Probably not the best idea to start another fic with three lives ones on the go already but oh well! I couldn't really help it and I do promise to keep updating my other fics so no worries on that front.
Anywho
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20 Years ago
For a night in the middle of April the sky was the clearest they had ever remembered seeing it. Gina Campbell and Anthea Stonem were cousins living in an old farm house they'd inherited from their grandfather. The house sat just outside of the city of Bristol, ordinary house outside an ordinary city were ordinary people lead ordinary lives.
This night with the clearest of sky's wasn't only unusual for the lack of clouds but because flashes of lightening lit up the entire night. Anthea and Gina sat at a small plastic garden table in front of the farm house, drinking wine and watching the sky, some people would have called them mad for not staying inside but they preferred to think of it as being somewhat adventurous.
"Oooo looks like it's getting closer" Gina said as a particularly bright flash went off less than a mile away.
"We should be alright" Anthea shrugged and refilled her wine glass, "and if we're not… at least the wines good."
Gina laughed and shook her head at her cousin, the two had always been close with their mothers being sisters and neither of them having siblings. When their grandfather had passed they decided to move into the house together, with more than enough space for the both of them and quietly sat just outside of the city it made it pretty much perfect for them.
Another flash of lightning, this one closer than the last made the girls jump slightly, maybe going inside soon would be a good idea, Gina thought to herself.
"Maybe we should go in Ant" Gina said and Anthea nodded in agreement, the two stood to head in when another flash came down mere meters away from them.
This one was different to the others though. Where the lightning had hit the ground stood a man with a large basket cradled in his arms. He placed the basket on the floor before stepping back and disappearing in another lightning flash.
Gina and Anthea looked at each other confused before staring at where the basket lay on the ground. Gina began to walk towards it cautiously, anything could have been in there for all she knew but she certainly wasn't expecting what she saw.
Five babies sat in the basket none of them older than a few months. Each child was wrapped in a monogrammed blanket with what Gina assumed was their names emblazoned on it. She picked up one of the children and held the girl in her arms, "Naomi" she read off of the blanket. She looked into the baby girls bright blue eyes that she swore could have matched her own and smiled. In years to come she would swear that this was the exact moment that she fell in love with her adopted daughter.
Anthea watched her cousin hold the child with such care that she walked over to the basket and peered inside at the rest of the abandoned children. She reached for the other girl and looked at her curiously, she had a small tuft of brunette hair and her already striking blue eyes stared back at Anthea with wonder, "Elizabeth" she read the name on the blanket.
Gina bent down, placing Naomi back into the basket before lifting it up to take the children inside out of the cold, Anthea followed close behind with baby Elizabeth in her arms. Once inside Gina made her way into the living room and placed the basket on the sofa before sitting beside it.
"Jonah Jerimiah, James Cook, Carter" she read the names on the three boy's blankets out loud.
"What should we do with them?" Anthea asked still cradling Elizabeth in her arms.
Gina looked on as her cousin cooed over the baby girl before shaking her head and answering, "I think we should look after them" she said "there's something special about them… I can feel it and other people might not understand, especially if we told them a man came down in a bolt of lightning and left them."
"You make a good point" Anthea concluded "okay… they stay."
Present day
I love nights like this.
Clear skies as far as the eye can see making it a lot easier for me to get around up here. Tonight's a Sunday which is a lot less hassle than Fridays and Saturdays that's for sure what with there being so many drunks around it makes it difficult to make out the real crimes from people dicking about with their mates.
I sat on the edge of the roof of a bank with three floors, keeping to the shadows so I could watch for danger but not draw any attention. That had been happening more and more recently, photos of us in newspapers, footage filmed on mobile phones shown on the news. They were calling us the 'super squad', really imaginative in my opinion and how on earth do three people make a squad anyway? There were really four of us but JJ was our eyes and ears behind the scenes, he'd never been one for the physical side of things, besides the boy was a complete genius he was better to us at home keeping an eye on things.
