Sara Zambiea
"Did you know?" Sara hissed.
Amanda rolled her eyes. "How could I have known Cyrus would attack?"
"You seem to know everything else around here Amanda, you mean to tell me he actually outsmarted you?" Sara frowned.
The two women currently sat in Amanda's office. "One of my students could have died if we hadn't reached him in time. Alexander Aspida? Remember him?"
"My deepest regards have been sent to the Aspida family and to all of those affected by the attack." Amanda said.
Sara frowned. "Is that all you have to say?"
"What else is there to say?" Amanda asked.
Sara crossed her arms. "I want answers! I didn't even know Cyrus was back, but you don't seemed surprised at all."
"He paid me a visit a couple weeks ago, he murdered one of my assistants." Amanda said quietly.
Sara's eyes widened. She couldn't be serious. There was no way she would hide something so big from her.
"Did you tell the others?" Sara hissed.
"I don't know who you're referring to." Amanda said.
"Don't play stupid, did you tell the Morning Star Legion!" Sara yelled.
Amanda scoffed. "God no one's called us that since we were teens."
"It doesn't matter we should have been the first ones to find out about Cyrus returning! Instead you decided to keep things from us! All you do is hide things and manipulate others! What would your father think?" Sara yelled.
Amanda stood up angrily. "Because of Cyrus, my father doesn't say much of anything!"
Sara sighed. Bringing her father up was too far, she knew that. However, she could tell Amanda didn't care how angry she was.
"Do you still have feelings for him?" Sara asked.
Amanda looked at Sara coldly. "I won't answer that."
"He was your first love." Sara said.
"Trust me Sara, I haven't loved him since I was seventeen. However if you want to talk about the past, do you want to talk about the skeletons in your closet?" Amanda asked.
Sara's face fell while Amanda rolled her eyes. "I didn't think so."
"Did you find what I was asked you to get?" Amanda asked.
Sara frowned, Amanda told her to leave the Black Church to run an errand for her. Which was another reason that made Sara suspicious of her boss. How convenient she sent her away as villains attacked. Sara ignored her question.
Sara sighed. "Because of you, I might be losing one of my students. Phillip Aspida wants to pull his son out of Morningstar."
"Why?" Amanda asked.
"Have you been listening to anything I've been saying! On his first day a girl almost melted his brain, then a villain almost killed him. What parent would want their child to be in that kind of danger?" She asked.
"Being a hero is dangerous work, he's aware of that." Amanda said.
"You're unbelievable." Sara yelled.
She grabbed her bag and marched out of Amanda's office. She couldn't believe that woman used to be her best friend.
As she walked out she saw Daniel Ross watching her curiously. "How was the meeting with Amanda?"
"Awful, that woman has gone insane." She sighed.
"She's proably just shaken by Cyrus returning, I mean imagine someone you cared about turning into something you hated." Daniel sighed.
Sara sighed. "She knew Cyrus was back."
Daniel gasped. "How?"
"He killed someone, how else does Cyrus announce his appearance?" She sighed.
"Why would she hide that?" Daniel asked.
"I don't know Daniel." She said.
"Does Lucas know? What about Vanessa? Janelle?" Daniel asked.
Sara sighed. She hadn't spoken to many of her old friends. Other than Lucas they all fell out of touch. Now she hated Amanda, and Daniel was more of a coworker than a friend. When she was seventeen, she never thought it would end like this. She thought their bond was unbreakable.
"How are your kids holding up?" He asked.
Sara sighed. "I'm heading to visit the ones in the infirmary right now."
"You should be proud of them, many of them held their own." He said.
Sara smiled weakly. "I suppose you're right."
She sighed, she just hoped that the experience didn't traumatize him too much.
Lex
"Lex, I'm fine, the venom just paralyzed me for a couple hours, it wasn't fatal." Faith said.
Lex shook his head and squeezed his friend tighter. As soon as he walked into her hospital room he pulled her in for a massive hug and wouldn't let go.
"I was so worried about you." Lex sighed.
"I can take care of myself Lex." She smiled.
"You were stabbed." Lex frowned.
"Technically I was stung." Faith laughed.
Lex frowned and looked down at his friend. "How could you be so calm about this? You guys could have died."
Faith sighed and rested her head back on the pillow. "Well staying in the past won't help. The only thing I can do is train and get better. And hope that if that Verizon guy or whatever his name was comes up to me again is faster than my bone blade."
Lex smiled. His best friend was inspiring. She bounced back from a near death experience like it wasn't nothing.
