Jason returned back home after the incident.
Mary cooked while they both discussed how life has been, Jason getting sucked into this superpowered world of crime all to protect his sister.
Days passed and Jason hadn't seen Jade since that day.
"Stacy, do you have any idea who Sentinel is?"
{"Access Denied"}
"Access denied? The fuck is this?"
Jason was in the lair, sitting on a chair and trying to figure who this new hero is.
"Get me all the information you can source out concerning Sentinel, ranging from hero activities to him being on air and news."
{"Access Denied."}
"Oh you've got to be kidding me."
{"Nope."}
"Oh buzz off."
Jason then stood up leaving the lair, but then—
{"You have a message sir."}
"Read it out"
{"The peak of the news tower. I expect to see you there tonight, Jason."}
"Now this is some scary ass shit."
***
Night came, Jason stood on the roof of his house, their apartment building rather.
His suit reflected the moonlight and released a silent hum while he just crouched there looking over the area.
"Another night to get myself killed. Quality me."
He then took a deep breath, closed his eyes and exhaled. His mask then formed covering his entire head.
"Let's go!"
Jason then ran, and immediately, he dived down towards the ground.
He then shot his grappling hook to a building and pulled himself to it. And from there he began swinging to the news tower.
{"Run sir."}
"Why?"
{"You haven't ran for days, your speed might have possibly gotten slower."}
"No way!"
{"Is that sarcasm?"}
"Ahh lovely, she's finally keeping up."
"Did Jade give you a silent upgrade?"
{"I see what you did there."}
"Oh wow, Stacy is becoming skeptical now. Powerful."
Jason chuckled as he held a street light, spinned on it and then shot himself up into the air, doing a 360 degrees turn, before shooting both grappling hooks to the top of a very tall building and pulling himself with great force.
"Wooooooooooo!!!"
Jason then retraced his hooks as he was lifting up into the air and spreading his arms out while feeling glorious.
"You see Stacy, if I ran, the journey would have been boring and I wouldn't get to show my glorious self tonight."
{"Who cares?"}
"Ouch. When did you become so feisty?"
Jason shot to another building and pulled himself away.
"Hello? Are you there?"
"Okay I see what you are doing. Fair play Stacy."
***
Jason landed on the peak of the news tower of over a thousand feet in height.
"I guess I have to wait for my mystery person. Obviously Sentinel."
He laid on his back looking at the night sky and watching the stars for a while.
BOOM! BOOM!! BOOM!!!
Those were the sonic boom sounds that made Jason sit up as he looked ahead.
Through the lens from his mask, he spotted an object heading towards his direction moving at a tremendous speed.
"Okay, okay that thing is coming in hot."
Panicking he rose on his feet and immediately—
WHOOOOOOSSSSSHHHHH!!!
It turned out to be Sentinel who suddenly stopped directly in front of him as there was a massive burst of wind.
"Uhm hi."
Jason said waving as Sentinel was just on air levitating
"Hello?"
Sentinel still quiet
"Sentinel? Are you there? Cause I'm starting to freak out."
Jason began to walk closer to Sentinel who was just quiet on air.
"Ehnn what's going on?"
"Ohh, ohh, sorry… I was downloading some files."
Sentinel then landed, standing in front of Jason who then calmed down.
"Oh you talk."
Jason walked backwards and sat on the ground.
"Yes, dummy."
"So why are we here?"
"Oh yeah, about that. Get ready cause I'm about to blow your mind."
["Has everybody in this city lost their minds?"]
Shadow was thinking to himself while watching Sentinel closely.
"Don't mind me."
Sentinel then tapped the diamond shaped glowing crystal on his chest as his suit hummed.
It then began to dissolve into a liquid metal and retracted into the crystal, and then the crystal shrinked in size turning into a silver pendant on a chain.
Sentinel was gone, while she was here.
"Jade?"
Shadow taking off his mask was totally speechless and starstruck
"Blew your mind right?"
"Well obviously, and I thought you were a 'he'"
"First, ouch. But I was expecting that. Come over to my house tomorrow and we'll discuss more. Stacy will give you the address."
"Sure thing."
"Bye Jason and I hope you like the new place."
Jade then tapped her necklace and jumped off the tower and immediately her suit formed back, then she flew off.
TheNextDay
Well, Jade wasn't joking when she mentioned the new place just before flying off.
She bought and gave Jason and his sis a new house. A duplex in a better environment and relatively closer to Mary's school.
Jason dropped Mary off in school and then drove to the address Stacy gave him.
He arrived in front of the gates to a mansion.
"In conclusion, Jade is freaking wealthy."
DING! DONG!
Jason rang the bell on the gate, as a device popped out and scanned his face.
CRANK!
The gates opened and Jason drove into the compound.
"Nice house."
"Thanks. Ancestral manor."
"So why did you invite me?"
Jade then offered Jason a seat as two robots on wheels brought two cups of coffee for them.
"Yeah true true."
CLAP!
Jade clapped and immediately, the room darkened, a holographic screen displayed on air.
On it was a man wearing a purple full face mask and having elevated black collars.
"Who's this?"
Jason sitting up and giving Jade his full attention.
"Phantom…
"A villain mastermind. The most powerful villain in this state, leader of the league of villains— The Legacy, and arch nemesis to Shadow."
"You mean the former Shadow right?"
"Yeah kind of, but since you are Shadow, so you too… But the same way we know Shadow died, he died. And just like you, there's a new Phantom. Probably the reason for the attacks you've encountered."
"Wait, have you been spying on me?"
"Uhm well, technically, yes."
"My God!"
"Oh stop it. Don't be childish."
"Oh me childish? Says the lady hiding in a tin suit and making the public believe she's a guy."
"I see now that I have made a big mistake by conducting the HAP project on a fucking sexist saving his goddamn life."
"Hey hold it."
Jason then stood up
"What is it huh? You wanna punch me in the face?"
Jade too stood up as both locked eyes with each other.
{"Fighting isn't necessary ma'am and sir."}
"Shut up Stacy!"
Both Jason and Jade yelled at the same time, before they both sat down drinking their cups of coffee.
"Next slide."
Jade swiped her right hand on air as the screen then displayed—
'The Strixx'
"Shadow had a team back in the day called The Strixx. Their numbers unknown, but they stood against Phantom and his crew The Legacy making sure he never completed his plans."
"What are his plans?"
"I don't even know the details. But he has been playing dangerous games with the world of magic and science."
"Magic, really?"
"Yes Jason it may sound strange, but magic exists in this tech -riddled world."
"I guess I'll add that to my wow list."
"Phantom has a secret lair underwater."
"Yes. The lair I got in before you know, well got shot and died type shit."
Jason scoffed and somewhat laid on the chair.
"Before Phantom is able to complete what he has installed, we have to stop him."
"So in conclusion, we need to kill Phantom to save the world, yeah?"
"Uhm yeah, exactly. I like your mindset."
"Obviously, who doesn't?"
{"I don't"}
"Nobody cares, Stacy!"
"I see you and Stacy have become best friends."
"Hey hold it. Don't dread those waters."
Jade stood up carrying the cups used to serve themselves coffee.
"Go get some rest, tonight we begin."
She left to the kitchen
"Stacy, show him his room!"
"No! Not you again!"