I opened the door to my flat and sighed. I went to the kitchen to eat. I was getting hungry but was too lazy to cook, meaning I'd just warm up some canned food I found lying around. I went to the kitchen to get a pot but I was stopped by Save, sitting at the table in the dining room, that connected to the kitchen and that I would enter or see regardless, as it was technically part of the hallway. I groaned and looked at Save.
"What is it this time?" I asked the lady from the ACS as she looked at me. "I thought I told you to retire for weeks." "Oh, shut up! You know I am not really part of the ACS and that I fly solo so to say. I got my shit together after talking to a friend and now let me eat I am starving." I said as I pushed myself past the lady. I did notice but ignored the fact that she was dressed in a business casual style. I sighed as I looked through my cupboard of canned food, rummaging and debating on what I should eat now.
I grabbed a can of Goulash, a Hungarian dish I really enjoyed. It was a can of Benorr, what I assumed was a brand of canned food. They typically had decent to good food. I opened it and dumped the delicious insides into a pot and put a lid on it before I started to warm it up. Save approached me and sighed. "You saw Peacebreaker kill Peacemaker. The number one hero. He saved your ass a few times remember? I am surprised you aren't shocked or terrified. I thought especia-" Save said and I chuckled a bit and looked at her while I leaned on the counter. "I don't care about my life anymore. You know that very much. I told you. Plus, you can't bypass the Krempton-Law. No one is invincible or immortal. A strong healer? Have muscles that are effectively metal? Sure. But not pure immortality. Even Peacemaker knew that. And I am not immortal or invincible either. My fur is sturdy but can be easily burnt, unless physics prevent it like in my first fight and it doesn't cover my entire body. All areas where my fur is not is effectively a weak point. Guess why I try to end things quickly. Plus, Andreas was not a hero I liked. He was the governments superpowered and drugged out lapdog. Sent out to take care of Major threats and announced Number one hero by the Government as to legitimize him. Not saying he was a bad hero though." I cut her off and then quickly added: "And even if I liked Peacemaker, heroes die Save. Heroes die. I shouldn't be the one to tell you this but: Heroes die. It is nothing new to me and it shouldn't be anything new to you either. It never was nor will it ever be. I may die in combat as well. Maybe tomorrow maybe in a week. Who knows?" I said and looked at her with a sigh. "You should speak more fondly of the dead. I know you don't care about religion but it is basic human respect." The around 45-year-old woman in front of me said. "I am not disrespectful. I am honest. There is a difference Save. If I was disrespectful, I would list all the damage he does to his surroundings and how he wouldn't be number one hero in Austria if he wasn't a government experiment. I'd be doing that instead of stating my opinion." Save had nothing to add after I said that. She just shook her head and teleported away, highly likely because she knew what I said was true.
I noticed the bubbling of my meal and cursed. I took it off the heat and got a plate quickly. I poured my food in and hoped the pot wasn't ruined. I put it in the sink and filled it with warm water and let it soak to make it easier to clean. Some of it had burnt into the bottom of the pot. I got a spoon and tabasco and dumped quite a lot of the spice into my food before stirring a bit and placing the plate onto the dining table. I started to eat the brown dish. It smelled horrible but the taste made up for it by far. It had the smell of burnt food but it wasn't and I ate it without complaining. That's a lie. I did complain and cuss at the smell a bit but ate it regardless. I had made it spicy just as I liked it. Goulash had to be spicy. In Hungary they dip a pepper in a huge pot to get the perfect level of it and it is glorious as of taste. Some would highly likely think that it is too spicy but I liked it. I always had. I finished eating and went to clean the plate and pot. Once I was done, I stepped onto the balcony and lit myself a ciggie. I started to smoke and enjoyed the peace of the current situation. No paparazzi chasing me, no one that I needed to save, not even Save that could annoy me, life was good. I smiled as I looked at the playground under my balcony that was mostly empty anyways. I groaned when I saw that a group of kids ran onto it. They weren't teens. They were actual children, if I had to guess probably primary school. I just hoped they wouldn't get too loud. I extinguished my ciggie, which was smoked halfway and put it into the ashtray that looked like and older oven, in the chimney and told myself I would finish it later, not wanting to have annoying kids interrupt my smoke break and I entered my flat and closed the door to the balcony.
Save appeared in her home again. She shook her head and got into her suit before she teleported to the crime scene. "Tell me we have good news and a lead on Peacebreaker." She said and looked at the now number ten hero Investigator. "I got nothing. The suit he used in untraceable. But I assume Peacebreaker wants to take out all heroes starting from the top and going down." The hero said and looked at Save. "Those aren't good news Investigator!" She said visibly mad and teleported away and into her office and typed out a report for the rest of the ACS. Someone had to hold their head out for this and it wouldn't be Save.