Title: To be a Hero
Fandom: Mutant X
Character: Emma DeLauro
Prompt: Beginnings
Word Count: 398
Rating: G
Author's Notes: Don't own them. Don't sue.

Not everyone can be a hero.

Those words kept ringing in her ears as she drove the car she borrowed from Allyson -- borrowed, well, because the term stealing was becoming overrated anyway – back to the club where she first saw him.

Him.

Some anonymous bystander whom she happened to bump into last night as she was trying to escape the so-called GS agents who wanted to pod her, or whatever Adam and the rest of his team called that process. She didn't really know him; he could have been an ex-convict or a murderer for all she knew, but here she was, going back to the exact place they had first locked eyes, hoping that she would bump into him once again.

And no, she wasn't the rash type of girl who'd run after some good-looking guy she'd randomly spot inside a well-crowded club. All her life she had been very cautious, sometimes a little off the edge, but still very reserved when it comes to picking up the men she would include in her life. So no, it wasn't a spur-of-the-moment adventure that she wanted to engage in just for the lack of anything better to do.

That wasn't the reason she was going back.

There was something about him, something that made her open up the first time they met. There and then, she knew he was different. He was just like her. A mere bystander, but still standing out from the crowd.

And she knew she could trust him.

Not everyone can be a hero.

If she ever wanted to accept Adam's offer, she needed someone she could trust. And after that encounter with him the other night, Emma was sure that he, whoever he was, would give her the security she needed – the feeling of safety, of belongingness.

They had an instant connection, and for once in her life she's positive that she's doing the right thing.

Not everyone can be a hero. But before she even gives it a shot, she needs someone to be there beside her, someone she could lean on, someone who'd undergo the process of being a hero the same time she does.

That's the reason why she's coming back for him. She needed a person she could trust. And she picked him.

After all, it's not everyday you bump into someone you instantly feel connected to, right?