06/03/18

"Jane, I need you to complete these papers by Monday, alright?" I look up at my boss and smile reassuringly.

"It's no problem, Karen." The dark haired woman grins happily, before looking at something behind me and sighing. "What's the matter?" I question, turning around to see Henry walk into the office, bruises up as usual.

"Is he ever going to learn how to use concealer?" My boss sighs again. "Maybe we should host a makeup session and invite him with us. It'll help him out a bit. Other people won't question him as much." She glances at me. "How does that sound?"

I laugh gently. "Sure. We can use my house if you want." At that moment, Henry walks up to us.

"What's up, Jane? Sorry I'm late again, Karen. I had a bit of a situation with, uh, a street pole. Yeah, a street pole. I ran into one, you know, usual street pole business." He looks very nervous while giving his explanation, and it makes me wonder how no super villains have figured out that Savior-Man is an office worker. Yeah, he's a terrible liar.

"Sure, Henry. Try not to run into any more poles," Karen places her hand on her hip, smirking ever so slightly. "and how does a makeup session at Jane's sound? 11:00 on Saturday? Great! See you there, Henry. Now get back to work." Karen rushes off before Henry can oppose her invitation, and he looks baffled for a minute.

"You'd better show up, or else!" I playfully joke, before turning around to my computer.

"But-"

"Back to work, boss said." Henry frowns, before deciding that arguing will be useless. He turns and heads to his own cubicle, ready to start working.

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"What? On Main Street? I'll be there right away! How many bad guys?" Henry jumps up halfway through the day, and starts heading into the bathroom. A minute later, Savior-Man steps out and comes face-to-face with Karen.

"K-Karen! What a lovely surprise! I mean, uh, hey, I have to go please let me through." He gets sort of panicked at the end, and Karen laughs, letting him pass.

"Make sure Henry gets back eventually!"

"I don't know a Henry, ma'am!"

"Good luck!" The entire office yells out, a few groans mixed in.

"Does this mean I have to do his work again?"

Just another day at the office.