Doomed to Fail

A Gift?

Lefu sighed and threw her clothes on the floor as she walked towards her roll of blankets, turning on all the lights. She collapsed on her makeshift bed, satisfied that the room was well lit, including her balcony. She cuddled her pillow to her chest and sighed.

She lay there until the sun came up and got in the shower. She stood there most of the time, letting the water roll off her back. She took her time in the shower and dried herself off. She snapped her fingers and she was dressed. She smiled happily and flitted about her room, throwing her clothes into a hamper, shutting the lights back off and stood out on her balcony with a coffee in hand and a croissant in the other. She used the ledge as a table and enjoyed the morning view with the sun rising. She glanced over to her neighbor's patio as his door clicked open and he stepped out with coffee in hand.

"Howdy neighbor," she greeted Clark with a smile. He smiled at her and sipped at his coffee.

"If you stay out here too long, you'll be late," he commented. Lefu shrugged.

"I won't. If you stay out here too long, you'll be the one late," she said with a wink. Clark chuckled.

"Touché. Do you have another croissant?" he asked playfully. Lefu made as if to reach inside for one and pulled one out of thin air. She tossed it across to him and he caught it with an appreciative smile. She watched him take a bite.

"This is amazing! Where did you buy these?" he asked, happily chomping them down. Lefu laughed.

"That's a secret," she teased. They looked out over the city enjoying their coffee and pastries in companionable silence. Clark turned to leave.

"Thanks for breakfast, I owe you. See you at work," he called back. Lefu waved goodbye and waited until she was sure he left his room and walked down the hallway. Lefu let her wings appear and jumped off the balcony, flying quickly out to down the street from work. She landed inside an alley, careful that no one saw her.

She looked around herself and walked inside a store to kill some time as if she was taking a taxi. She looked at various clothes that women would wear and shopped around. She tried on different outfits, keeping in mind the ones she liked for later use. While it'd be nice to make things appear from thin air, her powers only worked by displacement and illusion. What she grabbed and made appear came from real shops.

To put it simply, Lefu was stealing.

After a reasonable amount of time she stepped out of the store and walked towards work. Clark was walking out of the alley she landed in with a smile plastered on his face.

"Well, aren't you just a bucket of sunshine. Are you sure you're not following me?" she teased, catching herself before she fell flat on her face when she stumbled towards him. She laughed at herself.

"Nope, I'm pretty sure you're the one who's following me. I also say, I got to work first," he said with a smile. Lefu smiled brightly at him.

"Is that so? I don't think so because—" Lefu took off at a run towards work, she looked back to see Clark in shock before he laughed and ran after her. She touched the building, panting as if she were out of breath. "Because I touched the building first." She smiled proudly. Clark panted and laughed.

"Ok, ok, you win. Let's go to work. After lunch we're supposed to try and get an interview with Bruce Wayne." They walked side by side into work, chatting about nothing of import. They worked well together. They were typing stories, running errands throughout the office for each other. It was already time to go to the airport before they knew it. Lefu sighed and checked her watch.

"We need to leave now if we want to be there on time. I think the whole office is going too," she said to Clark. Clark stood and they left. Clark flagged down a taxi and they got in. Lefu happily hummed to herself as she watched the scenery go by. When the taxi stopped Clark paid and they walked towards the gathering crowd around a jet.