Amy

I relaxed in the bubble bath, trying to let all the little aches and pains vanish, eventually though I had to get up and clean myself off. I then used the restroom, and then took another bath to clean the grime and dead skin off of me. Then I took a shower, at that point it was excessive but it was a way to regain power over my life, a small one. I put on Void's shirt, which was big enough on me to act like a mini skirt of sorts and walked out of the bathroom.

I stopped as the door opened and looked at myself, huh might have gone too pale there, and um wow so this is what it felt like to be hot, nice. I walked out of the bathroom and then stopped, I felt a little weak still. It was going to take some time, but I could compensate for it with my armor, and huh I might have acted a little like an asshole...

Fuck...

"Void?"

"Not so loud."

"Right, um where..."

I saw him on the couch, he blinked at me, and looked away, why... right. Look, do hospital work as long as I have and you get desensitized to these kinds of things. I sat next to him, and tried to think of what to say.

"I'm sorry I said I'm glad you triggered, I wasn't thinking things through and it was a rude thing to say."

"Second-"

"No, I've healed you a few times, and I know what the real deal looks like."

He sighed.

"I didn't handle the Zeus thing well ok? It... I knew he could attack the bay but you always think it's not going to happen to my town, it isn't going to happen to me and-"

I gave him a hug.

"It's going to um... yeah I'm not very good at this."

His entire face was red, his arms were held out awkwardly.

"Um... you'rw not, um..."

Yeah... right.

"Sorry, I'm still getting over the 'I almost died' thing Void, you know that giddy feeling you get when you're not murderfucked by the Slaughterhouse 9."

I ended the hug and he nodded.

"Yeah, I know what you mean... so you knew?"

"Yeah for awhile."

He kind of slumped.

"Well it's just you so."

I blinked.

"Yeah, about that."

His face was tight.

"You told people?"

"No, but come on, Thinkers are going to figure it out, and Tinkers who are good enough and see your stuff will figure it out. I'm pretty damned sure most of the world governments have a file about it."

He blinked.

"Then why did they let me do that?"

I leaned back and he made a point of ignoring me.

"You think you're the only baseline who goes to these things? Pretty much every military on the planet's involved in the fights Void, most of the people there aren't parahumans. You just had the stuff to get up close and personal."

I paused.

"You're not even the only fake who goes to the fights, the only one who made it past the dirty 30 but you're not the only one."

He just kind of looked off, as if his mind couldn't process it.

"So people, um..."

"Look if you had been caught the first time someone would have chewed you out."

I shrugged.

"But after you got past 10 well what's the point, right? You did your duty and put your ass on the line, that's what matters. That said, why did you do it?"

He kind of cringed, I nodded my head.

"A girl right?"

"Not exactly."

"A boy then, you know I'm totally cool with that, so is he hot?"

He sighed.

"I did it to impress people online."

I blinked for a moment I was silent, I tilted my head.

"That is the most retarded thing I have ever heard."

He motioned with his hands.

"I know."

"I mean thats really really really stupid."

He shrank into the couch.

"I was a really fucking stupid 6th grader."

I sighed.

"And now?"

"Now I'm a really stupid teenager because I know the minute that we get another call I'm going to go back into the fight."

We sat there in silence.

"So the TV?"

"I have water but I don't have power."

"That sucks balls."

He nodded.

"I know."