The Red Cat

Chapter 4: On the Job

Remember that girl you kissed? She finally gave you her name. It's Alyssa. After today at school, you decide to head home and take a nap. Or you would, if you didn't just see a huge explosion a few blocks away. Must be another flamboyant bank robbery by a new super villain again. You roll your eyes and duck into an alleyway to change your outfit, putting on your mask as you got into your superhero persona again.

You rush to the scene in your flamboyant red dress, your glittery mask sparkling from the little bit of flames around you. The thieves were right in front of you, or, more accurately thief. He was giving a long, boring monologue about how his parents left him and all that, you aren't really paying attention. That's when you say it, in your cutesy-teen girl voice, that catchphrase that everyone knows and loves, "Well love, no matter what happened to you before, doing this will send you straight to hell!" You conjure up a fireball and hurl it at the man, but that's when he does the unthinkable.

THE JERK ATE YOUR FIREBALL! Ate it, not just took it in the face and got hurt from it like normal people, he straight up ATE IT. As in, caught it with his mouth, swallowed it down, and nothing happened. You're used to people who are resistant to your fireballs, like it takes a couple to knock them down. But this guy? THIS GUY IS EATING THEM! That's when you hear a voice behind you, an all too familiar voice with a sly, feminine tone. "What's this? The legendary Red Cat can do nothing to save these poor, innocent people? She may as well take off her mask right now and give up!" It was the Purple Fox, for real this time. She stepped closer and whispered into your ear about making a deal, your identity for her to take down the criminal for you just this once. Knowing her though, that was kind of a last-resort option. You weren't completely hopeless in this situation, after all.

A ring of fire came forth, a gateway to the Hellforge, a legendary mythological weapon's forge that was rarely usable by mortals. You pull out a large blade and charge the criminal, but he bites it and it shatters. You're out of options now, this guy can bite through Hellsteel, he can't be beat by anything you've got in your arsenal. For the first time since you found your powers, you're completely hopeless. You walk over to the Purple Fox and give her a nod to take the guy down, which really excites her.