A Hero's Broken Past

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POV: ???

As I'm mumbling, I look up and he's looking at me. We made eye contact... I force my eyes to look back at the ground.

In my head I thought 'Why is he just staring at me? I-I don't need his protection or his pity. I just n-need to get out of here...away from other people. I have to stay calm until then. I can't just freak out...'

I tried to move, but I couldn't. All I could do was mumble, trying to tell them to go away. It's not that I was scared that they were going to hurt me, well that scared me but, I'm scared that I might hurt them.

'Keep it together, damn it! You can't risk exposing yourself, especially with someone standing a foot in front of you and towers over you.'

I bring my knees closer to my chest, put my head in between my legs and close my eyes trying to remain calm. I can hear them yelling at each other in the background but I can't make out anything they're saying and I don't think I want to know.

'I-I'm starting to get scared. What if they lock me up? I don't think I can go through that again. I just want Sin, he always knew how to make things seem better.'

I begin to feel a wave of warmth come over me.

'It's like when the doctor put me in my cell after testing and would put a blanket over me, it was always far too cold in my cell...lonely and cold.'

I finally open my eyes. All I focused on was the body wrapped around me. It felt comforting but I don't know who it is or where I am right now, so I'm not taking any chances. I won't make that mistake again, so screw being frozen.

'I have to move fast...they have to stop touching me. I can't hurt them or anyone else, I can't touch anyone and they can't touch me. I have to protect them.'

Without thinking, I open a warp gate and fell in.

'Oh no! I-I didn't mean to do that! What have I done?!'

I had to open the gate in the closest open area I sensed, which happened to be under the bed they had me in.

'It seems like the best place to be, right? Hiding in plain sight?'

"Rio! What the hell is your damage?!" I took a brief pause to compose myself after warping 'Rio? That name sounds familiar...but why?'

"I wasn't going to let you hurt her! She hasn't done anything to show she's a threat, so stop treating her like one!" I can hear shuffling, 'I want to look around to see where it's coming from, but I don't know any of their evolutions. I can't risk them finding where I shifted to.'

"Well thank you Rio, you lost her!"

'That man doesn't know how to stop yelling, does he? Wait, the man yelling and the Rio guy are the only ones I hear conversing... Why aren't the others talking? Is it a rule or protocol? Or are they just analyzing the situation?'

I slowly bring my hands up to my ears, 'That yelling... it's going to make me lose the little control I have right now. I-I just want him to stop yelling. C-Can someone please make him stop?!'

I hear objects clatter as they hit the ground, the ground starts to shake violently throwing everyone onto the ground. I curl into a ball,  'He's still yelling...I just want him to-'