Mysterious Myth (angel/RH apprenticeship)

s Angel felt Red Horn tug her arm away from her even though she was just trying to help Angel just pulled her hand back close to her chest clenching as she watched the pro hero get up on her own, and flex out some stiffness. She then just listened silently as Red Horn told her that it was a plan for her to take care of squaring away the big bull before telling her to take all the credit, and that she earned it. Though what truly stunned and proved to Angel that the pair had a long way to go was hearing Red Horn one of the people she looked up to and idolized tell her that she didn't care what the winged hero did. As Red Horn walked away to square away the villain Angel just looked back with a slightly sad gaze as the news crew got closer.

"Right.."

Once the camera crew reached her Angel made sure to put her usual trademark grin on her face as the newswoman with the microphone rushed up to her looking all excited. Angel just crossed her arms as she waited for both the news woman and the camera woman to catch their breath. As they did Angel would steal a quick side glance back toward Red Horn who was using the warped metal of the car that had gotten broken in half to wrap up the bad guy. This caused Angel to let out the smallest of sighs before her smile returned, and she mentally prepared herself for the fountain of questions that were about to come. The news woman would make sure the Camera woman had a good Angle on both of them, and got a quick shot of Red Horn working in the background before turning attention back to Angel.

"Excuse me Miss! You are the junior hero known as the Angel of Mercy isn't that right!? You were the first hero on the scene, was that because you knew about the situation first, or are you just faster mobility wise."

Knowing she had to be careful how she answered the questions she was asked she smiled, and pointed her thumb back at Red Horn as she was working throwing in a small chuckle.

"I'll be completely honest with you ma'am, Red Horn was the one who was properly notified by the Public Safety Commission. I just happened to see your brave coverage on the news while at U.A., and knew that I would be one of the fastest on the scene, and that I had to hold the bruiser off until a more experienced hero could arrive. Red Horn and I have worked together before, and I'd like to believe we make a good pair."

Angel smiled, and placed her hands on her hips as the news woman nodded seeming to be satisfied with the junior hero's answer before moving back.

"From what we could see with our cameras, you managed a rather creative move of using one of the street mirrors against the villain's beams.  We also saw you create your own mini tornado combined with the criminals flames which seemed to temporarily free his captives? What brought that ideas on?"

When asked this question Angel would point toward one of the remaining street Mirrors since the one she had already used had already been smashed.

"It's science Ma'am! Once I saw that the bad guy's beams acted like lasers I knew that they could be bounced off of a reflective surface, and since the street mirrors are curved in an oval like shape I knew I could angle the beam away from myself and Red Horn and back at the foe. As for the flame tornado, as I'm sure you know fire needs oxygen. Well if you can create a tight enough tornado or wind funnel in a counter clockwise motion the flames get drawn into the vortex. As for how I knew the flames would free the civilians you actually have to thank Red Horn for that one. I saw her use her strength to deflect one of the bad guy's flame blasts, and once I saw the flame sparks hit and free the civilians I knew what I had to do. My aunt has this saying as an artist. Improvisation is the cornerstone of Innovation."

This explanation caused the News woman and the camera woman to look at one another and nod before the news woman decided to continue.

"Toward the end of the fight Red Horn seemed to also be turned to stone briefly. Was this just carelessness?"

This question caused Angel's smile to fade slightly causing the News woman to gulp slightly.

"I was the reason she was turned to stone not her. It was my idea to duo rush our foe, but the bad guy used my mirror trick against us, and caught us off guard. Red Horn fought perfectly. There are some situations that not even the most experienced hero could be ready for."

Hearing the junior hero quickly take the blame for the Pro being returned to stone caused the News woman to smile.

"That is a very honest sounding response. Most Junior heroes would be trying to boast and brag if they accomplished what you did today, and yet you are giving the pro hero most of the credit, and if I'm not mistaken I heard you tell your foe that if he surrendered that you would try and get his sentence reduced to community service. Why would you do that after what he did to those young women?"

To this question Angel took a step forward, and held out her hand as if to silently tell the news woman to hand over the microphone which she did as the camera woman zoomed in on the hero's face as Angel spoke directly into the mic.

"It was an honest offer, and I made it because I full heartedly believe that people are inherently good. Bad guys are just good people that have had tons of bad things happen to them. I truly believe that if we continually show those troubled souls mercy, love and compassion especially when they are young that we not only would see a large drop in the crime rate, but a new age of unity in the world between the quirker and quirkless peoples. Everyone deserves a chance at redemption, not instant condemnation. I do not know this poor souls story, and so I can't speak for him. As a fellow mutant however I can make an educated guess that because of how his quirk makes him look he was turned away by those he did try to treat positively. Maybe if those around him would have treated him better when he was younger what happened today could have been avoided. So I emplor all the adults and especially the youngsters watching this right now to not instantly judge a person because of their quirk, disability, eccentricities, and even their quirkless status if they are indeed quirkless. Lastly and most importantly I have a message to all my quirked brothers and sisters out there. Those of you with the power, desire and skill to do so protect those without. If you put your mind and heart to it, even if you don't have a quirk you can be a hero too."

Without another word Angel would just hand the microphone back to the News woman before spreading her wings and taking to the sky. That was the message of the Angel of Mercy, and hopefully with enough time and effort it would help the world evolve into one of understanding, love, kindness and unity. As Angel flew back toward the school she also found herself hoping things would smooth over between her and Red Horn soon.