“Are you sure it’s her?” “It’s her.” “I don’t know, man. Last time we crossed this bastard he stole her body. How do we know he hasn’t pulled the same trick again?” “It’s her,” the second one said with finality. “I’m empathic, and I know what Laser Lass brand of pissed off feels like.” Prying [...]
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: I hate fighting speedsters. Sure, I can chase after them at the speed of light, but can I react that fast? No way. Her name was Super Sonic Woman and her taste for nostalgia was just as obvious in her costume: v-striped silver one [...]
I had to get away. Vortex wasn’t going to waste any time. If I didn’t evade his grasp then he could easily… suddenly I lost my train of thought. What was I supposed to be doing? Something was very, very wrong. Actually a lot of things were very, very wrong. For some reason my clothes [...]
What had I done? It didn’t matter that I’d lost control, that I was Brainwave’s slave and completely under her power: I was the one who’d blasted the captain so that not even ashes remained. Whatever blame they cared to lay on me I was more than willing to accept. A good man had paid [...]
“I don’t believe it,” someone groaned. “Asleep for her own party. Can you believe that?” “Portal Man or whatever his name is must’ve really given her a work out,” another responded. Neither voice belonged to people I knew. I pried my eyes open, momentarily forgetting that I was being held upright within a wheel of [...]
The whole night was a blur. From the ambulance ride to the racing hospital orderlies all around me I could barely keep my focus. All I wanted was to fall asleep, but a voice kept telling me not to. “Wake up, Justin,” the doctor told me sharply. “You’ve got a concussion. You need to stay [...]
Funny the way things turn out sometimes. One minute you’re dreading a long, boring day of one class after the other, the next you’re encased within an impenetrable carbon shell on the verge of being buried alive. I cursed: how did I get myself into this!? Of course I already knew the answer to that. [...]