Embers

Mask (pt 1)

Masks, be it full face masks or a cloth mask just to cover up to your nose. One thing doesn't change, its purpose. To hide its wearers identity. And a mask is what I, Proton, wear a mask to protect my identity. Also, to disguise the pain that I am feeling right know as I grab my now limp arm. I look at the shattered glass and wonder what happened.

"Ugh my head." I said aloud.

I reached up and pat my head. I feel the blood trickle down and I then look at my arm.

"Ow my arm............" I say in a slightly sarcastic tone.

I then fumble around in the dark for my mask. I pumped my hand across it after examining the cut across the side of it and the glass shard sticking through it. It caused the deep gash in my head. I carefully put it back on and weakly stood up. I walked to the broken window and tugged on my wire. I heard a few clanks and then I proceeded to pull it up. I looked at the end and saw an antenna attached to my makeshift grappling hook and took it off.

"God damn it! Looks like I found out why I crashed into the window."

I then tossed it back out the window and checked my holsters. I grabbed up one of my parrying daggers and put it back in its holster, and look around to make sure no one else was there.

"in........... u........... ear me?"

I heard a familiar voice over my intercom and I pressed the button on the left side of my mask and answered.

"Repeat that again Yang."

"an........ you.......... ear me?"

I sigh as I crawled out the window and hang from a extended flag pole.

"Ok look I don't have a ear fetish like you but I can slightly hear you, must of screwed up the intercom during the crash." I exclaim as I looked for a good point to hook my grapple onto.

I tossed it at a nearby tower and jumped. I glided along at the angle it took me, then I proceeded to pull on the wire some and the grapple falls off. It started to be pulled back into my belt and I pulled out the other one on the other side. I shot it at the nearest tower I could find and alternated between them until I got to the building near my house.

"Home sweet home I guess." I take one look back at the city and jump down onto my balcony.

I walked into my room and sit down the bed and look at the frail ends of my black overcoat. I heard a knock on my door. I walked to it and peaked into the peephole. I saw Yang and I opened the door.

"Hey there Bruno." I said as I held out the intercoms earpiece.

"Wanna fix it for me?"

He sighed and grabbed it from me. He looked at it and then back at me.

"Sure its not like I have other things to do right?" he smirked.

I took off my overcoat and tossed it on the bed. I walked out the room with him to the second floor staircase and leaned on the rails.

"Nope, not to my knowledge. Unless you got some girly girl waiting for you." I chuckled.

He shakes the earpiece lightly and looked at it oddly.

"Oh by the way Amy called. She wanted to come over but I told her you were busy. She sure wasn't happy about that."

I sighed and grabbed my phone. I started to call her up but Bruno stopped me.

"You do know its like 3 in the morning, why would she be up right now?"

My eyes widen as I look at the time .4: 28. I then looked back up at Bruno.

"How long was I out?"

"About two hours or so I would say." He says as he rubbed his head and then walked off with the earpiece.

I sighed and walked back to my room. As I walked away I waved at Bruno even though he cant see me.

"Night." I say as I closed my door to my room.

I grabbed my overcoat and took out my handgun. I looked at it, a jet black P99 with a grove grip and sight rail on it. I put it in my holster next to my bed and hung my overcoat and mask up in the closet behind all my other clothes. I laid in bed and yawned. I soon fell asleep. I woke up and felt like I dreamt of something but I wasn't sure what. I noticed my hand was laying over something.

"Hmm?" I look over and jump some.

"AMY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" I yelled as her cute green eyes slowly looked up at me. She smiled a little and interlocked our hands.

"Morning sweetie, you slept so silently I couldn't bring myself to wake you up. And to answer your question, Bruno let me in as he was up all night screwing with your ear piece so I just came up and slept with you. By the you missed school again."

I groaned as I looked at the clock and saw that it said 7:12. I slowly got out of bed and reached for my curtains to open them up. I fell over in pain and Amy runs to my side

"Whats wrong baby are you okay?" She kisses my forehead and I rub my arm a little.

"Must of hurt it more then I thought. Now that the adrenaline is gone I can feel the pain from moving it." I say as I slowly get up and open the curtains with my other hand.

I looked out at the lack of cars on the road.

"Slow as always." I said

Amy kissed me and smiled. She cuddled me and I cuddled her back.

"Well your not slow if you get what I mean." She says with a wink and pulled me into the bed.

She lifted up her shirt and I see my mask I wore last night. She leaned over and pulled out my secondary mask out from behind my pillow and puts it on.

"I know you want to do more of your vigilante work, but since I have your masks you can't really do it now can you?" She says in a playful voice and she sat on my lap and runs her hands up my chest.

"So if you want them back you have to come and get them sweetie." she leaned in and giggled and plays with my hair. I interlock one of our hands.

"Well you sure know how to make my job a bit hard don't you babe?" I said seductively

She giggles more and pulls at my pants.

"Well it's fun to play with my boyfriend you know." She pulls the covers over us and I work on retrieving my mask.