A/N: Hello guys welcome to the newest chapter of my fic, just a heads up I did not edit this as well as I usually do so please do not hesitate to point out any mistakes in spelling or parts that sound weird, It'll make the story better in the end. Anyways I hope you all enjoy !
The young girl sat on a chair in the hallway, fiddling with her phone, her eyes giving off a look of concern every time she glanced at the door.
She was about thirteen: white with blonde hair, a frown stuck onto her face no matter how hard she tried to distract herself.
The sound of footsteps echoed throughout the hallway the girl sat in and continued to get louder as the person approached.
A white boy about fifteen years of age approached, his ginger hair faintly wavered as he walked past a vent that blew cold air. He had two cans of soda in his grip along with a few bags of various chips.
He stopped in front of the sitting girl and stretched out his hands, offering her the snacks.
"I thought you might be hungry" the boy said
The girl looked at him, giving him a faint smile before replacing it with a frown once more, not taking the offers.
"Missy, you've been sitting here for hours, you need to eat something even if it's just a snack."
"okay, thanks Dennis." She replied, her voice almost a whisper as she begrudgingly took a can of soda and bag of chips. She wasn't hungry but she didn't want to seem rude and blow him off. He was just looking after her, she knew.
Dennis turned his gaze to follow where Missy was looking, noticing the door with a sign hanging above it that read "Med bay"
"The Doctors said he'll be fine," He said, placing his hand on her shoulder "Everything went well, he just needs time to rest and recuperate."
Missy looked up at Dennis, her eyes watery with tears that she was fighting back, ultimately giving in. She laid her snacks on the ground, turning to him afterwards to hug him, burying her face into his shoulder as she sobbed.
"I wish I could have done something" she whimpered
Dennis hugged her back, comforting her. He never had a younger sibling, wasn't used to being emotionally supportive, however, Missy was as close to a younger sibling as he could get.
She was in the Wards program before him, despite being three years younger than him. Ever since then they slowly became friends, not just because they were on the same team but rather because they simply managed to get along. He came to think of her as a younger sibling and in turn cared for her as one, he hated seeing her like this. Just as she wished she could do something to help Gallant he wished that he could do something to help her.
They sat like that for minutes on end, Missy's sobs echoing through the hallway undisturbed until another set of footsteps made their presence known via their sound.
This time a woman came by wearing a white set of scrubs, with the PRT logo being embroidered on the right of the collar. She noticed the pair and gave them a look of sympathy before walking through the door.
Missy had eased up on her sobs now, leaving the hug with Dennis.
"thank you" she whispered through sets of sobs.
"No problem Missy, that's what friends are for." He said, giving her a slight smile which she returned.
The door creaked open, revealing the nurse in the frame of it.
"I think someone wants to see you." She said with her head turned backwards, facing the bed in the middle of the room.
Dennis and Missy got up out of their chairs, proceeding inside the room.
The lights in the room were off, with the blinds open allowing for sunlight to brighten up the room through the one way windows.
There was a boy with dirty blonde hair lying in the bed, he was awake and looking at the pair.
"Dean!" Missy shouted, as she ran over to his bedside, wrapping him in a hug, making sure not to put pressure on his wounded shoulder or hand.
"Hey Missy," Dean responded, smiling and giving her a one handed hug, due to his other being in a cast and resting on a pillow.
The nurse turned to Dennis, "I'll leave you all for a while." She said before closing the door to the room, leaving the three alone.
"I'm so glad you're okay."
"You were really worried about me, huh?"
Missy nodded, pulling away from the hug to prevent her from seeming too clingy. She had a crush on him ever since he was assigned into the Ward program. She knew it would never work with the age gap, hated that she still crushed on him, This was made all the worse with his power.
The ability to sense emotions from those around him, she felt like the world was pulling a cruel joke on her, not only could she not pursue the feelings she had but she couldn't even keep them secret. This all was made more awkward by the addition of… her.
Dean glanced over at Dennis
"Hey Clock,"
"It's good to see you in one piece Dean."
"I'm glad to be so, you guys hold up well while I was out?"
