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A minute later, they were on top of the Historia.

“So, those goggles have night vision?” Philippa asked.

“Yes, amongst other modes.”

“And you don’t have powers?”

“I’m neither confirming nor denying. Let’s just say I wouldn’t be doing this without these gadgets,” the Shadow explained. “It’s like my own play. It seems that in the drama of Lawndale, I have taken this role to help.”

“And the other vigilantes?”

“SpiderGirl does have powers. But I am not sure if her webs are organic or not. Ninja Talon seems to be just a teenager skilled in martial arts who also uses some gadgets alongside her weapons. The fourth vigilante is telekinetic and can project energy blasts. I haven’t yet met the apparent fifth.”

“You don’t know what name she’s taken?” Philippa asked.

“I do, but it seems she wants to remain in the shadows as she helps Lawndale in her way. I just hope any battle between her and SpiderGirl is short.”

The Shadow was about to say more, but she then heard something to the northwest of the Historia, in Dega Street. “Duty calls!” she said to Philippa.

“You are going to leave me here?” Philippa asked.

“You’d be a liability. I trained with my mentor a while before I started doing this,” the Shadow then handed her the spare grapple gun. “It is relatively easy to use. But I’ll be back soon. Keep an eye on Daria and Sandi.”

Daria and Sandi also heard the noise as they examined an Oscorp building. “What’s that?” Daria asked.

“Sounds like something to respond to,” Sandi replied.

Daria nodded. “Right. There are plenty of places along here…”

Sandi nodded and ran off to some cover.

‘What are they doing?’ Philippa wondered.

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Daria – Trouble in Lawndale
“Girls, I just want you to know your mother and I realize it's not easy moving to a whole new town -- especially for you, Daria, right?” Jake Morgendorffer said, as he and his daughters approached Lawndale High.

“Did we move?” Daria asked, as she looked around, annoyed that her father had spoken after remaining silent since they left their new home half an hour before.

“Stop following me, Daria!” her sister, Quinn, said.

“Excuse me, we’re walking along to the same school!”

“You don’t have be right behind!” Quinn said.

“It’s not my fault Lawndale has such narrow sidewalks.”

Jake, annoyed with his daughters’ arguing, put his headphones back on. “I've been working on the railroad... come on, guys, we know this one.”

Meanwhile at Lawndale High, two students were already there. (Although calling one of them a student might have been stretching the definition a bit…) “Come on, Mack Daddy! I'll get the coach to write us a note. I'll say we need extra time on the free weights.”

“I told you not to call me that!” Mack said, exasperated. “And they're not going to excuse you from English for weight training.”

“I can't take any more of this Shakespeare dude, bro. He's, like, a total chick writer!”

Mack sighed.

“Maybe we could go to that Mall of the Millennium this weekend, Daddy?” Quinn asked as they approached the school.

“A hundred miles? To go to a Mall? There’s a Mall less than five minutes from home. In a car!”

“I’m sure there are some fascinating Malls in Southeast Asia.” Daria snarked.

“Southeast Asia! To go to a mall!” Jake exclaimed.

“She’s joking!” Quinn said.

“Oh!”

Jane Lane arrived at Lawndale High. She switched off the audio recording of the last night’s Sick Sad World episode. The concept of a model creating an encyclopedia was appropriately inane. “Drawing pictures in margins…” she mused. That was something she did often.

Having been enrolled at the School, Daria found that she had Science for first period. In class she quickly found that the teacher had issues… “…and like a husband going home to his noble and self-sacrificing wife, the rat keeps returning to the food box. That is, the positive reinforcement. Huh, if only men could be more like rats. Oh, sure, they come home at first. You feed them, you wait on them, and then, after twenty-two thankless years, they just up and leave. No note, no phone call, no nothing!” She slammed her ruler on her desk for emphasis. “Just... like... that!”

“I wonder why he left,” Daria murmured to her new acquaintance, Jodie Landon.

“Now, before I divide the class into teams of two, who can give me another example of reinforcement?”

The class didn’t give an answer.

