Chapter 4: Eve
Fire raged within an underground laboratory, burning the equipment and increasing the temperature within the enclosed space. The walls were cracked and had collapsed, reducing the structural integrity of the facility.
There were mangled bodies on the floor, with misshapen arms and legs, their blood staining the floor, the sizes of the bodies varied, from child size to small teenagers, none of the bodies looked old enough to be adults.
The big tubes that were used to house the bodies were destroyed along with all of the equipment.
"Wait you don't have to kill them, we'll call the Police and have them arrested"
A young girl with ginger red hair and no older than 12 years old spoke with a plea in her voice. She stood before a young boy of similar age to her his hair was jet black, and his arm looked to be made of iron and was morphed into the shape of a sword
Behind her were two individuals. Both these individuals were battered and bruised, signs of having been in a type of scuffle or fight, and one of them even had their arm broken.
One of the individuals was a man in a tattered suit. He was a black man with short buzz cut hair, and both his arm and nose were broken, and a few teeth were missing.
The other was a barely alive middle-aged scientist in a lab coat. His breathing was labored, a stab wound on his torso leaked blood onto the floor.
"Eve, do you really think the police can arrest these people?!"
" Even if they can't, we can tell other superheroes or the guardians of the globe. Killing them is just wrong!"
"are you fucking braind dead? They were experimenting on children!!! They literally sent me to kill you and you want them to live? Don't be stupid!"
The boy countered, as he fully absorbed the iron and let it cover his entire body.
"Look around you Eve, this is a hidden military base that had container tubes filled with disfigured bodies of dead children. This was a government funded project"
"I know but that doesn't mean we should kill them, killing is wrong"
The girl adamantly stood her ground and the boy couldn't help but be puzzled and shocked. She was a twelve year old girl, he figured she wouldn't be so adamant on her beliefs at such a young age.
'stupid superhero culture'
He thought as he lowered his hand and returned to his normal appearance. He shook his head and let out a sigh, this would be a mistake.
"Fine, whatever. Have it your way, but I'm not staying here once the police or guardians arrive, I'm leaving"
"Where are you going to go?"
"anywhere I want"
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"Wonder where you're living, now"
Atom Eve mumbled to herself as she flew from the teen team base to her home. Robot's rant lasted a whole hour but it helped that there were other crimes happening and it was delayed as long as possible.
It's not like she and Kevin haven't seen each other in the past 5 years, they've run into each other plenty and each time they had he looked less like a person that lived in a stable home and that bothered her, not to mention he was wearing the same clothes he wore when he was spotted robbing a supermarket 6 months ago.
'he's so stubborn'
She thought, she didn't understand why he was so against becoming a superhero, the gig came with a lot of benefits, even If you don't work for the GDA, they still offer payment to you or your family provided that you or your guardian/parent agree to it and unfortunately for Eve her dad didn't accept "hands out"
"heh I guess he's like my dad, with his stubbornness"
She spoke in jest before her eyes caught a glimpse of something or someone trying to rob a house she quickly flew down.
"Really Kill cannon? Are jewellery stores and banks too much for you now?"
The villain quickly turned and pointed his arm cannon at the person behind him.
"Well if it isn't the pink Powerpuff, fly away way blossom before this gets ugly"
The villain with a soul patch and arm Cannon quipped as he charged up a red beam of energy.
"first of all calling me a pink Powerpuff isn't an insult, blossom is actually the best out of the three an–"
"OK let me stop you right there, Bubbles is the best, don't say such blasphemy in Front of me"
He informed,before shooting an energy beam straight at her, Eve quickly dodged the attack but she quickly realised that this was a civilIan area and used her powers and created a shield and let the beam crash onto it and exploded creating a small Shockwave that activated the alarms of nearby cares.
Unfortunately for Eve this was enough of a distraction to cause the villain Kill cannon to use his jet pack to fly away and escape.
"sigh there I go talking to the villain instead of apprehending them"
She said before she quickly flew to her home before the noise she made attracted people.
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"Do you know what time it is?!!"
Barely having entered the house her father yelled as he stood from his seat and walked closer to her. She inwardly sighed as she regrets entering through the front door.
"No, I didn't check, but I guess it must be late"
"It's past 11pm, we agreed on a 10pm curfew until you're 18, Samantha, what's the point of that if you aren't going to follow it"
"I'm a superhero Dad, you can't put a curfew on that and besides I only agreed to the curfew because you wouldn't compromise"
Eve countered as she walked towards the kitchen to get something to eat, her powers use a lot of energy so she needs to eat quite a lot to use it efficiently, it's also how she's able to maintain her figure.
"There is absolutely no way I'm letting my daughter stay out till past 1 am. absolutely not"
"I'm a superhero dad, I can take care of myself"
"of course I know that but there are also supervillains more powerful than you, plus you're growing young woman"
"OK that's sexist and secondly I can take care of myself, like you said, I'm a growing young woman, I can take care of myself"
"There's nothing sexist about what I said, there's a lot of men out there who'll just attack you because you're a pretty woman, how am I wrong for wanting to prevent that."
Her dad countered and Eve couldn't help but place her hand on her forehead, she was tired and didn't need this back and forth right now, well at least he cared, even though his reasoning was a bit sexist.
"Alright, both of you calm down, It's late, We don't need the neighbours hearing us. We can discuss this in the morning, Samantha eat something and go to bed"
The lady of the house cut in with her gentle voice and diffused the situation.
"I'm not finished talking to her"
"Dear, you know you can't be too hot blooded, save it for when you're calmer in the morning"
With her mom intervening in their argument both Eve and her dad decided to end the argument, with her dad grumbling as he walked away.
Sam rolled her eyes before deciding to heed her mother's words,although she could make her own food using the matter of whatever is in her room, so instead she just went to her room.
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A/N: drop a comment maybe a power stone.