I slept more after the energy surge this morning the doctors and nurses ran around checking on patients that were in worse shape than me. Heath slept through everything, but I did keep him up last night. They had a marathon of old tv shows we watched as kids and I wanted to enjoy it with him. Dr. Young walks in as we try to sleep more, "Okay let's get this cast-off." I nudge Heath and wake him up as he groans but wakes up, "We're leaving soon and we can sleep back at the apartment." I said patting his hand, as we watch Dr. Young and a nurse removes both casts from me, just in time for Dr. Kellie to walk in, "Alright Lilia time to walk and check your grip. My left leg itched after the cast was off, and my right arm was just sweaty. I took a pencil first and wrote my name, perfectly normal.
Getting to the floor made me nervous since Heath was told to wait on the other side of the room and I was to walk over there to him. I landed on my feet and feel fine like it was suspected, Dr. Kellie and Young both think the reason why I had to wear a cast for two days because bones aren't soft like organs are. Dr. Young did a few more things to check out my arm and leg. Heath had gone to the apartment to get some clothes Yukii and Vee brought for me. I showered as Heath left the clothes in the bathroom. I came out dressed in skinny jeans and one of Heath's old hoodies and black converse.
Heath and I followed Dr. Kellie out of the room and into the lobby many heroes and villains alike sat waiting and watching, their eyes watched us like we could either make or break their careers. I tried to ignore them as Dr. Kellie made small talk to the nurses at the front desk. "Checking out Lilia Riverside," she continued to chat it up the older women, "Hey, Cupcake are you okay?" I turn back to him, "Heath, have you noticed them? Their eyes are like daggers, don't you think?" Heath nods as we continue to watch them as they watched us. Dr. Kellie turned, "Alright kiddos let's head back to the apartment."
We step into the elevator as we slowly descended into the land of normality. It was odd since the people were just like us on the outside, but this was my first awakening. The first time I realized that I; Lilia Riverside would never be normal. We walk over to what we assume to be a prepaid cab, Heath and I look into the back and see a van full of kids. Dr. Kellie peeked in as three of the four kids screamed, "Aunt Gracie!" the kids had to range from 10 all the way down to a newborn. "Hello, you kids are looking well." Heath and I scoot back as we run into a tall bulky man, "You two must be Heath and Lilia." We nod as the man grabs my bag, "Well, let's get this in the back then we can drive to the apartment."
A woman like Grace rushed over and hugged her; "Oh my goodness Grace; look at you, you've worn yourself to sticks and bones. I'll make dinner for you and your little clan of children." Dr. Kellie looked worn, "Heath as you remember this is my sister, but Lilia this should be your first time meeting my older sister Eva Walker." I wave to her as the woman pulled me into her death grip, "Welcome to the family, Lilia I'm sure you will love living up here with us. When you start your training." Right, Dr. Kellie did say something about her sister being in the HL.
Eva smiled softly to me, but something about her sent shivers down my spine. We were forced into the van as I call Yukii, "Oi~ shut up I'm on the phone!" I pressed my lips together, "Really? You four are a mess, aren't you?" "Is, that Boss Lady? Hey, you two have a bigger room than our can we switch? Ow, Yukii why you'd do that?" Yukii's growl on the other side of the screen could be heard by Heath and Dr. Kellie, "Tucker, why don't you go lick the bathroom floor or something, I'm on the phone!" I sigh, "Yukii, we're coming home, are you guys decent, and have you destroyed the apartment? We're bringing people back with us, Dr. Kellies' sister and her family." "あらあら, what is this? Do we get to meet the boys' family?"
I roll my eyes, "Just clean up, we'll be there in 15mins okay." I heard Yukii shift, "Yeah I got you." with that I hung up. I look at my phone with confusion realizing that those four together can destroy the city by accident when cleaning. I nervously sat in the middle of Heath and Dr. Kellie as we all felt a wave of unease wash over us. My heart dropped as we pulled into the parking lot only after 10mins, "Traffic was nice today." Eva said as her husband grunts over the whaling children in front of us.
