Seventeen year old Jay Sasaki lives in a world where corporations spend millions of dollars to exploit superpowered children and the media defines good and evil. Cursed with the ability to steal souls, Jay leads a double life as both a normal high s...
"It's about Captain Fedora," I said as I sat down in the chair next to Percy's.
"Did you find out his secret identity?" Percy asked. He smiled and then said, "Finally! We'll be able to defeat him."
"Yes, I did," I said.
"So what is it?" Percy asked. "Who is Captain Fedora really?"
All of a sudden, the door creaked open. I glanced towards the door and saw Vanessa standing there. That was when I knew that I couldn't tell Percy about Captain Fedora's secret identity. Vanessa would overhear us, and she would freak out. "I'll tell you later," I said to Percy.
"Why can't you tell me now?" Percy asked.
"What in the world are you two talking about?" Vanessa asked.
"Hey Vanessa," Percy said. "I didn't see you there. How was your date?"
"It went really well," Vanessa said.
"That's nice," Percy said. "Anyways, Jay says that he's figured out who Captain Fedora is, and he was going to tell me his secret identity."
"Percy's overstating it a little bit," I lied. "I need to do a little bit more investigating to confirm Captain Fedora's secret identity."
"That's not what you said earlier," Percy said.
"Well, when you figure it out, let me know," Vanessa said. "In the meantime, I can help you look into it."
"I thought that it was my job to deal with Captain Fedora," Percy complained. "You have your own superheroes to defeat, Vanessa."
"Melisma and the Green Machine aren't real threats," Vanessa said. "I can help you two with Captain Fedora."
Percy rolled his eyes, but I said, "That sounds great, Vanessa." Perhaps Vanessa would figure out that Declan was Captain Fedora on her own, and I could always tell Percy another time.
The next day, I went to work as usual, but over breakfast, I asked Dad to drop me off at Ellen's castle. "I need to talk to one of my friends there," I explained to him. "Vanessa will probably be able to give me a ride back into the city."
Thankfully, Dad agreed to it, and he drove me to Ellen's castle without asking any questions. When we got there, I hopped out of the car and knocked on the door, and Ellen let me in. "Hi Jay," Ellen said. "You're not usually here this early."
"I need to talk to Percy," I said.
"He's in the office," Ellen said.
I ran upstairs and wandered through the corridors until I found Percy furiously typing on his computer. I was about to tell him about Captain Fedora's secret identity, but I then realized that Vanessa was sitting next to him. "Percy, can I please have the computer?" she asked. "I need to Google something really quickly."
