Tale of a Biron
1.1
I kept smiling as both heroes recovered from my unexpected remark. I guess I'm not what they expected. Well, to be honest I have no idea what they were expecting other than a kid but given where I am and my luck so far I wouldn't be surprised if they thought I was some kind of villain. I know that here in earth bet there are some precedents of child villains like Grey Boy for example.
"I'm sorry, I am afraid we don't." Finally answered Miss Militia kneeling down to my level after Armsmaster gave her a look that probably meant 'all yours'. "I am Miss Militia and this is Armsmaster. We are heroes from Brockton Bay. We are here to take you back to your family."
' Oh great ' I thought sarcastically. At first I thought that whoever or whatever put me in here just modified my original body, but now it seems like they stuffed me into the body of a kid that already existed here. I know it's not my fault, I never asked to be put in this situation, but I still feel like I just killed an innocent child.
My expression must have changed to reflect my thoughts because I was taken out of my introspection when Miss Militia put a hand on my shoulder as a comforting gesture.
"You know who I am then?" I asked trying to get more information about my actual situation and not to think about the consequences of supplanting an already existing person.
"Robert Oscar Biron, born in January the eleventh two thousand and one to ..." Armsmaster trailed off as Miss Militia looked at him with an arched eyebrow "Ahem, right. We better get going. We will answer any question you have to the best of our ability on the way back to Brockton Bay."
"Ready to go?" She asked me gesturing to the dragon ship.
I just shrugged in response and walked towards the vehicle.
On the way back to Brockton Bay I managed to get some background on who I was supposed to be. Robert or Bobby as apparently he was called by his family and friends was an ordinary ten years old boy. Son of a divorced couple who lived with his mother and sister and visited his father every two weeks. It was when they mentioned the sister when the name finally clicked. Biron as in Missy Biron also known as Vista, member of the Brockton Bay Wards. That explained the swift response from the Protectorate in finding me.
I tried to remember what little I knew about her. The only thing that came to my mind was that she was the youngest of the BB Wards and that she had a crush on her teammate Gallant. I never read the original Worm so my knowledge of the plot and characters was spotty at best.
Also I instinctively knew that there were some differences between the story I had some knowledge of and here. Like that for some reason Taylor never triggered so Skitter will never make an appearance in the cape scene with all the consequences that implies for future events. On the other hand Scion also seems to have vanished for good which means that he won't try to end the world in the next two years. Not that it means much when there still are Endbringers, Echidna and all the other class S threats around.
Armsmaster also questioned me about what I remembered of my supposed abduction under the watchful gaze of Miss Militia. I was able to answer truthfully that I didn't remember anything about it or anything before awakening in Ellisburg. To be honest I really didn't, not of Bobby's life not from mine either. It was like when you wake up after a dream and the details fade after some time. I had all my general knowledge and skills but the details about my personal life faded into nothing. Hell, I couldn't remember my real name!
When he asked me about how I escaped Ellisburg I decided to go for a half truth. I just said that I run as fast as I could and dodged with my power. Which was what I did but only after I summoned the old Greek legendary figure Heracles as servant berserker, of course Nilbog's creations weren't really a problem for him. But their numbers made difficult for him to protect me and fight at the same time so I decided to run as Heracles made short work of the monsters. That's when I encountered the wall and the PRT patrol behind it. And it was lucky that berserker wasn't with me at the time because then we'd have a bunch of dead PRT soldiers and a whole lot of problems for me. As it was I was barely able to calm him trough our link and convince him to follow us in his astral form.
Either I was a really good liar or the half truth didn't trip his lie detector. I knew that everything that I said was going to end in a report on the PRT database and probably in the hands of Coil. And as I wasn't going to stand idly as he kidnapped Dinah Alcott I decided that it was better if I had some hidden aces.
We were almost at our destination and given that we were stopping in the middle of the city I guessed it was the PRT building instead of the Protectorate HQ.
"There is something you must know before we get off." Said Miss Militia as Armsmaster informed of our arrival via his comms system. "We'll put you in contact with your family but there are some protocols we must follow ..."
"Master Stranger quarantine?" I interrupted her apology.
"Yes, how did you know?"
"I heard some of the guards talk about it at the other base." I lied taking advantage of the fact that Armsmaster was focused on the comms. "It's ok, I understand." I reassured her. It also would give me time to put my thoughts in order and try the more subtle aspects of my powers. Like inspecting the vast wealth of knowledge about the energy known as chakra and its uses that I had crammed in my head. "I can't miss something I can't remember anyway." I added, but once again it seemed the wrong thing to say given her expression. Hell, I suck at this 'trying to pass for a ten year old kid' thing.
When we finally landed and after a brief discussion with Armsmaster, Miss Militia convinced the leader of the Brockton Bay Protectorate to dismiss the couple of guards that were going to take me to my new accommodations and let her escort me.
Halfway there we heard someone yell my new name before I found myself engulfed in a bear hug.
"Bobby, are you okay? Are you hurt?" From her young voice and the blonde hair that obscured my vision I guessed that this had to be Vista or Missy as she was in civilian clothes. I admit that I froze, even if I can't remember my life before ending here I'm pretty sure that I've never been good with physical affection.
"Hello ... er, sis?" I finally said patting her back awkwardly. "Don't worry, I'm fine, really."
She released me keeping me at arm's length while watching me with wide eyes. She turned her gaze to Miss Militia and I don't know what she saw there, but when she turned back to me she was teary eyed.
"I ... I'm glad you are okay." Missy stammered. "I should go back. I'll see you later." She added turning back to the hallway where she came from.
Dammit, as if I wasn't feeling guilty enough I go and make a little girl cry and I don't even know why.
"Was it something I said?" I asked Miss Militia totally confused.