Being out on patrol with my team was nice, we got to help people with every day things, like catching a runaway dog, or helping vulnerable people cross the street. It was a good change from dealing with serious crimes. Although, we might come across an atrocious crime when we were out here.

We were walking in small alleys, since crimes often happened there.

“There's a Taylor Swift concert on this Friday, I have tickets, does anyone want to come?” Sam asked.

“Of course!” I exclaimed.

I loved Taylor Swift, her music was so catchy, and she seemed really sweet.

“I'm in.” Alex smiled.

“I'd love to go, but my family and I are doing a video call for my sister's birthday,” Pablo said.

“Don't worry about it, family is much more important than a concert,” Sam replied.

“I can't go either, I'm doing a meet and greet for charity. I would've loved to go.” Sofia sighed.

“I'm sure she'll come back another time and we can all go together,” Sam said.

The alleys were quiet, with nothing going on, which was great because we got time to talk, and nothing bad was happening.

“Yeah, but all of you should go and have fun at the concert this time,” Pablo replied.

“Alright, we will.”

It was a shame that all of us weren't going, but I was super excited for the concert.

“So, how did you get tickets to her concert? They're super hard to get.” Sofia frowned.

“I'm one of her exes, we got along, but our schedules were too busy. She did it as a favour,” Sam replied.

“Oh my, I'm so shocked and jealous!” I exclaimed.

It was hard to believe that Sam had dated Taylor Swift, but it sort of made sense, since she often dated really famous men.

“I'm jealous too.” Alex laughed.

“Same.” Sofia nodded.

“I'm just kidding, I never dated her.” Sam chuckled.

“Wow you had us fooled,” I said.

“You certainly did.” Pablo agreed.

“She did do me a favour by saving me a few tickets, but I've never actually met her. I messaged her and she happily gave me the tickets,” Sam said.

“Aww, that's kind of her.” I smiled.

“Definitely.” Alex nodded.

We went back to the main road, as there was no one in the alleyways. Maybe there'd be more going on around here.

“I really thought we would've dealt with more crimes, just walking around,” I said.

“Oh, please don't jinx it,” Sofia replied.

“I'm sure we'll be fine,” I said.

“I hope so.” she sighed.

We continued walking along the busy streets, with fans occasionally coming up to us, which was cool.

“So, Cara, have you been to a concert before?” Pablo asked.

“Yeah, I went to a few X Factor ones as a kid, as well as One Direction.”

“I didn't even know they had X Factor concerts.” Alex laughed.

“Yep, they did. I really miss that show.” I sighed.

X Factor hadn't been on in years, I loved the singing, performances and all the drama.

“Same, I enjoyed it, especially when they had really bad singers on it.” Sam smiled.

“Yeah, I loved in the auditions when people got mad when they didn't get through, it was so funny.”

“Definitely, that was the best part,” Sam replied.

Looking around, I noticed a child fall into the road, and a lorry was speeding towards him. I didn't think I'd be fast enough to get the child out of the way, but I could heal or revive him if the others didn't save him. Although, it would be horrific if he got run over.

Pablo raced towards the child, and Sam quickly pulled the kid out of the way using his powers. Pablo got to him right before the lorry whizzed past. We all went over, and the boy seemed fine, barely aware of the danger he'd been in.

“Be careful near roads, they can be very dangerous,” Pablo said.

“You're my superheroes!” He grinned.

The kid was very cute, it was sweet that he was so happy and innocent.

“We are.” Sam smiled.

“I can't wait to tell all my friends.”

“I'm sure that'll be fun.” I smiled.

He'd be the most popular kid in school because he'd met us, everyone would be asking him loads of questions.

“Which bad guy was the most fun to fight?” He asked, looking at each of us in turn.

“That's a tough question… I'd say it was the villain who could slow down time because I really had to think about how to beat him,” Pablo replied.

“For me, it's definitely the EVIL group because we still haven't caught them. I always look forward to catching them and putting them in jail,” Sam said.

“I liked fighting the ones who took over Buckingham Palace, there was a metal woman who was very strong. That was a good challenge for me,” Alex replied.

“I'm the same, that was kinda funny, mainly because we were in Buckingham Palace.” I smiled.

“My favourite was going up against the guy who could steal people's powers because it was a challenging and interesting fight,” Sofia said.

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“You guys are so cool!” He grinned.

“Thank you, it was great meeting you. We need to go back to our patrol now,” Pablo said.

“Aww.” The boy sighed. “Go get those bad guys.”

