Prologue: Z-man's Arrival
A city in chaos. Flames blazing everywhere illuminating the night. People running for cover. Then suddenly... something appears falling from the sky. Its a man. He stands clad in a red skin tight suit with black boots and bracers, bearing a "Z" ensignia on his chest and back, a red mask with black spot on his face with white opaque eye lenses and blue star across the forehead, and backpack strapped around him. He is Z-man. He looks around his surroundings.
"What the hell?" said Z-man. "Okay, Recap. You were hopping rooftop to rooftop trying to get home after stopping a crime and now you're in some apocalyptic setting."
Z-man sees a civilian run by. "Yo, what happened here?"
"I don't know, I'm as clueless as you!"
"Damn!" Z-man leaps on to the top of a building. "I guess I gotta find the answers myself." He continues to leap rooftop to rooftop and stops to scan the area. He can't believe his eyes. "Man, I wish I knew what happened here and where the heck I am because this is starting to freak me out." A scream sounds off near by. "Huh?" He looks to see thugs crowd against a defenseless civilian. "Okay," without hesitation he jumps down from the roof to the ground ready for action. "Hero time!"
The thugs look and before they could react are taken down one by one. "Are you okay?"
"Thank you," replied the civilian, "who ever you are." The civilian runs off.
"Who ever I am? How long was I gone? If I left." Z-man questioned.
He sees a young man with a green bandanna on his head and white coat standing dazed. “Hey dude, you good?”
“Me? Oh yeah, I fine.” replied the young man. “I'm just experiencing a dream is all.”
“What?” Asked Z-man.
“None of this is real right? I'm not here, you're not real, this world is just make believe.”
“Dude, are you high? We're in the middle of what looks like a war zone! How is this not real?"
Z-man starts to feel something approaching. He doesn't know what but he knows its not good. He grabs the young man and leaps away avoiding an explosion. "Whoa."
"Hello Spider-man."
Z-man looks up to see a green armored man with a demonic looking mask standing on a purple metallic glider. The Green Goblin.
"Did you change your costume since last we met?" asked the Goblin.
“He thinks you're Spider-man.” says the young man
"You have got to be frickin' kidding me." said Z-man "You're real!?"
"What do you mean I'm real?" replied Goblin. "Wait, you're not Spider-man!”
“Yeah, you green asshole! Do you see a spider anywhere on me?”
“Who ever you are, I'll deal with you!”
The goblin throws a grenade that resembles a pumpkin. Z-man pushes the young man to the side and flips away from the incoming bombs. "Aw crap, this is happening!" Now knowing the situation has changed, Z-man transforms his arms into giant stone gauntlets. The Goblin throws more bombs. Z-man, with his stone fists, knocks one away and grabs another throwing it back at the Goblin, knocking him back from the explosion. "Boom baby!"
The Goblin gets his composure back and activates a machine gun module from his glider and starts blasting. Z-man covers himself with his stone gauntlets. The goblin stops shooting and flies toward Z-man with blades popping out of the front. Z-man stops the glider with his stone hands with the blades centimeters from his torso and throws the goblin to the side. He transforms his hands back to normal and shoots an energy blast at the glider damaging it. “Bullseye!”
“You little,” Goblin wobbles trying to balance on his glider. He sees the young man in the bandanna and grabs two pumpkin bombs throws both of them, one at Z-man and the other at the young man.
Z-man intercepts by blasting one bomb and zooms to the young saving him.
Goblin escapes shouting, “We'll meet again soon, hero!”
Z-man looks to the young man, “Dumbass! That bomb could have killed you!”
“Would it though?” replied the young man. “It is a dream after all. I can't feel anything.”
Z-man smacks him the face a couple times. “Feel that?”
“Yeah,” replied the young man “Ow, didn't need to smack me that hard.”
“Why do I bother.” Sighs Z-man. “Look, try to find somewhere safe and since you think this is a dream I'm gonna find some answers elsewhere.”
“By the way, who are you?” Asked the young man.
“Z-man!” He leaps leaving the young man alone.
“Funny, I don't recall him at all.” thought the young man. “Huh” He feels a warmth slowly envelope him. He looks to see a sunrise. “Oh my..." he gives a silent pause as tears start creeping down his face. "It's not a dream.”
Somewhere on the rooftops time has passed. Z-man sits down tired. He takes off the mask revealing a fifteen year old boy, Chris Zachary. Dark haired, brown eyed, and a sad look on his face. Thoughts of his family and friends race through his mind as he still doesn't know where he is or how long he'll be staying.
