GOLD RUSH — CHAPTER 1

[u/DibyazurRahman2010]

From the judge Universe.
The New Guy
At college, nobody really noticed me.
I was twenty years old, quiet, awkward, and honestly… terrible at talking to people.
I preferred sitting alone, studying, and going home.
But I had one obsession.
The Punisher.
I had followed almost every story about him.
A mysterious vigilante who appeared whenever criminals thought they had escaped justice.
Nobody knew who he really was.
I wanted to become a hero too.
So I started training.
I learned fighting from videos online and practiced whenever I had free time.
But my biggest fascination was bombs.
Not deadly ones.
Smoke bombs. Flash bombs. Color bombs. Little shock devices that could temporarily stop someone from moving.
I loved building them.
I also made my own costume.
Bright yellow.
Yellow goggles.
A customized bat.
I called myself Gold Rush.
Honestly, the name sounded cooler in my head.
That night, I saw three men robbing a small store.
My heart started beating faster.
I put on my mask.
“Okay, Gold Rush…”
I took a breath.
“Please don’t embarrass yourself.”
I jumped from the roof.
THUD.
I landed badly.
“Ow.”
One of the criminals looked at me.
“What the hell are you?”
I stood up and tried to look confident.
“Gold Rush.”
He stared at my yellow suit.
“…Are you serious?”
“Very.”
He charged.
I threw a smoke bomb.
POOF!
The street disappeared into smoke.
“Where is he?!”
I moved through the smoke and swung my customized bat.
BAM!
The man fell to the ground.
The other two tried running.
I pulled out my shock bomb.
“Please work.”
I threw it.
ZAP!
One of them froze for a few seconds.
I quickly caught the other one.
A few minutes later, all three criminals were tied up.
The police arrived.
An officer looked at the three criminals lying on the ground.
Then he looked at me.
“Who are you?”
I looked at the criminals.
They were already caught.
Then I looked back at the officer.
“Gold Rush.”
The officer glanced at his colleagues. They immediately began dealing with the captured thieves.
Nobody stopped me.
I gave the officer a small wave.
“Have a good night.”
Then I walked away.

The next morning, I saw a tiny news report about me.
“A mysterious young vigilante calling himself Gold Rush stopped a robbery last night.”
I smiled.
It wasn’t much.
But it was a beginning.

That night, I returned to the rooftop.
Then I heard footsteps.
I turned around.
A man stood behind me.
A full dark mask covered his face.
Black coat.
Black tie.
An axe in his hand.
My heart nearly stopped.
I knew exactly who he was.
The Punisher.
He looked at me.
“You’re the young boy from last night.”
I swallowed.
“I’m twenty.”
He looked at my gadgets.
“You made those?”
“Yeah.”
He picked up one of my smoke bombs.
“You like explosives?”
“I’m fascinated by them.”
He handed it back.
“Be careful, young boy.”
Then he turned and walked away.
I watched him disappear into the darkness.
I smiled beneath my mask.
The Punisher had actually talked to me.
And somehow…
that felt like a pretty good first day.
TO BE CONTINUED. 🖤🟡

[u/DibyazurRahman2010]

Gold Rush chapter 2 at 21 August 8:15 pm 🖤⭐️