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This was the most shitty situation Kelli had ever found herself in, and that included being stuck in CARMA and an abusive ex-boyfriend. Having her identity as Firehawk revealed to the whole fucking world was bad enough but to lose her powers too? To have them ripped away by some deranged human supremacists, it made her feel violated and furious.
Since she got checked out by the medical professionals and informed multiple times, they had no idea how to get her powers back, Kelli had been hiding in the Heroes’ base. It was the one place she felt safe still. That didn’t keep the outside world from trying to find her though.
While she tried taking out her aggression on one of the punching bags in the training area her phone almost continuously was ringing or notifying her of new messages, all from unknown numbers flooding her with even more questions that she neither wanted to face nor answer.
“Leave me the fuck alone!” she couldn’t help but shout as she threw her cellphone as hard as she possibly could against the nearest wall, causing it to shatter on impact and the cheerful tune to die. Kelli let out a small sigh of relief when silence filled the room before she noticed one of her teammates in the doorway. “Sorry….I didn’t mean you.”
“I didn’t think you did, lovely,” Jude chuckled with a tinge of bitterness. Her face, however, was nothing but sympathetic. Being outed to the entirety of Pansaw was bad enough, much less publicly losing her powers to boot. So often Metas seemed to build their sense of self around their abilities. She wasn’t certain if Kelli was one of those, but she imagined anyone would feel lost if they were suddenly without their powers.
“How are you holding up?” came the gentle query, sliding into the room and perching on one of the weight lifting benches. She would never push her fellow Hero Squad member to open up about the entirety of what were likely swirling emotions, but she wanted Kelli to at least know that Jude was there if needed. “Spill the beans or attempted distraction?” If she went for the latter, well ... Jude had some ideas.