"How are the others holding up? They won't let me leave my room, until they run a couple more tests." Faith said.
"Aerolynn, Jake, Matt, and Kaleb are fine. Victoria lost some blood, but she's alive. Alexander is…from what I hear it's pretty bad. That Rey Tigre guy really did a number on him." He sighed.
Faith frowned. "I hope he recovers."
"That Aspida kid is a fighter, he'll bounce back." Lex smiled.
Faith smiled weakly. "Can you do me a favor and go check on him? Even if he's unconscious he'd recover better if someone was there for him."
Lex nodded. "Will do."
He smiled as he walked out of her room and made his way further down the medical wing. He stopped when heard someone groaning.
He walked into the room and raised an eyebrow when he saw Sarah banging her head against the wall.
"What are you doing?" Lex asked.
"They won't let me out of here, because they say I have a concussion." Sarah pouted.
Lex chuckled. "So they say you have a concussion, so you're response is to bang your head against the wall?"
Sarah crossed her arms. "It was a form of protest Dayton."
"You're quite the activist." He laughed.
He smiled. "I'm glad you're okay."
Sarah paused, she looked up at him cautiously. "You are?"
Lex frowned, granted him and Sarah weren't BFFS, not with the way she talks to Faith, but that didn't mean he wanted to see her hurt.
"I am Sarah, that's a genuine answer." Lex said.
Before she could answer a loud cough was heard at the door. Lex turned to see Matt standing by the door, his arms crossed.
"What are you doing here?" Matt asked.
Lex raised an eyebrow. "I was checking in on Sarah."
Matt's face darkened. Lex frowned, Matt did not seem to like that.
"Well you're no longer needed, I'm here now." Matt said.
Lex looked from the two of them and blushed. "Wait are you two dating?"
Matt and Sarah looked at each other awkwardly, it seemed like neither knew what to say.
"Well I'll just head out. It's nice to see you're okay Sarah." Lex said as he walked out.
His eyes went back to Matt. He didn't like the look on his face. Every time Lex looked into Matt's eyes he saw nothing but rage. And if he was being honest it terrified him.
Matt
"Why did you send Lex away?" Sarah asked.
Matt frowned. "Did you want him to stay?"
"I suppose Dayton isn't that bad," She said dramatically.
She plopped down on to her bed, making a loud thump. Matt smirked and walked over to her.
"Why did you come back for me in the Black Church?" Matt asked.
The thought had been racing in his mind all day. Sarah could have escaped, yet she came to fight Scarlet Overkill. She didn't even consider that she might lose. She just rushed in.
Sarah blushed. "It doesn't matter."
Matt reached out to grab her hand. "It mattered to me. It meant a lot."
"Matt it's not a secret I like you, I came back because I care about you." Sarah sighed.
Matt frowned. At first he wasn't sure if he was into Sarah, but she was so heroic in that arena. She risked her life to protect him. Matt smiled, she cared about him. Cared about him in a way no one else did.
"Sarah, I like you. Like a lot. I was wondering…would you want to be my girlfriend?" Matt asked.
She smiled brightly, a smile that could have lit up the room. "Do you even have to ask."
She leaned in and kissed him, Matt smiled, this felt right. This is what he was supposed to be doing. She was the one, she could fix him.
Alexander
When Alexander woke up, he was surprised that he wasn't in his bed. He sat up slowly and groaned. He turned and was surprised to see that he was hooked up to an IV. Suddenly everything came crashing into his memory at once. The attack. Holy crap how was he still alive right now.
"Thank god you woke up." A voice called.
Alexander smiled when he saw his father. His father looked a lot like him, they both had tan skin and cropped blue hair. The only difference was his father was a mountain of a man. His father, ran and hugged him tightly, squeezing the boy so tight he'd thought he would burst.
Alexander laughed. "I'm happy to see you too dad. Is mom here?"
"She's in the office filling out your transfer papers." His father said quietly.
Alexander frowned. "Transfer papers?"
His heart dropped. He hoped his parents weren't doing what he thought they were doing.
"We're moving you out of Morning Star, there's a great superhero school in Chicago that isn't as…complicated." His father said.
"I want to be here." Alexander said sternly.
"Alexander, we saw your fight with that McScream girl, did you know she almost melted your brain? And now you were attacked by one of my old enemies, it's not safe for you here." He said.
"Rey Tigre could have attacked me anywhere!" Alexander said.
"He only came for you, because he's working for Cyrus, Cyrus's business lies in Florida he wouldn't follow us to Chicago." His father said.
