Universal Heroes- Book 3

7~6

Denis
Just like I had expected, I found him by the coast out by his old house. He always talked about the memories he had with Ethan here before they had powers and so subtly hinted how much he missed it all. He didn't sound like he hated this new hero life, but didn't sound like he enjoyed it all that much either.

I sat next to him in silence. It was around 5 almost 6pm, meaning that the sun would be setting soon. As we were on the west side, we'd see it in real time.

"Elijah, I'm so sorry." I said. "Actually, we all are." 

He remained silent and I understood this was deeper than something a little "sorry" could fix.

"I could turn back time to make it all up to you but that'd make no sense as Alex and Corl aren't here. Either way I don't know any other way to do it. As I guess...'leader' of all this I failed you. And I truly didn't mean it intentionally either. If it weren't for you speaking up I wouldn't have realised how much the way I've recently changed was starting to take effect on you. I'm honestly so sorry for not listening to you and kinda pushing you around, but I also know this is not something words can fix." I explained.

Elijah pulled his knees up to his chest. "I know you're sorry Denis. I shouldn't have exploded like that. I just couldn't take it anymore. I want to go back to where none of this was so stressful to us - where we actually enjoyed having powers. This whole situation is breaking us down from the inside out and while change is good.." he sighed and turned his face to me, "I want the old us back, y'know." 

"I kinda want that part of us back too..maybe..no, definitely, things woulda turned out differently. But I mean..there's no harm in trying again. We could still save them." 

"I honestly don't see how. The girls probably exhausted Sunny, she probably knows our plans by now. We don't know where Ethan and Sub are and I just know she's going to make them stronger." 

I sat back. "Y'know if we kept thinking that way we wouldn't get shit done though, right?" 

"What do you mean?"

"Think of everything we've been through. Amber and Chelsea, J, Moonshine, Elise..put anyone else in our shoes and they couldn't stand a chance. Looking back it truly feels like we were constantly on death row but we pushed through, even if one of us ended up being our own enemies. Something that hasn't died in any of us is our passion and will for success, I won't let you sit here and cry about your twin brother and one of your closest friends without letting you do anything about it. I know you're thinking about ways to save them, even if they seem impossible, and as a good leader, I can only let you go through with them."

I could hear Elijah let out a small laugh before lying with me. The sullen expression he once had on his face was replaced with a smile and that made me feel a whole lot better.

"How are we going to try again if Alex and Corl still hate each other though?" he asked. I could tell he was ready to start again.

"After what you said, I believe they woulda tried to fix things between themselves." I said with semi confidence.

"Wait did I really go off that bad?" he asked, sounding a little worried.

"I mean, I'll be the first to admit that it did hurt a little. But as you said we're not kids - we can take it." 

"I guess..I think I'm ready to take another shot at this now."

"I am too." I said, sitting up. 

I helped him up and we looked onto the sun, which was beginning to set. I know we still had time for round two, and this time I wasn't going to fuck up. Everyone depended on it.