Chapter 10: A New School
Despite still being in a great deal of pain, a few weeks later, Serena insisted on enrolling in the local high school... Virgil and Ritchie were as vailiant as ever, always making sure that she didn't overexhurt herself and cause her injuries to reopen... She still had most of the money Ms. Selia had given her because she and Sharon insisted on buying Serena all new outfits themselves... Both Sharon and Ms. Selia had amazing taste in fashion, for Serena had several beautiful new outfits to try on. Today, she wore a shimmering dark seafoam green dress with gold wrap-around sandles... Her signature hairstyle had glittering Jade berretts adorning them, complete with Jade and gold jewelry to match... Serena truly felt like a princess, and that's how the whole student body treated her...
Frieda and Daisy ran up as soon as they saw Virgil and Ritchie with her and eagerly introduced themselves.
" Hi!" Frieda said excited, " I'm Frieda, how do you like our city so far?!"
" Its very big..." Serena said, a bit overwhelmed.
" Are the rumors true?!" Daisy asked excitedly, " About you being a princess from a far away land?!"
" Oh no... I'm not a princess! Virgil's sister and Grandma have been very kind... They've been taking me shopping and everything... That's why I look like this." Serena said smiling warmly.
"Oh... Well, you certainly are beautiful!" Daisy said sweetly, " My name is Daisy... Welcome to Dekota High!"
It was like that all day, students and teachers alike welcoming her to they're school... They were very sweet and very kind...
Meanwhile, Zoisite was exploring the city under Queen Beryl's orders, trying to find out what created such powerful creatures as the ' Bang Babies'. Using her own unique powers, Zoisite called forth her energy locating abilities and pinpointed one of the bang babies wondering around by the shipping docks... He was very strange, his hair was red as fire with blond streaks through it. He had dark onyx eyes and a muscular build...
' Perhaps I could play with him before taking his energy...' Zoisite thought to herself smirking.
" Hello handsome." A female voice said casually.
Hotstreak turned to see a lovely young woman approach Hing him and his heart stopped for a moment...
" Serena?" Hotstreak asked hopefully.
He'd been dying to meet the girl in his dreams for some time now and he couldn't get her out of his mind... The woman was nothing like Serena however... She had Sandy blond hair tied in a ponytail at the knap of her neck, and her eyes were a cold Jade like green... Hotstreak instantly got a bad feeling around her... Her whole demeanor screamed lethal...
" I can be anyone you want me to be handsome..." Zoisite purred as she moved in closer...
" Sorry lady... Not interested..." Hotstreak said backing up.
" Can you at least tell me how you got your incredible powers?" Zoisite asked sweetly.
" Uh... Well... Down by the docks... There's some kind of toxic gas that gives humans incredible powers when they come into contact with it... But not all people are lucky like me... Some people ended up terrible mutated beyond recognition..." Hotstreak said uneasily.
" Thanks dear, you've been a big help..." Zoisite said with a dangerous glint in her eye...
By the time Hotstreak realized the major error he had made, the strange woman vanished without a trace...
" Oh no..." Hotstreak said to himself, " What have I done?!"
Not normally one to go looking for the police, but unable to think of anything else to do, Hotstreak quickly took off in the direction of the Dekota police station... A short time later, Hotstreak burst into the police station, out of breath and in a state of panic.
" Hotstreak!" Officer Trina gasped, " What are you doing here?!"
" I met some weird lady down by the docks..." Hotstreak gasped, once he caught his breath, " She started asking me all sorts of questions about the bang babies and how we got our powers... I didn't realize until after I gave her the information she wanted that there was something seriously dangerous about her! I think she may be planning on using the bang baby gas to create more metahumans!"
" Whoa whoa, calm down..." Officer Trina said calmly, " Why would you risk being taken back to prison to tell me all this?"
" Hey! I've been on good behavior! Dr. Hawkins can vouch for me!" Hotstreak said defensively, " I just want to help people! Besides, no one knows how excruciating the pain can be when being turned into a metahuman... I don't want anyone else to go through that..."
" Alright... I'll look into it... You go on home and get some rest..." Officer Trina said, a warm smile on her face for the first time...
Hotstreak turned to leave, but stopped and turned towards her again...
"Officer Trina?" Hotstreak asked.
"Yes?" Officer Trina answered.
" I know this is going to sound really weird... But please, if a blond haired young woman named Serena shows up in town, could you please keep an eye on her?" Hotstreak asked, " I have a bad feeling that someone dangerous could be after her..."
Before officer Trina could say anything, Hotstreak was already hurrying away, leaving her totally shellshocked...
Meanwhile, Zoisite quickly returned to Queen Beryl with the information she aquired.
"Zoisite... What have you learned of those thrange creatures?" Queen Beryl asked.
" You aren't going to believe this, my queen... But they were once humans... There was some kind of gas that gave them thier incredible powers..." Zoisite said rising.
" And is there more of this gas?" Queen Beryl hissed.
" Yes... In abundance... It is stored in a warehouse where the first explosion happened..." Zoisite said bowing again...
" Excellent!" Queen Beryl grinned evilly, " These powerful humans will greatly help the negaverse with thier powerful energy... Gather up as much of the gas as you can and set it off at the most populated area... Then we can send our warriors to drain their energy from them!"
" Yes my queen... As you wish..." Zoisite said, her eyes glinting, " I shall put our plan into a tion immediately... And I know just the place..."