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.

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

her hand into his own. “Why are you here, Felix?” Jamie asked, uneasy. Ryan could tell the young hero’s words had struck a nerve. “To open old

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

breath. “I don’t think now is the time

step towards his adoptive sister. Jamie rose from his own seat, perhaps to stop him, while Mathias glanced at Ryan

but he doesn’t know… he swears he’s not involved… yes, but… please, not before my daughters…

guess. Mars was trying to convince his boss one

had provided the Carnival with the intel that made the devastating Ischia raid possible, and his organization’s myth of invincibility was in jeopardy. A brutal, public murder would carry a clear

survive, not even

Lightning Butt was a gangster with too much

the fireplace behind Atom Kitten, noticing the tip of a gun’s barrel

his stubborn son, the phone in his hand. When faced with a choice between disobeying his invincible

click of a revolver’s trigger echoed

leapt from his seat, and pushed Felix out

resumed, the projectile impacted on the wall, Fortuna screaming in surprise while Felix stumbled

Ryan said, as he glanced at the

the trigger,

Narcinia screaming as Ki-jung and Jamie hastily grabbed her and dived down below the table. Mortimer missed and retreated back into the wall, while the shards avoided a horrified Fortuna and

only for a Roman-styled centurion armor and mask of steel to materialize over his skin. The Olympian moved his hand over the only part of his body

the—” Felix

window. The dining room was on the first floor, and so while

back to his feet. A storm of glass kept Mars busy on the first floor,

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

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

while Felix seemed to give up on the spot, Ryan wisely activated his time-stop. Instead of moving within the frozen time, Augustus vanished from his sight, alongside

Night

standing near the mansion’s wall to the courier’s right, his black bodysuit meshing with the

his back, screaming. His illusion collapsed into nothingness, as if it had never been there. Felix blinked repeatedly. “Where did he

his surprise, it wasn’t his Plymouth Fury, but

said, inviting them inside. “Quickly! Before the others

the clothes… before realizing Cancel wasn’t with his girlfriend. Felix, too

me ‘Master Ryan’ when things are heating

woman in front of him blinked in shock and surprise, before trying to grab a revolver hidden beneath her clothes.

dropping her weapon and hissing at the pain. “But seeing your expression

guessed what

she could also

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

his relief, his self-driven car

the moment I saw you,” Venus hissed. “There’s

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 duo below and skewered them, but he didn’t. Though it was nighttime, Ryan could have sworn he

wounded wife, Mars quickly made up

summon items from a pocket dimension armory, but he had never imagined the speed at which he could throw them. The spears and swords flew in the air as fast as arrows,

reaching his car. “Come in!” he ordered Felix as he swiftly took over the

the arm, trying to keep him away from the window and briefly halting the bombardment. “Daddy,

quickly started to fall off her, probably due to her power causing structural damage, but it paralyzed her. “Mathias,

out of the Olympian’s range. Mortimer phased through the building’s walls, opening fire at the car with his gun, but his bullets only grazed the

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