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03 Aftermath
Commander Mars waited near the rift into the Distortion World after Cynthia, the girl from Twinleaf Town, the Hoenn Champion and the Kantonian teen had gone into it. She had tried several times to contact Cyrus. Finally, a connection was made. “Cyrus!”

“I have found what I had been looking for. Do not come looking for me.”

“But sir.”

“That is my wish!” Cyrus said.

Mars was about to say more when Cynthia and the others emerged from the rift. She threw the device aside. “He betrayed us!” she said.

“At least he’s no longer a threat to existence,” Cynthia said.

“I thought he was doing something great!” Mars said. “Now I don’t know what is next!”

“I’m sure it might be arrest by the International Police,” the Hoenn Champion said.

“Other than that!”

“You’ll have to figure that out yourself,” Cynthia said.

May looked from the conflicted Commander to the sky above the Spear Pillar. The distortions were no longer as intense as when Cyrus had held Dialga and Palkia captive. “They’re fading, but slowly.”

“They should fade enough before we get back down to Oreburgh,” Cassidy said.

“I hope so,” May said.

“There is something I should add,” Cynthia said. “That I’m aware that Giovanni sent you with a Rocket handler to deal with Cyrus.”

“I did it to save the world,” May said.

“I did it to save the world too,” Cassidy said.

“I also know that Giovanni roped you into it,” Cynthia said to May.

“How?” May asked.

“That would be telling,” Cynthia said. “So, I know that you’re not under Giovanni’s influence and saw something that needed dealing with.”

“But Sinnoh is now safe, along with Hoenn and the rest of the world,” May said.

“Safe from Cyrus maybe, but most of Galactic is still out there,” Cynthia responded, with a glance towards Mars. She then turned to Cassidy. “It’s not safe from Giovanni’s schemes either.”

“Hey, I was here to accompany and help May,” Cassidy said.

“Under Giovanni’s orders,” Cynthia added.

“I admit that,” Cassidy said. “But once we’re back in Oreburgh, we’ll be leaving Sinnoh.”

“Good, but give this message to Giovanni. Sinnoh is under my protection and he will not have the same influence he has over Kanto here. Rocket activity is unwelcome.”

“Understood. I will tell him that,” Cassidy said.

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Sandi entered at that moment and saw Kevin making a fool of himself. “That’s enough, Kevin. I was there last night at the Historia. There’s, like, no need for a repeat.

“I heard about that,” Mack said.

Daria and Jane also entered the cafeteria behind Sandi. “Kevin, you haven’t been listening to me,” the latter said.

Brittany tried to ignore him and just took another bite from her meal.

“Embarrassed?” her friend, Donna Bolton, asked.

“Not really,” Brittany answered. “But I think it’s related to his kidnapping.”

Donna nodded. “I mean, Anders did humiliate him in front of all of Lawndale.”

“And so, this is how he’s coping.”

At the same time, Quinn, Stacy and Tori entered the Science faculty office. “Ms. Barch?” Tori asked.

“I’m here,” Ms. Janet Barch said as she came out of her cubicle. “What do you want?”

“You know about the assignment Mr. O’Neill put out?” Quinn asked.

“I do. He was enthusiastic about it on Monday night.”

“Right,” Quinn responded and then explained about the Language Arts lesson.

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SpiderGirl was listening to Lawndale on the Sloane mansion’s roof. It was the usual for a late Wednesday evening. She then got a message.

Talon: I’m going to be a while. We can catch up later at the Bridge?

Spidey: I knew that was going to happen. I’ll see you at dawn.

Talon: Sure! See you then.

“I better get home. I don’t usually take this long on a Wednesday,” SpiderGirl murmured after reading Ninja Talon’s reply.

Brittany put the phone away as Kay came back into the room with the cocoa.

“You’re concerned about what Osborn may be up to?” Kay asked, as she handed the cocoa over.

“You were listening in?” Brittany asked.

“Not really,” Kay answered. “But I did hear his name.”

“Right,” Brittany said as she sipped the cocoa.

“I’m also worried about what Osborn might have been after, but Angier hasn’t said anything.”

“So, he’s not saying.”

“No, but then he’s always reticent about talking about work.”

“So, you have been interested in Shakespeare for a while?” Kay asked.

“Quite a while. I read Romeo and Juliet early,” Britany answered. “Despite the tragedy, it is romantic.”

