Re: Condiment King and Paste Pot Pete. Everyone's favorite worst villains.
Paste Pot Pete? Condiment King? Those were the stupidest super villain names Tommy had ever heard. Those guys had to have lost a bet. Maybe this was some kind of warped fraternity hazing. And who ripped off restaurant customers anyway? It wasn't like the city had a shortage of banks. These guys were special, with a capital S.
It'd taken him a bit, but Tommy managed to free him (and his sneakers, no cheap plastic rental shoes here) from the glue. He blinked, watching dumbly for a moment as Eli's fist met the idiot's face. Chalk one up for the quiet kid.
"Nice one," he said, then surged forward careful to side step the glue that had stopped Eli. "I got this."
Tommy's first punch connected with Pete's jaw and he followed it up with a flurry of jabs to the guy's stomach. Either the guy had some padding in his costume or he needed to cut down on the Twinkies. Tommy easily sidestepped as Pete lashed out with one fist and was about to deliver what he figured would be the coup de grace when he caught a glob of glue in the face.
Okay, in retrospect, maybe he should have gone for the weapon first.