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Mark sighed as he waited at the desk of an electronics shop. He had a job as co-manager at the shop, and he was sitting in the chair, looking up the latest robery's on the internet news. Mark frowned as on the news they were talking about roberies that were on the same street as his shop. Mark smirked as he looked out through the glass door and window's at the shop across the street, it was said money was pouring in. " A good place to get some dough " he thought.

Bobby Baker sat on the roof of a corner liquor store, watching the traffic pass. It hadn't been too long ago, less than a year, when he had been watching the traffic just like this with his friends. They were both dead now, and Bobby feared he soon would be.
T44, that's what the gang called themselves, he had learned. They were never caught, or hardly ever. Those who did see anything always ended up dead. Except for Bobby, that is. He was too fast for them, could out run their bullets if given the chance. Maybe. But, he wasn't too keen on finding out, either.
Bobby took another bite of the candy he'd pinched for the store bellow. It was easy to shoplift when your hand was nothing but a blur. It was the only way he'd eat, nowadays. Not many job prospects when you're on the run for your life.

Alexius stared at Sarah. Her mother was snoozing on the couch, cuddled up in a blanket that had bears on the fabric, snuggled into the cushions in an oblivious manner. Alex blinked once or twice, then turned to Lilan, who handed her a bucket full of H2O.

Alex and Lilan were very quickly around the corner, watching as Sarah sat up, spluttered, and looked for her attacker. Unfortunately, the woman laid back down.

"Ten m're min'its..."

Alex grabbed the blanket in an attempt to pull it from her mother. Her mother pulled back. "Come ON! You're already late!"

"Time is irrelevant."

"Come on, you can't sleep in a puddle!"

"I am a mermaid."

"Like HELL you are!"

"I don't have work today."

"Lies, all lies!" Alex gave up on the blanket and ran to the kitchen, returning in a few seconds with a cup of coffee in her hand. She knew what it was. Her mother did not.

"What is..."

"A magic drink that will turn you back into a human. Now, drink! Don't make me hold your nose again!"

Three magic drinks later, a panicked Sarah was racing through the apartment, pulling on a button-up shirt and trying to talk through the bagel that was in her mouth. "PHMGRMPHG!"

Alex was calmly sitting at the table, checking the homework she had done last night, before she turned it in to her mother. "It's on the counter." She called to her disgruntled guardian without looking up.

"GMBPHLPHMPH?!"

"To your left. Your other left."

"Blmph..."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. By the way, you never gave me the math assignments for today."

Sarah had, by now, removed the bagel from her mouth, and when she finished chewing, she turned to her daughter. "Study from page 24 to 36, and you'll have a quiz when I get home." She came up from behind and gave Alex a squeeze around the shoulders, plus a kiss on the cheek. "Study hard, 'lil missus. Love you."

Alex blushed. She was always awkward when her mother got mushy. "Love you too, mum. Now hurry up or you'll miss the train."

"Aw, I've got another..." Sarah checked her watch. "...no minutes. Love you hon! I'll see you tonight! There's instant ramen above the flour if you want it for lunch. Bye!" And with that, Sarah was out of the house. Just for effect, she hurried down the stairs, out the apartment building, and hailed a taxi. A small pair of eyes, hard to see from the 14th floor where she and her daughter lived, peered out from the back of her neck to see Alex staring at her. 'good thing I followed through, then.' The eyes disappeared, and she climbed into the taxi, holding her bag on her lap. "The train station, please." And with that the cab sped away.

Alex stared after her mother. Sometimes, she almost yearned to go to school, the place her mother returned to, day after day. But then she remembered Lucy... "Little brat." She mumbled, just remembering the blond who had kicked her down a hill, causing her broken arm. She stared at her forearm. It was slightly crooked. It hadn't ever healed quite right. Sighing, Alex turned back to her room to change. She couldn't sit around in her mother's V-neck and a pair of boxers all day.

