8 ISSUE #7

" All right son. Show me what you've got."

Nolan said to Mark as the two circled each other in the air.

Mark took the initiative and punched his father in the face knocking him back a couple of feet. Not giving him the chance to recover, he rushed him to deliver another punch but Nolan blocked his fist as he approached.

" Hmph! Not bad."

Nolan said before punching mark twice in his face, knocking the boy into the air effortlessly.

" Ugh!"

Mark grunted as he recovered his position, he dove back towards his father ready to fight until he was stopped by his mother interfering.

" NOLAN! MARK!"

Debbie called out to the two men fighting, stopping them both as their fists were inches from each other's faces.

' What's this about?'

Mark asked himself as he looked down to see his mom and Cecil standing side by side with each other.

Mark and Nolan both looked at each other in confusion and shrugged before descending back down to the house.

" Why are you here Cecil?"

Nolan asked as he walked up to the man.

" I need to show you something. We may have a problem."

Cecil said to the man in a serious tone.

Nolan nodded and the group all went back into the house, where Cecil pulled up an image projection over the families Tv.

" We picked this up by Mars an hour ago. He's back and there's only fifteen minutes until he's breathing our air."

Cecil explained as an Image of Allen the alien showed up.

' Oh, how the hell did I forget about Allen?'

Mark asked as he kicked himself internally.

" I wouldn't ask Nolan. But with the guardians gone."

Cecil was explaining before Nolan got to his feet and cut him off.

" I'll stop him!"

Nolan declared.

" What? Nolan's only been home a week and you want to send him to space? No! No way. He doesn't work for you."

Debbie said as she got between Nolan and Cecil.

" Sweetie."

Nolan whispered.

" There's no one else Debbie."

Cecil replied.

" Yeah, there is. I'll go."

Mark declared.

" Okay! Kick his ass son."

Nolan said to the boy with a thumbs up and a smile on his face.

The sudden change in attitude shocked Debbie.

" What?!"

Debbie yelled in shock and confusion as she glared at Nolan.

" What? He's not that tough and Mark's strong. He can take him no problem."

Nolan replied.

" Oh, that's your solution."

Debbie stated sarcastically.

" Look, what's the problem. I can handle it. If he can't beat dad then he can't beat me. Simple!"

Mark exclaimed with a shrug of his shoulders.

Mark walked over to his mother and gave her a hug before going upstairs to get his suit on. Once he finished he came back down and hugged her one more time before turning to leave the house.

" I'll be back before you know it."

Mark said to his mother before he took off for space.

' Allen Huh? This will give me a proper test of my abilities so far.'

Mark thought to himself as he broke through earth's atmosphere. The pressure around him suddenly changing as if a weight was lifted off his shoulders. Mark looked around for the one-eyed alien.

' Why does my memory suck so damn much?'

Mark asked as he looked for the man only to be hit hard in his back moments later

' Ugh! One-eyed dick!'

Mark thought as he hurled through space.

' Hey! You're early and you shaved your mustache!'

Allen thought.

Mark eyed the one-eyed alien and charged him. Allen was surprised at Mark's speed and was hit hard in the face.

'Ugh!'

Allen grunted as he was knocked out into space.

Mark followed his attack up by hitting Allen multiple times in the face, knocking the big brute further and further out into space.

' Not bad!'

Allen stated as he caught Mark's fist and returned a few punches of his own.

Mark was hit in the face hard by Allen but managed to grab both of his fists. Mark then headbutted the man right in his eye forcing Allen to stumble backwards in pain as he grabbed at his one eye.

' ARGH!'

Allen yelled in pain.

' Was that really necessary?'

Allen asked.

However, as he opened his eye Mark punched him right in the face again, sending Allen flying and crashing into the moon hard. Mark quickly rushed the man and slammed both fists into his body making the already big crater in the moon even bigger.

' You win once again man.'

Allen said to Mark as he looked up at the boy in defeat.

' I hate to break it to you man. But I'm not the guy you fought before. I don't even know who you are.'

Mark said to the man as he helped him to his feet.

' Really? Well, I guess Urath is certainly safe if there's another person as strong as he is.'

Allen explained as he dusted himself off.

' Uh again I don't wanna be that guy. But this is Earth. Not Urath.'

Mark explained.

Allen's eyes went wide as Mark said he was at Earth and not Urath.

' You sure this is not Urath?'

Allen asked hoping Mark was only joking.

' Nope, this is Earth. Not Urath.'

Mark said again.

Allen slowly closed his eye and placed his hand over it in embarrassment.

' I'm so fired.'

He stated bluntly.

' So, you really don't know who I am?'

Allen finally asked.

Mark shook his head no.

' Okay, hold on.'

Allen said as he picked up two rocks for him and Mark to sit on. Once he placed them down he slid one over for Mark and gestured for him to sit.

' Alright! Well, my name's Allen. I'm an evaluation officer for the coalition of planets. My job is to visit tiny dirt planets like yours and see if they have a protector who can keep them safe from invasions and other kinds of threats. Or that is if I still have a job by the time I return.'

Allen explained to Mark.

' Well, Allen I wouldn't worry about that. If there's no other reason for us to fight, then I'm going back to earth. I'm sure you've got to report back to the coalition as well. But when you go do me a favor. Tell them we don't work for the empire.'

Mark explained to Allen as he got up from his space rock.

' Okay? Wait I didn't get your name.'

Allen said as he got to his feet as well.

' Oh, It's Invincible.'

Mark replied to the man.

' Well, Hopefully I'll see you again Invincible.'

Allen said before flying off into the cold distance of space.

' Seems like a nice guy.'

Mark thought to himself as he watched the man slowly disappear.

He turned to head back home but was stopped by the Beautiful image before him.

' Whoa!'

Mark thought as he saw the sun slowly ascending over the Earth in a beautiful imagery that one could only understand by being there themselves. Mark took his time to burn the beautiful image into his brain before descending back down to earth.