Lucas Flint - The Dimension Heroes Trilogy Box Set: The Complete Series

The Dimension Heroes Trilogy Box Set:

The Complete Series

Lucas Flint

Published by Secret Identity Books. An imprint of Annulus Publishing.

Copyright Lucas Flint 2020. All rights reserved.

Contact: luke@lucasflint.com

Cover design by Damonza

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Originally published individually as Crossover , Team Up , and Amalgamation .

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Book 1:

Crossover

CHAPTER ONE

W hile being a sidekick didnt pay nearly as well as being an actual superhero, Alex Fryalso known as Beams, the sidekick of the famous superhero Rubbermanhad come to love the job. In the year since he had started working as a sidekick, Beams had saved his city from multiple threats, not to mention learned a thing or two about the actual superhero business itself from his boss, Rubberman, who was more like a mentor than a boss. Beams enjoyed protecting his city, family, and friends from the criminals and supervillains who sought to harm them, and he had to admit that having his own fan club and getting paid to do it wasnt so bad, either.

But if there was one thing Beams both loved and hated about the business, it was the unpredictability of it all. Some days, you might find yourself preventing a bank heist being pulled off by the local criminal gang. Other days, you might find yourself going toe-to-toe with a fanatic who believed that holding a high school full of students hostage was the ideal way to stick it to the man. And on others still, you might have to avoid getting killed by an assassin hired by a rival corporation that wanted your boss business.

And then, on some days, you found yourself at the vanguard of a full-on alien invasion of Earth, made even worse by the knowledge that Beams could have prevented it entirely if he had just thought through things a bit better six months ago.

The day had started out normal enough. Beams had woken up, showered, and got dressed before having breakfast with his parents and his older brother, James, who was in town for the summer due to his college being out for the summer. James, being the helpful big brother he was, had offered to take Beams to the local mall to help him pick up chicks, but Beams had refused because he had to get to work. Beams workload had increased since the start of summer, though it was mostly because Beams didnt have any school in the summer, which meant he had more free time to dedicate to Rubbermans business.

Looking back, though, Beams wondered what would have happened if he decided to play hooky. Beams never believed in the whole butterfly effect phenomenon, but he wondered if there was an alternate universe somewhere where he accepted his brothers offer to go pick up chicks and the alien invasion never happened.

Its not helpful to regret the past, Rubberman always told Beams. Just learn from your mistakes and make sure you dont repeat them in the future. Thats all we can do.

That was true enough, but when a huge alien spaceship descended from the sky above and sent out dozens of strange, flying creatures screeching at the top of their lungs, Beams wondered how this was his fault.

It happened when Beams was about halfway between his house and the Elastic Cave, his boss base. He had taken his usual shortcut to the Elastic Caves false storefront entrance, hoping to get to work early so he and Rubberman could get started on their daily patrol. Rubberman had informed Beams that they would be doing their usual afternoon patrol today, with Rubberman using the Rubbermobile and Beams using the Beams Cycle. Beams loved the Beams Cycle, because it was a motorcycle designed specifically for him and he rarely got to ride it.

The sky had been cloudy and thundering, with lightning lighting up the sky every now and then, but it didnt make sense to Beams, because the weather app on his phone had said that it was supposed to be bright and sunny today. It was especially strange given how it was August, which was usually the hottest and driest month of the year for Texas. But Beams had dismissed it as the weather app being wrong as usual and hadnt thought to bring along his umbrella or raincoat.

Still, the thunder had become so severe that Beams almost considered turning around and heading back home when the alien spaceship first descended from the sky.

At first, when Beams saw it, he thought he must have forgotten his glasses and was maybe seeing an airplane or something. But when Beams raised his fingers up to his eyes and felt the rim of his glasses, he realized that his eyes were working perfectly fine and his glasses were on his face where they were supposed to be.

Coming to a stop on his bike, Beams looked up at the massive alien spaceship as it descended from the clouds like some kind of god. The spaceship resembled a giant flying saucer, except with a weird pillar-like thing sticking out underneath it. Lightning crackled along its surface and Beams realized that the thunder he had heard earlier was not actually thunder at all, but the engine of the ship itself. Though the ship looked unarmed, an ominous chill went down Beams spine nonetheless.

A sudden ringing from his pocket made Beams start. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and, seeing it was Rubberman, answered the call and said, Hey, boss, do you see what Im seeing?

If what youre seeing is a gigantic alien spaceship hovering over downtown Golden City, then yes, I see it, said Rubbermans voice over his phone. Im watching it through the monitors in the Elastic Cave. Where are you?

Beams looked around at his surroundings. Im in an empty alleyway near downtown Golden City, about halfway between my house and the Elastic Cave.

Okay, said Rubberman. Adams suggested I call you to make sure youre okay.

Nah, Im fine, boss, Beams said, glancing up at the spaceship, though Im not sure for how much longer, given how dangerous that thing looks.

Get to the Elastic Cave as fast as you can, said Rubberman. We have no idea how dangerous these aliens are, so

All of a sudden, the phone connection cut out. Beams looked at his phone screen and saw that he had no data at all, which was odd because he had just renewed his plan yesterday.

Beams dialed Rubbermans number again, but he just got the out of order sound. That wasnt good.

Slipping his phone back into his pocket, Beams decided to make a run for the Elastic Cave when he heard a strange screeching sound above. Looking up, Beams wished he hadnt, because the creatures he saw flying down from the spaceship would live in his nightmares forever.