Supervillainy and You! Friday, Period 1
"Well, you've learned how to be at least a moderately successful supervillain these past few weeks. Congratulations," Fred said. "But here's a little something that you have to consider. What if a situation was presented where you could be a superhero? As I've mentioned, it happened to me a couple times. First time sucked. Second time, I was a Thunderbolt. Still have the logo and everything." And he did. It was the belt buckle on his costume, even though he didn't really even have a belt.
"I was in jail. The Thunderbolts were a program looking to reform supervillains by letting them be superheroes. One group based out of a supervillain prison called The Raft was working out pretty well, so they put together a B-team. I figured I'd get in some good behavior and volunteered, passed a few tests and a psych check, and boom. Card carrying superhero. I helped stop a prison break from the Raft, fought some modern Nazis, went back in time and fought original Nazis, ended up in the future and fought future dystopian Nazis, and ended up back in the present to help stop that dystopia from ever happening. It was a pretty good time."
"And guess what. Today, you're officially Thunderbolts, too." Fred held out circular badges with a little lightning bolt on it. He had no authority to do this, but if it ever somehow got back to Luke Cage, it would annoy the crap out of him. That was enough. "Look deep inside your hearts and somehow find the strength to rescue a baby from that burning building."
Suddenly the Danger Shop program changed. There was a burning building right over there and a baby was crying. Get to work!
"I was in jail. The Thunderbolts were a program looking to reform supervillains by letting them be superheroes. One group based out of a supervillain prison called The Raft was working out pretty well, so they put together a B-team. I figured I'd get in some good behavior and volunteered, passed a few tests and a psych check, and boom. Card carrying superhero. I helped stop a prison break from the Raft, fought some modern Nazis, went back in time and fought original Nazis, ended up in the future and fought future dystopian Nazis, and ended up back in the present to help stop that dystopia from ever happening. It was a pretty good time."
"And guess what. Today, you're officially Thunderbolts, too." Fred held out circular badges with a little lightning bolt on it. He had no authority to do this, but if it ever somehow got back to Luke Cage, it would annoy the crap out of him. That was enough. "Look deep inside your hearts and somehow find the strength to rescue a baby from that burning building."
Suddenly the Danger Shop program changed. There was a burning building right over there and a baby was crying. Get to work!