Snap 5: Return.

I would start school shortly after my Discoveries. I knew that with these abilities, I would have to use them properly. So I started saving and helping people over the remainder of my weekend. A mugging here, a robbery there. Small stuff, I'm not yet strong enough to deal with larger things, not yet. I've been making progress towards my ideal, more buff body. If I can get stronger, I can help more, do some right in a world clouded in doubt for it's future. But it would appear that I'm... gaining fame. The Vanishing Vigilante, for one, I've been called. That doesn't matter, overall, for things would start changing wildly.

Nonetheless, Monday rolls around and I set off to my "first" day. I hop on the bus. it makes its way to the school. It was... a lot larger than I could've thought, 7 floors stretching across three whole blocks. I make my way up to my first period, English. I get a few stares of confusion, which turn to realization, and finally, to indifference.

The teacher says: "Alright, this is Aleks. He joined us late this year due to an injury on the first day. Anything you need to say?" She tilted her head to me.

"No... nothing."

"Okay then, you're next to Akemi. Akemi?"

A girl, obviously this Akemi, raises her hand. I walk over and sit.

"Okay, so, today is study group. Prepare for your Projects, Akemi, fill him in."

She nods and turns to me.

"Akemi's my last name. My first name is Ai, I'm your partner." She said softly, not out of shyness though, I can tell she has a softer voice naturally. Listening to Music in depth as much as I do improves my ability to pick up intricacies.

"Akemi... that's the same last name of my Doctor and neighbors... common name?"

"No," She chuckles "That's my sister and parents probably. She became a Doctor a little bit ago, a couple of years."

"Oh, well, let's get to this project. What is it?"

"Nothing much, we just have to make a poster depicting the 12 Labours of Hercules."

"Ah, I'm not good at drawing really, but I could set up the presentation of it all."

"That's fine, I can draw well. But, if you can't draw, how could you plan out the entire thing?"

"When you have as many Vinyl Albums as I do, you pick up a few art things here and there."

"Vinyls? You like music that much? Is that why you dyed your hair?"

"Dyed? No it's natural."

"Oh! Sorry, I've lived... a bit of a sheltered life. Your full name's Aleksi Ivanov, yeah? So you're Russian and that how you're blonde?"

"Yep," I noticed somethings been on her mind for a good minute. "Something up?"

"Ah... I wanted to ask, if you don't mind, how'd you end up in the hospital?"

"Mhm, guess you would wanna know that, but didn't they say?"

She shook her head no, her short black hair flowing a little. I noticed that like her sister, she was very pretty, but moreso cute than beautiful. I explained the situation, minus the whole gaining powers thing.

"Oh wow, I couldn't have done something like that," She said, as her eyes were borderline shining with interest "So heroic..."

"More like stupid, but they always did say the two are close. Anyway, let's get started, yeah?"

As we started working, we started hearing a few rumblings of some new students, but my instincts, led me to believe something was happening, and I would be a part of it.