Thanks a lot for the review! I tried to make the story more gritty and realistic, so it made sense to be they would be somehow ostracized for their powers. He's hoping you like where I'm taking it hehe.

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Her whole body was shaking as she attemped it once again. Every muscle twitched as she felt the fire from within warming up her limbs. Her skin was getting hotter and hotter in anticipation of the explosion, but, once again, she could feel the barrier rising and the fire dying down.

'What am I doing wrong? It seemed so damn easy when I saw him doing it. Third day of training and still nothing.'

She called it a day, the exhaustion had really gotten to her this time, her body felt tense as she flew back home.

A week had passed from that dreaded conference, and he still hadn't attempted to contact her.

'Maybe he's tilted that I promised to destroy them. Could be scared of the weapon?'

She felt a painful spasm in her left shoulder.

'Maybe he decided to leave the city for good? Could be too much of a hassle for them. It's the best possible scenario.'

It was very late, but she'd lost most of her sense of time since she didn't go to college anymore. The night was calmer, less chances of stumbling into a random reporter.

As she curled into her bed, she could feel a crumpled piece of paper under her pillow. She smoothed it out and tried to make out the jagged handwriting:

'Your house is being surveilled at night now.

I barely slipped in unnoticed to leave you this note.

Come meet me in our special icy place this morning at 4AM. Alone.

Your phone is probably surveilled as well, leave it at home.

Be careful, don't get followed.'

Blossom's heart was booming as she hastily checked the time: 2:30 AM.

'Special icy place? The mountain top. I can make it in time.'

She had never thought it was necessary to scan her surroundings for surveillance until now. Her eyes widened as her enhanced vision activated. She could see two FBI agents about 25 meters away in a car and a few cameras scattered in the trees so that their comings and goings would be recorded. Blossom observed their range and could quickly tell what their blindspots were. if she would go through the skylight, crawl on the roof and then stay stuck to the eastern wall she would make it out unnoticed.

'I'm doing it, and not even batting an eye' she thought while crawling on the roof. 'Imagine the reporters seeing this, Blossom. Or worse, the professor.'

As she got closer to their meeting place, she absentmindedly found herself grooming her clothes and wondering whether she should let her hair loose or not.

'Snap out of it, Blossom. Why don't you put on some lipstick while you're at it?? It's not a date. NOT a date. Who knows what kind of hostages he might hold. I can't allow that to happen.'

Of course, she knew there weren't any hostages.

She found him laying on his back in the middle of the plateau, looking at the stars.

'You're early. 3:45.' He motioned towards his watch.

'Yeah, well, I tried my best to make it in time.' she fidgeted. 'Why did you call me here?'

'We haven't seen eachother in a week. I can't risk you forgetting about me.'

'Why? Were you expecting some big showdown? Now that you've publicly threatened me?'

He got closer to her, slowly floating across the plateau.

'Aren't you scared at all? What if I kill you?

'Could you, Blossom? Do you have it in you to do it?' his voice got softer.

'I will if you give me no choice.'

'There's no such thing as 'no choice'.' he got even closer, so close Blossom could feel his breath on her neck.

'You're just blind to the possibilities. I wish I could lend you my eyes for a while.'

His fingertips grazed her shoulders.

'Goosebumps.' he said letting his hands brush over her arms. 'I still can't get over how easily I can affect you.'

'Really?' Blossom had had enough of his patronizing. Everything she had bottled up in the last weeks started bubbling under the surface. A small voice in the back of her head warned her that she's about to regret what she was going to do.

'Just this time.' she thought as she grabbed him by the t-shirt and snapped:

'You've been toying with me for too long. You're not the only one doing the affecting here. '

She pushed him into a rock nearby, his body slamming against it.

'If anything, you're the one losing his mind over me for the last month, so stop acting like you're the one in control here. ' she whispered.

Brick's eyes widened, he wasn't expecting this. What followed he expected even less.

Blossom's mouth hungrily grabbed his as she pinned him in place. One of her hands travelled down, grabbing his bulge.

'Pathetic.' she said, running her fingers across his trousers.

