Spectacular World

Her Worst Day

Science class was one of her favorites. Not because she understood it and not because the teacher was any good; the best teacher was still Mr. Pluto.

Mrs. Mars was even more strict, a very old lady who had zero tolerance for fun. What made science her favorite, and many others' favorite, was the fact that with the addition of weird superpowers, every now and then, you would get a new hero that destroyed the laws of the universe. Mrs. Mars would slowly go mad trying to explain it before eventually blacking out in her seat and letting them do whatever they wanted.

This was one such day, with the elder lady snoring softly. She rested in the back, next to her newest friend, watching funny cat videos on her phone.

"Did you hear that Ocean Empress is apparently in our city?" Kyle asked.

"No. I didn't." She lied, vaguely hoping that he'd buy it.

Much like with Mr. Larison, it was kept on the down low that she had almost been killed by a supervillain and saved at the last second only by the Ocean Empress. The woman hadn't stayed long after Mr. Larison had blacked out, simply grabbing onto the two of them and flying them directly to the hospital.

She really didn't get to avoid school for too long. Her body healed a lot faster than she expected, and staying home got boring fast, so she begged her mom to let her go back to school so she could at least hang out with her friends. In total, she had been gone for a little over three days.

Kyle swiped on his phone, switching the video to another funny cat compilation. "Since Old Dog retired, I guess Ocean Empress will be keeping this city safe." He stated.

"Neat. Hey, you said you lived in Lillian, right? Isn't Ocean Empress the hero of that city?" Lillian and Oleander were two birds of a feather. They were beside each other, separated only by a large bridge. Whenever her school had a large football game, their rivals would be one of the schools in Lillian. Old Dog and Ocean Empress had been close. Both were members of the Enforcers, and both went on patrols together a lot. With him gone, it seemed the hero's patrol expanded to this city to cover up his leave.

"Yeah, I saw her and her team a lot. Team Reservoir, I mean. They're the guys she leads whenever the Enforcers aren't called together. It's a small yet strong team." Kyle explained.

"That explains it."

"What?"

"Nothing." She sighed. She recalled her father's words in the hospital. He had said something about the newest member of the Reservoir coming to Oleander to offer their healing powers, and he was one of the people on the list. That would explain why the hero Ocean Empress was here if someone that valuable from her team was staying in Oleander. "Hey, so I know we were talking about hanging out and trying out my powers more, but I'm going to be busy today. My mom and I are going to the hospital to see my dad."

Today was the big day. Another reason she wanted to go to school. She couldn't just walk around her house and wait for it to happen. She had too much energy for that and needed to do something, anything.

Kyle gave a nod at her remark. "Ah, that's fine. Truthfully, I'm going to be a little busy today as well. My dad is officially taking over the police department here, and I wanted to celebrate with him. Speaking of powers, though..." He leaned in close to her, and she suddenly became aware of how most of the girls were staring at them. "Have you told your friend, Armin, yet?"

"Not yet. Also, you're a little close. I don't want a repeat of what happened last time." She chuckled nervously.

Kyle pulled away and had a heavy frown on his face. "Yeah. Sorry about that. I had a word with that Ashley girl. I can't believe those kids would do a cruel prank like that. I'm not interested in any of them. I'd rather hang out with you."