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

Almost a few hours had past. Flash and his family were actually having a pretty good time. even Firestar who had been pretty much a downer throughout the beginning of the trip was having a decent time. They hadn't been around the entire city as that'd be impossible but they'd fit time for a good amount of places.

But tonight might've been the pinnacle of it all. Because tonight to cap of they're entire day, they were in the Shibuya Time Square.

At this point it was basically overkill for Flash as he had seen so much in just his first day and died of amazement. But this, this was something else for him. He'd never even press a shutter button so fast before. He was basically having a breakdown being in an even bigger city than Canterlot.

"OH MY GOD!!?--LOOK AT ALL THESE PEOPL--LOOK AT THESE DAMN BILLBOARDS--THESE ROADS!? OH MY GOD THEY'RE SO WIDE!"

Literally, all his relatives were dying of laughter watching Flash with a camera and wheezing at the same time. It was the most hilarious thing they'd seen out of him all day.

"Are you gonna do this every time we go here?" asked Thunderstar.

Flash screamed in excitement, "Wha--YES! How could you ask something like that?!"

Thunderstar at that point just lost it and burst out laughing. However, as she was laughing, her phone went off. Pulling it out of her purse, she saw that it was a video call from her sister. A chuckle escaped her mouth. "Well look who it is."

She answered the call, swiping right on the green phone icon. "Hey sis. You miss me?"

"Ha ha very funny. You know why I'm calling."

"Sheesh, somebody needs to lighten up once in a while."

"She says after throwing a tantrum at me about the time our dog--"

Sabrina's eyes widened, "UH! Flash, it's for you." she handed him the phone quickly and glanced away to hide her embarrassed face.

Flash arched an eyebrow. Looking at the phone screen he was nearly startled to see his mom, and oh boy she did not look amused.

His voice quivered, greeting her, "U-Uh. His Mom....long time no see--"

"WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL ME?!"

Flash's shoulders raised, "Mom, I swear....well I mean I can't call from all the way here--look I was gonna call you, I swear!"

His mother let out a sigh on the other end. It was basically typical teenage behaviour in her eyes. But she was so not in the mood for arguing,

"So, how've things been over there."

"I kinda forgot how great it was over here. Heh, I think I might just stay here and call it at that."

A small smirk formed on Sabrina's face, replying with the same sarcastic attitude Flash was

"Alright, whatever you say."

"So, how about you?"

"Oh...Psshhh you know. I've just been having extreme anxiety about my son that kinda looks just like you and whose basically in another continent for a month. Other than that this summer's been pretty relaxing."

Flash chuckled, "Mom it's not like anything bad is gonna happen out here, I'm in good hands."

"I know. It's just...….you know what forget it, just try your best to come home in one piece.

Flash nodded "Will do."

"And hey. Call me at least once every week. You know just so I know you're fine."

Flash rolled his eyes. He knew his mother meant well but he didn't want her to be so worried all the time, "Don't worry Mom. I'll call every week, but everything'll be fine."

His mom ended the call. He handed the phone back to Aunt Thunderstar, "Well at least she isn't as mad as before."

Firestar who was holding Snowstorm's hand arched an eyebrow, "So uh....Hey what's the deal between you and Auntie Sabrina's Dog?"

Thunderstar simply glared at Firestar. Sending her a clear message that it was topic that was not to be brought up. Firestar quickly caught her drift and decided to back off for her safety, "Okay, sensitive topic. But uh...well you know are we havin' dinner or what?"

Thunderstar let out a sigh, "Yeah. Let's go."

Meanwhile in Shinjuku Alleyway. a group of men affiliated with the Japanese Crime Syndicate, Yakuza have been anticipating for one individual. They were getting impatient despite the fact it was 8:00. All wearing black coats and wearing black hats.

One of the men let out a sigh, "ぐふ！彼はどこですか。！それは8:00です! (UGH! Where is he?! It's 8:00!)"

However, unknown to them. Serpent was right behind them, hanging upside down on a railing and crossing his arms. He smirked behind his scarf, "誰かを探していますか? (looking for someone?)"

All of the men jumped from being startled. The same man who'd ask where The Gold Serpent was a minute ago now took a moment to regain his composure. Letting out a sigh, he knew better to question Serpent and his '"interesting" behaviour.

Serpent let go of the railing and did a hand stand. Launching himself off the ground, he executed a somersault mid-air and landed right in front of the group. His eyes narrowed on them but he maintained the smirk behind his scarf. "だから、仕事は何であり、私は何のためにいるのですか? (So, what's the job and what am I in for?)"

