It was silent, there was not a single sound well I guess there was the light breathing of the unconscious Leo and Mia. Even after twenty minutes they still were unconscious guess they both pushed themselves too much, you think!? the chick fucking disintegrated a city block. After getting them into a car I borrowed from some woman I started driving but after a bit I realized that I didn’t know where I was going so I searched through their phones to find out where they lived and put it into the gps, their search histories were interesting to say. Mia was the closest one but still pretty far away so it would take me some time to get there. I hope she wakes up soon or It will be very awkward talking to their parents.
So I’ve been driving for the last twenty minutes in near complete silence occasionally checking the gps to make sure I was going the right direction. It wasn’t that actually yeah I like adrenaline rushes like everyone else but I do enjoy myself some peace and quiet. Hmm I wonder how Mary is doing, after I’m done with this I should check up on her maybe hang out it has been a bit.
I have been a bit on edge since we were attacked by three supervillains in under an hour. On the more positive side it seems whatever Leo did to speed up my recovery process. As around halfway through the drive I just kinda felt repaired, well that's the best way to describe hell. I think I’m a bit stronger than before in my base at least. I definitely have to thank Leo when he wakes up because I have a feeling this new upgrade will be useful in the future.
I tap my finger against the wheel as I hum a little song “unnngh” oh there finally awake. Leo yawned as he stretched out his arms while Mia rubbed her eyes as they both looked around. “Who’s car is this?” Leo questioned “Why is that the first thing you ask?” Mia said as she looked at me.
“What happened”.
“A lot but to dumb down I fought some shadow person they were winning until Leo flew through a wall and boosted me, thanks for that” Leo gives me a thumbs up “and after I beat the shadow person I grabbed Leo then I grabbed you and after that I borrowed this car”.
“Wait what do you mean borrowed?”.
I shrugged “I borrowed it”.
“That doesn’t answer anything?” Leo gave me a suspicious look.
“Well we're on the road now so focus on that” Mia picked up her phone and opened it “did you look through my phone?”. “Yeah I needed to know where you guys lived and yes I saw your score history” Mia went silent as Leo started to laugh “and I saw your search history too Leo” Leo went dead silent too.
Eventually Leo spoke up “so Mia how exactly are your parents gonna leave the city?”.
“Oh they already have some stuff set up so it won't be that hard”.
I raised an eyebrow “so they are used to moving cities”.
I can feel her glaring at me “none of your business” Mia then just started looking out the window, I think we touched a nerve.
“Hey question?” Leo asked.
“What?”.
“What’s your name?” I raised an eyebrow.
“I mean you know are names might as well know yours”
“Richard”
“That's simple”
“What did you expect?”
“I didn’t expect anything crazy it just you don’t seem like a Richard seem more like a Jason in my opinion”
“Hmm Jason smith does have a ring to it”
“Yeah it does, don’t you think so Mia” Leo nudged Mia.
“I guess”
“Aw come on lighten up a bit” Leo smiled as he gave me a look and I immediately knew what he wanted, is this the start of a bromance?.
I turned on the radio and started switching channels until I found a channel that played classic rock music. Leo grinned as he started to sing with the song started out slowly until he started to match the pace. After a bit I started to tap my finger against the wheel to the beast as Leo sang louder and louder as he started doing a little dance.
Mia seemed a bit amused as I could see her tapping her foot against the ground. Leo saw this and quickly grabbed a hair brush off the ground and started singing into it like a mic as he was actually pretty good with the vocals. At first it started as a whisper but eventually Mia was singing along with Leo as her singing voice wasn’t as good as his but still pretty good.
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When we got to the next song, they kept trying to hand the mike to me. The first couple times I pushed them away but eventually I found myself singing with them as our singing quickly turned into a three part duet, aw singing it was actually a hobby of mine. We dueted a couple more songs until eventually we all settled down. “Well we all learned something today. We are good at singing,” Leo said with a chuckle.
“Maybe we should go on tour after we're done with this underground stuff” I could tell Mia was in a much better mood and in this situation positivity is key. Mia went to say something but there was a loud growl of hunger coming from her stomach. “Hey I haven't eaten once today so mind stopping somewhere?”. “I could eat” we both turned to Leo as he gave us a confused look “what? I’m hungry”. I sighed “ok if there’s something I’ll stop there ok since you both have somewhere to be”.
Not even a second later I saw several fast food restaurants as I could smell the grease. I quickly made a turn as I drove over to a burger and went down the drive thru. “Ok what did you guys want” please don’t be too much stuff it’s I can’t but but the smell will overload.
“I’ll have a burger,” Mia said.
Then Leo spoke up “I’ll have three burgers, a large thing of cheese fries, two chicken sandwiches, a large drink and” I clamp his mouth shut “You will get two burgers you glutinous bastard” I could see the sadness in his eyes.
Eventually we got our food as I barely had time to hold the food as Leo immediately snatched one of the bags out of my hands. Mia took her food as she opened up a part of her mask and put the burger inside. “Why don’t you just take off the mask?” Leo said while he was eating and to my annoyance was getting crumbs everywhere.
