Resistant • Jonathan Kent

xiv. Complications

"Where is it coming from? Someone get me eyes on the shooter!" The cops were shouting desperately, pointing their guns at anything that seemed like it could be causing it as Tiana was skidding to a stop next to them, before the world seemed to slow down.

Tiana turned around in a full circle, scanning the area as the world seemed to move in slow motion. She saw the glass shattering, bit by bit before the cops were shouting loudly, having spotted her. But Tiana heard all of it like she was underwater, looking around as she was racing up the side of a nearby building to get a better view.

"Superman?" Tiana asked, holding her hand up to the side of her head and quickly activating her communicator, that she had fixed up after accidentally frying it by mistake a few days before when she had a nightmare.

"This is Peia." Clark was hovering above her, before he dove down to help the cops maintain order, while Tiana ran down the side of the building to join them as well. "There are no bullets! Everybody, remain calm!" Clark called out as he was looking around, while the gunfire was continuing and people were shouting.

All of it was affecting Clark's hearing as people continued to scream and shout, panicked by the gunfire and Tiana was looking around, trying to figure out how she could help. But short of joining the crowd of screaming people in an attempt to get them to shut up, Tiana wasn't sure how she could really help in this situation for once.

"These fake attacks keep happening." One of the cops spoke up. "When's this gonna stop, Superman?" She asked and Tiana briefly glanced over at Clark, wondering what his answer was going to be to the situation.

"I'm working on it." Clark stated and he nodded to Tiana quickly, who was zipping away at the nonverbal signal as Clark was flying up into the sky and he swiftly followed her back towards the DOD.

"Any sign of Peia?" Sam asked as they both landed in the secondary command room, with Tiana immediately digging into the food that the soldiers had on hand and ready for her. Tiana was eating and drinking water like her life depended on it, while she listened to the rest of the conversation around her.

"Seems like she's everywhere." Clark admitted.

"Whatever cure she got from Mannheim must have kicked her powers up tenfold."

"It's throwing me off. I can't tell where she and Bruno are hiding in the world." Clark said and Tiana glanced at him.

"I can try to run around the city again, but... I can't think of anywhere, that I haven't already checked." Tiana admitted as she was handing off the empty food and water containers. "Thank you, gentlemen." She said to the soldiers that had given her the food and she was shaking her head to clear it. "You know, if I got some help..."

"No, no! Don't you even think about it." Clark said at once, pointing an accusing finger at her and Tiana sighed, before she held up her hands in surrender.

"If you don't figure it out soon, I'm worried someone's gonna get hurt. We need to stop her!" Sam said at once and Tiana was nodding at the words, before she focused and her eyes lit up with lightning.

"Wow. I mean... You're Superman himself." Kyle was saying and now, Tiana was digging into even more food, listening to Kyle speak. "And you're...?" He asked as she glanced over at him, before she was standing up.

"Dart." Tiana said.

"Actually, she goes by the Flash now." Clark corrected her at once and Tiana's ears were swiftly turning red at the words. "But she was Dart for the first four years of her being a hero. Well, I mean... give or take a couple of weeks." Clark said as Tiana finished up her food.