Spectacular World

Congratulations!

Arvin Ros paced back and forth. The director of Daisy held a stress ball in his hands, which he kept gripping, squeezing till it finally popped. "I take it all back." The man muttered. "Ward is right about you; you're downright useless! I can't believe you had a member of the Immortals with you."

Hope flinched a bit and couldn't bring herself to look up and meet the man's eyes. She was just as mad at herself as he was. She had literally allowed one of the most evil people in the world to stand casually next to her parents. This revelation about Meta was practically causing her blood to boil.

"She should be arrested!" Halo screamed, throwing her arms into the air. "Not only did she humiliate me, but she also caused all that damage to the city, and she is clearly working with the Immortals!"

"I'm not working with them." Hope snarled out and glared at the older woman, causing Halo to let out a yelp and dive behind the chair she had been sitting in.

"Intentional or not, you still allowed a member of the Immortals into my city." Ros sighed and collapsed in his seat. "There's only one reason they would be on the move like this."

"The Murder Games." Purrfect leaned against a wall, her head bowed and her arms folded. "Battery said it would be starting soon, but I hoped he was wrong. As usual, he isn't..."

"You don't get to say that," Hope said under her breath, but she knew the other hero could hear her. "You didn't know him as long as I have."

Purrfect frowned. "Hey, don't get all snappy with me. You're the one that screwed up, you know."

It was just after Metatron and Michael had left. Ros had quickly gotten his Hero Branch officers to clear the scene of the public who had been there to witness everything that went down. All the heroes present had been gathered up, and they now all rested inside of the director's office. It was a plain-looking room with several shelves of rewards and seats scattered around.

Hope found herself near the back, sitting in a soft armchair. Next to her, Dust Cloud and War God stood. Dust Cloud looked very uncomfortable, while War God looked like she was full of rage. They both stood on either side of her, ready to act if she tried anything funny. Halo was on the other side of the room, practically hiding behind anything the woman could get her hands on. Finally, that left Ros, who paced around the room nonstop, and Purrfect, who was chilling out in the corner.

Hope leaned forward in her chair, but her movement caused both War God and Dust Cloud to tense up. "I think who really screwed up was you, Purrfect." She said flatly.

"Oh yeah?" Purrfect raised an eyebrow.

"You figured out who she was and had plenty of time to act, but you didn't." She stated in a blunt tone as she stared back at the cat-themed hero. "Instead, you sent these three people after my friend and then waited on the sidelines. You didn't warn anyone, and you didn't bring any proper backup. You wanted all the credit for yourself, right? Using Battery's Giants, you planned to try and get a cheap shot off of them, but that failed, and you ended up letting them get away. Then, of course, there's the fact you made me fight these three idiots-"

"Idiots?" Halo's knuckles turned white from how hard the woman gripped down on the chair. "You're the idiot!"

"Nice comeback." She said sarcastically. Halo looked like she was about to lose it, but before another fight could break out, Purrfect let out a soft laugh, catching them all off guard. Purrfect laughed for several seconds before finally managing to catch her breath. "What's so funny?" Hope asked, frowning.

Purrfect's smirk grew larger. "Just the way you're speaking now. I didn't really get to know you too well before the Beast stuff, but you seem like you're a totally different person from that version of Cinder that I met. You keep talking about how Battery changed, and you want to speak to him because of that, yet you don't seem to realize how much you've changed as well."