Superhero Gone Bad

Chapter 28

Chapter 28

         I flew off to the HQ. I wanted to spend some time with Willow and Tam. I landed a little roughly and fell over. I almost always mess my landings up. Someone pushed me. I didn't see them or hear them, so I fell right over onto my face. "Hey!" I flipped over and saw it was Kimberly. "What the heck are you doing?" She sat on me. Sat on me. I picked her up and threw her. If that wasn't bad enough, someone threw a knife at me. I hissed and looked at it. It was in my stomach. I pulled it out and hissed again. Suddenly, every villan was surrounding me. 

     I started choking. I couldn't breathe! I fell to my knees. "You-guys!" I said frantically. "I'm- on- your- side- remem- ber?" Jake stepped forward, his face screwed up in concentration. I shot my hand out at him and he fell over, giving me my air back. I took a deep breath and I set on fire. I was pissed.

      Bone Breaker stepped forward and chuckled. "Tammy!" Roots snaked around my ankles and feet. I tried pulling my feet out, but they wouldn't budge. I looked at her with disbelief. "I thought we were friends!" I said. Willow stepped forward and splashed water in my face. Suddenly Fire stepped forward. I shook my head, "No, Fire, not you. Not you, too."

      He smirked evilly and got a fireball, trying to throw it at my face. I decided it was time to fight back. I threw Fire at Tammy's face and I was free. I kicked Jake in the face. He grabbed my foot and swing me around. I used the momentum to knee Willow in the stomach. All the villains came after me at once. I was experiencing pure panic. I was used. 

    I shot up into the air. The few flyers there were, followed me. Bone Breaker threw a knife at me coated in green slime. I tried to dodge, I really did, but it hit me dead on. Right in my chest. I fell like a rock to the ground. It's not the knife. No, not at all. It's the green slime that got me. It's my kryptonite. I think it's about time you know what it is. It's algae mixed with ground leaves. Weird, I know. But I don't control it.

    I moaned as the flyers dropped near me. I got up shakily and flew into the air again. I used all my power left to turn invisible and shoot away from them. I couldn't take the pain anymore and I dropped to the ground. I decided I couldn't go to Mom. She would just yell at me for being stupid. Kristina wouldn't help me, she would obsess. Marvel would obsess, too. It's decided I'll go to Dustin.

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    I walked as fast as I could to his house. I knocked on his door fast and furious. He opened the door with a scowl, ready to yell. But when he saw me, the way I was, it disappeared. "Jamie?" he said. "What happened?" He let me in and I almost fell over. "Dus," I said. "I need your help." He scowled, but concern was etched in his eyes. "Why should I help you?" he asked, but I could see in his eyes he would help me. "Dustin," I said, tears leaking out my eyes." Please."

   After a split second's hesitation, I put my hands up to my mask and pulled it off, looking him straight in the eye. His eyes widened, but he picked me up and carried me to the kitchen. He laid me down on the counter. "What do I do?" he asked. A fresh shot of pain made my eyes shoot open. Not a lot of it must've gotten into me, because I should be dead by now. 

   "Get water- and soap," I ground out. "And after- you clean it- pour milk- over it." He looked perplexed, but didn't question it. He ran to the bathroom and came back with a wet washcloth and some soap. "I need to cut your shirt off," he said. "Is that okay?" I screamed when another wave of pain overtook me. "Just stop the pain!" I moaned. He got scissors and started to cut my shirt open. I didn't really care what he saw. I just needed him to get rid of it. When he cout a nice size hole in my shirt, he started to clean around the wound. 

   He rubbed soap on the washcloth and looked at my eyes for a second, before starting to clean directly on the cut. I held my mouth closed and screamed. When he got to the deepest part of the cut, I screamed so loud I think I broke a few windows. Dustin stopped, but stopping will mean more pain for me. "Keep going!" I screamed. I sounded like a monster. Dustin quickly cleaned. I was trying not to scream too loud. He finally finished cleaning, but it still stung like hell. 

  He got out milk and poured the whole gallon over my stomach. I groaned, "Ooohhhh.." A sweet smile spread scross my face as my cut stitched itself back together. I let out another moan as it fully healed; as if it was never even there. Dustin's eyes widened. That's all I saw before I deifted off into a peaceful sleep.

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   I opened my eyes to complete darkness. I gasped when I realized I wasn't alone in the bed. Dustin was up and staring at me. I moved to look at him straight on. "So," he started. "You're Selena." I blushed. "Well, yeah," I said. "I mean-" He kissed me lightly. "Just don't talk, okay, Selena?" he said. I was silent. He hugged me to his chest and I sighed deeply.

  After about fifteen minutes, Dustin pulled back and looked down at me. "I can't stand the suspense anymore," he said. "What happened?" I told him the story in a bitter tone. He looked shocked, "Really? That Fire guy looked really into you." I let a tear fall. "And I was really into him, too," I said. "Aw, don't cry, Selena," he said. He put his arms around me in a comforting way. I looked straight into his eyes and noticed something. I love him. I love Dustin.

  I sighed and buried my face into Dustin's bare chest. I was wearing one of his shirts. He had taken my pants off, but I don't mind. He most likely didn't do a thing to me. I looked into his eyes and he smiled. "I mean, it's not really a surprise," he said, smirking. "I basically knew it was you from the beginning." I gave him a curios look. "How?" He blushed a little, "I wantched how you acted and compared it to Jamie." Realization hit his face like a lightbuld, and he asked, "Are you going to be a superhero now?"

   I frowned. "Well, I doubt they would want me back," I said. "Unless.." He shook my lightly. "What plan do you have?" I smiled at his antics. "Well," I said. "I was thinking, if I took Bone Breaker down, they would accept me. And some." He smiled. "Great idea," he said. "But the problem is.. how will you do it?"

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Dustin to Selena