Amanda Smith (The Avengers ff) #English

12.

I'm just staring at the phone. I can't believe it. After all this time, he gave me a sign of life. The message was sent a few hours ago.
It says that he is fine and that he wants to meet me in two days after school. Then he will explain everything to me.

Relieved, I put the phone aside, after I read the message over and over again.
Then I go to sleep.

It's 7:15am.
It seems that I'm the first one in the apartment who's already awake.
Silently, I sneak through the apartment and make my breakfast. The school doesn't start until 8:00am.

After the breakfast I leave a note to my grandma, so she doesn't worry.
Then I'm on my way to school.

This time I walk slowly, because I still have enough time. Suddenly a screaming woman comes running past me. She yells something about a bank robbery.

After I walk around the corner, I run quickly. The police is already there.
As it seems, the robbers in the bank have entrenched themselves and taken hostages.

What am I actually doing here?
What shall I do now?
You have to help them, a voice in my head says.
Should I listen to her?
Of course.

I run into the building and start to shine again, so at least no one can recognize me.

I stop briefly to get my bearings. I feel the fear rising in me now.
There are suddenly shots and screams to hear. The sounds come from a big room. Without thinking about it, I run into it. Startled, the people look at me. Why not?
They've probably never seen a luminous being.
Immediately the robbers set the weapons on me.
Seconds later, the first person lies unconscious on the floor.
Now they are shooting at me.
Great!
So I have no choice and make the others unable to move.
The police is on the verge of storming when the robbers suddenly lie in front of them in the street.
A little further away, I also see Spider-Man, who has come here for nothing.

When he starts walking and swings away, I look at the clock.
Shit, I'm late. I run to school quickly. I had completely forgotten the time.

Arrived at school, I go immediately to the classroom. The lessons haven't started fortunately. I sit on my chair and unpack my things.
"We wanted to meet in front of the school, where were you?", I hear Peter ask from the side.
"I overslept", I say softly, shortly after that the teacher comes in and the lessons begin.

At lunchtime I sit alone at a table and think. That was insane, I can't believe I did that today.
Suddenly I startle when Peter taps on my shoulder.
"Are you okay?", he asks as he and Ned sit down next to me.
"Yeah, I'm okay", I say calmly.
Ned looks at his cell phone and looks surprised, just like Peter when he sees the reason for that.
"Have you heard of it?", Ned asks, showing me a picture of ... me.
Someone took it after I brought the robbers out of the band. Luckily, you just see the outlines of one person.
"No, I haven't heard anything yet", I say, trying to stay calm. Peter looks at me and seems to think about anything. I just pretend I don't realize ut.

We talk about it all the break and then go back to class.

It could be worse. Someone could have taken a picture of me in my normal form.

The rest of the school day passes quickly. I walk home with Peter. Now my brother comes back to my mind. Tomorrow I will finally see him again. Arrived at the entrance of my house, I say goodbye to Peter and enter the building.

After dinner, I watch TV with Grandma. The evening is actually quiet.
Until they show something about that what happened this morning.
They say they don't know if IT will be a danger. Then they speculate if it's an alien.
Danger, why?
After I saved all these people, why should I be a danger then?
Now I also got the name IT. Are they comparing me to a character in a horror novel?

Slightly angry about it, I notice that my hands start to glow. I can't control myself so completely.
I say that I am tired and go to bed.
I can't believe what the news do to me.

After a while I finally fall asleep.