The Secret War (Jack Blank Adventure) Read Online Free PDF

and Jack have some bad blood between us. Only way to get rid of that is to spill it!”
    “You stay back!” Allegra shouted, morphing her liquid metal body to flash out with sharp, spiky quills. “You make a run at us like that again and you’ll regret it.”
    Speedrazor didn’t have any answer for Allegra. If he ran by her when she was shaped like that, he’d get ripped to shreds. From the look on the speedster’s face, Jack could tell he knew it too.
    “Good thing for me you don’t scare so easily anymore,” Jack told Allegra.
    “The only one who’s got anything to be afraid of is him if he comes back here,” Allegra replied, loud enough for Speedrazor to hear.
    Speedrazor scowled and went back to running alongside the train. “Pain!” he yelled, looking up toward the roof. “What’s taking so long up there?”
    Jack got to his feet and saw that Ricochet and Blue had caught up with Pain. Jack and Allegra would get to the back of the train first as long as those two could keep Pain occupied. The villain was outnumbered, but he evened the odds with a punch that knocked Ricochet clean offher feet. Ricochet became a dark blue streak as she went flying through the air, bouncing off the canyon walls like a rubber ball. Jack and Allegra kept moving as the blue streak that was Ricochet started glowing, picking up speed and energy as she went. Pain looked down at his fist. Even with his face hidden by the creepy skull mask he wore, it was clear he had no idea what had just happened.
    “Wondering why you didn’t get a power upgrade from that hit?” Blue asked as he delivered a devastating punch to Pain’s midsection, driving him back. “Simple. You didn’t hurt her any,” he explained as he hit Pain again. Blue continued to lay into Pain like he was the punching bag at a gym. “See,” he said, pounding away, “Ricochet absorbs that kind of energy. She builds it up into more, and then turns it back against you.”
    At that exact moment Ricochet fired back in toward Pain, landing a flying elbow to his jaw, cracking his skull mask and knocking him flat on his back. “Like so,” she said in a calm voice as she landed softly back on the train. “Any questions?”
    Pain’s only answer was an agonized groan. Unlike Backstab, Pain received no assistance from Fugazi whenhe went down. Having determined the difference between man and mirage, Midknight was able to splatter the real Fugazi with oil-slick capsules, one of the many items he carried in his utility belt. With Fugazi’s ability to create illusions ruined, he had to direct his full attention to fighting Midknight hand to hand. Fugazi’s hands were solid crystal, so he was by no means helpless, but Midknight, whose superhuman abilities made him stronger, faster, and even smarter as the night went on, was currently at the height of his power. Given the lateness of the hour in their present location, Fugazi didn’t stand a chance.
    Speedrazor was left to access the cargo in the last train car by himself. Unfortunately for him, Jack and Allegra were now in his way. Jack managed to get ahead of Pain and down to the passenger level of the car. He used his powers to open the cargo-car doors but couldn’t read the encrypted cargo manifest. It wouldn’t talk to him.
    “What is it with this train?” Jack said, frustrated that his abilities kept getting stymied.
    Speedrazor also seemed frustrated that a thirteen-year-old girl was keeping him away from his big score. Allegra swiped at him with machete blade arms, forcinghim to keep his distance from the car. “Pain!” Speedrazor screamed. “I’m
waiting
. …”
    Up on the roof of the train, Pain was still getting beat down by Blue and Ricochet. “
You’re
waiting?” he yelled back. “Where’s Lorem? We’re getting our butts kicked up here!”
    Speedrazor looked up and over at the girl speeding on the AirSkimmer. When he saw her typing away on her phone’s keypad instead of helping, he absolutely