̶N̶o̶t̶ Made For You

Obsessions Lead to Unwanted Truths

She was pissed. Unbelievably so.

'That fucking moronic . . .stupid . . .ridiculous asshole! FOR ME!? Ha! What a joke! I just fucking bet! Well I'll show HIM!'

Mia knew right where to go. If she knew anything on her outing helping Jackie fight crime and protecting him, it was to follow the sirens.

And she followed them right to a bank robbery.

It was quite the scene. Police cars barricading the entrance of the bank ready to shoot the robbers. Problem was, that the burglars had hostages ready to shoot THEM.

'This isn't good' she knew this was the type of situation Jackie wouldn't let fly and if she knew him at all, she knew that he would damn near risk everything to protect others.

Half of her wanted to scoff at that, though, too, 'Where was this Jackie that night when he practically assaulted me?'

Mia shook her head and looked around, trying to find him but it was hard with so many people around. Even though his costume was bright red with black, he seemed camouflaged into the crowd.

That is . . .

Until she spotted him walking right up to the burglars.

Jackie hadn't been in a good place since Mia had started to avoid him. Ever since. . .ever since he fucked up . . got drunk and practically forced himself on her.

His heart burned just thinking back on it. He hated himself and like Henrik had said, he was using his strengths to punish himself.

'But it's not only that. I want to . . I wanna prove that I can do this without her help. I've been relying on her too much and this has been my chance to better myself. For both of our sakes.'

He stared down the men that held the hostages at gunpoint.

'This is my chance'

One of the men shouted at him, "STOP RIGHT THERE, JACKIE, ELSE I'LL BLOW THIS GUY'S BRAINS OUT!"

Jackie stopped and showed his hands, "Hey it's alright! I'm sure we can work something out here without anyone getting hurt. Mind putting that gun down?"

"You're gonna have to stop me by force, hero! But I'd be careful if I were you. There's kids watching!" he pointed at a news crew.

Jackie briefly glanced at the news team but otherwise paid them no mind.

One of the other men spoke softly to his friend, "Dude, haven't you heard? Jackie lost his power over a week ago! Just the other day, he got in a fight with a gang and got hurt. He's not invulnerable anymore"

"Is that right?" the man chuckled, looking back at Jackie, "Well isn't this interesting news"

Jackie snorted at him, "You really trusting backwater gossip like that? Well that's fine by me. Let's just see then what the real truth is"

'I have to lie and then maybe they'll give up on their own volition . . . I can hope so anyway.'

Jackie leaned down in a stance ready to attack and honestly the burglars looked apprehensive but there was also a daring look in their eyes like they wanted to see if he was telling the truth or not.

One of them raised their guns to him instead of the hostages, "Your move, dumbass"

This was it.

Everyone was watching.