HeroDude Kage: Chapter 27
Quadeem, Abigail, and Jamila finally return home.
When they enter the living room, they only see Raheem who is sitting on the couch, watching TV. Abigail turns to him with a smile.
"Hey, honey!"
Abigail kisses Raheem on the cheek while immediately Jamila turns away in disgust.
"Bonswa, cheri!"
Raheem smiles and spreads his arms as Jamila walks over to hug him.
"Heyyy, Dad."
"How you doing, my little girl! How was the trip?"
"It was alright."
"Aye, Alright is better than bad!"
He chuckles before looking over at Quadeem
"Pitit mwen! How's the college?"
Quadeem shrugs.
"Ehhh... No comment."
Raheem smirks
"Fair enough."
Abigail heads upstairs.
A few moments later, she comes back down after noticing Kage's room is empty.
"Bebe… Where's Kage?"
Raheem glances toward her
"Oh… you just missed him"
Abigail freezes and steps closer to Raheem.
"….what? Honey. What you mean... "Just missed him?""
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS
June 19th, 2:03pm
HeroDude stands on the corner of a rooftop, staring at the post Jamila sent him.
"Yep. This should be the place."
The building is destroyed and covered in paint. Yellow tape surrounds the area while investigators, FBI agents, And policemen all examining the scene.
HeroDude reflects back on how Quadeem is usually with him during situations like this.
"Sorry, big bro. But I couldn't wait on you for this one.
HeroDude leaps off the rooftop and lands near the museum.
"Dang. Guess I shoulda rescheduled my visit."
HeroDude was then blocked by a bunch of policemen as soon as he started to walk forward.
"HALT! Sorcerer. We don't want anymore of YOUR kind messing with our buildings."
HeroDude points at the destroyed museum.
"Now how am I gonna mess up something that's already messed up?"
"You sorcerers always find a way"
HeroDude looks at the policemen up and down.
"Do all y'all officers be saying sorcerers like it's a racist slur over here?"
One of the policemen quickly steps in front of him.
"Aye! You heard the man. No sorcerers allowed, BUDDY!"
The policeman leans in to whisper in HeroDude's ear
"I'm a big fan. My son is too."
He pulls back and dramatically points to the streets
"Yeah! Go back to where you….uhh where you came from…HeRoDuDe!"
He whispers in his ear again.
"Sorry. I'm just saying this so I won't get fired. But you should be able to head through the back… trust me it's not gonna be that hard."
He leans back.
"Now go away you….sorcery bastard!"
HeroDude smirks. The officers can't see him smirking. But he's smirking.
"You make a good argument…well, guess that gives me no choice but to turn…and walk away."
HeroDude turns and walks away. When he gets enough distance, he Kompozes two pieces of the floor into a trampoline and backflips to the back of the museum.
"Sucka… there's cops here too why did bro tell me to….."
HeroDude takes a closer look to see that the cops are all grouped up in a circle smoking some strong weed.
"So bro, that bank owner dawg? She gotta DUMPTRUCK on her bro"
"Yeahhh bro, I gotta tap that for sure!"
"But look lowkey lowkey tho… shii man. That's crazy"
"Oh naw you high high"
"Yeah bro I can see the moon from here, gang"
"Yeah I'm so high that I can see the dead homies on the dead homies for real"
Kage just looks ahead in disappointment.
"That's what happens when you hire people that are fresh outta high school. The police system is crazy."
He just walks past them knowing dang well they're too high to do something about him.
HeroDude observes the destroyed museum as some of their most splendid pieces are destroyed.
"I'm just saying… if they were gonna destroy this place, they could've done it AFTER I visited. Now I gotta wait years for reservations."
He looks down at the victims whose lives were brutally stolen from them.
"Dang. Wrong place wrong time with these folks."
He shakes his head
"I should've known that an event like this would've got ambushed. I gotta keep that in mind for later events."
He crouches besides the body
"But now. There ain't no point in examining what should've been.
He searches around for clues, future motives from the artist, and if there are any tricks in his moveset.
"Not seeing much at the moment. It's pretty obvious that his power is controlling paint. But this all looks like a hit and run. Unless…
He glances at the broken art.
"...if his power is paint…and he attacked a museum. This sucka could've been hating on the other pieces that were better then his—"
Someone shouts form afar
"Hey!"
HeroDude slowly gets up and turns to see a policeman point a gun at him…
"What the hell is a sorcerer doing here? Your brain couldn't register the yellow tape?"
Kage tilts his head.
"My bad. My brother always said I was a nosy kid.
He lets out a light chuckle
"Guess I still am."
The cop scoffs
"Ha! What does a sorcerer know about family?"
HeroDude mocks his words
"What does a sorcerer know about…buddy. You aware that sorcerers…are still human, right?"
"Human?" The cop snaps " Human. You think you have the rights to be called human? Do you call people who cause mass destruction everywhere they go human? They're evil! All you and they care about is violence and roleplaying"
Kage raises his hands up.
"Ok ok maybe some of them but not….."
Kage reflects on what His father told him.
[All people can be saved… but the real question is… should they be saved?]
HeroDude goes quiet for a second while the cops places his finger on the trigger
"What? You lost you ways to speak, sorcerer?"
HeroDude glances up at the cop
"Actually…"
HeroDude slowly walks toward the cop
The officer begins to shake more and more with every step
"Stay back! STAY BACK I SAY SORCERER!"
The cops dramatically aims the gun at HeroDude's forehead.
"I'LL SHOOT!"
HeroDude sighs and shakes his head. But suddenly, he senses a weird feeling nearby.
"Alright bro."
HeroDude quickly grabs the gun and places it away from his head.
"Aye AYE! Breathe. I'm well aware that at this point, words and actions mean so little to y'all."
The cop pulls his gun out of HeroDude's hand and starts to step back as HeroDude continues to walk towards him
"I understand that no matter if I save your lives, you're still gonna complain about everything around you
Kage glances around.
Despite the fact you still have a life to live. So realistically I gain nothing from saving you or anyone really."
HeroDude gently pats the cop on the shoulder.
"But not all good deeds receive good feedback."
And in that instant, Kage pushes the cop to the side as a shot of water shoots right inbetween them.
SPLAT
The officer stumbles back in panic and immediately raises his gun.
"Wha-Wha-Wha What was that?"
HeroDude slowly pushes the gun downward.
"It's your reason to run.
He pulls the cop closer to him
And tell your co-workers to take a 15 minute break."
The cop tremble as Kage sighs again.
"Ugh. why do people always shake and fear when they're in danger."
HeroDude snaps his fingers in front of the cop.
"Aye! Buddy! You can clock out now!"
The cop glares at HeroDude
"Mmmmm! Just don't go terrorizing neighbors like last time!"
The cop runs off.
"That wasn't me, that was The Behemoth."
END OF CHAPTER
Bonus Scene
One of the high cops notices HeroDude walking into the Museum.
"Yooooo bro. Was that was….HeroGuy. The silver face bull? Cause if it was… he lowkey just. Walked to the museum like we're not here.
Another Cop takes a deep look at HeroDude. Who is looking back in disappointment.
"Shii. Looks like em. Got thhheeee silver hair and all that."
All the cops look at each other in silence.
"NAHHHHHH THAT AIN'T HIM."
"THAT'S REAL BRO LIKE WHY WOULD HE JUST WALK PAST LIKE BRO. WE'RE RIGHT HERE! he CAN'T be that dumb"
"Yeah for real like… it's not like we're high or anything!"