Super (Novella): Super Search by Jones Princess

Author:Jones, Princess [Jones, Princess]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Superheroes | Supervillains
Publisher: BlackBelle Books
Published: 2015-07-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

The ethics of being a Super are complicated. You swear an oath to follow the laws of the Council. Technically, you want to intervene in any emergency situation you come upon, whether in your district or not. But some things are just a gray area. Like whether you have to take home the cat you saved or if it’s okay to leave it on its own.

From what I could tell, the cat was a girl. On the train ride, I named her Din-Din because she narrowly escaped being the main course in a cat dinner.

You’d be surprised at how little people care about you carrying a cat onto the train, especially if said cat is really into hanging out with you and just kinda sits on your lap looking at you adoringly. Getting Din-Din into the house was even easier. My parents were sleeping so I didn’t have to explain anything. I just took her upstairs to my room. Crash gave me the side-eye from his bowl, but I just ignored him. After getting Din-Din a dish of water and a little roast beef from the kitchen, I passed out with her sleeping next to me.

When my alarm went off in the morning, I dressed quickly. Then I made Crash promise to be nice to the still sleeping Din-Din and rushed out the door.

Having a lifestyle like mine means that I don’t have very many close friends. Walking to Cranky's, I pulled out my phone and texted one of the only people who knew me well but didn’t know my secret.

“Mellie, u want a cat?”

I’d met Mellie as my coworker and we became friends. I’d hadn’t seen in her the couple of weeks since I’d been asked not to return to the job we worked together. But we had texted a few times and I thought maybe she would want to help me out.

The answer came swiftly. “No.”

“Y not?” I texted back.

“Because I can’t have pets in my apartment. And my clothes are too fabulous to invite cat hair into my life.”

She had a point. I’d known Din-Din for less than twelve hours and I already had a fair amount of cat hair on my clothes. “K,” I typed back.

A few seconds later, Cranky's came into view. The front window was covered in red paint. “Great. Just great,” I groaned to myself. The Graffiti Bandit had struck again.

I stood in front of the store for a minute to admire today’s masterpiece. It was the same red paint but this time the artist had created an elaborate scene depicting a balding guy peeing in coffee cups. I assumed it was inspired by Lou. I snapped a picture with my phone and checked the time. It was only 5am but we were opening in thirty minutes and I still needed to set up. Since everyone’s hours had been cut, it was just me for the first few hours. If I didn’t get this off of the windows before we opened, it would be there for most of the day.

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