Everyone was about to walk into Phoebes hospital room when Max stopped them.
"Could I have a moment alone with her guys?" Max asked, and everyone went and sat down. Max walked into Phoebes hospital room and saw her sitting there looking at her phone tiredly.
"Hey." Max sighed and Phoebe looked up at him and immediately he could tell something was different.
"I don't regret saving you, if that's what you're going to ask." Phoebe sighed.
"Phoebe, you were dead for ten whole minutes before they put 5 of my powers in your body and saved your life. Are you ok?" Max asked in slight shock.
"I mean, I'm never going to be a super hero again, but physically I'm fine." Phoebe replied with almost no emotion at all and Max looked extremely worried.
"Pheebs your really scaring me right now. I gave up five of my powers and nearly died and I was lucky that Raegan is a healer because she saved my life. Now, you cannot lose your mind on me. I need you to be Phoebe. Phoebe your so smart and your so talented, and you could do whatever you want. I mean, if you need me to, I could create some devices so you could be like Tech Rider and save the day without having any powers, but whatever you want, PLEASE, don't lose yourself over it." Max begged.
"Max, that's easy for you to say because you still have your powers." Phoebe said as she looked at the ground and started crying. "I just, everythings going to change, and Im not sure how im going to handle it." Max hurried over to her side and got down on his knees and grabbed her hands and looked up to her.
"Since you cant be a hero, I'm going to give you 100% access to me. Whatever you need Phoebe, whatever you need to help you, I will give it to you, but the doctor said your body will never accept any type of power because it's too weak. So we cant help you with that, but anything else Pheebs, anything else you need, I'll take care of it. If you need a counselor, it's done, if you need a hundred pints of ice-cream to binge eat so you can feel better, its done," Phoebe let out a laugh and Max couldn't help but smile. "If you need Link, I'll find someone to be a temporary replacement, it's done. If you need me, give me a couple minutes, and its done. ANYTHING Phoebe, all you gotta do is ask for it." Max sighed and Phoebe thought for a moment.
"You know, is there any possibility that I could be part of the Hero Placement program?" Phoebe asked and Max slightly smiled.
"I actually think you can because your not required to have super powers for that job and we ARE going to be looking for someone in about two weeks because the current one is retiring and so I will definitely do everything I possibly can to get you that job. I think you would do really well with that, but I gotta warn you, some of the cases are really sad, and you wont just be placing heroes, you'll be placing villains, sometimes, you will have to place babies and toddlers, sometimes you'll have to place three kids within one home which is rough. We will definitely have to get you a shielding charm because there is a side to the job that can be a little dangerous, but im sure your gonna be just fine." Max said and Phoebe looked hopeful. "Plus that office is right next to Links, maybe you can keep him awake for a change." Phoebe started laughing and Max felt like his job was done.
"You know, I never really respected you the way you deserved it. Your so, SO generous Max, you just didn't want anyone to see it, and you really are a great brother, and I'm sure you have no idea of how much everyone misses you. It's been so rough and now that Allison and Raegan are being homeschooled, we never get to see you guys. I mean, Raegan IS our niece and she's mom and dad's first granddaughter, and they never see her anymore. Max, PLEASE try to come and visit more." Phoebe said and Max looked suspicious.
"Wait Allison said she and Raegan just visited you guys two nights ago." Max said and Phoebe shook her head and Max looked highly bothered. "I'll figure it out. Im sure theres a relatively reasonable answer to my question as to why she is taking Raegan away from our family." Max said and he walked out and everyone was about to go in and Max crossed his arms at Allison. "So, you visited my family two days ago with Raegan?" Max asked and everyone looked confused, except for Allison who looked like she was busted.
"No we didn't, we went out to eat and then went to the park two days ago." Raegan pointed out innocently. "I thought we weren't supposed to go to Grandma and Grandpas anymore because it's too dangerous." Max now understood and he walked over to Allison.