We all slowly climb out as I pray that those four didn't destroy the complex. Yukii and Vee could handle cleaning up, but I'm more worried about Heath's unofficial brothers. We walk in as Dr. Kellie swipes a card the doors open as we step inside a modern lobby with a worker at a desk ignoring us as we walk past. I text Yukii mentioning we were coming up when I realized I left my bag in the car. "Crap, I forgot my bag in the car." I noticed Dr. Kellie's sister seemed to listen in this time, "Oh, we'll send you boys to the car, I forgot the diaper bag, so, honey can you and Heath go grab everything from the car?" the man nodded as he stops Heath, why did she make Heath go when it was my bag? I was pushed on the elevator with everyone else as Dr. Kellie handed Heath her keycard. "Aunt Gracie can I push the button this time!" the ten-year-old boy asked as she nervously looks at her sister.
Dr. Kellie didn't even look this nervous when lying to the principal. "I think it's my friend Lilia's turn to push the button. Quickly, now Lilia presses the fifteen please." My hand went in super speed that not even the kid noticed. "Wow! You're like my mommy, she can move super-fast too!" I smile nicely at the kid hopping that the weird chill I had earlier was nothing. "Too bad I am faster than you it seems." The woman sighed as I felt that chill again, "I don't see you ever becoming a top rate hero when you have skills like that." I nearly choked on the ever-thickening air.
Dr. Kellie cleared her throat, "Actually, Lilia and the others a one minute and fifty-five seconds faster than you are, sister." The air grew darker, something was off the last time Dr. Kellie spoke of her sister it seemed like good memories. Why does it feel like the two are going to murder each other? The door opens and I rush out Dr. Kellie walked over with me, as her sister ushered her kids out of the elevator. I follow behind Dr. Kellie was she walks five doors down the hall to the left. I heard the others inside as I heard Yukii getting on to them. Dr. Kellie opens the door and I see a clean and not destroyed apartment.
I sigh as Vee and Yukii rush over, "Lilia!" I brace myself for the impact when I'm stopped by Heath walking in with Eva's husband. I feel safer now, but I point to the other, "You five my room now." I said as my small group of friends follows me into the room with a horrible handmade sign that read, 'Boss lady's room'. I rip it off the door as I close it giving the room of children and adults a 'thank you for choosing us to smile'. I lock the door and turn to the group.
"Did anyone else feel that tension or was I imagining it?" I asked them as the guys look like they know something we didn't, I mean this is; oddly, their family. "Well?" I turn to Heath, who looked out the window; "Cupcake; did you see the view from the window?" I growled; "Heath!" I snapped at him, "Fine, Dr. Kellie's sister Eva didn't like that we were made to out beat the best heroes in the world, when we were first tested in the Hero League labs as children, we already surpassed trained professionals. Which, yes if you are asking Eva was one of them and her husband, but he doesn't really care as much. The two of them didn't fight as much about it until a year later when her eldest child was born."
I watch him sit on the bed and took my hand, he was asking that I sit with him, "You see, children without powers are starting to become more and more common. Fewer children are being born without powers because of the ten-finger joint mutation. We are not like the normal supers who are born, we oddly fit under the lab rat qualification, where we were genetically modified, normally after the lab rat section, the power is can be passed on like a gene, which is for some reason mutates your hands and removes one of the little joints from your hand usually in one of your fingers; leaving you with nine joints. But, in the past 10 years, there have been less genetically born heroes than lab rat heroes. The hero to villain ratio one to eight. Dr. Kellie is the only one who has created a non-life-threatening lab rat hero medicine, but it only works on people who don't carry the nine-joint mutation in them already."
I nod and feel everyone darkens from the thought of evil overtaking the world more than it already has. "Dr. Kellie and the Hero League agreed to never create the hormone candy again due to a risk of a child using their powers for evil under the wrong influence, or the candy recipe falling into the hands of villains or the government. Eva hated the idea of her children being normal and begged her sister while she still had the hormones to inject them into her five-month-old son. Grace refused and poured each hormone on the floor, during this time the Hero League was more interested in us, that the falling numbers of our race. Eva hated it when that very night we were showcased to the hero council, and Eva stormed in and screamed that we were a waste of time and money the council was funding and that they should be working on making more lab rat or genetically born heroes."
Heath tightens his grip on my hand, "Eva ever since has taken her children to different labs and even tried to take us. So, that we could be tested by other people and the samples could go into make more hormone candy." I sighed as the women started to bicker, "Where are your ever so perfect creations now sister?" I roll my eyes as Dr. Kellie begins to speak, "I don't know sister but isn't great that all four of your children can live out normal lives just like me?" I stormed over to the door. I nicely unlock it as the living room of the nice apartment was destroyed. "What the heck is wrong with you! Get your children under control, and Dr. Kellie if you can't say anything nice to your sister then sit in silence." I glare over to the two women, as the three children that were running around the living room throwing things everywhere stopped, and the crying infant was the only thing left making noise.
