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A/N: Hey again everyone! I love this chapter and hopefully you guys will too. Thanks again to my lovely beta NarnianSprite. She is amazing yes. My Van Helsing fan fiction will be coming out sometime this week. There will be no posts this weekend. I'll be on a small hiatus. Well, enjoy.
It was dark. Nighttime. I checked my surroundings. I loved the night. I just never liked night in New York City. Sure, New York was the bomb. But I hated crime. I also had a tendency to be suspicious. I was in a dark alleyway. I glanced around the street. Was it just me or was that thug coming straight toward me? I looked again. Yep, there he was. He strode toward me. That club in his hand looked pretty risky.
I took in my surroundings. Great! The only ways to get out of the alley was either up or out into the open street, the other side was of the alley was a dead end. Ah, the classic dead end. I rolled my eyes. The thug entered, a couple of gang members behind him, and he had a dumb smirk on his face. I figured this guy probably hadn't gone to Harvard.
"Lookie here guys," he chuckled. "A little kid."
I glared. "Bring it on, ugly."
He laughed. I glimpsed a small kinder side that might have been, but it quickly disappeared. He looked at the club in his hand. I smirked. This guy was large. He couldn't get me. I was fast. Obviously, though, this thug had no clue, which confirmed my earlier notion, and he ran towards me, swinging the club. I dodged. He ran into the wall and glared at me, which I returned with a grin "Bring. It. On." I challenged. Geez, this guy was making me feel very smart.
He ran at me again, this time his friends were poised to join in. One pulled out a knife and the other pulled out a gun. Great. I dodged the thug again and his gun henchman fired a shot. I winced, ready to be hit. Nothing happened.
I opened my eyes to look around. I was at the entrance of the alleyway. Huh? The gang turned to look at me, confused. The henchman with a knife ran at me. I closed my eyes; hoping whatever happened would happen again.
Again, I waited for the pain. Nothing happened. I flipped open my eyes. I was on top of the building. Again, the thugs were confused, but managed to spot me.
"This kid's a demon!" the knife thug cried out. They all began to yell among themselves. The first thought that I must be some kind of mutant with super powers and the second claimed that I was a magician, just trying to fake them out.
I looked to the rooftop across from me. Next stop: the roof. I focused hard and closed my eyes. The next thing I knew, I was exactly where I had planned. So I could teleport? Cool.
In a surge of excitement, I accidentally teleported myself down at the dead end section of the alleyway. Whoops! This wasn't good.
The first thug started laughing. "We got you now." He laughed harder as they closed in. I was terrified. I couldn't move. I wished that these guys would've seen what I'd been through. They'd cry like babies.
The gun man had recovered from shock, I closed my eyes and quickly tried to dodge, teleport, do something! Nothing happened. Then I felt a horrible, searing pain. It spread through my arm. I heard the gang laugh and then walk off.
I slowly opened my eyes. My arm was bleeding. I had been shot. Great.
I flew up to the rooftops. The sky was clear. Below, the lights of the city flickered.
Picking at my wound, more blood spit out. I looked to see where it had hit. Thankfully, it had not damaged the bone.
I winced. I really didn't want to do this.
Carefully I stuck my fingers in my arm. My bloody fingers searched until they found the bullet. Screaming, I pulled it out.
I looked at the bullet and then I threw it down into the alley.
How could this happen? I asked myself. Why?
I looked back down at my arm. It was completely healed. I smiled. Ha. Leave it to Jeb to give me some hand-dandy powers.
With that final thought, I extended my wings and burst into the sky with a smile on my face. I knew where to go next.
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