[God, that story sounds so familiar. So, so familiar. Enough so that his face crumbles into a morose look as he listens to her speak. And then, when she's done, he'll share a little snippet of himself too.]
I got my best friends involved in it. I was the one contacted by 'that person', and I told my friends about his offer. About how he said we could be heroes.
One of my friends avoided capture at the end. I dunno where she went, but I'm guessing it's far, far away. One of her powers was to move really fast, so I guess it's no surprise that she got away. But I haven't seen her since that day.
Another friend survived, but she got really messed up by it all. She's the one in the Foundation with me. She keeps calm, but I can see the cracks when she thinks nobody's looking.
The last one...I don't know what happened to him, but I think he died. I lost touch with him when the fires started and I never heard from him again. I always hoped that maybe he made it, his powers made him fireproof, but...
There were others involved too, and a lot of the kids I knew died, but those three...it's my fault they got involved. I wanted to stop it all- I still do- but I just...don't know how.
[He sighs and runs a hand through his hair.]
I dunno, maybe I'm doing all of this to make it up to them? Like, I failed them, but if I can succeed here then I'm not as much of an asshole or something.
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[God, that story sounds so familiar. So, so familiar. Enough so that his face crumbles into a morose look as he listens to her speak. And then, when she's done, he'll share a little snippet of himself too.]
I got my best friends involved in it. I was the one contacted by 'that person', and I told my friends about his offer. About how he said we could be heroes.
One of my friends avoided capture at the end. I dunno where she went, but I'm guessing it's far, far away. One of her powers was to move really fast, so I guess it's no surprise that she got away. But I haven't seen her since that day.
Another friend survived, but she got really messed up by it all. She's the one in the Foundation with me. She keeps calm, but I can see the cracks when she thinks nobody's looking.
The last one...I don't know what happened to him, but I think he died. I lost touch with him when the fires started and I never heard from him again. I always hoped that maybe he made it, his powers made him fireproof, but...
There were others involved too, and a lot of the kids I knew died, but those three...it's my fault they got involved. I wanted to stop it all- I still do- but I just...don't know how.
[He sighs and runs a hand through his hair.]
I dunno, maybe I'm doing all of this to make it up to them? Like, I failed them, but if I can succeed here then I'm not as much of an asshole or something.