May had made her way over the rooftops back to her school. With the plan that she'd show her face to tell everyone she's ok there's a small issue. Wearing her heroine disguise she had to get changed back into her normal outfit but considering she stashed it away in an air vent in the girls restroom and the police were searching the building from top to bottom she couldn't sneak back in, in the daylight knowing that on every corner and angle the police are looking for something that will put them on the culprit's trial.
Overlooking the building she can see the hole in the wall caused by his grenades. Thanking her lucky stars one of the aura guardians showed up to help her out in a pinch.
Still with no normal clothes she could go home to get a new outfit but it would just waste time which she couldn't afford with a killer on the loose. Trying to find an access point from the roof she was on it seemed impossible.
Glaceon thinking to herself that one of her sisters would easily be able to get inside and retrieve the items May needed. Even if she just reassured her host that soon another like them will show up they sure took their time with it.
From the edge of the roof May is on she peeked over into an empty narrow alley way.
To her surprise her father stood in the alley way all alone looking around him. Creating a small ice slide that would melt in a few minutes she threw her body over the edge of the roof she slid down the slide jumped off the wall on the other side and landed gracefully on her feet. Hearing the soft thud and cold breeze behind him he turned around.
"May!"
He couldn't help but grab her into a tight embrace. May did think he did bring his playacting a bit to much. She felt him starting to shiver a bit thanks to her cold skin. May knows that when she uses Glaceon's power her body temperature drops rapidly.
"I'm fine dad. You're embarrassing me. And you can get a cold like this." Letting go of her May asked why he was here since he had no shift today.
"The moment I heard about a huge explosion at your school I hurried over here as fast as I could."
"Did you abuse your siren to skip traffic lights?" She asked him while he grew silent over her accusation.
"Uhm…No."
"He totally did."
As happy as she is seeing him there's a small issue.
"Dad. I got a problem."
Still disguised as Glaceon her father held out a bag.
"Looking for this?" May checked inside it and it was identical clothes she wore before the craziness started.
"How did you know? And how did you smuggle it out?"
"Your mother stashed her outfit away in the same place when something happened when we were dating. I'd figure you'd be the same. Now get changed."
May taking the bag from her dad she pulled on her jacket and pants over her disguise. Removing her facemask she put it inside the bag before touching her earring which got rid off her whitish blue locks and her dark blues which returned to their regular sapphire color.
"So what now?"
"You try and find your friends in order to calm them down. In the meantime I'll tell my colleagues I found you." Norman suggested.
With a look that aroused no suspicion May walked out of the alley and saw a person with long blue hair down her back. Figuring out it must be Dawn May tapped her on her shoulder. The blue haired girl turning around was startled at first but seeing her friend smiling in one piece she relaxed.
"Look at that. Your friend got out ok." Umbreon said to her while in reality she knows exactly who May is.
When Dawn received her spirit companion from Lila her new host asked if there were others in Veilstone City like her. Umbreon not wanting to spoil the surprise for Dawn didn't tell about the identity's of the other gem holders so she was pleasantly surprised when the two girls met in school and showed a friendship with each other.
"May! How did you get out?!"
Dawn couldn't be more relieved to see her friend. Now with everyone safe for now her thoughts turned to Ash who's still looking for her.
"What are you still doing here?"
"I was worried sick about you and Ash!"
May nearly forgetting about her age mate. She had no clue what happened to him after she allowed him to escape from the killer who proclaimed he'd kill Ash too.
"Where is Ash?! Did you see him?!"
"No need to worry! He just texted me and said he's ok."
May filled with relief that he sounded safe. May decided to stick around a bit longer not to make Dawn suspicious that she needed to go right now after her assailant. The guardian who helped has to be doing the same thing right about now if the hunch of Glaceon is right. She still had a score to settle with him too.
"What happened in there?" Dawn wanting to know what occurred inside in the panicked school. May had a big surprise to start with.
"You won't believe what happened! I saw the ice powered person they keep writing about!"
