Free Revenge of the ULTRAs (The Last Hero Book 4) by Matt Blake Page A

fell face flat onto the roof, and she went still.
    Adam sighed. Then he turned around and looked back up into the clouds at his disappearing armies, the chants of the people surrounding him.
    He was going to stop Kyle Peters.
    He was going to let the will of the people speak.
    And, most important of all, he was going to take control of this world.
    He wasn’t going to let anyone or anything get in his way.
    It started now.

17
    T his time , my teleportation worked.
    We landed in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. I was immediately hit by the humidity of the place, even though I’d visited here before. The tall trees were all around me, thick and suffocating. They were either good places to hide or terrifying prisons. I still wasn’t sure exactly.
    The sounds of the rainforest were even more terrifying. I could hear the constant chattering of birds and reptiles that I didn’t recognize as familiar by any stretch. Sure, I had powers, and I could deal with whatever creepy crawlies came my way. But I was still a normal guy underneath the Glacies guise. I still didn’t want any damned spiders crawling on me.
    I rested my sweaty hands on my shaky knees and re-gathered my composure. My throat was dry, and the thick, humid air wasn’t exactly easy to inhale. I stood there and I closed my heavy eyes. I didn’t want to think of anything right now. I didn’t want to dwell on any of what had happened. Sure, I knew we needed a plan. But right now I just wanted to lay low more than anything. Regroup.
    “So what’s the next step?”
    Ember’s voice dragged me from my moment of solitude. I looked at him, then I saw Stone, Vortex, and Cassie beside him. Behind them, a few more members of the Resistance, Thunder, who could influence the weather, and Detonate, who could create little bombs in her hands and throw them at her enemies. There were a few others, too, but all of them blended together right now.
    All of them were looking at me for answers.
    “Well, we obviously need to fight back against Adam.”
    “And how do we do that?” Stone asked.
    I swallowed a lump in my dry throat. “That’s what we’re here for. We’re here to figure it out.”
    “There’s no time to figure anything out,” Thunder said. He was black, and wore a sparkling white Adidas shirt with dark skinny jeans. If that was his “look,” then it was hardly the most superhero I’d ever seen. “Adam’s got Roadrunner. We need to—”
    “There’s not a lot we can do for Roadrunner,” I said.
    I wasn’t sure where those words came from. I didn’t like them, either. Because I knew they were true.
    “What?” Ember asked.
    “Roadrunner,” I said, continuing. “She’s had her powers taken away. There’s not a lot we can do for her.”
    “We can at least try and help her,” Vortex said.
    I heard the discontent surrounding me, and I felt everything falling apart at the seams. “Look, I realize what the situation is here. I know what we have to do.”
    “Then tell us,” Detonate said. “Tell us what your plan is.”
    “I…”
    “You don’t have one, do you?” Ember said.
    I sighed and looked to the ground. “We’ve fought Saint. We defeated him. The most powerful ULTRA in existence and we stopped him. We can defeat this joker.”
    “But how?” Vortex asked. “How are we supposed to defeat him if we can’t even get near to him?”
    It was a fair point. And as much as the discontent amongst the ULTRAs upset me, I knew the concerns were perfectly legit. “We’ll figure that out.”
    “What, now?” Ember asked. “We’ll figure it out right now, will we?”
    “I’m doing my best here.”
    Stone snorted. “If this is your best, I’d hate to see your worst.”
    I saw then that every single ULTRA here was looking at me with disappointment. Like I’d been the one to bring this on. “You blame me. Don’t you?”
    Stone shrugged. “All I’m saying is, if you hadn’t gone all batshit reckless, then maybe people would respect