Spectacular World

The Man Who Slept On The Moon

"I really put a super villain behind bars." She said quietly. She rested in the back seat of Whisper's van, her face blank. "I actually did it."

"That's like the tenth time you've said it. You alright?" Snowdawn snorted.

"Sorry." She shook her head. "It's just... Wow. Like, it's really hitting me, you know."

"Didn't you put four members of Zoo behind bars?" Whisper asked flatly.

"That was mostly the Sub Enforcers." She said, shaking her head. "I barely beat that Red Scorpion girl. That Saw dude though; I hard carried you and Wasp Nest on that!" She said smugly. "I'm the reason it went so smoothly."

"Well, don't get too cocky." Mr. Larison pulled his mask off, shaking his hair down. "Next time, it might not go as well."

"I know." She couldn't help but smile. "It's just. I don't know. It feels like I finally did something."

"That's because you did." Myth didn't look at her, too busy focusing on the road. "Most villains are meant to only be fought by the leaders of hero teams or adult hero team members such as the Watch Dogs. For you to have not only fought but also taken down Saw Head is a good achievement. Even if Polaron and the others got away, at this moment, I'm sure that you all did good."

"Team Pantheon finally did something worth bragging about!" Whisper announced, patting Cinder on the top of her helmet.

They were all still in costume. The incident with Polaron and Green Wolf happened a few hours ago. The bitter taste of having let both of them escape wouldn't leave her. Despite that, she kept being told she did a good job capturing Saw Head. This had been why she did it all in the first place. She beat a real villain. A strong one too. This wasn't like Red Ape, someone that normal cops could take down. All she needed now was to start making cash, and she'd finally reach her goal.

Saw Head had been placed into a heavy holding cell somewhere in the Hero Branch tower, and he would later no doubt be shipped off to Nightshade, a prison made for Supers. For once, life seemed to be on her side and working out. Even her home life was going a bit better, as her mom wasn't working as many hours and seemed less stressful lately. It was a blessing, considering just what Polaron had told her.

The villain knew who she was. That was something she hadn't brought up. Polaron was interesting. He was evil yet seemed to have some sort of honor. He had once offered to let them go when he fought them at the warehouse. On top of that, the power she saw him use in his fight with Green Wolf told her the villain had been holding back greatly on them. If the man truly knew who she was, he could have acted at any time, yet he didn't.

At least that's what she told herself. In truth, it felt like a blunder on her part. She had let her identity slip because of how reckless she was. She didn't want to admit that fact to the others, so she kept it to herself.

The van turned off the road and began to enter a large parking lot. "I know it's been a long day." Myth stated, slowly parking the car in front of an old-looking abandoned building. "That said, what happened today was no small feat. Pantheon has only been working with the Sub Enforcers for less than a month, and already we've managed to fight off Bad Timers, raid several Wandering Coin drug bases, and even capture a full-on supervillain. That's why, after speaking with Money Tree, we decided it would be a good idea for you all to have a bit of downtime. Don't expect this to be a recurring thing, though."

"Down time?" Snowdawn raised an eyebrow as he and the others stepped out of the car. None of them had been told where they were going in advance by Myth. After the incident with Bad Timers, he had taken them back to the base before he got a call from Money Tree. Whatever the two had discussed was the reason he brought them here.