Heat-Haze Day - A Champion One-shot

Heat-Haze Day

Hello!

This is my first one-shot based on a comic. I had to admit I get in comics really recently, like two months ago, and I somehow fell in love with the Champions and all their members. And a few weeks ago, I was listening to "Kagerou Day" (or "Heat-Haze Day" in the English translation) from the Kagerou project and I remembered the issue two of Champions 2019 and I was like "Hey but using this song to do a one-shot can be pretty cool actually". So I did this.

Warning, this is an angst one-shot with the presence of death, so do not read if you don't want to see them dying.

I did not have a beta-reader on this OS, so there may be some mistakes. Don't hesitate to tell me them so I can correct them.

You can also listen to this playlist of different versions of the song during the reading if you want ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYZy1mPF7PT4uNoXZhV29vVqnGBJA8XTp )

Hope you will enjoy it!

oOo

      Miles difficultly stopped himself to remove his mask. Even if his costume was thought to perfectly fit his powers and hide his identity, it was not thought to be wear in summer, when the atmosphere became stifling and everything you touched sticky. Under the tissue, he completely wiped out. The drop of sweat infiltrates everywhere between his suit and his skin, even in his own eyes. It was the 14th of August, sometimes past 3 PM, and the weather was incredibly nice. Actually, it was even too nice, as the dazzling sun reminded him of.

     He could feel only by staying under this cruel and abnormal warm sun that global warming was not a joke, even if some people said otherwise. Everywhere he looked at, the air waved because if the temperature gradient, and the road looked wet, even if it was enough hot to literally bake an egg on it. The weather in Brooklyn was already hot, but California was way worst.

      He looked back at his current work. He was here because of this heatwave. A few days ago, an important wood fire started. It as now shut down, but it had the time to damage a town. At this moment, the Champions decided to come in order to help to rebuild. Right now, he was, along with Ms. Marvel and Nova, at the warehouse of a construction company, looking for all the equipment they needed. And while he was waiting outside, standing next to a truck, his two friends were negotiating with the company.

     Speaking of them, they came out of the office, chatting with each other. In the arms of Ms. Marvel, a black cat purred while she was petting their soft fur. Miles asked:

"So, how did it go?"

"Pretty well" smiled Sam. "We could have everything we needed for a really low price."

"But the others contacted us" added Ms. Marvel. "It is too hot today, and there is a risk the fire restart. In the case of, the authorities asked everybody to evacuate."

"So what are we going to do?" asked Spider-man.

"Nothing" sighed the young girl. "Unfortunately, our powers are not really efficient against a fire. Viv said that we should just leave for today, in order to rest and to have enough energy for the reconstruction tomorrow."

"I see... And what about this little guy?" said the boy from Brooklyn.

"He entered in the office, probably looking for some coolness" laughed the heroin. She rose her head, looking at the sky while saying. "You know what? I kind of hate summer."