Chapter 5

Waking up was on a whole different playing field of pain. It was like everything, everywhere hurt. My head hurt from both sides, back and front, my legs were sore from my sprint, my chest hurt from sucking in so much salt water, my throat was burning because of all the screaming I'd done. Not to mention it felt like I'd done one hundred squats.

I was in pain.

I groaned as I rolled over and looked up, finding myself in the same cot, in the same evil lair, I had to begin with.

Sigh.

Everything had been replaced, and the mess I had caused was completely cleaned up.

I moaned as I sat up and looked at the chair that was directly in front of my small cot. There laid clothes and a note.

Take a shower, which is to your left, here are some clothes. -DB

I quickly grabbed the clothes and walked into the bathroom, which took my breath away. Everything was beautiful, the sink was spotless pearl, the ground the same, but what really took it away was the shower. It was the size of my bedroom, and had jets coming from every angle.

The only ugly thing in the room was the reflection that looked back at me.

I was disgusting.

My naturally curly hair was matted, there was dried blood all around my face, and not to mention I looked like a fucking unicorn from where I had run head first into a wall.

I quickly looked away and climbed into the shower.

Heaven.

Everything was heaven.

I took my time letting the jets propel the soreness out of my body, I cleaned my hair which I discovered had sea weed in it.

Barf.

By the time I was done I was skipping out of the shower. I quickly dried off and through on the shorts and tee shirt that were left for me, before venturing down stairs towards the large couch.

I sat down and looked around and nearly shit myself when I saw PonyBoy sitting in the corner of the couch, practically buried just staring at me.

"What the hell are you doing?" I asked him trying to control my breathing.

"Hiding" was his short reply.

O...k

"Why are you hiding?" I asked him confused.

"Because, you got me in trouble" he hissed out.

"Oh ... I'm sorry" I said looking away.

He tilted his head in confusion, "you're sorry?" he asked me shocked.

"Yea, also for you know ... knocking you unconscious. That wasn't cool" I said.

"Well, I'm sorry too ... for throwing that toaster and hitting you in the face, also for throwing you off the side of the railing" he muttered back.

"It's okay, it happens. So... what's your super power?" I asked him excitedly.

I'd never heard of him before, so I was excited to see what he could do.

"I don't have one" he said before looking away from me completely.

"Everyone has a super power" I told him trying to cheer him up, after offending him. God I suck at small talk.

"Really? Whats yours?" he asked me.

I smirked, "Pissing off Blue Doom" I told him. He cracked a real smile, which had me beaming at him like I'd won the lottery, I just wanted to cradle him to my chest and hug him to death. He was so adorable.

"And you sure use your power a lot" Blue Doom said strutting into the room like he owned everything, and he deserved everything.

I rolled my eyes, as he took a seat on the couch next to PonyBoy and relaxed.

"Ah Mr. I want to destroy Supers is here" I said glaring at him. I thought the supers were lame, don't get me wrong, but what they did for others wasn't. Without them crime would sky rocket.

"Everyone has to have a hobby" he said with a shrug.

Again I rolled my eyes, "so are you going to tell me who you really are?" I asked him narrowing my eyes at his face trying to place the Super Villain in front of me.

"No"

"So your are eventually going to let me go?" I asked hopefully.

"No"

I slumped back into the couch, "Then what does it hurt to tell me who you are? Have we ever met before?" I asked him.

"Because your overly large mouth would blurt my secret to the first fucking person you saw, and yes we have. It was a tragic experience" he said grabbing the remote and flipping the TV on.

My mouth dropped.

"We've met?" I asked him confused.

He gave me a dull look, "Yes, and it was so embarrassing, I don't think you want to talk about it" he said turning is attention back to the TV.

My smile grew so wide, I'm surprised my face didn't split.

"You embarrassed yourself in front of me, aww thats so cute, are you crushing on me? Is that it? Where you trying to impress me and fell on your face or something?" I asked giggling, my smile so wide.

"No, it was embarrassing for you. We both attended the same party, in which you tripped fell into a waiter, who then pushed down the Governor of New York, and you were so embarrassed that you ran away trying to escape but you went flying into a pond, nearly drowning in 2 feet of water. After someone jumped into save you, you accidentally punched them in the face, breaking their nose, and your hand, all at the same time" he said.

My whole face drained of color as that night replayed like a terrible movie in my mind. That was one of those experiences that I had tried desperately to remove from my memory.

That night my mother through a BF. Bitch Fit. When we got home, she was so embarrassed, like it wasn't bad enough that I was the one who caused a disaster.

I winced, "you wouldn't happen to be the guy who I punched would you?" I asked.

"No after you took out the waiter I realize you were a hazard to society and took ten steps back, Katrina" he said still not looking at me, eyes focused solely on the TV.

"Thats so embarrassing! Oh God, you must think I'm a stupid klutz" I said burying my face into my hands.

"Thats not true" he said.

I looked up at him surprise and hope coming through, "Really?" I asked him.

"Yea, not just I think you're a stupid klutz, but now so does the rest of the world" he said pointing at the television.

I nearly cried.

On TV you could see my awkwardly run a good 10 feet away from Blue Doom, the night of the kidnapping, and sprint behind a corner.

"Oh no" I said.

"Oh yes" you could hear the laughter in Blue Doom's voice.

The camera changed angles before showing me pick up a plank a wood and then smacking Blue Doom in the face as he too rounded the corner.

On camera we both froze, and watched as I put my hands up and tried to apologize. You can see his glowing eyes from the blurry camera, and see his lips form the word run, before I quickly turned around and ran face first into the fucking brick wall.

I touched my forehead and winced as I saw my face make total connection with the wall then the ground.

Blue Doom just loomed over my body, before lifting his foot and stomping down on my neck, then quickly removing it before just looking down at me in annoyance.

My head snapped over to his, "You stepped on my throat?" I asked annoyed.

"I didn't kill you though" he said trying to defend himself.

Then you see him sigh before lifting my body up and flying off into the sky.

It was silent in the room before PonyBoy burst out into booming laughter, Blue Doom and I jumped slightly at the sound. PonyBoy was literally rolling on the floor in laughter, "YOU RAN DIRECTLY INTO THE WALL, KNOCKING YOURSELF OUT" he boomed before continuing rolling on the ground dying.

"Don't piss yourself" I hissed at him, which only caused him to laugh harder.

"Katrina Justice has been identified as the girl who was taken by Blue Doom, after witnessing him burn down a building. Here are messages from her family members" the news lady said, then immediately having the mic snatched away from her by my mother.

"Oh no" I muttered.

"Katrina, I know you're out there, and honey it'll be okay, sooner or later he will return you, just like the first kidnappers did! Don't you-"

My Dad then snatched the mic.

Blue Doom was laughing on the couch as he turned the TV up.

"Baby, my Katrina, don't worry we will find you, hopefully in the process we will lose your mother as well" he said winking into the camera, like he was telling me a secret.

"Cut the camera please" I begged to anyone, someone.

My Dad then looked over at the dazzled and confused news woman, "Are you single?" he asks her. On national TV.

She looks completely embarrassed, and opens her mouth to say something when suddenly she's taken down by my Mother.

"DON'T FLIRT WITH MY HUSBAND" she screams out like a banshee before propelling herself into the air, and tackling the woman down to the ground.

I sit there in shock, "that didn't just happen" I say.

"Oh but it did, your family is more entertaining than reality TV" Blue Doom comments still trying to catch his breath from laughing.

"Yea, Justice TV, theres nothing more entertaining" I said sighing as I dropped my head back down into my hands.

Oh God.