"Allison, my family wouldn't let ANYTHING happen to you or Raegan." Max said.
"Then why did they just stand around while I had to defend myself against everyone at school, and why did Nora and Billy let Raegan get punched in the face by a bunch of childish boys!?" Allison asked as she was on the borderline of crying.
"WE DIDN'T KNOW! BY THE TIME WE GOT THROUGH THE CROWD RAEGAN WAS ON THE GROUND CRYING AND THE BOYS WERE ABOUT TO HIT HER AGAIN! I LAZER BEAMED THEIR FEET WITH ME EYES! I DID PROTECT HER!" Nora shouted as she crossed her arms as well.
"Yeah and I used my super speed and ran over to Raegans side and hugged her." Billy defended himself.
"And whats Phoebes defense? She was looking right at me every day when it was happening. She did nothing." Allison sighed.
"Did she even know that it was bothering you? Because you never let anyone bother you that much Allison." Max replied and Allison knew he was right.
"No, I didn't tell her it was bothering me." Allison said. "But how am I even supposed to believe that its safe in Hiddenville for either of us?"
"Ask Raegan to teleport strait to the backyard of the house. No ones going to hurt you there." Max advised and Allison nodded.
"I guess I just let the thought of everyone hurting Raegan get to my head." Allison sighed and she turned to the family. "I'm sorry, I got a little over protective."
"All mothers do. Trust me, if I were in your spot, I wouldn't let Raegan even leave the house. If it had happened to one of my kids, they would never even leave the front yard." Barb sighed in understanding. Suddenly someone walked up behind Allison.
"Hey Allison." The person said and Allison screamed and grabbed Raegan and ran behind Max without even looking to see who it was and then she saw who it was.
"CHERRY!? LINK!? SERIOUSLY?! DON'T DO THAT?!" Allison shouted and Max turned to her.
"Chill out." Max sighed and then he saw that Raegan was in pain from how hard Allison was holding her. "Allison your hurting our daughter."
"No everyone in Hiddenville hurts our daughter." Allison replied as she looked defensive.
"Yeah they do, but now you are too." Raegan said and Allison let her go and went back to normal.
"Allison, we are in Metroburg, no one from HIddenville is going to hurt her because they're not here." Max sighed and Raegan walked over to Link and smiled up at him.
"Your pretty." Raegan said as she smiled up at him and Max immediately turned around and looked defensive over Raegan.
"Aw, she has such good taste." Allison sighed proudly and Max turned to Allison "Well she can't flirt with you! You're her dad!" Allison shouted.
"What are you doing tonight?" Raegan asked as she grabbed his hand and Link leaned over to Cherry.
"What do I do?" Link whispered uncomfortably.
"Raegan, that's Aunt Phoebes boyfriend." Max said and Raegan let go of his hand and looked bummed out.
"That's too bad." Raegan sighed and she saw Chloe and ran over and hugged her. "CHLOE!" Max walked over to Link and gave him the death stare.
"Dude, I don't have interest in your daughter, shes 6, and Im like 18, theres a massive, ILLEGAL difference there." Link said in his defense and Max nodded and turned to Cherry.
"Pheebs is ok, shes in her room and ready to accept visitors, just don't bring up the whole fact that she doesn't have super powers anymore." Max sighed.
"She doesn't have powers anymore? SO she cant be a hero?" Link said in slight alarm.
"Yeah. Why do you ask?" Max asked suspiciously.
"Because the villain league has been plotting against her for months and the second they find out that she is no longer a threat Metroburg is going to be in serious danger." Link said.
"Why haven't I been told about this?!" Max yelled at Link.
"Oh I thought I gave you all those files." Link said awkwardly.
"LINK! You are terrible at your job!" Max shouted.
"Well I'm sorry but I see a lot of messed up stuff daily and its kind of stressful! But don't be alarmed by my shouting, because when I panic I shout!" Link yelled.