“Fine, class. Ignore me... just like he did!”

“Just as well he wasn’t Jones,” Daria commented.

“I heard that!” Barch said. “But we’re not talking about cults. You can ask DeMartino about that! But you have stumbled upon an interesting answer. A charismatic man re-enforcing herd-like behaviour in his followers, leading to tragic results!”

“Excellent example Daria,” Jodie said.

Daria shrugged.

Between classes, Sandi Griffin was talking with Joey Green, Jamie White and Jeffy Brown, ‘So I said, "Sure, it's a nice car. Do you have enough gas to get to Loserville?’”

“That’s funny, Sandi,” Joey said.

“You really know how to tell a story,” Jeffy said.

“Thanks,” Sandi said.

“Tell us the part with Stacy again,” Jamie said.

“Stacy wasn’t in that story. It was just Tiffany and I,” Sandi said.

“Well then, take Tiffany out and put Stacy in,” Joey suggested.

Stacy then came along. “Hi guys!” she said. “Sandi, Joey, Jeffy, Jerome.”

“Hi, Stacy,” Joey said.

“Hi, Stacy,” Jeffy added.

“Hi, Stacy. It’s Jamie!”

“Oh, sorry!”

“Have you seen that new girl?” Jamie asked.

“The redhead?” Stacy asked.

“She could be new member for the Fashion Club,” Sandi answered.

“There she is!” Jamie said.

Sandi sighed as Jamie and Jeffy ran off.

Daria listened as Jodie told her how busy she was. “…And that is why I can only go to study sessions in the early evenings,” Jodie said.

“I bet you don’t have to deal with Family Court,” Daria said.

“Family Court?” Jodie asked incredulously.

“It was an attempt by my Mom to use Jurisprudence in family matters after my sister and I came home late one night.”

“That sounds crazy,” Jodie commented.

“It was,” Daria said. “But it didn’t last long, because they were too busy to enforce a month-long grounding.”

“That’s something I’d like to hear about at some point,” Jodie said as they came to the next class.

“Can monkeys surf the net, and corrupt our kids? Chimpanzee chat rooms, next on Sick Sad World.”

Claire Defoe switched off the TV after students started filing into the classroom. She saw the new student, Daria. “Ms. Morgendorffer!”

Daria came over. “Yes?”

“Your records from Highland are intriguing,” the teacher said.

“I experimented, that’s all.”

“Using a glue gun as an actual gun?” Claire asked with an eyebrow raised.

Daria raised her own eyebrows. “Oh, that. Those two deserved it, but I won’t do it here in Lawndale.”

“Good. I just wanted to hear it from you personally. I would like to talk about your previous art after class. There’s a student I’d like you to meet.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

“Fifty dollars an hour!” Jane groused as she approached the art classroom. That was the amount Mr. Ewing had quoted for the average Math tutoring cost in Lawndale. She doubted it would be any cheaper in Oakwood. ‘Or Middlebury for that matter,’ she mused as she overheard other students complaining about exorbitant prices.

The Geek's Expose
Mr. O'Neill assigns his class to make their own short films. Daria chooses to make her film showing how much of a geek Quinn is.

Part 1
fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6963544/16/Quinn-s-Code

Archive of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64634941/chapters/166028146

The Mystery Club investigates when a local cybercafe is broken into.

fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14417932/3/Mysteries-of-Lawndale

Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64334602/chapters/165150523

Quinn arrived at school not long after. She began hearing rumors of Jamie’s claim as she headed to Homeroom. ‘What is Jamie doing?’ she groused to herself. ‘He wouldn’t have found the off switch or the Solarium itself if he hadn’t joined me on the search!’ She wasn’t sure what to do about his bragging other than to insist on the truth.

Conflicting claims would spread through the school as the day went on.

At lunch, Jamie was eating with Elly and Freya. Joey saw that and turned to Jeffy Brown-Mercer. “We need to do something about this?”

“But how?” Jeffy asked.

“We’ll go to Quinn,” Joey said.

“Or Daria?” Jeffy asked.