"Sure did, had parties, watched movies, even saw Sophia get married."
"Smart ass," Dean replied, causing both of them to laugh. He paused for a few seconds afterwards before asking the next question, "Is Victoria around?"
Missy tensed as she heard the question, Victoria, Dean's ex girlfriend or whatever she was. She couldn't exactly piece together what they were since they were always on and off again in a relationship, she knew they were currently apart, however, she didn't know exactly how long that would be the case.
"She came to visit a few times when she heard you had gotten hurt but you were always out cold when she would come."
Dean nodded at him before turning his attention to Missy, quickly switching subjects afterwards.
"How long have I been out?"
"Three days," Missy replied in a tone that was a mix between sadness and joy.
"Really? Panacea didn't come to treat me?"
Dennis nodded "no"
"She's out of town, decided to lend a hand in a neighboring city that was recently attacked by a group of villains, The higher ups had asked if she would be able to come back in time to heal you."
"And?" Dean prodded
"She asked how severe your injuries were, when the Doctor said that you'd live without her power she insisted that she stay where she was instead of returning."
Dean wasn't surprised upon hearing this, he knew she would say something like this. All he could do was be thankful for the fact that he was alive and find comfort in the fact that if he was in serious trouble, she would have come back to help him.
The door opened again with the nurse having opened it. "You have another visitor." she said standing next to a girl with straight platinum blonde hair. The girl entered the room whilst curling a bit of her hair around her finger.
Missy saw her and looked away, refusing to look directly at her.
Dennis noticed both the entrance of Victoria and Missy's sudden reaction. He approached Missy and put a hand on her shoulder.
"C'mon let's leave them alone for a while, we'll see him again later." he said as he began to lead her out of the room, shutting the door behind them.
Dennis and Missy went upstairs stopping on the third floor of the building, the floor which the Wards had to themselves.
The windows that surrounded the floor allowed the orange and pink colors of the slowly descending sun to paint the room. The floor itself was for the most part tidy, aside from the occasional wrapper or can that sat upon a desk.
They had been taught to be clean by the PRT, similar to how barracks full of soldiers were taught to keep their areas clean at all times, it showed them discipline. Though they were allowed a bit of leeway since they were kids after all.
Small crackling sounds could be heard from Chris's room, this piqued Denis's interest, since Chris hadn't worked on any project for a while now, causing him to move towards the door. Missy, her mind still on Dean, followed alongside him.
Dennis knocked on the open door, causing Chris's attention to be shifted onto the ginger haired boy.
"Hey Chris, whatcha working on?" Dennis asked the young boy
Chris removed the welding mask he had on and placed it on the table next to his creation.
"You know that hoverboard I've been working on for the longest time now?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"I think I finally got it to work, I'll be able to test run it tonight! Up for a little combat practice in a bit Clock?"
"Can't I have patrol with Sophia in about twenty minutes."
"Damn I was really hoping to get some test runs in with it."
Dennis turned his attention to Missy then spoke
"Missy you wouldn't mind a bit of sparring with Chris would you?
She didn't want to, didn't feel in the mood to do it. She would have rather gone to her bed and slept the rest of the day but she knew how much of a big deal this meant to Chris and that she needed to keep her mind off of Dean, ultimately relenting.
"Yeah I'll do it."
"Great," Dennis said, turning to Chris again before continuing "how long until you're ready Chris?"
"Give me ten minutes to finish these last few tweaks on the board and another five to get into costume. I'll meet you in the gym once I'm all set up."
"Alright, I'll meet you there. No laser pistols though!" She said playfully.
"No promises." Chris said, before turning his attention to his board once again.
Missy and Dennis left the room with Dennis moving to the dorm room next to Chris's while Missy moved down to the other side of the room. She was near the girls rooms when she saw Sophia, now dressed in her Shadow Stalker costume, walk out of her room before purposely bumping into Missy, knocking her to the ground.
"Oww, watch where you're going."
"Well look who's back from their little fairy tale, did you kiss sleeping beauty awake?" She said, her white mask not conveying the emotions that were in the words she spoke.
