Coming out of the alley, the man in the skull mask wiped the blood from his sword with a cloth. Leaving without much haste from his fallen opponent, he doesn't care about more company; even if he listened to the "hero's" radio with someone worried on the other side, he would be far away by the time the cavalry arrived. But in the end, the supposed hero had failed, had been tested, and eliminated. He had not completed his task, he could not call himself a hero.

Sitting across from each other in the tunnel that led to the gym were Tandy and Tyrone. Having just finished fighting and having his next fight in a short time, the boy decided it would be better to wait there right after taking a little water from one of the drinking fountains. As usual, Tandy went to meet him to help him prepare for his next fight, which consisted of giving him one of her fragments of light so that the boy would literally eat him.

—... – Tyrone bites off a piece of the fragment of light; it was something he was never going to get used to; he feels he is biting something solid, but it soon falls apart and a feeling of fulfillment invades him, it was and always will be a weird moment

— ... – Tandy says nothing, just watches Tyrone. The two had been friends for so long that they didn't necessarily need to talk to stay comfortable; they just liked to be together, nothing more, nothing less

— You are letting your hair get long ... - Tyrone says when he finishes consuming the light dagger - it suits you...

— Seriously is that what you want to talk about now? - the girl asks discredited and in a fun way, just Tyrone to, at that moment, comment on her hair

—... – the boy just shrugs - what do you want to talk about? We must have about ten minutes before the fight ... - he says looking out, where it was possible to partially see one of the big screens, with the image of him and Reyes, side by side, signaling the future dispute

— Can you believe how far we've come? - she asks also looking out

— At the festival or at M.A in general? - asks Tyrone

— Both ... - she says with a dreamy sigh - who knew, the little stutter from Boston ... - she starts...

— The Cleveland ballet dancer ... - the boy continues, smiling as he remembers the words

—... the master of space ... - she says looking him in the eyes

—...the precursor of light ... - he also facing her

— Together against the world! - they say in unison; no matter where they were or what they did, they were a team and would always be

"Little Tyrone was sitting next to his mother in the recreation room of the doctor's office. After a few sessions with Dr. Simon, he had called his house asking him and his mother to come to the office; he claimed to have found someone who could help Tyrone.

Over the years, and the popularization of Quirks, what ended up happening was the complexification of those same powers, and as they still flourished around the age of four, both the public and private sectors began to invest in products and services that could help people with, complicated Quirks, to say the least.

Tyrone was certainly one such case. While some colleagues gained new members, made things float or saw in the dark, his power did something he didn't like. When the smoke started to come out of his body, he thought it was just that; smoke, but he was mistaken. As time went by, and the more he used his powers, he became cold, but not a physical cold, but a spiritual cold, as if, for whatever reason, he was frightened. The situation only got worse when a teacher accidentally touched him while he was using his power, and moments later she fell back, completely terrified, for apparently no reason.

After that, everything went downhill; no one wanted to be around him anymore, neither colleagues nor teachers, even his own family stayed away. Isolated and afraid of his power, a panic attack caused the five-year-old boy to freak out and suddenly appear at the neighbor's house, making contact with him and making him pass out. After that event, his mother knew that he needed help.

Dr. Simon Marshall was a pediatrician and specialist in "collective Quirks therapy", and was part of those who believed that all power had its counterpart, who together balanced each other in strength. And Dr. Simon had said that he had found Tyrone's counterpart, so that was why they were there

Mrs. Johnson? - the doctor asks opening the door and addressing Tyrone's mother, he was accompanied by a man and a child - this is Mr. Bowen, and this is his niece Tandy

The little blonde girl says coming out from behind her uncle's legs, to say a silent 'hello' to the woman after she greets her uncle. Dr. Simon then turns to Tyrone

Hey buddy, can I introduce you to someone? - the doctor asks Tyrone, who, after being encouraged by his mother, gets down from his chair and approaches the doctor who was crouching so he can look him in the face - Tyrone, this is Tandy.

Hello ... - she says and then holds out her hand, but Tyrone steps back slightly, which saddens Tandy

No need to worry Ty ... - the doctor says - Tandy, why don't you show him what you can do?

... – the girl just nods and then reaches out, then a small sphere of energy appears, not very visible, but releasing light into the environment, as if it were a lamp without a physical body.