“Quinn first,” Joey decided.

“Sure.”

“And so, it’s annoying,” Quinn said. “But I have been insisting on the truth. That I was there at the Solarium and he wouldn’t have been there if he hadn’t come with me.”

“That’s all you can do,” Tori Jericho said.

“I know,” Quinn said.

“Quinn?” Joey said as he approached.

“Jeffy?” Stacy Rowe asked.

“It’s about Jamie,” Joey said.

“He’s bragging that he was the teen investigator that stopped the brownouts,” Jeffy said.

“I know,” Quinn said with annoyance.

“But what can we do about it?” Joey asked.

“Also, it seems he’s going after Elly,” Jeffy said.

“I’d say let him,” Stacy said.

“What?” Tiffany Blum-Deckler asked.

“So, he wouldn’t annoy Quinn,” Stacy said.

“He hasn’t been doing that lately,” Quinn pointed out.

“Nor have I,” Joey said. “I mean we have gone on dates, but it’s been more as friends, especially given we’re partners in the Historia.”

“That’s a good point,” Stacy said.

“But Jamie?” Jeffy asked.

“I guess you can ask Daria,” Quinn said. “I’m at a wits end.”

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( 10th )

15 The New Challenges
Helen Morgendorffer entered her kitchen to see an unusual sight. “Quinn? Why is Jamie getting his hair cut in our kitchen?”

“Because his usual barber has left Lawndale,” her daughter, Quinn, answered.

“That doesn’t answer the question,” Helen said.

“And Daria was in the bathroom,” Quinn added.

“You could have waited.”

“I didn’t want to wait, Mrs. Morgendorffer,” Jamie said.

“I see.”

“And he really needed one,” Quinn added.

“At least clean up when you’re done,” Helen said.

“I always do,” Quinn said.

“You’re taking a lot off,” Helen noted.

“That’s what he wants,” Quinn said. “And he’ll thank me.”

Soon, Quinn was done and Jamie White looked at himself in a hand mirror. “It’s great Quinn,” Jamie said.

“Thanks!”

( Read More )

When Daria is invited to Brittany Taylor's party, she takes it as an opportunity to investigate. Meanwhile, Stacy finds that there is more to Lawndale than she expected.

Fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14417932/2/Mysteries-of-Lawndale

Archive of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/63582988

“Stacy?” the Doctor asked.

“Yes,” Quinn answered. “She reacted to the flicker in an unusual way.”

“What way?” the Doctor asked.

“Like she had felt something,” Quinn responded.

“I see,” Kaelyn said.

“She said that it wasn’t an ordinary flicker.”

“That could mean anything,” Kim said.

“True, but I can tell that she did pick something up,” Quinn said. “I probably woudn’t have noticed it if I hadn’t been travelling with the Doctor.”

“Did something happen?” Daria asked.

“Yes, but I’ll tell you later,” Quinn responded.

“Of course,” Daria said.

“So, we need to find Stacy,” Kim said. “So, where could she be?”

“She’s either in one of the bathrooms, or hiding somewhere in a courtyard,” Quinn answered.

“Either way, it would take a while to find her,” Daria said.

“We need to split up,” the Doctor said. “I’ll search the courtyards with Ron and Rufus, and everyone else can check the bathrooms.”

“Ron and I work best together,” Kim said. “But I agree, this time.”

“I would be best if there was a girl looking in the courtyards too,” Quinn said.

“Good point,” the Doctor said. “You can come with then.”

“Great!” Quinn said.

Thus Kim, Daria and Kaelyn went to search the bathrooms. “With our luck, It would probably be the last one,” Daria said.

“Probably,” Kim said. “But we have to be thorough.”

“Sarcastic, are you?” Kaelyn asked.

Daria nodded as they passed a classroom.

“The principal probably knows we’re sneaking about,” Kaelyn said.

“I notice the cameras. There are more than there are at Middleton,” Kim said.

“That was something I noticed when I started here,” Daria said. “The Principal seems intent on running the school with an iron fist.”

