"What the hell is a 'Pitt'?"
Orion spoke out.
"A place where hell awaits
The old man responded.
"Ok."
The group of people in black spandex taking away the air mattress caught his attention and so, he turned around to them. The rest of the group was looking all around the huge chamber, making faces of awe and excitement.
The layout was exactly like batman's bat cave with this one having a few extra spaces for reasons yet to be explained. "Dude, this is amazing! Is this seriously gonna be our hideout?!"
The way Percy ran around like an excited little girl was really am odd sight to see.
"Jets, Sport Cars, and even a train..."
Iker was looking over the edge of the split floor and down at certain aspects of the cave.
Wasn't that good at fighting, but when it came to vehicles, he could've been considered a prodigy.
"Isn't this a bit too much for us?"
Accel seemed to be the only one who thought this was far too much for them.
"Too much?! If anything, it's too little!"
Cathleen screamed out, spit traveling several feet in the air and landing on Accels face.
"This place will be your training ground! Here you'll be provided with essentials that'll help each and every single one of you become stronger than I! Yes, that even includes Iker!"
Orion smacked his lips and turned around towards Cathleen.
"You shouldn't lie to 'em, Cathleen."
"Yeah, don't give me false hope!"
Iker intervened and said.
"See? He even knows himself. Look, there's no way for him to actually-..."
"Strength isn't just about muscles or what quirk you have, you idiot."
She tapped on side of her head and continued.
"Leadership. Communication. Empathy. Open Mindedness. These are Strenghts aswell.."
Her words and loudness was meant for everyone to hear, but to Orion, felt like they were being directly told to him and him only.
"Mental Strength can turn out to be your biggest weapon in battle. Grit, blood and sweat. Power alone is not enough to defeat someone, y'know?"
"I see what you're saying but nah. I personally think that I could defeat anyone with my quirk, but hey, that's just what I think.."
Orion shrugged and started walking away. 'Overwhelming power can beat just about anything. I however do truly understand what she's saying. Just feels like it doesn't apply to people who were given God-like abilities.'
A person can only do so much against someone with overwhelming strength.
'I pity the weak, becuase I know how it feels TO be weak. Makes you feel like there's nothing you can do, no matter how hard you try.
Though like she just said, your head and how you deal with things are your true strengths. If you're weak willed, you only think of losing and giving up. If you have a strong mentality however, you'll do anything to win, no matter the difficulty.'
"That one has a mouth, doesn't he?"
The old man said.
"He does. But it's all in good nature. Somehow, someway, he'll make sure that Iker becomes strong, no matter how much he jokes about it. He jokes a lot, but means well at the same time."
"Does he? With the wrong person though, he could ruin dreams or even someones' goal."
"Maybe so.
May...be...so.
If Orion does end up crushing someone's dreams, that'd technically mean that persons mentality was weak in the first place.
I mean, no one with an Actual Dream would easily give it up, would they? And not to some stranger that hardly knows them to boot."
That silenced the old man completely who had then started stroking their beard.
"Okay, guys. Get familiar with this place. Look around, explore, do all the stuff kids do when they found something cool.
Ah, also, I should remind you that in exactly 2 hours, you'll start your training. That means you'll have to go back to the school and pick up your Hero Costumes."
The kids seemingly ignored her with the way they just started walking off. "Smh. In exactly 3 days, those little turds will shake in the presence of my breathing alone! Watch!"
Cathleen punched her palm, a vein visibly showing on her forehead. "From what I've seen, only four of 'em will.." The old man said, nodding and stroking his beard. The more he stroked it, the more it agitated her.
"Hey, Xp.."
He looked over, his hands going behind his back.
"How long did it take for you to grow that beard out again?"
"Hm? Ah, well, I started around the 1700's, I think-"
She grabbed his beard. It appeared slick on the outside, but when you actually got a feel for it, you'd instantly notice how crusty it was.
"What...are you doing woman?"
She yanked and a loud, deafening scream rang out. It made the cave shake slightly, bits and pieces of rock falling down.
"So are you excited, Rin?"
The two walked together, waving at these solider-looking guys along the way.
"Excited? For what?"
She tilted her head, confused as to what she should be excited about.
"You know, excited because well, actually I don't know. Apparently we're in hell, so there isn't much TO be excited about.." He scratched his head while she giggled.
"We can look forward to controlling our powers together, so that could be fun.." She held his hand and said, "While I love how soft you feel, I want others to also touch me without getting harmed. I can't be a hero like that..."
He nodded, saying, "It really does feel nice to be the only person you're able to touch, but yeah, I get what you're saying.
I don't know how I'd live knowing that if I try to touch someone or if someone tries to touch me, they'd end up hurt and injured.."
They only chances she gets to physically touch someone is only when shes battling them. That's why almost no one comes out unscathed after a physical confrontation with her.
A frown slowly formed on her face as her mood quickly saddened. Seeing this, his grip on her hand tightened as he came to a stop and took her other hand.
She looked up and stared into his eyes, seeing her reflection in them.
"Listen. There's nothing for you to be all sad about. Trust me when I say that this problem of yours will be dealt with in no time. Day and night, we'll work on it together. Until you can safely touch another, I'll always try to be there with you, helping you each step of the way. Alright?"
"Jeez, I get it~... You care for me.."
She chuckled, embarrassing Orion as he realized how cliche and cringey he sounded. "Thank you for worrying about me though. I can't let you do all of that without some type of reward though, right?"
She pulled his right hand up, stuck out his pointer finger and bit on it. He felt everything like her lips, her warm breath, the toughness of her teeth.
'Just imagining my finger as something else~..'
He thought with a sigh of releif.
"We're too young for naughty things like sex, but you don't mind me teasing like this, do you?"
He in fact did not mind teasing.
"I do not. So please, continue away.."
She smirked and took her finger out. "Well, you'll have to earn it from here on, okay~...?"
She lead him on like you would when giving a dog a belly rub, but stopping mid way.
'Aw, that sucks. And she said we're too young for sex which is true. Heh, imagine I'm like in novel or something and people are mad about this. Like were kids bro. You wanna see child porn or something?'
He could laugh all day at his wild imagination. Actual, he has done that before.
Anyways, he wasn't mad that he wasn't getting any in the near future. He'd much rather develope their love than ruin it with emotionless sex.
'Without the passion or love, sex ain't fun nor enjoyable. Can't say trust me on this one since I'm a virgin, but you just gotta believe me..'
They arrived at an elevator and Rin pressed the down button. "Oh, I've caused such a big reaction~..."
She said to no one and Orion didn't think much of it. That is, until he realized Rin was looking between the door and floor in front of himself.
"I told you that he gets provoked easily. And you alone seem to really have a knack for triggering it as well.."
He sighed while she smiled, laughter escaping from her mouth. The door opened and the two went inside.
'Heh, I guess she's really is excited about all of this. She never talks this freely, even if we are alone.
She thinks she can hide her emotions behind that tired look that's always on her face, but I can see right through it. I can see riiiiight through it..'
The door closed and the two went down, deciding to explore the rooms on each and every single floor.
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An: 2 chapters in a summer. I hit a new low.
Don't worry however! Because like I said before, I don't plan to drop this before...was it 100 or 200 chapters...?
Well, you all are getting atleast 100 chapters. I have so much of this story to tell and things will get deeper, so yeah, expect a well deserved 100.
Maybe 150 chapters? I really don't know. And then again, with the way I released chapters, well all be dead before the series finish.
But Yeah, I'm Sorry For Rarely Posting. No excuse besides my lazyness.
Anyways, see ya on the next one.
So in prolly like a year.
A joke.
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