An hour had past since the fight against Rhino, Shocker and Jack O'Lantern and Katrina and Marco were now at the police station having amended their statements, in the eyes of the media the two teenagers were being treated as heroes for standing up to the three Supervillains but to their parents it was a whole other story.

"Okay, that's your statement amended." Howard sighed as he signed the paperwork and glanced up at Katrina who was sitting across from her dad at his desk. "If you had just been truthful from the beginning it would've saved myself and Jenny some headaches, not only from my boss but from the public defense attorneys assigned to the thugs who assaulted you and Marco yesterday."

"I know." Katrina responded as she ran a hand down her face. "We were just more concerned with how people would react to us being mutants, we didn't even think about how it would affect the case against the thugs."

"I understand that Katrina but the only way you can help your case is to stop lying." Howard responded before Jenny brought him a drink. "Thanks Jenny, can you get something for Katrina?"

"Sure." Jenny responded before turning to Katrina. "Anything you want in particular?"

"I'm not picky." Katrina shrugged her shoulders and Jenny walked off, once her dad's partner was out of earshot Katrina turned to Howard. "So, does mom know yet?"

"She knows, I was at another crime scene when she called me." Howard responded before he accessed a file. "You know how I told you and your mother to only call me at work in emergencies? Well seeing you battle three Supervillains on TV qualified as an emergency, everyone might see you as a hero for buying enough time for Spider-Man to arrive on the scene before the three villains could get away, but your mother was extremely worried about you." Howard said as he reached into the file. "And I can't say that I disagreed with her, did you even have a strategy for taking on those villains?"

"Aside from buy Spider-Man enough time to show up and let him finish off the villains? Not really." Katrina admitted, and Howard frowned. "It's like I said back at the alley, we didn't even know the full extent of our powers and we still don't."

"You realize that if Marco wasn't able to protect himself with his powers, he would've been extremely injured or worse, right?" Howard asked simply, and Katrina hesitated before nodding. "Kat, I know its pointless to try to dissuade you from becoming a Superhero, but you need to understand something." Howard added with a sigh before passing two pictures to his daughter. "Have a look at those."

"Err, okay." Katrina responded before turning over the two pics and immediately regretting it, it was the crime scene photos of the murders of White Rabbit and Mr. Fish and she quickly passed them back to her dad whilst barely preventing herself from vomiting. "Dad, if your trying to scare me off being a Superhero then showing me the corpses of two Supervillains isn't going to do it." Katrina added once she regained her composure.

"I wasn't trying to." Howard responded as he put the pictures back in the file. "What I was trying to do was show you that your actions have consequences, you were ready to head into battle with supervillains using costumes knitted by Marco's little sister for Christ's sake, she may be two years younger than you and Marco, but I don't know many sixteen-year olds with access to Kevlar armor."

"We wouldn't have needed it." Katrina asserted, and Howard shook his head. "Between my flying abilities and Marco's force shields we would've been safe."

"Even though you just admitted that you didn't know Marco could put up those shields until the fight started?" Howard asked, and Katrina hesitated before nodding. "Katrina, I've been a police officer for a little over twenty years, both here and back home in China." Howard responded as he put the file away and leaned on the desk. "Do you know how many promising young officers I've seen get gunned down by crooks because they got overconfident?" Howard asked, and Katrina shook her head. "Neither do I, I've lost count over the years which is why you need to hear this." Howard added as he locked eyes with his daughter. "Being heroic is fine but if you're not careful then you'll just be another name in the obituary, I'd rather not bury my daughter before she turned twenty-one because she suddenly got access to superpowers and I'm sure that Marco's father feels the same way."

"And knowing how strict Marco's dad is, I bet he's getting an earful as we speak." Katrina thought as she glanced towards the area where Marco was sitting. "Are we done here? I thought we were going straight to the hospital after the statements were amended?"