“I have heard something about it,” Kaelyn said. “But aren’t most principals like that?”

“More so than the principal at my last school,” Daria answered. “And he had more of a reason.”

“Where was this?” Kim asked.

“A dying town in Texas,” Daria responded. “I don’t want to say more.”

“No problem. I have been to many dying towns, tracking down villains who think they can hide there amongst the decay,” Kim said as they came up to one of the bathrooms.

They searched that particular bathroom, but Stacy wasn’t there. “How many bathrooms in this school?” Kim asked.

“About half a dozen,” Daria answered.

The Doctor, Quinn and Ron emerged into one of the courtyards. “Is she likely to be here?” the Doctor asked.

“Yes,” Quinn answered. “There’s no one place in the school that she likes to hang out in.”

“So, she could be anywhere?” Ron asked.

“Yes,” Quinn answered. “But we’ll find her if the others don’t.”

The Doctor waved the sonic screwdriver. “There are few people here.”

Quinn walked through the courtyard, then called Stacy’s name, but there wasn’t an answer. “There are few more courtyards.”

“Of course,” Ron said.

Daria, Kim and Kaelyn checked another two bathrooms. They met Brittany Taylor as she came out of the third one.

“I haven’t seen Stacy,” Brittany said as she twirled one of her pigtails.

“Then we’ll keep looking,” Kim said.

“Can I join you?” Brittany asked.

“Um, sure,” Daria said. “That’s Kim, and that’s Kaelyn.”

“Does it have something to do with that brownout earlier?” Brittany asked.

“Yes,” Kaelyn answered.

Quinn, the Doctor and Ron entered a third courtyard.

“There’s someone here,” the Doctor said as he examined the sonic’s output.

“I’ll approach them,” Quinn said. She went over and saw that it was Stacy, hiding beneath a tree.

“Quinn?” Stacy asked, with some trembling in her voice.

“Stacy, I know that something happened during that power flicker.”

“Yes, but it’s hard to explain!”

“You can take your time,” Quinn said.

“We don’t have all that much time,” the Doctor said.

“Who’s that?” Stacy asked.

“I told you about the Doctor before,” Quinn answered.

“That’s him?” Stacy asked. “But who’s that boy? Does he also travel with him?”

“I’m Ron. No I don’t travel with him. I help save the world with my friend, Kim Possible. You haven’t heard of her yet.”

“They come to Lawndale to investigate what’s going on,” the Doctor said.

“OK,” Stacy said. “It was the flicker, but I felt something strange too,” she began.

SpiderGirl climbed out onto the roof at the usual time. ‘Lawndale sounds slightly better,’ she thought. But she knew that the defeat of the Green Goblin didn’t make any of the other problems go away. ‘I will deal with them as they come and Talon is here too.’ She looked in the direction of Crewe Neck with a smile before focusing her hearing to the east.

Lawndale Sun-Herald
Saturday, February 10, 2001
Page 1
Norman Osborn Hospitalised by Melinda Parris
Norman Osborn was admitted to Cedars of Lawndale late last night. No information was available on his condition as of going to press.
Page 2
Oscorp Expansion Plans Leaked by Penelope Jericho

Quinn came down to breakfast to find that Daria was listening to a news report on the radio.

“Norman Osborn remains in an unconscious but stable condition in Cedars of Lawndale after being admitted last night. Hospital staff remain tight lipped about whether he was brought in by one of the vigilantes.”

‘Something else may be happening to him,’ Quinn thought. ‘Is it the Enigma’s powers? Or something he did to himself, combined with the Enigma’s powers?’ She wasn’t sure. “Morning.”

“Morning, Quinn,” Daria said. “I’ll be heading out again shortly.”

“That seems to be the way,” Quinn said. “Coming and going. What has been going on lately hasn’t changed that.”

Daria nodded. “Something on your mind?”

“Everything, really. School, the Historia, everything going on in Lawndale. It’s sometimes overwhelming.”

“You want to talk about it?”

“I’m fine, but lunch would be good,” Quinn said with a smile as she grabbed some cereal.