Tyrone for some reason is attracted to that light, as if something inside him says that he needed it, for whatever reason. He then, unconsciously extends his hand, which quickly begins to release shadows, as if he were releasing black dry ice from his hand, it simply ran between his fingers. But the most interesting thing was that, when he was close to the light, the smoke instantly disappeared. And then, Tyrone puts his hand over Tandy's hand; the girl's soft, warm hand is a contrast to the boy's cooler hands, but as soon as they touch each other, both the light and the shadows disappear, they simply disappear on contact with the hands. The boy looks at the girl and smiles, and she can't help smiling too. "

Soon, Tyrone starts to hear the screams of the audience and other announcements that indicated that soon his fight would begin;

— Well, I'll be going then ... - the girl says getting up and helping the boy to get up, extending her arm for him to pull and stand up - good luck!

— Thanks ... - he says nodding and soon seeing Tandy turn and go in the opposite direction, going further into the tunnel, while he looks out, taking a deep breath, he thinks of his mother and brother; who were probably watching him out of Boston, he then takes courage and heads out to the confrontation...

— "AND THAT'S LADIES AND GENTLEMAN ! THE FINAL SHOW ! WE ARRIVE THE LAST BATTLE OF OUR SPORTS FESTIVAL ! ONE WILL LEAVE WINNER AND THE OTHER WILL LEAVE HUMILIATED ! " - Deadpool says excitedly, jumping from side to side, while Matthew just wanted to go home, and would have already gone if it weren't for his students there - "NOW WE ARE ON THE SAME LEVEL OF; HARRY VS VOLDEMORT, PERCY VS CRONOS, HICCUP VS ALVIN ... "

While Deadpool went on with their comparisons and references, both Tyrone and Robbie headed for the arena, both very focused and not looking very nervous, at least not externally.

In the stands, all 18 colleagues of the two boys looked at the fight with different feelings. Some (just Flash in the case) were annoyed that it wasn't him down there. Others were interested in how the battle would go, but most were equally concerned for the two boys. The amount of power, techniques and cards up on the sleeves until now presented by the two contestants was certainly immense.

— I'm worried ... - Wanda says to her friends

— With what!? There is nothing to worry about! - Gwen says, seeming not to understand where her friend's concern came from

— Most of those who faced these two left with sequels ... - Wanda says referring more specifically to Peter and the three who had faced Tyrone directly; Seol, Kamala and Amadeus - imagine what will happen when the two face off !?

— It will be awesome! - Gwen says excitedly - it's going to be basically Batman vs Superman from Sack Znyder, all dark, black and white, slow motion ... - Gwen continues, but Wanda sincerely got lost in Batman, whoever he was

— You two faced Reyes - Kei says indicating Danny and Peter - what do you think?

— Ok let's call it "face" ... - Peter says sarcastically that the battle was one more; annoy Reyes and taking a beating - he is certainly very skilled and has incredible control of his Quirk...

— Besides the powers part - Danny adds - he has a very good knowledge of boxing, his shape is almost perfect and all movements are fluid and very natural, I don't see how Tyrone could win

— I wouldn't count on it so much ... - they look back to observe Tandy, who had come back and now sat between Seol and Nico - Ty has some cards up his sleeve...

— Sorry to say that ... - Danny says getting up and bowing towards Tandy - I didn't mean to offend him...

— Relax ... - Tandy says calmly, which relieves Danny

— You who seem to know him more ... - Seol starts by saying - how do you think the fight will go?

— It can go to anyone, it is difficult to say ... - she replies crossing her arms and looking at the two boys approaching down there - but one thing I know; they are on a more equal footing than you think...

— You and Tyrone are almost always together ... - Nico comments watching the blonde - do you guys date by chance?

The dryness of the Minoru girl's question draws the attention of all the other members of Class 1-A; some for the courage to ask that out of the blue, others were interested in the answer. Some blushed, others were curious to see if the class already had a couple formed, Kei starts to raise his sketchbook, waiting for an answer to release his artistic instincts...

— No. - Tandy says equally dry; she wasn't even surprised by the question, it was like they asked her what she had eaten for lunch - we really spend a lot of time together, but that's why we've known each other since we were kids, he's basically the twin brother I've never I had...

