Looking for a Hero

2

"Hello, Mrs. Moreno," Reena greeter the older woman.

Both her and Marcus had quickly washed up and changed clothes before meeting up in the trainning hall.

"Please, call me Anita," Marcus's mother spoke.

"Anita," Reena awkwardly spoke.

She still didn't think she was familiar enough with them to be on first name basis.

"Marcus, sweetie. You took too long," Anita scolded.

"Thanks, mom," he deadpanned.

"Now join the others in training," the woman gestured to them.

Reena pulled her still damp hair into a ponytail and followed Marcus into the trainning hall. It was a large elaborate room with various devices and obstacle courses.

Miracle Guy was punching holographic boulders while Blinding Fast was running laps. Vox was fighting holographic soldiers while Red Lightning Fury was shocking flying projectiles. Crimson Legend was blowing up things while Crushing Low was taking down holographic buildings. Invisi Girl was practicing her invisibility endurance, and Tech-No was creating new inventions for his usage. The only ones not there were Lavagirl and Sharkboy.

That was the trick of their trainning room. The holographic projections had real physical weight to them. They may have been made of computerized pixels, but they could punch them right back just as hard. They could manipulate the weight of the objects to be as heavy or light as needed. The wasn't much they couldn't prepare for in here.

Marcus unsheathed his swords and ran towards some computer to get some holographic fighters for himself.

She, on the other hand, started towards the virtual simulator, but a voice stopped her.

"What are you doing?" Anita asked.

"Trainning...," she trailed off because why did that sound like the wrong answer.

She took in the woman's stance. It was slightly harder than normal, but there was still that motherly feel she resonated. The woman could be strict, and she understood why Marcus would be frustrated by her, but overall there was a deep love between the pair.

"You're always wondering why you were chosen for the Heroics, but you never give yourself a reason to answer that," Anita wisely spoke, "Now take this and go fight some foes."

The woman handed her a staff to wield. She had one collapsed in her belt, but this would be fine too.

She took the instrument and walked over to the fighting area where Vox was too. She stuck some cotton in her ears to save her from being in the way of her abilities. She didn't want her hearing to be damaged long term.

She swung the staff around and slashed at the holographic fighter. It blocked her blow and slashed his weapon at her. She ducked to dodged and spun around and kicked it back. She spun around again and slashed the staff across its chest.

Hearing a sound behind her, she swished the staff around hit back the piece of holographic boulder that had accidentally gotten away from Miracle Guy.

She flipped backwards and threw the staff into the shoulder of the holographic fighter. She pulled her grappling hook from her belt and tossed it at the staff. She pulled on the rope, and the figure tumbled towards her. She just leaned back and kicked it down, and while she was doing this, she pulled her staff and hook back to her side.

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While this was going on, Anita and Marcus were on a ledge observing her and the others in the trainning hall.

"Do you still think she's not a hero?" Anita asked him.