My Old Hero

54: Some

Izumi was following Emra back home to her apartment, Emra seemed to have gone back to her serious face. 

"Hey Emra, you and Dr. Gunner have gotten really close since the last time I saw you with him." Izumi said. 

"Yes. We've known each other since we were 15. We lost touch for a while, but we seemed to have gotten closer after I retired from being a hero. He's been the one that always makes me feel safe, no matter what the situation may be." Emra said. Izumi admired how Emra talked about her relationship with Takashi, it was really sweet.

Izumi went to work early again and tried to get through the important things for the banquet, but was still thinking about the night before. She remembered how close and sweet Emra and Takashi were, she admired it. 

'Dr. Gunner is so caring to Emra, he worries about her all the time... And after we got home last night, she called him and they were on the phone for a long time. I hadn't seen Emra smile like that before, she looked so happy talking to him over the phone. I wish me and Kacchan were that close... We haven't been that close since we were kids.' Izumi thought. 

She looked at the time and decided to go to the training room.

She was still stuck in her head the entire time, she couldn't think straight while training. 

"Izumi... Izumi.... Izumi, look out!" Melissa yelled. 

Izumi snapped into reality and felt a sharp pain coming from her right arm. She looked down at her arm and saw sparks coming from her right arm as the machine ended up slashing her arm open. 

"Izumi, are you okay?!?!" Melissa yelled. 

Izumi couldn't move her right arm, though it didn't hurt that badly, she could tell her nerves were slowly disappearing from her arm. 

"Izumi, why aren't you reacting? The machine almost chopped your arm in half!" Melissa said. 

"Ah- it's fine... this doesn't hurt as bad as you think." Izumi said. 

"What're you talking about-" Melissa looked back down at Izumi's arm as sparks began to fly out and then it burst into smoke!

"Ack- Izumi, what's happened to your arm!?!?!" Melissa yelled. 

"M-Melissa, it's fine! It's a fake arm, just calm down!!!" Izumi yelled. 

"F-Fake arm? Why are you acting so calm about this?!? Your arm just exploded!" Melissa said. 

"I think Emra can help me, one second." Izumi said, and pulled her phone out of her pocket. She waited for the ringing to finish and then heard; "Hello?" 

"Hey Emra, something bad happened to my arm at work-" 

"What?!?!? Are you okay?" Emra yelled. 

"Y-Yes, I'm fine. You think you can help me get to Shiro Robotics for Kendra to fix it?" Izumi asked. 

"Yes, yes, I'm on my way!" Emra yelled and hung up the phone. 

"Izumi, what is going on? Why isn't your arm not bleeding?" Melissa asked. 

"Because... it's not my real arm." Izumi said, putting her lab coat back on.

Emra arrived at the facility and went straight to the training room to see Izumi had her right arm in a sling and her lab coat was covering the large slash on her arm.