A hero's wish

A wish

Tw: Mention of a small injury

I woke up feeling the warmth of the sun on my face. I turned over and slowly opened my eyes. I quickly jumped back after seeing a shadowy figure right in front of me, which made me fall off my bed. "ENZO- DONT STARE AT ME LIKE THAT." I yelled at him. "But you weren't waking up-" He said quietly. "What time even is it-" I got up. "It's lunch time." He answered while leaving the room. "Lunch time?- What do you mean lunch time!?-" I asked him as he was getting further away. "You'll see!!" He raised his voice so I could hear. I sighed and closed my door to change. After coming out of my room with a bunch of clothes I took from a box I just opened, I joined him in the living room.

"Lunch time sounds like when you go to school and you have a break to eat your lunch." I mumbled loud enough for him to hear. "That's exactly what we are doing!" He replied with a happy expression. I rolled my eyes. "And I'm not allowed to call you a kid." He stuck out his tongue then took my hand to drag me out of our new apartment. "What are you-" I stopped midway through my sentence as I recognized the smell of pizza. "Here we are!" He let my hand go. "A cafeteria?-" I asked confused. "Yes, thats where we get to eat lunch freely, since we already are paying the apartment the food here comes with it." He explained briefly. "Oh." That was all I could answer.

After some time we both got our food and sat down to a table close to a wall. Ive been craving pizza for so long. I have to admit that this doesn't seem so bad for a quick change. Usually I would have had troubles adapting that fast. We finished eating and went back to the apartment. "Please tell me you have the keys." He said quietly. "No- I don't no one gave me anything so. Wait- Don't tell me you forgot the keys." He giggled nervously. "You little-" I was about to insult him but I remembered we were living in a huge building with other people. "You are an absolute idiot, do you at least know how to get another set of keys?" I asked him while also taking the opportunity to insult him. "I think Zaire can give me another one, stay here. I'll be quick." I nodded and he walked away.

I sat down close to the door and started messing around with a small water ball. After being sure there weren't any cameras close to where I was, I started using my second power. Not using it for a long time caused me to get some small pains in my fingers but I could ignore it. Its fascinating how such wonderful things can be created with our bodies. I wonder how we got powers like those and where it all started. I ended up zoning out while still manipulating electricity, which caused me to hurt myself because I wasn't being careful. After a while I realized that was happening and stopped. "Shit- Im bleeding-" I quickly used my other power to try and stop the blood from coming.

I heard some footsteps coming in my direction so I got up. "I got the ke-" He stopped. "ARE YOU BLEEDING!?" He screamed. "Keep your voice down we are in a building- and yes I'm bleeding but it's not that bad just open the door so I can properly clean my hands." I told him before running to the bathroom when he unlocked the door. The soap burned slightly when I started washing them but I didn't pay too much attention to it and dried my hands to go join Enzo. "So, are you gonna tell me what happened?" He asked. "Its nothing really" That was the only answer he was going to get. "I have to start patrolling in the city in thirty minutes, do you mind unpacking the things in the house while im gone? Ill help you when I'll be back." He asked politely. "Oh yeah sure I can do that- I might even be done before you come back." I answered sure of myself. He chuckled and muttered. "You are way too slow." I pushed him slightly. "I heard that."

Right after he left the house I started by unpacking my room. I stood in the middle of my room trying to figure out if I like how the room was when I arrived or if I wanted to move the furniture. I decided to leave it like that and started putting my clothes away. An hour later I had finished putting all my thing's away while being satisfied of how it looked so I went in the bathroom. I picked the bathroom because there wasn't too much things to put there. I eventually finished unboxing the whole house and sat down on my bed. I let out a big sigh out of exhaustion and opened my tv. I started an episode of a serie called 'Mortal chess' and layed down.

Suddenly, the front door swung open and Enzo entered the house. "IM BAAAACK-" He yelled. I got up and walked to the living room only to find a sweaty Enzo. "Pfft- How did your first patrol go?" I asked with a tiny bit of curiosity. "Nothing really happened, I think I just ran too much. Otherwise I had fun." He replied instantly. I smiled and told him to go get food from the fridge as I went back to my room to continue my episode.

Most of the following days were giving the same results, no one was doing anything. The city was calm and nothing problematic was happening. The first meeting I got invited in didn't last more than 10 minutes, since there wasn't anything to talk about. I only got to know more about the people that worked there, they tried to convince me to join but my answer remained the same. Enzo still seemed to enjoy his job, even if nothing was happening. I can't really blame him, as long as he was happy in what he was doing I would be okay.

Two months later.

"UGHHHH, GOING OUT IS BORING NOW-" I heard Enzo yell out from his bedroom. I got up and walked out of my room to knock on his door. "Enzo? Could you open the door please." I stood in silence for a few seconds before the door opened, showing a perfectly clean room. As I leaned on the doorway, he went back to his desk and sat down. "What do you mean by going out is boring?" He looked down. "Well nothings really happening as you're already aware of. I just- I-" He sighed. "I wish a powerful villain would cause trouble...you know- a villain id be able to fight everyday."

A heavy silence took over the room as Enzo looked extremely guilty of his own words. Do it. Huh? Be that villain. "What." I suddenly let out. "I-Im sorry- it probably was-" He started before I cut him off. "That wasnt meant to you, I just...remembered something- haha- but dont worry, I get what you mean." I tried to cover up. He looked at me with a tint of suspicion, but soon brushed it off. I waved bye and closed his door before going back to my room, slamming my rooms door after getting in.

I drowned in silence for a good 20 minutes before I stopped standing doing nothing to go sit on my bed. What did these words mean? And who talked? I had to figure it out, but before I even knew it, that voice came back. You would make a great villain...and you would make your best friend happy, isn't that what you want? "I-" If im not mistaken you have an outfit for exactly that. I couldnt respond, nothing would come to mind, no sound was getting out from my mouth. I got up from my bed and went on the other side of my room in front of a mirror, staring at my own face. Nothing seemed different, exept I now had a new goal.

I opened my closet and started searching for a box I didn't open yet, since I didn't think I would need it. I let out a sigh when I found it and brought it to my bed with me. The box had nothing extraordinary, a simple cardboard box. I opened it and took out a suit I made a few months ago, when I got a sudden envy to become a villain. I didn't know why I kept it, maybe I felt some kind of pity because it was a dumb idea, or maybe I knew it would be useful some day. Whatever. I thought to myself. I stood up and locked my door before changing into my dark blue and black suit. I kept the mask in my hands for a bit, not being too sure about what I was doing. I finally put it on and opened my window, considering it was night, it shouldn't be too risky. Before going out, I sent a quick text to Enzo.

Dumbzo🫶
20:31

Im going on a walk ill be back
in an hour or sum🧍

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My next action ended up going out by the window, even if it was dangerous I had nowhere else to get out without being noticed.