Young And Scambitious (A Short Story)
“Like in the movies? If we had powers and stuff?" "Yeah. If we could do anything." "Fine. What would yours be?" "Wendy first." Wendy sighed just a little. "Agent Ginger. No supernatural stuff, just really really good at like a dozen martial arts." "Fast Finger Man. Really fast—" "I get it," Jane raised an eyebrow at the two other people sharing the backseat of the car with her. "You've talked about this before." "Agent Ginger" smirked, and gave the guy between them a friendly swat on the arm. "A...lexander likes to recycle this conversation topic, yes." "It's always fun," Fast Finger Man himself said.
"Give me a sec then." A large part of what Wendy, Alexander, and Jane did was this—give themselves names. Jane took it seriously. Also, giving yourself a superhero name meant admitting to a power, or at least an awareness of what made you special, what you lorded over the common man. This was a revelation not to be made lightly.
"Princess Midas," Jane said, coughing lightly into her hand.MoreLess
"Give me a sec then." A large part of what Wendy, Alexander, and Jane did was this—give themselves names. Jane took it seriously. Also, giving yourself a superhero name meant admitting to a power, or at least an awareness of what made you special, what you lorded over the common man. This was a revelation not to be made lightly.
"Princess Midas," Jane said, coughing lightly into her hand.MoreLess
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