After ignoring the cop's shouts of "Wait" and "You can't go in there", Silver Phoenix went into the building. No one was in the lobby except the body of a gun victim. Phoenix leaned down next to the man in his early thirties and checked his pulse.

"Oh, man, he's still alive!" she said to herself and whispered to the man. "Sir, can you hear me? You have been shot in the side. Can you take your jacket off?"

The man opened his tear and pain filled eyes and followed the strange woman's orders. He carefully took off his jacket, with the help of the armored heroine and she wrapped it around his stomach, over the wound.

"Now I want you to hold your jacket over the wound to slow the bleeding. As soon as I get those guys, I'll get you out of here."

The man reached out, grabbed her arm and said in a choked voice, "Thank you."

Silver Phoenix smiled and headed into the back office area. There were many large cubicles organized like a small neighborhood. Phoenix couldn't tell which one held the burglars and hostages. Suddenly, her mask allowed her to see through the walls of the cubicles.

'X-ray vision?' she thought, 'No way!'

To her left, a few cubicles back, she saw three figures holding guns and about ten hostages on the floor. She began to creep towards the cubicle, until she could see the backs of one of the thieves. Phoenix aimed her gun and fired. The blast hit his gun and it flew out of his hands. Then all three of the men ran out of the cubicle to attack her.

"What is that thing?" one said.

"I don't care, let's shoot it!" another said.

The two with guns fired at the Silver Phoenix, but with amazing agility and balance, she dodged them all. When she got the chance, she leapt and kicked one in the face, knocking him on his back. She grabbed the unarmed one's head and slammed him into the last one standing. She took all their guns and threw them out a window. Then, she tied up the dazed burglars and let the hostages escape. She went to the injured man in the lobby, picked him up and flew the front doors. The cops stood watching her fly away with the man in awe.

Silver Phoenix burst into the emergency room and put the injured man in good hands. Before she left, a doctor came up to her and shook her hand.

"Thanks, you saved his life. He said he'd like to thank you again. His name is Doyle Brennigan. He'll be in room 105 tomorrow if you want to drop in." the doctor said.

Phoenix simply nodded her head and left the hospital.

When she got home, Saidie released herself from her armor and collapsed on her bed. She slept till morning, when her alarm went off reminding her of school. She got dressed, grabbed her bag and headed off. She had to walk, since she realized she left her car at the college.

As she walked down the sidewalk, she stared at her feet, thinking about what happened yesterday. Most of the moves she made were on instinct, and if she was a real fighter, then think of what she could do. Suddenly, she hit something in her path. She looked up into the face of Peter Parker.

"P-Peter?!" she stammered.

"Hey Saidie, where are you off to?" he asked smiling.

"School."

Peter chuckled, "What for? It's Saturday."

"Saturday?" Saidie exclaimed, "Oh, great, I got up for nothing!"

"Well, since you're up, want to have breakfast?" he asked.

"Sure."

At the restaurant, Peter ordered pancakes and Saidie had biscuits and gravy.

"So what's been going on?" Peter asked her, "You've been acting kind of strange lately."

"Yeah, I know. I haven't been feeling too good. I think I caught a bug or something. But I'm feeling better now."

"Good."

"Woah, look at that!" Saidie exclaimed as she noticed the newspaper on their table. The front page had a picture of a huge diamond on it.

Peter picked it up and read aloud, "The Eye of Rah traveled from Egypt to New York and has arrived today. Tomorrow night, the reveal the diamond in its showcase at the Museum of Natural History. There will be a ball held that night as well to celebrate the diamond's safe arrival."

"Wow, a lot of commotion over a diamond." Saidie said, "Well, I guess it is pretty big."

Peter stayed quiet, he knew something was going to happen at that ball. And it wasn't going to be pretty.



To be continued...