A confused smile appeared on Brick's face , he quickly adapted to her movements and restrained her against the wall instead.

'Nice moves. Who taught you that?'

Before she could answer, her lips were entangled by his and she could feel his rough hands roaming across her body. Her top was lifted and before she knew it he was licking and sucking on her breasts. She grabbed on his hair, loosening his ponytail in the process, a curtain of red now covering them both.

'God, Blossom, I can't..'

He fumbled with his pants finally managing to undo his zipper.

His erection sprang out, and he looked at her darkly, waiting for her reaction.

'Are you scared?'

Blossom shook her head as their feverish kisses continued. Quickly, her pants and underwear were down, and drops of moisture dripped over her thighs. She could feel a gaping hole growing inside her as the kisses deepened.

Blossom stopped, gave him a knowing look, but even in this moment she couldn't completely throw caution out of window.

'Condom.'

'Sure, I have one.'

She felt some sort of timidity in his voice, and it surprised her.

'Are you sure about this?' he asked, rolling it across his length.

'Yes.'

He grabbed her thighs like she was weightless and propped her back against the wall. Brick positioned himself between her legs, and guided his cock between her folds. She gasped as she didn't expect him to stretch her this much , a small whimper of pain escaped her lips.

'Shhh, I'll be careful.'

He pumped into her slowly as she adjusted to his girth. Her fingers dug into his t-shirt as he continued his assault.

'Your pussy is so damn good, can I go a bit faster?'

Blossom nodded as he caught her lips in another kiss. He sped up, each pump making her whole body shake.

'Fuck, you really love this. You look like such a slut.' Brick said staring at her wide open mouth and flushed face.

'Slut. Slut. Whore.'

His hands spread her cheeks as he went faster and harder, each stroke hitting her deep.

Her ass clapped against his hips with each thrust, the sound driving Blossom insane. She could feel her juices wetting his hips everytime their bodies connected.

Brick nibbled at her neck at his pumps became agonisingly slow, Blossom attempting to meet her hips with his own.

'Eager, are we?'

Each stroke massaged her inner walls, and she felt warmth pooling in her sex, quickly enveloping the rest of her body.

'Faster, please!'

He complied, each one of his pumps was now followed by her moans.

Her chest and face were growing redder, her skin was getting hotter and suddenly she found herself destroying her mental wall as her orgasm came with a huge explosion.

Brick was launched 10 feet away, all of his skin burnt off and a good part the deeper tissues as well. Blossom panicked and launched at his side, the smell of his searing flesh filled her nostrils.

She found him laughing, once again, a grotesque view since he lacked most of his eyelids or lips.

This time Blossom could see the ridiculousness of it all and joined him, her hysterical laughter cutting through the silence of the plateau.

When they were done she took a sideways look at his battered body.

'At least I finally managed to get an explosion going.'

'Ah, first time?' he motioned towards himself. 'A good first time, red.'

She raised her eyebrow.

'Red?'

'Yeah, Red. Since you're officially mine now.' he said matter-of-factly.

'You know this doesn't mean anything, right? We're just two horny teenagers.'

'Right.' he replied, removing pieces of burnt hair and attempting to gather what remained of it in a hasty ponytail.

'Yes, right. I'm not all of a sudden 'your partner' just because I gave into my hormones for one moment.

'I would squint at you if I could, but you robbed me of eyelids.' 'Wait, you think this is just a one time thing?'

Blossom failed to answer, instead fidgeted with his hair tie.

'Oh..you did. Hilarious.'

His playful tone had taken a darker turn as he yanked the hair tie out of her hands.

'If I knew this was the case, I would have made sure to come myself. But we both know you're full of shit. '

'Little miss Goodie-Two-Shoes who wants every human to be safe, and pleads for forgiveness on TV. ' he approached her menacingly.

'But fucks her biggest 'enemy' on the top of the world when nobody's watching.'

'I'm sure that's how things are supposed to be.' he said, his voice full of bitterness.

'Hypocrisy should never go unpunished. I'm starting to think I have better values than you do.' he said, clenching his fist and flying away.

Standing alone on the plateau, Blossom's eyes welled up and she broke down with deep sobs.