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Hawk of the Night

 

PROLOGUE

 

There is a myth that says every two hundred years, a mystical hawk known as Hawkeye comes around and scratches the right victim. Within minutes after the scratch, you feel stronger,faster,smarter and braver. The last time there was a victim, he died. Hawkeye scratches you in the eye so that hurts a lot. The last scratch took place in December 16,1817. Hawkeye is coming out of the nest by the second as we know it. He is coming for his next victim…

CHAPTER I

 

“Did you hear the news last night?” asked my friend Nathan.

“I don’t watch the news.” I replied. My name is Jackson Vasquez. I live in Boston,Massachusetts. I was just walking to school with my best friend Nathan Miles.

“Hawkeye’s is coming back.” Nathan whispered.

“Psshh, come off it. It’s just an old myth.” I said.

“Who knows, he could be searching for his next victim right here.

“Come on, he’s not going to.” I tried to convince him. I thought it just couldn’t exist. It’s just a myth.

At school, all the 6th graders were talking about “Hawkeye”. I just tried to ignore them. All day long I heard it. 1st hour, 2nd hour,Gym, Lunch,5th hour. Even Nathan kept saying it all day long.

“When do you think Hawkeye will come?” asked Nathan for billionth time. I’ve just had enough.

“JUST SHUT UP!” I yelled to him.

“Ok, ok.” snapped Nathan.

We were heading through the dark alleys.We like to head through the alleyways after school to get home. Suddenly we heard a loud “caw”.

“Do y-you th-think that’s….”stuttered Nathan. I knew what he was going to say.

“That’s impossible. It’s only a….” I gasped. I was cut of by another loud “caw”. I turned around and gaped in awe and shock. It was him. Hawkeye. He narrowed his eyes and then...SLASH!...He slashed my eye.

“JACK!” Nathan yelled. Everything plunged into scarlet blood and darkness.

 

CHAPTER II

“Pssst….Jackson.” A voice whispered. “Ugh… that hurt a lot… where am I?” I muttered.

“Ummm… the alleyways.” Nathan replied. My eye hurt so bad. “Is my eye ok?” I asked.

“Uh…(how do I say this)... you don’t have your eye.” Nathan whispered.

“Oh ok… wait a second… WHAT?!?

“Yeah. Hawkeye took out your eye. So that’s why I got you an old eye patch.”

“Thanks. I’d better get home. Later.” I thankfully said.

“What do I do? WHAT do I do?” I was asking myself. I felt weird. I felt stronger. “Run away.” A voice in my head told me. “Your family despises you.” It told me. That was true.  Ever since my parents died in a car crash when I was three, I’d lived with my uncle and aunt. They both hate me very much for having them raise me. If I fled,they wouldn’t care.“I will. But what about Nathan.” I said to myself. I think I’ll bring him. Then I wondered where I could be a use.

“I could fight crime with my powers. New York City has a lot of it.” I thought. I had made up my mind. I’m going to New York.

CHAPTER III

 

6 MONTHS LATER…

 

Nathan was playing “Call of Duty MW3” on his XBOX 360. As he was playing, he thought to himself,“Man, it’s been awhile since I’ve seen Jackson. I wonder how he’s been.”

All of a sudden he heard a loud SWOOSH from the roof. “What the hell’s going on up here!” Nathan yelled at me. I could tell he actually had to admit my blue and black costume looked cool. But then he saw I was armed and I had swords. Now he looked scared.

“Nathan. It’s been a long time.”I said as I turned.

He gasped. “Jackson? Is that you?” he asked.

“Yup. By the way, call me “Nighthawk”. I’ve decided to go to New York to fight crime with my powers. Want to come? I made a tech suit for you.” I replied.

“I… but…no...thanks!” Nathan stuttered in awe. Then he asked, “How do we get to New York?”

“You’ll use the rockets in your tech suit.” I said. Then I pressed a button and my wings came.

“Whoa. Where’s the suit?” Nathan asked.

“Press the button on the watch.” I told as I threw a watch to him.

“OK. Here goes.” He breathed.

The suit started to cover his body. Soon he looked somewhat like Iron Man.

“This is so cool.” he now had a robotic voice.

“Come on bro. We got some crime to bust.” I said.