Z: Chris Zachary/Z-man
N: Narrator
The scene fades in on an image of Z-man mid-jump over rooftops on a stary night.
Z: Alright, listen up cus I'm only going to do this once.
overlay image of Civilian Chris Zachery.
Z: My name is Chris Zachery.
Overlay image of Z-man Being struck by lightning and surrounded by goons.
Z: I was chased by some dumbasses into a power plant, and got struck by lightning. And for the last 6 months, I have been acting as the Immortal Z-man.
Overlay image of Z-man in action pose.
Z: I wouldn't have believed you if you'd told me but after that, I: Stopped a drug-pushing teacher, made a costume, and started patroling the streets to make a difference in other people's lives.
Slow fade-in of the white mask guy looking intimidating.
Z: Also had a showdown with a psychotic alien, sent him packing in our FIRST Fight. As for the second fight uhhhhh...
Red X scratches out the white mask guy's face.
Z: We don't talk about the second fight.
the scene fades back to the original image of Z-man mid-jump.
Z: and so I'm out here tonight, finishing a patrol and heading home before my parents notice... BOY, I stayed out too late.
the image fades to black...
N: The young adolescent, so concerned with getting home almost doesn't notice it at first, in fact, the first warning comes from his enhanced senses.
N: The feeling of increased inertia, the unnatural warping of his momentum, the stench that begins to hang in the air, accompanied by a thickening smog in the air.
The scene fades back in, Z-man in the same action pose, but the starry night sky is replaced with a smoggy starless sky, and the modern buildings are replaced with blade runner style cyberpunk buildings (which are honestly just normal buildings that look kinda crappier???)
N: The feeling of being completely displaced.
N: As our hero finds himself moved, 50 feet higher and surrounded by buildings much taller than the ones he was leaping to a moment ago.
Z: Woah... Woah, Woah, WOAH!!!!
Z: Stone fist, Stone Fist, STONE FIST!
sounds of breaking concrete and glass as Z-man slides down a building.
N: Z-man reacts quickly enough to brace for the impact into an oncoming wall. His reinforced body was able to scrape down the side of it with minimal damage.
Loud THUMP sounds
Z: Owwwwwwwwwwwww... what the hell just happened?
Change the image ot be one of Z-man standing in Rollinsberg looking around confused.
Z: Wait this isn't... Where am I? How did I get here, how do I get home...
Sound of commotion or someone screaming.
Z: Well I guess those questions will have to wait, someone needs help.
"What the hell?" said Z-man. "Okay, Recap. You were hopping rooftop to rooftop trying to get home after stopping a crime and now you're in some apocalyptic setting."
Z-man sees a civilian run by. "Yo, what happened here?"
"I don't know, I'm as clueless as you!"
"Damn!" Z-man leaps on to the top of a building. "I guess I gotta find the answers myself." He continues to leap rooftop to rooftop and stops to scan the area. He can't believe his eyes. "Man, I wish I knew what happened here and where the heck I am because this is starting to freak me out." A scream sounds off near by. "Huh?" He looks to see thugs crowd against a defenseless civilian. "Okay," without hesitation he jumps down from the roof to the ground ready for action. "Hero time!"
The thugs look and before they could react are taken down one by one. "Are you okay?"
"Thank you," replied the civilian, "who ever you are." The civilian runs off.
"Who ever I am? How long was I gone? If I left." Z-man questioned.
He sees a young man with a green bandanna on his head and white coat standing dazed. “Hey dude, you good?”
“Me? Oh yeah, I fine.” replied the young man. “I'm just experiencing a dream is all.”
“What?” Asked Z-man.
“None of this is real right? I'm not here, you're not real, this world is just make believe.”
“Dude, are you high? We're in the middle of what looks like a war zone! How is this not real?"
Z-man starts to feel something approaching. He doesn't know what but he knows its not good. He grabs the young man and leaps away avoiding an explosion. "Whoa."
"Hello Spider-man."
Z-man looks up to see a green armored man with a demonic looking mask standing on a purple metallic glider. The Green Goblin.
"Did you change your costume since last we met?" asked the Goblin.
“He thinks you're Spider-man.” says the young man
"You have got to be frickin' kidding me." said Z-man "You're real!?"
"What do you mean I'm real?" replied Goblin. "Wait, you're not Spider-man!”
“Yeah, you green asshole! Do you see a spider anywhere on me?”
“Who ever you are, I'll deal with you!”
