***Alley***

It was a Mexican Standoff. Three guys against a teenage girl. There was no way Michelle could make it out of this... Or was there?

The leader motioned for his two friends to get MJ.

On instinct, she dodged the left and rights that were thrown at her. That was easy until the other guy jumped in and threw his punches.

One swift hand to the left, the other to the right. Block, block, dodge, block, dodge, kick. She kept it going until she popped one of them with a backhand to the side of the head and a kick to the groin for the other.

She resumed her defensive stance as the two whined, but she just focused on the leader now.

"Eh, figures," he sighed as dropped the girl and walked up to MJ. "You want something done right, you gotta do it yourself."

He towards her calmly and with a smirk on his face.

"I think you need to be taught a lesson, little girl."

This made MJ chuckle. "Who're you supposed to be, huh? Casey Jones? Is this 'Pain 101'?"

MJ burst out laughing even more. She couldn't help herself making that 90's Ninja Turtles reference. When you're boyfriend watches a lot of old movies, you tend to get hooked on some things in there.

Unfortunately, her fun was cut short when she felt a hard slap across her cheek and then a left hook on the other. The hard blow knocked her to the ground.

"Lesson number one, don't talk too much."

"Well, that was unexpected." She said as she felt her face. There was a cut on her right cheek. When she looked at her fingers, there was a little blood on them.

'Ok. Now I'm pissed,' she thought as she picked herself up.

Once she was up, she popped her neck and got into a defensive stance once again. Only this time, she brought her fingers into a clawed position.

He threw a punch but blocked it with her hand. Then he tried another with a kick. But she blocked it and caught his foot and pushed him into a wall. Running up to him and slamming him into the wall. He brought up another fist, but she brought up her arm, blocked it, and pushed it away before clenching her fist as hard as she could and went for his cheek, knocking him out.

The guy went unconscious and fell to the alley floor. This gave her an adrenaline rush. She was ready to keep going, but she was also glad that it was over.

Finally remembering the real reason she stopped, she walked over to the girl who was hiding behind a dumpster further in the alley.

"Hey, you ok?" She asked as she held out her hand to help her up.

The girl nodded as she slowly picked herself up. Michelle helped her up and picked up her backpack and a few other things that fell out when she was jumped and handed them to her.

"Thanks," She said taking her bag. "Thank you so much. I wasn't sure I'd make it outta that alive."

"No problem, I guess all that martial arts training and gymnastics paid off." Michelle chuckled as she patted herself off.

"Oh my god! Are you ok?" The lady asked pointing to the cut on MJ's cheek.

"Um yeah, I'll be fine. I'll just take care of it when I get home. What about you, you gonna be alright?"

The lady nodded as she looked herself over one more time. "I'll be fine. My brother, on the other hand, he's gonna be pissed when he hears about this. But I suppose he'll be happy to hear that some mysterious girl saved me."

Michelle let out a little laugh at that. "Again, it's no problem. Michelle. Michelle Jones. My friends call me MJ."

"Whitney. Nice to meet you." She shook the other girl's hand.

"You too." MJ handed Whitney her backpack before dusting her off. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm good."

"Alright, let's get outta here!"

MJ ran out of the alley with the girl and they ran all the way into the subway.

So, how did MJ do for her first fight? I was trying to find a way to make it difficult, but easy enough to where she could still win. Now, be honest...did you expect Spider-Man to swing in and save the day? LOL! Honestly, I did kinda want to do that, but I wanted you guys to see MJ fend for herself and show that GIRL POWER is strong. So yeah. But the fun is just beginning. So I hope y'all enjoyed this and I can't wait to bring up the next chapter. Til next chapter, NINJA-BOY OUT!