The man cleared his throat. Taking a picture out of his coat. The picture was roughly the size of an average paper and showed a woman with black hair and very expensive sunglasses. She was wearing a blue fur coat and blue stilettos. The picture was taken during the sunset, showing her walking into a hotel.

"大正君.これは、グランド日光ホテルに入る直前に、今日撮った写真です (Kimi Osana. This was a picture taken today, right before she entered the Grand Nikko Hotel)" He explained, "私たちの情報源は、彼女はまだ向こうにいて、彼女は他の何人かの人々とギャンブルをしていると言います。彼女を見つけて、彼女が借りているお金を得る。(Our sources say that she is still over there and is gambling with some people. Find her and get the money she owes.)

"そうでない場合? (and if not ?)"

The man's frown grew into a bit of a smirk, "ジョブを終了します。(Finish the job.)

Serpent let out a small chuckle. "やりましょう。(will do.)

Serpent quickly dashed off into the streets, getting no reaction out of the group. Serpent was pretty quick, faster than the average person and even some athletes to say the least. Some people in the underworld thought the name Serpent was a play on how quick he was and how razor sharp his reflex were.

But of course, Serpent didn't really care all that much of what they thought of him.

He made it onto the curb. There 'his' motorcycle sat there parked. He quickly jumped on and turned on the ignition. "Man, why do these people keep making promises they cant keep." He began driving off and towards the Grand Nikko Hotel.

Just as The Gold Serpent was approaching quickly. The same woman from the photo stormed out of the Grand Nikko Hotel with bodyguards surrounding her. She was furious, losing another game of Poker. Screaming her head off.

"でたらめ！私は勝つべきだった、そのゲームは完全なイジメだった! (BULLSHIT! I SHOULD'VE WON, THAT GAME WAS COMPLETE BULLSHIT!)"

Her bodyguards would've done something to calm her down. But despite the fact that they were bigger than her, they were also very, very scared of her.

They were walking towards a line of parked cars. One car specifically was a modified yellow Acura NSX. Complete with a bullet proof body. Behind that car was a five black Chevy Suburban vehicles and ten black sports bikes with bodyguards already on them and equipped with UZI's and Semi-Automatic Pistols.

Bus as they were walking, Serpent's vehicle approached. Though as he was approaching he stopped. Looking at what he was about to get himself into. It wasn't something out of the ordinary for him, he'd seen worse. But the worst part was how many Suburban vehicle's there were.

He sighed, adjusting his wrist grappling hooks. "Man! I really wanted to go home and sleep. Guess not." He then grabbed out two pieces of his own artillery. Matching black FN-90's with modified clips to hold even more bullets. "これは乱雑になるだろう。(this is going to get messy.)

He then continued. As he was driving up, he shot all the bodyguards on the motorcycle one by one. Being parallel to them each time he shot at them and hitting all of them right in their heads. Right in the exact spot. It caught the attention of all the bodyguards, including Kimi herself. All being startled as Serpent "lightened the load".

Serpent pulled up right next to one of the Suburban's. Just past the hood of one of them and being clearly visible from the gap left from the car parked in front. He tilted his head up a little and fixed his grim look on Kimi.

He nodded, "大井、君。ヤクザは彼らのお金を欲しがっています。(Oi, Kimi. The Yakuza want's their money.)"

Kimi squealed. She had some connections to the criminal underworld in Japan, and she knew that face anywhere. She and another bodyguard ran for her yellow NSX. As they were doing so, the rest of the bodyguards all headed for the Suburban's as that's where all there weapons were.

Serpent, eerily might I add. Was actually politely waiting for all of them to get in. At this point he just wanted to entertain himself for the night, instead of going to a night club for once.

As Kimi and her bodyguard got in, her voice boomed at him. Commanding him to drive as fast as he could, "ドライブバカ、ドライブ! (DRIVE IDIOT, DIRVE!)"

All cars began to drive. Serpent's smirk grew even bigger and he chuckled a little. "ここから楽しみが始まります。(This is where the fun begins.)"

Soon Serpent followed in pursuit. In-turn a whole city chase began.

The sound of all seven vehicles could be heard roaring through the streets of Tokyo. Kimi was scared out of her mind while Serpent was as nonchalant as could be. However, within a few seconds. All body guards from each Suburban except for the driver, all poked their heads out and pointed a variety of assault rifles they had stashed.

Serpent's eyes widened. "This thing's gonna be useless. I might have to go airborne and hope for the best." He had both FN-90's handy, he'd only use a few bullets with one of them while the other was full of ammo. Now all's he had to do was wait.

All bodyguards had their phones on and were being ordered by Kimi through hers. Once they were sure everyone was locked and loaded and had were all pointing at Serpent, they struck.

