It was Monday morning, the bane of every school age child and under 18 teenager. The sweet recess of freedom ensured at least partially from the weekend had slipped away during the night hours. Back to school it was for those too young to work full time and those too old to do so.

Becky Botsford and her younger brother TJ waited outside at the bus stop that was shared with at least 3 other children. It was chilly with the onset of Autumn. The ground was rather damp as it had rained last night and everyone who had walked over the grass for even a few second had the bottom of their sneakers wet. The air was heavy with the smell of earth. A heavy loamy and even partially metallic smell. The small group of children chatted occasionally in an attempt to speed up time spent waiting for the bus as if it had anything to do with the bus itself. Aside from the siblings none of the kids knew each other. Two of them were in different grades and the other three were on different sides of the building.

The bus came without fail much to the mixed feelings of the regular riders. They boarded, scrambled for a spot on the bus and then rode to the next stop where they would then find ways to pass even more time until they went to their final destination.

Becky Botsford was neither the first nor the last stop on the route as was many of the other children. However herbest friend, Violet, was. Violet lived more on the edge of the public school district area. If she had lived a block further out she would have been sent to another school and the two would never of had met. Violet was pale-ish girl with platinum blond hair. She wore her usual outfit that day, a purple shirt under a blue coverall/dress combo. She was the best friend Becky could ask for at times. They both shared a love for horses of any kind, whether they be real or not. Violet was always willing to lend an ear to whatever problems Becky was having at the moment.

There were some problems she could not tell to Violet though. Being the local Superheroine and all there were times where she had wanted to just rant to someone about every topic under the sun even though there was only one or two things that she was truly mad at.

They talked and talked of many things, worries of school, weekly events and strange dreams. The bus stopped once again to pick up another student, this time a boy.

Toby McCallister III was another blonde, but far from dumb. He was infamous for his love of giant robots and mass destruction. In all honesty though, he did it only to get attention from the heroine. The only person he really felt matched his intellect. He passed blindly by her, only giving Becky and her blonde friend a glance.

They talked and joked for several more minutes as the bus made it's way to it's destination.

It was just an ordinary average day. Well, as ordinary and average as it can get in a city full of people with superpowers and non lethal yet active villains.

For a moment though, just a brief moment, Becky saw something she never expected to see again.

A shadow of a man who disappeared over two years ago.

A/N: I still have to plan out the storyline for 'That which never was' so have this other story I've been cooking up. I have up to chapter 7 planned out so I can keep going with this.

Special thanks/shout out to VoiceActressKurutta on deviantart. She drew up a picture and we had a convo that inspired this fic.