"LINK! SHUTUP! You gonna reveal all of our secrets to random people!?" Max yelled.
"You guys act like an old married couple." Cherry said but she was ignored.
"Your so terrible." Max sighed as he looked at Link and shook his head.
"Well maybe I should start cooking your dinner and breakfast and lunch, and do your laundry, and clean up after you while im babysitting Raegan then?!" Link shouted.
"I can't believe you are taking that tone with me. How dare you?" Max sighed in a calm tone.
"It's only because I care about you and I try my best to keep the really bad stuff that the hero league gives me away from you. I try so hard to get stuff done, and I'm sorry that im so tired." Link apologized. Max put his hand on Links shoulder.
"You're good at what you do Link, just TRY to stay awake. Please. It will be less stressful for both of us, and we have to live with each other for basically the rest of our lives so we have to make the best out of everything." Max sighed and Link put his hand on Max's shoulder.
"You're so smart. I can't even believe how smart you are sometimes. You just lead everything and it's like you don't even have to try. You're so amazing." Link sighed and everyone looked weirded out.
"Im sorry, do we need to give you guys a moment alone?" Allison asked and Max looked at her and frowned and then back at Link.
"Hug it out?" Max asked and Link nodded and they did a manly hug and then stepped away from each other. Allison looked to Hank.
"Ok, should I be worried about competition?" Allison asked and Max turned to her and crossed his arms again.
"You do realize if he marries Phoebe, he's kind of my brother, right?" Max asked and Allison nodded.
"I'm just saying, I was worried for a moment that things would go past a hug." Allison sighed and Max felt awkward.
"Alright, im sure Phoebes waiting for us." Max changed the topic and they all went into Phoebes room…..
Everyone was hanging out at the hospital when suddenly Max's phone went off and he grabbed it and answered it.
"Hello?" Max sighed and then he looked alarmed. "What do you mean you have sent three heroes and they've all been killed?! Why wasn't I contacted before you sent even the second one?!" Max stood up and had one hand on his hip. "Yes, I guess it IS all up to me now. Ok, bye." Max hung the phone up and looked around. "Well Link was right. Metroburg is in serious danger. I guess Thunder Man is coming out of retirement for a day. Link I need you to go back to the hero league and contact the hero that's next in line to protect Metroburg and get them prepped for the job and then get them registered as an official hero." Max sighed and he was about to walk out the door when Link said something that made him stop dead in his tracks.
"But the next hero in line is Nora. Shes done such a great job with Hiddenville that the Hero League just signed the paperwork to pass her on as an official hero and give her a hero cape. I was about to give you the paperwork when I heard about Phoebe." Link said and Max immediately turned back to him."The hero league thinks that shes ready Max."
"But shes not even a teenager yet." Max sighed as tears filled his eyes.
"Max, you legally cant send anyone else." Link revealed this and it was clear that Max was heartbroken.
"Max if you send Nora to Metroburg then your responsible if she gets hurt." Hank warned Max as he frowned.
"I have to go save Metroburg." Max sighed and then he ran out…
Max landed in front of a massive building and he walked inside and found that five villains were waiting. The second they saw him they looked terrified.
"BUT YOUR IN RETIREMENT!" The first villain shouted. Max didn't even give them time to think, he started fighting with every bit of energy he had and he was kicking major butt. IN less then five minutes he had all of the villains tied up together in the room and their powers were disabled. Max looked around and saw about 100 people who were being held against their will there and three heroes were assassinated in front of them. There were children who were obviously beyond traumatized. Due to the hero league councils mistake of not contacting him there were innocent children who had their innocence stolen from them. None of them actually looked afraid of Max. Suddenly a little girl walked forward and she stood in front of Max who was trying not to break down and cry at all of their terrified faces. Max knew that they were scared of him because he took down 12 villains in less than five minutes. The little girl then spoke.
