Tyler could see Titans Tower in the distance. He wondered if he had made the right choice by deciding to come here. He stood up and looked down at the Eve, the girl driving the boat that was taking him to Jump City. “Oh Caroline you. Break my heart. I want to go and cry,” he sang softly. 
“None of that now. My name isn’t Caroline and you never sing because you know you suck at it so don’t go getting all sentimental on me now. You definitely don’t care about me or any of us. You’re going off to the big city to be a big hero,” the girl playfully intoned. 

“Well, it’s OK. I can do this now. I could always be like this around you because even if you tell anyone they would never believe you anyway,” Tyler replied with a hint of coy satisfaction in his voice. He continued more seriously “And I’m not coming here to be a hero. I’m coming here to learn how to be hero. You know that I don’t want to leave you or the city but we need all the help we can get and this is the best way to make myself a long term solution.”

The boat sped past the Tower and pulled into the city’s harbor. “Well, here we are. This is your stop.” Eve glanced at Tyler. “It was nice of you to fly over to say goodbye. You know, you won’t even be in Blüdhaven if you get accepted to Central City University, which we both know you will. I’m only cutting our time a little short.” He threw his bags onto the, shore. “I’m sure, you know, or rather I wished I was sure you knew just how much I love you.” Tyler tenderly kissed Eve and then quickly climbed out of the boat. 

The two locked eyes and Tyler said, “It won’t be long.” “Yeah.” She said and then turned around and sped off in the boat. He watched as the boat retreated in the distance. The boy looked away and immediately tensed up. The relaxation and easiness from moments ago was gone. He picked up his bags and began to head into the city. He had only taken a few steps when everything went wrong. It hadn’t been five minutes and already the city seemed to be under attack. He was slightly disconcerted because of the sound but sprang into action. He began to run towards where he had determined the sound came from.  This was basic confirmed by tons of people running and driving from the direction he was awkwardly running toward. Some people had even abandon their cars for some reason and were running away on foot. 

Tyler threw his bags into one of the abandon cars that was still running and jumped behind the wheel. He instantly sped toward the disturbance hoping this wasn’t a test. He slammed on the brakes as the monster came into view. He jumped out of the car, grabbed his bags and threw them in an alleyway near a dumpster. 

As he began to focus on the battleground, Tyler noticed a girl who seemed to be putting out the fire. Another crime fighter being at the scene made him more comfortable but he was still trying to come up with a plan to fight the ooze monster. He shouted at the young lady, “Hey, you have a plan for dealing with this thing?”