Zero To Hero

Zero

Cassius POV

It's an early morning as I wake to the annoying sound of my alarm, another day were I'm forced out of bed, to go to an annoying school, and live this sad a*s life of mine, well my life isn't really sad it's just me I guess I don't know why, my life is average no reason to be sad...well I did lose my mother at a young age and I just buried my aunt a few weeks ago, but other then that I just am no matter what I do, I wake up go to school then sometimes hang out with my bestfriend Joelle, then I'm either at work therapy or home, and that's my life everyday... a never ending cycle, but anyway time for school.

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And know it's time for eight hours of hell, did I mention I hate school? well if not I hate school. "Cassius!" I heard my oldest brother shout just before I was ready to head out the door, You know those days you have when every single thing aggravate you? you know the feeling? well yeah that's what I felt when I heard my name being called.

"What Sebastian?" {I asked annoyed} but before you think I'm just a d**k let me explain, I live with my two brothers because our mom and aunt is know longer with us, now Sebastian here loves to nitpick and get under my skin, everyday he finds something new to yell at me about, and at this point I don't think I could do or be anything good in his eyes, now my other brother Charlie...the middle child he's way easier to get along with because he actually seems like he cares about me unlike Sebastian. "Mrs. Davis called. you walked out on another therapy session?" {Asked Sebastian} "Sebastian come on man, It's early in the morning and I'm literally on my way to school, lets not do this right now" I said trying to avoid another argument with this men, "Cassius we didn't put you in therapy for you to just walk out when ever you want" {Responded Sebastian} 

"I don't go to therapy you yell at me, I go to therapy but don't stay the full session you yell at me, if I'm late to school which I will be in a few minutes if you keep me here any longer!, you're gonna yell at me!" the only thing Sebastian does best is anger me, and if he isn't angering me he's making me feel completely worthless. "Well maybe if you stop behaving like an immature little dickhead, then there wouldn't be any yelling at all!" {Sebastian yells back} "I'm going to school now, goodbye Sebastian" I say before slamming the door and heading to school. and to think I thought that I'd actually have a good day without being Angry at all.

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Blackguard city, the city of heroes and villains, well it use to be...let me explain, Years ago this city had a space program, made up of scientist and astronauts, they decided that they wanted to explore a planet that they newly found, long story short the astronauts found some crystals and brought them back to earth, then the scientist did experiments on them which caused an explosion that caused a huge mist to take over the city effecting some people giving them special powers, and everything was cool everyone got used to the people with a powers, but along with the powers soon came villains, and along side that came heroes, it was more heroes then villains because you know the heroes always wins...right? 

Wrong, one day out of nowhere this villain group named the sinister four emerged, with one mission and one mission only, they said they wanted to show the city and the world that superheroes won't always be there to save the day, and that's exactly what they did, thousands and thousands of lives gone, buildings and houses demolished, the sinister four left the city in ruins, The attack was the thing that took my mother.

Along with bringing the city to it's knees they also took out majority of the superheroes, there's like a handful of well known heroes left the rest either died in the attack or went into hiding, then after that the sinister four disappeared with out a trace and now when new supes emerge people don't trust or like them until they prove that they're not a threat.

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"Hi hi hi" {Joelle approaches me cheerfully at my locker} Joelle my best and only friend, the only thing that makes coming to school worth it. "Joelle it is to early to be happy, can you tone it down a bit?" "Okay sorry, so how are you this morning?" {Joelle asked}  Joelle is usually cheerful and nice but I could tell she was being a little to nice. "Why are being so nice?, what do you want?" "Well since you asked, you and Kyler are gonna hang out today" {Joelle implied instead of asking}  Like I said Joelle's my best friend and all, and I love her with all my heart but she's so annoying always trying to force me and her boyfriend to be friends, and maybe I would try to be his friend if every time they argued she doesn't come to me crying. "Why do you want me and him to be friends?" "Because he's my boyfriend and you're my bestfriend you two need to like each other, well you need to like him"{said Joelle} "What does that mean?." I asked before noticing her getting closer to me looking me in my eyes and says. "If you love me you'd go" Oh the love me card so manipulative she knows I use to have a crush on her and every time she says that she knows I'm gonna prove my love for her by doing what ever it is she wants me to do. "Okay I'll go but if I dislike him anymore then I do after today, then that's gonna be your fault" "whatever, meet him at the arcade by seven pm" 

The bell rings before I watched Joelle walk away heading to her first class and as I turn to head to my class I notice Thomas being picked on by Bruce one of the jocks that plays for the schools football team , before thinking about stepping in I realize my body moving towards them, "Bruce, come on man how old are you?" I said stepping in between the bullied and bully, "Why, is he like your boyfriend or something?" {Bruce said followed by laughter] "And what if he was?" I asked but I could tell that question made him uncomfortable for some reason I do not know of, but maybe Bruce as some soul searching to do, without saying anything Bruce just walks away.

