Chapter 10 rewrite
*** Grand Theft Go-kart ***
Kayden was not quite sure what she was seeing. She'd gone out after a nice dinner with Danny, while Theo was taking care of Aster, and had been planning on maybe shooting a few ABB members.
She hadn't gone out to deal with what seemed to be the new, improved version of Shadow Stalker, and Uber, racing through the streets in what seemed to be go-karts. Worse, the new Shadow Stalker seemed to be flinging some sorts of energy bolts at Uber, trying to make him lose control or crash.
In the meantime, they were running through just about every red light in the city, and stopping traffic in a large area around them. That meant it was up to her to stop them. The Protectorate, after all, was busy somewhere else.
She flew down, trying to help the new vigilante. After all, the only possible explanation for this turn of events was that Uber and Leet were performing some sort of go-kart based crime that had been interrupted by New Girl taking down Leet and hijacking his kart to go after Uber.
Nearing them from above, Purity collected her power, and launched it at the street in front of Uber, breaking up the Asphalt and making it impossible for him to continue. Sadly, Uber activated some sort of device that made him jump up into the air, straight over the obstacle.
Half a second later, the new girl did exactly the same, shooting a few more bolts of light at Uber from her crossbow.
Then, Uber turned a corner, and the new girl started yelling at her, her face covered by a mask of shadows, her twin crossbows glistening with bolts of pure light.
"What the fuck Purity?" she asked. "I thought you turned face?"
Wait, what? Why would she be turning into a face? That didn't even make sense.
"I… thank you?" she replied
"Seriously, I need to outrace Uber to be with my Lesbian lover, Grue!" the girl yelled at her.
Wait, what? Grue's lesbian lover? Wasn't Grue dating Narwhal? This girl looked like she was way too young to be in a threesome.
The girl aimed her crossbows, and shot at Kayden, who absorbed the light from her bolts, much the same way she did with sunlight.
"No… I am powerless!" the girl yelled, as Leet suddenly flew through the air on another go-kart, followed by a fourth kart driven by a green dinosaur with a saddle.
Quickly, Purity blasted Leet and the dinosaur out of the sky, and turned to the girl.
"Please, you have to save me, Kaiser is going to kill my father if I don't start dating his daughter!" the girl yelled out.
That made Kayden angry. Max should know damn well that Aster was way too young to be dating anyone. In her anger, she lashed out, shooting the new girl in the mask.
The beam of light shredded through the girl's mask, as well as her hoodie, and Kayden yelled out in shock.
A half-unconscious Taylor was lying on the ground, having been hurt by her flagrant use of her power.
In anger, she turned to the person responsible for all of this. Kaiser, Max. She walked towards him.
"You won't corrupt her too, you hear me!" she yelled, blasting him right in his face.
The alarm clock flew from her nightstand, impacting against the wall with a thud.
"Hey, you all right?" Danny asked her. His arm caressing her.
"Yes, just a nightmare. I'm going to get something to drink, you go back to sleep okay?" she whispered back.
She stood up, navigating the Hebert household. First, she checked Aster, who was still sleeping in her crib, and had luckily ignored her outburst. Then, she went to the bathroom to relieve herself, and have a drink.
Taylor a cape… she couldn't believe her own subconscious. A sweet girl like that didn't deserve that kind of life. She'd had a hard enough time of it in school, what with her bullies. Not to mention Danny's behaviour. She loved the man dearly, but he was clearly not very good at taking care of his daughter.
Still worried by her nightmare, Kayden decided to go check that everything was alright with Taylor. Just a little peek through the door, that would be all.
She walked, silently, towards Taylor's room, and opened the door just a bit. Then, she peeked through the small slit, looking at her bed.
The bed was empty, and hadn't been slept in.