A/N: I'm sorry for those who ready the original chapter. I literally acted on an impulse. What happened was that I looked at the title when looking at the story on the app and noticed that the title was wrong. Me being an idiot, I thought that I uploaded the wrong chapter before even checking if the chapter was correct. The original title for this was called: Setting The Stage! But that title was for the next chapter. I was suppose to put the one you see now: Regretting My Decision. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. I will make up this mistake by posting the next chapter tomorrow. This pushes me back a little bit, but hopefully this fixes everything. Anyway, the chapter and last Author's Note are still the same. It's just that this was added to clear up any confusion.
Tridon walked around downtown while kicking a can. He exhaled and kicked the can up and into a trashcan. He backed onto a wall and took out his phone.
It was spring break and he was expecting to go on adventures with his friends. But everything that had happened last month with his final stand with Robert; he wanted to get rid of his powers for good. Now he's learning that maybe it wasn't so great to jump the gun so quickly on that decision probably was the wrong choice.
A police car drove up to him and whistled to him. Tridon looked at him as he pointed above his head. Tridon looked up and noticed the 'No Loitering' sign. He nodded and continued on. He walked down the sidewalk while the police tailed him.
"Why are you following me?" Tridon mumbled to himself.
"Hey!" The police car pulled up and the officer inside called out to him, "Aren't you that kid Tiffany Warren is suppose to look after?"
"Yeah?"
"So you're the kid that finally got Robert locked up. Whoo!"
"I'm sorry, what?"
"You and your friends took on Robert and finally brought him to justice, right?"
"Yeah. We did."
"Kid, we've been trying to find way to bring him down for years, but he just kept paying us out. We gotta thank you some how."
"No thanks necessary. I had my own vendetta against that man to do what I did."
"Well, we have to repay you somehow. Hop in kid."
"Uh..."
"Come on. I'm a cop. I just wanna take you on a ride along."
"But I don't plan on becoming a cop."
"Captain Warren didn't expect to become an agent, but look at her."
"Wait what?"
"Hey kid," the cop chuckled and said, "come on and I'll tell you."
"I'm still hesitant."
"Tridon?" Tiffany called out and noticed the police officer, "Officer Warren..."
"Hey sis."
"Wait what?" Tridon looked at the two and pointed at them, "Th-That's your sister?"
"Yup. Big sis Tiff."
"Don't call me that Officer Warren."
"Ah. Always a stick in the mud."
"Okay. Now I gotta hear your past stories on her." Tridon got in the car with Tiffany sighing.
"I gotta go too. He's technically still under my care." Tiffany sat next to Tridon in the back seat who looked rather peeved, "Let's get going Officer Warren."
"Well," Officer Warren started the car up again and drove off, "my sister was always one for authority. She never disrespected anyone and always listened to those above her. She was a straight A student, on the student council, and was a gifted athlete."
"That sounds about right." Tridon nodded making Tiffany pinch his ear, "Ah..."
"Anyway, but she was always caring of those she deemed weak or unable to protect themselves."
"But I'm not weak. I'm beyond weak."
"Which is why you're the one special case. When she told me she would start looking after you so early into her FBI career, I thought it was weird. The older you got, the more I understood. I thought it was good that she was looking after you past her own boundaries."
"How was she before she met me?"
"Cold." He answered.
Tridon looked at Tiffany to see if she would retaliate, but she did nothing. Tridon looked at her brother who looked at her through his rearview.
"She often very cold towards others which made her unfavored by many of the people she worked with where she was. She was ostracized by her peers because of how she acted. So much so that rumors spread about her. Believe it or not, she got your case because of these rumors."
"Those rumors were...?"
"I really don't want to talk about it unless sis would be okay with it."
"It's fine." Tiffany answered, "Those rumors were nearly 20 years ago."
"Well, people spread rumors like pinning her failures on others, falsifying reports to make her look better, or sleeping with the-."
"Nah." Tridon stopped him and said, "I get it."
"The reason I'm glad she was given your case was because she was able to change and forget about all of that. You helped her change Tridon."
"Me?"
"Yes. A lot more than you think."
"Wow. Well, she's changed me too and not just the whole enigma thing. It was how I presented myself to others and how I could go to her and vent if I needed to when I was younger. She was like a second big sister to me."