May lied in order to make Dawn believe that she and her alter ego were two completely different people. She's a bit afraid she blew her cover the moment she stabbed and pinned Bisharp's hand to a table but her excuse of being the daughter of a policemen seemed enough that they all believed it.
The blue haired girl eyes widened hearing about Glaceon. She missed another just like her and she loved to see her in action so Dawn could maybe pick up on a few things that helps her with her progress. Filled with excitement over seeing her Dawn had tons of questions.
"You did!? What is she like!? Is she strong!? How does she look!?"
"I was hiding in the restroom from that psycho when suddenly the door got tore off. Fearing the worst I thought I was a goner! Lucky for me it was her! Can you believe it!? I got rescued by an actual superhero!"
Dawn did her best not to laugh knowing the truth about Glaceon. If the ice powered individual shared the same source of power she just recently came to own the term superhero didn't actually apply seeing that Umbreon didn't like her abilities being called superpowers.
"It sure sounds exciting!"
"Are you kidding!? It was scary first!"
"May!" Norman coming up to her May was glad he showed up. She could almost stop lying to one of her best friends now.
"Hey dad!"
"I told every one you're safe. I'm escorting you home right now." With a stern look he told May she didn't have a choice in the matter.
"Sorry Dawn. I'll tell you some other time. Overprotective parents. You know how it is."
"Sure do." Dawn being reminded that her mother kept her safe and sheltered instead of giving Umbreon to her.
"Need a lift? I can get you home in a hurry."
"I just remembered Lila is expecting me after school. I'm already running late so I better go now."
"Can you do me a favor? Tell Leona I won't be able to visit her. Testifying and stuff." May felt horrible skipping out on visiting her but this is more important.
"Sure. I'm sure she'll understand." Dawn vouching for May.
"Thanks. I'll make it up to you another time." She promised Dawn that she owed her.
"Come on May. Let's get you home."
"See ya!" The brunette waving goodbye knowing her day just started. As Norman took May away to his own car Dawn pulled out her phone once more.
She needed to let Ash know May was found so he can call off his search. Calling him it went over to voicemail. Speaking a message about May's whereabouts and sending him a text to be sure he got the message Dawn put her phone away and needed to go back to Lila's office to get some hours of practice so that next time a killer showed up she was ready.
With the brunette in her dads car the trip to the station took a bit longer than it should. May protested against going there since she wasn't finished yet with her heroisms.
"You're not taking me to the station aren't you? Not with him still out there!"
Norman looked into his rearview mirror. Turning his eyes on the road again he wasn't planning to take his little girl to the station for questioning. Her skills will be of much better use out there than in some crummy office.
"A little talk before I set you loose again."
"Make it quick then."
May telling him to hurry up while sitting back down on the backseat pouting with her arms crossed. Speaking out against him wasn't something May usually did despite having almost every advantage over him in a physical conflict.
Looking in the rearview mirror of his car Norman still found it amazing he fell in love with a woman who'd been secretly a heroine. And now his daughter took up the mantle and already was in more perilous situations than her mother ever was. As far as he knows his wife was never involved in an event like earlier today.
"Your little stunt today brought much attention." May crossed her arms and shrugged her shoulders. What else was she supposed to do today?
"I'm sorry ok. Not my fault my teacher is a killer and tried to slit my throat!"
"People at the station are starting to ask questions about you guys. They're discussing about making an arrest warrant for super powered people. Although the term superpower is a bit broad there's a certain state of fear here at the station at what you guys can do. They don't teach you these things at the academy. How did you manage to change disguises?"
Norman knowing she wears a large part of her uniform underneath her clothes but he still asked how she found the time to change into her alter ego.
"Ash distracted him while I got suited up."
Remembering the boy from the night of the mass kidnapping Norman knows he can handle himself. Still he found it incredibly stupid that he risked his neck again while also grateful that he again prevented worse.
"You were lucky Ash was there to distract him while you got changed."
Even if the boy has proven that he can fight a bit the officer still think he had a death wish being bait so his daughter could get out safely. Still with the teen being the vocal subject now Norman had to bring up a thing that was suspicious about him.