“I’ll be at the Historia most of the day, albeit coming and going.”

“I was planning on being there anyway.”

( Read More )

( 17th February )

A Night at Kristen's
At a sleepover, Stacy gets to know her new friends better.

fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6963544/13/Quinn-s-Code

Archive of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62775034

23rd

Excerpt from: The Youngest Barksdale
“Then let’s find her,” Daria suggested.

“OK,” Quinn said.

“But we have to be quick. She leaves rather quickly when school lets out,” Sandi said.

“Got it.”

They quickly walked out of the school to the front entrance.

They looked around, but they didn’t see Tori. “So, she’s blonde, right?” Daria asked.

“Yes,” Quinn answered.

“To her shoulders, usually worn loose,” Stacy added.

Words: 63

Excerpt from: Mysteries of Aurora
“That’s interesting.”

“There are many other campaigns, mostly in the Roman Era.”

“I suppose I could look into it, at some point,” Olivia said.

“Or you could watch let’s plays on VideoSpace.”

“Would there be any in Auroran?”

“Of course. Aurora’s gaming community is quite large for it’s population,” Janara answered.

“Got it. I’m heading to the Library again.”

“Already?”

“It may be early, but there is a lot to find,” Olivia said.

Janara turned to her. “Just don’t wear yourself out, OK?”

Words: 83

Excerpt from: Spider Quinn
SpiderGirl waited near Osborn’s room after reassuring Harry again. She had considered webbing up the corridor, but decided that wouldn’t be a good idea, given that it would take time for the cleaning staff to deal with. Soon, there was an echo as William slammed open the fire doors at the end.

“SpiderGirl!” he called out.

SpiderGirl could see that he was beginning to revert, but he was still mostly in his altered form. “William! I can’t let you hurt Osborn!”

“What? So his son won’t be an orphan?”

“That’s part of it! The other is that there are certainly others in Oscorp who are more responsible than he is.”

“But I don’t know who they are,” William said.

“I repeat what I said!” SpiderGirl stated as she saw the tell tale purple glow of the Enigma’s powers appear at the door behind William.

William continued running towards SpiderGirl.

Dafoanairi followed the Enigma into the corridor and saw SpiderGirl trying to keep William from entering a room. “Fire some warning shots over his head, but not near SpiderGirl,” she said.

“I suppose,” the Enigma said. “Low intensity,” she added as she pointed above William and then fired.

SpiderGirl saw the small projection fly over William’s head. “See, the fourth vigilante is here too, give up!”

“No!” William cried out.

SpiderGirl blocked the doorway.

“No!” William cried out again and tried to get past her. But he found that he couldn’t move.

The Enigma was trying to hold him in place telekinetically. “This is very difficult,” she said.

Words: 257

Total: 403

When Stacy has to complete an essay, she finds that Sandi's behavior towards her is getting worse. Will she have to leave the Fashion Club?

fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6963544/12/Quinn-s-Code

Archive of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62390047

Quinn felt the tingle as she entered the dining room, where Daria had laid out the documents she had obtained with the fourth vigilante two nights before. She ignored it as she sat across from her sister. “So, you think there’s something in these?”

“There is something here,” Daria said. “It’s a matter of finding the pattern.”

“Of course,” Quinn said as she took one of them. She found that the writing was obtuse. “I’m not sure what this is talking about.”

“I’m not sure either.”

“Something here.”

“What?” Daria asked.

“It says something about a glider. It could be referring to what was used last week.”

Daria stood up and took it. “You’re right. I must have missed that.”

Quinn took out a notebook.

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( 14th, 15th )
Total: 526

While on a paint ball field trip, Quinn finds that Sandi is gunning for her. Meanwhile, Jennifer joins Daria and Jane on their walk to the Great White Shark exhibit.

fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6963544/11/Quinn-s-Code

Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62012035

Quinn's Secret
Fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14401395/4/Different-Look-at-1111

Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/59710369/chapters/152296816

Esteem of the Investigator
Fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14417932/1/

Archive of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/61069270

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