Dr. Kellie comes over to me, "Lilia calm down I don't think you should be getting upset right now, you just left the hospital." I hold my hand up, "I just want to know why your sister is here if you two have been fighting over something for over ten years." I said rubbing my forehead. "Explain, now!" I said with a dominating voice, when Eva spoke, "I thought that seeing my sister after five years would be a good way to end our feud and makeup." Her voice began to trail off.
I smiled with a closed eye smile, "I see, but your comment is what started this, I'm sure the neighbors surely enjoy listening to you bicker. Now it's only 10 in the morning, I want to rest some more, I'm sure Heath does two, so why don't you six take Dr. Kellie out around the city so I can sleep because the Lord knows I need it, with these five loud mouth people." I said pointing to my small group of friends who smirk.
Eva didn't seem fazed, but her kids and husband did. "Young lady how dare you to talk to me like that, I'll have you know—" I stop her, "Please if you want to speak to my guardians then wait until their mental heart attacks go away from them nearly losing the sole heir to the Riverside Toy Company." Her face went white, "You mean my sister hasn't adopted all of you?" Yukii actually flips her the bird, "No, you—" she looks at me. ���Rude woman, we still live with our parents and came here because this is where the Hero League wanted us when Lilia got hurt due to her stupid uncle."
Vee latched on to my shoulder, "You want to take down the Riverside Dynasty, do you? On what account? I've watched Lilia's grandparents drown people suing them on stupid accounts, the only way you can unbury yourself is by joining the witness protection services." Vee said sticking her tongue out at them. I watch Eva whiten as she lets everything fall into place. "Like I said take the day and enjoy it with your sister and makeup, I don't want to see any of you until 12:30, when you come back with lunch," I said as I walk back into the room.
I throw my shoes off and flop on the bed as Heath comes in, "Are you really going to sleep?" "Yes," I answer back as he flies onto the bed with me, "I guess you're right I'm tired too." We slept until there was a knock on the door. "Yo, they brought pizza." Tucker said as I groan against Heath, "Tell him to go away." I whisper into Heath as he groans too, "You idiot go away we're sleeping!" I start falling back into the rhythm of sleep when the door opened and children jumped on us. "Heath! Lilia! Wakey, wakey!" Was Heath right when he said that they were powerless? I groan loudly as I'm positive the heaviest one sat on me.
I felt Heath shift how he was laying on the bed, "Get off, oh my gosh you have gotten heavier." I finally wiggle out of the death grip of Heath and the death pressure of the children. I look at the bed and sigh noticed that Heath had fallen under the children and refuses to get up. "Heath come one I know every well you can get up under these children." He sat up sadly as the children fall off him. "Come on, I want to sleep some more, and I know you do too." I roll my eyes at him, "Tucker, Ryan, and Yukii will eat all the pizza." That got him moving oddly enough, Dr. Kellie walks in, "Kids your mother is calling." She looks at us as she notices our dead eyes, "Do you two need a minute more?"
I shake my head, "No, we're fine Heath doesn't want to miss out on his pizza." I said as I walk into the living room. Eva wasn't there nor was her husband, the littlest member of their family was sleeping in their car seat. "Where's your sister?" I asked Dr. Kellie as I sat in the first chair I could find. "She and her husband were called to stop a class 6 villain." I nod as Heath hands me a paper plate with pizza on it he brought his face closer and I kissed him as thanks. Heath Tucker, Ryan, and Yukii each had a box to themselves.
The kids were giggling over their own two pieces of pizza. "You guys are funny." The older boy said with a smile, Yukii gave him a curt smile, "Really what's so funny about us?" the boy giggled along with his younger two sisters, "They say you're the strongest, scariest, and most powerful superhumans in the world, but you are all silly doing things like liking pizza, talking on the phone with each other, watching old children shows with us and getting excited over the hero's win." Yukii smirks; "Who doesn't like pizza?" Tucker pointed to the tv, "And who wouldn't be excited over the hero winning the fight against the bad guy?" I laugh as I spoke in, "Why wouldn't we use phones? We need to communicate with each other in case we lose one another."
