Roman marched down the center of the sidewalk, popping her bubblegum and slamming her boots down on the pavement. Every part of her- from the skull shoelaces to the leather jacket, screamed ' delinquent".
She ducked into a club with a nod to the war-scarred bouncer, and slipped through the neon crowds until she found her target.
Hye Jou: an ambassader for the Fitch rebellion.
Orders: get in. Get out.
Roman stared at the person across the table, and unsheathed her claws. Her hands moved quickly, and she was gone by the time Hye realized that their drink had been poisoned. Roman slipped the bouncer a twenty and continued on her march.
" You've been busy."
Lina Vou: grim reaper? Fellow superhuman? Eats souls.
Orders: GET RID OF HIM. HE'S OBNOXIOUS.
" Lina. I thought I'd already told you to go to hell this week." Roman said, eying the out-of-reach grim reaper. Lina rearranged the pins in his tie, then adjusted his fluffy auburn hair.
" Ambassador Hye tasted awful. Thanks for that." Lina grumbled, swirling down from his perch.
" Go. To. Hell."
Lina merely smiled. "They say that killers have the best tasting souls. Think I should check?"
Roman's claws flicked out across his throat.
" Ah yes, your claws. We both know they won't do a thing against me, so why don't you save your toxin for your marks?"
Roman retracted her claws. "You know about my toxin?" She asked.
Lina rolled his eyes. "Hard to miss. You've got venom glands under your fingernails. Two hundred times more toxic than the common krait. It would be impressive if I didn't know you."
Roman slammed her claws into Lina's shoulder and injected all her toxin at once. He merely yawned.
" I'm immune. We covered this the first seven times you tried this stunt."
Roman retracted her claws again and kept walking. Lina hurried after her, smirk still fully on his face.
" Have you ever tried a soul?" He asked.
" Not since the last time you asked me. Which was yesterday." Lina shrugged. "I'll save you the next one." He produced a long, wormish thing from his pocket. "Oh! Got one!" He offered the squirming soul to Roman, who could not have looked more disgusted. "Where did you get that?" Lina pointed at the apartment building they were passing. "Lil' ol' lady on the fourth floor. They're pretty sweet. Try it!"
"I'd rather not eat someone's grandma." Roman replied.
" More for me." Lina said, then popped the soul into his mouth.
"Gross."
" They are an acquired taste." Lina admitted.
" What? Souls or little old ladies?"
"Both."
" Gross, Lina."
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Codename Holiday
ActionRoman Skylar isn't your average superpowered teen. She knows every thug and baddy in town, and has an unkanny sense of when secrets are being kept.
