Spider Quinn 10: The New Heroes - Part 4
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fardell24“Did you hear. SpiderGirl and Ninja Talon spared again last night,” Tori said to Stacy and Quinn.
“I heard,” Quinn said carefully.
“Is it a superhero turf war?” Tori asked.
“I don’t think so,” Stacy answered. “They don’t do that.”
“But this is real life. Maybe SpiderGirl thinks Lawndale is her turf and that Ninja Talon is edging in on it,” Tori said.
“Maybe,” Quinn allowed.
“But that would mean SpiderGirl is an antihero!” Stacy said.
“And what would be wrong with that?” Tori asked.
“Actually not that bad, but she’s more like the rest of us. But not an ideal person to look up to,” Stacy answered.
“She’s just as human as the rest of us,” Quinn said as they arrived at their first class of the day.
Quinn went to Ms. Li at lunch.
“So, you want to tutor Ms. Zammit separately from the other three?” Li asked once Quinn had explained what she wanted to explain about Angie’s situation.
“Yes,” Quinn answered.
“Her grade point average has gone down, a little over the past year.”
“That is what she said.”
“Then I’ll talk to her and see what she thinks,” the Principal said.
“Good.”
“Is that all?”
“Yes,” Quinn answered as she turned to leave.
“You’re dismissed.
“Angie Zammit, please report to the Principal’s office.”
“What is it now?” Angie asked herself.
“Doesn’t sound bad,” Nikki Dowling said.
“I know it doesn’t!” Angie snapped.
“Welcome Ms. Zammit.”
“What is the problem?” Angie asked as she took her seat.
“The problem is your grades, Ms. Zammit.”
“I know, they have been going down!”
“And why is that?” Ms. Li asked.
“Dissatisfaction, I guess.”
“In any case, a fellow student has offered to tutor you.”
“Who?” Angie asked in surprise.
“Quinn Morgendorffer.”
“Of course! Then I accept.”
“That’s good! I shall tell her that you have accepted.”
Angela turned back to her paper work as the troubled cheerleader left. “This is turning out to be a good thing for La-awndale High!”
Brittany saw that Angie was happier in her next class. “Quinn’s going to tutor me,” Angie explained.
“That’s great!”
Quinn returned to the Principal’s office prior to heading to the Library.
“She has agreed, Ms. Morgendorffer.”
Quinn smiled. “Thanks for letting me know. I’ll start tomorrow.”
Anna and Ben were waiting when Quinn entered the Library.
“Where’s Gerald?” Quinn asked.
“Not sure,” Anna answered. “But you were late.”
“I was at the Principal’s office.”
“Oh?” Anna asked.
“I’m tutoring a fourth person, separately,” Quinn explained.
“That’s interesting,” Anna said.
“More being helpful,” Quinn clarified.
“Who is it?” Ben asked.
“That’s personal,” Quinn said.
“Of course,” Ben said.
Gerald then arrived. “Sorry I’m late. Sanderson kept me back for something.”
“Apology accepted,” Quinn said.
“So, we continue preparing for Friday?” Anna asked.
“Yes,” Quinn answered.
SpiderGirl left the school half an hour later and took up a position on the roof of the nearby strip mall. It turned out to be a quiet afternoon, thus she headed to the Lawndale Mall for some overdue shopping.
Brittany also headed to the Lawndale Mall, dragging Kevin along with her.
“Why are we shopping again?” Kevin asked.
“Because we haven’t done much of it since before the Holidays,” Brittany explained.
“Oh.”
Quinn soon found Tori near Cashmans. “Hi Quinn! Are you going to Cashmans?”
“Not yet. I’d like a healthy snack first,” Quinn said.
“There is that nut stand,” Tori said.
What she had heard of Daria’s experiences at the nut stand came to mind. “Um, that’s not exactly what I had in mind.”
“There’s also that new fruit juice place.”
“That will do,” Quinn said.
“Here we are!” Brittany said.
“The food court?” Kevin asked.
“Not the food court,” Brittany said, pointing into the shop she was next to.
Kevin wasn’t sure what they sold. “Um… Isn’t that a weird shop?”
“Not that weird.”
Quinn and Tori had got a couple of fruit platters. “Isn’t that a bit much, Quinn?” Tori asked.