"今！(NOW!)" Kimi demanded.

That's when Serpent knew it was time to ditch the bike. So quickly, he rose both feet onto the seat of the motorcycle as if he were crouching. Then, letting go of the handles he leapt off the motorcycle and into the air. Glancing down at all the Suburban's while holding both FN-90's, he pulled both triggers.

He closed one eye and began shooting at as much bodyguards as he could. Within the few seconds he was up in the air, he managed to take out all the guards in one if the Suburban's. Making two of them fall out of the car while the others laid their with gun shots in their foreheads. In-turn, he also landed on it. He knew that the driver was still alive. At the same time however, he had to deal with multiple other cars with the same firepower.

So he did. Going for an open window. He flew inside the passenger window. Right next to the driver's seat. The driver turned his head but in doing so he was met with Serpent's boot. This knocked him back. Colliding into the Car door hard and actually broke it. Flying out of the car and giving Serpent the driver's seat.

Serpent let out a sigh, "This is why I hate working with cars!"

He ducked his head, as he could see the men pointing at the windshield. But that gave him an idea. He put one of his guns in his pockets to conserve it. Then, poking his head out of where the door, he pointed his sub-machine gun at the tire of the Suburban in-front of him.

He again, closed on eye. Taking one breath he pulled the trigger and shot at the back right tire.

The driver who was driving the car in front widened his eyes. As if he felt the tire pop. The car began to skid into one direction before colliding into a wall.

Serpent heard the explosion from the car, merely chuckling at what he considered a bunch of fireworks. "かわいそうな魂。(Poor Souls.)"

Kimi also heard the explosion in the background, freaking out even more as she didn't know how much firepower she had left. She glanced at her driver, "たわごと、物事の準備をしなさい! (Shit, get the thing ready!)"

Serpent again, climbed out of the car and got on top of it while it was still driving. Looking forward, he could see the next turn coming up. Looking forward to the last two standing cars, he narrowed his eyes on them. Knowing that the car would end up crashing into a wall, he quickly leaped off of it and onto the Suburban in front of him.

Everyone in the car heard the thump. All widening their eyes as they knew what that was. But before they could say anything. They heard gunshots fire out. The driver looked from his windshield to see that the car in front of him lost both it's tires to gun shots.

He freaked out, knowing that they were next.

But then, in one of the most surprising change of events. The driver of Kimi's NSX popped his head out and pointed an Grenade Launcher at the vehicle.

He yelled with a big grin. "申し訳ありませんが男の子!それは単なるビジネスであり、それ以上のものはありません! (SORRY BOYS! JUST BUSINESS, NOTHING MORE!)

Serpent rolled his eyes at the scene, "典型的。(Typical.)" He lazily got up to his feet. Letting out a sigh.

The driver pulled the trigger and shot the grenade launcher right at the vehicle.

*BOOM!*

In an instance, the whole car exploded. The windows shattered and tires exploded.

The driver laughed and slowing down the car to be just under the speed limit. "さて、オサナ夫人。彼は世話を受けたと思う。(Well Mrs. Osana. I think he's been taken care of.)

But before Kimi, could answer. A rather familiar voice did.

"うん。あなたはとても良い仕事をしました。(Yup. You sure showed me.)

Both Kimi and the driver widened their eyes.

But Serpent did them the favour. Shooting the driver without looking and opening the door to the NSX. Pulling the driver out of the vehicle and throwing him away. He then effortlessly entered the vehicle and shut the car door.

He turned his head and looked at Kimi's shocked face. He could see her mouth was about to open. Knowing the predictable question, he decided to do her the favour. "そうだそうだ。わかっています。(Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. I know.) Taking both hands off the steering wheel, he rolled his sleeves up to show her his 'sophisticated arm contraption' otherwise known as his grappling hooks. "見て、短い話。これらのことは本当に便利です。特にそのようなものを持つ狂気の人々になるとき。正直なところ、私は銃を使用するのが嫌いです。(Look, long story short. These things come in really handy. Especially when it comes to crazy people with stuff like that. Honestly I hate using guns.)

He took control of the wheel again. "しかし、私について十分です。これはあなたについてです。(But, enough about me. This is about you.)"

Kimi winced, "何の用ですか。私は何も悪いことをしていません。私が保証します！(Wh-What do you want? I haven't done anything. I swear!)"

"申し訳ありませんが茶色の目が、私たちの古き良きヤクザの友人によると。あなたはXさんにいくらかのお金を借りている。(Sorry brown eyes but according to our good ol' Yakuza friends. You owe Mr. X some money.) He slowly took his left hand off the steering wheel and reached for his gun. Getting it out, he pointed it at Kimi. Doing it rather nonchalantly. "だから。ヤはそれを得た? (So. Ya got it?)"

