Hero Gone Rouge

"Phil?"

Tommy stood in his room, facing the short mirror he lazily left pushed on top of the side table at the other end of his bed.
  He looked at himself, trying to flatten stray hairs and rubbing off any sleep that had still been left on his face.

Once deemed good enough, Tommy pulled on his outfit from his birthday - not bothered enough to try sort anything else out, not when it was already folded out on his chair.

He stretched out, yawning as he grabbed his phone and looked at the time.
10:17.

He continued his morningly routines, knowing full well that his dad probably wouldn't be up til 11 today. 
He brushed his teeth, made his bed, he even dared to try get rid of some of the dirt that stained the edges of his once white shoes.
He wanted nothing to go wrong.
Nothing at all.

"Tommy!" Phil called out from the kitchen, no doupt everyone in the house could hear the way he bolted down the hallway (and skipped multiple stairs) until he had to be forced to skid into a halt infront of the kitchen door.

"Ello" he walked in casually, "ello Wilbur" he smiled at his brother who was sat in his usual spot, once again with his laptop wide open and a dark coffee in his hands.

"Hello gremlin" Tommy only rolled his eyes at his brothers nickname, seating himself at the head of the table and watching as his dad fiddled about whilst trying to place down plates and open up some syrup.

"Made pancakes" He smiled widely at his kids, placing down a plate that contained a stack of three pancakes infront of both Wilbur and Tommy, leaving two others on the side for both Toby and Blade.  "You eat up and once you're done we can go"

Tommy nodded and began to stuff the food into his mouth, savouring the fluffy texture as well as the Syrup that fell in blotches back on to his plate.  Tommy didn't even acknowledge the side glances that his older brother gave to him as he shoveled down the pancakes, or the way his father smiled happily whilst drinking a cup of tea, he just simply didn't care.

Nothing would or could go wrong today.

The time seemed to slow as his dad got his shoes and coat on, having given Tommy the car keys half way incase he bobbed to high and ended up hitting his head on the doorway.
   They had eventually gotten into their car, fancy but not in the sense of gloating about it ; a solid silver colour with black and white wheels, the brand was a family owned.

"Dad Look!" Tommy had smushed his face into the window on his left, pointing outwards to a large build board that states the old, and still loved, hero's would be going around town on weekdays for fan meets and a 'suprise' "Is the suprise what you guys are doing currently?"

His father looked briefly at the board then back on the road, nodding slightly and giving a small 'uhm' sound.
"They'll be introducing three new hero's into the league,"

"You mean, my brother's"  He didn't bother giving much of a happy sound saying what he did, he knew it was true that he'd never be like them.

Phill nodded. "Yeah... Your brothers mate"

The two fell slightly silent, besides the sound of the car fan and other cars that sped by that is.

"Hey dad?"

"Yeah mate?"

Tommy looked down at his lap, pulling slightly on the skin next to his thumbnails. "How come I don't have an ability?"

Phil paused, his breathing hitched slightly but went back to normal before Tommy could acknowledge it.

"Y-you just weren't born with one, you had the bone structure for it but when you where the age to get it, it just... Didn't happen, I'm sorry mate"

Tommy nodded, "Yeah," and sighed out, facing out towards the moving landscape once again. "It's fine though, at least I still get to meet other hero's!" Tommy smiled out, giving his dad another laugh before looking back-out wards once more and letting the grin fault.

"We're almost there now" Phil smiled a smile with no teeth and no happiness, paying mind to the road as well as the time the dash board stated.

Cars rolled past in patterns of 3's then 2's then 3's again, along with trees and houses and those that where walking on by.  At least until a long line of shops and cafes started to pile up near the road, as well as multiple turning points for car parks and gas stations.

Familiar food stalls grew more noticeable once the car had turned into one of the car parks on the side (and parked neatly), and even the air smelt more of the familiar scents once the two had started walking in to the large square that was surrounded by even fancier restaurants.
Phil walked with a smile on his face as Tommy smiled as he skipped over the surrounding little walk ways that lead back towards the main shopping centre.
   The two walked past the familiar taco truck stand, with its opened out windows that contained the food board.
The van had always been it's cream colour, yet the bottom just above the dirt was a dazzel of red and purple's, mixing in shapes that mimicked lightning - that wasn't there a few days go.

"Want one?" Phil caught Tommy's eyes, nudging his head to the stand that played faint music and smelt strongly of spice.

Tommy only nodded, walking with his dad towards the truck as he read the menu. He already knew what he wanted, but it didn't hurt to scan the board whilst the person inside took those infront of them orders.

"Hello, uhm, can we get a salad tesa, and a... What do you want Tommy?"

"I'll have a grilled pork please"

Alex, the man inside the van, nodded and wrote down the orders.

"Is it any good?" Phil smiled at Tommy, who only shrugged back at him.

"Dunno never had it"

Later the two walked side by side, Phil eating the salad dressing with a wooden spork whilst Tommy gawked at his in a smile of sorrow.

"Let me try," Phil lent over and took a bite out of the taco shell - causing alot of the spicy sauce to smudge over his face and making Tommy laugh out.  "Hmm, not bad" he muttered with a mouthful.

Tommy only shrugged, taking a bite for himself.

Maybe Ran was wrong after all...

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