Spiderman's Babysitter

7 • In Canada, They Fight Crime in Hockey Rquipment

No castles, no gods, no pride, and no shame
They beat no crowns in tired ghost towns
No matter your name, they are just words on your grave
There's no hope, there's no heroes
~ No Heroes • Foxblood

"This month's essay topic will be a question that I believe your generation has yet to answer," Ms. Robin began her class. "Where is the line drawn between heroism and terrorism? Is there even a line at all?"

MJ already knew she was going to dread writing this essay. She believed that there was no difference between a hero and a villain. A hero and a villain are just two people fighting over the same thing, yet one is classified as good, and the other as evil. Take Tony Stake and Obadiah Stand for example. They are only two powerful men fighting over even more power, and for some reason, everyone thinks Tony Stark is the better man.

MJ didn't want to write that on her essay though because she knew that probably everyone would disagree with her and be slightly concerned with how opinionated she is.

Ms. Robin pulled up a video on her Smart Board.

"I'm sure you are all aware of capture of the drug lord Fernandez Velasquez by the so-called 'Captain Canada' a few weeks ago in Quebec City," Ms. Robin continued. "But for those of your who haven't seen the security tapes, we are going to watch them quickly and then talk about it."

Ms. Robin then played a video that Peter had seen many times before.

Captain Canada was a Canadian vigilante who was rapidly growing in popularity, and this video was her debut.

The girl wore ridiculous looking armor and strange blades on her forearms. She even wore pajama pants under her shin pads. Peter thought it was extremely heroic that someone as seemingly unprepared as this girl, was willing to take on a drug lord as powerful as Velasquez.

On the other hand, Cindy was just thinking about how badass it was that a young woman confronted one of the most powerful criminals in the world in nothing but hockey equipment.

Captain Canada was everything Cindy wanted to be once she moved out of her parent's house.

The security tape started. The class watched as Velasquez stood outside the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac with a brief case in hand. The 'Captain Canada' began to approach the drug dealer. What seemed to be a homeless man bumped into the girl before she could reach Velasquez. Suddenly, the homeless man was grabbing onto the girl but she eventually managed to knock him out cold with her elbow.

Suddenly, almost everyone who was roaming the streets beelined for Captain Canada. But, out of the blue, everyone came to a halt at the exact same time. At this point, Velasquez was sprinting down the street.

Eventually, Captain Canada was able to corner Velasquez into an alleyway. Velasquez pulled out a gun but, for some unknown reason, it didn't fire when he pressed down on the trigger. When Velasquez grabbed onto the neck of Captain Canada, she used the blades on her forearms to slice deep gashes into his arms.

Velasquez stumbled backwards, gaping at the gigantic gashed on his arms. However, he did not let that stop him. Velasquez managed to fight back for an impressive amount of time, dripping blood all over his opponent in the process.

Soon after, Captain Canada threw an unknown object at Velasquez's right hand, causing it to stick to the wall in the alleyway. While Velasquez was stuck there, Captain Canada was able to knock him out cold.

The video stopped there, but the class knew the rest of the story.

A few minutes after the conflict, Velasquez was found outside a nearby police station, bloody and unconscious.