Arc 1 Chapter 3 : Mass robbery

It's a new day, my alarm on my phone vibrating besides my ear, waking me up exactly 6 in the morning again, sound of birds chirping can be heard from my bedroom window, which mean birds haven't even leave their nest yet.

With the sun didn't even radiate its' light yet, I get up from my bed and rub my eyes. Usually, I will hate to get up this early, but today and tomorrow will be different. I then grab my phone and check the date for today.

". . . It's Saturday. . . Glad I don't need to rush things for school today. God I wish I didn't have this kind of muscle memory. . . Always make me waking up too early."

I get up and go to my living room to do some light exercise to stretched my arms and legs, then head back to my house and take a cold shower to refresh my mind, wear my comfortable clothes and check my refrigerator hoping for food.

"Shit. . . No food. . ."

I close the refrigerator and open it again. . . No food.

"Dear constellations, I am writing full pray in my mind right now that today isn't the day. . . Please. . . "

I close and open it again and still no food, I really wish there's any food 'respawn' inside it when I'm doing that.

"Fuck, I'm so lazy to buy those groceries today. . . But if I didn't buy any, I'm going to die today. . . I'm damn tired of this world but at least let me die full. . ."

With my lazy ass, I decide to grab my wallet and head to groceries store, with today is fill with laughs of kids and few teenagers practice their magic, somehow,If don't feel much at them. Envy? No. Just a numb feeling

"Finally, I'm here. . . I hope this day is normal day, I don't wish for I suddenly gain magic or something. . . Just a normal day. . . Please, I'm begging to you, my luck. . ."

I head inside and take few meats, vegetables and some ramen noodles. Then I head to the counter and about to pay my things to cashier, that's when I sense a flick of magic spell on tip of his fingers while looking directly at me

Out of all sudden, he try to shoot his fireball to me, but gladly I manage to dodge it before it hit my face

That's when it was reveal that he alongside with few more robbers disguise themselves as customers before they also shoot barrage of spells to the guards that being caught off guard with their own elemental spells, killing them.

One of the guards got their left eyes Pierce by ice shard, the other one got his upper body turned 180° around with blood control spell. Both die without knowing they died since it happened so fast

"Huff. . . Didn't I just pray for today be a normal one?"

"I WANT EVERYONE TO PUT ALL THEIR BELONGINGS IN OUR BAG, IF NOT, WE WILL NOT HESITATE TO GIVE YOU A PAINFUL DEATH!!!"

"P-PLEASE. . . PLEASE SPARE MY LIFE-"

Just when that woman plead for her life, the leader put his palm on her head and burn her alive while his other man regenerate her to keep her burning alive making her screaming in pain just to prove his point, this thing repeated for about a few minutes until that woman plead for them to stop the torment and just kill her instead.

Her cries and screams in agony make some of them already crying, some of them already piss themselves cause of fear, some of them stared at those robbers with hatred, few more vomits at those gore scene

I should had screamed, or cried, or at least try to help the lady. But somehow the only thing in my mind is to get back home and cook myself a meal.

Huh, what the hell is wrong with me? I thought to myself while still look at the scene, almost emotionlessly

Suddenly, the grocery store ceiling seems to vibrate for a second which make all of the robbers paused their action and look up at the ceiling.

"What the f-"

Before one of the robber can finished their sentence, the ceiling collapsed with some force of kinetic energy, those robbers who had just recovered from shock try to hit her with their magic, but easily get stomp and send back to them with help of her telekinesis power. She then levitate me and others customers out from the grocery store. Just when I'm about to thank her for land me on the ground carefully, she suddenly shout at me

"Dan!"

". . . Yes?"

"Why you always put yourself in dangerous situation huh?! Stop making us worried about you for constellations sake!"

". . . Why are you guys always late to save peoples. . . Is this some kind of heroes trend?"

"It's not like we always here all the times. . . And you should instead thank me rather than complaining!"

She then put us down on ground and taking care of those robbers. . . I should introduce her, her name is Farah, one of the heroes which also my friends, as you can see she can use telekinesis power to the point lifting a whole whale is light work for her, so she is pretty strong.

While she hold those robbers at ground with her power, I decide to approach and talk to her.

"Where's Adam at? I thought he will be here faster than you. . .?"

"He's rushing to police station, if my guess is correct, he should be here any time soon with polices along."

"I see. . . Hey, did you know our school get attacked by demons yesterday?"

"WAIT! FOR REAL?!"

"Yeah. . . Some students die, few students and teachers are injured. . . But most of them is fine. So don't worry too much. School will open back next week after they plant shield machine. . . Fucking principal finally do his job"

". . . Dan. . . You always so calm about anything huh?"

". . . Isn't that a good thing? Keep your calm under every situation? "

"Yeah, it is good. . . But Dan. . . You're too calm, almost like. . . You're numb to things"

". . . Don't ask me why. . . Oh yeah, where you at when our school getting attacked yesterday?"

"Oh. . . I'm at my village visiting my grandma, she was sick yesterday. . . But now she's better."

". . . I share my condolences about it I guess. . . Huh. . . Guess I'm not emotionally numb, that's good to know"

"Heh, guess it is good, Dan"

Few minutes later, Adam then arrive with his super speed with few police cars arrived minutes later and they immediately capture all those robbers, some of them also try to reassure those victims with the terrifying moment that happened earlier. Adam then rush to me slowly and check on me.

"Dan! . . . You ok man?!"

"Yeah. . . Thanks to Farah that she manage to come in time before more deaths happen"

"Hey! Are you praising me or mocking me?!"

". . . Yes"

"Good to know you uninjured man. . . I mean you didn't had any power to defend yourself so we all are mad worried about you. . ."

". . . Huh, I wonder why you guys always so worried about me. . . "

My question being left hanging before they both look at me with dumbfounded expression

"The fuck you mean why? You're our friend, so we'll always worried about you" Adam dismissed my question with his smug expression

"Yeah! And you also help us to release our full potential right? So we always indebted on you about it." Farah supported Adam while her sparkling eyes and look at me excitedly

They then smile to me after saying that. . . For some reason I get butterfly on stomach feeling from that. . . Probably cause this scene play like a friendship cartoon. . .

. . . Reminds me of Steven Universe honestly

"Huff, you guys are nonsense. . . Anyway. . . I'm going back home. . . See you guys tomorrow I guess"

I then start walking away calmly while they continue back their hero's work. . . I'm just glad for one thing, and that is I finally can get back home and cook myself a meal.

But while I walk back to my house, there's actually feeling of gratitude that I should had tell them earlier. . .

". . . Damn it, I should had tell them earlier. . . Now how the hell I gotta stop my stomach from this butterfly feeling. . .? "

". . . "

". . . Thank you for the worry, I guess. . . "