Flash Sentry The Spectacular Spider-Man Issue #3: Welcome to Tokyo (REMASTERED)

Firestar chuckled a little as she and the rest of her family walked through the door. "Man for a person who has to ask the audience a what their favourite part is, I gotta say this movie wasn't half bad."

"Well you know what might be half bad." said Thunderstar, "Spark cooking dinner. Cause this gal's takin a back seat"

Spark folded her arms and glared at her wife. Losing a bet she was pretty much in a bad mood. "Okay so I was wrong about Boots! But I didn't think he'd actually talk. Or have a deep hunky voice for that matter alright. That trailer was a bunch a bullsh--"

Thunderstar, immediately went in for Spark's lips. Stopping her from talking. Just being a quick peck on her lips. When that whole action was completed, she justified herself. Hissing a little, "Snowstorm is right here and fyi, she doesn't need a potty mouth. Got it."

Spark, just a tiny bit frightened nodded her head slowly. Snowstorm looked up at both parents, pretty confused to what's going on. Thunderstar did a 180, picking Snowstorm and changing her tone. "Your mommy's being a little cranky. Isn't that silly?"

Meanwhile, Firestar felt really disgusted. "Great, now the image of my moms kissing. Up close!"

Flash chuckled, placing his hand on top of Firestar's head, giving it a little push. "Trust me, it could be a lot worse."

Firestar looked up, confused. "What do you mean."

Flash's grin grew a little wider. However, he refrained himself from telling Firestar as the memory was just too awkward and inappropriate to tell her. "Don't worry about it."

He started for the stairs, with Firestar close behind. Reaching the second floor, Firestar got down to business. "Sooo, if you don't mind me asking. Why'd you go all Spider-Man yesterday? I mean not that it isn't cool or anything but uh why?"

Flash was a bit taken back by the question. His first instinct was to lie. But honestly it wasn't like he'd come across anything life threatening. He sighed, looking at Firestar. "Well there was a car chase going down somewhere." He and Firestar went into his room. Flash closed the door and continued. "I didn't want to go into pursuit of it but the vigilante side of me got the better so I decided to go and stop it."

"And?"

"Well, I sorta did. What's really bizarre was the driver."

Firestar arched an eyebrow, "Why?"

"Well, he seems to be some sort of.....I don't even know. He's a really good fighter, well I guess a pretty fast one. Of all the times I've taken down an ordinary crook, I've never met a guy who could fight as..." He trailed off. He took a sigh, "I don't wanna sound arrogant, but I've never seen a normal guy fight as fast as me."

"What?"

"But I think he's actually faster than me. I got the guy out of the car and got him at a building top. That's where the most bizarre thing happened. He was about come at me when he just disappeared out of thin air for a second."

Firestar's eyes widened a little. It prompted another question out of her. "What'd he look like?"

"The only thing I can remember was he had a long trench coat. A black baseball cap and he wore a checkered scarf. Why?"

Firestar's eyes widened even more. She placed both hands on her mouth. Muttering, "Oh no."

Flash rose an eyebrow. "Um, by that response I think you might know him?"

She looked at Flash with a shocked and a little panicked expression. "Flash that description matches a criminal named....The Gold Serpent."

"Is that something I should know?" Flash asked with a small hint of urgency in his voice. "Firestar what, what are you talking about?"

Firestar gulped nervously. "Look, A few years ago there was this guy who'd been shot by a Mercenary who's linked to the Yakuza. He survived however and made it to the hospital. He was able to somewhat recover, enough for him to say a description of the person who shot him."

"And I'm guessing the description I mentioned..."

"Matches what he said in a statement. Just in his statement, he said the guy called himself The Gold Serpent"

"What happened next?"

Firestar went silent. Flash could see in her eyes that whatever happened to him wasn't exactly a happy ending. He sighed, putting his hands on his hips. "I have to stop this guy."

Firestar quickly rose to her feet. With an even more panicked expression. "Flash no!" She begged, "This guy isn't some amateur. He's, well for all we know probably a bonified assassin. Who know's what he could do to you, Spider Powers or not!"

Flash sighed. "I know I'm not exactly a professinal at this type of stuff. But as Spider-Man there's a responsibility I uphold and I refuse to ignore it. Even just this once." He smiled and looked her in the eyes. "And besides, I never go down without a fight."

