Phoenix

10. A Freash Start

I wake up with an outfit laying on my bed. I climb out of my bed and look at it.

It a the costume Jackie showed me. Yesterday...

How did she-

" Hey, Seth?" My brother calls me "Why is the costume that Jackie just showed us, yesterday, sitting on the end of my bed? How did she get it here?"

"I don't know. I was wondering that myself... I'm going to go try it on."

I go into the bathroom. I put the costume on and it fits perfectly.

How did she do that?

I walk out of the bathroom and go up to Jake.

" You look wicked cool, dude."

He also had put his on and I could say the same thing about his too.

"I've been working on this thing. I made a new type of boot. Look." I go and I grab the pair of boots.

I show him the boots that I made. I show him how they work and how I can sort of fly in them. "I'm still working on them."

"That's really cool. We have to go to Jackie's in a few hours. Finish your school work for today first though.

I sigh. I hate the work but it's better than being in a classroom. I get it done a lot faster and I actually learn more. But it's useless information anyway.

After I get changed into my regular clothes, I finish my school work. We go over to Jackie's with our costumes.

I'm really proud of what we are doing.

We open the garage door and go up the stairs to find Jackie sitting in front of the computer with notebooks, pencils and pencil crayons.

"Jackie."

She jerks her head to the side to see us walk in. Closing her notebooks and exiting her sites she stands up. "Hey, guys. What's up?"

"Whatcha doing?" My brother seems pretty suspicious of Jackie. I can understand why.

"Research. School and this is so it of work. I'm trying to get all my school work done so I can get my diploma early." She explains.

It's valid. I believe her and Jake do too.

She pulls another website up on the computer. She signals us over.

She shows us a list of wanted criminals in the city. She points at one. "I've been studying him. He's always in the alley behind the bar. He's a simple start. He's only a drug dealer."

We nod and change again. We leave and go to the bar. We sit on a bench in the ally. A man comes up to us. He's the man from the list. He matches the picture. "You guys look stupid. It's not Halloween." He scuffs.

Jake looks at me as if to tell me to make the first move.

I make a fist and put it up to my chin. I cough into the fist spitting out a burst of flame. Then I stare into his fearful eyes. "Most people would run." I retort.

He looks like he can't move. "Hey. It's pretty dark out here. I should get a light." I reach inside my jacket. I don't pull anything out except for a ball of fire. "I've been working on this, see." I stick it right in front of his face. He takes a small step back. The starts running to the right of us.

"Bye," I yell. I look at Jake who's looking back at me. "Well go get him. I'm not doing everything."

Jake stands up slowly then grabs the air. The man stops but he's struggling. I don't know what's going on but I keep watching.

The man is running in place. Jake lifts his hand really fast and it brings the man up into the air. He's floating just beside a building.

Jake sets him down on the roof. The man starts looking for a way down. The Jake grabs him again and throws him off the edge, catching him a few meters above ground.

"Alright. This has gotten boring. Let's go." Jake exclaims and swings the guy closest to us. He's now just a few meters away from us. We start walking toward the police station. 

"W-who are you g-guys?" He stutters.

"I'm Raiden. This is Phoenix. Nice to beat you. I hope you like gray and bars." Jake is referring to prison.

We walk in silence the rest of the way. Jake messes with the guy for a bit which was pretty funny. When we got there we stuck his own wanted sign to his forehead and placed him in front of the glass doors.

Officers, we're out within seconds looking for who put him there.

After getting back to Jackie's we both have to agree that was pretty fun. I like this. Jackie shows us that we have a bigger job tomorrow.