Western Heights Station

Presley/ Volt

I wake about 30 minutes later and feel like I just had a hangover.

W-What happened...?

I sit up and bring my hands to my head, seeing a guy next to me. "Oh no..." The wrong thought goes through my head before I realize I still had my costume on. Well...What's left of it.

Thank god.

I plop up and walk into a hallway, changing into my regular clothes while sitting back at the table and putting my head down.

Ari/Quantum

Ugh. Kill me now.

I pull myself to trudge down a hallway and change again, slipping my mask off. The girl is back at the table, holding her head in her hands. I somehow am able to walk over there and sit down, the chair tipping with my weight and landing me on the floor. A laugh bubbles through me before I hit the back of my head on the seat.

"Ow," I feel it, taking a deep breath.

I sit again and sprawl out on my side of the table.

"You know, secret identities don't help when we've gotten our asses kicked, now do they?" i whisper.

Presley/ Volt

I don't hear half of what he's saying. "Mhm?" I look up from my hands and blink a couple times.

"Oh, UH yeah..." I muttered, my head still slightly spinning.

Ari/Quantum

I sigh and close my eyes, burying my face in my arms.

"So, you control lightning," I say, muffled, "That's cool."

Presley/ Volt

I sigh and shake my head. "Lightning, Electricity, Yes." I yawn, leaning back in my chair and bringing my arms to the back of my head while blowing air out of my mouth.

Ari/Quantum

I nod, still not looking up.

"I have no cool abilities," I say, "Just precog, speed, mimicking... Makes for a messed up kid."

Presley/ Volt

"I only have one power. That's actually really cool, Ari," I flash a smile.

Ari/Quantum

I shake my head and glance up at her, "Not when it's slowly breaking you apart..."

Presley/ Volt

"Don't say that," I tell him, kicking my feet up on the table while closing my eyes for a second.

Ari/Quantum

I watch her before sighing. Fine. But it's true.

"Sorry," I say, looking down.

Presley/ Volt

I sigh, opening my eyes and look at him. "Don't you ever wish you could just be a regular teenager and just go to collage...Get married...Have kids... and not have to worry about the world tearing everything away from us?" I ask.

Ari/Quantum

I look up at her and shrug, studying her. I worry more about whether, if I were to have kids, they'd end up with my same mental state...my same problems.

"Sometimes," I admit, looking down, "We can still do those things. We just have to be careful. I mean, though they might be comic book characters, but there are superheroes who have done stuff like that. Look at Superman. He made it til he was an adult before having any serious issues."

I find myself tracing my tattoo and stop, swallowing at myself.

Presley/Volt

I nod, "I guess so," I swallow and look at the floor, "It's just I want my kids to have a normal life...not have to go though what we're going through when they grow to our age. You know?"

Ari/Quantum

I nod, flashing a smile, and look up at her.

"Everyone does," I say, "We're just the few that have ultimately cursed ourselves and our families. We're just the ones that have something worth looking out for and protecting as a secret."

Presley/ Volt

I nod, still looking down. "Yeah. Cursed..." I muttered, sighing. "You got that right."