Some reactions run through the group; mostly neutral, the question had scared them, but as nothing changed the status quo of the room, nobody seemed to think it was too much, because it really wasn't. Kei sadly puts his notebook down, disappointed that he is unable to funnel his artistic instinct into the figure of the couple.

Other reactions include Kamala flicking Nico for being so dry about it and Pietro, feeling strangely relieved by that situation, not knowing exactly why.

— It's going to start, it's going to start! - Gwen says excitedly, shifting the focus from the room back to combat

Back at the arena, the two boys faced each other a few meters away from each other, nothing else mattered, they both had a single goal, to win; both had already been through a lot to be there, and at that moment they would give their all so that they could return home as the champion of that festival. No shouting, declaration or anything is done by either boy until Emma Frost does not authorize the start of the confrontation. Until she does;

Robbie wastes no time, leaving his back and following his mental command, an iron chain appears and launches at high speed towards Tyrone, stretching in the process. And the expected happens; centimeters before being wrapped by the chain, the boy disappears in a cloud of black smoke and the chain passes through the space that the boy found himself seconds ago, but with nothing to grab.

Tyrone soon reappears a few feet from his original position, and Reyes wastes no time. Even before the first chain returns to his body, he launches another, in the same style as the first, a quick and direct onslaught, and the same occurs, with the Afro-descendant disappearing and the chain passing harmlessly through the void.

It might appear that Robbie did not have a specific plan; which was true, but he knew one thing, Tyrone would always disappear and use distance to accumulate power before he got close and put his opponent in a kind of trance, as he had done in the last three fights. The big question was; Robbie had no idea what was really going on in the Tyrone victim's mind: Seol and Kamala had been in a state of shock, while Amadeus had lost control and had become violent. So, his initial strategy would be to try to see and go through the state of shock, if he managed to do that the victory was guaranteed, but the big question is that he did not know what would happen ... until that moment.

With the sixth chain coming quickly towards him, Tyrone realizes that the amount of smoke coming from the Darkforce that surrounded his body should be enough to win that battle. Then, teleporting, which he hoped would be the last time of the day, he travels through the shadows of the parallel dimension until he finds himself behind Robbie, the boy even has time to turn around, but the dark energy quickly comes into contact with him , and his eyes widen with the visions that went through his mind ...

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Robbie was at his home; the second house to be more specific, not the house he had grown up his first four years in Los Angeles, forgotten by his father, nor the house he currently lived in Sunset Park, Brooklyn with his uncle and younger brother. He was at Hell's Kitchen, the house where his life started to fall apart.

He was in one of the halls of the house, more specifically the one that contained his father's office, how did he know? He was looking at it, but something was wrong with his point of view, he was looking at things from above, as if he had grown up. But he doesn't have time to think about all the changes that seemed to have taken place in his body, because he hears a slight cry coming from behind him;

Snif...snif – a little boy, he wasn't over six, he was standing in the middle of the hall with his head down

... – Robbie tries to say something, but the words die in his throat when the little boy looks up; he was just like Robbie. He had the same shape as his face, his hair was straight and slightly messy, dark with a white tuft at the front, but he had a few different things; his eyes were slightly more closed, he was paler and his eyes, streaked with tears, were blue

IT'S YOUR FAULT! IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! I HATE YOU! I WANT MY MOM! - the boy shouts a phrase well known to Reyes, and runs out of there, until disappearing around a corner

Reyes is more shaken by that comment than he expected, he then sees everything fade, start to disappear, he looks to the side and finds a mirror that didn't normally exist there, but he doesn't see his face, not even an adult version or anything like that, he sees only a flaming skull, with two empty holes in place of eyes ...

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The scene had changed; Reyes didn't know how to recognize where he was now, but he was in an open field, with the sun setting on the horizon, which would make a beautiful scene, if it weren't for the corpses scattered on the ground.

Dozens of them, men, women, children, all on the floor, frozen and immobile. Closer to Reyes, he watches his colleagues, all of them, with frozen body parts, piles of ice piercing them, and several other injuries.

Robbie looks down, and finds himself with his arms and legs frozen on the ground, for some reason, his latent powers were not enough to free him and he was trapped. He felt weak, short of breath, throbbing in his chest, he had used his Quirk a lot, but what was going on?

The two scenes are repeated in his head; the boy running from him and his friends all dead. Until he understands; those were his biggest fears, the premeditated choices of his life. In one hand, embrace his father's power and become like him, an abuser, but on the other hand, reject the power, and lose those he cares about because he was stubborn, he didn't want any of that .. .

