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FirestormIssue #4: "For Every Action..." Pt. 4
Written by: Alex Vasquez Romero
Cover by : Mischief
(c) DC Comics
This isn’t the kind of turn of events that I expected tonight, Ronnie thought as he fell to his knees and clutched his ears in reaction to the high-pitched noise that rang in his head. You do a favor for a friend, go to a frat party to be his wingman, start having a good time with a smokin’ hot redhead that has you seriously considering the cons of monogamy and, right when you’re about to make a decision on that moral dilemma, a super-powered psycho starts a ruckus.
“Ronald, we don’t have a lot of time…” a voice inside Ronnie’s head said over the noise. Ronnie looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man clad in black with lime-green circuitry laced symmetrically throughout his costume. The man threw the lifeless body of the frat boy he had just killed to the side and took a step forward, before a glass liquor bottle hit him in the head and knocked him back.
Ronnie looked back to where the bottle was thrown from and saw the redhead he had been dancing with throwing another bottle at Danton Black, finding its mark again on his head. She grabbed Ronnie’s arm and pulled him towards the back exit. As they made their way out of the fraternity house, Ronnie could see that she was moving her lips, trying to communicate with him, but he was unable to hear anything with the high pitched feedback ringing in his ears. As enough distance was gained between himself and Danton, he was able to hear what she was saying.
“Ronnie, what’s the deal with that …” She was interrupted by the sudden reemergence of the feedback and Danton Black coming around the corner of the house, grabbing her throat and throwing her against the house, knocking her out.
“She’s very pretty, Ronald,” Danton’s voice boomed in Ronnie’s head over the feedback . “Unfortunately, you won’t be getting any tonight. While I don’t like being a party crasher , I really want full access to the Matrix and that starts by killing you.” Danton’s hands began to glow orange as he picked Ronnie up by the throat. “Kill the head and the body will follow…”
Ronnie felt Danton lose his grip around his throat and fall to the ground. He took a moment to regain his breath and saw that his roommate, Jefferson Jackson, had tackled Danton. Jefferson straddled Danton, rearing his fist to punch him, but Danton quickly countered with a punch to the jaw that knocked him down.
Ronnie ran towards Danton who was getting up. An orange cloud emitted from Ronnie’s body and enveloped him. Out of it flew his flamed-haired, costumed form, throwing a punch that knocked Danton back a couple of feet.
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