Astrid Stronghold, cousin to Will Stronghold, lost her father to a Sidekick turned Villain and yet she still chose to become a Sidekick. Lash Livingston, Hero turned Villain turned Hero, would do whatever it takes to save Astrid, if she was ever in...
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Small drops of rain pattered down on her head as she waited for Will's bus to arrive at school. Before she had successfully escaped from her house this morning, her mother had come thumping down the stairs and made Astrid promise to invite her cousin and parents for her dinner that night. Something about needing to see her 'favourite nephew' (her only nephew) and that they should come over at 6pm.
Unfortunately, as she stood there, Lash and Speed also made their way over to the buses. Smiling at Ron when the doors opened, Speed used his power to steal the driver's hat and hand it to Lash.
"If you're not going to respect me, at least respect the hat!" Ron exclaimed.
Scoffing at the pathetic display of authority Ron had attempted to exert, Lash threw the hat back to Speed, taunting the poor bus driver. Rolling her eyes at their immaturity, Astrid was about to use her invisibility to snatch it back when Will stood up.
"Give Ron his hat back." Will said, semi-politely.
"Sure thing. After all, you're the Sidekick." Lash smirked, catching it from Speed and dropping it into the muddy puddle before Ron and Will's feet. "We'll catch up with you later, Stronghold."
Chuckling at each other, the pair turned away from the group and managed to take two steps before another Stronghold Sidekick blocked their way.
"Move it, Blondie." Speed demanded, going to step around her.
Quickly, she stepped to the side, effectively blocking his way once more and smiled sweetly at the two bullies.
"That wasn't very nice of you. I think you should apologise."
Realising that this was her payback for him annoying her on the bus the other day, Lash tried not to chuckle at the pettiness of her revenge. Unfortunately, he was unable to hide his smile because it was something that he would do if the situation was reversed and his grin only encouraged Astrid further.
"Why the hell would we do that?" Speed scoffed.
"Well, you seem to think that people do something you don't like, they have to apologise for wronging you. Therefore, you should act as you expect others to treat you. Now apologise."
Speed's mouth dropped open at the audacity of the Sidekick and Lash's face was turning a concerning red colour as he forced himself not to laugh. No matter how many times they had aggravated Astrid over the years, she had never once taken it this far and it was amusing to see that her confidence from the first day was containing.
Pride flickered in his chest when strangled gasps escaped Speed's mouth instead of words and Lash realised that this girl was going to get him into serious trouble soon.
"Cat got your tongue? Okay then." Astrid's smile never once shifted from her face but mischief glittered in her blue eyes as she moved to the side and allowed them to pass. "Have a nice day."
