Under Arrest
Hero dragged Villain into the precinct.
“We’re… here…” Hero panted.
Two officers came and took Villain to a power-suppressing holding cell. The police chief came up and gave Hero a clap on the shoulder.
“Nice going, He…ro?”
Hero had nearly collapsed under Chief’s touch. They sniffled, straightening back up as much as they could manage.
“S-sorry,” Hero said.
“Are you feeling okay?” Chief asked.
“Yeah, I’m- *cough*- I’m fine.”
“They’ve been coughing and sneezing all evening!” Villain called from the cell.
Chief gave Hero a stern look, like a parent that caught their child stealing from the cookie jar.
“Hero, go home. We’ve got it from here.”
Hero shook their head, turning to leave.
“I’m okay, Other Villain is still out and about and- *cough*- they aren’t gonna catch themselves so…”
Two officers blocked the doorway.
“Hero, last chance. Go home”, Chief warned.
Hero sighed, which turned into a string of coughs.
“Fine.”
…
Hero was caught half an hour later by the officer on duty.
“You were supposed to go home, you know,” Officer said, cuffing Hero’s hands behind their back and helping them into the police car.
“Did you have to cuff me?” Hero whined.
“Chief said if we caught you on the street to bring you in,” Partner said, “…doughnut?”
Hero gave them an incredulous look.
“Ah, yeah… right. I’ll save one for you.”
…
“I want a lawyer!” Hero coughed.
“How about some fever reducers instead?”
Chief handed Hero two pills and a paper cup of water. Hero begrudgingly took them and swallowed them.
“You gonna take that for prints?” Hero asked as Chief took the empty cup.
Chief crumpled it up and threw it in a trash can.
“Yeah, the mask kinda makes it hard to get I.D. on you,” Chief smirked.
Hero settled back down on the office couch. Officer came in, draping a blanket over Hero while Partner left a glazed doughnut with a napkin on the table.
“Ooh,” Chief said, wiggling their fingers.
“That’s for Hero,” Partner said.
“Oh…”
Hero groaned, their head swimming. They still had enough internal fortitude to take the doughnut Partner had left for them.
“If that fever doesn’t go down in a couple hours we’re giving you a police escort to the hospital,” Chief said.
“It’s just a cold,” Hero argued, their mouth full of doughnut.
“The thermometer read 102.6!” Chief said.
“I run hot.”
“Oh yeah, the ice powered Hero runs hot.”
Hero was going to argue some more, but it was starting to hurt their throat to talk. They settled for rolling their eyes and closing them. When they woke up next, they would be in another police car on their way to an urgent care facility. But on the bright side, there would be another doughnut waiting for them when they got back.
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