"We will be, you should be thankful that I was able to convince the insurance company to cover your injuries." Howard responded with a sigh and Katrina nodded. "We're just waiting on Marco to be done with his father."

"Better make myself comfy in that case." Katrina thought as Jenny brought her a glass of water and she took it.

*meanwhile*

"Man, I can't catch a break!" Marco thought as he leaned back against the chair, like Katrina he had been sitting in behind an officers' desk, in this case a different officer who had been at the scene, and after amending his statement he was waiting for his dad to pick him up and take him to the hospital. "Dad's going to read me the riot act for getting involved in that battle and pretty soon everyone will know that me and Kat are mutants! At least things can't get any worse."

"Here's your drink Marco." The officer said as he walked up to Marco and the eighteen-year-old glanced up seeing the tall, African American officer and he took the drink. "Hey, I know your dad's going to get on your case for putting your life in danger like that, but you and Katrina did the right thing back there!"

"And in the process, outed us as mutants." Marco sighed as he glanced towards the TV which was showing footage of the battle between the two teens and the three Supervillains. "Katrina may as well kiss her athletics trophies good bye because her old school is going to be asking "how long did she know she was a mutant and how many times did she use her powers to win" and I may as well kiss any hope of a social life at mid-town high goodbye!"

"It won't be that bad." The police officer responded as Marco took a sip. "If nothing else, you'll have your girlfriend Katrina for support."

"We're not dating, we're just friends." Marco responded as he shook his head. "Though I would be lying if I said that I didn't enjoy the kiss I shared with her earlier as part of the cover up." Marco thought before glancing up at the officer. "Truth is, we've been friends since childhood, we just find the idea of us dating to be weird."

"If you say so but I know plenty of married couples who started out like that." The officer responded as Marco took a sip from his drink. "Katrina's parents included."

"Yeah, she mentioned that the other day." Marco nodded in response before wincing as he heard a familiar voice.

"I want to know where my son is." Marco's father demanded as he walked up to the receptionist and once he identified himself the receptionist pointed Marco out to his and he marched straight over to his son. "Marco, what were you thinking?!"

"I'll give you some alone time with your son Mr. Gordano." The officer said as he stood up and started to walk away. "If you want anything just give me a shout!"

"Will do." Marco's dad said before pulling up a seat next to his son who took a deep breath. "You and Katrina could've been killed! And you had Sophia making costumes for you?!"

"I know dad, believe me I was the most vocal opponent against battling those Supervillains, especially since I don't know the full extent of my powers." Marco added before taking a deep breath. "And then there's the elephant in the room."

"You and Katrina are mutants." Marco's dad responded with a nod once he understood what his son meant. "How long have you known that you were mutants?"

"Since the carjacking, Kat's powers awakened first and mine awakened a few seconds later, once we dealt with the crooks we figured making the leap to Superheroes was the next logical step." Marco responded with a sigh as he ran a hand through his hair. "Using our powers to fight off common criminals made it seem so easy, especially after we tested our powers in Central Park earlier, but fighting Shocker, Jack O'Lantern and Rhino was a wake-up call for both of us."

"I hope it was." Marco's dad responded before putting a hand on his son's shoulder. "I'm not going to disown you because you're a mutant. I was accepting of Sophia's lesbian identity and I'd be a hypocrite if I did disown you, and I know I can't stop you from using your powers for good but I'd rather you'd have more training than just testing out your powers in the park with your girlfriend, you got lucky when Spider-Man showed up to take care of those Supervillains but there's no telling if your luck will continue or not."

"Trust me dad, no one understands how lucky we got back there better than me." Marco responded with a sigh as he turned to his dad. "I get the feeling that this is a stupid question but is Sophia still working on the costumes?"

"Once I figured out why she was making those things I ordered her to stop." Marco's dad responded, and Marco sighed in response. "Come on, we'd better get you to the hospital to get treated."

