The difference

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In all of Damian's years alive, has he never wanted to punch the living daylights out of someone so badly. Wait, scratch that, he gets that feeling with his brothers on a daily basis.

Perhaps it's better to say punch the living daylights out of a person who's not related to him.

The four teens had been observing their surroundings for a solid half hour before a convenience store door blew off it's hinges and a weird looking reptile guy, burst out with two white sacks in hand.

Obviously, the first thing the heroes do is get ready for action, but without their disguises, fighting out in the open is not really an ideal course of action, especially when none of the passerbys seem to be running.

" Why aren't they running? "

" Better question, who is this mount lady and why do they talk about her like she's a celebrity? " Ben asks, confusion evident on his face as he sees the people take out their phones.

Some of them sigh, " Can't believe I'm going to be late for work because of this. " Jon catches someone say, making him even more confused.

" Tt. Clearly they have mental issues they need to work out. " Damian remarks which, in turn gets him strange looks from the three.

" That says a lot if it's coming from you. " Billy snickers right before he gets whacked over the head by Jon, " Be nice. "

" ow. Did you forget you have super strength when you decided to hit me? " He rubs his head to ease the bump.

Though he doesn't get an answer when a figure comes dropping out of the sky.

" Do not worry, for I am here! " Ben's not even going to question whatever the heck that guy's wearing.

" It's All might! Nevermind Mount lady, he's come to stop the villain! " The last word from that one passerby pulls the four teenagers thoughts to a halt.

" The guy just robbed a convenience store, doesn't that just make him a bad guy? How does that make him a villain? " Jon asks with his head slightly tilted, but the question is left unanswered as the citizens opt to watch the one-sided fight instead.

" This dimension's so weird. " Billy states, slightly dragging back the three others in front of him when a car comes flying their direction and landing way too close for comfort.

" Go All Might! " The cheers from the citizens rivals that of the jeers for the villain.

" You know what. " Ben finally says after a few minutes of silently watching the fight, the three younger turn to him with full attention.

The feeling of unease that's been with him since the hero joined the scene hasn't gone away.

" Let's get out of here. " He throws a look back to the hero and villain, the former receiving thanks from the cops while the latter gets hauled away to jail.

That uncomfortable feeling only grows in his gut as he notices none of the citizens, cops, or news reporters paying an ounce of attention to the very clearly suffering bad guy.

" It's best we stay low. The less attention we attract, the better. " Damian agrees, looking back to the reporters crowding the area for the scoop of the day as he follows behind the others heading off for another direction.

The youngest Wayne not liking how intertwined this dimension's heroes and media are, not one bit.

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" All Might, we've heard from our sources that you've decided to join U.A high to teach the young students of our future generation, is that true? " A young reporter asks, straight to the point as he shoves a mic in the number one hero's face.

All that comes out of that mouth is a strained, " Haha..."

To put it this way, the hero was late for a meeting with principal Nedzu and he was making his way over to the school when his luck decided to say 'no' and toss him a villain so as to make him late and keep the principal waiting.

He's screwed really.

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The small had wandered around the area after that, barely speaking as they thought over about what they'd seen.

The bad guy being labeled as a villain despite the obvious need of world domination and or destruction.

The citizens who seem to have lost any sense of self-preservation in them and have thrown caution to the wind.

The media reporters having appeared there for a scoop no doubt.

And the hero who has a good heart, but doesn't seem to find the wrong in the commercialisation of the hero gig.

" Tt. They've made a joke of what we risk our lives for, daily, in our dimension. " Damian narrows his eyes, staring at his katana in obvious hatred, as if the object was the society of this dimension.

The other three don't say it, but they agree, " Their choice of costumes are horrible. " Ben says in an attempt to lighten the mood.

The corners of his mouth quirking up when Jon and Billy snort at the recollection of the hero looks they'd seen on a magazine they had passed by.

" The colours and lack of coverage does not make any sense. " Damian adds on, green eyes lighting with obvious mockery at the mere thought of the heroes fighting.

" Okay okay, all things aside, we've got to figure out where we're going to stay. We've got no money and I've got a limited supply of chili fried and smoothies on me. " Ben says, giving the three of them smoothie cups as he slurps on his own.

" Any guess if your credit card works in this dimension? " Billy asks looking to Damian, because they all know that when he visits their dimension, Ben brings close to jack shit with him.

Damian clicks his tongue in annoyance, " Unlikely, but I know a way on how to get one. "

" No stealing. " Ben says.

" Or maiming. " Jon adds on, shooting him a sunny smile when he throws him daggers with his eyes.

" Right before I forget, I may or may not have got some spare change on our walk here. " Billy says. The three turn to him stiffly, blank looks given before Jon takes him by the shoulders and shakes him like a milkshake, Damian starts cackling like he came from the depths of hell, and Ben's not sure if he should be worried or laughing at the situation.

" I didn't steal so would you stop shaking me! " Billy starts out, huffing when Jon let's out a "Oh." before releasing his hold on him embarrassed that he tried to shake the living out of Billy.

Billy's not even going to question the look of disappointment coming from Damian, or the relieved sigh from Ben.

" I helped return a lady her wallet when she dropped it, and when she looked at me and saw how sad I looked she gave me the money and said I could treat myself with it. "

" So you landing in the dumpster was good for something after all! " Jon says earning an offended noise from Billy, " I didn't fall in there willingly! "

" And I didn't ask to be face down in cardboard on the dirty concrete floor of an alleyway, at least you had something to soften your landing. " Jon retorts, this time being the one to huff at Billy.

Ben, being the oldest and wisest of the four of them, ruffles the two boys hair, stuffs their arms with chili fries and says, " You're both miserable, now let's start looking for a place to sleep cause I don't know about you two, but I don't want to be sleeping in another alley for the night. "

A kick from the two is what he gets, which he totally deserves.

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