“So that lead to his other plays?”

“That’s right.”

“Mom, stop with the fifty questions,” Tom said.

“What? You have hardly talked about the other people in the play, other than saying that they are good at acting for teenagers.”

“Because, that’s all you needed to hear,” Tom responded.

Brittany gulped more of the cocoa. She didn’t want to be involved in another family’s drama. “I better be going.”

“Are you sure?” Kay asked. “Tom usually doesn’t talk about things much. I usually hear of issues second hand.”

“Oh,” Brittany said as she twirled a pigtail.

“Sorry about all that,” Tom said after show Brittany back to the back door about ten minutes later.

“It happens,” Brittany said with a shrug and pigtail twirl.

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02 A Threat in Sinnoh
A few hours later, the aircraft descended into Lavender Town. May noticed the somber tone of the town as they circled around the tower before landing in front of it.

“Creepy,” May commented after she and Cassidy had disembarked.

“Well, Ghost type Pokemon are predominant here,” Cassidy responded matter-of-factly.

“That makes sense.”

“He’s waiting in one of the other buildings,” Cassidy said.

May followed Cassidy into a large room, and saw Giovanni looking over a large tablet table showing Sinnoh in detail.

“Ah, you’re here,” he said.

“What do you have on Cyrus?” May asked, so as to get to the point and out of Lavender Town as quickly as possible.

“Quite a lot,” Giovanni answered. “That he’s already at the Spear Pillar, that is a ruined temple at Mt. Coronet’s summit, so time is running out.”

May watched as the map on the tablet zoomed in on Mt. Coronet to show the Spear Pillar.

“Satellites are showing distortions all around Mt. Coronet,” Giovanni continued. “And there are reports of wild Pokemon acting strangely all over Sinnoh.”

The map zoomed out again. Two nearby cities were highlighted. “So, we’re headed to one of those cities?” May asked.

“Yes. Either Oreburgh City, or Hearthome City,” Cassidy said. “As you can see, they are not very far from Mt. Coronet.”

“But Oreburgh is smaller, so there would be a less chance of detection,” Giovanni said.

“So, it would easy to approach the mountain from either city?” May asked.

“Yes, but there are more covered trails from the direction of Oreburgh,” Cassidy answered.

“I would like to avoid Team Galactic’s patrols. I had enough trouble battling through Team Aqua and Team Magma. Oreburgh!”

“That isn’t guaranteed,” Giovanni said. “But I know you would be able to handle yourself.”

May nodded.

“Additional fuel and equipment are being loaded as we speak,” Giovanni added.

They remained in Lavender Town for another ten minutes, but May spent that time looking at various different maps of Mount Coronet to better idea of the lay of the land.

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Dafoanairi reflected on what happened as she and the Enigma stepped into Dega Street from the laneway.

“You, like, think it could have gone another way?” the Enigma asked.

“You know how Kevin is,” Dafoanairi responded.

“I do. And I can see why he’s crushing on SpiderGIrl rather than myself.”

“I do too.”

Stacy looked out as Trent drove towards Kevin’s place. “You know, street racing is starting again soon.”

“I still don’t know why you’re into that,” Jane said.

“When I’m racing, I’m not anxious. I’m focused on the driving.”

“There have to be better coping mechanisms.”

“There are other ways I cope,” Stacy said defensively.

“It’s the thrill, isn’t it?” Trent asked.

“That’s a part of it,” Stacy admitted.

“But there are more reasons to be careful. You don’t know how the vigilantes will react,” Trent said.

“I have thought about that.”

Jane took in what Trent had said. ‘I know I won’t interfere unless there is more going on than just racing.’ But she didn’t know about the others, particularly SpiderGirl.

They stopped at Kevin’s place first, as it was closer to the downtown than Stacy’s house.

“Remember what everyone said,” Jane said as Kevin got out.

“Um, that SpiderGirl wasn’t coming and I need to talk to Mr. O’Neill?” Kevin asked.

“That’s, sort of the gist,’ Jane said. “But remember too, that asking SpiderGirl out is a bad idea.”

“Of course,” Kevin said in a tone that implied that he would forget.

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Daria was trying to ignore Kevin’s stupid story when she saw Sandi as the Enigma outside. ‘I guess she’s concerned about what Kevin may do too.’