Kimi began shaking at the sight. Never being more scared in her life. "待て待て！私はお金について何も知らないと誓います。または任意の氏。X！(WAIT, WAIT! I-I SWEAR I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANY MONEY. OR ANY MR. X!)"

"さて、参照してください。あなたはちょっとそうします。今夜のギャンブルを覚えておいてください。(Well, see. You kinda do. Remember gambling tonight.)

Kimi screamed even more. Begging Serpent, "どうぞ！どうぞ！私は誓うお金を持っていません! (PLEASE! PLEASE! I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY I SWEAR!)"

Serpent let out a disappointed sight. "さあそれでは。私は残念ながら私が追加するかもしれない、する必要があると思います。これを難しい方法で行います。(Well then. I guess were going to have to, disappointingly might I add. Do this the hard way.)

Kimi's eyes widened. She didn't want to die. So she acted fast, "待つ！待つ！車!車! (WAIT! WAIT! THE CAR! THE CAR!)"

Serpent rolled his eyes a little out of annoyance. Though keeping his composure. "まあねえ。私がここで混乱した場合、ちょうどあなたがそれに自分自身を得たことを知っています。(Well hey. If I make a mess in here just know you got yourself into it.)

"いいえ、私はこの車を意味します。この車は私の借金を返済することができます! (NO I MEAN THIS CAR. THIS CAR CAN PAY OFF MY DEBT!) Kimi justified, "それは十分以上であるべきです。(It-It should be more than enough.)" She quickly opened the door of the car. Trying to get as far away from Serpent as possible. "ただ、ミーを傷つけないでください! (Just-JUST DON'T HURT MEEE!)

She jumped out. Kind of a shocker to Serpent. "Damn. I wasn't gonna make it a long and painful one."

He was about grab his phone to call Mister X. But as he was getting to the caller ID, he began to hear sirens. He let out another sigh, "And there's the encore."

Flash and his relatives finally made it home after a long day. Flash was stoked by all of it. What he'd witness was merely just paving the way for more places to explore.

"Man that was great!" Flash beamed.

"You think that was fun. Just wait until we go to Dome City." said Spark, "Next week, I'm gonna book a hotel room. It'll be fun."

Thunderstar opened the door to the house, letting everyone inside. "Well it isn't too late yet. I think we could fit in a family movie before and unwind we all hit the hay." Everyone seamlessly agreed with Thunderstar.

Flash headed to 'his room'. He took his jacket off and threw it onto the bed and let out a relaxed sigh. "Man what a day." He collapsed on the bed and took a breather. "In all my days, Canterlot will never do be able to do this for me."

"Well. Speaking of Canterlot."

He grabbed his phone out of his pocket. "Might as well see what MC and Tree Bark have been up to." He went into Instagram. But, the first post he was led to wasn't about his friend. Instead it was footage of a yellow supercar zooming past the camera with multiple police cars chasing after it. Gunshots strongly being heard.

Flash scrolled down a little to read the description. That's when his eyes went wide. The reason? Well the first word to catch his eye was Tokyo.

Flash nervously gulped, "Oh no."

He quickly exited out of the app. Quickly going on Safari he began hyperventilating. "Okay, Okay. Calm down Sentry. M-Maybe this old footage or somethin'. Yeah that has to be it. There's no way."

He typed in car chase in Japan. Tapping the search icon. But unfourtanetley for Flash, the footage on the Instagram video was not in fact an archived video. Instead it was an event happening in real time.

His shoulders dropped and his voice quivered just by looking at the headline. "B-Breaking: Ongoing Car Chase results in twenty deaths and quite possibly an additional t-ten dea--Oh my god!" He staggered to his feet panicking at what was going on.

"WHAT THE HELL!? TWENTY! TWENTY!? THEY EVEN HAVE THE NERVE TO SAY AN ADDITONAL TEN BUT EVEN SO WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!? He put his phone on the bed and began pulling on his hair. Not knowing what to make of the whole situation.

Then, he took a deep breath. "I-I Can't risk it. Not again! If I get out there, Aunt Thunderstar and Spark are gonna suspect something."

He sat right back onto the bed, trying to calm himself down. He was trying to supress the fact that he'd just read something like that. But as the seconds went by, it growing more difficult to forget.

He grit his teeth in defeat, "Shit." He grabbed his phone and checked the charge. He sighed, "Well let's hope 25% can get through this." He clicked on one of the articles to gain more intel. "Might as well become a god damn comic book hero. I swear at this point!"

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