Mary Raynard's eyes shot open, she'd fallen asleep in class again.
"Miss Reynard? Are you alright? You're crying." Her teacher asked concerned.
"Y.. Ye- No.. No I'm not, Can I be excused please?"
Her Teacher frowned but nodded, Mary ran out and headed to the councellors office, and stopped dead... 'he' came out, smirking in his repulsive way as he caught her eye.
"Miss Raynard, I'd like to see you in my office." The councellor said sternly.
No, no no no he'd gotten to him too. Mary felt the world fall down all around her as she strode cautiously into the office.
"I've just been having an interesting talk with the governer there, it appears you've been calling him up and following him around, is there something you'd like to tell me?"
Mary stared into the middle distance and sighed, "What point would there be?"
"You see it isn't healthy for a young girl to get this obsessive over a married, middle aged man."
Mary chuckled grimly and looked down, "Then tell him to stop picking me up from martial art's practice, tell him to stop pawing me about like some meat."
"Now that's a very serious thing you're saying there, such accusations shouldn't be thrown around lightly."
Mary saw the brown envelop on the desk and caught the counsellors eyes.
"I see..." She locked her glare on him and stood up. "How much is in there eh? How much is my life worth? 100? 1000?"
"I don't like the..."
"The what?! The fact you're as corrupt and dirty as everyone else in this town? the fact that it takes thousands of superpowered men and women just to keep some semblence of order?! Well don't worry, and tell him not to worry either, I won't be a problem much longer..."
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Hours later at Practice...
"Mary Reynard?" A voice called to her, the young girl turned around puzzled and somewhat frightened, her fears were confirmed.
"Y...yes?"
"Mary Raynard, I hearby place you under arrest for the blackmail of Senitor Greyham and for suspected mental health concerns raised by you teachers."
"No, no why are you doing this to me?!"
"Please come quiet-ly? Where did she go?!"
Mary had slunk into the shadows and made her way towards the door, as she passed the treshold she was spotted.
"Freeze!" One officer said as he raised his gun.
"I'm unarmed, what are you going to do? shoot an unarmed normal 17 year old?" She hissed viciously, he lowered his gun and stepped towards her.
"You have the right to remain- Urk!" The officer dropped like a rag as Mary kicked him in the stomach. The officer inside tried to grab her from behind and ended up with a foot in the groin.
"Stop her!!" A cry came as she started lashing out left and right at the officers, her martial art's training coming into it's fullest.
"That's enough!" A call came as a hero landed near her.
"NO!, I'm sick of this town, I'm sick of people not seeing the true crime, I hate you, I hate you all!" She screamed as she punched the hero square in the throat, catching him by suprise as he dropped to his knees, a kick to the head set his teleporter off.
"Gotta get out of here..." Mary paniced and ran round the corner into a group of Skulls. "Oh no, this is the last thing I needed."
"Chill girl, we saw what you just did, nice moves." The leader chuckled as he grabbed her hand and the group ran to a nearby warehouse.
"So what was that all about?" He asked after the group reached the safety of gaurded building.
Mary related her story to him, how at the age of 15 her mother was the maid to this politician and how he'd taken a shine to her, how over the past 3 years he'd pick her up from wherever she was and how he appeared to have claws in ever aspect of her life, how he'd suddenly put into action a plan to discredit her as she had slowly started to break down and was beginning to be a threat to him, how this morning everything had come to a head with the school councellor.
"Man, and I thought we were a peice o' work." he chuckled, "Look babe, you won't get that here, you're safe with us, well kinda we are the bad guys after all."
"Yeah, I was wondering why you being all nice with me."
"Simple, anyone who wails on the cops and a hero like that is ok in our book, just don't get any ideas of getting all morally responsable and..."
"CLOAK!!!" A cry came out, a hero had infiltrated the base.
"I'm not going back there..." Mary said as she leapt into the shadows.
"That's the spirit girl, show them how you can really misbehave."
"Misbehave..." Mary thought to herself, "yeah... I can Misbehave."
In the dark part of the warehouse was a crate of clothes headed for Icon, Mary opened it and quickly changed, chuckling to herself before headed off.
"I know you're in here Miss Reynard, your parents are worried about you."
"Worried?" Mary said from the shadows, "They were getting paid off to let that creep maul me, they can go to hell, infact all of Paragon can go to hell."
"You don't mean that, you're just in shock, the police handled things badly they know that now."
"Not at all, infact..." Mary appeared behind the hero and placed her elbow square into his back. "I think they handled things just fine..."
"Uggh!" The Hero spun around to retaliate, missing the shorter girl as she ducked. "Who do you think you are dressing up as a hero girl, you're far from heroic beating up police officers."
"Oh, I'm no hero... call me... Ms. Behave, Boys if you would." She said as the Skulls opened fire at the Hero.
"It'll be our secret."
