Super Volume 2

Eye of the Hurricane

Blaire's POV
I picked Santana up from her 'friends' house. When the car door closed, I smirked. "Boy or girl?" I asked. "Boy." She sighed. "How much did you make?" I asked. "One hundred." She said. "Ooh! Rich boy! Cool. We going to your house or mine?" I asked. "Should you be driving with your leg messed up?" Santana asked. "I'm fine, Satan. A little sprain isn't gonna stop me! And it's the left leg, so yes I can." I replied. "Ok, I actually have to go to work." She said. "You got a job?! Did Hell freeze over?!" I laughed. She smiled slightly and glanced over at me. "Where?" I asked. "With Zephyr." She rolled her eyes. I laughed. "You fell for that?! Oh god! They've been trying to hire us all for years. Well in that case, I'll have to drop you off nearby and you can walk the rest of the way, cause if any of the Matrix family catches me out, and not resting, they'll break my other leg." I explained. Santana giggled. "That's fine, Blaire. Thanks for the ride." She replied.

I dropped her off and then went home. Going inside wasn't what I expected though. "God forbid I'm trying to help you!" Lydia yelled. "I don't need any help! What part of that don't you understand?!" Lea snapped back. I slowly inched closer to the dining room, and peeked my head around the wall to watch them. "You hate your job, babe. Why would you take an offer three hours away just to get paid a cent more, and treated way worse?!" Lydia snapped. "It's not that simple Ly-" Mom stopped when she saw me. My eyes widened and I stepped into their view. "Blaire! I'm sorry you had to hear that." Lydia smiled at me. "Are you ok?" I asked. "Yes, of course. We're just having a disagreement, and I guess it got out of hand. Are you ok? How's your leg feeling?" Lea walked over to me. "I'm fine." I backed away from her. She stopped and clasped her hands together. "Did you need something?" She smiled. "The Arrows were hoping I'd help them with something. Do you mind if I go over there?" I asked. "Of course. Just be careful." Lydia answered, and Lea nodded with her. "Right... thanks." I turned around and walked away.

Retro was happy to see me when I flew in through the balcony. "I'm here! It took me ten minutes to find your parking lot." I groaned. "Oh. Sorry about that. Thanks for coming, Blaire. I figured you would be best to help, since you're grounded right now." Retro gestured to my boot. I smiled. "Happy to help, but with what?" I asked. "Well, since we're going to start attacking more threats that heroes like you handle, I was hoping you could tell me about your worst villains?" Retro asked. "'Villains' is a strong word. They're more like glorified robbers. That's all they do. They rob banks, restaurants, stores, everything!" I shrugged. "Well clearly they got the jump on you, so they must be better than you think." I heard. I looked over to be met with a demon girl towering over me. "Kai? What are you doing here?" I asked. "Retro asked the Fates for backup, and I'm here to get whatever information you have." She replied. "Can't the Fates see the robbers though?" I asked. "I don't question their methods. It's gotten me in trouble before." Kai shrugged. I rolled my eyes. "There's one main group. Four people. Two super-humans and two mutants. There's a guy and a girl that are speedsters, a boy that's a fox mutant, and the leader is a girl that's a mixed mutant. She has bird wings, but also dog ears and a long tail." I explained. "You don't know their names?" Retro asked. "Like I said, they aren't villains. They're just miscreants." I shrugged. "Any weapons?" She asked. "No. They're just really good at close combat." I replied. "Ok. Thanks Blaire. Oh! You should see Bailey while you're here. I'm sure she'd love to catch up." Retro suggested. "Hell yeah! I'd love to see her." I giggled.

When Retro walked away, Kai spun me to face her. "What's wrong with you?" She asked. "Sorry?" I asked, stunned. "Your personality looks like it got torn to shreds." She explained. "You can see personalities?" I asked, crossing my arms. "I'm a goddess, Blaire. What's going on?" Kai asked again. I sighed. "I heard my parents fighting today, and then they acted like nothing had happened when I came in. I guess I'm just... worried?" I admitted. "Blaire, I doubt it was anything serious, and if it was, there are about twenty people ready to beat up your mom if she and Lea start fighting." Kai explained. "I guess that's true. You think maybe Aurelia could help me?" I asked. "Is she one of your mom's friends? I really can't keep up with all of you." Kai shrugged. "Yes, she is." I laughed. "Then yeah! That's a great idea! But go see Bailey. I know you two used to be close." She patted my shoulder and walked away.

Bailey and Max were outside training. "You still can't use your powers?" She asked him. "I didn't get dad's powers! How many times do I have to tell you that?!" Max snapped. Bailey snickered to herself. "Fucking loser." She mumbled. Max lifted his hand to smack her and she immediately blasted him away. He crashed right into me, bringing me to the ground. I groaned in pain and Max lifted himself up to look at me. "Blaire?! Crap! Sorry!" He jumped off of me and helped me up. "Woah! It's ok!" I laughed. Max smiled nervously. "Are you sure? I didn't hurt you, did I?" He asked. "I'm ok, Max. I promise." I chuckled. "Stop with the heart eyes, dude. It's weird. Blaire! So good to see you!" Bailey ran over and hugged me. I laughed and hugged her back. "Yeah! You too. Why are you back so soon?" I asked. "Oh you know... I just missed home." She shrugged. I raised an eyebrow. "Ok? I hear I'm gonna be working beside you soon." I smiled. "Yeah! Yellow Arrow is back, bitch!" Bailey announced, and we giggled. "It'll be nice to have backup." I admitted. "Well you know Retro is always trying to please people. If you had asked any later, she might have exploded from anticipation." Max noted. "That's nice to know." I smiled and rolled my eyes. "Will you be at school on Monday? Or is that boot keeping you back?" Bailey asked. "Oh I'll be there. Magic healing will have this boot off by Saturday." I replied. "Great! Send me your schedule when you get it." Bailey said. "You bet, I will." I nodded.

Sean joined us, and took Bailey away to train her. I took a deep breath and let my smile fall after she left. "Woah. You ok?" Max asked. I looked him up and down. "I'm fine. Just a long day." I shrugged. "You? A long day? I didn't know that was possible." He chuckled. I huffed and looked to the side. "Yeah well, believe it or not, I'm more than Santana's therapist." I snapped. Max raised an eyebrow. "I know, but it's rare to see you act as yourself. I have to say, I like snappy Blaire." He smirked. "I know I'm not taking shit from the broken glow stick." I said, sarcastically. "I can't even- never mind. I wasn't giving you shit. I'm just saying, it's nice to see this side of you. You're hot when you're aggressive." He explained. "Ew. You're weird." I replied. He rolled his eyes. "Really, are you ok?" He asked. I took another deep breath. "Yes, because I have to be." I smiled and walked off.