"Somethings wrong. Your not supposed to be here, but you are, but your upset about something. Something terrible has happened and you had it in the back of your mind because you knew you had to get this rescue done very quickly. Whats wrong Thunder Man?" The little girl asked as she grabbed one of his hands and Max got extremely emotional as he fell to his knees in front of the little girl.
"I cant protect you guys anymore unless something like this happens again, but now, my sister Thunder Girl has had her powers taken away and so I have no choice but to send my little sister to protect you guys, and shes about your age." Max sighed and the little girl put her hand on Max's cheek as she wiped tears away from his face.
"I'm so sorry Thunder Man." The little girl sighed and then she turned to everyone " I think he deserves some applause don't you?!" The little girl shouted and they started clapping and the little girl turned to Max. "Thunder Man, I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Mia, the daughter of the Mayor of Metroburg." The little girl said and she held her hand out and Max shook it and stood up. "Go on Thunder Man. I'm sure your family needs you." Max walked over to the villains and grabbed ahold of them and teleported to the hero league council and threw them down in front of them. The hero league looked shocked.
"How dare you not speak to me about this?!" Max shouted and the Hero League looked at Max sadly.
"We were trying to avoid the truth Max. Your little sister Nora has scored higher than almost any hero in the last 10 years on the Hero Alptitude test, and she has captured more villains in the last week than any training hero in the last month. Those training heroes are also significantly older than her. Shes talented and she deserves her own city. So we are switching her with Jenna Davis who is the protector of Metroburg. We kept Jenna away from this last rescue because it was too dangerous, and Max, don't worry about this, we will keep Nora away from the most dangerous rescues as well. We wont put her in that kind of a situation unless she's ready for it." The lead woman of the hero league sighed.
"SHES NOT EVEN A TEENAGER!" Max yelled at the hero league.
"Max we are 100% positive that shes ready and theres no one else who has scored even remotely high enough to protect Metroburg other than her. We already told the villain league that we have found someone with top notch scores and excellent fighting ability to protect Metroburg and they are already running in fear. Max, to put things in perspective for you, she scored higher than Phoebe did and her villain capture rate is almost as good as yours is. Shes five villains away this week from matching your rates. Phoebe didn't even get that close to you. Technically we were supposed to send Nora to Metroburg before Phoebe with her scores but we didn't want a girl so young to be in the field. Max the hero league is rarely wrong about these things. Just sign the papers. There is quite literally no one else out there to help protect Metroburg that is even halfway close to Nora." The hero league finished as the lead woman held a paper towards Max and Max felt his heart break as he grabbed the paper and signed it.
"If she gets hurt, YOU GUYS are the ones who will pay, am I clear?" Max said and he looked to everyone and they all nodded.
"It's only fair." The lead woman sighed.
"You better not be wrong because I cant even begin to explain how much your going to regret doing what you've done today if you are." Max finished as he slammed the paperwork down and then teleported away…
Max walked into Phoebes hospital room to find that literaly everyone was in the room. Allisons parents were there, Allison was there, Raegan was, Billy, Nora, Chloe, Phoebe, Hank, Barb, Oyster,Link, Cherry, Woofgang,Phoebes friends, AND Gideon were all there.
"Oh You've got to be kidding me." Max sighed as you could see the stress and frustration on his face.
"Well we thought you might like some support so you can tell the hero league that they aren't allowed to send Nora to Metroburg." Hank explained and Max felt terrible.
"Dad, the matter has already been discussed. Noras scores were higher than Phoebes AND shes not very far away from me with her capture rate. The Hero League believes she will do well and so, I signed the paperwork. Nora starts protecting Metroburg tomorrow, but she WILL have restrictions with certain cases. They will filter out the cases that are too dangerous for her." Max explained as he looked up to see Nora who was giving him a face of betrayal. "PLEASE don't look at me like that Nora my hands are tied!"
"I CAN BARELY HANDLE HIDDENVILLE MAX!" Nora yelled and you could hear that she was about to cry.
