Axis Of Heroes [Book One]

Episode 3: Rise of the XYZ Warriors

'Diane!' Roy thought. His mouth quivered and gradually form into a toothy grin.

The girl jumped down and tapped the drone's hull. The drone slowly tipped over and fell on it's back. A spark was omitted from the drones core. After that, it exploded, bursting out several flames at a time.

The girl smiled at Blake and held out her hand to help him up. "T-thanks" he muttered.

"Diane! Welcome back!" Roy said with a grin.

"Good to be back," Diane said, smiling at her brother.

"Any luck?" Roy said.

She paused for a moment before finally replying. "No...Unfortunately."

"Do you two know each other?" Blake asked.

"I'm glad you asked!" Roy said, waving an index finger in the air. He went over and threw his arm around Diane casually. "She's my sister!"

Blake looked at Diane from the feet up to her beautiful face and looked at Roy's creepy grin shortly after. 'This can't be...' Blake thought, sweat running down his face.

The three of them looked in front of them to see the fire truck coming along.

"I can't have them put out the fire I created." Diane said with a serious face.

She held an open palm out to the fire for a few seconds. Blake opened his mouth in curiosity. Not too long after, his eyes widened in shock.

The flames were moving towards her palm. Roy walked forward and was smiling as he folded his arms and watched. The flames vanished as they seemingly entered the palm of her hand.

The firemen looked around in confusion, making the guy who reported the fire look crazy. However, they did spot the damages.

"What kind of power is that? That's insane!" Blake said.

"Hm? He's the one you rescued right?" Diane asked.

"Yeah, but his uhm. Memories aren't too clear," Roy said.

'Clearly... else he wouldn't ask such a question,' Diane thought.

Blake looked down with a troubled facial expression. "Sorry..."

Roy and Diane looked at each other in worry.

"It's alright!" Roy said, trying his best to sound like his usual goofy-self.

Blake grimaced. He could feel that something was off. Why was it that he couldn't remember? Had the people back in the lab done something to him?

Diane touched his shoulder. "He said that it's alright. Even if you lost them, you can recover them later on."

The amnesiatic boy nodded timidly. "I sure hope so..."

"I think those are all of them for now," Diane said, eyeing the area. "I didn't see anymore while I was flying. Whoever sent those sure is persistent."

Blake released a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness. I thought that we were going to be goners."

"Speak for yourself," Roy said, putting his arm around his sister again. "The two of us would've been fine even if more robots came."

He started at the siblings with a mix of fear and fatigue. "I meant the town too." He glanced at all the debris spread throughout the city. "I think that those things were going to level the town."

"You worry too much," Roy scoffed, nodding at his own greatness. "Even if there were more of those things, we'll be able to take them down. Heck, even if Diane weren't here, I'll be able to handle them all."