“I have a big appetite,” Quinn explained as they sat at a table.
“OK.”
Brittany and Kevin exited the store, with Brittany carrying the art supplies. “Why did you get paint stuff anyway?” Kevin asked.
“So, I can improve my art,” Brittany explained. She didn’t really want to get into why she wanted to improve her art. She just wanted to. “Now, I’m a little hungry and the food court is right here.”
“What do you want, Babe?”
“Not sure yet.”
“Oh Man!” Kevin complained.
Brittany led her boyfriend around the food court.
However, something was about to happen.
“Stop Thief!” a security guard called out.
Quinn reacted first.
“Quinn?” Tori asked.
“Something…” Quinn said. “I need to go to the bathroom.”
“Sure!” Tori said.
Quinn then dashed off.
Kevin didn’t notice his girlfriend react.
“Hold these,” Brittany said.
“What?”
“I have to go to the bathroom!”
“Oh!” Kevin responded.
Brittany handed him her purchases and rushed off.
It wasn’t long before SpiderGirl rushed into action, drawing attention, as she hadn’t yet been seen inside the Mall.
She rushed ahead of the thief and created a web in the corridor between a toy store and the shoe store opposite. The thief then tried to run in the opposite direction. But she then caught him.
“SpiderGirl!” the thief called out in annoyance.
“I may not have been in the Mall before, but I can appear here!” SpiderGirl said as some security guards came up.
“Thanks SpiderGirl,” one of them said.
“Oh!” Ninja Talon said as she came to the scene. “I didn’t know that you were here.”
“That’’s fine,” SpiderGirl said.
“Now we don’t want any fight here,” one of the security guards said.
“Take him away,” SpiderGirl said. “Also, Ninja Talon and I are colleagues, not rivals.”
“That’s right,” Ninja Talon said to the growing crowd.
SpiderGirl then vanished.
Quinn emerged into the food court to find Tori flustered.
“You just missed some excitement,” Tori said.
“Oh?”
“SpiderGirl caught that thief.”
“I see,” Quinn said with a slight giggle.
“So, what do you think about her?”
“I think she’s doing a good thing for Lawndale.”
“Me too,” Tori said.
Quinn quickly finished her snack and the two friends then went to Cashmans.
Brittany came up behind Kevin who then jumped. “Ah!” he cried out as he dropped Brittany’s supplies.
“It’s just me, Kevvy!”
“Oh, it’s you. You just missed SpiderGirl! She’s great.”
“Oh! Do you think she’s hot, do you?” Brittany asked, annoyance rising.
“Um, no,” Kevin deflected. “She could be a nerd under that mask. Like Ratboy!”
Brittany sighed.
That evening proved to be uneventful.
Lawndale Sun-Herald
Thursday January 18, 2001
SpiderGirl Catches Thief in Lawndale Mall
“Quinn Morgendorffer, please report to the Principal’s Office.”
Straight after Homeroom. That was the now usual time, Quinn considered.
“Ms. Zammit has accepted your offer,” Li said.
‘That’s good,” Quinn responded. “I can start tomorrow.”
“Good.”
However, the talk of the school was about the two heroes working together, with the students wondering whether Ninja Talon appearing was a good thing.
Quinn found Daria and Jane on the roof.
“Quinn?” Daria asked.
“I wanted to ask you both something,” Quinn said as she came up to them and sat down.
“Oh?” Daria asked.
“What do you think of the news about the two vigilantes?” Quinn asked.
“I’m not sure,” Jane said.
“Neither am I,” Daria said. She paused. “I mean it’s great that SpiderGirl isn’t in a turf war with this Ninja Talon, but more vigilantes isn’t the answer to Lawndale’s crime.”
“They probably think that the police aren’t doing enough and that SpiderGirl also hasn’t been enough. That their approach would help make Lawndale better,” Jane said.
Daria looked at her friend. “I suppose.”
“Not like I’m condoning it,” Jane added in a quiet tone.
“That makes sense,” Quinn said.
“But things in Lawndale are only going to get more interesting,” Daria added.
“I guess so,” Quinn said with a giggle.
“Is that all you wanted to ask?” Jane asked.
