glowfic | No Such Thing as Super-Heroes

Flynn shouts and rushes to her creature.
It's alive and shifts to put it's body between Flynn and Henry.
Flynn reaches out to touch it, but stops herself.

"Who are you? What do you want?"

Gabe's giant form is curled up in a ball and bleeding.

For a fraction of a moment, Henry is just quiet and then it is like his mouth is acting on his own.

"I told you," Henry said "Gabe was sick and got lost in the woods, I came here to find him... and I am certain that Gabe didn't attack first. We never meant you any harm. Fuck, we three have... powers, we should try figuring them out or something."

Henry is has no idea were all that came from.

Edited 2015-08-31 03:29 (UTC)

"I just wanted you to leave. I thought it would scare you away," Flynn hesitates. "I'm sorry."

Gabe makes several sounds, too canine to be understood, then he changes back.

Several glass shards, debris and even some blood falls around him, but Gabe himself looks alright and unharmed.

"That thing almost bit my head off!" he says pointing accusingly at Flynn.

"Everyone calm down," Henry says not taking his eyes away from Flynn "She did? What happened?"

"I didn't bite you," Flynn snapped.

Edited 2015-08-31 14:45 (UTC)

"Your monster or whatever!" Gabe said "I fell down a hill and got my legs broken, then that thing attacked and almost killed me... then I changed into a thing. It was self-defense."

"Calm down, Gabe!" Henry said raising his hand in a placating gesture and turning to his direction

Henry felt a odd warm feeling in his palm, and quickly dropped hims hand, afraid he was going to accidentally shoot Gabe with whatever hit the creature.

"Gabe look at her and her clothes," Henry said still looking at Gabe "she is probably has been in this forest for sometime, maybe defending herself of... whatever."

Henry looked at the woman, his assessment was true, her clothes looked ragged and dirty... but he didn't notice this before, or not consciously. It must be the adrenaline.

"Look," Henry mouth said automatically "my name is Henry, and this is my cousin Gabe. What is your name?"

"Flynn. What are you doing here? How did you-" Flynn points to the wound in her creature's side, "do that?"

Edited 2015-08-31 20:22 (UTC)

"We were working at the Stanley Hotel nearby," Henry said "repairing during the off season. While the other workers were away there was a landslide, they are fine, but we got stuck in the hotel, which wouldn't be that bad but Gabe got sick and delirious with fever. He managed to sneak out while I wasn't looking and... We found you and your creature. I have no clue how I did that. I just sort of pointed and... something came out of my hand."

Henry will keep his hands quite obviously not pointing at Flynn while he says that.

"What is your story?" Henry then asks.

"A few months ago I accidentally made a creature, the one you killed." Flynn says, with a pointed glare at Gabe.
"After that, it kept happening, and I couldn't figure out how to stop it. I needed somewhere we wouldn't be noticed and I came here."

"Do you have any idea why it happened?" Henry says.

A cold breeze sends a chill down everyone's spines.

"We should come back to the hotel, so Gabe doesn't get sicker" Henry says "Can you control your... power, now?"

"I am actually cured," Gabe said "but... you are inviting her to come with us?"

Edited 2015-08-31 22:47 (UTC)

"Yes," Henry said "If she want to come with us. I want to figure this whole thing out and she could get a shower and warm food in exchange of a conversation."

"I can't control it, but I can tell them not to hurt you. And I would really appreciate a shower."

"Okay, I will lead," Henry said observing the surrounds for a few seconds "that way," he points before starting to walk

Gabe follows giving a wide berth from the large creature and walks next to Henry.

"All your creatures are like that?" Henry asks after a moment.

Flynn shakes her head, "I didn't have much time to plan this one. Usually they make more sense."

"And the others are... around?" Henry asks tentatively.

"A few, but they're mostly harmless. Here..."
Flynn pauses and holds out her arm.
A few moments later a small, avian creature lands on her wrist.
It's the size of a robin and seems to be formed from leaves. It's wings have the delicate veins and shape of a maple leaf. Small branches grow downwards to form talons and it's beak and torso are formed from hundreds of tiny, overlapping leaves.
It lets out a small trill that sounds like leaves rustling in the wind.

To himself, Henry thinks this is at least ten kinds of impossible, and a part of him responds with disdain that it took him this long to realize it."

"It is... pretty," Henry says tentatively "it is... alive? I mean it looks like a bird, it acts like one too?"

"I think it's alive. I've never seen it eat, but it seems to understands what I say."

Henry looks at the larger creature with a hole he made. He looks at his hand for a moment, once again the weird warmth.

He is so confused.

There is a long moment of silence and then Gabe finally says

"Can you make something like... a horse?" Gabe asks "So we don't have to walk all the way back?"

"I've never tried."
She closes her eyes, "I need to concentrate."
After a few seconds, a shape rises from the ground.
"I guess, that's sort of a horse? Maybe? Or it could be an elephant. Or a giant dog."
The creature stares at her with large liquid eyes, and she pats what she can reach of it's nose.
"No, you're perfect. Just not what I was expecting."

"Why are you acting like it has feelings?" Gabe asks sounding it very bewildered.

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