Shining Heroes

Chapter 31

"Is the food ok?"

"Yeah." I quickly stated after I realized I had been staring at her.

I stuffed some food in my mouth and stared intently at the plate.

'This has to be from the concussion, right?'

"Is what because of the concussion?" She asked looking more confused and concerned than before.

"Oh. Uh. My..." I began to fumble over my words. "My ears have been ringing for a while now."

It wasn't exactly a lie. They were ringing pretty badly, but it died down a lot.

"Concussions can cause that." She turned back to her dinner.

I slowly stood up and excused myself back to the bathroom.

I turned the sink on and splashed some cold water in my face.

I looked at myself in the mirror and I dont remember ever looking this rough.

The bandage on my forehead and I was covered in bruises. I touched on of the bruises on my cheek and instantly winced at the pain.

"Hey is everything ok in there?" She suddenly knocked on the door.

I jumped away from the sink as the door slowly opened. She must have picked up on me jumping because she stayed in the doorway.

"Yeah I'm fine. Just washing some dirt off my face." I said while trying to calm myself down.

"There are a couple robes here is you want to take a shower to warm up. I'll hang you're clothes near the heater to dry them a bit." She held out a fluffy white robe to me.

"They are mostly dry now, but a shower does sound nice." I smiled as I took the robe.

"I will change your bandage afterwards." She stated before leaving.

I leaned into the shower and turned the knob until the water was set at its hottest setting.

It wasn't as painful to take off my clothes as I had thought. I folded them up before placing them next to the sink.

My arms and back were decently bruised. I carefully brushed my fingers over the forming purple spots.

"Why do I have a feeling this is going to be a regular thing?" I mumbled to myself before turning away from the mirror.

As I moved the curtain and a cloud of steam hit me in the face. I didn't waste anytime escaping into the hot water.

I spotted the tiny bottles of bodywash. Once I opened one my nose was attacked with a strong citrus scent.

I quickly washed off and regretfully turned off the hot water. As soon as I opened the curtain again I was met with the brisk air.

I quickly wrapped myself in the robe before blow drying my hair. I quickly turned the hairdryer off once I heard the sound of a man's voice outside the bathroom, so I quickly put on my mask.

I tighten the robe and grabbed my clothes, before cautiously peaked my head out the door where I saw Melodic Mood watching the news.

"The protestors outside Herald Andrew's Community Highschool were met by Captain Whirlwind, Reaper, and quick to fame hero Hydron." I walked into the room to where I could see the TV better. "After given the option to walk away the protest turned into a right believed to be influenced by various villains discovered in the crowd."

The new anchor waved his hand in the air and a few mug shots appeared on the screen. After a solid minute on the screen the pictures disappeared and footage of the protestors appeared. With a young hero that I could tell is easily the hero most women would go crazy for standing heroically infront of the crowds beside Captain Whirlwind and, the annoying winged hero, Reaper.

"Is it warm enough in here for you?" She asked while standing up. "Lightspeed said you get cold easily."

I was slightly surprised that she remembered something so little. It was honestly kinda sweet.

"Not really but I can just bundled under one of the blankets." I smiled at her before starting to hang my clothes near the heater.

"Ok, let me know if you need me to turn it up." She walked into the bathroom. "I'm trusting you're not going to try an run off again while I take a shower." She stated poking her head into the room.

"I wont. I dont have anywhere to go anyway."

She nodded her head softly before returning to the bathroom were I could very clearly hear the shower start up.

I forced everything from my mind as I turned my attention back to the news and started at the angry crowd and the three heroes who seemed to just be standing there talking.

'Why are they so angry?' I thought to myself before I recognized a tall boy standing in the crowd rather calmly. 'What are you doing there Ethan?'