"Yeah, sure." Marco responded before standing up and following his dad, once he saw Katrina following her dad out as well he figured that their conversation was over as well. "As soon as we get this over with I'm going to find some way to pay back Sophia for the time she wasted on the costumes, at least the rest of the day will be quiet right?"

*meanwhile across town*

Whilst Katrina and Marco were off to the hospital to get their injuries treated and Shocker, Jack O'Lantern and Rhino were being carted off to jail a crime of a different kind was happening over in Brooklyn.

"Everyone stay down!" The Spider-Man villain known as the Squid commanded as he and his henchmen entered a small convenience store with the intention of robbing it, as soon as the shoppers saw the Supervillain they wasted no time in getting down and he marched straight up to the counter. "Put all the money from the till in this bag or one of these customers will regret it!"

"You got it man!" The teenaged store clerk responded before opening the till and emptying the contents into the bag that the Squid had provided.

"I may be starting small but from now on no one will laugh at the Squid!" The squid thought as he snatched the bag with one of his tentacles. "It's time to clear out boys, move out!" The Squid commanded his followers and most of the henchmen left the store in a hurry, all except one who approached the Squid. "Didn't you hear me? I said move out!"

"You are not the one who gives me orders Squid!" The henchmen responded before producing a shotgun from his outfit. "And you will never give orders again!"

"Wait…." The Squid never finished his sentence as the henchmen fired his gun hitting him in the chest and causing him to flip over the counter landing near the teenaged clerk who was freaking out over what just happened as the Supervillain lay dead at his feet.

"Justice is served, Squid!" The henchmen, one of the new Scourge of the Underworld members, said before fleeing the store via a back entrance.

*later*

"Sir, there's been another Scourge of the Underworld murder." A Shield agent said as she ran up to Captain America and Steve turned around. "Mr. Fish was murdered at the docs by a Scourge agent posing as a dock worker."

"What? No, he didn't!" A male Shield agent said as he ran up to the pair. "The Spider-Man villain known as the Squid was gunned down as he was robbing a convenience store, the Scourge was disguised as one of his henchmen, that murder took place nowhere near the docks, it couldn't have been the same vigilante even if he managed to get from the docks to the residential area, besides Mr. Fish's murderer threw his shotgun into the ocean."

"You're both right." Captain America interrupted their argument and the two agents turned to him. "I've seen multiple reports confirming both murders, if anything this confirms that this isn't a lone vigilante copying the Scourge's MO."

"So, the Scourge of the Underworld organization is back?" The female Shield agent asked, and Captain America nodded. "Any advice? They don't seem to be using their old uniform."

"If we can catch one of the Scourge agents in the act then we can interrogate him, until then we'll have to keep our eyes peeled." Captain America responded before another Shield agent ran up. "If this is about the latest Scourge of the Underworld hit, I already know about it."

"No sir, remember those mutants I described? Well the mutants who fought Shocker, Rhino and Jack O'Lantern match the descriptions given by the thugs." The agent said before handing over his report. "We have a confirmation on their identities thanks to immigration files on their parents, the girl is Katrina Sheng Lao, eighteen years old, parents moved over from China in mid-2000, the boy is Marco Gordano, also eighteen, like Katrina his family moved over from Italy when he was young."

"And now they are trying their hand at crime fighting." Captain America responded as he scanned the report. "Make their parents an offer that I'm sure Katrina and Marco won't refuse."

"Sir?" The male agent asked as Captain America started to walk away.

"It's clear to me that these kids don't even know the full extent of their powers, I won't risk two lives being snuffed out just because they got cocky." Captain America added before walking off.

*meanwhile*

By now Katrina and Marco were back home from the hospital having been treated for their injuries and whilst Katrina had to stay at the hospital a bit longer due to the injuries sustained at the hands of Rhino she injuries weren't as bad as initially feared.

