forum Superhero RP

Started March 13, 2018 by @charkieshark

tune

Luca gulped when he read the date on the corner of the page. "…No. No, that was it…."

Cece frowned. “I’m sorry, Luca,” she said quietly.

"It's fine." Luca closed the journal and leaned back. "It's just…" His voice got quieter. "That was the day before he…passed."

She looked into the rear view mirror at him. Her curiosity was getting the better of her. “How… how did he, you know?” she asked. She regretted it right after she’d asked it. “Sorry, that was rude. You don’t have to tell me. I mean, of course you don’t have to tell me… I’m going to shut up now,”

"No, it's fine." Luca put the journal back inside his coat. "We…well we don't know exactly what happened but…it was most likely an overdose. That….or poison…"

Teresa listened to their conversation. They had left a window part way open, and so she couldn't help but overhear. Gavin. She thought the name sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it.

Cece’s mind started running a million miles an hour. “The medicine!” she exclaimed. “The medicine, it could’ve been poison!”

Luca felt like an idiot. He groaned, smacking himself in the face. "Of course it was…" He mumbled to himself.

Wait. Poison… Teresa's mind raced. She knew now who Luca's brother had been writing about. She knew him by a different name, but she was almost 100% sure she knew who it was.

“Maybe he- maybe your brother- maybe he took too much, or maybe Gavin poisoned him, or…” Cece rambled. “Maybe we’ll find answered at my dad’s. If the Gavin who gave your brother the medicine is the same Gavin that worked for my dad, we’ll find some answers at my dad’s place. Hopefully.”

"So." Teresa mused. "You would take advantage of another young one… Gavin." She said the name with disgust.

Luca stayed silent. His brothers death wasn't something that he or his family talked about a lot. If it weren't for the photos of him in the house, no one would even know that Bruno existed.

Cece composed herself. “Sorry. Are you okay?” she asked, noticing Luca’s silence.

"Yeah. I'm fine." Luca responded almost instinctively.

A dark shape zoomed in front of her face. Thinking it was just a piece of garbage or something, she tried to swat it away. It hit her hand and sent an electric shockwave up her arm, leaving her paralyzed. She cried out and fell off the car onto the road. Regaining the ability to move, she pulled the thing off and looked at it. Then, she swore under her breath, spread her wings and flew after the others as fast as she could. She needed to warn them before it was too late.

Cece stopped the car when she heard a thump. She unbuckled her seatbelt and got out, looking for the source of the noise.

Luca looked up. "What happened?" He didn't get out of the car, but he unbuckled his seat belt and looked around.

Teresa watched the car stop and the boy and one of the girls, she didn't know what her name was, get out of the car. Another black shape was speeding toward them. "Duck!" She yelled, knowing that she wouldn't get there in time.

Luca did as Teresa said, recognizing her voice. He hunched over and covered his head, peeking up to see what he was avoiding.

Cece did as she was told and crouched down, looking above her at what she needed to duck for. She looked at Teresa with a confused look on her face when she didn’t see anything.

"Sorry." Teresa panted, coming over to them and seeing their confused looks. "It was just that… never mind. A word from the wise: Don't talk about Gavin where someone can overhear. He sent one of his charms at me. I won't be able to us my powers for a little while. One was flying toward you and I didn't want the same thing to happen to you."

“Charms?” Cece questioned.

"You see, I know who poisoned your brother." She looked at Luca. "I know his real name. His name is Jordan. And he's… my…" She sighed. She'd better get this out. "He's my brother."

Luca stared at her blankly, trying not to let his emotions lash out at her. "…Right."

"Sorry. I'm not like him. Last time I saw him, we had a fight. I told him not to keep poisoning young magic wielders. Apparently he didn't listen." She sighed. "Typical."