Chapter 12 : Butt Buddies Forever

When Mark had arrived at the Flaxan Dimension he saw the remnant forces of the invading alien army looking back up at him with fear in their eyes.

At this second Mark gave out an ominous glare unlike before all of the surviving Flaxan soldiers had already aged considerably passed their prime.

They were too old to fight back and too slow to run away.

Mark did not even have to fly at his top speed anymore to deal with them and could finally relax his body to recover.

Floating down Mark walked towards the crowd of elderly aliens wiping away the blood off his face and goggles while stretching his limbs for what was about to happen next...

Meanwhile back on Earth.

Cecil and Donald having gone through all of the recorded phone footage that was captured of the event and by using the totally super LEGAL top secret NSA government satellites.

Were able to get a clear understanding of what had transpired before the arrival of the Teen-Team.

Cecil was impressed while Donald could not help but frown as he went over the footage again.

Mark Grayson had single handedly held off the alien invasion until they started aging rapidly for some unknown reason before flying into one of their portals presumably to finish the job.

Although Cecil was happy with the results and the minimal casualties for what very well could have ended much worse without the intervention of Indestructible. At the same he felt an intense headache for what had happened to Mark.

This was because Cecil already had suspicions of Omni-Man and wondered no, worried what Nolan would do if he woke up and learned that his son had flown into some mysterious portal.

How would Omni-Man react? Cecil thought to himself as there was also the problem of the Demon Detective sticking his nose in places he trusted only Donald to stick them in.

Cecil sighed as he calmly asked Donald a question.

Cecil : "What are your thoughts on Indestructible?"

Donald : "I think we need to run a deeper background check and increase the surveillance level before we come to a decision sir."

Cecil : "Mmm..."

He narrowed his eyes, In this increasingly complicated pile of shit that was prepping up to be one massive shit storm Cecil felt there was at least one gleaming rain drop of good news.

It went without saying that Mark's first time performance as a teenage hero had exceeded every expectation Cecil and Donald had of him.

However this was both a good and bad thing as Cecil was a man who enjoyed life when everything was within his control.

He did not like loose canons or unpredictable, random factors not to mention that Mark Grayson was someone who may not fall in line with him yet.

However Cecil was an old monster whose appearance did not match his physical age this is because he would spend a few hours a day in a goo tank to preserve his youth while no longer requiring sleep to sustain himself.

In many ways he was a wise old fox surrounded by god like beings and super geniuses.

Yet this old human man was able to control the situation with his decades of experience, wisdom and command these god like beings and super geniuses to his will.

Cecil was not worried about taming Mark Grayson he was after all just a kid in his eyes and knew how to play the game.

What Cecil could see in Mark was potential to become an asset in dealing with the current Omni-Man crisis.

Cecil thought about the enticing offers he could give Mark while maintaining insurances and scheming against him psychologically to manipulate the youth into serving himself and the government.

Cecil thought about Mark's mother Debbie, he thought about persuading him with either a patriotic sense of duty to his country, money or a righteous speech about protecting his home.

Cecil had direct control of the Guardians of the Globe naturally he would easily be able to command the likes of the Teen-Team.

The priority now was creating a force that could not only replace the former Guardians but counter Omni-Man and there was no one more promising in his eyes for the job than Mark Grayson.

Donald on the other hand had doubts about Mark he trusted Cecil's judgement and would follow his orders without question even if he did not agree with them.

Even without saying anything Donald could already understand what Cecil was thinking he felt that relying on Mark was not a good idea.

From his perspective Mark seemed like an okay kid at first and a desirable asset for the government prior to the invasion.

But after witnessing his savage nature and brutality towards the enemy and his blatant disregard of Heroic norms like saving civilians first he felt that Mark would be more trouble than its worth.

Donald's gut instinct told him that this was a teenager who could not be controlled as easily as the entire Teen-Team.

Having known Cecil for so many years Donald could only sigh as he stared at the thinking Cecil, that look on his face was one Donald knew very well.

There was nothing Donald could do to persuade Cecil from his ambitions despite the glaring red flags.

But this is also why Donald admired and would follow Cecil loyally forever, he was the kind of man Donald dreamed of one day becoming.