Warren sighed. Of all the people they could have chosen, they chose me to inspect suspicious activity. Seems like at the single hint of an experiment, everyone thinks of drugs. Sighing again, he hung upside-down from a tree using his scarf, watching the house. Of course, it is logical. After all, after the Enhance incident, the government needs to be careful. Otherwise people will question if they're really safe here.

Noticing movement, he crept closer to the house. A person was walking past the window, holding something.

Wait, holding someone. The creature that was being held was kicking and seemed to be trying to get away. Warren felt the hair on his neck rise up as he saw the shadow of a knife. Taking a video as evidence, he clipped a camera to his shirt and quickly kicked down the door.

A small girl was being held down. There were dirty bandages on the ground. He noticed the tools nearby. They must be harvesting her magic. Why?

"What are you doing?" He asked the person holding the girl. The person let go in surprise, and the girl ran behind Warren.

"H-help..." She said, shaking from fear. He noticed many cuts on her arms and grimaced. Looking back to the person, he glared. 

"What are you doing with this small child?"

"I- uh, my wife and I both have a medical condition that has to do with our magic, we're having her tested for it."

"That would have been done at birth, in the hospital." Narrowing his eyes, Warren signaled to someone through the camera. "And you're a bad liar."

The man glared at Warren, then said, "Who are you? You're trespassing, and you're also breaking and entering."

Warren looked at the child, then back up. "You're neglecting and physically abusing a child, and I am an underground hero. I'm here because the government wanted me to inspect your house for drugs, but if I'm guessing correctly, you're trying to use her magic to make things to help villains."

"Clever, aren't you?" The man asked. His wife was slowly coming up behind Warren. "Too bad you're in the way."

Quickly, Warren jumped to the side, picking up May with his scarf. He had dodged a strike form a frying pan at the last second. Putting May outside, he quickly shut the door and leaned hard against it, then called the police.

"Police, this is Warren, and the house I'm investigating, they're guilty of child abuse. I'm not sure what else, I'm currently barricading the door." The people inside slammed against the door, almost shoving Warren aside, but he managed to hold it closed with a small grunt. Then, he went back to the phone. "Here are the details. There's a small child who looks to be about six, and she was neglected. They were harvesting her magic, cutting into her arms. Bring bandages, she's currently bleeding."

Someone ran over. "Mike!" The person yelled, quickly helping to hold the door closed as the people slammed against it.

"Thanks, Zack. Make sure the child is okay."

"Got it!" Gently picking up the child, Zack winced at the pain magic, but it wasn't too strong at the moment. "Hey, what's your name?" He asked gently.

"...it's May.."

"Hi! I'm Zackary, and that's my husband, Warren. We're here to rescue you, okay?"

May nodded. Zack noticed the bleeding and moved her to one arm. Reaching into his pocket, he took some clean bandages and wrapped her wounds.

Suddenly, Warren shouted, "GET DOWN!" Shoving the two to the ground, he saved them from a gun shot through the window.

"Mike, are you okay!?"

"It just grazed my shoulder, I'm fine." Zack had cushioned May using magic, so she was fine, too.

Warren quickly ran back to the door, but it was too late. The parents left the house. Zack sighed. "Cover your ears, May."

May covered her ears. Zack shouted. 

His voice made the windows of the house shatter, and the people fell to the ground, covering their ears. Zack stopped to take a breath, and Warren quickly tied up the villains with his scarf.

May uncovered her ears, then started giggling.

"What is it?" Zack asked.

"Well, usually it's me who's the one tied up."

Zack and Warren exchanged a glance of worry, but said nothing about it.

Soon afterward, the police came. Zack and Warren explained what happened, but May had fallen asleep being held, so she was left alone for the time being.

"Please call us as soon as possible so we can get information from her, Okay?" The chief asked as he helped load the villains into the car. 

"Got it," Warren said. Zack nodded.

"We'll need to figure out a home for her, but for now, you two take care of the child."

With that, the police drove away.

Warren sighed. "When I was called to do a mission, I never expected to get a child."

"Hey, look at the bright side! We saved someone innocent, and we'll be saving her again from the foster care system!"

After a second of thought, Warren nodded. "Yeah." Leaning into Zack, he sighed. "Let's go home."

With a quick kiss, the two walked home in comfortable silence, holding the sleeping child between them.

The next few weeks were going to be rough.

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Yeah, I like this a lot better than the rushed version! And without her brothers, it'll be a lot easier to develop the story. 

Anyway, if you're still reading this, thank you for reading the author's note! Here's a special treat for those who read it. May's biological parents' names are Archard Windwalker and Arianna Windwalker.

See you in the next chapter! Bye!