Bystander

  I grab onto the mask the woman is wearing and yank it off. 

The woman has blonde hair with a series of gashes on her face, but the oddest thing about her body is her veins. Instead of being blue or purple, they are dark green. 

I'm guessing she was poisoned either during our battle or before it, but considering how she acted in her final moments I'm leaning toward the latter option. 

Luckily, no one will know I killed this lady due to my ability but I'm sure it'll be talked about in school before the government covers it up. I doubt they'll tell the truth about this woman's motives and probably say there's a serial killer on the loose. 

I push off the ground with my left hand and stand up, I turn around and start to walk away from the body dropping the broken pipe on the ground, I walk a few feet until off pure instinct I jerk my head to the right, 

I stare off into the darkness until I hear a loud gasp and hear hurried footsteps running away from me. 

Great, someone was watching me. I'm guessing it wasn't someone trying to kill me thankfully, just a bystander, but they'll forget about this in 24 hours. For now, I need to head back to my house and fix my wounds. 

I slowly begin limping towards my house as blood pours out of my wounds. It takes me around 15 minutes but eventually, I reach the stairs that lead to my house. I walk up the set of stairs and twist the doorknob with my bloody hands. 

The door swings open as I stumble into my room and enter my bathroom, I lean on the sink before opening a drawer and grabbing onto needle and string, I'm no surgeon but this will have to do for now, I slide my shirt off and throw it on the kitchen sink and,

Start stitching the wound on my side as I grit my teeth in pain. The process takes several minutes but eventually, I close the wound. My hand shakes as I reach out and grab onto my white t-shirt in the sink. 

I start ripping pieces off the shirt and wrapping the pieces around my wound making a makeshift bandage. With the main wound fixed, I take a deep breath, and look in the mirror in front of me.

None of the other wounds should kill me, as long as none of them get infected, but that gash under my right eye is unpleasant to look at. I need to steal some bandaids from a corner store this morning before school. 

I walk out of my bathroom before the sound of rain enters my ears. Rain? Maybe that'll remove all the blood on the sidewalk. That's extremely convenient for me. I look towards my alarm and see that the time reads 5:45 AM. 

I fought that woman for 30 minutes, I still have an hour and a half left until school starts, and I'm probably just going to take a nap, that fight really wore me out, I lay down on my back and quickly went to sleep...

An hour and a half after I went to sleep, I could be seen walking down the streets with a backpack on and a brown bandaid on my face. I was a few minutes away from my school, and just like I expected, 

Hundreds of students are talking about the random dead body on the street. The body was removed from the crime scene by police. 

I enter my school and head up to the roof. I was planning on heading to class today but showing up to class covered in wounds after killing someone isn't a brilliant idea. 

I walk out onto the roof before something catches me off guard. A woman is standing on the roof with her arms crossed and staring directly at me. She's wearing a school dress and black shoes. Her long brown hair flows in the wind making her look taller than she actually is. She is quite short only being around 5'3 

She stares at me until a grin appears on her face and she gestures to come by wagging her hand. I slowly walk over to her and stand directly in front of her.

"You're the one my little sister and I saw fighting last night, and you can't deny it. You're covered in wounds right now, "

She says grabbing onto both of my hands, cupping them together. I stare at the woman confused until a series of footsteps appear behind me, making me jerk my head back. 

A fragile woman with long blonde hair and blue eyes is walking towards me with a concerned look on her face. This must be her sister. 

" What do you want?" 

I say turning my head back to the woman in front of me. She quickly lets go of my hands and takes a few steps back.

" You see I'm quite interested in you, I have never seen someone fight so well. You see my ability makes me able to control the properties of elements, " 

" My power is suited to long range and you see with the upcoming exam being combat based, I think you and I should team up. I can keep my range while you fight up close and use your ability. "

So, the exam is combat base. This woman's plan doesn't sound terrible but she won't remember me in 24 hours, so it truly doesn't matter. 

" I would agree, but my ability will make this impossible. Besides, you can make a team with your little sister. "

I say to her. She looks at me confused before she speaks. 

"The exam can have teams of threes and to answer your question, the exam is happening in 5 days. Did you not know this? "

She said to me,

" No, I usually don't show up to class and just stay on this rooftop, but I think both of you can leave me be for now, "

I say to her, but she just grins at me again before she shakes her head, I look and stare at her until a small hand suddenly touches my back, I glance back and see the blonde-haired girl standing directly behind me, 

" You really don't have a choice. You're going to join us for this exam, or we will report you to the police and get you arrested, and you should be thankful. My sister planned on reporting you to the police but I intervened, "

So, this is her plan, she plans on blackmailing me, unfortunately for her, she doesn't know my ability. I only have to deal with this for a day before they forget me. 

I smack my lips and shake my head before speaking. 

" Fine, you got me, I'll join you for this exam, but what are y'all's names? "

" My name is Rebecca and my little sister behind you is named Sally. She isn't the talkative type so don't be surprised if she doesn't talk to you, but I'll see you after class. Meet us here tomorrow. " 

She says to me as I feel the hand touching my back slowly grow hotter, I was about to say something until the scars on my arms slowly heal, So Sally has healing powers, I wait patiently as the wounds covering my body heal, 

The healing is slow, which makes sense. There's a reason she was put in fourth school. 

" Thank you for healing my wounds Sally. " 

I say towards her but just like Rebecca said she doesn't respond, I feel her lift her hand off my back as Rebecca walks past me with a grin, she leaves the roof following Sally, 

It looks like Sally only healed the wounds that were visible, probably to stop me from getting investigated by teachers or the police. That ability is quite useful. I lay down on the floor and quickly closed my eyes trying to fall asleep.

But before I can, the sound of storming footsteps enters my ears as the door to the rooftop swings open and Mr Patrick exits out of the door glaring at me angrily. 

" David come to the Dean's office now. We need to talk about what happened yesterday!"

What? Surely 24 hours have passed, so how does he remember who I am?...