Twisted Heroes

I suddenly jolt up from my bed, breathing heavily, I was in the hospital, hooked up to an IV, and a heart monitor, I looked down at my wrist which had the IV attached. I saw out the window, my hero mentor shouting at a doctor, I tried to sit up to get a better look, but a sharp pain shot through my head. I held my head as I groaned.

?: "Careful squirt..."

I looked over to where the voice was, next to me, there was the notorious villain, R, that always fought my mentor, and the other heroes. He was quite tall and a quite muscular, he had a big scar going from his forehead, down to his left eye, and ended at his bottom lip. He had black hair that was up to his neck, it was pretty messy, and he had piercing blue eyes, and he had more of a relaxed look, that was pretty scary considering he can just kill me anytime and he wouldn't care. He was reading a magazine and sitting in the chair next to me with his legs crossed grinning sinisterly at me, I tried to sit up fast again but I held my head with both hands as I felt a sharp pain. He laughed at me and put his magazine down and stood up.

R: "Calm down squirt, I'm not trying to hurt you, am I?"

I just looked at him, sighing and turning my head back to the window to see if someone saw R from the outside hall, and then looked back at him. I couldn't do anything, he was so much more powerful than me that even if I tried to fight him, especially in this state, I would probably die.

R: "Well, I'm sure your wondering why I'm here, its to say sorry, for what happened earlier."

I look at him, thinking about what he could be talking about.

R: "Do you remember or do I need to jog your memory?"

I just shook my head.

R: "Not chatty much are you? well, you were on patrol correct? and then one of my goons accidently charged at you, he wasn't suppose to be in that area and just saw you at the wrong time in the wrong place. Ill give it to you, you put up one hell of a fight with that power of yours, you won even, but almost killed yourself in the process. from what I saw you were in a cocoon like state, you were dying in your own plants that you made, so I got you out of there and took you to your mentor. Obviously tried to fight me, but I just set you down and left, and now I'm here to check on you squirt."

That jogged my memory a lot, I remember passing out when I won the fight, and my power not responding to me.

Willow: "Why...didn't you kill me?

R: "Oh now you wanna talk huh? Well seeing you like that was just kinda pathetic, and if I just killed you then and there, what's the point yeah? I guess that's why I'm not killing you now too, I at least want a good match."

I looked down at my hands, they were still shaken.

Willow: "Well, thank you then"

R: "Sure squirt, now if you will excuse me, I have to get going because your 'mother' is about to come in any second, and I don't want to have to explain to her, while she's trying to kick my ass, why I'm here"

Willow: "Wait, what did you just call-"

I look over, he was gone, out the window I'm guessing because it was wide open, just then, my mentor, Ruby, or her hero name, Upper, cam into the room. She was a bit taller than me, had a x like scar on her cheek, and another scar on the side of her lip, she always had a serious look except for right now, she was worried. She had short a bit dark red hair, and green piercing eyes, and she was pretty jacked considering her power was strength. She sighed heavily and saw I was awake and ran over to my bed sitting beside me.

Ruby: "Jesus, are you okay kid? Are you still hurt?"

She placed a hand on my head and one on my cheek to see If i was warm or check for injuries, I never seen her like this.

Willow: "No no, I'm alright, just a slight headache"

Ruby: "Okay okay good, I don't know what I would do if.... anyway, can you remember anything?"

Willow: "I, was fighting one of R's goons."

Ruby: "You were?"

Willow: "Yeah, and I won, I passed out after, I don't know what happened, then I woke up a few minutes ago."

I know if I tell her that R was here, she would flip, especially since he apologized straight up like that, she either wouldn't believe me, or be out for him more now.

Ruby: "Well what happened was you almost died, from what the doctors could tell it was like your power was trying to kill you, good thing someone found you in time."

Willow: "I, I'm sorry Upper, I lost control like that and I-"

She held my shoulders and looked at me dead in my face.

Ruby: "Never apologize for what you can't control, you didn't know that would happen, and you were only doing your job, alright?"

I looked up at her and nodded, this was nice, I didn't know why but I felt comforted somewhat.