"Who is this Cyrus guy? Why is everyone so scared of him? He must not be a big villain if not that many people have heard of him." Alexander said
His father's face darkened. There were many aspects about his hero life that his father did not tell him, Alexander assumed this was one of them.
"Dad this was your school, I want to go here." Alexander said.
"When I went here this place was different. We were learning how to help people, not how to fight. Amanda's father was a good headmaster." He frowned.
"Amanda is very kind." Alexander defended.
"You don't know her." He sighed.
"Dad can you just tell me what's going on?" Alexander asked.
His father was silent. Alexander looked up at his father, he didn't realize he was crying until he felt tears running down his cheeks.
"Dad I want to go to Morning Star, I know you think this place is dangerous, but I feel…I feel like I'm home. I know this is where I'm supposed to be." Alexander said.
"What if you get hurt again?" His father said.
"Dad I'm going to be a hero one day, my life will always be at risk. But here I can learn how to make sure that doesn't happen as often and when it does, I'll be able to combat it." He said.
His father sighed. "Do you really want to go here?"
"I do dad. I really do." Alexander begged
"I'll give this place one more chance, for you Alexander." He smiled.
Alexander pulled his dad in for a big bear hug and grinned. "Thank you!"
His father sighed as he leaned back. "I am going to be disappointed to not have you in Chicago with me."
"I'll skype you guys every night." Alexander promised.
"By the way there were two kids who wanted to see you, the nurses stopped them saying that only family members could come in." He said.
His father paused and laughed. "One of them was named Alexander as well, strangely enough."
"He goes by Lex." Alexander laughed.
"The other was a girl, I think she said her name was Maryanne. She left his for you." His father said.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a homemade card. It was red and pink with a bunch of glitter on it. Alexander laughed it read it closely. On the front was a teddy bear with a smiling face, it wore a white shirt that said: Get well soon XOXO
"Do you want to talk about that?" His father smirked.
Alexander simply chuckled before laying back down. He was going to stay at Morning Star. That was all that mattered.
Maryanne
Maryanne was panicking. Was her card to Alexander to personal? What if her father told him that she was weird?
"Oh god!" Maryanne groaned.
She was currently walking to her dorm room, a bag of Doritos in her hand. Stress eating was the only thing keeping her from freaking out completely. She opened her room door and was surprised to see Victoria on her bed crying.
"Victoria?" Maryanne called.
Victoria froze, her body going rigid. It was like a switch was flipped she went from weeping to composed, in barely a second.
"Yes?" She said.
Maryanne frowned. "Are you okay?"
"Of course." Victoria said.
"You were crying, do you want to talk about something?" Maryanne frowned.
Victoria grabbed a black hair tie and pulled her dreadlocks into a ponytail. "That's not necessary. I was just thinking."
"Thinking of?" Maryanne asked.
"Well Sarah had Matt visiting her, Alexander had his father come, Faith's family left a whole bunch of messages. My family has yet to reach out and it's like I have any friends to come check up on me." Victoria said her voice drained of emotion.
"We're friends." Maryanne defended.
She walked over and plopped down next to Victoria. "I was going to visit you, but I wasn't sure if you would appreciate that, I thought you wanted space. It seems like you always want space."
"That's because that is what I want." Victoria said coolly.
"Victoria it's okay to want someone to be there for you. It's really messed up your family didn't check in." Maryanne frowned.
"Well they are very busy people." Victoria said.
"You're their daughter, you should be more important." Maryanne said.
For a split second she could have sworn she saw a crack in Victoria's wall. A glimpse into her real emotions. However, that second was over and Victoria forced a smile.
"Let's not dwell on it," Victoria said.
Maryanne took Victoria's hand and interlocked their fingers. "I want you to know you have at least one friend here, and I'm not going anywhere." Maryanne said.
Victoria nodded. "The sentiment is appreciated."
Maryanne smiled. That was good enough for her.
New Characters
· Daniel Ross- Lightning2T
Also I've been meaning to post this for awhile, but I keep forgetting. So, I still get a lot of student submissions and I just want to let everyone know that this time no more students will be accepted. That's not because the characters you guys have submitting aren't good, it's just that the main class is sixteen characters and I already have storylines mapped out to develop those specific sixteen characters. There's not anymore room for anymore student characters. Later down the line there will a chance to submit more student characters in prominent roles, but for now just know that I won't be accepting them. However, this only applies for student roles, if you want to send a hero or a teacher that will still be accepted.
