So much happens in so little time. I land on the deck of the Raft as Johnny Storm grabs the Surfer and the two fly high into the sky, before exploding into a blinding ball of fire. The Rider literally pulls the earth up to form a ramp to catch Storm. He's batted away by the Surfer, who somehow survives the inferno. Then, a rainbow blasts out of the sky, dropping a god on top of the extraterrestrial foe, and the two go blow for blow.
I may be a superhuman, but right now I feel like how the normal people of the world must feel when they see me do anything around New York. This world that I now inhabit is so much bigger than me. It's, frankly, out of my league. I don't belong here. I can't fight people like this. I can barely fight the goons I run into on a regular basis, and here I am trying to take on gods and monsters.
I've seen what Superman and the like can do on TV. But this? Seeing it up close? This is so much different. It's terrifying.
And it's now my life.
A rumble below my feet draws my attention away from my thoughts. As the rest of the assembled heroes watch as Thor and the Surfer trade haymakers, the Raft is coming apart at the seams. A radio tower collapses into the river, sending spray into the air a dozen feet high. This whole place is going to sink into the East River, and it's going to kill hundreds of people if we don't do anything about it.
"Hey guys," I call out to the rest, before motioning towards the fight,
"I think we might be on the bench for the rest of this one. We need to get everyone still on this boat off. Now. Or they're not gonna make it."I think through what needs to be done, not wanting Reed Richards to come up with *all* the plans today.
Pointing to the biker, I start,
"You, skull dude. Mind giving me a ride through the Raft? I'll use what webbing I have left to keep any fracture points we find as structurally sound as I can make them. That will give the rest of you time to get as many people out as possible. Sound good?"
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