"Despite her and I being polar opposites, I'm always glad that she was there to help me grow. I might not be an agent like her, but I'm still a police officer and I love this job."
"Wow Tiff," Tridon laughed, "you seem to inexplicably change people's lives."
"Oh hush up." Tiffany blushed and crossed her arms.
"I am grateful." Tridon added, "But not having my powers kinda makes life boring. I'm missing that excitement."
"All officers, we have a 10-54 on Main Street."
"Dead body?" Tridon muttered, "How nice."
"This is a ride along, so it'll be good 'excitement' for you."
"I don't know Officer Warren." Tiffany sounded hesitant about letting Tridon go with them on this call, "That fight with Robert was only last week."
"Oh come on sis. The kid wants to. So I say let 'em."
"Are you sure you want to come Tridon?" Tiffany worriedly asked, "You don't have to."
"I'm going Tiff."
"Oh alright, but you don't leave my side."
"Okay Mom."
"I thought I was your sister."
"I'm starting to think that you're too old to be a sister. A mom would suffice better."
A few moments later, Tridon sat on the hood while Tiffany and her brother investigated the crime scene. Tridon sighed and watched the process. However, he noticed something odd. While observing, he noticed a man in the background standing off on his own and watching the ordeal. Tridon walked forward and past everyone.
"Tridon," Tiffany called out, "what are you doing?"
The man noticed Tridon staring at him and took off, "It's him!" Tridon shouted as he gave chase.
"Tridon!" Tiffany shouted, but it was too late. Tridon was far gone.
"Well, we might as well follow him."
"Yeah. I have a GPS tracker on him. Let's go." The both of them got in the police car and followed Tridon on the chase.
Tridon quickly caught up to the man, but the man put the pedal to the metal and picked up inhuman speeds.
"The hell?" Tridon stopped and listened, "An enigma?" Tridon heard a light shuffle and he quickly dodged an incoming punch from behind, but was kicked into a pile of trash. He looked up to see 4 people standing over him.
He picked up some trash and threw it at them and tried to fight back. However, he felt that he was weaker than usual. His strikes didn't hit like before and he felt himself grow fatigued faster than usual.
This fatigue caused him to lower his guard and be thrown into a wall. He groaned and spat out some blood. This shocked him as he remembered his body being a lot sturdier. He couldn't regather his bearings before he was kicked in his gut followed by several stomps by the attacking people.
"Hey!" Officer Warren shouted while aiming his gun.
They looked at him and ran off at inhuman speeds. Tiffany ran over to check on Tridon while Officer Warren kept his gun drawn.
"Tridon." Tiffany called out, "He's out cold."
"Damn it." Officer Warren holstered his gun and walked over to Tridon, but he was shoved by Tiffany, "Sis?"
"I-I'm sorry..." Tiffany stared at her hands and then to her brother, "I'm just... on edge right now."
"Remember, I'm here to help. We can't look at him here. We gotta bring him somewhere."
"You bring him to the car. I'll contact his friends." Tiffany waited for her brother to bring Tridon to the car before calling Sayori. She waited until she picked up and said, "Sayori, I need you and the girls to be at Tridon's house as soon as possible."
"Why? What happened?"
"I'll explain when we're all at his house."
"A-Alright. I'll get right on it."
The girls waited at Tridon's house and noticed the police car ride up. Officer Warren offered Tridon his shoulder and led him inside while Tiffany lagged behind.
"What happened?"
"Inside girls." Tiffany ushered them in while they watched Tridon grab his head in pain, "I didn't want this to happen..."
"What happened Tiff?" Sayori sternly asked.
"We were having a ride along with my brother." Tiffany pointed to her brother who waved at them, "We had a call about a dead body and Tridon noticed someone watching everything and gave chase. We lost him for that bit, but we found him being beaten by a group of people who ran off quickly. Really quickly."
"How many?" Yuri asked, "Tridon usually never has problem fighting more than one person."
"He was being beaten by 4 people."
"That's odd." Monika mumbled, "He's fought way more than 4 people over this last month and a half. How come he was overpowered so easily."
"Tiff," Tridon groaned as he stood up and asked, "what the hell happened to me?"
"Huh?"
