Prologue 2

Speedy

Mia was tired. Tired of hearing about Roy. About the old Speedy. She knew she had big shoes to fill but she could not keep up. She just knew it. Ollie was a great guy for taking her in and helping her out after her father put out a ransom on her head, but he was dense as hell. He doesn't notice Dinah Lance being in love with him. He didn't notice Roy's downward spiral until it was too late and he still hadn't noticed Mia's own tailspin. She was using a performance enhancing drug to help her keep up with Oliver.

"Mia, finish getting dressed, we're going out in 5 minutes."

"I'll be ready soon." She shouts while getting the steroids ready. "Come on, just don't enter the room Ollie, don't enter the room." She inserts the needle and injects it. "Whew" She rolls down her sleeve. "Ready to go ollie!" she shouts leaving her room. Little did she know that when Ollie enters her room to wake her up the next morning that he would find the steroids.

*A month later.*

Now located in a drug rehab center even Ollie hadn't visited her, but now her cousin had arrived for a visit. Problem was she did not have a cousin. "Hey Mia, It's nice to see you."

Terra

"Mom, do I have to go to school?" Terra asks while putting her shoes on near the door.

"Yes Terra." her mother says not looking up from her cup of coffee.

"But the kids are bullying me again."

"That's nice Terra."

"You aren't listening to me."

"Of course Terra."

"You are insufferable!" Terra storms outside and walks towards school. "Stupid mom, with her stupid stupid job, stupid laws saying I can't quit school, and stupid welders not letting have the apprenticeship."

"Hey weirdo!" Someone shouts towards her. A moment later a baseball hits her head. Knocking her out.

When she comes to she hears a bell go off. "Augh, what time is it." She reaches for her phone, and sees the clock. 12:23. "Shit she's gonna kill me." Unlocks the phone sees 3 missed calls. "Im dead, im sooo dead." The phone starts ringing. She answers immediately. "Uh Hey mom. How are you?" She says trying to not sound worried.

"Terra! I told you to go to school why am I getting a call from them saying you are not there!"

"I uh was sort of attacked by a bunch of a-holes in their car, they threw a baseball at me."

"Uh-huh. Sure. Now GET TO SCHOOL!"

"Yes ma'am." She ends the call and begins running towards school. She busts through the door and the superintendent was in the office.

"Why are you late?" the superintendent says snidely.

"I was attacked by some students." she showed her head to the superintendent where the baseball made impact made impact.

"Did you see who did it?"

"No." she admits.

"Then how do I know you didnt do it. You mom was just on the phone with me saying how you were asking to get off of school. Show up to class from now on or we'll send truant officers after you for skipping."

"Whatever." She walked down to her shop class. 5th period, only missed almost half the day.

"Hey guys, look who decided to show up!" Some of the people from her class shout. She walks over to the welding station and start putting together my mirror for for her final project. She turns on the torch and starts fuzing some of the metals together. Suddenly a hammer flies past her head and crashed into the mirror.

"Flanders, suspension!"

"That is it!" She grabs a shard of glass and throws in back in the same direction.

*hurk*

When she turns around she sees the glass shard lodged in a boy's throat. "NO!" suddenly the glass comes flying back to her hand. The boy begins bleeding out.

"Terra?" the teacher stamers fearfully.

She runs right out the door and starts sprinting through the woods. Her phone starts ringing as she sprints through the forest. She grabs her phone and throws it against a tree. "What to do what to do!" She continues to run. "Hide, gotta hide. Where to go. Where to go!" She collapses on the ground and begins to cry. She feels the ground begin to shake. She looks around and instead of trees there are clouds. She screams out. It's too much. Nothing has gone right. She sees a city skyline in the distance. "I just want to die." she stammers as the rock she is floating on begins to fall.

Shazam

Billy was always too young. He was too young to save his family. He was too young to stop his company from being stolen. He was too young to get a job to help support himself. Then he wasn't. Then the wizard gave him his powers. But he was instantly back to being too young.

"You cannot inherit the full power. As you grow and as you get experience you will become stronger than all of the gods." The wizard says.

"But what about now! What can I do now?"

"When you change you will have the abilities of someone better than the best olympic athletes on your earth."

"So I'm nothing!"

"No not nothing. You will grow. Being around experienced people will help. You will learn more quickly. I believe there will be many people of your age with powers gathering shortly."

"That is perfectly vague. Don't you have any more specifics?"

"I'll send you there now."

*Krak BOOM* lightning strikes and as the smoke clears Billy is standing with a batton pressing against his throat.