"The hero you want to be!"

His mother? No, that was Parker's voice, everything he had said to Robbie in the fight was coming back, the little brunette was right. But Robbie was afraid, afraid of becoming a bad person because of that, but he remembers, that was his power, and he would be a hero with that, not defined by that power, but using it as a tool ...

... to become the hero he wanted to be.

For Tyrone, not even a second had passed, he had managed to connect the dark energy to Reyes, who was now paralyzed, his goal was simple now, to use the smoke to drag him off the field, guaranteeing him victory, as he had done until that moment. Until he was thrown backward by a pillar of fire.

Falling to the ground some distance away Ty just looks at his opponent and sees him taking a deep breath, still looking ahead, but now having his head and shoulders as if they are on fire, but the weirdest thing for Tyrone was that all the smoke he he had exhaled with the teleporters was simply gone. He looks at Robbie and sees the same with a serious expression, soon starting to walk towards him, with four chains coming out of his back and placing themselves at his side and his skull transforming into that mixture of skull and helmet, with dark holes with flames in the background instead of his eyes.

"Everybody was kung-fu Fighting! Those kids were as fast as lighting!"

The noise of a cell phone call disturbs the moment of tension, and all the students of 1-A present in the stands turn to the boy Danny, who was trying quickly, being very embarrassed, to find his cell phone so he could turn off the music.

Because he was not very tech-savvy, it was Gwen who made the changes on his cell phone, it was obvious that she was the one who chose the music for his ringtone. The boy was about to turn off his cell phone and interrupt the music, but when he saw the person calling him, something told him that he should answer.

Getting up, he excuses himself and leaves the place, all the time staring at the number that called him, thus not noticing the looks of his friends who accompanied him until he was out of sight.

Finding himself in an empty hallway, Danny answers the call and puts the phone to his ear;

— Hello? Misty? –Danny asks, having recognized the name of Orson's partner (and his crush when he was younger) which meant something important

"Danny ..." the boy hears the woman's voice, but the way she spoke brought something bad into Danny "... something happened ... with Orson."

Reyes tries to attack Tyrone with two chains, which due to the activation of his other power, were now orange and shining, incandescent by the heat that he released. The two launch themselves like snakes at Tyrone, but he only teleports to the other side of the field, placing himself as far away from Robbie as possible, but still remaining within the arena. The burning boy simply walks on while Tyrone prepares his final weapon.

Crouching down and placing his hands on the ground, Tyrone takes a deep breath and starts to go into the dark dimension and come back, as soon as possible, come and go, go and go. The time intervals between disappearing and reappearing begin to decrease until they become almost nil, and each time he returned, he seemed to exhale more and more smoke. He was sweating and breathing deeper and deeper, while his body seemed to overflow with black smoke and he was preparing for his final blow.

Robbie, watching that show of power, stops a few feet from Tyrone, watching that amount of smoke build up more and more, starting to rise like a wave about to break over him. The strategy was simple; release so much smoke, that the simple physical and psychological force would make Reyes be dragged out of the demarcated area in a short time. And he couldn't let that happen.

Taking one of his chains in his hands, and dismissing the others, the skull boy begins to rotate his arm with the incandescent chain, drawing a circle in the air with it. Soon, fire spreads through the current and it starts to create a kind of vortex of flames, in order to create a funnel for all that smoke.

Soon, while Tyrone was still busy finishing accumulating all that energy, Reyes had already created a true hurricane of flames, which creates a vacuum, connecting him to the black column that stretched upwards. The smoke is then quickly attracted by the pressure difference and passes through the funnel, directly in the direction of Reyes, after the same has stopped turning the chain. The boy then, with the smoke getting closer and closer and he opens his mouth, a place to destroy the smoke. The black mist quickly begins to enter the flaming skull, and as soon as it comes in contact with the flames, it evaporates, but it looked like Reyes was eating the smoke.

Having managed to maintain the flow, Reyes proceeds to walk towards his opponent, the smoke created soon being attracted to the boy and being destroyed inside the burning skull. Tyrone even stops doing what he was doing, both because of tiredness and because of the proximity to the flames, which weaken his powers.

