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Courtney walks over to a podium that had more dust then the rest. It had a utility belt, a grappling hook and mask but nothing else, like it was missing objects. "What about this?" she asks.
Pat sighs, "That would belong to the girl of 1000 Gimmicks." the blonde teen gives him a look and he nods, "I know, it's a mouth full. But she wasn't an official member of the JSA. She helped out Starman when he was still the Star Spangled Kid, but as they got older she wanted to live her life."
"So what did she do?" she asks confused.
"She was resourceful. Whatever she had around she would use it as a weapon, or use it to make traps and help that way. She always had random things in her belt we never knew what to expect." Pat explains as he looks at the mask with fond memories.
"So she was like a surprise attack on the ISA?" she questions.
Pat shakes his head, "She never fought the ISA, she got out before them. She was a surprise attack to everyone else though."
Courtney stares at the mask thoughtfully. "Huh."
"Yeah she was the optimistic but sensible one of our little group. She would try and tone down Starman's excitment with reality but still was so upbeat about everything." Pat says with a small laugh.
"Kinda sounds like Shelby." Courtney mutters to herself.
The blonde teen stood in her room looking through all of the stolen JSA members items. She grabs the mask from the other night and thought about her sister's crying. "We need to save people like Joey next time." she whispers before setting down the mask.
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Shelby makes her way downstairs in a small rush as she thinks she's going to be late but sighs seeing everyone eating breakfast still. "Well, you're welcome to bring a friend but the chicken's already defrosting." she hears Pat say making Mike sigh. "You can't win'em all, buddy."
"Court, why don't you invite a friend to dinner too?" Barbara suggests as Shelby steals a poptart from Mike making him give her a look but she just smiles before taking a bite.
"Courtney doesn't have any friends." Mike jokes.
"She has friends." Shelby defends, even if it was porbably a lie.
"I have tons of friends. Thank you very much." Courtney adds giving Mike a glare.
"What about you Shelby? Bring a friend for dinner?" their mom suggests with a hopeful look.
Shelby gives her mom an apolegetic look, "I sort of promised my friend I'd have dinner with him at the hospital. His dad's still there and I just don't want him to be alone all the time."
Barbara raises an eyebrow, "A boyfriend?" she questions.
"A friend who is a boy, mom." she corrects as her face flushes.
"Hmm. Okay, but text Pat and I when you get there and if you need a ride or not after." she tells her.
Shelby smiles, "You're the best." she says giving her mom a kiss on the cheek.
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"What's going on with you and Henry?" Cindy says out of the blue making Shelby jump in surprise.
"Nothing? Why?" she replies confused at the sudden hostility.
Cindy sighs in a huff, "Listen, I've been trying to get him to date me for months and now your here and he just, I don't know, gravitates to you. It's weird, so I wanna know if somethings going on you didn't share with us." she crosses her arms.
Shelby blinks at the sudden outburst. "Well, he never brought anything up with me. Maybe he just wants a new friend? I don't know, I'm just getting to know all of you." she replies honestly. "Besides he seems to still act the same around everyone to me." she adds with a shrug.
"Fine. Don't tell me. But when he rejects you. Don't say I didn't warn you." Cindy says before flipping her hair and walking away.
"Warn me about what?" Shelby mumbles to herself. "Crazy."
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"I hope you're in the mood for burgers." Shelby says softly as she enters the hospital room with a bag of take out.
Henry sits up, "I thought you said you had family dinner?" he questions.
"They let me pass tonight to hang with you." she asys taking a seat next to him. "Burger?"
"You are the best." he says with a sigh, accepting the burger as she places the fries on the small table between them before grabbing her own burger.
"Has their been any updates?" she asks as they eat their dinner.
"Nothing yet." he replies with a sigh. "Feels like I'm never going to get any answers."
She looks at him sadly, "Don't stress, the doctors know what their doing. Besides your dads a doctor, he knows he has to fight." she reasures him.
Henry moves to sit on the chair that was next to his fathers bed, "What if he doesn't though? He's all I have left... I-" his voice cracks as covers his face in his hands.
Shelby quickly goes to his side, "Henry, hey." she whispers rubbing his back in a form of comfort. "You shouldn't think like that. He's going to get out of this. You're dad will be okay. Besides you're not alone, you have me." she tells him honestly.
"Do you think he can hear me?" he asks her quietly.
"I like to think he can." she answers softly.
He looks up and sniffs staring at his father. "I miss you, dad." he says.
Unbeknownst to them, Yolanda dressed as Wildcat was behind them, glaring daggers at Henry with her claws out ready to strike. But was hesitant due to his words and the other girl in the room.
A noise behind them makes them turn but they see no one. "I should take you home." Henry says with another sniffle before standing.
"Only if you wanna leave, I can walk." Shelby replies.
He shakes his head, "No, no... I wanna leave. Come on." he says leading the way, and she follows.
Courtney, dressed as Stargirl floats up to the window on her staff and Yolanda drops down from the cieling. Both looking at one another in surprise. "Was that your sister?"
"Yeah... What was she... Oh my god, she told our mom she was going to be with a friend at the hospital for dinner. I didn't think she ment Henry." Courtney says in disbelief.
"Court, he's not a good person to trust. She shouldn't be friends with him. Like at all." Yolanda tells her.
"I'll... I'll try and talk to her about it."
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