"Ever since I lost my powers, I've been more fatigued, weaker, and a lot less aware. What the hell happened?" Tridon growled and fell back onto the couch, "4 people like that could never over power me when I wasn't an enigma. Was all my athleticism from my power? Am I nothing now that it's gone?"
"Can that happen Tiff?" Chelsea wondered, "Can he lose all that just by taking his power away?"
Tiffany was hesitant, but answered saying, "The machine didn't just take away his power. It took out the DNA that made him an enigma. This included his power, stamina, endurance... everything. He lost it all when the machine took his EDNA out of him. Now, he's just a normal person."
"So all that athleticism was stemmed from his DNA as an enigma?" Natsuki asked.
"That's right."
"So my life has basically become a lie now that I've lost my power." Tridon tried to sit up, but fell immediately back down, "I knew something was off when I grew fatigued fighting them and I coughed up blood just by being thrown into a wall. Is this who I really am? A fragile boy?"
"Tridon, no." Tiffany sat next to him and said, "You're still in there. You're not handicapped by your powers anymore. You can be who you always were."
"But..."
"Shush." Tiffany looked at the girls and asked, "Can I talk to him for a moment please? You lot can wait in his room."
"Alright."
"I'll get going too." Her brother added, "Gotta report this to the Chief."
Once everyone was gone, Tiffany looked at Tridon who remained quiet. She didn't know what to ask first. She wanted to tell him quite a bit, but couldn't find the proper words.
"Was that how I always was as an enigma? Someone with boosted athleticism and endurance? Was that how I was always able to bounce back from everything thrown at me? Whether it be being slammed by the girls or taking a bullet for them. Tiff, I'm regretting my decision."
"Don't say that." Tiffany slowly embraced Tridon and said, "You made the right choice to live a normal life. You're no different now than when you were an enigma. No different."
"But-."
"Listen to me." Tiffany firmly grabbed Tridon's shoulders and stared into his eyes, "If I've really seen what you're capable of when your at your lowest, then I know you can still bounce back from this and work your way to your highest. Remember, the girls are there for you. I'm here for you. Do you understand?"
"I..." Tridon fell silent and eventually said, "I do. I understand Tiff."
"Good. Now smile."
"Huh?"
"Smile. You're never been handsome when you're down like that. Smile for me Tridon."
"I don't know..."
"Tridon," Tiffany cupped his face and said, "smile."
"With how the current situation is, it's kinda hard to smile. At that point, I'd just be faking and forcing a smile."
"Well," Tiffany backed up and sighed, "it's good to know your still a smartass."
"Thanks again Tiff." Tridon grew a small smile to which Tiff smiled back at.
"No problem."
The girls were watching from the stairs and glared at the two. Chelsea watched them glaring and shook her head.
"You do know that she's so much older than him?" Chelsea stated.
"You can never rule out the mature women." Natsuki commented, "You can never rule them out."
"Especially one that's known him as long as Sayori has." Monika commented.
"I never thought something was brewing between them." Sayori added.
"And it was under our noses this whole time." Yuri growled.
"Stop spying on us!" Both Tridon and Tiffany call out.
"No!"
A/N: Okay. Just a few more chapters. The next few chapters will lead up to their senior prom, their graduation, and Tridon's choice! The senior prom is actually the final arc. So we're at the final push everyone. Tridon will make his choice very soon. Everyone will finally see who he'll choose to be his girlfriend and future wife! It's been a long time coming. Ever since I started this series earlier this year in March, I didn't think it would have this small following. I wouldn't have continued if it was another failure of mine.
Anyway, these last bit of chapters will lead up to Tridon's long awaited choice. Who will it be? I know who, but I don't know how I would go about it. Maybe I do. Maybe I don't. All I know is that I can continuously tease everyone about his choice until the finale comes out. Hahahaha!
Also, I will post the 8 Year Epilogue after the Finale. This will lead into the sequel of the story that will not be posted here on Fanfic. It will be either uploaded on Wattpad or Ao3. Probably Ao3 because of all the tags I can add. But if you want to read that sequel when it releases, you will kinda have to read the Epilogue when I upload it so you can understand the setting that I'm setting up. Anyway, I'll see all of ya' in then next chapter!
It's also been brought to my attention that the reviews aren't lining up properly now. That's because I deleted the update chapters. They did serve any purpose, so I went ahead and deleted them. This just clears up any confusion from the reviews not lining up.
