Chapter 12: Nightmare Sensation

Stacy Page is a young reporter in her mid 20s and could be considered as a newcomer in the field of media so it was rare for her to get big stories to report.

Midnight yesterday, she received a call from her section leader to write a report on a petty vigilante that appeared just minutes ago.

They entrusted her the job because they thought it was a dead end. The vigilante has a mask and finding the witnesses would be too hard. If her story exaggerated or missed something, then her reputation would decline.

In the beginning, everyone welcomed her with smiles because of her beautiful looks. However, when a bigshot wanted to ‘interact’ with her, she turned him down. Naturally, she had offended him and ever since then, she was continually being suppressed in her career.

But this time, they made a mistake.

They all thought that this vigilante called Nightmare was just some petty thug wearing a helmet.

Then the phone calls came in.

And each call came from a different side of the city!

Word of [Nightmare] spread like wildfire!

In no time at all, everyone knew the existence of the masked vigilante.

The man without a head!

The man who can fly!

The man who disappeared like smoke!

The man whose touch can make you see your worst nightmare!

Immediately, the bigshot tried to suppress Stacy again but the section leader was on her side and created excuses that he can no longer retract the deal.

The bigshot knew he can still force him to replace her but didn’t. His enmity to her wasn’t that big of a deal after all, and besides, vigilantes like this Nightmare tend to die out in time. Once he’s gone, Stacy would naturally stop her report. This was just a momentary comeback.

Little did he know...that this story would continue for centuries! And possibly a millenia! It was this moment that the birth of [Nightmare] in history books would forever be written along with the person who reported him, Stacy Page!

Excited, Stacy’s drowsiness was gone in a blink of an eye and immediately changed her clothes while making phone calls.

“Hello Alissa? This is Stacy, can I have a favor from the New York Police Department?...Yeah, it’s for a report in CNN. There is a CCTV camera at the street…Oh, you’re also looking over it? Then, I’ll come over right now.” (Stacy)

“Hello? Trace? Still working night shift in Lower Manhattan Hospital? Yeah, some thugs were recently brought in right?...Yes, thank you, I would like to know their condition...yes, I’ll come over today. Thank you.” (Stacy)

“Hey Sean, you’re still awake right? Do something for me will you? You know the Nightmare incidents? Yeah, track down the witnesses for me will you? Thanks!...No! I’m not dating you for this! You still owe me one now get going!” (Stacy)

Stacy already got to her car by the time she finished the phone calls. Since the hospital was nearby, she decided to stop by there first.

Upon reaching the hospital, she immediately looked for her friend, Trace.

Seeing the familiar short haired blonde nurse, she waved over to call her.

“Trace! Hey, the thugs that came here recently...” (Stacy)

“Oh, you’re here. Yeah, this is really a weird case. Look, they’ve all turned into complete idiots and they can’t even recognize words...well, all except for one word.” (Trace)

Trace beckoned her over to the door’s window to look inside the room. There laid a handful of roughly dressed thugs, all staring into nothingness.

“That word...could it be Ni-” (Stacy)

“Sssh! Don’t say it! If you do, they’ll all become crazy and we would have to sedate them all again! Last time, some of the doctors were even injured!” (Trace)

Hearing this, Stacy forced the word back to her throat and didn’t dare to say it anymore even if she knows that they’re outside the room and would probably not be heard anyway.

“What happened?” (Stacy)

“Well, we’re not exactly sure...best we can tell is that they suffered a severe psychological trauma and are in a state of absentmindedness for a long period of time. Doctors like us can’t cure them so we’ll be transferring them to psychologists. Sorry, that’s all we know.” (Trace)

“It’s fine. Can I take some pictures?” (Stacy)

“You know I can’t allow that.” (Trace)

“Then, can I know which hospital they will be transferred? And when?” (Stacy)

After getting the details, Stacy drove off to the NYPD to meet a detective and a friend of hers.

Luckily for her, Alissa was someone especially leading this case.

“What? Tonight wasn’t the first Nightmare incident?” (Stacy)

Upon reaching the police department, she was pulled by Alissa into her office.

There, she found out about the incident this afternoon.

It seems that Nightmare’s first appearance was when he saved the Drew family’s young miss, Ina Drew, from some kidnappers this afternoon.

What’s weird was that his appearance changed a bit and back then, he was even speaking.

“He sure is childish enough. He was probably in a hurry back then and couldn’t complete his costume so he just improvised. Hmph!” (Alissa)

“Uhh, did he do something to you or what? You seem really angry at him for some reason.” (Stacy)

“Hmph! That’s guy’s probably laughing his ass off that I can’t catch him! I’ll let that bastard see just how long he can run from this lady!” (Alissa)

“O...kay...Anyway, is it fine for you to say all of these to me?” (Stacy)

“Hm? Yeah. The Commissioner said that we should cooperate with the media on this. Otherwise, we would have more troubles. It’s better to just hide the more important details and share the others than hiding everything and risk it all being exposed in the future.” (Alissa)

Right after that, she handed over some files that she had already investigated to Stacy.

“I can’t give you all of them since there are some hypothetical findings that we can’t prove yet.” (Alissa)

“Nn, that’s fine. Can I see the footages?” (Stacy)

“Sure, it’s this way.” (Alissa)

Without taking breaks, Stacy looked over all evidences and researches on Nightmare. Finally, it’s time to go on air.

