I’m sitting in this lecture but my brain is not. Instead, I’m too busy trying to desperately figure out how I’m going to introduce Maria to Bryan and not get in too much trouble for letting myself get discovered.

My thoughts are interrupted by a buzzing from my pocket. I pull out my phone subtly to find that Bryan is calling me. I cancel his call and quickly pull up Hook chat to text him I’m in class. His response is immediate with a link to a news livestream. Right after, he followed up with “Watch this now.”

A pit drops in my stomach and I look around the room nervously. I get up and try to leave as inconspicuous as I can. Once I’m outside the room, I pull out my ear buds and plug them in while making my way to the bathroom. Clicking the link, I finally see the title of the stream: FBI announces Anti Super Powered Task Force. “Oh shit…”

I get into the bathroom and lock myself in a stall to watch what’s about to happen. About a minute more goes by of a murmuring crowd of reporters until a few people begin to step onto the stage. Camera shutters and flashes fill the air as several well dressed men and women position themselves in a line behind a podium before one last man walks out. “Oh no…”

He steps up to the microphone and clears his throat before addressing the crowd. “Thank you for coming today. My name is Ken Holden and I’m the head of the joint task force charged with investigating and stopping the recent rise in super powered individuals throughout the city. This includes the vigilante known as Burst-” I pause the stream and stare at the face of the man who’d been in my bed just last night.

“Oh shit.”