Missy stood quiet staring at the floor, her fists clenched.
"Jesus you need to get over that already, imagine what Gallant feels when he's in the same room as you, sensing all your emotions. It's embarrassing really, like watching a baby horse with a wounded leg try to walk just to fall again and again." She said giggling as the words left her.
She drew in a breath to speak again before a voice cut her off.
"Is there a problem here!" The voice asked.
Missy looked up to see it was Dennis dressed in his costume now, the animated clock hands on his costume rotating as he stood.
"Maybe there is, what's it to you Clock,"
"I don't think the director will be very happy if there is, so I'll ask again. Is there a problem here?"
"No." Sophia grunted.
"Good I guess we'll get going then."
Sophia walked past Clockblocker not saying a word, entering the elevator.
Clockblocker helped Missy up.
"If she does anything to you again tell Chris, Pigeot or I and we'll take care of it." He said before walking to the elevator and entering it with Sophia. The doors closing before it started to descend downwards.
Missy hung her head down and slowly shuffled her way to her room, turning on the lights before shutting the door.
The door to the gym opened as Vista stepped through, her lime green costume a stark contrast to the beige colored walls.
Her costume consisted of a skirt and leggings which alternated from white to lime green as the costume transitioned to the uppermost part of her body where body panels of armor covered, black and dark green lines dancing around each other to add to the design. The fabric of her costume was specially made with the best materials available , strong enough to take a high powered blast from one of Kid Wins laser pistols.
The inside of the gym was big, about fifteen feet in height and a quarter of the size of a football field. Random pieces of debris were scattered around the area, acting as obstacles for the Wards to navigate around during their training.
On the opposite end of the gym stood Kid Win, his red and gold body armor gleamed as the lights overhead hit it. He had his hoverboard on the ground next to him, tinkering with it.
"Last minute tweaks?" Vista asked
Kid Win looked back at her, his red visor hiding his eyes.
"Yup, I'm really hoping I get this at least somewhat working."
He finished tinkering with the board before tossing his tools to the side and starting it up. The board sputtered to life, lifting up about a foot off the ground.
He placed a foot on it, testing its balance, the board dipped down an inch before stabilizing. Kid Win smirked and placed his other foot on the board, once again the board dipped down a few inches then stabilized back into the same position it was in.
"You ready?" Kid Win asked, a triumphant tone in his voice.
"Yeah, let's do it." She replied
Kid Win put his weight towards the front of the board, propelling him forward as he dodged the piles of various debris.
Vista used her power causing the distance between the two to double within seconds.
Kid Win grabbed at the holster on his belt, pulling out a laser pistol and firing a shot in the direction of Vista.
She jumped to the side, taking cover behind a piece of debris, this caused her power to go out as her focus shifted causing the distance between the two Wards to swiftly decrease.
Vista took a glance from behind her cover and used her power once more, the ceiling near Kid Win dipping inwards as she did so.
Kid Win shifted his weight to his left in order to avoid the declining ceiling, pointing his pistol up afterwards to fire.
Vista rose the ground up this time causing it to block the shot from the pistol.
A loud thud was heard as the young Ward slammed into the rising ground, not able to stop his board in time, he collapsed from his board onto the floor.
"Now's my chance," Vista thought to herself as she saw this, she drew the baton at her belt and began approaching the fallen Kid Win, decreasing the distance between her and him with her power.
Kid Win scrambled to get his pistol but Vista had gotten to it first, kicking it away before swiping at him.
He knew she was going easy on him, knew that if she wanted to she could use her powers full strength and easily incapacitate him, but she was too nice, didn't want to actually hurt him.
He kicked out, aiming at her shins, he missed and was thrown off balance, allowing Vista to grab out at his now airborne leg and force it to the ground causing him to fall to his knees.
Vista kicked him in the chest, it was weak but still managed to topple the Ward over.
He lay on his back clutching his chest, upon seeing this Vista to wonder if she had actually hurt him. She started to approach him, a look of worry crossing onto her face.