“Um, yeah,” Quinn admitted.
“But what did the principal want earlier?” Daria asked.
“I offered to tutor Angie and she has accepted.”
“That’s good,” Daria said.
“Mind filling me in?” Jane asked.
Quinn and Daria then explained some of what Angie had been involved in.
“I see,” Jane said when they had finished.
“So, I hope that she can get out of Lawndale when she goes to college,” Quinn said.
“I hope to get out of here too,” Jane said.
Daria watched as Quinn left. There were times when she didn’t understand her sister. This was one of them. ‘Was she just curious? Or is there something else going on?’
“So, what has been happening lately?” Jane asked.
“You, know, the usual,” Daria responded.
“Is that it?”
“Mom is still throwing herself into her work, but Quinn has been home earlier in the evenings.”
“Right. I suppose that’s good,” Jane said.
“And she’s been talking about the mentoring thing. It seems that she’s thrown herself into that.”
“Anna’s always been weird.”
“And she’s helping Angie,” Daria said.
“You told me about that.”
“I know.”
Quinn entered the Library at the same time as Anna. “I’m almost ready,” the latter said.
“That’s great!” Quinn praised. “So am I.”
“I know Ben’s been working on his,” Anna added.
“That’s good.”
“So, that leaves Gerald.”
“Yes.”
It wasn’t long before they arrived.
“So, when are you starting with Angie?” Gerald asked as he sat down.
“Probably tomorrow,” Quinn answered.
“So that would be after our speeches?” Ben asked.
“Of course.”
“Good.”
After leaving school, SpiderGirl patrolled the area between the school and her neighborhood (which was fairly large).
A couple of people were rescued from muggers but otherwise the afternoon was quiet.
Quinn entered her room as the sun set and found Stacy and Tori waiting. “Daria let us in,” Stacy explained.
“That’s fine.”
“So, I found a new anime.”
“That’s great. What’s it called?” Quinn asked.
“Cowboy Bebop. It’s fairly new.”
“So, you want to watch it now?”
“Yes,” Stacy answered.
So, they watched the first two episodes of Cowboy Bebop. Quinn found the sci-fi setting interesting. ‘No matter the situation over all, there will always be bounty hunters.’
“I heard,” Quinn said carefully.
“Is it a superhero turf war?” Tori asked.
“I don’t think so,” Stacy answered. “They don’t do that.”
“But this is real life. Maybe SpiderGirl thinks Lawndale is her turf and that Ninja Talon is edging in on it,” Tori said.
“Maybe,” Quinn allowed.
“But that would mean SpiderGirl is an antihero!” Stacy said.
“And what would be wrong with that?” Tori asked.
“Actually not that bad, but she’s more like the rest of us. But not an ideal person to look up to,” Stacy answered.
“She’s just as human as the rest of us,” Quinn said as they arrived at their first class of the day.
Quinn went to Ms. Li at lunch.
“So, you want to tutor Ms. Zammit separately from the other three?” Li asked once Quinn had explained what she wanted to explain about Angie’s situation.
“Yes,” Quinn answered.
“Her grade point average has gone down, a little over the past year.”
“That is what she said.”
“Then I’ll talk to her and see what she thinks,” the Principal said.
“Good.”
“Is that all?”
“Yes,” Quinn answered as she turned to leave.
“You’re dismissed.
“Angie Zammit, please report to the Principal’s office.”
“What is it now?” Angie asked herself.
“Doesn’t sound bad,” Nikki Dowling said.
“I know it doesn’t!” Angie snapped.
“Welcome Ms. Zammit.”
“What is the problem?” Angie asked as she took her seat.
“The problem is your grades, Ms. Zammit.”
“I know, they have been going down!”
“And why is that?” Ms. Li asked.
“Dissatisfaction, I guess.”
“In any case, a fellow student has offered to tutor you.”
“Who?” Angie asked in surprise.
“Quinn Morgendorffer.”
“Of course! Then I accept.”
“That’s good! I shall tell her that you have accepted.”
Angela turned back to her paper work as the troubled cheerleader left. “This is turning out to be a good thing for La-awndale High!”
Brittany saw that Angie was happier in her next class. “Quinn’s going to tutor me,” Angie explained.
