Heroes for Hire
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Last published Thu, Jun 27, 2013
My heart stopped. This guy…he couldn’t be real.
The floating man came closer, “It’s nice to finally meet you; you won’t believe the trouble you’ve caused us, running around unregistered.”
Unregistered?
“Now if you could just come with us and answer a few questions about you powers."
Powers?
It’s occurred to Theresa that maybe she shouldn’t have gone gallivanting across New York City, beating up bad guys and stopping robberies. Maybe if she had gone to parties when she snuck out instead, she wouldn’t have been approached by a group of, for lack of a better word...superheroes.
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As a (nearly) sixteen year old girl, Theresa's worries should consist of making amazing summer plans and acing her next jujitsu exam. But when her father suddenly plants her family in the unfamiliar city of New York, she's stuck up a creek without a paddle. No friends and nothing to do leaves her one option and one option only: be a little adventurous.
Unfortunately, Theresa's little adventure leaves her with a little mystery, a little confusion, and a whole lot of trouble. Thrown for another loop and jarred by the discovery of what appear to be...superheroes, Theresa is forced to live with her discovery and deal with the prejudice of being normal in a most certainly abnormal society. She's determined to finally earn the respect of these strange, strange people; but will regaining her pride come at the cost of her life?
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