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School was boring the hell out of me. The girls who followed me everywhere were not even letting me breath. "Penny, we saw you hanging out with Chris D'Amico yesterday."
"You did?" I said, bored. I opened my locker and pulled out a biology book and replaced it with an English textbook.
"Yeah, it seemed cosy." Giggled Cam.
"Really?" I yawned.
"So, are you seeing him?"
I pondered on the question for a little while, Chris hadn't called me, he hadn't even texted me. Then again it had only been one day.
I shrugged. It seemed the best answer. I closed my locker slowly and Cam got the idea, "Girls I think we should go watch the basketball match in the gym." The rest were prepared to follow her and I smiled thankfully.
To tell the truth they were terrified of me, one time I was so tired I could hardly keep my eyes open and they were all really pissing me off. So I screamed at them for no reason. Luckily for them Todd walked by at that moment and calmed me down. He had that ability.
I lent against my locker, I needed caffeine. In fact, I would have killed for a cuppa. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. I winced as I reached to get it, God my arms hurt. I didn't recognise the number and picked up the phone, "Hello?" I sighed sounding annoyed.
"Penny?" A concerned voice replied.
"Yeah?"
"It's Chris." My heart skipped a beat, Oh my god.
"Hey." I replied happily.
"Is this a good time?"
"Yep, what's up?" "What's up?" Douche. I thought to myself.
"I was wondering if you wanted to come see a film with me tonight?" He started rabbiting on about a film but I didn't care what we were going to watch, my answer was an unequivocal, "Yes, I'd love to."
The rest of the day seemed to go even slower than before and I ran home. My dad was watching some kind of sport. "Hey, hun."
"Hey dad." I replied running up the stairs.
I dropped my bag on the floor and started panicking about what I would wear. I needed to wear my costume. Just in case. My dad stormed into the room without knocking. "Dad, what if I was getting changed?" I turned to him with my hands on my hips and sat on the bright purple gloves on the bed.
"Sorry, I just wondered what you were up to tonight."
"Oh, I'm actually going to watch a film."
"With?"
"A boy." I knew that it probably wasn't the best answer I could have given my dad but he didn't seem to mind.
"Oh, well me and your brother are going to grab something to eat, later. We might not be home when you get back. Just be safe." He left leaving me stunned. I shook my head hoping he didn't actually say what he had said.
The film wasn't the best but did give me some new fighting techniques. Chris was obviously nervous, that or he was actually gay. He didn't make a move on me until over half way through the film, he finally put his arm around me but didn't go any further. I considered kissing him but I chickened out. I can fight criminals but I can't kiss a boy who wouldn't kill a fly. Idiot.
When me and Chris walked out of the cinema we heard blood curdling screams. I started to panic. I had to help whoever it was. "I gotta go, sorry." I walked away from the boy, who looked confused, and put on my gloves, mask and boots. I had stored them in a backpack unfortunately, I hadn't stored my bullet-proof vest.
I climbed a ladder up to the rooftops. I could see the group not too far away. Only a few rooftops. I easily jumped the gaps between each roof and stood staring at the group laying into one guy lead on the floor. I flipped towards the group and crouched, staying in the shadows. One of them heard me.
"Who's there?"
I was stood right behind the guy who spoke, "Your worst nightmare." I said in my Batman impression, why couldn't I fight anyone without doing that impression? I felt like I stole the line from something.
I kicked the nearest member behind the knees making him fall to them like a man praying. I cart wheeled and in the middle of it kicked out, I felt something crunch followed by a high pitched scream, they had a woman with them. I stood and smiled at the silhouettes, I could only see them because of a street light below us.
The guy I had hurt before was trying to get off of his knees. I kicked him in the face and felt some of his teeth give in, I was suddenly reminded of a playdough dentist game but pushed the thought from my brain. I stood over the figure they had been attacking and glared at the others who were staring at me, to scared to move. "Who's next?"
I smiled menacingly. They moved back and I walked toward them. I ran at them and jumped but one of the guys had a crowbar that I felt the full blast of. The sound of it hitting me echoed through my body. It winded me and threw me to the floor. That is going to hurt in the morning. I spluttered, coughed and jumped back up. Putting my foot in front of one guy and he tripped. The woman hadn't moved, she was cradling her face.
Something moved in the corner of my eye that made each of the group stop and look. They each ran one at a time. I didn't look away from the silhouette stood in the distance and clutched my stomach. "You ok?" I asked the figure next to me.
I had noticed the figure hadn't moved the whole time I was there. I now realised why. I was asking a dummy if he was ok.
"You walked straight into my trap." The mystery figure laughed.
"Who are you?" I asked angrily.
"Red Mist. And you? You've been quite a mystery to the whole of New York. I don't like mysteries."
"The Purple Eradicator."
"Eradicator?"
"It means killer."
After a short pause, "Sounds like erection."
I looked at the floor confused, then back at Red Mist. "Not really. That's not what this is about, why did you set a trap?"
"I don't need another 'superhero' messing up my plans."
"So you're a 'super villain' now?" I actually was disappointed.
"You could say that." He jumped off the ledge and walked towards me. I couldn't see his face because of the little lighting. "So I'm going to offer you a choice, join me in the fight against good" I suppressed a laugh, "or carry on this idiotic business and become another one of my mortal enemies. You will be killed if you carry this on. It's only a matter of time."
I walked so close to him that I could feel his breath on my face, "You can shove it. I don't roll with tossers."
"So be it." He replied through his teeth.
He went to punch me in the stomach but I jumped and used him as a hobby horse. I pressed his shoulders and flipped over him and kicked the back of his knees. He fell into a praying position so I punched him in the spine and kicked him in the kidneys.
He grabbed my leg and pulled me to the floor as I went to kick him in the face. He got up and stomped on my stomach, I cried out in agony. He kicked my side and I rolled away. I slowly got to my feet, spitting on the floor. I stared at Red Mist and then flipped towards him, I punched once underneath his chin and heard his mask fly off, I then punched his face with both fists in two different places. I then felt his fist hit my chin and I stumbled backward. I felt blood drip down my chin from my split lip. I ran at him and kicked him in the balls as hard as I could. He fell to the floor clutching himself. I had the mad urge to shout "she shoots, she scores!"
"See ya later, slick." I laughed as I ran to the other side of the roof and jumped off.
I ran home tears stinging both my eyes. The fight had been the most exhilarating thing I had ever done and adrenaline kept me running. I knew people saw me but anyone who followed me were taken off course as I ran down different alleyways. I finally got home and I peeled off my costume. I cried as I took off my jacket. I looked at my stomach, it was a mess. There was a boot print over the top of a long strip where the crowbar had struck me. The only comfort I found in my pain was that I had caused more pain to Red Mist.
Thank you for reading, I hope you all enjoyed. Tell me what you think. (I stole the line from Mulan or one of the Batman films you can decide which one) :D