Spectacular World

She stood there, stunned. Armin didn't look much better, staring at her with wide eyes. "Why didn't you tell me you had superpowers?" The boy asked.

"You didn't ask?" She shrugged. "Why didn't you tell me you had them? And don't pull what I did. I want an actual answer!"

It didn't make sense. Well, Armin did sometimes have to vanish whenever he got a call from someone and would never say who it was. And the boy had been working out a lot more recently. She couldn't help but recall how he had flexed his muscles for her mom on the day of the bank incident. Speaking of which, now that she thought about it, Armin didn't seem scared like she had been when the villains had arrived. The only person that even tried getting out of the chains the men had been wrapped in and attempting to stand up had been him.

Armin gave her a sheepish grin. "I was going to tell you, I promise. I just wanted to get a really good name for myself as a strong hero. That way, when word got out that I was a hero, all the babes would be all over me."

Still the same Armin, hero or not.

"So, I take it you two know each other." Lois giggled.

"We go to the same school." She explained, already getting a headache and feeling the need to have a serious conversation with her friend later. What were the chances the one team she ended up on had Armin on it? She was used to her hero stories not being so teen drama-fueled...

"That's good." Myth hummed, folding his arms. "If you know Snowdawn personally, then that means the only person you have to get to know is Whisper. This should boost team bonding."

Jack snorted but didn't say anything, too focused on the show on TV. The man looked like he found the entire thing to be an amusing joke. "Can we get back on topic?" She asked. "Mr. Lari- Battery and I said we'd join your team because we want what you want, Myth. We want to help make Oleander better. I assume you have some plans for that."

Myth rubbed his chin over his face mask and gave a nod. "I do. As it stands, my main goal is to help out where the Sub Enforcers are thin. Two years ago, when I was a member of the team, I thought I would get a big promotion. Then the Calamities struck, and we lost many good heroes, including Red Iron, the previous leader of the Sub Enforcers. With his death, I was overlooked. I feel like that was a mistake, but I don't resent it. The heroes of Oleander are outnumbered by the villains by a large margin."

"Not counting this little group, there are about nine heroes in Oleander," Jack said, suddenly causing everyone to jump. "Four of them are kids in the Sub Enforcers. One of them is a young adult still figuring out how to lead his new team, and the other four are part of the Watch Dogs, who are dealing with the loss of their leader. If we're generous, then Oleander also has a few solo heroes that aren't dead yet, in which case let's round up to a total of fifteen." The man clasped his hands together. "Also, there is the factor of the police and the Hero Branch, who are trained to help out superheroes. Bad Timers has about seven Supers, maybe a few more. Zoo has around ten. The Wandering Coin, as far as we know, only has one. That's about sixteen villains, low-balling it. Not counting the dozens of men and women they've got as backup soldiers to counter the cops, with no problem not playing by the rules. Villains just have it easier than heroes."