Adopting The Superhero

Chapter 27

Nyssa's pov

"Bomb threat," Xander tells me, ducking behind a hedge, "you coming too?"

"No thank you," I decline, pretending to talk on the phone so no one will be curious as to why I'm talking to a hedge. Xander needs to change into his Storm outfit. "I'll sit this one out."

"Suit yourself. I'll be back in a little bit. Any chance you can give me a ride to the building?" He questions, his voice full of hope. I huff and roll my eyes, but take off running, grasping his arm tightly.

"I'll never get used to that," Xander complains, holding onto his stomach. My heart begins to ache as I realize how many times Lucy had said those exact words to me. Tears gather in my eyes. He doesn't notice. He's already running into the building to save the day.

"Excuse me Miss, but you need to move. This section is blocked off," a police man, Detective Paner, tells me. I almost laugh. I nod and jog back a little bit, a frown on my face. Something is wrong. My phone starts to ring.

"What is it?" I demand, running a hand through my hair.

"Something's wrong, Nys. There's more than one bomb. I can't get to them all at once. Look, I know you're on strike right now, but I need you to take a break from that and either help disable bombs or start getting people out of here. Now," Xander commands.

"I'll be in in a second," I promise him. I hang up, then run away, changing quickly before speeding back to the building, this time going inside. I skid to a stop beside Xander.

"Nice seeing you, Viper," he greets, cutting a wire.

"I'll get people out, just in case. Where's the next bomb?" I demand.

"Two levels up. All of the people have gone into lock down mode in the basement for some dumb ass reason. I don't know why they didn't evacuate," Xander snaps. I nod and grab his arm, running him up to the next bomb. Then I go downstairs.

"It's Viper." People were whispering. Thoughts cloud my mind. Not now. I need to focus.

"Look, I understand that most of you are probably pissed at me right now, but we need to go. There are bombs in this building," I explain urgently. No one moves. Then a young couple steps forward, holding hands. I nearly sigh in relief. I grab them and run outside. By the time I'm back, more amd more people are moving up. I take them all outside then go up to Xander.

"Viper, we need to go. The last one is underground. No way to get to it. Everyone but us is out. This building is about to blow up," Xander yells, grabbing my arm. I nod frantically and run, holding onto him tightly.

My superspeed still isn't quite fast enough. We just barely get through the front entrance when the bomb goes off. Xander and I go flying, tumbling on the street. I groan loudly, my ribs aching. Why is it always my ribs that get hurt?

"We did it! We made it!" Xander shouts, jumping up. I groan and stand up.

"Storm, Viper, thank you both for helping us," Detective Paner shouts over all of the noise. There is a large area that has been cleared. People are fighting to get closer and pointing at me and Xander.

"It's our job. Sorry about the building," Xander apologizes. I grab onto his arm again and run us back to my house.

"Nyssa!" Ashton yells, running forwards. He wraps his arms around my body, hugging me tightly. I stand there, unsure of what to do. Finally I hug him back gently.

"We were so worried about you two. You guys barely made it out of the building!" Luke scolds, hugging me. Calum and Michael proceed to hug me. Xander is talking with Seth, Aiden and Oliver. Devon has detention. Rylan and River are stuck with their new family.

"We're fine," I reassure them, a warm fuzzy feeling in my stomach. They actually care about me.

"Good. I don't know what we'd do without you. In case you haven't noticed, we're all kind of attached to you now," Michael smiles. I grin back, a giddy feeling overtaking my body.

"So I guess this means that Viper's back?" Calum asks, a smirk on his face. Oliver, Aiden, Seth, and Xander stop their conversation and turn to hear my answer.

I nod, "Yeah. I'm back."