“We will, don't worry.” Alex ruffled his hair.

We said goodbye to the boy, then continued our patrol, being vigilant for any issues.

“I'm surprised we haven't seen EVIL yet, they've been quiet for a few weeks now,” Alex said.

“I'm glad, they always get away, it's pretty embarrassing.” Sofia sighed.

“It is a bit, I wish we'd caught them. It's been three years now,” Pablo replied.

“Yeah, it's pretty crazy. But, Bloodlust is the problem, without him, I know yous would've got them,” I said.

“I'm sure we'll get them some day,” Alex said.

It would be good if we imprisoned EVIL, they always robbed places, then got away with it. The only good thing was that they never hurt civilians, they only went after heroes.

“We'd need to find a way to get rid of Bloodlust, since we can beat the rest,” Sam said.

“Yeah, it's just difficult because of his mind control powers.” Pablo sighed.

“I could try shielding us, but it's pretty hard to focus that much when Bloodlust is so strong,” Sam said.

“You just have to try your best,” I replied.

“Yeah, the rest of us can take on the others.” Sofia nodded.

“Well, we'll try that next time,” Pablo replied.

There was a woman screaming for help, I couldn't see her, but she must've been nearby, since it was easy to hear her. Pablo ran in the direction of the yelling, so we all followed him. We went down an alley and at the end there was a woman being attacked by a man. He punched her repeatedly, it was horrible. Pablo pushed the man away from her, and the man went flying backwards. Alex ran over and grabbed the man, stopping him from getting away.

“That man needs to be locked up forever! He attacked me for no reason!” She yelled, tears coming from her eyes.

The poor woman had a bloody lip and her cheek was bright red. It was odd that the man had attacked her for no reason, but there were crazy, lunatics out there who did things like that.

“It's okay, you're safe now,” Pablo said.

“Yeah, he's gonna be locked up for a long time.” Sam nodded.

“You really don't know that guy?” I frowned.

“No, never seen him in my life.”

“What a psycho,” I said.

“Definitely.” Sofia nodded.

“I'll take him in, I'll see you all later,” Sam said.

We said goodbye to Sam and he flew off with the criminal. We helped the woman get to the hospital, and took her contact details for the police, then we went back on patrol.

“How will Sam find us again?” I asked.

“He'll probably just call me and ask where we are,” Pablo replied.

“Don't worry, it won't take him long to find us.” Sofia smiled.

After about ten minutes, Sam joined us again. We patrolled for most of the day, with no crime as horrendous as the woman being beaten up.

****

It was finally Friday, time for the concert. My heart had been racing all day, and I could barely keep still — it was just too exciting. I heard the doorbell ring, so I went and opened the door; Sam was there with a young, good-looking man who was white and had short, blonde hair. He looked like a handsome prince from a fairy tale.

“Who's this with you?” I frowned.

“It's me, Alex,” she said, but it wasn't her voice, it was a man's.

“Oh wow, I didn't recognise you at all, you look so different. Even your voice isn't the same.” I shook my head.

“I'm glad, I don't want to be recognised. I prefer going out in public in a disguise so that people aren't bothering me in my free time. I love fans, but I don't want them swarming round me, you know?”

“Yeah, I get it.” I nodded.

“Especially not at a concert, we need to get inside and have a good time,” Sam said.

“I'm curious, why'd you choose to look like a man?” I asked.

If I could shapeshift, I couldn't imagine going round as a man. I'd much rather go out as a woman.

“I find that I get bothered a lot less when I go out looking like a man. There's no cat calling or harassment.”

“Ah, that makes sense. Well, you look great.”

“Thank you.” Alex smiled.

“Although, I love the way you normally look as well,” I said.

“Thanks, I've learned to love my natural appearance.”

Alex was extremely attractive in this new form and as her regular self — it was almost impossible for her to be ugly.

“So, you look like a man right now, but do you still identify as a woman, or would you identify your gender as something else? I hope I'm not being offensive.”

“Aww, don't worry.” Alex hugged me. “No matter how I look, I identify myself as a woman. Although, when I look like a man, you might need to refer to me as he and him if we're around other people. Thankfully, my name can be used for either gender, so you can always call me Alex.”

“Thank you for explaining it, I didn't want to get anything wrong.”

“Well, thanks for asking, it's always good to clarify anything you're unsure about.”

“Well, I think we should get going,” Sam said.

“Sure, I can't wait,” I replied.

“I'm really excited too.” Alex smiled.