“That’s great!”
Quinn returned to the Principal’s office prior to heading to the Library.
“She has agreed, Ms. Morgendorffer.”
Quinn smiled. “Thanks for letting me know. I’ll start tomorrow.”
Anna and Ben were waiting when Quinn entered the Library.
“Where’s Gerald?” Quinn asked.
“Not sure,” Anna answered. “But you were late.”
“I was at the Principal’s office.”
“Oh?” Anna asked.
“I’m tutoring a fourth person, separately,” Quinn explained.
“That’s interesting,” Anna said.
“More being helpful,” Quinn clarified.
“Who is it?” Ben asked.
“That’s personal,” Quinn said.
“Of course,” Ben said.
Gerald then arrived. “Sorry I’m late. Sanderson kept me back for something.”
“Apology accepted,” Quinn said.
“So, we continue preparing for Friday?” Anna asked.
“Yes,” Quinn answered.
SpiderGirl left the school half an hour later and took up a position on the roof of the nearby strip mall. It turned out to be a quiet afternoon, thus she headed to the Lawndale Mall for some overdue shopping.
Brittany also headed to the Lawndale Mall, dragging Kevin along with her.
“Why are we shopping again?” Kevin asked.
“Because we haven’t done much of it since before the Holidays,” Brittany explained.
“Oh.”
Quinn soon found Tori near Cashmans. “Hi Quinn! Are you going to Cashmans?”
“Not yet. I’d like a healthy snack first,” Quinn said.
“There is that nut stand,” Tori said.
What she had heard of Daria’s experiences at the nut stand came to mind. “Um, that’s not exactly what I had in mind.”
“There’s also that new fruit juice place.”
“That will do,” Quinn said.
“Here we are!” Brittany said.
“The food court?” Kevin asked.
“Not the food court,” Brittany said, pointing into the shop she was next to.
Kevin wasn’t sure what they sold. “Um… Isn’t that a weird shop?”
“Not that weird.”
Quinn and Tori had got a couple of fruit platters. “Isn’t that a bit much, Quinn?” Tori asked.
“I have a big appetite,” Quinn explained as they sat at a table.
“OK.”
Brittany and Kevin exited the store, with Brittany carrying the art supplies. “Why did you get paint stuff anyway?” Kevin asked.
“So, I can improve my art,” Brittany explained. She didn’t really want to get into why she wanted to improve her art. She just wanted to. “Now, I’m a little hungry and the food court is right here.”
“What do you want, Babe?”
“Not sure yet.”
“Oh Man!” Kevin complained.
Brittany led her boyfriend around the food court.
However, something was about to happen.
“Stop Thief!” a security guard called out.
Quinn reacted first.
“Quinn?” Tori asked.
“Something…” Quinn said. “I need to go to the bathroom.”
“Sure!” Tori said.
Quinn then dashed off.
Kevin didn’t notice his girlfriend react.
“Hold these,” Brittany said.
“What?”
“I have to go to the bathroom!”
“Oh!” Kevin responded.
Brittany handed him her purchases and rushed off.
It wasn’t long before SpiderGirl rushed into action, drawing attention, as she hadn’t yet been seen inside the Mall.
She rushed ahead of the thief and created a web in the corridor between a toy store and the shoe store opposite. The thief then tried to run in the opposite direction. But she then caught him.
“SpiderGirl!” the thief called out in annoyance.
“I may not have been in the Mall before, but I can appear here!” SpiderGirl said as some security guards came up.
“Thanks SpiderGirl,” one of them said.
“Oh!” Ninja Talon said as she came to the scene. “I didn’t know that you were here.”
“That’’s fine,” SpiderGirl said.
“Now we don’t want any fight here,” one of the security guards said.
“Take him away,” SpiderGirl said. “Also, Ninja Talon and I are colleagues, not rivals.”
“That’s right,” Ninja Talon said to the growing crowd.
SpiderGirl then vanished.
Quinn emerged into the food court to find Tori flustered.
“You just missed some excitement,” Tori said.
“Oh?”
“SpiderGirl caught that thief.”
“I see,” Quinn said with a slight giggle.
“So, what do you think about her?”
“I think she’s doing a good thing for Lawndale.”