She looked at the just as bored Marta. ‘Not sure why she’s listening to Kevin.’

“…And so, I made the goal! And unlike Tommy Sherman, I didn’t hit the goal post.”

“That’s a low bar,” Jane commented from where she was sketching.

“At least Kevin isn’t anywhere near the jerk Tommy was,” Daria commented.

“Is it true that he was hitting on students just before his death?” Marta asked.

“I saw him proposition every girl he came across,” Daria answered.

“Except Daria.”

Daria was uncomfortable. The moniker that Tommy had given her hit uncomfortably close to home now, after what happened to her father. “Let’s change the subject.”

“Of course,” Jane said.

The Enigma retreated, as she didn’t want to be noticed. Not yet. ‘Wait until Kevin is actually doing something.’ She went around the back of the Historia and changed to the usual Sandi before entering the theater from one of the back doors.

“Uh oh!” Daria said as she grabbed her now empty plate.

“Uh oh?” Jane asked.

“Sandi’s here.”

“It’s not likely she’ll cause problems for Quinn while she’s working, right?”

“No. But she might have news from the fourth vigilante,” Daria obfuscated.

“So, she knows her identity too?”

Daria sighed. “Yes.”

Jane noted that down.

Sandi also knows fourth vigilante’s identity.

“You’re also keeping an eye on Kevin?” Daria asked.

“Yes. But I also located Marta,” Sandi answered quietly. “And she was looking at Kevin when I did so.”

“So, you think she might be SpiderGIrl?”

“I didn’t want to ignore the possibility.”

Daria considered that. Sandi’s quest to find SpiderGirl’s identity was starting to make things more complex.

“So, I’ll stay until closing,” Sandi concluded.

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Stacy saw the column in the middle of the console go up and down, but it was the sound of the engines and the shaking of the floor that nearly overwhelmed her. But there was something else she felt, as if someone was trying to reassure her.

The Doctor turned to Stacy. “Relax. We’ll be there shortly.”

“There’s something, nice,” Stacy said.

“That would be the TARDIS herself. She doesn’t want you to think she’s overwhelming in a bad way. I mean it’s always overwhelming when people see that she’s bigger inside than out and that she exists…”

Stacy interrupted. “She’s alive?”

“Yes,” Quinn answered. “In a way.”

The TARDIS landed in Middleton not far from the portal, a minute after departure from the Morgendorffers from the perspective of Lawndale on the other side of the poral. The Doctor ran the scan immediately.

The results were similar to those in Lawndale. “It’s also a flower,” Jane said.

“I’ll also zoom out to Upperton and Lowerton,” the Doctor said.

The scanner then showed that both Upperton and Lowerton had similar coverage to Oakwood.

“No real difference,” Quinn commented.

“True, and I think the reverse scan will be similar, the Doctor responded. He ran that scan and saw that the progression was the same as in Lawndale.

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“Jane?” O’Neill asked. “What about you?”

“Being conventional.”

“And how is that going?”

“I have just started. It’s difficult to tell,” Jane responded.

“Excellent!”

O’Neill then turned to Brittany. “How about you?”

“I have started studying it.”

“So you’ve just started?”

“Yes.”

He then turned to Daria.

He also asked the Junior class. “Quinn?” he asked.

“I have started reading a Charles Dickens novel.”

“A Christmas Carol?” O’Neill asked.

“No. One of the other much longer ones,” Quinn responded. “I finished one chapter last night.”

“Another long term one if she’s persistent,” O’Neill noted. “Sandi?”

“I’m still deciding,” Sandi stated.

“But what are you trying to decide on?”

Sandi sighed. “An extracurricular activity,” she answered, although she was sure that anything O’Neill would suggest wouldn’t be helpful.

“Too many too choose from?” he asked unhelpfully.

“Tell me something I don’t know.”

“See, you’ve succeeded at failing to choose something.”

‘Great!’ Sandi thought.

Despite the continuing fad and the murmurs related to the assignment it was mostly an ordinary day at Lawndale High.

Daria considered this as she waited for Brittany in the Library after school let out. ‘The students are resilient,’ she thought. ‘They have taken these changes in stride.’ She took out the Math textbook and opened it. Brittany was making progress. She wanted to continue with the Math first, then Science.

Brittany entered with her enthusiastic bounciness “So, we’re starting with Math as usual?”

