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They wanted to be the very men who could strike terror into any criminal's heart but the reality was that for both Silver Streak and Blue Thunder, they were still very much the Boy Wonders to otherwise superior heroes. Constantly undermined by their mentors and told not to take any dangerous risks without their say so, both Streak and Thunder decided it was time for them to venture out on their own.

 

Sneaking away from their mentors (whose alter egos had to attend another society ball), the boys ventured out on their own to crack a crime without being told that they were too inexperienced to do battle with anyone bigger than a henchman. 

 

Although they didn't intend to cross paths with one another, both Blue Thunder and Silver Streak found themselves drawn to the same warehouse. A shipment of blood diamonds had come in and when the two spotted each other, they agreed to work together in order to make the bust. Thunder even suggested that if this bust went well they could maybe ditch their mentors and form their own crime fighting duo of equal partners, given that they were the same age and had the same experiences. Streak agreed to the idea.

What the duo hadn't realised is that while they were busy making future plans, two of the henchmen for the notorious criminal mastermind, Mr X Dynamite had snuck up behind them, overpowered the pair and dragged them in front of Mr X Dynamite, who seemed more amused to see them than anything.

 

"Look who we got here, boss," Henchmen 1 who had a tight hold of Blue Thunder while Henchmen 2 was holding onto Silver Streak just as tightly. 

 

"Little Blue and Little Red," Henchmen 2 interrupted a little enthusiastically.

"It's Blue Thunder," Blue Thunder said insulted, struggling in the bigger man's grip.

 

"And Silver Streak, not red," Silver Streak also replied, similarly insulted. Mr X Dynamite picked up on the sidekicks disdain.

 

"You're insulted?" Mr X Dynamite said, raising an eyebrow. "Here I am, planning the biggest blood diamond heist this city has seen and who do I get to try and stop me - you two losers? I couldn't have an interesting adversary and have both your mentors show up to try and stop me? No, I get you two brats."

 

"We're not brats," Silver Streak protested before a hand was clamped over his mouth.

 

"Let us go, Dynamite," Blue Thunder struggled again, before adding in cocky manner. "We've got you. Your empire is going down."

 

"Oh, no, you silly boys, it is I have got you," Mr X Dynamite replied, slapping both Silver Streak and Blue Thunder across their faces. Both sidekicks winced. X Dynamite then turned to his henchmen. "I think these two could do with being made to feel uncomfortably. You know what to do."

 

"Sure do, boss," Henchmen 1 said before giving Blue Thunder a sinister look. Henchmen 2 did the same with Silver Streak.

 

"Let's go, boys."

 

Both Blue Thunder and Silver Streak were dragged into a dark room. With no utility belts, the dark and the fact that the henchmen were both twice their size and stronger than them, it didn't take long for both sidekicks to wind up on the ground, tightly bound and gagged.

 

Both sidekicks squirmed in their bonds, trying desperately to call for help, to free themselves and neither of them succeeding. They had gotten in way over their heads and given that neither of their mentors seemed to be aware of X Dynamite's blood diamond heist or what Blue Thunder or Silver Streak had planned for the night, it would be up to the sidekicks to get themselves out of this tight situations.

 

Hours later and still unable to free themselves, Mr X Dynamite had opened the dark room they were bound and gagged in to let them know that his heist went off without a hitch but because of their meddling, there would be serious consequences for both sidekicks to face. Both Blue Thunder and Silver Streak looked at each other with dread and pity, realising that for all of their overconfidence, there was a reason why they would never be anything more than sidekicks.