Chapter 24: Hero
I walked down the stairs just in a short pink dress and heelless shoes.
When I was downstairs, I was greeted by a happy voice.
"Kori! It had taken you very long! Come on; let's have a walk through the park or along the beach. Please, please, please! Come with me!" Amy said who came from the kitchen, when she heard me coming downstairs.
Diana came after her, smiling at me.
"I don´t know whether your mother allows that..."
Amy's eyes went wide and frowned, before she looked to her mother.
"Of course, I allow it my dear. But have an eye on her!" she said with a friendly, but somehow stern voice. I really saw, that Diana was Amy's mother, since she really cared for her and was concerned about her health.
"I don´t really think, that is a good idea... I mean...Kori can´t even take care of herself." Christy walked past me, down the stairs, and looked at me with narrowed eyes, her lips set in a straight line.
I rolled my eyes, after I had crossed my arms. "Nobody has asked you, Christy..." I said harsh. "My name is Christine for you!" she hissed back and walked towards the kitchen.
Diana crossed her arms as she watched Christy, or rather Christine... When she was finally gone she turned back to us and whispered: "She is a bit difficult, isn't she? Unbelievable, that Dick actually likes her..."
"Mum? Can we go now?" asked Amy out of sudden, grapping my hand and pulled me towards the main entrance.
Diane merely laughed, before walking back to the kitchen, were she came from. "Have fun you two..." was all I heard before we were outside.
In front of us was now a giant gate, to keep some people in and others out. Amy walked towards it, past many flower beds and opened it via a panel. While it was opening slowly I walked towards it. Amy waited already on the other side of the gate.
"And where do you want to go now?" I asked sweetly, while he gate closed behind me automatically.
"Just follow me. Is that okay for you?" she answered and took my hand once again.
All I did was nodding, before I was pulled forward.
"Bruce said you wanted to ask a few questions..." I started after some time. She looked up to me, still walking along the streets of Gotham City.
"Yes, I wanted to ask you something. But not now... No I am going to show you something, Is that okay?" she asked, smiling.
Once again I nodded.
We were walking down some street with many café's and little shops. Here were many busied people. But not busied with some kind of job, but with themselves. Nobody was really working today, since it was Sunday.
Gotham was a wonderful city, just like Jump City at this time. No crime, no violence, no anger... just peace and happiness everywhere at once.
Some people were greeting others; some were sitting on tiny tables and ate ice or were talking to others. Some of them were even smoking or reading a newspaper. Children were laughing and told their mothers and father other worlds. Here and there was walking a couple hand in hand.
It seemed like Amy knew exactly were she wanted to go with me. She also greeted some kids, which seemed to be her age and probably her friends.
Then we walked over a street.
You could really tell that it was summer.
There were just a few cars on the streets, and mostly driven by a womanizer...
After some time we reached a green area, in between the grey of the streets and houses.
In this little park were even more people, than in the rest of the city.
I spotted a few people on a blanket in the grass, relaxing in the warmth of the sun. A few teenagers were playing with a Frisbee in the shadow of a tree. A family walked past us, with a dog running before them.
We walked along a path, until we reached a playground. Many children were playing here already together with their parents.
Amy lead my to a bench, not far from it and we both sat down. While there was silent between us, I crossed my legs and began to watch a little girl with her mother, playing on a swing. "Don´t you want to play, too?" I asked after some time and tore my eyes away from them.
Amy sat next to me, looking down on the ground, swinging her legs back and forward.
She shrugged her shoulders, while continued to stare to the ground.
"Don´t feel like it..." she mumbled.
"Okay..." was all I could say.
Again was silent.
"What is it like to be a hero?" came it suddenly from her.
I blinked and turned my head back to her. Now she was starring right into my eyes.
"What?" I asked, to be sure, whether I heard her right.
"What is it like to be a hero?"
Once again I blinked.
"Why do you want to know that?" "Don´t know...I already asked Bruce, Richard, Tera, Rachel and Victor..." she said while counting it on her fingers.
"What did they say?" I replied curious. I pulled my legs up, letting them on the bench and laid my arms around them.
"Bruce coughed his coffee out and said he wouldn't answer this question. Richard starred at me. Tera laughed nervously and said Rachel would answer it, but Rachel said Tera would know an answer. And Victor hit his head at the car door, by accident..."
I laughed a bit and shook my head.
"Why are you laughing?" "I laugh at their reactions. I wish, I could have seen them." "It is not funny! I want to have an answer!" she said with a stern tone.
"And why are you asking me?" "Don´t know... I like you. And you were already a hero, a part of the Titans."
I nodded.
"So...do you answer this?"
I sighed and turned back to the playground in front of me.
Hero...What was it like to be one?
"To be a hero..." I started and looked back at her. "It's like... to be exactly...I don´t know..."
Although I was once a hero, it was now really hard to explain, what it was and how it felt like to be one.
"There are different kinds..., of heroes..." I continued after some time. "But they all have the same aim. To help others, in every way possible. You don´t really know why..., it just feels right."
"How do you felt, as a hero..." she tried to help.
"I felt...What I was...I was a fighter. Powerful, unstoppable. I wanted to help, because I could..."
Now was her time to nod.
"You said something about different kinds of heroes. What do you meant by that?"
I bit my lip.
"I would say...there are those heroes, who have powers and gadgets, just like the Titans or Batman. But also normal people can be heroes." "Huh? How do you mean that?"
"You know... A doctor or a policeman also helps others, am I right?"
"Yes..., but they learned how to help. And not everybody is a doctor or a policeman..."
"Yeah..., but you also help you friends, when they have trouble at school. You help them, because you can, and it feels right, am I right?" "Yeah, it is natural. And I know when I help them; they will help me someday... They are my friends." "But in that moment, where you help them, you are also a hero. You just could go on with your life, not even notice them..."
"You are right..." she said after some time, smiling up to me.
"A hero is somebody, who changes things. You could also be a hero! They do, what's right. They fight against all the things, which are bad. It could be a criminal or a cut at a finger of your friend. They can safe life's or just help others. They make choices, maybe not all the time good ones, but always the right. That's like to be a hero..." I told her in a rush. It suddenly was just so easy, remembering my friends, how they everyday safe some people.
I said what I thought.
"Did I answer your questions?"
"Yeah..., you did..."
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Alright! I am back! And see, my chapters a bit longer now. I hope you don´t mind.
I am also trying to update every time I can, which means, that there will be probably tomorrow or on Sunday the next chapter. But I don´t want to promise too much… Let's see what I can do…
I had a nice vacation, for those who want to know. I am also going to stay at home, and write at this story.
I could have updated already the past week… But I was emotionally a bit down… Somebody I knew died. She was a great mother of two children. A daughter, which is 17 and a son with 12 years. Their father died a few years ago… I am so sorry for them… I hope there will soon good days for them…
To you all: Take care of yourselves!
C Ya -Miss Bloody Shining-