She ended with what she seemed to wear every day: blue jeans, socks, and T-shirt of any color. Today it was black with red swirls. She was really glad it was out of the wash, because it was her favorite shirt. Any shirt that was both black and red was a good shirt, as she saw it. Examining herself in her mirror, she had to say, it was good. Instinctively, she patted down a cowlick, then patted her chest to see if it was growing any. It wasn't, so she sighed and walked back out into the main apartment. She waved to Lilan, then walked to the door, where she put on and laced up a pair of black converse sneakers. As she began to exit the house, she could feel Lilan grab at her shirt. She rolled her eyes in exasperation. "Fine, I'll get my jacket." Turning back into the house, she muttered, "It's not even that cold..."

A few moments later, Alex had on a white zip-up hoodie and a purple shoulder bag gracing her once-plain figure. As she actually managed to leave the house, she turned back to the shadow-creature. "Hey, Lilan. You wanna come?" It did something like shaking it's head. Alex sighed. "OK, have it your way. I'll be back soon." 'as soon as I finish practicing my magic.' With that, she turned and jogged down the sidewalk, her shoulder bag bouncing on her hip every step she took.

Alex looked up from the bench where she sat under the tree, the rain from the leaves dripping onto her hood. She had been humming 'Raspberry Heaven', but stopped when she saw the girl walk out of what she was pretty sure was a crypt. Panicked that it might be a recently changed (and therefore confused) vampire, she stood up and turned to go, hoping not to be noticed. Something stopped her, though. The girl didn't have the aura of a dark one. And she seemed to be confused about the rain, not the fact that the rain was hardly cold anymore.

Alex peered back at the girl, then turned back and continued to sneak out once more. No matter if it was a zombie or a vampire or whatever, she didn't want to be around it when it realized it was alive again.

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Sarah stared at herself in the women's bathroom mirror. She'd shaped her body to be younger and her hair to be longer. It was perfect now. Smirking, she left the room, now dressed in fairly inappropriate leather clothing.

From a window nearby, she peered down at the passersby. She chose a particularly rich-looking target, formed large, raven-esque wings(It was just part of the look. People just expected black wings nowadays.), and soared down, grabbed the man, and hauled him off.

"OK, sir, now just hand over all the money you got in your wallet and I won't have to hurt you." The man was quick to hand over the entire wallet and run off towards his wife and kids. Sarah checked the money in the wallet, and smiled in a satisfied manner. There was enough just in this wallet to feed her and Alexius for a week, not to mention everything else she'd saved until now.

Cameron sucked up her emotions and clicked on the T.V. She took in the images of a horrific scene at the police precinct. Plauge was a new male villian Cameron hadn't had the pleasure of meeting yet. She watched the T.V. for another moment to get the jist of his powers then ripped off her pajamas. She pulled on her silver armor and wrapped her cape around her shoulders quickly. She brushed her hair back and slipped her sword into its sheilth. She pushed her window open and jumped out into the rain gliding into the air smoothly. She slowed the heavy drops to a soft drizzle.

As she came closer to the building she could sense a great evil presence. She could tell that Plauge brought great danger to her, and all the people he was infecting. With her quick thinking she changed the wind current to blow the terrible airborn disease away from her, so she could get the villian away from the poor people. She walked to the door of the building, since it was wide open and saw him inside. The gas mask on his face made him look just as much more evil. "Come out and face me!" Cameron, now dressed as Silver screamed over the howl of the wind all around her. She saw the dead and choking bodies around the room and she became very angry towards the killer. What did he have to gain from this? She was determined to stop him and save as many people as she could.

Cameron snarled, she noticed he had stopped spreading the disease into the air, so she let the wind die down in a moment. She braced herself and tightened her muscles. She tilted her head back and forth to crack her neck before she spoke. "This is your last chance. Leave now or I'll tear you apart." her anger was building and her nerves were going to explode if she didn't get to fight him soon. She locked eyes with him and waited for him to make a move.