Flash Sentry The Spectacular Spider-Man Issue #1
Chapter 7: Chapter 7: Preperation
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After a tragic accident at the laboratory which left one scientist in critical condition the police are investigating the crime scene, A private investigator has taken up the case, Detective SourRanch Dipping, yeahhhh his parents never really loved him that much
"Sir, we've been her for 3 hours why are we still looking here"
Detective SRD tuned to his loyal sidekick September, "Because!, Doctor Hooves claims to have seen a Green Gremlin!"
"Sir the report said the perpetrator name was the Green Goblin--"
"Quiet!, I've found a clue, that conveniently sized hole in the ceiling!"
His sidekick rolled his eyes, "Sir I've been trying to tell you about that hole for 2 1/2 hours"
"SEPTEMBER!, THIS MEANS WHOEVER DID IT MUST"VE HAD CONTROL TO THE WHOLE BUILDING"
"Sir, we can't make that claim, to be honest if anything Dr. Hooves is a prime suspect in all of this"
Detective SRD turned to September, "Hmmmmm, Explainn!"
"Well, besides the Circuit Breaker Staff working on the glider, who else would have control over it, and not to mention the fact Doctor Hooves was so hellbent on finishing it, I mean that's a bit suspicious dont ya think?"
"Hmmmm, I suppose so?, WELL THEN!, WE MUST REPORT OUR FINDINGS TO THE POLICE"
September took a deep sigh,"Oh brother!"
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Alright, I've made a few adjustment to my suit, for starters, I started wearing old Nike shoes I found in my basement but there is one problem, wearing a skin tight suit with shoes looks really off to me, So now I wear a Blue bomber jacket and Red shorts over my suit, it's not the most practical design but it's my design
Flash recently started watching some more physical sports besides wrestling like football and even hockey to get a sense of what he might have to go up against
Flash's mom called out, "Flash dear!, can you come downstairs for a moment"
Flash was still in suit narrating to the readers and himself ,"Uhh, I'm coming!", Oh god damn why would she choose now to call me, especially in suit
Flash quickly changed out of his suit and put on some random PJ's and ran downstairs, "What is it?"
"Well!, Me and your Father will be going away next week on our anniversary, can I trust you to be alone for a week and not do anything irresponsible like last time!"
"What?!, Pfffft, of course you can, who do you take me for?"
Flash's dad put his hand on his son's shoulder, "Remember young man, with great power comes great responsibility"
Flash rolled his eyes, "I'm watching a house not making a difficult life choice dad, don't worry about it"
Flash's dad rolled his eyes, "Hey!, don't think about those words lightly even if were using it in a pretty light context, you'll understand it one day and thank me"
"Whatever", Flash walked back upstairs and started to do some packing of his own and head down to the Canterlot Colosseum to take on The Crusher for $20,000
Hmm, maybe I should think of some witty one liners, that'll really piss him off and judging by Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali, pissing off the opponent always works
Flash's phone rang, he checked the caller ID and it was from Micro Chips
"Ayyy, MC whats good!"
"Nothing much FlashDrive, but hey I'm just wondering if you can come down to the school and help us set up the annual Fall Formal"
"Well I'd love to but I got a thing comin up soon"
"Ohhh come one Flash! we need one more helping hand, your all the crew could think of"
Flash was kind of flattered, "Who's The Crew?"
"Oh?!, well, Me, Sandalwood, Big Mac, Thunderbass, Soarin, Rainbow dash, Applejack, Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Sunset Shimmer"
Well I have three hours before the wrestling Match So I guess I can blow off some time
"Alright I guess 30 minutes wont hurt"
"Okay great, see ya there!"
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Micro Chips turned to Sunset, "Why'd you want him specifically?, I mean yeah he's cool and all but there are other people who seem way qualified for the job"
"Ummm, Well Principal Celestia always says get everyone involved and I haven't seen him outside of class helping out the school"
"Well I guess that makes sense--"
Pinkie Pie came out of nowhere once again and cut Micro Chips off, "It's because she likes him!"
"PINKIE YOU SAID A BAKERS GUARANTEE YOU WOULD SHUT UP!!"
Pinkie Pie giggled, "I'm sorry Sunny I couldn't help it"
Micro Chips looked at Sunset, "Wait if you like him why didn't you call him yourself"
Susnet stared at Micro Chips with a threatening look as if she would take his lunch money again, "Never mind"
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Flash ran straight for the door before he got stopped by his parents
"Where do you think you're going young man!", Flash's dad asked
"It's 3:30 on a Saturday afternoon, I thought you wanted to stay home and work on you silly robots or something"
Flash was flabbergasted by that remark, "Whaaaattt?!, First of all cut me some slack those robots took hours of work, and second Micro Chips wants me to help him out at the School for the fall formal and I'm pretty bored so I said yes"
His mom was delighted to hear that, "Oh how nice of him, you know when me and your father were your age"
Flash knew where this was going and took a deep sigh, "Oh brother"
"We were both asked to help the school for their fall formal and--"
Flash opened the door and cut his mom off"Okay Mom nice story byee!!!"
Flash's Parents watched as he left the door, "He seems offly eager today don't you think?" Flash's Mom asked her husband
"Oh Teenagers and their Hormones, they'll never change no matter the time period"
As Flash was running he was wondering at what point will he start practicing Web slinging
Hmm, You know maybe I could try it right here and get some practice, I mean there's no one out here right now so I guess hypothetically speaking I could"
Flash shot out a web randomly but to no ones surprise, the web didn't hit anything and just fell to the ground, "Curses?, I need to try this out at the city or something neighborhoods aren't gonna cut it"
Flash decided to practice a little parkour before outside while getting to the school, he thought it could be a useful skill in his arsenal and also to make crusher look stupid on live television
Flash made it to the school without a scratch and walked inside, "Hello?, anyone here?, I'm not late am I"
"Nope!", Flash saw Big Mac who was waiting outside the Gymnasium and pointed to go inside
He saw Micro Chips and Sandalwood working on a banner with Thunderbass and walked over to them, "So?, what exactly do wan't me to do MC?"
