1 Saving Harlem
Peter ducked into a building just as a jeep flew past the place he was just standing, his decisive move saving his life. He had just gone out shopping when all hell broke lose and Abomination just appeared out of nowhere and started trashing the place. He looked at the place he was standing earlier and sighed in relief before running to the stair in case Abomination decides to burst through the doors.
When he was reincarnated, he had become lazy enough to become obess because he knew he had no power to survive. Why? He had no super brains to plan how to fuck with the characters and gain powers, he had no real strength to back it up and he had no spine to even think about it. So, he wallowed in his self pity and now he was regretting it. Having climbed upto the roof, his whole body was soaked wet and his breath came out as wheezes, his legs were cramping, his stomach was aching and his bad back was starting to act up.
"Man, what I wouldn't give for a miracle right now," he said to himself as he sat down to regain his breath.
'Ding, one time use system in now online,' Peter heard a sassy voice say. He looked around expecting to see probably the Ancient One trying to trick him but saw nothing, except for the Abomination jumping from rooftop to rooftop, the Hulk after his heels.
"Is this one is those interdimsion demons? Whatever you saw in my brain, it is all a dream!" Peter tried to make himself a smaller target but he was off the mark by a long shot.
'The One Time Use System is about to depart. If the host will not make his draw he will be left to wallow in his own filth!" the sassy voice said. Peter was now overjoyed. It was a system and it was giving him a chance to become strong! Just then, his joy faded as he realized that just as much as he had a chance to become Super Saiyan, he had the chance to have powers to become the most useless power holder in the universe. But, he had to take the chance and see if he would become a dragon or remain to be a worm.
"Draw!" he shouted as loudly as he could.
'Drawing. Host is advised to cross his fingers,' the sassy voice said. Peter heard noise like a roulette wheel in a casino inside his brain before it slowly started to slow down till he couldn't hear the noise again.
"Congratulations, you drew the SHAZAM power package. Good luck,' the voice said before it became silent. Peter was dumbfounded by his luck. SHAZAM was one of the few members of the Justice League that could go toe to toe with Superman and that's just him being a teenager. With this power, he could become a powerhouse in Marvel Universe, especially this one that is the MCU. But then, he started second guessing himself. Maybe this draw drew all of his luck and now he would be like one of those anime mcs who are drawn to all sorts of things. Perhaps having this power was just too much for a person like him! Before his train of thoughts could continue, he heard something crash below and he ran to the edge to see what was happening. With his mediocre sight, he could see a crashed helicopter that was slowly starting to catch fire while two monsters continued to fight beside it.
"This is no time to second guess myself. It's time to announce myself to the world," Peter said, took a few steps back before rushing towards the edge of the building. Before he could jump off of it, he screeched to a halt. "What the hell am I doing just about to jump off a building! Is dying once not hard enough I have to rush to my death a second time!" A roar below made him came back to his senses and he stepped on the curb, trying his hardest not to look down. With all his might, he took a step off the building and started free falling towards the ground. His heart jumped to his throat as it threatened to rip itself out of it due to its fast beatings.
"SHAZAM!" he roared, praying to freaking One Above All this wasn't a joke. Dark clouds gathered above him and lightning struck him, all in just microseconds. From the lightning fell a being who looked like he had been sculpted by the Greek gods by hand and he did the most spectacular superhero landing that even Tony Stark would be jealous of. The two monsters stopped fighting as they both turned to look at this new arrival with interest while the new arrival slowly stood up, showing everyone how he looked like.
He was around 6'6, with muscles knitted together like a work of art. They were neither too big nor too small, just the right size to show he was powerful as well as lithe. He was wearing a black one piece suit that had a lightning bolt symbol on its chest that seemed to glow. His hair was a black mop and his eyes brown, showing wisdom rarely seen these days. A black cape was blowing behind him, giving the ordinary people there a sense of security.
"My two friends, I would suggest you take your fight out of the city before more casualties are added," he spoke. Everyone except the two monsters felt as if they were already safe when they heard him talk.
"Who are you?" Abomination half roared half asked as he lost interest in Hulk temporarily.
"I am a being who dislikes acts of violence towards the weak," Shazam said as he started walking towards the two. "Get out of the city now or I will be forced to make you move."
"Make me!" Abomination roared before charging right at Shazam. He threw a fist towards the little man but then found out he could not see him in front of him anymore. He then heard a sigh behind him before he felt the most powerful punch he ever received landing on his back. Everyone heard the distinct sound of bones breaking before the Abomination was sent flying with a roar of pain, disappearing from the city's skies in mere seconds!
"Jesus!" someone cried out in shock when he saw this. Abomination was terrorizing them just a few moments ago but then this new guy just comes and one shots him out of New York with no sweat! Even Hulk became a little perturbed by this and was greatly threatened. He growled at Shazam, preparing to fight him to death as Shazam turned to look at him.
"Don't think I only know how to punch things," Shazam said before the whole of New York was covered by thunderous clouds. Hulk looked up apprehensively before Shazam smirked. Lightning bolt after lightning bolt started raining on Hulk over and over again, his roars of pain and possibly anger getting drowned by the sounds of lightning striking.
It took a whole two minutes to down the big guy who had became stronger the more he grew angry but he was no match to the wrath of nature then. His huge, green body started shrinking till he was a regular sized Caucasian man who was unconscious. Shazam was about to head over to him when Betty came in front of him to shield her love interest.
"Please, don't harm him. He is innocent!" she cried, trying her best to maintain eye contact and show him her courage.
"But he is the green monster responsible for the destruction of Harlem, right?" Shazam asked her.
"That is another personality. He had an accident in his lab that brought it out. Please, do not harm an innocent man for the sin of another," Betty Ross said, doing her best to dissuade him. Shazam looked at her then to the unconscious Bruce Banner before sighing.
"Fine then, I'll go see if the other monster has reverted back to being human," Shazam said before leaping to the top of a building and with one more leap, he was gone. Betty near collapsed when she couldn't see him again but she gathered all her strength to go check on Bruce. He was fine, a little winded up but otherwise fine and she was glad.
"Betty, stand away from the prisoner, now!" General Ross said as he got out of the crashed helicopter with a limp. Betty glared at her father with hatred.
"I will not let you lay a single finger on him!" she hissed at him as she picked up a broken piece of glass and armed herself, shocking her father.
"Betty, do you know what you are saying? Please, get away from him before you do something you will regret later," Ross tried to persuade her but Betty was going nowhere.
"I will stab you if you dare come closer, General Ross. Now, I am leaving with Bruce and if you try to stop us, suppose you get back from the hospital, you will be chasing after a monster and an attempted murderer," she said, shocking her father even more.
