Exelirus looked at the rectangle device mounted on the living room wall and the remote on his hand, recalling what Daniela said about flipping through the TV's channels until he found something he liked. Exelirus then let out a deep sigh before turning to the remote, spotting the button Daniela pressed to change the channel and the pressed it. The TV channel then changed, and then in less than two seconds, Exelirus changed the channel again, and again, and again.
Barely fived minute had passed and Exelirus, placed the remote down. Deeming it absolutely pointless to continuing looking for he was interested in while internally pondering if seating down in the living room, staring lifelessly in to a screen was truly what the inhabitants enjoyed and willing did for recreation purposes as he found the task extremely boring and pointless. Thinking back to his time in Kinex, recalling how any activity apart from resting and sleeping that involved you staying still in a single point for less than a minute was as considered to be one of the worst forms of punishment. Kinexians were born to move and run faster than the naked eye could, racing through the earth and the wind blowing through them as they dashed off. It was such a blissful feeling that felt free and natural to them. Moving fast and quick wasn't power to them, it was who they were, a thing that was ingrained in to their DNA, so much so that even the act of remaining still and idle, felt wrong and was like a denial of their true nature.
Exelirus then looked out the window, seeing the wide span of green that stretch out to which end his vision was able to find. Every fiber in his being was telling, no, pulling him to dash out there, moving with the wind and becoming blur to the naked eye, to find that feeling of freedom, unbound or chained by anything. Exelirus, looked out longingly, ready to the coach he was currently seating on and dash straight out the door as fast as he could. But just as he was about to leave he heard something from the TV that halted him. The blue hair turned his attention rectangle device.
"Breaking New", the TV flashed before the report, standing in front of a bank surrounded by police cars along with officers, their guns aimed and ready, pointed at the bank.
"I'm standing at the Hilltop Central bank where they seem to be an armed robbery in progress and…" The reporter's statement was cut midway by a massive explosion blasting away the bank doors and sending all the officers flying.
A group of robbers wearing black suits and masks then stepped out along with their leader who sported a black suit with blue streak like pattern that resembled bolts of lightning and didn't bother wearing a mask to hide his face.
The report, who thankfully stood away from the blast zone and didn't seem to be hurt in anyway, then shifted the camera to the robbers.
"The robbers seem to be none other than the notorious super villain Lightning Rod, aka, Rodney Marks, a demihuman with the power of electricity. He seems to have escape from his cell Titan Wall Prison after being apprehended during his last robbery attempt by none other Hilltop's resident hero, Speedster" said the report.
Lightning Rod then spotted the report along with the camera man broadcasting the robbery, then, with a sinister grin on his face and electricity crackling and sparking through his entire body, sent a bolt of electricity the report's way but luckily before the bolt could reach her a familiar red and black blur came speeding by whisked her off to safety along with the camera man.
"Really Rodney, you just got out and the first thing you do is rob a bank", said the blur as it quickly dashed straight for the robbers by Lightning Rod's side, dealing with all of them with a few quick blows before stopping in front of the super villain, revealing herself to be none other than Speed Star wearing a signature red and black suit with the shooting star logo.
"What can I say, a man's got to make a living somehow", said Lightning Rod before he began hurling blast after blast of electricity Speed Star's way.
"You could, or I don't know, get a day job", said Speed Star as she dodged out of the way, moving too quickly for the Lightning Rod's blasts to reach her.
"Yeah, there aren't exactly a lot of job opportunities for a guy whose specialty to frying people with electricity, we can't all be heroes you know" said Lightning Rod as he placed his hands on the ground and sent powerful electrical current through it straight for Speed Star.
"Come on, you're literally a walking talking battery. You could start a business for recharging phones who's pesky batteries never stays full, I know I would be your favorite customer" said Speed Star with a playful smile on her face as she dashed out of the way of the electric current flowing through the ground sent by Lightning Rod.
"Sorry but I prefer my current line of work, the pay is great and I'm doing something I'm very passionate about", said Lightning Rod.