Having the smoke completely destroyed, Tyrone finds himself without energy and, even on his knees, begins to fall backwards. Reyes, in a quick movement, grabs the boy's shirt, and places it gently on the floor, so that the boy doesn't hit his head, outside the line that marked the limit, thus giving him the victory.

— Tyrone Johnson is out of action ... - announces Professor Frost - ... with that, Roberto Reyes is the champion of the Sports Festival of the first year!

The audience goes crazy. The screens announces Reyes as the great champion. He extinguishes his flames and returns his skull to its standard shape. He was breathing with a little difficulty, but the worst was the scenes that crossed his mind; he would choose none of those paths, he would do his own. The brunette doesn't realize it, but a certain professional hero wearing leather leaves the stadium after the announcement of his son's victory: some might even think he was sad or something because the boy didn't want anything to do with him, but he knew it wouldn't last forever, the boy needed help, whether he liked it or not, and soon he was going to meet him, he just needed to be patient.

Shortly thereafter, all first-year students had now returned to the center of the gym for the award ceremony; the arena had returned below the ground, leaving the field of synthetic grass with the earth rectangle in the center. Fireworks were launched into the air, and several reporters were positioned near the assembled students. Usually more would be expected from an award ceremony, but the school only rewarded those who finished the competition on the podium, but there was still a very special reason for the majority to have the patience to stay there.

— The first year students completed all the events of the M.A Sports Festival - Professor Frost announces to the audience - finally, the time for the awards has come!

The crowd goes crazy again, as more fireworks explode overhead, having come from both the stadium and outside. And behind Professor Frost, a large iron podium emerges from the floor, rising and bringing with it three students from the first year of the heroes course; Robbie, Tyrone and Amadeus. The first two seemed quite neutral in the situation, just looking ahead and to their friends, not paying much attention to the cameras, Amadeus was the only one who expressed any feelings, and he seemed slightly upset. The teacher then turns to the reporters present;

— There would still be one last fight for the decision of the third place between Amadeus Cho and Danniel Rand, unfortunately the second had to leave because of personal matters, thus giving the third place to Mr. Cho ... - she explains quickly to the professionals from the media

— What a pity that Danny could not try to be in third place ... - Kei says being on top of Groot to see better ahead

—I am Groot...

— That's true ... - Peter answers the little boy, remembering the conversation he had with the blonde before he left.

"— Peter, I know this is unexpected, but I'm going to have to leave - Danny had asked Peter to talk after the end of Reyes and Tyrone's fight, but only him - a villain got Orson...

Oh no ... - Peter is scared by the information, of course, villains and heroes would normally conflict, but someone so close to his friend - will he be okay?

I don't have many details, so I have to go soon ... - Danny says with his head down - and I would like you to keep that between us...

... – Peter doesn't understand a hundred percent why, if it were to leave a secret with someone, why not with Gwen, who had known him the longest?

You must be wondering why I gave you this burden and not Gwen? - the blonde's question impresses Peter - it's actually because of her; She is quite attached to Orson and I would hate to bother her, besides, she would certainly insist on going with me, and ... - Danny for a little while, measuring his next words - and depending on what happens ... I don't think I can make her witness the worst ... I have to do it myself...

I understand ... - after telling them all about what happened to Uncle Ben, Peter understood the feeling well, that must be why Danny had chosen him..."

"Orson is technically my father, but he always made it clear that he was my sensei above all else; he is my great inspiration and one day I want to be like him ... "

Danny's words come back to Peter, and he silently prayed to anyone who was listening, that Orson would be fine, for Danny's sake...

— And with you, to give the medals to our champions, only one person came to mind ... - the teacher says pointing to the top of the gym, where a figure flew up outside until it was above the gym

"— Friday, let's get this party started ... "the armored hero says, connecting to the gym's speakers and putting AC / DC's" Shoot to Thrill "at full volume.

Everyone screams and is impressed to see the red and gold armor flying from the top to the ground at high speed, with the music playing in the background, until the number one hero lands and soon gets up, raising his arms to the audience howling his Name; "Iron Man". The audience's murmurs increase, commenting on how lucky the students were to have a class with him and to simply be in the same environment as him. But Tony soon shifts his attention from the audience and cameras to Frost, who was holding a briefcase with the three medals. He takes the bronze one and soon goes to boy in the third place;

Amadeus Cho, junior Hulk! Congratulations, your fights were incredible to watch - the man says without taking off his helmet, placing the third place medal around the boy's neck

— Thank you sir ... - but Amadeus didn't look very happy

Whoa, whoa, what's the problem? What is biting you? - the hero asks showing genuine concern for his student

— It's just ... - the boy starts, taking the medal in his hands and looking at it - two people gave up halfway, and that's just why I'm here, I don't feel like I deserve this place...