“Yes, consistency is key.”

Brittany nodded. “I agree. Science can be later,” she said as she twirled a pigtail.

At the same time, Fields entered Osborn’s office. “One of the engineers is here,” she said.

“Send him in.”

The engineer entered quickly and placed a folded blueprint on the desk. “Does she know?” he asked, referring to Fields.

“I trust her, as much as I trust any of my close colleagues,” Osborn answered.

“It is ready for testing as you requested,” the engineer said.

“Good to hear,” Osborn said as he unfurled the blueprint.

The engineer turned to leave. “I guess you know what that is?” he asked Fields.

“Yes,” Fields answered as he left.

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“No,” the Enigma answered. “It’s Sam Griffin.”

“Why would Sam Griffin be here?” Tania asked as she looked out the window.

“He probably followed us here,” Dafoanairi said, “as we were going along the ground.””

“I can think of one reason,” Tania said.

‘That she’s guessing that either of us is Sandi,’ Dafoanairi thought. ‘It was going to happen sooner or later.’

“That’s probably not it,” the Enigma responded, although her voice wavered a bit.

“We’ll let’s see what he’s up to,” Tania said.

Sam saw Sandi and Daria as their vigilante alter egos come down from the roof with Tania. “You’re recruiting Tania?” he asked.

“No,” Dafoanairi answered. “She’s an ally.”

“I don’t want to be a vigilante,” Tania said. “I just investigate with them sometimes.”

“Sounds like you’re into it,” Sam said.

“I’m not into it. If I was, I would have been wearing a disguise on the roof as well,” Tania said.

“She isn’t a seventh vigilante,” the Enigma said.

“Oh yeah, the Violet Force is the sixth,” Sam murmured, barely remembering to use his mother’s moniker.

“Why are you here?” Dafoanairi asked.

“I wanted to ask something,” Sam answered.

“What about?” Dafoanairi asked.

“What’s going on. The middle school has the favorite animal fad too,” Sam replied.

“Is that all?” the Enigma responded in an irritated tone.

“My sister didn’t help much,” Sam said.

‘I didn’t,’ the Enigma thought. ‘I was still being selfish. I’m still ‘Linda’s mini me’ in that respect.’

“I’m sure she’ll make it up somehow,” Dafoanairi said with a quick glance in the Enigma’s direction.

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Brittany was doing her homework, going over a problem she and Daria had talked about at the tutoring session, when she heard an email notification on her laptop.

“Oh, Andrea sent something,” she murmured before reading it.

She then forwarded it to Quinn, adding I think we need to talk about this tonight.

Quinn soon responded. Can you be at the Bridge in half an hour, given what Jodie told you today?

Brittany twirled a pigtail as she thought about it. She could pull it off. I’ll be there.

SpiderGirl slipped out of the house via one of the rear attic windows a few minutes later. She decided that she could patrol for a short time before meeting Ninja Talon at the Bridge.

She averted a few muggings before arriving at the Bridge to find that Brittany wasn’t there yet. ‘She’ll be here soon,’ she thought as she unmasked.

She didn’t have to wait long. Brittany arrived and unmasked a few minutes later. “Hey, Quinn,” Brittany said in her usual playful tone.

“Hey, Brit,” Quinn responded with her usual exuberance.

Brittany took out a map of Lawndale. “Landon Engineering is larger than I thought, but I found the location of the warehouse.”

Quinn looked at the map, which also showed the locations of other Landon Engineering properties. “I suppose that’s one reason why Osborn wants to take it over.”

“I agree. But we need to be cautious, given the agents.”

“I wouldn’t put it past Osborn to have agents present around there, but they wouldn’t be there all the time.”

“That’s true, but they may be there tonight,” Brittany argued.

“Then we’ll approach along the ground. They won’t expect that.”

“The streets or the alleys?”

“The alleys,” Quinn decided. “Less open.”

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“Welcome to the Historia, Kevin,” his classmate, Nikki Dowling said. “How may I help you?”

“I’d like to get up on the roof.”

“Why?”

“Because SpiderGirl might be up there,” Kevin answered.

“I don’t think she is up there now. Would you like something?”

“I’m cool for now, but I would like to see if she is.”

“Fine, it is the second door to the left when you come in, after the bookshop,” Nikki answered.

“Thanks, Nikki.”