"Guess I can add "super endurance" to the list of my powers." Katrina thought as she finished tying her hair into a ponytail, the restaurant had gotten a large influx of customers that evening and her mother had asked her to help by cooking the various sauces. "Off course, I'd much rather help out by going out and fighting crime, but I still need time for my injuries to heal." Katrina thought before lifting her crop top a bit to look at her bandaged ribs. "Maybe Marco was right about leaving Rhino, Shocker and Jack O'Lantern to Spider-Man, but those guys are behind bars and unless they break out I won't have to worry about them."

"Katrina are you ready yet?" Lin's voice rang out and Katrina let go of her top. "The Sweet and Sour Sauce for the Dumplings isn't going to cook itself!"

"Coming mom." Katrina responded before putting an apron on. "Still surprised mom's letting me cook that sauce to order, it's one of the restaurant's best sellers." Katrina thought before going into the kitchen and seeing her mother preparing the dumplings whilst stir frying with a wok at the same time. "Okay, how many orders for the dumplings do you have?"

"Four, two for the pork, one for the shrimp and one for the chicken." Lin responded, and Katrina looked over to the sauce station and saw the pans were ready for her alongside the ingredients for the sauce. "After all the excitement you had earlier cooking should take your mind off it."

"Yeah, because clearly cooking on the line for a Chinese Restaurant isn't as stressful as fighting three Supervillains." Katrina thought as she grabbed four pans, put them on the stove and started heating them up whilst she started preparing the sauce for the dishes. "Still, I used to make this sauce all the time with mom back in Woodstock, so this should be second nature to me, hopefully." Katrina thought as she went through all the steps in her head for the sauce. "Yeah, okay, the sauces are coming together, as long as mom doesn't get any more orders…."

"Katrina, two more orders for dumplings, you'll find more pans under the station." Lin's voice broke Katrina's train of thought and Katrina ran a hand down her face using her free hand before bending over to grab more pans.

"This would be so much easier if I got multiple arms to go with my other mutant powers." Katrina thought as she grabbed as many pans as she could and put two of them on the stove whilst setting the others aside. "Then again, if I did have multiple arms I would've been busted as a mutant the moment I got home yesterday!" Katrina thought before tasting four of the other sauces and pouring them into small jugs. "Four Sweet and Sour Sauces coming up behind."

"Leave them beside me." Lin responded, and Katrina did so allowing her mother to serve the dumpling dish, Lin had some words with the server in Mandarin, but it was none of the words Katrina knew so she returned to her station. "Katrina how are the other sauces coming along? We have hungry customers."

"They're coming, I can't make them cook any faster." Katrina responded as she checked on the two other sauces that she was cooking. "I guess I could try breathing fire on them, but I didn't think to test how hot the fire is yesterday, granted I could've easily set fire to the park in the process but still…" Katrina's train of thought was interrupted by shouting coming from the restaurant. "The customers can't be that hungry, can they?"

"You clearly don't remember how you were as a child Katrina!" Lin responded getting a laugh out of Katrina, but the laughter soon died down once she heard what the voices were shouting.

"DOWN WITH MUTANTS! DOWN WITH MUTANTS! DOWN WITH MUTANTS!" The chants rang out throughout the restaurant so loud to the point were Katrina couldn't even hear her mother's wok preparing the stir fry and Katrina glanced out of the kitchen.

"Six of them, all carrying protest signs, and here I thought the worst I'd have to put up with after moving here was racist pricks!" Katrina thought before going to turn off the stove. "I'm going out there, either they leave peacefully, or I'll throw them out!"

"Katrina, no!" Lin's voice rang out and Katrina paused. "Even if you didn't get injured during the fight back there, violence is never the answer with these people, it'll only fuel their arguments, an eye for an eye and the world goes blind."

"They're disrupting your business mom! Your pacificism is all well and good but it won't do us much good if the restaurant goes under because of those pricks!" Katrina responded as she noticed several customers who hadn't ordered yet were leaving without so much as giving an order. "How did they even find this place? The press never released my name, or Marco's for that matter!"

