Electron

Cyborg held me and flew me to the mall. On the way, no one spoke a word. Everyone wanted to ask about Electron, I could tell from the tension from them all. But they didn't because they knew it was from my life at the HIVE before Robin came, my first true friend. My eyes stung with tears as I thought about Electron and what life there was like…

I felt so lonely then. Gizmo and Mammoth weren't exactly friends, more like co-workers I was forced to see. Like the people at a business you work with but never really like. We constantly argued, and I fell deeper and deeper into a lost sense of loneliness. That is, until one year…

I sat down at the table, watching Gizmo and Mammoth torture some newbies in the cafeteria. The teachers there either didn't notice or didn't care about that, so they did it year after year for about a month. I wasn't hungry, so I was just flipping through a clothes magazine, even though I knew I wouldn't be able to have them. They came from a different city, and there's no way Brother Blood would let me go on a 'silly' clothes run in another city. It just wasn't important enough.

"Hey there," said a smooth voice. I turned to see Electron, the only guy to ever notice me for a girl instead of a villain role model back then. "Hello," I said bored. Sure, he was a cute guy. His uniform was electrifyingly blue with lightning bolts here and there. He wore a deep blue helmet with a yellow thing that I supposed you could wear over your eyes. His eyes were blue, so blue you could stare into them for hours. He had a small frame and tan skin. He was really cute.

But most of the time when a guy talked to me, he would either insult my being a female or ask how to do moves. I didn't notice cute guys much then. They were all just like Gizmo or Mammoth really. Sure, they looked better, but…

"I'm Electron," he said introducing himself. "Jinx," I muttered, shaking his hand and turned back to my magazine. "Look, I've been watching you for a while now, and I think I'd like to get to… know you better. How about a lunch date this Saturday?" he asked, trying his best to get my attention. "I think I'm busy then," I said, trying to get him to leave me alone. I had thought he just wanted tips over burgers. He was really persistent, though.

"Sunday then? Or sometime the next weekend?" he asked hopefully. I raised an eyebrow, wondering why he was going so far. Not many guys got past introducing themselves or asking me out once. But he was trying really, really hard to get me to say yes to him. I figured I'd go for it then see what he had in mind. "Sunday's good for me," I said. "Great, I'll see you then. Meet me at the entrance to the school at about noon, alright?" he asked. "Sure," I had said.

He was actually genuinely interested in me, even if at first I really wasn't in him. He learned all about my past; found truth in my rants about Mammoth, Gizmo, Brother Blood, or anyone else. He understood me and seemed to really care for me. One day he told me he loved me. That was the first time in my entire life I had heard those words being told to me. I fell deeply in love without seeing the true form of the person I fell in love with.

We were together about a year. One Saturday night he had told me he was sick. Normally I would have gone to dinner, movies, or a different event with him. So I had a full Saturday night just to be by myself. I figured I'd walk through the town. It was winter, so Christmas lights were up all over the lawns. I bundled up to keep incognito and warm, then set off on a long walk.

I walked past an Italian restaurant that was beautifully decorated. The multi-colored lights twinkled. They had a small tree full of Christmas balls with an angel on top. Tinsel hung down from the ceiling. It was breath taking, really. I looked into the window to see what the inside of it looked like. Unfortunately, I didn't get a good look at the decorations. I got a good look at Electron making out with a girl in the back.

I stormed in and sent bolts flying at him while crying hysterically. The girl got away as soon as she saw me coming, but she wasn't the one who betrayed my trust. All I could think about was the blind hatred toward Electron, and despair. Truthfully, I was surprised that something like that happened. I was wrong in trusting Electron so deeply without even attempting to find out about his… past relationships.

The next day everyone was buzzing about how Electron did me just like a bunch of the girls at school. The list was so huge I can't remember any of them. Gizmo had told me to keep up with the things going on inside of school, so I hit him on the head hard and told him to shove it up his ass. Even though he was completely right.

After that, I listened to school gossip (even if I didn't much care for it), and soon I found out how stupid I was for not listening to it before. They were even talking about how any girl (including me, I must say) who goes out or went out with Electron had to be a whore. Let's just say by then I was fuming. I never spoke to him again, or really saw him. And now, here we are, about to fight.

Sorry the chapter was so short. I thought I should explain a little more about Electron before putting in the fight chapter… So, R&R!