My Heroes and Villains

My New Job

I was at home, watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, it was one of my favourite shows. My phone started ringing, making my heart race; I quickly paused the show and answered my phone. "Hello."

"Hello, Cara, this is Pauline. I wanted to let you know that you've got the job."

"Oh, that's great, thank you." I grinned.

My dreams really had come true, I couldn't wait to start my very first job, and get to know the superheroes.

"You'll be going out with the London Defenders, but you won't have to fight until you've been trained. For now, you'll just be healing them. You'll be working Monday to Friday from 9am-6pm."

"Okay."

"When can you start?" Pauline asked.

"Uh, tomorrow," I replied.

"Great, I'll see you then."

"Bye, see you tomorrow."

I hung up. This was fantastic, I was starting my dream job tomorrow, and I'd be with heroes, who I'd loved for years. But, what if they were horrible people? They always seemed really friendly on TV, hopefully they'd be the same in real life. They couldn't be mean, they seemed so nice when I'd met them. I needed to stop worrying, it was going to be great working with superheroes and being one myself.

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The next day, I went to the London Defenders building. Pauline walked over to me.

"Good morning, how are you?" She asked.

"I'm good, how are you?"

"I'm good. Follow me and I'll introduce you to the people you'll be working with."

"Thank you," I said.

I followed Pauline into a corridor, then we walked up grey spiraled steps. It was a fancy building, definitely fit for superheroes. It was so surreal that I got to work here with my idols. When we got to the top, we walked along another corridor, then took the first door on the right. Inside, was a large room, with differently coloured chairs and sofas; there was a kitchen area with supplies as well. The carpet was bright, red and soft looking. The walls were a happy, yellow colour. It was a very pretty room. All of the superheroes were sitting together.

"Everyone, I'd like you to meet Cara, the newest member of the team. I hope you'll all make her feel welcome," Pauline said.

"Of course." Swift Sage nodded.

"I'm afraid I have to get back to business," Pauline said.

"Oh, that's fine," I replied.

"If you have any questions or troubles, come and find me. If you can't find me, you can ask at reception."

"Alright, thanks."

Pauline left, and I went and sat opposite my new team.

"We should introduce ourselves properly, I'm Sam," Mr. Mind said.

"I'm Alex," Strong Sapphire said.

"I'm Pablo," Swift Sage said.

"And I'm Sofia," Invisigirl said.

"It's nice to meet you all properly."

"You too, I'm glad you got the job," Pablo replied.

It was amazing that I was in the same room as them, and that I was talking to them. If this was a dream, I never wanted to wake up.

"Thanks, so am I."

"So, you can heal people and bring them back to life?" Alex asked.

"Yep, that's right, I'm also Immortal."