Hero Gone Rouge

"Is this okay?"

The group of children sat in rows of rows, all equal distance away from each other. All tired out, and all out of breath the same.

"Holy death," tom wheezed out, leaning on his hands as he looked up to the sky.

"You can say that again," jack hissed out, wiping away sweat with his arm. "Remind me never to mention training to boss again-"

"Damn, you guys look like a victim of death herself," Tallulah laughed at them, sitting crossed legs and making daisy chains in the grass. "Can't imagine"

"Oh haha tallu, not everyone was on a special group," jack scoffed back, rolling his eyes at her.

"Special group?" Tommy asked ran, whilst Tallulah grabbed jack in the background and threatened him for the nickname he gave her.

"Yeah, Tallulah here was selected to join a special task force, she got special training and everything, I was on it for a bit also"

"Origin story time!" Gray, who was kinda dying on the grass before, had flopped himself next to the two boys, creating a very miss-shaped circle between them all. "Guys! Pay attention," he swatted both jack and Tallulah for them to listen.

"What was the force for?"

Rayne looked away. "It's a bit awkward for me to say?"

"What's that mean-"

"We were sent to watch you and your family, my group was selected to watch your brother, Blade" Tallulah butted in, waving her hand as if it was easy knowledge.

"O-oh," Tom shook his head, "what for?-"

"Simple, to try get information about their powers and the council, my team would study Blade in order to try and act like him and understand everything he does"

"To kill him?" Tom choked out.

"Yeah-" Tallulah quietened down, everyone looking at the floor.

"Because he was a hero?"

Rayne nodded, "he was the closest to figuring out where the base was, so we had orders to try take him out, but..."

Tallulah sighed.

"We learnt about his powers and, he knew everything"

"What does that mean?" Tom sat up fully, looking between them all, who in-turn looked away from him"

"His powers let him feel pain, emotions, anything really"

"Yeah, obviously," Tom rolled his eyes, "I think I know my brother's power,"

"That's the thing, you don't," rayne looked away.

"What?"

"He has, Super strength, and can seem to smell and control fear," Tallulah continued, "That includes mental pain,"

"I don't really understand," Tom pressed on.

"Tom, Blade knew about everything that happened with you, he knew when Wilbur zipped your mouth up, he knew when you where lying and wasn't, but didn't say a word about it"

"W-what?" Toms eyes scanned the group, all looking at him pitifully. "Your lying, he never did that!"

Tom scrambled to stand up, stance ready to fight to flight. "You don't know what your on about! I was never in pain with them! W-wilbur never did that to me!" He screamed out.

"Hey hey! Tom!" Rayne held his hands up. "L-lad it's fine! Only us know, we stopped the mission immediately after we found out!"

Some of the other kids looked over to the group of them and at Tom, whispering at eachother about the boy, staring at him.

Watching him.

Judging him.

"H-hey tom- lad c'mon, calm down" gray spoke out, slowly standing up now.

Tallulah followed suit, "we didn't mean it like that- it's just that he knew everything that was going on, like us watching him- but like, he didn't do anything,"

"You don't know anything!" He screamed again, stepping away. "He- they'd never do that to me! They'd never!"

Tommy fell to his knees, tears forming and sliding down his face.

"Tommy-"

"The-they'd never purposely do that to me, they couldnt- they love me-  Blade wouldn't just, he wouldn't just watch and let it happen..."

"It's okay kid, it's okay," the boss who was training them knelt to the side of tom, placing a hand on his back and making small circles softly.  "Let it out kid, it's okay"

And Tom cried out, clinging to the stranger who knew his family, bawling his fists into his black shirt whilst he wept and wept.

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𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜,
𝙽𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚝 Ɛ>

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