Do powers make a hero? [OTA, dated to 'earlier']

[supaahiro]

Hiro Nakamura could not stand it anymore.

Certainly, he had made sure Charlie was safe -- he could not simply leave her unattended to -- but he could not, would not, simply stay safe while others suffered if he might be able to prevent it. That is not why Godsend sat at rest within his room. It was not something he could simply look away from

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[magneticxman]

Lorna is used to weird. The zombies were a new concept, but the idea was the same. People were in trouble. Good people who might not be able to protect themselves as well as she could.

She was the worst hero she'd ever met. She didn't like the life, she got no thrill from the work.

That didn't stop her from hovering over the zombie hoards, pushing them away from any living beings she could see. She'd seen the George Romeo films, she knew how zombies worked. Slow, shuffling, decayed, brain-eating things that were perversions of the people they'd once been.

She hadn't expected one to jump up and grab her, though she probably should have. Despite her heroic past, a very frightened scream sounded above the hoard of zombies, even as she pulled a metal shield around her body, to protect herself from infection.

[supaahiro]

A damsel in distress? Who can say no to that? Certainly not Hiro Nakamura, who gets himself in trouble with damsels a lot -- but not so often as his best pal Ando. (That's a whole different brand of trouble, really.)

He rushed it -- his illness had taken it's toll with his powers, but the strength of his arm was not affected at all. Godsend was the greatest of swords, able to remove heads and limbs without much effort.

"Miss! Miss! You alright?" He called, as he continued to clear the zombies away. "I am Hiro Nakamura! I am here to save you!"

[magneticxman]

Lorna watched the strange man wade in, zombie limbs flying in all directions. It was pretty impressive. She shoved the zombie that had grounded her away with a well placed kick, binding it with some of the metal she'd used to protect herself.

This wasn't going to last long, though. She would have to take a page out of Hiro's book. "Lorna Dane. If we get out of this pack, I'll buy you dinner."

She didn't want to risk flying with a passenger if the zombies could jump. "I guess we're fighting our way out."

The metal she had been using to protect herself surrounded her in sharp little pieces. She kept them away from Hiro, clearing a path between herself and the man.

[supaahiro]

"Lorna Dane?"

He knows that name! Thankfully, he does not have time to get distracted and being a raging fanboy, and instead points to the hotel. "We are not far! It is safe there!"

And starts slicing up zombies that might get in the way.