Chapter Two
Feeling This
"So..." Rogue began as they walked down the street. She looked behind her. The police and firefighters were already at the school, examining the damage that the unexplained earthquake had caused.
She heard one of the students being questioned by the police. She couldn't quite make out what the question had been, but she heard the answer: "I remember some guy in black and red and this one girl with two white streaks in her hair. Rogue reached behind her and pulled up the hood on her hoody to hide her hair.
"So what?" Cissie asked.
"I was just kinda wondering... Do you ever, like, not be superheroes?" She really had been wondering. Did they go around 24/7 in costumes fighting evil? How could they?
Kon-El laughed. "Yup! We go to school and everything."
"Do you... You know... Fit into a certain group?" She asked.
"We could" Cissie asked. "But why would we? Why would I waste my time trying to fit into a group when I don't need to?" Rogue smiled .
"Wanna race?" Kon asked. Rogue laughed. She was with superheroes that just out of nowhere asked if she wanted to race down the street.
"Ya!" Cissie cried. "Ready... Set... GO!" Kon immediately leapt into the air and began flying down the street.
It was obvious Kon would win, so Rogue looked at Cissie and Cissie looked at Rogue and they decided they would just race each other. They both took off, running down the wide street. They ran right in front of a bank. Just as they ran in front of it, a man ran out. He was holding a bag and two pistols.
"Stop him!" A woman called from inside the bank. Arrowette, quick as lightning, grabbed an arrow and put in the bow. She aimed it towards the bags. "No!" Rogue called. "I got this!"
She ran after the man. "Arrowette!" Rogue called as she ran, remembering that she couldn't call her Cissie now that a crowd was forming. "Just shoot a hole in his jacket!" She knew if she touched him, she would absorb his memories and abilities. She didn't have time to turn around and look: all she saw was a blur whizzing inches from her face and slicing away a patch of fabric from jackets arm. Rogue leapt forward and grabbed the man's exposed arm.
He instantly fell backwards. Suddenly, Rogue was filled with knowledge about... guns... and the location of the head of crime in New York City: Mr. Fisk. One of the man's memories flashed before her eyes. He was running through a dark alley... a dead end. A dark figure landed on the ground in front of him. It was too dark to see who it was. "Remember me?" The woman in the flashback asked. She removed a pair of three-pronged swords from a holster on each side of her pants. There was a bright flash as the weapons she held slashed at him. Rogue recognized them as Sais. (Go onto www.google.com, click on images and type in "sais" to see a picture.)
Suddenly, she recognized Kon and Cissie standing over her. "Rogue, you Ok?" Kon asked her.
"I know where to find Fisk."
"The Kingpin?" Cissie asked.
"But I think we might have some competition." Rogue said. She hopped to her feet and picked up the thieves to pistols. She might need them if they ran into the same woman that thief was unlucky enough to run into...
Feeling This
"So..." Rogue began as they walked down the street. She looked behind her. The police and firefighters were already at the school, examining the damage that the unexplained earthquake had caused.
She heard one of the students being questioned by the police. She couldn't quite make out what the question had been, but she heard the answer: "I remember some guy in black and red and this one girl with two white streaks in her hair. Rogue reached behind her and pulled up the hood on her hoody to hide her hair.
"So what?" Cissie asked.
"I was just kinda wondering... Do you ever, like, not be superheroes?" She really had been wondering. Did they go around 24/7 in costumes fighting evil? How could they?
Kon-El laughed. "Yup! We go to school and everything."
"Do you... You know... Fit into a certain group?" She asked.
"We could" Cissie asked. "But why would we? Why would I waste my time trying to fit into a group when I don't need to?" Rogue smiled .
"Wanna race?" Kon asked. Rogue laughed. She was with superheroes that just out of nowhere asked if she wanted to race down the street.
"Ya!" Cissie cried. "Ready... Set... GO!" Kon immediately leapt into the air and began flying down the street.
It was obvious Kon would win, so Rogue looked at Cissie and Cissie looked at Rogue and they decided they would just race each other. They both took off, running down the wide street. They ran right in front of a bank. Just as they ran in front of it, a man ran out. He was holding a bag and two pistols.
"Stop him!" A woman called from inside the bank. Arrowette, quick as lightning, grabbed an arrow and put in the bow. She aimed it towards the bags. "No!" Rogue called. "I got this!"
She ran after the man. "Arrowette!" Rogue called as she ran, remembering that she couldn't call her Cissie now that a crowd was forming. "Just shoot a hole in his jacket!" She knew if she touched him, she would absorb his memories and abilities. She didn't have time to turn around and look: all she saw was a blur whizzing inches from her face and slicing away a patch of fabric from jackets arm. Rogue leapt forward and grabbed the man's exposed arm.
He instantly fell backwards. Suddenly, Rogue was filled with knowledge about... guns... and the location of the head of crime in New York City: Mr. Fisk. One of the man's memories flashed before her eyes. He was running through a dark alley... a dead end. A dark figure landed on the ground in front of him. It was too dark to see who it was. "Remember me?" The woman in the flashback asked. She removed a pair of three-pronged swords from a holster on each side of her pants. There was a bright flash as the weapons she held slashed at him. Rogue recognized them as Sais. (Go onto www.google.com, click on images and type in "sais" to see a picture.)
Suddenly, she recognized Kon and Cissie standing over her. "Rogue, you Ok?" Kon asked her.
"I know where to find Fisk."
"The Kingpin?" Cissie asked.
"But I think we might have some competition." Rogue said. She hopped to her feet and picked up the thieves to pistols. She might need them if they ran into the same woman that thief was unlucky enough to run into...