“You are so dense” Mia said as I could hear munching very loudly, how is she gonna clean her face with that mask on?. After a bit Mia and Leo finished their food and started chatting. I tuned them out and just listened to the radio. I don’t know why but I never was one for focusing on other people's conversations well I guess I just like to let other people have their conversations.
They seemed to be in a good mood, it was surprising since their families very well could be in grave danger. I guess them focusing on the light side of things is definitely better than being nervous wrecks. Optimism is key I guess expressly when you're dealing with a gang who wants your or your family.
I hope things end well for those two and their families, if not It’ll probably be my fault. I sighed as I had a feeling what we’ve been through so far was only the beginning. After about ten minutes we finally got off the highway as we got to the same street I met Leo and Mia for the first time “well this my stop” Mia said as she pointed out the window. I looked to where she was pointing and saw a two storey brick building with a wooden sign that says Kenko’s Garden.
Mia was about to hop out of the car but I grabbed her arm “what?”. “We don’t know if there’s any underground members around so I’ll wait outside to make sure everything goes right”. Mia nodded as she got out of the car and quickly rushed inside of the building. I could see her yell something as two people who I presumed to be Mia’s parent came into view.
They both were Japanese and probably in their forties, the father was pretty tall with an average build with short black hair and blue eyes. The mother was not too short but Mia definitely didn’t get her height from her; she had more brownish hair and green eyes.
They all hugged each other as I could see the worry wash off their faces. The Mom seemed to get pretty angry after a bit while the father seemed more confused as Mia seemed to eb explain something to them. After a bit she pointed at me as the parents turned their heads. Their expression changed the second they saw me and Leo going from angry and confused to cold and calculations as they seemed to be studying me? They said something as Mia quickly walked out of view and they started walking towards the exit.
Yeah no I immediately drove off as I didn’t feel like talking with those two. I quickly switched the GPS to Leo's house “hey Richard?”. “Yeah?” Leo quickly hopped into the passenger's seat “why did you leave Mia’s parents, it seemed like they wanted to talk with us”.
“I didn’t feel like talking with them” I also didn’t like the way they looked at me.
“Really what if they had something important to say”.
“How do you know?”.
“If they had something important to say they would’ve walked faster”.
“Ok” Leo laid back as we drove in silence for a bit.
“Sooooooo what's your favorite animal?” I looked at him.
“What it’s, a simple question”.
“Cats”.
“Cats?”.
“Yeah I like cats”.
“Really”.
“Yeah I just said it”.
“I know but you just don’t seem like a cat person”..
“What do I seem like then?”.
“I don’t know lizards, maybe a spider, you're just kinda of a weird guy and a bit terrifying”.
“I like cats, what's wrong with that?”.
Leo held up his hands “nothing, nothing at all”.
We sat in silence for a couple more seconds “do you have any siblings?”.
“Yeah one my sister”
“Older or younger”
“Twin”
“twin waist so just a female version of you?” I saw him hold his chin as I saw him deep in thought.
“No we’re fraternal so we don’t look alike”
“Oh well time to get rid of those thoughts”
“What thoughts?”.
“Nothing”
“But uh is your sister single?” I glared at him, Kill him.
“No she has a girlfriend” I saw him visibly deflate at the word girlfriend, kill him still.
We sat in silence once again “so d”. “Actually I have a question for you”.
“Ok ask away”
I point to his necklace “what's up with that?”
Leo actually froze up a bit as he just sat there and stared at me as after a bit he held the necklace “it uh belong to my grandpa”
“He still around?”
“Died before I was born apparently someone stabbed him to death” Leo was staring at the necklace as he gently held it in his hands as if it would break at the slightest touch.
“That sucks”
“Yeah That definitely sucks” Leo glared at me at that last part.
“Uh I’m sorry” you are such an amazing conversationalist.
“It’s cool, I just wanted to meet the guy, heard he was actually a pretty good guy”.
“We should be at your place soon”
“Finally my mom is probably gonna yell my ear off” He chuckled a bit as his mood seemed to change pretty quickly as if we didn’t just have our conversation.
Leo’s neighborhood was actually pretty nice as after a minute we pulled up to Leo's house. “I’m gonna do the same thing I did with Mia, better to be safe than sorry” Leo nodded as he got out of the car and quickly walked up to his house. Tick, what was that noise, tick, I looked around for the source of the noise, tick. I tuned my hearing to pick up where that noise was coming from as it was coming from Leo’s house…………shit!
I kicked open the car door as I switched to dexterity mode and ran towards Leo. I grabbed Leo just as he was about to enter his house as I grabbed him by the shoulder, DIng. I saw the doors already cracking open the door as I could see the flames slowly seeping through the cracks. I could see the rest of the building starting to crack as I grabbed Leo and turned around and changed to strength mode. I felt the flames slammed into my back as I could feel the skin on my back start to sizzle. The explosion launched me through the air as I slammed into the car. I felt the steel crumble and bend as the car slid back.
“Unnngh” I groaned as I dropped Leo onto the ground as I could smell pork, actually I think that was my back. I slowly lifted myself from the mangled car as I got a look up at what remained of Leo's house. All that remained was burning rubble. “Unnngh what………happened” I could see Leo's eyes widen as He quickly stood up and he immediately started sprinting over to the remains of his house “MOM!”.