"She's harboring a mutie in the kitchen!" The leader of the group, a man who was at least forty and very overweight, called out once he spotted Katrina. "Get her out of here! DOWN WITH MUTANTS! DOWN WITH MUTANTS!" The crowd of protestors resumed chanting and a couple near the entrance to the restaurant started picking up rocks and passing them to the other protestors before they started throwing them at the kitchen.

"Great, their throwing rocks at the kitchen, I have to do something before…." Katrina's thoughts were interrupted when a couple of rocks hit her mother in the back of the head knocking her down. "MOM!" Katrina said as she rushed over to her mother's side.

"Don't worry about me, I've had worse." Lin reassured her daughter who breathed a sigh of relief before glaring at the protestors. "Katrina be careful!" Lin said as her daughter took off her apron and threw it to the floor before storming out of the kitchen.

"Have you people no shame!?" Katrina shouted as the protestors as she marched right up to the protestors and got nose to nose with their leader. "My mother's fifty years old and you just threw rocks at her head!"

"What are you going to do about it mutie?!"" The leader demanded before spitting in her face. "You people don't belong here! Being a mutant is bad enough but an immigrant as well?!"

"My parents came over here legally." Katrina responded as her eyes narrowed. "And that's two counts of assault you just committed, if I were you I'd get out of here before I give you more than just a piece of my mind!"

"Are you threatening me?!" The leader demanded as Katrina glared at him. "You damn chinks are…." The leader never finished his sentence as Katrina kneed him in the balls causing him to double over.

"That was your first warning!" Katrina said as she glared at the much larger man. "Get out and never return or you'll get worse!"

"You just assaulted me, you dumb bitch!" The leader said as he and his followers started to leave the restaurant. "And I'll be pressing charges."

"What? With a restaurant full of witnesses who'll say that you started the fight?" Katrina responded as she wiped the spit from her cheek and the other patrons cheered in support of the Chinese teenager as she stood up to someone who was easily twice as heavy as she was. "Oh, and by the way? My dad's a cop in the NYPD, who do you think he's going to believe?" Katrina added, and the protestors hesitated before making their leave, once they were gone Katrina sighed in relief before turning to see one of the servers checking on her mom. "How is she?" Katrina asked as she walked up to the counter.

"Lin's fine, those rocks barely grazed her, I think the only reason she was knocked down was the element of surprise." The server responded, and Katrina breathed a sigh of relief as her mother got back to her feet. "I'm surprised you didn't literally kick them out."

"Believe me, I wanted to, but I didn't want to aggravate my injuries." Katrina responded before turning to her mother. "You okay mom?"

"Better now that those idiots have left." Lin responded, and Katrina grinned in response. "I told you before Katrina, an eye for an eye…."

"Makes the whole world go blind, I know." Katrina said with a sigh as she glanced towards the entrance. "But I couldn't stand there and let him hurl abuse at us like that, also how did they even find this place? The news never revealed my name."

"That is a good question." Lin agreed before motioning to the sauce station. "Hopefully they won't return but we still need those sauces ready."

"After that? I could use a break." Katrina nodded in agreement before going back into the kitchen and grabbing her apron off the floor. "Once the restaurant shift ends I should call Marco, if those idiots are willing to disrupt a dinner service to protest my existence then I wouldn't be surprised if they show up at his place, or worse, his dad's place of work." Katrina thought as she put the apron back on and turned on the stove. "I'm going to have to reheat the sauces I had on when those idiots came in, I turned it off to avoid overcooking the ingredients, shouldn't take more than a few minutes." Katrina told her mother who turned to her.

"Considering the circumstances, I'm sure the customers will let it slide." Lin assured her, and Katrina nodded in response.

*the next morning*

That night the nightmares didn't return to Katrina, so she had a good night's sleep all things considered, however once she got to school the next morning the real headache had just begun.