Firestar was still skeptical. Maybe Flash was more than capable. But it still didn't feel like it should be a risk he should take. "Flash? How exactly did your first encounter with The Serpent end?"

Flash looked down. His smirk instantly faded away and it turned into a grimace. "I had to bail out. I got worried Aunty T. or Aunt S. would find out I sneaked out so...I had to beeline back here."

"Alright, what about the encounter itself?"

"I seemed to have kept my ground well. But still that guy.....out of everyone I've encountered he's probably the most skilled at fighting. And I have the feeling he's capable of worse."

"And that's why I don't think you should just go out and go pursue this guy. Who knows what type of work he could do out of you."

Flash sighed, "Well I'm willing to take my chances."

Firestar stroked her chin. A small smirk crept on her face. "Well, what if you learned a form of martial arts."

Flash rose an eyebrow, "A form of martial arts, Why?"

"Think about it. You're practically raw talent. So, if you maybe practice a certain form. Maybe you could do more than a scratch on him."

Flash folded his arms. He wasn't exactly that much of a fighter, but he did know a thing or two about martial arts. "Look not to burst your bubble of brilliance or anything. But, martial arts takes years to master, at best I'd probably....I don't know dust off the surface."

"Come on. It might help a little."

Flash sighed, "Look, as much as I'd love to put time into that. This isn't some professional fight I'm prepping for, this is somebody I have to stop ASAP. I mean who knows what he could do next."

"Then...." Firestar stroked her chin, "Come on it's worth a shot. Maybe you wont become Black Belt worthy but just try"

Flash sighed again. "Fine. But there's another problem."

"And that would be?"

"Well I don't know where to find this guy. I know virtually nothing about him and since this isn't Canterlot. I don't really got that much time to spare."

Firestar chuckled. Getting up and starting for the door. "Uhh hello, 21st Century. We live in a world of tech." Flash followed her back to her bedroom.

Entering it, she went over to her desk. Pulling out a small drone. "So just send a drone over to where the most criminal activity happens and take an educated guess that the Serpent will be there."

"And that would be...."

"Shinjuku district. Particularly an alley dubbed Criminal Sanctuary. It's a place where shady stuff goes down at night. Prostitution, Drug dealing, anything."

"Maybe I should pay that place a visit."

"Yeah no." said Firestar, "Unless you've fought off a criminal mafia or something. I wouldn't exactly go pursuing these guys, especially if you want to keep Spider-Man under the rug while you're here. I'm pretty sure people can't be that stupid to suspect something."

"Well I keep myself pretty well hidden in Canterlot. But I guess you're right." Flash sighed, "So anyways, what now?"

Firestar shrugged, "Well we cold play the waiting game till....about 10 at night."

Thunderstar walked into the kitchen to see Spark still not cooking anything. A wide grin crept on her face as she began to approach her wife. "So, how's dinner coming along. Honnneey?"

"Shut up. I'm still figuring this out." Spark chuckled, "I thought you said you were taking a back seat."

"Well I decided I need a front seat. So I'm just gonna sit here, maybe grab a snack. And watch from the sidelines."

Spark shook her head as she looked through the cabinet for some ingredients. "Between you and Flash. I think you'd take home the award for the biggest dork in the world."

A moment of silence went by. The only things that could be heard was the TV playing in the background and Spark's feet shuffling from one place to another. Thunderstar took a deep breath, deciding to address the elephant in the room. "Look...about last night."

Spark's overall attitude changed. Playfully angry to a little annoyed.

"Oh my god." she groaned, "Is this really something we should address?"

"Well what are we suppose to say to a Spider-Man report in Tokyo? It's too much of a coincidence."

"I..." Spark sighed, "Look so what if he hypothetically is Spider-Man. It doesn't change who he is. He's still our nephew."

"I know but....well if he is. I-I don't know, why. Just why would he go out be a crime fighter everyday? That's just way too dangerous. Something bad could happen."

Spark gave Thunderstar a smile. "Hey don't say things like that. Flash is a responsible young man. Even if he was Spider-Man he wouldn't be reckless." Thunderstar looked down, still with an unsure expression. So in response. Spark put her hand under Thunderstar's chin and held it up. "Let's just leave it okay. He's happy, the kids are happy. There's no need for us to be worrying over a far fetched coincidence. Okay?"

Thunderstar formed a sentimental smirk and nodded. "Alright."

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