Hidden Heroes

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"Are you gay?" What the hell did I just say?!

"Why do you ask?"
"I-I mean, it's not important but if you are I gotta know but it's really not a necessary fact but if you are then..."
"If it's not important, I don't have to answer that."

I grabbed his face and turned it so we were facing parallel to each other. "I gotta know, man."
"Fine, I'm not gay."
"Alright," I spoke, letting go of his face.
"I'm really not."
"I'm not against gay people. They should be able or tell people who they like without being judged."
"You don't believe I'm not gay?"
"Zac..."

"Do you want me to prove it?"
"Wait, what does that mean?" He cupped my face and leaned in, pressing his lips to mine. Fudge.
I mean, not fudge, more like milk chocolate. It wasn't that bad.

Before it got too serious, he pulled away and he must've noticed how pink I was. I felt pink. No, I feel hot which makes me think I'm pink. "You believe me now?"
I nodded. "Yep," I squeaked.

Oy vey. What's wrong with me?

"Yes, the ship has SAILED!!"
Chance ran out from behind a bush and I stood abruptly, avoiding his tackle. Zac didn't though, unfortunately. "You guys have to go out now," I laughed, looking the position they were in.

Chance grinned. "Wanna join?"
"Shut up," Zac spoke as he pushed Chance off of him.
"Shit, Chance, you're getting him mad."
"Run away!"

He grabbed my hand and started running towards the back doors when he pulled me into the water. "Chance Colt!"
I moved my hair out of the way to make it clear I was glaring at him. "Whoops, I slipped."
He shrugged innocently which clearly indicated his malice.

"You female dog." I got out of the water and tried to get rid of the water in my clothes. "This is gonna take forever to wash properly. You're doing it."

"What? Why me?"
"What, why me? What do you mean, you bloody threw me into the pool!"

"I'm sorry."
"No you're not."
"No I'm not."

"Can I borrow your phone, Chance?"
"You're gonna throw it into the pool the second I give it to you."
"No I'm not."
He frowned and hesitantly gave me his electronic device. I made sure he didn't know what I was thinking.

I typed in the number and put the phone to my ear.
"Hel" - cough - "Hello?"

"Maximus? Hey, it's me, Liz."
"Lizbeth, what's wrong?"
"A lot is wrong. How are you on your mission so far?"
"Ah, I'm currently at the hospital. Got pretty injured but we found him, Liz. We found the person who killed mom."

I felt like it was one of those moments where I was supposed to cry but no tears wanted to fall out of my eyes. Max and I were born with emotional armor, we never cried.
Max never got mad either but that wasn't the same for me.

"Max, did he do something to you?!"
"No, no... yeah but that's besides the point. You called me for a reason?"
"It's about Ivy. I came across her son and-"
"Wait, have you been in touch with the news? Ivy's dead."
"Wait, so that incident with the green slime-"
"Is actually her son? How'd you guys bump into each other?"
"I was walking by myself by an empty alley."
"You're an idiot. Just a complete idiot."
"Shut up. So he'd be lying if he said that Ivy's our step ma?"
"Is that what he said? Dad hits on a lot of girls, Ivy is gullible. She must've thought that the relationship was going somewhere and told her son."
"Also, I don't trust myself around Jason here. He's being weird."
"He works for the villains. They're all weird but stay away from him."
"What if he uses his mind control against me? I won't be able to stay away from him."
"Just keep something on you to send a shock through your body if that does happen."
"What about dad, do you think he'll get outta prison?"
"Definitely not."
"Okay, will you keep in touch?"
"Of course, I gotta go. Bye."

"Bye."

I handed Chance his phone and he took it with a small smile; the sadness was visible in his eyes.
"You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Life just hit me with some hard stuff but I'll be fine."

I heard an extra pair of footsteps and I turned around.
"Zachary?"

"Your dad's a criminal?"
:.~^*^~.:
Luna's POV

Someone tapped my head and I looked up to see Jason wearing a stupid grin.
"How you doing, pumpkin face?"

Hey, he caught me at a bad time. I swallowed the mouthful of fries in my mouth and frowned. "What do you need, Jay?"

"Did you call me Jay?"
"Did you call me pumpkin face?"
"Good point."

He sat in the empty seat next to me and leaned in a bit too close for comfort.
"You. I need you."

"Woah! Okay, I'm leaving!"
I got up to leave but he held me down.
"I'm not stopping until I get you. You're one of Lizbeth's closest friends and if I take over your mind, I'll be her closest companion."

I looked up at him and my mind and thoughts were fogging.
A sudden shock went through my arm and I looked at Axel who was holding on to my wrist.
"We're leaving."

Jason grinned at Axel. "Sup? Are you two dating?"

"N-"
"Yes."

I felt my entire face heat up like a torch. Dating? Me and Axel?
Oh shoot.

Axel pulled me away from my dinner and I noticed how much my arm was beating up. "Axel, you're burning me."
His fingers didn't budge, they continued to scalp my skin with its heat.
"Axel!"

He stopped and I took that as the chance to yank my hand from his grip. Red streaks marked where he had pulled me from.
"Ow, what was that?"

Anger was visible, it clearly was the expression on his face. "Stay away from guys like him."

"I should be staying away from guys like you too." I rubbed my wrist gently to soothe the pain.

Without a second to react, Axel took my hand and placed his lips where he held onto me.
"Axe?"

"I'm sorry," he spoke simply.

He dropped my hand and turned to walk away. I grabbed his hand before he went too far. "Axe, what's with you?"

He looked down at my hand, then back at me.
My fingertips started to heat up and I yelped, quickly pulling back.

Axel took that chance to walk away from me and I tried to use my aberrant to heal me.

What's wrong with him?
Guys can have mood swings like when girls are in their period.

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