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as possible.
    Standing above them with their guns aimed and fingers on the triggers were five Asian men dressed all in black. They were all identical, with the same blank expression. A sixth one stood in the back, talking on a cell phone. I figured that one was the Prime, but I had to be sure.
    I pulled back from the corner and put my back up against the wall.
    “I got it, Kane. Give me a few moments to try to get into his head.”
    We don’t have much time, I thought to myself, but I didn’t say it, of course.
    I floated there for a few moments, waiting to hear back from Samantha.
    The next moment, I felt someone grab me, and then suddenly I was flying out a window in the back of the bank. The person who had me was flying up, and I was so shocked I couldn’t fight back. They slammed me into the top of one of the skyscrapers in downtown Dallas.
    I jumped up, ready to fight back. I looked around to see who it was that had grabbed me, but I couldn’t find them.
    Then, standing at the edge of the skyscraper, I saw her.

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    T he young woman stood there , her brunette hair whipping in the wind. A black mask with white stitching covered her eyes. She was wearing a white shirt beneath a black leather jacket and dark leather pants. She didn’t seem to be older than twenty.
    “I’ll let it pass this time, since I appreciate what you did about Richter,” she yelled in order to be heard above the wind. “But stay out of my territory.” Then she fell backwards off the skyscraper.
    I leaped off the building, searched the skies and found her flying back toward the bank. I rushed after her and reached her in a matter of seconds. I tackled her and we both landed in a back alley.
    “What the hell is your problem?” she yelled at me as she stood. She pushed me back, and I slammed into the side of a building. The bricks cracked beneath me.
    I pushed myself off the wall. “What the hell is your problem? I was about to take out those guys at the bank.”
    “This is my territory, Tempest .” She said my name like it was a curse. “Stay out of it. I’ve got this under control.”
    “Who do you think I am? I’m only trying to help,” I said, raising my voice.
    “Oh, yeah? How do I know that?” she spat back, taking a step toward me. “Most people when they get their powers turn into mini Richters. How do I know you’re not one as well? How do I know you’re one of the good guys? I don’t. You can’t trust a Super. Now get out of here and let me handle this.”
    The girl flew off, but before I could give chase, Samantha popped back in.
    “Okay, I—wait. Why are you in the middle of an alleyway?”
    “I had a run in with that Superchick in Dallas,” I said angrily.
    “Oh, Holocene? Yikes. Didn’t go well?”
    “Samantha, just tell me which one is the Prime.”
    “The one in the back, on the phone. He’s still on it now.”
    I jumped up and began flying as fast as I could toward the bank. Holocene was bursting through the front of the bank as it came into sight. I kicked into overdrive, the windows all around me shattering as the sonic boom sounded.
    I passed Holocene in a blur—apparently she wasn’t nearly as fast as I was, which filled me with joy. I didn’t have time to maneuver through the hallways, so I slammed through the walls of the bank. I punched holes in one office after another, heading straight for the break room where Prime and his hostages were.
    I slammed through the last of the office walls and saw the gathering of people before me. In the back stood Prime, still talking on his phone. I was moving so fast, none of them had even begun to react to the fact that I had just flown straight through the building. I looked behind me, and didn’t see Holocene. This victory was all mine.
    I reached Prime and slowed down just a little bit. With my strength and speed, all I did was lightly poke Prime on his chest. He slammed backwards into the wall and fell to the ground, incapacitated.
    I flew out