We left the building, then Sam flew us to the arena; I still found flying terrifying, but it was definitely the fastest way to travel around London.

There was a huge queue to get inside, which was a bit annoying, but not surprising.

“I hope this goes quickly, I don't want to miss anything,” I said.

“I'm sure we'll get in on time,” Sam replied.

Sam didn't have any sort of disguise, surely people would recognise him, especially when he was the most famous hero in Europe. I hadn't thought of any kind of disguise because I wasn't as famous as the rest of the heroes in the team. I could easily go shopping with no one or only a few people recognising me.

“Don't you need a disguise?” I asked, looking at Sam.

“Oh yes, thanks for reminding me.” Sam took a blue beanie hat out of his pocket, along with glasses. He put them on, and looked different enough that someone wouldn't realise who he was, unless they were looking closely.

“It's a good disguise, but nowhere near as good as Alex's,” I said.

“Yeah, no one can beat her.” Sam agreed.

“I'd say I'm the master of disguises.” She smiled.

“You definitely are.” I nodded.

No one would recognise Alex when she looked like a completely different person, the only thing that was the same was her personality, everything else was nothing like her.

It took a while, but we finally got inside. The place was packed, which made me slightly anxious, I really didn't want to get separated.

“I don't like this crowd, I don't want to get lost,” I said.

“Here, hold my hand,” Sam said, so I took his hand.

“We can hold hands as well.” Alex took my hand in hers.

“Thank you.” I smiled.

It made me feel better holding their hands because it would be harder for us to be separated, especially from Alex because of her strength.

Before the concert started, Alex and I went to the toilet; she changed to look like a woman so that she could use the same toilets as me, since we didn't want to be separated. Then we found our seats with Sam, and she changed back to the handsome man she'd looked like before. Now, we just had to wait until the concert started. I felt calm because we'd found our seats and were on time, and I didn't have to worry about big crowds any more. But, I was also super excited.

“This is the first concert I've been to in years,” I said.

“Oh, I go all the time.” Alex laughed.

“I go to quite a few as well.” Sam nodded.

“Maybe I'll start going to more.”

I loved concerts, they always left me buzzing; it was incredible to see me favourite singers in real life, and I loved listening to them live.

“We should go together, then we can all have fun together.” Alex smiled.

“Sounds good,” Sam replied.

“Yeah, going with you two would be great. It would definitely help with my anxiety about crowds.”

“We definitely won't let you get separated from us,” Alex replied.

“Thank you.”

After what felt like forever, the concert started, and we sang along to all the songs, and had a blast. The concert was astounding, absolutely one of the best ones I'd ever been to. I was so disappointed that it was all over, I always wanted concerts to go on longer because they were so spectacular and fun.

“That went by so fast, it felt like ten minutes!” I exclaimed.

“I know, it was such a good concert!” Alex yelled.

We were all having to shout due to the music being so loud. This always happened after a concert, but my hearing would be back to normal in a few minutes. Thankfully, my ears would never get damaged at concerts because of my healing powers, or if they did, they'd be fully healed within a few hours or days. We started making our way out of the building, with even bigger crowds than when we came in.

“Please don't let go of my hand!”

“That's not going to happen!” Alex shouted.

“Yeah, you're safe with us!” Sam nodded.

We were still having to shout because our hearing was still weird. We had to squeeze past people, it felt very claustrophobic with so many people surrounding me. I just held on tightly, as we made our way out of the venue. After a few minutes, we got outside, and there was more space, which calmed me.

“Are you ready to go home?” Sam asked.

“Yep!” I nodded.

“Let's go!” Alex exclaimed.

I hugged Sam, and he lifted the three of us off the ground. He flew back to my apartment, and my hearing had finally returned to normal.

“Thanks so much for bringing me, I had a great time. I don't think I'll be able to sleep from all the excitement.” I laughed.

“What?” Sam and Alex shouted, so I repeated myself, but yelled this time so that they could hear me. Their ears obviously hadn't adjusted yet.

“Same!” Alex grinned.

“Yeah, it was amazing!”

It was odd having people shout at me, and I found it far too loud, but they were only doing it because they could barely hear.

“Enjoy the rest of your weekends, I'll see you both on Monday!” I shouted.

“You too! See you Monday!” Sam replied.

“See you on Monday, have a great weekend!" Alex exclaimed.

I went into my apartment, still buzzing from the concert; I'd be thinking about how amazing it was and singing the songs in my head all night.