H.E.R.O. - Horde by Kevin Rau

repeated myself, and then he happily spent some time blasting the hose at me.  The hard spray didn’t hurt me, though I had to hold up my mini-dress at times.  I thanked him and walked out of the drive-through building.  Psystar hovered in the air, waiting for me.  She smiled and shook her head.  I grinned at her.
    Then we flew back to the cafe.  The flight had me mostly dry by the time we landed back at the café.  Sure enough, the two guys still sat at the table we'd been at.  They were watching something on a pair of tablets.  Mike noticed us enter and commented to Jim.  A moment later, the tables in the room began clapping - everyone was looking at us.  Then I noticed that we were on the news currently on the TVs in the corners.
    I smiled and waved to everyone.  They both grinned as we walked over and sat down.  They'd left our sandwiches there, so we began eating as the men unloaded questions at us.
    One of the employees brought over a bunch of napkins and some water for Psystar to wipe off the blood.  She thanked them and cleaned herself off.  Before we finished the second, larger bullet worked its way out of her left shoulder.  She almost threw it away, but ended up wrapping it in some napkins to bring with her.  That was odd.
    After we ate and Psystar was cleaned up she brought her clothes to the restroom and put them back on.  We left the cafe and I motioned the guys over to me.
    I said, "She's injured, guys.  You get to fly with me back to the University."
    Both of them glanced up and down at me and grinned broadly.  I realized that I was a good five inches taller than Jim, and six or seven inches taller than Mike with my heels on.  I smiled, although I held in my laugh.  Behind them Psystar put her hand on her forehead and shook her head.  She had a partial grin on her face.
    I asked, "You okay?"
    She nodded, "Oh, yeah, just enjoying the, well, show.  Sometimes I feel like I get too good a look at things through other people's eyes."
    I was confused - I stared at her hoping for a better answer but she didn't offer one.  Sometimes she is just plain confusing.
    I shrugged and looked at the guys.  "You ready?"
    They nodded eagerly.  I pulled them up against me, the squishy feel of them reminded me not to crush them against me.  They certainly didn't feel as firm as Black Tiger's muscles did.
    Then it hit me.  Here I was, I was taller than the average guy - based on these two at least.  I was far stronger, harder and tougher.  They both looked at me with, well, I thought it was adoration.  I was a super hero.
    I took a deep breath and grinned.  After making sure they were secure against me I leaped up and shifted my flight gear up to soar into the air.  I'm positive I heard Psystar crack up giggling as I moved away from the ground.  I slowed down and hovered for a moment in the air, waiting for her.  She was definitely giggling down there.
    After calming down, she did her weird step-thingie to fly up after us and led the way to the University.  It only took us a minute or so to get to the large campus.  I tried really hard to land softly - but failed miserably.  We landed with a jarring thump.  I'd shifted the guys up a notch to make sure their legs didn't hit the ground when I touched down.  My ankles and legs didn't feel the impact, but they would probably get injured by the hard landing.
    I gave them a gentle hug before parting with them.
    I stepped back and said, "Have a great afternoon guys."
    The two men looked like they were stunned by the landing or something.  Both were in a stupor - they were grinning dumbly.  Psystar began giggling again.
    She stepped up and gave me a parting hug.  The way she pressed up against me I swore she was going to try to kiss me.  Maybe she liked me a lot more than I thought she did....
    She said, "Oh, man.  Now they are going to be telling everyone that you are a hard body all over.  See you later, Diva."
    I said, "That’s good –