"MAX WHAT IF SHE DOESN'T MAKE IT OR GETS CAPTURED OR GETS HURT!? WHAT ABOUT THAT MAX?!" Hank snapped.
"I DONT KNOW!" Max yelled as he was fighting the tears.
"WELL MAYBE YOU SHOULD PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN AS SUPER PRESIDENT AND STOP THEM FROM MAKING NORA GO TO METROBURG!" Hank shouted as he stood up.
"IV'E LOOKED AT THE LAWS! IV'E LOOKED THROUGH THE FILES AND THERE ARE NO OTHER CANDIDATES QUALIFIED TO PROTECT METROBURG! LEGALLY I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE!" Max explained as he continued to fight the tears.
"YOU KNOW FOR SOMEOE WHO SAYS THAT HIS FAMILY IS EVERYTHING TO HIM, YOU REALLY ARE ACTING LIKE YOU DON'T EVEN GIVE A CRAP ABOUT US!" Hank shouted and Max stopped fighting the tears and he looked exhausted and hopeless. He wasn't crying violently, it was energyless.
"What do you want from me dad? Your always looking for a reason to act like you are disappointed in me.I quite literally have absolutely no option. Nora is the next in line to protect Metroburg, and until theres a better candidate she is scheduled to protect Metroburg for at least 10 years. Dad I cant do anything about this. I already feel terrible as it is. I'm begging you, please don't make it worse." Max cried and then Hank saw how upset he was about it.
"Theres really nothing that we can do?" Hank asked sadly.
"No. That's what I have been telling you, my hands are tied. What makes you think that if the Super president cant do anything about it, then you can? I hate the whole idea of Nora going to Metroburg just as much as you do. Children shouldn't be sent to protect one of the most dangerous cities in the world, but I kinda don't have any say in it. The hero league was just being polite when they asked." Max sighed as you could now hear the stress in his voice and Barb stood up and looked at him suspiciously.
"Max, is something else going on?" Barb asked and both Hank and Max looked to Barb.
"No." Max replied as it was very clear that he was failing to lie. Barb walked over to him as she crossed her arms.
"Max, whats going on?" Barb asked. Max looked around and saw that everyone was staring at him with either a sad look or a look of sympathy.
"I beat 12 villains in less than five minutes, and when I turned around people were scared of me. Because of the hero league, so many kids were traumatized because they had to watch three heroes die in front of them. I read their minds, and SO MANY of them looked at me and said to themselves, 'Wow, looks like Thunder Man messed up as the Super President.' And then I started hearing the worst thing anyone could ever hear, several kids thought, 'I thought you were a good guy, but you let three good guys get killed, and you didn't even give the villains a chance to surrender. You were my hero once, why are you so bad now?" And so many of them were thinking either that or something very similar. Then the mayors daughter walked over to me, bassically being fearless and she could TELL how upset I was about Nora and Phoebe and she bassically turned everyones opinions around after I explained to her why I was so upset. But to have a child look at you in FEAR," Max looked incredibly disturbed by the thought . "I guess I understand why I could never be a villain, because seeing an innocent child look at you like your going to hurt them, its, its terrible." Max said as tears fell down his cheeks. Everyone grew silent. "I um," Suddenly Max's phone went off and he grabbed it and looked down at in and slowly his face grew angry. "I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN!" Max shouted and then he teleported away.
"He knew WHAT would happen?!" Nora yelled in suspense…..
Max walked in front of the Hero League in anger.
"You want Nora to start NOW?! Are you kidding me?!" Max yelled.
"Max, I'm sorry but the villain league are already calling a truse with Metroburg. They know that Nora is going to be protecting it." The lead woman said and Max looked confused.
"Why are they afraid of Nora shes not even a teenager yet." Max asked.
"You really have no idea, do you?" The lead woman asked.