"Huh!?, Oh Flash You made it, oh uh I think Sunset wanted to see you behind the curtains"
Flash was a bit confused, "Behind the Curtains?"
"Oh maybe I should clarify, you know the stage curtains over there, I think she needed help loading out the instruments for the Rainbooms big performance, I don't know?"
Flash was a bit skeptical but just did what he was told and went behind the curtains and saw Sunset sitting on her phone on a pair of speakers
Flash couldn't help but smirk, "Wow!, So much for productivity"
Sunset was startled but played it off, "WHell, I was waiting for a certain someone to get here"
Flash rolled his eyes, "Rrrigght, Wait, how come the Rainbooms couldn't help you?, that seems way more practical"
Sunset took a deep breath, "Well, Rainbow Dash is helping Soarin put all the Gym Stuff away, Pinkie Pie and that new kid Cheese Sandwich are taking care of some Party Streamers and making confetti for some odd reason, Twilight couldn't make it because her and Timber are on one of their dates, Rarity is working overtime designing dresses for us and other girls in the school, and Fluttershy is helping Applejack and Big Mac with unloading the Fizzy Apple Cider"
Flash's jaw dropped after taking in all that information, "Oh, well, that is something"
Sunset giggled to his expense and went outside, Hey so can you help me unload the drum set from our bus"
Flash starched his head, "You guys have your own bus?"
"Flash were musicians, of course we have a bus"
Flash was left so dumbfounded, "Tha-, I-, how doe-, whatever"
Flash helped Sunset unload the drum set
Flash lifted the Bass drum with ease which kind of made Sunsets jaw drop, "Flash that's easily 15 pounds, that's like bowling ball weight, your looking like Applejack out here"
Flash had to think fast not wanting to reveal his powers to anyone especially Sunset
"Oh um, well I work out a lot now so this is practically nothing to me"
Sunset playfully wanted to test his cockiness, "Is that so?", She then threw the floor tom drums, hi top drums and the snare drums
"How about that?"
Surprisingly Flash felt fine , "Uhh, honestly I'm fine"
Sunset was jaw dropped even more, "But that should be at least 100 pounds"
Flash was getting nervous and made up a quick lie to save himself, "Well this Bass Drum does seem a bit lighter than usual maybe it's damaged or something
Sunset snapped her fingers as if she made a discovery, "I knew it" but than again it was a bit suspicious that somehow Flash got all this strength and she knew damn well that he hadn't taken any steroids because it would show
"Alright then, Flash put the drums inside and help me out with the guitars and Microphones"
"Alright"
Oh man that was close, a second more I swear she could've made me spit out my secret, thank god"
Flash and Sunset loaded out the rest of the instruments, gear and some pyrotechnics for the show
Flash looked towards Sunset, "So what are you guys aiming for this year?, I've never seen Pyrotechnics at a Rainboom Concert"
"Huh?!, Oh well we don't actually know to be honest, Vinyl, I mean DJ PON3 has something planned, its kind of a crossover between all of us"
"So like dubstep and rock and roll?"
Sunset laughed, "I guess you could say that"
5 seconds of silence went by until Sunset curiously asked Flash a question, "So, you coming to Fall Formal next week?"
Flash eyes immediately widened, "Um well, I never really thought about it, besides I'm not much of a dancer anyways and I might have some unfinished work I need to catch up on"
Sunset looked a bit surprised, "How can you already have unfinished work?, it's November, I thought your like Twilight, the top student at everything, you basically lead all of our Science discussion in class"
"Well, I'm Brilliant but Lazy I guess, I don't have that goody go lucky always on time work ethic Twilight has"
Sunset Laughed, "Oh come on she's not goody go lucky, she's more goody two shoes Mrs over achiever"
"Wow Sunset, Wow I can't believe that's how see your friend"
They were both laughing for a good minute and when things died down..
"You know Flash, I don't have anyone to go with, well besides my friends, but, well...."
Oh No I think I know where this is going
"Do you maybe want to go to the dance with me--, AS FRIENDS OF COURSE!", Sunset stuttered for a quick minute realizing what she'd just asked
Flash's face heated up a little, "Are you sure, I mean I'm not that much of a dancer, kinda because I don't know how to"
Sunset gave him a reassuring smile, "That's okay!,- I mean um well you don't have to if you don't want to"
It didn't take a Spider Sense to know that Flash needed to say something before things got to awkward between them, "Um, I guess I'll go if you really want me to-"
"GREAT SEE YOU FRIDAY NIGHT!"
Flash watched as Sunset left backstage and he just stood there scratching his head and thinking about what he's gotten himself into
So, did I just accept a date?, Or did I just accept a time to hangout with a friend?
Flash decided to leave and go home and think about what had just happened, he was filled with, excitement, confusion and nervousness all at the same time
Meanwhile at the gym
Sunset was going to walk to the water fountain but was stopped by Pinkie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Rarity
"So?, You asked him out didn't you?, Rainbow Dash asked with a sinister all knowing grin
Sunset was quick to answer, "Just as friends!"
Pinkie Pie soon followed, "So you do like him"
"I-, Okay maybe I kind of like his presence in the school, BUT NOTHING MORE!"
Pinkie Pie's face went Shipping mode, "I KNEW IT, THERE IS SO MANY PEOPLE TO TELL!"
"PINKIE!!"