I turn to face Thomas to make sure he's okay, I don't really know him well but we do work at the library together and even then we don't speak to each other but I always catch him staring like he wants to say something, "Hey are you alright?" "Yeah, you didn't have to do that but thanks" I have some sort of feeling he's lying so I try to make small talk, "Hey do you have to work later?" "No, why?" I know Joelle said it's gonna be me and Kyler but she didn't say I couldn't invite anyone, "Would you like to go to the arcade later?" "what, just me and you or?" "My friend is trying to make me bond with her boyfriend, Kyler do you know him?" "yeah he's friends with Bruce" { Replied Thomas} Great he's friends with a bully another reason for me not to like him, "Kyler doesn't mess with you does he?" "No, just Bruce from time to time" {Replied Thomas} "Good, and about Bruce he's not as tough as he makes himself seem, just knocked his a*s out if you have to"  Thomas starts to chuckle. "I'm serious" , or just come find me and I'll do it, anyways I have to get to class but if you do show up later we're heading to the arcade at seven" Thomas nods in agreement as we both walk in separate directions heading to our classes, he looked sad before but hopefully I cheered him up a little, and now I have a good feeling in my heart a little from helping him, For the first time in a while I feel not worthless, now I know this feeling won't last for ever but you got to enjoy the small things before they go away.

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Finally Home from school In the comfort of my room and now I can just relax until it's time to leave, "Cassius!" damn spoke to soon, Before I could answer back Sebastian bust into my room, "What do you want now Sebastian" " Why'd you walk out on your therapy session?" "Not this again"  "Yes this again Cassius, we can't keep affording to pay for these sessions just for you to not show up!" {Sebastian shouts angerly} another argument but I'm not even surprised. "So stop paying for them!, I never asked you to, you decided to put me in therapy!, and when I told you I didn't want go you forced me to!"  "So selfish, You act like you're the only one in pain, you act like you're the only one sad, acting like you're the only one dealing with s**t!" {Shouted Sebastian} "Well maybe you are the one who should go to therapy and stop bitching to me about it" Sebastian steps closer getting into my face. " Mom would've been so disappointed in you" " The same way dad always felt about you...what was it he use to call you?, oh yeah, a worthless i***t" I know that was a low blow but he started it, our mother had nothing to do with this, but I could tell anger flowed through his veins and a feeling in the back of my head was telling me to take a step back and I listened to it just in time of Sebastian swinging at me, he missed but he grabbed me and we started to wrestle and fight all over my room, moments later Charlie hears us fighting and he runs in to break it up. "What the hell is going on?!" {asked Charlie} Heated and full of anger Me and Sebastian just stands there in silence, "Okay since no one wants to speak Cassius go take a walk and cool down" {Said Charlie} "He started with me! why am I the one who as to leave?" "Cassius please just go" {Said Charlie]  

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still fueled with anger I decide I should take a walk, so that's exactly what I did. It's been a few hours since I left, now I'm on top of a cliff that over looks the city, I come up here from time to time to think or to just simply be, I'm not normally an emotional person but right now I couldn't help but let the tears fall, it may seem like I'm being dramatic over that little fight but that's not the only reason that I'm sitting here crying, it's from all the years of built up emotion, I try to talk about my emotions, and people may listen but it never feels like they care, it feels like I'm in a world filled with billions of people and yet I'm so alone. 

And know I sit here and wonder what will life be like 10 years from now, hopefully I don't feel the same way I do now years later, because right now I feel like my life as no meaning and no worth.       

But my pity party is over, I just got a text from Joelle asking me am I on my way, so I guess I should start heading to the arcade now.

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I've arrived at the arcade a half an hour ago Thomas decided to show up and Joelle decided to stay since I Invited Thomas, everything's going good right now despite my feelings towards Kyler but I'm not gonna let that get in the way of everyone's happiness besides this is a good distraction from how I was feeling thirty minutes ago, But all of a sudden I had that same feeling that I had earlier a feeling like something was about to happen I decided to ignore it understanding that this part of the city hasn't had a villain attack it in a while, but the feeling kept getting stronger and before I could warn the others there was an explosion knocking us and everyone around it down, I was out for a few seconds, I slowly come to as I stand up with my blurry vision somehow I manage to regain my eyesight as I look around to what once was the arcade is now engulfed in flames debris and further away I notice masked men dragging teenagers into a van, I look around once again but Joelle nor Thomas wasn't any where to be found "They took them! the masked men took Joelle and Thomas" {Kyler said frantically} I run towards the van followed by Kyler and  My heart drops as I watch the masked men drag Joelle along with Thomas into the van "Joelle!" Me and Kyler continues to run towards the van, but one of the masked men blocks our path to the van, this one was different he was big and his mask color was red while the others mask were white, He holds his hand out creating another smaller explosion knocking us back onto the ground, and before we could get back up he climbs in the van and they drives off, My blood ran cold in fear of what the masked men was gonna do to them.

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