Often things happen in a way we don't expect, and that sometimes helps us - the hero says - the most important thing is that you don't support yourself and don't overestimate yourself for these situations, you admitting that they are just events, luck if you want, it already shows that you have the potential to be a great hero

—... – Amadeus did not know what to say, but a smile appears on his face when he looks up - thank you, sir.

Iron Man then takes the silver medal, and heads for second place, Tyrone;

Tyrone Johnson, you were great, kid, it surprised me a lot - the hero says putting the medal around his neck - but we still have a lot of work ahead of us, you need to learn how to get out of situations without depending a lot on your Quirk, but I'm sure you will become a great hero.

— Thank you sir! - the boy says in agreement and soon finds Tandy in the crowd and showing her the medal from afar with a smile, she sends two thumbs up and applauds as the rest did

Young Reyes! The boy of the time - Iron Man says to the boy while taking the gold medal - let's admit that you were one of the favorites, it was not such a surprise...

—... – Reyes says nothing at the moment, just looks at his medal and stares at the floor with a deep sigh; had he won or had his power won?

You know, I'm glad you released that part of your power - Tony notices the boy's expression and starts talking - it will certainly be very useful, we will train a lot, I'm sure you will be a great hero!

— Right. - Reyes agrees, feeling a little better about himself and looks forward puffing up his chest, he hoped his mother was watching him.

And with you, the big three of the sports festival! - Iron Man says as if introducing the three, until he turns to the crowd of students - but just know, any one of you could be here. I want you to reflect on what you did today. You challenged each other, learned and climbed a little more towards the goal of becoming professional heroes. For me, this next generation of heroes is coming out better than the order! Then one last little thing; come on, everyone with me!

— EXCELSIOR! – the teacher, the students and the audience excitedly shout the motto of the school, all very happy for the day.

"Your friend can also be a great opponent, that's what the Sports Festival showed us. We learn a lot about each other and about ourselves ... "

It was the end of the afternoon, after the awards ceremony there were some interviews, some photos to be taken and some viewers even asked for autographs. But now, after everyone was gone, the first-year classes were all meeting with their class teachers to be released to go home; which meant that class 1-A was back with their dear professor Murdock;

— You were great today, I am proud - he still says in a wheelchair - you have the next two days to rest, as it will be the festival days for the second and third years and for you to be able to recover. I am sure that some of the professional heroes who watched you will want to recruit some of you, we will take care of the forms and will notify you when you return. Now go and rest, we'll have a lot to do when you get back...

— Yes sir! - the class says in unison and everyone starts to get up and put their things away

Peter looks to the side, finding the only empty table in the room, Danny's table, he had tried to disguise Danny's departure, trying to disguise it by saying that he didn't know much information and that he was just gone; he hated lying to Gwen and Wanda, but Danny had made him promise that he wouldn't tell, and Peter would honor that promise ...

"After that, the atmosphere of the school started to change ..."

It was early evening and Danny was running the last half kilometer that separated the bus stop, at 96, with Mount Sinai Hospital, south of East Harlem. The trip was to take only a little over half an hour, but he had left during rush hour, with the traffic of people leaving school or their jobs, it took him almost two hours to arrive.

Breathing hard, he soon sees the large gray concrete building standing out from its height in the middle of the other buildings nearby. Taking one last sprint, he goes as fast as possible. Fortunately there was not much movement that night, and he then heads over to the bench where he can get information.

