Disclaimer: I own none of these characters. This is my first story so bare with me..more chapters will be up soon. ratings and reviews are greatly appreciated (especially criticisms) Now on with the story.

"Character speaking"

"Character's thoughts"

Adrian succeeded in driving away Dr. Manhattan, Laurie's former love. Laurie's new love Dan the Nite Owl had been living with her in New York. They've been trying to live a "semi-normal" life while leading a life of crime fighting. All seems well in the city but it seems like Adrian has reared his head once again. Desperately wanting to expose Adrian's deceptive plan for how the world should live, Nite Owl wanted to go against Ozymandias. He's dedicated himself to stopping him even though his relationship seems to be suffering.

"Dan. It seems like there's a robbery going on. Let's go!" Laurie called to Dan.

"I can't Laurie."

"W-Why not" Laurie asked with confusion on her face.

"Just go honey. I'll meet you tonight." Nite Owl insisted

Upset at the fact that her own boyfriend did not want to go fight crime, Silk Spectre went ahead and helped the cops stop the armed robbers at the National City Bank. Arriving solo she gets to the scene.

"Thanx for coming Silk Spectre. Where's Nite Owl?" the officer wondered.

"He said he couldn't come. I guess. Now what's the situation?"

"Well we have a damn psycho in there with some heavy artillery. Maybe you can try to take him down. He's killed 10 of my men so you're going to have your hands full." The officer explained

"Maybe if Dan was here, I would feel better." She felt

"OK I can handled it." She lied knowing that she wasn't in the right state of mind to be taking on a skilled assassin that had just killed 10 of New York's finest. She preceded into the building where the robber was in the middle of cracking open one of the deposit boxes. "Hold it!" Silk Spectre ordered. The robber turned towards her. He gazed upon her, scoffed, and ignored her command. "I said hold it!" Without warning or hesitation, the robber threw what appeared to be a dagger towards Silk at devastating speed, hitting her in the thigh. "Dammit I missed." He exclaimed "Guess I'll have to do this from in close." The robber walked casually towards Silk who was trying to pull the knife from her thigh. Before she get it loose the robber kicked her a few feet across the floor.

"Damn Who the hell you think are?" Silk asked the robber.

"Are all you dimwit bitches the same?" He insulted "I am Viper and you will feel my venom." he boasts while landing blows on Silk. "Now get ready to die." Silk had given in and closed her eyes. "I'm sorry Dan. Good-bye."Her life flashed before her eyes until she heard the sounds of swords clashing and and gunshots rang. She finally heard a man scream in pain and then the noise stop. She decided to open one of her eyes and found Viper's head to looking like a Penz dispenser.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" Silk wondered. "Did Dan finally come? Couldn't have? That's not his style." She finally decided gather herself and bring what's left of Viper to the officer outside. "Here's your man?" Silk revealed. "Thanks Silk Spectre once again." The officer thanked her and she walked to the emergency truck to treat her wounds. "What happened in there? Where were you Dan?" All of the questions ran through her mind like Boston Marathon. Afterwards, she went to a bathroom and changed clothes. She decided to go to Central Park and clear her head.

Meanwhile Dan was searching for any leads that bring him closer to stopping Ozymandias' plan. He stumbles upon a building that was once a subdivision office for Adrian's company. He walks in to investigate the old building. Using his owl vision in his masks to observe the place he notices a piece paper with the words NEW OPERATION on it. Believing it would be useful he decides to keep it and take it back to his home. "Hopefully I can finally end this." A drone was hiding a corner undetected. Apparently, Adrian has been watching his every move.

"If he only knew what was going to happen." Adrian boasts.

"Everything seems to be according to plan, sir." His assistant agrees. "You want us to apprehend him now?"

"Yes. the sooner the better."Adrian orders. When Nite Owl enters his vehicle. He's ambushed by four of Adrian's foot soldiers, high-jacked his ship, and knocks him out with a drug. They steal Nite Owl and his ship go to where Adrian is waiting for him.

In Central Park Laurie was thinking about the events that transpired, and the way her life has been since Dan's new found commitment to bringing down Adrian. She recalls her relationship with Jon aka Dr. Manhattan, where it ended due to Jon's inability to be more human for her. She ended up with Dan just as Jon predicted, thus becoming one of the key factors, along with Ozymandias' framing of Jon, to his exile from Earth. "I wonder what happen to him. He's like another Jon. Unable to relate to me. He doesn't even look at me the same any more." While reflecting on her past and wondering what the future holds for her, a man catches her eye. He seems to be practicing Martial Arts even though his style looks foreign to her. She's amazed by his swift kicks and his agility. She watches the man like a kid watching the acrobats at a circus, never taking her eyes off of his movements. The stranger finishes his workout, and Laurie snaps out of her trans. She wanted to say hello but she catches eye with the stranger, whose look seems to be a cold and unpredictable demeanor. She shakes her head to snap herself out of her daydream and refocuses herself on her mission to save her relationship and make sense of what's going on.