"You could try shooting lasers from your eyes again." Danny suggested from the opposite side of the room.
I groaned, burying my head deeper into my pillow. "And go blind again? No thanks."
"Come on, I'm sure you can figure out how to make that not happen."
"Can we just establish that I'm not Superman?" I mumbled.
"No."
I moaned lifting my head up. "Why don't you try shooting icicles from your eyes?" I shot back. "I don't have to be the only one constantly 'training.'"
"I did, when I was seven." He said idly twirling my watch around his wrist. "It didn't work, though I did figure out I could make myself a nice set of ski goggles from the experience." He smirked. "And I'm not the one who's been caught fourteen times sneaking out of the tower."
Of course, he had to bring that up again. Just because Steel had a knack of running into me every time I left the tower, didn't mean that he had to set Devoto on permanent watch duty.
I knew the risks of being about and about with Surge on the rampage. Who didn't by now? But seriously, if he'd been icing planning to do something, wouldn't he have done it by now? What was he waiting for? That's what I'd been trying to figure out. Surge's over all plan. Right now it seemed like total chaos, but there had to be a method to his madness. shouldn't there? So far, the answer appeared to be a no.
"Give me some slack, Devoto. Have you seen me even attempt to leave since Steel made you my babysitter?" I sat up, twisting to put my feet on the ground.
"No, but then again, you know I can easily stop you." He smirked.
I shivered. "Yah, the human ice cube, I know that trick." He also knew that I could melt the ice around me now that I had my abilities. Shooting heat lasers from my hands came easily to me. So easily in fact, that they were the main reason why I kept getting caught my Steel. It was like they reacted to instinct instead of thinking. "I'm sure I can get to a point where I can melt the ice before it even forms from how well I know it." It was his favorite attack on me.
"Well, why not try it out then." He replied pushing away from the wall. "I'm sure a few scorch marks can't hurt me."
"I'm sure the tower staff are tired of giving me new bedrooms." I replied. "You know I can't control the intensity of the beams." I'd burn nearly a hundred holes into the building because of it.
"And you wonder why Steel won't let you out of the tower."
"I haven't hurt anyone yet when I've been out there!"
"The keyword there would be 'yet'"
I threw up my hands, accidentally shooting beams towards the ceiling. Danny casually flung his own hand out a wave of ice rushing over my head to take the brunt of my accidental use of powers. I groaned flopping back onto the bed as droplets of ice and water cascaded down on me. "Shoot."
"Like I said." I could hear the laughter in his voice. "The keyword to your statement would be 'yet.'"
"Shut up."
Layters!
--> Issac
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