"I have a question about Ash. Dawn said to another officer that he left town with you."
May surprised to hear it. Ash might have left town but she herself is seated right here now.
"Are you saying he lied?"
May not a stranger to lying herself having a secret identity. Keeping a life as a hero determined you have to be able to lie on the spot. May so far is pretty efficient in it seeing that she lied to her friends and classmates for months and nobody so far seemed to have a clue at her school that she is the one a betting pool was started over to know what gender the ice person is.
"You're here aren't you? Did he have anything on him which he didn't have before?"
May trying to think what else he carried that didn't seem needed at the time. Glaceon helped her out with it since the brunette had more important things on her mind at the time.
"His backpack. He didn't carry a backpack when we got separated. And when he slipped on your ice trap he clutched it like his life depended on it."
"So…you're saying Ash got his bag, tried to find a place to hide, got changed, dragged me out of there and now is looking for the guy who blew up the school? Do you think one of the people in blue is my classmate!?"
"You talked with her again?" Norman amazed she deduced his identity but can't have the idea May skipped a few steps in their conversation. May apologized knowing her dad can't hear her spirit companion.
"Let's say he is. Do you know what his powers are?"
"Glaceon says he's an aura guardian. Not in the way I got my powers. He was born with them. It's like mental projection. They can create objects by thinking about them. The only thing that limits them is their focus on certain shapes. Glaceon said it takes longer for some to create a staff as others can make swords. Depends on who it is actually."
"Just come to me if you can confirm it's him. I need to know before I take action against him."
"Do you really need too? He helps others like I do. I'm sure I can be great friends with him if I know him better. And if it is Ash I can work something out with him so that we can work together!"
Even if her dad wanted her to unmask the vigilante May didn't exactly wanted too. He did save her life earlier today and he can prove a great ally and companion to cover each others back during situations like today. Not to mention May owned him one for not unmasking her.
"Just inform me if you know if its him. I promise I won't arrest him until you say so."
"Thanks dad! You won't regret it!" May happy she convinced her father to wait a little bit with an arrest warrant for him until she was absolutely sure about that Ash is the person who helped her.
"He's lucky I was there to rescue him later. I wonder how he survived that long against a machine like him."
The description of machine confused her dad. Thinking about how at first she meant how lacking of emotion he is with having no qualms about ending another life. Only people with some screws loose didn't value human life and the fugitive seemed to be made out of the same mold.
"The guy had freaking axes for arms!" What he didn't expect was the brunette yelling out a feature normal people don't have. Stunned he asked if he heard her right. May explained that when she and Ash were alone in the gym hall the killer started to shapeshift.
"He has axes for arms?" If this guy had powers too then they were in more trouble then the officer at first thought.
"Does anybody else know about it?"
Bad things could happen to his fellow police officers if his little girl with superpowers couldn't stop him first time round. With the idea that May knows exactly what he's about to do he needed to send her out again.
"Except for me and Ash? No. Don't think so."
"You got to get to him before anyone else does."
"We're on it!"
The father drove into an abandoned alleyway. The girl understanding what he did she touched her blue and white earring which started to change her hair and eye color. Disposing herself of her civilian clothes that covered most of her uniform the only thing missing were her facemask and gloves. Quickly putting them on May put a hand on the lever of the door to open and climbed up a rooftop.
With her out of view now Norman's thoughts turned to the boy who currently is a prime suspect for one of the people who destroyed a portion of the museum's exhibits. If Ash truly is who May and her partner think he is then he had plenty of questions for him to ask about his excursion that night.
And ask where all of a sudden these people with unnatural abilities come from while his wife and other gem wielders could hold it a secret for so long.
Urgh. Thanks to that exam I've got some serious catching up to do. I'm trailing a bit with this one so I sure got my work cut out in order to catch up.
Anyway after not doing anything for so long regarding my stories I feel pumped to write again so I should be back on schedule soon. Until then I just got to keep my head down and just keep going.
See you around.