"I don't know what your talking about." Max said and the woman pointed behind Max and Max turned to see a video of Nora fighting three villains at once. She was smaller and so she was quicker than them and every time they tried to get her she reacted so quick that they couldn't stop her. She would lazer beam their back and they would fall to the ground and Nora would handcuff them while they were down. She took down three villians within 4 minutes.
"And that's not even her best work Max." The woman sighed but Max was stuck staring at the video in shock. "We wondered how she was so fantastic at fighting and then we realized that someone had been accessing video tapes of you fighting from the hero league archives and we tracked the location to your home. We believe she studied up on your techniques before she started protecting Hiddenville. Shes fantastic at what she does Max. The villain league knows that she is going to be just as good as you and so they have ordered that no villain is allowed to attack Metroburg. All Nora will have to do is stop robbers, but we are going to have to ask a favor of you." The lead woman sighed and Max turned to her.
"You need Nora to stay at my house?" Max asked.
"Precisely." The woman replied.
"Alright, I'll talk with my family about it. I don't know if my dad will allow that though." Max sighed.
"What if we relocated them to Metroburg?" A man suggested.
"No, theres no need for that. Chloe can teleport with Nora back home. I'll talk with my family, but I still stand my ground, Nora isn't starting tonight." Max made things very clear.
"Alright. By the way, the mayor sends his thanks to you. However, we need to talk about what happened today with those villains." The lead woman said as she stood up and walked over to Max alone. "Come with me Super President." The woman sighed and the two of them walked down a hallway and into her office and she crossed her arms at him. "You took down 12 villians and made it look like it didn't even take any effort. May I call you Max?" The woman asked and Max nodded. "Max, I watched that video, I KNOW how they all reacted and Im positive that you read their minds. Are you ok?"
"I uh, I'm just trying to forget about it." Max replied as he avoided eye contact.
"Max, I know how you feel. I was pretty dangerous in my day. If I would have chosen to be a villain, well, lets just say that the hero league would no longer exist. But I have had many people look at me in fear. It's normal Max. You have to keep in mind though, three heroes failed at rescuing those people and then you came in and handled it like it was nothing. I also noticed that you didn't even give them a chance to surrender Max. I do wanna know, what happened to you at that moment. I found a shot of your face. It was like you were somewhere else, and that place you were at in your mind was a terrible place too." The woman explained.
"Look, I had just found out that my little sister was going to have to go protect Metroburg and then I had to go take care of a problem in Metroburg and that whole time I was thinking of my sister being one of those heroes that were dead on the ground because of YOUR mistake. I want an answer. Why didn't you guys contact me?" Max asked sternly.
"Because we didn't know if you would have handled it well, but now we know that you can handle it. Max, you have to understand that you are the youngest Super President in the history of Super Presidents by a long shot. They have all been 25 years old and above, and you're not even 18 yet." The woman admitted sadly.
"Well now you understand why I did what I did today." Max replied as he started to walk out.
"Max." The woman called out to him and he turned around to her.
"What?" Max said as he tried to avoid giving her attitude but failed.
"I'm sorry that we messed up, and you should know, it was our fault that Phoebe is in the position she is in now." The woman admitted sadly and Max walked back into the room.
"You KNEW? You knew their plan all along and you didn't tell me?!" Max shouted.
"I know Max, we messed up." The woman tried to explain how bad she felt. " I'm so sorry."
" MY SISTER ALMOST DIED, I AM 5 POWERS SHORT AND I ALSO ALMOST DIED, AND NOW MY SISTER HAS NO POWERS, AND SO MY LITTLE SISTER IS BEING FORCED TO ACT LIKE AN ADULT AND HAS GOT TO TAKE PHOEBES PLACE! AND ALL YOU CAN SAY IS YOUR SORRY?!" Max snapped.
"Yes, that IS all I can do Max." The woman said.
"That's it, who was the one who made the final decisions with all of those? I wanna know the name." Max said as he tried to stay calm.