The goblin throws a grenade that resembles a pumpkin. Z-man pushes the young man to the side and flips away from the incoming bombs. "Aw crap, this is happening!" Now knowing the situation has changed, Z-man transforms his arms into giant stone gauntlets. The Goblin throws more bombs. Z-man, with his stone fists, knocks one away and grabs another throwing it back at the Goblin, knocking him back from the explosion. "Boom baby!"
The Goblin gets his composure back and activates a machine gun module from his glider and starts blasting. Z-man covers himself with his stone gauntlets. The goblin stops shooting and flies toward Z-man with blades popping out of the front. Z-man stops the glider with his stone hands with the blades centimeters from his torso and throws the goblin to the side. He transforms his hands back to normal and shoots an energy blast at the glider damaging it. “Bullseye!”
“You little,” Goblin wobbles trying to balance on his glider. He sees the young man in the bandanna and grabs two pumpkin bombs throws both of them, one at Z-man and the other at the young man.
Z-man intercepts by blasting one bomb and zooms to the young saving him.
Goblin escapes shouting, “We'll meet again soon, hero!”
Z-man looks to the young man, “Dumbass! That bomb could have killed you!”
“Would it though?” replied the young man. “It is a dream after all. I can't feel anything.”
Z-man smacks him the face a couple times. “Feel that?”
“Yeah,” replied the young man “Ow, didn't need to smack me that hard.”
“Why do I bother.” Sighs Z-man. “Look, try to find somewhere safe and since you think this is a dream I'm gonna find some answers elsewhere.”
“By the way, who are you?” Asked the young man.
“Z-man!” He leaps leaving the young man alone.
“Funny, I don't recall him at all.” thought the young man. “Huh” He feels a warmth slowly envelope him. He looks to see a sunrise. “Oh my..." he gives a silent pause as tears start creeping down his face. "It's not a dream.”
Somewhere on the rooftops time has passed. Z-man sits down tired. He takes off the mask revealing a fifteen year old boy, Chris Zachary. Dark haired, brown eyed, and a sad look on his face. Thoughts of his family and friends race through his mind as he still doesn't know where he is or how long he'll be staying.
ALT Version: First in the fire
This is an alternate versin of the Z-man intro where their the first story you encounter in the story mode.Z: Chris Zachary/Z-man
N: Narrator
The scene fades in on an image of Z-man mid-jump over rooftops on a stary night.
Z: Alright, listen up cus I'm only going to do this once.
overlay image of Civilian Chris Zachery.
Z: My name is Chris Zachery.
Overlay image of Z-man Being struck by lightning and surrounded by goons.
Z: I was chased by some dumbasses into a power plant, and got struck by lightning. And for the last 6 months, I have been acting as the Immortal Z-man.
Overlay image of Z-man in action pose.
Z: I wouldn't have believed you if you'd told me but after that, I: Stopped a drug-pushing teacher, made a costume, and started patroling the streets to make a difference in other people's lives.
Slow fade-in of the white mask guy looking intimidating.
Z: Also had a showdown with a psychotic alien, sent him packing in our FIRST Fight. As for the second fight uhhhhh...
Red X scratches out the white mask guy's face.
Z: We don't talk about the second fight.
the scene fades back to the original image of Z-man mid-jump.
Z: and so I'm out here tonight, finishing a patrol and heading home before my parents notice... BOY, I stayed out too late.
the image fades to black...
N: The young adolescent, so concerned with getting home almost doesn't notice it at first, in fact, the first warning comes from his enhanced senses.
N: The feeling of increased inertia, the unnatural warping of his momentum, the stench that begins to hang in the air, accompanied by a thickening smog in the air.
The scene fades back in, Z-man in the same action pose, but the starry night sky is replaced with a smoggy starless sky, and the modern buildings are replaced with blade runner style cyberpunk buildings (which are honestly just normal buildings that look kinda crappier???)
N: The feeling of being completely displaced.
N: As our hero finds himself moved, 50 feet higher and surrounded by buildings much taller than the ones he was leaping to a moment ago.
Z: Woah... Woah, Woah, WOAH!!!!
Z: Stone fist, Stone Fist, STONE FIST!
sounds of breaking concrete and glass as Z-man slides down a building.
N: Z-man reacts quickly enough to brace for the impact into an oncoming wall. His reinforced body was able to scrape down the side of it with minimal damage.
Loud THUMP sounds
Z: Owwwwwwwwwwwww... what the hell just happened?
Change the image ot be one of Z-man standing in Rollinsberg looking around confused.
Z: Wait this isn't... Where am I? How did I get here, how do I get home...
Sound of commotion or someone screaming.
Z: Well I guess those questions will have to wait, someone needs help.
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