“But are you sure you want to meet her on the roof? I don’t think she would want to go out with you.”

“I want to ask her,” Kevin said as he turned away.

Nikki sighed as she watched Kevin leave the café. “At least he’s no longer bothering Quinn,” she murmured. She supported Brittany in her decision to permanently break up with him. She still didn’t know what she had seen in him.

Kevin emerged onto the rooftop, which was empty. SpiderGirl wasn’t there. But waiting was boring, especially when it was long. ‘I can look at Lawndale, maybe I could see her in the distance.’

He wasn’t methodical. His gaze wandered over the sprawl of Lawndale randomly. He saw nothing but the streetlights, buildings and vegetation where they were lit up.

After about two minutes, he glanced at the Giant Strawberry. “Wait, I heard SpiderGirl had been seen there sometimes.” He paused, briefly. He didn’t want to miss her by going on a wild goose chase.

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Anna thought about it. “Maybe you could do something similar to Ben. Like remembering all the moons of Saturn or something.”

“Saturn does have the most moons,” Gerald considered.

“So, is that it?” Quinn asked.

“Or I can add Jupiter too,” Gerald said. “Yes.”

At the same time, Daria was talking to Brittany.

“A marmoset?” Daria asked, rhetorically after Brittany had answered her about the fad. “I suppose they are cute, in a way.”

“That is one reason,” Brittany responded as she opened her Math textbook.

“But what are you considering regarding O’Neill’s assignment?”

“As I said, the science thing.”

“Sure,” Daria said. “But in what branch of science?”

“Botany, maybe? Try to tell the difference between different kinds of plants.”

“That would be a good start.”

The Enigma paused her patrol on the roof of the Historia half an hour after school had let out. Lawndale was quiet, but she knew that the tensions were still beneath the service, and she had prevented a mugging on Dega Street.

‘The muggers still think they wont get caught,’ she thought as she looked at that street. But she knew that she and the other heroes were making a difference. She turned and looked at Oscorp tower, which loomed ominously to the southeast. ‘Osborn may know who I am, but he hasn’t really done anything with that.’

Then there was the fact that she hadn’t really confronted SpiderGirl yet. ‘It will happen soon, I’m sure of it,’ she thought. She then changed to the ordinary Sandi and headed down to the café.

Stacy Rowe was having a normal afternoon working at the Historia. It was relaxing compared to the school day. The animal fad had her slightly more anxious than usual. She shook her head as she saw Sandi come up to the counter. “Your usual, Sandi?”

“Yes.”

“It will be ready shortly,” Stacy said before pausing. She then added. “Thanks.”

“Thanks for what?” Sandi asked in surprise.

“For not asking the question nearly everyone else has been asking.”

“I’m tired of it too.”

Sandi sat next to a window and looked out across the street at Zammit’s Boutique. ‘How long is it since I have been there?’ she wondered. She saw that they still didn’t have the SpiderGirl knockoff clothes that had arrived the previous week. ‘I don’t think they have been selling.’

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Daria considered Harry’s remark. ‘Not that harmless,’ she considered. She could see how some of her peers might have favorites that would cause them to be teased about it. “It’s at best, a distraction,” she said.

“A distraction from what has been going on since Groundhog Day?” Jane asked.

“Yes,” Daria responded. “A very Lawndale thing to do. Something earth shattering happens. They try to get on as if nothing happened.”

“Not everyone is like you, Daria,” Sandi said.

“That’s certainly true. But the town’s changed, and most of the students are trying to ignore it,” Daria said.

“Not entirely true,” Jane said. “Remember what happened after the fake interview?”

Daria recalled that nearly all of the students had called around when the fake interview had aired, and they had managed get a copy of the interview within a few hours. “Good point.”

“And then there’s Mr. O’Neill’s latest brainstorm,” Jane added.

“Ugh!” Sandi said. “He’s foisted it on the junior class too. I have no idea what to succeed or fail at.”

“We could talk about that later,” Daria said.

“Sure,” Sandi said.

‘Is Daria just trying to make sure we’re focused?’ Harry wondered. He thought about what had happened since he had arrived in Lawndale.

Daria saw Tori exit the server area. ‘I should ask her about it now.’ She got up.

“Daria?” Jane asked.

“Tori’s here.”