“Me too,” Tori said.
Quinn quickly finished her snack and the two friends then went to Cashmans.
Brittany came up behind Kevin who then jumped. “Ah!” he cried out as he dropped Brittany’s supplies.
“It’s just me, Kevvy!”
“Oh, it’s you. You just missed SpiderGirl! She’s great.”
“Oh! Do you think she’s hot, do you?” Brittany asked, annoyance rising.
“Um, no,” Kevin deflected. “She could be a nerd under that mask. Like Ratboy!”
Brittany sighed.
That evening proved to be uneventful.
Lawndale Sun-Herald
Thursday January 18, 2001
SpiderGirl Catches Thief in Lawndale Mall
“Quinn Morgendorffer, please report to the Principal’s Office.”
Straight after Homeroom. That was the now usual time, Quinn considered.
“Ms. Zammit has accepted your offer,” Li said.
‘That’s good,” Quinn responded. “I can start tomorrow.”
“Good.”
However, the talk of the school was about the two heroes working together, with the students wondering whether Ninja Talon appearing was a good thing.
Quinn found Daria and Jane on the roof.
“Quinn?” Daria asked.
“I wanted to ask you both something,” Quinn said as she came up to them and sat down.
“Oh?” Daria asked.
“What do you think of the news about the two vigilantes?” Quinn asked.
“I’m not sure,” Jane said.
“Neither am I,” Daria said. She paused. “I mean it’s great that SpiderGirl isn’t in a turf war with this Ninja Talon, but more vigilantes isn’t the answer to Lawndale’s crime.”
“They probably think that the police aren’t doing enough and that SpiderGirl also hasn’t been enough. That their approach would help make Lawndale better,” Jane said.
Daria looked at her friend. “I suppose.”
“Not like I’m condoning it,” Jane added in a quiet tone.
“That makes sense,” Quinn said.
“But things in Lawndale are only going to get more interesting,” Daria added.
“I guess so,” Quinn said with a giggle.
“Is that all you wanted to ask?” Jane asked.
“Um, yeah,” Quinn admitted.
“But what did the principal want earlier?” Daria asked.
“I offered to tutor Angie and she has accepted.”
“That’s good,” Daria said.
“Mind filling me in?” Jane asked.
Quinn and Daria then explained some of what Angie had been involved in.
“I see,” Jane said when they had finished.
“So, I hope that she can get out of Lawndale when she goes to college,” Quinn said.
“I hope to get out of here too,” Jane said.
Daria watched as Quinn left. There were times when she didn’t understand her sister. This was one of them. ‘Was she just curious? Or is there something else going on?’
“So, what has been happening lately?” Jane asked.
“You, know, the usual,” Daria responded.
“Is that it?”
“Mom is still throwing herself into her work, but Quinn has been home earlier in the evenings.”
“Right. I suppose that’s good,” Jane said.
“And she’s been talking about the mentoring thing. It seems that she’s thrown herself into that.”
“Anna’s always been weird.”
“And she’s helping Angie,” Daria said.
“You told me about that.”
“I know.”
Quinn entered the Library at the same time as Anna. “I’m almost ready,” the latter said.
“That’s great!” Quinn praised. “So am I.”
“I know Ben’s been working on his,” Anna added.
“That’s good.”
“So, that leaves Gerald.”
“Yes.”
It wasn’t long before they arrived.
“So, when are you starting with Angie?” Gerald asked as he sat down.
“Probably tomorrow,” Quinn answered.
“So that would be after our speeches?” Ben asked.
“Of course.”
“Good.”
After leaving school, SpiderGirl patrolled the area between the school and her neighborhood (which was fairly large).
A couple of people were rescued from muggers but otherwise the afternoon was quiet.
Quinn entered her room as the sun set and found Stacy and Tori waiting. “Daria let us in,” Stacy explained.
“That’s fine.”
“So, I found a new anime.”
“That’s great. What’s it called?” Quinn asked.
“Cowboy Bebop. It’s fairly new.”
“So, you want to watch it now?”
“Yes,” Stacy answered.
So, they watched the first two episodes of Cowboy Bebop. Quinn found the sci-fi setting interesting. ‘No matter the situation over all, there will always be bounty hunters.’
