"Oh yeah~ this is life." Inside a luxurious penthouse, a black man with a slightly thin build was drinking wine as he stared at the wall.
One might start to think that the man had gone inside but if you look at the wall he's looking at, you'll see a blue costume with a face mask that covers his eye similar to Cyclops from the X-Men.
"I could still vividly remember when I was still inside you." Placing his glass of wine on the table beside him, the man approached the glass panel that separates him and his super suit.
"What do you mean inside you? Are you cheating behind me, Lucius Best?!" Unfortunately for the man who is now known as Lucius, someone interrupted his moment from the suit.
"I was talking to my super suit! How many times do I have to tell you that I have the habit of talking to my super suit!" Lucius yelled back to his wife as he got a yell response.
"Are you yelling at me?!"
"No I...Yes, I did but that's because you're in the kitchen!" Lucius rubbed his forehead as he remembered the last time he lied to his wife so he actually told the truth this time.
"Are you telling me that you don't want me to cook for our dinner now?! Fine! If that's what you want!" Lucius then starts to hear a clanging inside the kitchen as he responds.
"When did I say that?! I didn't say that!" Lucius lips twitched as his wife replied to him from the kitchen.
"So you're telling me that I'm a liar?" Hearing her response, Lucius could only sigh in defeat and flop his arms to his side.
"....What's even the point of arguing." He muttered to himself before walking back to his super suit and grabbed a remote.
"See you tomorrow, good night." Lucius smiled and said before clicking the red button on the remote and the wall starts to flip horizontally, hiding the super suit behind the thick walls.
Just as Lucius was about to enter his kitchen to soothe his wife and apologize as usual, the doorbell suddenly rang.
*Ding!*
"Who's that? Your other woman?" His wife yelled from the kitchen upon hearing the doorbell.
"Just cook, god dammit!"
"Stop yelling at me!"
"For the last time I'm yelling because you're in the kitchen and you're not gonna hear me if I don't yell!" Lucius yelled as he approached the door and peeked.
"Who is it?" Lucius asked as his vision finally registered the person outside his door.
'He looks familiar.' Lucius muttered inside his mind, thinking that he had seen the black haired man somewhere before.
"I've been looking for you for weeks, Mr. Lucius." The man said with a smile, making Lucius raise an eyebrow.
"Who are you? Feds? Sorry, but I don't tolerate racism. Just because I'm black doesn't mean I sell drugs."
"Oh, don't worry, Mr. Lucius. I'm not here for that, in fact, I came here not for you but for...Frozone." As soon as the man whispered his secret hero name to him, Lucius's eyes widened in surprise along with cautiousness as he quickly locked the door and asked.
"Who are you?" Lucius asked while grabbing his emergency water cup on the side just in case of situations like this.
"I've been looking for you, Mr. Frozone. I don't mean any harm, I want to talk." Outside the door, Jin was trying his best to convince Lucius as he has been looking for him for over a week and finally he found him!
"Are you from the Government? What do you want?" Despite seeing that Jin looks like he meant no harm but Lucius is trained for situations like this, so he didn't judge him by appearance and remained cautious.
"No I'm not. Surely you've seen me somewhere, right? Try to think." Jin answered with a smirk, to be honest, he's just playing with his mind right now, the truth is he has long read Lucius's mind the moment he detected him inside the penthouse, so he already knows the location of Bob Parr but there's no reason for him to leave right now, right? And besides, Jin is quite free from his women now as they're exploring the entire Metroville and gave them tons of cash for them to waste on whatever they want.
So, Jin wants to take this chance to have some fun time with some boys to drink with and who else is the best in drink buddy other than the good 'ol Lucius Best, the Frozone.
Jin doesn't even have to buy some ice for alcohol for later.
Just how cool is that?
"Hmmm...." Hearing Jin's words, Lucius squinted his eyes of him and tried to rack his mind on trying to recall where he had seen Jin.
It didn't take long before a certain face that he had seen on tv while eating his breakfast flashed on his mind.
"...Wait! You're that Lucifer guy on the television! No wonder you look familiar! You're also a hero like me!"
Soon enough, Lucius has dropped his guard down on Lucifer, thinking that a fellow superhero couldn't be that bad, in his eyes, all superheroes are good.
Fortunately for him, If the person outside the door wasn't Jin but a bad murderous guy instead, Lucius would either lose his life or his wife, according to the movies.
"Come in!" Lucius quickly opened the door and allowed Jin to get inside.
"Who's that?" His wife shouted from the kitchen.
"Just a friend!" Lucius yelled back and before his wife could yell back in response, Lucius quickly dragged Jin to the living room where he dropped him on the seat.
"Stay there and let me grab some beer for us." Lucius said before turning around and entered the kitchen where he started another argument with his wife.
"What do you think you're doing here? Didn't I tell you that the kitchen is off limits! The kitchen is mine!"
"You can have this kitchen for all of yourself, I'm just here to grab some beer with my friend."
"Oh, so that fat Bob is back here again huh? Lemme talk to him."
"It's not Bob for christ's sake! Just go and make us some dinner, woman!"
"How dare you talk to me like that! You-!"
"Love you bye!"
Soon, the kitchen door was opened again and Lucius walked out full of smiles while two can of beers rested on his hands.
"Here you go." Lucius said before placing one of the beers in front of Jin.
"Thank you." Appreciating the man's hospitality, Jin opened the beer to take a sip.
"So, any reason why you're visiting me so late at night? You do know that the police and government officials are looking for you right? You're wanted for vigilantism." Lucius also sat on his seat and grabbed his can of beer while initiating the conversation.
"What can I say? I'm quite a cockroach, it's not easy to catch me." Jin chuckled and replied, enjoying their conversation.
"Oh yeah right, the teleportation powers. It's not a rare superpower but I haven't seen someone use it as efficiently as you. I really thought that bank robbery would be your first and last debut but who would've guessed you'd ignore the warnings they placed on you and continued the hero work." Lucius laughed out loud as he spoke.
"I remember when you saved that school bus from falling off the bridge, how can you even teleport such a large vehicle all by yourself? I remember most heroes with teleportation could either teleport only themselves or small objects that are the same weight as them."
"Let's just say, my powers are beyond your understanding." Jin quoted, taking it from a certain speedster.
"Oh, a mystery, I like that. Anyways, I'm not supposed to say this but I'm proud of you for ignoring the government's warnings and the citizen's hateful comments on you and still continues to be the hero of the day. I've never seen anyone with such dedication to the hero job, not even my good friend Bob." Lucius warmly smiled and leaned on his chair as he said those words.
"...I wish I could do that too." Lucius muttered to himself while staring on the ground, unknown to him, his whisper was heard by the person in front of him.
"You can do it too, you know."
"What?" Lucius raised his head and looked at Jin confusedly.
"I said that you can do it too. Tell me the reason why you became a hero." Jin took a large gulp of his beer and repeated before asking a question.
"Why did I become a hero? Of course! Justice! When I was a child, I witnessed a kidnapping and saved the victim, that's when I realized that saving people and being thanked by them feels so good." Lucius raised his head and stared at the ceiling as he reminisced about his past.
"So do you think a mere law can stop your heart from doing good? If someone stops you from doing what's right, then what's their difference from bad guys right? Heroes don't listen to bad guys so why should you let the government decide whether you save a life or not." Seeing that he got Lucius's full attention on him, Jin leaned forward and continued.
"Join me, Frozone. Let's make a difference. Heroes should be respected and admired, not oppressed and discriminated against." Jin offered his hand for Lucius to take as his alluring voice started to convince him.
"I...." Lucius stared at Jin's hand and opened his mouth.
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