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Peter considered webslinging back to Glen Oaks Lane, but decided against it. Spider-Man appearing in Lawndale would draw too much attention. ‘But I can still get there quickly. Maybe Claire is still here.’

Claire was surprised when Peter came up to her. “Peter?”

“I need a lift,” he said.

“Why? Lawndale has a good bus service.”

“I need to get to Glen Oaks Lane quickly.”

“Is that where you’re staying?” Claire asked.

“Yes.”

“I’ll take you.”

Brittany pulled up into the Morgendorffers’ driveway. “See, five minutes. I guess they’re out the back,” she said as she turned off the engine, while also twirling a pigtail.

“Yes,” Quinn answered.

“In the yard?” Stacy asked.

“Yes, we don’t need to go through the house,” Daria said a she got out.

Kaelyn emerged from the TARDIS as Quinn lead the group around the side of the house past the kitchen door. “Kim and Ron have gone home overnight,” she said.

“But has the Doctor found more?” Daria asked.

“Yes, but it’s best that he explains it.”

“We still need to wait for Peter,” Quinn said.

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22 Attractions of Lawndale Part 1
It was still in the early hours when SpiderGirl responded to alarms at the facility on Lawndale’s northern edge, not far from the Interstate.

She saw that a window had been smashed. “Subtle, aren’t they?” she quipped as she swung onto the roof, where she found an open vent and crawled inside.

On the ground floor, she found a mess. “You must be new. There usually isn’t much of a mess,” she quipped as she crawled on the ceiling.

She soon found the thief and was surprised. “Sam Elders?” she asked.

The would-be thief turned from where he was upending some materials. “SpiderGirl?” he asked in surprise. “I thought it would be one of the others.”

“You knew you would get caught by one of Lawndale’s heroes, and yet you’re here.”

“It was worth the risk,” Sam responded.

SpiderGirl swung down. “It totally wasn’t,” she said as she tried to web him up.

He avoided the webs by ducking behind equipment.

“Uh!” SpideGirl said. “You know that will just make me make more of a mess, right?”

“And get arrested by Officer Peterson again?” No thanks.”

“Well, duh! How did you get out anyway?”

“How else? Bail!” Sam answered as he was cornered and got caught by a web. “Crap.”

“Of course,” SpiderGirl groused as she webbed Sam up securely.

Half an hour later, as the Sun rose, Officer Xanthe Peterson found Sam webbed up in the facility foyer. She sighed. “Yes, SpiderGirl called it in,” she said as she took out her cuffs. “Sam Elders, you’re under arrest for breaking and entering.”

“What about SpiderGirl?”

“It’s the same as at the Solarium,” Peterson answered.

Sam was silent as she led him away. Of course it was.

Lawndale Sun-Herald
Tuesday, March 13, 2001
Oscorp Interference with Mound Site Unconfirmed
Melinda Parris

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“Are you sure?” Dafoanairi asked, having figured out what the Enigma intended to do.

“Not entirely, but do you or Ninja Talon have any better ideas?”

“Not right at the moment,” Dafoanairi admitted.

“Um, no,” Ninja Talon added.

Dafoanairi figured that Ninja Talon had figured it out too. “We need to defend her,” she said.

“I’ll do so too,” SpiderGirl said.

Dafoanairi saw that an agent had exposed more of the stone. ‘Trying to bury it in the short time left would be difficult,’ she thought.

The sun began to rise, illuminating everyone there.

“Now, you’re going to witness something.”

“That’s, like, what you think,” the Enigma said. She then concentrated as she tried to telekinetically lift a large amount of soil nearby.

Dafoanairi watched as the Enigma strained. ‘It would take at least ten minutes to get her home if she exhausts herself,’ she thought.

The Enigma strained and realised that she was trying to pick up too much soil too fast. She settled for just ripping up a sheet of grass.

“How long can you hold that up?” Osborn asked as he watched the grass block the rising Sun.

“Long enough,” the Enigma said, although she wasn’t sure.

But the lack of sleep that night had taken its toll on her and her hold on the grass slipped after another half of a minute. “Sorry,” she murmured to Dafoanairi.

“We’ll have to….” Dafoanairi started before the Enigma let go of the grass and leaned against her in exhaustion. ‘She’s not as out of it as before,’ she thought.

The stone glowed as the sunlight hit it. The mound started shaking.

“Uh olh!” SpiderGIrl said.

“Finally!” Osborn said.