"What do you mean "I'm off the track team"?" Katrina asked the coach of the track team who she had talking to during her first day and was all to eager to have her on the team at the time. "You saw my accomplishments in my other school…..."

"Yes, and how do I know that you didn't use your mutant powers to cheat at those events?" The coach asked, and Katrina's jaw hung agape at the accusation. "Sorry Katrina but this comes from the top, after school officials recognized you from the news yesterday they made the decision to pull you out of the team."

"I didn't get my powers until two days ago!" Katrina protested but her protests fell on deaf ears. "My parents will appeal that decision…."

"And they'll lose that appeal, the vote to pull you out was unanimous." The coach responded, and Katrina growled. "Now hurry along to lunch, you are making a scene and if this continues then maybe your time on the track team won't be the only thing cut short by the school board." The coach added, and Katrina growled before storming off towards the lunch hall.

"This is such bullshit! I use my powers for good and it blows up in my face." Katrina thought as she made her way into the lunch hall, she got some looks once the other students recognized her from the news, but she paid them no mind as she got her lunch and looked for a place to sit. "First, I get injured, then there was that incident at the restaurant last night and now this! At this rate my parents will have to home school me!"

"Hey Katrina!" Marco's voice rang out and she looked around before spotting him at a table in the corner, she walked over to hm and sat down opposite him. "Just saving you the trouble of finding another place to sit, none of the other students wanted anything to do with me and I doubt they'll want anything to do with you either."

"If only being an outcast was the only thing I had to worry about." Katrina sighed as she stated eating her food. "You want to know why I was late to lunch? I ran into the track team coach just outside the lunch hall and he went and pulled me out of the team before I could get started!"

"Your kidding?" Marco asked with a shocked look on his face and Katrina shook her head. "Why would he pull you out? Any coach worth his tracksuit would kill to have a talent like you on his team."

"Take a guess." Katrina responded with an annoyed sigh and it didn't take long for it to dawn on Marco.

"He pulled you out because of your mutant powers?" Marco asked, and Katrina nodded as her frown deepened. "I'm guessing your going to have your parents file an appeal?"

"If it was that easy I'd be on the phone to them already." Katrina responded as she shifted her weight. "But apparently it was a unanimous decision by the board, they thought that I was going to cheat and use my powers to give myself an advantage." Katrina added before shaking her head. "If I had Super Speed, sure, I could understand that, but I don't see how flight, super strength, endurance and the ability to breathe fire helps me at track!"

"I don't know, beating the crap out of your opponents?" Marco asked, and Katrina rolled her eyes.

"If your trying to help, your doing a terrible job at it." Katrina added with an annoyed sigh. "If it weren't for the fact that my powers saved me from gang raped the other day I'd almost wish I never got them."

"Your talking about the incident at the restaurant?" Marco asked once he remembered the call he got last night, and Katrina nodded. "Fortunately, no one's shown up at home or at my dad's workplace with signs like that, I don't know what I'd do if I was in your shoes when things escalated."

"If he hadn't had left when he did I would've done a lot more than knee him in the balls, that's for sure." Katrina responded as she finished her lunch. "Fortunately, the rest of the dinner service passed without incident and a few patrons complemented me for standing up for my mom like that, however, I think we should definitely get costumes before we take on any more Supervillains."

"Only thing is, from where? Sophia stopped making the costumes she was making when dad told her too and I'm pretty sure that getting cheap Halloween costumes will make us the laughing stock of the Superhero community." Marco responded, and Katrina shook her head.

"We'll think of something." Katrina responded as she set her tray aside. "Dad's still trying to figure out how those anti-mutant protestors figured out where I lived but if you get any trouble give me a call."

"You sure about that?" Marco asked with a grin and Katrina grinned as well guessing where this was going almost immediately. "I mean, six guys armed with only a bunch of signs might be your biggest challenge yet!" Marco added as he went to take a sip of his drink.