The boy nodded as his two sisters pick at their pizza, "Do you guys really have superpowers that are better than the normal hero?" this kid is smart isn't he, "We were created to be like that, yes, but I don't think many people understand we didn't ask to be heroes." Vee nodded as she scooted closer to them, "Yeah, we were normal kids like you guys until a bad man gave us the candy to turn us into Superheroes." The boy, "I want to be a superhero too! Can I have some of your magical candy?" Dr. Kellies spoke, "No, the candy was destroyed eleven years ago, it was a dangerous candy that could change the fate of power of normal people and bad people could get their hands on it." We were quiet but the kids seemed to lose interest in hero candy.
I took a sip of water as Heath helped take the trash out. The kids all three of the speaking ones were covered in pizza. Vee and Yukii were helping me, from letting the kids wipe their hands on the furniture or the carpet, "Right, let's all go to the bathroom and wash up." I said as Yukii nodded, Vee was gushing over the littlest one while I usher children behind Yukii; who knew were the guest bathroom was. I step in and help them wash as Yukii kept them from touching the wall. "Okay oldest first," I said as the boy rushed over, "But, I thought it was ladies first?" the littlest girl who was around four questioned, the boy looked back at her, "I'm a big kid Susie I'm going to be quicker than you so you have to wait." Okay, so the youngest is named Susie most likely Susan.
The boy smiled as he reached over and patted her head, ���You can go first next time." He is a good older brother, "Okay, Danny." Interesting names, I wonder what the other two names are. "What about me Danny, I'm older than Susie!" the second eldest whined, this girl was around six years old. "Well Rosie you go first a lot at home so this is a good thing." Hmm…Danny, Rosie, and Susie. All I need to figure out is the youngest one. Danny washes his hands as I check his face, "You're clean, next!" Danny giggled as he ran out Rosie was next; I scrubbed her face then let her wash her hands as Yukii lets Susie in she chases after the other two. We wash our hands together and both wash our faces since I still needed to put my face on.
I turn the light off as the kids rush to pick on the guys who returned from trash taking even though Heath was the only one with a bag when they left. Dr. Kellie was feeding the youngest as Vee helped her. The clock only read 12:50 kids eat pizza quickly but those four can eat ten boxes and still be hungry. I sit on the couch as Heath plants himself next to me. "Cupcake are you sure you want to be tested? We can come back after double-checking your leg and arm strength" I wave it off, "Nothing I can't handle besides, I'll say something if my leg and arm hurt." Heath nods as kids run past us, right who's going to watch these kids.
I look over to Dr. Kellie who already seems worn and Yukii who looks annoyed with Tucker poking her and the screaming kids. "Who wants to play a game?" I ask loud enough, so the kids and the 'bigger' kids perk up. "Alright, what are we playing?" Tucker asked me with a dirty smirk like he wanted to play with something or someone else. "We are going to play who can keep quiet the longest while the bigger kids get ready for their Hero League tour." The little kids were beaming with excitement, the younger two looked ready for a nap, so I turn the tv back on and take Susie into Dr. Kellie's room to sleep. As Dr. Kellie moved the littlest one into the car seat and placed it in her room as well.
I used one of my vines to keep the car seat rocking. I walk into the room, with my things inside as Heath was already changing when I noticed a note on the bedside table for me. 'Ryan is an idiot, and because he is one, Vee and I have decided that we (meaning all three) need to take our birth control, we suggest you do the same as soon as possible.' I dig through my bag and find the bottle I walk into the private bath using the sink cup to wash my pill with. Heath walks in, "What are you doing?" I hand him the note as I return to the room wishing I can sleep in it again. If anything, I'm sleep deprived.
I feel him cuddle me as I set the bottle on the bedside table. His hands start to move over my body, "Are you sure you want to do this, I've done their testing before, it can be hard on wounds." I look back at my bags, something feels wrong, the Hero League sounds wonderful, but they seem to have dirty secrets they don't want anyone knowing about. They are hiding behind something dangerous and powerful: money. Going will help me unlock the secrets that you wish not to share with the world.
I face the window and watch Heroes fly across the skyline; I will make sure that all their dirty secrets will come into the light and I will end their dynasty. They'll wish I had never stepped foot inside their building.