Worthy

t h r e e

Everyone who could run fled at once. Like a flock of doves scared by the scream of a hawk, as autumn leaves driven before the wind, the multitude dispersed.

"You seeing what I'm seeing?" Bash asks Noah.

"Yep," Noah said. He gently presses a button on his neck, concealed by his blonde curls. A silver suit engulfs him and he lifts off the ground.

Bash's eyes grow wide as the ship crashes. The Earth shakes fearfully and people scream loudly.

"What's happened!?" Ben tells over the crowd, running out onto the balcony. Shantal, Natalie, and Thomas appear behind him.

"Wait..." Bash says.

There was an enormous explosion. It was as though a fist of orange flame had decided to punch its way out of the Earth. Windows shattered. Smoke and fire rushed out. Thousands of pieces of glass and steel, a deadly rainfall, showered down. Alarms - shrill and deafening- erupted. A huge bite had been taken out of the ground. Luckily, Bash shielded them with a large wall of ice.

Noah flies away to evade the explosion. Then, he sees that Dia was barely hanging off the building.

In an instant, he flies down, picks her up with ease, and flies away.

"Why didn't you go with the others!?"

"I don't know, Noah, how are you in Silver's suit!?"

"How did you know I was Silver?"

"You literally turned into him in front of everyone. I was too sidetracked to run."

"You're a fan?"

"Noah, there are literally people dying and there was a massive explosion, you want me to answer that now?" She narrows her eyes on him. He nods. "Yeah, I'm a fan."

This came as a surprise to Silver. Having "super-powers" went against some people's religions. The Rebels were discriminated against for things they couldn't control. And even if you don't have any powers, merely siding with those who do makes you a "sadist."

"Oh, my God," Shantal breathes out. "We don't have our suits, what do we do?"

"They're in the tower... wait. Thomas, can you do me a favor?"

Thomas' head perks up. He was already somehow in his suit.

"Go grab our suits from The Rebel Tower. Do you know where it is?"

"Of course!"

In a blink of an eye, they were all in their suits, prepared to fight.

Shantal shivers in disgust, "Did you-"

"Still getting used to that," Nat mumbles.

"How do you have my suit?" Ben asks.

"It's an enhanced version of yours. But, I felt that it was too good for you so I kept it," Bash said nonchalantly.

They hop off the balcony, Silver floating overhead, Dia in his arms.

"You can put me down now, I should probably get to safety," Dia clarifies. She fearfully looks at the ground.

"Nah, I like this."

"Hoe."

"Silver!" He hears someone yell from under him. It was Ben or Falcon. "Get her to safety."

"Darn it," he groans.

As the dust clears, they realize that the ship doesn't have a scratch on it. What was that explosion from?