Soon we were in the sky heading for New York City.

 

CHAPTER IV

 

“ 123, 124, 125…,” went Iron Knight in his new tech suit. Nathan wanted a name like mine. So he stuck with “Iron Knight”. Since he got bored one minute in the air, he’s been counting semi-trucks ever since.

“Give it a rest.” I said, “We’re here.”

“How do you know?” Iron Knight asked.

“I spy with my little eye the BROOKLYN BRIDGE!!!!” I yelled. We were so excited we made loops around the bridge. We did until we heard an alarm. “Jarvis! Detect the threat!” Iron Knight yelled. Yes. I gave his computer system a name.

“Sir. Bank robbery on the east side. Setting route.” Jarvis responded.

“Come on. Our first crime as heros!” I said excitedly.

We got to the bank and saw the robber making his getaway. He was getting toward an alley until we got right in front of him.

“Halt in the name of justice.” I said.

“Halt?! Cheesy line there.” Iron Knight replied.

I ignored him. I lunged for him and gave him the good ‘ol roundhouse kick. I studied martial arts in secret in those six months.

Iron Knight then came in and just punched him.

“Nice one.” I commented. “Now it’s my turn.”

I started to punch him really hard. Then I pulled out my pistol and aimed.

“Wait, Nighthawk! This isn’t necessary!” Iron Knight wailed.

Too late. I shot and killed.

“Uhhhh...oops!” I said.

“Oops? Oops?! You just killed a guy!” Iron Knight snapped.

“I-I didn’t m-mean t-to.” I stuttered.

“PUT YOUR HANDS UP VIGILANTES!” yelled a voice.

It was the police.

 

CHAPTER V

 

“Nice going.” Iron Knight muttered.

I ignored him. “Look officer. It was all a misunderstanding.” I whimpered.

“Killing ain’t a misunderstanding, boys.” the officer snarled. “Alright….GET’EM!!!” he called to the other policemen.

“RUN!!” Iron Knight and I said at the same time.

We beelined through the alley. I honestly had know idea where we were going.

“Jarvis! Calculate escape route!” I yelled.

“There’s a GPS?!” Iron Knight asked.

“No time to explain! Follow the route!” I snapped.

After we got to our destination away from the police, we looked up and saw a luxury hotel.

“You’ve got to be kidding me. How are we going to pay for the…” Iron Knight asked and then gaped.

“Don’t worry. I got this.”I said as I held a lot of the bank robber’s money.

We took off our outfits and put on our normal clothes. We managed to get ourselves a room. It was decent.

“It’ll last for know.” I said.

“Yeah but we already have the police after us. What do we do?” Nathan asked.

“Simple. We wait for an enemy the police can’t handle. Then we come in.” I replied.

“Let’s hope it doesn’t take long.” Nathan muttered.

 

3 ½ weeks later

 

“There hasn’t been any crime for 3 and a ½ weeks!” Nathan snapped.

“Calm down, man.” I said cooly. “Let’s just watch T.V”

“BREAKING NEWS!” a reporter said. “A robotic mech is destroying Manhattan. Police cannot defeat this. Who can save us all?”

“How come we never heard this mech before?” Nathan asked.

Then we heard a loud “BAM” outside.

“Suit up.” I hissed to Nathan.

We got to the mech. It was around 50 feet tall.

“Damn. I don’t think your guns will work against this thing.” Iron Knight whispered.

“Of course not.” I replied. I brung out my katanas. “These might help.”

We flew up and attacked the mech. I sliced and diced my way through the havoc the mech was causing. “Jeez, how many wires did you need for that thing.” I asked the mech. After I got my way through I gave Iron Knight a signal.

“HEADS UP!” I yelled. Iron Knight came in and gave him a rocket fist. The mech fell to the ground.

“Now let’s check who was inside.” Iron Knight said.

“I can’t believe we beat that thing.” I gasped.

Then the same officer who tried to catch us came up to us and said, “You may be mercenaries. But you guys saved New York.” he said.

“Thank you.” I said.

 

EPILOGUE

 

My name is Jackson Vasquez. I am currently a guardian of New York alongside Nathan Miles, also known as Iron Knight. I saved New York not very long. Hawkeye is dead. I now am his echo. I am Nighthawk.