Chapter 13: Her Worst Day
Science class was one of her favorites. Not because she understood it and not because the teacher was any good; the best teacher was still Mr. Pluto.
Mrs. Mars was even more strict, a very old lady who had zero tolerance for fun. What made science her favorite, and many others' favorite, was the fact that with the addition of weird superpowers, every now and then, you would get a new hero that destroyed the laws of the universe. Mrs. Mars would slowly go mad trying to explain it before eventually blacking out in her seat and letting them do whatever they wanted.
This was one such day, with the elder lady snoring softly. She rested in the back, next to her newest friend, watching funny cat videos on her phone.
"Did you hear that Ocean Empress is apparently in our city?" Kyle asked.
"No. I didn't." She lied, vaguely hoping that he'd buy it.
Much like with Mr. Larison, it was kept on the down low that she had almost been killed by a supervillain and saved at the last second only by the Ocean Empress. The woman hadn't stayed long after Mr. Larison had blacked out, simply grabbing onto the two of them and flying them directly to the hospital.
She really didn't get to avoid school for too long. Her body healed a lot faster than she expected, and staying home got boring fast, so she begged her mom to let her go back to school so she could at least hang out with her friends. In total, she had been gone for a little over three days.
Kyle swiped on his phone, switching the video to another funny cat compilation. "Since Old Dog retired, I guess Ocean Empress will be keeping this city safe." He stated.
"Neat. Hey, you said you lived in Lillian, right? Isn't Ocean Empress the hero of that city?" Lillian and Oleander were two birds of a feather. They were beside each other, separated only by a large bridge. Whenever her school had a large football game, their rivals would be one of the schools in Lillian. Old Dog and Ocean Empress had been close. Both were members of the Enforcers, and both went on patrols together a lot. With him gone, it seemed the hero's patrol expanded to this city to cover up his leave.
"Yeah, I saw her and her team a lot. Team Reservoir, I mean. They're the guys she leads whenever the Enforcers aren't called together. It's a small yet strong team." Kyle explained.
"That explains it."