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Volume Two
The First Chapter of the Cockney Heroes Novel

Volume 1 - In The Shadows

Where does it come from—this quest, this need to solve life's mysteries when the simplest of questions can never be answered? Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we'd be better off not looking at all. Not delving, not yearning. But that's not human nature. Not the human heart. That is not why we are here.

Hidden in the Darkness

"Where's Derek Simmonds?, he was supposed to meet us here half an hour ago" whispered Gabriel Bishop. "I was just wondering that, I'm starting to get nervous. It could be a company trap", replied Irony. "Don't worry about it" said Claude, "The Company doesn't operate in this way, if they wanted to trap us they'd burst in all guns blazing. Not in public, it's never in public". A few minutes past, but nobody came. "It's 4 O'clock, I think he has arrived" said Claude, being sure not directly to look in the direction of the man who just walked in. "It could be him" said Gabriel. "Um, excuse me, are you Claude?" asked a nervous Derek Simmonds. "Depends whose asking" replied Claude. "I phoned you yesterday, you said you know people with abilities too." Derek responded. "Yes, yes I do" said Claude, holding his hand up and making it go invisible, while Gabriel Bishop made the pencil in his hand turn to gold. "What's your power?" asked Claude. "I can make electricity, just by clicking my fingers and it flies out". "Why did you phone us? Have you got a problem with your power?" asked Irony. "Yes, Can we go somewhere else? I really need to show you. It's hard to explain" replied Derek.

Half an hour later, Claude, Gabriel Bishop, Irony and Derek arrived at an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of London. "So what's the problem with your power then?" Gabriel Bishop asked. "Whenever I use it, I discharge. I release so much it is hard for me to stop" replied Derek. "Maybe I can help" said Irony "My power is to reduce the powers of others, if you learn use it while it is weakened you should be able to use it when it is a the usual strength". Claude and Irony were showing Derek Simmonds how to use his power when Gabriel Bishop saw something out of the corner of his eye. A moment later he caught sight of something in the shadows. Suddenly, a company agent burst into the warehouse. Gabriel Bishop stopped time and saw the company agent, who was just starting to release fire from his hands. Gabriel Bishop, seeing the agent go for Derek, used telekinesis to a crash door into the agent. The fight raged on with Gabriel Bishop always staying a step up from the agent. But Gabriel Bishop slipped up, he let the agent hit him with a burst of fire. The agent, who was just about to scorch Gabriel Bishop, released a cataclysmic burst of fire, however just as it was about to hit Gabriel Bishop it trickled away into a tiny flame. The agent looked round, he saw Irony had grasped his arm and was draining his power. Gabriel Bishop and Claude, proceeded to tie up the agent and Irony, Derek, Gabriel Bishop and Claude left, with the agent bound up inside.

Nemesis

The company agent shrieked as he was tortured by Gabriel Bishop. Gabriel electrocuted him as Derek and Irony hurled buckets of water over him. "Why are you here?" yelled Claude. "I was sent by Mrs Petrelli to bag and tag Derek". "Why Me! What have I ever done that gives you the right to come and attack me?" exclaimed Derek "Why me...". Suddenly, the agent regained a smile on his face, saying “You better watch out, electricity can only hold me out for so long”. Gabriel then, deciding that electricity was nothing compared to this company agents training, grabbed a strand of his hair. He then used alchemy to turn that stand of hair into gold, saying, “Now either you talk, or I’ll do this to your whole body.” At that moment, his partner (the one of us in the ‘’one of us, one of them “) came up behind them. The agent fired 6 rounds, straight into Gabriel’s chest, but he healed momentarily. However, they both escaped. Irony, Derek, Gabriel and Claude pursued them through the streets of London, but they were company agents and even with Gabriel and Claude’s training the managed to escape. “Where did they go?” asked Derek "We lost them, they escaped in the alleyways” responded Claude. “ This could be dangerous. Now they know we’re working together they’re going to send more agents, and unless we find help, we will be easy pickings for them" said Claude, disheartened. "Don't worry" said Gabriel "We know how they work, we know their mindset, they won’t be back for a while, you know the company, all they do before operations is plan, they never rush into anything.".

They decided to return to the warehouse where Gabriel and Irony took Derek into a room to help Derek learn to control his ability. “So, remember” said Irony, “If you’re about to discharge, force your hands together, this way the current is more focused”. Irony then released Derek from his power, letting him take full control of it. “Try it now”. Derek used his power, at first everything seemed good, Derek used his power and he didn't discharge, but then Gabriel Bishop came in and knocked over a chair, the shock caused Derek to overload. Irony tried to touch him but as he was about to Derek let out an outburst of energy causing Irony to be hurled backwards. While retreating to the next room Irony shouted “How are we going to stop him? If we don’t, he’s going to die”. Gabriel Bishop knew he could reach him, thanks to his ability, but had no way of stopping him when he did. “Turn the room into Gold, Gabriel, if you can the charge from the room will stop, which should allow Irony to reach him.” Gabriel did this, but instead of this weakening Derek's ability, it made it stronger, cancelling out the rooms charge. “Irony, you've got to try and stop him” bellowed Claude, struggling to be heard over the noise. “I've got an idea said Irony, if I use my ability while walking toward him I might be able to create a shield for myself, negating the effects of his ability”. “But when you get closer to him, you will have to stop the shield to weaken him” said Gabriel “You might be killed!”, “It’s worth try”, said Irony walking into the room. Then doing so Irony managed to stop Derek, knocking him out in the process, "I need you to help him regain consciousness. Then I want you to train him", shouted Claude. "Sure thing" said Irony.