— Please *arf* *arf* Orson Randall ... I'm his son ... - Danny stops abruptly in front of a nurse and asks about his master's whereabouts, even though he is breathing hard, but he wouldn't need it when he heard a voice on his right;

— Daniel! - the boy looks to the side and finds a man at a certain distance waving at him. He was tall and very muscular, he appeared to be around forty, but in perfect physical shape, his hair was brown and straight reaching up to his neck, he had a full beard also brown, but it contained two gray lines, indicating his age. He wore overalls along with boots, armbands and shoulder pads in dark green and gold. Danny identifies him as being one of his father's partners; the demigod hero, Hercules

—... – Danny says nothing, but when he sees the man waving and calling with his hand, and with a more serious expression, different from the excited man he usually is, he brings a squeeze to the boy's heart, which runs towards him

— Please don't run ... - the nurse tries to warn them, but they are already far away

— How is he doing? - Danny asks while walking with the hero to the emergency wing

— Danny, I ... - the hero tries to say something, but soon they both realize that they had arrived in the corridor that contained Orson's room.

The corridor was empty, but in front of one of the doors was a woman; she had dark skin, and very curly black hair. She wore boots, jeans, a red T-shirt, a brown jacket and had a gun at her waist, but the most peculiar thing was her right arm, which was made of iron in a copper tone. This was Orson's partner; Misty Knight.

Danny when he saw her standing in front of a door, he left Hercules and went towards the woman, she noticed the movement and saw the two, assuming a more melancholy look when facing the boy, she tries to intercept the blond, but he pushes it, and enters the room;

— Danny waits ... - she tries to say, but the damage was already done

Danny freezes in his place when he sees his master and father figure, lying on the bed, with several bandages surrounding his body, especially his torso. Several devices were connected to it; serum, oxygen, cardiac monitor. He was very pale and looked very tired and dehydrated, he was not completely horizontal, he had been left with the head part slightly up, so he was sitting a little bit. He then opens his eyes slowly, as if the action caused him pain, and looks at his pupil with his gray eyes.

— Hey kid ... - he speaks weakly, but Danny can hear it - sorry ... for disappointing you ...

Danny didn't know what to say, didn't know what to do, his eyes were watering and he didn't know how to react to all that; who had done that? And why? Seeing his master, his father, in this situation, practically on the verge of death; something starts to grow inside Danny, something he might not be proud of in the future.

— Garlic, cabbage, carrots, fish ... - Wanda recited the shopping list in one hand while carrying a shopping bag in the other, she tried to see if she had forgotten anything

— It's the third time you've looked at this list ... - says Pietro also carrying bags - I'm sure we bought everything

— This is one of the few days that we were able to leave school early to get those promotions - the girl says keeping the list - besides, it's our cooking day, mommy is late from daycare and I want everything to be perfect!

— I'm aware ... - Pietro says, sulking, but agreeing, he also wanted to make good food for his mother

Arriving at the residential building, the two pre-teens enter and begin to climb the stairs towards their home, greeting the neighbors on the way. They were on the last flight of stairs when Pietro decides to be funny;

— The last to arrive washes the dishes! - he says very quickly and then shoots to get there first, but he didn't count on his sister's cunning.

Almost at the same moment that the platinum became a blur, the brunette cleverly used her Quirk and lifted a broken piece of wood at Pietro's feet, which made him fall face down on the floor. But she was even smarter and made the boy raise his arms before the fall, lifting the shopping bag and not dropping anything on the floor.

— Thank you for offering to wash the dishes! - the girl says smiling while taking the house key to open the door

— You're welcome ... - the boy's voice is muffled by the floor, who doesn't even want to get up

Wanda opens the door, but finds it strange that the light is on; generally everything would be dark, had they left it unintentionally lit? She enters the house a little and is surprised by a figure with glassy eyes appearing out of nowhere and rushing towards her;

— WANDA!

— AAAAAAAH! – the girl is frightened, screams and throws all the purchases up, but they soon freeze in the air, surrounded by red energy, and Wanda is soon able to see who was in front of her - Mom!?

— Oops... – the woman says levitating the purchases; Magda Maximoff was very similar to Wanda, an older version of the same, but she had dark blond hair and a thinner face like Pietro, she wore a little baggy jeans and a jacket over a T-shirt - sorry for the scare. - she says turning things back to the bag

— Mom, what are you doing here? - the girl asks confused as her mother took the shopping bag to the kitchen. Pietro soon gets up and stands next to her - didn't you have a shift today until 6:00 pm?

— They released me earlier ... - the woman says quickly storing all the purchases in the small kitchen - because my children appeared on TV and my manager wanted me to be here when you arrived!