"Wouldn't be the first time I beat off several guys at the same time!" Katrina responded, and Marco nearly spat out his drink, once Katrina replayed the sentence in her head she facepalmed hard. "That sentence does not leave this table, understood?"

"Your secret's safe with me." Marco assured Katrina and she grinned in response. "So, are your parents taking any steps to stop this from happening again."

"Well, they can't afford to hire security guards, I offered to be a one-woman security team, but my dad shot down that idea in a hurry out of fear that a protestor would show up armed with a gun." Katrina responded as she leaned back. "But that doesn't mean they aren't taking steps to ensure this won't happen again, they are getting CCTV cameras installed in the restaurant, if that bastard shows up again with his goons we'll have him on CCTV and judging from his behavior last night? I'd be surprised if this was the first time he's done something like this."

"I was about to say, someone like that probably has a long list of convictions for hate crimes, I mean he didn't exactly hesitate to use an ethnic slur against Chinese people when you confronted him." Marco pointed out and Katrina nodded in agreement. "Though now that I think about it, I'm surprised you didn't send him flying when you kneed him in the balls."

"I am slowly but surely learning to pull my punches with my super strength." Katrina admitted as she cracked her fingers to illustrate her point. "Then again, the fact that I nearly tore the door to my bedroom off its hinges last night when I was sneaking out to get a midnight snack shows that I still have a lot to learn."

"I'm going to assume that woke your parents up?" Marco asked as he tried not to laugh, and Katrina nodded. "So, you pulled your punches on the kick to the guy's balls?"

"Much as I wanted to put all my strength into that kick, he was still a civilian exercising his right to free speech, if I had kicked him had enough to kill him then that would've just added more fuel to the protestors' fire." Katrina added as she finished her drink. "Alongside other consequences that I really, really don't want to think about!"

"Yeah, I'm with you there." Marco admitted before they heard a voice clear their throat and looked up seeing the clerk from the retail store the Squid had tried to rob.

"Hey, you guys mind if I join you?" He asked, and the two teens nodded before he sat down. "Thanks, I was sitting with my friends over there, but they were so caught up in their own thing that I figured you'd be better company."

"To be honest, we're just glad to have company." Marco responded, and the clerk nodded with a grin before sitting down. "I'm Marco, she's Katrina, or Kat for short, as for the whole reason we're sitting on our own, well unfortunately the rest of the student body wants nothing to do with us because we're mutants"

"Yeah, I know, I saw you on the news yesterday." The clerk responded before turning to Katrina. "My dad nearly fell out of his chair when he saw a little Asian girl send the Rhino flying."

"Hey, I'm not that little!" Katrina asserted, and the two boys scoffed. "Compared to most girls from the village in China my family lived in I'm practically a Supermodel! Anyway, I'm just hoping for a quiet day at School after all the excitement yesterday."

"You'll just have to take her word for it." Marco responded, and the clerk grinned. "Come to think of it, we never caught your name."

"Oh, sorry, my name's Max." Max responded as he shifted his weight. "So, what, are you two dating or something?"

"If I have a dollar for every time someone thought that me and Marco are a couple." Katrina responded as she shook her head. "Nah, we're just friends, childhood friends and all that."

"And before you say, "lots of couples start of that way", we've heard that a lot as well." Marco responded, and Max grinned in response, however before they could say anything else the far wall of the lunch hall exploded, and the students took cover. "Just once, just once I would just like to have a day go by without our lives being in danger!"

"Good afternoon students." Two figures stepped through the rubble and Kat and Marco looked up seeing two men, one was tall and lanky in a black and white suit with wild brown hair whilst his partner was a mountain of a man armed with two shoulder cannons. "My name is Styx and my associate's name is Stone, you are going to be our hostages for the next couple of hours until the mayor pays us a million dollars each or else." Styx added as Stone peppered his shoulder cannons.