"It was me Max. I made so many mistakes and im sorry." The woman added as she tried not to cry.
"I will think about what I am going to do with you tonight. You'll find out if you still have a job tomorrow morning." Max sighed and then he started to walk out.
"This job is my life Max. I don't have a family, I don't have anything else. Please don't take my job from me. I have given up so much for this."The woman said hopelessly and Max stopped for a moment and then thought for a moment.
"Im demoting you. Im not going to fire you. Just give me a night to figure out what I want to demote you to." Max sighed and then he teleported away….
Max walked back into Phoebes room and everybody looked kind of frustrated.
"Good news. The villain league heard about Nora protecting Metroburg and they have issued a truce with Metroburg. Apparently a certain someone hacked into the Hero Leagues archives and watched videos of me fighting bad guys so she could learn my methods so that she could protect Hiddenville well." Max said as he crossed his arms at Nora and everyone turned to her.
"Well, Raegans the one who helped me hack into the system." Nora pointed the finger at Raegan.
"OH WELL THANKS!" Raegan yelled and Allison looked to Max.
"Are you going to talk to your daughter?" Allison asked in frustration. Raegan looked to Max and Max couldn't help but smile.
"I'm so proud of you." Max said and Raegan smiled.
"MAX!" Allison yelled.
"Oh sorry, that was VERY wrong Raegan." Max faked it and then he winked at Raegan and Allison just shook her head and then Max went over to Nora and got down on his knees. "Why didn't you just talk to me? Your so good at being a hero. Why are you doubting yourself? Nora you took down 3 villains in 4 minutes. That's amazing, that's even amazing for a hero that's the same age as Phoebe. Why didn't you just tell us?"
"Because, if dad knew how good I was, he would start getting over protective of me like he just did." Nora replied.
"Well,you also have two other brothers to think about when it comes to us being over protective. I mean, that's what being a family is all about. Protecting your other family members if you think that their in danger." Max sighed. "Your amazing at being a hero Nora. Seriously."
"Well, I guess I learned from the best." Nora said and Max smiled and hugged her.
"So how is she supposed to get to Metroburg. She has school to worry about Max." Hank said and Max let Nora go and turned to Hank.
"Dad, you know how good I am at protecting people right?" Max asked and Hank knew what Max was about to say.
"No. That's not going to happen." Han refused.
"Dad, I will have her be homeschooled with Raegan. The woman I hired for it can homeschool anyone. I can take care of her dad, plus I'll be closer to her if she were to get hurt, and," Max started.
"MAX IM FRUSTRATED AS IT IS! NOW YOU WANT ME TO PUT MY BABY GIRL IN YOUR HANDS? WHY WOULD YOU EVEN ASK FOR ME TO DO THAT?!" Hank shouted and Max looked at him in frustration.
"Dad do you think Im not going to be able to take care of Nora?" Max asked and Hank looked sad.
"It's not that I don't trust you Max, because believe it or not, I do. It's just that she's going to be protecting a city that Phoebe could barely handle and you protected Metroburg and look at how much has happened because of that. I don't understand how you can be ok with this after everything that you have been forced to go through." Hank sighed and Max realized that he had never thought about that.
"Dad, I will be filtering through her cases personally. If I think for one second that the cases are too dangerous, then I can assure you that I will be taking care of them." Max assured his father.
"What if I refuse to protect Metroburg?" Nora asked and Max turned to her and couldn't help but feel terrible.
"Then I would have to arrest you. Nora you're the only one left who can do it. Billy doesn't have enough experience yet and Chloe is no where near ready. You're all Metroburg has and I am legally not allowed to come out of hero retirement and have a job as a protector of a city. I can only come out to handle difficult cases." Max explained regretfully. "I'm sorry Nora, but you wanted to protect Hiddenville and you signed the agreement form. Legally I can't do anything to stop them from putting you in Metroburg."