— But, we didn't win ... - Pietro says looking a little crestfallen, but their mother soon gets close to them and puts a hand on one cheek from each

— I didn't see any competition ... - she says looking deep into their eyes - all I saw were my children being amazing, as I always knew they were ... - she says smiling sweetly and the twins smile too, and with teary eyes - very well! Now go take a shower and change, let's go out for dinner!

— Out for dinner? - while Pietro was already running towards the bathroom, Wanda tried to understand the situation; they had agreed to only eat out once on each of their birthdays, and they had already broken that rule at the beginning of the month

— Of course, you have to tell me everything that happened - the woman says as if it were obvious - and I'm not going to do that while we cook and do the dishes, so come on! - she says pushing Wanda to go to her room to get ready too - and I also want to hear more about Parker - she says by sending a wink to the blushing daughter and going to her room

It was morning the next day, and a man was checking the engine of a car that had arrived at his workshop in Sunset Park the night before. The man was in his thirties, was tall and relatively muscular, but still thin, more of an athletic way. He had tanned skin, dark brown eyes, slightly curly black hair and a beard to shave. Elias Morrow Reyes was his name and as he watched the car's engine, he heard footsteps behind him.

Turning around, he sees his nephew Robbie, with a bag on his shoulder and walking into the workshop towards his car. Eli doesn't understand; the boy had already taken Gabe to school in the morning, what would he be doing at that hour? With curiosity speaking louder, the man approaches the boy.

Robbie checked everything he had picked up and sat in the car, prepared to leave;

— Hey Rob, what's the deal? - his uncle asks him leaning over the open window

— I'll go out - the boy says without looking at his uncle, and still getting ready, putting on his belt and picking up the keys

— Can I know where? - Eli usually didn't care, the boy knew how to take care so as long as it wasn't past 10 pm, his uncle had no problems where the boy was going

— To the hospital...

— Hospital? – Eli looked confused now; Robbie was tough in the fall, but he was even more stubborn, he hated hospitals and wouldn't put his feet on one voluntarily unless he had cancer or something - did something happen? Want me to take you...

— I'm going to see my mom. - Robbie says at last, squeezing the steering wheel and looking ahead, and then turning to his uncle who seemed surprised

— Oh... – his older sister had been hospitalized for almost ten years and Robbie had never even asked about her or had never wanted to visit her, many questions crossed Eli's mind at that time; why now? Had something happened? But he knew that at that moment it was not those words that the boy needed to hear, so the only thing Eli can say to him is - good luck then...

— Thank you ... - the boy says, immediately releasing the hand brake and leaving the workshop

Eli sees the car leave the garage, turning a corner and moving away until he is out of sight, and he feels a tear on his face, which he quickly dries and goes back to work.

The trip does not take long; 20 minutes or so with traffic in the morning, Robbie didn't need a GPS, he had already been there when he was younger, he hadn't had the courage to enter the building, but the memory of the way was stamped in his mind. He parks in front of the beige building of the "South Beach Psychiatric Center" and leaves, taking a deep breath before entering.

Getting information easily from reception, he walks towards the specified room and stops just in front of the door, his hand almost reaching for the handle, what was he doing there? He was not sure, but he felt he should do this. Then he opens the door and is greeted with a simple room, bed, table, door to the bathroom, and looking out the window, sitting on a bench, a woman with brown hair with a few gray strands stuck in a ponytail.

— Mother ... - he says and the woman turns to him, her face serene, and she gives the boy a small smile

— Good afternoon, sleeping beauty! - Aunt May says placing a large plate of pancakes on the table for brunch - how do you feel?

— As if I had been thrown back and forth by child superheroes, wait, this is what really happened ... - Peter says still in his pajamas, his hair messy and yawning as he headed for the table - Night Nurse can heal us, but muscle pains are even worse

— You who asked for powers for years when we went to church, take it! - the older woman says picking up a few more things and throwing a banana at the half-asleep boy, who is hit by the fruit in the face

— Ouch! – the boy complains about being hit by the edible projectile

— Pfffff... – the woman says, holding back laughter - sorry Peter. I thought you could feel it with your ... "Peter Tingle"

— It's "Spider Sense" ... - the boy says picking up the fruit from the floor and putting it on the table - please don't start calling it "Peter Tingle"...

— So you dodge supernatural currents, but not bananas? - Aunt May asks - I have the entire festival recorded in HD, do you want to watch it later?

— When my thoughts stop hurting who knows ... - the boy says sitting up and taking food