"Really, you're passionate about robbing banks", said Speed Star as she dashed straight for Lightning Rod and delivered a lightning fast upper cut to his jaw then sent him flying and crashing straight into a nearby police car. Then before Lightning Rod could even think about getting up a black and red blur raced passed him handcuffed of his hands with special power dampening cuffs.
"Wow that entire fight lasted less than a minute. Not my quickest win but still good enough", said Speed Star while looking at the watch on her wrist before turning to now cuffed and depowered Lightning Rod.
"Come on Rodney, time to send you back to Titan Wall Prison. Maybe some time there will make you rethink your entire life chooses, who knows you might even find a hobby that your more passionate in than robbing banks, hopefully something legal" said Speed Star before she grabbed Lightning Rod along with his goons dashed away, moving at supersonic speeds to Titan Wall Prison.
Once there she was greeted by the prison warden.
"Speed Star, damn you're fast, I was just watching you on the news", said the warden as he walked up to Speed Star.
"Yeah Chuck, I'm kinda in a hurry. I have a kid at home alone that I should really be watching", said Speed Star.
"Oh, well then just…wait did you just say you have a kid at home, I thought you said you weren't planning on having kids", asked the warden, shocked to hear what Super Star had a kid.
"Yeah that was the plan but you know how life is, one minute you're blitzing around at the speed of sound as free as a bird, the next thing you know child falls from the sky and it's now up to you to raise it. You know, that kind of thing", said Speed Star.
"Yeah, I'm just going to pretend that everything you made perfect sense. Anyways, congratulations I guess", said the warden, nothing even wanting to try and make an attempt to understand or make any sense of the nonsensical story Speed Star just told him.
"Okay, where should I dump these guys", asked Speed Star.
"Their usual cell, where else" said the warden.
"Kk", said Speed Star before dashing way, carrying the Lightning Rod along with his goons to their cells and then dashing out of the prison, yelling out to the warden as she dashed out of the prison gates at super speed, "Greet the wife and kids for me Chuck".
"Yeah, I will, keep up the good work and say hello to your kid for me" the warden yelled back as Speed Star raced out of the prison.
Daniela dashed through the city, moving as fast as she could, her mind troubled with thoughts of Exelirus getting himself in some kind, knowing that it wasn't right to just leave him alone in house like that but what else was she meant to do, the city needed Speed Star and she couldn't just ignore her duties as the Hilltop's hero. She internally curse the Commander for assigning Exelirus to her knowing that she already had enough on her plate from being Speed Star and having to keep Hilltop safe. Daniela tried calming herself down by asking herself how much trouble can one kid get in just a few minute. She then recalled how when the kid first crashed down on Hilltop, in a matter of minute, he not only wrecked chaos and havoc across but also managed to cause a city wide black out. Daniela upon recalling that, increased her speed, moving faster than she had ever moved before and with a sonic boom, she jetted out of the city, through the woods, and to her house sat on the top of the hill.
Once there, she rushed in and upon seeing the sight of Exelirus, still seated in the exact same spot on the coach sigh out in relief. She then realized something, the blue hair boy was exactly watching TV, with the remote on his hand and gaze seemly lock on the screen. The TV was on the news channel with report seemingly reporting the robbery she just dealt.
Daniela upon seeing the blue haired boy watching the new about her and actually exactly expressing some kind of interest in it couldn't help but smile warmly before placing her hand on the watch on her wrist, her super suit then dematerialized, disappearing and being replaced with her casual red top and jean.
Daniela then walked up to him and said, "Glad to see you finally found something to watch".
Exelirus gave her no response, simply glance at before returning his gaze to the TV screen, a reaction that annoyed Daniela a bit but she didn't care much of it.
Daniela then bounced on to the coach, taking a seat next to Exelirus before saying, "Mind if I join you my feet are killing me".
Exelirus upon hearing was Daniela gave her the same nonresponsive reaction something Daniela thought she would have to start getting use to as she shifted her gaze away from him and on to the TV screen.