Mary Raynard's eyes shot open, she'd fallen asleep in class again.
"Miss Reynard? Are you alright? You're crying." Her teacher asked concerned.
"Y.. Ye- No.. No I'm not, Can I be excused please?"
Her Teacher frowned but nodded, Mary ran out and headed to the councellors office, and stopped dead... 'he' came out, smirking in his repulsive way as he caught her eye.
"Miss Raynard, I'd like to see you in my office." The councellor said sternly.
No, no no no he'd gotten to him too. Mary felt the world fall down all around her as she strode cautiously into the office.
"I've just been having an interesting talk with the governer there, it appears you've been calling him up and following him around, is there something you'd like to tell me?"
Mary stared into the middle distance and sighed, "What point would there be?"
"You see it isn't healthy for a young girl to get this obsessive over a married, middle aged man."
Mary chuckled grimly and looked down, "Then tell him to stop picking me up from martial art's practice, tell him to stop pawing me about like some meat."
"Now that's a very serious thing you're saying there, such accusations shouldn't be thrown around lightly."
Mary saw the brown envelop on the desk and caught the counsellors eyes.
"I see..." She locked her glare on him and stood up. "How much is in there eh? How much is my life worth? 100? 1000?"
"I don't like the..."
"The what?! The fact you're as corrupt and dirty as everyone else in this town? the fact that it takes thousands of superpowered men and women just to keep some semblence of order?! Well don't worry, and tell him not to worry either, I won't be a problem much longer..."
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Hours later at Practice...
"Mary Reynard?" A voice called to her, the young girl turned around puzzled and somewhat frightened, her fears were confirmed.
"Y...yes?"
"Mary Raynard, I hearby place you under arrest for the blackmail of Senitor Greyham and for suspected mental health concerns raised by you teachers."
"No, no why are you doing this to me?!"
"Please come quiet-ly? Where did she go?!"
Mary had slunk into the shadows and made her way towards the door, as she passed the treshold she was spotted.
"Freeze!" One officer said as he raised his gun.
"I'm unarmed, what are you going to do? shoot an unarmed normal 17 year old?" She hissed viciously, he lowered his gun and stepped towards her.
"You have the right to remain- Urk!" The officer dropped like a rag as Mary kicked him in the stomach. The officer inside tried to grab her from behind and ended up with a foot in the groin.
"Stop her!!" A cry came as she started lashing out left and right at the officers, her martial art's training coming into it's fullest.
"That's enough!" A call came as a hero landed near her.
"NO!, I'm sick of this town, I'm sick of people not seeing the true crime, I hate you, I hate you all!" She screamed as she punched the hero square in the throat, catching him by suprise as he dropped to his knees, a kick to the head set his teleporter off.
"Gotta get out of here..." Mary paniced and ran round the corner into a group of Skulls. "Oh no, this is the last thing I needed."
"Chill girl, we saw what you just did, nice moves." The leader chuckled as he grabbed her hand and the group ran to a nearby warehouse.
"So what was that all about?" He asked after the group reached the safety of gaurded building.
Mary related her story to him, how at the age of 15 her mother was the maid to this politician and how he'd taken a shine to her, how over the past 3 years he'd pick her up from wherever she was and how he appeared to have claws in ever aspect of her life, how he'd suddenly put into action a plan to discredit her as she had slowly started to break down and was beginning to be a threat to him, how this morning everything had come to a head with the school councellor.
"Man, and I thought we were a peice o' work." he chuckled, "Look babe, you won't get that here, you're safe with us, well kinda we are the bad guys after all."
"Yeah, I was wondering why you being all nice with me."
"Simple, anyone who wails on the cops and a hero like that is ok in our book, just don't get any ideas of getting all morally responsable and..."
"CLOAK!!!" A cry came out, a hero had infiltrated the base.
"I'm not going back there..." Mary said as she leapt into the shadows.
"That's the spirit girl, show them how you can really misbehave."
"Misbehave..." Mary thought to herself, "yeah... I can Misbehave."
In the dark part of the warehouse was a crate of clothes headed for Icon, Mary opened it and quickly changed, chuckling to herself before headed off.
"I know you're in here Miss Reynard, your parents are worried about you."
"Worried?" Mary said from the shadows, "They were getting paid off to let that creep maul me, they can go to hell, infact all of Paragon can go to hell."
"You don't mean that, you're just in shock, the police handled things badly they know that now."
"Not at all, infact..." Mary appeared behind the hero and placed her elbow square into his back. "I think they handled things just fine..."
"Uggh!" The Hero spun around to retaliate, missing the shorter girl as she ducked. "Who do you think you are dressing up as a hero girl, you're far from heroic beating up police officers."
"Oh, I'm no hero... call me... Ms. Behave, Boys if you would." She said as the Skulls opened fire at the Hero.
"Well, let's go. Kill Heroes..."