I only own the non-Marvel characters, so…yeah…I also don't own 'Hercules in New York.'

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"What time is it?" Maria asked Johnny, they'd just finished their fourth cappuccino each. "I told dad I'd be back so we can watch a film together," she said.

Johnny nodded, "What film you going to rent?" he asked.

Maria shrugged, "Dunno yet, I need to go to 'Blockbusters' and choose one," she said. It was a weekly thing for father and daughter, and they took it in turns to choose a film to watch. This week it was Maria's turn, and she was determined to rent something totally the opposite of what Ben picked the week before, which was "Hercules in New

York," a very bad Arnie movie, and the worst Hercules film she'd ever seen. 'Give me Kevin Sorbo any day,' was what she had said to her father after the film had ended.

"You wanna go now?" he asked her, and she nodded. "Cool, and he's still looking at you," Johnny winked as they got up and walked out the door.

Maria squinted in the sunlight, it was a lot darker in the café. She looked up and down the street looking for the best place to cross, "Come on," she said to Johnny walking to the nearest pedestrian crossing. "You never did tell me what the time was," she pointed out as she pressed the button and waited for the 'Walk' sign to appear.

"Right now, it's time to 'walk,'" Johnny smiled and pointed to the lights, "Really it's just after three," he winked tapping his watch and making her laugh.

She didn't notice the necklace she had been wearing fly off from around her neck until the two were safely on the other side of the road. She looked around for it, and saw it lying in the middle of a white line in the road.

Without thinking (or pressing the button) she ran back into the road to get it. Bending down to pick the necklace off the ground. She didn't hear Johnny's warning of the green car speeding down the road.

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A/n R&R if you want to :)