Saturday, May 17, 2014

I had fun writing this!



          Nate watched in amazement from the twentieth floor as the lights all over the city went out. He pulled out his cell only to have it ring in his hand. He flipped it open. "Jan?"
          He winced as her voice shrieked in his ear. "Did you see it?"
          "Yes, I saw it."
          "I've never seen anything like it! Hold on... Zack is calling....I'll put him on..."
          Zack's deep voice came onto the phone. "I'm calling everyone to HQ now. If you see anything strange or unusual on your way, call immediately."
          Nate started running towards the stairs. "Yes, sir." He clapped his phone shut and shoved it into his pocket.
          Down on the ground, he looked around. People streamed out of buildings and clustered into chattering groups. Taxies parked haphazardly on the street. No chance of getting a cab. Nate sighed and started running.
          He met up with Xander on the way. "Any more news from HQ?" Xander panted, a hand pressed to his side.
          "No." Nate pressed on, his eyes glued ahead. "Come on, barrel belly, it's just a few more blocks."
          "Barrel belly yourself." Xander muttered. "I'm only three pounds heavier than you."
          "And you're also six inches shorter." Nate retorted. "Stop talking and get moving."
          Rita waited for them outside the doors. "Any more news?"
          Nate shook his head.
          Gus came around the corner with Jan. "Anything more from Zack?"
          Xander pushed open the door. "If there was, don't you think we'd tell you?"
          As he came in with the others, Nate stopped and tilted his head. "Did you hear that?"
          "Hear what?" Jan asked but Nate was already sprinting to the stairs.
          He heard Xander grumble behind him. "Can't that guy go at a normal pace?" Nate turned to head up the next flight just in time to see Gus shove him in the back. "Stop complaining. Come on!"
          The first thing Nate saw when he slammed open the doors to the meeting room was a body laying in a pool of blood. The next thing he saw was someone jumping out the window.
          Nate hesitated, then ran over to the prone figure. "Zack!"
          The others crowded around in the doorway as Nate turned him over. He swallowed hard and turned away. "Gus, get the girls out of here."
          "We're not weaklings." Rita snorted as she walked to where he crouched. She paled when she looked over his shoulder. "Oh, Zack."
          Jan whimpered. Nate turned to see her bury her face in Xander's shoulder.
          Gus went to the window. "There's no sign of who did this. How are we going to find out what happened?"
          "There's no need to find out what you already know." Nate stood up. "I'm betting whoever shot Zack is also the one who shut the city's power off."
          "Who?" Rita asked.
          Jan pulled her face from Xander's shirt. Her face was remarkably composed. "Who did it, Nate?"
          Nate paused, then said in barely controlled rage. "I saw his face as he jumped out the window. It was Bane."
          Rita gasped. "Your brother?!"
         
         

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