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just arrived.’
    â€˜How did they know I was here?’ asks Switchy, currently in his most usual recent shape, as a kid slightly older than us with good skin, blond hair and wearing a blue bodysuit with a giant question mark on the chest. ‘I’m 537 per cent sure I didn’t tell anyone I was coming here.’
    â€˜Switchy,’ I say patiently. ‘They have powers.’
    â€˜Oh yeah,’ he says, opening the envelope. Then he looks at me with big eyes. ‘It’s true. I’ve been summoned to headquarters.’
    We all stare at him.
    â€˜All right, what haven’t you told us about?’ says Cannonball harshly. ‘Are we all about to lose our capes because you’ve stuffed up?’
    â€˜I haven’t done anything. Not that I know of.’
    â€˜It doesn’t have to be a kicking,’ I point out. ‘There must be other reasons people get asked to HQ.’
    Logi-Gal suddenly sits up straight and clears her throat. ‘There are nine (9) separate reasons a Hero may be asked to attend the AFHT headquarters,’ she says. ‘The first is to attend a disciplinary hearing by the Hero Executive, as outlined in clause 7.3 (b) of the Hero Guidebook , Australian edition, published in 2007 as against the 1997 International Edition, upgraded in 2006. A Hero Executive may comprise between four (4) and twelve (12) Heroes depending on the case being heard. I’ll now go through the 437 separate potential charges a Hero may face. One (1): Attacking a kangaroo with –’ ‘Thanks Logi-Gal. I don’t think we need to go through all that,’ I say. ‘Might be faster for Switchy simply to head over there and find out why they want to see him.’
    â€˜Focus, will you come?’ Switchy asks.
    â€˜I’m not sure I’m invited.’
    â€˜I want you to come. You’re the OK Team leader. They won’t mind.’
    I suddenly notice the fear in his face. It’s easy to forget how fragile our collective hold on this amazing Superhero world still is.
    â€˜Yeah, I’ll come. Of course I will, and relax. A Hero is a Hero . . .’
    â€˜No matter what,’ Switchy finishes for me.
    Cannonball suddenly stands. ‘Time to go,’ he says.
    Torch frowns. ‘Why? I haven’t finished my Super Shake.’
    â€˜Flatulent Man has just arrived.’
    We all hurry for the door.
    â€˜I don’t know how he even got accredited as a Hero,’ Logi-Gal grumbles.

CHAPTER 5
HERO HQ
    W e’re on a tram, trundling to Richmond from the city. I’ve never been to Hero Headquarters. None of us has. There’s never been a need – Logi-Gal’s threatened nine (9) separate clauses occasioning a summons notwithstanding. Australian Federation of Hero Types representatives such as Chameleon or Southern Cross have no trouble tracking low-level Heroes like us down, if they need to. Plus there is Hero TV and herohints.com if the AFHT needs to send a general message to the Hero community.
    â€˜What do you think it will be like?’ Switchy asks.
    â€˜I have no idea. It will be huge, I guess. And probably made of glass, or crystal or something that catches the sun.’
    â€˜Yeah,’ Switchy nods. ‘It will be dramatic. I wonder if Heroes live there or if it’s just for AFHT meetings.’
    â€˜No idea. Have you ever been to the street?’
    He looks at the address on the card that was with the letter. ‘Nope. Stawell Street. It’s one up from Bendigo Street. Isn’t that where the TV station, Channel Nine, is?’
    â€˜Yeah, I think you’re right. Why do Hero meeting places always seem to be right next to major media outlets?’
    â€˜Maybe they plug into Nine’s satellite feed to broadcast Channel 78737?’
    â€˜Yeah, right. A Hero pirate station!’
    We both laugh. But we’re too nervous to really enjoy it.
    We get off the tram where Bridge Road