Chapter 2

Sorry, i know it's late but i will be bringing out chapter three early this week as well so i hope that makes up for the fact that i didn't post it on Sunday. Anyway here it is, Chapter two of Hero's Core. Enjoy <3 

Chapter 2

New Faces, New Battles

Ok, I think to myself. It's a new day. The first day. The last day. A sad yet happy day. Today was the day we formed the new team. Sure, there was the Hero’s Heart Core. And yeah, they are awesome. But today we were creating our own team. Hero’s Core. We wanted to be a little different because we aren’t the exact same team as the older heroes. We were younger and had different ways of dealing with things. My friends Clockwire and Knight were already there waiting for us to join them. I had decided that I would meet Apollo at the museum we met and we would go from there together.

“ Well it’s about time you two showed up!” Clockwire said. Just as the words had finished leaving her mouth a gust of wind came up beside me. Scar, I thought.

And of course I was right. Scar didn’t like using his super speed as much but did when necessary.

“ Am I late?” he asked us in his rushed voice. He was only 14 not as mature as the rest of us.  And yet still he managed to make all of us look like idiots.

“ Nah, just your capes slightly on fire,” Knight said to him with a low chuckle.  As I saw he small flame I sent a little blast of soft snow to put out the fire. I could hear the final sizzle of the flames and water.  I heard Clockwire laugh at this and go over to give him a sisterly hug. Cute, I thought to myself.

“ Come on, lets go inside now that everyone’s here,” I said to the new team. They all brought a bright smile to their face – a smirk really for Scar – and we all walked into the Hero’s Heart Core together. It was there base. A big building inn the middle of the city where you could look through the windows. If you thought about it. It was pretty smart. Villains often thought that it was their main place and would try to draw them out from here by attacking here. Only they were wrong. This was just the front door to storage warehouse.

The real Core’s base was in the middle of the ocean. At times it would gently float over the water or be underneath right at the bottom of the ocean. It was quite amazing if you thought about it. I’d never been there but I had heard some amazing things from Frost who had been there a few times. Apparently you can see all the sea life through the big glass windows.

“Raven? You ready for this?” Clockwire asked me. I had been voted leader of the day because Frost came up with the idea and I was her apprentice.  But it was only for today. I don’t like leading, I like to stay behind the scenes like a shadow. But originally I had wanted to lead, really badly. But I realised after a few minutes that I don’t think things through properly to be able to lead. But for today, we needed someone level headed.

“Yeah, let’s do this!” I said back forcing the smile onto my face. Honestly, I had a knot in my stomach the size of a basketball. Not a good feeling.

“You ok?” Scar whispered in my ear. For a little thirteen year old he sure was quiet.  And very observant.

“Yeah, just nerves I guess,” I whispered back bending down to reach his ear. It was funny really. We had been friends for years. I was the only person – other than his mentor – who knew his real identity. A rare privilege. In fact it was by accident at first. He would be dropping hints here and there to let me know who he was. It took me a while but about a year ago I worked it out.

Anyway, we were walking into the tall and very big – like an arena – sized building. The people of the city called this place the Heart Hall. Some others called it double H. Either way I thought it was cheesy. But hey, if it keeps the villains from knowing where we really were, well I couldn’t complain.

As we walked in people would be staring at us. Somehow the media had gotten word that we would be coming to ‘ Join ‘ the Hero’s Heart Core today. Or so to say. I could see the WGI News presenter Kelly Commer, reporting about this off to the side. I noticed that knight smirked to himself as if to laugh. Yes, this is rather funny I suppose, I thought to myself also giving off a little smirk. Apollo went to hold my shoulder as a encouragement because we were now standing inside the Hall in front of the leaders of the HHC. This was Creature and Omega as well as Phoenix and Starshield. Frost fire was standing a little to the side.

“ Hello young heroes. Welcome to the Heart Hall. You have unlimited access to most of the facilities in the hall. We will also discuss the next few things in private away fro prying eyes” Frostfire stated to us as giving us a hug each.  She started to turn when Lumos came running up to us all. He looked slightly frantic.

“ yes, finally, found you all. Sorry I’ late. I was trying to make sure that everything was ready for you,” Lumos said coming to give myself and Apollo a hug as welcome. He then went to whisper something in Omega’s ear. He gave a slight smile then turned to us. I’m pretty sure I was the only one that noticed though because it was gone as fast as it came, which is to say it was as if it was never even there.

“ Well young hero’s, it’s time we show you around,” He smiled a little which was very unusual for him.  He then turned and started walking down the hall towards the big bronze doors. Just as he started to open them something rolled in from outside and started to tick really fast.

“ Get down!” I yelled just as it went off sending a large blast through the entrance. I heard quite a few moans of pain before I saw a figure start to come forward from the smoke.

“ I am in front of me but you can’t see me, what am I?” said a high male voice. He was wearing a dark purple and blue suit with a whole lot of question marks over it. Riddler, I thought. When I voiced what I said he laughed.

“ Now now, that’s not the answer, I am Always in front of you but you can’t catch me, what am I?” he laughed at me again as I stood up and winced at the pain that went through my body.  

“ I am the future,” I heard from my left, Clockwire had spoken. The Riddler gave off a short laugh. He was distracted for long enough that I could shoot him with one of my arrows.  When he saw it coming it was too late. He got pinned straight in the chest. Wires came out from the side of the arrows and attached themselves to him in the fastest time there was and then shocked him with a bolt of electricity.

“ Ouchy, Raven dear, you have to know by now you would have to do much better than that to take me down,” he scolded me. A villain was scolding me! That was just not done. I dropped my bow and summoned fire and ice. One in each of my hands and ran at him shooting alternating elements. I managed to get him square in the chest with a block of ice, knocking him down to the ground. I took the chance to look around quickly noticing that everyone else was still trying to recover from the blast. I turned back around and pounced on the Riddler ready to break his jaw when he flipped me over and put a knife to my neck.

“Now now, Miss Raven, Wouldn’t want to move would we? Looks like you will be leaving the team before you can even join,” He laughed as he pressed the knife down to my throat a little harder.

“No one can help you, Miss Raven. Your not going to be able to get out of this one alive,” The Riddler laughed again. This is it, I’m going to freaking die and I haven’t even made the Heart Core yet, I thought to myself.

Just then the Riddler’s knife got deeper to my neck. I could feel a little blood dripping down my neck slowly. This is the end.