Ruby: "Lucky for you, I called you dad and told him you were alright, and the doctors said you out get out of here by tonight, sound good kid?"

Willow: "Is it alright If I spend the night at the HQ again?"

Ruby: "Why? you have been staying there for a whole two weeks, I don't think the demon is happy that your not even paying rent, besides, isn't your dad worried?"

Demon was referring to another hero named Phoenix, his name was Robert, but when she started to talk about my dad I just looked down at my hands again. They weren't shaken but, I thought about my dad, I didn't dislike him, he was my father, but he was always shady, and never spent time with me. Barely even talked to me, it was just me and my older sister in the end, but now that I have interacted with others and fully talked to someone now, I just didn't want to be alone. Ruby sees this and sighs.

Ruby: "Look, if you want, go back home today, and Ill talk to the demon about when you can stay tomorrow at the HQ, sound good?"

I nodded and smiled at her.

Ruby: "Good, for now, go home, and rest tomorrow. Well, I'll be on my way now, there's not a specific time you should leave, just anywhere after five they said, you going to be okay kid?"

Willow: "I'll be fine."

Ruby left and shortly after, I got changed out of my hospital clothes and signed out of the hospital, I called my older sister because I knew my father would be too busy to pick me up. My sister came by as I was walking out of the emergency room, she was smoking as she saw me, she always had more of a death stare in her eyes, she got it from father. She had long fluffy hair like mine, but it was black, she had sharp features and pale skin, she put out her cigarette. I got to the passenger seat as she got into the driver seat, we sat in silence as we drove a long way home, when we got to a red light. I needed to break the silence, it felt too uncomfortable.

Willow: "Eliza I-"

Eliza: "Willow, I know what happened."

Willow: "Your upset."

Eliza: "I'm not upset."

Willow: "You sound upset.."

Eliza: "Because my voice is always monotone doesn't mean that I am upset with you always"

I raised my legs to my chest and hugged them, as I rested my head on my knees looking out the window.

Eliza: "What do you want me to say? Congrats you're not dead? I'm just glad your alive right now and well"

Eliza rubbed her head as she sighed.

Eliza: "I'm sorry alright? It's just hard seeing my little sister that disappeared for weeks to go do hero work and then almost gets killed."

Willow: "I know, it's just... I'm sorry"

We both got home and I got out of the car as Eliza stopped me before I went inside.

Eliza: "just know, Father isn't exactly, happy, he's proud and upset at the same time"

Willow: "I'm suspired you can read him at all, he's so dead in his voice and face, I wouldn't tell"

Eliza shrugged and walked inside before me.

Eliza: "For now just go to sleep, If you get hungry, there's leftover curry in the fridge"

I nodded as I went to my room, I closed the door behind me and laid on my bed staring at the ceiling, I stretched as I wondered about my father more. He had black hair, was thin and tall, from what people told me about him he was a very successful businessman, but he always was shady. He brought strange people I have never seen before over, and always privately talked to them, and told us to wait somewhere else. I suppose that's why I never felt comfortable around him, or in this house, my sister really had no choice but become like him though. My father made her do the same things as him, go to his collage, spire in the same business as him, and eventually she will ethererate my father's business. I always felt bad because her only jobs were to babysit me, and grow up to be the man she hardly even knew, I shook my head as I sat up. I really couldn't sleep, so I went through my closet, my hero outfit was missing, but then remembered Ruby must have taken it back to get it fixed. I closed my closet as I lied down again, I cured up after turning off the lights next to me, I was shaky again. I was thinking about how close to death I was, how my own power could do that to me, It felt so scary and embarrassing at the same time. I cant believe I let myself get like that, I hope no one will see me like that again, like R, if he didn't have pity on me, or felt I was pathetic, I would have died even if I didn't kill myself. I really just want to be stronger, so that wont happen again, and then I could protect myself and not worry about someone else doing that for me. Because honestly that's just childish, and I don't want to be a child anymore, no, I'm not a child, I'm 20, I'm a adult right? And that night, ever since years, I could, not, sleep because I felt so, helpless.