My Hero Origins - L.O.V.E's Significant Other

Chapter - 15 Family Issues

Jack's P.O.V
We were all gathered in a circle, standing side by side while waiting for Artemis and Patron. I must say, Patron is nice, it's good to know that Artemis was reunited with someone who was basically family to him. Speaking of family....

Me and Laura REALLY need to talk. For years, almost a decade, I was devastated after her death. Then suddenly, at possibly the worst time in my life, she just appears?!  Time to solve a family issue.

After a while, Arty and Patron arrive, Patron in a new outfit. " ok, I know that we have two new members of our team, but first, what do you think of my new creation?" Artemis asked, anxiety and fear in his voice.

Patron was in a large black trench cloak, white markings wrapped around it. Military grade black boots that looked extremely thick. He had a bandanna dangling from his neck and in the center, a white symbol. The Greek symbol for the Greek  goddess Artemis.

After a few minutes of us starring in shock, Rikku began to slowly clap. Then she picked up her tempo and the rest of us joined in, clapping and cheering. " This is awesome Arty!" Exclaimed Rikku

"This is uniquely creative and amazing!"

" how did you do this?!"

" now I want you to make my hero costume"

All of us were amazed by Patron's new hero outfit, Artemis blushing in the background. Patron decided to try to get everyone back to work " ok guys, I know Artemis work on my costume is amazing, but we have training to do" he ordered " as some of you know, I have two quirks, one is camouflage, the other is heightened senses due to my terrible eyesight. Laura, what's your quirk?" He asked

If I'm being completely honest, I never really understood what her quirk was. She would cause so much trouble with it, but she never told me what it was

" well my quirk is what I like to call emotional control. I can either implant a vision or amplify an emotion. For example, I'm going to use Jack for this, I could put a vision of Patron killing his girlfriend into his mind, causing Jack to want to kill Parton. Or I could increase the anger in Yuuto to the point where he wants to burn down a building." She answers with a hint of mischief. The rest of us aren't amused.

We all sit there in awkward silence, until Artemis breaks it " umm..... ok then,  let's start training!"

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Hours on end of training

Rikku has been working on his stamina when it came to his explosions, passing out less and less. Yuuto has become faster, his reflexes sharper, he's become more flexible as well.

Artemis has been going in and out of his Umbra form, working on reflexes, offense, defense, strength, cardio, stamina, everything. He's probably still upset about Shino and is getting anger out.

Patron has been using his camouflage more, getting use to different backgrounds, and has been strengthening his other senses. Laura has been working on her strength and fighting forms. Like she wasn't dangerous and crazy enough?!

For me, I have been trying to control my voice and have been going crazy on the punching bag. While punching, everything seemed to go through my head. Every single traumatic event that has happened in the last 72 hours

The torture room, being chased by villains, my friends being picked off one by one, Blake sacrificing her escape for mine, as she is consumed by the death and hate radiating from those psychotic villains.

I didn't even notice how much strength I was delivering to the punching bag, until the chain snapped and the bag went flying to the ground.

" Geez, someone's in a bad mood" A voice broke my silent panting and anger roaring in my ears. I turn to see Laura stand a few yards away from me, staring in respect. I just get another punching bag to put on the chain, turning my back to her. She sighs " this is about our personal predicament, isn't it." She states. I just huff, anger coursing through my veins.

" damn it Jack, say something!" She demands, I lose my patience and turn to look at her, my face right in hers " what? What do you want we to say?! What do you want we to say?!" I yell, I've run dry on patience  "for years, I thought my cousin, my friend, my sister died in a villain attack. The firemen told me that your body was probably burned or destroyed but deep down, a tiny, tiny piece of me knew you were alive. But the rest was submerged in sorrows. I mourned and cried for you." I tried to explain, my voice beginning to crack under the mask. But Laura was just silent, so I continued

" Laura, for me, growing up as a kid who couldn't say anything, was hard. Those who treated me with kindness were met with silence because I couldn't thank them. I was bullied for the mask I had to wear so I didn't accidentally slip and blow my school up. But whenever you visited, you made my life bearable. You excepted my unusual quirk and made me feel better, we sang together, listened to all sorts of music. we did not just what cousins would do, but what family would do. So imagine the pain I went through when you were dead. But I had closure, I was invited to Monarch Academy, I made friends, I found love. I was at peace. But no, then you had to break into my room and plant the photo in my hideout. Why?" I asked. Laura sighed

" I knew that all of this would happen, I survived my house exploding, and I witnessed the laboratory blowing up as well. For the past years I to have been doing the vigilante business, just with a bigger organization. I can't tell you much, but even then, that's not the point. You lied, your life was not peaceful, you had to keep secrets, jump into danger and hold the grief of those you lost on your shoulders. I'm sorry about what I did, but I just couldn't face you, the family. Not after what had just happened to mine." She spoke to me gravely.

We stood there, looking at each other and wondering the same thing.

What happened to us
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Bit of a strange chapter, but I had to add something with Jack's long lost cousin

I shouldn't be talking about my personal problems, but I kind of need to say this out loud or else I would blow up.

I would have posted hours ago, but me and my mom had a fight, and I don't want her finding out about my love for fanfiction. She tries not to criticize me for what I love, but she does anyway. My love for Minecraft, YouTube and my sexuality ( I will not reveal)

Anywho, enough about me

Shoutout to @Ghost_Yoshino for leaving such a heart warming and great comment, he also did what I asked and now here is the prize

I dresses up as Quackity in the Las Nevadas theme for Halloween, the business attire, beanie, scar, everything!

Have an amazing day, and hope you continue to enjoy this book

Hydro fury