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The Enigma lowered the forcefield she had used to protect herself and Dafoanairi. “Of course he’d trap it like that!” she groused.

“Whatever this thing is, he’s considering it worth the risk to sacrifice vehicles for,” Dafoanairi snarked.

SpiderGirl and Ninja Talon then swung down from the trees. “You tripped a trap?” SpiderGirl asked.

“You’d do the same,” the Enigma retorted.

“Not the same way,” SpiderGirl responded. “I’d throw the parts clear.”

“But if we’re might careful, he might also booby trap the mound,” Dafoanairi pointed out.

“I won’t let that happen,” SpiderGirl said. She swung back up into the canopy.

She approached the spot where Osborn was talking to the new arrivals.

“According to the satellite scans, Aldridge was going to find it either tonight or tomorrow. Just hold off the vigilantes and I’ll have it unearthed by sunrise,” Osborn said.

“But they may act in unpredictable ways,” one of the agents spoke up.

“I’m aware of that, but it would take them time to come up with a strategy that would work for them. Time they won’t have.”

‘That’s what you think,’ SpiderGirl thought as she swung back in the direction of the other vigilantes.

Ninja Talon had been thinking about a strategy. But the biggest issue was that she hadn’t really seen the silent vigilante in action. But she did know the Enigma and Dafoanairi’s strengths and weaknesses well enough. ‘We can disrupt Osborn’s plans by keeping the agents busy, but also feinting attacks on him. Spidey and the Enigma can be flashy and can use their powers to disarm and restrain them. Dafoanairi and I can keep them on their toes and try to distract Osborn.’

SpiderGirl returned. “Osborn thinks we’ll take too long to come up with a strategy.”

“I already have the basics,” Talon said.

“That’s great!”

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06 The Lawndale Files
A pair of government agents at school, and strange behavior by Quinn and Trent, serve to amp up Daria and Jane's paranoia levels, with the weirdness quickly spreading to everyone else. SpiderGirl tries to avoid attention, but is noticed by Brittany Taylor, amongst others.

fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14543824/6/Spider-Quinn

Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/84590741

Reviews and/or comments are welcome, and would be appreciated.

An Old Foe
A disguised Dalek appears on the Street.

fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14527195/4/Ways-Clara-Oswald-Survives-the-Raven

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The Doctor noticed something. There were many subtle energy readings scattered around Lawndale. ‘Do these have to do with the portal device or the flicker?’ He wasn’t sure. “I’ll have to look at each one.”

Kim, Ron and Kaelyn hurried to the portal.

“So, Middleton. It’s in Colorado, right?” Kaelyn asked.

“Yes,” Kim answered as they crossed a street.

High Hills Park was mostly deserted, and the portal was still unguarded. “I would have thought that it would be cordoned off,” Kim said.

“Maybe the LDPD, that is Lawndale’s police, have their attention elsewhere,” Kaelyn said.

“Maybe that flicker,” Kim considered as they came up to the portal and took out the Kimmunicator.

“Probably,” Kaelyn responded.

Wade responded quickly. “I haven’t found anything else, Kim, other than rumors that UNIT may have covered something up.”

“That wouldn’t surprise me,” Kim said.

“But they have confirmed that something is happening,” Wade said.

“So, they may be aware, through Peter,” Ron added. “Who they sent and we have met.”

“Peter who?” Wade asked.

“Peter Parker. There’s something about him, like he’s more capable than he appears,” Kim said.

“I doubt I’ll find information on UNIT’s agents.”

“I know. But there is something else,” Kim said.

Wade saw another girl move into the frame next to Kim.

“I’m Kaelyn. A robot who lives in Lawndale.”

“But you look human,” Wade responded.

“That was how I was built.”

“Right,” Wade considered.

“And there’s another thing too,” Ron interjected.

“More than one thing,” Kim interjected.

“Oh, yeah,” Ron said.

“And we ran into an alien time traveller,” Kim added. “But that’s not all.”

“I can guess which one, because there is some information about him online, even if it’s contradictory,” Wade responded.

“He calls himself the Doctor and he travels in something he calls a TARDIS,” Kim said.

“It looks like a blue box, right? That is the most consistent part of the stories.”

“Yes,” Kim answered. “He also says that the portal is causing disruptions to spacetime.”

“That doesn’t surprise me.”

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