[ WP ] Story about a superhero whose powers come with a strange side effect or drawback

I wake up, and I know the Other has been at it again. It comes to me in bits and pieces, dream like. A vague smell. A loud scream. A smirk in the dark. 
 
 I get out of bed and walk slowly towards my closet. I change out of my soiled clothes and into something fresh. I've got to find the source of the scream. Could of been a child. Or a woman. It's hard to tell, and the fleeting glimpse never tells the whole story. 
 
 I move my hand in front of me and concentrate on the scream. There is the usual faint blue light I see. I turn in a circle and it gets dimmer. I head in the opposite direction. 
 
 I continue to follow the blue light, it gets stronger without getting brighter. More vivid. The Other always likes to play it close to home. I've got to get there before the police do. A complication I do n't want. 
 
 I almost lose my way, but the blue light is never wrong. I trail it up to a building, a flight of stairs, and into an old apartment. The smell from my dream hits me. It's shit. It's a small apartment. One door is open, leading to the bathroom. The other is closed, probably to a bedroom. I hold my hand out, and the blue light glows intensely. Behind the closed door. 
 
 I'm nervous. This never goes well. What else can I do? I'm the only one who can stop what the Other has done. I gather myself and open the door to the horror that's inside. 
 
 The girl is cut and bleeding. She's tied to a chair that is facing the door. She's conscious; she sees me and screams. It comes out as a muffle and I see a blood stained white cloth shoved in her mouth. She starts gagging and coughing as the cloth wedges itself further in her mouth. 
 
 I approach her and she tries to get away, panic fueled eyes fluttering over me. I do n't say anything to calm her. Nothing I can say will calm her. I move around the chair and untie her. I back away and say a single word, `` Go.'' 
 
 She stumbles and drops to the ground. She quickly crawls away, stands with the help of the door frame and runs. A few seconds later, I hear her screaming. This time, it's loud and piercing. The same one from my dream. 
 
 I quickly leave. I make my way home -- using the power exhausts me. The more I use, the more I feel like sleeping. I find myself sleeping more and more lately. I do n't understand it. It only came to me a few weeks ago. I hope I can find the Other before my power runs out. If it runs out. 
 
 I see my bed and plop into it gratefully. Within moments I'm asleep. 
 
 ~~__________________~~ 
 
 The Other wakes. He's pleased. He looks around Hero Boys apartment and stretches contentedly. What happens when Hero Boy does n't wake up? Will The Other get his powers? He hopes so. That'd be fun. Until then, he'll just have to focus on making Hero Boy tired. Time to find the girl again. Or maybe someone new. The Other smirks and walks into the world.