As she did so, she noticed that while his right hand was clutching his chest his left was fiddling with something. Before she could figure out exactly what it was she was on the ground, a slight surge of pain aching at her left shoulder.
She craned her head up off the ground to look at the now standing Kid Win noticing that the item he was holding was a spare laser pistol.
While the shot had hurt she knew he had turned the intensity of the blast down to prevent any actual damage.
"You were playing possum," She said straining as she got up off the floor
"Learned it from Clock during a previous training session." he said with a slight smile crossing onto his face.
Vista was standing now, facing her team mate as he aimed the gun at her again, pulling the trigger as he did so.
She expected this and dodged to her side, grabbing the lid of a nearby trashcan and throwing it at him.
He shot the airborne lid causing it to fly across the room and skid a few feet from where he had shot it in the air.
As he looked from where the lid had landed back towards his opponent he realized she was much closer than she was supposed to be, the distance between the two once again halved.
He raised his pistol again to fire but an elbow struck him in the side followed by a punch and then a kick.
He was on his back again, the pistol having fallen from his hands to the base of his feet during the barrage of blows.
He scrambled to pick it up again but as his hands reached the area he knew the pistol had fallen at, he found it missing.
Looking up caused his face to be met with Vista, the laser pistol clutched in her hand, pointed at his face.
"You got me," he said as he picked himself up.
Vista turned the gun around in her hand so that she was holding the barrel with the handle of it facing Kid Win.
"I win," she said out of breath but still giddy with her victory.
Kid Win grabbed the handle of the weapon, his breaths also heavy from the training.
"Sure sure but I call for a rematch," he said playfully between his panting breaths.
Vista looked at the clock on the wall noticing it wasn't too late before turning her attention back to him.
"Fine, guess I'll have to beat you again." she chuckled
Missy left her room now dressed in pajamas and slippers as she walked towards the direction of the television.
She was happy not only because she had won two out of the three sparring matches against Chris, but also because Gallant had finally gotten out of the med bay room downstairs and returned to his bedroom next to Dennis's.
She plopped herself down onto the couch before reaching for the remote that was lying on the coffee table in front of her.
The sound of elevator doors opening caught her attention.
Out walked Clockblocker and Shadow Stalker, without a word the latter of the two Wards walked across the room till; she arrived at a door, she placed her hand upon it then glanced towards Missy on the couch before opening it and entering.
Clockblocker for his part walked towards the sitting missy.
"How'd sparring go with Chris?" he asked
"Great, I won!" she responded triumphantly "How did patrol go with Sophie?"
"It went about as well as you would think it would."
"I'm sorry, well, at least you don't have to patrol with her again for a while."
He nodded then spoke, "I heard Dean is back in his old room, bet you're happy about that."
"Yup!" she said with a grin on her face.
Dennis laughed before speaking again "I'm going to go get dressed, Since Dean is now cleared to be on the floor Chris and I were planning on seeing if he wanted to watch a movie, you in?"
"Sure as long as it isn't horror."
"No promises," he said as he walked towards his room laughing.
Missy turned the TV on finding that the channel it was last left on was the local news. Normally she would have just changed the channel but she recognized the people on the screen. Using the remote she raised the volume to hear what the news anchor was saying.
"Lung, leader of the ABB was captured tonight by local hero Armsmaster, the hero had told reporters that he had recently developed new strategies to use against the villain which paid off tonight."
"Lung, captured?" Vista thought to herself, she couldn't believe that they finally did it, finally captured the leader of the ABB. "This day just keeps getting better"
She turned her attention back to the television finding that the story had changed
"In other news the Alcott family is still distressed over the disappearance of their daughter Dinah, today marks a week since she has gone missing, if anyone has information on the whereabouts of her please report it to law enforcement."
Missy sighed "There is never any good without bad is there," she thought to herself as she changed the channel.
A/N: Thank you to those who took the time to read through this chapter, just a heads up it will take me a lot longer than usual to post another chapter due to being busy with life in general. SCP suggestions for the story are still open so please do not be afraid to comment any you would like to see. With that I hope you all have a good day/afternoon/night.