Rise of the Superheroes

Chapter 6 -Edited-

"You won't win Illusion Master, you're outnumbered!" Echo yelled getting into her fighting position.

"I may be outnumbered, but one of you is weak," Illusion Master said.

"Did you forget about us?" Riker, Blake, and Myles said unison.

"How did you get in?!" Illusion Master exclaimed.

"Um, about that, we may have put a tracking device on Echo and we kind of burned down your house," Blake said.

"B-but don't worry, I put it out before it could spread," Myles said, nudging Blake.

"Hey! What was that for?!" Blake yelled.

"Here we go again," Riker, Echo, and Nyra said, face palming.

"Where'd he go?!" Blake yelled.

They looked around to find Illusion Master gone.

"It doesn't matter now, we need to get Nyra out of here," Echo said, putting Nyra's arm around her shoulder.

They went outside the abandoned house and started walking toward Blake's house. They put Nyra on Blake's bed and Echo and Myles went to go get a first aid kit.

"I knew you wouldn't leave us like that," Myles said.

"Well, I'm not going to lie I was actually planning to work for Illusion Master," Echo told Myles.

"I'm glad you didn't because then we would've lost," Myles said.

"And why would you say that?" Echo asked.

Myles stopped and grabbed Echo's hand. She turned around with a confused look on her face.

"Because you're smart, you know you're the cleverest, kind hearted, prettiest person I've met," Myles confessed.

Echo stood there flustered no one has ever told her anything like that. "Oh, um, haha t-thanks," Echo nervously said.

"What is taking you guys so- ohhhh," Blake said, spotting the two holding hands.

Echo and Myles looked at their hands and looked back up at each other. "S-sorry," Echo and Myles said in unison. "No, I'm sorry," they said together again. "Stop copying me! No you-," Echo and Myles shouted until Blake interrupted.

"*coughs* Um, are you two lovebirds going to get the first aid kit or are you guys going to keep on shouting at each other," Blake said.

"We'll get it!" Echo and Myles shouted.

"Ok then," Blake said, chuckling. Blake went back to his room to see Nyra laying on his bed all bruised up and in pain. He couldn't look at her, knowing that he is the reason she is hurt. He just stood near the door frame leaning against the wall.

"Hey you ok?" Echo asked walking with Myles.

"I feel so guilty I'm the reason Nyra is hurt," Blake said, pulling his knees to his chest.

"Blake, it's ok," Echo said, sitting next to him.

"I'm going to give Nyra the first aid kit," Myles said.

Echo nodded while trying to comfort Blake.

"But it's not ok she's hurt because of me. I should've been the one hurt, not her," Blake said, sobbing.

Echo hugged Blake and confessed, "She did it for you, she didn't want you to get hurt so she sacrificed herself."

"But why?" Blake asked, calming down.

"Don't know she won't tell me why," Echo lied.

Myles and Riker came out of the room and Myles said, "Um Nyra wants to see you Blake."

Blake picked up his head and looked at him confused and asked, "Why?"

"I don't know she just said she wanted to talk to you privately," Myles shrugged.

Blake gulped and stood up. He walked into his room and closed the door behind him. "H-hi," Blake stuttered.

"Hi," Nyra said

. "Y-you wanted to t-talk," Blake said. "

Yes," Nyra said, patting a spot on the bed.

Blake sighed and walked to where Nyra was at.

"Are you ok?" Nyra asked.

"Y-yeah, why do you ask?" Blake asked.

"Because you seem nervous," Nyra said.

Blake couldn't take it anymore he needed to tell her what's going on. "I'm so sorry, Nyra. It's my fault you're hurt, and I can't get the thought out of my head that I'm the reason you're hurt. If you don't forgive me or if you don't want to be friends with me anymore, I understand. I wouldn't be friends with myself either," Blake rambled.

"You ramble a lot when you're nervous," Nyra giggled.

"I'm sorry, Ny," Blake apologized.

Nyra widened her eyes, Blake has never called her by her nickname. "I-it's ok, I forgive you. I chose to push you out of the way. You shouldn't apologize or anything and I would still want you to be my friend," Nyra said.

"Really?" Blake asked.

Nyra nodded and said, "Of course! Plus, that isn't the reason I wanted to talk to you privately."

"Then why?" Blake asked.

Nyra stiffened and gulped, "Um b-because I-I like you Blake."

Blake stood there dumbfounded and said, "I like you too I mean we are friends so."

"No Blake not like that I like you like you more than a friend," Nyra confessed.

Blake's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth like he was going to say something, but nothing came out.

"It's ok if you don't like me back, I get it. A girl like me doesn't deserve-," Blake cut Nyra out.

"I like you to Ny," Blake said, putting his hand on hers.

They heard a squeal outside the room.

"I'm going to check that out," Blake chuckled.

"Ok," Nyra said, smiling.

Blake opened the door to find Riker and Echo jumping up and down, squealing.

"Are you guys ok?" Blake asked.

"Yes, no yes, I don't know!" Echo and Riker shouted.

"They may or may not have been eavesdropping," Myles said, crossing his arms.

"That makes sense," Blake chuckled.

Echo and Riker then pushed Blake and Myles and ran to Nyra.

"Oh, my gosh girl, you did it!" Echo exclaimed.

"Yes, I did," Nyra giggled.

"Did you feel nervous or did you just go for it?" Riker asked.

"I was nervous, like extremely nervous," Nyra said.

"Did all of you guys know that she had a crush on me?" Blake asked Myles.

"Yes, we all figured it out you were just so oblivious," Myles said, putting a hand on Blake's shoulder.

"Wait for real?" Blake asked.

"Yes, for real now let's go have some fun, you need it," Myles said.

"Ok," Blake chuckled.

The friend group just chatted and laughed, talking about how crazy their lives are.

Published 2-13-21 

A/N  Writing anything that is with crushes and stuff is not my thing I'm cringing eeee.