won't notice him and bolts out the door.
"Gerard", Frank says. Shit. "Wait."
Gerard pretends not to hear him and starts walking out the door again.
But Frank isn't having it. He runs out the door, behind Gerard and grabs him by the arm when he catches up to him.
"Let go of my arm or I will scream", Gerard says, not even looking at him.
"Listen to me", Frank says, letting go.
"Why should I?", Gerard says, turning around, "huh? Why should I listen to you? You kidnapped me."
"Well technically it was Pete."
"Whatever, I'm leaving."
"Gerard, stop", Frank says, grabbing Gerard's arm.
"You have 30 seconds", Gerard says.
"Okay, so listen, I realize that we're on opposite sides but we can still make this work."
"You're fucking kidding me right?"
"What?", Frank whines.
"You kidnap me, lock me in your dungeon, and expect me to just run back into your arms like some little bitch", Gerard starts yelling.
"I-I...", Frank starts.
"You're a villain, plain and simple", Gerard interrupts, "and you know what-."
He starts to talk again but his head started pounding and he put his hands to his head to try and nullify the pain.
"Gerard, are you okay?", Frank says.
"Sh-shit, not again", Gerard says, squeezing his skull to no avail.
"What's going on?", Frank asks.
"Just- fuck! Leave me alone", Gerard says, grasping his head and walking away.
He starts to run while using both his hands to try to get rid of the pain but it just gets worse.
"Why is this happening to me?", Gerard says to himself.
That's when the voices came.
"There's no escaping me", one said.
"Your friends are all going to die", another said.
"Come to me", the final one said.
"No!", Gerard said out loud as his eyes started turning blue.
His eyes flicker for a minute before turning solid brown again. The pain goes away.
"Holy shit, is that going to keep happening?", Gerard says.
"It is", a female voice says to him.
He looks up to see a familiar orange haired girl standing there with a tall boy with a large forehead.
"You have to come with us, we can help you", Hayley says.
Gerard just shakes his head and starts bolting. Hayley throws something blue at him.
"Come back!", Hayley yells after him.
"We're never going to catch up to him", Brendon says.
"We don't have to", Hayley says, holding up her phone.
"What is that?", Brendon says.
"A phone, duh, dumbass", Hayley says.
"But why is it important?"
"Oh, right, I threw a tracking device onto Gerard's shoe so we should be able to track him from here."
"Smart."
"Thank you."
"Wait...where's Patrick?", Brendon speaks up.
"Uh...no clue, maybe he headed back?", Hayley says, "we'll deal with him later, let's go after Gerard, we can't let him run around in his current metal state."
"Okay", Brendon says.
~~~~~
"What if your friends find out?", Pete asks.
"They won't, I won't say anything", Patrick says.
"Good."
~~~~~
"I think I lost them", Gerard says after running for a while.
He sits down on a nearby bench, panting.
That is until, he's approached by 3 men wearing black.
"Can I help you?", Gerard says, as a nice way of saying, "fuck you, I just ran 4 miles, let me rest."
"Mr. Way, we're here to pick you up", says one with hair that defies gravity.
"We're taking you to Pete", the one with curly hair says.
Pete? Oh no.
"I think you have the wrong person", Gerard says.
"How so? You match this photograph, Mr. Gerard Way", zero-gravity hair says.
"Well as you can see-", Gerard starts before sprinting off the bench. He trips and falls.
"Mr. Way, your battery is all drained out, you can't use your powers when you have no energy", Fro-Fro says.
"No", Gerard says. He stands up and looks at the men coming closer to him.
"Hey punks", a voice says behind them.
"Pick on someone your own size", Hayley says.
"Fuck, how'd you guys get here?", Fro-Fro says.
"None of your goddamn business", Brendon says.
"Fuck this, we're out", the 3rd burly guy says.
They are disappear into thin air.
"What the-", Gerard starts before collapsing.
"Gerard, are you okay?", Hayley asks, standing above him.
Gerard starts to laugh, confusing the 2 heroes. He lifts his head, showing his eyes, which have turned blue.
"Hayley, watch out!", Brendon screams.
Gerard grabs her leg and knocks her to the ground as he gets up.
He walks towards Brendon and throws a punch at him, which the latter catches. Gerard smirks and says, "This boy is mine, he's under my control, you lose again, Flamethrower." Brendon's eyes widen as Gerard pushes him away.
Gerard then starts tearing Brendon apart from the inside by using his water abilities to manipulate the water in the hero's body. He causes his stomach to almost turn inside out until Hayley comes up behind Gerard and kicks him to the side.
Gerard then stands up until Hayley knocks him down again, this time knocking him out.
"Fuck, how many times is that going to happen?", Hayley says, picking Gerard up.
"I don't know, let's get out of here before the cops show up", Brendon says.
"Okay."