* * *

Meanwhile, in the internet, a fierce storm was happening.

All the top threads in the forums would always have either the words [Nightmare], [Vigilante], [Superhero], [Superpowers], and such.

Naturally, they’re all talking about the same thing.

Nightmare.

ChimiFuckingChanga!: Shit! This is real right!? Am I actually witnessing the origin story of a superhero!? Or better yet, an anti-hero!

Sh!ttyLyf: This is real alright! I happened to be one of the witnesses! You can’t believe it! He appeared out of nowhere and disappeared like smoke!

HateHateHate: Shit’s about to get interesting now!

FuckFacts: Let’s talk about his ability to disappear into thin smoke. Do you think he only covers himself in a camouflage suit then releases smoke from his sleeves? It’s kinda interesting for him to use cutting-edge technology along with magic tricks.

INeedaGirlfriend: Dude, use some of your imaginations! All will make sense if you just think he has superpowers!

ChimiFuckingChanga!: Right! You should bring out your inner childhood! Tell me you aren’t the least bit excited in this!?

FuckFacts: I’m just stating the facts here!

Troll_Overlord: Damn, you’re saying that with that kind of username!? And here I thought I’m the troll master!

NightmareNumber1Fan: This is a newly created account solely to worship Master Nightmare. Brothers, this little one has something to share to all of you. The link below would redirect you to a video that I risked my life to record! Today was a normal day like everyday as usual, however, I happened to have heard something that I shouldn’t have and was suddenly thrown in the middle of an underground war! Thankfully, Master Nightmare showed up and he, alone, went against a hundred armed men! If you don’t believe this, then go look at the video! I posted this video right after I got home so I didn’t even get any chance to edit it and the incident also happened a few hours ago so whatever you see in the video is 100% REAL!

ChimiFuckingChanga: Holy shit mother of god! Is this really real!? Those bullets didn’t even kill him!? He should wear a fucking red suit instead and call himself Deadpool!

Nobody000: I see there’s a Deadpool fan here.

PeterParker: Spiderman is better!

FuckFacts: Hey! We’re talking about Nightmare here! And while we’re at it, dude! That’s an insane video right there! How did he do that? It’s like his body isn’t real! And did he just teleport! Fuck! He just used telekinesis! You know what? Fuck this shit! I don’t care anymore! It’s better to just think he has superpowers than have a headache thinking about stupid logics!

Sh!ttyLyf: You’re finnally making sense there. Also, this is indeed amazing!

NightmareNumber1Fan: Right!? Let’s make a Nightmare cult! Let’s devote Master Nightmare as our God!

INeedaGirlfriend: Dude, I am amazed by Nightmare but calling him God is too much.

HateHateHate: Yeah, calling him a saint is fine though. But God? That’s too presumptuous don’t you think?

UltimateAnon: Not really. Look, he’s clearly powerful, omnipotent, and he’s been taking on criminals so he isn’t a bad person. What else is he lacking that he can’t be a God?

Sh!ttyLyf: When you say it like that, it does make some sense?

ChimiFuckingChanga!: Who the hell cares!? Just live in the moment guys! We are living in an era of superheroes! First is Nightmare, then, others would show up! If you think about it, we’re all witnessing the start of a new era!

GamerGurl: Right! What he said!

Flower*Ranger: Kyaaa, how nice would it be if Nightmare appear before me like a knight in shining armor of the fairy tales!

HateHateHate: Dude’s in all black though…

Sh!ttyLyf: True, but you can’t denny that he looks pretty damn hot.

INeedaGirlfriend: ...Why aren’t I born with powers!? I wanna be a chick magnet too!!!

ChimiFuckingChanga!: Whoa, wait a sec, am I the only one who thought that @Sh!ttyLyf is a man until now!?

UltimateAnon: 1st rule of the internet mate. Everyone is a man unless proven otherwise.

PeterParker: By the way, I’m a girl.

HateHateHate: Like shit you are!

NightmareNumber1Fan: Why can’t Master Nightmare be a woman?...I bet she’ll look sexy in that costume...hehehe…

Sh!ttyLyf: Hey! Are you supposed to lust over your God!?

NightmareNumber1Fan: Lusting is such a strong word...I’m merely worshiping…

Nobody000: ...I bet he just turned gay at this moment.

ChimiFuckingChanga!: Chimichangas!

Such conversations happened in every thread in the forums. All talking about the same thing, yet with different topics.

Some talked about his powers, some tried to theorize which technologies he used, some were purely worshiping him, some started to guess his secret identity...there were all kinds of topics and none of them seems to stop anytime soon!

It is unknown who called it but, a netizen gave this incident a name that will be remembered for a very long time.

Nightmare Sensation!

Author's Mumblings

There, a new chapter 12...

I didn't write the same thing as the previous one...actually, this is basically a different chapter already.

Anyway, this chapter has no licking, or touching scenes. Heck, there's not even a naked scene!...Actually, Max isn't even here at all!

Somehow, I added another girl...well, whatever.

Also, I know I said before that the story will be written as how I will act myself as the MC. Well, that was before I have a proper storyline so I can only rely on my own way of thinking. Now, I've already thought of a proper storyline so I can't think like that anymore.

Get it!? I'm not a lolicon! Rather, I like older women more!

That's all.

Let's meet again in the next chapter!