Chapter 08 Homeless criminal

Chapter 08 Homeless criminal

Damn. I really wish he wasn’t so confrontational. I'd have at least liked to have made some money from them. I only had the clothes and wallet I showed up in and pants he thrown to me. The shirt on me was so large it looked more like a dress. The pants were so large I just tossed them into a trash can as I walked. Finally the wallet only had two dollars and my I.D. inside.

The name was my previous name from my original universe. Danny Storm. It said my age was eighteen and I planned on exploiting my young looks to the fullest. Those who didn’t know my true age would easily underestimate me and I thought it would most likely make me one of the oldest of the 100. I wondered if there were any cases of Billy Batson going around where a child was converted into an eighteen year old.

I headed towards the park and sat on a bench. I cried even though I felt fine. If I were a bit younger I wouldn’t understand why I cried. It was a compartmentalization of my emotions I developed in the army. While I felt fine on the surface I was overwhelmed by everything that had happened. Anyone who watched me cry would assume sadness but it was just an outlet to vent stored emotions.

I finished up and felt more emotionally stable. I started making a mental list of what I needed to do to secure my immediate future. I needed a base of operations and money to start with at the very least. I whispered to myself.

“First you get the money.”

If anyone chased me they didn’t for very long. After opening the envelope it contained 2500 dollars. So they made close to ten thousand a day selling drugs if they sold 24/7 that is. I might make stealing from these fucks a habit. I might have to figure out where the money was going.

I ducked into a Starkmart and bought a phone along with shoplifting some clothes and food. It felt nostalgic to do so as after the war if when you entered or exited a store it would scan your face and if you were to steal they would just charge you for the items.

I searched for local housing within my budget and only got hits for shared spaces besides one. I picked the single first and called the number. By the end of the day I had a new place to call home.

The next week was just living. I went and stole a mini fridge I filled with food from Starkmart. I climbed up the building across from the drug den and followed the car until it turned blocks down the road then followed it again. The final time I followed they headed into a gated building I could only assume was a named villain in the world, probably Penguin or the Manfredi family.

Preparing to rob them blind I did notice a SHIELD agent tailing me a few times. Being peak human and able to change my hair color I was able to evade them so I don’t think they knew what I was doing. As I was planning on what to do next I stepped into a fancy coffee shop and noticed a very attractive redhead.

With a feeling of deja vu I did a double take as I recognized her from the comics. I couldn’t help but put a smile on my face as I recognized the one and only Mary Jane.