That left Cook, Effy and I to go out into the city, using our special gifts to help people. Effy could control the wind, she could use it to fly and create tornados but mainly to freak out whatever criminal came her way, the public named her 'Hurricane', I laughed when I heard it on the news but it kind of grew on her after a while. Cook was fast and never got out of breath that doubled with his keen eyesight made him a natural with a bow, he got christened 'The Bowman' because of it. As for me? I can jump… like insanely high, I don't get out of breath just like Cook and I'm stronger than a regular human being but it was the jumping that stood out to people most so I ended up being dubbed 'The Leaper'.
The leaper… I wasn't sure about it at first, it was weird having this… identity that wasn't just me anymore. I'm Naomi by the way, just in case you were wondering. Naomi at home but The Leaper everywhere else, well… when I'm in costume that is. I know I know, costumes seem a little clichéd but they help keep our real identities a secret which is great, especially since it means we don't have to worry about Gina and Anthea as much. My costume was nothing elaborate, black skinny jeans, black hoodie with a black denim vest over the top, black vans, black bandana to cover my face with my hood up, pretty basic but it certainly did the job, Effy and Cooks were much the same only Cook preferred not to have sleeves, easier for him to manoeuvre and Effy preferred to go without the hoodie and instead crafted her own separate hood.
But as I said earlier, I'm perched on the rooftop of this bank glancing over the people walking the streets, not that there's many of them at 10pm on a Sunday. I stood and stretched my arms before leaping from the top of the three story building and landing foot first on the ground before launching myself back into the air straight away, have I mentioned how much I love this? I leapt over a convenience store and landed in a deserted car park.
I was about to move again when I felt a presence behind me. It was familiar but not at the same time. I turned to see him my 'brother' not JJ or Cook, no their presence would have been comforting and not at all cold but this? This was, I could feel the chill run through my body as he walked towards me. He kept his hands in the pockets of his black leather jacket as he walked, soon he was close enough for me to see the dulling blue of his eyes through his floppy dyed black fringe.
"Miss me Naomikins?" he asked, stopping just over a metre away from me.
"Anthea and Gina have… but me? Not so much" I replied.
He smirked and cocked his head to the side, "really?" he took a step forward, straightening up and running his hands through his hair, "you don't miss your own brother?"
I shook my head "I don't need to miss my brothers, I see them everyday" I shot back "you… you are not my brother."
He laughed a bitter, dark, hollow laugh, "well then… I guess I'll be going" he said stepping backwards "but expect to see me again… Leaper" he spat my name.
"I won't be looking forward to it" I replied sarcastically.
A humourless laugh left his lips before a storm cloud descended, he hopped on as it began to rise back into the air, "the oncoming storm is fast approaching" he shouted before disappearing into the sky on the storm cloud.
I watched the spot where he'd been standing, everyone's going to love this, I thought. I was just about to jump when I heard a yell, it sounded like a young woman… can't be good, I thought. I ran towards the sound, it was close by from what I could tell. I leapt over a small building before landing beside a short girl with bright red hair, I guessed it was her that made the noise and was probably spot on judging by the six foot bloke standing only metres away from us.
"Best run along now mate" I told him in my best no nonsense voice.
"What are you gonna' do about it?" he laughed "gonna' jump on me or somfin'"
I saw movement from the top of one of the nearby buildings making me laugh, both the man and the short red head look confused.
"The fuck are you laughin' at?" the man asked angrily.
"Nothing" I shrugged "but you won't be laughing if you don't walk away" I told him seriously.
"What's tha' supposed to mean?" he shouted "know what? Fuck you and fuck tha' lil' bitch behind you… I'll take you both!"
He made to move forward but yelped when an arrow shot through the air, straight through his hand and into the wall behind him. Cook dropped from the building and came over, standing toe to toe with the man.
"Next time do what Leap asks… alright?" the man nodded, scrunching his face up from the pain in his hand, Cook turned to face me "I'll stay with him 'till the cops come, you take her home alright."
"Sure Bow" I turned to face the girl only just noticing how attractive she is, her hair was the brightest red I think I'd ever seen and her eyes just drew me in, they looked at me with such warmth even though I was a total stranger.
Cook coughed, snapping me out of my staring contest with the red head, "what's your name?" I asked.
She smiled slightly raising her eyebrow, obviously caught my staring then, "Emily" she replied in a voice much huskier than I thought she would have.
"Well then Emily… let's get you home."
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