How to Stop an Exploding Van

“Claude, where have you been?” asked Derek, “I can’t tell you that, it’s strictly private, between me and two of my friends”. “What do you mean? Private? We’re supposed to be a team” replied Derek. “We are” assumed Claude “I just don’t need to tell you about this.” Derek, eschewed, walked over to Irony and Gabriel Bishop, “Who’s our next assignment then?” he asked. “A man called Richard Gold” responded Irony, “and his power is Alchemy”. “Opportune name, then”. “I guess” said Gabriel “But then you’d be called Derek Lightning”. “Do you know where he is? He seems to be pretty elusive”, “All we know is that ever since he’s got his Midas touch, he’s shot up from living in a one bedroom apartment to being the biggest gold dealer in the South of England, with his assets quickly expanding”. An hour later and the team were sitting in their van outside of Hyde Park, watching Richard Gold on a picnic with his wife and three children. “Nothing strange here, what are we looking for. He just seems to be using his power for his own avail.” “What you have to learn Derek, is that the company doesn’t care if it doesn’t have solid evidence, they will take you, test you and slap you in level 3”. “Anyway Claude, why did you have to steal this crappy old van, we could’ve stole a jag.”, “Being inconspicuous, it’s all that matters. If we are in a jag and he sees us, he is going to suspect us much more than in an old van”. “Wait, wait, wait. Blonde, two o’clock, she’s been staring at us for the last two or three minutes”. “Oh no” said Claude “Elle Bishop, company agent, Bob’s daughter, very powerful”. “Is this an assignment?” asked Irony. “No” replied Gabriel Bishop, “There isn’t one of them and Elle was never trusted to go on missions alone”. At that moment Elle looked straight into Gabriel’s eyes and smashed her hand down, electrifying the van in the process, causing its petrol tank to explode. “Guys, guys are you okay” shouted Gabriel Bishop, “I must be the only one who survived, I must have healed from the burns”. Gabriel looking around, saw that everyone was fine, nobody was even injured. “How did this happen? Why aren’t we dead?” asked Derek, “Hey guys, how you doing?” replied Abigail “I was going to leave but, you know the whole thing with you exploding and me saving you”. “Very funny Abigail, How did you know where we were?” sail Irony, clearly annoyed. "Since we left the company, we have still been keeping track of their missions, we were keeping tabs on Elle to make sure she wasn't going to do anything stupid. And once you've been a company agent, you know when you're being watched, and when someones doing the watching." As she was saying this Police surrounded the van, headed by Officer Bonkin “Step away from the vehicle, put your hands up”. They all did as instructed, were handcuffed and brought to Kensington Police Station. At the police station they were brought into a room and interrogated. "How did you escape? That blast would have killed most people, and you all escaped without a scratch on you." Said the captain, "Luck" said Irony, "Chance" said Gabriel, "Fortune" said Derek. "So" said Officer Bonkin, "we have: Gabriel Bishop, Robert Smith, Abigail Grisby, Derek Simmonds and Claude Rains, the invisible man huh? Well then" said Officer Bonkin, "Your van was destroyed, none of you had a scratch on you and you won’t tell me anything. I can only assume this was an insurance scam, so going to have to nick you". "Wait!" said Irony, racking his brain to think of a plan, "Can I talk to you alone, for just a few seconds?", "Are you going to tell me about what happened?", "Hand on heart", said Irony, while leaving the room with Officer Bonkin. Irony grabbed his arm and drained his power, exactly like he would to a person with an ability. But, as Officer Bonkin didn't have an ability Irony was draining his life-force. As he drained it further, Officer Bonkin, became weak, his skin shriveled, his eyes glossed over and his brain went into recession causing him to become immobile. “Let’s go!” shouted Irony. To Be Continued...

=Pinehearst

Quick shouted Claude as the team ran through the Station, Gabriel said irony melt the door of that police car down, Okay said gabriel.Gabriel placed his hand on the door and it opened, Quick! said derek .okay i'll drive saidn gabriel,Claude said abigail turn the car invisible, lets go shouted irony. The team escaped and went back to the warehouse.See Ya said abigail as she left to find lee. Great we lost the guy, exploded in a van, and got nicked said Gabriel thats a world record right exclaimed derek, but as soon as they sat that a girl suddenly appeared making all the paper files fly around everywhere, How did you said claude, Hey im daphne, i can run fast Really ! fast. I could see that said claude, what do you want said irony, to learn your ability said Gabriel . No actually said daphne i want you to join The Pineearst Company. The what said derek . Pinehearst run by mr petrelli, PETER !! shouted claude , no arthur, oh said claude in a upset tone.If you want to join ring me. Gotta run said daphne who suddnely dissapeard,

What do we do claude she said she could help my ability said Derek, No said claude these are the same people who made the company, What said irony, He's right said Gabriel .Arthur Petrelli was one of the twelve original founders of the company. So said derek maybe Mr Petrelli changed ? .Actually said gabriel the wierd thing is that Mr petrelli died a year ago. Well that makes no sense then, Wait said claude Peter said he knew a cheerleader who could heal, Who's This peter guy said Irony, A man with the ability to absorb peoples abilities, he nearly blew up new york but thanks to his brother he survived, He was Fantastic.He was also a bastard for accidently leading the company to me , Woah woah woah wait a mintue you two said irony pointing to claude and gabriel, You two are both from the company and you keep secrets from us and we are being attacked becuase of you. What do you want to know shouted claude ,Your past said Derek, fine said gabriel. It started when i was ... TO BE CONTINUED
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