The Perfect Run

Chapter 107

Ryan wondered how many lives Felix ‘Atom Cat’ Veran had left.

He had died at the Meta-Gang’s hands at least twice, once to Fallout’s bombardment of Len’s underwater base, and probably alongside everyone in New Rome when Bloodstream escaped confinement. Which should leave him with five lives out of nine?

“Felix!” Narcinia almost rose from her seat, only for Mars to put a hand on her shoulder and force her back to her seat. The young teen looked at her adoptive brother and father in confusion.

Fortuna’s response was far less subdued. “Felix, you ass!” she complained so loudly that Mathias winced at her shrilling voice. “How dare you come to a family dinner dressed like that! You look like a plumber!”

“Glad to see you too, sis,” Felix replied as he rose up, swiping ashes and dust off his clothes. His eyes wandered to the table, meeting confused looks from the guests. “Jamie, Ki-jung… Dad.”

“You could have used the door,” Mars said, his eyes tense. To Ryan’s surprise, he didn’t immediately go for his son’s throat, perhaps because of his daughters’ presence. “We invited you.”

“And I’m sure the guards outside are for show. You would never have let me close to Narcinia if I went through the entrance.” Felix turned away from his father, before noticing Mathias and Ryan. “Who are you?”

“Your sister’s boyfriend,” Mathias replied with mixed feelings. His tense eyes met Ryan’s, silently waiting for a signal. He too understood that the situation would soon degenerate.

“Which one?” Felix asked, curious.

“The right one,” Fortuna replied.

Her brother rolled his eyes, before looking at Ryan. “And… who are you, a new member of the Killer Seven?”

Ryan considered a dozen ways to introduce himself; as Quicksave, as President of the Free World, conqueror of Monaco, immortal and all. All more dignified and flowery than the last.

But only one sentence came to mind.

“I’m BLEEPING your ex.”

The awkward silence that welcomed his declaration delighted the courier.

“Don’t give me that look,” Ryan said to Felix, as the younger hero looked at him with astonished eyes. “It was your ex or your sister, and she’s almost as pretty as you are!”

“Almost?” Fortuna asked angrily. “He doesn’t even groom his hair!”

“Whatever,” Felix said, though the revelation had clearly shaken him. “Narcinia, come with me.”

“What,” the younger Veran asked, “where?”

“Away. My current bosses are a huge disappointment, but working with them will still be way better than making drugs.” Atom Kitty extended a hand to his sister. “Now that that death factory has been burnt to the ground, you can put an end to this tragedy here and now.”

Narcinia didn’t answer, instead anxiously looking at her father. This frustrated her brother. “Narci…”

“Did you do it?” Mars asked his son, his tone dangerous. “Destroy our production center?”

Felix shrugged. “I had nothing to do with that, though I wish I did. Whoever blew up that toxic dump deserves an award.”

His father frowned, and Ryan felt a chill going down his spine. A mobile phone materialized in a purple flash within Mars’ hand, the Olympian immediately making a call.

Livia’s vision was turning into reality.

much to his annoyance. “And you, Jamie? I heard about your promotion. It’s not enough

Jamie asked, uneasy. Ryan could tell the young

from your division to make his drug. Just by taking that job, you’re enabling the

I…” Narcinia took a deep breath. “I don’t

taking a step towards his adoptive sister. Jamie rose from his own

here, Janus, but he doesn’t know… he swears he’s not involved… yes, but… please, not

he could guess. Mars was trying to convince his boss one

breath. Lightning Butt was convinced Felix had provided the Carnival with the intel that made the devastating Ischia

survive, not even

with too much power. When threatened, the answer was always

at the fireplace behind Atom Kitten, noticing the tip of

and sorrowful. He looked at his stubborn son, the phone in his hand. When faced with a choice between disobeying his invincible boss and

click of a revolver’s trigger echoed in the

froze time, leapt from his seat, and pushed Felix out

wall, Fortuna screaming in

Ryan said, as he glanced at the fireplace. Mortimer had phased halfway through the stone, a gun in

of the trigger, and the room erupted

dived down below the table. Mortimer missed and retreated back into the

armor and mask of steel to materialize over his skin. The Olympian moved his hand over the only part of his body exposed, the eyes, and rose from his

Felix said, utterly

jumping through the opened window. The dining room was on the first floor, and so while the time traveler gracefully landed on the grass below, his favorite cat rolled on the ground. The courier whistled, calling his Plymouth Fury to the

A storm of glass

emerged from the night’s darkness on their left, just as lightning struck the

ivory descended from the night sky, shrouded in a cloud of crimson lightning. Lightning Butt looked down on

give up on the spot, Ryan wisely activated his time-stop. Instead of moving within the frozen

of Night Terror’s

bodysuit meshing with the darkness.

the blade hit Night Terrorized in the eye and made him fall to his back, screaming. His illusion collapsed into

approached. But to his surprise, it wasn’t his Plymouth Fury, but a Mercedes Benz

inviting them inside. “Quickly! Before the

the clothes… before realizing Cancel wasn’t with his girlfriend. Felix, too confused to think straight, took a step

me ‘Master Ryan’ when things are

shock and surprise, before trying to grab a revolver hidden beneath her clothes. Ryan froze time and nailed

lied,” Ryan said as time resumed, the impostor dropping her weapon and hissing at the pain. “But

guessed what

as the Augusti regained her true form. Great, she could also alter vocal cords. She attempted to remove the knife with

kill me?” Felix stood in place, too horrified by the realization to even muster

me,” Ryan said, and to his relief, his self-driven car was making its way to their location. “Now, apologies, but

were a traitor the moment I saw you,” Venus hissed. “There’s nowhere

either because Mathias had been caught, killed, or something else. Mars stood at the window’s edge with a cold expression, purple rifts in space opening all around him. The tips of swords, arrows,

he didn’t. Though it was nighttime, Ryan could have sworn he had seen a flash of doubt and guilt in the

wounded wife, Mars quickly

items from a pocket dimension armory, but he had never imagined the speed at which

he ordered Felix as he swiftly took over the driving wheel, the superhero taking over the

father by the arm, trying to keep him away from the window and briefly halting

started to fall off her, probably due to her power causing

walls, opening fire at the car with his gun, but his bullets only grazed the

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