A Hidden Hero

He Was Masked

I giggle and my words slur, "Guuyyss I-Im gooonnna go hommmaah!"

I put down the red plastic cup and I stumble as I walk towards the clubs door. I shove it open and I sluggishly walk down the alley. I hear the club door open and A few people walk out laughing. I may be completely wasted but I quicken my pace. "Hey pretty lady." I hear one of them yell.

Two huge hands grab my shoulders and pull me back, "Let me go!?"

"Why?" The drunk man giggles and tightens his grip as the others walk over. I ram my elbow into the guys gut and kick my heels off. I dart running as fast as I can, I turn my head to see if they are following. Thump! I run directly into a wall. This wall was soft and warm though? I look up to see a man in all black. He had a mask. Weird I think.

I crawl back, "No! No please dont hurt me?!" 

Instead of grabbing me, he walks over to the other men. They laugh, "You just gonna let her go?"

The masked man kept walking, I look down at his hands to see them turning into fists. He kicked himself off the wall and sent his fist into the first drunkies jaw. He grunted as he dodged a poorly aimed punch, he snapped back up and grabbed the arm. He twisted it and kicked him in the stomach. 

I stared at his dancing shadow flinching from the cries and yowls from the drunk men. I peaked back up to see the masked man staring down at me, "W-who are you?..."

"Call the cops." He said in a deep husky voice and was gone.

(0_0 )

-Masked Man-

I stumbled into my house from one of my windows, I cried out in pain as I hit the floor. My side was killing me, but that wasn't the thing that bothered me the most. "I need to make sure she is okay..." I mumbled slowly leaning up. 

I yanked off my mask along with my shirt. My short brown hair was styled in an undercut, well before I put the mask on it is. "I'm 19 and I could be doing anything else with my life. But noooo! I had to be a freaken experiment!" I growled walking past my bed and into the bathroom.

~Flashback~

I whined as the doctors pulled me onto the bed. My insides where burning with furious pain! I saw my dad come into view, he had a pained look in his eyes. "We did everything we could.....The cancer is still there." I heard a doctor sniffle out.

My dad yelled and bursted with anger, "He is only 12! Try harder! He has a fucking life ahead of him!"

They quickly wheeled me out of the room and sent me to a different room. Its walls where plated with led and one simple bed was in the corner. They threw me off of the shaggy bed cart, I yelped as I landed on the metal plated floor. I turned around frantically and ran at the closing led door. 

I slammed my palms on the door screaming for help. Tears ran down my face, a sharp pain sparked in my body. I cried out falling to the floor, my body felt as if electricity was pumping into me. I cried out one last time before the world went dark.

~End Of Flashback~

(0_0 )

-Avery-

I stood in the polices office staring at my feet trying to avoid the gaze of my parents and the cops. My puffy wet eyes continued to stare at my feet as I whispered, "He was masked...."

"What did he look like?" The cop asked for the billionth time. 

"Listen I dont know! He was wearing all black, his hair was short, and he had a freaken mask!" I yelled at the cop and gave myself a minute to realize what I did. "Oh my god..... I am sorry...." I whine and place my hands over my face.

"You guys can go." I hear the cop talking to my parents, "And once again I am sorry for having you guys come out so late."

I stand up and feel the cold shoulder of my parents, I once again avoid their gazes. I walked out passing some of my friends and former classmates. The door was practically calling my names as I opened it walking out to the full parking lot. My parents are talking about what punishment I should get with me just a foot in front of them.

I opened the car door and slipped in letting the shadows consume me. My parents got in and started the car. We drove out of the packed parking lot and silently rode home. The last thing I remember before falling asleep was a shadow gracefully dancing on my wall. I turned my head looking at my now open window. I was to tired to care so I cuddled back into my pillow and fell asleep.