Achille's Heel (DabixReader)

Chapter Eighteen

Not wanting to dwell on your guilt, you rush to Vizor's side and assess their injuries. The scorch mark on their chest was still warm to the touch and you noticed their costume was burned through. Their exposed chest was peppered with burns and ash. You shake their shoulder and call out to them. No response.

You turn back to Stone Sentinel and see him shift on the ground. You stand and go over to him. He groans as you approach him and you watch as his eyebrows furrow. His eyes open and fall on your face. You offer him a hand and he sits up. You squat down next to him and survey his face. There's blood on his lip, no doubt from the impact of your knee. The injured arm he was holding earlier is also peppered with burns, but they aren't as severe as Vizor's.

"Hey, it's all right. What uh, what happened in here?" You silently hoped he wouldn't remember anything about you rushing into the room.

He went to lift his arm to his face and winced at the pain. You gripped his elbow for support and he assessed the damage to himself. He blinked a few times and looked back at you. Confusion was set on his features, giving you a hopeful sense of relief.

"There was a villain. I heard Vizor scream and I came in," his eyes searched the room for them at the mention of his comrade's name.

"They're out, but I think they'll be ok. We need to get them out though," you say.

He nods and you help him up from the ground. "Yeah, let's go."

You can't help but notice his eyes keep darting around and he steals glances at your face when he thinks you aren't looking. You form a platform of light underneath Vizor and the two of you walk over to the outer wall in the building. Stone Sentinel busts through the wall and you all step out, wincing at the burst of sunlight. You help him walk until he seemingly regains full consciousness.

When the three of you reach the front of the building, you see other heroes running around. Some are walking cuffed villains to armored trucks. You scan the faces of those they're hauling away and feel a surge of gratitude that you don't recognize any faces from your recent visit to the league's hideout. Paramedics rush over and lift Vizor onto a gurney and wheel them away. They lead Stone Sentinel over to one of the ambulances to get checked out for his burns.

You stand there with your hands on your hips and huff. You see Endeavor walk out of the building and he groups up with some of the sidekicks awaiting him. You trot over to them.

"Although some of them still got away, we managed to capture some of the attackers. Does anyone have any other information about the attack after the infiltration?"

You perk up and push forward in the small group. "Yes sir. I found some offices in our assigned area that had been tampered with. Papers were scattered and drawers were pulled out and tossed aside. I marked them with a handprint on the wall for further inspection," you call out to him.

He nods and pats your shoulder before turning back to the group. "Thank you, Beacon." He carries on and others offer up information they were able to discover and share stories about others they saw.

After a few minutes, you look back to the ambulance. Stone Sentinel is glaring over at you. It makes you uneasy...but you decide to plaster a fake smile on your face and walk over to him. He shifts in his seat when you approach him and his eyes dart away from you.

"All good here?" You ask in a chipper tone.

He huffs. "Um, yeah. Just some burns, but they wrapped me up and I'm fine. My jaw is sore though." He clenches it for emphasis before his eyes turn back to your face and they skewer into yours. "I seem to recall some kind of impact to my chin followed after a bright burst of light."