Dawson

Her mind race to come up with a solution and it was something that made her grin.

“You know Bates maybe you do have super powers,” she mockingly praise.

“Unlike poor me who just an Un-powered,” she added fake humility.

Bates lowered his fist. His griped loosen enough for V to catch a breath.

“Huh, what’s your game tiny ?,”. He frowned at V but his face showed he actually like being praised and watching people grovel.

He hated battling with words. It wasn’t his strongest department.

He let V go. She stepped back slowly. She looked around and realized Pinkerton was now already on his two feet. He had a black eye. Mike was looking nervously at V. She gave a wink.

It was time for the punch line.

“Well it’s better for me to have no power at all instead of being super ugly!,” V shouted and her two fingers went straight for his eyes.

Bates shocked at the attack barely managed to dodge and instinctively let her go. He wobbled slightly before falling down hard and his bottom slightly exposing his butt crack.

At this even Bates own goons began laughing uncontrollably. This made the ever slow Bates even more confused.

“Run V!,” Mike shouted before speeding off in the opposite direction with Pinkerton.

By the time Bates realized what had happen V had already made a mad dash towards the end of the hallway. It was the first week of school and she was not too Mike of going headfirst into medicated toilet water. She needed to find a hiding place. She knew she was not going to outrun them. Bates may be slow, but Streaky, a member of his gang was one of the school sprinters. Not just an ordinary sprinter but one that could accelerate from zero to a hundred in two seconds flat.

She glance quickly behind and sure enough Bates had send his long legged hound after V.

All she needed to do was make a quick dash at the corner and hide, before she was out.

She turn around only realizing too late.

SLAMM !

V smash headlong into somebody else. She fell backwards. Books flew and somebodies lunch splattered to the floor.

As she pick herself up she saw Streaky slowly retreat in terror.

“Oh , great,” V thought to herself. “Seniors,”

Being known as the dolly boy, V had more than enough experience her share of senior cruelty. If she had to choose, between Bates and them it would be Bates.

V still cringed remembering what happen when she had accidently bumped into the final a year senior. She didn’t even know his name. Well actually she did. His nickname rather. Brutakka. As she recalled it ended with lots of ice packs and missing teeth. Luckily they were baby teeth. Also Brutakka was expelled for hitting a non-powered. She guessed she was one of the few students who had a complete set of permanent teeth before the age of twelve.

An angry senior was a stupid senior. They did things that always got them expelled.

She decided it was best not to turn around. The nose broke easier than the back of one’s head. Hands on her head she braced for the impact. She waited. Not even a shove, but a gentle pat on her shoulder.

“Haven’t seen you for a while. Great job by the way outrunning Streaky,”

V gave a sigh of relief and turn around quickly, grinning.

“Dawson !,” She gave a hug to the person she had bumped into. Then she let go. It was not a “guy” thing to do. Besides Dawson had a reputation to keep. He was leader of his own group and was one of the coolest guys in the school.

Dawson was the only senior in the school who was neither a bully nor ignorant jock.

In fact he was the one who would go against the bullies. If V had ever imagine an ideal superhero that person would be Dawson.

V look as Dawson brush his always standing hair up. In fact she had a slight crush on Dawson. He was actually quite cute with his brown hair always comb into spikes, and dark brown eyes. Of course V wouldn’t tell Dawson not yet.