by Kevin Rau
Stephanie offered to fly Lance home, but he was too stubborn. Lance arrived home quite dirty. His injuries were bad enough to make jumping more difficult than normal and the landings very difficult. He was far too proud to admit to any embarrassing crashes, although the smudges and green leaf stains on his costume said volumes. Stephanie had to pull those from his thoughts.
Lance called Jessica Angel and gave her a phone interview to fulfill his promise. He was all too gracious in expounding upon everyone’s work in the case. He offered to have the group meet her for a photo, but she said that she already had photos to use from the scene.
Stephanie and Rael made their way down to H.E.R.O. headquarters late in the afternoon to fill out the rest of their paperwork and become official members of the Homeland Extraordinary Response Organization. Rael was very pleased at being paid. Captain McCain asked them to keep an eye out for Shrinker, but declared her a minor evil without all of the mutants to do her bidding.
Stephanie fretted about class the next day, and her challenges with being around groups of people. The possibility of studying her own genetics and capabilities was an exciting prospect, however. Also, she believed she would be able to try some tests for Tina, though she had her doubts as to transmission of powers.
Lance was glad he had Mondays off at Score! He ate, and then rested for the evening. While still extremely battered and sore, his massive strength allowed him to move about the house fairly easily and with minimal muscle movement.
Rael reflected on the bloodlust. It was still there in him, the survivor woman showed that. Stephanie let him know that her pheromones worked to dull the hunger. She promised to help him get past it.
All of them recognized that this was a major turning point in their lives. No longer were they simply student, bouncer and carpenter. A new generation of supers had arrived. More heroes, and more villains would come out of this meteor shower, and Metrocity would need all the help it could get.
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THE END
Of H.E.R.O. - Metamorphosis
Following are Chapters 1-5 of H.E.R.O. – New Markets
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