The Aberrant Series (Book 3): Super Villain by Kendrick Franklin

Author:Kendrick, Franklin [Kendrick, Franklin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Superhero Fantasy
Publisher: Kendrick Press
Published: 2017-06-23T04:00:00+00:00

20

The Surprise Visitor

“Well, that got us nowhere,” says Mae.

I shake my head as I pace around her bedroom later that evening.

“I can’t believe it,” I say. “These guys are supposed to be police. Their entire job is to help us!”

Mae gives me a feeble smile.

“Did you really expect them to jump with nothing more than a feeling that something bad was about to happen?” she asks.

I shrug and then let out a heavy sigh.

“I was hoping they would do something besides just jot it down in a notebook.” I rub my hand roughly against the back of my neck, which has become clammy. “I guess that’s why superheroes are the ones who take justice into their own hands in the comic books,” I say.

Mae is right. We can’t expect the police to do much when we don’t have an address or even a written document as evidence of future harm. Even in our own high school it’s not uncommon for people to make up a bomb scare or some other stupid thing because they don’t want to take a test that day. It becomes the boy who cried wolf.

In the end, I can’t really blame our police force. They have enough work to do as it is.

“It’s time we take matters into our own hands,” I tell Mae. “We have costumes, don’t we?”

“We do,” says Mae. “But I don’t know how much help they will be. Yours is pretty distinguishable from the YouTube video. People were looking for you since they thought you broke into that warehouse.”

I wave a hand at her dismissively.

“That was months ago,” I reason. “Surely nobody will be looking for me now.”

Mae pulls a face and shrugs.

“We just have to be careful, whatever we do, is all I’m saying,” she replies.

I nod then clap my hands together, rubbing them against each other until I feel the heat against my palms.

“Are you absolutely positive that you saw Kimberly in your vision?” I ask.

This is clearly not something that Mae wants to hear again, for the hundredth time.

“Are either of us positive about anything having to do with our powers?” she shoots back, throwing her hands into the air. “All I know is that I saw someone who had to be Kimberly. She had the same hair, and I don’t think I would forget that face.” She frowns at me.

“And she was definitely trapped?”

Mae nods.

“Spire Tech and Virtual Solutions have to be the same place,” she says. “Austin is involved in this mind control operation, and it’s not gonna get any easier moving forward. The guy has resources – a lot more resources than us!”

“There has to be a way that we can guard our minds and take down Spire Tech,” I say.

“With what?” Mae laughs. “Do you want us to put lead helmets on? That might guard our minds, but also give us cancer at the same time.”

I groan.

“There has to be something,” I say. “I’m not resting until The Drone and The Cloak are both taken down.

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