"But if I live with you then I'll never see Billy." Nora sighed as tears filled her eyes.
"Yeah, but you can play with Raegan and Billy can play with Chloe." Max suggested.
"Max, you do realize what your forcing Nora to do right?" Phoebe said as she looked at him like he had betrayed her.
"I know what Im doing, and I cant do anything to stop it. Ive told you all several times, there is literally nothing I can do to stop them from doing this." Max looked at the ground as he didn't want to see the disappointment on everyones faces and then Nora started crying.
"I dont think I can protect Metroburg. I'm not even a teenager yet." Nora cried and Max looked up as his heart broke. Barb went over and hugged her and then looked at Max in frustration. Max just shook his head.
"No, no, this is NOT happening. I cant allow it. There has got to be another way." Max said and then he teleported away to the Hero League. He walked in to find the hero league talking to eachother.
"Hello Mr. Super President." The lead woman sighed.
"Look, my sister is absolutely devastated. She doesn't want to protect Metroburg and she doesn't want to move to Metroburg." Max sighed.
"Super President Thunderman there really isn't anyone else who can do it and shes so talented." The woman started to talk and then Max snapped.
"ALL OF YOU LISTEN TO ME!" Max demanded and everyone looked strait at him in shock. "If you are all absolutely fine with ruining a childs life by forcing her to protect a city that is too advanced for even a teenager then what makes you think that heroes will actually allow you to continue to control these types of decisions?! Your putting fear into their lives when you should be protecting them! Nora is a child and you want to send her into the fiery mouth of doom that Phoebe could barely handle!" Max shouted and the lead woman looked frustrated.
"Wow Max, what makes you think that we are trying to protect heroes? We are supposed to be putting fear into their lives so they respect us." The woman said in the most evil smile.
"Then what makes you any different than the villain league?" Max said without needing to even think about it.
"WE ARE NOTHING LIKE THE VILLAIN LEAGUE!" The woman shouted as she was clearly insulted.
"I HAVE SEEN THE VILLAIN LEAGUE! I KNOW WHAT THEY DO! YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE SAME THING! THEY FORCE CHILDREN TO FIGHT AGAINST HEROES AND RUIN THEIR LIVES! YOUR DOING THE SAME THING RIGHT NOW! IF YOU SEND NORA TO FIGHT IN METROBURG THEN YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF HEROES VERY ANGRY! YOUR GOING TO MAKE HEROES PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN WHEN THEY DON'T REALLY NEED PROTECTING! THEY WILL THINK THE HERO LEAGUE HAS GONE INSANE! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?!" Max shouted and everyone thought about it. Suddenly everyone but the lead woman started to give in.
"Shes trying to manipulate you!" One guy said.
"Yeah, she thinks since your not an adult that you will not know what to do as Super President!" Another woman said.
"She's lying to you!" Another man shouted. Max walked up to the woman.
"BE QUIET!" Max shouted and then he stared the woman down. "You have played me for the last time. Get out of the hero league and don't come back."
"You can't fire me! I am the," The woman started yelling.
"GET OUT!" Max shouted and then woman took two steps back but didn't leave. "SECURITY!" Suddenly three heroes came in and they grabbed the woman and took her out. Max walked over to the remaining hero league members. "now I want the TRUTH! Is my sister REQUIRED to be the protector of Metroburg?"
"No she isn't. We burned the file Max. We were looking into finding someone else and we did. I'm sorry we didn't tell you." One of the woman sighed and max looked relieved.
"Thank You. Have a nice day, but get some hero profiles together so I can find a replacement for that woman." Max sighed and then he teleported to the hospital….
Max walked in and found everyone waiting.
"It turns out that I was being manipulated by a woman who has a high intelligence. Nora, your not going to be protecting Metroburg, but you are still protecting Hiddenville. You think you can handle that?" Max asked and Nora smiled and ran over to him and hugged him. Max looked to Hank and Hank nodded at him in approval. …..