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Blazeforce vs Slitherwarp by Brandon E.

In a city called IronSpire filled with tall towers, dark alleyways and where many unexpected things happen, a superhero is always watching and waiting. That superhero's name is Blazeforce, he's defeated many villains to protect his city. His powers are; super-speed, super-strength and laser-eyes. He wears a blue mask, an orange t-shirt, black leggings and has brown spiky hair.

Blazeforce was walking down the road one summer morning when all of sudden there was almighty crash, as lightning surged from the sky striking the top of the tall metal tower at the heart of the city, for which it was named, followed by a long and loud roll of thunder. Blazeforce looked up at the dark and gloomy sky and as his gaze came back down to the street he spotted an abandoned dog, shivering in an alley, he rushed across to save it.

However, there was another flash and as he turned to look he faced a super-villain known as Slitherwarp, with evil powers of Teleportation and slime. Sliverwarp grinned menacingly and said "Mwah-ha-ha Blazeforce you will never beat me and this city will be mine".

Blazeforce approached his opponent "Are you so sure about that!?". Running in with his super speed Blazeforce tried to use his super strength to punch Slitherwarp but Slitherwarp just simply teleported to one side before the punch landed. Blazeforce started to say "Oh so you're actually going to put up a fig…" when a punch hit his back. "You didn't see that coming!" said Slitherwarp.

Blazeforce ran for his life using his super speed and although it's slower than teleportation, he kept on running. He raced across the world with Sliverwarp in pursuit, across Asia, Africa, North and South America and you can't forget Europe, oh and I nearly forgot Antarctica.

They finished a whole lap of the earth, which meant that they had arrived back to IronSpire. Blazeforce went for a punch but Slitherwarp just simply teleported behind him again, punching him in the back. Blazeforce jolted forwards falling to the ground then Sliverwarp tied him up with ropes made from slime, he thought that it was the end but then there came another crack of thunder as the summer storm raged on, the lightning struck down hitting the rescued dog. In a flash of light, the dog transformed into superdog who rushed in to save his new friend.

It started to rain and Sliverwarp began to disintegrate into a normal human, his slime was being washed away. Blazeforce shot him with his laser eyes making Sliverwarp so weak he couldn't even stand. Then the superdog flew up hovering above Sliverwarp and with all four paws he dropped down on top of him pinning him down to the ground, defeating him.

Now they had defeated Sliverwarp together, Blazeforce knew anything was possible for their new crimefighting duo, he decided to name the superdog Bones. So, together Blazeforce and Bones lived on ready to protect the city for another day.

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